I'm sorry Shun me baby ;w; I'm not trying to make you a bad guy I promise.~
but I hope everyone loves this chapter. Things are running slowly but alot will happen in the next chapter~

Chapter 2

Yuto awoke the next morning to the loud, but smooth melody of an alarm that came from his duel disk. It was meant to wake him more gently as using an alarm that might snap him awake probably wasn't the best for someone who, there was a good chance, probably suffered from some form of PTSD. His eyes cracked open sleepily, starring at the blurry wall in front of him. It was time to get up again. . .but he. . .felt comfty. . .and warm. . .did he really have to get up. . .? No, he knew he did, he had to help out. . . Yuto made to roll onto his back, though he froze when he met an immediate resistance. Huh? Yuto peeked over his shoulder, seeing Yuya cuddled into him. He blushed. When did that happen? Did he mean to do that? Yuto blushed alittle heavier, looking back towards the wall again. His alarm would probably wake Yuya, right? Then he's move on his own? Yuto wasn't sure how to handle this situation exactly. He'd survived the Fusion Invasion for three years, but this. This was new to him; both his mind and heart were racing.

Yuya heard the alarm and opened his eyes staring at skin. He wondered what it was before he fully woke up and saw that he had somehow moved against Yuto. He hoped that Yuto hadn't woken up to notice but the alarm was quite loud so he could've woken up, " Yuto?" He asked to check and see if the other was awake before quickly moving away to give the other duelist more space, " I-if you're awake i'm sorry. . ." He apologized as he blushed madly. He hoped it didn't make the other mad or weirded out. It was what he did in his sleep - for some odd reason he did it - and maybe he could tell Yuto that. He had felt warm and comfty and really he didn't want to get up or stop cuddling against the other, but he knew they needed to get up soon so they could go and help out again today.

Yuto hesitated though; he wasn't sure if he should reveal that he was awake and aware, but the apologetic tone in Yuya's voice tugged at his heart strings. Yuto carefully sat himself up, looking down at Yuya, his cheeks still flushed as well, " No it. . .it's fine. I just didn't expect it." He explained, trying to sort out his own feelings at the same time, his eyes shifting off the other boy almost shyly. He ran a hand through his bangs as if it would get rid of some of the embarassment he felt, though it didn't exactly have that effect. At the very least his heart was still racing and he absent mindly put a hand over it, " Just. . .surprised." he clarified, though he wasn't sure if it was to Yuya or to himself.

Yuya felt bad of course and thought maybe he should explain, " I do it in my sleep for some odd reason. I wouldn't personally make you feel uncomfortable." He said. His hair sticking out in all kinds of directions so he ran his hand through it trying to fix it but it for some reason didn't want to stay fixed to it's normal style, " Want me to leave the room so you can change?" He suggested. He didn't mind to; of course; this was Yuto's bedroom after all so he shouldn't have to make the other leave. He knew Yuto didn't mind who goes where to change though. He wondered what Yuto meant by 'just surprised' but he guessed he was trying to calm his heart race down a tad bit. Yuya's was beating rapidly and face was just as red as a. . .well a tomato.

The other duelist shook his head, " It wasn't uncomfortable I promise Yuya." He urged him quickly, feeling the need to strike that thought out of his head. He definitely noticed Yuya's red face, though figured out that it might be from embarassment. He tried to relax himself. He found it frazzling, but no doubt it was much worse for Yuya. That had to be embarrassing waking up like that. He took in a calming breath, then set a hand on Yuya's shoulder, attempting to give him what he hoped looked like a reassuring smile. He was still frazzled himself, " It's ok Yuya. I'm not against it. If that's what you do in your sleep then. . .then that's fine. I can think of much worse things to wake up to." He noted to him, hoping that it helped him calm down abit. Yuto reached over to Yuya to finally shut off his alarm, carefulling climbing over him to get off the bed, " It's fine I can go. I don't think I even told you where the bathroom was, did I? And if you accidently walked in on Ruri getting dressed, then Shun really WILL have a problem with you." He joked, giving a light laugh. He was feeling his embarrassment subsiding, though the warmth and butterflies hadn't left him just yet. Maybe he was just hungry. Hopefully he wasn't sick, " I'll be back, then i'll show you where the bathroom is for next time." He offered him.

Yuya smiled as he took a deep breath trying to relax. He was happy that Yuto accepted that about him and was ok with it once the two calmed down about the issue. Now that he thought about it Yuto never did show him the bathroom. He giggled, " That would be bad if I did walk in on her. He would flip me the bird or even worse." He said glad things were lightening up even if it was just alittle, " Ok." he said with a nod as he watched Yuto walk out closing the door behind him. He took off the pajamas and got in his normal clothes before looking at his duel disk treating it as a mirror to try and fix his hair. Once it finally went into it's normal style he put his goggles ontop of his head and put on his necklace, " There that's better." He said, before he opening the door.

