Word Count: chapter: 700||story: 15,400||Chapter Count: 22/22

"Yuujin! Yuujin!"

His arms hurt. His legs hurt.

His everything hurt. His head spun in the most unpleasant way he could have imagined, if he'd ever imagiined it spinning at all. He thought if it didn't slow down, he was probably going to throw up. From the way his stomach churned and cramped, he wouldn't have been surprised if he did anyway.

"Yuujin!"

Slowly he lifted his head, his vision clearing, if not very much. Enough so he could see around himself and that brought back memory of where he was and what had been going on.

Charisma Castle. Or what was left of it, given the ruins he could see in every direction. The door to what had been his cell hung off the hinges, and brilliant light flowed everywhere. A glimpse of gray told him Offmon was right next to him. The portion of wall they were chained too remained solid, keeping them in place for now.

Then it clicked. He'd heard a voice. That voice. He swallowed and tried to speak.

"Haru?"

It wasn't very loud. He didn't think he would have been able to hear it himself. So he tried again, his throat scratchy and unsure.

"Haru!"

Surprised cries, ones that he recognized now that they were closer. Astra and Eri! Their Buddies!

And Haru. Haru.

His heart beat faster at the sound, especially as they drew closer. Then he could see them! Haru in the doorway, tossing aside the wreck of the door as if it were nothing more than a broken piece of wood instead of something very like stone.

"Yuujin!" For a heartbeat Haru stood there, staring at him, a glorious smile wreathing his lips. Then he flung himself forward and wr apped his arms around Yuujin. "You're all right! You're all right!" He buried his head against Yuujin's stomach. "Are you all right?"

Yuujin would have hugged Haru if he could have. "Yeah. I'm all right." He thought he was. He couldn't remember anything too bad happening. Just a lot of confusion and being terrified something would happen. But he was all right. Offmon was all right.

Haru gripped him even tighter, to the point Yuujin coughed, unable to breathe. He gasped, trying to convey this to Haru. It took a few moments before Haru finally stepped back, staring at him, tears dripping down his cheeks. Yuujin stared at him, realizing only now that bruises littered Haru's face and arms and probably more.

"What happened to you?" He asked, staring. Haru shrugged, wiping his eyes with the back of his hand.

"Nothing I wouldn't do all over again. Come on. Let's get you out of there." Haru stared at the shackles before he glanced down to Gatchmon. "Where are the keys?"

"Who cares?" Rei grumped, stalking up. He gave the wall remnants one of his better scornful looks – which by rights should have disintegrated the wall and the shackles all by itself – and then delivered a precision kick. The wall shuddered once, twice, and then collapsed, dropping into a pile of rubble. Yuujin and Offmon collapsed as well, with Haru following a heartbeat later, gathering Yuujin up and holding him.

"I was worried about you," he whispered. Yuujin wrapped his arms around Haru, wishing he had enough strength to hold Haru as much as he wanted to.

"I missed you, too," Yuujin murmured, wishing also that his legs would support him enough so he could stand up. Walking would come after that. One thing at a time.

He could feel Rei still staring at him and if he'd had the strength, he would have asked what the problem was. But the hacker turned and walked away in silence, and Yuujin found all that he really wanted right now was to go home anyway.

Go home, tuck Offmon into his basket, himself into his bed, and sleep for ten or fifteen hours. He'd slept here, but it wasn't nearly as restful as what he'd get at home.

And he wanted to eat his mom's cooking too.

He still had no idea of how long he'd been gone. He had so much to catch up on.

But it was time now to go home.

The End

Notes: So that's the end. I hope you enjoyed it. I know I did. If you want to imagine a kiss between Haru and Yuujin at any point, I highly encourage that.