~Something Precious~
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[Chapter 9]
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Anzu
As I promised my son on Monday, Yami and the little boy went out. But today wasn't the first day they went on their little get together. I let Yami take my son out any day, and he asked me on Friday if he could take Yugi out again this weekend. I let them. I had no problem with it what so ever. Yami is after all, Yugi's father, and I know that I could trust him with my son. The two boys have been out since noon, and tonight, I'll be going to a dinner party of one of Seto's co-workers or someone like it… I can't remember…
I ate out for lunch with Isis, her brother, and nephew. I think Marik was a bit disappointed that Yugi wasn't there, but I promised him that next time we meet, I'd bring Yugi. And I laughed at the cute bright face the boy flashed at me. Then I went shopping with Isis for her wedding. I can't believe that they'll be getting married this summer, and I can't be anymore happy of her and Shadi. Those two are really cute together. Shadi is a nice man once you get to meet him. But he seems to be very busy at times, with his company. But Isis told me that he always had time for her, and he would sacrifice some time just to be with her always. I think that is a sweet relationship they have. I remember Isis telling me that they have been engaged for a year already. Wow, I think that is really cute. They were taking some time before their wedding. I wish I could have a relationship like that one day… Ah! I think I can feel myself blushing! But why!?
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Now
"I think that dress is gorgeous." Anzu awed as she watched Isis twirl around in the dress. It was sleeveless, a tube like top that hugged her slim figure. It was white with many gold beads patterned on her top. Then the tight top stopped above her waist, with the flowing white silk puffing out a bit. It touched the ground not showing her long legs. It was simple, but it was beautiful in it's own way. Anzu thought she looked really lovely in it. She soon can't help but envy her.
Isis tilted her head a bit, and she stared at her self in the mirror. She sighed and smiled a bit. "You really think so?" She turned around to look at the small brunette. Anzu nodded her head. Isis smiled widely and looked back in the mirror. "When I saw the dress, I knew I wanted it. I was holding this dress for some time now, and I started to doubt my choice." She giggled and looked at the reflection of Anzu. "I thought I've gotten fatter, but it seems to fit perfectly." Isis clasped her hands together.
"So are you going to followed that tradition of weddings?" Anzu asked. Isis raised a brow, not knowing what she meant. "You know that saying, something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue."
Isis laughed a bit and started to think a bit. "Well, I'll be wearing my mother's jewelry she used on her wedding and she gave me a long time ago. It's gold too." Anzu smiled cheekily. She knew that Isis and Shadi came from Egypt, and thought that all their jewelry was gold. "Hm. This dress is new…"
"Are the bridesmaid dresses blue?" Anzu asked.
Isis smiled widely. "It could be. But it wouldn't match the golden scheme."
Anzu giggled. "Maybe I can let you burrow something… but I'm not sure what…"
"Oh it's ok. I'm borrowing my friend's veil that she wore on her wedding. It was gorgeous, and she knew I liked it." Isis placed a hand on her cheek, thinking of it. Anzu made a silly face at her expression. She waved a hand on her face. Isis blinked and blushed in embarrassment. "Oh, sorry…" Anzu giggled. Isis got down from the little mirror place and went to change.
"Who's your bride of honor?" Anzu asked. She sat down on one of those chairs.
"My best friend since high school. Her name is Maira, and she's really nice. You'll like her, Anzu." Isis said from behind the dressing stall. "She'll be coming here from Miami, Florida. Haven't seen her for three months, but we still keep in touch." Anzu smiled. Isis came out, back in her casual attire. "I'll go and pay for the dress now, but I'll have to keep it somewhere."
Anzu grinned. "You can keep it with me. I promise to take good care of it."
"Oh thank you! I'd let my brother keep it, but knowing him, it will be ruined." Isis laughed. Isis paid for her dress, and they put it in Isis's car. Then she took Anzu's arm. "Now, you have a dinner party tonight, right?" Anzu nodded. "I bet you don't have any other dresses, so let's go and look for one." Isis mused.
Anzu blushed. "Well… Seto said he was going to buy one for me…"
Isis grinned widely. "Aw! That's really sweet of him. But let's just go window shopping instead." So they walked on into the mall and looked around. Isis was talking to Anzu about her wedding, and how it was going to be arranged. The more Isis talked about it, Anzu felt jealous about her friend's perfect wedding. 'But I'm still a teenager, and I can't marry yet.' Anzu blushed at her thoughts.
