Changing Makes a Difference

Okay I decided that the week seems to go a lot slower when I’m waiting
for Monday to come


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Okay I decided that the week seems to go a lot slower when
I’m waiting for Monday to come. So forget what I said about updating on
Mondays, I’ll update whenever I feel it’s the right time. Besides, sad to say,
but the fic is already almost over anyways.

 

~~

 

Yami woke up early the next morning and got dressed before
Yugi woke up. When he checked his mirror to make sure he looked alright he
noticed Yugi was looking at him through tired eyes.

 

“Yugi?” He turned around and gave an apologetic smile. “I’m
sorry, koi. Did I wake you?”

 

“No.” Yugi looked down at the covers of the bed and drew
circles in the sheets. “You think less of me now. Don’t you?”

 

Yami’s eyes widened in surprise and he walked over to the
bed, sitting beside Yugi. He pulled the sophomore into hap aap and rocked him
back and forth, holding him tightly against him. “Of course I don’t think less
of you, Yugi. Why would you think something like that?”

 

Yugi looked up at him with unshed tears sparkling in his
eyes. “Because of what I did, Yami. How could you ever want to be with someone
who does that sort of thing to themselves?”

 

“Because I love you, Yugi. If I didn’t I wouldn’t have said
it; I do love you, very much. I was worried about you and for the first time in
a long time I felt scared because I thought I was going to lose you. Do you
really want to know what I think of you, Yugi?”

 

Yugi nodded. Yami picked him up and carried him to his desk,
setting the teen in the chair gently. He pulled up a piece of paper and drew an
oval in the center. In the center of the oval he drew a wavy line and then a
circle on either side of the line. On one side of the line he colored it in
with black except for the circle and then colored just the circle on the other
side black.

 

“Do you know what this is, Yugi?”

 

The younger nodded. “It’s a yin-yang…but what does it have
to do with how you think of me?”

 

“First off, what does the yin-yang represent?”

 

“Light and darkness.” He answered easily. “But I still don’t
understand.”

 

Yami placed his index finger on the dark half. “This is me,
Yugi; the darkness. This is how I felt before I met you and how I still feel
whenever I’m not around you. You make me feel like I’m alive Yugi because you,”
he moved his finger into the white space, “are the light; my light. You make
everything bright in my life, Yugi, and I love you for it; I love who you are.
Do you understand now?”

 

Yugi concentrated for a minute before smiling up at Yami.
“And you’re my darkness, Yami. You make things more exciting for me because you
make it mysterious and in the shadows until you’re ready for it to come out
into the light.”

 

Yami nodded and wrapped his arms around his love.

 

“Yami?”

 

“Hm?”

 

“Why didn’t you ever tell me that you were a good artist?”

 

t dot do you mean?”

 

Yugi pulled away and opened one of the drawers fully that
was half open. He rummaged around in it for a minute before pulling out a
folded piece of paper. He unfolded it and showed it to Yami. “I woke up
yesterday before you came back from wherever you went and saw the drawer open.
Since I helped my grandpa in the game shop so many times I’m used to keeping
things organized so I went to close it, but it wouldn’t. So I opened it to
rearrange a few things a saw this.”

 

“I didn’t think it was that good.”

 

“But it is, Yami. I think it’s wonderful; one of the most
beautiful paintings I’ve ever seen.”

 

“You really think it’s that good?”

 

Yugi nodded excitedly. “Can I put it up, Yami? Something
like this deserves to be shown around.”

 

“I suppose you could.”

 

The words barely left his mouth before the little one was
searching around his drawers and pulling out a thumbtack. He bounced over to
the bed and tacked the painting high enough so they wouldn’t ruin it while they
were sleeping.

 

“You shouldn’t use so much energy, my hikari. Wouldn’t want
to fall asleep in your first class, would you?”

 

“Hikari?” Yugi asked in confusion, ignoring the rest of the
question.

 

“Yes, hikari. It suits you very nicely because you’re the
beam of light in my shadows.”

 

Yugi smiled and hugged Yami tightly around the middle.

 

“You should be getting dressed so we can get you something
to eat.”

 

Yugi looked skeptical but went over to his bag that still
had a clean change of clothes in it and got dressed. He didn’t really want to
eat but if it meant not getting whatever kind of medicine the doctor had for
him, he would at least try.

 

“Okay, Yami, I’m ready.” He called after a few minutes.

 

Yami held out his hand and they made their way down to the
cafeteria together.

 

On the way down to the cafeteria the couple was stopped by
Yami’s counselor.

 

“Mr. Hitokage, just the junior I was looking for.” She
handed him a piece of paper. “Here’s your new schedule that you asked
Headmaster Kochiki to have changed. Your teachers already know of your change.
Let me know if you need anything else.”

