Last chapter cute right? I know~ ( ⋧ ◡ ⋦ )~ ❤
Oh I don't have anything against Sora, but i'm not a big fan of Reiji and I don't think I played a good Reiji tbh haha. ^^||
Well I hope you like this chapter, enjoy~
Chapter 11
Yuto woke up the next morning to the much softer alarm, not getting startled this time. He looked down at the boy slowly waking in his arms and smiled. His boyfriend. . .~ He remembered that much.~ Yuto didn't want to move yet. He wanted to watch Yuya wake up. He looked so cute when he had those sleepy eyes of his. Plus it wasn't like he had to go anywhere in particular right that second. He was in Standard right then after all.
Yuya yawned softly and opened his eyes and smiled tiredly before snuggling closer to Yuto, " Morning." He said tiredly as he brought his hand up to rest against Yuto's cheek. His red eyes were still droopy with sleep; showing he was still half asleep but knew what he was doing. He was glad he had changed that alarm so it didn't startle the other. He loved waking up in Yuto's arms.
Yuto smiled, looking down at his sleepy companion, " Good morning, Yuya.~" He replied, keeping him close to him. Even just watching him like this was making his heart race. He was such a sweet guy.~ He thought that a lot, but it was definitely true, " Yuya," He began, gently brushing Yuya's hair out of his eyes and behind his ear, " When I talk to your mother, would you like to be there? Or would you like me to do it on my own?" He questioned, fine with it either way. He was confident.
" If you want me to Yuto. I don't mind it's what you want." He said. He would be there with Yuto if he wanted him to or not. He could see Yuto felt confident and he smiled. He loved how gentle Yuto was with him. He loved his smile; really he loved everything about his boyfriend, " If you want me to be with you when you ask I will, if you don't then that's fine as well." He said sweetly as he snuggled closer to him.
" I'm really okay with it either way." He explained, " So I suppose I'll just see. I'm thinking of asking either before or after breakfast." He let him know. If Yuya was going to be with him coincidentally at either of those times, then it was fine. This was part reason why he asked Yuya first. Yuto gently pet Yuya's hair as he cuddled back into him, " But y'know, I always like having you around. There isn't really a time I don't want you with me, unless I'm doing something dangerous." He noted to him. Like how he had tried to stop Yuya from coming to close to him when he had been dueling Yugo that one time.
Yuya nodded, " Alright." He said with a smile, " I don't want to get up you're to comfty.~" He said happily. He really didn't but guessed they should soon. He was happy with either way as well, " I like having you around as well Yuto. I want to be with you always." He giggled even though he knew there would be sometimes they wouldn't be together, but he would try every chance he could. Unless Yuto told him otherwise. Yuya wanted to protect Yuto just like that time when Yuto was dueling Yugo.
Yuya had protected Yuto's core values and stopped him from doing anything he would have later regretted, so for that he was grateful. Even back then he supposed he must have had a tiny crush on Yuya. It had been a long time since he'd met someone who shared his values so strongly and so passionately and it had caught him off guard. Yuto had known he had wanted to protect him even then. Yuto chuckled softly, " We do need to get up though. I want to straighten up a bit before your mom calls us for breakfast." He pointed out to his cute boyfriend, " But later we can cuddle up again, I promise." He smiled.
Yuya smiled and nodded before taking his sweet time letting go and leaned up so they could get up and get ready. He could say that he always had a crush on Yuto ever since that night in the park. Just a small crush he would say, but it grew occasionally during his time in Heartland helping with repairs, " Ok." He nodded, " Just remember we will cuddle again later.~" He teased lightly. He guessed they should get ready for the day.
Yuto chuckled, " After I talk to your mom, you can cuddle me any time that you want." he offered him, getting himself out of bed as well. Yuto got his clothes for the day, heading out of the room to get dressed. It would be a little embarrassing to talk to Yuya's mother about this, but the end result definitely out weighed that. He wanted so badly to have this with him. Yuto finished getting changed, then went back to get Yuya before they'd head downstairs.
" Yuto! Yuya! Breakfest is ready!" Yoko called from the kitchen downstairs. Yuya was ready to head downstairs.
Yuya had changed into his clothes and waited for Yuto to come back. He felt kind of nervous but knew everything would be ok. He put his hand over his heart and took a deep breathe to calm down. Once Yuto walked in he got up and smiled, " Ready to head down?" He asked.
Yuto saw Yuya was nervous and chuckled softly, " Hey, shouldn't I be the nervous one?" He teased lightly, hoping to calm Yuya down a little, " It'll be fine, Yuya. You said your mom likes me, right? If she drills me on my intentions or my willingness to take care of you or anything like that, I'll be ready. Because my honest answers for those are definitely worthy I would think." He smiled, gently taking Yuya's hand and giving it a little squeeze before heading downstairs with Yuya. He still hadn't decided if he wanted to do it before or after breakfast though.
Yuya nodded, " I know. I just can't help but feel nervous." He said as he smiled and blushed, " I know you will be fine." He said before heading downstairs with Yuto and walking into the kitchen where his mom had just got out the plates. Yuya could smiled scrambled eggs with bacon and sasauge. He really loved his mom's cooking; he felt like he was beginning to drool just at the smell, " Morning Mom." He said cheerfully as she turned towards them.
" Morning you two? How did you sleep?" She asked, " Did you two have fun last night?" She added wondering if they had a fun night since she had fallen asleep before they had gotten home.
Yuya nodded, " Yeah it was a good night, we had fun." He said with a smiled.
Yuto looked at the food, deciding it was time sensitive since it wouldn't exactly be as good cold., " Yes, we have a very nice night, thank you." He smiled, sitting himself down next to Yuya. He felt a bit of nervousness, but he pushed past it, " Mrs. Sakaki, after breakfast, would it be alright if I talk to you about something?" He requested politely. Giving her a heads up was a polite thing to do anyway rather than springing it on her.
" I'm glad to hear that you two." She said with with a smile as she looked at Yuto, " Sure Yuto that's fine." She said as she sat down at the table. Yuya sat down as well and grabbed his plate as well as Yuto's and handed it to him.
Yuto nodded, then got to eating, politely complimenting and thanking Yuya's mother for the meal. He was a little anxious to finish and get this done with, but at the same time, he wouldn't be rude and just scarf down the food Yoko had so politely made for them. He made himself eat at a regular pace, listening to Yuya and his mother talk about pretty much anything. He liked just listening to them talk. It felt. . .peaceful.
Soon enough he finished though, getting up to bring his plate to the sink, " I can do the dishes this morning if you'd like." He offered.
Yoko and Yuya ate at a normal pace, but soon finished after awhile, " You don't have to Yuto." Yoko said, " I can do them." She added as she put her's and Yuya's dishes in the sink. She didn't want her guest having to do the dishes. Yuya listened to them both as sat down. He knew Yuto wanted to atleast help.
Yuya looked at Yuto then at his mom, " I can do them." He offered; he didn't mind to do them really.
Yuto wasn't sure how to react to that, " Maybe we could all help out then. The job will get done faster that way." He suggested. Part of him thought about letting Yuya do it so he could talk to his mother, but then. . .he didn't really want to leave Yuya to do everything anyway. That didn't exactly seem fair. Plus that would be a bad start if he was already having Yuya do chores for him.
Yoko and Yuya looked at each other and nodded. That could work, and it would get the job done faster. Yuya didn't know if Yuto would use this opportunity to talk to his mom but guess not. They all got started on the dished and got them done quickly. Yuya had dried them off why Yoko had helped was some and put some of them away. It had got the dishes washed, dried and put away quite quickly. Yoko sat back at the kitchen table as she looked at her son before looking at Yuto, " So Yuto you had something you wanted to talk to me about?" She asked.
Yuto nodded and turned to face Yoko, standing taller and straight, " Yes, I. . .would like to ask for your formal permission if I may please. . ." He got a little bit nervous, though pressed on, " Be allowed to date your son." He requested, being as polite and formal about it as he could. He was ready to answer any questions or drills she might throw at him on the matter. He knew he could take good care of Yuya and he would make the compromises necessary, " I've already talked about it with Yuya, but, as his mother, I would like to have your permission as well." he continued respectfully.
Yoko listened to Yuto before looking at her son then back at her. She smiled, " Of course you can date Yuya." She said, " I can clearly see that you care for him greatly." She added, she thought it was sweet that he was asking for her permission and knew he was a respectful young boy that clearly dealt with a tragic event. Yuya smiled when he heard his mom and blushed, " I have no problem with you two being together, but if I figure out that my son is unhappy then i'll be unhappy." She said, glaring at him; but she knew that wouldn't be an issue. Yuto was a good kid afterall, " I know that since you two come from different dimensions that it'll be weird but you're welcome here anytime you want to Yuto." She could clearly see how much Yuto cared for her son so she knew she didn't want to worry one bit.
