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Chapter 5
Yuto woke up to his usual alarm the next morning, signalling to him that it was time to get up and get to work again. He still felt abit tired, but he knew once he actually got up, he'd be awake again. Yuto lifted a hand to rub the sleep from his eyes and try to clear some of his blurred morning vision as he tried to decided what he wanted to go help with that day. He looked down to see Yuya fast asleep still and smiled softly. He could hear Yuya starting to wake up as the other opened his eyes softly with a slight yawn and leaned up and stretched, " Morning Yuto." He said with a smile on his face as he got out of bed and stretched much bigger. He couldn't wait to start another day closer to having Heartland fixed up and another day he got to spend time with Yuto. Yuya wore a big smile on his face and loved that he woke up in the bestest of moods; he also slept really good last night - despite what happened last night - and he woke up next to the best thing ever, and that was Yuto of course.
He wouldn't tell Yuto of what happened last night with those two guys, if he truely couldn't handle it he would call him to come help but he handled them only to thanks to the darkness. They had said some things about Yuto that he didn't like - he could feel the darkness was getting stronger and his emotions were becoming more and more unstable. He wondered if it was because of being here in Heartland; Yuto's homeland that was destroyed by Fusion. He shook his head trying to not think about it.
" Good morning Yuya." Yuto said as he watched Yuya get up and stretch, just seeming to glow with happiness and cheer that morning. It made him grin abit too. He replied smoothly, getting himself to the sit on the bed edge instead, " I'm alittle surprised I didn't wake up to you cuddling up against me again. You're not having second thoughts on this now, are you?" He questioned, half teasing. He was pretty sure that wasn't the case anyway. Not that. . .Yuto to begrudge him if it was. Yuto knew he had some issues and it would make their relationship bumpy at times, so if Yuya had decided last night that he just wanted to stay friends, then. . .Yuto would accept that.
. . .Still. To some degree he didn't believe that's what the case was.
" O-of course not!" Yuya said not sure if Yuto had been joking or not, " I don't know why I didn't cuddle against you." He added, " But i'll cuddle with you now if you want?~" He said teasing with a small blush. He sat beside Yuto and smiled. He did wonder why he didn't cuddle against Yuto knowing he usually did it in his sleep, but he guessed he was so tired and exhausted; especially with what happened last night; but overall he didn't know if that was it or not. But he didn't want Yuto to think he didn't do it because of their relationship or anything. He didn't understand it himself either but if Yuto wanted a cuddle he'll give him one.
Yuto blushed and looked away with some embarrassment, not exactly having expected that response. "As... nice as that would be, I know that I should be getting up to help out again. But... maybe... later." he allowed, blushing a bit deeper. His heart was racing again. He wasn't sure why such a small suggestion was getting to him like it was, but he just... he just really liked Yuya. That was probably it. Still. He knew what his priorities were. . .Not that. . .Yuya wasn't priority to him, he certainly was, just that. . .this didn't seem like a need situation as much as a want. Whereas rebuilding Heartland was definitely a need.
" I know. Let's get dressed and head out, shall we?" He said with a smile and a small blush. He knew Yuto would reply like that and knew they needed to head out. He wondered what he or they would be doing today. He didn't feel comfortable with going back to the daycare with the children but he wouldn't mind to go back for today, or help out with construction or even distributing supplies. It was whatever they wanted him to do and he'd be glad to do it. He looked at Yuto before walking over to grab his normal, everyday clothes and tried to fix his hair up that was a mess at this point. He ran his hand through his hair trying to fix it and looked at his duel disk treating it as some sort of a mirror right now to check and see how his hair looked. He rubbed the sleep out of his eyes wanting to fully wake up for today.
Yuto nodded, then got up, going to grab his clothes to get dressed for the day. He went to the bathroom to change as usual, letting Yuya change in his room and waiting for him to open the door again before he would head back inside, "So for today, I'll let you choose where you'd like to go." He offered. He didn't know if Yuya would be nervous about going back to see those children again or if it was still something he'd like to do. . .Well. Really, Yuto knew that it most likely was something Yuya wanted to do. If anything, it was more he might be afraid to.
