AN: This is my little Christmas story. There are (or will be) five chapters. The first four are of Christmas morning with: Yami and Yugi, Bakura and Ryou, Marik and Malik, and Seto and Joey :) And the last one will be a Christmas party at Kaiba Mansion :D
The other four chapters should hopefully be up over the next four days, but I don't want to be writing on Christmas Day so they may not be. Eh, who cares :P
Yugi x Yami
Yami groaned as he was shaken awake by his over-enthusiastic hikari. The taller (and sleepier) of the two pulled the sheets over his spiky hair.
"'Tisn't time to get up yet Yugi. 'Mm tired…" he moaned from under the covers, his voice muffled through the fabric.
"YAMI! You have to get up!" Yugi insisted, bouncing up and down on the bed and making the old mattress squeak loudly. "It's Christmas!"
Something clicked in Yami's brain, making him suddenly wide awake. A small smile playing on his lips was the only sign he showed of the childish excitement bubbling inside of him. He opened one eye, glancing at his hikari.
"Yugi, what are you on about? That was yesterday. Go back to sleep."
Yugi's face fell, his expression somewhere between confusion and horror. "Wha-…but…?"
Yami chuckled. As fun as it was to torment Yugi, the sight of his hikari's dismayed face was too much for him to look at. "Just kidding, aibou. Merry Christmas."
Yugi pouted, but his eyes lit up again. "Yami! That was mean!"
"Sorry Yugi," Yami said sincerely, kissing him lightly on the cheek. "Now do you want presents or not!?"
"PRESENTS!" Yugi squealed, getting up and charging out the door. Yami smiled to himself – Yugi was just like a small child sometimes, although the pharaoh couldn't pretend he wasn't excited as well.
Yugi ran back into the room, grinning from ear to ear. He threw his arms around his yami and hugged him tightly.
"I'm going to make us some breakfast while Grandpa gets up, then we can open the presents." He beamed up at Yami, who nodded, smiling.
"Sounds good, I'll help you with the breakfast. What are we having?"
"Hmm…not sure." He bit his lip thoughtfully. "Pancakes?"
Yami grinned – he knew how much Yugi loved pancakes. "Sure, c'mon then."
He took the hikari's hand and led him downstairs, an excited smile working its way onto his usually stern features.
Grandpa came downstairs just as his grandson was pouring the last of the pancake batter into the frying pan. Yami looked up from setting the table and smiled.
"Merry Christmas!"
"Merry Christmas to the both of you too!" He paused, sniffing the air. "Those pancakes sure smell good!"
The eldest Mutou glanced at the presents stacked under the Christmas tree, wearing a childish expression similar to his grandson's. "Which one's mine then?" he asked, edging towards the tree eagerly.
"Grandpa!" Yugi scolded, running towards the man and throwing his arms around him, almost knocking him to the ground in his eagerness. "You can't open your presents yet! Breakfast's almost ready."
Grandpa feigned disappointment, hanging his head and jutting out his bottom lip. Yami coughed to mask his laughter, then turned back to the breakfast. The unattended pancake was close to burning, and he flipped it expertly onto it's other side – he couldn't count the number of times he'd gotten up early to surprise his aibou with a breakfast of pancakes and golden syrup, and he was now a pro at pancake making.
Yami slid the now golden-brown pancake onto one of the plates, taking the rest out of the oven, where they had been keeping warm, and serving them out between the three of them.
The Mutou's sat down at the oak kitchen table and dug into their Christmas morning breakfast, making little conversation in their eagerness to finish and move onto the presents. Anyone who didn't know them would have been surprised to see two teenage boys and an elderly man so excited.
In less than twenty minutes all three plates were empty and the table was clear. Yugi left the dishes to soak in a sink full of warm water and joined Yami and his grandpa, who were gathered around the tree, rooting through the presents.
Yami smiled triumphantly, having found what he was searching for. He held up a small parcel. "For you, Yugi."
The hikari beamed, taking the present from the other teen and feeling it carefully, trying to figure out what was inside it. He looked at the label: Merry Christmas, Yugi. It read. With all my love, Yami. xo
He smiled to himself and prodded the present again, looking at it more carefully. It was a very strange shape – about a foot long with one pointed end – and was soft and squishy.
Yugi gave Yami a quizzical look before tearing off a small piece of wrapping paper, but seeing nothing but purple. He looked at Yami again, confused, who laughed and gestured for his hikari to carry on.
Yugi shrugged and obediently pulled off more of the paper, spying what looked like a face with bright blue eyes.
Yugi's eyes widened, guessing what his yami had bought him. He freed the present from the last of the wrapping paper and grinned. The purple-clad figure was all too familiar to him, having used the Duel Monster in almost all of his duels to date. He stroked the spiky hat with one finger, immediately falling in love with his gift.
"Well if it isn't the Dark Magician." Grandpa chuckled, coming to stand next to Yugi and examine the plushie.
"You like it, Yugi?" Yami asked, smiling.
"I love it!" he beamed, throwing his arms around Yami and hugging him tightly. "Now you open yours" he insisted, thrusting a present at his chest.