Yuto was almost surprised that Yoko had agreed so easily, but then again she did just threaten him in a way but he knew she was only looking after her son. He'd been ready to defend his intentions and explain what he was prepared to put forward into the relationship and such like that, but she was. . .okay with it?
Yuto smiled, " Thank you very much. I promise I'll do my best to take the best care of Yuya. He means a lot to me." He admitted, looking at Yuya was a soft, loving smile. He looked back to Yoko again, "Thank you so much for your support." He thanked her again. It's what he had wanted. Now he knew he could comfortably be with Yuya here too. He didn't want to have to hide their relationship.
Yoko smiled looking at the two, " No thank you Yuto." She said looking at him, " I haven't seen Yuya this happy ever. He's practically glowing with happiness." She said as Yuya smiled warmingly as he looked at Yuto. She would gladly support them; she thought they looked cute together and as long as Yuto made Yuya happy she didn't mind. Yuya was glad; no he was just so happy that his mom accepted them being together, " You two are just so cute together." She complimented.
Yuto smiled, moving back over to Yuya so he could take his hand, looking into his eyes lovingly, " Well I'm happy that I can be an additional source of happiness for him. That's what I want; to see him smile." Yuto explained, though kept his eyes on Yuya's. He had no shame in saying sweet things to his boyfriend. His intentions with Yuya were pure. It was nice to hear that he was happiness than usual with him though. That's what he wanted for him.
Yuya laced their fingers together and smiled as he looked at Yuto, " I want the same for you too Yuto. I want to make you happy as well." He said; his crimson colored eyes held nothing but happiness in them. Yuto was just so perfect.
She squealed in happiness at seeing the two; it was just so cute, " You two are just so cute together.~" She exclaimed. She could see that Yuto's intentions were to make Yuto happy and not to hurt him at all.
Yuto blushed lightly at the squealing, starting to feel a bit embarrassed now, " Did you want to go back upstairs?" he questioned, not minding if they could have a little privacy. Yuto had been thinking last night and that morning about the best ways to make their relationship work. He wouldn't mind going over a few things he'd decided with Yuya to see what he thought. Yuya looked at him and nodded, taking Yuto's hand and leading him up to his bedroom. He walked into his room and sat on his bed. Yoko just watched the two go upstairs before going into the living room.
Yuya didn't matter to have some privacy alone with Yuto. His mom tend to have times where she went overboard, but he still loved her, " So I've. . .been doing a lot of thinking about us." He began after he sat on the bed next to Yuya. He shifted himself back against the wall though, partially gesturing for Yuya to come join him again, " Just. . .thinking about what would work best for us. Since our relationship is a little unusually being that it's 'long distance' but also not and. . .such like that." he began, waiting for Yuya to come closer.
Yuya joined him snuggling close to him, he understood they would need to figuring out something about them being from different dimensions and all. He guessed Yuto had some ideas on what they would do about it. Yuya listened to the other; he wanted this relationship to work just as Yuto did. He would do anything really just to make it work; whatever worked best anyway.
Yuto wrapped an arm around Yuya's shoulders, resting his cheek on the top of his head as he continued, " I've done a lot of thinking on it and. . .I've decided that at least once a week from now on, even if it's just for a day, I'm going to come to Standard with you. After Heartland is rebuilt, I'll be able to give you more time, but right now that's all I can do. But even that, I think, is a lot." Staying in Heartland to help was very important to him, but having a functional relationship with Yuya was too, " And dates. I'll make time for dates. They don't always have to be when we go to Standard, but we'll see how that goes, but also, I'm not saying I want you to be in Heartland for all those 6 other days of the week either. You need time away from it all too and I don't want you to be constantly working, even if that means we'll have some days apart." He explained what was on his mind so far.
Yuya nodded, " I understand with you wanting to rebuild Heartland, just don't overwork yourself. If you ever feel the need to take a break you're always welcome here." He said, " But I will still come and help rebuild Heartland; i'll just try not to stay for so long." He told the other. He agreed completely with Yuto's plan, but he still planned to help out with the repairs," But I will want you to take a few days off from working if it becomes too hard." He said looking up at him; knowing he would be too stubborn just like Shun to actually stop working; but he could always have Ruri or Shun call him if anything.
" Well I did say I would come to Standard once a week." He pointed out, " That'll be me taking a break. And if we end up having dates in Heartland too, then I'd probably have to leave early for it." He pointed out. Of course, his coming to Standard was more as a courtesy to Yuya than anything. He couldn't just always make Yuya come in his direction, he had to give a little as well, " I was thinking, even though I'd rather not, of talking to Reiji. Maybe he can fix up my duel disk like he did your's so I can transport easier and so that I can call cross dimensions too." He noted.
" That's true." He agreed, " Well if anything I could talk to Reiji and ask him to fix up your duel disk?" He suggested; even though he really didn't want to go see him and have him try to be all over him, but if it was to help fix up Yuto's duel disk and for him to be able to transport easily then he didn't care to. Even though he thinks about strangling Reiji with that scarf of his. He looked at Yuto to see if that was alright with his boyfriend.
Yuto frowned, not really like the idea of that exactly, " If you're going, then I'm going with you. I don't trust him around you." Yuto clarified firmly. He didn't know if Reiji was interested in Yuya in a romantic way too or just a 'specimen' kinda way or whatever it was, but Yuto didn't like it. He'd be there to guard his boyfriend, " Just in case though, don't mention that I would be coming. I don't want him trying some weird deal where he'll only do it if you go alone." He added in in a somewhat protective tone, his hold on Yuya becoming just a little more snug.
" Alright that's fine." He said, he didn't think he should tell Yuto about how everything Yuya would go see Reiji that he always tried to pull something. He hated the way he would touch his shoulder or really just breath in his direction. He didn't know if Yuto would go trying to hurt Reiji to be honest, " I won't. It would be best if he didn't know so he can't try anything." He said with a small blush as he felt Yuto's hold on his get alittle tighter. He personally wouldn't want to go by himself to see Reiji anyway; he never did. He usually brought Yuzu, Gonzenzaka or even call someone to go with him. He didn't trust Reiji really. Yuri would be more trustworthy then Reiji.
Yuto wouldn't hurt him. Yuto didn't like hurting anyone really. . .but he wouldn't let him get away with touching Yuya inappropriately anyway. If anything, it would just make him watch more closely and guard Yuya extra tightly. He wouldn't want that man's hands on his boyfriend, " Okay, good. If you ever need to go talk to him, call me and I'll be right there with you." He assured him. " At any time. As my boyfriend, you're my priority, Yuya." He assured him.
Yuya nodded, " Alright. I will I promise." He said glad to hear that Yuto would come straight away if anything, " Do you want to go see him today or wait until tomorrow?" He asked looking at his boyfriend. It was sweet that he would defend him like that. He expected that Yuto had some sort of idea that he didn't feel comfortable being along with Reiji to be honest.
" I guess today would be better just to get it over and done with. I'd rather just enjoy my time with you here rather than having to think about doing something like that the whole time." Yuto reasoned, " Would you be comfortble with that? We can always wait if you need more time." He wanted to take Yuya's feelings into consideration too after all.
" It'll be fine." he said, " As long as you're with me so i'll be ok." He said reassuring Yuto by giving his hand a slight squeeze. He thought it would be good to get it over with then they could come back and spend the rest of the day together.
He thought he should be fine as long as Reiji didn't try anything and he knew if he did that Yuto would be there to protect him and if Reiji tried anything with Yuto he would protect Yuto. Yuto nodded, " Should I let you go so you can call him then?" He questioned, not sure if Yuya wanted to do that first or not. It wasn't like they couldn't just come back to cuddling up again afterwards anyway. Yuto was. . .really enjoying being able to do this with him. . .~ Being able to hold Yuya and feel all his little nuzzles and squeezes and see all the smiles and bright eyed looks he gave him, just. . .~ It was wonderful.~
Yuya nodded as he leaned over and grabbed his duel disk and looked through his contacts to find Reiji which was under the name, 'scarf bastard' in his contacts. He hit call and got up from his bed so Reiji wouldn't be able to see Yuto. They didn't want him to see that Yuto was there like they had planned.
" Ah well Yuya what is it that you need?" Reiji asked when he answered.