Yuya got dressed out of the pajamas and opened the door like usually when he was done. He listened to what Yuto said and nodded, " Alright, What are you gonna do today?" He asked; he didn't know if Yuto was sticking with him or doing something else. It was whatever Yuto wanted to do. He sat on the bed putting on his red shoes before he tied the laces and got ready to head out for the day. Whether he was with Yuto or not he would be happy. He preferred it though; but if Yuto wanted to do something else today he just hoped he would be careful out there. He didn't mind to go hang with the children and besides he wanted to apologize to the little girl he scared yesterday. She had seemed concerned when he last saw her as Yuto carried him away and thought maybe he should go to reassure the children he was alright. He could try to entertain them with something else other than dueling or just supervise them; prepare their food as well.
Yuto hesitated on that, " I'd rather you choose before I tell you where I'm going. I get the feeling that you would just pick whatever I do." He noted, "If, however, you want me to come with you for whatever reason, that's fine too. You can just ask. I'll support you however I can." Yuto decided firmly, " But first, let's get some breakfast." he decided. They would need it.
" I wouldn't want you to do that you know Yuto. If you want to do something different from me then that's fine." He said, " I'm probably gonna go to distribute supplies today." He said, he didn't trust himself with the kids thinking that maybe what had happened yesterday would happen again; and he have been feeling like the darkness in him was getting much more so for now he would just go do something else, " Alright breakfest sounds good." He said with a nod, breakfest sounded good right now at the moment. Having just woke up he would still be groggy from sleep until he ate.
"It's not that I don't want to, Yuya. I just want you to make the decision for yourself." He clarified softly. He still didn't know about last night and Yuya wasn't gonna tell him, " Especially after yesterday, I don't want to force you to do anything you don't want to. And now that you've done a few different jobs, I figured you'd be able to pick for yourself which one you liked better. Of course, there are still other jobs, these are just the three that I know the most about. Other people might know more." He mused. Shun would probably know. He was pretty smart and he was definitely very focused. Yuto gently took Yuya's hand, hoping it would be somewhat reassuring, "Come on." He said, leading Yuya with him back out the door again as soon as they were ready.
" Yeah I understand what you mean. I'll be ok really with just distributing today then I can do something different tomorrow if anything. I'll ask Ruri, Shun or someone about the other jobs." He said. He gave Yuto's hand a slight squeeze as he felt reassured and relaxed immediately. He was glad Yuto could make him relax easily. He let the other lead him out the door to start another day. They headed down to the main square ready to start. He wanted to hold the other's hand but didn't know if Yuto was ok with that.
Yuto wanted to hold Yuya's hand too. Especially if they were going to be parted for the day. He'd already made the mental decision to go work in the construction area. He wanted to check out the school too, see how it was coming together. If Yuya was doing deliveries, he was sure Ruri would send someone with him or something. It was a job better done in pairs he figured. . .Well. For Yuya, who didn't know his way around, it definitely would be. But in any case, Yuto would probably let go if they got too many comments and he started feeling the pressure of it all, but right then, it was more of a calming thing for him. Yuto got them to the square, letting go of Yuya's hand so he could get breakfast for them, passing him a plate and going to sit down in their usual spot to eat. He wondered if he'd be able to make requests actually. He'd like to be able for Yuya to have pancakes one morning, with it being his favorite and all.
Yuya blushed and smiled when they held hands all the way to the main square until Yuto let go so that he could get them breakfest. Yuya wondered what they were having today before Yuto came back over and they sat at their normal spot, " Thank you." He thanked; always grateful that Yuto grabbed and prepared both of their plates each expected someone to say something but guessed they were too busy with everything else to notice. He didn't want it to be too much for Yuto especially with everything esle. Even if someone said anything he would say something back.
Yuto nodded simply and got to eating. "I'll probably be going to work in the construction area with Shun today. I should be fine for it today, so it shouldn't be a problem." He explained, " Not that I'm about to let myself get hurt again." He clarified with a shrug. He hoped Yuya would be okay on his own. He. . .probably would be. . ." If you have any trouble today though, you can always call me." He suggested. At least they had that anyway.
