Authoress Note: Um... Ooopsies? *nervous laughter* Uh... The naked mole rats did it! It's their fault I haven't uploaded! Um... Yeah...
Another Note: Okay, you have found me out. The naked mole rats didn't do it. I just lost interest in this fic. It's never happened before and I never thought it could happen (cuz, yes, I am naïve, or something like that) but it did and now all I can ask for is your forgiveness. Yeah... Hi?
Disclaimer: As much as I want to own Yu-Gi-Oh and Evanescence and all things pertaining to both of the aforementioned thingies, I don't. *bawls* I do, however own this plot. SO THERE! OH YEAH! Apparently the Coffee Bean is a real place (musta seen it but never really ever paid attention, you know? There's one right by my sister's work, so... yeah...) and I don't own that either!
Summary: AU Yugi and Yami do not know each other, but they've both been going to the same café. Yami has been watching Yugi and is learning all about him. What happens when Yami gets in over his head with his little fascination? Songfic to Evanescence's "Give Unto Me"
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Let Me Save You
Chapter V: Tenshi
Yami awoke around ten o'clock on that crisp Saturday morning. The dream had made yesterday seem like an eternity ago. He knew it was not long ago at all. He knew that he had killed that man not much longer before he woke up. He knew he should do something about those men, but he could not. The deaths haunted him as he went about his day, not doing much more than playing video games and watching TV.
The scarlet-eyed teen welcomed the three hour, forty-five minute time gratefully, for this was the time that he started for the Coffee Bean. Grabbing his jacket he went out the door to head to the café. The walk was always pleasant; not too long and not too short. When he reached the café, Yami bought his coffee and sat in his usual seat. Not expecting him for another ten minutes, at least, Yami was surprised to see Yugi burst through the entrance a mere six minutes after he sat down.
Watching closely, the crimson eyes of Yami noticed that the smaller teen appeared to be searching for something- or someone. Apparently not finding what he wanted, he sighed dejectedly, placing a bundle of papers under his arm and stepping up to the counter to order. The woman behind the counter smiled as she took his order, then placed Yugi's tea in from of him with a sweet "Have a nice day!" The small teen thanked her and shuffled to his booth.
Deciding hemight as well speak up now, Yami made his presence known.
"What should we do now?"
Yugi, who was about to sit down, jumped at the voice, eyes flying to Yami's corner. 'Why hadn't I seen him there before? It's kind of dark over there, but it's not horrible...' Mentally shrugging away the thought, Yugi hurried over to where his near-double sat. Setting his drink on the table he slammed himself into the seat. "Look," he said in a soft urgent voice. The small teen boy took the papers out from under his arm and showed them to Yami.
The brows above the crimson eyes of Yami furrowed. The headline of the newspaper in front of him read 'Man Found Dead in Domino Park.' Yami sat in silence reading the first bit of the article. An uneasy Yugi could not wait long before speaking again. "They found him. The article says that someone was on their way to work really early this morning and he saw the body; the one in the park..."
Crimson eyes flew up to meet amethyst orbs. "I didn't mean to kill him, tenshi. I don't even know how it happened."
Yugi, unsure of what to say to that, spat out the first thing that came to mind. "The paper said he died of unknown causes, as of yet, though they think his heart may have exploded because they found blood that came from his ears, eyes, and nose."
Yami winced visibly before gulping from his coffee mug. "Did they say if there was any evidnce of who could've done it?"
Yugi shook his head. "No. All they found was a knife encrusted with blood in the man's jacket. I think he was either too drunk or too scared to get rid of it." Yami took another drink of his coffee while Yugi sipped his tea. They drank in silence until both drinks were nearly gone. Yami read and re-read the article while Yugi's amethyst eyes fastened on their owner's hands in their usual manner. Finally, Yugi spoke.
"That wasn't a dream last night, was it?"
Sighing, the taller teen replied carefully. "No. It couldn't have been. It was too real. Besides, both of us had it." Yugi's hand jumped to pull his sleeves down to mid-palm. Yami took hold of Yugi's left hand- the one from the 'dream'- in both of his before Yugi could pull the sleeve further down on it. "Yugi... Tenshi..." Lavender eyes filled with tears as they fixed upon the crimson orbs before him.
~Fear not the flame of my love's candle~
"Why do you do this to yourself?" Sadness and concern penetrated the scarlet depths of Yami's eyes.
Silent tears were released as Yugi's eyes moved to his and Yami's hands. "Be- Because it-" he began in a stutter. "Because it hurts."
"What hurts, Tenshi? I don't understand!"
Yugi sniffled and closed his eyes. "Everything... But this." He lifted his head to face Yami once more, his eyes still releasing salty tears.
Yami released the boy's hand, dug out money to put on the table as a tip, then took Yugi's hand again as he stood up. Yugi stood with him, seeing as how his hand was held captive by the taller teen. "Come on. It's still light out, let me walk you home."
~Let it be the sun in your world of darkness~
Yami led the way out of the Coffee Bean, after which Yugi took over, turning left like the night before. The crimson-eyed teen knew of nothing else he could say to the weeping boy, making the walk to Yugi's house quiet. They navigated the winding streets hand-in-hand to the Game Shop where Yugi lived, which was in the opposite direction of yami's house. The shop, however, was only thirteen blocks from the café instead of Yami's nineteen.
