Meet my other half
RF: Thank you to all the people who reviewed my other fic, I have no idea (yes... most unfortunately that *is* the name)!!! *hands out yami plushies* THANK YOU!!!!
Warning: this is a yaoi fic... which means boy+boy so if you don't like it, then don't read it!!!
Disclaimer: If I owned Yu-Gi-Oh... *sighs dreamily* oh the changes I would make... muhahahahahahaha!!!!!! But umm... I don't... ::sob:: ::sob:: T_T
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"..." – speech
'...' – thoughts
*...* - emphasis/ accent
//...// - Yami to Yugi
/.../ - Yugi to Yami
*~*~* - change of scene/ period of time has passed
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Chapter 1
Yugi's amethyst coloured eyes glazed over slightly as his maths teacher droned on and on about how to convert fractions into decimals even though they had learnt it over three years ago.
/Yami? Are you there?/ why did he even have to ask? His darker half was always there, always alert inside his sennen puzzle. Always ready to listen to his troubles and talk to him.
//Of course. Where else would I be?// came his yami's sarcastic voice.
Yugi grinned in pleasure much to Jounouchi's confusion. What was he grinning about? There was nothing funny about maths- it had to be one of the most boring subjects in the world! (a.n: sorry to all you maths lovers out there!) He nudged Anzu in the ribs, making the girl yelp.
The teacher cast a suspicious glare around the room before returning to her boring lecture.
"What are you trying to do, Jou? Get me into trouble?" Anzu hissed under her breath to the sandy haired boy, who gestured at her to look at Yugi.
Anzu glanced at her tri coloured haired friend who sat a few desks away from her. He was grinning like mad, and gave a soft chuckle at one point. She raised an eyebrow sceptically. Perhaps Yugi was mad. Of course he had always been a bit strange... (Yugi: Hey!!)
"What's wrong with him?" Jou whispered. "Why is he so happy?"
"Maybe he's sick." Anzu whispered back. "Let's ask him after the period finishes."
Jounouchi nodded, and, after shooting another worried glance at his supposedly sick friend, fell back into his daydream about Mai.
/That's not very nice, Yami. Anzu can duel, she just doesn't duel often./ Yugi protested.
//Maybe because she's hopeless?//
The bell rung for the end of period and Yugi quickly gathered his books and crammed them into his school bag, and headed over to where Jounouchi and Anzu were.
"Hey guys!" he sung out cheerfully as they made their way outside into the sunshine.
"Yugi, are you okay?" Anzu asked, concerned. She pressed her hand against Yugi's forehead. "You don't seem to have a temperature, but who knows..."
"What are you talking about?" Yugi asked, surprised. "Of course I'm fine. Why?"
"Because you were looking like a total idiot during class, grinning and laughing to yourself." Jounouchi replied bluntly. "Are you sure you're not coming down with a cold or something?"
Yugi inwardly cursed. He had forgotten to keep his emotions to himself when talking mind to mind with his yami- he hoped that nobody else had seen his strange antics.
//Just tell them that you're a schizophrenic and that you were talking to your invisible friend called Bob.// Yami said quickly, amusement obvious in his voice.
/Yami!!/ Yugi mentally laughed. /That's not needed right now!/
"See- you're zoning out again!" Anzu cried accusingly.
"Come on Yug', what's the matter?" Jounouchi asked.
"Nothing, honestly. I was just thinking about... something-" somebody "- that's all." Yugi lied. "You guys don't have to worry- I was just busy in my own thoughts."
"If you say so." Anzu said doubtfully.
By the expression on Jounouchi's face, Yugi could tell that he didn't believe him either. He sighed, thinking to himself that he'd better introduce them to Yami soon.
Yet he didn't want to- his yami was his alone, why should he share Yami with his friends? Almost immediately after the thought formed in his mind he cringed. What was he talking about- his Yami? Why should he prevent the ancient pharaoh from gaining new friends? But deep inside Yugi's mind was the fear that Yami might perhaps be happier with -say- Jounouchi than him and decide to leave him. He shuddered and tried to put his mind on his schoolwork.
//What are you thinking about, aibou?// Yami's rich voice drifted into Yugi's mind.
/Nothing./
//Then why do you feel afraid? I can sense your emotions, Yugi. Don't lie to me.//
/I don't want to talk about it. Go away./ Yugi snapped and shut off their mental link. He instantly felt bad about it, and was about to apologise to Yami but at that moment the bell rang and he had to quickly rush off to his next class- P.E.
As soon as he got home that night he rushed into his room after hastily greeting his grandfather and tried calling his yami.
/Yami? Yami, are you there?/
There was no answer, and Yugi felt a pang of fear. Why was his yami ignoring him? Surely he wasn't angry!
/I'm sorry Yami... I didn't mean what I said. Please forgive me.../
Still, there was no answer, and he started to panic. He calmed down slightly after a few minutes, figuring that Yami would talk to him some time, and he started to get to work on his homework, though the sense of unease grew in him with each passing second- surely Yami was going to talk to him soon?
Finally his grandfather shouted at him to go to sleep and Yugi climbed into his bed, and curled into a small ball, feeling tears sting at the back of his eyelids. Where was Yami?
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Yami sat in one of the dark corners of his soul room, wondering at Yugi's words. Never before had his hikari sounded so angry- what had he done to fire Yugi's practically non existent temper?