He walked to the bathroom to get changed, getting into his usual button up and black pants combo, though for today he decided to forget about the cape. He loved it but he felt sudden concern that it might get in his way. Yuto fixed up his hair at least back to it's usual wild style before heading back to his room and walking inside, " Are you ready? I'll show you where the bathroom is, then we can head out. I imagine they're probably serving breakfest in the square. Are you hungry?" He asked.

" Oh yeah i'm ready." He said with a smile as his stomach growled with hunger, " I guess that answers your question." He giggled softly as he waited for Yuto to take the lead. He remember that he should call his mom or even Yuzu later to check up on them. Yuzu would be worried but his mom would understand that this was important to him and that he was gonna be here everyday until they fix Heartland. Yuto led Yuya out of the house with him, heading back towards the square.

" I'll be helping out with the construction team today, so if you're doing the door ro door delivery again, we'll have to find someone else to lead you around. Of course, you can always join me if you want to. Not every part of it involves heavy lifting after all. Whichever job you'd prefer would help out alot." He assured him. He wondered where Ruri would be that day. He could always ask if she could help take Yuya around. As long as he was safe, that's what mattered to him.

Yuya followed him back to the square, " Anything will do as long as i'm helping out. I don't mind to help with the construction team that will be fine with me. I just didn't want to try lifting anything heavy and mess up something." He added, " Oh would it be ok if I call my mom?" He questioned as the other nodded.

" Oh yeah go ahead, but don't you need to go back to your dimension first?" He asked crossing his arms, but he wasn't surprised if there was some new cross dimension calling system Akaba Reiji developed. He always seemed to be one step ahead with everything.

" Reiji created it to help us keep in contact now that we can go to other dimensions." He explained, " He was prepared I should say." He laughed, " See watch." He said as Yuto nodded and watched him grab out his duel disk and touch the screen as it popped up, " As long as that person has a duel disk and you know their number you can call." He said as he hit the contact under the name 'Mom' and touched it having it begin to ring.

Soon enough his mom answered, " Hey Yuya, it's finally good to hear from you." She said crossing her arms, " But I understand you're busy helping out and I can't help but worry about you." She said before looking over, " Oh Yuto-kun it's good to see you too!~" She exclaimed happily.

" Sorry I forgot Mom to tell you I was staying. Yuto let me stay at him place." He explained.

" I hope you're not causing trouble for him?" She asked looking at her son as Yuto listened to them before stepping in.

" Hey Mrs. Sakaki." He replied politely, " I assure you, Yuya had been nothing but a wonderful help to us. We all really appreciate him being here. I'm sorry to keep you away from your son like this." He continued giving her a apologetic smile. He knew this was Yuya's conversation, so he shouldn't really be butting in, but he felt the need to stress how pleased he was that he was there with him. . .them. There with them.

Yuya's mother smiled brightly, " Oh it's not problem at all. I know how much it means to Yuya and everyone in Heartland to come together to rebuild your home. If he gets to be too much Yuto, feel free to send him back home." She said, " Yuya i'll let you go so you can get back to work. But if you stay another night please call. Try to call Yuzu later as well; she was angry to know that you didn't come home or call but I managed to straighten it out with her." She said, " I love you Yuya." She said.

" I love you too Mom." He said as she hung up, " Shall we get something to eat then start the day?" He asked looking at Yuto. Yuto smiled at his Standard counterpart; Yuya was lucky to have a nice mom like that. Though it made his mind start to think too hard about his own situation in the parent department. He didn't exactly remember his parent's faces or anything about them.

He shook his head to get the thought out of his head, " Yes, let's see what there is to eat." He encouraged, heading toward the square with the other, " Looks like scrambled eggs and canned fruit." He noted when they got closer, able to pick up on the scent of eggs and spotting the stack of cans. Which made sense. They would need protein to keep going and fruit to get the nutrients they needed. Canned fruit was of course loaded with sugar too, but beggers couldn't be choosers. Though honestly, Yuto figured a bit of sugar would be good for them anyway. It was still much better than the scavenging from before. Yuto got them both a plate, then offered one to Yuya before guiding him to a place to sit down.

Yuya couldn't help think about Yuto's parents, did he know them or did they leave his life, " It had it's perks you know. She thinks of you, Ruri and Shun like children. Same with Yugo, Rin, Selena; hell even Yuuri." He said and shrugged, " Food sounds good though." He said as he took the plat from Yuto, " Thank you." He thanked as they both sat down. He began to wonder where Shun and Ruri were but guessed they already started to work. He took a forkful of some of the scrambled egg into his mouth. He didn't see them at the house so he just guessed they already had started.

