[Inspired by a roleplay between me and my friend c:]
Chapter 1
Yuya walked around the remains of what use to be the Utopia known as Heartland; also Yuto's and Shun's homeland. He wanted to do what he could to help rebuild the once beautiful city. His red eyes fixated on the destroyed buildings and senery ahead of him as he remembered everything he saw from his counterpart's memories. He remembered the awful screams from the people as they ran from the Fusion Soldiers while most of them were being turned into cards. The destruction was much more awful in person than he expected; he knew it would take awhile before Heartland was returned to it's former glory, but that wasn't gonna stop him from helping out with the repairs with everyone else here. He grabbed the box full of supplies and began to go door to door distributing them to people who needed it. He did have someone with him so he wouldn't get lost; since he didn't know where anything was; but he somehow got seperated from him.
Most people were helping out by fixing up the buildings; like Shun and Yuto; while people like Yuya helped clean the streets and hand out food and supplies to the people. He loved to see their faces full of smiles - it was better than their broken, sad and suffering faces he had seen before. It warmed his heart to the bone; to know he was making a difference here. Back in Standard he had left school since he spent most of his time trying to help rebuild Heartland. His mother understood that this was important to him so she let him stay here. He had never stayed here for a long period of time but he planned to this time hopefully able to find himself a place to stay at while he did so. He looked around wondering where Yuto had gone; they had met up when he first arrived and then seperated when they began work. He felt somewhat awkward with his Xyz doppelganger to be honest. Only because they had met that one time then soon enough they shared a body.
Yuto had been caught up by Shun, he having requested his help with holding a door steady so he could screw it back in. He knew there was more to it than that though. Shun could have asked anyone else to help him with such a simple task, especially when Yuto's job wasn't even part of the construction team that day. It hadn't dawn on him that the reason was most likely because Yuya was there. His over-protective best friend hadn't exactly gotten over Yuto's long disappearance and it's connection with Yuya. Regardless Yuto managed to slip away first chance he'd gotten, having very much wanted to get back to the entertainment duelist he had once shared a body with. To be honest, Yuto was concerned that Yuya might get lost or hurt himself on the still partially crumbling ruins of his hometown. He walked back to the Square where Ruri was telling people their assignments.
Once she saw him she smiled and walked over to him, " Yuto I thought you were helping Brother?" She asked as he sighed.
" Yeah I was but I managed to slip away after we got the door screwed in. I'm worried about Yuya." He said as she nodded and flipped through her notes.
" He should be over around that area with one of our own. I thought it would be better for him to have someone with him so he didn't get lost, but if you want to check up on him go right ahead." She said pointing over to the area where most of the buildings were still wrecked. He nodded and thanked his best friend's little sister before walking towards that area. He looked around to see how bad it was and frowned. He was glad they were finally able to work on rebuilding Heartland after all that time spent.
" Yuya!" He called when he finally caught sight of the other boy again, he jogged over to him. " Sorry I had to help Shun with something. How are things here?" He asked.
Yuya looked around and didn't know where he was at the slightest. He cursed to himself knowing that he somehow gotten lost and should've stayed with that guy he; who was assigned to stay with him. Once he heard the familar voice of Yuto he turned to see the other jogging towards him.
" It's alright Yuto, I'm doing great here actually. I just got done with handing out the last of the supplies and their faces brightened up with smiles." He said with a smile on his own face now that Yuto was there. It had been boring all by himself but he could say it was his fault for leaving the other male behind, " I was about to head back but. . .I got lost." He added with a nervous laugh, " But now that you're here I'm not lost anymore." He smiled.
Yuto nodded, unable to help from returned a soft smile to him as well, " Ah well how about I guide you back then." He more stated than suggested. He was relieved that he'd been able to find him so quickly then if he really had been getting lost, " Follow me." He urged, heading back the way he came.
