Hi again everyone! Happy New year! I, unfortunately have been sick for a few days. The Flu. Yummy! Anywho, we just started school and I've missed three days already, so good bye incentive. Shit. Oh well. On with the show.

"Sweet to think on it, that when we are last weary of all this world there is the rising sun."- The Vampire Armand

P.S- Thanks to Ocean for some of the quotes, I love you!!!

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A violent shudder ran through the wan figure that lay disheveled on the bench. It was deep night now, the last vestiges of the red - hued sunset long gone under skies of blackest blue. A cough, and another shudder. He was waking.

The half-corpse form of Yuugi Motou sat up carefully, dizzy and disoriented. Where was he? His bleary eyes blinked away the heaviness of the deep healing sleep and took in the surrounding area. The park, he determined. Why was he here? Why was he so tired and so utterly devoid of feeling?

He might never know. Or, he hissed, it could be the gaping wounds on my arms. The shirt was, by now, a stiff, disgusting, and terrible smelling waste. The "bandages" were crusted and flaking. And more likely than not they had sealed themselves to the scabs. Damnitall.

He sighed as he stared up at the dark night sky. He let his mind drift, thoughts materializing and dematerializing before they could be fully comprehended.

Has he missed me yet?...

...Has he noticed the floor?...

...I'm hungry...

...God my arms itch...

...The stars are lying bastards...

"I've always loved the night. It's too bright during the day. Nothing can be hidden. There is no mystery because everything can be seen. At night, there's an illusion of privacy. Shadows are present to hide whatever it is you might not want someone to see." Yuugi jumped at the sound of a voice coming from behind him. Where had that come from? Why was someone watching him?

He searched the darkness behind him, but was too tired to make out more than shadows.

"Who's there?" He asked, trying to keep both the fear and the yawn from his voice. He did neither successfully. He started again as the voice sounded from right next to him now.

"I've always loved the night. Do you?" The person was still well within the shadows, as the bench wasn't close to any lamps, but he could see a glint of gold from the person's midsection. Vivid green eyes stared out at him. And was that a flash of white?

"Yeah, but as you said, there's always too much light in the day. Sometimes we need to hide. Then again, some people are always hidden. Even in plain view." He spoke softly, sadly.

""What's your name?" Asked the shadowed -man? teen? A flash of warmth in the cool night.

"Yuugi. And you?"

"Ryou. I just moved here a few weeks ago, from Brtitain." He smiled again, just barely noticeable in the shadows.

"Nice to meet you. What are you doing out here at night? There are some pretty bad characters. You should go back home." Yuugi didn't want anyone to get hurt because they had stopped to talk to him.

"I told you, I love the night time. Why are you out here then?"

Yuugi blushed. Someone actually cared enough to ask him why he put himself in this position. Wait. He didn't know.

"I think I fell asleep. But I should get going now. School and everything. Ja ne." He stood up to go, and almost ended up on the ground, but for a pair of strong arms that grabbed him at the last second.

"Thanks, my feet must've fallen asleep. You can let go, I'l be fine."

"You sure?"

"Yeah. I have to go anyways." He smiled, a stupid meaningless gesture that the other couldn't see anyways. "Bye Ryou."

"Bye. Will I see you at school tomorrow? I go to Domino High now." Those teeth flashed again, and the kind eyes softened Yuugi's heart.

"Yeah. Tomorrow." He started for home.

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He was almost home. Kame Game Shop, just ahead. His empty stomache gave off sad rumbles that made him double over. He was starved, having not eaten since hours before his ordeal. Lets see, he said in his mind, how long ago was that? Seven hours after I tried I woke up, then it took some time to shower and clean, then to the park, then I woke up a little bit ago. Has to have been at least what, 18 hours or so? He'd had breakfast...

Oh well... He stepped up to the back door, key in hand, ready to enter softly and find some food. But the minute he opened the door he knew he was in for it. The light was on. It had to be past midnight. Why would his grandpa be up this late?

"Yuugi? Is that you?" He heard Sugoroku say. He tried to back out of the doorway quickly and quietly, but to no avail. The old man came through the doorway just as he shut the door, giving Sugoroku a glimpse of disheveled hair. He ran to the door and pulled it open before his grandson could get away.

"Where have you been?" He demanded in a stern voice. He could see the slump in Yuugi's shoulders as he said this. But for some reason he couldn't say it any nicer than that.

"The park Ji-chan. I've been at the park all afternoon. I fell asleep on a bench. Gomen nasai." He softly said, hoping that this would end the interogation and that he could then enter the house and bathe and eat. But it wasn't.

"I was worried!" That struck Yuugi. Worried? No, he never worried about poor little Yuugi.

"I came home from Arthur's with something for you and you were gone! You didn't even leave a note!" Sugoroku was panicked still. What if something had happened?

"Gomen Ji-chan. I was in a hurry." He didn't say what for.

"Well, next time leave a note. Come inside, you must be hungry. Let's talk over some food." Yuugi was hesitant to follow. If Ji-san noticed now, what would happen? Why hadn't he thought of this earlier?

'Because it hadn't mattered earlier.'

He was too hungry to care right then. But he did decide to be cautious.

"Hai Ji-chan. But first, I have to go to the bathroom, it's late and I really need to go. Could you fix me something?" 'Please let this work!' Sugoroku smiled.

"Of course. Come back down when you're finished." And with that he turned around and went into the kitchen. Danger averted. Yuugi hurried into the bathroom, with a quick stop by the laundry for a clean shirt. He pulled off the old nasty one and ran some water in the sink. He wet a washcloth and started to wash the dried blood off. He unwrapped his arms and washed them as they wept a little from having the scabs upset. He then took some gauze from the first aid kit and wrapped them up. He threw on the shirt, made sure to stash all evidence and raced downstairs. He stopped for a second at the bottom, feeling dizzy. But he kept going. Sugoroku had a sandwich ready for him and a cup of hot chocolate.

'He cared more than I thought. Even though I hadn't thought about the ones who love me as much as I should have before. I'm sorry Ji-chan.'

He sat at the table and dug into the sandwich, hungrier than ever. Sugoroku came into the room with a box. A golden box. One that seemed to be calling out for him... for him to touch it... to hold it...

He realized that Sugoroku was talking and quickly started to listen. The box was from a dig Arthur had gone on, no one was able to solve the puzzle inside. And it was for him? Okay...

He reached for it unconciously, staring at the box with a look of blankness. Sugoroku was startled at how pale his grandson was, and how much thinner he looked from years past. He handed Yuugi the box though, and was rewarded with a rosy cheeked smile.

"Awesome! A puzzle!" Yuugi barely finished his sandwich before racing upstairs to try to put some together before he fell asleep.

He got two pieces together before he fell asleep on the desk.

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And... thats it for now. I hurt, and Have the urge to puke. I'm gunna go now. If there are any typo's, I don't have Micro word on this POS computer, so deal. Anyways, R&R?

-Ocean, Fly Away Home. The BEST fanfic y/y ever.