He gave a frustrated sigh, and sank back into his dark pit of thoughts, not hearing his aibou's pleas of forgiveness. A long period of time had passed before he felt the small jolts of fear and panic from the other end of his mental link.
Standing up, Yami rushed across the corridor to Yugi's soul room and found the petite boy clutching one of his numerous soft toys tightly and whimpering slightly.
He knelt down next to his aibou and shook him slightly. When Yugi didn't wake up, Yami shook him harder, calling his name.
"Yugi! Aibou, wake up!"
Yugi's eyes shot open, revealing bleary amethyst coloured eyes. The next thing Yami knew, he was on the ground holding a shaking, crying boy who gripped his shirt tightly.
"Hush... hush, aibou, what's the matter?" Yami murmured, gently stroking his hikari's unruly hair.
"I dreamt that you left me." Yugi sobbed into his yami's chest. "Please Yami, don't ever leave me!"
"I'm never going to leave you, hikari. We are one, you and I. I promise that I will always be here for you." Yami vowed, and let his aibou cry his fear out before asking him, "So what happened in your dream exactly?"
"I was walking down the street with you, except you kept getting faster and faster and I couldn't catch up." he let out a shaky breath. "I called out your name, but you just kept going, and ignoring me. I was so scared, Yami... I thought you didn't like me anymore." he buried his head more deeply into his darker half's shirt.
"Don't fret, Yugi... I'm here now..." Yami murmured softly, and tucked his hikari into his bed, making sure that he was warm and most definitely safe, before leaving the Sennen puzzle and appearing in Yugi's real bedroom.
Yugi was half asleep already, and he stared curiously at Yami, who sat down on his bed and stretched out next to him, pulling the blankets around them.
"You're staying?" Yugi sounded so hopeful that Yami had to smile.
"Of course." he felt two warm arms circle his waist and Yugi snuggle up close to him. A light blush covered his face, and he quickly looked away from his hikari.
"Night, Yami."
"Sweet dreams, aibou."
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"Come on- let's go visit Yugi!" Jounouchi tugged at Anzu's arm, pulling her towards Yugi's house. "Let's see if he's feeling better."
Anzu muttered something rude concerning Jounouchi and where he could put his ideas under her breath but followed the sandy haired boy anyway. They were greeted by Sugoroku who was busy working at the shop.
"Is Yugi upstairs?" Anzu asked.
"Yeah, he's still sleeping- probably had another nightmare last night." "He's been having nightmares?" Jounouchi asked, frowning slightly. Why hadn't the little guy told him?
Sugoroku nodded, looking a bit surprised. "I would've thought that he had told you, but I guess not. Don't worry, they're not serious or anything. Well, anyway, he's upstairs, still asleep."
Anzu and Jounouchi thanked him and quickly ran up the stairs (a/n: is it even upstairs? I have no idea!!) to Yugi's room.
"Maybe you should check on him." Anzu suggested uncertainly. "It would be horrible and really embarrassing if he slept naked or something."
Jounouchi nodded though he wasn't really that eager to wake up Yugi if the petite boy slept in the nude.
He knocked on the door, and was surprised when there was no answer, 'Probably still asleep,' Jou thought and quietly pushed open the door and gasped at the sight that awaited him.
Yugi was lying within the arms of another boy- a boy who looked just like him! Since when had Yugi been a twin? Or was it really his twin? Looking more closely, Jounouchi could see that there were three lightning bolt like streaks of blonde in the other boy's hair, and he seemed to be older.
As Jounouchi's shocked mind ran things over, Yugi stirred and gave a small yawn. The other boy frowned in his sleep and pulled Yugi closer to him- almost protectively, Jounouchi thought.
He beckoned to Anzu who ran over, a questioning look in her eyes. He raised a finger to his lips and pointed to the bed.
"Who is he?" Anzu demanded in an undertone. "Why does he look so much like Yugi?"
"I don't know but they seem to be close." Jounouchi whispered back.
"No, I think Yugi sleeps with random strangers he meets on the street." Anzu hissed sarcastically. "Shall we wake them up?"
"No need." the other boy spoke up, watching them with his intense crimson eyes, so different from Yugi's innocent amethyst eyes.
Both Jounouchi and Anzu jumped, caught off their guard and fixed the strange -yet not strange, Anzu mused- boy with a glare.
"Who are you and what do you have to do with our Yug'?" Jounouchi demanded.
"Call me Yami."
Yami? They stared at him. Since when did Yugi have a yami?
The dark spirit began to climb out of bed. "Let's talk about this outside- Yugi deserves to sleep for a bit longer."
As Yami walked towards Anzu and Jounouchi, Yugi gave a small murmur of distress, and took his two friends by surprise when he called out for Yami, who returned to his side immediately.
//Aibou? Are you awake?//
/Sort of.../ Yugi's groggy voice drifted into Yami's mind. /Where are you going? Why are you leaving me?/ he was quickly waking up.
//Hush, hikari.// Yami stroked his aibou's tri coloured hair. //I'm not leaving you, so don't fret. I'm merely going to talk to your friends.//
/My friends are here?/ Yugi rubbed his eyes and tried to sit up, but his darkness pushed him back down onto the bed.