" I need you to fix up my friend's duel disk. It needs the Cross transporter so it's easier for him to transport to different dimensions." He explained to the other male.
" Alright just bring it to me today and i'll do it." He said, " I'll see you in a little while Sakaki." He added with alittle tease in his tone as he hung up.
Yuto stayed where he was on the bed, staying silent and watching Yuya. Even listening to the tone of voice Reiji used while talking to Yuya bothered him. He spoke to him like he was his amusing little play thing. Yuto did realize that there was a possibility that he was wrong and he was reading too much into this with his own protective instincts. He didn't exactly have proof that Reiji acted that way towards Yuya and Yuya hadn't told him if he had if he did, but. . .he just. . .had a bad feeling about the whole thing. . .but then again, that could all just be his own personal bias. He didn't like him, Shun didn't like him, Yuya didn't seem like he liked him. . .
Yuya put his duel disk down and turned towards Yuto, " Well that settles that." He said. He didn't like the way he had said his name like that and really he didn't want to know why he said like that. but one thing was for sure; he was glad Yuto would be with him when he went and he was happy about that. Maybe if Reiji knew he was with Yuto then would he back off; but for some reason he believed he wouldn't he would just try anything to get rid of Yuto and have Yuya for himself, but he wouldn't let it happen. Yuto supposed he hadn't considered the dangerous possibility of Reiji messing with his duel disk further, but he didn't think Reiji would be. . .that terrible.
Yuto got up and moved over to Yuya, taking his hand and leaning in to give Yuya's cheek a little kiss, " Thank you." He murmured to him, hoping to be comforting and to be able to cheer him up a bit. Yuto might not be used to lip kisses or anything like that, but he was slowly getting used to giving him other types. He was discovering he liked doing it and Yuya never seemed to react anything, but positively to it.
Yuya's frown turned into a smile and laced his fingers in Yuto's. The raven always could cheer him up just like that, " No problem." He said wrapping his arms around the other. He wanted to thank Yuto for coming with him; he really didn't want to go now because he just wanted to go back to cuddling Yuto, but he supposed they could go ahead and get this done then come back home then they could. He loved Yuto's kisses; made him feel all tingly really and he loved it. He was glad to see that Yuto was getting more comfortable with the kisses. It made him know that Yuto felt the same way as he did. He leaned up and gave Yuto's cheek a warm kiss as well. Yuto blushed lightly at the kiss, smiling as well. He was also relishing a bit in their mutual feelings. He was very happy that Yuya felt this way about him.~ He couldn't have asked for anything better.
Yuto gave Yuya's hand a little squeeze, " Are you ready?" He questioned him softly, not wanting to push Yuya if he still needed time. He seemed like he'd cheered him up a bit, but he didn't want to push him. They could go whenever he was ready to. Yuya nodded; ready to go. He guessed they should probably go ahead and head out to go see the CEO and fix up Yuto's duel disk. Reiji had agreed to do it so he guessed that he was glad that he agreed to do it. All that matter was fixing up Yuto's duel disk and so he could be able to transport to here easily and not be sent to some random place and not know how how to get to Yuya. He knew Yuto kind of knew his way through Standard but he wouldn't like the thought of Yuto getting lost in his home dimension.
Yuto raised his hand to gently cup Yuya's cheek, able to see that he was still uncomfortable. He smiled at him gently, and stroked his cheek softly with his thumb, " Yuya. . .I'll be with you the entire time, don't forget that. I won't let him do anything to you that you don't want." He comforted him softly, " I promise I'll take care of you. You have nothing to worry about. You can leave that to me." He gave a soft chuckled, " I'll do the worrying for the both of us." He knew that wouldn't make this any less unpleasant for Yuya, but he at least wanted him to feel just that little bit more comfortable. Even if it was just that little bit.
Yuya smiled, " I know you will Yuto." He said, " I know you won't let him do anything to me and I won't let him do anything to you." He said as he placed his hand ontop of the hand that was cupping his cheek. He chuckled, " I wouldn't mind taking some of that worrying off your hands." He said softly. Yuya took his hand and was ready to head out; he probably wouldn't let it go the entire time they were there in Reiji's office He knew Yuto wouldn't mind. He felt that if he held Yuto's hand it would reassure him that Yuto was there and Reiji wouldn't be able to do anything.
Yuto had no probelms with that. He would keep hold of Yuya's hand and if Reiji tried to make them separate somehow, he would refuse. Yuto grinned, removing his hand from Yuya's cheek, " Okay, let's go get this over with then. Hopefully it'll be quick and painless and we'll just be worrying over nothing." He noted, still not knowing that any of his concerns had any validity to them or got his duel disk, then headed back out of the house again. Yuya would have to lead the way though. It's been a while and Yuto couldn't remember the direction exactly. Yuya nodded before leading Yuto to the LDS building. He guessed that Reiji had told his security guards or someone that they were coming because one of them was waiting outside for them. Once he saw them he pressed his earpiece and said something that Yuya couldn't hear since they weren't close enough.
" Come with me." He said as Yuya nodded and he lead them through the building to Reiji's office, " Mr. Reiji Yuya Sakaki is here and he brought someone with him." He said as he walked off.
" Ah Yuto it's been so long." Reiji said getting up from his desk, " I'm guessing i'm fixing your duel disk?" He asked.
Yuto nodded, removing his deck before handing over the duel disk to him. " Yes, and I understand this isn't the first time you've fiddled with my duel disk." He noted, having heard from Shun that Reiji had taken it to figure out the dimension technology in the first place. He. . .didn't really like the idea of him having had his deck and duel disk, but at least, at the time, his dragon was safe with Yuya.
Reiji took the duel disk and looked up at him, " No this isn't the first time. It was really thanks to you that we could perfect the cross dimension that Yuya uses to go to Heartland as well as many other people uses." He said, " Yuya you are being quiet that's strange?" He asked cocking an eyebrow, before noticing them holding hands, " It seems things happened in Heartland than I thought Yuya." He said.
" What's that suppose to mean Reiji?" Yuya asked.
" You two are holding hands you know that right?"
" Of course I do know that. For a CEO you're quite slow in learning things."
Yuto glanced at Yuya, raising a brow. He hadn't expected Yuya to talk to him quite like that. Yuya really must not like him. Yuya didn't talk like that to people. He was sure though that whatever it was, it was justified.
Yuto looked back to Reiji again, " How long do you imagine this will take?" He questioned him, trying to keep him on track. It shouldn't matter what Yuya's relationship status was to him. That wasn't any of his business.
Reiji glanced at Yuya then back to Yuto as he pushed up his glasses, " It should probably take a hour or two. So you two can wait here or go do something else and we'll just call you when it's ready." He said. There had just been too many things that Reiji had done to not only him but the people he cared about and he didn't like him for it. Yes he created the technology that had helped them go to the Synchro dimension and allowed Yuya to go to Yuto's dimension; he had also gave Heartland donations to help out and he was grateful that he did that; but overall Yuya just hated him.
Yuto nodded, " Alright, we'll take our leave then. Thank you." He replied politely before turning to lead Yuya back out. They didn't need to wait around in the building. They could come back later when Reiji called. And Yuto could answer for Yuya too if he preferred that.
Yuto could see that Yuya wasn't happy there, so he wasn't about to suggest they wait around any longer there. He supposed Reiji had never done anything wrong to him personally, but he just. . .didn't like how he treated the people he cared about. Reiji nodded before Yuya and Yuto walked out of his office and headed out of the building. There was more to it than that; he had other reasons he didnt like Reiji, but mostly it was jsut how he saw other's as test subjects really. He was kind of glad that Yuto had decided to leave and that they would just come back later. Yuya gave Yuto's hand a reassuring squeeze to show Yuto that he was alright really. They just had to wait for an hour or so now. So if anything they could walk around or go back to his house for awhile.
Once they exited the building, Yuto let out a little breath, " That was thankfully more painless than I thought it might be. Still, you seemed pretty tense. Are you okay?" He questioned, " I'm not used to hearing you talk like that. I guess you really have something against him." He noted, " To be honest, I did find it a little odd that he thought to bring up that we were holding hands anyway. I'm not sure how he would find that to effect him at all to the point that rather than silently note it, he'd feel the need to say something." Yuto explained his thoughts on the matter. Unless he was purposely trying to make Yuya uncomfortable.
