Here With Me
Chapter 3: Reunited
Warning: Tea Bashing
Again thanks to all that reviewed and sorry for taking so long to update! I tried to make it longer, so hopefully it's worth the wait!
Yugi slowly opened his eyes before discovering that one eye was so swollen that he was unable to see out of it or even open it without feeling a tremendous amount of pain. He discovered that he was in the nurse's office by seeing the pale, mustard yellow walls and small carvings engraved into the wall made by patients who had occupied that bed before him.
"Guys, he's awake!" a familiar cheery voice chirped. Tea, Yugi thought. He groaned inwardly as she alerted about half the school to his current condition. Everyone crowded into the room, but Serenity and Jou were the closest and they sat on opposite sides of Yugi's bedside.
"Jou, Serenity, what are you guys doing here?" Yugi asked as he realized that his friends were missing school while they had sat out in the other room, waiting for him to regain consciousness.
Jou grabbed his friend's hand, dwarfing it as he covered it with his own.
"We've got permission to take you home..."Jou started to announce, but Yugi had discovered that his friend had sustained injuries from his encounter with the bully as well. Jou had bruises on both of his arms, and a bloody lip. He hadn't fared too well from his own encounter, but at least he had come to Yugi's rescue. Yugi felt sudden guilt for being the cause of his friend's injuries.
"Jou, you're hurt!" Yugi shouted, sitting up in bed and brushing the covers aside, then wincing because he still hadn't fully healed yet.
"It was nothin'." Jou assured the younger boy. "I'm fine." He pulled his arm out of Yugi's grasp. He pushed himself off the bed and stood up. "Well, let's take ya back ta the Game Shop. Can you walk?"
As Yugi shook his head in response to Jou's question, Serenity fumed at her older brother's lack of sense. She loved him dearly, but sometimes he acted too...Jou.
"Of course he's unable to walk! He's been unconscious for about 4 hours! You can't just expect him to be able to get up and act like he's fine!" Serenity snapped.
As they both started to argue their point of view, the subject of their argument fell asleep.
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Meanwhile, back at the Game Shop.......
Yami broke into Yugi's room by slipping through the window. (A/N: He seems to do that a lot in my fics! lol) He flopped onto the bed, and laid back on the blue star and moon comforter. He felt too weird being in Yugi's room without him being there or at least without his consent. He sat on the edge of the bed, remembering every time he had comforted Yugi or make him concede to his will.
~Flashback~
Yugi ran through the door and threw himself onto the bed, sobbing into the pillow. Instantly, Yami appeared at his side, gently demanding to know what had happened.
He drew his hikari to him and let him sob into his chest. Yami gently rubbed his hand along his light's back and slightly rocked him back and forth, trying to comfort him. After a while, Yugi's cries had ceased although his breathing was still a little ragged. Yami hugged Yugi tightly, and suddenly, he found innocent violet eyes meeting his.
"Do you want to tell me what happened?" Yami inquired gently.
Yugi shook his head and Yami couldn't help but grin.
"Then I guess I'll have to tickle it outta you!" he said.
Before Yugi could defend himself, Yami started tickling his stomach and another place that only he knew was ticklish: behind his right ear (A/N: what did you think I was gonna put, hentais?) Yugi curled up in a ball, trying to make himself less vulnerable but it wasn't working.
"I...I...g-give....I....give.." Yugi managed to say, gasping for breath.
~End Flashback~
Yes, indeed. Many good times had been shared in this room, and that is why Yami had come here to think. Maybe he truly did have feelings for his aibou, but that didn't mean that he should act on them. If something ever went wrong in their relationship, they might never again have the bond that they once shared. True, Yugi had revealed that he certainly did have feelings for him, but at the time, Yami had just panicked and left the house.
Now that he had time to think everything through, he realized that fate had brought the Millennium Puzzle to Yugi for a reason; they were meant to be soulmates. The dark spirit chuckled. Ryou and Tomb Robber had been right. Through the short time he had spent with them, he realized that love could exist between hikari and yami. He did harbor feelings for his aibou and today was the day when he would finally admit it to Yugi.
As he sat there, the Game Shop door flew open and he jumped in surprise. Grandpa had gone out of town to check on some game shipments and it was too early for Yugi to be home from school, so who could it be? He hurried downstairs to see who it was, taking care not to let anyone see or hear him. He heard some soft voices arguing as he neared the living room.
