Given Up Hope

Waking Up

"Huh.... What? Heba?" I asked rubbing my eyes.

I stopped rubbing and Heba was still there. Tears of joy came to my eyes, and I pulled him in the tightest hug I've ever given anyone. He hugged back and I heard him chuckling.

"Why are you laughing?" I asked

"I thought you would've remembered, I was moving back here to live with you and grandpa" he said with a smile.

Oh yeah, he did say that. How could I forget that? It was such big and exciting news. I tried to tell Yami, but he didn't care.

"Heba, how did I end up here?"

"Well I walked in the door and was mistaken for you. This guy who looked like you, but taller called me by your name. He was happy that 'you' had finally come out ofthe bathroom. This guy left to go hang out with your friend Joey. When I went to open the bathroom door, I found you all bloody and unconscious, so I called 911 immediately" Heba explained.

"Oh, so Yami didn't even care to come and check up on me. I see how it is, and to think I thought he cared about me" I said as the tears of joy were replaced by years of sadness.

"Yugi, he thought I was you and that 'you' were okay" Heba tried.

"Then why not ask me to come with him to hang out with 'our' friends" I retorted putting air quotes around the word "our".

Heba shrugged knowing I had won the debate. My friends were no longer mine, and my yami, the one supposed to protect me, had hurt me worse than any beating I had ever recieved. Then a thought rushed to my head, and I decided to ask.

"You didn't call Yami, or grandpa, or the others right?" I asked.

"Only that Kaiba guy, I had to get permission to come back here, but this is Kaiba's hospital" Heba explained.

"Damnit! Now he's going to tell the others, and they're just going to pretend to care. Can you call him back and ask him not to tell anyone?" I asked with a shy face.

"Yes, I can do it now if you'd like" Heba said pulling out his cell.

"I would like that very much" I admitted with shy smile.

He dialed up the man who owned the hospital and introduced the idea. I heard confusion on the other line, almost like someone was angry. I heard the person calm down and then Yami said goodbye and hung up.

"He said he would keep it to himself. Although he didn't sound like before" Heba said scratching his head.

"What do you mean" I was starting to worry again.

"He would say things like "Why would Yug' do sucha ting?" or "whatcha goin' on about?" it was weird"

"Oh Fuck!" I yelled knowing who actually answered the phone.

"What!?" Heba asked, worry in his eyes.

"It was Joey you told. Not Kaiba. Damn" I explained through gritted teeth

"I'm so sorry Yugi"

"Don't be. How could you have known?" I admitted loosening up a little.

We just hugged as I heard a crash of thunder. Mother Nature has a real sick sense of humor. I jumped and I felt his arms tighten around me, I always hated thunder storms. I felt my cheek get warm, and when I felt it, it was wet. I was crying into Heba's chest as he held me protectively.

My eyes grew heavy as I realized how comfortable I was. His body heat kept me warm, and soon my eyes became too havey to keep open. I fell asleep knowing I was safe, as long as Heba was around.

Author's Note: Wow Heba with a surprisng appearance. This was suposed to be just brotherly love, but it can be whatever you want I guess. What will Joey do with the new found information? Until next time, bye.

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