//Yes. Jounouchi and Anzu I believe. Now go back to sleep- you need the rest, my little hikari.//
/I want to get up!/ Yugi protested. /I want to introduce you guys./
Yami gave a sigh. //But-//
Yugi gave his famous puppy dog eyes, making Yami throw up his hands in defeat.
//Have it your way then!// he laughed, and made his way out of the room, ignoring the strange looks he was getting from Yugi's two friends who couldn't hear their mental conversation. //What drinks do you guys want?//
"Er... would you guys want anything to drink? I promise to explain everything to you." Yugi smiled at his two friends.
Anzu exploded. "YUGI!!! How could you not tell us that you had a yami? What is he like? Is he good to you or what?"
"Yeah dude, I mean is he a real yami or is he just some guy that looks exactly like you? And how long has he been living with you?" Jounouchi demanded. "And what were you guys doing before? You were just sitting there staring at each other!"
Yugi gave a sheepish grin. "Anything to drink?"
"Two juices, please." Anzu answered for the both of them.
/Two juices please, Yami. They have a lot of questions to ask- could you help me out a bit please?/
//Of course, aibou. Just give me a few seconds.//
"What do you want me to answer first?" Yugi asked, smiling rather impishly.
"Who he is- that could be rather useful." Anzu retorted waspishly.
"He's my yami. I was going to tell you guys- I was just waiting for the perfect opportunity." he said apologetically. "I'm really sorry! And yeah, he is a real yami. Apparently he was one of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs."
"Really?" Jounouchi asked, interested. He almost fell flat on his face when Yami opened the door which he had been leaning on. He cursed wildly and quickly righted himself again ignoring Anzu's giggles.
Yami shot him an amused look, and sat down on the bed next to Yugi. "Why don't you sit down?" he asked. "It would beats leaning on untrustworthy surfaces."
Anzu and Jounouchi sat down on the opposite end of the bed, and watched Yami talk to Yugi through their mind link, sipping at their drinks. "Are you guys actually communicating or have you learned to read eyes, Yug'?"
A faint blush coloured Yugi's pale cheeks. "I'm sorry Jou- I didn't mean to appear rude. Yeah, we have a mind link. That's why I kind of... zone out in class."
Everyone laughed.
"You're so lucky to have someone to talk to in class without getting caught by the teacher!" Jounouchi sighed enviously.
"So are you living here now?" Anzu asked Yami. "Does Sugoroku san know?"
He glanced at Yugi. "Yeah. My room's next door, though I normally just stay in the Sennen puzzle. Sugoroku sama found out around a week ago- I have a feeling that he already knew, though."
"Ok... this is so weird!" Anzu burst out. "I mean you're the spirit of some long dead guy and... this is really creeping me out!"
Yugi chuckled. "It took me a while to get used to it too. It's kind of -strange- to have another voice in your mind."
"I think I might need a day or two to get used to this." Jounouchi muttered, rubbing his temples.
Yugi nodded. "But please don't tell anyone, Jou. Or you, Anzu." he said, suddenly anxious.
"Why not?" Jounouchi asked. "I mean, what's the harm? It would probably make you one popular guy."
"But not everyone's attention is valued." Yami said, looking grave.
Anzu nodded, realisation dawning upon her. "I guess having Kaiba know isn't exactly the smartest of ideas, especially since he's so power hungry- he would probably go to any length to have a yami." she looked at Yugi. "I promise I won't tell anyone, Yugi." everyone looked at Jounouchi, who nodded, serious.
"I won't tell anyone either." there was a small pause, and he continued "I mean, I might shout it out in my sleep or something, but otherwise..."
"Jou!" Yugi laughed. "I get the point!"
The sandy haired boy grinned good naturedly. "I'd better be going then. I just wanted to check up on you, seeing if you had gone mad like Anzu and I thought, or whether you were already mad."
Yugi chucked something at Jou, who quickly ducked and ran out the door. Anzu also stood up, saying that she had to get going too.
"Well... that was interesting..." Yami patted Yugi's knee and stood up. "What do you want to do today?" he glanced at the clock on the wall. "It's close to noon- would you like to go for a walk, or what?"
"A walk sounds good." Yugi grinned. "Give me some time to get ready."
Yami watched as his hikari stood up and attempted to brush his many coloured hair. He was so innocent, so beautiful... How could anyone not love his Yugi?
Yami immediately shook his head, trying to push the thoughts away. *His* aibou? Since when had Yugi been *his*?
"Jou and Anzu seemed to like you." Yugi said casually. He glanced at his yami, who was frowning thoughtfully into nothing. "Did you like them?"
"Of course." Yami snapped out of his thoughts and smiled. "They seemed nice enough. I'll be in my room if you need me- alright, aibou?"
Yugi nodded, turning his attention back to his hair.
He walked into his room which was next door to Yugi's- he couldn't bear to be too far away from his aibou- and quickly changed into a pair of black pants and a black t-shirt which clung to his lithe body.
Yami could hear his aibou talking quietly to himself in his room and felt his heart ache. How could someone be so beautiful and innocent at once? He sighed deeply and ran his hand through his unruly hair- the same as Yugi's.
Yugi... his hikari, his lo- no, not his love. Never *his* love.
"You ready?" Yugi stuck his head through the door, peering curiously at his yami, amethyst eyes unreadable.
"Yeah, I guess." Yami pulled on his jacket and they walked down the stairs to the Turtle Game Shop where Sugoroku was working.
