Authoress Note: Okay, second to last chapter. Please please please please please forgive me for taking so long. I have no excuse, other than I ran out of inspiration. Anyway, this is really short, but it's intentionally so. I couldn't tie it with the other chapters, so I had to make three instead of the one I originally wished to make.

Disclaimer: I own nothin'. If you try to sue me I will counter sue you on the basis that you are an idiot.

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"

Once again, thank you so much to everyone who has ever bothered to read this, and a double thank you to everyone who has taken their time to review it. You have no idea how much your comments mean to me, or how much they brighten my day. Thanks so much!

IT'S ALMOST DONE!!!

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Let Me Save You

Chapter VII: Letters

The teen on the couch jerked awake. He woke up just enough to notice that Yugi was not with him anymore and that the TV was turned off.

'He must have gotten too tired and went upstairs to his room.' Yami concluded, and he began his journey upstairs, tripping on the first one. 'Crap!'

He reached the room with no more problems from the stairs and noticed that the bed was empty and the bathroom light was on. Stumbling in the dimness of the room, Yami managed to find a lamp next to the bed and he turned it on. Crimson eyes landed almost immediately on the two pieces of paper on the bed. One read "Yami" while the other read "Grandpa" and the confused boy picked up the one with his name. Nimble fingers unfolded the crisp piece of paper and the blood-red eyes fell upon the neat script on the lines.

Dear Yami,

            I bet you're wondering what the hell happened, right? Maybe you're wondering why I did this. I guess I'll never know for sure what your thoughts are though. Honestly, if you look at things from my point of view, you'll see that this was my best course of action. Let's look at the facts: My parents died when I was young, but I was old enough by that time to understand what happened and for it to haunt me for the rest of my life. I've been picked on and beaten by random bullies since I was in the first grade, and my only solitude is when I'm locked up safe in my room, but even then their words attack me. Nobody has ever even tried to become my friend, or even given me a chance when I tried to make friends with them, so I've been alone my whole life, other than Grandpa. And now... Now I've found someone- you- who has befriended me and been there for me longer than anyone else ever has, other than my grandpa, but I know that it won't last. It couldn't. You can't stick around someone like me. Nobody ever has, so nobody ever will. You would just end up leaving. I don't blame you either. If I had the chance I would leave me. Actually, that's what I'm doing now. No, I don't think I've ever really been planning to do this, it just kind of happened today. I know I told you in the grocery store that I was just tired, and that isn't really a lie. I'm tired of everything that's always happening to me, and I'm tired of being hurt, and I'm tired of doing nothing. So now is my chance to do something, and I'm taking it. I'm sorry that I have to do this now, and that I have to leave you so suddenly, but it just means that you will get to go back to your real life sooner, so it's a win-win situation, I guess. I know we haven't known each other that long, but I love you for the happiness you have brought me as long as we have known each other. Thank you, for everything.

                                                                                                Love,

                                                                                                    Yugi

Knees gave out and legs became jelly. He fell to a sitting position on the bed and re-read the note. When he was sure of what it said, his fear-covered face flew to the bathroom door. The teen struggled to stand up and forced his way to the bathroom, afraid of what he might find in there. The opening of the door revealed an unconscious heap on the bathroom flew and sent Yami down on his knees.

"Yugi!" he cried as he leant quickly down to check if the boy was breathing. His hikari was still alive, but his breath was shallow and his heartbeat faint. Eyes darted around the room and hands flew to pick up the nearest medicine bottle out of the eight he detected. Jumping up, he ran as fast as possible to the phone downstairs in the kitchen and called 911. Finished explaining the situation, the teen hung up and brought his hands up to bury his face in them.

"Oh Yugi." He whispered. "What have you done?"