The house was big. But it wouldn't even be called a house. It was an estate. Anzu awed at it. She must admit, it was gorgeous, but she loved Kaiba's mansion better. "And who is this guy?" questioned Anzu. She turned her head from the tinted window towards Kaiba. He wore the usual tux, and his hair was sort of combed back. Anzu wore a deep blue gown that Kaiba bought her. She really loved it. It was plain and simple, but beautiful. Kaiba just shrugged. Anzu shook her head. 'He's been going to some dinners, and he doesn't know about them… typical. Oh well.' She thought.
Kaiba got out of the limo and walked around. He opened Anzu's door, and offered his arm. Anzu took it and stepped out. They looked at each other briefly, and smiled for a few seconds. "You look beautiful tonight." Kaiba whispered.
Anzu giggled and blushed lightly. "You always say that." And she lightly punched his arm. Anzu straightened her dress and looked at herself. "Well, let's go. I may not have fun, but I'll enjoy it with you." She smiled sheepishly. Kaiba shot her a smile and they walked in to the estate.
Anzu was right. It was boring, and Kaiba was also bored too. It seemed that they were the youngest couple at the dinner party. But after the fancy dinner, there was a dance, like a ball. Anzu took this time to have fun. She loved to dance to any music, mostly to those fast rhythm ones. There were some guy that asked for a dance, but Anzu turned them all down. "I just don't want to dance with old married guys." Anzu shivered. Kaiba chuckled.
"They see that you're the only one here that's really appealing." Kaiba shot a sly grin. Anzu glared lightly and playfully punched him on his shoulder. After three more dances, they sat down on their table. "So, what now?" He asked her. "I bet you want to get out of here, as much as I do."
"Really?" Anzu's eyes were wide like a little child. Kaiba couldn't resist a light chuckle. He traced her heart shaped face, and tucked strands of fallen hair, behind her ear. Anzu blushed furiously. Suddenly they heard something ringing, and they jumped a bit, mostly Anzu did. Anzu looked around and realized it was her cell phone ringing. She took it out form her purse, and stood up. "I'll be back."
She left Kaiba at the table and went to a much quieter area. She looked at the number and narrowed her eyes. She didn't know whose number it was. "Hello?" Anzu nodded, as if they would see her. "This is she." She paused. "Oh, I'm sitting down." She lied. "Why?" Kaiba came in, and had her purse. He saw Anzu fidget and shake all over. He looked at her with worry and walked up to her. Anzu's cell phone fell from her hand, and Kaiba quickly caught both the phone and her.
"Anzu! Anzu, what happened?" Kaiba was getting nervous and really concerned. Tears were brimming in her eyes, and she could stop shaking. She felt her knees give in. "Anzu…" He looked at the phone number at her cell phone, and recognized it as the hospital number. He looked at the brunette, who had tears falling from her eyes, but she was still. "Tell me what happened. Please!"
He empty blue eyes looked into his. "Yugi…" She whispered. Kaiba's eyes widened a bit. He picked her up into his arms. He carried her to his limo. He laid her down on the chair. He told his driver to hurry it up towards the Domino Hospital. 'I hope nothing terrible happened to that boy, or else Anzu would be broken… forever.' He glanced at Anzu. She was there like a statue with a blank expression and widened empty eyes. His hand brushed some of the strands of hair that was on her face. "Don't worry Anzu, I'll stay with you." He didn't know that his hand was in hers. But he felt the girl's grip tightened.
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That eerie sound of beeping was echoing in her head. The lights were dim, as a resting small and frail body lay on the hospital bed. Tubes and wires were going crazy, and were somehow connected to the body and some machines. She felt all these emotions, swelling up against her chest. It was hard to breathe for her, and she felt her heart broken to millions of pieces. This was something worse than loosing the guy you love. No, it was seeing your son lying unconscious on the hospital bed that was worse. She saw the many stitches on his pale skin, and bruises surfacing visibly. Her eyes traced the bandages that were going around his head. A splotch of blood was going through those white bandages on his forehead.
