It had been three days since Joey's soul had been sealed away by the Orichalcos. Since then, Yugi had closed himself off completely from his other half. The smaller duelist had locked himself in his soul room and nothing Yami said would bring him out. Yami became more and more concerned for his hikari with each passing hour of silence and it was almost to the point that Yumi was ready to force Yugi out. But not without trying one more time. Yami knocked gently on the door to Yugi's soul room.

"Yugi. Please come out. Your friends are all very worried about you…" There were several moments of silence and Yami was getting to ready to bust down the door when Yugi's voice sounded in his head.

/Not all of them. / Yami frowned, placing his palm against the door.

"Aibou. Do you really think that Joey would want you to lock yourself away like this?" There was no answer but Yami found that he could suddenly open the door. Doing this, Yami entered the room to find Yugi sitting in the middle of the floor, hugging his knees to his chest. The room had changed to reflect Yugi's mental state. It was still the same playroom it had always been. But now it was dark and starting to decay. Yami's concern for his hikari shot up. "Yugi…"

The pharaoh crossed the room quickly and knelt down, hugging his host tightly. A soft sob reached his ear and he felt a shudder wrack Yugi's small frame as the smaller clutched the front of Yami's shirt.

"H-He's gone…" Yugi sobbed softly. "A-And there wasn't anything I could do…" Yami rubbed Yugi's back slowly, attempting to calm Yugi.

"Joey fought bravely, Aibou. I am certain he would rather you be proud of him than mourn him." Yami pulled back, tilting Yugi's chin up gently and staring down into the large violet eyes. "And we will save him, Yugi. I promise." Yugi sniffled and nodded slowly, rubbing the tears slowly from his eyes.

"I-I'm sorry, Yami…" He whispered. "I… I just miss him…" Yami hugged Yugi tighter, stroking his hair gently.

"It's alright, Yugi. But… please do not do that again." Yugi looked up curiously to meet Yami's concerned gaze.

"D-Do what?"

"Shut yourself away from me." Yami's frown grew. "I do not like being unable to reach you…" A light blush painted Yugi's cheeks and he looked down.

"O-Oh… I'm sorry, Yami..." He felt lips press gently against his forehead and his blush darkened as Yami took his hand, lacing their fingers together.

"It's alright." Yami squeezed Yugi's hand gently, smiling softly when he got a light squeeze back. "I love you, Yugi."

"I love you, too, Yami…"

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