Here's another chapter~
Yuto: Yuri-chan doesn't own Yugioh Arc-V or the characters.
Yuya: Hope you enjoy~
Chapter 3
Yuto and Yuya headed towards where the supplies group was, pleased when he saw Ruri there, holding a clipboard and talking to a few other people about routes and inventory and all that. She seemed hard at work, Ruri was a strong girl, just like brother. They both approached her, " Ruri, Yuya and I are going to help out here today." Yuto noted as she looked at him with some surprise. Usually Yuto helped with construction while Yuya helped with deliveries.
" Oh but weren't you two helping brother with construction today?" She questioned.
" Something happened, so we'll be here instead." If she didn't know, he wasn't going to tell her. There was a chance she might send him away after all. Plus Shun would probably tell her later when he saw her when they got home. Yuya smiled really big just listening to the both of them. He wasn't about to tell Ruri what had happened because he knew she would just send them both back home.
Ruri nodded carefully, " Umm, alright let's see. . ." She trailed going over her clipboard to figure out where to fit them, " Hmm, you could take this street." She explained, turning the clipboard to them both so they could read it, pointing at one open slot, " It's a bit of a trek though, theres a chance you two might have to camp out that way if it gets too dark." She noted to him.
Yuto nodded, he had no troubles with it at all. He was used to it. . .although. . .he looked back to Yuya, " Is that ok with you? Although I suppose you can always just transport back to your dimension from anywhere right?" He question both wondering if Yuya had to go home that night and if not, if he'd be ok with sleeping outside.
Yuya shrugged, " I could just transport back home but I won't do it. I'm gonna stay alittle longer and help out as much as I can before heading back." He stated, " My mom said if I stat again just to let her know she won't mind that I stay here for alittle longer." He added looking at both of them. Yuto nodded and looked over to Shun's little sister.
" Alright we'll take that one." he agreed. Ruri then scribbled it down with a nod.
" Ok the supplies for that district are. . .the crates on that hover trolley over there." She instructed pointing towards them, " Yuto, you should at least take blankets or something." She urged him with some concern, " Um, we should be able to get a backpack with some things for you. I know we had some around for people going out further distances." She said, scanning the surroundings, " We gave most of them out, but there should be atleast one left. . .umm. . .help me look! It should be a bright orange backpack." She explained. It was that color for visibility reasons, so it was alittle ironic that she'd lost it but.
Yuto considered this. This might be his chance to talk to Ruri abit. He felt maybe he should wait, but all the same. . .he knew it wasn't going to stop thinking about it unless he spoke to her, " Ok. Yuya can you look over there? We'll check over here?" He pointed out to an area a bit away from them. Yuya nodded as he got up and walked over to the other side to look for the backpack. He didn't see it anywhere so he decided that it should be somewhere around here.
Yuya heard something and turned to see an elder lady who had dropped her cards all over the ground. He ran over to help her pick them up, " Thank you young man." She thanked with a warm smile. The warm smile was something he loved to see in people; despite on what happened here in Heartland some people still knew how to smile.
" It was no problem at all. Oh did you happen to see an orange backpack filled with supplies?" he asked as she shook her head before continuing to walk. He watched her walk away as he looked around at the damage, the flashbacks came violently and he hutched over keeping himself up with the wall. His other hand clutching at his chest. Once he calmed down the pain went away he straightened himself up. He hoped no one saw him and went back to looking for the backpack.
Yuto went with Ruri to look for the backpack, hesitating before forcing himself to speak. Atleast speaking to Ruri about it might be easier than speaking to Shun about it. He wasn't even sure what he would say honestly. That was when his head started pounding, why was he feeling this pain; but it disappeared after awhile, " Ruri. . ." He began, " There's something that's been. . .on my mind lately, can I talk to you about it?" He questioned carefully.
Ruri looked back at him, her eyebrows raising in a bit of surprise, " Of course! What is it Yuto?" She question, only half paying attention to her search now.
" What does it mean. . .if when you look at someone, it puts a weird feeling in your stomach? Or when they smile at you and it makes your heart race and. . .just having this. . .strong desire to be close to that person and to know with solidarity that this. . .is someone you want to protect completely and wholey." He explained, ending up getting a blush from his own words. To be honest, he was starting to understand a bit better even listening to himself speak, but he still had that bit of denial and concern about it all.
Ruri looked at him rather stunned, mouth slightly agape. She clearly hadn't been expecting that; she had completely forgotten about the backpack at this moment, " Yuto. Are yo in love with someone?" She questioned bluntly, making the other's face flush a much deeper shade of red, " Luh-love is kind of a STRONG word, don't you think?" He stuttered a bit.
The girl giggled and walked over to Yuto, giving his shoulder a pat, " Well whoever it is that you. . .like very, very much, they'd be a fool not to like someone like you." She encouraged, " But who is it?" She asked, " Come on, tell me.~" She nudged him. Yuto shook his head, pressing his lips shut. Oh no, he wasn't about to do that.
" Oh look, I think I see the backpack." he replied instead, stepping past her quickly.
" Hey Yuto! Come on, I could help you!" She encouraged, following after him. Yuya still didn't see the backpack and sighed. He had looked everywhere and didn't see the backpack. He had hoped Yuto and Ruri had better luck in finding the backpack. He walked back to the spot they all were standing on and waited. Once he caught sight of them he felt his heart race and placed his hand on his chest.
" Ok heart calm down and stop beating so fast." He thought to himself trying to calm down. He felt his face was red so maybe he should put his goggles over his eyes to hide his face. Maybe later he could call his mom or even Yuzu and ask about all this. He knew in some sorts that since it only happened when he saw Yuto or saw him smile when he got like this; when he started gaining feelings for the Xyz duelist.
Ruri attempted to pry Yuto for details pretty much the whole way back, he just brushed her off. Maybe asking her was a mistake. Although. . .her confidence that what Yuto was feeling was what he thought it might be was. . .assuring? Not exactly comforting, but he supposed assuring, " Come on Yuto, tell me!" She urged as they got closer to Yuya, " Does Yuya know? Hey Yuya, has Yuto-"
" Yuya I got the backpack, we should go." He quickly interjected, reaching over and taking Yuya's hand to drag him towards where the crates were, feeling his heart race from embarassment and just how much a close call that was. Ruri just pouted, watching them go before returning to work. She supposed she'd try again later. She did have responsibilities to attend to. Yuya heard them and before he could understand what Ruri was about to ask Yuto interrupted; he could see that Yuto had found the backpack and he was glad he did; but he wondered what Ruri was about to ask, but guessed it wasn't important.
