I woke with a start, sitting up in fright, pain shot through my body and I tried to catch my breath. I yelled from the pain and sat there on the bed while I tried to calm my heart rate. It was very late and I saw a nurse pass by the room. She looked in and saw me. She came in and sat down at the foot of my bed. I didn't know her, she didn't know me but I instantly felt safer with her in the room. She pushed me back down on the bed and without a word left the room.
A few minutes later Doctor Black came in and she pulled me into a gentle hug, barely touching my throbbing back. We sat there for a moment and then she pulled some medication out of her doctor's coat. She put it in the tube and then sat down again, "Yugi, if you want to talk about this I'm all ears."
She seemed so sincere and kind I told her everything that my father had done to me to cause me to end up in the hospital. She nodded and looked at me with concern. When I had finished she put her hand on my arm and told me, "please don't worry Yugi, everything is going to be okay. You don't have to worry about anything. Mr. Seto Kaiba is going to pay for you medical bills and he has a private investigator with a large group of highly trained searchers out there right now looking for your father" she kissed my forehead, "I don't want you to worry about anything but you health right now, okay? So try to get some rest and I will see you in the morning." she stood up and headed for the door.
Yami walked into my room just then and bit into his sandwich as he entered the room. "Excuse me Yami, but may I have a word with you?" Doctor Black asked. Yami nodded and left the room. A little while later Yami came back and sat down next to me. I was feeling very tired but I couldn't go back to sleep, not without seeing the terrible memories of my father play again and again.
Yami understood what I was feeling at the minuet, the doctor had defiantly explained to him what had happened and he seemed sympathetic. He didn't say anything he just leaned down and kissed me on the forehead and held me while humming a lullaby.
The doctor walked in and said to Yami "I have no idea about what you told me but I want you to do it, if it will make him sleep through the night and he won't have any bad dreams I want you to do it. I will make sure no one asks about where you went and I will watch over Yugi."
I was confused but Yami nodded. She left the room and then Yami bent down and rested his chin on my head.
"Yugi, we have done this before, I want you to relax, okay? We are going to go into the soul room for the night and I will stay with you until morning comes, then we are going to go home and everything is going to be okay, alright?" I nodded.
I knew about our soul rooms and how they worked. When we went into them, my body would be left in a coma-like state and Yami would disappear completely. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, leaning back into the bed. I made my body look as if it was sleeping and then the millennium puzzle flashed from the nightstand and my mind was whisked away into the puzzle.
After the bright light subsided I was standing in the middle of my soul room, I didn't feel any pain anymore. I heard a light knock on the door and I heard Yami enter my room. He walked over to me and hugged me tightly. I was glad to have someone that I could hug without feeling pain. I hugged him back tightly.
When yam released me he pulled my chin up gently and he leaned his head down and kissed me. He had kissed me before but this time was different, this time was special. This time the kiss wasn't full of passion or longing, this time he kissed me to comfort me. His kiss brought back memories of good times with Yami and all of my friends and family (before they died).
He pulled away and he picked me up and carried me to the large white and gold bed in the middle of the room. He held me on the bed humming a lullaby to me as I felt my eyelids feel heavy and eventually fall.
I didn't dream at all this time. It felt nice to just have a moment of pure peace and quiet. I awoke a few hours later, feeling much more rested than I had in days and leaned against the sleeping Yami. I kissed him and he woke up gently. He smiled up at me and I smiled back.
Yami then said "Sleep well?"
I nodded.
"Ready to go back?"
I nodded again and Yami sat up. "Good because the doctors are probably going to want to see you again before you are released this afternoon, there is just one more thing I need to do before we go back."
"What's that?" I asked with my head tilting to the side, ever so slightly.
He chuckled and then got up and walked over to the door of my soul room. "I need you to go back first so that you can tell me if the coast is clear to come back out, okay?"
I nodded, "Alright Yami, I'll tell you through the mind link when the coast is clear, okay? See you in a few minutes"
I allowed myself to disappear from the puzzle and I awoke to find the puzzle glowing softly from its place on the table. I looked around for a clock, I saw the time and I was thankful that I woke when I did, it was 9:17 and I knew that Yami had told Doctor Black to close my door when she left last night and we told her to return today at 9:25. We had a few minutes to kill and visitation hours were from 10am to 9pm so that means no one was here to walk in on Yami reforming in the room. I told Yami through the mind link /Yami the coast is clear you can come back to me now/
/Alright, Yugi, you know the words right? /
/Of course, ready? /
/Ready/
"Great God of Gods, Amen Ra! I beseech thee; please allow the spirit of the millennium puzzle, Pharaoh Atem join us in the living world once again!" The millennium puzzle started to glow very brightly and when it faded Yami was standing in front of me once again smiling.
"Good morning, hikari."
"Good morning, Yami"
Just then Doctor Black entered the room to see us. She seemed very happy today and asked "Sleep well?"
"Yes, thank you for watching my body last night."
"Not a problem."
We smiled and then she pulled Yami out of the room saying he had to fill out some paperwork before I could leave.