Disclaimer: Nope don't own. Takahashi Kazuki does. Wai! I don't think I could work on a weekly deadline if I was...I too lazy, even with my own manga.... don't look at me like that...

A/N: Last chapter, na no da! Enjoy! Wai! It's over over over!! ::celebrates:: Yoshi, na no da!

'thoughts'

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"He's sleeping, Yugi. Let him rest," said Sugoroku Mutou clamly, placing his hand firmly on the tri-haired boy's shoulder. Yugi sat stiffly in a chair beside the hospital bed Jou lay in.
Yugi released a shaky sigh, and shook his head. "No," he insisted, his voice trembling from earlier sobbing, "I don't want him to be alone when he wakes up."
Sugoroku sighed. Frowning slightly, he turned to the door. "Alright, Yugi...come back home soon..."
Yugi nodded, his eyes sunken and sad. The door closed, and he was alone with Jou.
The window was dark, and stars were speckled across the night sky. The low hiss of cars zooming by rang in the room. Yugi's clothes rustled slightly as he lifted his hand, checking his watch.
"Almost ten o'clock..." Placing his hands on the bed, he pulled himself closer to the blonde.
Jou's face was peaceful, a white bandage on his right cheek, and his hair cleaned of the blood. His chest moved steadily in and out, and his eyes were closed tightly.
Yugi's eyes softened at the sight of his battered friend.
Mr. Jounouchi had gotten away. Though the police had followed the footsteps in the snow, they had eventually come acorss an empty, paved street. Even after searching the entire city, they still came up with nothing.
But that was okay. Even if they never found him, Jou would be safe. And Yugi was thankful for that.
"Jou..." Yugi whispered. "Jou, gomen nasai... this was all my fault." Tears streaked down his cheek. "I drove you away...all vecause I was stupid enough to think I didn't love you. Demo...I do...I love you Jou...more than I've ever loved anyone before...more than Anzu or..." He sighed, "Jou..please forgive me..."
"Heh. I figured you'd say something like that."
Yugi's face shot up, as more tears drifted down his cheek.
The pillow rustled as Jou turned his head to face his friend, a small grin on his lips.
"Jou...y-you're awake...!"
Jou's smile broadened, his face alit in the dim starlight. "Did you really think I'd sleep through that?" He pulled himself closer to Yugi, until all he could see was his violet eyes, alit with happiness and shining with tears. "Yug'," he whispered, "tell me those words again..."
Yugi grinned. "Ai shiteru, Jou..." he said, and pulled Jou into a warm kiss.
'Ai shiteru Yugi...' The words rang in his mind, the words he knew he'd be telling Yugi over and over again for a long time.

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A/N: Finished! finished finished finished na no da! Wa---aai! Arigatou gouzaimasu minna-san for reading! --;; on to the next fanfic I must repost...till next time! Ja!

--Kikirini-chan