Yuya nodded, " Yeah i'm fine. It's just alot of things really that I don't like about him. He sees people as chess peices that he controls and I dont feel comfortable with him. Usually I ask someone to come with me because of it." He said, " I feel like he sees me as his favorite piece to just play with." He said with a sigh, " I don't know if it's just me being paranoid or what but that's how I feel. I don't even like him touching my shoulder or just be anywhere near me." He added squeezing Yuto's hand lightly. Reiji had never done anything bad like that but he just wasn't comfortable with him being. . .too touchy with him.
" Hmm. . .I don't know if Reiji is even a touchy person, so I can see why you might be uncomfortable with him trying to touch you." Yuto mused, stroking Yuya's hand with his thumb in some comfort, not really leading them anywhere in particular, just taking them on a little walk, " But don't worry, I won't let him touch you." He clarified, " Even if he scrutinizes us, I won't let go of your hand." The teen clarified firmly, " My biggest concern is that he tampers with my duel disk in a negative way. But I suppose I just have to trust nothing like that will happen. If. . .something does happen to me because of it though, I want you to talk to Shun about it." He urged him. Shun had spoken to Reiji before. He wasn't sure how much control Shun would be able to muster, but he trusted him to talk to Reiji and to protect Yuya at the same time if he was there too.
Yuya nodded, " I know you won't let him Yuto." He said leaning his head against Yuto's shoulder as they continued to walk, " I wouldn't let anything happen to you." He said, " If something did happen to you and he was involved I would make him pay drastically." He said in a somewhat darken tone, but he nodded with agreeing to talk to Shun. He knew Shun wasn't afraid of Reiji; not like Yuya was afraid of him either.
" Yeah I don't want him to tamper with your duel disk; I wouldn't know why he would, but I wouldn't put it past him." he said.
" I'm not saying that he would, but I'm just saying as a just in case situation. I don't want you going there by yourself if you confront him at all. Get Shun first." He urged him, giving his hand a little squeeze, " Whatever he does, I'm sure it wouldn't be anything that would kill me anyway, so there would be a way to undo it." He added in, not wanting Yuya to lose control at all. He could see he was already becoming unsettled from his tone and part of it did concern him that Yuya might let that darkness take over him again. If he continued like that at all, Yuto would stop him and try and calm him down again, " In any case, I imagine it'll all go fine. Reiji is an asshole, but he's not evil." he clarified.
Yuya nodded calming down, " Ok I will." He knew Shun wouldn't let anything happen to him really. He kind of believed Shun was starting to warm up to him and if Yuya made Yuto happy he would try to protect what his best friend cherished. That was only if Yuto couldn't come right away or something though; but he knew if it was urgent then Yuto would be by his side in a heartbeat, " You're right about that. He's not evil just an ass." He agreed.
It was partially because he knew that Shun would protect Yuya for Yuto and partially because he knew that Shun would understand fast enough that in that situation, he and Yuya were after the same thing: Yuto's safe return. He trusted Shun would be able to handle the situation. He was a smart person.
Yuto nodded, " Right, so I'm sure it'll all be fine. This'll just serve to make our relationship easier in the end." He gave Yuya a grin, " I'm glad that we were already able to work some things out in that way. Did you want me to set aside a specific day to come to Standard each week?" he offered, figuring if Yuya had a bad of the week that worked the best, he could just set that. It was a big sacrifice to him to be giving up one day a week to go have fun with Yuya rather than sticking to his responsibilities of helping fix Heartland, but Yuya was important to him and he wanted to make this work.
Yuya smiled softly, " Yeah you're right." He said. Their relationship that just sounded perfect in his ear's really; made him happy really, " Umm really anyday will be alright with me, but I will like to still stay there with you and help and I know you said you were alright with that; but maybe just like you will stay here one day; I could stay one day in Heartland; stay the night then head home monday. Since school will be starting up soon." He said; he had to remember that school will be starting back sooner or later and he just couldn't ditch school to help rebuild Heartland as much as he wanted. He had skipped three days of school to go to Heartland without telling his mother before and she had yelled at him only because she didn't know where he had went but he had told her it was important to him that he helped and she had agreed letting him take off a few days to help.
Yuto nodded. "Right, school, yes, then. . .I'll come over on a weekend too as to not interrupt that." He decided. They could spend their weekends together. That sounded nice.~ Although less time would make him miss Yuya more, that's just how it was. He would just treasure the time together that they did have. It would give him something to look forward to at the end of each week and that was nice.~ " Mm, I guess a normal relationship at this age would be us going to the same school together and such like that or. . .meeting up after school to see each other briefly or something like that. But our semi-long distance relationship. . .I think it'll still work. It just means we won't see each other all the time, but. . .I know with certainty that time apart won't make me want to be with you any less." He clarified.
" You don't have to do that you can still come over on the weekdays because normally I don't get homework but when I do I get it done quickly thanks to Yuzu helping me out. So anyday you want to come will be great with me." He said happily, " To make it fair our relationship is anything but weird; you're dating a weirdo entertainer." He giggled, " As long as I still get time to be with you though i'm happy." He said. Nothing would change; nothing would make him want to be with Yuto any less either. The time they would have together he would cherish it dearly. He looked down at his and Yuto's laced hands and remembered the little ring Yuto had got him on their date last night. Yuto might thought it wasn't much but to Yuya it meant everything to him. It was his little treasured item he got form Yuto on their first time; he would always wear it and never take it off.
Yuto smiled warmly at Yuya, " Mm, but you're my weirdo entertainer." He pointed out, giving Yuya's hand a little squeeze. Yuto loved everything about Yuya. There was no one thing that he fell for, he fell for all of him, his shining qualities and his flaws. They were all part of what made up Yuya and that's who Yuto wanted to be with more than anyone in the entire world. Or across any dimension he supposed was possibly a little more accurate, " I could, but we might have less time that way. Plus, I would worry about keeping you up too late. I wouldn't want you to be tired for school the next day." He explained, " But if things work out better for me to come on a weekday, then I will." He added in. He would do whatever worked best for them. His days were all pretty much the same, so he could be a little ring Yuto gave him was cheap and the colours on it would probably eventually chip off and the ring itself might break easily, but Yuto did find it quite sweet that Yuya seemed to like it so much. One day maybe he would find something a little better to give him.
" It would be alright but I guess you're right about that." He said; he loved Yuto really; just happy he was able to cheer him up just like that or that he was willing to protect him no matter what. He loved everything about Yuto really though. He would cross any dimension; really do anything to be with Yuto. The ring even if the color chipped off or that it broke he would keep it as a momento from their first date. It was something he would cherish forever; he only wished he could give Yuto something and he know he would.
Yuto nodded, " We'll make it work. I'm confident in that. I know one of the big things in long distance relationships is having communication and trust. When Reiji finishes updating my duel disk, we'll be able to talk easier with the cross dimension calling and. . .I know I can trust you 100% so that's not going to be an issue." He smiled. He knew he could trust Yuya with a his heart. He already kind of had before...~ " Hey, after we get my duel disk back, how about we do something fun?" He suggested, still trying his best to keep Yuya happy, " We could go have that duel at your duel school if you'd like." He offered him.
Yuya smiled, " And I know I can trust you." He said happily. He would trust Yuto with his life really; just as Yuto had before. He was happy to think that after Yuto's duel disk got fixed then it would be easier for them to communicate, " I know this will work." He added, " Sure that sounds like a good plan." He said happily. He had his deck in his pocket and knew Yuto had his all they needed to wait for was Yuto's duel disk to be fixed up. He didn't mind if it was a regular duel or just an action duel really. He would still entertain the crowd and Yuto either way.
" That's good, I'm glad. I swear to you, Yuya, that I would never ever cheat on you. I wouldn't even consider it. There's only you for me. No one else." He swore to him, giving his hand a squeeze, " And I don't care if Yugo and Yuri have the same face, it's just you that I'm attracted to. You're. . .different somehow." He explained with a light blush and a bit of a chuckle. He supposed he hadn't really mentioned straight out that he was attracted to Yuya, but. . .he was, " I guess you should probably call Yuzu then and let her know that we'll be coming." He pointed out, not exactly able to do that himself. He had no way of contacting anyone at the moment.
" I swear to you Yuto as well that you are the only person I want to be with it. I would never want to hurt you or cheat on you." He said; he would never think about either; he would rather die than do that really. He had to agree with Yuto; even though he shared a similar face with Yuto, Yugo and Yuri; he didn't think of the other two the same way he thought about Yuto. Him, Yugo and Yuri were friends but he and Yuto were more than that, " Alright I'll call her. Oh if you want you can use my duel disk to call Shun and Ruri if you want to check up on them?" He suggested he didn't know if he would want to, but he thought it would be a good idea to let them know that he was alright.