Shakily, she brought her hand up to the side of the bed. She reached out for that small hand that lay motionless. Her finger touched his pale skin, but she pulled back. She was afraid that if she touched the small body, he'd go away from her. Her shaking hand went back to her lap, and her head fell. She buried her face within her arms on the side of the bed. She cried hard, blaming herself for everything. "Yugi…" Her voice whispered in a teary voice. "I'm sorry…" She was choking back her sorrow, but it flowed out freely from her. She couldn't hold it. She promised herself she wouldn't cry in front of the boy. But she broke it, and she couldn't hold it in any longer. "Yugi…"
Sadly he watched through the window. Kaiba was outside, giving the girl some space to stay with her son. The Doctor had a talk with Kaiba, somehow knowing that he was the boyfriend of the mother. Kaiba found out that there was a sever car crash, and many people were hurt in the process. Two pedestrians died, and five severely injured. There were four cars that collided together. Yami got some broken bones, but he wasn't as injured as Yugi was. Some drunk driver didn't see the red light, and crashed into Yami's car when they were in the middle of the streets. The car hit the backside, where Yugi was. Yami's car hit two other cars and hit the pedestrians. It was a terrible crash that ended in tonight's news reports.
Kaiba contacted Anzu's mother for her, and she said she was coming over as quick as she can. He looked back at the dim room, and saw her sobbing on the bed. He lowered his head and walked towards the phone booth. He had to call his brother and tell him that he would be coming home late. He won't come home until Anzu rests. He knows how it would be, and he knew she wouldn't sleep until she sees Yugi wake up. But the doctor said, that the boy might not wake up in a matter of weeks, because he was still small, and he hit his head hard, even though he was in his car seat.
"Where is he!?" called out a woman's voice. Kaiba looked up and saw a woman who looked almost just like Anzu. The woman was still in a nurse's uniform, knowing she was at work at the time he called her. She walked up to the desk. "Please tell me where I can find my grandson." She nearly yelled.
"Please, Miss. I need you to calm down and tell me his name." The woman at the desk said.
Kaiba walked up to the frantic woman. "Um, excuse me. Are you Mrs. Yumi Mazaki?" He asked her. The lady turned around and looked at the young man. "I'm Seto Kaiba, and…"
The woman gasped. "Seto! My baby's boyfriend?" Kaiba lightly blushed a bit. She took his arms. "Oh, please tell me where he is." Kaiba nodded and led her to the door. She immediately opened the door and went in. Kaiba watched through the mirror at the scene before him. The mother rushed beside Anzu. The brunette looked up and was quickly embraced by her mother. She cried on her shoulder, as Mrs. Mazaki tried to calm her down while rubbing her back. After a while, Mrs. Mazaki released her daughter and looked at her grandson. Kaiba closed his eyes and walked towards the seating area.
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Then
For some time now, she hasn't been feeling all too well. There were some dizzy spells during her dates, and when it was cold, she was feeling really hot. Yami got worried for her, and asked her to go to the doctors, but she said she was fine. But one day, she finally went, but on her own. Anzu got worried that she might be…and she became even more scared. She sat on the bed, waiting for her doctor to come back. Anzu put a hand on her abdomen. 'Some how… I can feel it. How? When? I can't remember…' She can hear her heart beating loudly in her ears. 'If it was Yami's…oh god! I-I can't tell him, not even my parents…' She then knocked on her head. 'Silly Anzu, you're jumping to conclusions. I'm not even sure if I'm…'
The small girl jumped when the doors opened. Her Doctor, Ms. Mudou, came in. "Well Anzu, you seem really healthy, but there is something you should know." Anzu froze, knowing what it might be. "But I also need your parents to hear this as well."
Anzu jumped off the bed. "No! You can't!"
The doctor blinked. "But…you being a teenage parent is a big responsibility, Anzu. Your parents would understand, knowing them very well." Tears were somehow streaming down her face. "Anzu." The doctor's face softened. She led the girl back to the bed. "Look, I can't understand if you don't want me to tell, then I won't. But this is something you should let your parents help you on."
"I'll tell my mother myself." She whispered. Ms. Mudou nodded. She looked up, "so, how old is it?" She asked. 'I'm so going to be dead…'
The doctor smiled lightly. "It's four months old. And it's barely visible. By five to six months it will show. I'm surprise you didn't know up to now. You should have felt the symptoms a month ago."
