[ he wouldn’t have gone there had kaiba not jumped the shark. though, he supposed this talk was inevitable too. and yugi is certain that mokuba had pleaded with him time and time again, because who did they have but each other? a couple of friends, sure, who would do their best to be there should something happen, but they needed each other more than anything. like atem was the other side to him he believed the kaibas shared a similar relationship, keeping the other in check. ]
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[ he doesn’t say anything because he doesn’t think he needs to. no doubt in his mind that mokuba would immediately adopt some of kaiba’s bad habits following some tragic accident, aiming to keep their company at the top no matter the cost. yugi frowns when he sees kaiba reach for the locket that’s not there, a pang of guilt squeezing his heart as he regrets having pushed back so hard, but... kaiba needed to open his eyes and see what he was turning his back to. he’d always criticized them for chasing the past, but that’s exactly what he was doing. ] He’s not the future, Kaiba, you, your brother, and your company are. [ he looks down and shuts his eyes. ] He helped us all change for the better and we need to take what we learned and move forward. It’s going to hurt, that’s inevitable, but that’s only because he left such an impact on us and because we cared so deeply about him. [ but atem being here certainly complicated all that, not that he was really complaining. maybe kaiba could settle up, so to speak, and yugi could finally express how he felt about, well, all of that. ]
We can be there for each other too, Kaiba. You don’t have to hurt alone.
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[ he doesn’t say anything because he doesn’t think he needs to. no doubt in his mind that mokuba would immediately adopt some of kaiba’s bad habits following some tragic accident, aiming to keep their company at the top no matter the cost. yugi frowns when he sees kaiba reach for the locket that’s not there, a pang of guilt squeezing his heart as he regrets having pushed back so hard, but... kaiba needed to open his eyes and see what he was turning his back to. he’d always criticized them for chasing the past, but that’s exactly what he was doing. ] He’s not the future, Kaiba, you, your brother, and your company are. [ he looks down and shuts his eyes. ] He helped us all change for the better and we need to take what we learned and move forward. It’s going to hurt, that’s inevitable, but that’s only because he left such an impact on us and because we cared so deeply about him. [ but atem being here certainly complicated all that, not that he was really complaining. maybe kaiba could settle up, so to speak, and yugi could finally express how he felt about, well, all of that. ]
We can be there for each other too, Kaiba. You don’t have to hurt alone.