I'm back everyone! I know that I've been out on this one as of recent but I just couldn't come up with anything…hopefully this will make up for it/sweatdrop/ standard disclaimers…I own nothing…v.v Okay…enjoy.
Yami sat up in a tree in the park ,tears streaming down his face as he hung his head in shame and embarrassment. His heart had just been torn out and smashed on the ground, picked up and thrown in a blender and put on frappe. All he wanted right now was to be left along and to wallow in his misery and pain. Too bad that this authoress isn't that mean and decided to do something nice for once!
"Look out!" Yami heard, and before he knew it he had been hit in the face with something and he fell out of the tree. But instead of the pain of hard cement against his back, he felt warm, strong arms behind his knees and shoulders. He blinked, tears still blocking his vision and saw the outline of a blurry figure. Yami reached up slowly and brushed his tears away so he could see. Before his eyes was a handsome young man, probably around seventeen or eighteen with stunning blue eyes, shoulder length black hair, a pale complexion and freckles scattered over his cheeks. "Are you okay?" he asked, voice low as he helped Yami stand. "I'm really sorry about that…the ball just…slipped out of my hands I guess." he brushed off Yami's shoulders as Yami stood dumb struck, staring at the tall, elegant man before him.
"Oh right…no it's fine, I'm alright. What…what is your name?" he blinked, wet lashes slightly clinging to his cheek.
"Damien James VanSet…but my close friends call me D. And…you're Yami right? Motou Yami?" Yami nodded and Damien smiled widely. "My sister is a big fan of yours…but why are you out here in the park? Shouldn't you be with that Kaiba guy? I mean, I heard that you two were dating and everything so it'd only make sense that you'd be with him." Yami looked towards the ground, frowning and tears formed in his eyes again, having the pain of the break up rush back at him full force. "Oh crap…you two broke up didn't you? Oh man…listen I'm sorry. He must of meant a lot to you…but I know how you feel. Me and my boyfriend just broke up too. Jeff was a real ass to me but I guess…I didn't want to lose him." Damien shook his head lightly and placed a reassuring hand on Yami's shoulder. "It's okay thou because he and I didn't go well together, so he broke up with me. And I'm sure that if Kaiba really loves you, he'll end up calling you tomorrow and asking for you back." Damien looked slightly sad as he spoke those words to Yami. Before you could even see that he frowned, Damien was smiling again, hand still resting on Yami's shoulder. "Hey, why don't you come back to my apartment and I can check that bump out for you?" Yami nodded and then they were off towards Damien's apartment complex.
When they reached the apartment building, Yami noticed how run down it was. There were cracks in the sidewalk, the windows on the sides of the building were cracked and some boarded up, there was graffiti everywhere, on the walls, the ground, everything and a few doors seemed to be literally hanging off the hinges. Damien led Yami up to a door that seemed to be in pretty good shape, a name plate on the front reading 'VanSet'. Yami watched as Damien reached into his pocket and pulled out a ring of keys and grab one, putting it in the keyhole before unlocking and opening the front door.
"Home sweet home." Damien spoke lightly under his breath, smiling a bit. They took a few steps inside, discarding their shows by the front door when Damien called out "Rosie! I'm back! I couldn't find Kath thou, but I'm sure she's fine." Upon walking further into the house Yami could see on his left was a small hallway which held three doors, probably two bedrooms and a bathroom, to the right was a very tiny kitchen and in front of him was a living room area with a small TV and a beaten up couch that held on it a very petite girl, partly sitting up and wrapped up in a blanket, looking very pail. She seemed to be sick. Damien walked right over to her and kneeled down next to her, taking her hand in his and taking the washcloth from her and dipping it in the cold basin of water before ringing it out and putting it back against her forehead. Yami frowned slightly, seeing the sick girl before him and her handsome twin next to her. It was sad if not touching to see Damien care so much about his sister. "Don't worry Rosie…I'm sure the fever will pass soon and you'll get better." he smiled even though his voice held a sad tone to it.
"Could…could I be of some help?" Yami took a few steps forward towards them and the girl, Rosie, looked over towards him.
"Brother…" she spoke in a small, broken voice "…is that who…I think it is?" she blinked slightly and Yami saw that her eyes were a dark gray, they seemed lifeless and without a soul. Yami took a few more steps towards them and knelt down as well next to her, giving off the best smile he could.
"Hello Rosie, I'm Yami and it's very nice to meet you." He took her free hand and kissed it lightly. She blinked again and gave a small smile, her dark eyes lightening a bit. Yami's own smile grew, to see someone in so much pain and so hurt to smile like that, that innocent smile that she had was breath-taking. Without warning Rosie pulled both her hands away to cover her mouth as she began to couch roughly, the washcloth falling from her forehead where it once balanced. Damien stood quickly and went into the kitchen, grabbing something from one of the cabinets above the sink and then getting a glass of water. He came back out and held the glass for her along with two small red pills.
