Memories Should be Treasured

Yami, Nuka, and Kiore arrived at the hospital about fifteen minutes
after the ambulance with Yugi did




Yami, Nuka, and Kiore arrived at the hospital about fifteen
minutes after the ambulance with Yugi did. Yami rushed over to the front desk
with his cousin and caught his breath before asking the secretary about Yugi.

 

“You’ll have to sit and wait, I’m afrasweesweetie. That poor
boy had a terrible concussion from what I saw and there was a gash on his head
that was bleeding that needed to be taken care of immediately as well. Why
don’t you go wait over there with your,” she glanced over at the blonde women standing
behind the boys, “mother and if I get any word I’ll let you know?”

 

Yami nodded, not trusting his voice anymore. Nuka pat Yami
shoulder in reassurance and glanced at the nametag on the secretary, “Thank
you, Miss Klender,” Nuka smiled sadly.

 

Doctors went in and out through the whitewash double doors
and each time Yami seemed to get more and more anxious about Yugi, hoping one
of the men and women in white coats would carry some news about Yugi’s
condition.

 

Hours later a brunette with graying hair walked out and over
to the secretary for a second, bending over to ask her something. Miss Klender
nodded and pointed to the group of three watching him anxiously. The doctor
nodded and walked towards them. Yami jumped up as he did and bombarded him question
after question about Yugi before he could say aing.ing.

 

“You’re friends of Yugi?” The doctor finally asked after
Nuka grabbed Yami’s sleeve and told him to take a breather. The three nodded,
Yami wanted to get to Yugi as fast as he could. “I’m Doctor Welkins. I’m
afraid,” Yami panicked; everything bad started with those two words. “That Yugi
has slipped into a coma because of his head injury; there’s no telling how long
he’ll stay like that. You’re still welcome to visit him of course, it might do
better if you do come and try to talk to him. Something patients are just lost
deeply inside there own minds that only voices they recognize can bring them
out of it.”

 

Nuka nodded for the three of them and started to lead Yami
out of the waiting room and towards the exit. “I think this is too much for my
cousin in one day. Him and Yugi are very close and I’m sure it would do better
if he got some rest. We’ll come by again tomorrow.” He called over his shoulder
to the doctor.

 

~~

 

Yami and Nuka went to the hospital for the next two days
together. They’d been refused to see Yugi because of all the machinery and
nobody wanted them to trip over anything or accidentally pull something
important out. Yami had a problem with it at first and was lucky Nuka was there
to calm him down. He’d felt a little better though then just sitting at home;
at least at the hospital he could be told if anything in Yugi’s condition had
changed without having it to be dragged out on a telephone. Nuka had to go home
before Yami went to visit on the third day Yugi was there, but Yami promised to
call him if anything changed. It on ton the fourth day that a doctor came up to
Yami in the waiting room.

 

“Mr. Kamakage, we have some news about Yugi; he’s awake.”

 

Yami’s eyes widened and he jumped up. “Please, can I see
him? I just need to see for myself to know he’s okay, please?”

 

“I’m sorry, Yami,” Dr. Welkins used his first name since
they’ve seen him so often around the place. “I have something very important to
tell you about Yugi’s condition. You might want to sit back down before I tell
you.” After sitting down reluctantly and watching the graying man in the white
coat for a minute carefully he nodded that he was ready. “Yami, we’re afraid
that Yugi’s lost bits and pieces of his memory from when he hit his head.”

 

Yami’s world suddenly froze and the words ‘he’s awake’
repeating in his head crashed to a stop. “I need to see him,” he jumped up
suddenly after a moment of silence. “He’ll know me, he has to!”

 

Dr. Welkins nodded with a small smile and gestured for Yami
to follow him. They twist and turned through the halls and up a few floors
before walking a bit further until they stopped at a door with ‘Yugi Motou’
written in the slot for the patient’s name was scribbled on. “I’ll let you go in
alone, Yami. I trust you won’t mess around.” Yami nodded, staring at the door.
A beeper hooked on Dr. Welkins’ belt suddenly went off and he looked down at
it. “I’ll have to let you go now. I have another patient that needs my
attention. I trust you can find the way back?” Yami nodded and watched as the
doctor turned and headed down another hall.