Honestly, he did feel alittle awkward around Yuya after everything, but the same he felt. . .very close to him as well. He had been with Yuya through everything, whether Yuya was aware or not; he had been watching and as much as maybe that could seem like a nice, protective statement, he also realized it almost could seem. . .stalkerish? It was complicated. It all was very complicated. Yuya nodded and followed behind Yuto as the other lead him back to the square. He was glad Yuto had found him and was from Heartland because he knew the layout and every turn of his homeland. He could see that Yuto probably felt weird around him and he didn't blame the other really. It was one thing they shared the same face along with two othhers - who were from Synchro and Fusion - the fact that Yuto had disappeared into his body and he didn't know how or why. He knew there were times he was watching Yuya be it being when he was dueling or what.
" Yuto are you ok?" He asked wanting to know if the other was alright.
Yuto was alittle stunned on how fast Yuya seemed to pick up on that. . .unless of course he just meant in general. He supposed alot of things have happened and he hadn't exactly been back in his own body for that long.
The Xyz duelist nodded and gave Yuya a reassuring smile, " Better than I have been in such a long time." He replied simply. Yuto glanced up towards the quickly darkening sky, taking a moment to contemplate something before looking back at Yuya again, falling into step with him instead, " It might be more dangerous to travel in the dark, so it might be better to take a shortcut to get back to the main square before then. But stay close to me. Just in case." He instructed firmly. Yuya smiled glad to hear that his friend was ok. He was glad to hear; since Yuto must not be use to being back in his own body again. It had been awhile since he was in his own body and he must be happy to be back in it. He glanced up along with Yuto and saw the dark sky.
Yuya looed at Yuto, " Ok I'll stay close, just lead the way." He said, he must've guessed since the electricity was out that it would be too dark to see, but he trusted Yuto completely. He didn't like how dark it was getting - since there were no lights it onlt got darker.
His main concerns was not being able to see what was coming up ahead of them. Things were still in such a disary that it felt more dangerous to just fumble in the dark. They were still working on getting the electricity going in homes again that they hadn't quite made it to street lights. But Yuto hoped one day that Heartland could be restored to the bright, colorful Utopia it once was. Yuto climbed over a mostly crumbled wall, being careful of the fallen bricks on the other side. He scanned the buildings above them for signs that any part of them might give away. It might have been a long time, but stalking arounf the destroyed remains of Heartland had been something he'd become good at in the three years they had been at war before coming to Standard.
" Is your mother expecting you home tonight?" He questioned, wanting to divert his current train of though. Those weren't exactly pleasant memories. Yuya followed behind climbling over the crumbled wall Yuto had just climbed over with the help from Yuto. For some reason he thought of Yuto doing parkour - before all this had happened - and giggled softly. He understood that maybe it was because the sun was going down and no electricity that Yuto only wished they wouldn't get harmed or something. He looked around and sighed softly to himself. He always wanted to see how Heartland use to be before the Fusion Dimension came. He remembered Yuto's memories he would see and only to be able to see glimpses of the once beautiful Utopia.
" I told Mom that I was helping out with repairs and didn't know how long I would be staying this time. I told her it just depended if I could find a place to stay at." Yuya explained.
" You can stay with me, Shun and Ruri. Although, resources are still tight, so you might have to. . .share a bed with me." He explained, feeling a weird awkwardness run through him momentarily, " We're limited on beds. Shun and Ruri have to have to share on too. I think Ruri is more against that than Shun is to be honest." He gave a soft chuckle before continuing, " If it isn't okay, however, i'm sure we can work something else out for you." He shrugged, possibly in the form of Yuto sleeping on the floor instead. He didn't mind. Yuya had done so much for him already, one night sleeping on the floor would not kill him.
