Yu-gi-oh, Jounouchi/Shizuka #8
Title: Big Brother chapter 8
Author: MyAibou
Pairing: Jounouchi/Shizuka (NOT incest!)
Fandom: Yu-gi-oh
Theme: #8 Our own world
Rating: T/PG-13 (for mild language)
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-gi-oh or Jounouchi and Shizuka. I'm just borrowing Takahashi-san's toys for a while. I promise to put them back when I'm done.
He sat in the hard plastic chair beside her bed, watching her slowly wake up from the anesthesia. His back hurt and the right half of his ass had fallen asleep, but he didn’t dare move and risk not being here when she woke up, not after he’d screwed up so bad this morning by almost not coming at all. If Honda hadn’t knocked some sense into him….
But he was here now and he leaned forward anxiously as she started to stir, though with the bandages wrapped across her eyes, it was hard to tell if she really was waking or not.
Across from him in a chair much like his own, his mother leaned over, too.
His mother. It had been seven years since he’d seen her last, when she’d piled Shizuka into the car and turned her back on him. Until this morning, he hadn’t even talked to her, not even when she’d called and left messages with Yugi’s grandfather to let them know when the operation would be. He’d call regularly himself now that he’d bought that right with the money that paid for Shizuka’s new shot at life, but he would always ask for Shizuka and never talk to their mother.
Why should he? He’s not the one who left her behind.
But this morning, for Shizuka’s sake, Jounouchi had mustered up enough of… something… to tell her it was good to see her. It wasn’t, not really. Mostly it was painful and awkward and frustrating. But it wasn’t like he was in any position to be withholding forgiveness, especially not after last night and this morning, nearly abandoning his own sister over something as stupid as a lost Duel Monsters card, after he’d promised he’d be here for her. So now, as he met his mother’s eyes across Shizuka’s bed, he managed a weak smile and she gave him one in return that was just as weak; an uneasy truce for two people who both had much to be forgiven for.
Shizuka groaned and they both jumped, but it was their mother who got to her first. “Shizuka, I’m here sweetie. Mama’s here.”
Shizuka groaned again and turned her head. “Mama?”
“I’m here.”
“Katsuya…” she said. “I want Katsuya-Onii-chan.”
He was just petty enough to flash his mother a victorious smile as he grabbed his sister’s hand. “I’m right here, Shizuka-chan. I’m not going anywhere.”
“I’m scared, Big Brother. And I’m thirsty.”
“You can’t have anything to drink, not yet,” Ma interjected quickly, “But you can suck on some ice chips. I’ll go get some from the nurse if you’d like.”
She nodded. “Please?”
“Okay, I’ll be right back,” she said, getting up and slipping out the door, leaving Jounouchi and Shizuka alone.
Alone with his sister. In person. For the first time in seven years.
He squeezed her hand. “You’re gonna be fine, Sis. The doctors said everything went really well. You need to keep your bandages on for a few days, but then your vision should be perfect.”
She clutched his hand, turning her bandaged face toward him. “I’m so scared, Big Brother. What if it didn’t work? What if it’s worse than before? Or what if it did work and I don’t know how to see?”
“Shhh,” he soothed gently, lifting her hand and kissing the back of it gently, then leaning over her so his forehead was pressed to hers. “Don’t think about any of that, Shizuka. Just… think about the ocean. I promised I’d take you again to see the ocean, remember? Just like that day on the beach, just you and me.”
“I remember,” she said.
They were still for a moment and then Shizuka said, “Big Brother, I know you have that tournament starting tomorrow and you need to prepare. You don’t have to stay here and baby-sit me.”
“I’m not going anywhere, not until they kick me out when visiting hours are over tonight, okay? Tomorrow I’m a duelist, but today? Today I’m Big Brother. That’s enough.”
Author: MyAibou
Pairing: Jounouchi/Shizuka (NOT incest!)
Fandom: Yu-gi-oh
Theme: #8 Our own world
Rating: T/PG-13 (for mild language)
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-gi-oh or Jounouchi and Shizuka. I'm just borrowing Takahashi-san's toys for a while. I promise to put them back when I'm done.
He sat in the hard plastic chair beside her bed, watching her slowly wake up from the anesthesia. His back hurt and the right half of his ass had fallen asleep, but he didn’t dare move and risk not being here when she woke up, not after he’d screwed up so bad this morning by almost not coming at all. If Honda hadn’t knocked some sense into him….
But he was here now and he leaned forward anxiously as she started to stir, though with the bandages wrapped across her eyes, it was hard to tell if she really was waking or not.
Across from him in a chair much like his own, his mother leaned over, too.
His mother. It had been seven years since he’d seen her last, when she’d piled Shizuka into the car and turned her back on him. Until this morning, he hadn’t even talked to her, not even when she’d called and left messages with Yugi’s grandfather to let them know when the operation would be. He’d call regularly himself now that he’d bought that right with the money that paid for Shizuka’s new shot at life, but he would always ask for Shizuka and never talk to their mother.
Why should he? He’s not the one who left her behind.
But this morning, for Shizuka’s sake, Jounouchi had mustered up enough of… something… to tell her it was good to see her. It wasn’t, not really. Mostly it was painful and awkward and frustrating. But it wasn’t like he was in any position to be withholding forgiveness, especially not after last night and this morning, nearly abandoning his own sister over something as stupid as a lost Duel Monsters card, after he’d promised he’d be here for her. So now, as he met his mother’s eyes across Shizuka’s bed, he managed a weak smile and she gave him one in return that was just as weak; an uneasy truce for two people who both had much to be forgiven for.
Shizuka groaned and they both jumped, but it was their mother who got to her first. “Shizuka, I’m here sweetie. Mama’s here.”
Shizuka groaned again and turned her head. “Mama?”
“I’m here.”
“Katsuya…” she said. “I want Katsuya-Onii-chan.”
He was just petty enough to flash his mother a victorious smile as he grabbed his sister’s hand. “I’m right here, Shizuka-chan. I’m not going anywhere.”
“I’m scared, Big Brother. And I’m thirsty.”
“You can’t have anything to drink, not yet,” Ma interjected quickly, “But you can suck on some ice chips. I’ll go get some from the nurse if you’d like.”
She nodded. “Please?”
“Okay, I’ll be right back,” she said, getting up and slipping out the door, leaving Jounouchi and Shizuka alone.
Alone with his sister. In person. For the first time in seven years.
He squeezed her hand. “You’re gonna be fine, Sis. The doctors said everything went really well. You need to keep your bandages on for a few days, but then your vision should be perfect.”
She clutched his hand, turning her bandaged face toward him. “I’m so scared, Big Brother. What if it didn’t work? What if it’s worse than before? Or what if it did work and I don’t know how to see?”
“Shhh,” he soothed gently, lifting her hand and kissing the back of it gently, then leaning over her so his forehead was pressed to hers. “Don’t think about any of that, Shizuka. Just… think about the ocean. I promised I’d take you again to see the ocean, remember? Just like that day on the beach, just you and me.”
“I remember,” she said.
They were still for a moment and then Shizuka said, “Big Brother, I know you have that tournament starting tomorrow and you need to prepare. You don’t have to stay here and baby-sit me.”
“I’m not going anywhere, not until they kick me out when visiting hours are over tonight, okay? Tomorrow I’m a duelist, but today? Today I’m Big Brother. That’s enough.”