He saw them coming and grinned. "Hello you two. Where are you heading to?"
"Just going for a walk, we'll be back soon."
"Well have fun. Will you two be okay on your own for around a week?"
"A week?" Yugi asked, alarmed. "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to America, just to help my friend there to give a lecture on some of the duel monsters cards. Will you two be alright on your own?"
"Of course. We'll be fine." Yami spoke for both of them, and smiled reassuringly at Yugi's grandfather.
Sugoroku grinned and waved them off, returning to his customers.
They walked along for a while in silence, until they came across a shop selling ice cream.
//Do you want an ice cream, aibou?// Yami asked, glancing at the petite boy next to him.
/huh?/ Yugi snapped out of his thoughts. /Oh, yeah./
//I'll get it for you.//
Yugi smiled warmly at the dark spirit who blushed lightly.
/Thank you aibou!/ after he told his yami what ice cream he wanted, Yugi watched him enter the shop. /Don't be long./
//I won't be. So... I just hand this piece of plastic to the lady at the counter and that's it?//
Smothering a burst of laughter, Yugi gave his confirmation.
As he waited outside for the pharaoh to finish buying his ice cream a large, well built boy, a year older than Yugi walked past.
Yugi's eyes widened. It was Masuru, one of the school bullies who had a particularly nasty dislike of him. He shut his eyes and hoped that either Yami would hurry up and come out or that Masuru wouldn't notice him. The last time that Masuru had come across him... he shuddered and remembered the bruises and cuts he had inflicted on him.
When he felt a large presence in front of him he knew that none of his wishes had come true. Opening his eyes he found Masuru's broad face in front of him, a nasty smirk twisting his thin lips.
"Hey it's the shrimp!" the much bigger boy jeered. "What ya doin' ya little piece of shit?" He reached out and gripped Yugi's shoulder, making him wince and try to back off.
Yami came out at that moment, and he fixed his intense gaze on Masuru who flinched and let go of Yugi's now painful shoulder. "What do you want?" Yami demanded, coming to stand in front of his little hikari protectively.
"What the fuck-?!" he blinked, looking from Yugi to Yami then back again. "You freak!" Masuru yelled, and walked off, his mocking laughter still ringing in Yugi's ears.
He blinked back tears and ignored Yami's prying eyes.
//What-//
/I don't want to talk about it. Please, Yami? It's nothing, honestly./
//Nothing? NOTHING?!// Yami exploded. //That- that guy isn't *nothing* Yugi! Do you know him?//
Too well, Yugi thought, but said, /Yeah. He's a year older than me. Honestly, Yami, he's nothing to worry about./ Plastering a smile on his face, he tugged at Yami's arm. /Can we please not talk about it, aibou?/
//If you insist...// Yami looked doubtful, and handed his hikari the ice cream. //Here, aibou. And here's your change.//
Yugi pocketed the change and they carried on walking, in the opposite way that Masuru had taken.
Glancing around, Yugi could see the bully watching them, and he felt a shudder run through his body.
/Could we go home now please, Yami?/ he asked, trying to keep the anxiety he felt out of his voice.
Yami frowned and was about to ask more, but saw the expression on Yugi's face and instead said, //Of course, hikari. Let's go. The temperature's dropping- are you cold?//
/A little... not really./
Yami shrugged off his jacket and wrapped it around Yugi's slender body. //Here.//
/Are you sure...?/
//Of course. I never do anything unless I'm sure.// Yami retorted, smiling at him.
They walked back to their house and watched t.v for the rest of the afternoon. Finally Sugoroku yelled at them to go to sleep and Yugi sighed. "Tomorrow is the last day of the weekend. I hate school."
Yami frowned, concerned. "Why? I thought you were doing well."
Yugi flinched, realising he had said too much. "I just mean... I hate waking early and... yeah..." he stuttered, knowing how weak his excuse sounded. Oh well- it was better than the truth.
Yami raised his eyebrows sceptically, but again, said nothing and stood up. "Come on- off to bed, aibou."
Yugi groaned good naturedly and stood up, following Yami to his bedroom. He went to the bathroom to get changed into his pyjamas and brushed his teeth, then went back to his bedroom, feeling slightly sad, expecting Yami to have returned to the Sennen puzzle, but -to his pleasant surprise- Yami was lying to one side of his bed, cacooned in blankets.
Yami watched as Yugi folded his clothes and put them away, and narrowed his eyes when his aibou winced.
//What's the matter?//
/Oh... nothing. I just stubbed my toe, that's all./ Yugi lied, refraining from massaging his shoulder which still stung from Masuru's grip before, and climbed into his bed and shivered. /It's kind of cold./
His yami wrapped his arms around his cold body, and buried his head in Yugi's unruly hair.
//You're freezing.// Yami murmured, concerned.
Yugi could feel his hand rubbing his back, and gave a contented sigh. It was in these moments that he totally forgot about Masuru and the other school bullies who picked on him.
/I'll warm up in a sec. Thank you Yami./
//For what?//
/Everything./ Yugi replied sincerely and hugged Yami. /G'night./
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RF: Umm.. yeah... that was the first chapter... err... I know there were a lot of mistakes in that, and that the characters were totally OOC. Please please please please read and review!!!!! If I don't get enough reviews then I won't carry on this fic...
