Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-gi-oh or any of the characters.

Finally I have finished this project. It has taken me several long months, seven months to be exact. It started as two separate stories before I decided that they sort of matched together. Hopefully I've managed to tie everything together so it reads smoothly. I'll upload a new chapter hopefully every Monday and Friday as I read through this one last time to make sure I caught anything that would be confusing. Anyway, let's get this story started

Whole Story Warnings: Violence, mentions of torture and abuse, language and yaoi (MaleXMale) if any of this bothers you please don't read this story.

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Chapter One

Jounouchi's hand slid slowly from the base of his member up to the head. He sighed in relief, enjoying the pleasurable sensations rolling through his body. He bit his lower lip, silencing his moans. Times like these were too small in between. He needed more time, but living with two other roommates made it difficult to find the time. He blushed from embarrassment, wondering what his friends would say if they knew he masturbated in the bathroom every time they weren't home. He growled, shaking those thoughts from his head. This was not the time to be distracted. He felt the pleasure increasing as more precum leaked out of the head. He gathered the sticky substance and used it as lubricate to hurry his pleasure along. Just as he was about to climax, he heard his name being shouted from the direction of the front door. He cursed and hurried his climax along. He released into his hand, careful not to get any of it on his clothes or any other surface.

Pounding came at the door. "Jounouchi, are you in there?"

The blond rolled his eyes. "Obviously, Yugi, I'll be out in a minute."

"Okay, Honda and I went shopping. There's plenty of food to make dinner with."

Jounouchi sighed and moved over to the sink. There goes his moment. He washed the cum off his hand and redressed himself. He stopped beside the door to push the button to their air freshener. There goes the private time he craved. He moved slowly through the small house until he reached the first floor. Honda was in the kitchen putting things away while Yugi was shuffling through the mail. "I'm surprised you haven't seen the letter from your sister, yet."

"I just got home and went straight to the bathroom," Jounouchi lied, taking the colorful envelope from the smaller man. He'd read it later. He was sure his sister was saying something that he didn't want to hear like countless other letters. He truly loved his sister, but there was only so many times he wanted to hear about her newest boyfriend or the teachers giving her a hard time. He hardly responded to her; it was more along the lines as he didn't know what to say as opposed to not caring. His sister always thought he was too busy and never minded if he only responded to one out of three of her letters. He felt horrible doing that, but his depressed mind hated to hear or see anyone else happy. "Is there anything from the old man or the hospital?"

Yugi frowned and shook his head. Even though Jounouchi barely talked about his alcoholic father, the duelist could tell how much his father still haunted him. Yugi watched Jounouchi disappear into the kitchen to make dinner. He still remembered the day he found Jounouchi cradling his father's pale hand while he sat waiting for the ambulance. He was meeting Jounouchi for their usual Friday night outing when he made that discovery. Jounouchi never spoke about what happened. They took his father to the hospital, and after a week, straight to the mental institution. The only thing he knew was that Jounouchi's father tried to kill himself while he was drunk. The government almost took everything Jounouchi owned, which wasn't much including the house, since everything was in his father's name before he was qualified for government assistance. It would be two years tomorrow since they locked his father away. That was the reason behind the three of them finding a house together, even though they had started that plan before the incident. It became more solid of a plan after that. They not only wanted to keep an eye on Jounouchi but help him survive even though the blond proved countless times that he could take care of himself. The only good thing to come out of it was that they all graduated two weeks before everything happened. He sighed and glanced over at the kitchen. His only wish was that Jounouchi would talk to someone about what happened. If not to one of them, maybe to a doctor. Yugi didn't want Jounouchi to end up like his father, locked in a hospital.

Honda smiled at Jounouchi as he reached up for a frying pan. "What did you have planned for tonight?"

Jounouchi sighed and started chopping some onions. "Simple hamburgers. I'm not very hungry."

Honda frowned and leaned against the counter. "Maybe you should quit you part-time job. You should be making enough money on the full-time job in order to help with the bills."

Jounouchi kneaded the onions into the ground beef. "I need to continue to save. What if Dad gets out and I have nothing saved? He can't live here. There's not enough space."

"We can take over making dinner that way you can sleep until your nightshift."

"You'll burn the house down."