" Ok bye Ruri." he said and waved to the girl as Yuto led him away to where the crates were. Yuya felt his heart beat rapidly as Yuto held his hand, " W-what did Ruri want?"
Yuto hadn't thought about it at the time; he just wanted to get Yuya away from Ruri before Yuya could hear what she was about to ask, " Nothing, it's fine." he said, trying to calm himself down abit so he could focus again. He let go of Yuya's hand finally when they got to the trolley, needing both of his hands to be able to push it. He was quickly discovering that he wasn't able to calmly look Yuya in the eye right then, chossing instead to look towards where they needed to go, " Come on, it might be a long trip." He noted to him, once again trying to distract his busy mind with work. He did know something now though, whether he wanted this or not, he definitely. . .had as the very least a crush on Yuya. Yuya didn't know if Ruri had said something to Yuto or something else had happened but he didn't press onto the matter. He could see that Yuto was distracted with something but wondered what? But either way it wasn't his business. They got onto the trolley, where Yuto finally let go of his hand. He nodded and helped the other out. He wanted to know what was bothering the other but pushed it off so he could focus on work. He thought that maybe it was him, but maybe it was just his mind playing tricks on him right then, but he couldn't afford to be distracted right now he needed to help Yuto with the trolley. Yuto was quiet now, just trying to calm down and focus on his task at hand. His expression maybe fell back to his more typical serious one that he got when he was deep in thought about things. Which. . .was, sort of. It wasn't as though he had a problem with it being Yuya. . .but at the same time, he felt some concerns around it. For one thing, if Yuya knew, it would repel him from him? Not to mention thr still possiblilty that he was dating Yuzu, or anyone else for that matter. Some one as cute and sweet and as seemingly perfect as Yuya? It wouldn't surprise him if there were plenty others that had their eyes on him too?
The thought made his heart prickle with small jealousy really.
Yuya thought about saying something but didn't know what to say for once. Maybe talk to the other about this strange feeling that he had, maybe that Yuto was feeling it too. Yuto seemed deep in thought and very focus so maybe he shouldn't say anything at all. He didn't want to tell the other about this because what if it ruined their friendship? He didn't want that, he wanted them to be good friends and not have it ruined because of Yuya.
" So umm Yuto how long until we get their?" He asked looking at the other. Yuto eyes flicked to Yuya, then quickly back in the direction they were going.
" It's still going to be a bit, you can probably sit on the trolley if your legs are getting tired. I can't imagine it'll make it weigh that much difference." He suggested calmly. He still wanted to look out for him after all. He nodded and sat down before finding himself gazing at Yuto got the longest time. He didn't understand why but he always founf Yuto's face attractive; even though they shared the same face. He noticed how in every detail he looked just like him and understood why Yuzu always got the two of them mixed up. Even with their different hair style and different color. She got the two of them - as well as Yugo and Yuuri - mixed up; which didn't make sense but he kind of understood because everytime he saw Ruri, Serena or Rin he saw Yuzu's face in them. Since Yuya was sitting on the trolley in front of him, it wasn't exactly easy to miss that he was staring at him. He blushed, suddenly feeling like all of his secrets were somehow exposed by the intense, yet gentle gaze Yuya had on him. He felt transparent, like Yuya knew exactly what was going on and it was making his nervous and his heart beat faster.
" W-what is it?" He question, still refusing to look at the Pendulum duelist. He wasn't sure if he could handle it at the moment. Having attempted to keep his voice as steady as possible under Yuya's seemingly scruitinizing gaze.
" Uhh...nothing." He said blushing in embarrassment. He grabbed his goggles and pulled them down over his eyes. He kind of figured that Yuto would know that he was staring at him since he was sitting in front of him. He didn't understand why he was looking at him and the thoughts in his head at that moment made him want to go hide in embarrassment. He just wanted to grab the other and kiss him which made him shook his head. Did he really say that? He was glad Yuto couldn't read minds or anything. That made Yuto look at Yuya again, curious now about what that could possibly be about, but when he saw the other put his goggles on he knew it must've been embarrassing since Yuto had caught him. That was when it hit him.
No way. . .If it was anything like that, then Yuya. . .?
His grip on the bar got a bit as he tensed alittle. . .he couldn't actually. . .could he? Yuto looked away again, focusing on not crashing trolley into anything for the moment, pressing his lips into a line. There was no way. He was just getting paranoid, he knew it. Yuya just watched as they kept going; goggles still over his eyes. He wondered how far they were going. He decided to look around so he wouldn't keep making Yuto uncomfortable. He turned his back and looked at his necklace, grabbing it and holding it in his hands before feeling himself calming down. Yuto was kind of easy to read at times but this time he couldn't read him one bit, but he kept his mouth shut and his eyes on his necklace, so he didn't make things more awkward. He always found in soothing to hold his necklace; it made him feel calm at times. Maybe later the both of them could talk about this, but just not now so they could focus on work.
The whole rest of the trip there was quiet, Yuto being too stuck in his own head to think too hard about hiw incredibly uncomfortable his silence must be making him. But all this was new to him and he had. . .alot to think about, " We're here." He said finally breaking the long silence. It was already starting to get dark again. It was no wonder that Ruri said they would be staying there a night. But he wanted first to take these things around, then they could find somewhere to have some food and then rest. He assumed the backpack would contain that. Yuya got up and nodded towards the other still not breaking his silence. He hopped off the trolley as he pulled his goggles from over his eyes to the top of his head, waiting for Yuto to lead the way. He had grabbed the crate full of supplies while Yuto the had backpack. He wasn't awkward because of the silence; he just felt bad for making Yuto feel awkward. He thought maybe he should head back home after they finished the deliveries but then that would mean leaving Yuto all by himself so he threw that suggestion out of his head, he was gonna stay no matter what. He slapped his cheeks with both hands trying to get back to his cheery attitude, he smiled brightly needing to wake up and stop being all sad and awkward that just wasn't Yuya Sakaki afterall. To some degree, Yuto had started to notice how quiet Yuya was. Was that even. . .normal for him? He'd debated asking him until he saw him smiling again, being alittle thrown off by it, but as long as he was ok, then that's what mattered.
Yuto and Yuya went to start making the deliveries to the different houses on the street until the crate was finally empty and none too soon really. Yuto had to admit, he was getting tired himself. The work had been a good distraction though. He let out a relived sigh as he sat on the edge of the trolley when they were done, " That was a long trip." He commented, The Xyz duelist slipped the backpacl off his back, unzipping it, " Are you hungry Yuya?" He asked as he looked inside it to see what was inside.
