Yugi went to bed that night, but for some reason he could get to sleep. He
tried to count Kuribohs, but he couldn't find sleep. He got out of bed and
decided that a walk might help him. Yugi had on a tee shirt and a pair of
Dark Magician print boxers; he grabbed a pair of jeans and headed out of
his bedroom quietly. 'I doubt that anyone will be out at this hour, and if
they are out they won't be looking at my arms.' He thought after he
dismissed the idea of changing shirts.
He walked down the long hallway and walked down the stairs. Then as he walked toward the door he heard something in the living, which he would have to walk past to get to the door. He peeked in and was utterly shocked by what he saw. Seto was sitting on the couch, in green plaid pajama pants and a black Outlaw Star tee, and he was watching taped episodes of Inu- Yasha.
Yugi had never in a million years expected he'd ever see Seto lounging on a couch watching anime, he expected that his lounging would be something closer to reading paperwork.
He started to creep past the living room, to the door, but frozen when Seto turned around and looked at Yugi. "Where are you going?" he asked frozen Yugi.
"Out." Yugi looked at Seto, the light from the TV which was dancing on him and around him. Yugi had this funny feeling that he wanted to go jump on the couch and curl up next to Seto and watch anime till the sun came up, but he knew he couldn't.
Seto paused the tape and got off the couch. "Nice try. Where are you REALLY going? And this time try to be more specific."
"I wasn't lying. I'm going out for a bit." Yugi went to the door and slipped on his sneakers. "I'm going for a walk. I'll be back in a little while." Then he saw Seto putting on HIS sneakers. "Where are YOU going?"
"Out, with you." Seto opened the door and held it for Yugi who looked at him annoyed. "Someone has to keep an eye on you."
"What?! Why?!"
"I'm your guardian, aren't I?" Seto raised an eyebrow.
Yugi sighed and walked out, past Seto, he didn't wait for him as he walked up the block.
They walked in silence for about half an hour, the night was calm and relatively dark but for the few street lights that cast an orange glow that looked like big lightening bugs were hovering in the air.
"So do you have to wear long sleeves all the time?" Seto said when he could take the silence no longer. He couldn't think of anything else to say.
"Yeah but I don't mind it too much." Yugi answered offhandedly. He wasn't didn't care what Seto was thinking.
"I know it's weird and you probably don't want to, but do you think you could show me your arms?" Seto asked sheepishly.
Yugi was surprised by the way in which Seto asked the question, Seto was usually so straight forward and now he had danced around the question before actually asking. Then it hit him what Seto had just asked. He hesitated for a moment.
"Okay. Didn't you see them at the hospital, though?" Yugi said as he walked over to a streetlight and stood in its orange glow.
"No." Seto watched as Yugi lifted his arms up into the light. He gasped, "Oh Yugi!"
"How didn't you see them? Wait how did I get to the hospital?" It had just dawned on Yugi that he had a pretty big gap in his memory, and it needed filling.
"Joey, Tea and everyone else were worried because they didn't know where you were, we all assumed that everyone else knew and we just hadn't been told yet. But we realized that that wasn't what had happened and I volunteered to go to your house and look for you.
I went to your house and you didn't answer your door and so I used the emergency key. I was calling your name over and over again and you weren't answering, I checked the whole house and then I went to your room." Seto choked up for a moment and he couldn't speak as he thought of what had happened that day. "I opened the bathroom door and-"
He couldn't speak, his throat closed up as he pictured Yugi lying on the floor in a crimson sea of his own blood, how helpless he was, how small he looked, how he looked almost like Mokuba. He opened his mouth to speak but no sound came out as a tear broke forth and rolled down his cheek as he looked at Yugi's arms now.
"I opened the bathroom door and I saw you lying in a pool of your own blood, you were unconscious." Seto tried to keep all the tears back but he was losing the battle.
Yugi looked at Seto as he cried, those tears for him, the cold hearted man was shedding tears for HIM, little neglected, uncared for him. He moved closer to Seto, he moved in and he looked at Seto's lips, which he longed to kiss. He pressed his lips to Seto's gently. He had nothing to lose, if Seto threw him to the ground and cursed him out he would feel just the same as before, but what.if he accepted.he didn't know what he would do.
Seto was surprised by the gesture from Yugi, but it was a pleasant surprise. He kissed him back, deeply.
The two gave themselves into the kiss. It was a kiss that felt like a beautiful forever, it was the most blissful moments of their lives.
That kiss was the first of many that they would share, just a step toward a brighter future. Yugi was still in pieces but with time and Seto's love he healed, there are still scars on his arms but now they are less vivid. Those scars hold a different meaning for Yugi now than they did before.