" Yes I do remember her passion for taking in strays." He mused remembering all of the assorted animals at Yuya's house.

Yuya chuckled, " Yup that's my mom ladies and gentlemen, but now she's taken in more of them. We found a small black kitten and i've started taking care of it. It stays in my room most of the time." He said. Yuto smiled at the thought of Yuya taking care of a small kitten. He would. It just seemed like such a sweet thought.

" Hopefully your mom is taking care of it for you while you're here." He said.

" She is. I still need to pick a name for him." He said with a smile, " So i'm guessing Shun and Ruri already started their work for today?" He asked looking at the Xyz duelist who just happened to share his face.

" Shun always starts extra early. He probably works harder than anyone else. If you think i'm too strict with work for myself, Shun is on a whole different level. Ruri started getting up with him to supervise just in case he gets hurts working alone. She doesn't start her work untill later though." He explained simply, " She says she needs her wake up time before she could start anyway. Shun doesn't really seem to mind." He shrugged, " If you're coming with me, you'll probably see Shun for sure. I'm not sure where Ruri is working today though."

" Ah I see; that's good hopefully Shun doesn't work himself too bad." He said, " I think I should be ok. I mean he's gonna be working and so will I." He added with a smile as he took another fight.

" I don't let Shun work himself too much. If I think he needed a break, I'll make him take one whether he wants to or not." He stated firmly. His relationship with Shun was definitely different than his relationship with Yuya, but he felt like Yuya would listen to him if he told him to take a break whereas Shun. . .MIGHT listen to him. . .or he might need some forceful encouragement.

Yuya giggled softly, " I can see you doing that to be honest. Arguing with Shun about breaks and if anything fist fighting; but you don't see to be the fighter type unless you had too of course. That or Ruri would simply step in and grab Shun by the ear and lecture him until he would take a break." He said imagining it; Ruri just pinching her older brother's ear until he told her he would take a break. He understood that Shun wanted to make Heartland better but working himself possibly to death wasn't the best idea. Yuto shrugged slightly; he had at one point nearly gotten in a fist fight with Shun because of working but it was only once and nothing really happened. Things had got heated and things were said then Ruri showed up and lectured them both.

" Fighting isn't my kind of thing really, but if I can get in one good punch to the gut, then that's all I really need to do. So if it gets to that, I would prefer to do it that way." He explained simply, setting his now empty plate aside and opening the can of fruit, " I had to do it once in your dimension when Shun got too excited thinking Yuzu was Ruri." He shook his head, " He's a good person, he just can get carried away sometimes."

" Now that I think about it Yuzu told me about that one time." He said trying to think it over abit, " I never could be violent when I was a kid. I was a happy kid but after my dad left kids began to pick on me saying my dad was a coward. Gonzenzaka actually stood up for me when this one bully and we became friends." He explained, " I would normally just let those kids say whatever they wanted even when I wanted to punch them but that isn't my thing." He added as he put his plate to the side, " I know Shun's a good person at heart. He only wanted to get revenge against the dimension that did all. . .this. He wanted to protect the two people who meant the world to him; both ending up to be taken away from him. . .and one of them just happened to be my fault." He said before shaking the thoughts out of his head, " But now You and Ruri are back." He kept reminding himself of that; that everything was better and they were back.

Yuto gave Yuya a sympathetic look, though he smiled at him too when he placed a hand on his shoulder, " Well i'm happu that you had a best friend to look out for you then too. But honestly, I know you don't like violence. It's once of the things I really like about you. For me, it's necessity only. If I can avoid a fight, I will. Not to say I would turn my back on someone who needed me if it was that or a fight." He shrugged, " But I don't attack unless myself or someone I care about is attacked first." He clarified before he look back down at the fruit cup in his hands, " Taken would imply that you took me somehow, but I made my choice. . .granted I didn't quite expect it to turn out like that, but I made my choice when I pushed you out of the way and took the attack. Honestly, if anything, it was Yugo's fault really. Although I know he and I don't exactly. . .understand each other very well." He mused. If felt like their entire relationship was based of misunderstandings and somehow, that kept seeming to happen even now. Just over smaller things, " I do feel bad for leaving Shun though. Leaving him all alone like that, but atleast, even if he didn't really think of all of you as friends, he wasn't really alone in it all." He smiled weakly. Yuto then shook his head, " Anyway, that's enough sad for now. Let's get to work and see if we can bring smiles instead, right?" He grinned to Yuya knowingly, offering him his hand.

