You've been quiet for a long time. Are you angry at me?

I understand if you are. You asked me to trust you, and I didn't. I thought that card was the only way...you said once that it was affecting my head. I just don't know anymore.

I was thinking of before.

Do you remember that duel against Joey in Battle City? Of course you do.

I trusted you there, and you nearly died.

You would have done, if Joey hadn't thought quickly. You were willing to kill yourself rather than your friends...I always worried for you after that. I should have known you would be ok. You believed in the heart of the cards, and it got through to Joey.

That card had no heart, and I knew it. I told you I wouldn't play it, but I did. You were pleading for me to stop, but for some reason it didn't affect me as it did normally. Perhaps I was angrier than I thought about what Raphael had said about my past.

Or maybe I wanted to play it, after all. To prove I could control it. To keep you safe. I thought it would stop you having to do something desperate, if I lost. But I lost anyway.

I deserved it. You didn't.

Are you mad at me?

It's silent here now. You act normally in front of your friends, perhaps you even feel normal, but deep down...you must be hurt. I'll never ignore you again, I promise.

...Yugi?

But there's only thick silence. You're immersed in your thoughts, I don't know if you can even hear me. The link has been closed for some time.

Silence...

Yugi?

I miss you.