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From Anger
There was a field I once passed by
It was so beautiful and pure
There were trees that bore the sweetest fruit
And flowers with the sweetest scent
Then I happened to pass it again
Instead of life I saw death
The trees had fallen
The flowers had withered
I looked closer and saw that the land had been ravaged
Where the earth had been brown and fertile
It was dry and sterile
I touched it and felt its pain
I felt so saddened by this sight that I cried
I sat in that field and cried a river
And when I opened my eyes
I saw that my river of tears had sprung up life
From your poisoned anger and hate
Came death and suffering
From my pure tears
Came life reborn
This was the field of your heart
He walked down the long hallway and walked down the stairs. Then as he walked toward the door he heard something in the living, which he would have to walk past to get to the door. He peeked in and was utterly shocked by what he saw. Seto was sitting on the couch, in green plaid pajama pants and a black Outlaw Star tee, and he was watching taped episodes of Inu- Yasha.
Yugi had never in a million years expected he'd ever see Seto lounging on a couch watching anime, he expected that his lounging would be something closer to reading paperwork.
He started to creep past the living room, to the door, but frozen when Seto turned around and looked at Yugi. "Where are you going?" he asked frozen Yugi.
"Out." Yugi looked at Seto, the light from the TV which was dancing on him and around him. Yugi had this funny feeling that he wanted to go jump on the couch and curl up next to Seto and watch anime till the sun came up, but he knew he couldn't.
Seto paused the tape and got off the couch. "Nice try. Where are you REALLY going? And this time try to be more specific."
"I wasn't lying. I'm going out for a bit." Yugi went to the door and slipped on his sneakers. "I'm going for a walk. I'll be back in a little while." Then he saw Seto putting on HIS sneakers. "Where are YOU going?"
"Out, with you." Seto opened the door and held it for Yugi who looked at him annoyed. "Someone has to keep an eye on you."
"What?! Why?!"
"I'm your guardian, aren't I?" Seto raised an eyebrow.
Yugi sighed and walked out, past Seto, he didn't wait for him as he walked up the block.
They walked in silence for about half an hour, the night was calm and relatively dark but for the few street lights that cast an orange glow that looked like big lightening bugs were hovering in the air.
"So do you have to wear long sleeves all the time?" Seto said when he could take the silence no longer. He couldn't think of anything else to say.
"Yeah but I don't mind it too much." Yugi answered offhandedly. He wasn't didn't care what Seto was thinking.
"I know it's weird and you probably don't want to, but do you think you could show me your arms?" Seto asked sheepishly.
Yugi was surprised by the way in which Seto asked the question, Seto was usually so straight forward and now he had danced around the question before actually asking. Then it hit him what Seto had just asked. He hesitated for a moment.
"Okay. Didn't you see them at the hospital, though?" Yugi said as he walked over to a streetlight and stood in its orange glow.
"No." Seto watched as Yugi lifted his arms up into the light. He gasped, "Oh Yugi!"
"How didn't you see them? Wait how did I get to the hospital?" It had just dawned on Yugi that he had a pretty big gap in his memory, and it needed filling.
"Joey, Tea and everyone else were worried because they didn't know where you were, we all assumed that everyone else knew and we just hadn't been told yet. But we realized that that wasn't what had happened and I volunteered to go to your house and look for you.
I went to your house and you didn't answer your door and so I used the emergency key. I was calling your name over and over again and you weren't answering, I checked the whole house and then I went to your room." Seto choked up for a moment and he couldn't speak as he thought of what had happened that day. "I opened the bathroom door and-"
He couldn't speak, his throat closed up as he pictured Yugi lying on the floor in a crimson sea of his own blood, how helpless he was, how small he looked, how he looked almost like Mokuba. He opened his mouth to speak but no sound came out as a tear broke forth and rolled down his cheek as he looked at Yugi's arms now.
"I opened the bathroom door and I saw you lying in a pool of your own blood, you were unconscious." Seto tried to keep all the tears back but he was losing the battle.
Yugi looked at Seto as he cried, those tears for him, the cold hearted man was shedding tears for HIM, little neglected, uncared for him. He moved closer to Seto, he moved in and he looked at Seto's lips, which he longed to kiss. He pressed his lips to Seto's gently. He had nothing to lose, if Seto threw him to the ground and cursed him out he would feel just the same as before, but what.if he accepted.he didn't know what he would do.
Seto was surprised by the gesture from Yugi, but it was a pleasant surprise. He kissed him back, deeply.
The two gave themselves into the kiss. It was a kiss that felt like a beautiful forever, it was the most blissful moments of their lives.
That kiss was the first of many that they would share, just a step toward a brighter future. Yugi was still in pieces but with time and Seto's love he healed, there are still scars on his arms but now they are less vivid. Those scars hold a different meaning for Yugi now than they did before.
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From Anger
There was a field I once passed by
It was so beautiful and pure
There were trees that bore the sweetest fruit
And flowers with the sweetest scent
Then I happened to pass it again
Instead of life I saw death
The trees had fallen
The flowers had withered
I looked closer and saw that the land had been ravaged
Where the earth had been brown and fertile
It was dry and sterile
I touched it and felt its pain
I felt so saddened by this sight that I cried
I sat in that field and cried a river
And when I opened my eyes
I saw that my river of tears had sprung up life
From your poisoned anger and hate
Came death and suffering
From my pure tears
Came life reborn
This was the field of your heart