Anzu blushed. She confided to her doctor, and she was one of her friends. "I did, but I kinda ignored it." She said truthfully. Dr. Mudou shook her head, knowing Anzu very well. She knew her since she was a baby. She knew her as a very innocent girl, but never had she thought she would get pregnant at this age.
Yami noticed that she became distant for a while now. Whenever he would wrap his arms around her waist, she would fidget and move his arms around her shoulders. He didn't feel hurt, but he wondered if Anzu was starting to be uncomfortable. He became worried. They sat in the park, near the fountain. They had their little lunch, and it was sunny and bright, unlike yesterday where it rained hard. Spring was coming, but right now, they were experiencing April showers. He saw how Anzu was eating her sandwich. "Anzu… I have been wondering if anything is really going on… you're kind of acting… differently lately." He said worriedly.
Anzu froze. "What do you mean? Nothing's wrong, Yami." She replied.
Yami looked down. "Oh." Her fingers were on his chin, as she tilted his head back at her. She smiled softly and kissed him lightly on his lips. Yami opened his eyes and blinked a bit. "Nothing is wrong Yami, trust me." She whispered. But she knows that she was lying deep down in herself. And it pained her to lie to Yami. 'I can't be with him anymore… if he finds out about…' she unconsciously put a hand on her growing tummy. 'He'll be depressed his whole life… His dreams, they won't come true. He won't be able to go to college and he'll be forced to go to work. He won't get his dream job and everything would be ruined because of me.' She bit into her sandwich and stared up into the sky. 'We'll be married not just for love, but because of our child.' She shook her head. 'No I can't have that!'
"Anzu." Yami's voice snapped her back to reality. "Are you sure you're ok?" He asked worriedly.
She flashed a smile. "I am, I was just thinking of my parents… my mother doesn't seem happy these days." She lied, but she went on. "It's probably because of my 'father'." She really didn't like her father, and doesn't know why her mother would stay with him. Yami sighed and let it pass.
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Now
Mai gasped. "Oh my gosh!" She turned and looked at the white haired boy. "So then, the little boy in that car crash is Anzu's boy?" Mai put a hand on her mouth. "Poor Anzu… poor Yugi." She wrapped her arms around her boyfriend's arm. "We should maybe… go visit them."
Jou smiled a bit. " I think that's a great idea." Anzu's friends met Yugi and found out that the boy was her son. But they didn't know about her full story as some other's do. "It'll make lil' missy a bit on the bright side."
"Plus." Shizuka nudged her friend, Ryou, on his side. "I bet our friend over here would want to see her." She winked at him, making the boy blush. He frowned and turned his head away.
"Aw… don't make fun of Ryou." Mai said defensively. "He just feels bad that he was too late to get her." She pats the boy's back. Ryou glared at all of them.
"Look, we'll just go visit Anzu, ok?" Ryou growled a bit. Their little jokes were getting to him, hard.
Jou put an arm around him. "Don't worry man, we'll go see her and Yugi."
"I wonder how Kaiba feels?" Shizuka put a finger on her chin. "He wasn't here in first period."
Mai took her books out of her locker. "He probably stayed with Anzu the whole night." She replied. "I guess he slept in. But we'll also go and check on him later too."
"Why?" Jou groaned.
Mai and Shizuka glared. Jou sighed in defeat. And started to mumble. Ryou walked away from his friends, and walked towards his next class. His Buddy from Domino was probably waiting for him there. 'I think I'll bring Bakura with me as well.'
"Hey there Anzu." The brunette looked up and saw her friends from school. Her face brightened a bit and she stood up. "Oh, it's ok." Mai said quickly. She walked over to the girl's side and let Anzu sit back down. Mai brought out a little bear from her bag. "This is for the little tyke. It's like a get well present for him." She smiled at the small girl. Anzu took it and thanked her quietly.
Jou and Shizuka stood at the other side of the bed. Shizuka bent down and took the boy's hand. "He's so pale… Is he going to be ok?" She saw the bandage wrapped around the boy's head, covering one of his eyes. It was a clean one, but only a little blood spot was seen. "What happened to him?" She rubbed her thumb on the boy's small hand.
Jou nudged her a bit. "So Anzu, did Ryou show up yet? He said he was going to pick up his nephew and come by here." He sat on a chair in the room.