Yuya saw Yuto sit on the edge of the trolley soon after they were done. He sat on a broken piece of a building deciding to give the other some room. That's what he told himself anyway; he didn't want the other to think he was too close to him for some reason, " It was and yeah alittle bit." He said with a nod. He was happy they had a good day and helped out everyone. Seeing all the smiling people's faces made him happy becase he was able to help them. He had began to get hungry around the time they had gotten done with the deliveries. He watched Yuto pull out a sandwhich, orange, and several granola bars and set them to the side of his as he zipped up the backpack
Yuto really hadn't been surprised to see that the backpack had been made for one person. Luckily, there were alot of snacks packed inside, probably meant to feed an adult person, so he figured this should be fine for the both of them, " We'll have to split this. You. . .can come closer if you want. There's plenty of room on here with the crate gone." He pointed out. It might have been better to eat on the trolley than the ground really. Uh oh. Yuya wasn't. . .trying to keep his distance from him, was he? Suddenly his early mind reading fear returned for a split second before he dismissed it. There was just no way. Yuya nodded and got up before walking over and sat besides Yuto to look at all the snacks that were in the bag. He didn't want his counterpart to think he wasn't sitting beside him for a reason; he just didn't want to make Yuto awkward. He already made the other feel weird today with his staring and stuff. Now that Yuya thought about it; the backpack was made for one person then there would only be one blanket and they would have to share it, right? He blushed hoping there was another one in there, but from what he saw there wasn't.
Yuto was deteremined to take care of Yuya's needs first. He picked up the sandwhich and offered him one half, " Here." He urged him more softly. He was glad it was an orange, if it had been a apple it would be more hard and odd to split. Especially with no knife.
Yuya took a bite out of his half of the sandwhich, " There are several granola bars maybe they are to help us keep our energy up or something?" He asked. He loved oranges and was grateful that it was in here. Yuya wasn't a picky eater really just glad he was getting something to eat after a good hards day at working. He looked around seeing how dark it had gotten outside and alittle chilly now. He took another bite enjoying the taste.
" Mm, probably. I think the snacks are just so the workers can have snacks throughout the day, but be able to continue working without a stomach cramp or something like that." He explained, working on peeling the orange and splitting it for the two of them before he got to eating his own sandwhich. Yuto could feel the chill in the air as well, watching Yuya for a moment before he pulled the backpack closer and took the blanket out from inside. He offered it to him, " Here it's cold out." He offered him gently, " You should keep warm."
Yuya ate his part of the orange after Yuto had handed it to him and grabbed one of the granola bars and opening it and taking a bite. He smiled at the other, crumbs from the granola bar on his face. He took the blanket and looked at Yuto, " Arn't you cold?" He asked. He noticed Yuto was trying to take care of him again and smiled before laying half over Yuto as well as himself. He was grateful that Yuto wanted to take care of him but he should take care of himself as well
Yuto was about to deny Yuya's suggestion, though stopped when he felt the other put the blanket over him. But this. . .he shifted closer, " That's no good, Yuya. It won't do much good if we sit far apart like that." He pointed out, scooching himself up closer to Yuya sos the blanket covered him more. The contact was giving him that weird akwardness that came with his new crush. Yuya blushed deeply but knew this was the only way for Yuto to get warm as well. His heart was beating faster as Yuto gotten closer to him. He guessed this would do. He liked being this close to Yuto because of the warmth he got from it.
" Maybe I have developed feelings for Yuto." He thought to himself. The contact was making his face and body burn with happiness. He hoped that Yuto couldn't feel his heartbeart cause it was beating so fast he felt it was gonna burst out of his chest. He was quite happy though to be this close to the raven. All cuddled close to Yuto shifting the blankets over just abit. He looked up at the night sky to see the stars shining above and he liked it.
Yuto hesitated before he carefully shifted so he could put his arm around the Pendulum duelist, pulling the blanket at but more securely around him, " Is this ok?" He asked gently, " It's alittle less awkward feeling than having our arms pressed against each other." He pointed out with a soft chuckle. Althought he wondered if inviting Yuya closer to his chest was good considering how fast his heart was beating from even this. It. . .should be ok though. To be fair, it wasnt like Yuya was going to rest his head against his chest. if again, it would be back against his shoulder he figured. You couldn't hear someone's heartbeat from that far away, right?
" Yeah it's fine." He nodded before giggling softly, " Yeah that's true." He said softly as he laid his head against the other's shoulder. He didn't want to move or go anywhere; he wanted to stay like this. His face flushed as he smiled accepting the bubbly feeling inside his chest. It was better than the pain he use to feel in his chest; but now that pain disappeared and now all he felt was this happy feeling and he loved it. Yuto smiled softly, looking down abit to the boy all cuddled against him. The whole having a crush thing felt so weird and awkward before, but. . .in this moment, he just felt so. . .content and at peace. Having Yuya this close to him made his whole body fill up with a pleasant warmth. Not to mention that sharing body heat like this helped too. He might have let out a content sigh if it wasn't for that being a rather awkward thing to do.
Yuto turned his eyes up to the clear sky, looking up at how brightly the stars shined that night, " You know. . .that is one thing that's nice about all the lights being out in Heartland. You can really see the stars shine." He noted softly. Usually all the bright, colorful lights overpowered them, making them dim, but right then. . .they could shine with their true beauty.
" They do shine beautifully tonight don't they?" He said looking at Yuto. He guessed with someone who has lived in a Utopia that glew brighter than the stars at night that he would appreciate the stars like Yuto did. He saw how Yuto's face lit up and it made him happy. He wished this moment would last forever; this was a beautiful moment and he loved it, but more importantly he loved Yuto's beautiful face; how he smiled watching the stars. Yuto stayed silent for a bit longer before he rested his cheek gently against the top of Yuya's head, feeling a strong pull to. he was starting to get a bit tired and Yuya's warmth and the pleasant scent he was just starting to notice Yuya gave off was comforting him into more and more of a relaxed state. His eyelids drooped abit, giving him a sleepy kind of expression, but not that his counterpart would be able to see it with him resting against his head like that. Yuya was starting to feel the same; he was tired after a long day and felt sleep begin to take over him. He smiled softly when he felt Yuto rest his cheek against the top of his head. He believed Yuto was just as relaxed as he. For Yuya, this felt so right and he didn't know why, but he wasn't about to go questioning it. Yuto's warmth made his body warm up immediately and he was glad ince it was starting to get cold outside. He rested his eyes alittle and soon fell asleep. Yuto was almost asleep himself when he felt a shift in support, making him wake up abit more. He'd been leaning against Yuya, but as soon as the Crimson-eyed duelist fell asleep, he wasn't able to offer him that support anymore. He debated this, considering waking Yuya up. They couldn't exactly sleep sitting up with no support. He looked down to see Yuya's sleeping face and blushed. He looked so peaceful when he slept. He considered his options for a moment longer before he pulled the bag abit closer to them. Gently, he moved his arm to hold Yuya more securely around the chest as he carefully pulled them abit more onto the trolley before, as gently as he could, laying them onto iit. Yuto made sure the bag was under his head, moving his arm under Yuya's to give his head more of a cushion on the hard trolley top as well. Yuto made sure the blanket was pulled securely over them before replacing his arm around Yuya again. If Yuya moved in his sleep, he didn't want him accidently rolling off and hurting himself after all.
