Chapter 6
Setting the Line
Yami woke up, with his strange dream eating at the fringes of his mind that he had been having the past week. /I can't forget about him like this! I need to be happy it's over./
He got out of bed and changed his clothes. /Yuugi, how are you going to forget? Or have you forgotten already?/
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When Yuugi covered up his head with the blanket, Kaiba got a better look at his arms. "I don't care about anything anymore! Nothing's wroth it!"
Kaiba pulled to blanket from his younger friend. "Listen to yourself! What? You don't care about life anymore? How weak of you. Giving up everything you have over a stupid fight with someone you're in love with," Kaiba yelled at him.
Yuugi felt like his face was slapped.
"Yeah, that's it. So, you're the first to give everything up, huh?" Kaiba pulled the blanket entirely from Yuugi. "You think Yami is doing the same thing you are? Is he killing himself a little more each day? Is THAT what you want to do? So, how do you plan to go? Starve yourself? Die from blood lost? Which one will come first?"
Yuugi looked at Kaiba for the first time. Kaiba's face was not angry, but scared. /What does he have to be scared about? He has Mokuba and Jounouchi! I have no one now! If I don't have Yami, I don't have anything anymore!/ "You don't understand! It wasn't a fight! It was...!" Yuugi screamed. "We love each other! There was no reason! None! Right before he said goodbye, he said he loved me! And after he said goodbye he cried! I saw him! I could feel it! It was eating at his heart! You cry when you're sad, not relived! Right?! Why did he say goodbye?! I know he didn't want to."
Kaiba slapped him. "Mutou Yuugi! This isn't like you. Snap out of it!" Kaiba sat down on the bed.
Yuugi started crying. "Why?! He said he was afraid loving me! What kind of reason is that?! He never let fear make him run!" Yuugi let Kaiba hug him.
"Yuugi, sometimes love can be scary to some people. Can you say that you weren't scared?"
"No, but it seems different. Damn it! I DIDN'T RUN AWAY!" Yuugi said between fits of tears.
"Do you want me to go talk to him? There aren't many people he can talk to around there," Kaiba offered, remembering what he knew about Yami's father.
Yuugi looked up at the young CEO. "You'd do that?"
"If you want me to."
Yuugi looked down at his cut up arms. /The pain's coming back./ He looked at his friend, "Yes, please."
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Yami, thankful for the peace he was given, stayed in his room. He did almost everything he could trying not to think of Yuugi, but he could not. Mostly because everything he did do was with Yuugi.
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Kaiba looked at his smaller friend. "Okay, Yuugi, I'll go see what's up, but you still better be here when I get back. And alive. Understand, Yuugi?"
"I understand. Where would I go?"
'It's not where you would go, but what would you do.' "Okay, I'll be back."
Kaiba left the house. He waited outside the house a bit to make sure Yuugi was not going to climb out his window or something. No, it was all clear.
As Kaiba was driving to Yami's house, he remembered when he first found out. It was not when Yuugi had asked how to tell someone you love them. It was about a month before that. It was one of the days he was with Yami and Yuugi dueling.
---FLASHBACK---
Kaiba and Yami had been going at it for a good hour. Yuugi was sitting nearby watching. The two duelists stared each other down. They were both pretty tired and ready to call it a day, but were not done quiet yet. Once again, getting Kaiba upset, Yami made a little rude remark to Kaiba.
The tri-color haired boy was more tired than Kaiba expected, but he knew he could handle it. Suddenly, he heard, "NO!!" It was a scream from Yuugi. Kaiba looked at him, fist inches from Yami's face, and he caught a glimpse of fear on Yuugi's face. It was quickly removed when Kaiba saw. It distracted Kaiba allowing Yami to throw a punch while his own barely missed him. Kaiba could not dodge it in time. He was knocked to the ground.
He saw Yuugi run to Yami and ask he if was all right. 'Hey,' he thought 'I was the one who got hurt.' Kaiba realized something was up with them. He decided to let Yuugi tell him when he wants to.
---END OF FLASHBACK---
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Still on his way, he thought silently, 'If it was for this long no wonder Yuugi's so hurt. This can't be much easier on Yami.'
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Yami, still in his room, sat in a corner. The words 'This is for the best' was his mantra.
The repetition stopped when he saw Kaiba's car. Kaiba? Yuugi must have finally told him everything. No way getting out of this one.Yami stood up and straightened out his clothes as they were a little wrinkled from sitting on the floor. /Here goes./
Yami opened the door right before Kaiba was able to ring the bell. "Oh, Yami, just the person I wanted to talk to."
"Not here."