Yuya giggled and smiled at the thought of Shun snf Ruri sharing a bed; he didn't know why she would be against sharing a bed with her brother but he guessed he would wanting the privacy took. He blushed softly when Yuto told him they would have to share a bed, " It's fine I mean I don't mind to share a bed with you." He said, " I wouldn't want you sleeping on the floor or anything so it's fine." He added looking at the other before giving him a genuine smile. He knew it would be awkward, but like the other had said that they had limited beds and he didn't mind one bit to share. Yuto wasn't that surprised. Ruri was a teenage girl after all, so she wanted her space and her privacy and not to mention that Shun has gotten a lot more protective of her. Not that he could blame him. Yuto admittedly felt protective of her too. He was just happy to see that she was home safe again.
Yuto nodded and smiled softly. He should have know Yuya would have figured him out like that. That seemed like it was part of this odd connection that they had. Yuya was a very sweet person. There wasn't a single moment he'd ever regretted putting his faith in Yuya, " Okay, it's settled then." He decided. Yuto eyed the drop in the road ahead of them. He peeked down it as he got closer to the edge. He could jump down it easily enough, but he did understand it was a bit of a drop. He supposed they could try and go around, but this was definitely the fastest and quickest route back, " Wait." He urged him before jumping, catching a foot hold on a nearby building to help ease his way down with less impact to his legs when he landed. Once he got to the bottom he turned back towards Yuya, holding his arms up towards him, " Jump! I'll catch you. I promise!" He called up to the other boy. Hopefully smoothly anyway, but he'd have to see.
Yuya watched Yuto jump down and saw it was quite a drop. He gulped never having jumped from something that far down before, but he still could see Yuto so he guessed it wasn't that bad of a jump. He nodded and jumped down closing his eyes hoping Yuto would catch him. He had to keep thinking to himself that he trusted Yuto completely he always did even when they first met. Since Yuto had put his faith and trust in him he could do the same with Yuto too. Yuto readjusted his position, keeping his eyes locked on Yuya as he fell, still feeling a rush of concern even if it was his own request. Yuto caught him counterpart locking his grip more securely as he felt himself stumble back from the sudden force, falling backwards onto his butt.
His eyes moved instantly to the boy he held securely in his arms who was now very close in proximity to him, " Are you ok Yuya?" He asked immediately.
Yuya opened his eyes and looked at Yuto, " Y-yeah i'm fine are you?" He asked seeing that he had knocked Yuto backwards, " Thanks for catching me." He thanked as he hugged Yuto. He then realized that he should get off the other. He got up and dusted himself off before lending out his hand to help the other alot. He wanted to make sure Yuto wasn't hurt from the fall.
Yuto nodded, then took Yuya's hands, letting him help him up, " Of course. You've already gotten plenty hurt doing things that I've requested of you before, i'm not about to let that happen again." He replied simply, giving him a haf hearted smile, " Not if I can help it." He'd be lying if he said he didn't feel guilty about everything Yuya had to go through. He wished he could have been more help to him at those times, " Come on. We're not far off now. Should just be around the bend over there." He explained to his companion making sure he was coming with him before proceeding again.
Yuya nodded with a smile, " I didn't mind to do all those things Yuto. I was helping a friend; that's what friends do." He said as he followed behind Yuto making sure to keep up with him so they didn't get seperated. He was glad Yuto had found him or he would be lost in Heartland at night until the next morning. He knew Yuto felt guilty for getting him involved but he wanted to help Yuto and stop the Fusion Dimension. He would be lying if he didn't say he thought about destroying the Fusion Dimension. Just knowing that Yuto was there was enough for him to keep going so Yuto in a way had helped him many times in the past.
Yuto smiled. That was one of the things he liked about Yuya. No matter the situation, he always seemed to find a positive side to things. He was this constant bright light who, even if he dimmed, never seemed to stay down for too long. It was really. . .refreshing.~ Yuto got them back to the square thankfully just before the sun had finished setting. Everyone seemed to be packing up their things for the night, chattering with each other about tomorrows plans and hope for the future.
