Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh
A/N: Alright, this chapter is for Lil Dark, as a reward for having the Humanchild updated today.
Chapter 10
An hour after the incident upstairs Yugi had managed to get rid of all his friends, telling them that he'd see them in the morning. Yugi, hardly one minute after he'd closed the door immediately made his way up the stairs. He knew that he needed to talk to Atemu about what had happened earlier with Yami. He needed to set the record straight.
Yugi knocked on the door and waited a few minutes until Atemu opened the door. "Yes Yugi?" Atemu asked, his voice sounding slightly impatient. Though, Yugi could understand, Atemu didn't want to be away from Yami for very long. Yugi could not fault him for that, in fact if Atemu hadn't been acting that way then Yugi'd been mad.
"Atemu, you and I need to talk about what happened earlier." Yugi said.
Atemu sighed, and glanced back over his shoulder for a moment before turning his attention back to Yugi. He nodded before he walked out of the room and closed the door behind him. "Alright Yugi, lets talk." Atemu said.
"Atemu, first let me apologize for what happened with Yami. I swear I did not mean for that to happen. No, let me finish." Yugi said when he saw Atemu open his mouth to say something before snapping it shut.
"Atemu, you need to know that I did not let my friends come into the room. I told them they could NOT comein and see him, because that's what YOU said. Anzu pushed open the door and pushed me aside to come into the room. Tristan, Joey and Kaiba ALL pushed right past me and ignored me telling them that they couldn't come in. Tristan grabbed Yami or whatever it was he did before I had a chance to voice any other protests. As soon as Yami screamed in pain I immediately tried to ask him what was wrong, tried to help him, but he didn't answer me. His eyes glazed over when he contacted you. You showed up a minute later." Yugi said.
Atemu just looked at Yugi for a few minutes before he nodded, "I accept your apology Yugi. You did the best that you could." Atemu sighed, placing his hand on the bridge of his nose, "I'm sorry for snapping at you the way that I did, that was wrong of me. I should have at least listened to you first. I'm just really worried about Yami, and when he contacted me in excruciating pain, and told me that you let it happen, which I took to mean you stood back and let Tristan grab him like he did…I just lost my temper. But, I should have known that wasn't what had happened, you care about Yami far too much to just stand back and let something like that happen, and I should have known that. So, I'm sorry Yugi."
Yugi smiled before he wrapped his arms around Atemu in a hug. Atemu tensed at the sudden touch before he slowly relaxed into Yugi's arms. "I understand that you're worried about Yami and that you're just trying to protect him and take care of him. This is just your way of showing that you care."
Atemu just nodded before he glanced over his shoulder at the closed door. He may have only been gone for a few minutes but, he didn't want to leave Yami alone right now, even if he was asleep.
Yugi let go of Atemu and said, "Well, now that everything is okay between us I'll let you get back to watching Yami."
Atemu smiled gratefully before turning to go back into his and Yami's room. He paused with his hand on the doorknob and said, "Yugi, you can come in if you want to. I know that you're worried about him too."
Yugi's face lit up like a child's on Christmas morning. "Of course I'd love to come in and see Yami, that is if that isn't a problem, I mean…if I'd be in the way, then I won't but…" Yugi said.
Atemu chuckled a bit before saying, "Don't worry Yugi, you won't be in the way, Yami's asleep right now anyway. But, you can come in and see him; you can stay as long as you want. Yami'd want you to be there."
Yugi and Atemu then walked back into the room. But, instead of sitting on the bed since they didn't want to wake the sleeping Yami up, they sat down in a couple of chairs a few feet away from the bed. About twenty minutes later Yami woke up. Atemu smiled and said, "How are you feeling Anku?"
Yami frowned for a moment before contacting Atemu through the link. //Até what did you just say, I heard you voice, but I could not make out what you said.//
Atemu blinked. /You couldn't hear me Anku?/
//No Atemu, I couldn't. I think I've talked to you before about not being able to hear you when you mumble.//
Atemu got up and walked over to sit beside Yami on the bed. "Can you hear me now Anku?" Atemu said, Yugi glancing up when he heard Atemu ask the question.
"Yes Até I can hear you now." Yami said.
Atemu got up and walked back over to where Yugi was and said, "What about now beloved?" Making certain that his voice was clear.
Yami frowned before he shouted in frustration, "For Ra's SAKE Atemu quit MUMBLING! I can't hear you when you mumble."
Yugi frowned before saying, "Yami, Atemu wasn't mumbling. He was talking normally."
Yami grabbed his pillow in frustration, "Not you too Aibou. Will the both of you talk normally? I am not in the mood for you two to be joking around."
Atemu's eyes widened before he ran over to the bed and turned Yami's head to the side, so that his left ear was exposed, his hand glowing blue for a moment. Yugi also got up and walked over to the bed, curious about what Atemu was doing. After a few moments Atemu was done. "That explains it." Atemu said.
