Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ You Don't Want This ❯ Settling In ( Chapter 3 )

Settling In

It was two years later when the shadow stepped off the train. Two years after the confusion and hurt. After the tears and silence of feelings going around. Two years after his own back turned from his main reason for being there.

The shadow walked from shadows of the station and the sun, which seemed to have become duller somehow in the past two years, eliminated his face.

Yami looked around sadly at the familiar surroundings of the town of Domino.

He looked down before thinking sadly to himself. `Not much had changed here, but things tend to be deceiving to the eye if taken lightly.'

He walked on as he thought of the innocent boy who had stolen his heart and refused to give it back.

He came back because he sensed that the boy felt different…too different for his liking. Yami felt as though something was going terribly wrong with him for some time now. He knew Yugi to be in his final year of high school as a senior so he already readied himself with surprises like a girl hanging over Yugi or pressure with homework; complications as such.

He had left Domino months after Yugi left and went to a different city to live there, knowing Yugi would only keep going down there if he knew Yami was still there. The area was dangerous and Yami didn't want the light to get hurt by his causes any more than he could help.

After thinking a bit about his tragic past, he immediately set to finding the owner of his heart and soul. He followed the boy's emotions and thoughts through winding streets before he found him being beaten up by some punks in the downtown area that took over a while ago.

`How dare they torment someone as beautiful as my aibou … No! I have no right to call him such anymore. I left him and I'd doubt he'd even remember who I was.' He thought sadly with a tint of anger from what he was witnessing.

Nevertheless ran over to help out his old partner and teach those jerks that dared lay a finger of harm upon his love.

He shoved the one holding the boy around the collar away and punched the other in the gut that was ruining the perfect face of his angel. It didn't take much to scare the small gang away.

`Must be newer than I thought. That was way too easy. And what was that about one of them saying they'd get Yugi back for his crimes? Never matter anymore.'

He kneeled down next to his fallen other and held him close. Yugi, only feeling somebody's warm body close to his and knowing they were going to keep him safe, latched on them.

After a minute of holding onto the person Yugi decided he'd better thank him and looked up. At that his eyes widened and they brimmed with tears that begged to be shed after such a long while. He let them come without knowing he did and hugged the boy even closer to him, making sure he wasn't unconscious and having this dream or hallucinating. Once he confirmed it was real he hugged him tighter, never wanting to let go.

He let the tears fall freely unlike the month after crying his heart out the day Yami had walked away from him. He cried more from remembering that terrible day and dreading it would happen again as he refused to let up his death grip on the one who broke his heart.

He felt Yami shift from him and try to stand up but he wouldn't allow him.

"Don't go! Please, I need you please!" He begged as he felt his grip being loosened.

Warm arms pulled him to his feet as he continued to hide his face into that familiar muscular chest.

"Don't worry, Yugi. I won't go, I'm going to take you home."

Yugi shivered at the deep voice as it came to his ears. He calmed down a little bit and allowed Yami to guide him home as he refused to loosen his grip in fear Yami'd only disappear again.

As they walked towards home, Yami played with the boy's hair some and he found it helped the boy calm down further.

Upon arriving at their destination Yami walked through the back way to avoid Yugi's grandfather, not wanting to answer any questions of what had happened or where he'd been all this time. His main goal was to get his aibou patched up as he led the frightened light up the stairs to his bedroom.

He opened the door and immediately noticed a difference to the room. His bed was still where it was when he had left as well untouched. He felt tears come to his eyes as he realized Yugi was still wishing for his return so left to bed where it was. Also, there weren't any toys all over the place like before. Instead, there was a computer in the corner with a sheet over it. Yami guessed it was keep dust from it. Textbooks from his senior classes and undone homework scattered near his closet as if an attempt at hiding them. Yugi's clothing was also all over the floor and Yami noticed it was all black and not the kind of clothing he was used to seeing Yugi wear. He shrugged it off as Yugi just finding a new style he liked better than the last one. Lastly, he noticed that Yugi's sheets were no longer the bright blue or other covers he liked, but black as well and the posters of Duel Monsters were taken down.

He ignored the changes and placed Yugi on the young one's bed and rushed to the bathroom to retrieve the first aid kit. He returned and treated Yugi's wounds carefully before moving the kit to his side and sat next to Yugi.

As he did Yugi stared at him sadly through dark, amethyst eyes and tears continued to trail down his pale face silently. That's when Yami noticed that Yugi's face was a bit more pale than he thought was normal and more than he was comfortable with. He was about to question the small light on it when the boy burst into tears and his face once more only this time it was in Yami's lap rather than his tear stained shirt.

The darker one could only rub the smaller's back and wait until the tears subsided and the light calmed down once more.

Yami couldn't blame him for the tears though. He too had cried many times since he'd left, especially when he moved to a different city.

`Maybe … maybe it was wrong of me to leave. Possibly it wasn't what was best for us and Yugi really did need me all this time.' He thought as his memories of when he turned his back to Yugi came back to him.

Once calmed down Yami suggested that he go find something for Yugi to eat. The hikari nodded and watched the darker one as he left.

~Flashback~

"I'm so sorry Yugi." He whispered just as sadly. He turned around and started to walk away. "It's better this way." He told himself. "For Yugi … and myself."

