Right after a long time of writing Honda's part is finally here! And it's only...13 pages long!...Wow that's a lot of pages. Right, I do not own Yugioh, or Trix, enjoy! [FLASHBACK]
Chapter 26
The next morning Yugi woke up to find his face in someone's chest and arms wrapped around his waist. Yugi opened his eyes and waited until his vision focused to find himself nestled into Yami's arms. Yugi wasn't complaining; it would be easier to wake Yami up this way. All he had to do was place his hands firmly against the other's chest, and push.
Thump! Groan.
"Again Yugi, there are easier ways to wake me up." Yami said from the floor as he looked up to see Yugi's head poking out from on top of the bed.
"That may be, but this was more convenient, for me." Yugi said resting his head on his hands before rolling over and out of bed.
Yugi started to walk over to the bedroom door so he could get to the bathroom, only to have Yami block his exit by suddenly appearing in front of him. Yugi came to a halting stop, and turned to look behind him to see the blanket just falling to the floor. Yugi turned back to Yami with a questioning look in his eyes.
"How do you do that?" Yugi asked utterly bewildered.
"The puzzle, it allows me to take a shortcut to wherever you are, but I always appear in front of you no matter what." Yami stated pointing to the puzzle around Yugi's neck, before picking him up and throwing him over his shoulder.
"Hey put me down!" Yugi said pounding on Yami's back a little more gently then he would have a week ago.
"No, we need to talk about last night." Yami said placing Yugi back on his bed.
"We can talk on the way to school." Yugi said trying to get back up.
"I don't think so. Knowing you, you'll try to avoid it." Yami said pushing him back down on the bed again.
"Know me? Oh, no, you don't know me." Yugi asked with disbelief before stating something with what appeared to be sadness and regret in his voice.
"Just tell me about last night Yugi, why were you crying?" Yami asked in earnest.
"Because that was the first time I had laughed like that in three years. It felt so good, but it reminded me of when the gang was together and it hurt so much suddenly. It hurt so much to know that I hadn't laughed in three years, it just hurt. I felt so alone, with so much regret at pushing my friends away, when I needed them the most. I know I hurt Malik the most too, because him and I, we were tighter than two pieces of twine in the same rope. We grew up together, Rebecca, him and I. I had to push him away, I had to push them all away, it was the only way to keep them safe, and it's worked for so long, but now I just want them back. I want to hangout like out like we used too, but I also know that that is an impossible feat, it can never be as it once was." Yugi said with so much sadness and regret in his voice that Yami couldn't help but reach out and hold him in his arms.
Yugi leaned into the touch for a little bit, before he tried to pull out of the embrace. Yami's arms tightened around him, unwilling to let him go. This just made Yugi struggle more.
"Please Yugi, please don't push me away." Yami whispered into Yugi's ear.
"That's not my intention Yami. It's just that you're pressing on my bladder and I have to go." Yugi said uncomfortably squirming even more.
"Oh." Yami said releasing him.
Yugi bolted out of Yami's arms and raced into the bathroom, barely making it on time. Yugi then took a shower, got out, brushed his teeth, dried and combed through his hair, washed his face, and then opened the door to walk out of the bathroom. He was met with Yami dancing the jig.
"FINALLY!" Yami exclaimed pushing past Yugi and slamming the door against his back.
"You should've knocked if you had to go so bad." Yugi said through the door.
He was met with a grumbled response. Chuckling Yugi went across the hall to his own room where he shut the door to get dressed. When he came out of his bedroom he smelt smoke and headed down to the kitchen to see Yami burning eggs.
"AH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Yugi shouted making Yami jump.
"Making breakfast." Yami said simply like it as the most obvious thing in the world.
"NOT LIKE THIS YOU'RE NOT! SIT!" Yugi yelled rushing over and grabbing the pan out of Yami's hand.
Yugi turned off the burner and began to scrape the eggs out of the pan and into the trash. Yami watched with a scowl on his face. When Yugi was done he turned to Yami with a forced smile on his face.
