Here you guys are. A Halloween present though this chapter has nothing to do with Halloween. This chapter is more of Yugo suffering more. Hope you all enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I don't Own Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V. Enjoy.
Chapter 25:
It had been a week since Yugo had broken down in front of Yuri, Yuto and Sylvio. He was still suffering. He didn't try to hide it anymore but he still wasn't recovering from his grief.
"How is Yugo today?" asked Yuya as Sylvio joined everyone with Yugo at their table for lunch.
"He cried himself to sleep again last night," Sylvio replied.
"I can't stand to see him like this," Shay joined the whispered conversation.
Yugo sat at the end of the table away from the others with his head down. The whole group watched as he tried to eat but didn't manage much. He was now going to his classes and training sessions but he sulked all the time. He had trouble with his appetite and he still didn't want to hang out. Yuto still stayed in his room until lights out. Yugo's friends were struggling to save him. Things had gotten worse too since the annual top three competition a couple days ago. The Professor was once again not happy with the performances of his cadets especially Yugo.
"Has he made any attempt to commit the act?" Kite asked.
By now everyone at the academy knew about the incident between juvenile officer Jones and Cadet Ikaka. Some were sympathetic while others remained indifferent to what happened. Others were flat out cruel.
"He did a few days ago," Celina admitted.
"When?" asked Yuto.
"It happened just before lights out. I heard crying coming from the rec room so I investigated. I found Yugo in a dark corner at the far end of the room. He had a knife from the kitchen in his hand. I approached quickly and shouted for him to stop. He looked up as I reached him and grabbed the arm holding the knife. He looked me right in the eye and said he was sorry.
"Sorry for what?" asked Gong.
"Sorry for either thinking of doing it or sorry for giving up," Shay thought out loud.
"Anyway he dropped the knife and allowed me to pull him into a hug before crying harder," Celina told the others.
"He went to the rec room because I was in our room," Sylvio voice.
Yuri turned his attention to Yugo. The group decided to keep a very close eye on him whenever they could. Yugo held a knife in his hand. He had his back to the others facing the wall but Yuri could just make out what he was doing and he frowned. Yuri watched Yugo put the knife to the inside of his left wrist.
"Yugo," Yuri called as he jumped up.
The others reacted to Yuri's call as he reached Yugo. He pinned the other boy to the wall and grabbed the knife from him throwing it onto the table out of Yugo's reach.
"Stop Yugo. This isn't the path you want to take," Yuto tried reasoning with him as he approached as well.
"This is the path I want to take. I won't, can't live without her. I'm sorry," Yugo apologized.
"This isn't really what you want to do. Let us finish helping you I know we can," Yuya pleaded.
Lucky for them at the time Yugo brought the knife to his wrist the dining hall was pretty much empty. The others didn't have to worry about Yugo getting into trouble for showing weakness or them getting into trouble for showing compassion for him.
"Yugo stop. Listen to me," Kite said as he knelt in front of said boy who now sat on the floor. "You're going to get through this without taking that road. From now on during breakfast, lunch and dinner you will sit between me and Shay. Yuto, Yuri and Sylvio will be sitting across from us. After the day has ended you will be in the company of one of us at all times. Sylvio will be with you for lights out. We're going to meet in the rec room after Dinner to talk about how we're going to keep an eye on Yugo and try to help him get through this. Sylvio will drag Yugo to that meeting."
Everyone nodded except Yugo. Kite pulled the younger boy to his feet and directed him to the door to finish the day. They still had half a day to get through but classes were starting up and the group was almost late for them. They needed to hurry to wherever they all needed to be right now.
"If any of us are with him at any time during the next half of the day keep a close eye on him," Kite suggested.
Kite wasn't kidding about Yugo sitting between him and Shay. Both boys kept glancing at him during dinner.
"Why won't you let me end all this suffering?" Yugo asked in a barely audible voice.
"You need to stop talking like this," Shay whispered back.
"I can't."
"You can," Yuri encouraged glancing at him.
Later that evening Yugo found himself once again between Shay and Kite. Kite glanced at him then at Shay. Shay glanced at Yuri and Yuto who shrugged. Sylvio just stared at Yugo. The problem they were facing was Yugo was giving up.
"Yugo you need to start eating and drinking more," Kite told him.
No reaction.
"Yugo you need to keep your strength up," Shay tried.
Still nothing.
"Yugo don't give up," Yuto said softly, "please."
"Yugo if you continue giving up I'm going to start force feeding you every day myself," Yuri threatened.
"Yugo please respond to us," Kite asked nicely.
Everyone was gathered as a group in their usual corner of the rec room. For the past several minutes since Sylvio had dragged Yugo here the group had been trying to get him to respond to them and talk with them so he'd get better.
"I won't. I don't want to stay strong. I want to go where Rin is," Yugo whined as tears started flowing.
That was the first thing Yugo had said to them since after lunch. He had stopped excepting their help he had stopped responding to them and he even stopped talking to them. It seemed like Yugo had completely given up.
"Sylvio take Yugo back to your room and stay with him. It's not wise to leave him alone right now while he's like this," Kite calmly requested.
Sylvio nodded and took hold of Yugo's shoulders to lead him out of the rec room. The others watched them leave before turning to Kite and Shay. They wanted to know how to help Yugo but Shay had no idea and he doubted Kite knew the answer either.
"He was really close to Rin," Yuto softly voiced his thoughts after a moment of silence. "We spoke about her once before she died. I asked him how long they'd known each other for and he said they grew up together. She was the only girl he could ever love more than anything else in the world."
"Now she's gone," Kite said in a whisper.
"Kite tell me something?" Shay said turning to face his friend. "That girl you like. What would you do if anything happened to her?"
"I would die to prevent that Shay," Kite responded back.
"But what if you couldn't and you lost her?" Shay asked softly.
"I would lose everything. I would die a little each time I thought of her. I wouldn't be able to live."
"That's what Yugo is going through right now," Shay stated. "He's lost his way. Lost his will to keep going. If Kite lost his girlfriend the same way Yugo lost his he would be like Yugo is right now. I know I would be if something happened to my little sister."
"So what are you saying?" asked Yuri
"I'm saying we might not be able to save Yugo from this. If we managed to it would be a miracle," Shay stated.
"We have to try though," Celina said glaring at Shay for seemingly giving up on their friend.
"Your right we do," was Shay's response. "I don't want to give up on a friend. I want to help him but I don't know how. He won't confide in us anymore and we had to struggle just to get him to confide in us for the little while he did. He can't even eat or drink without us forcing him to. He cries constantly. He isn't looking for help he's looking for an end."
"We have to show him how to move on," Yuya declared. "We have to show him Rin wouldn't want him to give up because she died."
"But how?" is the question Yuri voiced before anyone else could. "Shay's right Yugo has pretty much given up."
"We'll have to find some way of helping him or we'll have to give up on him and let him go," Kite answered with a small sad smile.
There's Chapter 25. Mostly talking amongst the group about Yugo and the reason he's suffering so much. The only questions now are Can Yugo be saved? Does he want to be saved? How will he be saved? Read and Review. See you next time.