/Yuya\

~Yugo~

[Yuto]

{Yuri}


'It's not fair.'

That's the thought Yugo came back to. No matter how much he sat thinking and pondering over what to do, what he could do, he couldn't think of anything more than 'it's unfair'.

He wasn't a stranger to it, but he never dwelled like this. Everything about the City was unfair.

But this was different. Felt different.

A cold wind pulled at his shirt, making him shiver.

Yugo wrapped his arms around himself. He really should have put on his jacket before he climbed up on the roof, only a t-shirt didn't do much.

He sighed. He felt fidgety, sitting here and doing nothing. Everything Yuri had told them just a few hours ago kept tumbling around his head, along with Yuto's initial disbelief turning into silent panic that they had tried their best to soothe.

At least he and Yuya were in the same boat, not in the direct line of fire but skirting at the edge, though Yugo more so. Yuto was the one right in line of the incoming fire while Yuri stood behind it with no safe way out.

It had given him something to focus on, for a little while. But now he was alone, the others either sleeping or thinking like he was. They'd decided to think of what to do tomorrow, when all the information had gotten some time to settle.

He was intently aware now how much more dangerous the City was, from what little Yuri had been able to tell him. The highways above him felt less like the roads of freedom they had become ever since he and Rin had drove down them with their D-Wheel the first time.

Now they looked like bars when he looked up at them. Not to his goal of making a better life for him and Rin, but to getting away from this dimension. To meeting them.

Yugo buried his face in his knees. He hadn't given it much thought before, how they were going to meet, he just knew they would, someday, like it was a given. But now, it seemed much harder than he'd thought it'd be.

If he focused up, up and outwards, following the way the others had come from that first day they ever talked. He didn't notice it at first, but he could almost make out the direction they came from. Where he could feel their presence, the same as the ones in his head, but they were lighter than any person he'd met. He wondered if that was because they weren't physically next to each other.

Not that it mattered much. He couldn't travel there anyway.

The sound of steps stirred him out of his thoughts.

"Really, what are you doing out here in only a shirt? You're gonna catch a cold."

Rin was standing behind him, hands on her hips and smiling.

He gave a tentative smile back. "You're not much better clad either." She was only wearing her usual short-sleeved shirt and pyjama pants.

Rin huffed, turning up her nose in an exaggerated manner. "No, but that's why I brought this." She walked towards him and unfolded the blanket she'd been carrying. It was the extra one from their bedroom.

She sat down beside him and draped the blanket across their shoulders. Yugo grabbed the fabric and pulled it closer over his chest, curling up a little. Yugo gives a small shiver as he slowly warmed up. Rin was always a little chilly to the touch, but when they were close enough like this, sitting with their shoulders touching, he could feel her body warmth. It was nicer than it usually was.

Rin pushed at him slightly with her shoulder. "What's on your mind? You don't usually sit out to brood this long."

Yugo pouts, glancing to the side. "I'm not brooding..."

Rin raises an eyebrow. "You're sitting outside, at night, in the cold with no jacket on. You've also been out for hours."

Yugo blinks, mouth forming an 'o'. Had he really been out that long?

He chuckles awkwardly. "Sorry."

Rin hums, sounding less than amused, but then sighs. "Just dress warmly when you sleep tonight and tomorrow. I don't want you to get sick."

Yugo smiles. "Got it."

They fall into a silence, looking up at the night sky. You couldn't see them very well with all the light coming from the Tops, but that was pretty in it's own way, shining on the giant pillars and buildings you could see from below.

"Still cold?" Rin asks.

"Nah, this is good." Yugo curled up against her, leaning his head on her shoulder. "Thanks, Rin."

She rested her head against his, smiling. "You're welcome. Do you want to share what's got you so down?"

Yugo hummed, thinking.

If he tried telling her, would she even believe him? He'd tried telling Rin before, but she'd waved him off as being silly and hadn't taken him seriously. Back then it had stung a little, but now he didn't blame her, he couldn't exactly prove he could talk with three other people in his head.

Now other dimensions and war and kidnapping had entered the mix and he had nothing but his own word to back it up.

But he, Yuya, Yuto, and Yuri was gonna talk about it. They would figure out what to do.

"Not right now, maybe some other time. It's, complicated."

When he understood everything better, had a better idea of what to do, he'd tell her, and make sure she believed him.

If their home was in possible danger of invasion, he wanted Rin to know.

He could feel Rin frown from where she was leaning against his head. "If it's that complicated, you don't think I can help you figure it out?"

Yugo smiled. "Not right now, but later, definitely. The first part is kinda on me for now." Me and three others, he thinks but doesn't voice.

He rises from his spot on Rin's shoulder to look her in the eye. "I'll definitely tell you, I promise. Just trust me for now," he said, grinning.

Rin still looks a bit unsure, but she eventually sighs and gives a wry smile. "I guess I have to start doing that at some point don't I?" She ignores his 'hey!' and continues, "Just, don't leave me out, okay?"

Yugo pauses, before frowning. "Of course I won't! You're my best friend aren't you?!" He shifts and hurriedly wrapped his arms around her, bringing his end of the blanket with him and making them look like an odd cocoon. "Don't say stupid stuff like that, I'd never leave you out."

Rin pauses for a second before letting out a laugh and tightly hugging him back. "Sorry, sorry! I won't do it again."

"You better not," Yugo mutters.

"...Thank you."

Yugo tightens the hug, before moving away. He manages to look offended for a mere two seconds before he lets out a sneeze. He pouts at Rin's barely held back snicker. Rin untangles herself out of the blanket and drapes it over Yugo's shoulders.

"Let's go back inside," Rin said, standing up and holding out a hand.

"Ugh, alright." Yugo sniffles. He grabs hold of the blanket so it won't slip off and grabs Rin's hand.

Thoughts about the upcoming hellfire licking at their heels still lingered. But he felt a little less alone. Like it was going to turn out okay.

"Hey, Rin?" Yugo says as they walk to the ladder leading down the roof.

"Hmm?"

"...Thanks."

Rin grips his hand tighter. "Don't mention it."

"Can I sleep in your bed tonight?"

"Of course."

~I don't know if you guys are still awake but,~

~I think we'll be okay. As long as we're together, even like this.~


Yugo centric chapter this time! And Rin gets to make her first appearance.

I'm planning on trying to update weekly, sometime on the weekend. If you liked the chapter please leave a review, it makes me really happy!