Part 6 – Hangover: Getting Better
Yugi decided to check on Seto to see how he was doing. He quietly creeped up the stairs, trying to make as little noise as possible. Upon reaching Seto's room he opened the door, shut it quietly and tip-toed over to Seto's bed. Yugi came to his bed, Seto had faced away from the door, so Yugi wasn't quite sure if he was asleep or awake. He sat on the edge, brought his legs up and leaned over Seto to see if he was asleep or not.
Seto had brought the covers up to his face, covering only part of it. The other part was dug into his pillow, however, enough space was left so he could breathe enough fresh air to get by. "Oh dear," Yugi mumbled under his breath, "must be that bad, huh?"
He could feel Seto starting to shift under the covers. Seto moaned and turned to face Yugi. "You have no idea," he mumbled, half groaning. Yugi noticed in the darkness that Seto still had immense bags under his eyes, and quite a bit of pain was evident through his facial expressions. Somewhere halfway between on the verge of being ill and physical pain.
"How are you feeling?" Yugi asked, stroking Seto's hair.
Seto groaned. "I think I may...nghh...need to go to the bathroom again..." he responded, with a hand partly covering his mouth. He had been trying to keep it down for the past half-hour, and he felt he might no longer be able to. It was going to be a long day, he just knew it.
"Let's set you up in the bathroom then, and just get it over with, ok?" Yugi said gently, continuing to stroke Seto's hair. Seto started to make the motion to get up, and Yugi moved to allow him to get out of bed. Seto put his arm around Yugi's shoulders again, and got up slowly. Thankfully Seto had a bathroom attached to his bedroom, being in such a large house, it seemed every bedroom had a bathroom. They slowly made their way over, and upon reaching the toilet, Seto placed a hand on the top of it, leaning forward, other hand holding his stomach and wretching into the toilet. Yugi could simply stand and watch, rubbing his back or running his fingers through Seto's hair.
"I am never drinking that much again...nggh," Seto managed to splurt out before another episode.
Yugi looked at him worriedly, "No, I really should have kept a better eye on you. I tried to get you to stop but I should have been more forceful. Really it's partly my fault...but on the other side I have never seen you drink that much..."
After Seto finished his next episode of wretching he stood up to his full height, flushed the toilet and looked at Yugi, "I am slightly sensitive to alcohol, I should know better. Today is going to be one hell of a long day, normally it takes a half a day for me to get over it but I think today...today might be all day..." Seto said, getting lost in his thoughts, "anyways" he said coming too, "what I was going to say was...was...it's not your fault I drank so much. I trust you, I know you probably asked me to stop. Knowing myself I can get pretty rowdy when drunk, I did this to myself, I'll take the blame."
Yugi was astounded. Was Seto actually owning up to his actions? Was he actually admitting that his hangover was indeed his own wrong doing? It was shocking! Yugi smiled, and rubbed Seto's arm, only just in time for Seto to grab his stomach again and wretch into the toilet.
"I think you should set up a camp in here for the day, I don't want you having to force yourself to keep it down if it's preventing you from sleeping. Here, I'll grab a blanket, I'll stay with you for a bit," Yugi said.
When Seto finished he finally stood up again, and murmured, "No...no I think I am fine now. I think it's done. I feel pretty emptied out." He paused for a moment, feeling ill again but only resulted in dry heaving. "Yup," he chuckled, "I'm empty. It's safe. Just don't give me anything to drink or eat for a while. I need sleep."
They made their way back to Seto's bed and Yugi 'tucked' him in. Yugi stayed behind a little, cuddling with his lover until he fell sleep. Only when Seto's breathing pattern changed from somewhat quick breaths to deep, long, slow breaths did Yugi know he was fast asleep. He would return downstairs to find Mokuba and continue to keep him entertained.
'It's probably best to show him the paper when he's better,' Yugi thought. And with that he left Seto's room to find Mokuba.
