Author Notes: At this point in time, Yugi and Seto have both matured, so in this chapter, you can picture them in the way they appear in the official art for the Dark Side of Dimensions movie. ;) Seto's sexy abs actually show in that artwork... *drools*


Seto woke up hard the next morning. He shifted his hips and felt the brush of skin across his member. He moved again, craving the stimulation, and heard Yugi give a sleepy grunt. He opened his bleary eyes and rolled onto his partner, propping himself up on his forearms as he began to grind against his partner.

Yugi moaned as his hands tangled into Seto's messy hair, a flush creeping up his neck and cheeks. Seto slowed and paused as he reached blindly for the bottle of lube on the nightstand. He then poured some into his hand before wriggling two fingers into Yugi's entrance, eliciting a delicious reaction.

"Ah-Seto!" Yugi cried, his back arching high as he gripped the sheets in both hands. Seto waited for Yugi to relax before kissing the hollow of his hip, fluttering his fingers inside him, and watching him gasp. He didn't spend long preparing him since he was still loose from last night, and he was impatient besides.

He positioned himself between his lover's legs and poured a fresh layer over himself as a pair of arms wrapped around his back to hold him tightly. When he thrust in deep, Yugi cried out again.

"Oh gods, Seto!" he shouted, his fingernails digging into Seto's back, making him grunt with a faint pain that pierced the haze of pleasure he moved through. He paused a moment to swallow it down and regain focus, then thrust again, Yugi's fingernails digging in harder and dragging an inch or two as Seto's breath caught in his throat.

"Yugi, your hands…" he choked out, not sure if his sensitive scars could withstand the kind of scratching that was sure to come.

"Sorry," he panted, flustered, moving his hands from Seto's back to his shoulders, gripping them hard as he kissed Seto's heart apologetically. Seto continued making love to him in the early morning, the two of them singing the oldest song in history, one primal humans had been singing since the beginning of time.

When Seto collapsed to the side, an arm and a leg still draped over his boyfriend, he kissed Yugi's cheek and laid absolute claim to him with a single whispered word: "Mine." Yugi wrapped his arms around Seto's waist, feeling safe and comfortable under his warm bulk.

Eventually, Seto lifted himself off of Yugi and slid out of bed. Yugi rolled over and watched Seto, wincing as he saw the little red stripes he'd left behind.

"Ach, I'm sorry, dear," he murmured, causing Seto to look at him over his shoulder.

"Don't be, it's fine." He stretched his arms as Yugi sat up as well, still looking drowzy. "You don't have to get up yet, you know," Seto said, leaning over to kiss Yugi's forehead as he passed him on his way to the bathroom. "You can sleep longer if you need to, but I have to shower and get to work."

"Can I shower with you?" Yugi asked, and Seto held out a hand to him, helping him out of bed and tugging him along. Their shower was peaceful and refreshing, and Seto wished he could have let it last longer, even if they did have a disagreement in the process.

"Are you sure you can't move in with me?" Seto asked in a whisper, his hands sliding slowly over his beloved's soapy body. The nights when Yugi couldn't make it to the mansion killed him, and since they'd been together for almost two years now, Seto thought it high time they commit to something more permanent—and he'd never before reached a point in a relationship where he actually wanted to commit, which meant that he'd made a lot of progress in his ability to develop interpersonal relationships. It was a progress that he was proud of, especially because he never would have wanted this before, even as recently as Battle City.

Their relationship had started with Yugi holding genuine affection for Kaiba, and Kaiba feeling attracted to Yugi, but hating that he couldn't get over his attraction. He'd initially wanted to use him until he could absolve all attraction to him and finally defeat him in a duel, then leave him behind to fade into the unaccessed obscurity of his past.

Yugi had changed him for the better and against his will, without him even realizing it at first. Now, looking back, he was amazed that Yugi had felt anything for him at all or stuck around as long as he had. Now, he wanted to show his appreciation, to lavish as much affection on him as possible, and that included sharing a palace with him.

"I can't leave Grandpa alone," Yugi answered with a sigh. "His cancer's in remission, but he's never going to be back to 100% of what he was before they found the tumor. He needs me, and I can't leave him to live with a stranger."

"And I guess moving him here is still out of the question?" Seto sighed, disappointed.

"It is, and you know why it is," Yugi rebuked him. "The Kame Game Shop means everything to him. I could never ask him to leave it. He's still capable of managing the accounts, reordering stock, interacting with customers. So long as he's capable and competent and in his right mind, I can't ask him to leave." This was the stalemate they'd reached four months ago, and development in their discussions had ceased at this point.

Seto held Yugi close as he bit back his response: But I miss you. It made him feel vulnerable to need another person like this, and he'd learned to accept this as a necessary part of relationships, but he still feared the potential for pain it implied. It had made him feel much better when he found out that it was normal to fear pain like that.

"I love you, Seto," Yugi assured as he put his arms around Seto's neck and nuzzled against him.

"I love you too, Yugi."

"We'll figure this out in due time, alright? Just be patient."

"You know I was never good at being patient."