Disclaimer: I don't own YuGiOh, even though I wish I did.

Yugi grabbed the clothes Joey had washed for him and headed to the bathroom to change. He flashed Yami a quick smile and went on his way. Yami threw on his jeans and made his way downstairs to meet with the others.

"Where's Yuge'?" Joey asked.

"Hmm? Oh. He's changing in the bathroom, he'll be down in a minute." Yami replied pulling out a seat at the kitchen table. "Have you guys eaten yet?"

"No, we were waiting for the two of you." Tea replied with a smile.

Yami sighed as he collapsed in his seat. Hearing footsteps he turned and looked at the stairway. Yugi was making his way down to the rest of the gang. Pulling out the last remaining chair at the table Yugi took a seat. Yami cought himself smiling. 'I had forgotten how beautiful he was'

"So, what do you two want to do for lunch. We can go out ta eat, there's a nice cafe not far from here." Joey suggested. "My treat."

"Oh, no, I couldn't let you do that, you've already done too much Joey." Yugi exclaimed.

"Are you kidding me? You haven't been here for even 12 hours, I want to Yugi, please."

Yugi kept silent. 'Fuck, the last thing I want to do is go into town. Joey, why do you have to be so stubborn?"

The four friends stepped out of the cafe and headed back towards Joey's. They weren't 1 minute away from the cafe when a man voice boomed throughout the street. "Hey runt, what the hell do ya think you're doing?"

The rest of the gang looked onward while Yugi looked behind him to see who the owner of the voice was. His worst fear being realized. His eyes widened and he let out a frightened gasp. Yami turned to look at his aibou, he saw the fear in his eyes. As quickly as he blinked, Yugi took off running. The older man plowed through the remaining three to chase after the frightened boy.

'This can't be happening, not here, not now. God dammit what am I going to do. There's no where to go. No where to hide.' His heart beat faster and faster with each passing second. Running through the back streets and allies, Yugi weaved between buildings in hopes that the man chasing him would give up. But, the man was never more than a few feet behind Yugi. One wrong turn. 'Trapped!?'

He was trapped. The alley way was a dead end. No where to go, no where to hide. There he was, out of breath, the only option, go back the way he came. He tried running past the older man, but his reflexes were faster than Yugi gave him credit for. The man grabbed Yugi's arm and threw him to the ground with a sickening thud.

'He'll kill me...Yami. I'm so sorry.' Yugi though to himself and the beating commenced. The man showed no mercy, no sign of hesitation. Punch after punch, kick after kick, the pain was almost unbearable. Yugi could feel himself slipping away into unconsciousness. Looking up at his attacker one last time saw something metallic in his hand. There was a sharp pain in his side, then, nothing.

Yami tried is best to keep up with Yugi and the strange man that was following him, but they both had quite a head start.

'I have to find him before it's too late.' Yami though frantically. Finally after what seemed like ages he found them. He called out to his love just as the man removed the knife from the beaten teen.

'That voice. Is it Yami? I can't tell.' Yugi tried to open his eyes, but there was just no strength left in him.

"Call an ambulance!" The voice screamed. But to Yugi, it was nothing more than a muffled whisper.

"No, no, no, no, no, no, this can't be. Yugi, stay with me, please. Yugi please, hold on." Yami pressed his hands firmly on yugi's wound, has hands almost instantly turning crimson. The color of his eyes.

The ambulance arrived quickly, they loaded Yugi in and rushed him to the nearest hospital.

Yami was trying to fill out Yugi's paperwork when a doctor walked out to meet them in the waiting room. Joey was the first to notice and immediately stood up, catching Yami's attention he started asking the doctors all sorts of questions.

The doctor smiled. "He'll be fine. The stab wound looked worse than it actually was. And while he did loose a lot of blood, it missed all vital arteries and organs."

A sigh of relief escaped each of the three friends lips.

"We would like to keep him here overnight to monitor his condition. He should be free to come home tomorrow morning. You're more than welcome to go see him now, but we do ask only one visitor at a time. At least until he wakes up."

"Thank you doctor." Tea said with relief. "Why don't you go stay with him for a while, Yami." She suggested.

Joey nodded in agreement. "Yeah, we'll finish up his paperwork."

Yami simply handed over the papers and pen and made his way to Yugi's room. He opened the door careful not to disturb his better half. Pulling up a chair he sat next to Yugi careful not to mess with the IV that was hooked up to his right wrist.

It wasn't long after Yugi's eyes fluttered open. Panic raced through his body as he realized what had happened. He shot up in bed looking for something familiar. A sharp pain in his side quickly brought him back down, resting his head on the pillow. Yugi looked over at Yami who was admiring him.

"What happened?" Yugi asked weakly.

"That man..." Yami was cut off by Yugi's groan. He rolled over on his side, through the open back of his hospital gown, Yami caught a glimpse of scars on Yugi's back.

"Yugi, you back-"

"It's nothing." Yugi snapped rolling back over on his back, hissing at the pain in his side.

"Yugi. What happened to you? You have me worried sick, First you leave for three years, then you show up in the middle of no where and some crazy man tries to take your life. Now there's scars all over your back. What is is Yugi? You've done nothing but hide things from me." Yami let out a shaky breath. Yugi was looking out of the window, away from Yami. He was upset, they both were. "Look," Yami started again, placing a hand on Yugi's shoulder. "I...I'm sorry. I'm just worried about you. You're hiding everything from me. I just want you to be happy, I want to be able to hold you. I've missed you, Yugi."

The room was silent for what seemed like hours. Yugi broke the silence. "He beat me." Yami looked at his aibou, worry written all over his face. "After... after I left, he took me to the house I lived in before I moved to Domino with my Grandpa. I assume Joey bought that house about 6 months ago?" Yami nodded. "The bank took it almost a year ago. It was a real piece of shit."

"Why did he take you in the first place" Yami questioned

"Beer money."' Yugi replied. Yami just looked confused. Yugi drew in a shaky breath. "He sold me, for beer money. I hadn't... I was... It hurt. They raped me, they beat me. Whatever they wanted. When he lost the house, we went to one of his friends. It ended up just getting worse. I got away about a couple weeks ago. I was on my way back to you when Tea found me."

Yami cradled the smaller teen in his arms, letting him cry into his chest.

"I'm sorry. We never even had our night together. You...you must hate me now."

"Yugi...I could never hate you. You mean so much to me." Yami said gently as he pulled Yugi's chin up so their eyes met. "Aibou, please, don't blame yourself" Yami pleaded as their lips met.

They two pulled away from their kiss, Yugi had a worried look on her face. "I just want to go home."

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