Anzu shook her head. "Isis and her nephew were here." She said in a small voice. They knew Isis, because she was Malik's sister. They were friends with him, before he went to college. There was a vase of flowers and two boxes wrapped like a present addressed to Yugi. Anzu hugged the bear Mai gave.
Mai sat on another chair and sat beside the brunette. "How are you feeling?" She asked. Anzu liked Mai. She was really one of those close friends.
"Fine, but a little scared…" She whispered.
Jou leaned forwards from the chair. "Hey, don't worry about Yug. That boy is really strong, just like his mother."
Shizuka nodded her head. "That boy wouldn't give up on you. He loves you dearly, and we all see that."
Anzu smiled faintly at her friends. "Thanks guys."
A nurse came in and they all looked up. "I'm sorry, but it's time for a check up on the little one." They all stood up. Anzu looked at her son's still body. She brushed back his bangs and kissed his nose. "I'll come back soon, ok?" She whispered to him. "Don't wake up until I come back." She wanted to be the first one that the boy sees once he wakes up. They all left the room.
Jou, Mai and Shizuka looked at the brunette. "Well, I guess we better go." Jou said, as he rubbed the back of his head. "I guess we'll see you tomorrow." Shizuka and Mai nodded.
"Thank you for coming." She hugged them, and they left. Anzu sucked in some deep breaths and walked aimlessly in the hospital. She didn't know where she was going, but she ended up in front of a door room. She opened it, and saw the carbon copy of her son. Anzu's eyes softened and she walked in. She sat down on one of those chairs beside his bedside. "Hey." She said lightly.
Yami's eyes opened slowly and he turned his head. "Hi… how's he doing?" He asked hoarsely. Yami wasn't as bad as Yugi is. But, Yami broke his leg and had some stitches and bruises. He also got a broken rib that nearly pierced his lung.
Anzu's eyes glazed with tears. "I don't know… the nurse is checking on him right now." Her voice was cracking.
Yami raised his hand, and brushed strands from her face, like he use to. "I'm sorry…" he sighed. "It's my fault."
Anzu took his hand and shook her head. "No it's not. And I don't blame you for anything, Yami. It was an accident, and you didn't know that some drunk guy that died would do this." She unconsciously squeezed his hand. "I hope that bastard would burn in hell." She hissed, and tears fell from her eyes.
Yami chucked, but then coughed. "You're funny when you curse." Anzu made a face and shook her head. Yami laid back his head forward and closed his eyes. "My friends came by." Anzu looked up. "But not my old ones… they were surprised that I had a son… and with you." Anzu looked at the side tables and saw many flowers and some balloons. "They even bought some toys for Yugi, even though they haven't meet him." Anzu looked to the other side and saw the stuffed animals. "Can you bring that to him?"
Anzu nodded. She noticed her hand was still holding his. She slowly let it go and she stood up. "I think I'll go now…" She took one doll and she looked back at Yami. "You should rest." She said before closing the door. She walked down the halls, and stopped. There in front of her was Ryou and Bakura. She smiled, seeing her best friend and Yugi's. She quickly walked up to them, and she hugged Ryou. The white haired boy blushed. Bakura looked up at them and rolled his eyes. "Ryou!"
Ryou patted her back with his other free hand. The other was holding his nephew's hand. "It's ok. How is Yugi?" Ryou whispered.
Anzu pushed back and looked up at him. She took a breath and rubbed her eyes. "Ok, I guess… but he hasn't woken up yet." She said sadly. She took Ryou's hand and led him into Yugi's room. The nurse wasn't there anymore. It seemed like they changed the IV and changed Yugi's bandages. A nurse came in. "Ms. Mazaki?" Anzu looked at her. Ryou and Bakura were beside her.
"What is it?" she asked worriedly. She didn't even know she was holding her best friend's hand, and she squeezed it. "Is something wrong?"
The nurse's face fell. "Well, we have fed him through a tube that is leading to his stomach. You know he needs his nutrients." The nurse looked at the little boy. "His condition seems to stay the same and that he doesn't show any sign of recovering yet." Anzu froze. Ryou felt her stiffen and her hand squeezed tightly on his hand. The Nurse took her arm and led her to a chair. "Sweety, the boy is somehow fighting his own battle inside. But we don't know what it is that's keeping him from waking up. All you have to do is keep faith that your little boy would wake up. His organs are all functioning well, but that blow on his head has made him go in a slight coma." She pat Anzu's hand sadly and left the room.
