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You remained silent as your arms were stuck wrapped around Yami, your face buried in his chest. You didn't want to see anyone, you felt ashamed to turn and see the 2 soulless men who lay before you. Strangely enough, Yami didn't say much either, he simply held you in place and rested his chin against your head. You could feel the presence of Mokuba sitting next to you with the occasional pat on the back from the little brother.

There wasn't much conversation until Seto Kaiba returned with the kit.

"Here," He passed it to Yami, who took it and held your shoulder with his available hand. You tightened your grip on Yami just a little,

I don't want to leave...

I don't want you to see the monster that lays inside me.

Please...just let me keep this embrace just a little longer...

"(y/n)." Yami whispered softly, "We got to keep moving, come on." He nudged you a little and managed to pull you back. Just before he could take a look at your face, you immediately covered your eye with both your hands.

"Does it hurt?" Yami asked and gingerly touched your hands that covered your eye. You flinched and moved back with your whole body trembling once more. His hand pulled back as he gave a long look at you in silence,

"Yugi we don't have all day." Kaiba sneered,

"I know, I know, hold on." Yami reached for the kit and opened it up.

"(y/n).." Mobuka moved next to you with a sad look on his face. Your eye darted over to Mokuba for a split second before latching back to Yami to see what he was doing.

"....Look at all these fresh souls ready to be taken..."

Shut up...

"you know it'd be great if they tried to attack you or something, cause like, that's when they're ripe."

I said shut up.....

"Can't stop talking when my buffet is literally in front of me."

"....just shut up." You gently whispered and covered your face with your legs. It wasn't long before you felt a gentle pat on your knees and lifted your head to see Yami holding an eye pad.

"Alright, remove one hand to make it easier, okay?" Yami took out the tape and applied it to the eye pad

Is he...?

"I noticed your eyepatch is broken, and I know how you're uncomfortable with your damaged eye to be shown to public, so why not cover it up?" Yami gave a gentle smile.

You couldn't believe it.

You seriously couldn't believe it.

One of your hands dropped as what Yami had hoped for. Seeing this as an advantage, Yami leaned forward a little and started to cover up your eye. Once he put the pad around your hand, he shifted the pad so you could remove your hand. You hesitantly removed the hand only to find Yami immediately completely covering your eye and put the tape on your forehead and cheek gently. As it was done, you stared at Yami in shock,

He isn't asking to see it?

He's not sneaking a look?

"Alright...almost done," Yami had a concentrated look on his face as he took out the eye shield. It was a white shield-looking item, "Just need to put this on and we're done."

"Wow.." Mokuba stared in shock, "You're pretty good at this,"

"Really? It's my first time." Yami put the tape on the tips of the shield and carefully put it in the same angle as the pad.

"...Why are you doing this.." You mumbled as you watched him take out a rolled bandage. He gently pressed against the shield and started to put the bandage around your head to help keep the shield in tact,

"Did you not hear what I said?" Yami chuckled a little, "I know you're uncomfortable with-"

"Why did you come to me?" You specified, "Why...did you decide to come here?"

Yami's focus went directly to you and paused on his process. His crimson eyes stared deeply into your (e/c) eye.

"...I don't want you to be alone." Yami responded,

"We just met." You narrowed your eye,

"So? You're a friend." Yami immediately responded and focused back on your eye, "Besides, we didn't just meet."

"Technically we did." You mumbled,

"Nope, we didn't," Yami shook his head and finished up with covering your eye, "There we go. Now we're ready to go." Yami stood up and stretched,

"Not bad, Yugi!" Mokuba looked at Yami with a big smile, "Are you sure it's the first time you've done this?" Mokuba watched Yami nod his head,

"Yeah, it is."

"We don't have time to admire Yugi's medical work, we got to go." Kaiba sneered and walked back over to the center of the helicopter, "...before we take off, (y/n), care to explain what happened here?"

You stared at Kaiba and eventually back to the 2 bodies that lay before you.

"...Lie."

"...I don't know..." You lied, "...I...I walked in to see them....then I panicked and tripped."

Kaiba looked at the bodies one last time, then went up the ladder and back to the chopper.

".....Kaiba, there's room for one more, right?" Yami looked up and watched Kaiba look at him and nod. Yami looked at you, "Come with us, (y/n)." He reached his hand out to you. You stared up at him in shock, he's asking you to go with him?

"...Why?" You asked,

"Because, it's not right to leave you alone." Yami responded, "besides, we haven't really spent time like this before,"

"...What?" You blinked, "You're acting like we're good friends or something,"

"Aren't we?" Yami tilted his head.