 

Yami turned back to the door and, with a determined look set
on his face, walked in. “Hey, Yugi.”

 

Yugi looked up curiously as the door opened and his face
bunched in confusion when he saw who walked in.

 

Yami sat down on the bed, not noticing the look he was being
given.

 

Yugi swallowed nervously and hesitantly opened his mouth and
asked, “Excuse me, but who are you?”

 

For the second time in less than a few minutes Yami’s world
froze. In his pain he somehow managed to choke out an answer to Yugi. “I’m
Yami, Yugi. You and I were together.” He swallowed around the ball in his
throat. “How’s your head?” He asked suddenly.

 

Yugi nodded, “It’s okay. What do you mean together?” The
teen asked innocently.

 

Yami didn’t think he could take this anymore. He wanted to
see Yugi so badly and now he either wanted to shake Yugi crazily and try to get
his little lover to remember or make an excuse and run away. “It’s…nothing important,
don’t worry about it. Well, you need your rest; I should get going.” He stood
and left the room before Yugi could say another heartbreaking word that told
Yami he didn’t recognize him.

 

After making sure the door was shut completely lid lid to
the floor and let his tears fall. The words ‘he doesn’t remember me; he doesn’t
love me anymore’ kept repeating in a continuous cycle in his mind.

 

A hand on his shoulder caused him to jump and he looked up
into bright green eyes.

 

“Are you okay, honey?” She asked him, her wavy red hair
falling in front of her face as she lent down to wipe his eyes free of tears.

 

Yami shook his head, not trusting his voice to repeat what
he’d found out.

 

She sat down on the floor next to him and pulled out a
hankie, handing it to him so he could clean up a little bit. “Don’t ask why I’m
asking a complete stranger this though, because I usually don’t care about
anyone but me, but would you like to talk about it? I’m Tawny by the way, Tawny
Miloki.”

 

Yami swallowed and nodded. “Yami,” his voice croaked,
“Hitokage.” He took her offered hand and shook it lightly before he began to
clean his face up.

 

“Is it really bad? Like your mother or father?” She asked,
trying to make it easier for him.

 

“No, it’s my…boyfriend, but I really shouldn’t call him that
now.”

 

“Why shouldn’t you?” She asked confused.

 

“He lost parts of his memory because he hit his head on the
floor.” He explained, skipping the reason to how he managed to hit his head in
the first p. “I. “I went in there with too high of hopes I guess. He doesn’t
remember anything about me and I just sort of broke.”

 

“That’s okay; I would’ve done it too if I had a guy. Were
you really close?”

 

Yami nodded and wiped his nose on his sleeve. “Yeah, we
were. Now I regretver ver yelled at him when I really had no reason to. I’m
just glad he didn’t get mad at me for it.”
He told her absently, hoping she wouldn’t ask what he was yelling about in the
first place.

 

“I’m sorry; what’s his name?”

 

“Yugi Mo he he looks a bit like me except not as much
blonde hair and he’s got violet eyes. He’s the most beautiful being I’ve ever
lain eyes on.”

 

Tawny smiled at him and lent against the wall more to get
comfortable. “And I thought my reason was bad.”

 

“Why are you here?” Yami asked, glad to have the subject
changed.

 

“My mom’s having a baby.” She snickered. “My bet’s it’s a
boy and he’ll be an obnoxious pain in the ass as well as a spoiledt. It. If I
could pick though, I’d probably hope to have him a lot like you.”

 

Yami’s eyes widened. “Me? Why me, you barely know me.”

 

“I know, but I already like you. I’ve only been talking to
you for about,” she glanced at her watch, “five minutes now and I can already
tell that you’re a really caring person who’ll do just about anything for the
one they love; am I right?”

 

“I’d like to think that; Yugi tells me I’m like that all the
time, but I don’t think I am. Especially not right now; not after what I’ve
done to him sometimes.”

 

“Tawny! There you are!” A scrawny blonde ran towards the
pair. “Mom’s just had the baby; it’s a boy!” He shouted excitedly.

 

Yami glanced at the boy and then Tawny and then back to the
boy. “Okay, Jeice, I’ll be there in a minute.”