Yuya began to eat as well as he nodded, " Alright. Just be careful." He said looking at the other. He didn't want to think of Yuto getting hurt again. Now that he thought about it; it could've been his fault that Yuto had gotten hurt last time. He had kept checking on him and didn't see the wooden beam that had hit him. But he guessed since he wouldn't be there to distract Yuto that he should be fine; but there would always be those accidents that just happen. He would be ok as long as he didn't get lost; but that was a slight possibility since that maybe they would have someone there with him, " Ok I will if there is I will call you." There was also that, if anything happened he had his duel disk and could cal Yuto just in case something happened.
Yuto nodded. He worried about Yuya, but he did trust him too. He knew Yuya would be able to handle himself. He handled everything fine without him before he came back after all. . .Well maybe not all of it was fine, but. . .he still came out of it alive and relatively okay. Yuto soon enough finished his meal, then got up, " Do you want me to walk you there?" He offered, fine with taking Yuya where he needed to go before going where he did.
Yuya smiled as he finished his meal and nodded, " I would love that." He said with a small blush on his face. He didn't mind that at all since they wouldn't see each other for the rest of the day. He thought that maybe at his lunch break though he could go see Yuto before getting back to work or have Yuto come see him on his lunch break, but if anything Yuya wouldn't take a break since he will want to finish the delieveries before anything. He giggled now that he thought about it; he sounded like Shun wanted to keep working and not take a break. He got up from the seat and took their plates and put them away before coming back over to Yuto, " Oh yeah I might want to figure out where I'm going to be going before we head out." He said.
Yuto nodded, "Well if Ruri is working there again, she can probably tell you where you need to go. I'm sure she can download the route to your duel disk or something like that. Either that or she'll probably send an escort with you." He mused, hoping that would be the case. Yuto headed with Yuya towards where the main start point for the delivery area was. This would be the first full day he wouldn't be working with Yuya since he'd come there. The thought, he wasn't sure if it was pleasant really. But he wasn't all that surprised that he was attached either.
Yuya nodded in understanding, " I think she can do that. It would be better to have so I don't get lost of course, but if I have an escort all the same it would be faster to deliver things." He said. Yuya arrived to the delivery area and the thought just hit him. This would be the first day without Yuto and thought it would be strange, but he knew Yuto would sometimes work somewhere else he is needed and Yuya would be working at another place.
Ruri smiled when she saw them. "Oh hi! Are you two working here again today?" She questioned, though Yuto shook his head.
"Just Yuya. I'm going to work in the construction area with Shun." He explained to her simply. He looked to Yuya next. "Okay, I'll head off then. Have a good day, Yuya." He gave him a smile.
Yuya smiled, " Ok you have a good day as well." He said with a smile and a blush before watching Yuto walk off to see where he would be going today, " Oh Ruri can I have someone come with me. It'll be better for me to have someone with me so I don't get lost and it'll make deliveries faster." He asked, " But if you can't get someone then can you download the route onto my duel disk?" He asked once more.
Yuto headed off in his own direction, putting a bit more speed in his step to make up for any lost time. He didn't think anyone would begrude him it, but he wanted it for himself too.
Ruri nodded and smiled at Yuya, " Sure! Um..." she checked her clipboard, seeing who she had on staff before something else occured to her, " Oh, actually! There was this young boy who was asking me if he could help out too. I had to say no, because he was too young and wouldn't be strong enough of his own, but he could definitely lead you around okay! Is that okay? I can give him a quick buzz." she offered, taking out her duel disk.
Yuya smiled and nodded, " That's fine." He said, " Oh yeah could you send me the route on my duel disk. It'll help out as well." He said looking at the girl who happened to share the same face as his best friend Yuzu.
