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~*~Angels Fall First~*~

Well, Yugi had intended to return to the hospital the next day to visit his Jiichan; but there was a problem. The doctors were not allowing any visitors, including family.

Yugi had not taken this well at all and had spent most of the time sitting in his room crying. It had already been two days since Jiichan had been taken to hospital, and Yami was getting worried for his hikari who hadn't slept or eaten much since that day.

Yami walked into Yugi's bedroom, sighed at the darkness and opened the curtains. He then walked over to the bed and sat down next to his light, wrapping an arm around his slender shoulders.

"Hey Yugi, how about you come downstairs? We can get something to eat and watch a movie?"

"…"

"Okay. How about you take a nap? You look really tired."

"…"

Yami sighed again and shifted his position so that he was sitting directly in front of Yugi; however the smaller boy's head was hung low, so he couldn't see into his tear stained face.

"Come on Yugi, it'll be alright. Jiichan will be fine soon; we just have to be patient. You can't sit up here alone forever Yugi, your friends and I are worried about you."

"…"

"Yugi…Jounouchi is coming over soon, how about you get ready and we can all go out somewhere together? We could go to the arcade or whatever you want."

"I don't want to…"

"Yugi please, you can't just sit up here. Come on, you're going out with us."

"No."

"Yugi stop being awkward; you're coming and that's final. Now get ready he'll be here any minute."

Yami grabbed Yugi by the wrist and pulled him off the bed. Grabbing a shirt from the closet he thrust it into Yugi's hands and pushed him towards the bathroom.

"Take a shower and get dressed. I want to see you downstairs in ten minutes."

Yugi said nothing, but he threw the shirt to the floor and made his way back to the bed. Yami snapped.

Soon little Yugi was lying on the floor clutching his face, Yami had punched him just below his right eye and it was stinging. Yami stared at his fist, then at the imprint on his hikari's cheek.

"I-I'm sorry…"

Yami looked again at Yugi and ran from the room.

Yugi stayed sitting, holding his cheek. Shakily he rose to his feet and picked up the shirt, dusting it off he walked to the bathroom and started the shower.

~*~

*Ring ring*

Yami got up from the sofa as if he was in a trance, opening the door it took a moment for him to register Jou.

"Yami, you okay man?"

"Er, yeah, fine."

"Where's Yug? I thought he was coming with us?"

"I…he didn't want to-"

"I'm right here. Sorry for taking so long Yami."

Yugi smiled slightly to Yami who just looked shocked, but quickly regained his composure.

"Okay then, let's go."

Jou nodded and made his way back out of the door. As Yami locked up he whispered to Yugi.

"Thanks. I'm sorry for-"

"Forget about it."

Yami nodded and put the key in his pocket as the two followed Jou to Domino Town Centre. He kept sending concerned looks over to his hikari who was walking along with his head hung low. Jou kept attempting to start off a conversation with the said boy who would simply smile slightly and give a one-word response.

However this failed to deter Jou who tried to talk to him the whole way to the cinema. Yugi would try his best to answer but he didn't really feel like talking to anybody; he was concentrating more on trying to hide the bruise that was forming under his eye.

Jou ordered the tickets for some action film that none of them particularly wanted to see. He then got some popcorn and other snacks before meeting the other two ready to go up to the cinema.

"Ready?"

"Yeah, come on Yugi."

Jou kept an eye on Yugi who hadn't said anything for a while; Yami would answer for him instead. He knew that Yugi had always been a little shy but this was ridiculous.

Throughout the entire movie neither spiky haired teen said a word; normally they would be joking around, especially with a rubbish movie such as this one. But the two sat either side of Jou and had their eyes fixed on the screen.

Jou was glad when the end credits rolled and the lights came back on, as they filed out with the crowds and made their way to the arcade.

"So, Yug, what did you think of the film?"

"It was alright, I guess. I've seen worse."

Jou tried to think of something to cheer him up, but found nothing. So instead he concentrated on the other Yugi.

"Yami, you okay? You seem out of it; even more than usual I mean."

"It is not important."

Thankfully the arcade was situated right next to the cinema, and Yugi instantly went off to find a game to play, ignoring the other two.

"I'll go see what's up with him, okay?"

Yami said nothing, instead going over to the dancing game.

"Yug? Yug? Earth to Yugi! Are you okay, man? You really seem off. Are you mad at me?"

"No, Jounouchi it's nothing like that."

"Does it have to do with your Jiichan?"

"A little, and other things…"

"Anything to do with Yami?"

"…"

"Hmm, Yugi, you know you can tell me anything, right? We're best pals and nothing is ever gonna change that. What is that? Geez, Yug, how did ya get that bruise?"

Horrified Yugi realised his golden bangs had shifted and the bruise Yami had accidentally given him earlier was in full view.

"Who hurt you? If it was Ushio again I'm gonna bust his ass-"

"No; Jou it wasn't Ushio, I fell over while I was getting ready to come out tonight. Really, I'm fine."

Jou frowned and noticed Yami walking in their direction with a satisfied smirk on his face.

"I'm ready to go, how about you guys? I just beat some wannabe duellist and put them in their place."

Jou nodded, he realised he wasn't going to get anything out of either of them tonight.

"Yeah, I gotta get home anyway. I'll see you tomorrow, okay Yug? Call me in the morning."

Yugi nodded and turned to Yami was already walking out of the doors.

"Yami, wait for me!"

~*~

Neither said a word on the way home, but Yami had apologised through the mind link many times for hitting him earlier, he was blaming himself for hurting Yugi and getting himself upset, Yugi was upset for making Yami upset and by the time they reached home Yugi ran upstairs and locked himself in the bedroom and Yami collapsed onto the sofa.

Yugi lay in bed crying, crystalline tears trailing down his pale cheeks and dripping onto the cream pillowcase.

For some reason he felt the whole mess was his fault, he was being immature about his Jiichan's illness and was just being a baby; he was an inconvenience to all of his friends and Yami.

"Maybe I should just leave…nobody wants a cry baby around…"

But he couldn't stop crying, the tears just kept falling.

"I wish I was stronger…like Yami…"

~*~

Downstairs Yami was having the same crisis; he was lying on the sofa, curled around a cushion crying like Yugi was.

"I need to be strong, for Yugi. He needs me right now…but I messed up…Yugi…"

The two boys cried themselves to sleep, each not realising that things were going to get worse before they got better.

~*~To be Continued~*~

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