In the morning, Atem carpooled with Téa's parents to see Téa. The doctor had to explain Téa's nightmares that kept her up at night screaming. Needless to say, her parents and Atem were very worried. Téa did nothing, but stay laid on her bed as they visited. She spoke to them only briefly as visions of her nightmares kept replaying in her mind. Her parents eventually left to leave for work, but Atem stayed, silently sitting to the side, sometimes fiddling with his cell phone.

Téa shifted on her bed. "Atem?" She called.

"Yes?" He said, perking his attention towards her and getting up from his seat.

"Do you ever have nightmares of what happened?" She asked softly.

Atem walked towards her. "Yes." He replied solemnly.

Téa sat up. "I remember some of it now." She continued in a soft voice. "I remember the accident. I remember fire and loud noises and...blood and... and..." she immediately started sobbing.

Atem reached out and let her sob in his arms. "It was awful. I can't believe that really happened." Atem said nothing in response, but only rubbed gentle circles on her back.

"How could this have happened?" She pulled back, looking into his eyes. "I don't...it's too much..." She bit her lip.

Atem pulled her into his arms, letting her cry it out. For the rest of the day, he sat near her, often with his arm around her or her head on his shoulder. They watched mostly television, played cards (not Duel Monsters) or other simple games. Her parents came again and Téa answered many phone calls from her relatives happy to know she has awoken.

Mokuba and Seto Kaiba even showed up in person to see her bringing balloons and plush toys, including a blue eyes white dragon plush. Téa was surprised to see them, but happy nonetheless. Mokuba hugged Téa immediately as he saw her.

"I'm so happy to see that you're ok!" He exclaimed as he embraced her.

She smiled brightly at him, "And I'm so happy to just see you! How are you Mokuba?"

He grinned. "I'm doing well."

Behind him, Kaiba coughed averting everyone's attention to him. "It's good that you are in better health Gardner." He vocalized.

Téa widened her eyes, Seto was never one for talk that was positive, but this was of course a special circumstance. "Thank you Kaiba." Téa replied back positively. He gave a simple nod of his head in acknowledgement. However, Seto's eyes showed a different emotion that Téa couldn't put her finger on. He almost looked vulnerable?

"Anyways..." Mokuba diverted back the attention. "Seto and I brought you food! Hospital food sucks, and I know you love ramen!"

Téa smiled warmly at him. "How thoughtful of you!"

It was evening now and Téa was terrified. Visiting hours were almost over in a few moments and she would be left alone with her nightmares once more. She couldn't... she couldn't deal with them again. They were terrifying!

Atem noticed her sudden apprehension. "Téa?"

She looked towards him, biting her lip nervously. "Visiting hours are almost over!" She screeched. "They're going to make you leave and then I'll be all alone again!"

"Téa. I'll be back tomor-"

"No!" She interrupted. "You don't understand!" She frantically waved her hands. "I can't see those visions again! I can't! I can't have the nightmare again!" Her breaths became quick.

Atem tried to reason, but the truth was, he was worried also. "Téa... that was one night..."

"An entire night! And then I tried to nap today when you went to get food... but they came again! I can't go through them again..." she clenched his arm. "I just can't Atem!"

Atem paused trying to think of something to remedy the situation but his thinking was interrupted by a woman entering the room. "Excuse me young man, but visiting hours are over. You must leave!" Another nurse came in to say.

"But..."

"You must leave sir." The nurse was persistent, and not so friendly.

"Okay." He grudgingly replied.

The woman puffed and left. Atem stood up to leave and say his goodbye. "Wait." Téa reached out to grab his arm. "Stay with me..." She pleaded, her eyes showing fear.

Atem bit his lip. "But the nurse said..."

"Please! You can spend the night. We just need to hide you until she comes back to check. Please! I need someone with me, I can't be alone..." She quivered.

Atem stared into her blue eyes and mentally cursed. He shouldn't be doing this, but he wanted to stay too, to protect Téa, to make sure she wouldn't disappear by tomorrow. He couldn't sleep last night either, with the fear of Téa vanishing like the souls of his deceased friends. So, he nodded.

Téa snuck him into her shower for quite some time. When the nurses checked in on her, she vocalized her intentions to be alone as she was tired and wanted to sleep. The nurse turned off her light and closed the door. A few moments later, Téa went back into the bathroom to bring Atem back into the room. It was a tight fit, but Atem got into the bed with Téa after she kept pressing him to do so. She cuddled up close to him. Atem was a bit stiff and nervous when she did so, but slowly warmed up to the gesture.

Téa was having lighter thoughts now as she drifted off to sleep. She took awareness of the fact that she had never been so touchy with Atem before. Atem had never been so touchy...It felt weird, different...but not bad. It made her blush a little, because she had a big crush on him. Did she still feel that way…?

Meanwhile, Atem was brimmed with heavy thoughts. He thanked Ra that she was finally back. He wouldn't...couldn't leave his eyes off her. He needed to protect her from everything not only to redeem himself for not being able to do anything in the crash, but because she was all he had all left. She was the only thing left in the world he cared for. If she was gone, he might as well be dead too-because then he had nothing.

Soon, he too fell asleep and this time, Téa slept soundly and comfortably in Atem's arms.

Finally some hinted Revolutionshipping for you guys :) I think this fic will be a slow burn, which should be interesting to write.

A review would leave me cheerful!

~Startistica