Bakura looked at the bed, but he couldn't see Yugi in it. All he could see was the metal bars and some wires and tubes hanging from it. He turned his head to Yugi's mother, and saw she was about to cry. He was already out of Ryou's grasp. The little boy went up to Anzu. Even though he was still two, he somehow understood what was going on. He gave Anzu a blue bear. "Yugi be okay." He said. Anzu looked down at the boy, and smiled. "Me stay to be wit yoo, Miss Ansoo." He told her in his small voice.
Ryou bent down behind Bakura and looked up at Anzu. "You're stronger than this, Anzu. And I bet Yugi wants to see you be strong for him. He needs your strength, if you have faith." Ryou saw Anzu's eyes beginning to fill with tears. "And I bet, he'll be really sad if you were too." Ryou brushed away a fallen tear from the girl's face.
Bakura looked up at Anzu. "See Yugi, pewees?" Anzu couldn't help but smile at the small boy. She nodded. Ryou picked the boy up and set him down at the foot of Yugi's Bed. The boy sat cross-legged, stiff at the sight. He got scared at what he saw. His best friend being tangled up in these strings and some clothe wrapped all around him like he was a mummy. Bakura wanted to move up to him, but he stayed put. The boy remembered his mother and uncle talking to his grandpa when he was in the same place, sleeping like Yugi was. He bit his lip thinking what to say.
"Yugi honey." Anzu's voice sounded in a delicate manner. Bakura blinked his eyes and watched intently. "Bakura is here. He wanted to see his best friend. Even Ryou is here." The brunette looked up at him. Ryou smiled at her.
Ryou came closer to the bed. "Hey there champ. You'll get better soon, I know you will." He let his hand go over the boy's cold ones. "There are a lot of people waiting for you to wake up and see that bright big eyes of yours." Anzu wrapped her arms around his right arm, and she leaned her head on his shoulder. "Your mother is really worried, and so are your friends, Yugi. So get well soon, k?" Yugi's body still didn't move. Bakura just sat there, listening to what his uncle said.
"He no wake up." Bakura said shakily. Tears were now falling from his peach colored skin. Anzu quickly bent down and picked the boy up into her arms. She wanted to hold her son like she was with Bakura. The boy cried, and she didn't know she was crying too. She stared at her son. "Why he sick?" Bakura choked through his cries at the crook of Anzu's neck.
"Oh Bakura. He'll be ok. You'll play with him soon." She remembered Little Marik also crying when he saw Yugi. 'Yugi… all your friends really want you to wake up soon… your father and grandma too… I want you to wake up…' She buried her face in Bakura's mass of hair.
The door opened, and the brunette stepped inside the room. She peeped in and saw him sleeping. She smiled softly and walked inside. She sat down beside him. "I found out your parents are on their way here, and will see you tomorrow." She whispered. She looked up at him. "Yami… I didn't know your father had leukemia."
Yami groaned and shifted a bit. He slowly opened his eyes and saw Anzu there in his vision. "…When you were gone… we found out he had cancer…" He replied. Anzu took his hand. "… He was going to get a bone marrow transplant this Saturday… and I promised I was going to be there for him…"
Anzu bent her head low. "I guess he cancelled it to wait for his son."
Yami smiled. "But he shouldn't have done that…" he turned his head forward, staring at the white ceiling. "Stubborn as always… always thinking of others than his self…"
"That's how you are too." Anzu giggled.
Yami sighed gradually. "So… how's he doing? Yugi?" he said through the small silence.
She leaned down on the bed, and crossed her arms on it. She laid her head down in her arms. "I heard… that nothing has ever changed in his condition…" She buried her face in her arms. "I don't know what to do anymore, Yami… What if he…"
"No, he won't." Yami sat up with a bit of struggle. Anzu looked up at him. She stood up, putting her hands on his back and chest to help him. "Anzu, he's not a quitter, and you aren't either. Don't give up on our son, Anzu." He looked down on his lap.
