*knock,knock*
Ugh! Who is that?
*knock,knock,knock*
God dammnit! Go away!
*knockknockknockknock*
I slam open the door with a glare already in place "God dammnit, who the fuck is it!?"
Yugi throws himself at my cotton-clad chest and sobs loudly "Y-Yugi? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to say that... Wait, why are you crying?" he just sobbed louder in response, so I walked him to my living room and sat him on my couch while I tried to figure out a way to asuage his histerity.
After I figured out a way to calm Yugi, I asked him what was wrong.
"I-I... I fucked up... I fucked up really bad Anz... I— I left this time... And he didin't come after me."
I raised a brow "Yami? Why did you leave?"
His face contorted in what seemed to be anger, but it didn't reach his eyes "He's a cheater! I just know it! I—"
"How do you know, Yugi?"
"He—!"
"Did you see him do it?"
"N-no, but—!"
"Stop doing this to yourself Yugi! You can't just assume everyone you ever date will be just like her! Isn't that what happened with Akefia?"
"...Yeah..."
"And Marik?"
"Yes, but—!"
"And Duke? Yugi, Yami is the one for you. Hell if any guy or girl can put up with your paranoia for this long they have to be the one for you. You can't let the one time anyone ever did wrong by you hinder your chances at love! It's just not fair to you, or Yami."
He turned his gaze to the floor and then the phone rang. "I got it. I have a feeling I know who it is." I got up and walked toward the land-line I kept in my kitchen. "Hello?"
"Anzu! I-is Yugi there?"
I sighed heavily and pinched the bridge of my nose "Yeah Yami, he's here. Listen, I don't think your whould talk to him right now."
"No, Anzu. I need to speak with you."
I raised a brow, what the hell does he need me for? "Me? What for?"
"Listen Anzu, I know Yugi is hurting right now," he sighed " so I'm going to let him calm down. What I need you to do, is to (1) let him stay with you until he calms down and (2) call me when he does. This Yugi right now... he's not the Yugi I fell in love with in high school. I want that Yugi back, the one I could reasure with a hug, the one that rarely argued with me, the one who didn't have tantrums! This Yugi, I just can't love him the way I thought I could."
I smirked, I hadn't known Yami had fallen for Yugi in high school. If only I'd known then that I'd never had a chance with him. Would've saved me a lot of heart-break and tears. "Of course Yami. I'll call you when he comes to his senses, and don't worry, I'll get the old Yugi back for you, for all of us."
I heard him give a long, drawn-out sigh that I could tell was of relief. "Thank you, Anzu," I could hear the sadness in his voice and it made my heart clench in my chest. He really missed the old Yugi. "I can't tell you how relieved I am to hear that."
I laughed "What are friends for? Talk to you later. Bye."
"Yeah, bye."
I hung up my end of the reciever and walked back to my living room. I sat down next to Yugi, and put my arm around his slumped, trembling shoulders. His body wracked with silent sobs and I felt my heart clench for the second time that day. "Yugi, what's wrong now?"
He moved his head from his hands and slumped over on my shoulder, I cradled him closer, motherly instinct. "I... I don't like myself right now Anz," he opened his eyes and turned to me "I want to be the old me, from five years ago, the one who's heart wasn't broken and put back together so many times, that it didn't even look like a heart anymore. I want to be the Yugi that fell in love with Yami, but was so afraid of so much, he ended up going out with Vivian Wong instead. The Yugi that would wake up happy because he got to see the person he loved nearly eveyday, the Yugi that would go to the beach with Yami just because we wanted to watching the sun rise or set, and see it reflect off of the surface of the water." He laughed, but I could tell it was pained. "I think that was the first time I ever saw Yami blush, that day I bashfully grabbed his hand while we watched the sunset together. Oh Anzu, I wish I could be that Yugi, just so I could enjoy moments like that again. The moments I could only feel love for Yami and not paranoia." He started to cry again, slumping over and covering his face in his hands, and begun to speak through choked sobs "What happened to that Yugi?! I hate me! I'll never be that Yugi again! I hate myself for it!" He lifted his head and harshly wiped at his eyes, then stood up and walked to my guest room, slsmming the door behind him.
I sighed, he could be that Yugi again, he just had to try. And IT want to be the best friend I can and help.
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I know Yugi seems kinda OOC, but in the summary it says 'warning: slight depressed characters' so you just gotta deal.
TBC