Once he was settled, Yuto let out a soft breath, looking up at the stars again before to the face that was quite close to his now. His lips twitched into a bit of a smirk when he finally noticed the crumbs left behind on Yuya's face. Cute. He was just so cute. The teen ever so gently brushed away the crumbs with his thumb before replacing his arm again. He smiled, satisfied before shutting his eyes again, " Good night Yuya." He whispered to the other softly.
Yuya smiled in his sleep as he felt himself get more comfortable. The warmth never left him and he was happy for that. For some odd reason he could never sleep easily when he was cold or uncomfortable but he was able to with Yuto's warmth. He felt Yuto wrap his arms around him and really he felt. . .safe and secure in the other's arms, " Goodnight. . .Yuto." He said in his sleep.
Yuto froze when he heard a response, his eyes snapping open again and his heart beating faster. He. . .hadn't expected a response. Was Yuya awake? For all of that? Yuto watched Yuya for the longest moment, just wanting to see if he would open his eyes and look at him or give him some indication that he was awake. After awhile he had determined that Yuya was sleeping however and little by little relaxed himself again. He had to calm down. Yuya wasn't against things like this with him anyway, right? And it. . .was all in the interest of making Yuya comfortable. Yuto shut his eyes again. He knew he was making excuses to himself. He knew he himself wanted this too; to hold Yuya close against him like this. But this. . .he knew this was as close as he was going to get to where those feelings wanted things to go. He did feel alittle bad taking advantage of Yuya like this however. . .but there was some truth in that this probably was the best for Yuya too right then. Yuto let out a soft breath, relaxing himself against Yuya again. Maybe tomorrow he would work on being so selfish, but for now. . .It didn't take Yuto much longer before he was able to fall asleep as well.
Yuya woke the next morning with a yawn and saw Yuto still asleep and smiled softly. He wanted to say how he felt about the other just before Yuto woke up. He looked at the other mouthing something for his voice had given up on him and no sound came out. He noticed that their position changed and guessed Yuto moved the both of them so they could get more comfortable. He wanted to stay like this but guessed they should wake up and head back to the square so Ruri or Shun wouldn't worry or something. Yuto didn't wake up just yet, all the work and travel and moving around yesterday had worn him. Not to mention all the excess worrying that came from atleast minorly sorting out his feelings. Yuya hadn't moved quite enough for him to notice something off and having him close against him like that only soothed him more really. So for now he just breathed softly, a peaceful expression on his face, free of any of the hard serious lines he had on his face a great deal of the time. Yuya just watched him sleep and smile, he guess the other wouldn't be waking up for awhile. He tried to move but with Yuto's arms around him; he was kind of stuck. He didn't mind though he loved laying next to the other it made him feel relaxed. He slowly cuddled closer towards the other and wrapped his arms around the other as well as shift the blanket back onto both of them. He closed his eyes starting to nod off again; knowing they would have to get up soon so he might as well as enjoy the little time they will have to sleep in.
Yuto did eventually wake up, making a soft noise as he did. He blinked his blurry eyes abit more awake, just staring ahead and trying to gain abit more sense of where he was. It took him a moment to realize the green blur in front of him wass the tomato stem like part of Yuya's hair.
. . .Yuya.
Yuto peeked down, getting abit of a light blush when he noticed that Yuya had cuddled himself even more against him. It wasn't. . .as though he disliked it though. Honestly, it was making his heart beat faster. He wondered if Yuya was awake. That close to him, there was no way he wouldn't be able to hear his heart if he was. He wasn't sure which reality he preferred. After all, if he was sleeping still, Yuya cuddling up to him like this was probably just part of Yuya's 'cuddles in his sleep' thing.
" Yuya. . ." He urged softly, deciding to test the waters to see if he was really awake or not. He didn't want to wake Yuya up seeing his cute sleeping face. Goggles had been moved slightly to his forehead and hair was messy and he was just too cute right now.
" Hmm. . ." Yuya said opening his eyes as he blinked to fix his vision; to see Yuto looking at him. He had managed to fall back asleep quickly but didn't know what time it was now. He rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and yawned softly. He unwrapped his arms around Yuto and sat up looking around to see the sun up. When he had woken up earlier tthe sun wasn't even up yet so he must've slept for awhile, " Oh sorry Yuto I woke up earlier but you were still asleep so I decided to. . .umm cuddle closer to you before I fell asleep. You were just so warm." He added with a blush in embarrassment.
Yuto watched him, partially stunned by that information and also by just how adorable Yuya looked when he was waking up. The speed at which he was falling for the other boy was just- Yuto sat himself up and nodded, " That's fine, I wouldn't want you to be cold anyway. I don't mind." He replied simply, it was abit more than 'don't mind it' though. Yuto carefully got himself off the trolley, giving a stretch. He'd done his best to make sure Yuya was comfty, but it hadn't. . .exactly been the most comfortable way to sleep for him. He was just. . .alittle stiff, " We should start heading back again now that the sun is up." He suggested, " We'll miss breakfest but make it back in time for lunch." He said with a smile before packing up their things back into the backpack again.
Yuya got up and stretched himself; he didn't sleep as comfortably as he thought but he wasn't gonna complain. Yuto tried his best to make him comfortable. He had fallen asleep on Yuto before anything so he couldn't complain. He was happy though that Yuto was ok with it; he knew if Yuto didn't like it when he cuddled him he would tell him so, " Yeah we should so we can get back in time for lunch." He nodded in agreement, by how warm it was and that the sun was up he felt it was around lunchtime.
" Do you want to sit on the trolley again?" Yuto offered, " It'll be even lighter now without the crate so I don't mind." Yuto could handle the trip back just fine. Today he was going to try and not be so weird about his feelings. He jsut had to accept them and that was that. Now, whether he told Yuya or not, that was a completely different matter.
" I don't mind to help." He said with a smile, he didn't want Yuto to do everything; he wanted to help the other out. He felt alot better today, the weather was perfect just as yesterday. He felt like Yuto was back to his old self and all the awkwardness was passed them. He then remembered he told the other his had feelings for him just didn't say it loudly enough for him to hear. He still needed to talk to someone about this. Yuzu or Ruri really.