RF: Thank you to all the people who reviewed my other fic, I have no idea (yes... most unfortunately that *is* the name)!!! *hands out yami plushies* THANK YOU!!!!
Warning: this is a yaoi fic... which means boy+boy so if you don't like it, then don't read it!!!
Disclaimer: If I owned Yu-Gi-Oh... *sighs dreamily* oh the changes I would make... muhahahahahahaha!!!!!! But umm... I don't... ::sob:: ::sob:: T_T
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"..." – speech
'...' – thoughts
*...* - emphasis/ accent
//...// - Yami to Yugi
/.../ - Yugi to Yami
*~*~* - change of scene/ period of time has passed
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Chapter 1
Yugi's amethyst coloured eyes glazed over slightly as his maths teacher droned on and on about how to convert fractions into decimals even though they had learnt it over three years ago.
/Yami? Are you there?/ why did he even have to ask? His darker half was always there, always alert inside his sennen puzzle. Always ready to listen to his troubles and talk to him.
//Of course. Where else would I be?// came his yami's sarcastic voice.
Yugi grinned in pleasure much to Jounouchi's confusion. What was he grinning about? There was nothing funny about maths- it had to be one of the most boring subjects in the world! (a.n: sorry to all you maths lovers out there!) He nudged Anzu in the ribs, making the girl yelp.
The teacher cast a suspicious glare around the room before returning to her boring lecture.
"What are you trying to do, Jou? Get me into trouble?" Anzu hissed under her breath to the sandy haired boy, who gestured at her to look at Yugi.
Anzu glanced at her tri coloured haired friend who sat a few desks away from her. He was grinning like mad, and gave a soft chuckle at one point. She raised an eyebrow sceptically. Perhaps Yugi was mad. Of course he had always been a bit strange... (Yugi: Hey!!)
"What's wrong with him?" Jou whispered. "Why is he so happy?"
"Maybe he's sick." Anzu whispered back. "Let's ask him after the period finishes."
Jounouchi nodded, and, after shooting another worried glance at his supposedly sick friend, fell back into his daydream about Mai.
/That's not very nice, Yami. Anzu can duel, she just doesn't duel often./ Yugi protested.
//Maybe because she's hopeless?//
The bell rung for the end of period and Yugi quickly gathered his books and crammed them into his school bag, and headed over to where Jounouchi and Anzu were.
"Hey guys!" he sung out cheerfully as they made their way outside into the sunshine.
"Yugi, are you okay?" Anzu asked, concerned. She pressed her hand against Yugi's forehead. "You don't seem to have a temperature, but who knows..."
"What are you talking about?" Yugi asked, surprised. "Of course I'm fine. Why?"
"Because you were looking like a total idiot during class, grinning and laughing to yourself." Jounouchi replied bluntly. "Are you sure you're not coming down with a cold or something?"
Yugi inwardly cursed. He had forgotten to keep his emotions to himself when talking mind to mind with his yami- he hoped that nobody else had seen his strange antics.
//Just tell them that you're a schizophrenic and that you were talking to your invisible friend called Bob.// Yami said quickly, amusement obvious in his voice.
/Yami!!/ Yugi mentally laughed. /That's not needed right now!/
"See- you're zoning out again!" Anzu cried accusingly.
"Come on Yug', what's the matter?" Jounouchi asked.
"Nothing, honestly. I was just thinking about... something-" somebody "- that's all." Yugi lied. "You guys don't have to worry- I was just busy in my own thoughts."
"If you say so." Anzu said doubtfully.
By the expression on Jounouchi's face, Yugi could tell that he didn't believe him either. He sighed, thinking to himself that he'd better introduce them to Yami soon.
Yet he didn't want to- his yami was his alone, why should he share Yami with his friends? Almost immediately after the thought formed in his mind he cringed. What was he talking about- his Yami? Why should he prevent the ancient pharaoh from gaining new friends? But deep inside Yugi's mind was the fear that Yami might perhaps be happier with -say- Jounouchi than him and decide to leave him. He shuddered and tried to put his mind on his schoolwork.
//What are you thinking about, aibou?// Yami's rich voice drifted into Yugi's mind.
/Nothing./
//Then why do you feel afraid? I can sense your emotions, Yugi. Don't lie to me.//
/I don't want to talk about it. Go away./ Yugi snapped and shut off their mental link. He instantly felt bad about it, and was about to apologise to Yami but at that moment the bell rang and he had to quickly rush off to his next class- P.E.
As soon as he got home that night he rushed into his room after hastily greeting his grandfather and tried calling his yami.
/Yami? Yami, are you there?/
There was no answer, and Yugi felt a pang of fear. Why was his yami ignoring him? Surely he wasn't angry!
/I'm sorry Yami... I didn't mean what I said. Please forgive me.../
Still, there was no answer, and he started to panic. He calmed down slightly after a few minutes, figuring that Yami would talk to him some time, and he started to get to work on his homework, though the sense of unease grew in him with each passing second- surely Yami was going to talk to him soon?
Finally his grandfather shouted at him to go to sleep and Yugi climbed into his bed, and curled into a small ball, feeling tears sting at the back of his eyelids. Where was Yami?
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Yami sat in one of the dark corners of his soul room, wondering at Yugi's words. Never before had his hikari sounded so angry- what had he done to fire Yugi's practically non existent temper?