" Yuto!" A female voice called, Shun's little sister trotting up to them, " You two are back! I'm so relieved. Brother was starting to get on edge. He said if you weren't back before dark that he was gonna go find you himself. Honestly, he worried too much." She smiled and shook her head. She looked to Yuya, offering him a bright smile as well, " Yuya! It's good to see you're back as well. Thanks for helping out, we really can use all the help we can get." She noted.
The red eyed duelist was thankful they made it back to the main square before dark hit and saw everyone was starting to pack up for the night. They had heard Yuto's name and saw Ruri walking up to them and begin to talk. He was glad they got back as well or Shun would've came to look for thrm. He felt that would end not so well especially since he felt awkward around Shun; thinking maybe the older male hated him. He always gave him a dark look which made Yuya somewhat scared thinking he was gonna do something to Yuya. He didn't blame him though; he could never really explain to Shun what had happened to Yuto and how he somehow had Yuto's Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon.
When Ruri looked at him and greeted him it broke him out of his train of thoughts. He smiled back at the girl, " Hello Ruri. It's not a problem at all I just do what I can do to help rebuild Heartland to it's former glory." He said keeping his signature smile on his face.
Ruri nodded, " I'm sure we can one day! You'll be amazed when you see it. Heartland is such a beautiful place. Especially at night too! It being this dark is honestly. . .well I guess not new, but it's not. . .Heartland; our Heartland." She explained with some hesitance.
" Ruri." Yuto interjected, able to see she was going to stress herself talking like that, " Yuya is going to stay with us tonight. He be staying with me." He explained. He, Ruri and Shun all lived in the same house for now; it just being tempoary. Their real homes were both long gone now. He didn't mind so much though. Being with Shun and Ruri was better than being in his old empty house anyway if it had been standing.
Shun's little sister blinked then nodded, " Oh sure! That's not a problem with me! I'll tell brother then. Oh, and Yuya, I wouldn't be afraid of him wither if you are. He's a little over protective, but he'd never REALLY hurt you. So, if he glares at you when you come over, don't worry about it!" She brushed off before turning to go, " I'll see you both later.~" She waved to them before hurrying back over to help an older lady carry her things back towards her own place.
The Pendulum user didn't understand how she knew what he was thinking but nodded towards her and then waved as she walked off. He was kind of afraid of Shun but guessed he had a reason to act the way he did, but he guessed he should follow her advice. He couldn't wait to see Heartland; the Heartland they all remembered. His stomach began to growl as he noticed he was hungry.
" Hey Yuto want me to go get us both something to eat? I mean you must be hungry too?" He asked looking at his Xyz doppelganger.
Yuto assumed that Ruri guessed that it was Shun that Yuya was scared of. Yuto knew he came off as intimidating even if he wasn't, " Sure that's sounds nice." He nodded. Food was another thing he was thankful for them to have again. They'd gotten donations from both Standard and Synchro from Jack and Reiji and that alone helped so much. He gave him a half hearted smile, " Although I hope you're not expecting to get anything like your Mom would make. We're not quite at that level yet."
" Anything will sound good right now." He giggled as he walked over to grab two burgers. He was grateful that Synchro and his Dimension had helped with donations and even had people come to help out. He had seen Yugo, Rin and Crow come to help out. He believed that Fusion should help out as well with donations but guessed that the people of Heartland wouldn't receive their help since he didn't even trust them. He was jsut happy that everyone was helping out and the progress - despite being slow - it was going along slowly. Yuya came everyday to help anyway he could. He walked back over to Yuto and handed him the burger and smiled.
The Xyz duelist smiled and took the burger from Yuya with a thank you, " There are some people dueling over there if you wanted to watch while we ate." He suggested, " Unless you'd rather just head back to my place." It had been a long day, Yuto understood if Yuya was worn out from it, " You did a lot of good work today."
