Chapter 4: I Know How You Feel
Malik spent the next week at the museum and helped Isis with chores around the house. Sleep came hard to him each night. His dreams haunting him and he never got more then two hours of sleep. He tried get more sleep during the day, but the dream of losing Kaya just came back to have him awake yet again.
"Malik…" Kaya asked worried about her brother. "What's been bothering you for the past few days?"
"Nothing…Kaya…" He lied trying to cover up what was really wrong.
"I know that there's something wrong…And I really wanna know what it is…"
"Kaya…You really DON'T need to know what is wrong." He said demanding
"Whatever…Big Brother…" She said before she left to their room.
I almost lost you, Kaya…"He said before he broke down into tears. "If I didn't save you…you would have died."
FLASHBACK
"KAYA! GET OUT OF HERE NOW!" Malik yelled through the fire as he pushed Kaya through an opening before a flaming beam fell on top of him.
"NIISAN!" Kaya yelled, looking towards her brother.
"KAYA! NOW! FORGET ABOUT ME! SAVE YOURSELF!" He yelled; his vision becoming dark.
The last thing he heard was Kaya yelling out his name
END FLASHBACK
Marik walked up to Malik and sat next to him on the sofa. "What's wrong…Love?" He said as he put his arm around his hikari, and pulled him close to his body.
Malik broke down in tears. "Marik…I almost lost Kaya in that stupid fire…" He said in between sobs.
Marik held Malik to his chest tightly. "Hush…Hikari-love…It's okay…I'm here to protect you."
Malik cried into Marik's black shirt. "I almost…lost her!"
"You did the right thing in choosing her life over yours, Little One." The yami said as he stroked his hikari's hair. "I know how you feel…"
"Bullshit! You're not the one who almost lost their sister!" Malik yelled before he stormed off.
"Hikari…" Marik called out to Malik as tears began to form in his eyes.
He knew how his hikari felt. He had lost a sister. He looked down at the golden ankh around his neck. He would never forget what that meant to him.
"Hikari…I wanna help…but you won't let me…"
Little did they know that Kaya was listening in the whole time.