Yami raised his eyebrows, feeling the present just like Yugi had. There was something that felt like a DVD case, and something thin and rectangular that he couldn't guess at.
He shrugged and ripped open the present, revealing the two items inside. The first was a DVD, as he had suspected. He read the title, grinning.
"Horror, Yugi? I thought you hated this sort of thing."
"I don't mind it," the hikari replied shyly. "Just so long as I'm with you when I watch it."
Yami smirked, raising his eyebrows and looking down at the other part of his present. He picked up the thin black box and ran his finger along it's velvet surface. Yugi came over and flipped open the lid for his yami, holding his breath.
Yami looked into the box and took out its contents, holding it in the palm of his hand. It was a thick silver chain with a heart merged with a star hanging off of it.
"I wasn't sure if you'd like it but…well, you probably don't like it. It's not like you have to wear it or anything-" Yugi said quickly, before being cut of as Yami lent down and planted a kiss on the hikari's lips.
Grandpa looked away pointedly. He waited a few seconds, but when Yami's hand moved between Yugi's legs he had to cough politely. He didn't mind what the two of them did when they were alone together but he certainly didn't want to see any of it.
Yugi pulled away from his lover, going pink, but Yami remained perfectly calm, as always.
"Thank you, Yugi. I'll wear this necklace to remind me of you." He slipped the chain around his neck, fingering the cold metal.
"Now…my turn!" Grandpa exclaimed, a look of childish glee in his eye.
He hunted around under the tree before retrieving a small rectangular present with silver wrapping paper. He shook it gently, feeling the weight of it – it seemed quite heavy for it's size.
The elderly man sat down in an armchair and tore at the silvery paper, revealing the present inside. He gasped at what he saw – it was a small gold box with hieroglyphs all around the edge, making a sort of border. He lifted the lid without saying a word and carefully took out the object wedged inside. It was a thin glass bottle with gold patterns painted on the sides, patterns that looked quite distinctly Egyptian. In the bottom of the box was a message written in Ancient Egyptian on old and delicate papyrus.
He translated it quickly, mouthing the words to himself.
Grandpa. Thank you for all that you've done for the both of us, and we hope you have a good Christmas. The box is a copy of a relic found in Egypt not long ago, Ishizu had it copied for us. The vial was found not far from where we know Kul Elna to be, and Ishizu thought it should belong to me, being the ex-pharaoh. But if I remember correctly it did not belong to me but to Shimon (1), who you are a reincarnation of. You are its rightful owner, and I know you will appreciate the beauty of this artefact. Merry Christmas, from Yugi and Yami.
The old man looked up from the papyrus and wiped a tear from beneath his eye. He held out his arms to the two teens, who both came and hugged him tightly.
"Thank you, both of you" he said sincerely. Then he grinned, the cheeky look in his eyes returning. "Now get upstairs with you! You've got Kaiba's party to prepare for, and I know what you kids are like." He winked at them and went upstairs, whistling cheerily.
Yami turned to his hikari, blinking in confusion. Yugi laughed at the expression on his face. "He's right, we'd better go get ready – we still have wrapped anyone's presents! And I want to find something Christmassy to wear…"
AN: Meh, that could have turned out better :P
Ah well, I HAD to do something for Christmas…hopefully someone likes it ;)
(1) He seems to have several names, and I'm really confused by it. Anyway, I'm on about the guy in season five who looks just like Yugi's grandpa.
I DID write a phone call between Malik and Yugi, but I couldn't seem to fit it in anywhere, even though I quite liked it. So, if anyone's interested, here it is:
"I'll get it." Yugi said quickly, wondering who was calling.
"Hello?" he said, picking up the receiver.
"Yugi? It's Malik."
"Hey, Malik. Merry Christmas!"
"Thanks, you tooo." He sang, rather overenthusiastically.
"Errr Malik? Have you maybe had a lot of sugar?"
The blonde hikari gasped. "I'm hurt! Are you saying I'm not usually insane? Are you? Are you!?"
Yugi blinked, still not fully able to tell when his friend was joking. "Erm…well…"
"Hey, Yugi, what time does Kaiba's party start?"
Yugi couldn't help but be taken aback at Malik's sudden change in mood. "5pm, he told us all last week."
"Yeah, I know, turns out neither me nor Marik were listening. My bad!"
"Don't worry about it." Yugi smiled. "Was that the only reason you rang?"
"Yeaaah…wait, no! Tell Rich Boy we're going to be a little late."
"Wouldn't it have been easier just to ring Kaiba and tell him that? How come, anyway?"
The blonde paused, thinking.
"You'll see." He said mysteriously. Yugi didn't miss that Malik had ignored his first question.
"Okay then, we'll see you there. Merry Christmas!"
The phone went dead. Yugi raised his eyebrows. "Doesn't that guy ever say 'goodbye'?" he muttered to himself.
I may re-write that and add it into my Marik x Malik chapter…I don't know :/
Hopefully the next chapter will be up tomorrow…but I'll apologise in advance if it's not. Sorry! ^_^
People who review get cookies! (Virtual ones of course) :D