The crimson-eyed duelist agreed with Yuto on all that he had said. His and Yugo's relationship was based on a misunderstanding; so was his and Yuto's. He even thought Yuto was the bad guy attacking Sora at first but then it turned out things were flipped. That was when Yugo appeared of his Duel Runner and attacked Yuto; which then attacked Yuya once he lost control of himself and Yuto took the hit for Yuya. Yuya would always be grateful to Yuto for taking to hit and owed him his life for it. Yuto couldn't help but leave Shun like he did; it wasn't what he had planned. But Yuto was right though, enough sadness and more smiles. He nodded and took the other's hand with a smile.

Yuto pulled Yuya to his feet, not immediately letting go of Yuya's hand. Something about contact with Yuya felt. . .comforting really. But he knew he had to focus, so he did let go, leading Yuya with him to the constructiom area where Shun was already hard at work with a few other people, some of which greeted Yuto and Yuya in a friendly manner before getting bacvk to work again and chatting to their work partner. He looked over at Yuya and smiled.

" This was once my elementary school. We're hoping if we can get it fixed quickly enough, some of the children can go back to learning. It'll be good especially for them, to have a little normality in their lifes again." He explained to Yuya. As said as it was to see his once cherished elementary school in ruins, right now he was just focused on what could be done to fix it instead. That was a better way to think about any of this. Not that it wasn't exhausting to try and keep up that none of this bothered him as much as it did.

Shun looked over to see the two duelists arrive before getting back to work. He was currently useing a hammer to nail in some nails so they could help stay in place. Hr had overheard Yuto explain to Yuya that it was the elementary school he went to when he was alittle kid. He remembered those days and hoped that it would go back to that way soon. Yuya happened to noticed Shun staring at them - at him more precisely with a glare - before going back to working on the roof of the building. Yuto had given him a short wave when he saw him looking their direction.

" Yeah hopefully once it's fixed; then the kids will be able to go back to school." He said, " It's actually fun even though I slept through class most of the time." He said with a giggle," So what is it that you want me to do?" He asked looking at his counterpart tilting his head. He didn't really know much about construction really.

" Hmm, well Shun's installing the roof, looks like that team over there is looking after plumbing. . .there's another team is looking at electricity. We could work on insulation. That's pretty light, although you'll need gloves. That stuff gets itchy pretty fast." He explained with a smile, " Then after we're done with that, we can work on installing the drywall ceiling tiles or the wood board panelling on the walls." He said. After a few buildings, he was starting to feel like he was getting the hang of things. Too bad being a craftsman didn't exactly interest him outside of rebuilding his own hometown. Yuto walked over to where the supplies were kept, getting Yuya a nice pair of thick glives and a helmet, putting that one on for him, " Oh and don't forget to put on your goggles too just in case." He said before getting a helmet, gloves and goggles for himself too. Yuya nodded in understanding as he took off the hat and placed it down so he could grab his goggles and out them over his eyes and put on the hat and gloves before waiting for Yuto. He didn't understand much of the words Yuto had said but he understood that they were working on insulation then soon after working on the drywall or wood board panelling on the walls. Shun would've waved back but he was alittle occupied at the moment. He had to hold up one side of the roof while another guy nailed the other side so it would stay.

Yuto got to work on the insulation with Yuya, occasionally having to stop and go help someone else with something quickly, whether it was steadying something or helping carry something or what have you. He felt like Yuya could probably handle the insulation if he had left him alone with it for brief moments, though that didn't stop his eyes from constantly moving back to the entertainment duelist. It was a construction site and, although they did good work, technically the majority were amateurs. Of course, concern for Yuya's well being was the only reason his eyes kept wandering back to Yuya, but that part of it he wasn't entirely aware of at all times. He captured his attention so easily and so strongly.

" Shit! YUTO watch out!" Someone yelled from behind him. Unfortunately, Yuto didn't snap to attention quite as fast as he might have normally, whirling around just in time for one of the wooden beams to crack him on the head. It was lucky for him that he had been wearing his helmet, though the shock and the force to the hit had been dizzying enough to make him drop to his knees, vision blurry and head throbbing. Yuya had been working on the insulation in another spot with someone else when he heard a scream and turned immediately to see Yuto get hit in the head by the wooden beam. He had fell to his kness and immediately Yuya ran towards Yuto.

" Yuto are you ok!?" He asked worried, he was glad Yuto was wearing his helmet so he didn't get hurt too bad, but he might have a concussion from the blow to the head, " Please talk to me!" He asked with almost a sob.

Yuto was still reeling a bit, trying to blink back his vision and away the dizziness. He slid a hand up under his helmet to hold his head, the helmet getting pushed back in the process, " Yeah. . ." He replied, still in a partial daze.

