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Chapter 6- The Aftereffect
The sun was shining brightly into Yugi's bedroom the following morning.
Yami was lying on his back, and Yugi had his head resting on Yami's chest. Both were still sound asleep.
However, when the sunlight hit Yugi in the face, it woke him up. He grimaced without opening his eyes. His head was killing him, and he felt horrible. 'Great. I must have a hangover.' Yugi thought. He tried to snuggle down into the warm covers, but he soon realized that blankets weren't this hard. He opened his eyes and jerked up.
What was he doing in bed with Yami!
Yugi's mind was going a mile a minute as he tried to remember why he and Yami were in the same bed. He remembered getting drunk at the party and then he remembered that he and Yami had gotten home.
It was then that Yugi realized that he was naked, and so was Yami.
'OH MY GOD!' Yugi thought as he realized exactly why he was in bed with his best friend.
Yugi remembered that he and Yami were acting a little off in the kitchen after they had gotten home from the fact that they had had way too much alcohol at that party. He remembered them talking about how they had both been watched by other people at the party. He remembered Yami suddenly kissing him. He remembered kissing Yami back. He remembered talking about how he wondered what Yami was like in bed. He remembered Yami asking him if he wanted to find out. He remembered saying that he did. He remembered them having sex.
'OH MY GOD!' Yugi thought. He backed away a little bit, appalled at what he had done in his drunken stupor.
It was then that Yami woke up. He was groggy at first. He then winced as the sunlight hit his face. 'Damn it! I haven't gotten this drunk in too long. I forgot how bad hangovers can be.' Yami thought. He then realized that he was NOT in his bed. 'What happened?' Yami thought frantically. It was then that he noticed Yugi in the bed beside him.
Yugi was staring at Yami with a look of shock and disbelief.
It was then that the memories of the night before hit Yami, and he had the exact same expression as Yugi did.
The two were silent for several moments, neither one sure of what to say to the other.
"Yugi, I-" Yami started at the same time Yugi said, "I have no-"
Again, both grew silent.
Yugi glanced at the clock and saw that it was already eleven in the morning. "We need to get going. We have to get Jaden and Terrance from your parents' house." Yugi said.
"Oh. Right." Yami agreed.
Quickly, Yugi pulled on a pair of boxers before he headed into the bathroom that was connected to his bedroom.
Yami pulled on his own boxers before he gathered his clothes and left the room in a hurry.
"Papa!"
"Daddy!"
Jaden and Terrance ran over to Yugi and Yami.
"Hey, there, little guy." Yami said as he picked Terrance up.
"Did you have fun?" Yugi asked.
"We sure did. We played games and watched movies last night." Jaden said with a smile.
"That's good." Yami said.
Amara and Aknankanon walked over.
"So, how was the party?" Amara asked.
"It was about like any other party." Yugi answered.
"I hope that you two had fun." Aknankanon said.
"We did." Yami said, hoping that his parents wouldn't see how uneasy the two were.
"Well, we need to be getting home." Yugi said.
"All right. We'll see you boys later." Amara said.
"Okay, Grandma." Terrance said.
Yugi and Yami left with the boys.
Throughout the week, Yugi and Yami were being careful to avoid each other. Neither were sure how to deal with the aftereffects of what had happened between them, and they weren't even able to look each other in the eye.
Jaden and Terrance were oblivious to the fact that Yugi and Yami weren't acting right. The two boys were too busy playing with each other to notice.
It was Saturday, and Yami and Yugi were still having trouble dealing with what had happened between them.
It was the weekend, which meant that neither Yami nor Yugi had to work.
Sharon and Lucas had come over and taken the boys out for the day since they hadn't had a day with their grandsons recently.
That left Yugi and Yami alone in the house.
Yugi, however, had other plans. "Yami, I'll be out for a while. I'm going over to see Heba." Yugi said.
"Oh. Okay." Yami said.
Yugi then left.
'That's not a bad idea.' Yami thought. He picked up the phone and dialed a number.
"Hello?" Atemu said.
"Hey, Atemu. It's Yami. Are you free today?" Yami asked.
"Actually, yes. Yugi wants to talk with Heba alone, so I've been kicked out of my house for the day." Atemu answered.
'Yugi must be talking about what happened.' Yami thought.
"Yami, you there?" Atemu asked.
"Oh. Yeah. I'm here. Listen. I need to talk to you, so do you think that you can come over?" Yami asked.
"Sure thing. I don't have anything better to do. I'll come on over." Atemu said.
"Thanks." Yami said. 'Let's just hope that Atemu doesn't end up wanting to kill me for this.' Yami thought as he hung up.