Anzu gave him a worried look. "You shouldn't sit up yet… the doctor said the surgery…"
Yami took her hand from his chest and held it closely to his heart. "Listen to me Anzu." He interrupted her. "Just have faith, ok? I never gave up on it, ever since I can remember. So, don't loose all hope for Yugi. He's strong, just like you." He looked into her eyes. Anzu felt like she was in trance. "I never gave up faith on you either." He whispered softly. Anzu closed her eyes. Their lips touched, and that feeling long before came to resurface.
Tears fell from her eyes. 'Why?' She parted from him and didn't look back at him. Flashes of her current boyfriend and memories of what he said came into her mind. She shook her head. 'No…' She pulled back and stood back from his bed. Yami blinked his eyes and was shocked himself. "I'm… I'm sorry…" He whispered. Anzu shook her head and kept a hand close to her pounding heart. 'It's not the same…' her mind raced.
"Yami…" She whispered. "You still… love me don't you?" she still didn't dare look at him.
He turned his head away. "…I…" He bent his head and stared at his lap. "… I always did…" He whispered back. "And I've never stopped…" He sighed out shakily. "I'm sorry…"
Anzu sat back down at the chair. But her head didn't lift up for him to see. "No, Yami. I am." It was silent between them, but the beeping form the heart monitor was the only sound in the room. "I do love you Yami… but not like how I did before…" Anzu said after a while. "I found someone… And I think I love him…" she looked up and touched Yami's hand. He didn't react to it. "But who I love the most, is the most precious thing to me…" Yami looked up at her. "Yugi… he means everything to me. And if…" Yami was about to say something, but she put her finger on his lips. "If he did die… I'll die too… everything means nothing with out him… and I can't live with out the boy. He's my life, Yami. And he's the one that truly matters to me in this world." She pulled away her hand. "I do have faith, Yami. And I'll keep on praying and hoping that he'll get better and wake up." Anzu stood up. "Now lay back, and try to rest some more." He nodded and she helped him to his bed. "I know how much you want to see Yugi, but you need to get better as well."
Anzu took her purse and brush his bangs form his face. She smiled sweetly, before Yami closed his eyes. She left his room and closed the lights. She walked down the empty halls, returning back to her son. 'I confessed… I confessed to Yami that I don't love him anymore.' She smiled slightly. 'I think I do love him…' She jerked her head up when she heard nurses run by. She wondered what the commotion is all about. There was a beeping, like some emergency. Anzu's eyes widened as she saw those nurses run into Yugi's room. Her heart skipped a beat, and she unconsciously ran to the room. A nurse kept her from going in, but Anzu was forcing her self inside. "I have to see him! He's my son!" She frantically yelled. But they won't let her in. She heard the heart monitor go flat, and Anzu was starting to scream on top of her lungs. "YUGI! YUGI!!!!! MY BABY!!!!" she watched through the window, as a nurse was trying to revive his heart. She saw the motion of Yugi's body pump up, once one nurse said clear. "NO!!!"
Gentle arms took Anzu from her waist. She looked up and saw Kaiba. She turned around and clung on to him, crying hard on his shirt. Kaiba moved her away from the room, so the doctors can go through. The words 'clear' echoed in the halls, and the flat sound of the heart monitor rang through her ears. Kaiba was trying to calm her down. He rubbed her back, and tried to soothe her, telling her everything will be all right. But she repeatedly cried for Yugi. 'Not Yugi, don't take him away from me… please.' She prayed in her mind.
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Mika: O.O
Raine: O.O Whoa… some deep stuff you got here.
Mika: I didn't know I could write this kind of stuff… ^-^ I think I like this chapter.
Raine: But! Yugi is going to die! How can you be so cruel!
Mika: It's all part of my evil plan… Bwahahahahahaha!!!!!!
Raine: Anyways… the votes of who Anzu will end up with is still on… I know who's going to win! ^-^
Mika: . Don't you dare…
Raine: Oh, and Mika is so shocked that she got 150 reviews… she thanks you!
Mika: I have to apologize that I didn't update sooner. I went to visit my lovely family for the summer back in Texas. ^.^ Their computer was broken, and I left my half finished fic at my cousin's comp… so I had to start over with the chapter once the computer went back running. Took me a long time to do this one.
Raine: yeah… so please R&R!!!! Review so Yugi can LIVE!!!!!
Mika: -__-; I need a better yami…