The man who had made the yell quickly got down from where he was to rush over to him, " Yuto i'm so sorry!" He apologized quickly, " Are you ok? You don't look ok. Do you have a concussion?" He asked quickly, clearly feeling bad about what had happen, " Maybe someone should take you home for today." He decided before turning to face the direction Shun was in, " HEY SHUN!" He called over to him, expecting he would be quick to respond in this case.

" I-i'm. . .i'm ok." Yuto attempted, " Just alittle dizzy. The helmet helped. I can keep going." He said.

" No Yuto, maybe you should call it a day. So you can get better." He said as Shun walked in after hearing his name.

" What happened?" He asked seeing Yuto on the floor and Yuya next to him, " Yuto what happened?" He asked more directly before glaring up at Yuya. He ran over and picked Yuya up by his collar, " Did you do this?" He asked angerily as Yuya flinched.

" N-no I didn't do it! I promise I would never hurt a friend." He said scared as he looked down at Shun's angry face.

" Shun." In a semi-warning tone was all Yuto could manage. He was having a tough time thinking right then. That was when the man who had called for Shun stepped up.

" It was me." The man interjected, " I lost my frip on the wooden beam and it struck him. I think he might have a concussion with how he's acting." He offered up his two cents on the matter, " Maybe you or Yuya could take him home. If he's got a concussion, he's probably too dizzy to walk on his own right now." He said looking at Shun then at Yuya, " I'm so sorry, this is all my fault not Yuya's. But i'm alittle surprised. It's not that i'm making excuses or anything but Yuto usually moves alitter faster than that."

Yuto just massaged his temple and listened to them. He didn't want to stop, but the possibility of him having a concussion meant it could be dangerous for him to continue. He was trying to glare at Shun who still held Yuya by the collar as he listened to the other male, " Yes so put Yuya down Shun." Yuto said as Shun looked up at Yuya and did so and letting go of his collar. He grabbed his neck which kind of hurt now for having his collar kind of choke him out. Shun knew Yuto would be angry at him for accusing Yuya like that immediately before he knew who exactly did it. He just didn't trust Yuya with Yuto especially with what happened that one time. He was having a hard time letting go even though Yuto and Ruri both had told him it was in the past.

He sighed before looking at Yuya, " Yuya take Yuto home and make sure he doesn't try to do anything big especially with his concussion. Back at the home there should be a medical kit that has painkillers inside." He said before he walked out to get back to work.

Yuya nodded and helped Yuto up and let him lean against him, " Come on Yuto let's get you home." He said as he lead his counterpart away from the construction. He wondered what that one guy meant though when he said he had been surprised because Yuto usually moves alittle faster. Was he saying that Yuto wasn't paying attention or something? He didn't know but he did know that he should get Yuto home. Yuto found out pretty fast that the man had been right about him having trouble with walking, needing to lean on Yuya for support. He knew that maan was right. He hadn't been paying enough attention. It was a careless mistake. He didn't know that Shun was react that way towards Yuya. It made him angry that he had done that and he would have to talk to Shun about it later.

" Sorry." He apologized quietly, " Thank you." He added in. Yuya smiled as he lead them back to Yuto's home. He was more worried to get Yuto home and laid down to rest than what Shun had done to him.

" I'm just glad you're not as hurt, well minus the concussion." He said as they made it to Yuto's home. Once they got to the door Yuya opened it and lead him to his room and opened it laying Yuto on his bed, " Now Shun said that there should be painkillers in the kitchen." He said walking into the kitchen and looking through the cabinets; finally finding the medical kit and opening it seeing the bottle of painkillers. He grabbed a glass of water before grabbing the bottle and taking it to Yuto's bedroom. Yuto, on the other hand, could alrwady feel some of his symptoms subsiding. It must have only been a level one or possibly concussion then. It wasn't that bad, but he supposed it still meant he had to take it easy, just in case.

" Yuya, I should be fine on my own if you still wanted to go back." He suggested, not wanting to burden him.

The Pendulum duelist shook his head, " I don't mind to stay with you. Besides I think Shun will bite my head off if he knew I had left you all alone." He said, " I'm staying no matter what." He added, " But if you need anything just let me know and i'll get it." He said wanting Yuto to relax and not do too much right now. Yuya could see that he was already showing signs of recovery but he wasn't about to let Yuto go back to work and he wasn't just about to leave him all alone either.

Yuto felt that familiar warm, bubbly sensation inside him again at Yuya's words. He really was sweet to him. . .well in general, but specifically him at the moment. He wasn't sure why, but he felt the need to make the differentiation right then. Little by little however, Yuto was becoming minorly less oblivious to his steadily growing crush, but as it stood, he was just settling on Yuya being someone who was very important to him; more important to him than just a regular friend.