Yugi walked into Heba and Atemu's house.
"Hey, Yu-" Heba started.
"I have done something stupid, Heba. I have done something really, really stupid." Yugi said as he walked into the living room.
"Hello to you, too." Heba said.
Yugi turned to his brother. "Sorry, but I just really need to talk to someone about this." Yugi said.
"So why didn't you talk to Yami? You two normally tell each other everything." Heba said.
"Because he's involved in this." Yugi said.
Heba raised an eyebrow. "What could have happened that would cause you to be this uneasy?" Heba asked. He could easily tell that Yugi was really upset, and he didn't understand why.
"It is bad, Heba. Really, really bad." Yugi said. He started to pace. "I can't believe that I did something so careless and thoughtless. That's not like me. I'm supposed to be smarter than this. I'm supposed to know better." Yugi said.
"And I'd like to know what's going on." Heba said.
Yugi turned to him. "Heba, I am stupid." Yugi said.
Heba groaned. "Yugi, I'm dying to know what has gotten you so upset here. I have never seen you like this." Heba said.
Yugi took a deep breath. "Okay. You know that party Yami and I went to last week?" Yugi asked.
"Sure." Heba said.
"Okay. While we there, Yami and I got really drunk." Yugi said.
"Drunk?" Heba asked.
Yugi nodded.
"Wow. That's really not like you. You were always smart when it came to how much you drank. I can see why you're upset." Heba said.
"Heba!" Yugi said sharply.
"What?" Heba asked, surprised at the tone Yugi had.
"That's not what I'm so upset about!" Yugi said.
"Then why-" Heba started.
"Yami and I had sex!" Yugi said.
Heba's draw dropped. "You and Yami?" Heba asked.
Yugi nodded.
"You both got drunk, and you slept together?" Heba asked.
Yugi nodded again.
"Please tell me that this didn't happen at the party." Heba said.
"No. It was after we got back to the house." Yugi said.
Heba sat back stunned. "Wow." Heba said.
"I am so embarrassed. I can't believe that I did that." Yugi said.
"Well, it's not so bad." Heba said.
"Not so bad? How can it not be bad? Yami and I had sex after getting drunk!" Yugi exclaimed.
"It could have been someone you didn't know." Heba said, smiling.
Yugi groaned as he collapsed on the couch. "You're not helping." Yugi said.
"Yugi, look. You got drunk, and you slept with someone. You wouldn't the first person to do it." Heba said.
"But I'm supposed to be smarter than that. I know better than to get so drunk I do something like that." Yugi said.
"Well, you needed to cut loose and have some fun." Heba said.
"HEBA!" Yugi exclaimed.
"What? It's the truth. You're way too uptight, Yugi." Heba said.
"But this was Yami! We live together! Plus, we're just friends!" Yugi said.
"May I remind you that you had a major crush on Yami back when we were in high school?" Heba asked.
"I know that, Heba, but we're just friends." Yugi said.
"Is that so?" Heba asked.
"Yes." Yugi said.
"Then why don't you date?" Heba asked.
"Because I don't want to." Yugi said.
"You've been asked out a lot, but you never go." Heba said.
"Well, I don't want things to be awkward." Yugi said.
Heba growled. "Yugi! Will you stop beating around the bush and actually say the truth!" Heba snapped.
"What-" Yugi started.
"Yugi! Everyone knows that you are still in love with Yami! You may have thought that you got over him, but you didn't! You are still in love with him!" Heba said.
Yugi turned bright red. "Well, I-" Yugi started.
"Come on, Yugi. Everyone knows it. Mom and Dad know it. Atemu's parents know it. All our friends know it. We can all see it, Yugi." Heba said.
Yugi grew quiet.
Atemu walked into Yugi and Yami's house. "So, what was it that you wanted to talk to me about, Yami?" Atemu asked.
Yami turned to his brother. "I really need some advice, and I needed to get it from you." Yami said.
"About what?" Atemu asked as he sat down on the couch.
"Okay. You remember that party I went with Yugi to?" Yami asked.
"Yes." Atemu said.
"Well, Yugi and I both got drunk there, and when we got back here, we had sex." Yami said.
Atemu stared at Yami. "You and Yugi got drunk and then had sex?" Atemu asked.
Yami nodded.
Atemu started laughing. "My baby brother is finally getting some!" Atemu said.
"Atemu! This isn't a laughing matter!" Yami exclaimed.
"Oh, come on, Yami. It's been five years since you had sex. It's about time you got laid." Atemu said.
"Damn it, Atemu! This is about Yugi! I never wanted this!" Yami said.
"I'm sure not." Atemu said off-handedly. He smirked before he asked, "So, was it good?"