He gave a frustrated sigh, and sank back into his dark pit of thoughts, not hearing his aibou's pleas of forgiveness. A long period of time had passed before he felt the small jolts of fear and panic from the other end of his mental link.
Standing up, Yami rushed across the corridor to Yugi's soul room and found the petite boy clutching one of his numerous soft toys tightly and whimpering slightly.
He knelt down next to his aibou and shook him slightly. When Yugi didn't wake up, Yami shook him harder, calling his name.
"Yugi! Aibou, wake up!"
Yugi's eyes shot open, revealing bleary amethyst coloured eyes. The next thing Yami knew, he was on the ground holding a shaking, crying boy who gripped his shirt tightly.
"Hush... hush, aibou, what's the matter?" Yami murmured, gently stroking his hikari's unruly hair.
"I dreamt that you left me." Yugi sobbed into his yami's chest. "Please Yami, don't ever leave me!"
"I'm never going to leave you, hikari. We are one, you and I. I promise that I will always be here for you." Yami vowed, and let his aibou cry his fear out before asking him, "So what happened in your dream exactly?"
"I was walking down the street with you, except you kept getting faster and faster and I couldn't catch up." he let out a shaky breath. "I called out your name, but you just kept going, and ignoring me. I was so scared, Yami... I thought you didn't like me anymore." he buried his head more deeply into his darker half's shirt.
"Don't fret, Yugi... I'm here now..." Yami murmured softly, and tucked his hikari into his bed, making sure that he was warm and most definitely safe, before leaving the Sennen puzzle and appearing in Yugi's real bedroom.
Yugi was half asleep already, and he stared curiously at Yami, who sat down on his bed and stretched out next to him, pulling the blankets around them.
"You're staying?" Yugi sounded so hopeful that Yami had to smile.
"Of course." he felt two warm arms circle his waist and Yugi snuggle up close to him. A light blush covered his face, and he quickly looked away from his hikari.
"Night, Yami."
"Sweet dreams, aibou."
*~*~*
"Come on- let's go visit Yugi!" Jounouchi tugged at Anzu's arm, pulling her towards Yugi's house. "Let's see if he's feeling better."
Anzu muttered something rude concerning Jounouchi and where he could put his ideas under her breath but followed the sandy haired boy anyway. They were greeted by Sugoroku who was busy working at the shop.
"Is Yugi upstairs?" Anzu asked.
"Yeah, he's still sleeping- probably had another nightmare last night." "He's been having nightmares?" Jounouchi asked, frowning slightly. Why hadn't the little guy told him?
Sugoroku nodded, looking a bit surprised. "I would've thought that he had told you, but I guess not. Don't worry, they're not serious or anything. Well, anyway, he's upstairs, still asleep."
Anzu and Jounouchi thanked him and quickly ran up the stairs (a/n: is it even upstairs? I have no idea!!) to Yugi's room.
"Maybe you should check on him." Anzu suggested uncertainly. "It would be horrible and really embarrassing if he slept naked or something."
Jounouchi nodded though he wasn't really that eager to wake up Yugi if the petite boy slept in the nude.
He knocked on the door, and was surprised when there was no answer, 'Probably still asleep,' Jou thought and quietly pushed open the door and gasped at the sight that awaited him.
Yugi was lying within the arms of another boy- a boy who looked just like him! Since when had Yugi been a twin? Or was it really his twin? Looking more closely, Jounouchi could see that there were three lightning bolt like streaks of blonde in the other boy's hair, and he seemed to be older.
As Jounouchi's shocked mind ran things over, Yugi stirred and gave a small yawn. The other boy frowned in his sleep and pulled Yugi closer to him- almost protectively, Jounouchi thought.
He beckoned to Anzu who ran over, a questioning look in her eyes. He raised a finger to his lips and pointed to the bed.
"Who is he?" Anzu demanded in an undertone. "Why does he look so much like Yugi?"
"I don't know but they seem to be close." Jounouchi whispered back.
"No, I think Yugi sleeps with random strangers he meets on the street." Anzu hissed sarcastically. "Shall we wake them up?"
"No need." the other boy spoke up, watching them with his intense crimson eyes, so different from Yugi's innocent amethyst eyes.
Both Jounouchi and Anzu jumped, caught off their guard and fixed the strange -yet not strange, Anzu mused- boy with a glare.
"Who are you and what do you have to do with our Yug'?" Jounouchi demanded.
"Call me Yami."
Yami? They stared at him. Since when did Yugi have a yami?
The dark spirit began to climb out of bed. "Let's talk about this outside- Yugi deserves to sleep for a bit longer."
As Yami walked towards Anzu and Jounouchi, Yugi gave a small murmur of distress, and took his two friends by surprise when he called out for Yami, who returned to his side immediately.
//Aibou? Are you awake?//
/Sort of.../ Yugi's groggy voice drifted into Yami's mind. /Where are you going? Why are you leaving me?/ he was quickly waking up.
//Hush, hikari.// Yami stroked his aibou's tri coloured hair. //I'm not leaving you, so don't fret. I'm merely going to talk to your friends.//
/My friends are here?/ Yugi rubbed his eyes and tried to sit up, but his darkness pushed him back down onto the bed.