" If you're sure about that. . .then it would be nice to have you stay with me." He decided, giving Yuya a soft smile. For now he was just sitting on the edge though, not feeling a strong need to lay down; or more he felt stubborn on the matter. He'd still like to think he was ok. He just needed a little bit of down time and he's be ok to do SOMETHING at least. Yuya atleast was happy to hear that he would love for him to stay. He sat beside Yuto; knowing even if Yuto told him to go back that he wouldn't leave. Yuto was his friend. . .well that's what he wanted to believe but the weird sensation inside of him was growing each minute and he wondered if Yuto felt the same. He loved the feeling and gladly welcomed it.

" You should lay down and rest Yuto. Go ahead and take some painkillers though just in case." He said.

" Alright, just for now." He allowed, before lifting his legs and shifting so he could lay in the bed instead. He was still trying to think about something more low key he could do to help later instead though. There had to be something. Yuto just. . .really wanted to help people, " Yuya. . .i'm sorry that Shun accused you like that and did that to you." He added in, " That was really uncalled for and I will talk to him about it later." Yuya hadn't done anything to hurt him. Not purposely anyway. Nothing that had ever been his fault. Yuya got up so Yuto could lay in bed, he decided to sit on the floor beside the bed. He didn't mind it really he just hoped the other would rest for atleast alittle bit.

" It's alright Yuto. I kind of figured he would accuse me and I don't blame him." Yuya said, " But as long as you're fine i'm ok with anything Shun says or does to me. He added with a soft smile. He knew Shun was looking out for his best friend; but a deeper, darker part of himself wanted to get angry for being treated like that, but he wouldn't get angry not again. He was just glad that Yuto was safe and gonna be ok.

The Xyz duelist smiled sympathetically, " That's sweet of you, but I still don't think it's ok for him to talk and do that to you. I know he's just concerned, but that was just unjustified." He said as he crossed his arms, " You're a good person, Yuya. You deserve better than that." Yuto didn't want Yuya to have any reason to be unhappy. He hesitated, " I'm sorry. . .if I worried you. He was right, I wasn't paying attention; it was my fault." He apologized.

" I know what you mean by that. Shun could've asked what had happened befoe accusing me." He said, feeling that darker side of him scream for release deep down in his being, " But like I said he can say and do all he wants as long as you're ok I don't mind." He said, he was use to that kind of treatment from his childhood. He sometimes would come home with bruises. Yuya smilede brightly before his heart skipped a beat at Yuto's kind words. He felt flustered and that bubbly feeling was automatically back, " You don't have to be sorry." He said, " How's it your fault?" He asked tilting his head to the side.

" Because I wasn't paying close enough attention. I was..." He said staring at Yuya, " Distracted." He settled on, " I'm not saying it was all my fault, just saying that I should have been paying closer attention." He explained. He smiled softly and reached his hand over to gently placed it on Yuya's head before messing his hair up alittle, " Sorry. Here I wanted to be the one to look out for you, but we're back to you looking out for me again." He gave a soft chuckle, " Although I suppose given the option, I would rather this have happened to me than for you to have been in any danger in the first place." He said as Yuya blushed at the contact. Yuya didn't understand when he meant by distracted. He knew it wasn't Yuto's fault really.

Yuya felt flustered when Yuto touch the top of his head and mess up his hair, " You're ok Yuto I promise. We look out for each other. You have helped me alot here and in the past. I'm glad to be helping with rebuilding Heartland and helping you. . .you guys." He said hoping Yuto didn't catch that, " Just rest and maybe later we can go out and do something alittle easier, maybe help Ruri with deliveries." He suggested with a smile; he didn't want Yuto to do alot, but he knew Yuto would want to go back out later instead of being stuck in the house all day.

The Xyzz doppelganger gave a small nod and smiled back, " Ok, maybe i'll take a nap then. I'll probably feel better after that. Feel free to use anything in my home however you want." He offered, " Or I suppose if you're still tired too, you could nap with me." He suggested. From what he remembered, unless Yuya had been particularily stressed about something, he tended to sleep in moe than not, so he supposed it was possible that the wake up time Yuto had set for them could have been considered fairily early. Yuya thought about it for a second before nodding at Yuto's offer.

" Sure I wouldn't mind to get a little nap in." He said before getting up from the ground; taking off his goggles, necklace and his shoes. He walked back over to the bed and got under the covers beside Yuto, " Don't worry i'll try not to cuddle you in my sleep." He giggled trying to lighten things up abit. He was kind of tired but he started to get use to waking up early so he could het a head start with repairs, so he was use to it.

