Moriah: Thanks for all the hits last chapter, though reviews would have been nice. *smiles* But I am satisified knowing you liked in some kind of way.
Yugi: So what's going to happen in this chapter?
Moriah: *looks annoyed* Why do you always ask me that? Especially when I answered it last chapter?
Atemu: Cause we like to annoy you. *Yugi giggles lightly, trying to hold it in*
Moriah: *rolls eyes* If you must know again, this is the flashback chapter to what happened after Atemu left Yugi. In Joey's perspective. Hope you enjoy.
Atemu and Yugi: Mori-chan doesn't own anything. Please review.
Chapter 3
"Atemu is back" Joey heard his best friend say, but he wasn't sure if he heard him right. Or if he wanted to know if he heard right.
Joey's mind flashed back to how the smaller was after the person mentioned left him. His fists clenched in anger.
Joey's red Rumor Touch closed after calling his best friend, Yugi Mouto, with no answer. He sat down in his favorite chair in the living room, putting his phone on the coffee table in front of him, waiting for a call or text back. He wasnt sure if he was surprised by the no answer or not. Usually, Yugi answered and when he didnt he would call back within fifteen minutes. Or text.
'That's it!' he thought, looking around the living room trying to soothe his now raging nerves. "I'll wait fifteen minutes before going over there." He picked up his phone to see the time was now 3:30.
He sighed as he thought back to what caused his best friend's current state. "Fucking Atemu" he said to himself. "If he hadnt left Yugi, like he did, Yugi wouldnt be so broken and shattered right now."
Yugi was on his door, with tears streaming down his face in his favorite pair of jeass and blue shirt. Glancing in his amesthyst eyes, he saw his eyes no longer sparkled, but were instead sad and filled with despair. He felt his heart break at seeing the smaller at such a state. He quickly grabbed his hand without asking questions, walking them in the house and to his room, before laying on the bed as he crawled in next him, pulling him into his arms and holding him as his best friend cried. It took hours before the teen was able to talk conherent enough to be understood. And the words that left his mouth were words he would never forget.
"Atemu and I can't talk." even through the tears he could hear the emptyness. For the past three weeks they havent talked, because of his Mom, he heard. It wasn't until months later that Yugi finally told him, they were roleplaying sexual messages and his Mom saw and said he wasnt allowed to be around Yugi anymore. The broken Yugi then was enough to make him want to punch Atemu. After all, if you really loved someone you wouldn't stop talking to them just because of a parent. But Atemu was somewhat of a Momma's Boy and did everything he was told.
The pain he saw in his friends eyes through those three weeks was something he never wanted to see again. Strangely, they were still together but didnt talk.
In the past three weeks, there became a somewhat routine with the blonde and his smaller friend. He would call him everyday to see how he was. Mostly, he would call when the younger was crying and without hesistantion, he would run over and hold his best friend until he stopped crying or fell asleep. If he was feeling numb or content, he would come over and the two would have a movie night. Of course, Joey made sure he didnt bring a movie with romance in it. He knew it wouldn't help his friend heal.
Coming out of his thoughts, he looked at the coffee table, and pressed the middle button on his phone to see the time. 3:45. No missed calls. No texts. Quickly he got up, and left his apartment, before swiftly getting in his car and starting the ignition.
Backing the car out of the garage he turned and drove on the road. Within 15 mins, he was in the drive way of a white house he knew better than his own house. Getting out, he walked up the stairs, and rang the door bell. No movement from the other side. No noise.
He rang again, this time knocking after. Again, he heard nothing. Getting even more worried, he continued knocking, but more frantically before he remembered that he had the key.
Taking the key out of his pocket, he put in the lock before turning it hearing the click and turning the knob on the door. Walking inside, he closed the door behind him. He upstairs, and made a left after reaching the top, coming face to face with a lavender door. Opening the door, he walked inside with hesitanted steps, passing the dresser and mirror before seeing a small form on the lavendar sheets.
Running to the bed, his heart instantly beating faster in panic at the horror scene before him, he cradled the smaller head against his chest, before leaning and putting his head to the others chest to check for a heart beat. It was there but faint.
Within seconds he pulled out his phone and called the ambulance. It didnt take them long for them to arrive and rush to the hospital. Within the hour, his Grandfather was there sitting with in the waiting room.
Another hour passed before the doctor came out.
"What happened to him doctor?" The older doctor instantly asked, the blonde still sitting in the chair.
The doctor wearing his white doctor's coat, looked at the clipboard, flipping through the papers before answering. "I'm afraid that young Yugi has.." he trailed off trying to think of the right word to help the patient's loved one understand. "He's induced himself into a coma."
"A coma?" the elder asked. "Induced himself? That.. can't be possible."
The doctor shook his head. "Yes, you are right its not possible. I've never heard of someone doing that but Yugi somehow was able."
"What can be done?" Joey finally asked. "Will he ever wake up?"
The doctor turned to look at Joey who was how standing up, to the side of the elder, with a sad expression. "That I can not answer. I'm sorry but because he did this to himself, only he can make himself wake up." his tone was apologetic. "Of course we will be checking on any progress. And you are welcome to stay the night." he said. He looked at the two males. "I'm sorry" he before walking away. Sadly, there was nothing else that could be said. Nothing else that could help ease the males troubled mind.