"Now, let's try something a little simpler, okay?" Yugi asked in a strained voice.
"Fine." Yami muttered.
Yugi got out two bowls, spoons, and glasses, and put them on the table. He then got out the Trix cereal, milk, and juice, and placed all the items on the table. Yugi sat down next to Yami and smiled at him.
"I doubt you can get making cereal wrong, so go for it! Make us some breakfast!" Yugi said smiling brightly.
Yugi should have made the cereal too it seemed. Apparently because Trix was a fruity cereal it meant that it went best with the fruit punch juice he had pulled out. That meant it was more realistic for them to be drinking the milk instead of juice. Yugi was less then amused as he placed both of their lunches in their backpacks.
"I still don't know what you're so mad about, they were both fruits, and it didn't taste that bad." Yami said as they were walking out the front door.
"Milk and cereal is a combination that you don't mess with. Juice being drunk with the milk and cereal is another one of those things you don't mess with." Yugi tried to explain for the fifth time that morning.
"Still didn't taste that bad." Yami grumbled. Yugi just sighed and shook his head.
"Let's not fight, okay? I really don't want to fight with you." Yugi said trying to stop the fight before it began.
"Okay, we won't fight." Yami said smiling a bit and slinging an arm around Yugi's shoulders.
Yugi looked at the arm around his shoulders, before wrapping his left arm around Yami's waist. He supposed that he might as well as get used to this, after all they were boyfriends now. Touching came with the territory in a relationship.
Yugi and Yami made it school early that day, which surprised Yugi immensely. He hadn't thought that they had left that early, but apparently they had. Walking onto the school grounds they ran into Marik and Malik, who were wrapped around each other in the same way they were. Yugi unraveled his arm from around Yami, grabbed his hand off his shoulder, and made his way over to them dragging Yami behind him.
"Hey Marik, I just realized I never answered your question yesterday. So, yes, the collar is a punishment for the fading marks on my own." Yugi said as soon as they were in an arm's reach of the two.
"Really? How many collars do you have for him anyway?" Marik asked the wolfish grin back on his face as he pulled Malik around to be in front of him, where he wrapped his arms securely around his waist.
"Three, but he's only allowed to wear two of them for this week, the more degrading ones that is." Yugi replied feeling more than seeing Yami do the same to him.
"So I take you two have been dating since yesterday?" Marik asked.
"Do you miss anything Marik?" Yugi asked with annoyance.
"Not much." Marik replied.
"Yugi, why are talking to us?" Malik asked suddenly.
"Malik!" Marik reprimanded.
"No it's okay, Marik. I mean he has a fair point. I guess it's because yesterday talking with Yami made me realize how much I missed your company, well everyone's company." Yugi said looking at his and Yami's feet, and scuffing the ground with his one foot.
Seeing this, gave Yami a sudden idea. He knew it probably wouldn't work out, but it was worth a shot none the less.
"Do you guys mind keeping Yugi company while I'm in detention with Honda today?" Yami asked looking at Malik, not Marik.
"Not at all." Malik responded receiving the unspoken message easily.
"What? But Yami, I wanted to spend time with you." Yugi said trying to use subtle puppy dog eyes on him.
"No buts Yugi, you're hanging out with them today after school okay?" Yami said placing a hand over Yugi's eyes, blocking his attempt.
"Okay." Yugi said removing Yami's hand from his eyes.
Marik and Malik looked like gaping fish staring at the two of them. Malik was thinking why didn't we ever do that to Yugi when he was using his subtle puppy dog eyes? While Marik was thinking that was well played, I've gotta try that on Malik some time.
"You're going to catch some flies with those open traps of yours." Yugi commented making the two shut their mouths pretty quickly.
"Right, so we'll pick you up at the Library Yugi, stop by detention so you can say bye to Yami, and then grab Kaiba and Jou and go to the mall to spend Kaiba's money. Sound good?" Malik asked with a small smile on.
