Kaiba's pulse probably should have gone down just from the absolute distaste he normally felt every single time that friendship ended up on the table. But it doesn't, because here Yuugi is, assuming that they're friends again, and somehow...Kaiba finds himself thinking he can't be the worst one that Yuugi's ever had.
At least he got where Yuugi was coming from. But then...since when had it been so hard for him, like this? Had Yuugi been hiding parts of himself away all this time? Just because...?
Because they only wanted to protect him. And they thought they were doing it, too.
That's what's got his blood pressure up now. To be seen as something else than what you are, to change yourself in order to get by, and assist the others around you?
(he's standing at a door, hand in hand with his brother, and there's another hand. rough, unforgiving, clenched around his so hard it hurts
he's solving equations, complex problems far out of the scope of his age, he's exhausted, his hands are bleeding
he tries to wrap the cuts himself, to hide them. hide away hide the blood hide the pain because there's his brother, smiling smiling always smiling)
"Don't do that. Don't ever be anything but who you are," Kaiba hisses between gritted teeth. "You have no idea how fortunate you are, to be able to live a life that's truthful. Don't sully it with lies any longer, do you understand me?!"
He rolls onto his side, not caring how it hurts, not giving a damn that the fixators jolt and cause his legs to ache because it doesn't matter!! He has to get right in Yuugi's face when he says it, to drive the point home.
"TELL ME NOW, THAT YOU'LL BE YOURSELF, YUUGI! I WON'T ALLOW ANYTHING ELSE!!"
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At least he got where Yuugi was coming from. But then...since when had it been so hard for him, like this? Had Yuugi been hiding parts of himself away all this time? Just because...?
Because they only wanted to protect him. And they thought they were doing it, too.
That's what's got his blood pressure up now. To be seen as something else than what you are, to change yourself in order to get by, and assist the others around you?
(he's standing at a door, hand in hand with his brother, and there's another hand. rough, unforgiving, clenched around his so hard it hurts
he's solving equations, complex problems far out of the scope of his age, he's exhausted, his hands are bleeding
he tries to wrap the cuts himself, to hide them. hide away hide the blood hide the pain because there's his brother, smiling smiling always smiling)
"Don't do that. Don't ever be anything but who you are," Kaiba hisses between gritted teeth. "You have no idea how fortunate you are, to be able to live a life that's truthful. Don't sully it with lies any longer, do you understand me?!"
He rolls onto his side, not caring how it hurts, not giving a damn that the fixators jolt and cause his legs to ache because it doesn't matter!! He has to get right in Yuugi's face when he says it, to drive the point home.
"TELL ME NOW, THAT YOU'LL BE YOURSELF, YUUGI! I WON'T ALLOW ANYTHING ELSE!!"