Author's Notes:
Angst continues. As you might have noticed until now it's always a huge jump in time from chapter to chapter. My idea was to kinda take scenes out of their story instead of telling every detail. I hope you can still follow the plot without problems. Yes, for this chapter I changed she to he in the song. I know, almost for sure, that it's allowed since this is a jazz song and can be slightly changed by the singer. You might wonder about the person appearing in the end. He's kinda mentioned in another, later song, so I need him to take part in the story. Interprete his presence in any way you'd like, we'll see how Seto thinks about it later....

Disclaimer:
See chapter 1

Song: "Ain't no Sunshine when she's gone" by ...well, that's not easy to say, there are different authors named...but I guess it's Bill Withers, he's mentioned most frequently.

Ain't no Sunshine

Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
It's not warm when he's away
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
And he's always gone too long
Anytime he goes away

The sound of the door snapping shut is echoing through the hallway. My eyes are fixed on it, wanting it to open again, so he can come back in. Silence lies heavily and threateningly all around me. I long to press my hands to my ears to shield them from the silence, as absurd as it may seem.
In my mind there is still his smile, the hidden smile in his blue eyes, and his promise to be back soon. I smile back, although I know he can't keep that promise. He always gets back late and exhausted though he tries to hide it.

Shivering I put my arms around myself. The fact that the arms warming me were his just a few minutes ago almost brings tears to my eyes. I will myself to be strong. After all I never heard of a man who froze to death because his love wasn't there to warm him. He can be so strong, why shouldn't I?

Yet, I'm most likely no ordinary man. Darkness is all around me and in my heart and as absurd as it sounds Yugi, my hikari, and he, Seto Kaiba, were the only sunlight that was ever granted to me in this new, exotic world. I never want to live in the darkness again. You can't imagine it, being in darkness for thousands of years. Only he can. He understands me. And yet he goes away.

I know he's got a company to run, I know how important that is to him. I tell myself all the time I should be reasonable and sensible, and it works perfectly well when he tells me he's going to go to work another weekend, because things are stressful at the moment. I nod. I understand him. But as soon as he's away, the darkness is coming back. I never want to admit it...but I'm afraid. Afraid it will consume me again. Afraid of feeling dead again.

He keeps me alive. But when he's gone my soul is starving for him. I want to be alive all the time, not just an hour or two in the evening and another one in the morning!

I turn to look for something to read, another book perhaps. I could go for a walk or try to use the computer as he tried to show me only yesterday...
I sigh and go to find something to do. Something that will distract me for those long hours.

Wonder this time where he's gone
Wonder if he's gone to stay
Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime he goes away

I stare out of the window. It's slowly getting dark. Usually this is the time where I'm already looking forward to his return, one or two hours late, usually.
But not today.

I have to bite my lip in order to keep from smashing things. I'll be alone, alone, alone!! For a whole week! And I don't even know where he's gone...he showed me a map in a book, calling the country he was going to 'America'. Well, it doesn't really help, I still can't picture the distances. I don't like flying machines either. Planes and helicopters scare me and only for Yugi's sake did I ever get inside of something that strange.

His world is just so far away from mine.
Sometimes I wonder if we even have a chance together. I mean, yes, I love him, and I'm pretty sure he loves me too, and our souls are connected...but still we seem so far away. And I don't know how to get closer to him.

I know it's wrong to imagine this, but sometimes those visions follow me in my dreams. Those beautiful american ladies. My thoughts are spinning on, showing me nights of passion, showing me my only love moaning another's name, showing me another in his strong arms, showing his jet lost and forgotten and him staying with another, in a beautiful house, never thinking about me again, never looking back.

I slump down into my seat and the tears I tried to keep back for so long finally leak out of my eyes. I try to stop them, but they're coming anyway.

And I know...
Gotta leave the young thing alone
But ain't no sunshine when he's gone

It's probably my fault anyway. This can't work. Apparently it didn't work back in Egypt, so why should we succeed this time? I should leave him alone...I'm just an old, clueless, depressive spirit. He's a young man and he has so many chances in life. I should leave him be.

But I can't. Can't let him go. He means so much to me, so damn much.

Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
Only darkness everyday

It's driving me crazy. He should have been home on Sunday! It's Tuesday! I'm shaking with every step I take, I can't eat anymore, I'm barely swallowing some water, kept alive only by the silly hope of him coming back and taking me in his arms. I have no tears left.

How can he do this to me?!? I'm so alone, I'm so scared. I can't live without you!!! Come back, please, just come back to me.

He doesn't want me anymore. I'm almost certain of it now. He didn't call, not once. He promised we could talk on the phone.
This is worse than the puzzle, so much worse.
I'm thinking about ending it all again. I should have left this world already. I'm just a stranded stranger, a leftover from the past.

He doesn't love me, Ra, he doesn't!

End of POV

Ain't no sunshine when he's gone
And this house just ain't no home
Anytime he goes away

rustling sound

"Who's this?!? Seto?!!!"
"Calm down, Pharao."
"It's you."
"But of course, back from my trip to Egypt. Thought I'd have a look at what you're doing. The High Priest's not there?"
"Ll..leave me...n..not today, ...Bakura."
"...Pharao?..No, don't....Don't here."
"Oh, Ra, please, Bakura, stay with me."
"Sure."

Anytime he goes away