"Rosie, take these. Come on sis…" she grasped a hold of the pills and put them in her mouth and with a shaky hand she took and swallowed the water. She seemed to grow paler and Damien made her lay back on the couch before stepping away, pulling Yami with him. In a hushed voice Damien said "those will knock her out for about five hours, let's just let her sleep." Yami nodded and followed Damien as he walked down the hallway. Damien opened the first door that was on the left side to revile a bathroom. He immediately went over and opened the medical cabinet and pulled out a first aid kit. "Let's check out that bump now, shall we?" he smiled and Yami gave a slight smile back. Yami sat on the sink while Damien tended to the bump Yami had on his forehead from when Damien accidentally hit him.
"You know it's not that bad…you didn't really hit me that hard." Yami frowned as Damien pulled out a few band aids and covered up the new forming bruise. Damien just smiled.
"Yeah well, I have a guilty conscience. So this helps you and doesn't leave me feeling like I really hurt you or something." Yami rolled his eyes but smiled a bit. He felt happy right now, despite the fact that a few short hours ago, the love of his life had cut of their relationship with a rusty ax. Yami couldn't understand why this man could make him feel so good when he could feel so crappy. He had just had the longest relationship of his entire life (A/N: all 3,000 years) end and he was in a rundown apartment, happy.
All of a sudden, there was a knock on the door. Damien walked out of the bathroom and out to the front hall and opened the door, Yami trailing behind him a few steps. Yami was, if anything, shocked to see who was at the front door.
"Hey D, "said a very familiar Brooklyn accent "Ya sista any bedda yet?" Jounouchi Katsuya stood at the front door in his usual street garb, torn jeans, white shirt, and denim jacket, hands in his jacket pockets. Damien looked over his shoulder towards the sleeping Rosie on the couch and just shook his head slightly.
"No…she's still really sick Jou…do you want to come in? Stay with her again?" Jou nodded and Damien let him in. That's when Jou finally noticed Yami, who'd been rooted to his spot, mouth dry and eyes wide.
"Yami? Man, what are ya doin' here?" Jou walked over and patted Yami on his shoulder, causing him to fall from his stupor and blink slightly.
"Oh…uh I was…uhm well…" Yami just couldn't find the words to explain…so Damien did it for him!
"I was down in the park looking for Kath 'cause she didn't show up to help with Rosie and I accidentally knocked him out of a tree…oops? My bad." Damien smiled, rubbing his hand against the back of his neck. Jou just laughed and Yami seemed to blush, but you couldn't tell because of his tan. (A/N: Yes in this story Yami has his tan back and he looks more like Atemu then he did before.) "So let's not just stand here like idiot's shall we?" Damien started walking towards the kitchen but when Jou followed Damien held his hand out, stopping him. "Sorry Jou, but only the people who aren't idiots are allowed to go into the kitchen." he smiled when Jou threw a punch at him, catching it. Yami smiled slightly and they went into the kitchen. Upon entering the kitchen there was a counter next to the sink, some cabinets attached to the ceiling and a small table that seated about four people but with only three chairs around it. Jou immediately sat down in the chair nearest the fridge, that was against the wall next to the sink, and leaned back in his chair. Damien took the chair nearest the sink so that left Yami with the one near the door. "We don't usually have more then one guest at the house, Jou or Kath are the only people who ever come over so we don't have a lot of room, sorry." Damien smiled slightly but Yami just shook his head, saying it was fine. "So is anyone hungry? Oh wait…Jou's here…I shouldn't have to ask that." Damien stood up and smiled along with Jou but Yami sat there quietly. He felt different now that Jou was here…more upset. When he was just with Damien he was happy but now he felt isolated again, left alone, like it was only him. Damien had gone over to the stove that was in between the sink and the fridge and started cooking something. What ever it was it smelled amazing.
After a few minutes Damien set a plate down in the middle of the table. It contained eggs, sausage, bacon, and buttered toast. How Damien had cooked all that up in a matter of minutes was beyond anyone but he did, and it looked and smelled amazing. Jou immediately started digging in and Damien served some to Yami as well before taking the rest and wrapping it up, putting it back in the fridge for Rosie. Yami was a bit hesitant before trying but when he did he was surprised. Everything was perfect. Before you could say 'Duel Monsters' Yami had cleared his plate, smiling to himself and leaning back in his seat. When all the food was eaten, Damien cleaned up the table, going and washing the dishes in the sink.
"Hey D…ain't ya got da late shift ta night?" Damien looked to his watch.