Yuto shrugged, " Well it's just pushing this, so I don't exactly need help with it. But it's up to you, if you get tired of walking, just let me know and i'll stop to let you hop on." He offered him, " Oh do you need to call your mom again." He supposed Yuya could do it when they got back, but either way, " Or Yuzu?" He added in, " I've got to talk to Shun about something anyway when we get back if you wanted some privacy to talk to her." He wasn't sure how subtle he was being, but part of him was atleast. . .curious to see if Yuya did have a relationship with Yuzu or not. He supposed he could straight out ask him, but he was somewhat afraid to. If Yuya said yes, he knew it would might make him feel all the more guilty about the possible selfish tendencies of the night prior.
" I don't think i'll get tired, i'll be fine." The Pendulum said with a smile, not minding to help Yuto push the trolley, " But if I get tired i'll let you know." He added, " Oh sure I can call both of them to check in." He said looking at the other. He walked over to put the blanket back in the backpack and strap it onto his back. He looked at Yuto ready to head back to the square.
Yuto nodded, starting to push the trolley back towards home again. He fought internally for abit on if he should ask anything, before deciding that maybe he should. Maybe if he knew for certain, he'd be able to use that knowledge to get past this slowling growing crush of his, " Yuzu. . .is she. . .?" He began carefully, " How is she?" He cut to instead, last minute bailing. No, working his way into it slowly was probably better anyways, right?
" Yuzu? She's doing good really, mostly been working on her dueling and fusion summoning. I normally don't get to see her since she's busy alot." He said as they continued pushing the trolley. He wondered why he was asking about Yuzu, but guessed that he was wondering how his friend was, " She misses you, Shun and Ruri and hopes that once Heartland is finished that you all will come and visit." He said. He was gonna ask Yuzu when they got back about his growing feelings for Yuto. He wouldn't tell her who it was of course but he was gonna ask about it while Yuto was talking to Shun.
" Oh that must be sad for you then if she's so busy like that, but i'm sure she misses you too, especially with you being here with me instead." He noted. Yuzu was a sweet girl, in all honesty, if she was who he lost Yuya too, he'd be ok with it. He knew that she would look out for him. It was better than if he's discovered he was with someone Sawatari. That boy was incredibly unreliable. He supposed he shouldn't say 'lost to' though as it wasn't as though Yuya was ever his to lose. But that was besides the point, " I'd like to see her again some day. She's a strong girl who cares deeply for her friends and I respect that about her. Even if she does use fusion."
" I mean it' what she wants to do, she can do her own thing and I can do the same. We're not together like everyone thinks. She's my best friend." He said, " I don't mind to be here with you Yuto." He added with a small blush. He might as well start giving out some hints since he can't just come out and tell the other boy. Yuto spent alot of the way back musing over that information. So. . .he wasn't with Yuzu then. He wasn't sure why, but that made him feel less guilty. Once they got back to the square he stretched and looked at Yuto, " Are you going to go look for Shun?" He asked.
" Hm, he's probably already at work, so i'll go look for him. I'll come back here after I've spoken with him, but if you need to go elsewhere just send me a message or something and i'll go to wherever that is instead." He explained, Yuya should have connection with his duel disk too after all, so it should be fine like that. He gave Yuya a little wave goodbye before parting with him to search for his own best friend. Yuya should be find on his own for alittle while. Yuya nodded before waving back to Yuto who walked off. He walked over to a great spot to sit and grabbed his duel disk and looked for Yuzu's number and dialed for her to answer.
Yuzu who had been in the middle of performing an entertainment duel for new possible applicants to You Show Duel School, got a bit of a start when she heard her duel disk ring, " Yuya!" She exclaimed, seeing the familar number appear on her caller ID, " Sorry Dad! I gotta take this, one second!" She called to her somewhat befuddled father before jumping off the solid vision platform she'd been standing on, walking abit away to hae a little privacy as she accepted the call. Yuzu smiled when she saw Yuya's face pop up on the screen, " Hey Yuya!" She greeted him with a bright smile.
" Hey Yuzu how's it going?" He asked, " W-well um. . .so lately when i'm around this person this bubbly feeling in my chest appears and I can't help but blush and all that. I think I like this person and I don't know if I should tell them or not." He said kind of quickly hoping she would understand.
Yuzu blinked, alittle stunned by that sudden confession, " Lately? You mean someone from Xyz?" She question, as that was where Yuya had been as of late after all, " Um, well. . .is the person seeing anyone?" She inquired, curious about this. Seemed like it wouldn't be quite the check in call she thought it would be. Inwardly so apologized to her father who was flustering about trying to keep applicants from leaving while he stalled for time.
" Y-yeah lately and from Xyz." He said, " I-i'm not sure if he's. . .I MEAN they're seeing anyone." He said hoping she didn't catch that. He could hear Yuzu's father in the background, " Should I call back later or something?" he asked.
" No now is fine. Just give me one second." She said setting her duel disk down for a moment before going to plead to Sora to take over for with her duel against Gonzenzaka. Once she'd finally gotten him to agree, she rushed back and picked up her duel disk again, " Ok i'm back. Now, do I know him?" She question, " Well you don't know if they're seeing anyone, you could always ask right?
" U-uhh. . .maybe." He said knowing she only knew two guys from this dimension she could automatically know who it was, " Ummm. . .I just don't want to make things awkward which I have already." He said.
" What did you do?" She asked. The safe bet that it was Yuto, but she couldn't cross out the possibility of it being Kurosaki. He did have a softer side around children that she supposed could have been appealing and now that he was back home with Yuto and Ruri, maybe he mellowed out? She wasn't for sure though.
" Well you know how I cuddle in my sleep. Well i've done it to him a couple of times and he's told me he's ok with it and just really a few other things." He explained. He knew she probably had an idea of who it was; she was always smart, " He's been ok with it and I find myself just staring at him and I can't help it he's just. . .so beautiful." He blushed. Was he really telling this to his best friend?
" Well if it's Yuto, then I think you should tell him. He's sweet so I think that even if he didn't feel the same he wouldn't let it ruin you friendship. If it's Kurosaki, then. . .maybe ask Yuto about it first? I've never really been able to read him very well. Or you could ask Ruri! She'd probably be happy to help you." Yuzu offered up her advice.
" Thanks Yuzu. I think i'll tell him." He said, " I'll let you go back to dueling have extra fun for me and tell everyone I said hey!~" He said as she nodded and waved by before he hung up.
Shun was helping two guys carry a wooden beam then sat it on the ground; wiping the sweat off his face, " Shun you can take your break you've been working this morning." One of the other workers said.
