Keeping Secrets

Another update! Again a huge thank you to Arsenin, for the double up capture, I don’t know why it keep happening. Also thank you to I hope you all enjoy this, till Tuesady….

Keeping Secrets continued…..

Doctor Toriyama came downstairs from checking up on his patients.

“How are they?” asked Mokuba.

The doctor was smiling, “Sleeping.”

“Both of them?”

He nodded.

“You seem to think this is very good,” said Yami.

“They got through the night without dreams interrupting them.”

“Wow, that’s great,” continued Mokuba.

“And Yugi didn’t get sick?” said Yami.

“No, they are doing much better. Now let’s have breakfast, let them sleep in for once.”

The other two nodded and went to eat.

Upstairs Yugi came awake only to find another face on his pillow. He just lay there staring at the face of Seto Kaiba in peace. He really liked that face.

There was a deep rumble and he realised it was from his stomach, and it seemed it was loud enough to reach into Kaiba’s sleep, for the blue eyes opened and took in his face.

“I think it’s time for breakfast,” said Kaiba.

Yugi smiled, “I would say that.”

“Stay there, I’ll go get some for you,” added Kaiba.

“You don’t have to do that.”

Kaiba had slipped out of the bed and put a robe around himself. “I know I don’t have to, I want to.”

Yugi pulled himself into a seated position in the bed, “Oh okay.”

And true to his word Kaiba had managed to find a breakfast tray and brang it to the bed with a plate of food. He went back for some of his own and got back into the bed beside Yugi.

They ate in silence until they were finished. Yugi eating everything that Kaiba had brought him. The taller took the trays away when they were finished and came back. He did not get under the covers just sat on the edge.

“I had fun yesterday. Before I used to think that my idea of fun was beating someone else at Duel Monsters. And we both know where that has gotten me… Do you want to know what got me through what … happened?”

Yugi nodded.

“It was Mokuba. If anything happened to me he’d be alone and I don’t want that. I don’t want him to be alone.”

“But he’s not alone anymore Kaiba.”

Seto looked at him strangely, questioningly.

“What if the worst did happen and you died. He would not be alone. We’d have made sure of that.”

“Why would you do that?”

“Because we – well Yami and I at least think of you both as our friends. The others like Mokuba a lot, you must know that. He’s been with us through a lot of weird stuff, the only difference with that was he had to put up with you being a prick most of the time.”

“Prick?”

“Yeah, a prick. Mister Pole Stuck Up His Ass Seto Kaiba. A single minded block of ice. I don’t care as long as I win. I don’t need anyone else… In other words one giant sized prick.”

Kaiba’s mouth fell open. “Getting things off your chest aren’t you?”

“Why not? What’s the use in keeping it in anymore. Look what I did when I did that. I like you Kaiba, despite all the shit you put us all through. I really hated seeing what they did to you. I wish I did have the courage to help you that night, not just when they hurt you, but afterwards. I should not have listened to you, I should have told someone… Anyway, Mokuba has us if he ever needs us, just like you do.”

“Then why didn’t you turn to them when you needed them?”

“Remember the weather that night? After you sent me away and you drove off, I had to get home. I was sort of out of it and didn’t notice that I got so wet and completely chilled. I can’t even remember how I got home that night, but I did. I got really sick. So sick I almost died, though the others don’t know that. So I had to deal with that as well as what I had seen, and that you had told me that I saw nothing. How could I tell them your secret? You gave it to me to keep and I did. I didn’t know how much it was going to hurt in the end. But that’s in the past now Kaiba, everyone knows our secret. They know what happened to you and they know that I saw it. And they want us to heal from it. Both of us.”

Seto smiled.

“What?” asked Yugi.

“And here I was believing that you never swore.”

“Yeah, well I do. Yami says I have a potty mouth, and he ought to know.”

Kaiba laughed. “I need a shower. How are we going to heal today?”

