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Chapter 4

Atemu woke up early the next morning and quickly crawled out of bed and got dressed. He then grabbed a duffel bag which he put several pairs of pants and shirts and a new package of boxers in. He then grabbed his cell phone, his keys and his wallet and headed out, again without contacting his father.

He walked out into the garage and opened the trunk to his Porsche and tossed the duffle bag in before he slammed the trunk shut and climbed into the car and pulled out of the garage and down the drive and out onto the road. He glanced down briefly at his watch and saw that it was 7 am.

He pulled out his cell phone and dialed Kaiba's phone number, in order for him to be able to pull this off he'd need his fiancés help. On the second ring Kaiba answered his cell.

"Kaiba."

"I need a favor." Atemu said.

"Atemu?" Kaiba asked, shocked that Atemu had called him.

"Yes, Kaiba its me and I need you to cover for me for a few days…a week tops. Do you think you can handle that?" Atemu asked.

"Of course I can handle it but I won't do it unless you tell me what the hells going on."

"Kaiba, look I'm trusting you to help me out. Can you just trust me? I'll call you later tonight and explain things but right now I'm in a bit of a time crunch."

"Fine. Whatever, I'll cover for you. What exactly do you need me to do?"

"I need you to call my father and tell him that you arranged for the two of us to go for a week long getaway in order to get closer…I don't care what you really tell him just make something believable up to explain why I'm gone." Atemu said.

"Fine." Kaiba said before he hung up.

Atemu hung up as well and continued to drive out of town he drove over to the next town until he found a high end apartment complex. He parked his car out front before he went into the landlord's office.

"Excuse me Sir, I'm interested in renting the Condo that you advertised." Atemu said with a polite smile.

The landlord looked at Atemu briefly then out the window at Atemu's expensive car then back at Atemu, "Alright kid…rent's 2500 a month and I need a 2000 up front security deposit."

Atemu reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet, "Deal. Do you take credit or do I need to run to the bank and get cash out?" Atemu asked.

"I take credit." The man said, taking Atemu's offered credit card.

"Charge the security deposit and three months rent." Atemu said.

The man did before he handed Atemu back his credit card and grabbed some paper work, "Here. You sign at the bottom and initial here and here." Atemu grabbed a pen sitting on the mans desk and sighed and initialed the contract.

"How many sets of keys do you need, and how many people are going to be living there?"

"Two. I need two sets of keys and two people will be staying here." Atemu said.

The landlord nodded and gave Atemu two sets of keys. "Top floor door at the end of the hall. Pleasure doing business with you."

"You too, thank you sir." Atemu said before he exited the office and climbed back in his car and drove back to Domino, and over to Domino General Hospital…it was barely 8 am so visiting hours would have just started. Atemu parked his car and popped the trunk before he went and grabbed the duffel bag he'd packed earlier and headed into the hospital.

He walked up to Yami's room and saw that his friend was indeed awake. Yami smiled slightly when he saw Atemu walk into the room before he slowly sat up.

"You ready Atemu?" Yami asked.

Atemu nodded and held up the duffel bag. "Yeah, I've got clothes to last about a week and since I don't think we can stay at my house I went and rented a place for us to stay until you recover. Do you need me to help you get dressed or can you do it?" Atemu asked.

Yami moved to crawl out of bed slowly, Atemu walking forward to help him only to stop when Yami held up his hand. "I can do it Atemu, I just need to move slowly that's all, but thank you for your help."

"No problem. To tell you the truth I probably need to week or two away as much as you do." Atemu said as he followed Yami into the bathroom.

Atemu helped Yami carefully remove the hospital gown and handed Yami clothes to change into, all the while trying to ignore the scars that covered his friend's body. Yami's eye was covered with a patch.

Once Yami was dressed the two began to slowly walk out of the hospital, being careful to dodge doctors and nurses who would notice Yami sneaking out. Yami never stayed at the hospital longer than one night unless he couldn't afford otherwise…or more accurately the risk to his health was so great that Atemu refused to sneak him out. But Yami did need time to heal…time to heal in a place where his husband wouldn't be able to get to him.

Yami's husband was the reason Atemu had to sneak Yami out of the hospital in order to get him to another safe haven since once the bastard realized Yami wasn't 'home' like he was expected to be he'd go and find Yami in the hospital…demand Yami be discharged only to start in on Yami again before he had the chance to remotely recover from the prior assault.

Once the two had made it the Atemu's car Yami climbed into the passenger seat and leaned his head back, his eye sliding shut. Atemu worriedly glanced at his friend as he climbed into the driver's seat. "Bad headache? Chest pain?" Atemu asked.

"Headache. But don't worry, its nothing I can't deal with." Yami said before he smiled slightly and said, "Lets get out of here."