Yuto smiled and nodded, " Good. I know you won't." He replied, still happy to hear it regardless. He did wonder if Yuya was attracted to him as well though. He had been told more than a couple times that he was a sweet person, so having Yuya just fall for his personality was possible. Although, he supposed that was a weird line also since they were dimensional counterparts. He wondered if Yuya even could be attracted to someone who looked so similar. He felt they were different though. The two of them took care of their bodies in different ways. Yuto had a bit more muscle on him than Yuya did with how he'd had to train to keep strong and Yuya, being an entertainer, was physically fit in a less showy kind of way. Plus he suspected that Yuya was a lot more flexible than him, but that. . .was drifting away from his point. Well. . .either way, he supposed it was a fuzzy kind of line he couldn't exactly make out. But he knew that he was attracted to Yuya. He tried not to think about if that seemed at all narcissitic. Not that Yuya was exactly him either so it. . .was complicated, " I'll do that when I get mine back. It'll be a good test to see at least if that part is working." He pointed out. If Reiji did any negative tampering, he could at least check to see if other functions worked normally in a safe way.
Yuya was definitely attracted to Yuto; more than he had ever been to someone before in his life. He had never had these kinds of feelings with anyone before but he was enjoying the feel he got from his counterpart. He knew people would kind of say their relationship was just weird because, well they shared the same face and happened to be dimensional counterparts, but Yuya would never let that stop him being with the person he cared about. He nodded, " Alright. I'll go ahead call Yuzu and let her know that we just have to wait for your duel disk." He said and pulled his duel disk out and called Yuzu. Waiting for her to answer; she was probably at the school again helping her dad out or dueling herself right now.
Yuzu was in class when her duel disk rang. She looked at it, seeing it was Yuya before getting up, " Sorry dad, it's Yuya, I gotta take this, be right back!" She explained before dashing out of the classroom to get into the hall. She leaned on the wall outside the classroom and accepted the call, " Hello again, Yuya. What is it?" She smiled at him, always happy to talk to him. Yuto just watched, waiting patiently for Yuya to finish his conversation with her.
" Yeah do you think you can prepare a duel for me and Yuto? We have to wait for his duel disk to be fixed up at LDS but Reiji said it should be about an hour or so." He asked. He could see she just got out of class and was in the hall. He knew she could probably get it set up real fast, " So you don't have to rush on that." He added
" Oh! Sure, Yuya! You don't mind if I put you two on display though of course, right?" She urged, though she knew Yuya always loved an audience anyway, " I'll tell my dad and we'll set something up. Sora came in today actually so he-"
" Yuya!" Yuzu's arm got yanked down and Sora stuck his face in front of the screen instead, " You're back! You didn't come see me though, how mean." He pouted from behind his lolipop, " You're going to duel, Yuya? You should duel me instead then!" He urged, liking dueling with Yuya. Plus it had been a while!
" Hey Sora yeah i'm back sorry I didn't know if you were here or not." He said, " Yeah i'm gonna duel; duel with Yuto of course." He said, " Maybe we can duel next time. I promise." He said.
Yuto shook his head, not minding at all. He expected that. It's what she said last time after all, so this was fine.
" Huh? With that guy? Why? That sounds so boring! I'm way better than him! You should duel with me instead! It'd be a lot more fun!" He urged him cheerfully, not really knowing that Yuto was there too. Although the knowledge of that probably wouldn't have changed what he said.
" Sora!" Yuzu scolded, " Yuto's a good person, don't say things like that!" Sora looked up at Yuzu with a pout, " He is though! He doesn't even duel seriously! It's insulting to duelists!" Yuto couldn't help but roll his eyes a bit. It was true that he wasn't fighting Sora seriously back then, but Yuto hadn't wanted to hurt him, he'd just wanted to get some answers from him.
Yuya frowned and eyes darkened, " Sora!" he growled softly, " Don't say anything about him like that ever again." He was angry that Sora would say that, " Yuzu just have it ready for us like I said it'll be an hour or so until then." He said and just hung up. He really didn't want Yuzu or Yuto to see him get angry like that but he couldn't help but get angry at Sora; which he didn't mean to of course. Yuya put his duel disk up and took a deep breath to try to calm down; he didn't want to be angry; he wanted to be happy as he usually was.
Both Yuzu and Sora were a little stunned that Yuya yelled at him like that, " What's his problem." Sora grumbled, putting his arms behind his head, " I didn't do anything wrong."
Yuzu sighed, " Sora, you have to be careful what you say sometimes." She noted to him. She supposed Sora didn't know about Yuto and Yuya having interest in each other, but she knew it wasn't her place to tell him. She didn't know they were officially together yet either.
Yuto was a little surprised too. He put a hand on Yuya's shoulder, " Yuya. . .it's okay. I already know he doesn't like me. I expected something like that." He pointed out, surprised that even something like that would make Yuya angry.
" It doesn't justify him saying that though." He said crossing his arms, " Sometimes I feel like Sora still treats Xyz duelist; like you and everyone in Heartland; like trash. I know he changed sides but still he shouldn't talk about you like that. Especially around me." He said looking at Yuto. He knew Yuto didn't mind what he had said but that didn't mean Yuya would feel the same. He would defend Yuto and any other xyz duelist in Heartland. It had been Sora's dimension that had caused Yuto's home to be destroyed and he knew he forgave Sora and was friends with the boy; but a part of him could forgive him either.
" He's just acting like that because he's jealous, Yuya, even I can see that. Well it's a mix of that and that he doesn't like me. He's right, I didn't take our duel seriously and I could have beaten him faster, but I didn't want to hurt him, I had just wanted to talk to him. But him, being from Academia, would find something like that insulting I suppose. It's just his instincts." He shrugged, " I can tell he cares about you a lot, Yuya. I don't really appreciate him talking to me that way either, but it's okay. He's your friend and I'll respect that." He added in.
Yuya looked at Yuto and nodded; he guessed Sora couldn't help it in a way, but jealous? He guessed he meant because Yuya had said he was gonna duel Yuto instead of him. He hugged the other and nodded; he didn't like to think one of his friends insulting Yuto, " I know, I just don't like it still." He said. He just thought Yuto was so sweet really, even though what Sora had done in the past Yuto was willing to respect that he was friends with Sora. Even if Yuto had asked him to stop talking to Sora he didn't think he could do that; but he knew Yuto would never ask that of him though.
Yuto returned the hug and nodded, " From what I could gather, Sora doesn't have a lot of close friends. It's just like how Shun might get jealous of you getting too close to me or taking too much of my time. I can understand it." He explained, stroking Yuya's back softly as he held him. Yuto was an understanding person and he tried not to hold grudges if he could help it. Holding in that kind of anger didn't help anyone. That wasn't so say he didn't feel it. He didn't think he could ever truly forgive fusion after what happened and seeing people fusion summon in general still made him uneasy. But he would prefer to smile and be happy than to dwell on the hatred inside of him, " Anyone that makes you happy is not my enemy." he clarified.
Yuya smiled, " Yeah I guess." He said with a nod. The other really was sweet and caring. He knew Yuto wasn't the one to hold grudges really, but he knew he could never forgive Fusion for what they had done and Yuya was the same. Sora was his friend and had switched sides so he knew he kind of forgiven him; but like with Yuri he could tolerate him but didn't see him being a good friend, " Well what do you want to do while we wait for your duel disk to be done?" He asked wanting to kind of switch topics now.
Yuto smiled, " Thank you for sticking up for me, though. I do appreciate that." he clarified for him. He was happy that Yuya would have such strong feelings against people saying even minorly bad things to him. Although he didn't want him to get too upset. He did want him to be happy, " Hmm. . ." He pulled back again lightly, " I'm not really sure. Is there something around here we could do?" He questioned, being no expert on what Standard had to offer. They could always just walk around though or. . .find a bench to sit on and chat about their decks or their duel or something like that.
" It's no problem Yuto." He said and smiled and he nuzzled against the other, " We can go sit somewhere it does feel good outside." He said looking at the other before looking around to see a free bench and walked over to sit on it. Oh now that he thought about it he did have Yuto's Dark Rebellion and that maybe he would want it for their duel, " Oh yeah Yuto do you want your Dark Rebellion back?" He asked.
