Hikari Neko: Happy Easter minna!!! My dad got me SO much stuff!! I got the last issue of Shounen Jump, and the new Guitar World Magazine!! Side note to Pink Lemonade: You aren't in the story until this chapter!!

Just Get Me Out

Chapter 4

"Angel? Onegai, open the door."

A barely audible reply was heard on the other side, "Go away..."

Tawnya sighed, this wasn't getting her anywhere.

"Unicorn, what's wrong?" (If you don't understand the humor in the nickname, go back to Chapter 3)

The black haired girl turned to see Stephi, one of her best friends. She had light brown hair with a little bunny ears headband. Her eyes were hazel, and she wore a dark blue hoody and denim flares.

"Yuugi won't come out of his room." She sighed again "I don't know what to do."

"Maybe he would feel better if I sat on him....Yay!"

Tawnya sat down and pulled her legs up to her chest, resting her head on her knees.

"I don't think that will help, TKB" she replied 'But...what will?'

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"Here, put this on it" said Jounochi, handing Yami an ice pack.

"Thanks." He accepted it and placed it on his sore cheek.

"Damn...he really got you good." The blonde said, inspecting his friends injury.

"I don't understand."

"Nani?"

Yami turned to face Jou, "What happened while I was gone? Why is Yuugi like this?"

"Well, it started about a year after you left." Jounochi began.

"It was then that Sugoroku-san had passed away. Yuugi had to sell the shop; he didn't have time to run it. He got a job at Kaibacorp, and we got an apartment as roommates. So it was like that for a few months, but he started acting strange."

"After school he would stay in his room all day, he didn't eat as much, and he always looked depressed. One day, I went to see-although I already had guessed his answer would be-if he wanted to go to the arcade...", Jounochi hesitated, not wanting to continue.

"Jou," Yami said, putting a hand on his friends shoulder "Please, I need to know."

"Gomen nasai," the blonde said, drawing a shaky breath "...so, I went to his room to ask him. He wasn't there....and all over his walls...h-he had written..." he looked at his friend with tear filled eyes.

"'Why does Yami hate me?'"

Yami lowered his head as he let the ice pack fall to the floor.

After a moment of silence, Jounochi continued "So...I was in his room. I heard a loud noise in the bathroom. I walked to the door...a-and put my hand on the doorknob. The door opened" by then, Jou had tears pouring down his face "And there was Yuugi, unconscious on the floor with slits all over his wrists. He had tried to kill himself, Yami! I should have told somebody about how he had been acting weird, but I didn't! Chikuso, I was so stupid!"

"Iie, it wasn't your fault. Onegai, tell me what happened next."

"I bandaged up his wounds and when he woke up...he just acted like nothing had happened."

"But a month went by and it happened again. I had him see a therapist, demo...it just got worse. So bad that he ended up there...he has a borderline personality."

Yami sat in silence.

Jounochi cleared his throat "It's getting late. You can sleep in Yuugi's room...down the hall on the left...pajamas are in the dresser."

Jou started to head towards his room, but stopped "We'll go visit him tomorrow...if you want." With that, he retreated into the dark hallway.

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"Yuugi, please eat something."

The violet-eyed boy did not comply, just continued to stare dully at his plate. Tawnya sighed.

"Still no luck?" Tawnya looked up to see whom the voice belonged to.

"Pink...no, he hasn't eaten anything since yesterday morning. Any ideas?"

The young man-who's real name was Dan-ran a hand through his brown hair, which appeared to go in every direction. He had a camouflage jacket with an olive green shirt underneath, and black pants. Tawnya pulled him off to the side.

"Well it's because Yami was here yesterday, right?"

"Yeah..."

Dan put a finger on his chin in thought "I think they should just talk it out. We'll help them a little...but we shouldn't interfere too much."

"Yeah, but...I don't know...He's really starting to scare me. I'm afraid to leave him alone. We don't even know if Yami will come back after finding out about what happened."

"He'll come," Dan said reassuringly "...if he cares about Yuugi, he will."

To Be Continued...

Hikari Neko: Well...That's it I guess...pretty long chapter...Next one's a little bit longer...R/R!!!