" I know but i'm not gonna take one until we get done." He said as he walked over to grab the bottle of water and took a drink out of it then poured some in his hands and splashed it on his face to cool himself off.
Yuto grinned as he approached the area, not all surprised to hear that Shun wasn't taking breaks. Not that it was exactly a good thing, " They're right you know?" Yuto called over to Shun as he approached his best friend, " Y'know, you can't tell me to take breaks and then not take them yourself." He pointed out.
Shun turned to see Yuto standing there, " Are you doing any better?" he asked talking about the concussion, " And I choose when I want to take a break and I will whenever I want to." He said scoffing softly, " Anyway where's Yuya; I thought he was with you? Did he go back home?" He asked hoping that was the case.
" And if other people are commenting on how you should be taking yout break then I know that means you've been neglecting it." He pointed out. Yuto reached over and took Shun's hand, " Come on, sit down with me for a minute." He urged him, guiding him to a makeshift bench. Maybe he could atleast get him to relax for a minute while he talked with him, " Yuya is back in the main square. He's calling his mother and Yuzu to check in, so I came to see you instead." He explained simply.
Shun sat beside Yuto, " Ah I see then." He said, he could tell something was bothering the other, " What's bothering you?" He asked looking at him. Yuto froze. Right. He forgot that he and Shun were maybe alittle too good at reading each other. Ruri occasionally complained about the sort of silent conversations they would have with each other when she had no idea what was going on.
" Mmm, well, nothing too important." He half lied, it felt important to him to some degree atleast, " About yesterday, I'm sorry if I worried you. I'll be more careful next time." He assured the other.
" It's alright, but he was right you're too quick and could have easily dodged it something got you distracted. Was it Yuya?" He asked looking at Yuto. He didn't want to think of his best friend getting hurt because of Yuya. Again. Yuto looked up at Shun with some surprise, sudden;y things clicking for him. Wait. Was that why Shun had accused Yuya the day before? Not that Yuya actually physically hurt him, but for distracting him? Yuto looked away, contemplating his response for a moment before looking back to Shun again.
" Alittle bit. . .Yes I guess I was concerned that something like what happened to me would happened to him. Yuya seems more fragile than I am." He knew that wasn't entirely true, but that's how he felt. Regardless, he didn't lie to Shun. Not entirely anyway. That wasn't how they operated.
Shun could guess he understood what Yuto was saying. Yuya did kind of seem fragile even when they were both Lancers back in the Synchro dimension. He couldn't help believe that was the truth but he would never know, " Yuto I think I understand. Ruri came to see me yesterday during her break and she asked me if you were acting strange. I told her you should've been home because of the concussion, but you were asking her about feelings or something and I didn't really understand her since she was talking too fast. But now that you told me it was Yuya that distracted you I think it all makes sense now." He said.
Yuto blushed, rather stunned by that sudden accusation. Right. He should have expected that Ruri would talk to Shun about it. He supposed he should have told her to keep it a secret. . .the idea that she might tell Yuya that Yuto had a secret crush made a chill run down his spine, but for now he would let it go, " Well. . .that. . ." He wasn't even sure how to broach such a topic with Shun. They didn't usually talk about. . .feelings. . .like this, " It's something i've been considering lately. But regardless, i'm not sure anything will come of it anyway. I know that Yuya likes me, but as a friend. He's called me that more than enough times now for me to figure it out." He explained with a small frown, " But i'm ok with that. I'm happy with just being friends with him too. Yuya is a very sweet and positive person who i'd like to keep in my life in some way or another." He explained confidently.
Shun mentally slapped himself then he really wanted to punch Yuto; not like he would actually hurt his best friend. He sighed, he's even seen how Yuya was towards Yuto; that he felt the same and even Ruri saw it, " Yuto I want to slap you sometimes. I see how he acts towards you. He likes you too clearly." He said, " Just talk to him about it, tell him how you feel. He wouldn't let it ruin your friendship and you know that." Shun said. He wasn't all about talking about feelings with Yuto, but as long as Yuto was happy he didn't care to.
Yuto hardened abit at the scolding, " And since when are you a expert on people's feeling?" He retorted almost bitterly, " I'm just not sure yet. I don't wanna do anything too hasty. That's your thing, not mine." He pointed out, " But, anyway on another subject, do you have any extra Duel Gazers around?" He asked, hoping to get off this rathering embarrassing topic. He supposed it was only half a different subject though since it would be for Yuya, but either way.
" If you say so." He said and shrugged, " Hey when have I dont anything hasty?" he asked crossing his arms, " Um a Duel Gazer? There should be some in the Square, but if not I believe Ruri has an extra one in her room." He said.
" Shun you're calm and collected sometimes, but apart from that; you're the definition of hasty." He half teased. He loved his best friend, but sometimes Shun could get more than alittle carried away, " Alright I'll ask Ruri about it then." He agreed then stood up, " I should probably get back. Don't work yourself too hard, remember to actually take breaks. You've got to eat too or you'll start making mistakes. I can't watch yout back right now, so just be careful." He instructed. Yuto took a few steps back before stopping, hesitating a moment before he turned to look at Shun again. Shun had gotten up and stretched then looked at Yuto when he had turned towards him, " Shun, thank you for. . .trying to encourage me like that." He added in gently. He knew that kind of subject probably made him feel rather uncomfortable after all. It just highlighted to him how much he must mean to the older teen.
Shun snickered softly, " You too. I can't watch your back either so don't get too distracted." He said, " Even if it is Yuya.~" He smirked teasing the raven, " If I figure out you get hurt because of that brat ima slap the both of you." He added. Yuto didn't know if Shun was playing or not but by the way his tone was he could see that it was playful. He rolled his eyes at that though, like he'd ever hurt Yuya. The odds of Shun doing anything like that was pretty low. Shun was alot more gentle with people he cared about more than he came across.
Yuto headed back to the main square, checking his duel disk on the way. Yuya hadn't messaged him so he should still be at the spot he last seen him in. Granted nothing happened. He had to keep reminding himself that leaving Yuya alone here wasn't dangerous. That his hometown wasn't dangerous. Still. Sometimes he couldn't help feeling alittle tense going around corners, wondering if he might get attacked. Yuto relaxed abit once he noticed his counterpart up ahead, " Hey, did you have a nice phone call?" He asked walking up to the other.
" Yeah, Yuzu was fine and said hey." He said with a smile, he wanted to tell Yuto how he felt, but he felt it would be weird with so many people around so maybe later, " How was your talk with Shun?"
" Yes, I'm glad I went to see him. He was neglecting his breaks again, so I made sure he took atleast a short one while I spoke to him." He shook his head, " Did you want to get some lunch? We skipped breakfest, so I imagine you must be hungry." He pointed out, already moving to lead Yuya to where lunch was being served, gesturing for him to follow.