“Well, seeing as the doctor seems to be leaving us to ourselves. I know there’s a Dragonball Z Marathon at the moment, first season. I think you’d like Vegeta.”

“And I bet you like Goku,” Kaiba said as he left the room, leaving Yugi with his mouth open.

“Yeah, I do,” he said laughing to himself and he slipped from the bed to put on some clothes.

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Yugi took it upon himself to order up some snacks for them to munch on while they lounged around for the day. Kaiba had thousands of stations to chose from, but Yugi managed to find the one he wanted and had the big screen TV warmed up and ready when Kaiba made his appearance, dressed in jeans and a t-shirt much like Yugi was.

“Wow, you have casual clothes?”

“Very funny. I see you’ve made yourself at home.”

“Hey I’m under orders to be here!”

“Hn. So am I at the moment.”

“Then enjoy it. I told you that you have to loosen up. It’s good for you.”

Kaiba sighed. He still wanted to make a show of his displeasure of being told what he was supposed to do. But underneath it all, he liked not having to put the walls up.

“Junk food.”

“It’s good for you,” echoed Yugi mischievously.

And much to Yugi’s surprised his taller companion jumped unceremoniously onto the couch from the side over the arm, he lay his long legs on the couch and rested into the corner. Yugi smiled and moved to the other corner and made himself comfortable as the show began on the screen.

A little the way in Seto suddenly said, “Hey this is the uncut version.”

“How did you know that?” asked Yugi.

“Mokuba likes to watch this. He loves anime.”

“Still doesn’t explain how you knew this was the uncut version.”

“There’s a lot about me you don’t know.”

“Well duh?” Yugi went to take the bowl of chips that was in front of Kaiba away.

“Hey they’re mine.”

“You’re not eating them.”

“I want to now.”

“Fine we’ll share. Move your legs a bit.”

“What, I’m comfortable and it’s my couch.”

“Then I get the bowl to myself.”

Kaiba made a great show of sighing and rolling his eyes, but he moved his legs so Yugi could sit closer to him the bowl between them. Occasionally they touched when their hands reached in for the snacks, but they didn’t seem to take notice of it as they watched the TV together. It was only when the bowl was empty that it took their notice again. Yugi got up and retrieved another packet to empty into it.

“You could have done that before,” said Seto.

“Nah, that’s no fun. Do you want a soda?”

“Yeah.”

Yugi again got up and got them a can each. At some point Yugi tucked his legs under him, allowing Kaiba to stretch out again with his legs in front of Yugi. They made little comments while watching and continued to consume the junk food without a care.

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Yugi awoke to a light tapping at his shoulder.

“Hey sleepy head, we have to eat, come on.”

Yugi’s eyes took in the legs beneath him. Shit, he was in Kaiba’s lap! He sat up suddenly. “I’m sorry.”

“What for? You fell asleep and made yourself comfortable where you were. I didn’t mind. Mokuba has done that before. Come on, we have to eat or the doc will be on our backs, and I rather like him leaving us alone.”

“Yeah, so do I.”

Kaiba got up and put out a hand to Yugi. The smaller looked at the hand and smiled, taking it and letting the taller help him to his feet.

After eating some proper food they returned to the marathon. Kaiba falling into the same spot he had been in, only he made some room beside him, “Here, sit here.”

Yugi shrugged and did as he was told, his legs touching Seto’s legs. So later when he did fall asleep again, he wound up with his back against Seto’s chest and an arm around his shoulders.

The doctor found them like that when he came to do his afternoon check up. And once again he did not disturb them. They were doing well enough on their own. When next Yugi woke he did it on his own, and yet he was still surprised to find where he had wound up.

He went to move away. “I did it again.”

“It’s okay,” said Kaiba making him stay where he was. “You are still getting well, Yugi. You haven’t been eating properly and you tire easily. And it’s rather comfortable here. You’re right I should lighten up a bit. I do everything I can to protect my brother and I have neglected myself . I haven’t let myself relax in so long I’m beginning to forget what it was like.”

