Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Lonely Eyes ❯ Take Away My Loneliness ( Chapter 1 )

Lonely Eyes

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I feel it… I got that feeling again… Like someone's watching me… Why…?

I turn around. Eyes slightly widening as a slight fear reflects through them. They become slightly shaky and it looks as if I'm gonna cry sometime. But confusion is clear in them.

…I see no one. Why do I feel like this then? I'm alone in the streets of Domino. The sun has set. It's quite dark, though not the kind of dark where you won't see anything.

Sigh…

I turn back around heaving a sigh. I just know there's moving shadows behind me… my eyes looking downward to the ground. If someone saw me they'd probably say I was sad about something. That, or I'm deep in thought. Not completely wrong at all. Although it's more like I'm lonely. Lonely… I just came back from my best friend's 19th birthday party…

…Or is he my best friend? I don't even know anymore… All my friends have someone… I feel so left out. No one will ever love me like that, I just know it.

I sigh yet again, and lean against the building next to me. Okay the details…

Today, Yuugi turned 19, as I said earlier. He's no where near single, oh no. So sometimes it makes me think… is he really my best friend? Wouldn't that make Yami his best friend? I have other friends, sure… But Hiroto is with Ryuuji. Ryou is with Bakura. Malik is with Marik… Even Anzu is with Isis. And in addition to that, Mai is with my sister. Who does that leave me with??

Let's see, who have I left out… Miho? Hah, she's not really that much of a friend. Can't remember anyone else. My brain's not working right now. I had nearly seven glasses of Japanese rice wine and two glasses of Strawberry champagne… And of course, more drinks that I can't recall. My head feels a little fuzzy, as my vision starts to blur.

No… not now… This can't happen to me now… I need to get home, I can't just pass out here…

My vision just blurs more, as I attempt to keep my balance. I slide down to the ground. Maybe if I sit this out… Come to think of it, where is my home anyway? I'm not so welcome at home. The campus… how am I gonna get in there if I don't hurry? It closes at 11:30 so I won't be able to get in. Besides, it's a weekend… This is so not the time to sit down for a break.

…But what am I supposed to do when my head feels so dizzy? Spend yet another night alone, in the dark, at the Domino park? Yes, that sounds as a reasonable answer… I think I'll do that…

Unfortunately, before I can get up to go to the park, or even carry the thought much further, I feel myself blacking out, and falling asleep here, in the middle of a street.

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Beep. Beep. Beep.

"Damn it… What now!?" I look down at my cell phone, to see a reminder. It says:

"11:15. Come home soon. And get some sleep this time, Seto…"

My eyes soften. Mokuba wants me home… I know but how can I hurry? My workers are on strike. I'm super tired, trying to find some easy way to get home. I didn't take a car, though I don't know why… And now I see some street punk sleeping on the street. Great… Perfect… Things couldn't get better… I think to myself sarcastically. I never actually thought these street punks sleep on the streets literally.

He's kind of in the direction I'm going in… Not that I care… Guess maybe I could donate a few dollars, considering he is honest about being homeless…

But that idea fades away as I get closer, realizing who this is.

`What's he doing out here!?' It looks like he… passed out or something… His body limp on the ground.

…Oh right. Mutou had some party today… His birthday or something? It doesn't really matter… What was he thinking!? The campus closes in 15 minutes if he's planning on sleeping there. I decide to attempt waking him up.

Leaning down in front of him, I put my hand on his shoulder and slightly shake him.

He mumbles something, though I can't exactly make out what it was… I shake him again. "Wake up already."

His eyes flutter open a bit, though they look gazed.

"What happened to you? Shouldn't you be at the campus??" I ask.

He remains silent for a moment then speaks. "…Kaiba?"

"That was my name last time I checked it," I said. "Answer my question…"

"Mmm…" He falters a little, as he tries to sit up. I prevent him from falling by putting my hands on his shoulders. He doesn't look in good condition. His eyes have no life in them like they usually did… well, at least last time I saw him. "I passed out…" He finally spoke.

"…How?"

"…I dunno… I just felt dizzy suddenly so I decided to sit down. Then I don't know what happened after that… I don't remember…"

"Were you at that party?" I asked. Why am I even talking to him? I'm supposed to be going home to Mokuba. I guess… I'm just using this as an excuse to rest up a little before continuing on my way home.

"Right… I remember that. I was at Yuugi's party."

Something's not right. He sounded like it didn't even matter. "What exactly did you do there?"

I didn't expect him to snap…

"WHAT DO YOU THINK!?" He sighed. "Sure, all my friends have someone they love. All of them… Besides me. I feel really left out…" His eyes look empty, but now I see loneliness in them… "I just stayed out of they're business, had a few drinks, that `bout it."

"How much is a few?"

"Like only about ten to twenty glasses…"

Woah!! Rewind there… "You call that a FEW!? No wonder you passed out!!"

"Well is it my fault that I've got no one who even cares!? If Yuugi wasn't always so caught up with Yami and paid attention to me, maybe I wouldn't have drunk so much!!" He paused. "I feel left out… Left out… And lonely…"

There is that sadness in his eyes as he looked down toward the ground. They aren't so lifeless anymore, but they are sad… It looks like he is about to cry…

"Kaiba, I don't like this feeling… I don't like being alone…" He surprised me as he started sobbing onto my chest. But what surprised me more, was that I really wanted to get rid of this sadness… What could I do for him…? Besides lend him a shoulder to cry on…?

I put my arms around him and hold him close, as I rest my head slightly on his, just allowing him to cry all he needs. `I want to get rid of your loneliness…' I think to myself, but don't bring myself to saying it out loud.

Besides, even if I wanted to, the next thing he did, would have prevented it anyway…

He moved away from crying onto my chest and moved up a little… to kiss me…

Tears are spilling from his closed golden amber eyes as he presses his lips against mine…

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