Seto sat by Jounouchi's side, tears welling up in his eyes for the millionth time. Jounouchi had been on the verge of a coma for three days now, and it was only because of Mokuba that Seto even left the hospital to eat or sleep. Kaiba just sat there, crying. He didn't understand. It seemed like the whole world was against him. He was finally happy, he had finally found someone he could love, someone that would love him back. Then it was snatched away from him, gone in a wisp of blood-hued smoke. Why? Why? Why? He broke down into convulsive sobs, holding Jou's hand tightly, crying into his own sleeve. When he had cried out all the tears that he could, his breathing slowed a bit, and the distraught boy stared mournfully at his lover's face.

"Please…" He wept, his shoulders slouching, his normally rigid form limp with fatigue and sorrow. "Please come back to me…" The blonde stirred, and his eyes opened a crack.

"Seto?" He stared down at Jounouchi, hoping it hadn't been his imagination.

"I'm right here, puppy." He whispered through a cracked voice, his throat sore and his eyes red and swollen. Jounouchi's eyes opened slowly, only to shut again.

"It hurts…" he whimpered, and Seto's eyes lit up as reality hit him.

"You're awake!" He muttered, his pained face breaking into a smile. "Oh God mutt, you're alive!" He exclaimed, starting to cry again, although for the first time in his life, he cried tears of joy. Jounouchi tried to smile, but failed, too weak to do anything but breathe and talk.

"It hurts so much though… where am I…?" Seto stroked his head lovingly, his tears dripping down his face and leaving spots on the white sheet.

"In the hospital. You're going to be okay…" Jounouchi looked up at him.

"S…Seto… you're crying…" Kaiba wiped his face on his sleeve, stepping back to look at Jou properly.

"Yeah… I've been crying for the past three days… but that doesn't matter. All that matters is that you're awake now. You're going to be okay. You have to be okay." Jounouchi ignored the last statement, his corners of his mouth attempting a feeble grin.

"For me? You cried… for me?" Seto looked at him, surprised.

"Of course, Jou. Of course I cried for you… I love you." Jounouchi stared into the blue eyes of the boy he had, three days ago, claimed he never wished to see again, and suddenly was glad that he wasn't dead. No more words were spoken between them, and Seto just sat there stroking his hair and sniffling occasionally. After about half an hour of silence, Seto looked down at Jounouchi. His eyes were closed, but as soon as the stroking stopped he opened them. Jou could remember almost nothing of the dream he had had before waking up, only that he had seen Seto with a pair of wings. The light shone down into Jounouchi's eyes, with Seto's face in the centre of it all, giving him a glowing, almost angelic appearance. Jou wanted to reach out and touch his cheek, to apologise for being such a dumbass and tell Seto how much he loved him. But he couldn't. Weakness and fatigue surrounded him, and all he could do was yawn.

"Seto?" He murmured quietly, watching Kaiba blink away sleep from his eyes.

"Yes, puppy?"

"Before… I fall asleep… I want you to go home… and sleep too. You look tired." Seto smiled and ruffled his hair tenderly.

"If you say so. Sweet dreams." Jounouchi had already fallen sound asleep, his head rolling to the side, his eyes closed.

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A/N: I just finished drawing a picture for this fanfic. It turned out really well and you can find the url to it on my profile. Enjoy! ^_^ I know this chapter is really short, but I just… I unno, was lacking inspiration.