The entire day continued to go between Yugi checking on Seto, cuddling him, returning to Mokuba, and keeping him entertained, occasionally feeding him. Seto was slowly getting better, however his body continued to ache to no end. A little later during the day they tried water, and he was able to keep it down.
"Why don't you take a shower? It'll make your aching body feel better. Or a bath? I can bathe you!" Yugi piped.
And as such Seto allowed Yugi to give him a bath. Amazingly the bath was just what Seto needed, he felt much better afterwards, still slightly sore, but his headache mostly vanished. Of course, it wasn't until 7:00 at night this happened. It truly was one hellish day.
Yugi was allowed to spend the night one more time, since he had been so good to Seto. Yugi was excited, another sleep over! It must have been a record. On occasion he did sleep over...and yet he noticed it was becoming a more frequent thing...he smiled at the thought.
That night in bed Seto asked Yugi, "Yugi...do you remember our first time?"
Yugi thought for a while, while laying in his lovers arms. "There were alot of 'firsts' Seto, you'll have to be more specific," he said grinning.
Seto nudged Yugi's neck slightly, letting his breath move it's way over Yugi's neck, "I mean...our first time. You know..." Upon saying this Seto pushed his pelvis slightly into Yugi's behind.
Although Seto couldn't see it, Yugi blushed rather deeply. How could he ever forget? Their first time was truly an experience. He remembered Seto was rather reluctant to do it, he was rather unsure of what to do. He was also extremely worried about someone coming in on them, into the room. And of course, he was in pain as Yugi tried to thrust into him. However, Yugi realized Seto was in pain rather quickly, and also recognized the stress and worry on his face. "Relax," he remembered telling him gently, "let go of all your inhibitions and just relax Seto...trust me..." and Seto had trusted him. That next thrust was like heaven to Seto, penetrating deeply and sending shockwaves through his body. Seto had trusted Yugi.
"Of course I remember," Yugi said, "it was really a special moment."
Seto wrapped his arms around Yugi and squeezed him into a tighter hug, "I still love you," he whispered, "even when I'm a grouch. Just...sometimes I'm not sure how to deal with my sexuality, or with people on a general scale. I suppose you could say I put on a show because I'm scared of the world."
Yugi thought for a moment before responding. "And rightfully so, it treated you so poorly. But now the world is making up for that, giving you things, opportunities. At this stage in your life though, you are what you make it...it can either be excellent...or terrible. It's all up to you."
And with that Seto gently kissed Yugi goodnight and they fell asleep.
The next morning started much better. Both Yugi and Seto awoke in the morning, starting the day off with a little bit of a make-out session. Yugi noticed Seto's lips were awfully dry. "Why don't we get some food into you, you must be starving. Can't have you loosing any weight, you're thin enough as it is," Yugi teased.
As they headed downstairs Yugi suddenly remembered the newspaper. He had to show Seto that morning. There was no getting around it.
After Yugi made Seto some breakfast, he sat down at the table, paper in hand.
"Seto," Yugi said.
"Mm?" Seto responded with a mouth full of food.
"I think you should look at this."
Yugi handed Seto the news paper, with the image of the two of them kissing. Seto dropped his fork and placed a hand to his head, suddenly looking utterly shocked, confused, and very, very stressed.
Yugi got up and walked over to Seto and placed his hands on his shoulders. He was extremely worried about the repercussions of this, he wasn't sure how Seto would react. Violently? With sass? He was known to react in such ways. But Seto had been surprising him lately, maybe he would surprise him again.
And Seto did. "What should I do?" Seto asked Yugi, worried.
Yugi thought for a moment. "Create your own coming out story. Life gave you this opportunity. Make of it what you will."
Seto looked at Yugi, with wonder and awe. "You're right," he said, "I can't live a miserable life being so negative all time, being so mean. Maybe I'll try something different."
Yugi smiled. Seto truly was something different.