Chapter 11 - Questions and Emotions
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Yami lay in the hospital very much annoyed and irritated. None of the nurses or doctors had answered any of his questions so far, and they had acted as if they couldn't hear him nor see him. He sighed, and sat up in the bed, he needed to see if Yugi was alright, he just needed to know. Just then, a man came into the room, and looked at him with a surprised look on his face.
"You're up at last?" He smiled, and looked at him thoughtfully. "The smaller child you brought in, he asked for you last night, but you were not awake, and he ended up falling asleep anyway. I could allow him to come visit you as soon as he wakes up if you'd like."
Yami nodded so much he felt the head ache coming back, but ignored it.
"Well I'll tell him as soon as possible, then. He really thinks highly of you, Yami. Yami. That's an odd name, isn't it?" The doctor smiled again, and left Yami to his confused thoughts.
"No one else thinks so." Yami whispered, and sat there, thinking of Yugi and what the doctor had said. He shrugged, and sighed again. This would be a long wait for him. Yugi tended to like sleeping in all the time, and was always late because of it.
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Yugi sat up in bed quickly, and panted slightly. He had just had another dream. Like the others, but it seemed to be getting worse instead of better like before. He wiped some sweat from his forehead with his arm, and caught his breath before he slumped back down against the stack of white pillows. He'd been at the hospital for a while now, and he hadn't enjoyed any of it. He hadn't been allowed to go see Yami. He stared down at his hands for a moment, and watched as his trembling subsided.
"Yugi Motou?" A voice forced Yugi to snap his eyes upwards to where the voice originated from. "Is that your name?" Yugi nodded slowly at the woman standing in the doorway. She wore a long white jacket over her pale pink dress, and she pushed her glasses up on the ridge of her nose every time she said something. "Well, I just came by to tell you that you should be fine if you rest at home and not over exert yourself too much." She smiled, and pushed up her glasses again. Her large brown eyes sparkled oddly.
"I - I'm free to go now? I can leave?" Yugi's eyes widened, and they were finally full of a little bit of happiness, and a whole lot of hope.
"Yes! You can leave. Your clothes are in the cupboard just over there, and... Oh yes, I must remove your I.V.." She pointed over to a small cupboard in the corner of the room, then smiled and laughed, she walked over to Yugi. "This shouldn't hurt too much." She slid the needle out of Yugi's wrist, and he shivered as a weak wave of pain washed over his arm. He winced slightly, and watched as she put a band-aid over the small hole. She sighed, and watched him intently for a few moments. "Well, I best be off to tell the other lucky ones who can leave." She smiled and paused in the doorway, amused at how much Yugi looked like the one across from his room.
Yugi wasted no time in jumping out of the bed, grabbing his clothes, putting them on, and smiling happily to himself the whole time.
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Yami sat in bed still irritated with the way that everyone looked at him curiously and shot him glances from out of the corners of their eyes when they thought he wasn't looking. He sighed, and jumped slightly as there was a knock on his door.
"Yami?" A woman asked him curiously, holding a clipboard in her hands. She pushed up her glasses, and walked over to Yami's bed, her brown hair blew slightly in the air as she moved.
"What." Yami sort of wished he hadn't sounded so harsh when he said it, but it felt good to act upon his anger.
"Well, you're free to go. Don't do too much or over exert yourself too much, and you'll be just fine. Your clothes are in the drawer just over here." She pointed to a drawer under the side table. "Have a nice day!" She walked out, and glanced back at him in fascination. He really did look a lot like the other one. She smiled to herself, and walked out of his room, and closed the door to give him some privacy.
Yami felt a surge of excitement through his body, and he slid out of the bed gracefully, and got changed really quickly, or as quickly as he could with his head ache. Just as he was finishing sliding on his black muscle shirt, the door burst open, and something small threw itself at Yami. He fell backwards, and felt the air knocked out of him, but had to laugh as he saw Yugi clinging on to him for dear life. He tried to sit up, but Yugi had him pinned down, and Yami noticed a single tear sliding down his face.
"Yugi, I do need to breathe sometime, you know?" Yami laughed, and took in a deep breath as Yugi managed to let go of him, and sat on the ground, a huge smile spreading across his face. Yami sat up, and wiped away the tear from his face. They both sat there smiling at each other until Yami got up, and helped up Yugi.