Yuto shifted over to make room for Yuya, he softly chuckled, " If you did, I wouldn't mind it." He grinned, " Like I said this morning, there are much worse things to wake up to." The teen added in. Plus, admittedly, he liked being close to Yuya. They had been a different kind of close for so long that Yuto supposed it was only natural for him to feel a desire to be physically close to him too. Right? Yuto shut his eyes softly, though this time he stayed on his side, facing Yuya. The bed wasn't huge, so if he laid on his back, they'd be probably touching if not very close to. He wanted to give Yuya all the room he needed. It did occur to him that just because felt comfortable being close to Yuya, didn't mean that the crimson-eyed duelist felt the same. Although they were in all of that together, their situations had been very different. Yuya shifted close before looking up.

" Do you have enough room?" He asked not wanting have taken it all or anything. Yuya was glad the other said that cause now he wouldn't have a hard time falling asleep. Yuya didn't mind being close to Yuto one bit; they had already shared a body so why worry about it now? Yuya loved having Yuto around; guessing it was just natural really for him. After Yuto had regained his body; Yuya felt sort of. . .empty. He didn't know why he felt that way but guessed his body grew use to having Yuto in it. Yuya closed his eyes and relaxed before falling fast asleep. He felt comfortable having been close to Yuto and in a way he loved it. He felt cherished and protected sort of. He laid on his side facing Yuto as Yuto was facing towards him. Yuto always took alittle longer to fall asleep, opening his eyes again at some point and seeing Yuya was sleeping. He smiled softly, Yuya looked really sweet when he was sleeping, so peacefully and innocent. Yuto reached over and gently brushed a lock of Yuya's tomato colored hair behind his ear. He felt. . .lucky to have someone like him in his life. Even if it might just be tempoary. To be honest, Yuto did have some concerns about Yuya sleeping with him, thought it wasn't that he was afraid of contact. It was the PTSD he and so many others in the resistance now suffered from. That was a burden he didn't want Yuya to have to try and bear; and knowing how sweet he was, he had a feeling if Yuya knew, he'd try. Yuto shut his eyes again, getting himself a bit more comfortable again. Well hopefully none of that happened while Yuya was with them. It wasn't much longer before he nodded off himself.

Shun kept on working but he couldn't help but worry about his best friend. After he was done with finishing the roof of a ladys house. He decided he should go check up on him, " I'll be back i'm going on break to check up in Yuto." He told the male who nodded, knowing he would go even if they told him he couldn't. He made his way down the street to their tempoary home and walked in. It was quiest and he didn't understand why until he got to Yuto's bedroom. He knocked softly before cracking it open and peeking in. He saw Yuto and Yuya had fallen asleep. Yuya was all cuddled up against Yuto, while Yuto was sound asleep. He was surprised to see Yuto fast asleep; not like the other didn't sleep or anything it was only because Yuto usually had nitemares, but he guessed it was ok since Yuto was resting and closed the door. He went back to the square and grabbed some food for the two and brought it back and set it in Yuto's room; on the dresser; with a note attached to it and headed back to work.

Yuya woke up when he the door first cracked open, since his back was against the door he couldn't see who it was and thought it was a burgular or something; but when he heard the door close then come back soon later and he could smell food; he could only guess with was Shun or Ruri. He closed his eyes and went back to sleep. Yuto woke up alittle later, feeling that same warm, comfortable feeling he had when he woke up that morning. This time he wasn't quite as surprised when he saw Yuya cuddled against him, though despite that, he felt his heart start to race again and a light blush return to his cheeks. Yuto gently wrapped his arm around the other boy, just watching him sleep for the moment. Something about this just felt. . .right to him. Shouldn't it be weird? But it was a. . .good weird. If that made sense. Yuto let his cheek rest against Yuya's forehead softly, running these thoughts over his head. Wait. . .no he didn't, he couldn't right? Yuto felt his face get redder like a tomato and felt his heart beat alittle faster and his arm tensed just a little bit. This wasn't. . .had he already? He probably laid like that for awhile before the other boy made a sound to alert him that he was waking up. He opened his crimson eyes and blushed feeling Yuto had his arms wrapped around him. His heart raced, but he somehow felt that this was right he and he felt truely happy.

