A/N sigh I don't like this chapter either.... it seems like they're getting worse!
DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh! and I probably never will, so don't sue my poor, sorry ass!
WARNINGS: Yaoi (=maleXmale situations/relationships)/shôunen-ai, child abuse. Thoughts/actions that can or will contain suicide/suicide attempts, Anzu bashing, somewhat crude language, random weirdness and some fluff... (I'm no good at fluff, after all I'm a boy, what can you expect?) oh, and gay bashing as well
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'words' = thoughts words= weird mind links (dun ask) "words" = speech
Never letting go – Chapter five "Phonecall"
What should she do first? This was her chance to get back on Joey for every time he had been making fun of her, and on Kaiba, who had refused her! This was going to be so good... But what would hurt Joey the most? Telling everyone in school? Maybe, but he deserved something... worse...
Anzu thought about it for a moment before she walked up to a payphone and dialled a number. After five signals someone finally responded.
"Who'sit?" a slurry voice asked.
"Mr. Wheeler? I have something important to tell you..." Anzu began.
"Whaddya want?" came the angry reply. "I dun want anythin'"
"I have some news about your son, Joey. I believe they're of importance to you." She said, twirling the cord around one of her fingers.
"Joey? What did that stu-stupid kid do this time..?"
"Oh, I don't think you will like this..." Anzu said and began to explain what had happened in the hospital, of course, she added a few things.
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"Yami..." Yugi started, tugging slightly at Yami's blue jacket, trying to gain his attention.
"Huh? What is it?" Yami looked over his shoulder and down at the multicoloured youth behind him.
"I want to go back and check on Joey! I know Kaiba's there... but I think something's wrong..." Yugi said gently, not letting go of Yami's jacket.
Yami smiled and grabbed Yugi's hand. "Sure, let's go then... I don't trust Kaiba either..."
Yugi blushed and started walking besides Yami, loving the warmth coming from Yami's hand. "What did the doctor say about Joey?" Yugi asked lightly.
"He... he said he suffered from mal-nourishment and dehydration... The doctor also said that he had a few fractured ribs, I think two were broken." Yami stared down the empty street and tightened his grip around Yugi's hand.
Yugi gasped and looked up at Yami. "Oh my god! What could have happened? How could he walk around with broken ribs? And who would want to hurt him that way?" Yugi could feel his eyes water up just at the thought of it.
"Yugi... those wounds couldn't have come from one of his usual street fights... and the doctor said that most of the wounds were only a few weeks old, or newer... and Joey stopped fighting long ago." When Yami glanced down on Yugi he saw that the smaller boy was crying.
Yami stopped and embraced Yugi, stroking his back gently. "Yugi, don't cry... please... I didn't mean to make you upset!"
Yugi wrapped his arms around Yami's neck and hugged him tight, burying his face in the crook of his neck, sobbing loudly. "It... it's not you... I... I just remembered something I should have told you long ago!"
"What are you saying, Yugi?" Yami asked. "What should you have told me?"
"One day, I wa-was supposed t-to get Joey at his house... but when I got there, I saw his father abusing him!" he cried.
"What? His father?" Yami exclaimed, breaking free of the embrace, placing his hands on the smaller boys shoulder and looking into his eyes. "Tell me what you saw, Yugi."
Yugi sniffed and wiped his tears away with the back of his shirt. "I-I knocked o-on the door but no one answered, then I tried to open it and it was unlocked. I asked if anyone was home but I got no reply, so I walked into the livingroom. Yami, it was a mess! Broken furniture everywhere. It was as if someone had gone berzerk with a baseboll bat in there!"
Yugi took a deep breath and continued. "A-and when I-I looked inside I saw Joey lying on the floor, bleading from his face and his father was hoovering over him, kicking him in his stomach!"
Yami tightened his grip on Yugi's shoulders and stared into his eyes. "And why didn't you tell me? If you had I-we could have helped him, Yugi!"
Yugi looked down and whinced. "I-I Joey said I had to stay quiet! I-I'm sorry..."
"Forget it, let's just get back to Joey..." Yami sighed and took Yugi's hand again and started to walk hurriedly down the street.
A/N Soooooooo.... no killing me this time either? Good... I'll update again sometime next week. (But not before Friday.)