"I'd hate to leave him here, but I got finals," Tea murmured. "Hopefully, he'll be okay by himself."
"Fine, he doesn't need you! I'll stay wit 'em! Final shmynal! I won't abandon my best bud!" Jou declared. "I'll miss school and make sure he's okay."
"That won't be necessary," a strong baritone voice commented.
Everyone whirled around and saw Yami standing in the doorway.
"How dare you say anything in this conversation?" Serenity yelled. "If you had been here for him, this never would have happened to him!"
She gestured toward the sleeping boy that was stirring because of her volume. She became more quiet, but the fierceness and anger in her tone of voice remained the same.
" After you left, he cried himself to sleep every night, and that was when he was lucky enough to fall asleep, even when he was completely exhausted. He was a completely different person when you left him, Yami! He never smiled once and he was miserable all of the time....you don't deserve him!"
She stopped, unable to continue because angry tears dripped down her cheeks and they clouded her voice as well. Jou carefully took her into his arms, wrapping her in a protective hug. After she wiped all of her tears away and became somewhat calmer, Jou dared to voice his opinion on the matter.
"Serenity, I understand where you're comin' from, but don't ya think it's Yugi's decision?"
She instantly became tense and narrowed her eyes as she looked at her brother.
"What?" she demanded.
Jou raised his eyebrows, not even fazed by his little sister's reaction.
"I didn't tell ya dis before...but the whole time Yugi was unconscious, he kept murmuring Yami's name.... and then when I rescued him from the wrath of that bully, he refused to let go of me because he thought I was Yami. It took like three of us to pry him off, he has a pretty strong grip for such a little guy....I guess what I'm trying ta say is that I think we should give Yami another chance."
Serenity turned away from him for a moment, gazing at the sleeping boy and then over to Yami and back to Jou. She was quiet like she was pondering her answer very carefully. Finally, she agreed.
"I...guess so, it's not really my place to decide what's best for him, this is his decision to make."
She untangled herself from Jou's arms and planted a kiss on Yugi's forehead. She started to leave, but turned to stare directly into Yami's eyes.
"He's yours for now, but if you ever do anything like this to him again, you'll be sorry," she growled before she followed everyone out the door.
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As always, please review!
Thanks a bunch!
~YamisGal
Chapter 3: Reunited
Warning: Tea Bashing
Again thanks to all that reviewed and sorry for taking so long to update! I tried to make it longer, so hopefully it's worth the wait!
Yugi slowly opened his eyes before discovering that one eye was so swollen that he was unable to see out of it or even open it without feeling a tremendous amount of pain. He discovered that he was in the nurse's office by seeing the pale, mustard yellow walls and small carvings engraved into the wall made by patients who had occupied that bed before him.
"Guys, he's awake!" a familiar cheery voice chirped. Tea, Yugi thought. He groaned inwardly as she alerted about half the school to his current condition. Everyone crowded into the room, but Serenity and Jou were the closest and they sat on opposite sides of Yugi's bedside.
"Jou, Serenity, what are you guys doing here?" Yugi asked as he realized that his friends were missing school while they had sat out in the other room, waiting for him to regain consciousness.
Jou grabbed his friend's hand, dwarfing it as he covered it with his own.
"We've got permission to take you home..."Jou started to announce, but Yugi had discovered that his friend had sustained injuries from his encounter with the bully as well. Jou had bruises on both of his arms, and a bloody lip. He hadn't fared too well from his own encounter, but at least he had come to Yugi's rescue. Yugi felt sudden guilt for being the cause of his friend's injuries.
"Jou, you're hurt!" Yugi shouted, sitting up in bed and brushing the covers aside, then wincing because he still hadn't fully healed yet.
"It was nothin'." Jou assured the younger boy. "I'm fine." He pulled his arm out of Yugi's grasp. He pushed himself off the bed and stood up. "Well, let's take ya back ta the Game Shop. Can you walk?"
As Yugi shook his head in response to Jou's question, Serenity fumed at her older brother's lack of sense. She loved him dearly, but sometimes he acted too...Jou.
"Of course he's unable to walk! He's been unconscious for about 4 hours! You can't just expect him to be able to get up and act like he's fine!" Serenity snapped.
As they both started to argue their point of view, the subject of their argument fell asleep.
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Meanwhile, back at the Game Shop.......
