AN: I don't really know what to say here, so on with the Drabble!

Yugi: Age 10

"Hey guys? You guys wouldn't happen to know why Yami hasn't been speaking with me lately, do you?"

Joey, Tristan and Tea all glanced at one another as they heard Yugi's simple question. Tristan leaned forward in the chair he was currently sitting on in Yugi's living room, he looked a little hesitant, trying to find the right words to say.

"You should of seen him, man. When your soul got taken, the Pharaoh broke down, he was actually crying, I've never seen him like that. Right, Joey?"

Joey nodded, agreeing with the brunette. "Yeah, Yug. It wasn't an easy sight to see. What was worse was there was nothin we could say or do that would make him feel better. I mean in a situation like that what can you say?"

Tea bowed her head slightly, as she looked at her hands, which were folded neatly on her lap. "He wouldn't stop blaming himself for what happened. He barely said a word to any of us, and when he was dueling Weevil, he just got worse."

Yugi tilted his head to the side in confusion. "'What do you mean 'got worse'? Tea?"

Tea didn't look up, she just continued to stare at her hands. "How he was dueling Weevil, he was angry, he was hurt. When Weevil told him that he had a card that could bring your soul back, then he ripped it in two, saying that it was just a joke. The Pharaoh just-"

Tea shook her head and swallowed. "-Took everything he was feeling, all the guilt, the anger and desperation out on Weevil."

"Losing you broke him for a while, Yug. And even when he was fighting to defeat Dartz, the weight of what he did was on his mind."

"It still is on his mind." Tristan said matter-of-factly.

The ten year old stared at his feet, feeling completely crestfallen. His other self felt that horrible about what happened? That was the reason Yami shut himself inside his Soul Room for the past couple of days?

After few more hours passed of his three friends telling Yugi what he missed while his soul was gone, they soon gathered their stuff and left. When they were, Yugi immediately went inside the Millennium Puzzle.

Opening his eyes, he found himself in his Soul Room surrounded by the toys he use to play with as a child. He quickly made his way to the door that led into the small hallway, the hallway that connected his and his other selfs rooms together, that connected their bond.

Yugi grasped the handle and pushed, attempting to open his 'older brother's ' door, only to realize that it was locked. That.. was shocking, the only time this door was locked was when Yami didn't want Yugi to know he existed, it was before they ever develop such a strong bond.

He knocked once. "Yami?" He called out, hoping the door would open or to get some type of response. He didn't, making the boy's concern grow.

Yugi knocked again, this time louder. "Other me! Open the door! Please!"

Still nothing, no movement from the other side, no nothing. Just silence. "I know why your acting like this, you feel guilty about playing the Seal of Orichalcos, you blame yourself that it took me away. You think it's all your fault, that I'm angry with you, but it's not! I'm not!"

Silence.

Yugi's lower lip started to tremble. He placed his hands on the cold iron door. "If I'm angry at anyone it's at myself! I should have known you'd still feel this way! I can't blame you that you are! I should have been there for you more! Like you are always there for me!"

The ten year old clinched his hands into fists, as he fell to his knees. Tears pricked at the corners of his violet eyes. Yugi knew he shouldn't be crying, he knew he had to be strong and comfort Yami. But the boy with tricolored hair couldn't help it. "You played that card because you thought there was no other choice! You thought you were doing the right thing!"

Yugi leaned the top of his head against the metal object. His eyes squeezed shut, a few tears escaping the slits of his eye-lids. "Please come out! Yami! You saved me! I'm fine, I'm right here! Don't shut yourself away, other me! Don't shut yourself away from me! Don't leave me all alone!"

Suddenly Yugi felt the cold door that was supporting his weight disappear, causing him to fall forward, outstretching his arms, Yugi landed on his hands. He looked up to see his darker half a few feet away, sitting in the middle of the floor with his head bowed low.

"Yami!?"

The spirit stayed quiet, bowing his head even lower. Yugi stood up, taking a few steps toward his taller self. "Other me, talk to me."

The Pharaoh sighed tiredly. "Aibou-" Yami flinched. "I don't deserve to be called that, Yugi." Yami raised a hand and placed it over his heart. "I betrayed you, you told me not to play that card and I did it anyway, I betrayed our trust, our bond between each other! I realize now that I don't deserve to be called your other half." Yami's shoulder started to shake.

"I don't deserve to call you aibou! Not after what I did to you!"

Yugi sprinted over towards his Yami. "Don't say that!" He cried out, absolutely horrified that those words were coming out of his other half's mouth. "You are my other half! And I'm your aibou! That's how it's always been!"

He placed his hands on the Pharaoh's shoulders and tried to get the older spirit to look at him, but Yami refused. "Please..." He whispered desperately. The ten year old could hear the tears threatening to fall. "Destroy the Puzzle."

Yugi thought his heart almost stopped when he heard those words. "No...!" He muttered, he couldn't do that, he wouldn't do that!

"You must. For I have done nothing but put you in danger, have put your life at risk. And for what? The quest to regain my lost memories of Egypt? The quest to recall what type of Pharaoh I truly was? Your life means more to me then regaining my memories. You have to break our bond! It's the only way you will stay safe!"

Yugi shook his head, frantically. "I can't! I won't!

"I refuse to lose you again, not because me! Not again!" Yami exclaimed loudly, finally showing his face, which was constricted in shame and guilt, his voice echoing a crossed his dark Soul Room.

The tears fell then, gazing into his friends innocent violet eyes made them fall right then. The boy with the tricolored hair fell forward purposefully, he landed against Yami's chest and clung on for dear life. He gripped his clothing and buried his face into his other self's jacket. "No!" He sobbed out. "No! No! No! I can't! I can't send you away, other me! Your my best friend! My big brother!- I love you!"

Yami's eyes widened. "Yugi..." His voice was barely above a whisper as he continue to listen to Yugi cry against him. It was strange, of all the times they knew one another, of all the times they have thought of each other as brothers, they never once uttered those words.

The Pharaoh now realized that the reason he was acting this way was because he too, loved Yugi just as much, this boy he swore to protect, this boy he thought of as his shorter twin, his more innocent twin.

And if Yugi was reacting this badly to the mere thought destroying their bond, their connection to each other. Then maybe-

Yami squeezed his eyes shut, just like Yugi was doing, the tears continued to fall in different directions down his face. He clung onto Yugi. "I'm sorry! I'm so so sorry, aibou. Please, forgive me for all the danger and pain I've put you through!"

"Oh other me! It's fine! I forgave you a long while ago!" Yugi stated his arms going around the spirits waist. "Just, please-"

"-Don't leave."

Laying his cheek on Yugi's shoulder, Yami nodded. "I won't... Brother."

AN: Oh, hurt/comfort stories! I can't get enough of them! :3 I'm such a sucker for those types of stories on fanfiction!

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