Well I came back :) Too much fun to stop :P

Thanks for those who read/favourited/reviewed it was encouraging :)

Thanks also to GiraffeMan who was my testing subject :P

Sorry if you don't think this leads off of chapter one very well, but this is where it went in my head

Enjoy ^_^

Chapter Two

"Yugi...Yugi over here!"

Yugi turned to find Tea waving at him from a table in the corner, he smiled and sat opposite her.

"Sorry I'm late Tea-"

"Let me guess, Yami wanted to know where you were going"

Yugi smiled "Tea he isn't that bad"

Tea laughed leaning forward with her chin resting on her hands "Well you can't really blame me for thinking that can you, he's quite overprotective of his little-" Yugi laughed and leant forward mimicking Teas pose and interrupting her, "I remember you calling me to meet you because you wanted my help Tea...watch what you say"

Tea laughed and pleadingly put her hands together in apology, "Oh great and wise Yugi, please help me with your wisdom"

Yugi waved a hand jokingly "You may proceed". Tea smiled at him with a faint blush

"I am sorry to call you out again"

"We're friends, it's normal for us to meet up"

"True...but it's always for advice, not for fun"

Yugi smiled reassuringly "It's okay, what's up?"

Tea took a deep breath and look at Yugi seriously "Is there something between you and Yami?"

Yugis breath caught in his throat, he did his best not to let his panic show on his face. How on earth did he answer this question?

It had been a few weeks since he and Yami had...Yugi blushed mentally, well since they slept together, and Yugi knew how stupid he was being, Yami had told him he loved him but he couldn't let himself believe that. Yami had been alone for so long, and then all he knew was Yugi, yes they were great friends, probably more than that after sharing a body. But that wasn't to be confused with love, maybe Yami just thought he owed him after all they'd been through. He believed that Yami thought he loved him, but could Yugi really let this relationship progress when he knew he was holding him back from so much more?

Yugi laughed and looked at Tea with a grin "No Tea, there's nothing between us" Of course he couldn't. He loved him too much. "Why are you asking me that?"

"Because you're always together"

Yugi sighed "Of course we are Tea"

Tea waved to cut him off "It's different, I mean, it's like he refuses to leave your side, and I've seen the way he looks at you. Like he'll never let you go"

Yugis stomach clenched at the thought, he knew Yami had a possessive streak, it was maddeningly attractive. Also terrifying...he'd learnt that Yami didn't like Yugi trying to guide him through life...and yet here he was deciding to do it again...shit. Yugi coughed "Then I'll ask again, why are you asking me that, shouldn't you be asking Yami?"

Tea burst out laughing "I would if I could get him alone! I used to be able to meet him, with your help of course, but now..."

"Tea, he's trying to build a new life..."

Tea smiled "I know, I just wish he'd build it with me" Yugi gaped at her, Tea looked calm and mature and not at all embarrassed at what she had just admitted. Yugi swallowed and tried to stop his voice from shaking "That's quite a confession."

"If you have a problem with that-"

"Why would I have a problem with it? I want him to live, I want him to be happy..."

"I'm sure he's happy-"

"I'll talk to him Tea"

Tea smiled and hugged him"Yugi, thank you, I love you!" Yugi smiled, hiding his emotions and accepted the hug Tea was giving him. "Yeah, love you too"

Later...

Yami was worried. It had been a few weeks since he had finally given in and taken his aibou. Despite thinking that that would be the end of any kind of relationship he had been ecstatic to hear that Yugi loved him too. Or so he thought.

Since then there had been hardly any sign of this being true, when he had woken up the next morning Yugi had already disappeared from his arms, and had made breakfast as if nothing had changed. Whenever he had tried to initiate contact Yugi had flinched away from him...and now he seemed to be avoiding him completely. Something that Yami was having a hard time dealing with. Now that he knew what his little one tasted like all he could think about was having him again...Yami licked his lips

"Yami are you okay?"

Yami jumped and waved away the thoughts of a naked Yugi squirming beneath him, and put on a huge grin.

"I'm fine aibou. Did you get what you needed at the Library?"

Yugi frowned before remembering his own excuse "Oh yeah, I found the right book, no worries" Yami frowned, but took Yugis coat off him and hung it up for him as he walked through to the lounge.

"Aibou is something wrong?"

Yugi laughed shakily sitting on the sofa "Nothing, absolutely nothing."

Bullshit Yami thought as he sat at the opposite end of the sofa. Something was not right and it hadn't been since that night. Yami turned and looked at Yugi, who was lost in his own thoughts, a little frown of concentration on his forehead. Yami sighed slightly not knowing how to bring up this awkward topic, but he knew they couldn't leave it like this...Yami took a deep breath and

"Yami, Yugi, I'm back!"