"What the hell kind of question is that!" Yami shouted.
"An honest one. Was it?" Atemu asked.
Yami opened his mouth to say something sarcastic.
"Come on, Yami. Just answer. An honest yes or no." Atemu said.
Yami knew this conversation wouldn't go any further unless he answered. He collapsed into a chair and said, "Yes. It was."
Atemu smirked. 'I knew it.' Atemu thought.
Yami sighed. "In fact, I think it's the best sex I have ever had." Yami said.
"Well, at least it was enjoyable for you." Atemu said.
"Atemu! This is serious!" Yami growled.
"I know it is, but I have to tease you about it." Atemu said.
"Atemu, I didn't ask you to come over here so that we can gossip. I have a real problem." Yami said.
"Like what? It's pretty straightforward. You and Yugi got drunk at the party. You came back here. You had sex." Atemu said.
"And probably ruined our friendship." Yami said.
Atemu frowned. "Why's that?" Atemu asked.
"Atemu, Yugi and I are just friends. This will change our friendship entirely." Yami said.
"Yami, do you love Yugi?" Atemu asked.
"Yes." Yami said.
"No. Not as a friend. I mean do you love him love him?" Atemu asked.
"Of course not!" Yami said defensively.
"Really?" Atemu asked.
"Of course." Yami said.
"Yami, I can see right through you. I know that you do." Atemu said.
"But I'm-I was in love with Tea." Yami said.
"Yami, you had your heart broken by Tea, but that doesn't mean that you should just give up on love because of her." Atemu said.
"But I-" Yami started.
"Yami, do you love Tea still?" Atemu asked.
Yami grew quiet. "I suppose I still care about her because of Terrance, but I'm not sure I do love her anymore." Yami said.
"And what about Yugi?" Atemu asked.
"Yugi and I are just friends." Yami insisted.
Atemu decided to try something. "Well, I know that there's this single father of a patient of Yugi's who is hitting on him." Atemu said.
"WHAT!" Yami shouted, jumping up. "I'LL KILL HIM!" Yami shouted.
"That's a pretty strong reaction for someone who claims to only be Yugi's friend." Atemu said.
Yami realized what Atemu had done. "That was low." Yami growled.
"Yes. It was." Atemu said.
Yami sighed as he sat back down. "Okay. I admit it. I do have feelings for Yugi that run deeper than friendship." Yami said. He remembered what he had said to Yugi the night they had slept together after Yugi fell asleep. "I do love him." Yami said.
"There you go." Atemu said.
"But that doesn't change anything. Yugi and I still had a drunken night of sex. I mean, Yugi and I can't even look each other in the eye because of that." Yami said.
"Yami, you and Yugi were two consenting adults. Plus, you two can get past this." Atemu said.
"I don't know." Yami said.
"Yami, I don't know what else to tell you. You and Yugi are going to have to have to do one of three things. Deal with this and move on. Deal with this and get together. Not deal with this and live in separate homes." Atemu said.
Yami grew quiet. He didn't want to take the third option, and the first wasn't all that desirable, either.
"It's up to you, Yami. I'll go ahead and tell you that if you want a shot at Yugi, you may have to tell him that." Atemu said.
Yami sighed. "I know. I guess I never wanted to admit to Yugi how I felt because I was afraid of how things would change between us." Yami said.
"Well, you need to do something now." Atemu said.
"We can't even talk to each other, though." Yami said.
"You'll have to force yourselves to. You can't let this go unresolved." Atemu said.
Yami nodded, knowing that his brother was right.
"All right, Yugi. I'm growing gray hair here waiting for you to answer." Heba said.
Yugi sighed. "What do you want me to say?" Yugi asked.
"The truth." Heba said.
"What? That I never completely got over Yami from high school? Heba, what's the point if I didn't?" Yugi asked.
"That the reason you were so willing to sleep with Yami was that you wanted him." Heba said.
"It was one night!" Yugi exclaimed.
"But you want it to be more." Heba said.
"Maybe I do, but that doesn't matter now. Yami's still hung up on Tea." Yugi said.
"I'm not so sure." Heba said.
"Heba, even if he isn't, I don't think that Yami is gay." Yugi said.
"I agree." Heba said.
Yugi was a little dejected at the thought.
"It means that he's bi." Heba said.
"Heba!" Yugi said.
"Yugi, it's the truth. Yami will go either way. Besides, if he didn't like guys, even drunk, he wouldn't have slept with you." Heba said.
Yugi leaned back in the chair.
"So, was it good?" Heba asked.
"Heba!" Yugi said, shocked.
"What? I want to know." Heba said.
