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/Yugi to Yami/

[Yami to Yugi]

'Thoughts'

Last Chapter

A few hours later the doctor opened the door. "I have the results of Yugi's tests." He replied

Chapter 3

"How is he?" Yami asked concerned.

"All his tests came back fine," The doctor replied, "The only thing is that now he will have to be on heart medication for the rest of his life, but as long as he takes it there is nothing to worry about.

"Heart medication?" Yami asked, "Why?"

"As I told you before his heart has weakened," The doctor explained, "You saw how he reacted before when he was stressed. He needs to remain at home for a few more weeks before he is allowed to return to school. The most important thing is just keeping him as calm as possible, but don't worry, as long as he takes his medication he will be fine."

"When can I take him home?" Yami said.

"I just want to keep him for just one more night, then he can go home tomorrow." The doctor replied.

"Can I see him now?" Yami asked.

"Okay, he's sleeping now so please don't wake him." The doctor replied. "As long as Yugi stays stable we are moving him to another room, we will let you know when the room is ready."

Yami nodded to the doctor and went to Yugi's room.

When Yami opened the door, he saw that Yugi was in the same position he was in when Yami left. Yami quietly walked into the room and sat in the chair again. He held Yugi's hand and watched the small boy sleep. Yugi slightly stirred but didn't awaken. Yami continued to hold his hand and rub it affectionately.

[I feel so horrible about the way I treated you] Yami thought through the link, [ I hope you can forgive me even though I don't deserve it.]

/Yami?/ Yugi replied in a whisper /I thought you hated me, why didn't you leave me?/

Yami could sense the confusion in Yugi. He looked at Yugi, his eyes were still closed but Yami answered anyway.

[ I will never leave you, Aibou.] Replied Yami soothingly.[ I will always be here for you, I promise.]

At first Yugi didn't reply and Yami thought he fell back asleep.

/You promise?/ Yugi asked softly. Yami was confused by the question at first but then he realized what Yugi was talking about.

[Yes Hikari, I promise.] Yami confirmed.

/Yami?/ whispered Yugi /why did you say those things?/

[I'm so sorry about that Yugi, I was just mad at myself for not being there for you when you needed me the most.]Yami explained, [ It was really unfair for me to take it out on you, I didn't mean any of it.] Yami waited for a response but he never received one. He looked over at Yugi and saw his eyes were open.

"Yugi?" said Yami.

Again no response. Yami patiently waited again for a response then he finally got one, but it was not the kind of response he wanted.

Yugi was struggling to sit up, "Why did you say those things if you didn't mean them?" Yugi whispered. "If you didn't mean it, you wouldn't have said it. I'm a burden, and you don't care about me." Yugi's voice was rising with each word, "YOU DON'T CARE, YOU DON'T CARE!" Yami pulled Yugi into an embrace trying to calm the young light down. The heart monitor was beeping erratically again.

"Please calm down Yugi." Yami said soothingly.

Yugi was struggling to get out of Yami's embrace, he put his small hands on Yami's chest and weakly tried to push Yami away from him. "NO LEAVE ME ALONE! YOU DON'T CARE, YOU DON'T CARE!" Yugi screamed. Suddenly, Yugi slumped forward once again and once again Yami caught him and gently lowered Yugi back down on the bed. Yami glanced over to the heart monitor again, it stopped beating erratically, instead it was slowing down in beats. Yami looked worriedly at Yugi who was still unconscious. Yami's heart stopped when the monitor flat lined. Yugi's doctor came rushing in and pushed Yami away. Another doctor and a nurse ran into the room with the heart paddles and once again were shocking Yugi trying to get a heartbeat. Yugi's doctor pushed Yami out of the room and told him to go to the waiting room. The door was slammed in his face and as he walked away he could still hear the monitor flat lining. 'Maybe Yugi would be better off if I just left permanently.' Yami thought, 'Every time I see him, he gets so upset that he passes out.'

Back in Yugi's room

The doctors worked frantically to keep the small boy alive, they shocked him quite a few times before they finally got a heartbeat. When Yugi was once again stable, they hooked Yugi up to more machines and gave him another shot with a sedative to help keep him calm and let him rest comfortably. The doctor left the room once they were finished with Yugi.

He stormed into the waiting room and angrily approached Yami. "That's it, you no longer have visitation rights to see Yugi," He said in an angry voice, then his voice softened by the sad look on Yami's face, "at least until he's out of the ICU."

