Chapter 7

Shouldn't You Be Laughing Too?

Opening his eyes he shot straight up. He sharply turned his head and looked around the room. It was still dark, because there were no windows. Sitting in the dark Yugi slowly calmed down when the memories of yesterday sunk in. Walking up to the door he slowly unlocked it. He made his way down to his class room. It was eerie and too quite. The halls were empty and it was dark since it was so early in the morning. He reached the room and was surprised to find it open. Walking inside he looked at the empty room. He sighed and walked over to the teacher's desk. Placing the key on it he took a pen and a post it note and wrote something on it and stuck it over the key. He walked over to the window and climbed out and walked into the streets.

Trudging down the street he was lost in his thoughts when some one roughly grabbed him and slammed him against the wall.

"Listen kid. Give my all your money and I'll let you go." The masked man said gruffly.

"Let go of me you over grown monkey!" Yugi struggled, and mentally slapped himself for not paying attention. "Damn it you bastard!" The man smiled and ruffled through the boy's pockets. All he found was some crushed bags of food. Holding the boy's hands above his head he smirked through the hole in the mask.

"Well if you don't have any I know something else you can give me." He said in a husky voice. The boy struggled harder and only received a hard smack to the face. Blood trickled down the boy's split lips. The man's smirked widened as he reached down the boy's pants.

"Let go! You damn idiot!" Yugi kicked the man in the groan. The man gasped and slammed the boy's head against the brick wall before falling to the ground in pain. Inhaling sharply Yugi ran. His head swam and his vision blurred as he half ran half stumbled down the streets. He saw an on coming car's headlights. He raised a hand to block the lights from his eyes like a visor. He knew he couldn't get out of the way. If the car hit he was hoping it would kill him. The car swerved to a stop and a man got out. Yugi slumped to his knees and was falling forward, eyes rolling to the back of his head.

"Yugi!" The tri haired man shouted and caught the boy before he hit the ground. He saw the blood, seeping from a deep wound in the back of his head; drip down his the back of his neck. He also noticed the boy's pants were undone. Sighing, he quickly picked the light boy up and carried him to his car. He sped to the hospital. All the way to the hospital he kept talking to Yugi hoping the boy would respond or at least wake up and yell at him. All of a sudden he missed the boy's screaming. "Yugi please open your eyes." Yami begged. He was so worried at the look of peacefulness on the child's face. It looked like he was dead.

Rushing him inside the hospital he watched as they hurried him on a stretcher and run him inside. Nervously he sat down and wrote a witness sheet, and how he knew the boy. Setting it to the side, when he was finished, he sat there and picked at his fingers. He sighed and stood up. Knowing he had a class that started in a half hour he walked to the desk. Handing the nurse the paper he said he'd be back later. She nodded smiling.

Slowly walking to his car he got in and turned on the engine. He saw the blood puddle where Yugi's head once was and bit his lip. When he got to school he cleaned his seat and ran to his class, since he was late. Walking over to his desk he saw a note over his key. Picking up the note he read it. It said 'You shouldn't have done that. - Regards Yugi'. Yami smiled to himself and folded up the note and placed it in his pocket. He started his class but the tri haired boy was the only thing on his mind. He kept replaying the scene. As Yugi's bloody face went blank before he fell to his knees. The peacefulness of his expression. His undid pants. 'Shit!' Yami thought. 'Please Ra no! I really hope it wasn't that man before.' Dread filled Yami. 'Had I caused this?'

After school he rushed over to the hospital.

"Um...Do you know which room Yugi Jikari is in? I brought him in here early in the morning." The nurse nodded and looked it up on her computer.

"Yes, Yugi. Room C 23. Third floor. The elevator is right around that corner." She said gently pointing to the corner.

"Thank you." Yami said and turned sharply towards the corner. Speed walking around the corner and jogged over to the elevators. Pushing the up arrow he waited. "Come on. Come on." He chanted until an elevator rang and opened. Sighing he walked up to it. Walking inside he pushed the 3rd floor button and waited listening to the quite music. It didn't help calm his nerves. As he was about to walk out he saw a gruff looking man march down the hall. It was Yugi's uncle. His uncle looked angry as he walked past Yami into the elevator next to his. Stepping outside the elevator he walked over to room C 23.

"That damn man set the boy off!" A doctor yelled as he ran past Yami. "Fred! Call the front desk to make sure he isn't allowed back in here!" A security guard nodded and radioed to the front desk officer and told him to tell the front office clerk about the man. Yami walked up to the room and looked through the mirror. He saw two nurses trying to calm down the restrained boy.

"Stop moving. You're only going to make your self sick, or injure your self further. Calm down the sedatives should help you rest." A nurse said soothingly.

"Fuck you! I don't want to sleep!" The boy struggled against the restraints and a hint fear glared in his eyes as he resisted sleep. His back arched as he tried to pull away. "Don't make me go to sleep! God damn it! Don't!" Yugi tried to resist and his movements became sluggish. Yugi went limp on the bed and deeply inhaled. His eyes drooped. "Da-mn." He muttered as he closed his eyes and his head fell to the side. Heaving on last sigh the boy fell into the force induced sleep.

Yami watched shocked. He really didn't want to go to sleep. Walking over to the door the nurses smiled. One nurse left the room.

"Are you the father?"

"Uh-No. I'm his teacher. I came to see how he was. I was the one who brought him." They smiled gently and nodded for him to enter. The nurse looked at his charts.

"It looks like he has a nasty wound on the back of his head. No broken bones. His skull wasn't chipped at all, which surprised us by how deep the wound was. His eye sight seemed to be fine when they check him earlier. No internal bleeding of the brain. He had to have stitches on his lip. He is malnourished and needs a lot of sleep, but we'll fix that right up. That's about all." Yami nodded slowly.

"No sign of umm..."

"Of what urm-"

"Yami. Yami Moto." The nurse nodded and held out her hand.

"Pleased to meet you, Yami. I'm Shirley." Yami smiled and shook her hand. "Now what was it you wanted to know?"

"Um...well when I found him...his pants were undone." The nurse smiled.

"We saw that too. No sign of any sexual contact. I guess the boy had quick thinking and got away before anything of the sort happened." Sighing he slumped his shoulders.

"Thank Ra."

"Here sit. I'm sure he'd like the company." Yami nodded and sat down next to Yugi in a black cushioned chair. "I'll leave you. Any problems or questions please don't hesitate to ask." Closing the door she smiled at them through the window and closed the curtain, to give them privacy. Yami smiled and placed his hand over Yugi's tiny calloused hand.

"Hey Yugi." He said softly. He looked at the boy's bandaged head and his torn lip. "I really hope that wasn't the man who I stopped." Gently he rubbed the boy's fingers. "Why do you have to be like this?" Sighing he took out the note Yugi wrote him and just read it over and over again.

Aww...Yami likes Yugi! Yeah! But will Yugi like Yami? Hmm...I guess we'll have to find out later!

Thank You!

Masami Mistress Of Fire

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