 

“Okay.” He turned and ran back down the hall he came from,
almost running into a passing nurse and a man in a wheelchair on the way.

 

Tawny turned back to Yami. “That was my stepbrother, Jeice.”

 

“I was starting to wonder; he didn’t look anything like
you.”

 

“Yeah, in real life I’m an only child and my mother’s first.
Then she divorced my dad for some stupid reason and married another guy where I
got my first half-sister, Clara. It kept going like that for about five times
until my mom finally settled on Jeice’s dad. Since my mom has a really good
lawyer she got to keep all the kids if she was their real mother every time she
divorced.”

 

“Tough life then? I wish my mom would divorce my step-dad; I
hate him.”

 

“Basically tough, never any time to myself anymore. Why do
you want your mom to leave your step-dad?”

 

“Let’s just say that I know the real him and Yugi will too
as soon as he remembers, if he doesn’t know already. I’d rather not talk about
that though; I don’t like telling people unless I really know them, no
offence.”

 

“None taken.” She stood and wiped the dust off herki
ki
pants and pulled down her ‘1% Angel, 99% Devil’ shirt. “I better go before they
send the rest of those brothers and sisters of mine after me, later. And good
luck with your boyfriend!” She called out just before she turned the corner and
disappeared.

 

Yami smiled and stood up as well, wiping the dust off his
pants as well. Surprisingly, he felt a lot better than he had before Tawny
started to talk to him.

 

~~

 

A few days later the doctors finally allowed Yugi to go home
with only ‘try your best to get him to remember’ as instructions on what to do
to help.

 

When entering the house Yugi looked around a bit before
turning to Yami, only recognizing him and knowing him from the times he visited
while he was in the hospital.

 

“Do you remember any of this place?” Yami asked as he
gestured around the entrance hall.

 

Yugi started to shake his head ‘no’, but changed it into a
nod a second later. “I remember a little.” He said hesitantly, trying to think
at the same time. He pointed to the two doors on the left side of the room. “I
know the one closest leads to the kitchen and the other leads to the dining
room.” The teen looked to Yami for affirmation.

 

Yami nodded and, at that moment, Keith and Kiore walin
in
with Shiro. Yugi eyed them for a minute before breaking into a smile.

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“What do you remember?” Yami asked hopefully.

 

“I remember Kiore. She was a very nice person and made me
feel welcome, but…I can’t remember anything else about her.” Yami nodded
towards Keith and asked about him. Yugi stood in thought for a minute and with
an unsure frown he lent towards Yami and whispered, “I think he’s a nice
person, but I know something about him that’s also really I j I just can’t
remember what.”

 

Yami nodded, but didn’t want to look too conspicuous that he
was hiding something so he straightened and pointed to the little one-year-old
in his mother’s arms. “How about her, Yugi?”

 

Yugi shook his head. “I’m sorry, Yami. I don’t remember
anything about her.” He looked down and started to shuffle his shoe back and
forth, ashamed.

 

“Don’t be sorry, Yugi. That isn’t your fault,” he eyed Keith
evilly as he said the second part. “That’s Shiro, she’s my half-sister.”

 

Yugi nodded to show he understood and started to walk
towards the stairs. He turned back to Yami and motioned upstairs. “I remember
that I slept somewhere upstairs, but I don’t remember where exactly. Could you
help me?” He asked innocently.

 

Yami showed a small smile that Yugi wanted him to help and
nodded. He followed Yugi upstairs and led him to their shared room. “This is
our room.”

 

Yugi looked around for a minute and then to Yami with a
confused expression. “Where did I sleep?”

 

“In my bed,” Yami answered uneasily, not sure how Yugi would
take it when he didn’t remember anything about him, “with me.”

 

Yugi quickly looked at the bed and stared at him with an
uneasy stare. He just nodded and walked over to the desk to sit down.

 

Yami already didn’t like how he stared at their bed. ‘Maybe
I could surprise him by making up a separate bed in here and telling him that
until he wanted to he could sleep in the made up bed. I suppose I wouldn’t want
to sleep in the same bed as someone I didn’t know either.’ jus just watched
Yugi until the younger asked if he could have something to eat.