Yuya opened the wrapper and took a bite as he looked over to the people dueling, " We can go watch for alittle bit then head to your home. Only if you want to." He said and smiled, " I was just trying to do what I could to help everyone." He added happy to hear that from Yuto.
" And i'm sure they were all very happy about it as well." He noted, " Alright, let's watched for alittle bit then. Just until we finish our burgers, then i'll take you back to my for-now home." He decided, gesturing for Yuya to follow him over to where two children were dueling, " Oh." He began before slipping an eye piece out of his pocket and handing it to Yuya, " You'll probably need this to see the duel. We definitely don't have solid vision technology right now and i'm sure everyone is much happier with just holograms anyway. The last thing we need is duels that can actually cause te city more damage." He explained. Yuto only had the one duel gazer, but after all Yuya was doing for them, he'd rather him be the one entertained this time.
Yuya followed Yuto to where the two kids were dueling and he was happy to see that the children were having fun with the duel. With how duels were suppose to be like. Duel were suppose to be fun and exciting not the way Fusion used them. They had abused Duel Monsters and clearly they shouldn't have the right to use them anymore. Yuya looked over at Yuto who held out the duel gazer and looked at it.
" Are you sure?" He asked before slowly taking it and and putting it on. Immediately after he put it on he saw the Hologram monsters, " That's true though." He added as he sat down and pat on the spot next to him so Yuto would sit beside him. He truely felt at peace here; spending the day helping the people of Heartland and then later watching two people duel but he couldn't enjoy it because he didn't have a duel gazer. He wanted Yuto to enjoy the duel though as well.
The Xyz doppelganger nodded then sat beside Yuya, " Yes, i'm happy just like this. If you're going to be coming more frequently like this; I'll see if I can look into getting you one of your own if you'd like?" He offered. Although Yuto was still getting used to being with Yuya in this fashion, to some degree things felt. . .good. He didn't feel that heat or that pain in his chest when he'd been around Yuya the first time; now he felt a more. . .pleasant, warm feeling. He couldn't pin point exactly what it was, but he wanted to keep feeling it, " We should have a duel one of these days." He noted, then smiled softly at the tomato haired kid, " But maybe this time something we can have fun with, rather than when you were trying to defend your friend last time."
Yuya didn't udnerstand much about the duel gazer, but guessed it was needed here to see the Holograms and all that, " Sure if you want, I don't want to keep on taking yours." He said before continuing, " I'm gonna be coming around alot more so don't think you can get rid of me anytime soon.~" He giggled with a small wink; he felt this bubbly feeling inside his chest and butterflies in his stomach. He loved this feeling more than the pain he felt mostly when it came to encountering his counterparts. He liked the sound of a duel though, it sounded like fun, " That's sounds like fun and yeah it'll be fun I promise. As an entertainer I would love nothing more than to have a fun duel with you Yuto." He added.
The other chuckled softly, " I had a feeling you might. I'll try to come to Standard some time as well. I think I've seen you action duel enough times to understand it." He decided. Although he wasn't sure he could quite do what Yuya does. Yuto was, by nature, more reserved after all, " That might have to wait until things are alittle more stable here though. I'm not sure I could rightfully go and take a day off when things are still so bad here." He gave Yuya an apologetic look.
Yuya smiled warmly when Yuto said that, " Ruri and Shun can come too, anytime they want to." He said, " Don't worry about Actions Duels as long as you have fun you're good." He explained. He looked up and took a deep breath; breathing in the night breeze before continuing, " Don't worry about that Yuto. Let's let things get more stable and get Heartland back to the Utopia it once was." He said, " Let's worry about fixing up your home before then ok?" He said as he took a bite out of his sandwhich before finishing it. The other looked at him with a long paused; just staring at Yuya for the longest time before he smiled warmly.