Yuto smiled at how affectionate Yuya was with him. It was sweet.~ Yuto sat down on the bench with Yuya, a little surprised, " I already got it back, Yuya. I got it back right when I got my body back." He pointed out, taking the card out to show him, " Sorry, but I can't let you keep it. I just wanted to lend you its power, but now that there's no need for that. . .Well, I'm sort of attached to it." He pointed out. It was his ace monster and it meant a lot to him really. He knew it wasn't the best Xyz monster out there, but it was his and it could still help him out of a pinch sometimes.
Yuya smiled, " I didn't know if you had already gotten it back or what. I wasn't planning on keeping it though I knew you would come back and I was gonna give it back to you. I know Dark Rebellion means alot to you; just as Odd-Eyes means alot to me." He said, " It's good that you have your ace card back really. I know it missed you." He added, " I'm grateful for it's help really. It helped me out through some tough situations." He said looking at the card then brought out his Odd-Eyes. He remembered when he first used Dark Rebellion; even though he wasn't himself at that time.
Yuto smiled, " I'm glad it could help you. That's what I wanted. Maybe it knew that." He commented, looking at his card, " It was the only times I really felt like I could help you when you used this. So I'm happy you found it useful." Yuto knew the first time Yuya had used it had been a little rough. He knew that wasn't because of Dark Rebellion though, but the circumstances he's been in. Although he did wonder if that darkness was in Yuya's heart was in his as well. . .and when they merged if it was his own added darkness that causes Yuya to change that way. That he regreted. He didn't want to think he could have been any cause to that.
Yuya smiled hearing Yuto's words; he had left Yuya his card to help him and it had did what he wanted. At first Yuya really didn't think about using Dark Rebellion knowing it was Yuto's dragon he didn't feel comfortable but then when it came down he had used it. He knew it wasn't the dragon that made him act like that; he didn't even really remember that duel until it started coming back to him. He couldn't explain why he had gotten like that in the duel but when he gave into that darkness during the duel with those three fusion soldiers he understood the reason for that. It was both his darkness and Yuto's that got him like that and he wanted them to pay dearly for what they had done, " Maybe and you have helped me alot Yuto even during that time." He said.
Yuto nodded, " All in all though, I'm glad that that time is over. I'd rather focus on our life together now instead. As. . .boyfriends rather than roommates of sorts. Maybe-" He stopped, realizing what he was about to say had different connotations. They had been more like. . .soulmates. But he wasn't sure he should be saying something like that yet. He blushed. That wasn't what he meant, but also. . . " Mm, well anyway, I'm just happy to be here." He went with instead.
" Me too and i'm glad you're my boyfriend." He smiled sweetly leaning against Yuto. He was glad that time was over because now Yuto was back just as Ruri and everyone who had been turned into cards by Fusion and now they were working on their futures. He didn't know if Yuto was meaning to say something else or what but he smiled. He looked cute when he blushed really.
" I am glad you are too." He said.
Yuto put his arm around Yuya's shoulder, holding him close with a smile, " Mm, me too." He agreed, giving the top of Yuya's head a little kiss. He blushed, still feeling a little embarrassed about things like that, especially just out in public, but he wanted to try and give Yuya more of them. He deserved all the love and care in the world after all, " I'm not very used to entertainment duels or anything, so I'll probably just duel normally. I'm interested to try action dueling though. It sounds neat to use your enviroment like that." He mused. He couldn't do the same kind of performing that Yuya did, but he could duel pretty well and he felt like he'd be able to move pretty well too. Yuya knew Yuto was still embarrassed with doing this kind of thing but he was glad he still did them. It made him feel loved and cherished and he only wished to make Yuto feel the same. He loved feeling this relaxed really just being in Yuto's arms really was relaxing.
" Well as long as you have fun is all that matters right?" He asked looking up at his boyfriend, " Yeah how the action cards are hidden and you have to find them is what I think is fun really." He giggled; all of it was fun but he loved that the most. Loved the smiles he got from others thanks to his duels.
Yuto looked down at him to meet his eyes, " That's true. I'm looking forward to being able to duel with you." He smiled. He loved dueling being full of fun and smiles and being able to have a duel like that with someone he cared very much about made him quite happy. Yuto hoped his duel disk would be ready soon. Then he would call Shun to check in before going to have his duel with Yuya.
Yuya smiled then his duel disk rang a soft tone; grateful for that. He grabbed it to see Reiji's number and answered, " Hello?"
" His duel disk is ready." He said, " You may come and get it now." He added as Yuya nodded, " I also added a few. . .other things to it but don't worry. The Action Dimension Spell and all that." He said as Yuya hung up.
" Seems like your duel disk is ready and he said he added the action duel onto your duel disk and some other things." He said. Yuto was still pretty close to Yuya, so he wouldn't have been surprised if Reiji has been able to see small parts of him touching Yuya. Either way, it didn't matter.
Yuto considered that, " Well I'm. . .not sure what 'other stuff' he added is, but I guess I'll ask him myself when we get there." He noted. He gently pulled back from Yuya and got up, then offereing him his hand, " Let's go so we can get my duel disk back then move on to more fun things." Yuto didn't really like the idea of Reiji having his duel disk. Again. That was his and he didn't want people he didn't like touching it.
Yuya nodded, " Yeah we can just figure out when we get there." He said getting up and reaching a hand out to Yuto to help him up. He understood that Yuto would want to get his duel disk back from Reiji soon. He had helped Yuya up and walked back to LDS and walked into Reiji's office. Reiji had Yuto's duel disk sitting on the table waiting for them to take it back. Yuya grabbed it and handed it to Yuto. Yuto accepted the duel disk, happy to have it back, but. . .he did find it odd that Reiji wasn't there to present it. He would have thought he would have wanted to see Yuya, even if that unsettled him. It made him a little suspicious really.
Yuto turned the duel disk over in his hands supiciously, " I guess if he isn't here, I can't ask him anything. . .but if he just called, he can't have stepped out. Something about this doesn't feel right." He expressed to Yuya.
" That's what I'm saying but it could've been a meeting or something i'm not sure. But you can test it out if you want." He said thinking it was strange. That's when they heard the doors open and saw Reiji come in with Reira behind.
" Sorry had something that came up." He said as he walked over to his desk, " Is it to your liking Yuto?" He asked, seeing that Yuto was looking at it supiciously.
Reira stuck close to his brother's leg nervously, though he perked up a bit when he saw Yuya, " Yuya. . .!" He perked up a bit, though his tone with still nervous and reserved, he was happy to see him.
Yuto noticed the small boy, watching him for a moment before he looked to Reiji, " What were those 'other things' you added?" He questioned direction, needing to know for sure.
Yuya smiled looked at Reira, " Hey Reira how's it going?" He asked. It had been awhile since he had seen the boy; he didn't mind Reira it was only Reiji he had problems with.
Reiji looked down at Reira then back at Yuto, " Just everything Yuya has on his really. The Action field, cross dimension transporter, and the ability to talk to someone from another dimension." He said, " That's all."
Reira cautiously stepped out from behind his brother to step over to Yuya to see him, though he was making cautious steps to stay away from Yuto. He didn't know him, so he didn't trust him at all. He hugged his stuffed bear closer to his stomach. He was still too nervous to really speak, but. . .he was happy to see Yuya.
Yuto nodded, " Alright, well that's good." He replied, " If that's all, then thank you, I appreciate you doing this for me." He replied politely instead. Yuto didn't trust Reiji, but he was doing him a favor.
Yuya smiled and crouched down to Reira to talk to him abit, " Yeah thanks Reiji." He thanked. He was thankful that now they would be able to talk to one another even with Yuto being in Heartland and Yuya being here in Standard, " I'll see you later ok Reira." He said.
" It was no problem." He said pushing up his glasses. Yuya got up and looked at Yuto wondering if he was ready to go.
Reira reached out a hand to gently grab Yuya's sleeve, " Come visit me." He requested meekly, wanting to see more of Yuya himself too. Yuya had made it to be one of his favorite people really. After his brother of course. His brother was most important. Yuto watched the little interaction between them. He knew that Reira and Yuya got along pretty well. Yuya had worked hard to look out for him after all. He'd be a little suspicious of this being a ploy by Reiji otherwise, but he didn't think that was prompted that way. Either way, Yuto wasn't sure he wanted Yuya to make regular visits here.
" I'll try to visit you more Reira." He said looking at the boy with a smile. He didn't know how he felt about coming here to see Reira but he would love to visit the boy; and get him out of here and give him sometime to be away from Reiji, " But right now me and Yuto got to go alright?" he asked before looking over at Yuto. " You ready to go?" he asked.