"I don't think that that's any of your concern." Yugi said, turning red.
"Come on, Yugi. You know I won't quit badgering you about it until you tell me." Heba said.
"I can deal with it." Yugi said.
Heba smirked much like Atemu. "Okay. I'll tell Mom and Dad what you just told me if you don't tell me." Heba said.
"You wouldn't." Yugi said, looking at his brother in horror.
"Try me." Heba said.
Yugi was defeated. He knew his brother well enough to know that this wasn't an idle threat. "Okay. Fine. It was good." Yugi said.
"I figured as much." Heba said.
Yugi started to think about it. "In fact, it was incredible." Yugi said.
Heba snickered.
Yugi glared at him. "I would have been better off going to Mom about this." Yugi said.
"No, you wouldn't have. Mom would have been giddy before she wanted details." Heba said.
Yugi turned pale at the thought.
Heba laughed. "Mom knows that you love Yami, Yugi. She wants you to be happy." Heba said.
Yugi sighed. "I'm not sure that that's possible. After this, I doubt that Yami and I are ever going to be okay again." Yugi said.
"Yugi, you and Yami are both adults who had sex. No one can say anything to that." Heba said with a smile. His face fell before he said," Damn it!"
Yugi jumped. "What?" Yugi asked.
"I lost the bet." Heba said.
Yugi looked at his brother suspiciously. "What bet?" Yugi asked.
"Nothing." Heba said quickly.
Yugi looked at his brother suspiciously.
Heba just smiled innocently, hoping Yugi would forget.
Yami had been sitting and thinking about what Atemu had said for a while. He knew that he would need to talk to Yugi about all this.
However, there was one thing in particular that Yami was trying to answer.
Did he want to be in a relationship with Yugi?
The more Yami thought about it, the more he realized that the answer to that question was yes. He wanted to be in a relationship with Yugi. He knew that he was jealous whenever people at those parties would hit on Yugi, and he knew why now. He wanted Yugi. He wanted Yugi to himself.
The front door opened and closed.
"Yugi, is that you?" Yami asked.
"Yeah." Yugi said as he appeared in the doorway of the living room.
"Can we talk?" Yami asked.
"Sure." Yugi said as he walked into the living room and sat down.
"Yugi, we need to talk about what happened." Yami said.
Yugi looked up at him. "I know we do." Yugi said.
"It wasn't something that I had planned on ever happening." Yami said.
"Me either." Yugi agreed.
"But it did, and we need to talk about it." Yami said.
"I think that we can blame a lot of it on the alcohol. We both drank more than we should have." Yugi said.
"Yeah. I know." Yami said. He wasn't sure if he should tell Yugi the truth or not.
"I guess we need to figure out what we're going to do now. I mean, this is going to change things." Yugi said.
"Yeah. It will." Yami said. He glanced over at Yugi and said, "Maybe it was just the alcohol."
"Meaning?" Yugi asked.
"We could kiss now, and it would probably be nothing." Yami said. He knew that wasn't true for him. He just wanted to kiss Yugi again.
"You're right." Yugi said. He glanced over at Yami. "Do you want to test out that theory?" Yugi asked.
"Might as well." Yami said. He then leaned over and kissed Yugi.
The kiss was anything but ordinary. It seemed to spark a fire within both of them.
Yugi raised his arms and wrapped them around Yami's neck, pulling Yami closer to him.
Yami wrapped his arms around Yugi and pulled him closer as he deepened the kiss.
The kiss only ended because of the lack of air.
Both were panting slightly to get their breath back.
"I think-that disproves the theory." Yugi said.
"Yeah." Yami agreed.
Yugi moved back a little. "So, what now? We can't deny the fact that things have changed between us. I mean, that one night will have changed a lot of things." Yugi said.
"I know." Yami said. He then looked over at Yugi. "Unless it doesn't have to be just one night." Yami said.
Yugi was surprised by this. "Yami, I'm not the kind to have casual sex." Yugi said.
Yami shook his head. "No, Yugi. That's not what I meant. I'm not going to have casual sex with someone, either. I meant that we could try to have a relationship." Yami said.
"What?" Yugi asked, shocked.
"I'd like to try a relationship with you, Yugi. If you want to, that is." Yami said.
"But what about Tea?" Yugi asked.
"Tea left me, Yugi, and after five years, what feelings I used to have for her have faded away. I doubt that I would want a relationship with her now anyway." Yami said.
"So, you want there to be an us?" Yugi asked.
Yami nodded. "If you want." Yami said.
Yugi smiled. "Yami, I really do want to try a relationship between us. I guess I was too afraid of how much things would change to mention anything before now." Yugi said.