" Okay." He agreed. There he went again; being that same sweet boy he always seemed to be. Despite the awkwardness he felt around him sometimes, for the most part being with the entertaining duelist made him happy. . .and relaxed. The Xyz duelist finished off his burger then looked back to the kids that were enthusiastically yelling out their monsters and their attacks; letting out triumphant fits of giggling anytime they managed to get off a good combo or do any life point damage. It was this innocence and this joy they took in it that Yuto really treasured. This was the smiles in dueling that he really wanted. The smiles that he entrusted to Yuya before disappearing. Yuya looked at Yuto and smiled quickly; he knew this was the dueling Yuto really wanted. Yuto seemed to glance at Yuya again and look at him again.
" Yuto are you ok?" He asked when he noticed Yuto looking at him again, but when the boy smiled warmly at him; it made him happy. He personally loved Yuto's smile. It made him feel butterflies in his stomach and that was jsut everytime Yuto smiled. The Standard duelist smiled back as they watched the two boys once again for awhile, " Ready to head home? Err your home." He asked as much as he wanted to stay and watched the two duelist some more; he was starting to get cold. He wanted to watch them forever; because this was the dueling he cherished and wished to protect. He remembered the few times he gave into the darkness and dueledd just as those from Fusion. He shook his head not wanting to remember or think about it. He wanted to get back to the present and look forward to the future.
Yuto saw the look in Yuya's eyes and wondered what was wrong; but before he could ask they disappeared and was replaced with a smile, " Yes, let's go." He said before he looked over at the boys, " You two might want to run on home as well. It's getting late." He called as the nodded and ran off. He got onto his feet anf offered Yuya a hand up before guiding him towards his home. It didn't take them too long to get there thankfully, though he noticed the lights on as he approached the door. Shun and Ruri must've been home by then. He opened the door once they got to the home and stepped inside, " I'm back!" He called mostly in courtesy. All of them were still a little on edge about unknown people approaching even in their own homes.
" Welcome back Yuto!" Ruri called from another room, though it didn't sound like she would be coming out to see them, which was fine really. He lead Yuya to his bedroom as he opened his door. The room was simple. Just a bed and a dresser in it and a window with a white curtain on it that was currently open. The room was kept neat, bed made, the only real mess being some kids that were strewn on top of the dresser when Yuto had been fussing a bit with his deck.
" Do you have anything to sleep in?" I don't have much but I can lend you something if you don't. I already know we're the same size." He gave him a bit of a lopsided grin.
Yuya felt uneasy with seeing Shun in the kitchen sitting at the table drinking tea, but they didn't stay there for long since Yuto lead him to his bedroom. He walked in and sat on the bed, " Umm I didn't bring any." He said before looking at the dresser and grinned. His room was much neater than Yuya's since most of the time Yuya's were scattered all over the floor. He gave Yuto his goofy grin at Yuto's remark about them being the same size, " I really don't mind to sleep in my clothes." He added.
The Xyz Duelist shrugged; not minding to lend Yuya some of his pajamas. He walked over to his dresser and went to grab some for him as he grabbed some for Yuya as well. He began to become abit nervous and awkward again, but this time it was because he wasn't sure how to be a host right now. He didn't exactly have alot to offer Yuya right now. It was possible that Ruri and Shun were probably playing some sort of game out in the living room right now, but then he remembered what Ruri said.
He looked at Yuya again, " I wouldn't exactly be surprised, but does Shun intimidate you?" He questions. Apart from getting Shun to stop accusing Yuya of terrible things, he hasn't exactly been able to make Shun warm up to Yuya at all. Shun was a tough egg to crack really anf at that time he'd been extra guarded. Yuto did believe that he could warm up to Yuya though. He'd like that, really. Both of them were very important people to him now.
Yuya thought Yuto meant he was giving Yuya some of his pajamas, but his head was reeling from the happy feeling that was flowing through him right now that his brain just shut off. He fidgeted with a slow nod, " He kind of does. I mean we were Lancers together and were on the same side; but I always felt he blamed me for your disappearance." Yuya said softly, " I would like to be his friend but I don't think he likes me very much." He added looking up at Yuto, " I-i'm not trying to be a pain or cause you or them any trouble I promise." He said sternly.