Atemu sighed but nodded and drove out of the hospital parking lot and back towards the condo he'd rented.

The two boarded the elevator and rode up to the top floor before they walked down the hall until they reached the door that led to the Condo. Atemu unlocked the door and led Yami inside. It was fully furnished though Atemu knew he'd have to leave in a little while to go and get some food and pain medicine…not to mention bandages to redress Yami's wounds.

Yami sank down on the couch and patted the spot next to him for Atemu to sit as well, which he did. Yami tilted his head so it rested on Atemu's shoulder and his eye once again slid shut. Atemu wrapped an arm around his shoulder and held Yami close to him.

"You know Atemu, life really isn't fair." Yami mumbled.

Atemu nodded, he agreed 1000 percent with Yami on that.

"I mean, just look at what's happened to us. We were happily together only to be torn apart. I'm sentenced to live the rest of my life in pure hell and you, well its sounding like your going to be joining me."

Atemu glanced at Yami, "What do you mean joining you?" Atemu asked.

Yami snorted, "Like you really have to ask? Your dad is forcing you to marry Kaiba which will leave you completely at his mercy. You haven't had any say in anything…hell; they even decided that you're going to be the fucking UKE. Who the hell thinks they have the right to dictate that shit. And Kaiba, he may seem all nice and polite…bullshit I don't buy that act for one second. My husband acts all nice and friendly and polite whenever he ISN'T either raping me or beating the shit out of me. What's to say you tell Kaiba 'no' one to many times he doesn't decide to hold you down and do it anyway?" Yami snapped.

Atemu sighed but said nothing. He honestly didn't know how to respond to that. He'd like to believe Kaiba when he said he wouldn't do that…but did he really KNOW Kaiba wouldn't. No he didn't.

"Well, he didn't last night and I would have let him." Atemu mumbled.

Yami's head snapped up almost clipping Atemu's chin, "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN YOU WOULD HAVE LET HIM? Are you mad? Why the hell would you let someone fucking rape you Atemu?" Yami shouted.

"I would have let him because that was the price I would have had to pay in order for Kaiba to let me leave that fucking dinner party last night to come and help you. I'd have let him do whatever the hell he wanted if it meant I would be able to help you." Atemu said.

Yami glared at Atemu for a moment before he sank back against the couch. "Atemu, I want you to promise me something." Yami said.

"What?" Atemu asked warily.

"I want you to promise me that you will NEVER put yourself at risk like that again. EVER! I don't care if there's a fucking gun at my head and your choice is either let someone rape you or they're going to shoot me. I'd rather be dead then let you go through any of the shit I've had to deal with." Yami said.

"But I'd do it Yami; you know I'd do anything for you." Atemu said.

Yami smiled slightly before he wrapped his arms around Atemu pulling him into a hug, "I know that Atemu and that's exactly why I want you to promise me this. You mean way too much to me for me to allow you to put yourself at risk like that." Yami said.

Atemu sighed but lightly wrapped his arms around Yami as well, "Then I guess I'll promise you that Yami." Atemu said.

"Good. Oh, and promise me one more thing." Yami said, a smirk creeping up on his face.

"What?" Atemu asked.

"That the next time Kaiba pulls something or tries to hurt you you'll tell me and let me fucking castrate him." Yami said.

Atemu chuckled, "Castrate him? Well, if that's what you really want to do then by all means Yami go right ahead. Just promise me that you'll let me castrate your bastard of a husband."

Yami chuckled as well, "You could always try Até, though I'd advise you get him drunk first…then castrate him. You'd stand a better chance of escaping with your life." Yami said.

Once the two boys had stopped laughing Yami asked, "So, with the exception my yet another near experience how was the rest of your night?"

"Alright. After the whole I was going to let Kaiba do whatever he wanted we talked…and came to a possible understanding. Then, I got into a fight with my dad. Other than that nothing really happened." Atemu said with a shrug. "What about you? Or do you not want to talk about it."

Yami sighed, "I honestly have no clue what the hell happened last night. I was home cleaning the kitchen like he told me to…when he came back drunk. He smacked me hard enough to knock me to the ground. Said that was where I belonged…at my master's feet. And that it was time for me to please him. He then tried to climb on me and I pushed him off and tried to run…I pulled my phone out and tried to call you…next thing I know there's this sharp pain in my temple and I fell. I was really dazed and my vision went a bit blurry. He was standing over me glaring…holding a broke bottle. Said that he'll teach me to disobey him again…fortunately I lost consciousness then so I don't know exactly WHAT he did to me though I could hazard a few guesses." Yami said. He then smiled, "Thank god for small miracles…it's an absolute blessing that I didn't have to feel what he put me through last night."

Atemu smiled and tightened his embrace slightly, "Yeah thank god." Atemu mumbled.

