Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ To Know Who You Are ❯ Chapter 10

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Chapter Ten

 

 

Yugi heard the door shut as his friends left and looked up with tear filled amethyst eyes. He looked at the picture of him and Yami that was on the wall.

 

`Why did he call me aibou and little one? The two names that Yami once called me.' He thought as he continued to look at the picture.

 

Yugi decided to make his way up to Yami's room to see how Aten was doing and talk to him about why he called him that. He stopped outside the door and took a deep breath. He knocked but heard no answer so he quietly opened the door and stepped inside.

 

He saw Aten sitting at the desk looking out the window watching the snow as if he were in a trance. Yugi slowly walked up behind him and waited for him to say something. When he didn't Yugi decided that he would be the first to speak.

 

“Aten?”

 

“Yes Yugi.”

 

“Are you alright?”

 

“Yes I am fine.” Aten turned to look at Yugi.

 

“I am sorry for yelling at all of you.” Aten said as he bowed his head.

 

“That's okay I probably would have yelled too if it had been me.”

 

“I know they were just trying to help even if it was in a…violent aspect.” Aten gave a slight smile.

 

Yugi smiled and was about to ask why he called him aibou when he heard loud pounding coming from downstairs.

 

“I will be right back.” Yugi sighed.

 

Aten nodded and watched Yugi walk out the door.

 

Yugi made his way toward the door and angrily swung it open to yell at the person who had interrupted his and Aten's conversation. He gasped as he saw who was standing and the door.

 

“Seto…what are you doing out in this.” Yugi looked at him and noticed that he was covered with snow.

 

“I came to apologize to Aten I was a real jerk last night.”

 

Yugi let Seto in and yelled for Aten. He walked upstairs to let them have their privacy.

 

Aten came downstairs and stopped in his tracks as he looked at Seto.

 

“What are you doing here?”

 

Seto fidgeted as he looked at the man in front of him uncomfortably.

 

“I came to apologize for last night. I was way out of line.”

 

Aten looked at Seto and saw the hurt and pain in his sapphire eyes. The man he loved more than anything in the world had hurt him not only physically but emotionally as well.

 

Seto saw how dull the crimson eyes had gotten and wished Aten would smack him, yell at him, but he didn't he remained silent. He saw the tears threatening to spill out of Aten's eyes at any moment.

 

Seto looked at Aten and spoke once more.

 

“I truly did love Yami, more than you could possibly understand. For the past two years I have dreamed of him every night and in those dreams we were able to be close to each other. Last night alcohol clouded my judgment and I would have never done anything like that had I been sober.”

 

“You made me angry because you wouldn't tell me what you meant by that last statement. Not only angry but hurt as well. In that moment that I shoved you the fire in your eyes reminded me so much of Yami.”

 

Aten looked at the broken man before him, but said nothing. Would he have done the same thing if he were in Seto's position?

 

Maybe not to the extent Seto did, but yes anger would have altered his mind and he too would have been sent into a fit of rage. Aten looked up at the CEO and saw a single tear run down his face.

 

“I am truly sorry Aten. I can not change what happened, but I hope that one day you will find it in your heart to forgive me.” Seto turned and walked out of the room.

 

Aten slowly followed him as he watched as Seto opened the door to leave, but before he did he turned to Aten.

 

“I am glad to have met you, Aten and in that brief amount of time it felt like Yami was back in my life.” Seto then turned and walked out into the snow storm.

 

“You didn't know it Seto, but you did have me back.” Aten whispered as he watched the CEO walk away.

 

He walked back to the living room and put his head in his hands as he dropped on the couch. Yugi heard the front door close so he walked back downstairs and into the living room where he heard Aten sob. He walked over and sat beside him. Yugi drew Aten into a tight embrace as he cried.

 

“Y-Yugi why is life so cruel?” Aten sobbed into Yugi's hair.

 

“I don't know. I really don't.” Yugi let the tears fall not only for Aten but for Yami and himself as well.

 

They sat on the couch for a long time until Yugi felt Aten's arms slide down his back. He looked over at his shoulder where Aten had is head and saw he had fallen asleep. He smiled and shook his head as he slowly and laid Aten back against the couch and slowly got up trying not to awaken him.

 

Aten opened his sleepy eyes and heard Yugi go upstairs. He sat up and looked around the room wondering if he should go see if Yugi was alright. He slowly got up and made his way upstairs and stopped at Yugi's door. He looked in and saw Yugi sitting on his bed looking at a thick book.

