Innocent – Taylor Swift
Darkness. That was all he deserved. He didn't deserve anything he had been given these past few years of life. He didn't deserve any friends or even family members. He betrayed the people he loved most. He only wanted to protect them. Didn't that count for anything? He only wanted to prove he would do anything for his other. Instead, he only scared the person he loved most and let his darkness overtake him. He would never, ever be forgiven. He deserves getting the coldest shoulder possible.
"Mou hitori no boku?"
Yami sighed in the darkest room of his soul. He wasn't going to be found by his aibou. He couldn't. It would only bring tears and horrible feelings to his heart.
"Mou hitori no boku! I need to talk to you!" Yugi snuffled. "Please! You're the only one who can make this better."
Yami sighed and covered his face, attempting not to cry as well, after he heard knocks at the door. He didn't respond.
"Damn it! I will bust down this door if I have to. I just want to talk to you!" he was leaning his head against the cold, metal door.
The door flung open, sending Yugi straight into Yami's arms. "What do you need Yugi?" He tried to hide his feelings but deep down he knew he would never be able to hide them from Yugi.
Yugi looked up into Yami's crimson pools before he stood up straight. "Don't call me Yugi. It doesn't sound right coming from your lips."
"Alright. Anything else?"
"I want to know what made you snap. I'm not mad. I'm really not. I understand."
"No, Yugi. You don't." Yami snapped. "You... don't know what it was like..."
Yugi placed a hand against Yami's cheek, caressing it with his thumb. "No. I don't and won't unless you tell me. Please don't hold this burden alone. I'm here to help you."
"I... had flashbacks." He gulped and backed into the wall. "Of when the puzzle was in separate pieces. The shadows how they... tortured me."
Yugi walked over to him and gripped his hand in a comforting manner. "Oh, mou hitori no boku."
"It brought me back to what I was the first few times I came out of the puzzle." He sunk to the ground, taking Yugi with him. "It brought me back into being that monster."
*********Flashback*******
"Yami?"
"No, please. I won't do it again. I promise." The scared man begged.
"It's too late for that." The man watched as Yami's pupils disappeared and a fire appeared in his eyes. A sinister smile spread across his face. "I usually play a game to decide people's fate, but this time, I'll make an exception not to, you would lose anyway."
The man slunk back into the corner of the alley way. "You don't hurt people." He snatched the man by the throat and threw him away from the back of the alley. "I really don't expect you to do it after this, ever again."
"Yami, you need to stop. This isn't you." Yugi rushed to the center of the alleyway, beside him.
The pharaoh's arm raised, getting ready to hit the guy over the head before his head twitched and his free arm reached for his head. It didn't stop the hit, it only slowed it down.
"Mou hitori no boku! Please! Snap out of it!" Yugi begged.
"A... Aibou...?" He stopped all of his movements. His head twitched again. "Please. Make it stop. Make them go away. I don't want that anymore."
Yugi watched the bully escape before turning to Yami. "Yami, Yami! Hey, look at me."
His watering eyes met Yugi's. "I don't want this anymore. I just want them to go away. I don't want to be like that. Please. Make it go away Aibou." He wrapped his arms around Yugi as proof that he was in the present time now.
*******Present******
"It's not your fault." He leaned up and pressed a kiss to his forehead. "I don't blame you for that."
"No. I don't even deserve your presence right now. I don't forgive myself."
"You didn't do anything but scare the shit out of that guy and hit him once. There's nothing to be sorry about." Yugi reassured as he ran a soothing hand through Yami's tri colored hair.
"I'm just concerned about what could have happened if you didn't stop me." Yami pressed his head into Yugi's shoulder. "I'm bad, aibou. I'm like a ticking timebomb. I don't know when it could possibly happen next."
"I still see the good in you. You aren't like that anymore. You are one of the kindest people I have ever met."
Yami laughed sarcastically. "I beg to differ."
"Mou hitori no boku, what I'm trying to say is that all of that happened in the past. Sure, there might be flashbacks and repercussions, but you'll always have light inside of you, no matter how bad they get."
"Only because you've taught me how to keep that light." Yami smiled slightly.
"Yes, because I'm the good to your bad. You keep me from being too sugary sweet. We're the perfect match together." Yugi smiled.
"Why do I keep you around again?" Yami questioned sarcastically.
"Because I'm great at supporting you and keeping you on your toes?"