 

Yami nodded and took the paper. “Thank you, Miss Hika. I
appreciate it.”

 

“It was my pleasure. Have a nice day.” She then turned and
walked back down the hall she came from.

 

Yugi looked up at Yami curiously. “Why did you get a change
in your schedule, Yami? Weren’t Joey and the others in mostyouryour classes?
Are you in a fight with him?”

 

“Yes, hikari,” Yugi blushed at the nickname, “I just have
something more important to look after rather than being in the same classes as
our friends.”

 

“What do you have to look after?”

 

“You’ll find out if the need arises. Let’s get to breakfast.
I’d rather not give you your medication because it gives me the creeps just
thinking about it.”

 

Yugi nodded, letting the subject drop, and they continued
down to the cafeteria.

 

They ate a small breakfast and luckily Yugi didn’t start to
get sick. They then made their way to their first class.

 

The day seemed to go by pretty slow for everybody that day.
They didn’t have much homework, which they were very grateful for.

 

~~

 

Yugi stepped out of the shower and dried himself off. He
convinced Yami that he would be fine going alone and he’d come back as soon as
he was finished and dressed. On his way out of the bathroom Ryou stopped him.

 

“Hey, Yugi. I’ve been looking for you.”

 

“You have?”

 

“You need to get your hearing checked, Yugi. Ryou said he
was looking for you.” Bakura replied sarcastically, earning a playful punch on
his shoulder from Ryou.

 

“Yes, I wanted to give you something. I think you’ll like
it. Follow us.”

 

“But I promised Yami…”

 

“Don’t worry. We’ll bring you back to Yami’s room and
explain why you took so long getting back so he won’t get mad or anything.
Coming?”

 

“Yeah, okay then.”

 

Ryou and Bakura led Yugi down a few more halls until they
reached the couple’s room. They went in and Ryou told Yugi to sit on the bed
while he got out what he wanted to give him.

 

A few minutes later Ryou emerged from the closet. “Here it
is. It wasn’t easy and it made Bakura pretty upset because I paid more attention
to it rather than him the past week.” Ryou unfolded the object in his hand and
Yugi gasped.

 

“T-that’s my blanket!”

 

“That’s right, Yugi. I fixed it up for you.” Ryou smiled at
the excited expression on Yugi’s face.

 

The sophomore jumped off the bed and hugged the blanket once
it was handed to him tightly. “I thought it got thrown away.”

 

“It would’ve if the janitor found it. But after Yami and I
left with you to the nurse’s, Ryou picked it up and decided to fix it for you.
It took his whole bloody Christmas vacation to do it too.” Bakura grumbled out.

 

Ryou rolled his eyes at Bakura. “You’re just made because I
didn’t spend enough time with you.” Bakura huffed; Ryou turned back to Yugi.
“I’m afraid I wasn’t able to get all the blood stains out of it, but they’re
faded out good enough that you can barely notice them unless you’re actually
looking for them.”

 

“Thank you, Ryou. This means so much to me. My mother made
this blanket for me; it’s my favorite. I was so upset when I had to use it to
keep from making a trail behind me from my arm.”

 

“You’re welcome, Yugi. I was happy to help you. It was the
only thing I could think of since it would seem kind of silly having three
people helping one person to the nurse’s office.”

 

Yugi put the blanket down on the bed and hugged Ryou
tightly. “Thank you, Ryou. It really does mean so much to me.”

 

“If we don’t want Yami having a fit by the time we get back
I suggest we start heading over right now.” Bakura told the two.

 

Ryou nodded and Yugi took his blanket before following the
two out the door and down the halls once more.

 

Yugi opened the door and immediately was wrapped into two
warm arms.

 

“I was starting to get worried. You’re not one to take long
showers after all. What took so long?” Yami whispered into his ear, causing
Yugi to giggle.

 

“That was our fault, Yami. We’re sorry. We wanted to give
Yugi his blanket bac fix fixed it for him.”

 

Yami pulled away and looked at the blanket cuddled in Yugi’s
arms.

 

“It’s my favorite bla, Ya, Yami. It was the one I used after
Tea and her friends beat me up remember? It had blood stains all over it and
Ryou cleaned it up for me so it looks all better now.”

 

Yami nodded. “Well, it’s getting late and you’re still
recovering.”

 

“Recovering?” Bakura questioned.

 

Yugi tensed and Yami growlighlightly in his throat. “Never
mind, Bakura. We’d rather not talk about it. Good night.”

 

Bakura was about to argue but Ryou knew better and faked a
tired yawn. Bakura quickly turned his attention from Yami to Ryou in concern.
“Are you tired, koi?”

