Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-gi-oh. Yes, this seems rather OOC, but is it really? So quickly we forget the first season...
I'm not a child. No, don't look at me like that; I'm serious. Just hear me out.
No one sees that, do they? They look at me, but they don't really see me. It makes it so easy to deceive them, to twine them around my finger and make them dance to my tune. They're so focused on nii-sama that even if they notice me, they dismiss me, the little boy standing in his nii-sama's shadow.
I'm always kidnapped, taken for granted, held for ransom; used. I hate being used, especially since I know I could play their game just as well if only I could let the mask slip for one second, one brief, tiny moment. Nii-sama would be proud, I know, when he discovered my self-control, but I don't think he would like the limelight being lifted away from him, and I would never, ever want to disappoint nii-sama. I would rather die than see him frown at me, and so die I have, slowly withering away behind this innocent child's face.
They don't know what's going on in my mind. Not even nii-sama knows, and he knows me best of all. He is a wonderful teacher, and I am an apt pupil. I have picked up things from him that he probably isn't even consciously aware of.
Still, it annoys me sometimes, to be looked at as if I'm unimportant, as if I don't understand what's really going on. Sometimes, I grow tired of standing in nii-sama's shadow, and I want to emerge, show the world who I really am. However, I cannot upstage nii-sama; it would make him sad.
What is this drink you gave me? It's leaving an awfully strange taste in my mouth.
Oh yes, I know all of nii-sama's secrets. I would die to protect them. I live for nii-sama, and he for me. We have a bond you could never understand. But even he only sees me as his sweet, caring little brother, someone to be guarded and shielded from the outside world and all the bad, bad things held within. He doesn't realize that I am one of those bad, bad things, a product of our stepfather, the side effect of watching nii-sama all of these years. I am what he was supposed to be, everything he should have become.
I don't know why I am telling you this. You're going to turn around and tattle to Yuugi, aren't you? Why are you smiling like that?
…I feel rather ill. I think I'm going to go lay down. If you tell anyone, I will kill you. Stop laughing at me. I said, stop laughing! What do you mean I won't have to worry about it? I…
I…
Don't feel well.