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Chapter 37

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Yami looked towards the bed as he stood up and leaned over it. Yami held Yugi's hand as he saw skin around the bandages that covered his eyes start twitching and the hand in his start to clench. Jou was standing on the other side of the bed his eyes wide. Yami leaned down close to Yugi's ear as he brushed some hair from his face.

"Yugi please if you can hear me squeeze my hand." Yami felt the hand around his tighten dramatically. "Jou go get the doctor."

Jou nodded as he raced out of the room. Yami gently rubbed his forehead as he felt the hand around his keep tightening and relaxing before tightening again. Yami pressed his lips to Yugi's forehead and felt the hand around his tighten gently in response and small smile appear on Yugi's face.

"Yugi can you please wake up? Please I want to hear your voice."

Yami looked up as he saw the door open and Atemu walk through the door looking extremely confused. Yami smiled, tears were filling his eyes and that made Atemu more confused seeing how the heart monitor was indicating Yugi was alive.

"Yami?"

"Yugi's waking up."

Atemu hurried to the bed and held Yugi's hand gently.

"Yugi? Yugi its Atemu, can you hear me?" Atemu felt the hand holding his tighten in response. "Come on wake up so we can hear your voice."

Yami smiled as he watched Yugi head move slightly before stilling. He could still feel his hand moving in his own. Yami looked at Atemu who watching Yugi for any sort of sign.

"Y...Y...am...i...i...? ...A...At...emu...?"

"Yes Yugi we're here. You really gave us a scare." Yami said as he kissed Yugi's cheek.

Atemu smiled and ran his spare hand over Yugi's cheek when Yami had finished kissing Yugi's cheek and felt Yugi lean into his hand.

"You really did scare us. We thought at one point we would lose you."

"I...I ...am... s...sorry." Yugi said as he coughed causing him to wince.

"Shh, it's alright. Save your strength."

"W...Wa...Wat...er."

"Water?" Atemu asked to clarify and Yugi nodded his head. "I'll go get you some. Yami will stay with you."

Atemu squeezed Yugi's hand before lifting it and giving it a kiss which brought a smile to Yugi's face. Yami looked at Atemu and both of them couldn't keep the smile of their faces. Atemu quickly left the room to get water for Yugi just as Jou and the doctor walked in.

"What's happened?"

"He's awake and talking."

"Yugi thank god buddy you're awake."

"J...Jou?"

"Yeah I'm here."

Yugi gave a small smile before jumping in fright when he felt someone take his hand. Yami watched the doctor as he took Yugi's hand and indicated for him to let go of Yugi's hand. Yami narrowed his eyes slightly and let go but didn't move from his position beside the bed.

"Yugi I'm Doctor Brisford. Now I want to go through a few tests with you."

Yugi jumped when he realised that the man holding his hand was someone he didn't know and he started shaking. He couldn't see so he couldn't tell if Yami or anyone else he knew were in the room. Yugi felt tears hit his eyes and as he clenched them shut he let out a small cry of pain.

"Yugi shh, it's alright I'm still here. What's wrong?" Yami said as he quickly held his hand.

"E...eyes... h...hurt." Yugi said softly.

"Yami hold Yugi's head up for me will you. I want to look at his eyes."

Yami nodded and gently wrapped his hand on either side of Yugi's head and at the base and gently held it up. The doctor quickly made work of the bandage and let Yami lay Yugi's head back on the pillow. The swelling around his eyes had gone down but they were still swollen. They had darkened to a deep black colour and around the edge of the bruises it was going an off brown colour.

"Yugi I'm going to see if we can open your eyes. It you want me to stop say so."

Yugi nodded and the doctor placed his hands on the side of Yugi's face and slowly made his way towards his eyes. He hit the bruises and Yugi bit his lip against the pain when he moved half way through the bruises Yugi cried out in pain and the doctor pulled his hands away.

"We'll try again in a few days. I need to see if you can see through them soon to make sure there is no permanent damage. Can you open your mouth for me? I want to make sure your throat isn't damaged." He said as he redid the bandage.

Yugi opened his mouth and doctor took a look down his throat and nodded just as Atemu walked in. The doctor looked at him as he showed him water before he nodded and held out his hand.

"Yugi, Atemu has brought water. Yami's going to hold your head up; I want you to drink slowly ok."

Yugi nodded and the doctor put the cup to his lips and slowly drank the water given to him. It helped ease the pain in his throat as he drank. When he had enough Yugi pulled away. The doctor put the cup on the side table before looking at his clip board and check all of Yugi's other injuries.