Yami groaned mentally as Yugi rushed to greet Grandpa.

"Grandpa! Sorry I haven't had a chance to start dinner yet"

"No worries Yugi, I've got to finish a few bits of paperwork before anyway. You okay in there Yami?"

"Everything's fine Grandpa" Yami called out. Yugi came back in smiling sweetly.

"Sorry Yami I didn't think, I'll start dinner now whilst he finishes off." Yugi turned to leave, so Yami called out to stop him...wanting to stay with him a bit longer even if he couldn't say anything for tonight.

"Yugi?"

"Yeah Yami?"

"Do you want any help with-" Yugi spun around with his rare stern expression.

"No."

"If you let me have another go at using the-"

"No."
"Yugi I'm sure I could-"

"No."

"I didn't mean to burn-"

"Yami, no." Yami sighed and flopped back down on the sofa, Yugi laughing at his pouting expression.

"Don't pout you're a Pharaoh-"

"Ex Pharaoh...I just want to help" Yugi grinned and walked back over to Yami instinctively holding out his hand.

"Come on, you can set the table" Yami looked at the offered hand then back up at Yugi, who seemed to realise what he was doing and quickly took his hand back and left the room, missing the flash of pain that crossed Yamis face.

Later...

Yugi was struggling with himself. He had made his decision, he would let Yami go so he could find real happiness...but he didn't expect it to be this hard, or to hurt as much as it did. Yugi ran his fingers through his hair with a sigh. So far Yami had ignored all his prompting, his attempts to get him to go out, alone and experience the modern world by himself. And every time Tea had tried to call him out Yugi had been dragged along too. So all he had to do was get Yami to spend more time alone with the others, then eventually he and Tea would naturally end up...together...the thought nearly made Yugi sick. But this was for Yamis own good. So long as he kept telling himself that then everything would be just-

"Yugi?"

Yugi yelped and turned around to see Yami looking at him worry etched on his face, "Yes Yami?"
"What's wrong?"

Yugi laughed nervously "Nothing is wrong"

Yami raised an eyebrow and gestured to what Yugi was doing, "Okay well...you're about to start peeling your fingers if you're not careful, there isn't really any potato left"

Quickly Yugi looked at his hands, realised he was close to cutting himself and threw what remained of the potato and the peeler into the sink, running his hands through his hair with yet another sigh.

"Right. Sorry"

Yami grinned his lazy grin that made Yugis stomach clench "Apologise to the potato that had its life wasted not me" Yugi smiled,

"How about you stop mocking and help me? If you promise not to break anything"

"I won't break anything aibou!"

Yugi laughed and passed Yami some carrots and another peeler "get to work on those then".

They did the work silently for awhile, not an awkward silence, but one that was filled with all the things that they weren't saying to each other. Yami thought becoming lovers had solved all their problems, but he still wanted, no, needed confirmation of Yugis affection but Yami was scared of the answer. And Yugi...Yugi hoped that their relationship would remain as it was, as friends, without a big argument, and no one would get hurt. Except for Yugi of course, but he was prepared for that, so long as Yami would be happy. Yugi took a deep breath and smiled at Yami.

"Hey...Yami, fancy meeting up with the guys some time?"

"Sure."

"Joey keeps asking for a rematch on the last duel"

Yami laughed, "Like that was even a duel"

Yugi slapped Yami lightly on the arm "Don't be mean or you'll get in trouble" when Yami said nothing Yugi looked up and realised he was still touching Yamis arm. Quickly he returned to peeling "And Tristan-"

"Yugi-"

"Tristan wants to see you to, mainly cause it gives him a breather from Joey"

"Yugi-"

"I know there's a film that Tea has been dying to see and..."

"Aibou." Yugi winced at the commanding tone that was obviously left over from when Yami was a Pharaoh. He looked up hesitantly already not liking where this threatened to lead.

"Yes?" Yami put down what he was doing and sternly looked down at Yugi.

"I really hope you're not doing what I think you're trying to do"

Yugi shrugged and looked away "I don't know what you mean-" Yugi was interrupted by Yami grabbing what was in his hands, throwing it out of the way.

"Don't you? It's like you're trying to get rid of me"

"That's not true-"

"You want me to get a job but not at the game shop. You talk about me going to school but you've not once mentioned me going to your school! You organise meetings with the guys and then you don't come along. You send me out on errands where I always seem to run into Tea! Yugi I'm your boyfriend why are you trying-"

"Boyfriend?"

