Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh

Author's Note: I don't know why this chapter is still rated PG, but it is. I can't understand where all this innocent thought in my head is coming from... Must be because I'm sick.

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Seto shook his head lightly to clear away the dizziness. The last thing he remembered was seeing someone dressed in white walking towards him. He tried to struggle, tried to tell them he wanted to go to hell instead, but he was too weak. He felt himself floating, then all was dark.

He looked around the best he could without being able to move his neck, it's was a big enough room, though simply furnished. Not a hospital like he expected, and if this is heaven, then he could probably donate some money to get back down if earth.

"You're awake," a voice sounded beside his bed. "Here, have some water." A warm pair of hands lifted him up from the bed and fed him a cup of water, water had never tasted so good.

Hearing the voice he had dreamed about so many times before, Seto turned his head around, "Ryou? Is that you? I always knew you were an angel." The warm pair of hands spilt all the water left in the cup on his sheet.

Ryou got choked by his own breaths, and coughed violently. Him, an angel, it's been a while since he heard that. Examining the man he brought home, Ryou hesitated, he hadn't been in this world for a while. "Seto Kaiba, right?'

Kaiba nodded enthusiastically. Ryou probably didn't remember, but this is the second time he saved him. The first time was in high school, he hadn't taken over Kaiba Corp yet: he had been a nobody… just like Ryou. A bunch of thugs cornered him, asking the 'rich kid' for lunch money, they had no way of knowing that his 'father' had given him none, not even a lunch.

Ryou dragged him away, telling him to run. He did. The next time he saw Ryou was three days later, the school forbade anyone to talk about what happened. He went to Ryou, not sure what he had wanted to do, only to have Ryou offer him lunch.

This lasted for about three month, until his hostile takeover of Kaiba Corp. At first he didn't dare to talk to Ryou anymore, scared that his enemies would redirect the targets. After a while, he just didn't dare to talk to Ryou, period.

They grew apart, but he never forgot that kid who gave him a push when nobody else gave him a second look.

"Ryou," he muttered, receiving a weird look in return. I let you go the first time, because I had no choice, now I… Kaiba stopped in mid thought. I what? I can provide you with whatever you want even though we'll never have time to meet up? I can love you forever and marry you even if you'll probably never love me back? I can lock you up, hurt us both and live to regret it? What can you do Kaiba, that Ryou actually needs?

'If you love somebody,' he remembered Ryou saying, 'let them go. If they love you, they'll have back.' He was eavesdropping on their conversation of course, as he did with every one of Ryou's conversations as often as he could, and he dimly recalled it had been to help some guy get over the loss of his best friend's sister, but every word seemed to have been forged for him.

"Kaiba," Ryou tapped him on the forehead, annoyed.

Kaiba looked up with a smile, which obviously took Ryou aback, "Yes Ryou?" my love? I'll do whatever you ask.

"First of all," Ryou looked exasperated, "I'm not an angel and this isn't heaven, nor are you dead." Kaiba nodded absentmindedly, for the moment being, he didn't care where he was, as long as he was here. He got a hit on the forehead again.

"Secondly, I called your company so that they could arrange for people to pick you up as soon as possible. Meanwhile, you can stay here, not that you can go anywhere in this state."

Kaiba nodded again, disappointed that he would be leaving so soon. "Thank," he said genuinely, for everything, everything you don't even know you did for me.

Ryou was startled by the gratitude of the CEO, he had seen Yugi save Kaiba a few times before, but never did Yugi receive more than a grunt. We all grew up and people change, he mused.

"Wait," Kaiba called out as Ryou got up, "can I have your phone number." He wanted to slap himself, probably would if he could have. Great pick-up line on another guy, 'can I have your number?'. "I mean," he quickly corrected himself, "I want to thank you properly, for saving my life and everything."

Ryou was confused. He did save Kaiba's life, but what's with the 'everything'. But he still conceded, "sure, I'll give it to your chauffer when you leave."

Kaiba hesitated, he had Ryou's number; he had the address of every hotel, hostel, inn, house Ryou had ever lived in across the globe, but he never managed to find Ryou. The albino seem to disappear for months on end, and then reappear again like nothing happened. "Will I ever see you again," he couldn't help but ask, his eyes hopeful for the first time in years.

It seemed too cruel to disappoint Kaiba somehow, and Ryou slowly nodded. "Yes we will, I promise."

Content with the promise, Kaiba snuggled deeper into the sheets, satisfied in thinking that Ryou had probably used these same sheets. He soon fell into a deep slumber.

"Big brother!" Mokuba hugged and glared at him at the same time, Kaiba felt himself smiling. "I told you that you should have went on vacation."

"It's okay Mokey, I'm fine." In fact, he was better than fine. He would gladly get hunted down again if it meant his angel would come. Kaiba wondered how long he could wait before he would go looking for a chance to be chased so that Ryou would save him again. He gave himself three weeks.

"Mokey?" Mokuba stared, "Mokey?! Seto, you're definitely not fine. Was it something you ate, drank?"

Kaiba shook his head slightly, feeling light as a bird while Mokuba patted him down, checking for injuries.

"You're not hurt at all," Mokuba commented, Kaiba blinked. He couldn't be 'not hurt', it's a miracle that he's not dead. He checked all the spots he remembered being hit at, nothing. All his wounds were healed.

"Seto, you okay?" Mokuba shook him out of his trance.

"Yeah, Mokey, I'm fine." Seto smiled again, "I've just been touched by an angel." He left the room, leaving Mokuba wide-eyed behind him.

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Next update will be sometime in December, that's all I can promise. """ Too busy so far. Besides, I have another story which is my main priority.