Ruri raised an eyebrow at the request, " Do you not trust him to be able to take you around? " she questioned, sending a quick text to the parent of the young boy, " He does get a little excited and carried away, but he's a good boy and he does know his way around." Ruri explained. He seemed a little closer in personality to that other boy that looked like Yuto. She couldn't remember his name at the moment though, " I suppose if you really want me to, I can though." she agreed, messing with her duel disk to try and get the information she needed. Yuya wouldn't be going super far this time. She definitely didn't want to send him on an overnight. She could already see just how wracked with worry that might make Yuto.
He shook his head, " No it's not like that at all. I sometimes go overboard and I just don't want to lose him just in case and get seperated." He explained to her, he didn't know the boy but from what Ruri just told him; the boy sounded just like him abit. He didn't mind to have extra help but did want to have the route as a back up just in case something happened.
Ruri nodded, hitting transfer on her duel disk to hopefully send Yuya the map he needed, " Okay, that should get to you in a second." she allowed, though noticed she'd recieved a second message. She smiled, " He's on his way." She explained simply before getting back to work helping out someone else who was asking questions of her.
Yuya waited for the boy to arrive and they had a pretty successful day of delivering with no problems what so ever. They had gotten done with their job pretty fast since the both of them focused on handing out the supplies and everything went out smoothly.
Yuto meanwhile finally got himself to the construction zone, meeting up then with Shun to help him out with whatever he was working on. He preferred, when he could, to work with Shun on things. Not only did they have fantastic natural teamwork skills with each other, but this way he could make Shun take breaks when he did. Shun was helping out carrying boxes full of tools after he had gotten done using them. He was giving them to another worker for him to use. He turned to see Yuto heading thowards him. He wondered why he wasn't with Yuya today but guessed they didn't always need to do jobs together. Although Yuya was important to Yuto, Shun was his best friend and also very important to him. He worried about his well being and also wanted to be around him sometimes too after all, " Hey, I'll be working with you today." he smiled to him when he had finally approached.
Shun looked at him before nodding, " Well alright, but we mostly need help with constructing so go over there and get some gloves, a hard hat and goggles." He said, " I'm about to go do the same cause we're working inside the school and trying to get the electricity working in the building." He added.
Yuto nodded, going to get what he needed, before heading back to go join Shun again, getting to work with him for the day. Bonus of working with Shun is it was easy to become more focused since Shun was too, which helped his mind not wander to Yuya that day. Especially important since if something went wrong while working with the electrical, that could be very bad for him. But luckily, nothing bad happened that day, everything going relatively smoothly right to the end of the day.
Once they got back to the delivery area he said goodbye to the boy - who had became friends with Yuya quickly - then headed over to see if Ruri had anymore things. But when she said no and that he did good today and not to overwork himself he nodded and headed back to the square for something to eat. It was around sunset by the time he got there and saw everyone standing around chatting. He smiled happily before walking to sit down.
Yuto took a little longer to finish up, trying to get Shun to leave at the same time he did. It always took just a little fussing and a little extended work hours, but he always seemed to manage. Yuto headed back to the main square with Shun, talking with him about the work they'd gotten done today and what they could work on tomorrow. Well, they would work on, granted that Yuya didn't ask Yuto to work with him tomorrow.
Yuya. His mind suddenly drifted back to him again. He wondered how he did today. Hopefully he was alright. Yuto couldn't help but try and do a scan of the main square for him when they got there. Shun walked with Yuto back to the Square; he was wanting to keep on working but somehow Yuto had convinced him otherwise. Shun was surprised that Yuto was talking about working with him tomorrow and shrugged, " Well we did get the electricity working. I think we'll just be moving things into the school." He explained. He noticed Yuto had stopped talking and started looking around for the red eyed duelist. He noticed Yuya sitting at the table and nudged Yuto to look over.
Yuya was sitting back and relaxing; the wind felt great after walking around all day and his legs felt like jelly. He was glad he was sitting down and resting. He didn't mind the feeling because if it helped out Heartland then he wouldn't mind this tired feeling.
Yuto looked at Shun, then to where he was subtly gesturing, feeling an odd sense of relief and also the immediate presence of butterflies in his stomach when he saw him. He looked back at Shun again, " I'm going to go check in on Yuya. Make sure you get something to eat before heading home." He urged him. He didn't know if Shun really wanted to join them, but he did want Shun to go home and relax at least. He parted from him with a little wave before heading towards Yuya. He gave him a grin, stopping in front of him, " Hey. How'd it go?" He questioned, feeling his heart beat fast again just talking to him again. Maybe that was the separation that just made him excited to see him again.
