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I own nothing except my identity as a fifty-three year old man. (It's an inside joke)
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------ Rain after the fire ------
Surprise and horror filled the late teen's heart. The door slowly closed. Hearing his love scurry down the stairs, he sat on the white sheeted bed, mouth gaping, eyes widened to the size of fists. His lungs and other organs couldnÕt work properly. Thoughts were gone from his head. There was no tears in his eyes but somewhere deep in his aching chest, weeping echoed. Vomit pushed its way to Yami's mouth. An invisible force inside of the Pharaoh pulled him up and dragged him to the bathroom. As if drugged heavily, the dark made his way in front of the sink.
The bitter sweetness of the bile tickled the back of Yami's throat. It didn't want to come out. The feeling of the pressure from the vomit was beating in the dark's temples. After waiting several moments, the vomit was still there. Getting impatient, Yami sighed and opened his mouth. He put his index and middle fingers into his ajar lips and pushed the two as far as he could reach. In no time, Yami gagged and removed his hand, placing it onto the side of the porcelain sink. The dark felt himself being cleansed of some wickedness as the throw up exited him. When he was done, the dark calmly turned the handle of the faucet and let the water flow a bit, cleaning the bowl of the foul smelling liquid. Then, he cupped his hands under the water and rinsed his mouth out. He did it all mechanically since his normal, human brain functions weren't passing through the cerebrum.
Wiping his mouth with his bony hands, Yami looked up to see himself in the mirror. The sight of this... monster disgusted him. This person broke a promise to himself. To keep the love of his life safe, especially from him. But the dark had smashed the promise. He had hurt the boy in such a way that was just downright evil. He hadn't meant to, but still.
Rage filling him as he stared at the crimson eyed beast in front of him, Yami made a fist and swung at the mirror with the utmost amount of strength he could muster. Pieces of the glass fell into the sink in little, impossible shapes. An intricate web of cracks was left on the once smooth surface. Yami brought his hand to his face. Slivers of silvery mirror were implanted in his knuckles. Blood ringed the cuts. Watching in childish awe, the dark pulled out a thunder shaped shard. More thick blood oozed out of the wound. It somewhat exhilarated the Pharaoh. Yami yanked more and more fragments of glass out, faster as he went along. By this time, many, different streams of blood curved into each other, spilling onto the counter. The dark trembled with enjoyment. After taking out most of the shards out, Yami felt disappointed. The blood would soon stop.
A thought came into the teen's mind. He searched the sink for the largest sliver he could find. He picked one out that looked like a star cut out by a kinder gardener. The dark put the sharpest point to his wrist. As he gazed upon his movements with wide, gore-happy eyes. Yami pushed down on his skin. A gruesome sound filled his ears as he cut into the skin. But that didnÕt stop the male. He only pushed harder in. The Pharaoh moaned with glee. But the ecstasy was soon gone and pain crept in. Yami frowned. He tapped his foot, thinking of what he could do to return to cloud nine. Smiling, the dark brought the red-stained shard and cut himself again, deeper. He cut himself three more times. He stopped sadly because he felt rather woozy. In his lightheadedness, Yami remembered why he was in the bathroom, what happened before and why he punched the mirror. The teen began to wail loudly, his head beginning to pound due to the lack of blood. He was a terrible person who shouldn't trouble anyone else any longer. An idea crawled into his mind. It repulsed him at first, but Yami couldn't help but want it. Yami, still clutching the sliver of mirror, brought his hand to his neck, right onto of the jugular. He felt the pumping in the vein slow down. The dark lightly put the point into his skin right next to the thick vein. It started to bleed. All he needed to do was push hard into his skin and twisted his neck. That's all. He took one more breath, getting ready. Yami pushed in.
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"What are you doing?" Keith only laughed as he pulled the entrance of the length open. In an instant, Yugi felt the long, thick, highly decorative handle of the weapon enter him, part of the blade as well. Yugi screamed as blood began to exit his manhood. Something inside the light's mind slipped.
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/ AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH/ A bloodcurdling scream filled Yami's head. He dropped the piece of mirror. In his blood deprived state, he didn't remember about the link.
( What the hell? Why is my mind scream- Wait... Oh, no. /) Yami's rubies widened as he thought of the link.
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Something inside the light's mind slipped. Whatever it was, Yugi quickly got it back.
