Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Little Brother ❯ Muffled Voices ( Chapter 5 )

DISCLAIMER: Yami R: -_-;; No, ChibiBoko is not a talented Japanese genius (far from it), she happens to be a yaoi-obsessed Canadian girl, thank you.

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Little Brother Chapter Five -

Muffled Voices

by ChibiBoko

Yugi gazed blankly out at the rain as he leaned his cheek against the window-glass. Quiet mumbling from the back of his head nattered at him. Closing his eyes, he sank past the light spots that danced across his eyelids, trying to force the muttering into coherent words he could understand.

They were talking about him again. That much he could figure out from the tone of it all.

Through the haze of unreality swirling about his senses, his hearing distantly noted the bedroom door quietly opening. Returning to the outside world, he opened his eyes to his reflection in the glass.

He vaguely heard someone speaking, but it was if they were covered in cotton, so muffled was it. No wait, the cotton was all around him, a complete barrier of it, keeping everything out.

...Fine with me. I think.. I like it this way..

He felt his shoulder being jarred, but he couldn't turn to see by who. His eyes were pinned by his reflected gaze.

They were boring into him, knowing, scalding at all his thoughts. Edges of memories caught on fire, casting a glow on everything, making it all-

Red...

Blue-gray looking up at him mischieviously from under black bangs, white smirk glinting.

red..

Laughter coloured gold by innocence making his face burn-

...r-ed...

..So red! I can't believe it Yugi!" Mokuba gibed him, giggling. "I'm starting to think it's your favourite colour, instead of-"

"H-hey!" Yugi protested. He tried to glare at the laughing boy beside him as they walked past people that were headed to the carnival.

Mokuba glanced at him slyly.

...r-e-d.....

"I think I'll..."

"What?" Panic. "NO! Y-you can't!"

Laughter. "You should see your face now!" He staggered around as tears obscured his eyes, he was laughing so hard...

re-d...

Everyone leapt to their feet expectently as the light over the emergency room entrance shut off suddenly. The doors were jostled open as the medical team wheeled the stretcher down the hallway and around the corner.

"What's..?" Joey looked around for someone to update them, but no one was around. They all ran to catch up with the moving stretcher.

........RED...

"I'm sorry, but doctors only right now." The nurse who cracked open the door apologized softly.

....red....

They all hunched down uncomfortably around that white door, waiting tensely for anyone to come out, to tell them something..

Anything...

Wetness on his hand. He jerked his head around to stare wonderingly at it. I'm..crying?

He relaxed slightly. They told him this was normal. That he would do this.

I'm...crying....

Water flowed seemingly endlessly, so at odds from the sunny day....

Yugi watched it as it ran through long dark locks, then sludged over to the drainpipe by the sidewalk, staining it red as it fell thickly through the grate.

Red?

He blinked at his hand, seeing it tremble. It was clean though, no red there. He sighed, relieved.

He ran his fingers over his right hand, smoothing over the red nail polish over and over. When he pulled his hand away, some of the red came with it.

Entranced, he stared at it at it ran towards his wrist, covering his whole hand. Something jarred at him; so distracting. Looking down, he saw the red nail polish dripping off onto the wooden sill hypnotically, with an almost silent plink! accompanying each drop.

Darkness tinged the edges of his eyes as he stared fearfully at his hands.

The voices roared.

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~00~;; : Um...yeah. Trying to get over this writers block, not sure if I'm succeeding or not.

Yugi's going craaaaaazzzyyyyyy......^_^