Ill Fated

Main pairing: Heartshipping, sorta Clashshipping, Thiefshipping, & Dragonshipping.

This is Yaoi, so if this repulses you, exit outta this. Now, other than there being Yaoi in this, there is also character death.. Unfortunately.

I don't own Yugioh or its characters. They belong to Kazuki Takahashi. And if I did own Yu-Gi-Oh, there would be LOTS of Clashshipping!

So, enjoy!

Yami awakened. His eyes glanced about the darkness of the room. Cold sweat slithering a salty trail down the side of his pasty cheek. The sound of Yugi's hushed whimpers echoed in his hazy mind. Rubbing the corners of his eyes, he flopped out of bed and limped over to the side of Yugi's bed. He'd been suspecting Yugi was hiding something from him.

Yami seemed to always be sick, and it was all because of Yugi. Yes, that means Yami can be affected by Yugi's viruses. He just couldn't help but wonder what Yugi was trying to hide from him. And much to his dismay, Yugi had closed off their mindlink. He could no longer peer into Yugi's mind.

And it irked him.

Yami drew back, startled by Yugi's sudden shudder, whilst he awoke from his frightening dreams. Yugi's sweat coated face stared up to see a flustered looking Yami's. Yugi froze and began to shiver wildly.

Yami immediately held him closely, not asking why this was happening or why he hadn't told him. His fever was worsening. That morning Yugi didn't arise when the alarm clock went off. Yugi lay sweating and panting, trying desperately to kick the bed sheets off.

Once uncovered with his blankets in a disheveled mess at the foot of his bed, he lie still, his face contorted with a look of unease on his tired features. Yugi had always been fair complected, demo his skin was… different now. It was a more pasty, unhealthy looking color, unlike Bakura's glowing pale skin. His skin was clammy and hot to the touch, making him look sickly (which he was).

On his skin were red patches in various spots. Yami watched the slow, trembling rising of Yugi's chest, whilst it caved in, rising up again in the same pattern, with a blank stare. Yami then turned his attention to the alarm clock. Yugi had done nothing but grumble some incoherent words when it had went off, Yami, on the other hand, woke up not quite how he wanted to wake up in the morning.

Yami sighed in exhaustion upon feeling the stinging of tears welling up in his eyes from simply staring at Yugi's frail, quivering frame. Yami looked away unbearably. Yugi had lost a tremendous amount of weight and was looking very anorexic. That was it.

He will see a doctor. As soon as Yugi regained consciousness, he would demand for some answers. Hai, that's what he'd do!

…..Yugi's grandpa had died four months ago. Yugi and I had each other though, or so I believed.

Yugi's thin lashes began to flutter, his eyes feeling a burning sensation as they slowly parted, revealing cloudy violet orbs.

" ….Y-…Yami…"Croaked a small, strained voice.

Yami looked up from his spot on the hardwood floor.

"Yugi, I know that you are ill. Demo, do you realize it is having a negative affect on me as well? I feel… like shit. But more importantly, what is happening to you? I cannot appease you, for I do not know how to. …I fear for you my… light." Yami whimpered, a sorrowful planted on his weary face.

Yugi's eyes began to water.

"Yami. …I-I'm sorry. So sorry. I promised you…- that the two of us would always tell each other of our problem.. Demo, I neglected that promise…" Yugi said shamefully, his eyes not willing to look into neurotic Crimson ones. Tears flowing down his burning cheeks. The tears dried quickly, due to Yugi's high fever. This was no flu. Yami could tell… he felt the same way too.

"Yugi, I never meant for you to get upset like that demo, Yugi? Are you-"

Yami was taken aback when Yugi's figure hit the floor, squirming about, he curled up into a tight ball, pressing his arms into his abdomen. Yami gasped and dropped down to Yugi's aid. He pulled Yugi's upper body up as best he could, being careful not harm his bruised flesh, letting him lean up against Yami. Yami was well aware of what this meant, he was having symptoms of a particular type of cancer.

Yami wasn't completely ignorant when it came to diseases such as these.

He remembered Yugi complaining about having bad abdominal pains, coupled with bone and joint pains too. He also recalled there being bloodied wads of Kleenex trashcan in the bathroom. The bruising on his skin and his weakening immune system… it was all too much for the Spirit's host to handle.

How long had he been keeping this from him though? For how long had been having these spells… When did this start, and could something have been done to stop it from worsening had they went to the doctor initially? He noticed Yugi's sluggishness when he would come home from school, sometimes he'd even call in sick, making Grandpa have to drive to the school to pick him up.

Yugi never did tell why Grandpa died…

Apparently, Yugi had fallen unconscious during class, more than once. Yet he had heard nothing of it, not until one night, after they both went to bed, Yami had sneaked over to Yugi's dresser. And while said boy was out cold, he searched through his drawers. This was awhile ago, but he'd learned this by walking in just as Yugi hid a note in a drawer, which he'd been doing a lot of as of late.

He'd watched Yugi hide a note in his underwear-drawer, which he had been doing a lot lately. And all the calls they'd been receiving from Domino High's principal…, Yugi's attempts to keep me from answering the phone calls from the school, saying it was about drama practices, nothing more. And guess what, it was actually the principal, calling about how worried he was over Yugi's once perfect grades. He strongly encouraged that we see someone about his health problems.

With Yugi laying unconscious next to him, Yami had no choice but to use the dreaded -telephone- that he so much hated and call an ambulance.

After all, it wasn't though Yami could actually drive them to the hospital.

Well, if ppl like this so far, I will continue on. Cuz I've it all written up anyway. All I have to do is edit it, and then separate it all into chapters and post it on here! grin I'm always one step ahead! …Demo, it doesn't help that I'm a huge procrastinator.