He could feel Yuto's arm tensing up abit. He moved his head alittle and looked up at the raven, " Yuto?" He asked wondering if the other was ok. Yuto still had his cheek rested against his forehead and he blushed when he felt Yuto's heartbeat. He didn't know if this was some sort of panic attack or something was wrong; maybe having to do with his concussion. Yuto's breath hitched when he heard his name, feeling like he had been caught red handed suddenly. He was about to retract his arm away from the other boy, but Yuya had seemed to notice and stop him, " It's ok, you're so warm and comfty.~" He purred softly before Yuto retracted his arm so Yuya could sit up. Yuto could see that Yuya was still half asleep; hair just in all directions, eyes still droopy from sleep and just the way his face looked in the light it was like Yuto could see the light sleep blush he had, " You're ok with me snuggling against you and i'm ok with you doing the same." He said rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. God Yuto's heart was still racing, he had to calm down; this was a crazy theory, wasn't it? Could it be that he was possibly falling for him? It wasn't like he didn't think Yuya was worth that or something. He was such a sweet, caring person and they had similar morale values and - ok he wasn't helping his inner panic at all with these thoughts he was having right now. Besides! Yuya was probably with Yuzu, right? It seemed like he liked her alot and she definitely seemed to like him. He supposed he'd never seen anything happen exactly, but there was still that time between when he and Yuya seperated and Yuya coming to Heartland. Plenty of things could have happened. Ok he was still getting way ahead of himself. He had to calm down. He didn't even know for sure that's what these feelings were. He made a mental note that he should talk to Ruri about it later.

What Yuto didn't know was that Yuya was having the same debate to himself in his head. Yuya didn't know what to do with this feeling that kept getting stronger and stronger each moment it seemed. He loved Yuto. . .wait loved Yuto. . .that's when things clicked in his head. Maybe be was starting to fall for Yuto, he wasn't sure though because he had never fell in love before; not even with Yuzu. They were best friends and that was all. He didn't even know if Yuto felt the same way. Him and Ruri seemed close or maybe even Shun and Yuto; but they were best friends. . .he hoped anyway. He didn't know their relationship well enough to be able to understand it really. All he knew was that he need to calm down and stop the butterflies in his stomach. Yuto let his eyes fall back on Yuya. He wasn't exactly helping this increasing draw he felt towards him. The Pendulum user was just too precious, but when he thought back to it, Yuya had called him 'his friend' alot since coming here. There. . .was probably something to that. Besides, it felt like a lot to assume that Yuya might have similar feelings. They were both guys after all. Close as they were, it was still. Finally Yuto's eyes fell on the food sitting on the dresser; right next to Yuya's googles and necklace; inwardly cheering for the sudden distraction from his own thoughts.

" Oh, it looks like someone brought food for us." He pointed out, using this as an excuse to get out of bed. He picked up the note and grinned. Shun, of course. He was pleased to see that Shun left food for the both of them and not just for Yuto. Although he also probably could have predicted that he would split whatever he was given with Yuya regardless.

Wait a second. . .Had Shun seen them?

Yuya blushed thinking that Shun had seen him, but he knew it was either Shun or Ruri that was for sure, " I did hear the door open up earlier. I didn't know who it was before but I guessed it was Shun or Ruri." He said, gods what if Ruri had saw them. He felt she would go telling everyone they were together or something, " But why don't we eat. Oh is your head still hurting?" He asked with a nervous smile, actually glad that this changed the awkward topic abit. He wondered if the other was ok. He turned and let his legs dangle on the side of the bed as he watched Yuto grab the food.

Yuto collected the food and brought it back over to the bed, offering some to Yuya as he sat down besides him, " I'm ok. I understand that I should take it abit easy today though, so I probably shouldn't go back to construction. But I can still handle delivery stuff." He decided, thinking about it a little bit more rationally now. If he got hit again, that could be dangerous for him.

Yuya knew that Yuto would want to go straight back to work and giggled softly, " I kind of figured you would say that. We both can do that then. It would be better and faster if we both did it together." He said taking the food. He took a bite loving the taste for he had started to get hungry. He would have to thank Shun later for the food, but when he thought about it he still felt pretty scared towards the older teen. The way he looked at him, the way he grabbed him by the collar. It just. . .terrified him completely. Yuya thought that maybe that would be good for the both of them to do for today; nothing too hard. He nodded to Yuto agreeing with him, " We can deliver supplies and hand out food to everyone." He said.

" Yeah, i'm thinking maybe after we get done eating. I mean I should be ok now." Not to mention he wouldn't mind a bit of a distraction. His own thoughts were getting alittle carried away right now and he was starting to feel a new kind of awkward around Yuya. And Ruri, he wanted to talk to her. He wondered if he'd be able to without Yuya around. . .but then again he didn't want to leave Yuya alone either. It was complicated. . .

" That's fine with me. Maybe we can join up with Ruri too." he added with a smile as he looked over at Yuto. He thought that maybe he should give Yuto some time alone; but he also didn't want to leave him just in case of his head injury, but he looked to be ok right now. He got up after he finished eating and stretched before walking over to put his goggles and necklace back on and went to grab his shoes and put them on as well. Yuto got himself up as well, getting himself ready to go again. He didn't know if Shun would approve of this but he wouldn't exactly be around to tell him not to. Plus, Yuto really wanted to help people.

" Ok, let's go then. " He grinned to Yuya before leading them back out again.