Yuya opened his eyes when he heard the familiar voice. He smiled and looked up to see his boyfriend. . .yeah that sounded right, " It was good. How was your's?" He asked, " I bet you got alot of things done." He said watching Shun walk over, grab some food and walk off from the corner of his eye. He was glad that Yuto was here now; because he was just starting to feel alone. He really only knew Yuto, Ruri and Shun. Ruri was busy, Shun well. . .and Yuto had been with Shun. He suppose he could've talked to someone else but he decided to rest first and besides after last night he didn't think most people would be all that friendly with him. He hadn't known when Yuto or Shun would've came back and really didn't expect them anytime soon.
Yuto nodded, " Yes, it was good. Shun and I make a very good team." He agreed, sitting himself down beside Yuya, " Did you get anything to eat yet?" He questioned, wanting to be sure he was well taken care of after all. Yuto figured that Yuya would be able to charm anyone into being his friend really. He had that kind of personality to him. . .just as long as he didn't charm anyone into wanting to be more than friends. Then he and that person would have a problem.
Yuya giggled, " That's good to hear." He said, " I haven't yet. I was resting my legs. I was quite tired. That little boy even wore me out." He added, the boy wanted to keep going and going when Yuya wanted a small break. He had been the one carrying the crate. It was surprising that someone like Yuya would easily get tired out, but he wasn't complaining. Today was fun after all, he did miss Yuto though. Use to having the other with him but knew it would always be the case. He was glad to hear that Yuto had a good day with Shun he wondered if they got done with the school and soon enough the kids could go back to school and have fun, " I could get us both something to eat." He offered.
" Little boy?" Yuto repeated back. Hadn't Yuya worked in deliveries today though? Did he decide partway through to go back to work again at the Daycare? " If you're up for it. If you're still tired, then I can do it. I'm fine." he noted to him. He wasn't going to be too over protective of Yuya, not wanting to be over bearing, but he did want to help him out if he needed it.
" Oh Ruri paired me and this boy up. He wanted to help and who was I to say no to that." He explained to the other before getting up. He nodded and walked over to grab their plates and food and thanked the male who was giving out the food before walking back over to Yuto, he accidently bumped into someone not paying attention and not dropping the food, " Sorry sir!~" He apologized.
The male glared down and simply scoffed, " People like you are the reason this happened." He growled before walking off. Yuto was watching Yuya as he went, carefully examining the situation unfold before him. He couldn't hear what that man had said to Yuya, but judging from his expression, whatever it had been hadn't been too nice. He'd have to ask him what happened when he came back over. The man seemed to be leaving, so he didn't think there was any need for him to get up yet.
Yuya watched the man leave and walked back over to Yuto and sat. He didn't understand what that had been about but guess he should just shrug it off for now. He guessed Yuto had seen what had just happened and knew he would ask what happened, " I accidently bumped into that man and I apologized and he just kind of said, 'People like you are the reason this happened.'" He said telling the other what had happened.
Yuto raised an eyebrow at that, accepting the plate, " I'm not even sure what that's supposed to mean. What's the 'this' he was referring to? Because if he's trying to pin the destruction of Heartland on people like you, then that's both unjust and nonsensical. The only people at fault for that are the people of Fusion. There was nothing any of us did here that would have changed that." Yuto sorted, rather confused by such a statement. He found it more puzzling than anything, " Has anyone else said anything like this to you before?" He asked.
Yuya was silent and he looked down twidling his thumbs. He wasn't planning to tell Yuto this, but he didn't want to lie to Yuto or anything, " A-actually. . .yes." He said.
" When?" Yuto asked. Yuto looked at him with worry in his eyes. He had suddenly became quiet and then said that.