"Well I'll leave you with your friends and come and check on you in a few hours. I want you to rest ok."

"Yes." Yugi said, the water helped his throat not feel dry.

"Good." The doctor nodded at the other three in the room before he left.

Atemu, Yami and Jou looked at Yugi who was lying on the bed. Atemu walked over and gave Yugi a gently kiss on the cheek which caused Yugi to jump before smiling. Yami smiled and ran his hand through Yugi's hair.

"Um... I'm going to go call Seto and Solomon."

"Ji-chan?"

"He's staying at the mansion. I'll get Seto to pick him up on his way here."

"Don't disturbed... Seto."

"He'll come no matter what we say Yugi. You should know that." Jou said.

Yugi smiled slightly and sighed. Jou left the room leaving Yami and Atemu with Yugi. Yugi could only hear them breathing as he waited for someone to say something.

"Yugi you had us so worried." Atemu said as he ran his hand over his face.

"I'm sorry."

"Oh Yugi it's not your fault." Yami said.

"I tried to get away."

"We know. We saw the security camera at the university." Atemu said.

"But he caught me. I'm dirty." Yugi whimpered as he started to cry, ashamed of what happened.

"Yugi you're not dirty." Yami said softly. "You are not dirty. He didn't take your virginity, I did remember. You could not feel dirty."

"He was going to give me a scar like his. I don't right?" Yugi sobbed softly.

"Where was his scar?" Atemu asked gently.

"On his face."

"No your face is just a beautiful as it was last week."

Yugi sobbed softly, a smile on his lips. Atemu leaned down and gently kissed his cheek again as Yami did at the same time. Yugi sobbing got worse and he squeezed their hands firmly. Yami gently rubbed his hand as Yugi cried. Yugi tugged on Yami's hand trying to pull him on the bed. Yami frowned slightly at this and leaned down to him.

"What is it?" He asked thinking Yugi wanted to whisper something to him.

"Lay with me." Yugi whimpered.

"Yugi that's not such a good idea. You're injured quite badly. The doctors nearly lost you. I don't want to cause a relapse."

"Please." Yugi begged softly, unwanted thoughts going through his head.

"Alright but only for a little while."

Yami looked at Atemu and he gently moved Yugi over a little, starting with his top half and then his legs. Yugi whimpered softly before settling as Yami climbed on the bed careful of the wires and things over the bed. Yami moved an arm under Yugi's head and wrapped it around his shoulder and letting him rest his head on his shoulder. Yugi snuggled up closer and small smile on his face. He frowned slightly and felt around the bed for Atemu's hand. Atemu saw Yugi's hand searching before chuckling and pulling over a chair and taking his hand in his own and giving it a squeeze. Yugi smiled even though he wasn't sure if Atemu could see it, but he did. Atemu leaned forwards and placed a kiss on his hand again before sitting back.

Yugi felt his mind slowly starting to close down and each time they did he jerked awake slightly. Yami felt this and let it go for a few minutes but after five minutes he looked down at Yugi to see him looking scared. Yami looked to Atemu who was watching this as well.

"Yugi, why don't you go to sleep? We'll be here if it's within visiting hours."

"No don't make me sleep. Please I don't want to see him again."

"Yugi?"

"I keep seeing him when I closed my eyes last time he attacked me. I don't want to do it again."

"Yugi you can't stay awake forever, you'll have to sleep eventually. We'll be here but like Yami said as long as it's within visiting hours."

"No don't leave me alone."

"Yugi we are staying."

"No don't leave after visiting hours please."

"Yugi I don't think we'll be able to stay. They wouldn't last night when Yami tried to stay."

"I don't want to be alone."

"We'll see what we can do but I can't promise anything."

Yugi nodded and he relaxed. "Now try and get some sleep. If we see you having a nightmare than we'll wake you ok? Also we'll wake you when your grandfather arrives if you like?"

Yugi nodded, smiling at that before he whimpered and he clutched Yami's shirt in his hand and held Atemu's firmly in his grasp. Yugi slowly spent the next few minutes nodding off to sleep and jerking awake but slowly succumbed to sleep. Yami gently moved him off his shoulder and climbed out of the bed and laid Yugi back in the middle of the bed and held his hand so he knew he was still there.

"Do you think he'll be ok if they don't let us stay the night?"

"I'm not sure. I've never seen him the first time he was attacked. We'll just have to see what the doctor says and what Solomon's recount of last time."

Atemu nodded and looked back at Yugi who was so far sleeping peacefully. Yami smiled as he turned his gaze to Yugi as well and just couldn't help in smile seeing how he woke up.

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