"Yay! I'm so happy! We can finally leave!" Yugi chanted and skipped around Yami, smiling happily.
"Yes, as am I." Yami pushed Yugi out of the hospital room, and steered him right down to the entrance of the hospital. Yugi finally started to walk a little more normally, and he nearly walked straight into an old man, who turned around, and shocked both Yugi and Yami.
"Grandpa!" Yugi launched himself into his grandpa's arms, they hugged each other, and reluctantly Yami hugged him, too. "Are you coming home with us?" Yugi asked with a small smile on his face.
"With you? What happened? Were you in the hospital, too?" His grandfather raised his eyebrows, but Yugi grabbed his arm, and pulled him out of the hospital, still grinning sheepishly.
"Perhaps it would be best to tell you a little later." Yami warned him, with a look of pain on his face. "It would be best not to discuss it around here." Grandpa nodded, and allowed himself to be pulled home by Yugi. Yugi noticed Yami trailing behind, and grabbed his arm too. They were both pulled home by Yugi, who looked a little too eager to get back. When they got back, the familiar home greeted them warmly, little had changed since the time Yugi's grandpa had gone to the hospital. He looked around, and sighed.
"At least the house isn't messy, I was expecting a huge mess with the two of you here alone." He smiled and looked around thoughtfully.
"Granpda." Yugi laughed, and ran over to the kitchen table. "I haven't eaten good food in such a long time!" Yugi licked his lips, and started to rummage through the cupboards and the fridge, getting various ingredients.
"Yugi, slow down." Exclaimed his grandpa, and he put his hand on Yugi's shoulder. "How about we don't push ourselves too much, and we order out. How about pizza? I haven't had some in a long time! I don't care if it's breakfast or not." Yugi shrugged, and smiled at his grandpa, who just licked lips while rubbing his stomach. "Then pizza it is!" He went over to the phone, and spoke quietly on the phone, while Yami helped Yugi put away what he had taken out.
"Mmmm. Pizza." Yugi smiled, and sighed as he watched Yami put away the last of it all. Yami sat himself down at the table, and Yugi did the same. They simply stared off into space until the long awaited time when Yugi's grandpa came back into the house with the pizza. The smell broke them both from their trances, and their mouths watered with anticipation and hunger. Yugi didn't say a word the whole time they ate, he instead ate as much as he could until he was stuffed, and full. He sighed as he finished the last bite of his third piece of pizza, and smiled contently.
"Thanks, Grandpa!" Yugi bowed slightly, and excused himself from the table. He pushed his plates into the sink, and washed his hands before he went up to his room. There he noticed that the covers on his bed had been left the way they were when he was dragged out of his room by force. Yugi decided that it would be best if he cleaned up the mess of items and sheets covering the floor and bed. It took him only twenty minutes, much to his surprise. He sat down on his bed, before joining Yami and his grandpa in the family room. They were sitting in the armchairs speaking quietly about something or other, and stopped when they noticed Yugi taking a seat on the empty couch. Yugi sighed at the sudden silence, and lay on his back on the couch, where he closed his eyes, his hands behind his head.
"Yugi?" Yami's voice asked quietly.
"Yes, Yami?" Yugi spoke just as quietly and kept his eyes shut, not wanting to meet his gaze.
"I was just telling your grandfather about what has happened in the past while. When you visited him, you never told him anything. Only that I came back." Yami paused again, and waited Yugi's response, but he didn't have one, so he continued. "Why didn't you tell him anything? He needs to know these kind of things."
"Because." Yugi thought for a moment. "Because I just didn't have the heart to make him feel any worse than he already must have felt." Yugi opened his eyes, and saw tears shining in his grandpa's eyes. His grandpa frowned sadly.
"It hurts me to have to find out from others, and not my own grandson. I would have preferred being told all of this from you, Yugi." Yugi's gaze fell as his grandpa wiped tears from his eyes. "And if you don't tell anyone, and keep everything bottled up inside, bad things will start to happen. You can't live with emotions living inside of you unspoken and unheard."