The two sat in silence for a few minutes before Atemu' cell phone rang. Atemu flipped it open and saw Kaiba's number flashing on the screen. He glanced at Yami apologetically before he answered the phone.

"Yes?"

"You'll be happy to know I covered for you ass Atemu. Now here's the problem if you and I are supposed to be away together that means I need to disappear as well until you come back genius. So guess who just got another guest?" Kaiba said.

"Kaiba, you can't stay here. You'll have to figure something else…"Atemu started before Kaiba cut him off.

"You can either tell me where you're staying and let me stay with you there or I can just call your father back and tell him that I lied and his son is actually MIA and that he wanted me to be his cover story."

"Fine, Fine Kaiba you win. I'm at the Millennium Apartment complex staying in the Condo on the top floor. Just take the elevator and it's the last door at the end of the hall." Atemu said.

"That's much better. I'll be there in 20 minutes." Kaiba said before he hung up.

Atemu hung up as well before he turned to look at Yami who had a very strange look on his face…a cross between angry and mischievous. "So Prince Charming Seto Kaiba himself is coming to visit. How wonderful…say Atemu, what do you say we play a little prank on him while he's here?" Yami asked.

"What sort of a prank?" Atemu asked.

Yami shrugged, "Nothing major…you know what who needs a prank you want to find out if he really trusts you? Because I know trust is a BIG thing with you Atemu." Yami asked.

"And how do you plan on determining whether or not he trusts me?" Atemu asked.

Yami smirked, "Why Atemu that is quite simple…there is only one bed in this Condo…queen sized bed, but still only one bed. I know that you want me to have the bed, but the bed is plenty big enough for the two of us to comfortably share without having to make either of us uncomfortable. The test will be is Kaiba can trust you enough to share a bed with me and not do anything. So, what do you think?" Yami asked.

Atemu smirked, "That Yami sounds brilliant."

Yami chuckled and wrapped one arm around Atemu's shoulders pulling him close before playfully ruffling his hair, "Well of course it sounds brilliant. I did come up with it and I AM brilliant after all." Yami said playfully.

Atemu laughed as well, "Oh yes Yami, extremely brilliant."

Ten minutes later there was a knock on the door. Atemu started to get up to go and answer it but Yami said, "Don't worry about it Atemu, I'll get it. And once he's in here why don't you go and pick up some food. It'll give me and you're dear Prince Seto a chance to talk a bit."

Atemu looked at Yami for a few seconds before he nodded, he knew Yami wasn't going to do anything too bad. Besides Atemu DID need to go and get food and a few other things.

Yami pulled open the door to see a very shocked Seto Kaiba starring at him, apparently he hadn't expected Atemu to have company. In fact if Yami didn't know any better he'd guess that Kaiba actually looked hurt.

"Come on in Kaiba, Atemu's in the living room. We've been waiting for you to get here, though Atemu did say he was getting ready to head out and pick a few things up." Yami said, gesturing for Kaiba to come in which he did.

The two walked into the living room where Atemu was sitting on the couch. "Atemu what the hell is going on here?" Kaiba hissed.

Atemu's eyes slid shut for a brief moment and he took a deep breath before his eyes snapped back open, "Don't you trust me Kaiba? Or are you just going to jump to conclusions about what's going on?"

"You must admit that me finding you here with your ex-boyfriend doesn't look to good. What the hell do you expect me to think?" Kaiba snapped.

"What I expect is for you to give me a chance to explain what's going on because believe it or not Kaiba I'm not a fucking cheater…I may not love you but I do have a sense of honor enough so that no matter what my feelings are I will not be straying." Atemu snapped.

Kaiba stopped for a few seconds just looking at Atemu while he allowed Atemu's words to sink in. So instead of shooting another snappish comment back he decided to try and ask politely what was going on, after all it couldn't hurt.

"Alright Atemu, can you please explain why you and Yami are here alone together? And on top of that why the hell is Yami even out of the hospital?" Kaiba asked, though his tone for the second question showed that he didn't really care what the answer to that was.

"Yami's here because I brought him here, just like I snuck him out of the hospital. He'll be hiding out here for at least a week while he recovers from what happened last night. Normally I'd bring him to my place and take care of him there…unfortunately I got into a bit of a fight with my father last night and therefore want nothing to do with him so I rented this place for a while for us both to stay in. The only reason I wanted you to cover for me was so that my father wouldn't have the police start tracking my credit cards before I was set." Atemu explained.

"Hn." Kaiba replied.

Atemu sighed, "Look, why don't you set your bag down and get comfortable. I'm going to go and pick up some food, bandages and medicine. I'll be back in about an hour, while I'm gone can you please keep an eye on Yami…and if anything comes up promise that you'll call me." Atemu said.

