「After that Mind Crush, Yugi had assumed all these truths had been assimilated, they were never spoken but somehow he had thought they were under the rug already. Apparently that hadn't been the case, even after all this time. But hadn't it been the purpose of it all? For Kaiba to realize how badly he had been managing his own life, for him to put his life together again? There is a pang of mixed feelings bubbling in Yugi's chest; to find out that Kaiba was remorseful about it brought him a degree of joy, that he could feel sympathy for others despite of how rough he could be with people sometimes, but to bring him pain, it wasn't what he intended.

He keeps a rather unreadable stare on his so-called rival.」

He never blamed you, Kaiba. You didn't tear up but cardboard, that card is as important to him as it was from day one even after he patched it up. You also gave it a new meaning and he does not hold any ill thoughts towards you because of that.

「He brings a soothing hand over Kaiba's forehead, just to put a few rebellious strands of hair in place. A failed effort as his hair is quite a mess anyway.」