A/N Randomness from my mind. Just a quick escape from my long fanfics… well soon to be long XD… and an escape for my imagination . Happens after the school duel; imagine instead of letting Jaden stand up for him, Chazz runs off, the others stay in the duel arena but Jaden follows him. Oooh now imagine a certain slash pairing we all knew was gonna happen – enjoy
Sprinting was something Jaden was good at, but it took most of his stamina to keep up with the skinny, raven haired teen who'd just taken off. He was surprised no one else was following him; he'd expected thundering footsteps and calls of concern, but none came. Either everyone was too stunned to move, or it was true, what Chazz had said 'no one cared'. Was it true? Jaden didn't know about everyone else, but he knew the statement was a lie because, simply, he did. He cared what happened to Chazz and that was why he was sprinting down the corridor, his duel disk still on his arm and his hair sticking up in odd places from how fast his pace was.
However he would have run straight past Chazz if he hadn't been alert for the other boy's presence; Chazz was skinny and though he had the determination to, he didn't have nearly enough physical strength to keep going as fast as he was for long. It was the soft, breathless, slightly raspy sobs that first alerted Jaden to the other boy's position and it wasn't a surprise to find himself outside the boy's bathroom. That's where he had seen Chazz beating himself up before the duel, why not after?
The door had caught on its hinges and wasn't completely shut; if it had been Jaden wouldn't have heard Chazz. Jaden opened it gently and it was a shock to see the once proud, egotistical Chazz sitting, his back against the wall, his head in his hands on his knees and his shoulders shaking with years of suppressed tears. Jaden's heart went out to him.
"Chazz?" for once the brunette's voice wasn't loud and confident, it was so full of worry that it didn't even sound like Jaden at all. He cleared his throat and spoke again, "…Chazz?"
The former Obelisk's shoulders stopped shaking at the sound of his name, but Chazz didn't look up, out of shame or pure depression, Jaden couldn't tell. And so, not knowing what else to do he moved over to Chazz and bent down next to him.
"Hey – you don't need to cry you know?" he said, trying to make his voice sound natural; jokey and light, but he couldn't – it was quivering with pity.
After a short moment Chazz spoke, stubborn as ever, though his voice sounded so much less like the passionate, offensive Chazz Jaden knew, and loved, but so much emptier, "I'm not crying."
"Sure. But it's okay if you were…" gingerly Jaden laid a hand on Chazz's shoulder and was relieved to have it not shaken off instantly. For once Chazz's guard was down and Jaden was presented with his first ever opportunity to help him to stop hurting inside. "You're bros are jerks Chazz…" he heard a bitter bark of laughter from the other teen, "…you don't need their approval."
But then Chazz shook his head, "They're my bros – you don't get it. I let them down. I only had to do one stupid thing and I couldn't even do that…"
"You shouldn't need to duel for them – you don't have to do anything for them," Jaden tightened his grip on Chazz's shoulder, the hatred he'd felt for Slade and Jagger back in the duelling arena welling back up inside him; how could they do this to Chazz? Their own blood. "You lost – big deal. At least you did it for yourself."
"Why do you always do this!? Why do you always act like winning doesn't matter; 'it's okay – you tried your best, what more can you do? You only just humiliated yourself in front of everyone – you only just failed in front of the whole world! – You only just let your brothers down…'" Chazz looked up at Jaden, his face looked even worse than his voice sounded; miserable, defeated and desolate. He suddenly shook his shoulder free from Jaden's grasp. He turned away from the brunette, and then added quietly, "I'm a fuck up Jaden. My entire life is just one screw up after another over and over…" and then his voice broke again, but Chazz carried on none the less, although he now had tears streaking down his face, "Why are you even here – huh? You could be out celebrating with everyone. What the fuck do I matter? I'm just one more thing to way on your conscience and I'm sorry for that so you should know you needn't have bothered to follow me here. Just leave me alone – I don't want your pity; and I don't deserve your 'help'."
Jaden felt like someone had a hook and was pulling the corners of his mouth down; it was too much to see Chazz like this. Had his mind really been warped so much?
In one swift movement Jaden, as a surprise to himself and Chazz, he was pinning Chazz against the wall, his hands on the other boy's shoulders and he was kneeling in front of him. "No!" it was a whisper, but it had so much power to it that it made Chazz's slate grey eyes, which had been focused on the floor in self-loathing, look back up at Jaden's chocolate brown ones. "No! Don't you talk like that! You deserve so much more than those two – and… and I can't leave you alone. Cause your not alone – you have us… all of us, me and Syrus and Alexis and Chumley and Atticus and Zane! Can't you see; we're your friends and we'll always be here for you."
Chazz swallowed and stared right back at Jaden; however the spark Jaden had loved so much about Chazz's eyes had gone out. And after a second of eye contact Chazz's head dropped forward and back onto his knees.
"Chazz? Please? C'mon talk to me… it's only me – it doesn't matter what you have to say; I'll listen anyway, I'll try to understand, I'm not gonna leave you," Jaden slid in next to Chazz against the wall.
Two minutes at least must have passed before either of the boys spoke again. And, after what must have been a very hard decision, Chazz turned his head to look back up at the Slifer sitting next to him. He sniffed hard and then took a deep breath, and the words that came out of his mouth were ones Jaden had never expected to hear. Not from former Obelisk blue, narcissistic, Chazz. In fact he doubted whether he'd ever of heard the words in his life, let alone on the cold bathroom floor of the men's room in Duel Academy. However they were not the three most important words Jaden would consider saying to Chazz right then, they were something else entirely.
"Jaden – I…" Chazz looked back down at the floor again and swayed slightly as he sat, Jaden placed a firm hand on his shoulder to keep him steady and frowned at the other boy both confused and concerned. "…I think you need to call a doctor. Jaden I think… I overdosed."
And then Chazz Princeton collapsed, and Jaden Yuki's world came crashing down around his shoulders.
A/N Alrighty. It's short I know, but I think it might just have to have chapters – I mean I can't leave that as a one shot… can I? I dunno read and review chuckles evilly… oh yeah. It was gonna be deep and lovely, now it's just insanely over the top… well it is from my mind. P.S Check out my other fan fics! XD!