Yami nodded sadly, "How is he?" Yami asked quietly.

"We have him stable again, but I can't let you see him till we move him." The doctor replied, "Normally I would never deny anyone rights for visits in the ICU but out of the two times you've seen him both times he flat lined."

"I understand, Please take good care of him." Yami said, then he turned around and left the hospital and went home.

One week later

At the hospital

Yugi slowly opened his amethyst eyes and looked around the room, the first thing he noticed is that he was in a different room and almost all of the machines were disconnected from him. He looked to the side of his bed where Yami usually was. Yami was gone. Tears came to Yugi's eyes. 'He left me?' Yugi thought, 'I know I told him to, but I didn't mean it' At the thought of being alone tears ran freely down his soft face.

"Yami?" Yugi whispered, he struggled to sit up.

"YAMI!" Yugi repeated this over and over each time his voice rising in volume till he was finally screaming. A doctor ran into the room to see what the small boy was screaming about. He tried to calm the boy down but nothing worked. He gave Yugi another shot with a sedative, but Yugi was fighting the effects and continued screaming and crying. The doctor ran from the room and kept running until he reached the nurses station.

"NURSE!" He yelled.

"Yes doctor, what's wrong?" She asked worriedly. "I need you to call Yami Moto, NOW, it's an emergency." He answered.

She quickly looked up the number and dialed it immediately.

At the game shop

Yami was sitting on the couch watching TV when the phone rang, he jumped off the couch and ran to the phone.

"Hello?" He asked.

"Is this Yami Moto?" The voice asked.

"Yes it is," Yami replied, "Speaking?"

"I'm a nurse at the hospital, Yugi's doctor just ran in here and told me to call you. He said it was an emergency and told me to tell you to hurry up and get here as soon as possible." The nurse answered.

"I'm on my way now." Yami replied, he hung up the phone and quickly got in his car. He was stopped by a cop on the way for speeding, but he told the cop it was an emergency so the police officer gave him an escort to the hospital. Yami parked the car and ran into the hospital. Yugi's doctor met him at the door.

"Yami I'm glad you were able to come so quickly." The doctor said, "Quickly, follow me." The doctor quickly walked down the hall with Yami close on his heels.

"Doctor what's wrong?" Yami asked worriedly, "Is Yugi okay?"

"He woke up this morning, and when he saw you weren't there he just started screaming," The doctor explained, "Nothing we tried is helping to calm him down, we even tried sedating him but he's fighting it. We need to calm him down as soon as possible and I know you're the only one who can do that."

"Why me?" Yami asked confused, "I was the one that upset him in the first place. What makes you think I could calm him?"

"I don't think, I know," The doctor stated, "He's been screaming for you over and over since he woke up."

'I thought he never wanted to see me again?' Yami thought, 'well that don't matter now, if Yugi needs me then I will always be there for him.'

As they neared the room, Yami could hear Yugi screaming his name at the top of his lungs. When they entered the room, Yami quickly ran over to Yugi.

Yugi was sitting up in the bed screaming Yami's name, he had tears running down his face.

Yami ran to Yugi and pulled him into a comforting embrace. He started rubbing soothing circles on Yugi's back while whispering comforting words in his ear. Yugi kept screaming Yami's name over and over. Yami just held him closer and started rocking him gently back and forth. That seemed to work because Yugi quit screaming, but was still crying.

"Yugi?" Yami whispered, "it's okay, I'm here now." Yami kept repeating that until Yugi's cries turned into soft hiccups. Yami continued to hold him. Eventually, Yugi looked up and saw Yami.

"YAMI!" Yugi cried, "is that really you? You didn't leave me?"

"No, Yugi." Yami replied, "I would never leave you."

Yugi nuzzled his head in Yami's shirt and held him tightly as if he was Yugi's last lifeline. Yami tightened his hold on Yugi also. He continued to rock Yugi till the small boy's breathing leveled out signaling the sedative was finally kicking in and he fell asleep. Yami tried to lay Yugi back down on the bed. The second his arms left Yugi, he started whimpering in his sleep and tightening his grip on Yami's waist. So Yami just crawled into the bed with Yugi and held him in his lap while Yugi continued to sleep.

A few minutes later the doctor opened the door to check on his patient and smiled at what he saw. Yami was sitting up against the wall with Yugi snuggled in his lap and both were asleep.