 

Ryou nodded. “It’s been a long day. Let’s go to bed, Bakura,
please?”

 

“Okay, koi. Let’s go. Bye, Yugi, Yami.” Bakura closed the
door behind him.

 

“Wow, Ryou’s pretty good. He nearly had me fooled that he
was that tired.” Yugi smiled up at Yami.

 

“Yes, he just knows how to handle Bakura before he gets into
a fight. It’s not a pretty sight when he does. Let’s sleep, Yugi.”

 

“Okay.”

 

The two climbed into bed and fell asleep in each other’s
arms.

 

~~

 

Yami and Yugi were rudely awoken the next day when Joey came
barging in, Seto not far behind trying to calm his boyfriend.

 

“Get up, Yami! Headmaster Kochiki has been looking for you.
He wants to see you before classes start. Hurry up! Yugi, he wants to see you
too.”

 

“Joey, shut up.” Yami snarled from under his pillow. Yugi
just mumbled out little nothings and rolled over so his head was under the
blankets but still up against Yami’s warm chest.

 

“Yami!”

 

“Joey, let me handle this.”

 

“Why? I have to yell at him for skipping out on all his
classes yesterday too!”

 

Yami threw his pillow and Joey and glared at him. “I didn’t
skip any classes, Joey. I went to all of them.”

 

“Then why didn’t I see you?”

 

Yami sighed and readjusted himself so he was sitting up on
his elbows.

 

Realizing he wasn’t going to get anymore sleep, Yugi peeked
his head out from under the covers. Smiling at Seto and Joey tiredly he then
slid up beside Yami and crawled under him so one of Yami’s arms was like it was
wrapped around him.

 

“If yout knt know, blondie, I had a schedule change so I
could look after Yugi. He…hadn’t been feeling well last week and I promised his
grandpa I would look after him until he was all better.”

 

Joey calmed down and looked at Yami in disbelief. “Are you
serious?”

 

“Why wouldn’t I be? Now get out of here so Yugi and I can
get dressed and go see the principal for Kami knows what reasons.”

 

After getting dressed Yugi and Yami made their way down to
the headmaster’s office and waited until they were calle.
.

 

“Mr. Mouto, Mr. Hitokage, please take a seat.”

 

The two sat down and waited until Kochiki continued.

 

“I have some bad news for you, Mr. Mouto, I’m afraid. I
wanted Mr. Hitokage to be with you since I know you trust him.”

 

Yugi nodded his understanding and held out his hand for
Yami, who took it in his own and caressed it with his thumb.

 

“I don’t know how to tell you this really. Mr. Mouto…Yugi…”

 

Yugi and Yami both tensed. The faculty never used first
names to the students unless it was something really bad.

 

“Yugi, I’m afraid you’re grandfather passed away last
night.”

 

Yugi froze and Yami held his hand tighter.

 

“We got the call from one of his friends who was staying
with him, helping him around the store; Arthur was his name I believe.”

 

Yugi nodded mutely and Yami started to get worried about him.

 

‘Why couldn’t he wait until after he ate something? Now he
won’t eat anything and I’ll have to…No! I won’t think that!’ Yami thought
fearfully.

 

“I’m very sorry, Yugi. If there’s anything I can do for I
would like to help you. Do you need anything right now?”

 

Yugi looked at Yami with a far away look in his eyes that
sent shivers up Yami’s spine. He then turned back to the headmaster and
whispered, “The shop?”

 

Confusion spread over Kochiki’s expression and he turned to
Yami to see if he knew anything about Yugi’s small question.

 

“He wants to know what’ll happen to the shop, headmaster.
Will somebody be able to look after it or will it close for good?”

 

“Oh, Arthur said he would look after it as long as he could
until he had to go back to his research. Afterwards, the shop will be closed
until Yugi turns eighteen when he can decide either to keep it running or sell
it somebody else.”

 

Yami nodded and turned back to Yugi. The sophomore looked
pale and his eyes barely shown any signs of life.

 

“I think I should take him back to our room.”

 

“Of course. I’ll excuse you both from all your classes for
the day.”

 

“Thank you, sir.”

 

Yami helped Yugi out of his chair but the teen barely made
it a few feet before he fainted, Yami catching him before he hit his head.

 

~~

 

Yugi came around about lunchtime. Everybody was in his and
Yami’s room. When Yami noticed his koi awake he knelt beside the bed with a
small smile.

 

“Hey, Yugi. Everybody was worried about you when the heard
what happened. How do you feel?”

 

“Besides the fact that I feel completely empty now? I don’t
want anybody here, Yami. Make them go away.” Yugi whispered in a croaky voice.