His guest nodded. "I know."
Yami stepped outside and closed the door behind him.
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They went to a place near where they usually dueled. Kaiba could tell Yami was a bit nervous. He probably was not sure exactly how much he knew about what happened the previous week.
"Kiite, if Mutou sent you here to talk to me, I don't want to talk about it. It's over. I'm trying to get on with my life."
Kaiba nearly exploded. 'You're all ready getting defensive and I haven't said anything.' "I haven't even said a word and you're all ready doing this. This time it's not about you. Just because you don't want to talk about it, doesn't mean everyone else doesn't want to, too. And it seems that you're the only one trying to get on with your life. Yuugi, your best friend since who knows how long, is sitting in his room trying to hang on to whatever is salvageable from your friendship, to each piece he can reach. Do you know what he was trying to do all week?"
The smaller man shook his head. "He's been trying to slit his wrists." Yami looked away. "No, I take that back. He has been slitting his wrists. When I woke him up today, I saw a broken plate and a pool of dried blood on his clothes, bed sheets, and body. I thought for a heartbeat he was dead. My guess is his kept cutting until his body couldn't take the amount of blood lost and passed out before he could do anymore damage." Kaiba saw Yami's hand ball up. 'I'm getting through to him.'
"And by the way, I offered to talk to you. He just wanted to finish killing himself. And over what? A spoiled brat who, obviously, has too much of his father's unemotional heart in him. I was around when my dad first met yours, I don't remember everything, but I have heard my father talk about it when I was younger. Obviously, and unfortunately, he has rubbed off on you.
"You are nothing like the Yami I meet in our first duel. You were careful about people's feelings, including even your father's. I think that the reason you were like that was because your father wasn't around much when you grew up. In our other life, everyone died, including me. And to think that you, way back then saved us all and allowed us to be reborn."
Yami looked up at Kaiba in disbelief. He knew he was in for it. "And I can't believe that the person who helped save everyone from a permanent vacation and helped people live, including the one you love, is standing in front of me acting like a spoiled brat."
Yami fell to the ground against a tree. "Listen, Yami, I didn't come here to jump down your throat like this. I just wanted to make sure you could make this decision with a clear conscious. And now that you know what's going on with Yuugi, you can make a final decision. We are having dinner at six. I hope you'll be there."
---Tsudzukeru
Setting the Line
Yami woke up, with his strange dream eating at the fringes of his mind that he had been having the past week. /I can't forget about him like this! I need to be happy it's over./
He got out of bed and changed his clothes. /Yuugi, how are you going to forget? Or have you forgotten already?/
---
When Yuugi covered up his head with the blanket, Kaiba got a better look at his arms. "I don't care about anything anymore! Nothing's wroth it!"
Kaiba pulled to blanket from his younger friend. "Listen to yourself! What? You don't care about life anymore? How weak of you. Giving up everything you have over a stupid fight with someone you're in love with," Kaiba yelled at him.
Yuugi felt like his face was slapped.
"Yeah, that's it. So, you're the first to give everything up, huh?" Kaiba pulled the blanket entirely from Yuugi. "You think Yami is doing the same thing you are? Is he killing himself a little more each day? Is THAT what you want to do? So, how do you plan to go? Starve yourself? Die from blood lost? Which one will come first?"
Yuugi looked at Kaiba for the first time. Kaiba's face was not angry, but scared. /What does he have to be scared about? He has Mokuba and Jounouchi! I have no one now! If I don't have Yami, I don't have anything anymore!/ "You don't understand! It wasn't a fight! It was...!" Yuugi screamed. "We love each other! There was no reason! None! Right before he said goodbye, he said he loved me! And after he said goodbye he cried! I saw him! I could feel it! It was eating at his heart! You cry when you're sad, not relived! Right?! Why did he say goodbye?! I know he didn't want to."
Kaiba slapped him. "Mutou Yuugi! This isn't like you. Snap out of it!" Kaiba sat down on the bed.
Yuugi started crying. "Why?! He said he was afraid loving me! What kind of reason is that?! He never let fear make him run!" Yuugi let Kaiba hug him.
"Yuugi, sometimes love can be scary to some people. Can you say that you weren't scared?"
"No, but it seems different. Damn it! I DIDN'T RUN AWAY!" Yuugi said between fits of tears.
"Do you want me to go talk to him? There aren't many people he can talk to around there," Kaiba offered, remembering what he knew about Yami's father.
Yuugi looked up at the young CEO. "You'd do that?"
"If you want me to."
Yuugi looked down at his cut up arms. /The pain's coming back./ He looked at his friend, "Yes, please."