Yami's questions of how Yugi could be attacked so early in the evening with no one around were answered. Nobody lived in the run down broken buildings around the alleyway, and few liked to be around it in the dark. Occupied houses did not appear until about three blocks from the shop.
They reached the shop before night had fallen. As Yugi unlocked the door, Yami voiced his thoughts. "I should probably be going now. Unless, of course, you rather I stayed." Yugi's head jolted up, his eyes big, pleading, and red from crying.
"No!" the petite teen objected. "Please don't go! I'm scared! I don't want to be alone!" Tears which had stopped coming shortly after their departure from the café threatened to fall once more.
Yami gathered the boy up in a hug, in a half-attempt to keep him from crying. One arm encircled his small waist, while the other reached up in order for its hand to rest on Yugi's head. Yami murmured what he could think of as a means of comfort. "Sh... Tenshi... I'll stay. I'm here. Everything will be fine. I promise. Sh... I'm not going anywhere."
~Give unto me all that frightens you~
Yugi's spiky head nodded into Yami's chest. Sobs now shook his frame, though he made not a sound. After a moment he pulled away sniffing softly and went inside, Yami following close behind. He led them- consciously or not- to the back of the shop where the "living room" was located. Reaching the brown couch, Yugi sat carefully on the center cushion, Yami sitting to his right. Seeing that Yugi did not know what to do after this point, Yami pulled the boy into his chest, causing Yugi to be in a near laying down position. The boy was exhausted- he could tell- and now all he really needed was rest and silence, so silent is how Yami stayed. Yami's smooth, even breathing and Yugi's shaky breathing was the only noise for quite a while.
Even breathing from the small creature on his chest informed Yami that his tenshi had fallen into rest. He smiled softly to himself, closing his eyes and leaning his head on the back of the couch. Time seemed to slow down- or maybe stop all together- while the dark and the light lay there in comfort.
A soft muttering and jerking woke up the older teen. How much time had passed, he was unsure. Looking down at the boy now on his lap, he found him jerking slightly and muttering something to himself. Yami smiled as he stroked the boy's hair. As Yugi's jerking and muttering turned to thrashing and screaming, Yami's face changed from happy and peaceful to worried and alarmed.
"No! Onegai! Don't do this! Onegai! No! Yameru!"[1] Yugi yelled as he thrashed. Not wanting the boy to injure himself in his rant, Yami grabbed his failing wrists. This just seemed to scare the sleeping boy more. "ONEGAI! YAMERU! Please don't do this!" Tears leaked from his eyes and fell down his pale face.
"Yugi!" Yami near-screamed. "Yugi! Wake up, Tenshi! Wake up!" He released the captive wrists to latch onto the boy's shoulders and shook slightly. "Tenshi! Wake up!" Yugi's hands flew up to protect his face from whatever it is he dreamt of. "YUGI!"
The thrashing ceased as amethyst eyes flew open and darted around the room, finally resting on the ruby orbs of Yami. He breathed deeply and quickly, almost hyperventilating, as he shot himself up into a sitting position. Eyes full of pain and fear he turned to Yami and flung himself at the taller teen, arms encircling his neck. The arms of Yami wrapped around Yugi's small waist, holding him carefully. Surprisingly, the amethyst orbs leaked no tears as he clung to his life size mirror.
"Y-Yami..." Soft lips uttered quietly.
"Sh... You're awake. You're okay." Yami rocked slightly with the bundle in his arms.
"It was them... They... They..." Voice breaking, the boy found it no longer in him to try to describe his dream.
"I know, Tenshi. They can't hurt you now." Oh how he wanted to take away this little one's pain.
~I'll have your nightmares for you~
Silence. And then...
"Yami?"
"Hm?"
"Thank you."
Yami pulled out of the hug to look into Yugi's big purple eyes. "For what, my light?"[2]
Blushing mildly at the possessive 'my,' Yugi answered, "Just... Everything."
Yami smiled at the boy's cuteness, pulling him back into the hug. "You're welcome, Tenshi. Always welcome. Sleep now. You need it."
Smiling into Yami's shoulder, Yugi nodded and closed his eyes, allowing sleep to come to him.
Yami kissed the forehead of the boy in his arms. 'Sleep deeply, little one. Sleep deeply.' Yami, too, closed his eyes, falling back into the oblivion of sleep.
~If you sleep soundly~
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[1]- Onegai= Please
Yameru= Stop
[2]- Okay, so they aren't exactly a hikari/yami deally (there aren't any millennium items in this fic so it just really doesn't work) but Yami figures that because Yugi is so pure and innocent that he is a light. Yupyupyup. And because Yami is more, um... not innocent (i.e. he killed a guy for crying out loud! intentional or not, that makes him not innocent) he thinks of himself as a darkness. Yeah. Something like that. *big cheesy grin*
Authoress end notes: Okay. I'm officially pissed off at this fic. It got totally repetitive (Yugi kept crying and they kept sleeping and Yami kept calling Yugi 'Tenshi') and completely annoying. I must remember to shoot Byron (my muse. He may be pretty but DAMN this idea sucked!) *sighs* I'm sorry if I disappointed any of you in even the slightest bit. I guess Yami/Yugi angst just isn't my thing. I'll stick with Bakura/Ryou angst from here on out. *nods with finality*
Another Authoress End Note: Don't worry! This is not the end! I still have two more lines of lyrics to go. I'm SO dreadfully sorry that this took so damn long! I still blame the naked mole rats...