"Oh crap…I'm late…damn it." he dropped the dishes in the sink and ran towards the front door, grabbing his coat and shoes. "Damn it…boss is gunna be pissed off! I've gotta go…Jou you're staying here right?" Jou nodded. "Do you want to come with me Yami? I'm only working for a few hours." Yami nodded and stood as well, going over and grabbing his boots and putting them on. "Great" Damien smiled "Okay Jou, she'll be out for a while I gave her her meds so just make sure she's still there when I get back okay?" Jou laughed and smiled, nodding. Damien and Yami ran out the front door and down out to the garage in the back of the apartments. There were only two cars there. One was a beat up dark green Mustang, probably over 20 years old, the other was a blue Matrix. The Matrix looked brand new and Damien made his way over towards it, Yami following closely behind. They both got in the car and buckled up before Damien started it up and drove out of the garage, heading out to the highway. It was a matter of minutes before Damien pulled into the back of a restaurant named 'Le Coeur de la Mer'. Yami blinked at the name. Not knowing what it said.
"Damien…what does that sign say? It's not in any language I know…" he blinked again, still confused. Damien laughed as they got out of the car, locking it up and heading for the back door.
"It means 'The Heart of the Sea'. Apparently, my boss use to be a navy man and when he got back, he decided to name the restaurant after the one thing he loved more then cooking…the sea." Damien smiled again and they walked in through the back into the kitchen where there was a lot of people running around, cooking. Damien just kept walking but Yami stopped and stared. All those people, running around, yet they seemed so organized. Damien doubled back when he realized that Yami hadn't followed him and dragged him out to the front of the restaurant. When they reached the front Damien made Yami sit up by the desk in the front while he ran to get changed. Yami sat and waited, there was a girl who was still manning the front. She was a seat-er Yami supposed. She had short brown hair and green eyes. She looked very depressed but wore a smile and she seemed to be about 16, maybe 17 but probably 16. Yami tilted his head to the side, craning his neck and trying to get a better look at her name plate. The girl turned, noticing Yami's stare and she blinked at him, still smiling.
"Is there something I can help you with? You're with Damien right?" Yami nodded and the girl, who's name-tag read 'Jenna' smiled more. "It's good to see he's not still sad about Jeff…they were really close but I heard Jeff broke up with D because he was seeing this girl. But he was a jerk and I'm glad Damien's found someone else." Yami blushed faintly, covered by his tan but he blinked as well.
'Someone else? She thinks we're together? Well…that would be nice…he's really kind and caring, more than Seto ever was…I don't know, maybe I could ask him out…I think I may just do that.' Yami thought to himself and smiled a bit. Jenna noticed Yami's smile and smiled back at him just as Damien walked out of the back room, dressed in a pair of black slacks, a white button up shirt, black tie and a red apron.
"You two talking? That's good," Damien smiled. Yami smiled back but noticed that Jenna frown. Yami all of a sudden felt like Jenna had a special connection to Damien and he was in the way of it. Jenna looked to Yami and shook her head 'no' as if reading his mind. Damien showed Yami around the restaurant, the kitchen, the different levels to the place. It was quite beautiful. The floors and walls were a dark red and the ceiling was a light blue with lights that hung down and had bowls over top of them to make the color look differently with the shade of the lamp. It was quite romantic. They stayed in the front, Damien seating customers as they came and once in a while going to wait on a table or two.
It was around 11 before Damien finally said it was time to leave. They left, got into Damien's car and drove back to the apartment. When they pulled up onto Damien's block they were surprised to see it was blocked off.
"Oh no…Rosie!" Damien skidded to a stop and jumped out of the car, Yami hot on his trail. Damien, showing off his badge (AN: besides a great chef, and waiter, Damien works at the police department) so he could get through. They quickly found Jou and he was standing with a worried look on his face and biting his lower lip. "Jou! What happened!"
"She jus'…started ta have a seizure! I didn't know what ta do so I called 911 an' she looked so bad man. D man…I'm worried. Dis one was worse den de others…" Jou looked down, a single tear streaking down his face. Damien gave him a quick hug and asked where they took her, Jou just muttered something about the hospital.
"You going to be okay Jou?" Yami put a reassuring hand on Jou's shoulder. Jou just nodded and moved away, walking back in the direction of his own apartment. Yami and Damien went back to Damien's car and sped off towards the Domino Hospital.
As soon as they got there they were rushed into a room where Rosie was being held by a few doctors and a nurse or two. Yami figured that Rosie had to come to the hospital often because everyone knew who Damien was and they knew where exactly to go. When they walked into the room, she looked awful. Rosie was hooked up to about three machines and she had an IV in her arm, dripping medication into her veins. Damien immediately went to Rosie's side, holding onto her hand and sitting in the chair next to the bed. Yami could tell, as he took the seat next to Damien, that tonight…was going to be a long night.
AN/ Hey all! Look! I got it all out! You know what I find kind of sad? I have 18 reviews for this story and I've posted 7 chapters including this one. And on Master And Mutt I have 5 chapters and 31 reviews. That's sad… /frowns/ MORE REVIEWS! People…really…if you don't like the story I'll just stop! Please review…really please.
Seto: I've never seen her this depressed before…please review before she does something drastic…like kill the story… that's not a good thing…
Kath-chan/sniffles/ okay Seto-koi they get the point…please review