"Sounds good, I like spending Kaiba's money. Though, when we're at the mall, you're going to have to show me that store Black Dreams and Wicked Nightmares, because apparently I liked that store." Yugi said smiling a tiny bit a Malik.
"Have you used the whips yet?" Malik asked, knowing Yugi probably hadn't touched the bags since he first saw them.
"I bought whips?" Yugi asked in a deadpanned voice.
"Yep, about 20 different kinds too." Malik said his smile growing a bit.
"I don't even want to know what I had in mind with them." Yugi said looking a bit afraid.
"One can only guess." Malik replied looking up at Yami slyly.
Yugi looked up at him too, only to look back down groaning. Yugi knew exactly what he would have had in mind for Yami three years ago. All of it would have been entertaining, for him, not so much for Yami.
"So how good of a kisser is Yugi, Yami?" Marik asked as more students started to enter the school grounds.
"Malik was a really good teacher, thank you." Yami said with much appreciation in his voice.
"We better move this conversation elsewhere, lest you want people listening in on it." Yugi said looking around at some of the students that were pausing to look at them curiously.
"Yeah we should probably all head to class." Malik chimed in.
"Well then, let's go!" Yugi said jolting out of Yami's arms to grab Malik's hand and race off to the school building half dragging Malik with him.
"Huh, he's actually going to try to make this as comfortable for everyone as humanly possible, isn't he?" Marik said watching the two with pure wonderment on his face.
"So, this is normal?" Yami asked.
"You mean Yugi dragging his slightly taller friends around? Yeah, that's as normal as it gets. Though, I'm not sure to how Yugi will react to being around Jou for more than an hour. That should be interesting to watch, or break up." Marik said with a laugh before his tone dropped down into a more worried one.
"What do you mean?" Yami asked looking up at him slightly.
"Eighth grade, Yugi, Jou, Malik, and Kaiba were in a study group together. Bakura, Ishizu, Mason and I, were two tables away. A fight broke out between Yugi and Jou, from what we heard Jou was begging Yugi for forgiveness, and Yugi was being as stubborn as a Honda in giving it to him. Eventually Yugi got so fed up with Jou being latched onto his leg that he tried to punch him in the temple. Bakura and I had gotten up already and were heading over so Bakura was able to catch the punch while I tore Jou off of Yugi's leg. The minute Jou was off Yugi; Yugi ripped his fist out of Bakura's grip and bolted, grabbing his bag on the way, for the nearest exit. I'd never seen Yugi resort to violence, ever. It even made Kaiba scared, and that's saying something, because he's usually only scared of me." Marik explained to Yami, as the two started to head towards the building as well.
"Yes, why is Kaiba scared of you? Yugi said it had something to do with a prank." Yami asked Marik and then explained a little of what he knew, which wasn't much.
"Haha, I'll tell you some other time, but right now, I have to get to class and so do you." Marik said as he ran to get Malik from Yugi who attempting to get him to let go of a pole that he had wrapped his arms around for some reason.
"What happened?" Yami heard Marik ask.
"Apparently he wants you to walk him to class, not me." Yugi replied back in a strained voice.
Marik could be heard laughing as Malik detached himself from the pole and latched onto his boyfriend. Yugi watched the two walk off before turning to Yami, who was a few feet away, and offering a hand out to him. Yami jogged up to Yugi and grabbed, and the two headed to first period hand in hand.
[Time skip]
Yami walked into the detention room with Honda to find Yugi, Marik, Malik, Jou, and Kaiba waiting for them. Yugi immediately ran over to Yami and hugged him, while whispering in his ear.
"It's about time, Kaiba was getting impatient. I'll see you at home around five, okay?" Yugi whispered in Yami's ear.
"Okay, I'll see you then, Aibou." Yami figured he could get away with calling him that now, since they were dating and all.
Yugi and Yami shared a brief kiss, before Yugi left. Yami felt a little uneasy watching him leave, but he knew that his friends would look after him. Or at least he hoped they would.
"Alright Yami, let's get this over with." Honda said signing in.