"I know." Yugi sighed sadly to himself. "But no one understands what happens to me, only I do. I can't go on about feelings and thoughts if they don't make sense to anyone else. Sometimes they don't even make sense to me." He fell silent with, and remained that way while Yami and his grandpa spoke. He was fighting the urge to curl up in a little ball, and cry to himself. Everything that had happened to him was finally surfacing in his mind, and it was even a little painful for him.
"Well, you could always come to us, you know that. We'll always be here for you." Yami spoke to Yugi, his face full of concern. But what he said wasn't meant for both he and his grandfather, his grandpa might not always be there. Yugi sighed again, and looked up at the clock. It was only 10 o'clock in the morning. That's when he remembered. He jolted up on the couch, his eyes wide.
"School! I forgot, I need to go to school!" Yugi looked around, frantically trying to find his things.
"You can rest for one more day, you owe yourself that much." His grandpa smiled sadly, and almost laughed when Yugi nearly tripped over his own bag.
"Yes, you should stay." Yami didn't have courage enough to tell him he wanted him to sat, he needed him to stay, because he didn't feel like parting with him.
"But. But. School!" Yugi whined, and stared down at the ground. It had already been one week or so since his Yami had come back, but he still knew that Yami wouldn't give up. But then again, Yami knew that Yugi wouldn't give up until he got tired.
"But. But. Rest!" Yami laughed as he imitated Yugi. Yugi sighed, and sat back down on the couch in defeat. "So? Will you stay?"
"Fine." Mumbled Yugi, and he leaned back against the couch, sighing.
"Good. In that case, why don't I go and put some tea on. Would you two boys like some?" He smiled, and went over to the kitchen. They both shook their head, and Yugi ended up following Yami up the stairs. Yami stopped in front of Yugi's room, and noticed how much cleaner it looked. Yugi was so deep in thought, that he walked right into Yami, and they both fell to the ground. Yami could only laugh as Yugi's cheeks flushed to a crimson red.
"I- I'm sorry!" Yugi frowned at himself, and jumped up and off of his Yami's fallen body sill shaking with laughter.
"Oh, it's alright, Yugi, but you shouldn't get into the habit of walking into people like that!" Yami stood up, and brushed himself off. He turned to leave, but Yugi grabbed his arm, much to both their surprise.
"Was there something you wanted?" Yami looked at him curiously.
"Uh.. Um. No, just. Thanks." Yugi blushed, ran into his room, and shut the door before Yami had the chance to ask him what for. Yugi had his back glued to the door, and slid down to the floor. He drew his legs up to his chest and hugged them, and buried his face in his knees. He didn't cry, he didn't feel like it. He was just really embarrassed. He was feeling awkward whenever he was around Yami, or whenever Yami looked at him. And he always managed to bump into him, and fall down the stairs and trip in front of him. Maybe it was because he hadn't seen him in a long time, and was getting used to him again. That must be it. Or maybe I'm just clumsy? Yugi thought to himself as he took in a deep breath, and sighed.
Yami walked to his room, confused. Yugi was always clumsy around him, and always seemed to try and avoid being with him after that. Yami had a sudden thought float across his mind, but he ignored it. He didn't really want to think about the subject any further. With that, he lay down on his bed, his hands behind his head. He stared at the ceiling for an eternity before his eyelids drooped closed, and he slept peacefully, his mind still arguing with itself.
Yugi on the other hand did not fall asleep, he sat in front of his door, staring out the window, watching the clouds float by gracefully and slowly. He didn't feel like sleeping anyway. Just sitting there with his thoughts to keep him company, he felt something well up inside of him. Happiness.
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Oh my goodness! I'm sooo sooo sooo sorry for not updating in a long time! But I've been really sick the past while, so I didn't have enough energy to keep writing. I typed off and on, but I could hardly keep myself on the computer willingly -_-' I'm so sorry! So here's the next chapter, how did ya like it? Was it good? I hope so! ^-^
Ooohhh. I know how I got sick, everyone around me has been getting sick, I guess they passed it on to me! But I made myself worse, I biked to school and back! Then I biked to go have supper with my friend in the pouring rain! At least I feel better now, so I can write lots more story for you guys! ^-^
Love the reviews, as always! ^-^ *Hugs everyone, and gives everyone Yugioh plushies of their favourite character* ^-^
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Yami lay in the hospital very much annoyed and irritated. None of the nurses or doctors had answered any of his questions so far, and they had acted as if they couldn't hear him nor see him. He sighed, and sat up in the bed, he needed to see if Yugi was alright, he just needed to know. Just then, a man came into the room, and looked at him with a surprised look on his face.
