After Yugi and the other runners had all fallen into one large heap, it wasn't long before more than half of the runners got back up and sprinted towards the finish line in hopes of placing in the top three spots. Yugi was, unfortunately, still trapped beneath a few people and couldn't move, not that he would try to anyways. His hearing was still fading periodically and his eyes flickered over everything in dizziness.

He barely registered the palm that dug into his back as the person on top of him lifted themselves up and moved away. Souta, who had landed on the first spot runner, grabbed Yugi by his shoulder and helped him to sit up.

"Mutou, you okay?" he asked, shaking Yugi's shoulder slightly. "Hey, hey, focus on me, okay? Take deep breaths," he instructed. "Just chill out and put your head between your knees."

Yugi did as he was told and was relieved when, after a while, some of the dizziness started to clear up. The process went along faster when Souta began to rub circles on his back in comfort.

"Hey," an official called as he bent down on his knee's beside them. "Is he okay?"

Yugi continued to focus on his breathing as he listened to Souta talk with the man, explaining his condition and the accident. A second later a water bottle was pushed into his hand, which he happily accepted. Yugi sluggishly unscrewed the cap and began to gulp down the refreshing liquid.

"Get him some Gatorade too, he probably needs some sugar in him," the official told the person who had given him the water.

"Thanks," Yugi muttered after he retracted his mouth from the bottle.

The official nodded. "How you feeling now? Think you can get up and walk?"

Yugi tilted his head to the left and to the right, trying to see if he still felt lightheaded or dizzy. Feeling better he gave a nod of affirmation, and with the help of Souta, stood up from his spot on the ground.

"Alright we'll head back to the benches then. If you start to feel dizzy or need to sit down then just say so. I don't want you to black out or anything," the official motioned for them to follow him.

During the walk Yugi took the time to look over Souta, making sure his teammate was well. Souta caught him staring and gave him a reassuring smile.

"Aye Mutou, look over there, your family is trying to come down here," Souta grinned, nudging him in the side.

Yugi followed his teammates gaze and came upon the scene of Bakura shouting at a security guard, Ryou attempting to pull Bakura back, and Yami and Mahado seemed to be arguing with each other. He smiled to himself at the picture, momentarily forgetting about being sick and the fact that he had just ruined the race for himself and the other only occurred to him then that he would have to answer a lot of Mahado's questions about his fall. Hopefully the issue would just be shrugged off, after all, he was going to be competing in the state dive tournament the next day.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Mahado questioned for the billionth time as he walked with Yugi back to their car.

Yugi felt like tugging at his hair in frustration, the only thing keeping him from attempting the action was Yami's arm, which was wrapped loosely around his back. Despite his attempts to not let Yami touch him while he was sick, he simply couldn't refuse the worried determined look Yami had when he met up with him and the others on the track. So here he was, letting his boyfriend coddle him, and risking the safety of his secret. "I will eat your babies if you don't stop asking me that question," Yugi said loudly, ignoring the snort that came from Yami.

"Now, now, Yugi… let's play nice. Or else I'll have to tell Yami about how you used to be obsessed with Elijah Wood," Mahado smirked, his eyebrow raised in a threatening form of amusement.

Yugi felt a light blush spread across his cheeks. "Shut up, that was years ago!"

"I thought I saw a picture of his face poking out from underneath your bed when I was I there…" Yami laughed.

Yugi rolled his eyes just as Yami released his hold on him. "Anyways, I gotta go," he kissed the tip of Yugi's nose. "I'll see you tomorrow at the tournament."

"I expect a win out of you!" Yugi called after the retreating form.

"Same goes for you!"

"I do not feel good at all…" Yugi mumbled quietly as he stared at himself in his bathroom mirror. His face was slightly paler than normal, his eyes were bloodshot, seeing as how he barely got any sleep due to being miserable from the feelings of his sickness, and the rest of his body throbbed and ached from the vigorous track meet. He found his throat to be sore as well, and hoped he didn't have strep throat.

"Yugi!" Atemu called from downstairs. "Let's go!"

"The first thing I'm doing after this is going to the doctors…" Yugi thought to himself.

"Coming!" he shouted before grabbing his bag and leaving the room.

Once at the place where the state tournament was, Yugi found himself swimming in the lanes with the rest of his team for a warm up. He found peace whenever his head was under water, but above the water was a different story. There was literally hundreds of people there to see the event, including a ton of students that came to support their respective school teams. Yugi had lost his brothers in the mad crowd long ago, and would have been lost had it not been for Yami finding him.