"Right, but first, why does everyone use the expression 'as stubborn as a Honda'? You don't seem that stubborn to me." Yami asked curiously as he too signed in.
"Oh, it's because I don't like giving my story to anyone who believes Jou before I confirm that Rebecca was telling the truth. Look you'll hear soon enough, so let's get it over with okay?" Honda said impatiently.
"Fine, whatever floats your boat." Yami responded while putting his hands up in surrender.
"Right, you already know about the whole three years ago seventh grade bit, so here's my part of the tale. Yugi had come to me and Malik earlier in the day and said he was going to confess his feelings for Rebecca to her." Honda said looking at Mira who was reading a magazine.
"Are you sure that's a good idea Yug'? I mean you've been friends for years, what if she doesn't even want to be your friend anymore?" Malik asked Yugi after he had told them of his plans.
"Well, yeah it's a risk, but one I'm willing to make. If I don't tell her, I'll always wonder what if? I'm going to tell her today." Yugi explained back.
"Well good luck Yug'!" Honda said clapping Yugi on the back.
"Thanks Honda, I sure hope she'll still want to be my friend even if she doesn't feel the same way." Yugi said with a small smile before walking off to find Rebecca.
"I found Jou later and told him the good news." Honda said.
"Hey Jou, Yugi just told Malik and I that he's going to tell Rebecca how he feels for her, today." Honda told over lunch.
"It's about time in my opinion; he's only been talking about doing it for two weeks now." Jou said back.
"Yeah, but do you think Rebecca feels the same way? I mean it seems to me like she's been avoiding Yug' most of the day."Honda said back.
"Guess it's just one of those wait and see type of things." Jou replied back.
"The next day was very confusing; I heard that Malik and Yugi had appeared to be fighting in front of the school gates about something. They apparently yelled at one another for a good two minutes before they realized they were yelling about the same thing; and neither one of them knew anything real about it. I finally heard from a fellow classmate what they were fighting about, something to do with a rumor saying they were dating. Yugi found me by the lockers a day before the roof incident, and I confronted him about it." Honda said who seemed to have a habit of talking with his hands by the way that he was moving them with certain words.
"Hey Yugi, is it true that you and Malik are dating? Did you change your mind about confessing to Rebecca, or were you planning to confess to Malik all along?" Honda asked a little bit of anger leaking through into his voice.
"I don't know what you're talking about Honda. I told Rebecca I liked her. She told me she didn't feel the same way, but she didn't want to ruin our friendship either, so was there some way we could work things out. I said yes, because I would rather have a friendly relationship with her, than not have one at all. I don't know where these stories are coming from and Malik is just as confused as I am." Yugi said to Honda as they were walking to Yugi's locker
"You think maybe someone heard you wrong Yug'? Like maybe they only caught the tail end of your conversation?" Honda asked stopping at Yugi's locker with him.
"Well, if they did, I wouldn't know how they got Malik mixed up in the picture. I was clearly with a girl with bright blonde hair, not sandy blonde. I mean Malik's hot and all, but I just don't swing in his direction of type, and I know I don't swing in his. It's dead obvious that Malik likes Marik and vice versa, but with this rumor going around, Marik's backed off. Everyone knows that Marik won't go after someone who's taken, but that's kind of the problem, because Malik isn't taken, least of all by me. I just wish I knew where this rumor originated from. Come on Honda we better hurry or Malik's going to throw a fit if we're late to the Library, again." Yugi said talking intensely with Honda, who noticed that Anzu didn't even say hello to them. Not even a nod in their direction.
"Do you think you'll be able to stop this rumor? I mean it's been alive for two days now." Honda asked as they ran through the hallways to the Library.
"It'll probably take a lot of work, but all things die with time. Come on we need to find our dramatic partner." Yugi said back as the two walked into the Library.
"Huh, dramatic indeed." Honda said back with a smile on his lips.