"You're up at last?" He smiled, and looked at him thoughtfully. "The smaller child you brought in, he asked for you last night, but you were not awake, and he ended up falling asleep anyway. I could allow him to come visit you as soon as he wakes up if you'd like."
Yami nodded so much he felt the head ache coming back, but ignored it.
"Well I'll tell him as soon as possible, then. He really thinks highly of you, Yami. Yami. That's an odd name, isn't it?" The doctor smiled again, and left Yami to his confused thoughts.
"No one else thinks so." Yami whispered, and sat there, thinking of Yugi and what the doctor had said. He shrugged, and sighed again. This would be a long wait for him. Yugi tended to like sleeping in all the time, and was always late because of it.
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Yugi sat up in bed quickly, and panted slightly. He had just had another dream. Like the others, but it seemed to be getting worse instead of better like before. He wiped some sweat from his forehead with his arm, and caught his breath before he slumped back down against the stack of white pillows. He'd been at the hospital for a while now, and he hadn't enjoyed any of it. He hadn't been allowed to go see Yami. He stared down at his hands for a moment, and watched as his trembling subsided.
"Yugi Motou?" A voice forced Yugi to snap his eyes upwards to where the voice originated from. "Is that your name?" Yugi nodded slowly at the woman standing in the doorway. She wore a long white jacket over her pale pink dress, and she pushed her glasses up on the ridge of her nose every time she said something. "Well, I just came by to tell you that you should be fine if you rest at home and not over exert yourself too much." She smiled, and pushed up her glasses again. Her large brown eyes sparkled oddly.
"I - I'm free to go now? I can leave?" Yugi's eyes widened, and they were finally full of a little bit of happiness, and a whole lot of hope.
"Yes! You can leave. Your clothes are in the cupboard just over there, and... Oh yes, I must remove your I.V.." She pointed over to a small cupboard in the corner of the room, then smiled and laughed, she walked over to Yugi. "This shouldn't hurt too much." She slid the needle out of Yugi's wrist, and he shivered as a weak wave of pain washed over his arm. He winced slightly, and watched as she put a band-aid over the small hole. She sighed, and watched him intently for a few moments. "Well, I best be off to tell the other lucky ones who can leave." She smiled and paused in the doorway, amused at how much Yugi looked like the one across from his room.
Yugi wasted no time in jumping out of the bed, grabbing his clothes, putting them on, and smiling happily to himself the whole time.
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Yami sat in bed still irritated with the way that everyone looked at him curiously and shot him glances from out of the corners of their eyes when they thought he wasn't looking. He sighed, and jumped slightly as there was a knock on his door.
"Yami?" A woman asked him curiously, holding a clipboard in her hands. She pushed up her glasses, and walked over to Yami's bed, her brown hair blew slightly in the air as she moved.
"What." Yami sort of wished he hadn't sounded so harsh when he said it, but it felt good to act upon his anger.
"Well, you're free to go. Don't do too much or over exert yourself too much, and you'll be just fine. Your clothes are in the drawer just over here." She pointed to a drawer under the side table. "Have a nice day!" She walked out, and glanced back at him in fascination. He really did look a lot like the other one. She smiled to herself, and walked out of his room, and closed the door to give him some privacy.
Yami felt a surge of excitement through his body, and he slid out of the bed gracefully, and got changed really quickly, or as quickly as he could with his head ache. Just as he was finishing sliding on his black muscle shirt, the door burst open, and something small threw itself at Yami. He fell backwards, and felt the air knocked out of him, but had to laugh as he saw Yugi clinging on to him for dear life. He tried to sit up, but Yugi had him pinned down, and Yami noticed a single tear sliding down his face.
"Yugi, I do need to breathe sometime, you know?" Yami laughed, and took in a deep breath as Yugi managed to let go of him, and sat on the ground, a huge smile spreading across his face. Yami sat up, and wiped away the tear from his face. They both sat there smiling at each other until Yami got up, and helped up Yugi.