" Last night when I went out for a walk when you fell asleep. Two guys came up to me saying almost the same thing. . .one of the guys grabbed me from behind while the other was saying things like how you were a fool to trust me and that would be your downfall and that Shun knew I was trouble and not to trust me that he would hurt me. . .t-that they would hurt me." Yuya said, " Then. . .the flashbacks happened again and they turned into Fusion soliders and I-I. . .that took over and beat them up but I let them run." Yuya said avoiding Yuto's gaze, " I'm sorry Yuto I-I didn't mean to hurt them or anything." He apologized.
" It's ok Yuya. I really do wish you called me or even Shun. I assure you Shun would never harm you and I won't ever go anywhere. I'm not mad at you though I'm mad at them for nearly hurting you. That they did that is unforgivible and you were just defending yourself." Yuto said alittle angry about this. He wasn't mad at Yuya but he did wish he called him and Yuto would be there in an instant, but he did guess if the guy was holding him from behind he wouldn't be able to call him. He was more worried though about Yuya's mentality. This was the second time this darkness took over and made him think about the invasion. He hadn't been there but Yuya got those memories from him so of course he did feel bad, " It's ok you were defending yourself. They were trying to hurt you. I would have done the same thing Yuya." He said in a reassuring tone.
Yuya nodded, he still felt bad but he guessed he was defending himself. But he mostly got mad when they were saying those things about Yuto.
" Standard has never done anything to hurt anyone. Him saying that to you is completely uncalled for and them doing and saying that was just unneccesary and unforgivible." Yuto gave a bit of a huff, " I'm sorry, Yuya. It didn't occur to me that anyone could be anything, but grateful that you'd want to help out like this." The last thing he had wanted was for Yuya to start getting bullied or something like that, " If anyone else starts saying things like that to you, let me know." he urged him. He wouldn't put up with anyone bullying his current romantic interest.
" It's fine Yuto I don't mind, I promise." He said, " I kind of expected that some people would be like that because of what happened." He said plaching his hand ontop of Yuto's, " Thanks for looking out for me." He said with a smile to reassure the other. He nodded when Yuto said that, " I promise i'll let you know if something like that happened again." He said. He didn't really expect it to but he never knew what could happen; for all he knew that man could come back and say something else to him or someone else would come up and say that to him.
" You might not mind, but I do." he clarified solidly, " I don't want anyone saying anything like that to you." he added in, looking at him with a serious certainty in his eyes. Yuya was a sweet, special person. Yuto wouldn't put up with anyone trying to pick on him in any way and he would never forgive anyone who tries to harm Yuya.
" I know." He said as he leaned his head on Yuto's shoulder. Right now he wanted to forget those man's words, and what those two did last night and spend time with the boy he loved. He would feel the same if anyone tried to hurt or say anything about Yuto. Like Shingo; he was once playing around and said something and Yuya nearly hit him only having Selena hold him back. When it especially came to Yuto he would defend him proudly; it was also with Yugo and Yuuri if he thought about it; but Yuto was more special to him.
Yuto let his head gently rest againt Yuya's, just taking in his presence to try and calm down a bit of his annoyance on the whole matter too. Being with Yuya calmed him. Well it both excited and calmed him honestly, which was a very weird mix, but still. It was all positive anyway. He calmed him down when he was upset and brightened him up when he was sad. Yuto let out a soft breath, letting it go for now, " Well... I'm happy you had a good day anyway." he spoke finally after a long silence. If Yuya was happy, then that's what mattered.
Yuya felt the other relax and smiled. He was happy to be with him and he felt his heart beat was racing. He really didn't care if anyone was looking at them because he knew if they said anything then they both would say something about it. He was happy that Yuto was letting it go; even though he knew it still would bother him abit, " Same here. I'm glad to hear that you had a good day with Shun." He said which he kind of felt bad because since he's been here Yuto had been with him and not spent anytime with Shun or Ruri.
Yuto did his best to split his time. As far as Ruri went, he'd really only spent time with her before in association to Shun. Although he did consider her his friend, he more associate her as his 'best friend's little sister' more than anything. Besides. When you were hosting someone, it made sense to give them your attention more so than others. Yuya was a visitor in his dimension after all. Yuto peeked down to Yuya, " Are you cold?" He questioned softly. His hand felt somewhat warm with the joined contact they had, but he couldn't be too sure about the rest of him.