"Yugi, Malik and I spent the rest of the afternoon getting our project finished. It was probably a good thing too, because Yugi was put in the Hospital for two weeks after that. Yugi said to me just the day before the roof incident that 'all things die with time', I guess even friendships can do that too. Anyway, Jou and I were walking to Burger World later in the afternoon, and I told him what I had heard from Yugi." Honda said again motioning a lot with his hands.
"Yugi says he doesn't know where the rumors are coming from Jou, but he and Malik aren't dating. He confessed to Rebecca not Malik, but both Yugi and Malik are trying to get to the bottom of this and fast. Word has it that its reached Marik's ears already, and everyone knows he won't go after someone who's taken. Though that's kind of the problem that Yugi's facing, because Malik isn't taken, least of all by him. Least that's what Yug' told me by our lockers this morning. Anzu acted weird when we passed by though too, she didn't even say hi as we were passing. She just let us pass by; she didn't even glance up, not once."Honda told Jou as they were making their way to the local burger restaurant.
"Really? That's pretty unusual for her, but you know Ryou said he heard from Anzu that she saw with her own eyes that Yug' asked Malik out."Jou said with a slight uneasiness in his tone. Almost like, he was just discovering a potentially harmful chemical, amongst all the safe ones.
"You don't think there was a possibility that she liked Yugi, do you?" Honda asked Jou carefully turning towards him.
"Who doesn't like Yug'? I've heard most of the girls at our school wishing that their own boyfriends could either be just like him or him one day."Jou responded back bluntly.
"Good point. So Anzu was jealous perhaps, and she started a rumor out of hurt about two of her friends? That sounds a little overreaching, even for Anzu." Honda said trying to make sense of it.
"True, but we're not girls man, and there is that old saying too. How does it go again, 'hell hath known no fury then that of a woman scorned'? I think that's it." Jou said looking up at the sky.
"Yeah, but to potentially harm her own relationship with Yugi, that's a bit sick don't you think?" Honda asked in a quick dismissal, somewhere inside he knew that Jou was making sense, he just wasn't ready to accept it quite yet.
"Well let's put you in her shoes." Jou said.
"Why me?" Honda asked.
"Cause I'm taken and you're not. Remember money bags asked me out last weekend, the same day I actually did manage to eat him out of house and home?"Jou responded with a slight smile on his face.
"Oh yeah, he did, didn't he? Right after he yelled at you and then kissed you I believe. It sure left everyone else speechless enough for him to get it out to the silent room, before it broke out with everyone cheering for you both."Honda said, laughing at the memory.
"Yeah, but anyway, suppose you heard Mai Valentine confessing to someone else, how would you respond?" Jou asked getting back to the problem at hand.
"Well, I'd probably be upset, but I wouldn't start a rumor saying she was dating her best friend Vivian Wong, that's just mean." Honda responded back promptly.
"Okay, but how would you respond if you were a girl?" Jou asked.
"I don't know, I'm not a girl. Let's see if we can get your boyfriend to hack into the schools cameras and see what really happened two days ago." Honda said, turning around and going in the opposite direction of Burger World.
"Hm, good idea, why didn't we think of that two days ago?" Jou asked walking after him.
"Simple, we weren't thinking." Honda responded back.
"We ran all the way to Kaiba's mansion. I don't know what it is about that guy, but he never seems to have enough time for the rest of us, but when it comes to Yugi or Jou, he always seems to have plenty to spare. In any case, using Jou, we got in pretty quickly, and saw what had happened. Yugi confessed to Rebecca just like he said he had, and Anzu saw the worst part of it, the hugging scene. Anzu ran away and bumped into Ryou, they talked briefly before Ryou ran off and into Jou. They talked for a longer period of time, before they ran off as well. It was when Kaiba was getting ready to shut down the program that Jou stopped him, and what we saw was an eavesdropper." Honda was still talking with his hands and Yami was finding it hard to write because he was so distracted by them.
"Wait, Seto, I think I just saw something move in those bushes there." Jou said stilling Kaiba's hand before he could shut down the program.
"What is it Mutt?" Kaiba asked looking at what Jou was pointing at.
