"Don't Sat Goodbye"
Chapter Ten
Yugi: I sense impending doom.
Yami: Cherry, what are you up to? Yugi's usually right when he senses something like this.
Cherry: (whistles and doesn't answer)
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Yami wrapped his arms around his distressed Aibou, trying to calm the sobs that wracked his body. He had no such luck . . . not that he had really expected to. Yugi had been crying for hours, well into the night, and after the events at the park after he had returned, Yami wasn't too surprised.
~*~*~
"Aibou, I have missed you so much!" Yami said softly into Yugi's ear after Yugi had finally seen fit to break the kiss. "You have no idea how empty I've felt without you near me."
"And you have no idea how alone I've felt, even with our friends around," Yugi countered.
Yami grinned sexily. "I think that maybe I could show you how much I've missed you tonight. What do you think?"
Yugi blushed but smiled. "I think I'd like that. I keep on reliving that night in my dreams, and I always wonder if I'll ever get the chance to relive it in reality."
"Then why wait?" Yami teased as he scooped Yugi into his arms and turned to head to the game shop.
There was a soft thump behind them.
Both of them turned sharply to see who had been spying on them, Yami damn near ready to send said snoop to the Shadow Realm. (A/n: Doesn't take much to get him mad, does it?) They both froze when they saw Ryou, Jounouchi, and Kaiba standing there. The thump they had heard had been Kaiba dropping his briefcase.
Yugi's eyes widened. He had completely forgotten everything when he'd heard Yami's voice, so it had been wiped clear out of his mind that he had yet to break things off with Kaiba.
He hesitantly pulled himself from Yami's arms.
"K-Kaiba, I . . . anou . . ." Yugi stammered.
Kaiba's already ice-blue eyes became so cold that a penguin would have gotten frostbite. "That's just fine Yugi," he said, so coldly that Yami had to fight off a flinch. "I already had a suspicion that you weren't as interested in me as you pretended, so don't even try to apologize." He bent down and picked up his briefcase. "I'll see you at school tomorrow."
With that, Kaiba walked away, leaving a pained petite teenager behind him. Yugi dropped to his knees.
"Oh, Kaiba, I never meant to hurt you," Yugi whispered. Jounouchi and Ryou came over as Yami pulled Yugi to his feet.
"Are you okay Yugi?" Ryou asked cautiously.
"Yeah, Yug, are you alright?" Jounouchi said.
Yugi didn't answer.
Ryou was about to ask again when he caught sight of Yami shaking his head, indicating that he'd best leave his Aibou alone. Ryou sighed, not liking when Yugi was hurt, but knowing when to back off. Instead, he spoke to Yami. "I think I'm going to go home now. Yami, I'm glad to see you, but now's not the time to be catching up." Yami nodded his acknowledgement and Ryou left before Yugi could break into his inevitable tears. He absolutely abhorred seeing Yugi cry.
Jounouchi, on the other hand, said, "Say, anou, do you want me to help you get him home?"
Yami nodded and helped Jou get Yugi onto his back so that he could carry the small boy home.
Yami was dumbfounded. He was glad that Yugi had not dwelt on him and had at least attempted to move on, in case he wasn't coming back, but KAIBA? Yugi could do so much better than him!! Even if Kaiba was good looking (something Yami would die before admitting), the guy was a Class-A asshole!! And even if he was glad that Yugi had tried to move on, part of him was slightly hurt that Yugi hadn't waited.
He was snapped back to reality when he heard hitched sobs coming from the figure that Jou was carrying.
//Aibou?//
/I'm so sorry,/ Yugi said, oblivious to the fact that he was talking through his link with Yami. /I should never have gone out with . . . This never would have . . . I was so selfish . . ./ Yugi stopped and began to cry harder.
When they reached the shop and after a holdup with Sugoroku, who wanted to know both how Yami had returned and why his grandson was crying, the pair brought the distraught hikari up to his room and gently lay him on the bed, where he proceeded to grasp the nearest pillow with his arms and sob into it.
"I think I better go," Jounouchi whispered.