 

“Me too?” Yami asked softly, not hurt if Yugi did want him
gone too.

 

Yugi shook his head. “I wouldn’t last if you were gone too,
Yami. Don’t leave me alone? Please?”

 

“Okay, Yugi. I’ll be back in a minute.” Yami had everybody
leave before he returned back to Yugi. “They’re all gone now, Yugi. Can I do
anything else for you?”

 

“I have a headache.”

 

Yami nodded and went to rummage aroun hin his desk. He
brought out a bottle of aspirin and then went into his closet. He came back out
with a water bottle and handed both to Yugi.

 

Yugi took them gratefully before laying his head back on the
pillow. “Is it true, Yami? Please tell me it’s not true.” He cried.

 

“I’m so sorry, Yugi. It is as much as I don’t want to admit
it.”

 

“Yami, can you hold me? I think I’m going to cry.”

 

“Of course Yugi. Cry all you need.”

 

Yami held Yugi closely as the young teen cried into his
chest mercilessly. He didn’t make any move to try to calm him down either,
knowing that he would just end up holding it in longer than he really needed.

 

“Everything will be okay, Yugi. You’ll see.” Yami told him
once Yugi had finally stopped crying for the meantime.

 

“What am I going to do now, Yami? I’ll have to go to an
orphanage now and leave everything I have here behind until I turn eight
Wh
What if I never see you or the others again?”

 

“I won’t let that happen, Yugi. I promise you I won’t. I’ll
make sure we’re together for as long as you want us to be. We’ll see each other
as much as you like and the others too.”

 

Yugi smiled at him sadly.

 

“Why don’t you try eating something Yugi? You didn’t have
breakfast and lunch is over now. I can go to the kitchens and bring you back
something small if you want.”

 

sho shook his head, closing into his own world again.

 

“Yugi, don’t do this. You need to eat or you’ll go to the
hospital again. You don’t want that do you?”

 

Silence.

 

“Yugi? Yugi, answer me.”

 

Looking into Yugi’s eyes, Yami gasped. They were the same
lifeless and dull eyes that Yugi had when Yugi and him were just told about his
grandfather.

 

Tensed up completely he made his way over to the bag and
opened his travel bag he had yet to unpack. Swallowing around the lump in his
throat he opened the paper bag and pulled out Yugi’dicadication, the syringe,
and a plastic container. With shaky hands he opened the container and pulled
out one of the needles and inserted it in the syringe. He then filled the
syringe with the amount Yugi’s doctor told him to fill it up with and put the
bottle back into the bag carefully. Before he put the needle into Yugi’s arm
though he froze. He co’t d’t do it. Dropping the syringe he ran out the door.

 

“Mr. Sagasu, can Joey come with me for a minute? He’ll be
coming back.”

 

“Hitokage, why do you need Wheeler? You’re supposed to be
with Motou, aren’t you?”

 

“Yes, sir. I need Joey’s help though. I’d rather not say.”

 

Joey turned around and his jaw nearly dropped to the floor.
Yami looked deathly pale and nearly close to tears; something nobody ever saw
on the proud junior’s face.

 

“Alright then; Wheeler, I expect you to return as soon as
you’re finished helping Hitokage.”

 

Joey nodded and he followed Yami back to his room.

 

“He won’t eat, Joey. He got sick last week and was sent to
the hospital because he wasn’t eating. We found out that he was anorexic and
partially bulimic. The doctor told us that he had to eat or we had to give him
something that will put nutrition into his body, but I can’t do it Joey. I
can’t hurt him.”

 

“It’s okay, buddy. I’ll help you.”

 

Once Joey saw the syringe and needle on the floor by the bed
he felt terrible for Yami. Not many people knew about Yami’s fear of it, but
those who did knew it was a pretty big fear.

 

“I’ll have to commend you, Yami. At least you got it all
ready without help.” Joey told him as he picked up the syringe from the floor.
“Where do you put it?”

 

Yami held up Yugi’s arm and placed his finger over the soft
skin where forearm and upper arm meet.

 

Joey nodded and Yami turned around and clenched his eyes
closed.

 

“It’s okay now, Yami. I’m done.”

 

Yami turned back around. “Thanks, Joey. I would never have
been able to do it without freaking out and hurting him.”

 

“That’s okay. I gotta get back to class. You going to be
okay now?”

 

Yami nodded and watched Joey as he left and closed the door
behind him.

 

“Yugi, please get better. I don’t want to lose you.”

 

~~

 

If you thinkngs ngs are bad for a favorite couple now then
you have another thing coming. Just as a teaser I’m going to tell all of you
wonderful readers right now that’s if you hate me now, it’s nothing compared to
how you’re going to feel about me after the next chapter.