"Promise." Kaiba said, though he had to fight the urge to role his eyes at the thought of being saddled with babysitting his fiancés ex.

Atemu smiled slightly at Kaiba and said, "Thank you very much Seto. You have no idea how much I appreciate that." He then turned to Yami and said, "Please, behave while I'm gone…I don't want to come back to bloodshed."

"You don't have to worry about anything Atemu; we'll both be just fine. Now go on…get out of here." Yami said with a smile.

Atemu smiled as well before he headed out the door leaving Yami and Kaiba alone together.

As soon as the door swung shut Yami turned to Kaiba, glaring at him with his one eye. "Park it Mr. You and I have some serious talking to do." Yami snapped.

Kaiba crossed his arms with a smirk, "I don't think so. I don't take orders from anyone especially not some poor abused sex slave." Kaiba spat.

Yami's glare darkened before he marched across the room and shoved Kaiba hard, knocking him to the floor. Kaiba froze for a moment in surprise which allowed Yami the chance to sit on Kaiba's chest. Yami fisted some of Kaiba's shirt in his hand pulling up so they were practically nose to nose.

"First, though this is the least of my concern I am going to tell you right now that if you EVER refer to me in that way again not only will you have shot any chance you ever hoped to have with Atemu done the drain but I will fucking murder you in your sleep.

Fortunately for you today is your lucky day and I'm not going to tell him what you said. Now, as for what I really wanted to talk to you about. You are engaged to my best friend who, as I'm sure you are aware is a very important person to me. If I find out, and believe me I will…Atemu tells me absolutely everything, if I find out that you hurt him in anyway AT ALL I swear to you on all that is holy that I will hunt you down and I will make you wish you had never existed…and god help you if you actually try and RAPE him. I know what a hell it is to go through that torture and I'll be damned if I'm going to sit back and let some rich arrogant asshole decide to do that to my best friend. This is your only warning. So I'd take caution if I were you Seto Kaiba." Yami spat before he climbed off Kaiba.

For a few seconds Kaiba just laid there before he stood up and glared at Yami. "You really expect that empty threat to scare me Yami? Please." Kaiba said with a snort.

"Believe me or not it doesn't matter and if you don't hurt Atemu then you'll never have to find out if my threat is empty or not. But if you do hurt him you'll find out how not empty my threat is." Yami said.

Kaiba laughed, "What are you his fucking mother? Last I checked Atemu was 16 he can take ca…"

"That's exactly my point Kaiba! Atemu is 16 years old. He shouldn't even be thinking about getting married. His only concerns should be doing well in school, hanging out with his friends, spending time with his family and possibly casually dating. Atemu doesn't know for sure what it is he even wants in the person he wants to spend the rest of his life with…and thanks to your selfishness he's never even going to get the chance to figure it out. You stole that from him. The least you could do is be a decent guy and treat him right but that's looking like a long shot." Yami snapped.

"And why do you automatically assume I'm not going to treat him right. Why do you automatically assume that I'm out to hurt him?" Kaiba snapped right back.

"Because that's the way I see this working out. Hell, he had to bribe with the possibility of sex just for you to let him leave a dinner party. You are controlling. Not a huge leap from someone who has to be in complete control of other people to being abusive. Trust me, my husband is a controlling asshole who among other methods beats the shit out of me in the hopes of controlling me." Yami said.

Kaiba's eyes narrowed, "Don't you dare compare me to that lowlife. I would NEVER do something like that to Atemu." Kaiba snapped.

Yami glared at Kaiba for a moment before his gaze softened slightly, "Well, I certainly hope you don't." Yami said before he flopped down onto the couch and rested his head back against the cushion.

Kaiba watched him for a moment before he sighed and asked, "Are you okay or do I need to call Atemu?"

"I'm fine. I just have a headache…shouting at you like I did didn't help matters any. I'll be fine, besides Atemu's already picking up some headache medicine." Yami said.

Kaiba shrugged but decided not to push matters, if Yami said he was fine than he wasn't going to worry about it. He's a big boy and if he isn't okay then he either is tough enough to deal with it or he'll let go of his pride and tell someone.

Kaiba sat down in the arm chair and the two just sat in silence until they heard the key in the lock indicating that Atemu had returned.

He walked in carrying several bags which he set on the counter before he quickly wandered back outside shouting, "Kaiba, could you come give me a hand please?" over his shoulder while he headed back out.

Kaiba stood back up and followed Atemu out the door and down to Atemu's car which had several more bags of food set in the backseat.

"Thank you for helping me. For everything. Just, thank you Kaiba it really means a lot." Atemu said quietly while he and Kaiba grabbed the remainder of the bags and carried them up to the condo.

"No problem." Kaiba said.

A/N: And this concludes chapter 4. Please review and let me know what you guys think of it. I really appreciate the feedback.