 

Yugi looked up and smiled.

 

“I thought you were asleep?”

 

“I was, but woke up when I felt you get up.”

 

“Sorry.” Yugi blushed.

 

“It's okay. What are you looking at?”

 

“Pictures wanna look at them with me?”

 

Aten nodded and made his way over to sit beside Yugi.

 

“Here's a picture of Yami and me at the beach last summer.”

 

Yami and Yugi were smiling and wearing only swim trunks. Yugi's were blue and Yami's were red.

 

“Oh and this is a picture of Yami and Bakura.” Yugi pointed.

 

Aten laughed as he saw Yami sitting on top of Bakura with a smirk on his face. Bakura too had a smirk that almost rivaled Yami's.

 

“They both were fighting over the TV remote and Yami won once he tackled Bakura and they toppled over the couch and onto the floor.”

 

Aten remembered that night. Bakura stole the remote and he had chased him around the house until he finally caught Bakura off guard and jumped knocking both him and Bakura over the couch and onto the floor.

 

They continued to look at the pictures and laugh as Yugi explained the stories behind most of the pictures. He had put this collection together after Yami had past away and this was the first time he had looked at it in almost two years

 

 

About an hour had past and they were halfway through the pictures when Yugi looked over at Aten.

 

“Umm…can I ask you something?”

 

“Of course.”

 

“Why…I mean earlier you called me aibou and I was wondering why?”

 

Aten's eyes got wide as he realized that he did say that when he was angry earlier.

 

“I…umm…” Aten tried to think of something so he blurted out the first thing that came to his mind.

 

“Are you sure Yugi?” Oh lovely that was a wonderful question.

 

“Yeah I'm sure.”

 

Aten looked away from Yugi as he tried to think of anything to say that could explain why a complete stranger would say something like that.

 

Yugi looked at Aten wondering why he was not giving him and answer.

 

“Aten?”

 

Aten still did not look or answer him.

 

“Aten please tell me. Why did you call me aibou?”

 

Aten finally turned to look at Yugi.

 

“Yugi…I have something to tell you.” Aten said as he looked deeply into large amethyst eyes.

 

`Well here it goes I have to tell him now and I will have to leave them all.' Aten thought as he closed his eyes.

 

“I…I am…” Aten was cut off when there was frantic pounding on the door downstairs.

 

Aten was relieved that he didn't have to tell Yugi the truth. Yugi jumped up and glared as he clenched his fists.

 

“Who would be out in this and why do we always get interrupted?!” Yugi yelled as he stomped out of the room.

 

Aten sighed in relief as he walked after Yugi.

 

Both Yugi and Aten made it to the front door. Yugi opened the door and the first thing he saw was scared grey eyes.

 

“Mokuba!” They both said as they hurried the teen inside.

 

“Is Seto here?”

 

Both Aten and Yugi shook their heads.

 

“No he left well over two hours ago.” Aten said.

 

Mokuba's eyes got wider than normal.

 

“Why?” Yugi questioned.

 

“He never came home and this weather is horrible.” Mokuba looked at them with tears in his eyes.

 

“Please…help me find him.”

 

Aten looked at both of them.

 

“I will go see if I can find him.”

 

“We'll go with you.” Yugi said as he looked from Mokuba to Aten.

 

“No you two stay here incase he shows up or calls.” Aten said as he grabbed his jacket.

 

“Aten…please be careful.” Yugi placed a hand on Aten's arm.

 

“I will.” He winked.

 

“Thank you.” Mokuba said as he looked at both of them.

 

Aten smiled at them as he opened the door.

 

“Please come back safe.” Yugi whispered as he watched Aten walk down the street,

 

Mokuba looked at Yugi and saw worry and something else in his amethyst eyes.

 

Love.

 

In the short amount of time that Aten had been there it made Mokuba feel as though everything was complete again.

 

They both sat on the couch and hoped Aten would find Seto and that both of them would come back unharmed. The storm was starting to get worse and worse and both Mokuba and Yugi now had a reason to worry about what this storm would bring.

 

Just like Yami, Aten had walked out and in the line of danger just to help someone, even if that person had hurt him. Yugi just hoped that Aten would come back safe and not be a repeat of what happened to Yami.

 

 

Tbc…