//Yes. Jounouchi and Anzu I believe. Now go back to sleep- you need the rest, my little hikari.//
/I want to get up!/ Yugi protested. /I want to introduce you guys./
Yami gave a sigh. //But-//
Yugi gave his famous puppy dog eyes, making Yami throw up his hands in defeat.
//Have it your way then!// he laughed, and made his way out of the room, ignoring the strange looks he was getting from Yugi's two friends who couldn't hear their mental conversation. //What drinks do you guys want?//
"Er... would you guys want anything to drink? I promise to explain everything to you." Yugi smiled at his two friends.
Anzu exploded. "YUGI!!! How could you not tell us that you had a yami? What is he like? Is he good to you or what?"
"Yeah dude, I mean is he a real yami or is he just some guy that looks exactly like you? And how long has he been living with you?" Jounouchi demanded. "And what were you guys doing before? You were just sitting there staring at each other!"
Yugi gave a sheepish grin. "Anything to drink?"
"Two juices, please." Anzu answered for the both of them.
/Two juices please, Yami. They have a lot of questions to ask- could you help me out a bit please?/
//Of course, aibou. Just give me a few seconds.//
"What do you want me to answer first?" Yugi asked, smiling rather impishly.
"Who he is- that could be rather useful." Anzu retorted waspishly.
"He's my yami. I was going to tell you guys- I was just waiting for the perfect opportunity." he said apologetically. "I'm really sorry! And yeah, he is a real yami. Apparently he was one of the ancient Egyptian pharaohs."
"Really?" Jounouchi asked, interested. He almost fell flat on his face when Yami opened the door which he had been leaning on. He cursed wildly and quickly righted himself again ignoring Anzu's giggles.
Yami shot him an amused look, and sat down on the bed next to Yugi. "Why don't you sit down?" he asked. "It would beats leaning on untrustworthy surfaces."
Anzu and Jounouchi sat down on the opposite end of the bed, and watched Yami talk to Yugi through their mind link, sipping at their drinks. "Are you guys actually communicating or have you learned to read eyes, Yug'?"
A faint blush coloured Yugi's pale cheeks. "I'm sorry Jou- I didn't mean to appear rude. Yeah, we have a mind link. That's why I kind of... zone out in class."
Everyone laughed.
"You're so lucky to have someone to talk to in class without getting caught by the teacher!" Jounouchi sighed enviously.
"So are you living here now?" Anzu asked Yami. "Does Sugoroku san know?"
He glanced at Yugi. "Yeah. My room's next door, though I normally just stay in the Sennen puzzle. Sugoroku sama found out around a week ago- I have a feeling that he already knew, though."
"Ok... this is so weird!" Anzu burst out. "I mean you're the spirit of some long dead guy and... this is really creeping me out!"
Yugi chuckled. "It took me a while to get used to it too. It's kind of -strange- to have another voice in your mind."
"I think I might need a day or two to get used to this." Jounouchi muttered, rubbing his temples.
Yugi nodded. "But please don't tell anyone, Jou. Or you, Anzu." he said, suddenly anxious.
"Why not?" Jounouchi asked. "I mean, what's the harm? It would probably make you one popular guy."
"But not everyone's attention is valued." Yami said, looking grave.
Anzu nodded, realisation dawning upon her. "I guess having Kaiba know isn't exactly the smartest of ideas, especially since he's so power hungry- he would probably go to any length to have a yami." she looked at Yugi. "I promise I won't tell anyone, Yugi." everyone looked at Jounouchi, who nodded, serious.
"I won't tell anyone either." there was a small pause, and he continued "I mean, I might shout it out in my sleep or something, but otherwise..."
"Jou!" Yugi laughed. "I get the point!"
The sandy haired boy grinned good naturedly. "I'd better be going then. I just wanted to check up on you, seeing if you had gone mad like Anzu and I thought, or whether you were already mad."
Yugi chucked something at Jou, who quickly ducked and ran out the door. Anzu also stood up, saying that she had to get going too.
"Well... that was interesting..." Yami patted Yugi's knee and stood up. "What do you want to do today?" he glanced at the clock on the wall. "It's close to noon- would you like to go for a walk, or what?"
"A walk sounds good." Yugi grinned. "Give me some time to get ready."
Yami watched as his hikari stood up and attempted to brush his many coloured hair. He was so innocent, so beautiful... How could anyone not love his Yugi?
Yami immediately shook his head, trying to push the thoughts away. *His* aibou? Since when had Yugi been *his*?
"Jou and Anzu seemed to like you." Yugi said casually. He glanced at his yami, who was frowning thoughtfully into nothing. "Did you like them?"
"Of course." Yami snapped out of his thoughts and smiled. "They seemed nice enough. I'll be in my room if you need me- alright, aibou?"
Yugi nodded, turning his attention back to his hair.
He walked into his room which was next door to Yugi's- he couldn't bear to be too far away from his aibou- and quickly changed into a pair of black pants and a black t-shirt which clung to his lithe body.
Yami could hear his aibou talking quietly to himself in his room and felt his heart ache. How could someone be so beautiful and innocent at once? He sighed deeply and ran his hand through his unruly hair- the same as Yugi's.
Yugi... his hikari, his lo- no, not his love. Never *his* love.
"You ready?" Yugi stuck his head through the door, peering curiously at his yami, amethyst eyes unreadable.
"Yeah, I guess." Yami pulled on his jacket and they walked down the stairs to the Turtle Game Shop where Sugoroku was working.