Yuya nodded, " Just a little, but i'm good. His hand was warm because of Yuto's but overall he was alittle cold. Maybe it was because it was starting to get dark outside or the weather was starting to get cold because of the change of seasons. He had finished his meal and didn't know if that was Yuto asking if he was ready to head back home or not. There was no dueling happening today so he guessed they wouldn't be watching any duels today, " You wanna head back or walk around for a bit? If you're tired we can go back?" He asked looking at the other teen.
" Whichever you're up to. You were the one talking about being very worn out earlier." He pointed out. He didn't want to push Yuya into anything. That just wasn't how he operated, " As long as I'm with you, then it doesn't matter what we do, I'll be happy." He admitted to him softly.
Yuya smiled with a small blush, " We can walk around for abit then head home." He said before continuing, " I was worn out but I've rested up alittle so I'll be ok." He told the other before getting up and lending his hand to the other. He loved how romantic Yuto could be at times; but knew that would have problems with some of this stuff because of what happened here in Heartland. He didn't blame him; but he wished he could help him any way he could. He wanted to show Yuto that he was beside him if he needed him.
Yuto nodded and took Yuya's hand, getting to his feet. Yuto just said what he felt in his heart, not feeling so much embarrassment in it. He was a fairly honest person by nature. If he got teased about it though, he'd probably start getting more embarrassed, but Yuya just smiled at him and that just made him want to say these things to him more. Yuya had a beautiful smile...~ He gave Yuya's hand a little squeeze. He didn't know exactly what he'd be able to handle and what he wouldn't. He would have to wait and see how he felt in different situations. When he told Yuya he wanted him to still try things, he meant it. He didn't know where his limits were with this just yet exactly. All of it was a little new and scary to be honest, but... being with Yuya to him just felt... right. He wanted to pursue whatever this was.
Yuya watched Yuto get up and give his hand alittle squeeze. He guessed Yuto was fine with holding hands and he was just fine with that as well. He thought it would be good to do things slowly and one step at a time so they could ease into things and not try to freak Yuto was ok with the cuddling; both in public and at night in bed; as well as hand holding but he didn't know if he'd be fine with kissing but guessed they could hold that off. Yuya wouldn't even mind if it was just on the cheek and not the lips, he just wanted the other to feel ok in this relationship and not feel like he has to do things he didn't want. Just as Yuto didn't want him to force himself he didn't want Yuto to do the same.
Yuto was slowly growing used to the hand holding, more like, and as far as cuddling in public went, he wasn't... entirely okay with it. But just resting against each other like they were just doing, as long as they didn't get called out on it, it was fine. Yuto walked with Yuya, not really having any particular destination in mind. Yuya said he just wanted to go for a short walk. It was too bad that Heartland wasn't what it used to be. Walking around at night was a beautiful experience back then and Yuto would have known nice places to go. Like the park for instance. It was usually nicely lit up and sometimes there would be people there dueling or something else fun. To be honest, being around this depressing, destroyed city like this at all times probably wasn't the best for his mental health, but Yuto was stubborn and determined to help rebuild things. Taking a break in Standard or Synchro would be good, but he wasn't about to do it anytime soon. He hadn't even considered it. He couldn't relax until things were better up and running. He couldn't. Yuya walked with Yuto besides him and he was happy things were better than before in Heartland and each day they were getting closer to their goal. But living in this destroyed city was quite depressing he had to say; but it wasn't like anyone could help it. He wondered; if after they were done with repairs and it was back to the Utopia it use to be; if Yuto would want to spend some time out of Heartland for abit; but he shook that though out knowing Yuto would want to be here to enjoy Heartland like he use to before the invasion. He didn't mind to where they were walking to just finding themselves going to any place their legs took them to. He wished Heartland had never been invaded because then none of this sadness would ever happen. His face brighten when the people of Heartland smiled at him but he knew deep down they were still broken and suffering because of what happened. Maybe that was how it was with Yuto as well.