There was silence for a short time, Yugi was weighing up whether to ask something. “Kaiba, can I ask something?”

“I thought we were relaxing here, this sounds serious.”

“Yeah, but I need to know… Your story slipped out because you went to a doctor when you were attacked… Was everything all right?”

He seemed to hesitate, but there was no use in keeping it to himself. “It hurt…a lot. I had to do something… And there had to be some… tests done. I was only there a few hours and when I went home, I told Mokuba I had had an accident. I was too sore to move for a few days, but I survived. Didn’t help my temper any though.”

“So Mokuba told me.”

“Mokuba told you?”

“Yeah, when the Doctor told me that something had to be done for me to get better or I’d have to be… locked up… He came up with this idea, I saw Mokuba when the doctor brought me here. We had a little talk then. He loves you a lot you know. It hurt him that you didn’t tell him what really happened. He didn’t like finding out the way he did… I know why you didn’t, but still it hurt him to learn you’d been raped.”

“He wasn’t angry at you, was he?”

“No. He knew I got sick. He was checking up on me, did you know that?”

“No. But it wasn’t something he’d tell me about.”

“Because he thought you wouldn’t care.”

“Hmm.”

Yugi smiled to himself. “I think I smell dinner, shall we go get it?”

“No, stay here, I bring it here. I want to see some more of this.”

“Okay.” Yugi continued smiling. He liked being looked after by Kaiba.

Kaiba shifted a coffee table in front of them and put the food he had brought there. They sat on the floor and ate it as they continued to watch the TV. Once there meal was over they went back to lounging on the couch. Yugi had eaten more again, making him stronger, but also making him sleepy too.

He tried very hard to stay watching the screen, but eventually it got him and he slumped over in a rather uncomfortable position. Seto got up and gently pulled him up and back against him as he had been previously. Yugi did not wake up as he lay against the other, his head resting on the other’s shoulder, an arm resting on one of his, curled up innocently.

That was how the doctor found them, only this time he went in with a blanket in his hand. “You might need this, it’s getting a little cold. Shall I spread it out?”

Kaiba nodded and the doctor spread the blanket over the pair of them.

“He’s been eating more?”

“Yes.”

“And you looked quite relaxed.”

“You planned on this, didn’t you?”

“Of course. You wouldn’t listen to anything anyone wanted to tell you. You were not going to let go of your, ‘I can do everything for myself’ attitude. And he couldn’t let go of the pain of letting down a friend. Right now you need each other, need to understand each other, then you’ll be able to move on. You are already well on the way.”

Seto wanted to growl.

“Ah ah, you’ll wake him,” the doctor said as he got to his feet. “I’ll see you tomorrow.”

Kaiba sighed heavily, the movement momentarily making Yugi restless. He reached out his free hand, “Shh. It’s okay, sleep.”

Yugi relaxed and did not wake to the gentle touch to his cheek. Kaiba also relaxed and went back to watching the TV. He never noticed when he joined the other a short time later.

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Yugi really had to get up, but he found his bed rather confining, something holding him down, something heavy and alive?

“Hey, what’s wrong?” came Seto’s voice.

“Ah, um, well, I really gotta go,” he said as a blanket was slid from him and the arm around him removed. He had been pushing against Seto’s chest in his efforts to get up. “Sorry.”

“It’s okay, off you go,” Kaiba said as he got out of the way. Yugi hurried off.

Yugi came back rubbing his eyes, “I did it again, huh?”

“Yeah, but so did I.”

“What time is it?”

“About four AM.”

“The marathon’s still on… oh look Vegeta’s saving Goku. He reminds me of you.”

“He’s short.”

“So am I.”

“And the one you’re like is tall.”

“Like Goku… me?”

“Hmm.” Seto got back down on the couch, inviting Yugi back to where he was, wrapping the blanket around them. “Maybe opposites attract.”

“I’ve heard that,” said Yugi feeling strangely warm.

tbc