So blue…. like a fathomless and fearsome sea….

Yugi felt himself waking up and glancing around the cool dark room. The fan above him spun slowly, mixing the delightful air around the room and pushing it across his hot skin. The temperature differential was chilling his shoulders and chest- wait….? Where were his clothes?! He sat up and nervously glanced around the room but couldn't lay eyes on his belongings. Suddenly the weight around his neck became apparent. The sharp familiar corners of his millennium puzzle ghosted across his chest reminding him that it was still there like always. He grasped it in his palms trying to clear his mind and think about where he was and what had happened the day before, but his thoughts were hazy as though the memories were scattered into pieces.

Shaking off his bleary thoughts he tried to study the room further. A dim grey light was pouring in from the parted drapes across the room, and the faint sound of distant thunder and smattering rain could be heard through the glass. His small frame was blanketed by what he could only guess were VERY expensive sheets. He tried to pull back the sheets, but a pain shot through his abdomen and back. Grimacing he held the subject muscles, massaging them back into a calmness. He was incredibly sore. In fact his shoulders, forearms, thighs, back… nearly every muscle he gently stretched resisted his control and stiffened against his pull. He wondered what could have possibly happened to him. However, his sudden movement seemed to stir the beast that shared the room with him. Yugi felt a strong warmth snake around his waist and drag him back down under the sheets.

Frightened, he gasped and tried to struggle, but the force was too strong. Some monster had a hold of him, and fear was making him panic. Blinking in the darkness he saw the sleeping form of a body curled around his own smaller form. His weak struggling seemed to have disturbed the sleeping beast, and it curled around him tighter, like a dragon around its horde. Yugi managed to pull the sheets from over them, and he suddenly stopped struggling. To his surprise, he recognized the monster in bed with him. The sleeping face that was so close to his own belonged to his rival Seto Kaiba. Kaiba?! Why was he here??

A chill ran up Yugi's back as he realized that Kaiba too was without clothing. What on earth was going on?! He desperately pulled away from Kaiba's grasp, but he was much too weak from the pain in his muscles to escape. A scared whimper left Yugi's lips and tears started to well in his eyes. As if triggered by the tiny sound, Yugi was suddenly caught in the gaze of a very weary pair of piercing blue eyes.

"Yugi…?" The eldest Kaiba brother whispered, and though cold as per normal, his voice also expressed a tinge of concern. Much to Yugi's dismay, Kaiba didn't seem at all surprised at the situation they were in. With no effort at all, Kaiba lifted himself onto his forearm to look Yugi in the eyes. The scowl on his face terrified Yugi especially since it was so close to him. He squeezed his eyes shut and looked away, unable to maintain Kaiba's stare. Kaiba said nothing, but a gentle sigh escaped his lips. He let go of Yugi suddenly and pushed himself out of the massive bed.

Curious as to what the other was doing, Yugi glanced a peak at Kaiba as he stretched at the edge of the bed. Yugi's pounding heart skipped a beat at the sight, and then again when Kaiba turned to look at him. The only thing that Yugi could do was look away and rub the tears from his eyes.

"Why am I here Kaiba?" His pathetic whimpering caused Kaiba's intense gaze to soften slightly. "What happened..? I don't remember anything…" Kaiba didn't speak and stepped into his pants not bothering to latch them. "Why won't you answer me Kaiba?" Yugi hid his face in his knees and shivered from the fear he felt. He felt as though he was on the brink of sobbing openly before a warmness was draped over his quaking shoulders. He quickly glanced up to see Kaiba's face very near to his own. Yugi was startled but felt comforted by the large white trench coat that had been draped over his small body. Kaiba was being kind to him? But… why?

"Kaiba…." His bright gentle eyes were sparkling with fresh tears. "Please…" Yugi begged for Kaiba to say something, anything at all. Just when it felt as though Yugi was going to break into sobs, Kaiba slid his long fingers under Yugi's jaw and lifted up his tear streaked face. That intense blue gaze of his stared strongly down at Yugi making his heart ache.

Wait… What's he….?

Those eyes got closer and closer until he was only a breath from Yugi's lips. He ghosted their lips together, gripping Yugi's jaw gently to prevent escape. He was waiting….

"K-...Kaiba?" Yugi's voice squeaked out softly as if in sheer terror. But that's what Kaiba was waiting for. Hotly, Kaiba kissed Yugi, pressing the smaller one's body into his own bare chest. Yugi's skin bristled with chills and a fire burned in his chest as Kaiba invaded his mouth. However, he felt compelled to not resist Kaiba's advances. In fact, they felt somehow familiar. Kaiba suddenly dropped him and sent him crashing onto the soft white abyss beneath them. Yugi's body cringed and stung with soreness, but he lay defenseless underneath Kaiba, who had arched over him like a predator. Streams of tears poured down Yugi's cheeks and he curled up helplessly under Kaiba's stare.

Kaiba sighed and removed himself from over Yugi. He was silent still but looked like he had come to a decision in his mind. He climbed back into bed and lifted the trembling Yugi into his lap, wrapping him in his trenchcoat and pressing him against his chest.

"Kaiba?" Yugi found himself surprised and rubbed the tears from his red cheeks. Feeling warm and now decidedly safer, Yugi was able to calm down.

"You…. don't remember at all…. do you?" His voice was still cold but disappointed. Kaiba's forehead was pressed against Yugi's cheek as if he didn't want to meet eyes again.

"I don't remember anything after…." He pressed his palm into his forehead, struggling to remember, "after.. you asked me to meet you at your private dueling facility…." His voice lifted like it was coming back to him. "You…. said there were some new prototypes you wanted to test out…. So I agreed to come test them for you. You… asked me to come alone…." Kaiba's grip tightened on Yugi as he started to remember what had happened.