A figure was climbing out from behind the bushes, before it ran off, with its back towards the camera they were looking through. There was no way to see the figure from the front though, because it hopped one of the school's fences and ran off. Almost like it didn't want anyone or anything to see its' face.
"Who was that?" Honda asked breaking the silence first.
"No idea, but they're probably the one who spread it around the school. What I don't understand is why? Who would want to ruin our friends' friendship like that?" Jou asked no one in particular, he was just asking the question out loud.
"I don't know, but who's going to tell Yugi that Anzu started the rumors?" Kaiba asked.
"Maybe we just keep this to ourselves and it'll die down like all the rest have." Jou suggested, in a defeated type of tone.
"No, I'm telling him tomorrow Jou, and that's the end of it."Kaiba said shutting down the school's cameras program, before closing his laptop shut.
"All right, but just know that this will probably break up our friendship circle." Jou responded back in a half defeated half desperate voice.
"I'm aware of the risk, Jou, but I'm also aware of the cost we might pay if we don't tell him." Kaiba responded back lifting up his head and kissing him softly in on the lips.
"As fun as it is watching you two kiss I need to get home to my mom, she's probably worried about me right now." Honda said backing out of the door.
"Alright I'll have my driver give you a ride home." Kaiba responded looking at him.
"I'll walk you out." Jou said as he made his way towards Honda.
"Nah, it's fine, I know my way to the front door. See you at school tomorrow." Honda replied back with a wave, before making his way down to the front doors where Kaiba's limo was waiting for him.
"If I'd only known what horrors I would see the next day, I probably never would have gone. I figured that Kaiba would tell Yugi, and Yugi would try to explain it to Rebecca. Well those two things did indeed happen, but that's when everything went wrong too. I had been searching for Yugi and Malik because we had all promised to meet up to do some touchups on our project, after talking to a few people I was told they were on the roofs. So I headed up to the top most one, thinking I would find them there. What I did find, was something I'll never forget for the rest of my life." Honda had stopped using his hands to talk now, because he had noticed how distracting to Yami they were.
Honda finally pushed the door to the top most roof open and walked over to the edge to see that he was adjacent to Yugi's and Malik's rooftops, but that's not what froze him instantly to the spot, what he was watching did. He saw Rebecca down on the ground of the roof that Yugi was going over the edge of, and Malik looking completely helpless on the other roof across from his. Honda watched as Rebecca got up from the ground and watched Yugi fall with what looked like stiff horror as Jou walked up just in time to see her.
"I saw a flash of yellow fabric out of the corner of my eye and turned to look towards the door of the roof that Rebecca was on. I saw a portion of our girls school uniforms slip through the door and out of sight, and in the same motion I heard the door of my own roof slam. I whipped around but no one was there and I figured they had left, not come up. I ran into Ryou the next day, and that's when our entire friend group started to unravel before our eyes." Honda was talking and every once in a while he would start to move his hands before stopping again.
"Ryou, Rebecca didn't push Yugi, it was someone else. Rebecca was on the ground of the roof top when Yugi was going over." Honda was trying in vain to make Ryou see what had really happened.
"But Jou said he saw her push him over!" Ryou said back, though both of their voices were rising.
"JOU DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING BUT YUGI GOING OVER! WHYARE YOU SPREADING MORE RUMORS ABOUT OUR FRIENDS, ISN'T THERE ENOUGH OF THOSE GOING AROUND?!" Honda was now yelling at Ryou gaining the attention of many students around them.
"IF YOU WERE A REAL FRIEND HONDA YOU WOULD BE THE ONE TELLING EVERYONE WHAT YOU REALLY SAW, AND NOT WHAT YOU THINK YOU SAW!"Ryou shouted back.
"I know what I saw, it is you who saw nothing Ryou. You're only useful for second hand information." Honda growled out at him, before walking away in a huff.