" Well that's good to hear that he took a break atleast. Hopefully he's eating as well." He added before his stomach growled talking about food, " Sure." he said food sounded good right now since they did skip breakfest.
" Well hopefully he is, I didn't see him eat but hopefully he does. Ruri wouldn't like to hear that he's not eating." He said, " He listens to me sometimes. Which is still more than other people." he shrugged. Yuto led Yuya with him back to the main square where lunch was being handed out. He got a couple of plates for him and Yuya, politely thanking the person handing them out before bringing it back to his counterpart. Yuya listened to Yuto talk about Shun and loved to hear how closed the two were. It reminded him of his and Gonzenzaka in a way, " Well it's good to hear he has you and Ruri." He smiled. Yuya thanked the Xyz duelist for the food then sat down.
" Yeah, i'm happy to be back with him again. It's also nice to see him getting along with Crow whenever he comes to help. Shun doesn't exactly make friends easy, so it makes me happy to see that he's found another one." He explained sitting besides Yuya. It was midway through the day now. . .he supposed they could help out with other little thing around for the rest of the day. He'd rather not make Yuya sleep on a trolley again that night, so something that wouldn't keep them out all night was probably better.
. . .As nice as it HAD been to have him cuddled up to him like he had. . .
" Him and Crow did become great friends didn't they" He asked, not meaning it in a rude way; the two had alot in common and it was good to hear that Shun and Crow were friends. Crow was a great person after all, " Well anyway what should we do today?" He asked, he didn't mind what as long as he was with Yuto he didn't care what they did. He knew he was blushing and needed to stop blushing alot.
Yuto mused over his options while he ate before hetting a grin and looked at Yuya, " Actually, I think I have the perfect job for you." He decided, popping the rest of his sandwhich into his mouth before getting up and offering a hand to Yuya. He took them to one of the only fully reconstructed looking building, leading them inside and going to talk to the person behind the desk for a moment before looking back at Yuya, " This is the daycare center where all the children are dropped off while their parents work on rebuilding the city. Think you'd like to help keep some kids entertained?" He offered with a grin, feeling that this was something Yuya would probably enjoy very much.
Yuya smiled brightly, " Yes that would be great to do.~" He said happily earning him a grin from Yuto pleased to see that Yuya seemed to light up at the opportunity. He had a feeling he might.
" Come on." He encouraged, leading the Pendulum duelst past the deck and into a large room where a ton of different children were playing with various toys and little games with each other. Yuto wasn't an entertainer, but he could help out with supervising, preparing snacks and taking care of any accidents the children might have. He was more of a protector and a provider than anything. Mostly he just picked this place for Yuya. He wanted to make him happy too.
Yuya saw all the kids playing and lit up, he truely loved kids; loved to entertain them and all. Yuya guessed that Yuto would just supervise and help out with preparing snacks and if their were any accidents in which Yuya would totally take action too if there were, " This place is awesome." He said looking around. He acted like a kid himself and maybe that was why he loved this place.
" If you'd like you can probably arrange to work here from now on." He suggested, he grinned rather proud of himself for thinking of this. He should have thought of it sooner, really. Yuto wouldn't mind that either, although it meant he wouldn't be working with Yuya anymotr, it would allow the other boy to both do something he loved and stay safe, " Go on. Go have fun." He encouraged, figuring it would be more that than a job to Yuya anyway, " Oh, and-" He said as he took his gazer out of his pocket and handed it to Yuya, " I'm not sure if you'll need this, but just in case." He wasn't sure what Yuya had in mind after all. But he was sure he's be able to manage even without Solid Vision.
Yuya wasn't sure he would be wanting to work here everyday, but he wouldn't mind to come here to work sometimes. He really didn't want to be apart of Yuto; thanks to the growing feelings he had for the other boy. He took Yuto's duel gazer and put it on. He thought about what he should do with the kids. He could always entertain them with his duels, that's what he did his best at anyway. He pulled out his duel disk and put his deck inside the slot, " Ladies and Gentlemen! Boys and Girls!~ I hope you all are ready for this.~" He called gaining the attention of the kids and teens in the room. Yuto smiled and stepped off to the side wall where some teens where standing, watching over the children. Yuto kept his eyes on Yuya though. He knew it wouldn't be just him though. Yuya definitely knew how to direct a crowd. He wasn't at all surprised to see curious eyes of the children fall on the entertaining duelist. To some degree he was disappointed he wouldn't be able to see, but he supposed he could still see Yuya and that's what mattered most. To be fair, that was likely where his attention would have been anyway. Yuya smiled as the kids and teens started watching him. This is what he was use to and he wanted to bring the happiness into Heartland once again. He hit a button of his screen as the Solid Vision activated from his duel disk. He grabbed one of his cards which was Performapal Whip Snake and placed it on his duel disk. The snake appeared and then wrapped around his arm and he began to run. The snake's body extended as it hooked around something and he started flying across the room, " Now I summon Performapal Silverclaw and Hip Hippo." He said as the two monsters appeared. Hip Hippo posed as it's little hat was in it's hands and Silverclaw walked over to a little girl and motioned for her to get one. The one card he wouldn't summon was Odd-Eyes knowing it would probably scare them or something. The little girl hopped on the wolf's back as Hip Hippo caught Yuya and he rode on it's back. He used the card Hippo Carnival summoning three more Hip Hippos that wore dancing-like outfits and began to dance with music playing, " Come on kids dance!~" He encouraged.
Yuto had been alittle stunned to actually see the solid monsters but then remembered that Yuya and the other Lancers had brought solid vision to Synchro too in that way. Parts of him had some concerns that physical monsters after what happened to them last time, but he was relieved to see that they were just laughing and playing instead. He did suppose that Yuya's monsters didn't look scary and weren't as scary as Ancient Gear Golems anyway. A couple of teens beside him were mumbling to each other about it, one of them taking off their duel gazer on and off, surprised that they could still see the monsters. Yuto knew this wasn't dangerous though. Yuya was anything but.
Well. . .the real Yuya anyway. That form of himself that was taken over by darkness. . .but if that happened again, Yuto would stop it. If he could. There were times he'd been able to calm Yuya back down again without it getting to him too.
Yuya looked over at Silverclaw as kids rode of the back then hopped off so other kids could ride on, " You have to hold on tight ok so you don't get hurt." he explained them, seeing that they were alittle younger than the other kids. Two other kids were getting on Hip Hippo and he walked over and told them the same thing. He looked around to see everyone to see everyone loving the performance; even Yuto. It made him smile bright and blush to see even he was enjoying it. Yuto had been watching the children when Yuya looked at him, thought he was a tad surprised to see him looking at him. He smiled warmly, approving of course of what he was doing. These kids could really use the fun.