The other duelist turned towards him and walked to him before sitting beside him. He sighed softly, " No, you're probably right. Shun is very protective of people he cares about, so I wouldn't be surprised if he was holding a grudge about it. That's. . .unfortunately how he is." Yuto began, before he looked at the other sternly in the eyes, " However i'm back now, so is Ruri. So it's not like he really has anything to be mad about anymore. I think he just needs some time to see what a sweet and wonderful person you really are. It only took me one time to figure that out for myself." He smiled at the other reassuringly, " And believe me, you're the opposite of trouble. Trouble however, is most definitely Shun's middle name." He laughed softly, " Just be yourself around him. Eventually he'll come around and if you're ever concerned about him hurting you or coming at you, I promise i'll protect you no matter what." He wouldn't, Yuto was sure, but if the thought helped Yuya relax, then that's what he wanted.
Yuya understood why Shun was like that; just wanting to protect his friends after everythinf that had happened. He blushed madly at Yuto's compliment about him being sweet and everything he had said, " T-thank you Yuto." He thanked with a sincere and warm smile. He giggled though; he guessed Yuto's words helped him relaxed and it was thanks to Yuto. Even though they had met that one time; he thought of Yuto as a close and dear friend and it was as if he's known him for so long and he was glad they were friends. . .but why did his heart beat and his mind want to think of the other as more.
Yuto thought that Yuya had such a beautiful smile. . .~ He caught himself staring just a little too long. He stood up abruptly feeling minorly flustered for whatever reason, " Ummm. . .I'll go get changed in the bathroom. You can change here. Just open the door when you're done." He offered, figuring that Yuya would want some privacy. Although he wondered if that even mattered for them at this point? Did you need privacy from someone you shared a body with for that long anyway? Plus. . .he's definitelly changed before Shun before. . .so how come this felt different, " I'll be back." He assured him before leaving the room, shutting the door behind him. Yuya wondered if it was needed being that they shared his body and would've guessed that Yuto has seen him change before? He took off his goggles and necklace and set them on the dresser before he cleaned the mess of cards and stacking them. He took off his school uniform and orange tank top along with his black choke collar. He took off his green pants and red shoes before pulling the purple shirt that had black in it over his head and put on the black pants that had purple in it. He folded his clothes and laid them on the desk with his goggles and necklace ontop. He walked over to the door and opened it so Yuto knew it would be ok to walk in when he got done changing. He had placed his hand over his chest and tried to calm it down; having felt Yuto's stare make his heart race.
Yuto got to the bathroom and set his hand over his heart. It felt like it was beating faster than normal right then, but he didn't understand why. Maybe it was the burger? Well, he supposed for now it wasn't worth thinking too hard about. Yuto got himself changed into his own pajamas, popping into the other room to say goodnight to Ruri and Shun before returning to his room again, heading inside when he noticed the door was open. He gave Yuya an approving grin when he saw him. He supposed he shouldn't take pride in that fact that he was right about his clothes fitting Yuya since they WERE dimensional counterparts, but still he felt pleased to be right about it. He sat himself on the bed right beside Yuya.
" We should probably head to bed early. It'll be another long day tomorrow too, but everyday we're getting alittle closer and closer." He noted positively. It was so nice to be able to have hope again. Things would get better soon, " Yuya. . .i'm glad that you're here. Really, thank you so much for everything. It all means alot to me." He gave him another warm smile.
" It's no problem at all Yuto. I'm glad to be any help, I want to see the Heartland you all grew up in and maybe once it's back to normal. You can show me around." Yuya said grinning as he looked at Yuto. He really was glad he met Yuto; the Xyz duelist had taught him alot as well as showed him alot. He would help out with the repairs until they were completed; until Yuto, Ruri, Shun and everyone who lived here could call it their hope; their Utopia once again.