"I might, but Yugi won't."

"He can't reach everything," Jounouchi mumbled.

Honda might have laughed if not for the serious look in Jounouchi's eyes. "Why don't you go out with Yugi and I tomorrow night?" You can meet some girls. I'm sure you must be lonely by now."

"I don't have enough time for girls. I'm sure they won't like only going out once or twice a week. Besides I don't think Otogi and Atemu would like going to a straight bar. In fact, I'm surprised Yugi hasn't told us that he was moving in with Atemu yet. I'm sure he wants to since they were separated for three years." Jounouchi thought back to Yugi's reaction when Atemu showed up on their step, telling him that he would rather have another life to spend with Yugi then eternity at peace with his family. He gained a large inheritance from his family, something that only Malik knew about. To this day, that was what Atemu was living off. Jounouchi knew that he must have asked Yugi countless times to move it. It never made sense why his friend wouldn't comply.

Honda sighed. " Maybe he doesn't want to leave us with the bills."

"I could always get another part-time job or ask the job I already have to make me full-time. I'll make ends meet somehow."

"And kill yourself while you're at it. Jounouchi, when's enough? Maybe you should start seeing a psychologist. You hardly laugh. I'm sure you're sexually frustrated. Yugi and I can disappear on your day off, and you can spend all day with a lady friend."

Jounouchi flipped the hamburgers a few times before draining all the grease off and placing them on a bun. "Look I'm really not into women. Mai was only a one time thing, a way for me to forget about things for a moment. I'm more attracted to males."

Honda grinned and slapped him on the back, nearly causing him to drop the two plates as he set them down on the table. "I'm glad you're one of us. Let's go out tomorrow. I'll introduce you to some nice looking men that would go easy on a virgin like you."

The blond sighed. He had no intentions of sleeping with the first man he saw, not when his heart was already owned by someone he never noticed that he loved until he didn't see him everyday. "I'll think about it," he answered, walking into the living room. Yugi sat in front of the computer chuckling as he typed his response to Atemu, who surprisingly adapted to technology rather quickly. "Dinner is ready. I'm going to take a small nap before going to work."

"You're not eating?" Jounouchi shook his head, disappearing back upstairs. He had no intentions of sleeping, but he had a strong urge to be alone while his thoughts were plagued by the brunet beauty from his past. Maybe his friends were right. Maybe he should start talking to a therapist. He didn't feel like himself anymore, and he had not interests in doing anything else besides work and sleep. He didn't know what depression felt like, but he bet he had it.

Yugi typed something quickly on the messenger before walking into the kitchen. "Is something bothering, Jounouchi?"

"I don't know," Honda replied picking up his hamburger. "He said he wasn't very hungry. He might be overworking himself again. Oh, and he told me he was gay and may go out with us tomorrow."

"That's shocking."

"I know! I could have sworn that he was straight."

"Not that. I never expected him to go out with us. He usually sleeps on his nights off, especially with how depressed he's been."

"You're not shocked he's gay?"

"No, he was never comfortable around girls that flirted with him. Mai seemed to be the exception to the rule. Didn't you notice?" Yugi gasped and smirked. "Actually I only remember his gaze following one person during high school besides Mai."

Honda slammed his hands on the table. "Who? Why didn't I notice it?"

Yugi thought twice. "Maybe not. I don't think it's possible. He could have been watching him in order to keep his defenses up."

"Who?"

"Kaiba."

Honda chuckled. "Doubtful. He was probably keeping an eye on him like you said for defense."

"You really think he's lonely. Maybe he wants to see his father but is afraid of his reaction. It was Jounouchi who signed the papers to have him committed."

"I don't think he's afraid of seeing his father, but I agree that he might be feeling guilty. I think if he has someone special to help him through his depression he could be happy again. I've tried everything to make him smile, and I know you did as well. Let's try this. If it don't work, I'll get my parents to loan me the car, and we'll take Jounouchi to see his father." Yugi nodded before taking his first bite of the semi cold hamburger, keeping the obviously different blond in his mind.

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There's chapter one. I hope it's okay. I tried for a different type of beginning then what I usually do. A little bit spicy. Thank you all for reading. Please review. I'll upload the next chapter on Friday.

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