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/ Yugi! Yugi! What's wrong/ Yami said, but Yugi had closed the link. The dark started to panic. / Yugi! Yugi! Yugi/ Yami screamed, putting all his strength into pushing on the link, trying to open it.
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His head started to feel like it was exploding from the inside.
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Yami couldn't breathe. What was happening to his little love? He snapped out of his wooziness. A tug pulled on Yami's heart. The dark pushed the door open and ran down the hall to the apartment door. He almost tumbled down the stairs, jumping down the last six steps. He yanked the Game Shop door open and was about to run when he bumped straight into a tall person.
"Yo, Yami. Where's..." Joey looked down at the frantic teen trying to make his way past the blonde standing in the doorway. "What's wrong?"
"Move!" Yami yelled. He raised his hand to push the puppy-faced teen but a brunette grabbed his wrist.
"What the hell is wrong with you, Yami?" Seto said beside his boyfriend. Yami yelped as the CEO touched his new cuts. Seto's eyes widened as he felt the red liquid between his fingers. "What the fuck? Yami, what happened?"
"Let go!" Yami screamed, pulling is arm to try to get away. The brunette grabbed the Pharaoh's chin to restrain him.
Seto's aqua eyes fell onto the wound on the dark's neck. "Yami, what the hell is this?"
"LET GO!"
"What's wrong, Yami?" Joey asked. frighten.
"Somethings fucking wrong with Yugi. I have to go to him!"
"What?" Seto's grasp loosen. The dark took the opportunity and escaped the hold. Without looking back, Yami bolted in the direction his feet wanted. He heard one of his two friends attempt to follow. But even though their legs were a lot longer and they were better runners, Yami soon couldn't hear any more footfalls. He ran, his soul, rather than his brain, leading him.
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Yami halted in front of an alleyway. His blood had clotted a bit, so he was bleeding a lot less. Sweat mixed with Yami's blood, making his skin prickle. The dark turned look into the passage. An eerie feeling ran its finger down his spine. The teen walked into the space. The scent of urine, rum, musk and... blood filled his nose. Yami couldn't breathe. He knew his love was near.
"Yugi? Love, are you here?" Yami said, looking around for any sign of the hikari. his crimson eyes landed on a lumpy, rigid figure lying next to the brick wall of one of the buildings making the alleyway. The dark ran over to it, bracing himself for anything.
With each step, Yami saw more of his light. It was horrible. The boy was bleeding profusely. Flies buzzed around his body, landing on his purple chest. His pants and boxers were wet and pulled down to his knees. The button-up he wore was ripped open. When the dark reached his love, he fell to his knees. He snaked his arms around the boy, pulling his body into an embrace. Yami saw the hikari's face. Whatever wasn't covered in blood was bruised. Yami felt hot tears run from his face as he pushed a blood soaked bang from his love's face. "Yugi... Wake up..." He whispered. The Pharaoh sounded much like a child pleading with his parent. "Love... Wake up... Come on, my little love... Please... I love you... I can't live without you..." Yami wept, cradling his light.
Soon, the dark heard sirens from the beginning of the alley. There was lots of yelling and foot steps. Yami didnÕt pay any attention to them. There was people coming toward him. A splash came from his side. "Pharaoh..." A soft voice huffed beside. "Let him go... The ambulance will help him... Let him go..." Yami looked into the gray eyes above him. The dark listened to the voice. The tall person grabbed the stiff boy quickly. A second later, more people came. Things happened around the kneeling dark, who only looked down at his hands. Someone tenderly put one arm under Yami's armpit and pulled him up. "It'll be okay now, Pharaoh... It'll be okay." The white haired teen said next to the dark, leading him into the ambulance. He handed Yami off to an man in a hospital uniform. "It'll be okay..."
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A/N: I know that this chapter started to suck after Yami hears the scream through the link. And just to clear up what happened, when Keith put the knife into Yugi, Yugi screamed through the link. That was what slipped. The headache Yugi had was Yami pushing on the link, trying to communicate. And Yami and Yugi have a special bond that allows Yami to 'find out' where he is. Hope you liked the title of the chapter. It has a total of two meanings. I'm so happy I got a multi-meaning title. DonÕt give up on me because my chapters are getting sucker and sucker. a reviewer wanted me to say this, my story rocks.