---
Yami, thankful for the peace he was given, stayed in his room. He did almost everything he could trying not to think of Yuugi, but he could not. Mostly because everything he did do was with Yuugi.
---
Kaiba looked at his smaller friend. "Okay, Yuugi, I'll go see what's up, but you still better be here when I get back. And alive. Understand, Yuugi?"
"I understand. Where would I go?"
'It's not where you would go, but what would you do.' "Okay, I'll be back."
Kaiba left the house. He waited outside the house a bit to make sure Yuugi was not going to climb out his window or something. No, it was all clear.
As Kaiba was driving to Yami's house, he remembered when he first found out. It was not when Yuugi had asked how to tell someone you love them. It was about a month before that. It was one of the days he was with Yami and Yuugi dueling.
---FLASHBACK---
Kaiba and Yami had been going at it for a good hour. Yuugi was sitting nearby watching. The two duelists stared each other down. They were both pretty tired and ready to call it a day, but were not done quiet yet. Once again, getting Kaiba upset, Yami made a little rude remark to Kaiba.
The tri-color haired boy was more tired than Kaiba expected, but he knew he could handle it. Suddenly, he heard, "NO!!" It was a scream from Yuugi. Kaiba looked at him, fist inches from Yami's face, and he caught a glimpse of fear on Yuugi's face. It was quickly removed when Kaiba saw. It distracted Kaiba allowing Yami to throw a punch while his own barely missed him. Kaiba could not dodge it in time. He was knocked to the ground.
He saw Yuugi run to Yami and ask he if was all right. 'Hey,' he thought 'I was the one who got hurt.' Kaiba realized something was up with them. He decided to let Yuugi tell him when he wants to.
---END OF FLASHBACK---
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Still on his way, he thought silently, 'If it was for this long no wonder Yuugi's so hurt. This can't be much easier on Yami.'
---
Yami, still in his room, sat in a corner. The words 'This is for the best' was his mantra.
The repetition stopped when he saw Kaiba's car. Kaiba? Yuugi must have finally told him everything. No way getting out of this one.Yami stood up and straightened out his clothes as they were a little wrinkled from sitting on the floor. /Here goes./
Yami opened the door right before Kaiba was able to ring the bell. "Oh, Yami, just the person I wanted to talk to."
"Not here."
His guest nodded. "I know."
Yami stepped outside and closed the door behind him.
---
They went to a place near where they usually dueled. Kaiba could tell Yami was a bit nervous. He probably was not sure exactly how much he knew about what happened the previous week.
"Kiite, if Mutou sent you here to talk to me, I don't want to talk about it. It's over. I'm trying to get on with my life."
Kaiba nearly exploded. 'You're all ready getting defensive and I haven't said anything.' "I haven't even said a word and you're all ready doing this. This time it's not about you. Just because you don't want to talk about it, doesn't mean everyone else doesn't want to, too. And it seems that you're the only one trying to get on with your life. Yuugi, your best friend since who knows how long, is sitting in his room trying to hang on to whatever is salvageable from your friendship, to each piece he can reach. Do you know what he was trying to do all week?"
The smaller man shook his head. "He's been trying to slit his wrists." Yami looked away. "No, I take that back. He has been slitting his wrists. When I woke him up today, I saw a broken plate and a pool of dried blood on his clothes, bed sheets, and body. I thought for a heartbeat he was dead. My guess is his kept cutting until his body couldn't take the amount of blood lost and passed out before he could do anymore damage." Kaiba saw Yami's hand ball up. 'I'm getting through to him.'
"And by the way, I offered to talk to you. He just wanted to finish killing himself. And over what? A spoiled brat who, obviously, has too much of his father's unemotional heart in him. I was around when my dad first met yours, I don't remember everything, but I have heard my father talk about it when I was younger. Obviously, and unfortunately, he has rubbed off on you.
"You are nothing like the Yami I meet in our first duel. You were careful about people's feelings, including even your father's. I think that the reason you were like that was because your father wasn't around much when you grew up. In our other life, everyone died, including me. And to think that you, way back then saved us all and allowed us to be reborn."
Yami looked up at Kaiba in disbelief. He knew he was in for it. "And I can't believe that the person who helped save everyone from a permanent vacation and helped people live, including the one you love, is standing in front of me acting like a spoiled brat."
Yami fell to the ground against a tree. "Listen, Yami, I didn't come here to jump down your throat like this. I just wanted to make sure you could make this decision with a clear conscious. And now that you know what's going on with Yuugi, you can make a final decision. We are having dinner at six. I hope you'll be there."
---Tsudzukeru