Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Through It All ❯ Too Close ( Chapter 8 )

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Chapter 8: Too Close

Kaiba was shocked. He knew exactly what he was looking at. She was diabetic... and she hadn’t told him! All this time, without even muttering an ‘Oh, Kaiba, by the way...I am diabetic’.

He should have known there was something wrong. This is what she must have been so scared and worried about. All this time she there had been a much bigger danger than those men and their sick minds.

He acted quickly. There was a compartment in this red bag that was labeled ‘emergency’. He opened the compartment and analyzed what he was looking at and what he had to do. He picked up the plastic covered syringe that was placed in the ‘emergency’ compartment and noticed a red line marked the middle of the syringe. He concluded with himself that that red line marked the dosage.

He then took out the bottle of insulin. Tearing off the plastic he opened the bottle and started drawing out the medicine with the syringe of course. He remembered from somewhere that there mustn’t be any air bubbles, or if there was it could be fatal to her. So he started tapping the syringe while letting a tiny bit of the liquid out. When he was satisfied he turned his gaze towards her. He knew he had to work fast, but he didn’t know where to inject her.

He couldn’t hesitate, it was wasting time and time was something they didn’t have right now. He plunged the needle into her thigh.

Now he could only wait and hope that he had done the right thing. He sat next to her and watched her, checking every second if she was still breathing.

He could feel the perspiration on his forehead. What if he had just sealed her fate? What would happen if she died? All these questions disturbed him to no extent. He was cold and heartless at times and was proud of this fact. But someone depended on him at this moment, he was all that kept them from the unthinkable.

He leant against the cave wall, still watching her intently. He ran his hand through his hair breathing deeply... trying to calm himself. He was unsuccessful.

She needed to wake up soon, should he try waking her? He moved towards her again... thinking to himself, that he hadn’t actually kept still the whole time they had been in the cave.

He shook her slightly by gripping both her shoulders with his hands and then slightly shaking them. She moaned softly and moved to her side. That was a good sign... right?

She didn’t wake up though. This caused Kaiba to worry even more. He reasoned with himself that all he really could do now was wait. He wasn’t a very patient man so this was pure agony. He lay down next to her. His adrenaline had worn of a while ago and he was now more than tired. He wouldn’t sleep though... he would wait.

He didn’t know how many hours had passed, all he knew that it was very dark so it must have been well into the night. He heard her; she had said his name. She had finally woken up. Before this he had been staring into the nothingness of the darkness ahead of him. He could barely see his hand in front of his face. He sat up and looked down at her. His trench coat still covered her whole body, right up to her chin.

She looked slightly dazed but then her eyes focused on him and she smiled. Kaiba was taken aback by the thought that had just crossed his mind at that action. She was a very beautiful creature. He dismissed it. He was hungry, he was tired, physically and mentally, and he had been around her for how long now?

“Where are we?” Serenity asked quietly, her voice was a little hoarse.

“Our escape was successful, I found a cave, they haven’t found us...yet.” The end of the sentence was a mere whisper.

“What happened to me?” She sat up now, she was so close to him that he could actually feel her body heat, she was staring forward now.

“Why didn’t you tell me you were diabetic?” She looked up at him, even though they were both sitting down he was still taller. She could see his lips were set in a grim line... he was deadly serious and it was scary. He could see the guilt flash across her eyes.

“I... I didn’t want to worry you.” She looked down and lifted her hand to put her hair behind her ear. He caught her hand with his.

“If I hadn’t looked through your bag... I don’t want to think what could have happened.”

“I’m... sorry. It’s just... with everything that has happened, I don’t know what I was thinking.” He was still holding her hand firmly but gently. She was going to start crying soon, thinking, yet again, about what had happened to her and thinking about what had nearly happened to her... well... that broke the barrier that was holding back the tears.

He pulled her towards him...closing what little gap there had been between them. He wrapped his arms around her and she buried her face in his chest. She cried a little, but with his presence surrounding her she calmed quickly.

He moved back and she followed him. He then propped himself up against the wall and then pulled her next to him. He wrapped one arm around her tightly and she rested her head on his shoulder.

She fell asleep soon after. They could have spoken.... but they didn’t need to. They had been through a lot together. They shared a deep understanding between them.

For Kaiba, sleep didn’t come. Yes, he was extremely tired. But his brain was on fire. He had hugged her, touched her in a way he hadn’t ever touched any other person. Now she was sleeping... in his arms.