"Don't tell the others I'm back yet," Yami replied. "They'll all come rushing to see me, and I don't think Yugi will appreciate being seen like this."
"Hai," Jou replied. "Just give me a call when he does finally calm down." With that said, Jou left.
Yami sat down next to Yugi. "Aibou?" he prodded gently.
"Yami, I am so, so sorry!" Yugi burst out, suddenly turning and throwing himself into Yami's arms.
"For what?"
"For not waiting for you! For going out with Kaiba! For everything!" Yugi sobbed. "You must hate me so much right now . . ."
"Iie Aibou," Yami whispered. "I could never hate you. In fact, and this is going to sound strange, but I am glad that you were able to at least try to move on. I won't deny that I was worried that you would cling for a long time to my memory."
Yugi sniffled and his sobs lessened, but they didn't stop.
"Please, Aibou, you know how much I care about you, and how much I want for you to be happy, and I knew that you holding on the a shadow of the past would hurt you. I am glad you tried to move on."
Yugi looked at Yami, tears still streaming down his face.
"But Yami, you saw the look on Kaiba's face," Yugi whimpered. "You may be understanding and forgiving, even if I don't know how you could be, but he's not one to so easily forget. I hate to hurt people above anything else, you know that! What am I going to do? How can I face him now?" Yugi's sobs redoubled and continued for hours, with Sugoroku checking every half an hour to see if he was alright. (Yami would shoo him away every time he came around, knowing that Yugi needed to get this all out of his system.)
Yami sighed. He had no idea that his leaving would cause so much trouble for his beloved. He had to think of something, or his dear Yugi may lose all sense of happiness.
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Yugi: (is crying for real)
Cherry: What?
Yami: (cuddles Yugi and glares at Cherry) Do you enjoy causing my Aibou such distress?
Cherry: NO! Of course not! It's just that, well, I like a good angst story, and this was a prime idea! I couldn't stop myself!
Yami: (gets up) I have had it with you! You'll pay for my Aibou's pain! (chases Cherry around the room)
Cherry: GOMEN NASAI!!!!
Chapter Ten
Yugi: I sense impending doom.
Yami: Cherry, what are you up to? Yugi's usually right when he senses something like this.
Cherry: (whistles and doesn't answer)
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Yami wrapped his arms around his distressed Aibou, trying to calm the sobs that wracked his body. He had no such luck . . . not that he had really expected to. Yugi had been crying for hours, well into the night, and after the events at the park after he had returned, Yami wasn't too surprised.
~*~*~
"Aibou, I have missed you so much!" Yami said softly into Yugi's ear after Yugi had finally seen fit to break the kiss. "You have no idea how empty I've felt without you near me."
"And you have no idea how alone I've felt, even with our friends around," Yugi countered.
Yami grinned sexily. "I think that maybe I could show you how much I've missed you tonight. What do you think?"
Yugi blushed but smiled. "I think I'd like that. I keep on reliving that night in my dreams, and I always wonder if I'll ever get the chance to relive it in reality."
"Then why wait?" Yami teased as he scooped Yugi into his arms and turned to head to the game shop.
There was a soft thump behind them.
Both of them turned sharply to see who had been spying on them, Yami damn near ready to send said snoop to the Shadow Realm. (A/n: Doesn't take much to get him mad, does it?) They both froze when they saw Ryou, Jounouchi, and Kaiba standing there. The thump they had heard had been Kaiba dropping his briefcase.
Yugi's eyes widened. He had completely forgotten everything when he'd heard Yami's voice, so it had been wiped clear out of his mind that he had yet to break things off with Kaiba.
He hesitantly pulled himself from Yami's arms.
"K-Kaiba, I . . . anou . . ." Yugi stammered.
Kaiba's already ice-blue eyes became so cold that a penguin would have gotten frostbite. "That's just fine Yugi," he said, so coldly that Yami had to fight off a flinch. "I already had a suspicion that you weren't as interested in me as you pretended, so don't even try to apologize." He bent down and picked up his briefcase. "I'll see you at school tomorrow."