"Explains what?" Yami asked.
"The shock did some serious damage to your hearing beloved. You can't hear unless we're practically on top of you." Atemu said.
"Wait a minute, are you saying that Yami's gone deaf?" Yugi asked.
"Almost." Atemu said.
"That explains it. That explains why Yami wouldn't answer me really when I was talking to him before my friends showed up, as well as why he thought I just let me friends in. He couldn't hear me." Yugi said.
Atemu sighed and squeezed Yami's hand. "So that shock damaged my hearing?" Yami asked.
Atemu nodded, "I'm afraid so Yami."
Yami closed his eyes and leaned against Atemu.
/Don't worry beloved, it'll be fine. We can get past this, we'll adapt. I'll work on finding a way to fix your hearing. You'll be fine beloved./
//You will?//
/Yes, don't worry about it. I'll take care of it./
Yami nodded. He trusted Atemu. About thirty minutes later Yami stood up, saying that he needed to go to the bathroom. However, when he stood up he swayed on this feet, and after he'd taken about two steps he nearly fell. Actually he would have fallen had Atemu not grabbed him to steady him.
"Yami you okay?" Atemu asked once he'd had Yami steady.
Yami nodded before he pushed himself out of Atemu's arms and tried to continue onto his way to the bathroom, only to nearly fall again. Atemu once again caught him and wouldn't let go of him until he had escorted Yami to the bathroom and back to the bed again.
"Atemu, what's wrong with me? Why can't I walk?" Yami asked.
"I'm not sure Yami. But don't worry, I'll figure it out." Atemu assured.
Yami nodded before he rested his head against Atemu's chest. Yugi looked at Yami and had to admit Yami looked miserable, frustrated and miserable. Yugi suddenly smiled, he had just the idea to take Yami's mind off of everything that was going on right now. "Hey Yami?" Yugi said his voice practically a yell to make sure that Yami was able to hear him.
"Yes Aibou, what is it?" Yami asked.
"Do you want to play a game of Duel Monsters to pass the time?" Yugi asked.
Yami smiled, he loved Duel Monsters and welcomed the distraction, "I'd love to Aibou, Atemu, can you grab my deck it's in the nightstand."
Atemu smiled before he quickly got up and grabbed Yami's deck. Yami sat up straight and crossed his legs making room for Yugi on the bed as well, since he knew he couldn't use a duel disk, so they'd have to play table top for now.
Yugi came in a few minutes later, deck in hand. He sat down on the bed across from Yami, his game face on. "Alright Yami, lets duel!"
Yami smirked, his eyes lighting at the challenge. "Bring it on Aibou."
However, the duel hardly got to begin before it ended. Yami could not grip the cards, much to his frustration. However in an attempt to continue the game despite the difficulties Atemu held the cards for Yami, saying that he'd play the cards that Yami wanted him to play. Yami would lay his hand flat on the deck and slide the top card onto the bed; Atemu would then pick the card and hold them for Yami to see. However, problem number two was that Yami couldn't see the cards unless Atemu held them practically flush with Yami's face. Still, they made the effort. Atemu held the cards where Yami could see them and would play what Yami told him to play. But, it soon became apparent that Yami wasn't playing like he normally would. In fact after three amateur mistakes, and him forgetting he needed to sacrifice to play one of his monsters Yami decided that he'd had enough and buried his face in his pillow.
Yugi and Atemu picked up the cards. Atemu putting Yami's back in his nightstand and Yugi slipping his into the deck holder attached to his belt. Yugi sat down beside Yami and said, "Yami, I'm sorry I didn't mean to upset you." Yugi said.
Yami didn't answer him. Atemu walked over to Yugi and put a reassuring hand on Yugi's back. "Don't be offended Yugi, I think that Yami's just frustrated now. He's angry as well, but not at you. He's angry and frustrated with himself. He'll get better over time Yugi. We just have to be patient with him while he learns to be patient with himself. I think finding out that he can't play Duel Monster's anymore was a real blow. But it isn't something that we can't get through." Atemu said.
Yugi nodded before he got up and headed back into his own room, after all it was getting pretty late, if he didn't go to bed now Grandpa'd have a fit.
Once Yugi was gone Atemu laid down on the bed beside Yami and pulled him close. Yami buried his face in Atemu's chest and cried. Now, Yami doesn't cry very often. In fact the last time he'd cried was when he lost Yugi to the seal. But, right now he just needed the release.
Atemu just held Yami while he cried. "Everything will be okay beloved; we just have to take things one day at a time. But don't worry, we'll get through this. I promise." Atemu soothed, and that was a promise that Atemu intended to keep.
A/N: Well, that does it for this chapter please read and review. As for the hearing bit. That was based on my dad. He isn't deaf in one ear, but if you aren't really close to him he can't hear you…even when you yell. Please, no flames for errors I've made. I didn't do any research, and instead made things up to fit. Anyway, thanks for reading.