"Same here." Yami said. He then smiled. "But I think that we can try this." Yami said.
Yugi nodded in agreement. "I think so, too." Yugi said. He smiled and said, "But I think that we need to call sex off limits for now."
"Yeah. I agree." Yami said. He sighed and said, "But you have to admit that it was really good."
"Incredible was the word I used." Yugi said.
"Yeah." Yami said.
"Well, I guess we need to try to figure out how we're going to explain this one to Terrance and Jaden." Yugi said.
"Yeah. From what Atemu told me, everyone else already knows how we felt about each other." Yami said.
"Atemu?" Yugi asked.
Yami nodded. "I wasn't sure how to handle all this, so I talked to Atemu. He's the one who made me realize that I really do love you and wanted to be with you." Yami said.
Yugi laughed. "I went to Heba about that, too." Yugi said.
"I'm just glad that they gave us the right advice." Yami said.
"Even if Heba did enjoy teasing me about it." Yugi said.
"I know the feeling. I couldn't even talk to Atemu seriously until after he got all of his teasing out." Yami said.
"Better than talking to our parents, though." Yugi said.
"I hear that." Yami said.
Yugi then looked over at Yami. "So, when should we have our first date?" Yugi asked.
"I don't know." Yami said. He then leaned over and kissed Yugi.
Yugi was taken off guard, but he started to kiss Yami back anyway. He wrapped his arms around Yami's neck and pulled him closer.
Yami wrapped his arms around Yugi's waist as he ran his tongue over Yugi's bottom lip.
Yugi opened his mouth willingly, and Yami slipped his tongue into Yugi's mouth. He started to roam around the inside of Yugi's mouth, making sure to stroke every inch of the warm cavern.
Yugi let out a moan at that, enjoying the kiss immensely.
Yami then coaxed Yugi into a tongue duel, which he ended up letting Yugi win.
Yugi then slipped his tongue inside of Yami's mouth and roamed around the inside of Yami's mouth, mapping every inch and memorizing it as well.
Yami moaned at the feeling, enjoying the kiss as well.
"Ahem!"
Startled, both Yugi and Yami jumped before the ended up crashing onto the floor.
Yugi let out a groan as the full force of Yami's weight came crashing down on him.
There was a giggle.
Yami looked back and said, "MANA!"
"I'm sorry. I couldn't resist." Mana said, smiling.
"Yami, you're crushing me!" Yugi said
"Sorry, Yugi." Yami said as he got off Yugi and helped Yugi up onto his feet.
"Mana, what are you doing?" Yugi asked.
"I couldn't resist doing that. I never thought I would actually get the chance to interrupt you." Mana said.
Yugi glared at her.
"So, are you two together now?" Mana asked, her eyes shining.
"If you must know, yes." Yugi said.
"Since when?" Mana asked excitedly.
"Since about five minutes ago." Yami said.
"Great! I thought that you would never get together!" Mana said.
"Everyone really did know." Yami muttered.
"Of course we did! Everyone has known that you two were in love for almost a year. We were all wondering if you were going to get together." Mana said.
Yugi shook his head. "Mana, can you do me a favor?" Yugi asked.
"What?" Mana asked.
"Don't tell anyone we're together." Yugi said.
"But-" Mana started.
"Mana, we will tell everyone. I'd like to be the one to tell them, so please keep your mouth shut." Yugi said.
"Oh, all right." Mana said, pouting.
"Thank you." Yugi said. He then realized something. "Why are you here, anyway?" Yugi asked.
"Oh! Mom called and said that she and Dad would be late getting back with the boys. She wanted me to see if they could keep the boys for the night." Mana said.
"And she couldn't have called?" Yugi asked.
"Well, you know Mom. She wants someone to ask in person." Mana said.
"I can give her a call and tell her its fine." Yugi said. He then looked at Yami and said, "Right?"
Yami nodded. "I don't have a problem with it." Yami said.
"Okay! Bye, lovebirds!" Mana said before skipping off.
Yugi growled. "Remind me to change the locks and not give her a key so that she can't do that to us again." Yugi said.
Yami chuckled as he wrapped his arms around Yugi's waist. "Don't worry about her, Yugi. Although we might need to tell everyone fast that we're together. No offense, but your sister is a loudmouth who can't keep a secret." Yami said.
"No offense taken. I know that all too well." Yugi said.
Yami smiled. "Well, this does offer us the perfect opportunity." Yami said.
"For what?" Yugi asked, turning to look at his new boyfriend.
Yami smiled. "Our first date." Yami said.
Hope you liked it.
Next: Yugi and Yami's first date.
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