A/N: Non-yaoi, friendship ficlet.
Yuugi looked out the window as it rained, and sighed.
"Yami always liked it when it rained…" He murmured. He missed Yami terribly. Yuugi had found his yami to be the one person he could always depend on for advice, and it was two years to the day since he left. Yami had gone home, where he belonged. Yuugi briefly entertained the idea of calling Anzu, but then he remembered that Anzu had gone to dance school in America, and that Jou and Honda were ice cream tasters for the new ice cream factory, and they were always busy. He wondered idly if Kaiba wouldn't mind listening to him, so he picked up the phone and dialed the number for KaibaCorp.
"Hello, KaibaCorp, Mesuinu speaking." A snotty woman's voice asked.
"Hello, this is Muto Yuugi. Is Kaiba Seto in?" Yuugi replied meekly.
"One moment, please."
She put Yuugi on hold, which had terrible, elevator-esque music.
"What do you want, Yuugi?" Kaiba asked after he took Yuugi off of hold.
"Hi Kaiba. I was wondering if you were busy." Yuugi replied.
"Why?"
"I, um, wanted someone to talk to…Anzu's in America, and Jou and Honda are busy…"
"What about that pharaoh friend of yours? Your supposed 'other' personality?" Kaiba snerked.
"He's gone. He's been gone for two years…"
"…Well, I suppose I'm not too busy. What is it?" Kaiba asked, shuffling papers and putting them away.
"Grandpa's been really sick lately, and it's worrying me. They say he'll be okay, but I don't believe that they're telling me everything. I think that he's really dying…" Yuugi replied sadly. "If he dies, then I'll wind up managing the Kame Game Shop instead of pursuing my own dreams."
"What about that other game shop owner?"
"I don't want to sell out to him, but you do have a point, Kaiba. I suppose that, in the case Grandpa dies, I could ask him to take care of it for me, while splitting half of the revenue with him…"
"I wouldn't give him a third of it. It's your grandfather's shop, not his. If he doesn't settle for a fourth of the revenue, then you can offer him a third of it."
"Okay…Hang on, I have a beep." Yuugi switched lines. "Kame Game Shop, how may I help you?"
"Yuugi. This is Nurse Kamiya from Domino Hospital. Your grandfather has fallen into cardiac arrest. It is doubtful that he'll survive much longer. Please get down here quickly." Nurse Kamiya said gravely.
"Okay." Yuugi switched back to Kaiba. "I-I have to go. Grandpa has had a heart attack, and they want me down there. 'Bye."
"Goodbye."
Kaiba hung up and looked out his window, over to Domino Hospital. He picked up the phone again.
"Secretary, send some flowers to the Kame Game Shop. Yes…A mourning basket will do nicely."
Yuugi looked at his grandfather's still form and let out a choked sob.
"Mr. Muto, I'm sorry about your loss." Nurse Kamiya gave Yuugi a small hug. "I know he meant a lot to you."
"I n-never expected him to go so soon…" Yuugi hiccoughed.
"Come on. Let's go get some coffee." Kamiya steered him out of the room and to the cafeteria, where she got them both a coffee. "So…do you have any remaining family?"
"My mother died a year ago, due to breast cancer, and my father's been dead for years." Yuugi replied.
"Do you have any pets?"
"…I don't feel so good. I'm going home to make funeral arrangements." Yuugi stood up and left the hospital, leaving Nurse Kamiya behind.
To be continued…
Yuugi looked out the window as it rained, and sighed.
"Yami always liked it when it rained…" He murmured. He missed Yami terribly. Yuugi had found his yami to be the one person he could always depend on for advice, and it was two years to the day since he left. Yami had gone home, where he belonged. Yuugi briefly entertained the idea of calling Anzu, but then he remembered that Anzu had gone to dance school in America, and that Jou and Honda were ice cream tasters for the new ice cream factory, and they were always busy. He wondered idly if Kaiba wouldn't mind listening to him, so he picked up the phone and dialed the number for KaibaCorp.
"Hello, KaibaCorp, Mesuinu speaking." A snotty woman's voice asked.
"Hello, this is Muto Yuugi. Is Kaiba Seto in?" Yuugi replied meekly.
"One moment, please."
She put Yuugi on hold, which had terrible, elevator-esque music.
"What do you want, Yuugi?" Kaiba asked after he took Yuugi off of hold.
"Hi Kaiba. I was wondering if you were busy." Yuugi replied.
"Why?"
"I, um, wanted someone to talk to…Anzu's in America, and Jou and Honda are busy…"
"What about that pharaoh friend of yours? Your supposed 'other' personality?" Kaiba snerked.
"He's gone. He's been gone for two years…"
"…Well, I suppose I'm not too busy. What is it?" Kaiba asked, shuffling papers and putting them away.
"Grandpa's been really sick lately, and it's worrying me. They say he'll be okay, but I don't believe that they're telling me everything. I think that he's really dying…" Yuugi replied sadly. "If he dies, then I'll wind up managing the Kame Game Shop instead of pursuing my own dreams."
"What about that other game shop owner?"
"I don't want to sell out to him, but you do have a point, Kaiba. I suppose that, in the case Grandpa dies, I could ask him to take care of it for me, while splitting half of the revenue with him…"
"I wouldn't give him a third of it. It's your grandfather's shop, not his. If he doesn't settle for a fourth of the revenue, then you can offer him a third of it."
"Okay…Hang on, I have a beep." Yuugi switched lines. "Kame Game Shop, how may I help you?"
"Yuugi. This is Nurse Kamiya from Domino Hospital. Your grandfather has fallen into cardiac arrest. It is doubtful that he'll survive much longer. Please get down here quickly." Nurse Kamiya said gravely.
"Okay." Yuugi switched back to Kaiba. "I-I have to go. Grandpa has had a heart attack, and they want me down there. 'Bye."
"Goodbye."
Kaiba hung up and looked out his window, over to Domino Hospital. He picked up the phone again.
"Secretary, send some flowers to the Kame Game Shop. Yes…A mourning basket will do nicely."
Yuugi looked at his grandfather's still form and let out a choked sob.
"Mr. Muto, I'm sorry about your loss." Nurse Kamiya gave Yuugi a small hug. "I know he meant a lot to you."
"I n-never expected him to go so soon…" Yuugi hiccoughed.
"Come on. Let's go get some coffee." Kamiya steered him out of the room and to the cafeteria, where she got them both a coffee. "So…do you have any remaining family?"
"My mother died a year ago, due to breast cancer, and my father's been dead for years." Yuugi replied.
"Do you have any pets?"
"…I don't feel so good. I'm going home to make funeral arrangements." Yuugi stood up and left the hospital, leaving Nurse Kamiya behind.
To be continued…