Heartaches

Chapter Ten

By Kellyq

Yusei walked toward the elevator and stopped when he saw Rudger. There was a lot of tension in the air as they stared at each other. Yusei gritted his teeth as he glared at the man.

"Yusei ..." the older man said calmly. Rudger's eyes combed the young teen's delicious body, "I was just going to arrange to have someone get you. Kiryu has been waiting for you to come see him."

"Hey," came Crow's voice. He ran up and stood protectively in front of his friend, "back off, man!" He turned and lead Yusei to the elevator and pressed the door closed. Rudger let out growl, and walked down the hallway. Crow sighed, "are you alright, buddy?" he asked, peering over his shoulder. Yusei smiled and nodded his head.

The two walked out the elevator when they reached the second floor and made their way to Kiryu's room. Crow was the first to come in with Yusei right behind him. Kiryu still had IVs taped to his arm. The oxygen mask was replaced with a nasal cannula. Kiryu slowly opened his eyes to see his two friends standing on either side of him.

"Yusei ..."

He smiled sadly at his friend, "Hey, Kiryu. Sorry that I hadn't had time to come see you, until now."

Crow chuckled nervously, "Like I said, that was my fault. I called Yusei to late to come see you."

"It doesn't mater," Kiryu stated bitterly, "you guys don't give a shit about me, anyways."

"You know that's not true," Crow said firmly, "we do care about you!"

Kiryu scoffed, "If you guys cared, I wouldn't be in this mess, right?" his eyes shifted to Yusei, giving him a hateful glare, "and it's your fault, Yusei! If you'd accepted me instead of Jack, I wouldn't be dying!"

Yusei's heart beat painfully in his chest, as he tried to mask his expression with a calm and caring one. Kiryu ... what do I have to do to get you to realize that we care about you and want to save you from yourself, Yusei thought. They were all so rapt that they didn't know that Carly was eavesdropping on the conversation.

"I still want to be your close friend, Kiryu," Yusei stated softly, moving a strand of hair from his face. "When we first met, there was something special about you."

Crow nodded his head, "we all felt that way. You gave us courage to fight for what we believe in."

Kiryu stared at his friends and his heart contracted in his chest. Memories of being on a team called Satisfaction at Satellite High School - giving them faith, courage, and most of all ... satisfaction of being strong. Crow and Yusei gave each other sideways glances and smiled when they noticed the look in Kiryu's eyes had changed just a little.

"Yeah, well ... that was the past! We're not a team anymore ... are we? No thanks to you!" Kiryu hissed, keeping his gaze fixed on Yusei.

I'll have to ask Jack what is going on? Carly thought. She watched a little more and realization sank in that Kiryu was not being accepted and Jack was. That could mean anything, she thought.

"It's not polite to eavesdrop, Carly," came Jack's southern crisp accent.

Carly turned and her head and her cheeks turned pink when Jack walked up. "Jack!" she squealed with delight.

The blonde-haired teen grunted in annoyance. Yusei stepped out of the room and raised a brow when he saw his boyfriend.

"What are you doing here, Jack?" Yusei questioned. They both stepped up and kissed.

Jack's eyes shifted to see Carly standing there, watching. Sorry, but this is who I am, he thought as his eyes shifted back to his boyfriend, "you're still cell phoneless," Jack reminded. "I came here to tell you that Mina will take Rally out shopping tomorrow," Jack explained.

Yusei smiled, "that's good he's feeling better."

"Jack," came Carly's voice. The blonde-haired teen turned his head, wrapping his arms about Yusei, "are you guys going out?"

Jack sighed, "We've been going out for quite awhile. Sorry that I didn't tell you. I wasn't quite sure how you were going to take the news."

Carly smiled sadly, "If you're happy, that's all that matters." she gave a polite bow, "now if you excuse me, I need to make sure that Kiryu gets his meds."

Jeager pulled away from between Godwin's legs, took a napkin and dabbed the corners of his mouth and the center of his lips with it. Godwin's room was six hundred square feet. A mongolian floor, a cherry wood desk, a lawn chair at the window facing the city.

"Sorry that I wasn't good for today," Jeager apologized. He chuckled. "I had a little run in with Mr. Fudo's bird brain friend. All he said was that you have three weeks to start helping with Mr. Kyosuke or he'll tell the police what really happened to you, your brother and Yusei's parents."

"And that troubled you?" Godwin asked, watching his partner clean up. They both had their bathrobes on.

"Godwin!"came Jack's voice, full of intense anger. The door burst open and he walked in with an aggravated expression.

The gray-haired man rose to his feet and raised a brow when he saw how tensed up Jack looked. The aura around the blonde-haired teen was stifling.

"Alright, start talking and tell me who the fuck Rudger is!" Jack demanded, getting into the older man's face.

Godwin placed a hand on Jack's shoulder, "There's not much I can tell you, other than he was a scientist and principal at Satellite High shcool."

Jack scoffed, "No shit Sherlock," he said, batting Godwin's hand away. "I already knew that! Now tell me something useful!" he ordered.

Jeager chuckled and meowed like an angry cat, "It seems like someone hadn't had their sex fix yet," he taunted.

Jack quickly pivoted and stomped his foot right in front him. Jeager yelped as he was grabbed by the collar and yanked up so that their noses were inches away. "Watch it you purple-haired little fuck," Jack hissed. He dropped Jeager and turned his attention to Godwin, "If you're not going to say anything about Rudger - tell me how you're going to help Kiryu."

Godwin sighed, "there's not much I can do with that. Kiryu has to make the decision and prove that he can handle himself, and if Rudger feels that he can't make it out on his own without supervision then he'll have to stay under Rudger's care," he explained. He paused for a moment, "I could take the whole thing to court - if that's what you prefer, but I would advise against that. From what I know about Rudger, he has a lot of allies ..."

Jack snickered, "and you don't? You are the drictor the Public Security Maintenance Bureau - are you not?"

Godwin sighed out of frustration, "Jack," he said calmly, "this is one of the reasons why I don't approve of you being with Yusei. You're going to wind up in a situation that's going to be far beyond your control."

Jack narrowed his eyes, "do you think I give a shit what you think? If you're not really going to help, just say so!"

"I did make an agreement with you already, Jack - as long as you keep yours," Godwin stated firmly.

To Be Continued ...