The raven haired duelist nodded, " You can come here anytime you'd like to. I'll always be happy to see you Yuya." He reassured him; it did make him think briefly about how those visits one day might end up being few and far between. Yuya wasn't from their dimension and he couldn't stay with them forever. The thought made him feel alittle lonely, but he supposed that was probably a side effect of having been with Yuya 24/7 for who even knows how long. For now though he brushed away the thought and crawled more into bed, taking the wall. He lifted the covers for Yuya to join him, " Come on." He urged softly not thinking too hard about how maybe it was weird for him to invite him quite like that. Yuto just wanted Yuya to get his rest.
Yuya smiled and got under the covers, " You can come to Standard anytime you want to as well. Yuzu would like for you all to come visit. My Mom even said anytime you come visit she'll cook you guys a great dinner and let you stay." He said getting comfortable underneath the blankets. He felt his heart beat when he looked at Yuto before yawning. He wondered if after they were done rebuilding Heartland would he and Yuto see much of each other. He didn't want to think of such a thing since he's had Yuto beside him for the longest time, but he knew that wouldn't happen; they would stay friends even after Heartland was back to normal.
" I'd like that." Yuto smiled; being this close, Yuto found himself cuing in a little better to Yuya's features. Well his face more specifically. He knew they were suppose to have the same one, but. . .he didn't know if that was exactly right. Yeah, they were similar, but it wasn't. . .exact. The way that Yuya's eyes got a little larger and sparkled with happiness when he was dueling or that sweet small smile that he got sometimes, those things felt so uniquely Yuya. He grinned softly, not really noticing quite how intensely he was gazing into his currently sleepy looking eyes. It was. . .cute. Truthfully he found himself alittle bit drawn to it, even then having to touch his face and brush his soft cheek with his thumb. The purple-eyed duelist was a little bit too in his head at the moment to notice that non of these should have been thoughts he should be having about his friend. Especially not when Yuto wasn't exactly the most touchy person anyway.
Yuya blushed when Yuto stroke his cheek with his thumb. He noticed that the other was gazing deeply at him again. He had been doing that alot today and he couldn't blame the other. Yuya could see Yuto's facial features and knew they were similar to his own. He use to hold darkness in his eyes, while Yuya held light, now Yuto's eyes held hope and light and he was glad. The entertainer didn't mind really that the other was stroking his face; it just made his heart beat faster. Yuya himself was a touchy person and maybe Yuto knew it for all the times Yuya had hugged the boy or hugged someone else. He hoped he didn't try to snuggle with Yuto in his sleep and freak Yuto out. He had the tendencies to find himself snuggling the person who would be sleeping next to him. Once when Yuzu stayed the night; she woke up having his arms around her waist and sleeping close to her. She ended up hitting him with her fan and he apologized. Yuto suddenly realized when he was doing and blushed, immediately removing his hand from Yuya's face.
" S-sorry. I just. . .-" Did he have an excuse for that? If he did, his brain wasn't producing one for him. He blushed abit deeper, feeling rather embarrassed. He wasn't used to just acting without thinking. That was Yugo's deal, not his. He certainly hope that boy wasn't rubbing off on him somehow, " U-um. . .goodnight, Yuya." He wished him, rolling over to face the wall instead to hopefully try and hide some of his embarassment.
Yuya blushed, " It's ok really." Before smiling and closing his eyes, " N-night Yuto." Yuya said before turning onto his side and closing his eyes. He found it hard to fall asleep for some odd reason. He didn't know if Yuto had fallen asleep yet or not but he kept thinking about the look in Yuto's eyes as he touched his face. He closed his eyes and tried to fall asleep; soon enough he was sound asleep. He turned facing Yuto's back and buried his face into the back of Yuto's neck. He softly snored but not too loud to wake up anway as he cuddled closer to his counterpart.