Yami broke into Yugi's room by slipping through the window. (A/N: He seems to do that a lot in my fics! lol) He flopped onto the bed, and laid back on the blue star and moon comforter. He felt too weird being in Yugi's room without him being there or at least without his consent. He sat on the edge of the bed, remembering every time he had comforted Yugi or make him concede to his will.
~Flashback~
Yugi ran through the door and threw himself onto the bed, sobbing into the pillow. Instantly, Yami appeared at his side, gently demanding to know what had happened.
He drew his hikari to him and let him sob into his chest. Yami gently rubbed his hand along his light's back and slightly rocked him back and forth, trying to comfort him. After a while, Yugi's cries had ceased although his breathing was still a little ragged. Yami hugged Yugi tightly, and suddenly, he found innocent violet eyes meeting his.
"Do you want to tell me what happened?" Yami inquired gently.
Yugi shook his head and Yami couldn't help but grin.
"Then I guess I'll have to tickle it outta you!" he said.
Before Yugi could defend himself, Yami started tickling his stomach and another place that only he knew was ticklish: behind his right ear (A/N: what did you think I was gonna put, hentais?) Yugi curled up in a ball, trying to make himself less vulnerable but it wasn't working.
"I...I...g-give....I....give.." Yugi managed to say, gasping for breath.
~End Flashback~
Yes, indeed. Many good times had been shared in this room, and that is why Yami had come here to think. Maybe he truly did have feelings for his aibou, but that didn't mean that he should act on them. If something ever went wrong in their relationship, they might never again have the bond that they once shared. True, Yugi had revealed that he certainly did have feelings for him, but at the time, Yami had just panicked and left the house.
Now that he had time to think everything through, he realized that fate had brought the Millennium Puzzle to Yugi for a reason; they were meant to be soulmates. The dark spirit chuckled. Ryou and Tomb Robber had been right. Through the short time he had spent with them, he realized that love could exist between hikari and yami. He did harbor feelings for his aibou and today was the day when he would finally admit it to Yugi.
As he sat there, the Game Shop door flew open and he jumped in surprise. Grandpa had gone out of town to check on some game shipments and it was too early for Yugi to be home from school, so who could it be? He hurried downstairs to see who it was, taking care not to let anyone see or hear him. He heard some soft voices arguing as he neared the living room.
"I'd hate to leave him here, but I got finals," Tea murmured. "Hopefully, he'll be okay by himself."
"Fine, he doesn't need you! I'll stay wit 'em! Final shmynal! I won't abandon my best bud!" Jou declared. "I'll miss school and make sure he's okay."
"That won't be necessary," a strong baritone voice commented.
Everyone whirled around and saw Yami standing in the doorway.
"How dare you say anything in this conversation?" Serenity yelled. "If you had been here for him, this never would have happened to him!"
She gestured toward the sleeping boy that was stirring because of her volume. She became more quiet, but the fierceness and anger in her tone of voice remained the same.
" After you left, he cried himself to sleep every night, and that was when he was lucky enough to fall asleep, even when he was completely exhausted. He was a completely different person when you left him, Yami! He never smiled once and he was miserable all of the time....you don't deserve him!"
She stopped, unable to continue because angry tears dripped down her cheeks and they clouded her voice as well. Jou carefully took her into his arms, wrapping her in a protective hug. After she wiped all of her tears away and became somewhat calmer, Jou dared to voice his opinion on the matter.
"Serenity, I understand where you're comin' from, but don't ya think it's Yugi's decision?"
She instantly became tense and narrowed her eyes as she looked at her brother.
"What?" she demanded.
Jou raised his eyebrows, not even fazed by his little sister's reaction.
"I didn't tell ya dis before...but the whole time Yugi was unconscious, he kept murmuring Yami's name.... and then when I rescued him from the wrath of that bully, he refused to let go of me because he thought I was Yami. It took like three of us to pry him off, he has a pretty strong grip for such a little guy....I guess what I'm trying ta say is that I think we should give Yami another chance."
Serenity turned away from him for a moment, gazing at the sleeping boy and then over to Yami and back to Jou. She was quiet like she was pondering her answer very carefully. Finally, she agreed.
"I...guess so, it's not really my place to decide what's best for him, this is his decision to make."
She untangled herself from Jou's arms and planted a kiss on Yugi's forehead. She started to leave, but turned to stare directly into Yami's eyes.
"He's yours for now, but if you ever do anything like this to him again, you'll be sorry," she growled before she followed everyone out the door.
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As always, please review!
Thanks a bunch!
~YamisGal