Fusion had been merciless, they didn't care if it was women or children, they demolished everything and everyone. After something traumatic like that, these kids deserved a while life of fun and happiness. He looked over to see one small girl who had seemed rather scared though, having huddled up shaking a little bit and watching the monsters prance around with a bit of fear in her eyes. Yuto frowned, then made his way to the little girl, crouching in front of her and spoke to her in a soft, soothing tone, petting her hair and reassuring that these monsters weren't scary. Yuya noticed this and saw the girl who was afraid of the monsters. His eyes darkened remembering that not everyone would love duel monsters that he had. All because of the Fusion Invasion. That was when the images flew through his mind and he stopped moving and smiling. That was when the monsters stopped moving looking at Yuya as well as the children. He tried to shake the his head to forget the images. Everyone screaming and running for their lifes as the Fusion Soldiers came and destroyed their homes. He hadn't been there, but Yuto's memories of that day made him see what had happened. Soon after Yuto had disappeared he began to have nitemares of that day, his mom most of the time would have to stay with him to keep him calm. He didn't blame Yuto for it or anything of course, but ever since then he thought of things in a different light. He once wanted Fusion to suffer for what they had done, but revenge was not his thing. His chest tightened alittle and his breath hitched, he felt the urge of a panic attack coming on. His eyes kept darkening and the one thought he would never want to think of. Attacking people. He saw everyone as an enemy at this point and tried his best not to attack knowing it was the kids and teens in the room. He fellt to his knees unable to breath. The children and teens didn't understand what was going on and looked arounf confused.
Yuto had been facing towards the little girl, bur until he saw her look up with concern in her eyes; his eyes followed her's. He gasped immediately getting to his feel and crossing over to Yuya. He knelt down in front of him, putting his hands on the other's shoulders and peering intently into his face. He could see he was struggling. But this wasn't. . .was it? He needed to keep the other calm; he needed to have Yuya look at him, " Yuya." He urged calmly, but urgently. He felt a pressure in his own head that have him an idea as to what this might be, but he did his best to surpress it. When something like this happened, it always pushed a strong, false anger into his head. He had a feeling that if he checked, his dragon would be glowing too.
Yuya never did look up his head was too preoccupied with the memories and the pain in his head. His breathing hitched and he tried to stop thinking and remembering about it all, because everyone in Heartland was ok and they were rebuilding it so why did it still bother him? Everyone began to whisper asking what was going on or that maybe they should take the children away. Yuya could hear Yuto's voice; but it was barely audible to him. He looked up to the raven, eyes widened with fear mostly as tears threatened to fall. Fear that he would lose to the darkness and attack someone.
Yuto looked into Yuya's fearful eyes, making a snap decision and scooping Yuya into his arms quickly; standing up again, " Sorry kids, that's a curtain call for now." He commented to them before quickly taking Yuto out of the room with him. He carefully set Yuya down in the empty hallway, crouching in front of him again. He carefully cupped his cheeks, holding his face so he could look at him. He hated that fear in Yuya's eyes, " Yuya, look at me." He urged him softly, but firmly, " You're ok, everything is fine now." He said, " Just calm down, breath in and breath out." He intstructed trying to get Yuya to calm down.
Yuya looked up at Yuto before taking a deep breath then breathing out just as Yuto was. His mind was still reeling from everything and he still couldn't hear Yuto that greatly, but he was starting to calm down. His breathing returned to normal and his head and chest stopped hurting as well. Once he had finally calmed down and his eyes and returned to normal he looked down, " I'm. . .sorry Yuto." He apologized, he didn't mean to cause trouble especially with those children in the room. He did everything he could to control himself so he didn't try to attack them, further terrifying them some more.
Yuto could feel the pressure release from his brain too, knowing that things were calming down again even before Yuya spoke. He let out a relieved breath, then gave his a sofot understanding smile, " It's ok, Yuya. We all have our demons and I know, whatever this is; it's not you." He noted calmly, stroking Yuya's cheeks with his thumbs, " I am relieved that didn't get too out of hand though. I was alittle afraid if that escalated too much that I wouldn't be able to help you either." He admitted, " I think that's enough for today. I'll take you home." He decided.
" I-i'm just sorry if you remembered anything bad because of me." Yuya said softly as Yuto helped him up from the floor, " I'm glad. . .apart of me wanted to attack everyone, but I stopped myself from doing so, I didn't want to traumatize them any further. I just saw how scared that girl was and I. . .I didn't think-" he said not able to finish his sentence. Yuto hugged the other tightly rubbing his back trying to reassure him.
" No, if anything, those were my original memories tormenting you, Yuya. It's me that even put that in your head to begin with." He pointed out. He wanted to keep Yuya out of it originally, but stuff happened and Yuya had been involved. . .but in the end he supposed everything turned out ok, " Not everyone will be comfortable with solid vision right no, but I think it's better; what you were doing, then having them avoid it all together. They should see duel monsters as somethinh fun and happy rather than something to be afraid of or as a tool of war. You weren't doing anything wrong Yuya I promise." He'd take him back to his home soon, but he jsut wanted to make sure he was alittle more stable before he moved him anywhere else.
" P-please don't leave. . ." Yuya said wrapping his arms tighter around Yuto's neck; he really didn't want to be alone right now. He wanted to tell Yuto it wasn't his fault but he was still feeling the shock right now. He just didn't want to be alone right now.
" I'm not gonna leave you it's ok." Yuto reassured his Standard counterpart, " I'm gonna stay with you alright." He said resting his hand on Yuya's cheek. He wanted to make sure the other was ok before anything.
" I-I want to apologize to the little girl, for scaring her." The Pendulum user said as he looked up at Yuto who shook his head.
" Tomorrow, for now i'm taking you home, well my home." He said, part of him felt like Yuya would be better off going backk to his dimension to have his mother or Yuzu there for him. But all the same, he wanted to be there for him. He'd be worried about him. He kept his hands on the other boy, just in case, " Are you ok to wak on your own? I can carry you if you need me to." He offered him softly looking very much to take care of his counterpart.
The other nodded as Yuto let go of him but kept his hand on his shoulder. He still felt dizzy but he would just try to walk it off. He didn't want to leave; he didn't really want to be alone at the moment. He didn't really trust himself with his mother or even Yuzu thinking he would hurt them. Once Yuto saw how dizzy he was he could see he was lying, so he scooped him back up into his arms once again.
" You don't see fine to me." He noted simply as they left the daycare center and headed home.
