AN: Well remember how I put that poll up and asked everyone to vote for which new story I should write first after I'm done with rewrites? Yeah well... Three quick announcements about that.

1. I decided that instead of doing them after the rewrites, I'll do one rewrite and one new story at the same time

2. I royally screwed up the poll on accident. Some of you voted when there were four options some of you when there were five some of you when there were ten. So I'm just gonna write them all since I really don't want to wait for enough votes to come in on another poll

3. The first new story wasn't on the poll at all. But I really think you'll all like it which is why I'm writing it first. So enjoy!

Yugi, Joey, Ryou and Marik all sat in the airport using each other as pillows. Marik was lying on Ryou's legs who was resting on Joey's arm. Joey was lying on Yugi's chest and Yugi was resting on Marik's lap. They were all tired. They had gotten up at midnight and had been waiting at the airport since two in the morning. It was now five and they had still gotten no sleep at all. But even though they were tired, they still wouldn't sleep because they were too excited.

Their husbands were soldiers and had gone off to war eight months ago. The time away from their lovers had been hard on the four boys but today was the day they were supposed to get back home.

Joey slowly lifted a tired arm and shook Yugi to get his attention. Yugi slowly looked at Joey with tired amethyst eyes. "What time do they get in?" Joey asked in a weak and tired voice.

"5:30." Yugi said in an equally tired and weak voice. All was silent again amongst the four friends as they waited.

"We should sleep." Marik said as he curled up even more against Ryou's legs.

"No point." Ryou said even as he fought to keep his eyes open. "The wait isn't that much longer." So the four continued to wait for their lovers.

The four friends had met when they were sixteen in high school. Now they were almost twenty five and very close.

Marik was tan with dirty blonde hair that always looked a bit wild. His violet eyes were already half closed as he fought to remain conscious. He had on a black hoodie with no shirt underneath and a pair of tan shorts with black flip flops.

Marik was from Egypt which is where he had met his husband Mariku on a trip home to see his parents. They sat beside each other on the plane and couldn't stand to sit silently. They hit it off instantly.

Joey was also blonde but his eyes were hazel and his skin was fair instead of tan. He was the tallest of the group and ate enough to fill three stomachs on a daily basis, although he was so skinny. He was from Brooklyn and still had the accent to prove it. He had on a green T-shirt and blue jeans with blue converse sneakers.

Joey had met Seto when the billionaire had come to the restaurant he worked at and rudely complained about the food that was brought to him. Seto had been surprised when Joey had yelled back at him. The two had sat at the restaurant arguing all day and scaring away customers. Somehow though, the yelling had eventually turned into kissing. The two started dating soon after and still had arguments daily but they were never serious.

Ryou had pale, paper white skin and white hair. His doe brown eyes were closed. Every few seconds they would suddenly open just for him to blink a few times and close them again. He wore a blue and white striped shirt and light blue jeans with blue sneakers.

Ryou met Bakura in a bar after breaking up with his last boyfriend. Ryou's ex had followed Ryou to the bar and the two got into an argument. Ryou's ex had raised his hand to hit Ryou but Bakura grabbed it and literally kicked the man out of the bar. Ryou and Bakura were soon dating after that.

Yugi was also pale but not nearly as much. His eyes were large, childish, and amethyst colored. His hair was black with blonde bangs and violet fringe. He was tapping the floor in different patterns to keep himself busy and awake. Yugi was the shortest of the group, barely making it over five feet. People usually thought Yugi was only twelve or thirteen but he was just as old as his other friends. Yugi was wearing a red leather vest and black jean shorts with red sneakers.

Yugi met Atemu through his friends. They were all going out to the movies one day and Seto had decided to bring his cousin. At first Yugi thought of Atemu as just a friend. But with Atemu's good looks and nice polite personality (plus a lot of shameless flirting) Yugi couldn't help but fall for Atemu.

Yugi grabbed his phone from his pocket and checked the time. Only ten more minutes. "Ya know" Joey said "I know we're tired, but shouldn't we get up from the floor ?"

The group sighed but got up and walked on unsteady feet over to the chairs. They weren't the only ones who had been sleeping on the ground though. They quietly made their way, stepping over numerous people as they went until they finally collapsed into four chairs. They sat there waiting for the plane for what felt like an eternity.

"Flight 503 now arriving." The four perked up at hearing the announcement they had been waiting hours for. They got up from their seats and watched as slowly people began to come into the airport. Soldiers still in uniform entered the airport to reunite with their families. After a while the group saw three specific soldiers.

Ryou rushed over to Bakura, Marik rushed over to Mariku and Joey rushed over to Seto. The three couples each hugged each other tightly before walking back over to Yugi who was looking out for Atemu. "I'm gonna go find him." He announced when the group reached him and then ran off in search of his husband.

Bakura, Seto and Mariku waited until Yugi was out of ear shot before they turned back to their husbands with a troubled look. "We have to get Yugi out of here now!" Bakura said.

"What are you talking about, we don't have Atemu here yet." Joey said in confusion.

"Look there's no time to explain!" Mariku said. "But we have to get him out of here now!" Somewhere in the crowd a man began to call out the names of those people who had been killed during the war.

"You guys aren't making sense!" Ryou said. "Just tell us what happened."

"Look, we'll explain later. Right now we need to get Yugi and-"

"Atemu Sennen." Called out the man who was calling the names of those killed in battle.

The three couples spotted Yugi in the crowd. His eyes were wide at the shock of hearing his husband's name on the killed in action list. Slowly he walked over to the group of his friends and turned to the three soldiers as tears began to form in his eyes.

"Mariku, Bakura, Seto, please tell me that was a mistake and my husband is alive... Please don't tell me he's..."

At first no one spoke but finally Seto said softly "It was no mistake Yugi. Atemu and I were going through an active mine field and we accidentally stepped on one. He pushed me out of the way in time but he didn't have enough time to get away. I'm sorry."

Yugi shook his head in disbelief. "No thats not possible! He promised he'd return to me! He promised! He promised! He..."The tears finally spilled from Yugi's eyes as he broke down crying. His friends tried to comfort him but it had no effect. Finally they decided to take him home. Yugi didn't register being taken to a car, the ride home or being taken to his room.

The next thing Yugi knew he was crying in his bed that seemed too large without someone else there in it with him, holding him and saying he loved him.

AN: poor Yugi! Well don't worry things will get better... Eventually. Anyways I should have a one shot up for you all to read either today or tomorrow. Probably today though.