Hello, beloved readers. Thank you for stepping into my first YuGiOh fanfic. I genuinely hope you learn to love the pairing you're about to see. The moment I saw the two magicians in the same screen shot, I thought to myself, those two are SO perfect for a slash fic; they are meant to be exploited.

The idea for this fic arose from YuGiOh's 60th episode, where Arkana's Red Dark Magicians were introduced. Ever since then I have been hooked to the idea of the mages being together. It's only now that I have gathered up the courage to write my own story about them. Puzzleshipping is, however, an important side pairing in this fic.

Well, it's time to start. As you know, this is my first attempt at YuGiOh, so I would greatly appreciate if you R&R. Even if it's only a short review, I need to know that I'm not messing up.

Thank you, and let's begin.

DEAR READERS, THIS STORY IS CURRENTLY UNDER REVISION SINCE MY DYSLEXIA GOT THE WORST OF ME WHILE I WAS WRITING THIS STORY. I AM CORRECTING, EDITING AND FIXING ANY GRAMMAR AND SPELLING MISTAKE I CAN FIND. PLEASE HELP ME BY POINTING OUT ANYTHING I MAY HAVE MISSED. THANK YOU.

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I lay back on my bed as I mindlessly stare up the nightly sky through the window, trying to find a way of relieving my frustrations. I thought 'what am I going to do about these feelings? What CAN I do to make them disappear?' I mean, I am in love with Yami, my other have, who is apparently clueless despite inhabiting my mind. He steals my every thought, every breath. It is increasingly difficult to hide my discomfort when I'm around him, to keep him from finding out. This love is driving me insane, and there is nothing I can do about it.

To make it worst, I don't even have anyone I can share my frustrations with. I was blessed with friends who are not homophobic, and even though they accept me as I am, they are, indeed, not gay. I doubt they could understand what is like to be in love with another guy who happens to share your body and mind. The only (coincidentally) gay people who could understand me, Ryou and Malik, are celebrating their first anniversary with their own counterparts by travelling to remote locations of the planet. Yahoo for them, though it sucks for me.

Seto Kaiba, who is also gay and recently acquired his own Yami (Seth) after accidentally touching the Millennium Rod, is also in love. Not that I would tell my love troubles to him anyway. My gosh, even Seth has a lover now. Who it is has not yet been revealed yet, though, for 'security' reasons.

Can you tell I'm depressed? I need a distraction. I scan my room, which needs some heavy re-decoration, for something to do. I see my laptop at the desk, and my homework scattered around it. I know I should be doing it, but I can't focus. Not right now.

My eyes keep travelling through my stuff, and dramatically stop at my deck, which lies neatly by the window.

My legs automatically move, as if they had a mind of their own, and led me to the cards. I grab them, go back to the bed, and start scanning through my deck. I see magic cards, trap cards, Kuriboh (aw), and finally, my most trusted creature, my Dark Magician.

Suddenly, an idea germinates in my head, and I feel the need to test it out. I walk to my closet, bend down to reach the bottom, and pull out my duel disk. It always feels good to have it in my hands. I put my arm inside, clip it tight, and turn it on. I then place my dark magician in the far-right spot, in attack mode. A hologram appears, showing the stoic face of my mage, and seconds later, his almost-unnoticeable expression of surprise. I suppose he didn't expect to be summoned outside of a duel. He moved ever-so-slightly, and looked at me expectantly, as if waiting for an explanation.

My magician's questioning look made me laugh. I suppose I'm used to his emotionless expression, and to see some emotion in those crystalline blue eyes shocked me a bit. I try to explain to him the reason of his summoning as my laughter ceases. "I know this isn't a duel, Dark Magician, but I desperately need someone to talk to"

My mage's eyes widened slightly; I can tell that he is worried. "Don't worry, it's nothing big," I lie. He looks at me incredulously, though he stays quiet. I suppose he's signaling me to continue. I sigh before starting. "You see, Dark Magician, I am so deeply in love with Yami that I feel it's crushing me inside," I begun. I look down to the floor, and continued. "But I'm afraid to confess my feeling to him, I can't afford to live in chaos with someone who lives inside my mind" I explained.