He saw them coming and grinned. "Hello you two. Where are you heading to?"
"Just going for a walk, we'll be back soon."
"Well have fun. Will you two be okay on your own for around a week?"
"A week?" Yugi asked, alarmed. "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to America, just to help my friend there to give a lecture on some of the duel monsters cards. Will you two be alright on your own?"
"Of course. We'll be fine." Yami spoke for both of them, and smiled reassuringly at Yugi's grandfather.
Sugoroku grinned and waved them off, returning to his customers.
They walked along for a while in silence, until they came across a shop selling ice cream.
//Do you want an ice cream, aibou?// Yami asked, glancing at the petite boy next to him.
/huh?/ Yugi snapped out of his thoughts. /Oh, yeah./
//I'll get it for you.//
Yugi smiled warmly at the dark spirit who blushed lightly.
/Thank you aibou!/ after he told his yami what ice cream he wanted, Yugi watched him enter the shop. /Don't be long./
//I won't be. So... I just hand this piece of plastic to the lady at the counter and that's it?//
Smothering a burst of laughter, Yugi gave his confirmation.
As he waited outside for the pharaoh to finish buying his ice cream a large, well built boy, a year older than Yugi walked past.
Yugi's eyes widened. It was Masuru, one of the school bullies who had a particularly nasty dislike of him. He shut his eyes and hoped that either Yami would hurry up and come out or that Masuru wouldn't notice him. The last time that Masuru had come across him... he shuddered and remembered the bruises and cuts he had inflicted on him.
When he felt a large presence in front of him he knew that none of his wishes had come true. Opening his eyes he found Masuru's broad face in front of him, a nasty smirk twisting his thin lips.
"Hey it's the shrimp!" the much bigger boy jeered. "What ya doin' ya little piece of shit?" He reached out and gripped Yugi's shoulder, making him wince and try to back off.
Yami came out at that moment, and he fixed his intense gaze on Masuru who flinched and let go of Yugi's now painful shoulder. "What do you want?" Yami demanded, coming to stand in front of his little hikari protectively.
"What the fuck-?!" he blinked, looking from Yugi to Yami then back again. "You freak!" Masuru yelled, and walked off, his mocking laughter still ringing in Yugi's ears.
He blinked back tears and ignored Yami's prying eyes.
//What-//
/I don't want to talk about it. Please, Yami? It's nothing, honestly./
//Nothing? NOTHING?!// Yami exploded. //That- that guy isn't *nothing* Yugi! Do you know him?//
Too well, Yugi thought, but said, /Yeah. He's a year older than me. Honestly, Yami, he's nothing to worry about./ Plastering a smile on his face, he tugged at Yami's arm. /Can we please not talk about it, aibou?/
//If you insist...// Yami looked doubtful, and handed his hikari the ice cream. //Here, aibou. And here's your change.//
Yugi pocketed the change and they carried on walking, in the opposite way that Masuru had taken.
Glancing around, Yugi could see the bully watching them, and he felt a shudder run through his body.
/Could we go home now please, Yami?/ he asked, trying to keep the anxiety he felt out of his voice.
Yami frowned and was about to ask more, but saw the expression on Yugi's face and instead said, //Of course, hikari. Let's go. The temperature's dropping- are you cold?//
/A little... not really./
Yami shrugged off his jacket and wrapped it around Yugi's slender body. //Here.//
/Are you sure...?/
//Of course. I never do anything unless I'm sure.// Yami retorted, smiling at him.
They walked back to their house and watched t.v for the rest of the afternoon. Finally Sugoroku yelled at them to go to sleep and Yugi sighed. "Tomorrow is the last day of the weekend. I hate school."
Yami frowned, concerned. "Why? I thought you were doing well."
Yugi flinched, realising he had said too much. "I just mean... I hate waking early and... yeah..." he stuttered, knowing how weak his excuse sounded. Oh well- it was better than the truth.
Yami raised his eyebrows sceptically, but again, said nothing and stood up. "Come on- off to bed, aibou."
Yugi groaned good naturedly and stood up, following Yami to his bedroom. He went to the bathroom to get changed into his pyjamas and brushed his teeth, then went back to his bedroom, feeling slightly sad, expecting Yami to have returned to the Sennen puzzle, but -to his pleasant surprise- Yami was lying to one side of his bed, cacooned in blankets.
Yami watched as Yugi folded his clothes and put them away, and narrowed his eyes when his aibou winced.
//What's the matter?//
/Oh... nothing. I just stubbed my toe, that's all./ Yugi lied, refraining from massaging his shoulder which still stung from Masuru's grip before, and climbed into his bed and shivered. /It's kind of cold./
His yami wrapped his arms around his cold body, and buried his head in Yugi's unruly hair.
//You're freezing.// Yami murmured, concerned.
Yugi could feel his hand rubbing his back, and gave a contented sigh. It was in these moments that he totally forgot about Masuru and the other school bullies who picked on him.
/I'll warm up in a sec. Thank you Yami./
//For what?//
/Everything./ Yugi replied sincerely and hugged Yami. /G'night./
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RF: Umm.. yeah... that was the first chapter... err... I know there were a lot of mistakes in that, and that the characters were totally OOC. Please please please please read and review!!!!! If I don't get enough reviews then I won't carry on this fic...