Yuto nodded, taking a couple steps closer to Yuya, noticing Reira take a couple steps back in return. He didn't trust him it seemed like. He wondered what he did to earn that. Reira seemed to look at Yuto with such caution, " Reira, you could always come visit Yuya at his duel school as well." Je offered, though the boy didn't respond to him, instead taking another cautious step back before retreating back to his brother. Yuto frowned a bit, though he supposed he couldn't do much about that, " Okay, Yuya, let's go." He agreed, ready to head out and give Shun a call.
" Alright, bye Reira." He said as he got up and lead Yuto out of the building and to somewhere so he could check to see if his duel disk would work just fine. He must thought that Shun and Ruri were worried about him so it would be good to check in on them, " Oh Reira he's scared of really people he doesn't know." He said wanting Yuto to understand why Reira acted that way. He personally thought that Reiji made Reira like that so he would depend on his brother more. He didn't know though; he just knew that the boy was only comfortable with certain people.
The reason why Reira was more nervous in particular around Yuto was that he gave off that. . .war vibe. And that scared him. What he didn't know was that he and Yuto had likely been in a similar situation really. Yuto sighed, " I guess, I'm just not used to having children look at me like I'm scary." He frowned, " But I guess if you aren't making a big deal of it like you did when Sora said those things, than it can't mean much." He gave a half hearted smile to Yuya. Yuto looked at his duel disk again. It still felt weird to get it back from Reiji, but this was the second time this had happened now and he'd just have to adapt again, " I'm going to call Shun on the way and test this out." He noted to Yuya, figuring they'd be heading for You Show after this. Shun was still on a speed dial for him, so it was pretty easy for him to pull it up, waiting for him to respond. If he wasn't too busy that was.
Shun just got done with fixing up the insulation when his duel disk was ringing. He was guessing it was Ruri probably checking up on him but he saw it was Yuto, " Hey i'm going to take this." He explained as one of the other workers nodded and took his place, " Hello Yuto?" He said. He didn't think Yuto was allowed to call him from Yuya's dimension.
He grinned when Shun appeared on his screen, " Hey. I got some alterations done on my duel disk so I can make cross dimensional calls now." He explained first, " I wanted to check in on how you and Ruri have been doing."
Yuya smiled as he watched Yuto talk to Shun, " Hey Shun." He called before arriving at You Show. He wanted to give Yuto some privacy in talking to his best friend, he didn't know if Yuto wanted him to be there or not; but he could guess that Yuto didn't mind.
Shun listened to Yuto's story and nodded, " I see, who fixed it up Reiji Akaba?" He asked crossing his arms, " Me and Ruri have been fine; how are you doing. Are you sleeping well enough?" He asked.
If Yuto had minded, he wouldn't have made the call with Yuya beside him. He did stop outside the school though, not wanting to go in until he was finished talking to Shun. He did loosen his hold on Yuya's hand a little as a silent invitation for Yuya to go ahead inside without him if he wanted to. The choice was his, " Yeah, that's what had to be done since he's the one that fixed up Yuya's. I don't really like the idea of him tampering with my duel disk, but I'm sure it'll be fine." He explained, he nodded to the second point, " Yes, much better. I feel very well rested." Yuto agreed. He rather enjoyed getting to fall asleep with Yuya in his arms. . .~ And he so far hadn't had any nightmares either. He wasn't sure how long that would last, but for now it was good.
Yuya went inside to see if they had the duel ready to go or not. Shun nodded, " I'm sure it'll be alright. It's working good though right now right?" He asked, " That's good to hear I'll have to tell Ruri about that when I get home. But I heard my duel disk and answered it when we just got done with the insulation in a house." He said, " No nitemares at all?" He asked not wanting to say it loudly for someone to hear or something, but the way Yuto looked had answered his question already. He looked well-rested really and he guessed he would have to thank Yuya for it.
Yuto shook his head, " Nothing yet. I doubt that's the end of them, but at least for now I've slept pretty well." He explained, " Sorry to always worry you. If it makes you feel any better, I'll probably, from now on, be coming to Standard at least one day a week now." He explained, not giving the further context for that just yet, though he figured that might surprise Shun a bit to hear that, " How's construction going?" He questioned, " No mishaps I hope?" Yuto continued. He knew he shouldn't talk with him too long, but it always just felt nice to talk to Shun.
Shun shook his head, " I know you don't mean to make us worry." He said as he heard Yuto, " Wait you said you would be going to Standard at least one day a week? Did I hear that right? How did Yuya convince you to do that?" He asked with a soft chuckle. It was shocking to hear since it was hard to get him to go to Standard just for a few days. Like Ruri had said Shun had rubbed off on him, " It's going good, no mishaps really so everything's going well." He said. He had guessed Yuya had left to give Yuto some privacy to talk to him because he didn't see him or hear him anymore.
Yuto nodded, " Okay, well that's good to hear. I hope you're remembering to take breaks as well." He noted to him, " And it. . .was my suggestion. I thought it would be best if I wanted to have a somewhat stable relationship with him, since. . .I asked him to be my boyfriend yesterday." Yuto explained, getting a blush from embarrassment, glancing away from the screen. He was confident in his decision, but it felt embarrassing telling Shun in particular since, of course, his opinion mattered to him more than others.
Shun nodded, " I am thanks to Ruri; she's always calling to make sure I do take breaks and she's told the other workers that if I didn't take breaks they wouldn't let me work there." He said. Shun didn't know what to say to that, but he knew as long as Yuto was happy with Yuya he was happy enough, " Alright well that's. . .good to hear Yuto. As long as he makes you happy you know me and Ruri are happy too." He said, he could easily see that Yuto was embarrassed and he could tease him right now; but decided not to. He wasn't really good with these kind of things and knew Yuto wasn't either, he could see Yuya was getting him more confident about this kind of thing.
Yuto nodded, " He does." He agreed. He looked back to the screen again, " I think I'll probably come home tomorrow at some point." He decided. It had only been two days, but Yuto was already feeling like he should go back. He was itching to, " I haven't talked to Yuya about it yet, but I just. . .feel like I should." He explained, " I don't want to keep imposing on him here." He'd done his best to help out, but he still felt like he should get out of their hair in that way. Not that he wasn't enjoying his time there, " So I'll be back to help you out again soon." He assured him, " I've gotten some sleep now, so it should be fine."
Shun looked at him then sighed, " Well I guess alright, since you look like you've been sleeping well that's alright." He agreed, " But if something happens or anything me and Ruri will send you back to Standard." He said, " Oh will Yuya be coming back with you or will it be just you?" He asked. He would have to tell Ruri about him coming back and that Yuto was having fun, " I'm gonna go and get back to work." He said, " I'll see you and maybe Yuya if he's coming back with you tomorrow." he added.
" I'm not sure since I haven't even told him that I'm going yet. I'll ask him when I talk to him about it later." He replied, " Alright, bye, Shun, stay safe, say hi to Ruri for me." He urged, before hanging up as tell. Yuto reattached his duel disk to his arm again before stepping inside the unfamiliar school. He wondered where Yuya went? Yuto ventured further in, checking around curiously.
" How come you're even here?" Yuto heard a voice from behind him, turning to see Sora step out from a hallway to the right of him. He supposed he wasn't that surprised he'd snuck up on him. Sora was a soldier after all. Yuto turned to face him a bit more and Sora proceeded. He was used to Yuto not responding to him when he asked him questions, though it still pissed him off, " Shouldn't you be back in your own dimension helping out or something?"
Yuto frowned, " You're not in yours either." He pointed out. Sora put his hands behind his head, turning his nose up a bit, trying to act superior, " Yeah, but this place is my home too. I actually go to this school." He pointed out, " You're kind of trespassing if you think of it that way."
Yuto rolled his eyes. He didn't think Sora was there for anything more than his own amusement. Academia had no doubt taught him all the dueling skills he needed that no doubt would out class the fusion techniques of Yuzu's father. And the trespassing thing was a bit of a stretch. Yuto had to remind himself though that Sora was still just a child. He was just acting like any immature elementary school bully might if they felt someone of theirs was being taken from them. Not that Yuya belonged to Sora anyway. Yuya walked finally found Yuzu seeing she was getting the arena ready for his and Yuto's duel. He didn't know how long Yuto would be on the phone with Shun and he wanted to give him some time to talk to his friend. He guessed he should go check on Yuto and tell him it was ready. When he walked outside he saw that Yuto wasn't outside anymore and guessed he went inside.