Yuto wouldn't actually mind going to other dimensions. Standard was Yuya's home, so he would like to go there to visit him. He wasn't going to demand that Yuya always came to see him. He believe in give and take. Plus... if he did end up having this relationship with Yuya more officially, part of him would like to talk to Yuya's mother about it first. But that was the kind of polite, semi formal person that he was. As for Synchro, he'd probably go there if Shun went. He wouldn't want him going alone after all. Although he did figure Ruri would want to go too. She and Rin had become friends after having been captured together after all. Yuto noticed that Yuya had fallen silent again, shifting his gaze to him. He looked like he had something distressing on his mind. Yuto wondered if Yuya being in Heartland was really all that good for him either. . . " Are you okay?" He asked.
Yuya looked over at Yuto and gave him a reassuring smile, " I'm fine I promise." He said, " So how's the school going?" He asked wanting to ask on if it was close to being done. He knew he had fallen silent but this thoughts got the best of him. He didn't mean to worry the other if he did. He was only thinking of helping out with Yuto's mentality. He wasn't saying he wanted to take Yuto away from his home but it would probably be good to have some sort of vacation away for awhile or something. He knew they could always do something in Synchro or in his dimension but he didn't know how Yuto felt about the Synchro dimension so they probably wouldn't go there. Yuya's been there a couple of times to hang out with Yugo, Rin and Crow but that was mostly it. Jack was normally busy and he didn't really associate with the King of Turbo Duels.
Yuto didn't feel that he really had anything against Synchro. Rin seemed like a nice person and Crow shared a lot of the same values that Yuto and Shun did. Jack... he wasn't sure he agreed with his methods exactly, but in the end, he could tell that he cared about pushing children to do their best. Yugo... He... wasn't sure. He didn't always get along so well with him. He was a bit of an idiot, though Yuto supposed he was nice enough. They just didn't seem to understand each other very well all the time. When they weren't arguing about something, they got along fine though, " It's going pretty well. Shun and I got the electrical all set up, tomorrow we'll be working on moving in the furniture and such that other people have been working on. We might be able to get that running again soon too. I'm sure the teachers will be relieved to go back to their jobs instead of working on other things like this." He mused.
Yuya was glad to hear that the school was almost done; except needing the furniture being moved in and such, " That's great to hear~ Then the children could go back to school and the teachers could go back to teaching." He said happily. Now if only everyone elses homes and everything else were fixed up. But he guessed they would be one day; that one day everyone's hopes and dreams would have been heard and their homeland would be restored to it's former glory. He couldn't wait for that day to come.
Yuto nodded, " Little by little, we'll fix things." He wasn't sure how long it would take though. Years, likely. One day though, things might feel a little more normal again. " . . .Yuya. You should probably go home soon." He urged him softly, " I don't think being here all the time is very good for you. It's not exactly the happiest place and if it's bringing up things in you like it did yesterday and last night. . .I think. . .at the very least, you should take breaks from here." He decided, able to see the flaws in being there easier for other people than himself.
Yuya stopped and looked at Yuto, " I know staying all the time might bring those kind of things up in me but. . .I want to stay and help out here. I'm alright though." He said, " I know you're looking out for me and I appreciate it." He said with a soft smile. He knew Yuto wasn't asking to stop coming altogether but just to take a break from it and go back to Standard. He knew his mom missed him, Yuzu missed her best friend and everyone else missed him for that matter. He sometimes thought it would be best to take a break, but he wanted to keep on helping.
Yuto stopped as well, looking at Yuya more seriously. " Sorry, I said 'probably', but that wasn't exactly a suggestion. Yuya, you should go home." He told him firmly. He was definitely just looking out for Yuya, so it did make him sad to think of Yuya going, but he... just needed to make sure Yuya could be more stable, " At least just a couple days, then you can come back. You weren't even originally prepared to stay over this long in the first place considering you brought nothing with you. I don't want you to be trapped here by guilt and pity. You have a bright and happy home to go home to and I want you to be able to enjoy that too." Yuto said.