As usual, my mage's eyes reveal no thought, though his monotone response was definitely heart-warming. "You do not need to worry, Master, I am positive that your feelings are returned." I smile at this, not truly believing him, but appreciating the fact that he was trying to cheer me up.

At least that's what I thought until I saw him breathe in so deeply that I thought he would explore. After exhaling as slowly as physically possible, he shared, with melancholy in his voice, some feelings of his own. "Master, I, on the other hand, have no chance of finding love." He sighed once again.

I thought he meant that duel monsters could not fall in love, but his next statement completely blew me away. "The man I love is far away, and even if he was close by, I have no clue if my feelings are returned." What? OMG Did I just hear what I thought I heard? I don't understand. Does he mean that Duel Monsters have feelings too? They can fall in love?

Apparently he can read my thoughts, because he immediately clarified. "Yes, young master, us creatures can fall in love as well. We do have a soul, after all." My eyes widened at realization. It's true, they have a soul, but I never thought they could love.

My thoughts were interrupted by a faint, genuine laugh. "If only you could see, young master, that elf guardian and Jack" Is he referring to my Celtic Guardian and Jack's Knight? Wow, big shock here.

My mage smiled. He later continued. "Yes, master, as hard as it is t believe, those two live for each other." Aww. I live for Yami. Could he ever love me back?

Suddenly, a question arose from my never ending curiosity. "Dark Magician, does that mean that you can communicate with the other Duel Monsters in my deck?" I never thought something like that was possible. Although I love and respect my monsters, I didn't think they had a life that went beyond dueling. Then out of the blue, the Dark Magician reveals all these details I did not know.

"Well, Master," he thought for a few seconds, and then continued, "we can see each other, but we cannot communicate verbally." Yeah, that's what I thought. "This detail, though, gave me hope. After all, those two lovers fell for each other without exchanging a single word."

I resist the urge to 'awww' out loud, though I did it in my head. The Dark Magician explained a little further. He said that all the monsters in each player's deck live in a different dimension (at least that's what I told myself in order to understand). They can see each other, and could have physical contact if the cards are beside, above or below each other. He also mentioned that all monsters could hear sounds (unless the inability to do so was a specific quality of the monster), buy they could not speak, as if a foreign force kept them from opening their mouths. My trusted mage laughed loudly as he said that being close to any dragon was the most disturbing, since they mostly remained dormant while off the field. I laughed too when he said that some of them snored.

Oh, my Dark Magician totally made my day. If he keeps being this way, I'll keep him as my personal psychiatrist. That last thought reminded me why I summoned him in the first place, which in turn made me recall the previous bits of our conversation. I remember something about "the man I love." I internally debate whether to bring up the topic. I decide I shouldn't, but my curiosity gets the best of me.

"Dark Magician, who is that man you love?" He immediately stops laughing, and his trademark stoic look return to its place. I now regret ever asking. "You don't have to answer me, Dark Magician, if you don't want to."

I could see he was having an internal struggle. It could be my imagination playing tricks on me, but I could swear on grandpa's life that I saw his eyes tear up. "Well, Master, the one I love is none other than… Arkana's Dark Magician."

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OMG I can't believe I'm done. Yay for me.

I have to confess that I know nothing what-so-ever about Duel Monsters' lives when they are not dueling. I didn't read the manga, and sure as hell didn't watch the whole anime. I started watching YuGiOh on YouTube (in English, no less) until the end of the Battle City tournament, until I discovered that 4Kids had censored half the stuff in YuGiOh and that the whole idea of the 'Shadow Realm' was crap they made up. I felt like I wasted the whole time. I was going to watch the Japanese subs from the very beginning, until I decided that the 200+ episodes were truly not worth it.

I hope you enjoyed the prologue and share my Red Magician x Dark Magician fantasy. I honestly think they are meant for each other.

Please R&R!