Yugi felt the tears weld up in his eyes as he watched his darker half, whom he tried so hard to find for so long, walked away from him. Confusion and sadness as well as rejection swallowed him up. He didn't understand what Yami was doing or what he was trying to prove. He wanted Yami to come back, was he just trying to be stubborn because he'd hurt him or was he really doing this for a good reason.

`Sure he is. It's a good reason because I rejected him. It's only fair that he does the same to me. Make the punishment fit the crime some people say.' He shook his head to get rid of those thoughts. `No, I won't let him do this. He's got to come back with me, he's just got to.

He got up and ran over to grab his arm. "What do you think you're doing Yami? I want you; I need you to come back. It hurts so much when you aren't there. I'm sorry for what I did. I really am, I didn't mean to do it. Please, please come back; I'm begging you, Yami, please." He cried as more tears came sliding down his face.

Yami stared at the boy, refusing to cry because he still felt that he needed to be strong in front of him. If he didn't do this then he would break down right there and tell Yugi everything and then he'd have to watch as Yugi stared him with disgust before running away from him. He calmly removed the boy's hand from his arm and shook his head slowly and backed away from him.

He turned around and Yugi felt the move break his heart into a million pieces before he ran back to his own home.

~End Of Flashback~

Once more the cruel and familiar tears made their way down his cheeks before he burst into tears for the third time that day.

Yami spun around and saw Yugi crying hysterically on the bed once more. He rushed over and cradled the boy lovingly, not caring if Yugi figured out his long time secret or not. Hearing mumblings through his shirt as his light cried he strained his ears to hear what the little one was trying to say.

Yugi was whispering things such as `don't leave me alone' and `don't go away again'. Yami's heart broke even more if that possible as he listened to the terrified boy. He understood what his light meant and pet his hair to calm him like he did on his way over. He lifted his light up and carried him back down the stairs and sat him at the kitchen table.

After reassuring the crying hikari that he wouldn't leave and would be right here where Yugi could watch him he set about to make a sandwich with hot chocolate for the sad little aibou.

He was just about to give the meal to his partner when his grandfather entered the kitchen and stared at him, bewilderment was clearly written over his face at seeing the dark spirit once more.

"Yami? Is that really you?" The old man questioned, as he looked the taller form of his grandson up and down. At seeing the nod his face softened as he continued to look him over. "You look terrible, what happened to you?"

"I've just been in a few rough spots. Nothing all that much."

"Well let's get you cleaned up then, come on." He gestured out the room.

Yami was about to follow but was held back with a small tug and hearing a slight whimper come from the other.

"Um, I don't think that would be wise." Yami suggested as he wrapped his arm around the other to keep him from crying.

"Why not? What's wrong?"

"Yugi's been upset ever since he saw me a couple hours ago. He's frightened that I'm going to leave again if he can't see me so I don't think it'd be best if I just left him alone here."

"Yes, he has been in a lot of turmoil when he came home and said something about you leaving forever. I was a bit baffled and didn't understand until he told me that you turned and walked away from him. I won't ask why though since I'm sure you have your own reason, but maybe when Yugi's finished eating you can get cleaned up."

Yami nodded and sat down at the table as he handed Yugi the sandwich and mug of coco. He watched as he ate and noticed that the small one barely looked down at what he was doing. Yami once more ignored it as Yugi just in shock over Yami's sudden arrival still.

`That settles it." Yami thought to himself. `I'm staying, it was foolish of me to do this and now I realize it was my own stupidity that made him like he is.'

He calmed down and realized that for once in a long time he was really happy and his muscles also became less tense then they'd been at having to worry about Yugi.

`I won't let anything happen to him again. I'll never leave again, little Yugi. I promise I'll never hurt you like this again.'

He took the plate and mug and set them in the sink. Handing out his hand for his light he was glad to see Yugi smile a little bit before taking it.

They went to the front of the game shop and Grandpa smiled as he turned the sign over so it read `Be Back in 30 minutes'. He then led the two boys upstairs and then into the attic.

He opened a trunk and showed Yami where all his things and belongings were put. Yami was very grateful that the two hadn't gotten rid of anything of his meaning they didn't give up hope that he wasn't going to go back and he was still welcome there.

He changed in the bedroom and didn't mind that Yugi was watching him from the bed as he did so. He was just glad that Yugi wasn't crying anymore and if watching him to make sure wasn't going to leave again made his light happy he didn't care.

Once discarding his ruined clothing in the garbage downstairs he brought his other up to their room and laid him on the bed, watching him until he fell asleep and, soon after, falling asleep as well.

About an hour later he woke up and was surprised to find that Yugi wasn't anywhere in the room. He wandered down the hall just as Yugi was coming out, still looking a bit pale like Yami saw before when he first came.

Upon seeing Yami, Yugi offered a small smile as he ran over and hugged him once more. Yami hugged him back happy that things were going to be all right.

"Are you okay, Yugi?" Yami questioned as he once more became concerned about his pale state.

"I've never been better Yami, never been better." The small one answered as he continued to snuggle up to his other. Yami smiled and continued to hold the other close.