"Yay! I'm so happy! We can finally leave!" Yugi chanted and skipped around Yami, smiling happily.
"Yes, as am I." Yami pushed Yugi out of the hospital room, and steered him right down to the entrance of the hospital. Yugi finally started to walk a little more normally, and he nearly walked straight into an old man, who turned around, and shocked both Yugi and Yami.
"Grandpa!" Yugi launched himself into his grandpa's arms, they hugged each other, and reluctantly Yami hugged him, too. "Are you coming home with us?" Yugi asked with a small smile on his face.
"With you? What happened? Were you in the hospital, too?" His grandfather raised his eyebrows, but Yugi grabbed his arm, and pulled him out of the hospital, still grinning sheepishly.
"Perhaps it would be best to tell you a little later." Yami warned him, with a look of pain on his face. "It would be best not to discuss it around here." Grandpa nodded, and allowed himself to be pulled home by Yugi. Yugi noticed Yami trailing behind, and grabbed his arm too. They were both pulled home by Yugi, who looked a little too eager to get back. When they got back, the familiar home greeted them warmly, little had changed since the time Yugi's grandpa had gone to the hospital. He looked around, and sighed.
"At least the house isn't messy, I was expecting a huge mess with the two of you here alone." He smiled and looked around thoughtfully.
"Granpda." Yugi laughed, and ran over to the kitchen table. "I haven't eaten good food in such a long time!" Yugi licked his lips, and started to rummage through the cupboards and the fridge, getting various ingredients.
"Yugi, slow down." Exclaimed his grandpa, and he put his hand on Yugi's shoulder. "How about we don't push ourselves too much, and we order out. How about pizza? I haven't had some in a long time! I don't care if it's breakfast or not." Yugi shrugged, and smiled at his grandpa, who just licked lips while rubbing his stomach. "Then pizza it is!" He went over to the phone, and spoke quietly on the phone, while Yami helped Yugi put away what he had taken out.
"Mmmm. Pizza." Yugi smiled, and sighed as he watched Yami put away the last of it all. Yami sat himself down at the table, and Yugi did the same. They simply stared off into space until the long awaited time when Yugi's grandpa came back into the house with the pizza. The smell broke them both from their trances, and their mouths watered with anticipation and hunger. Yugi didn't say a word the whole time they ate, he instead ate as much as he could until he was stuffed, and full. He sighed as he finished the last bite of his third piece of pizza, and smiled contently.
"Thanks, Grandpa!" Yugi bowed slightly, and excused himself from the table. He pushed his plates into the sink, and washed his hands before he went up to his room. There he noticed that the covers on his bed had been left the way they were when he was dragged out of his room by force. Yugi decided that it would be best if he cleaned up the mess of items and sheets covering the floor and bed. It took him only twenty minutes, much to his surprise. He sat down on his bed, before joining Yami and his grandpa in the family room. They were sitting in the armchairs speaking quietly about something or other, and stopped when they noticed Yugi taking a seat on the empty couch. Yugi sighed at the sudden silence, and lay on his back on the couch, where he closed his eyes, his hands behind his head.
"Yugi?" Yami's voice asked quietly.
"Yes, Yami?" Yugi spoke just as quietly and kept his eyes shut, not wanting to meet his gaze.
"I was just telling your grandfather about what has happened in the past while. When you visited him, you never told him anything. Only that I came back." Yami paused again, and waited Yugi's response, but he didn't have one, so he continued. "Why didn't you tell him anything? He needs to know these kind of things."
"Because." Yugi thought for a moment. "Because I just didn't have the heart to make him feel any worse than he already must have felt." Yugi opened his eyes, and saw tears shining in his grandpa's eyes. His grandpa frowned sadly.
"It hurts me to have to find out from others, and not my own grandson. I would have preferred being told all of this from you, Yugi." Yugi's gaze fell as his grandpa wiped tears from his eyes. "And if you don't tell anyone, and keep everything bottled up inside, bad things will start to happen. You can't live with emotions living inside of you unspoken and unheard."
