A few minutes later, a doctor and a nurse came in to the room and led Yugi gently away to a different room so they could give him the antibiotics for his wounds. Atem walked over to Jounouchi and whispered, "You should probably leave, Yami might start the fight up again."
"Okay, thanks 'Tem, I'll come back later." Jou got up and left the room.
"We should be leaving as well, I do have a company to run you know." Kaiba stood up and Mokuba followed him out the door, leaving Yami and Atem alone in the room waiting for Yugi to return. Atem pulled up the chair that Kaiba was sitting in next to Yami. "You know, you didn't have to explode like that." Atem said.
"Yeah I did! Ah…" Yami started to defend himself but stopped when he saw Atem glaring at him. "There was a better solution to the situation than just yelling."
"Well, what do you suggest I should have done?" Yami asked sarcastically.
"I think you could have not pinned this all on Jounouchi." Atem answered.
"So you don't think that it's his fault?"
"Yes, I believe Jounouchi's story and think that it was Ushio's fault."
Yami grinned. "Dang, I hate it when you're right."
They laughed with each other for a while and didn't stop even when a nurse came in. She smiled at the two of them and waited until they had wiped the tears from their eyes before she started speaking. "We have finished giving Yugi the antibiotics for his wounds, and tomorrow we will begin to stitch him up! Then he will only have to stay here until the stitches heal. Would you like to see him?"
"Yes, thank you ma'am," Atem said. They got up from their seats and followed the nurse down the hallway to where Yugi was. She opened the door for them and left them inside. Yugi was lying down on another bed, lids only half covering his violet eyes.
"Hey 'Bou, how are you feeling?" Yami asked, walking up to Yugi.
"Better already, how are you?"
"Well, I'm not in the hospital am I?" Yami laughed at his own joke.
"You technically are…" Atem responded. Yami just kept laughing.
"Yami, that's not what I meant." Yugi placed his hand on Yami's arm. "I meant how are you feeling after that explosion on Jounouchi? I know it takes you a couple of days to cool down after a fight, and you can't be perfectly calm yet, it's only been an hour." Yami smirked.
"Ah. How could I hide that from you? You know me too well." Yami grinned, but Yugi bit his lip and avoided Yami's gaze. "Okay, now I'm being serious too. How are you really feeling?" Yami asked, smile absent from his face. Yugi gave a little start at the question. "I've noticed that you haven't been yourself lately, please tell me."
Yugi turned his face away from Yami and Atem. I can't tell them. How could I? I've just been asking for this to happen, and now I get to deal with it. I don't want them tangled up in my mess.
"Hey guys, I'm a little tired. Today's been pretty crazy." Yugi quickly made up an excuse so that he wouldn't have to lie to them. He hated lying in general, but especially to Yami and Atem. If he couldn't trust them, who could he trust? But that was just it…he didn't trust them. Not with this secret.
Yami's face turned into a frown of disappointment. "Okay, we have to get going back home, I'll grab your school work for you and bring it back tomorrow. Bye." Yami got up from the crouch he was in and left the room. Atem placed his hand on Yugi's arm, carefully avoiding the cuts. "I'll see you soon, 'k?"
"Okay." Atem smiled a little then followed Yami out the door. Yugi's head fell on the pillow that was under him. This has to end sometime. When though? I… But instead of finishing that thought, Yugi let the darkness and quiet embrace him and give him the peace of mind that comes with sleep.
Gomen, gomen for not uploading sooner! I am also sorry that this chapter is super short...I got distracted by Free! videos on YouTube... *ducks head and prepares for angry fan-peoples* I'll just leave now...