Chapter 14: Movement
Yami woke up the next morning. He felt better and he wasn't exhausted anymore but he was sure that his blood was still recovering. He looked down at Yugi and gave a small smile. His hikari looked so cute!
Yugi stirred slightly and opened his eyes. He looked up at Yami with confusion. Yugi still felt exhausted and everything hurt. It was just a dull pain but still, it hurt.
"Sorry, did I wake you?" Yami asked running his fingers through Yugi's hair.
"No, you didn't wake me." Yugi replied hugging Yami as Yami continued to run his fingers through Yugi's hair. The two were interrupted a few minutes later by the doctor who was in charge.
She gave the two a warm smile and Yami returned the smile. "Well, I can tell that you guys have a strong relationship."
Yugi blushed slightly and Yami smiled pecking Yugi on the cheek causing Yugi to blush even more. The doctor had an amused look on her face. She didn't have any problem with this but others might have.
"Call me Dr. Frost." She said warmly and Yami nodded. "I'm sorry to interrupt you but I need to have Yugi move around a little bit."
"What do you mean?" Yami asked sitting up.
"Well, I don't want the muscles and tissue to heal all stiff. Also, it isn't healthy for him to be just laying in bed since he was shot in the stomach (A/N: I have no idea about any of this. I read about it in a fanfiction but other than that, I got nothing so please don't judge be about my horrible doctoring skills)." Dr. Frost explained.
"I see," Yami replied glancing down at Yugi. "So what does he have to do?"
"First, we need to get him to sit up and we will go from there." Dr. Frost replied and Yami nodded. He got off the bed and looked at Yugi.
"Okay, listen hikari, in order to heal properly, you need to move around. So for starters, you need to sit up." Yami said softly. The look of horror instantly took over Yugi's eyes and Yami gave Yugi a reassuring smile. "Don't worry, I'm going to be here with you and help you. You don't have to do this alone."
"Put your hands underneath his back and give him support." Dr. Frost ordered and Yami nodded. He slid his hands underneath Yugi's back and made sure not to touch any of the gashes on his back from the whip.
"Ready?" Dr. Forest asked and Yugi nodded. Yami then proceeded to help Yugi sit up. But Yugi couldn't take it, it hurt so much. His stomach felt like it was being ripped open. He let out a cry of pain.
"I know it hurts but you need to keep moving." Dr. Frost said apologetically.
Yugi put his hands on the bed and held himself up still using Yami for support.
"Stop..." He whimpered weakly. Yami looked at Dr. Frost and she gave a tiny nod. Yami sat on the bed behind Yugi still supporting him.
"You're doing great hikari, just a little bit more." Yami whispered softly. Yugi only nodded feeling to much pain to reply.
"Alright, keep going." Dr. Frost said after two minutes. Yami gave his support to Yugi and soon enough Yugi was sitting up. Yami turned his back to Yugi's back and felt Yugi lean against his back.
"Is that all?" Yami asked looking over his shoulder at Dr. Frost. She seemed to think for a few moments before looking up at Yami.
"That's all. Now, carefully lay back down on your back." Dr. Frost ordered. Yami moved but still sat at the edge of the bed with a hand on Yugi's back and another hand on Yugi's bandaged chest. He then carefully lay Yugi back down and looked back over at Dr. Frost.
"I'll leave. I have to check on some other patience anyways." She said and then left. Yami turned back to Yugi and saw that Yugi was panting and seemed to have a hard time breathing.
"Shh, it's okay hikari. Everything will be okay now. Just calm down," Yami whispered as he lay back down next to his exhausted hikari.
"Thanks..." Yugi whispered out and Yami nodded.
"No problem my beautiful hikari," Yami whispered softly and kissed Yugi on the forehead. "Try to get some sleep now. You're exhausted as it is." Yugi nodded and snuggled up close to Yami's chest and Yami wrapped his arms protectively around Yugi.
An hour had passed but Yami hadn't fallen asleep. He wasn't tired and if he was he couldn't be able to sleep. He looked up when he heard the door open and saw a nurse.
"I have a question," Yami asked quietly making sure that he didn't wake up his hikari.
The nurse noticed that Yugi was asleep and nodded her head telling Yami to go on.
"When will he be able to leave?"
"Well, it depends on how fast he recovers," The nurse whispered back checking Yugi's IV. "It might take three days at the most."
Yami nodded and ran his fingers through Yugi's hair. He thought about what day it would be for Yugi to return home. Yami thought about it for a few seconds and found out that Yugi would be able to go home on Saturday. Yami instantly got worried. Yugi's parents could be home on Saturday!
Yami watched as the nurse left the room closing the door behind her. Yami tightened his grip on Yugi and pulled him closer. Yami wished that he could do something about Yugi's parents but he couldn't. He had also promised that he wouldn't tell anyone about them either.