" Yuto!" He called as he made this way through the halls wondering where he had went. He could call him on his duel disk but he knew he would find him sooner or later. He had heard Yuto and Sora's voices and turned down the hall to hear the two; mostly Sora talking. Yuto looked as if he was just wanting to find Yuya more than anything, " Yuto isn't tresspassing Sora." he said calmly as he walked up to them, he was just trying his best to stay calm at this moment, " I finally found you Yuto how was everyone?" He asked nicely," Anyway the arena is ready to mine and Yuto's duel so come on let's go." He said, " You too Sora you can watch as well." He added.
Yuto and Sora both turned their attention to Yuya when he entered. Yuto nodded, " Everything seems fine there." He replied simply, giving Yuya a little grin, pleased to see him again.
Sora hopped over, hugging Yuya's arm to him, " Yuya! You should duel me instead! We haven't dueled in forever!" He pressed, " Come on! I'm way better at entertainment dueling!" He pointed out. He had picked up some of those things from Yuya, " It'll be way more fun, I promise!"
" I already promised a duel with Yuto. Sora we can duel another time I promise." He said looking at Sora before looking at Yuto and smiled back. He was just trying to stay happy at this moment. Sora was just poking fun; even if it was in his own little twisted way of course. He had promise Yuto a duel and he was gonna keep it. Apart of him though didn't want to duel Sora and have him use Fusion and maybe freak Yuto out; he knew Sora's monsters looked cute but he still didn't want to risk it. He was looking out for his boyfriend really and the fact he had already promised Yuto a duel. Yuto would be more freaked out if Sora started whipping out ancient gear monsters. He still didn't like fusion though, it unsettled him, but as for being afraid, it was just the Ancient Gears that got him.
Sora pouted, " That's no fun! You're always gone now. You'd better make time to duel me too!" He urged Yuya, " How come you even wanna hang around with this guy? He's so quiet and serious all the time, it's boring!" Sora complained, " Is this some weird dimensional counterpart thing or whatever I just don't understand?" The whole thing seemed so weird to him. He didn't like how Yuto looked so much like Yuya too. Or how Serena, Rin, and Ruri all looked like Yuzu. He just wanted his very best friends to be special on their own without all these fakes around.
He just sighed softly finding it hard to be calm. He knew Yuto didn't mind but it bothered him alot. He didn't like people talking bad about other people because that's how it was for him when he was a kid, " Sora you might want to. . .stop saying that right now." He felt the darkness rising up to the surface from within him right now, " No matter how much you don't like it. Yuto is gonna be around no matter what. So you might want to get use to it." He said, " If you can't accept that then I don't know what to tell you." He said darkly, " I'm gone because i'm helping the damage your dimension caused." He added glaring at Sora, crimson eyes now stained with the color of blood.
Yuto eyed Yuya cautiously, taking a step closer to him to take his hand gently, " Yuya, calm down." He urged him softly, but firmly. He didn't like this. That wasn't even much and Yuya was getting like this. He should have an angry that wasn't quite. . .this. It wasn't like this was the only way he'd seen Yuya mad. Was this because it was to do with Yuto? He felt somewhat unsettled that this was the effect of it.
Sora huffed, shifting the lolipop to sit on the other side of this mouth with his tongue, " That's rude. I was only doing what I was told to. And it was just a game anyway." He noted, " Besides, you know I switched sides, so what's the matter now?" He pointed out.
Yuto couldn't say he liked the idea of Sora calling it 'a game', but he also didn't really want to press on it if Yuya was going to become unstable again. Really, this was something he was starting to wonder if Yuya needed to be checked out about. Was this something that he had done to him? He didn't like that thought, " Yuya. Is Yuzu waiting for us?" He reminded him carefully, hoping to take Yuya's mind off of this a little bit.
Yuya kept his darkened eyes on Sora; he knew Sora had changed sides and it was what made him forgive him. He hadn't even heard Yuto's question at this point he could feel a hand on his shoulder but he only saw red, " A game? Is that what you're gonna call it. People's lives; homes destroyed. . .A GAME." He scowled angerily, he knew he hadn't been through what everyone in Heartland had went through, but the memories that were going through his mind right now seemed just like his. At this point when he said that that's when he really lost it, " People were terrified, screaming and running and you say that was a game!"
Sora took a step back. He wasn't used to Yuya yelling at him like that. He yelled for him a lot, but never really AT him, and definitely not like that, " Yuya, you're getting a little scary." he commented to him.
" You say i'm getting scary? Maybe I should show you how terrified those people were when you and your little friends invaded and destroyed everything!" He said activating his duel disk.
Yuto frowned, then reached over and grabbed Yuya's arm, pulling him closer and making him face him, " Hey. Look at me." He demanded firmly. He placed his free hand on Yuya's cheek, " Things are fine now. Just calm down." He definitely didn't like this. But did anyone know what this was? He wondered if there was somewhere they could take Yuya to get him checked out about this. Yuto slapped his cheek gently a few times, it being more of a pat really, " It's okay. You can snap out of this." He urged him.
Yuya's head began to hurt really; images of the people screaming and running from them still playing fresh in his mind. He saw Sora as an enemy. He was ready to attack if needed; his duel disk was right there and his deck in his pocket. He felt the pats of course and it began to snap him out of it. His eyes lightened once again as he looked at Yuto. He looked over at Sora as well but didn't keep looking at him long, " Yuto?" He asked looking back up at Yuto; he was really tired at this point now. This always happened after that would happen, he didn't really feel like dueling either.
Yuto could see Yuya coming back out of it, feeling relieved. He pinched Yuya's cheek, " You all done now?" he questioned, hoping to shock Yuya a bit more awake. Just a little. He didn't think a little pinch would do much more than give him a jolt. He just wanted to make sure that Yuya was himself again. Sora watched them cautiously. He remembered he'd seen this happen to Yuya before, but he never knew what caused it. He shifted his eyes to Yuto though. Was it him? Was it being with him that did this? Yuya had gotten upset with him, but never like that. . .
Yuya felt the pinch and felt it wake him up abit more, " Y-Yeah." He said; keeping his eyes on Yuto at this moment, he could see his duel disk was activated and he wasn't sure when that happened. He was glad Yuto had been there so he didn't go too out of control. His mom didn't really know what this was but she knew about some of the nitemares he had; but they had stopped after awhile. He didn't want to worry his mom about this; whatever it was. I think the only thing keeping him up was Yuto at this moment. He felt so exhausted he could collapse but he would pull through it.
Yuto grined, cupping Yuya's cheek instead, stroking the spot he's pinched with his thumb as a sort of half apology, " Good. You were losing it a bit there." He explained to him simply. He kept his hold on Yuya's arm, though it wasn't quite as tight as it was a moment earlier. He could feel though that Yuya was leaning on him a bit for support. His concerned eyes searched Yuya's tired ones, then glanced at the confused, semi concerned looking Sora over Yuya's shoulder, " Sora, I need you to go tell Yuzu that our duel is going to be postponed at least for a little bit. I'm not sure how long yet." He urged the boy, who pouted a bit, not liking being told what to do by someone like Yuto. But. . .
" Fine, but I'm just doing it for Yuya, you hear?" He huffed, pointing his lolipop at Yuto, " You better take good care of him too or this time, I really will hunt you down." He warned him before dashing off to go tell Yuzu everything that just happened. She'd probably want to come back to where Yuya was.
Yuto gently pulled Yuya a little closer, " Here, lean on me. You look like you're going to collapse. Are you okay?" He questioned softly, needing to make sure.
Yuya watched tiredly as Sora went to go tell Yuzu or something, he wasn't really paying attention at this moment. He began to lean against Yuto, " I'm just tired. That always takes alot of energy out of me." He explained. He really wished he hadn't lost control like that especially in front of Yuto. It was just he got angry at what Sora said; he still thought all of that as a game. He was glad he didn't hurt no one though; he knew he was about to hurt Sora though but he didn't and it was because Yuto happened to be there to stop him before he did so. Stopped him before he could hurt anyone really.
Between Sora and Yuto, he didn't think Yuya would have really been able to hurt either of them. Yuto nodded and carefully and swiftly scooped Yuya into his arms, " Let's fine a place for you to lay down then. Tell me where I need to take you." He urged him, having no frame of reference in this place, " Yuya, I'm getting concerned about that. That was such a small thing to trigger that. It was earlier too. I'm worried that whatever it is inside of you is getting way worse than it used to be." He would have thought that it would have gotten better, but that wasn't even close to what had brought it out before, " I haven't. . .figured out how or who exactly yet, but I think we need to get you checked out for that. There's got to be some way to release some of that from you. You should be able to get angry without it escalating to. . .that. . ." He frowned.