Fortunately, within a couple of days, his heart started to beat better before Yugi woke up. It wasn't immediate at all. Slowly, he started to move to his hands, before his feet, and then his eyes opened. It took some time for them to adjust to the light, he remembered Yugi telling him. Within a couple of days, Yugi was alot better to come home. The doctors were still unable to figure out how he induced himself in such a state.
When asked, he lied and told him it was because of stress. But Joey knew the real reason. The only reason it could be. He did it to get away from the pain. To not have to think about Atemu and their memories together. To not have to wonder if he was missed as immensely as the smaller was missing him. Though, the one thing he knew asked was what caused him to come out of his comatose state. He made a mental note that one day he would.
With that final thought, in mind, he came back to the present, his eyes focusing on the small form of his best friend sitting on the couch next to him. Now, the trays and plates were gone and the tv was off. He figured Yugi had done that while he was lost in his thoughts.
"So what are we going to do?" he asked.
Yugi giggled lightly, his amethyst eyes locked into brown. "We aren't doing anything." he said, with a finality to his voice. "I am going to take care of this. He obviously came back for something."
"Someone." Joey said, with a sharp voice.
Yugi scoffed, his eyes narrowing slighting at the thought. "He left me, remember? There's no way he came back for me. He stopped wanting me a year ago when he broke up with me."
The break-up was worse, Joey noticed. Yugi wasnt just broken...he was shattered. Everything about him was shattered almost to the point of uncertain repair.
He went to school, came home, and laid in bed, every now and then he would schedule homework and other major musts in his schedule, but he was just...a shell. A shell of his former self.
His eyes were just a dull and lifeless as they were when he was broken. He hardly talk to anyone. Calls and texts were ignored. And he only spoke in class when teachers called on him. And after a while, they stopped doing that. Noticing the change in the younger. Knowing Yugi for as long as they had, they learned to wait and let him come to them and not try to take matters in their own hands, in the hope of making a positive difference.
But Joey was the one person he did talk to. The only person he answers call and texts to. The one person he did spend time with. Though of course most of it was crying. But Joey didnt care, as long he got to help the younger.
A month later, tragedy struck again. This time not only Yugi's own heart, but the heart of the people around him as well.
The passing of Jii-chan made Yugi's heart even more shattered, if that was even possible. For three months, Yugi wanted nothing more but to be with his Jii-chan. He wanted to see him again, to talk to him; tell him how much he was sorry for not saving him. To ask for forgiveness.
But as the months went by, Yugi started to heal more from both Atemu, who by this time had moved, and the passing of a loved one. He got a job at the coffe shop, which didnt surprise Joey that much he heard it considering the younger loved coffee. He also applied for college, two things the blonde was really proud of. But the most important thing was when he started to see the real Yugi come back. The shattered pieces of his heart started to mend. And seeing the sparkle in his eyes, even if it was only a little, was enough to make the blonde smile forever. That everything he had done to help him, has truly paid off.
Joey's thoughts returned to the present, his eyes looking into amethyst. Strangely, the younger thought nothing of his random moments of his mind going down memory lane; that he said nothing about it. But of course, the younger wouldn't want to always be reminded of how he use to act.
"So still don't want any help?" Joey asked. 'Because I'll be glad to do it' he thought. 'Putting that asshole in his place, will be the highlight of my day for months'.
Yugi gave him a warm smile, as he shook his head. "No thanks Joey. This one" he started as he looked out the sliding glass door to their right. The blond now noticing that the sun was down, the sky now dark. "I have to handle on my own." his tone of voice left no room for argument, though he heard a slight uncertainty. The younger didn't know what he was going to do, but when the time was right, he would.
'And I'll be right there when he needs me' the blonde male thought with utter conviction.
It's been over a week. Over a week since Yugi walked into the Game Stop to find his past love, Atemu waiting for him. With his absence, he saw no need to think of what he should do. He figured he'd wait until he saw the crimson-eyed male again. Thought a part of him hoped he never did.
Yugi pulled into the parking lot of a small creme white building with brown letters. After pulling into a parking space, close by the front door, he turned off the ignition, taking the keys out, before opening his door and stepping out. He was already dressed in his uniform of a white shirt and black slacks.
He locked the car, before opening the door and walking into the building, hearing the soft music playing. He closed eyes for a second, ceasing his movement to let the peaceful and calmness of the music and atmosphere of the shop, surround his senses.
Opening his eyes, he started to walk again, until he reached the corner, lifting up the counter and walking through before placing it back down, grabbing his work apron on the way, tying it on. He glance at the clock above him. He had five more minutes. His shift started at 9 am today.
Looking around he saw Amelia was wiping up tables. There were a few people sitting down but considering the time he wasn't surprised the place wasn't packed. In about an hour, it would be.
He turned around to refill the sugar bottle on the small counter behind him before making sure the towels were hung up. Always in reach in case of a spill. Yugi chuckled, thinking back to all the spills he made in the past year.
"Excuse me." a voice said behind him.
Turning around, he smiled at the customer. "I'm sorry. What can I-" he voice trailed off as he saw who the person was.
His now wide eyes locked with crimson.
Moriah: Yay! I finally finished this! I'm so proud of myself.
Yugi: So who is the person at the end? Atemu? I bet its Atemu.
Moriah: You are just going to have to wait and see.
Yugi: What is going to happen in the next chapter?
Moriah: Well I have plans for Atemu and Joey to talk of course. Wait and find out what secrets that conversation will unveil. *giggles evilly* Please review this chapter. It would make me very happy.
Until the next time I update...^_^