"I know." Yugi sighed sadly to himself. "But no one understands what happens to me, only I do. I can't go on about feelings and thoughts if they don't make sense to anyone else. Sometimes they don't even make sense to me." He fell silent with, and remained that way while Yami and his grandpa spoke. He was fighting the urge to curl up in a little ball, and cry to himself. Everything that had happened to him was finally surfacing in his mind, and it was even a little painful for him.
"Well, you could always come to us, you know that. We'll always be here for you." Yami spoke to Yugi, his face full of concern. But what he said wasn't meant for both he and his grandfather, his grandpa might not always be there. Yugi sighed again, and looked up at the clock. It was only 10 o'clock in the morning. That's when he remembered. He jolted up on the couch, his eyes wide.
"School! I forgot, I need to go to school!" Yugi looked around, frantically trying to find his things.
"You can rest for one more day, you owe yourself that much." His grandpa smiled sadly, and almost laughed when Yugi nearly tripped over his own bag.
"Yes, you should stay." Yami didn't have courage enough to tell him he wanted him to sat, he needed him to stay, because he didn't feel like parting with him.
"But. But. School!" Yugi whined, and stared down at the ground. It had already been one week or so since his Yami had come back, but he still knew that Yami wouldn't give up. But then again, Yami knew that Yugi wouldn't give up until he got tired.
"But. But. Rest!" Yami laughed as he imitated Yugi. Yugi sighed, and sat back down on the couch in defeat. "So? Will you stay?"
"Fine." Mumbled Yugi, and he leaned back against the couch, sighing.
"Good. In that case, why don't I go and put some tea on. Would you two boys like some?" He smiled, and went over to the kitchen. They both shook their head, and Yugi ended up following Yami up the stairs. Yami stopped in front of Yugi's room, and noticed how much cleaner it looked. Yugi was so deep in thought, that he walked right into Yami, and they both fell to the ground. Yami could only laugh as Yugi's cheeks flushed to a crimson red.
"I- I'm sorry!" Yugi frowned at himself, and jumped up and off of his Yami's fallen body sill shaking with laughter.
"Oh, it's alright, Yugi, but you shouldn't get into the habit of walking into people like that!" Yami stood up, and brushed himself off. He turned to leave, but Yugi grabbed his arm, much to both their surprise.
"Was there something you wanted?" Yami looked at him curiously.
"Uh.. Um. No, just. Thanks." Yugi blushed, ran into his room, and shut the door before Yami had the chance to ask him what for. Yugi had his back glued to the door, and slid down to the floor. He drew his legs up to his chest and hugged them, and buried his face in his knees. He didn't cry, he didn't feel like it. He was just really embarrassed. He was feeling awkward whenever he was around Yami, or whenever Yami looked at him. And he always managed to bump into him, and fall down the stairs and trip in front of him. Maybe it was because he hadn't seen him in a long time, and was getting used to him again. That must be it. Or maybe I'm just clumsy? Yugi thought to himself as he took in a deep breath, and sighed.
Yami walked to his room, confused. Yugi was always clumsy around him, and always seemed to try and avoid being with him after that. Yami had a sudden thought float across his mind, but he ignored it. He didn't really want to think about the subject any further. With that, he lay down on his bed, his hands behind his head. He stared at the ceiling for an eternity before his eyelids drooped closed, and he slept peacefully, his mind still arguing with itself.
Yugi on the other hand did not fall asleep, he sat in front of his door, staring out the window, watching the clouds float by gracefully and slowly. He didn't feel like sleeping anyway. Just sitting there with his thoughts to keep him company, he felt something well up inside of him. Happiness.
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Oh my goodness! I'm sooo sooo sooo sorry for not updating in a long time! But I've been really sick the past while, so I didn't have enough energy to keep writing. I typed off and on, but I could hardly keep myself on the computer willingly -_-' I'm so sorry! So here's the next chapter, how did ya like it? Was it good? I hope so! ^-^
Ooohhh. I know how I got sick, everyone around me has been getting sick, I guess they passed it on to me! But I made myself worse, I biked to school and back! Then I biked to go have supper with my friend in the pouring rain! At least I feel better now, so I can write lots more story for you guys! ^-^
Love the reviews, as always! ^-^ *Hugs everyone, and gives everyone Yugioh plushies of their favourite character* ^-^