Silence. Yugi had never wanted to take something back as much as he wanted to take back that singular word. The look on Yamis face made it impossible to move, to look away from his gaze. Yami spoke slowly and steadily, hiding the emotions that were battling inside of him.

"Why did that surprise you?"

Panic filled Yugis heart "I-I just didn't..." Yamis grip tightened, verging on painful.

"You...Yugi you didn't think of us as together? So does that mean that night was just a one time thing for you?"

Silence. What could Yugi say?

"Yugi...what does this mean?"

Okay so silent wasn't a good idea. Get away, get away. Yugi brushed off Yamis hands, feigning calm, and turned away.

"It doesn't mean anything"

Yami growled in his mind, or maybe out loud, he was too angry to know which. If Yugi thought he could run away from this then he was sorely mistaken. Yami grabbed Yugis wrist and dragged him back to face him.

"Wrong"

"Yami-"

"What did it mean to you? When I held you, when I told you I loved you. What did you think all that meant?" With every word Yamis anger slipped through, marks were being made on Yugis skin,

"Yami calm down you're..."

"Do you know how long I had been wanting to do that? I've loved you for so long-"

"Yami please-"

"You said you loved me too...was that a lie?"

This was exactly what Yugi wanted to avoid. Yami was too stubborn to realise that Yugi was doing this for his own good, that he was giving him a chance to be really and truly happy, even if that meant without him. Yugi tried to speak, "You're over-reacting".

Fuck.

For the first time, Yugi was scared of Yami. There was no hurt on his face any more, only anger. A dark smile spread across his features. "Over-reacting? You think this is over-reacting?"

Yami violently dragged Yugi forward so that they were pressed together, he tightened a fist in Yugis hair making him wince as he forced him to look into his face. Yugi could feel Yamis breath as he spoke in a whisper "I'll show you an over-reaction"

Yugi gulped at the expression that made Yamis current thoughts unreadable he realised he had to run. Quickly Yugi tried to push and get away, but Yami still had a firm grip on his hair, making Yugi wince, "Let me go Yami".

No response.

"I said let me go!" On the last word Yugi aimed a kick at Yamis knees but it seemed to have no effect. Yami roughly pushed Yugi backwards until he was pressed against the wall, leaving no room for escape, "Yugi love" Yami traced Yugis throat with a finger "You do not want to piss me off any more than you already have" then he tilted Yugis head, licked it slowly and deliberately before biting down, hard, making Yugi cry out. Quickly Yami put a hand over Yugis mouth, "Quiet, or do you want Grandpa to come in?"

Yugi refused to cry. Instead he squeezed his eyes closed and tried to forget about the fact that Yami was biting and sucking on his neck, he ignored the fingers that undid his shirt and the nails that scraped down his sides undoubtedly leaving marks. However his eyes flew open again when he was suddenly on the cold hard floor of the kitchen, Yugi looked into Yamis eyes that showed flecks of hurt and sadness.

Yugi reached up to touch Yamis face, "Please stop thi-" but Yami had had enough of the pleading, somewhere in the back of his mind he knew he had to stop, but the back of his mind was a long way away from the part that was controlling his actions. He kissed Yugi desperately, offering a plea of his own as he thrust his tongue into his little ones mouth, attempting to coax his tongue into playing along. When no such thing happened Yami returned to marking Yugi, anywhere he could hoping to burn the fact that Yugi belong to him into the younger boys mind. He had to understand why he was doing this, he had to.

Why is he doing this? Yugi sobbed in his head, the places Yami touched burnt but this time alongside the pleasure was pain. Shit. There was no stopping him. Yugi did his best to control his noises as Yami continued to rub and tease, to bite and kiss despite Yugis unresponsiveness. Soon it seemed that that wasn't enough for Yami, Yugi jumped as he felt a hand unzip his trousers. Yugi fought with the hands with panic but found his hands being pinned to the floor above his head. Yami panted above him, and upon realising he couldn't let go of Yugis hands, began to grind his erection against Yugis. Yugi couldn't help the moan that passed his lips. Yamis thrusting was causing the material of his clothing to rub against his member, and the friction was driving him mad. He squirmed in an attempt to get away, but only made Yami groan with pleasure. The speed of the movement increased, and Yami kissed Yugi, once again thrusting his tongue in as Yugi opened his mouth to breath. It wasn't long before Yugi felt himself coming. It seemed the same happened to Yami as he stopped the kiss and leant his forehead against Yugis.

Slowly Yami got up and left the kitchen, not looking back.

As soon as the door closed behind Yami, Yugi released the tears he had been holding back.

END

...Does this ending make me a bad person :P

Don't worry, Chapter Three (last chapter) will make it all better...maybe :/

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