Finishing his last lap, Yugi climbed out of the pool, showing off the marker that adorned his back due to his team writing things on it in sharpie. He stumbled to the side a little as an unexpected wave of dizziness overcame him. He reached out to balance himself, accidentally grabbing onto a mans forearm.

"Oh, sorry!" he apologized, clutching his head.

The man cocked his head to the side. "You okay, kid?"

The feel of a wet hand being placed on his shoulder scared him into jumping a little. Twisting his head around he saw that it was just Yami.

"I'm fine," Yugi replied absentmindedly, allowing his boyfriend to lead him away from the pool. They walked to the spot where the rest of their team was huddled and quickly joined them for the national anthem which was playing over the speakers. Once that was done they did their school cheer, making sure to be extra loud so that the other teams could hear them. Yugi didn't appreciate the volume, as it just made his headache worse.

"Alright team!" Coach Mazaki clapped her hands together. "It's been a really great year and I'm so proud of all of you! You've all really grown in your skills and I can't wait for everyone to see how good you'll do. So let's have a good day, if something doesn't go your way then just brush it off, and know that you tried your best. Okay?"

There was a collective response of "Yes ma'am!" and "Yeah!"

"Great! Hopefully you know when your event is, so make sure to be there!"

"Yes ma'am!"

Yugi felt like crap. He literally thought he was about to die as he placed his hand on the ladder that would take him up to the diving board above. He had to focus his entire attention on just the next bar otherwise he knew he'd stick his foot right through the space between each one.

"You got this Yugi!" Yami shouted from behind him, letting out a sharp whistle afterwards.

Afraid that his boyfriend would see the grimace on his face he decided it best to not turn around, and kept moving at a sluggish pace. He gripped onto the metal bars hard as he pulled himself onto the board, briefly staring out at the huge crowds that were sitting or standing in the stands, all watching him and other divers. His eyes easily landed on his brothers, as their hair was like a beacon among the crowd. Amethyst locked on darkened amethyst for a split second, before Yugi finally looked away and walked towards the end of the board. He barely listened as the announcer listed off his name and event, choosing to try and force the nauseous feeling he felt away. It wasn't working too well.

Knowing that it was time for him to go, Yugi bent his knee's and pushed to allow the board to follow his movements. As he was gaining a bigger bounce he suddenly felt his entire body lose what energy it had. But it was too late to stop as he allowed his feet to leave the board, his legs instinctively coming up so that he could flip backwards.

Yugi barely sensed his body as he was briefly in the air. All he felt was the sudden pain in his head as his legs came up over his head, and then there was the painful feeling of his head colliding with the end of the diving board.

Everything immediately went black, Yugi could feel his body collapsing into the water, having no energy left to even bring himself above the surface. His mind was in such a tizzy that he couldn't figure out which way was up and which way was down. Panic spread through him, though he was too disoriented to do anything about the situation.

Just as his eyes detected the slightly pink water in front of him, familiar hands wrapped around his torso, tugging him upwards. Yugi gladly welcomed air back into his weakened lungs as the person managed to get them above the water, and was now dragging him out of the pool.

Cold tiles touched Yugi's skin, making him cringe slightly. However, it was barely noticeable considering the pain in his head was much worse.

"Yugi! Holy shit! Are you okay?" Yami's face appeared above his, his eyes were wide, and water was running from his hair and skin. Yugi warily guessed that Yami had been the one to pull him out of the water.

"It's okay, the paramedics are almost here!" Yami assured, grabbing a hold of Yugi's hand in comfort.

Yugi managed to squeeze his hand a little, before his vision went completely black.

A/N - See Yami ended up getting his own little heroic moment! Uh anyways, I'm not going to ignore the fact that I haven't updated this story in a few months. I've been really hard on myself about my writing skills and style. I'm just pissed at myself for not being able to write better, and to really build my stories in a good way.

So yeah, finally got to this chapter. It's not as exciting as I imagined, but that's my fault. I am honestly just not good enough of a writer to produce something like how I imagined it. I just lack that skill to deliver and it's something I seriously need to work on.

I also am not as obsessed with Yugioh as I was at the beginning of the year, which also is the reason why I have put off writing for so long. I'm just losing interest some. Hopefully I can bounce back though, because I really do want to improve my skills and what not.

Anyways thanks for putting up with me! One more chapter to go! Woo-hoo!