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Yami's POV
Yami was in his soul room wondering wether or not to wake up Yugi. The boy had not been in a very good mood lately, so Yami had left him alone. But by not spending time with Yugi Yami had little else to do. He grumbled to himself, glaring at nothing in particular.
He put a hand to his throat, feeling the cut that was raggedly healing. Yugi's throat had gotten infected and so he had to stay in the hospital for another week. Which was driving him insane. Then he had refused to talk to Yami.
Yami had the better end of it. By staying in the puzzle, it's magical energies stopped him from getting infected. Yami had offered for them to switch places so Yugi could rest but he had refused, and shut him out.
But Yami wasn't stupid. He knew why Yugi was refusing to talk to him. It was because of his dead brother Hirosuki. Ever since Yugi had met him on his would've be deathbed had Hirosuki not saved him, Yugi had fallen into a depressed state.
Yami continued to glare at nothing until the silence became too much. /Yugi./ He called. The only response he got was Yugi waking up and then continuing to ignore him.
Fed up with the silent treatment, Yami left the puzzle and appeared next to Yugi's bed, frowning down at Yugi in frustration. "Why won't you talk to me?"
Yugi turned his head and sighed through his nose.
Yami's eyes narrowed. "If it's something I did you can tell me."
Yugi tensed, curling into a ball. /Go away Yami./
But Yami didn't leave. He was determined to get answers and if he had to annoy Yugi then fine. "I won't. Tell me what's going on. Did your brother tell you anything else? Something you can't tell me?"
A quiet /No./ was heard.
Yami threw up his hands in exasperation. "Yugi for the love of god tell me what's wrong!"
Yugi sat up and glared as best he could at Yami. /You want me to tell you?/ Yami facepalmed himself. "Yes!"
Yugi fidgeted. /Fine. I don't want to be here Yami. I want to be at home. With my Grandpa. And my mom. I want to stop worrying for my friends. I want to stop thinking I'll get killed in my sleep.
And I wish you knew more about your past so we could get rid of that jerk Yami Bakura./
Yami blinked as Yugi stopped his ranting and rubbed his eyes, sniffling.
"Yugi. I'm sorry. If only I knew more...but I don't. Trust me it's very frustrating for me. I'll try my hardest to keep you and your friends safe okay? So stop crying you're making me upset!"
Yugi rubbed his eyes furiously then sighed. /You're right. I'm sorry for ignoring you the past few days. I wish I had my brother here to help me./
Yami sat down on the bed, putting a hand on Yugi's head and ruffling his hair. "You may not have Hirosuki but you have me..." Yugi threw his arms around Yami, startling the spirit. /Thank you./
Yami smiled. "Anytime. Partner."
End Of Chapter Twenty Three