With that, Kaiba walked away, leaving a pained petite teenager behind him. Yugi dropped to his knees.
"Oh, Kaiba, I never meant to hurt you," Yugi whispered. Jounouchi and Ryou came over as Yami pulled Yugi to his feet.
"Are you okay Yugi?" Ryou asked cautiously.
"Yeah, Yug, are you alright?" Jounouchi said.
Yugi didn't answer.
Ryou was about to ask again when he caught sight of Yami shaking his head, indicating that he'd best leave his Aibou alone. Ryou sighed, not liking when Yugi was hurt, but knowing when to back off. Instead, he spoke to Yami. "I think I'm going to go home now. Yami, I'm glad to see you, but now's not the time to be catching up." Yami nodded his acknowledgement and Ryou left before Yugi could break into his inevitable tears. He absolutely abhorred seeing Yugi cry.
Jounouchi, on the other hand, said, "Say, anou, do you want me to help you get him home?"
Yami nodded and helped Jou get Yugi onto his back so that he could carry the small boy home.
Yami was dumbfounded. He was glad that Yugi had not dwelt on him and had at least attempted to move on, in case he wasn't coming back, but KAIBA? Yugi could do so much better than him!! Even if Kaiba was good looking (something Yami would die before admitting), the guy was a Class-A asshole!! And even if he was glad that Yugi had tried to move on, part of him was slightly hurt that Yugi hadn't waited.
He was snapped back to reality when he heard hitched sobs coming from the figure that Jou was carrying.
//Aibou?//
/I'm so sorry,/ Yugi said, oblivious to the fact that he was talking through his link with Yami. /I should never have gone out with . . . This never would have . . . I was so selfish . . ./ Yugi stopped and began to cry harder.
When they reached the shop and after a holdup with Sugoroku, who wanted to know both how Yami had returned and why his grandson was crying, the pair brought the distraught hikari up to his room and gently lay him on the bed, where he proceeded to grasp the nearest pillow with his arms and sob into it.
"I think I better go," Jounouchi whispered.
"Don't tell the others I'm back yet," Yami replied. "They'll all come rushing to see me, and I don't think Yugi will appreciate being seen like this."
"Hai," Jou replied. "Just give me a call when he does finally calm down." With that said, Jou left.
Yami sat down next to Yugi. "Aibou?" he prodded gently.
"Yami, I am so, so sorry!" Yugi burst out, suddenly turning and throwing himself into Yami's arms.
"For what?"
"For not waiting for you! For going out with Kaiba! For everything!" Yugi sobbed. "You must hate me so much right now . . ."
"Iie Aibou," Yami whispered. "I could never hate you. In fact, and this is going to sound strange, but I am glad that you were able to at least try to move on. I won't deny that I was worried that you would cling for a long time to my memory."
Yugi sniffled and his sobs lessened, but they didn't stop.
"Please, Aibou, you know how much I care about you, and how much I want for you to be happy, and I knew that you holding on the a shadow of the past would hurt you. I am glad you tried to move on."
Yugi looked at Yami, tears still streaming down his face.
"But Yami, you saw the look on Kaiba's face," Yugi whimpered. "You may be understanding and forgiving, even if I don't know how you could be, but he's not one to so easily forget. I hate to hurt people above anything else, you know that! What am I going to do? How can I face him now?" Yugi's sobs redoubled and continued for hours, with Sugoroku checking every half an hour to see if he was alright. (Yami would shoo him away every time he came around, knowing that Yugi needed to get this all out of his system.)
Yami sighed. He had no idea that his leaving would cause so much trouble for his beloved. He had to think of something, or his dear Yugi may lose all sense of happiness.
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Yugi: (is crying for real)
Cherry: What?
Yami: (cuddles Yugi and glares at Cherry) Do you enjoy causing my Aibou such distress?
Cherry: NO! Of course not! It's just that, well, I like a good angst story, and this was a prime idea! I couldn't stop myself!
Yami: (gets up) I have had it with you! You'll pay for my Aibou's pain! (chases Cherry around the room)
Cherry: GOMEN NASAI!!!!