"Yeah, come with us, (y/n)!" Mokuba agreed with Yami,

you were so taken aback, you didn't have a response to that question. You just met him like when, weeks ago and he's already treating you like a close friend? He doesn't even know half of your past but he is still looking at you like he looks at everyone else.

"....you're too trusting." You sighed and watched him smile,

"I know," He winked at you in response as he watched you take his hand. He gently pulled you up and escorted you to the chopper. Kaiba and Mokuba already sat on one side and Yami pulled you next to him on the other. With that, the ladder went up and the chopper took off,

"...Did you see Joey and Tea?" Yami asked and looked at you with a stern look. You looked at him and slowly averted your gaze from him to the floor,

"...Yeah...I saw them." You nodded, "...I saw them being kidnapped by those hooded men you saw...I tried running after them but the-" You paused, already catching yourself close to mentioning how the Seal pulled you back. Taking a breath, you thought of a quick lie, "..but they were too fast and knew I was following them...and the next thing I knew, the 2 men were on the floor and Joey and Tea were gone."

"I see..." Yami bit his lip and averted his eyes to his lap. He clenched his fists, "Damn...if I were there all of this could've been prevented."

"Now's not the time to think about the past, we have to think of the future." Kaiba stared at Yugi with an intense look, "Now, back to our previous conversation about this Marik."

"Marik?" You blinked and looked at Yami,

"The one responsible for Tea and Joey's kidnappings." Yami informed,

"We know where they are and we're on our way to them, so we'll catch up to them soon enough," Mokuba said with a smile, "Only 2 more miles to go,"

"Good, then it won't be long before we find Tea and Joey," Yami took a sigh of relief and leaned against his seat,

"You know, Yugi, I am getting tired of hearing about your friends, especially that hack Wheeler." Kaiba snapped,

"Joey has improved, Kaiba. He's a skilled duelist now, Kaiba. As a matter of fact, I won't be surprised if Joey fits the conditions of applying for the Battle City Finals Tournament." Yami darted his eyes over to Kaiba,

"...Everyone has a chance on improving," You sighed and leaned against your chair, "All that is needed is time and experience. Joey has both and has improved." You looked at Kaiba who scoffed at you.

An intense silence followed afterwards. Your eye averted to Yami, who leaned against the window and watched the view with a stern yet concerned face. You could tell all sorts of thoughts clouded his head by looking at him. You wanted to do something, he did cover your eye, the least you could do is assure him or something.....right?

You gulped and stiffened upon that thought, yeah but what should you do to assure him? Tell him everything is going to be alright?

Sounds too cheesy...

How about holding his hand? ? ?

...

Hell no you're not dating him.

You bit your lip and averted your gaze,

Maybe patting his shoulder and telling him it's fine?

...

That's the same as the first choice you made but with physical contact.

Man, sometimes you hated being an introvert.

You awkwardly shifted a little away from him and looked away, maybe if you do nothing?

...yeah the feeling of guilt isn't letting you do that.

Your eye caught Mokuba staring at you with pure amusement. He bit his lip with a big smile and his shoulders bounced. You could tell he was trying not to laugh.

oh that little -

You frowned and watched him quickly look at Yami and back to you, indicating for you to make a move,

'If you're gonna make a move do it now' Is what he mentally screamed.

You glanced at Yami and back at Mokuba with your head shaking vigorously. Mokuba sneered and jolted his head a little in Yami's direction.

If Kaiba were to look at Mokuba right now he would be questioning why Mokuba is weirdly moving his head towards Yami.

Thank Orichalcos Kaiba has his eyes closed, probably thinking about something entirely different like money or something.

Welp, because Mokuba has caught on your internal conflicts on what to do to cheer him up, it has left you no choice but to actually do something.

Hesitantly, you looked at Yami, scooted closer to him and gently held his hand.

Honestly, it was the only thing you could do at this point. You found this to be the best because you knew if you said 'it'll be fine' or whatnot, Kaiba would be bound to say something. Besides, it sorta gave the idea to remove the false assurance because honestly, you didn't know what is going to happen beyond this point.

You bit your lip and kept your eyes on your hand that gently rested on top of Yami's, recalling the past times Papa held your hand like this, in silence as you pondered in the clouds of thought with stress and anxiety. You remembered how the Seal drove you mad in one place and Papa would sit next to you and quietly held your hand to give you silent assurance. He didn't say anything nor do anything, he just held your hand and it made things...seem better than usual. You figured doing this will help rather than saying some random cheesy thought.

and it did.

Yami's hand slowly interlaced with yours and tightened the grip just a little.

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I hope you enjoyed this semi-short chapter. I figured there should be a chapter where it's just you and Yami sitting together before the stress of the thought of losing close friends.