"Pretend I'm him."
"What?"
"Pretend I'm him."
The suggestion hung dead in the air.
"I mean, we're just cousins to you right? That had to be common in ancient Egypt."
Yami stared at Yugi blankly.
"Please?"
Yami seemed to consider it for a moment. He wondered what had compelled him to chose to be Yugi's cousin, rather than his brother. That wasn't how he felt about the boy.
"We can use a blindfold or something, you can call me Seto. It'll be like a more advanced fantasy. You don't have to worry about me."
Knowing about the other boy's crush did little to alleviate Yami's doubts. But Kaiba did say he wasn't gay. Was this the closest he would get? But he didn't want to hurt his aibou. And he had the sinking suspicion that this would.
"Joey and I have done it before. It helps."
That caught Yami off guard. His eyes widened. Before he could finish thinking of his reaction though, Yugi was pleading again, "Please?"
"Does Joey... is he like you towards me?" Yami asked, his mouth dry. It was all he could focus on.
Yugi slowly nodded.
"And how does he feel about it?" Something just felt off about the whole thing. Yami wasn't sure if this was the right line of questioning to get down to the bottom of it, but it was worth a try.
"He seems fine," was Yugi's response.
Yami bit his lip, still uncertain. Noticing the action, Yugi added, "And I will be too."
The other seemed so confident. But was it worth it? Would it really help anything? Would he really be ok?
"Does Joey know about this?" If it didn't hurt either of them, he was sure it would hurt Joey.
"He's the one who suggested it."
Yami would be lying if he said he didn't find it tempting. All these questions, he realized he had been actually considering it. Yugi seemed so confident it would work out. And it seemed so much better than his own hand...
"Ok," he said so quietly that Yugi barely heard him. But a huge smile split across the younger boy's face nonetheless.
"Thank you."
A/N: The rest will include mature content. For the unedited version, please visit my tumblr; my handle is hergan416.