"My words weren't kind at all, and I sometimes wish I had never said them. I tried to see Yugi in the Hospital, but apparently he had asked for family visitation only. Meaning anyone who didn't have the last name Mutou wasn't getting in. Apparently Jou and Yugi had had a huge fight the day before, but Jou wasn't talking about it. So no one knew what it was about. I heard that the only one who didn't buy that was Malik and he tried to see him anyway. They too had a huge fight; I heard it was even bigger than Jou's and Yugi's. In the end Malik walked away, angry and in tears, while Yugi wouldn't even look at him. No one knows if he was crying too, but from how tight they were, I think that hurt him more than Rebecca rejecting him did. Remember how I said earlier, that Yugi told me all things die with time? Well, that's exactly what our friendship circle did, it died, and it took the time of two weeks to do so. When Yugi got back to school he was avoiding us like we were a plague he didn't want to catch. Though it wasn't just us, he also seemed to be avoiding Mai's friend, Vivian, they say those two are like twins in personality wise. I personally don't see it, but whatever, that's it, that's my part." Honda said clapping his hands together.
"Good, now go home, the both of you." Mira said making both boys look up at her.
"Mira, why were you in such a foul mood yesterday?" Yami asked curiously as he got up from his seat.
"I was grumpy because I lost a bet, and now I have to act like a cheerleader all weekend long. I don't do peppy and unnaturally cheerful very well. It's like she's trying to murder me or something." Mira whined.
"Have fun Mira!" Honda said as he walked out the door.
"Yeah, yeah." Was his response.
"I'll see you tomorrow, and I'll drag Yugi along too." Yami told her walking out the door too.
"Can't wait!" Mira shouted after him.
Yami made his way out of the school grounds and ran home, he was anxious to see Yugi. It was around six so he knew Yugi was already home. The minute he walked in the door to the house, he was bombarded by a small mess of limbs, almost making him go back down the stairs.
"Where've you been? You were supposed to be home at five, the same time as me. I was so worried that something bad had happened to you." Yugi cried into Yami's chest.
Yami felt as if he was doing an awful job at keeping Yugi happy, as this was the second time he was crying on his watch. Yami just awkwardly guided Yugi to the couch where he sat them both down. He pulled Yugi in his lap and started to rub his back.
"Have you eaten yet Aibou?" Yami asked quietly once Yugi had calmed down a bit.
"Mm-hm, we ate at the mall, well everyone but Kaiba did. He turned up his nose at the food, and everyone was sitting between Jou and I. I just can't forgive him, I'm not sure if I ever will be able to. It saddens me to know, I've lost one of my good friends, but what he allowed to happen was inexcusable." Yugi said sounding like he was going to cry again.
"Come on, get up, I need to eat." Yami said patting Yugi's arm gently.
"Okay, but Yami, can we sleep together again tonight? For some reason that I can't fathom, I feel safe in your arms. I promise I won't push you off tomorrow morning." Yugi asked in a feeble voice, which made Yami realize for the first time that Yugi had yet to look at him since he came home.
Reaching forward Yami gently tilted Yugi's head up to see what he was hiding. Yugi had a bandage on his face, on his right cheek. Had Yugi had that before he left to go to the mall, or was it after he came home from the mall?
"Yugi, who did this and when did they do it?" Yami asked in a strained calm whisper.
"I don't need a hero Yami." Yugi said pulling his head a way and getting off of Yami to walk up the stairs.
Yami heard Yugi's bedroom door shut, and then Yami got up too. He had every intention to call Marik, Malik, or Kaiba, and one of them had better talk if they wanted to see another day. He wanted to know who had hurt his Aibou, and he wanted to know now.
Okay I think I can post another chapter up for each of my stories before I go on vacation in eleven days, but don't quote me on that. While on vacation I'll have limited to no computer access, so don't expect any updates. If you want to see the exact time stream for my absence it's on my profile page under ATTENTION! Right then, thank you to all of those who are/have following/favorited this story. Also thanks to everyone who reviewed Guest and User alike. Please review, the more you review the faster I'll type the double day scene I've been dying to do, and the one ya'll have been dying to read since he first laid a hand on Yugi. [hint, hint, nudge, nudge] Midnight ;p