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Chapter 7- Together
Yami and Atemu were floored by what they had just heard. They were both having trouble believing that they were the ones that Yugi had been in love with.
Both had assumed that it would be someone else in the school that Yugi had been in love with.
It had never occurred to them that Yugi might have feelings for them.
Yugi bit his lip as he fought the tears. He had known that telling them would be a bad idea. He knew that nothing good could come of it because Yami and Atemu had each other, and they would probably stop being friends with him now that they knew. After all, they would probably only be thinking about the fact that Yugi felt that way about them.
Yami and Atemu were still in a state of shock, but they were now able to look at each other.
Yugi took the slightest step backwards.
The action didn't go unnoticed by Yami or Atemu.
Both turned to look at Yugi and were wondering what on earth was the matter with him.
"Yugi?" Yami asked, taking a step toward his Hikari.
"I'm sorry! I know that you two have each other, and I'm sorry about this! I never intended to tell you about any of this! I would never try to come between you! I'm trying to get over you, and I promise that I would never try anything to make you love me! I swear that I'm not going to try anything! I just don't want to lose you two as friends!" Yugi said, the tears starting to fall.
Yami and Atemu were both shocked by this, but they realized how much this affected Yugi.
Yami put a hand on Yugi's shoulder. "Yugi, stop! You need to calm down. We're not angry with you. And we wouldn't have been angry if you had told us before. Nothing could ever make us angry with you. Not on the level you think." Yami said.
"But it changes everything." Yugi said.
"Yeah. I suppose so." Yami said.
Yugi tensed. He was fearful of what would happen now.
Yami frowned. He knew why Yugi was so upset, but he didn't know how to reassure Yugi without revealing how they felt about Yugi.
Atemu was thinking the same thing that Yami was. 'Well, it couldn't hurt.' Atemu thought. He took a step forward.
Yami heard it and stepped aside, figuring that Atemu knew what to say.
Yugi became even tenser, thinking Atemu might be angry.
What Atemu ended up doing shocked Yugi and Yami both to the core.
Instead of saying anything, Atemu simply pulled Yugi into a kiss.
Yami's jaw dropped. THAT was not what he had expected his lover to do.
Yugi's eyes were wide as he was being kissed by one of the two that he loved. He wasn't sure what to think at the moment. In fact, he wasn't able to think. All that was registering was that Atemu was kissing him. HIM of all people!
Yami watched the two. 'Hmm. Watching them kiss is rather enjoyable. I could get used to this.' Yami thought, smirking.
Atemu finally broke the kiss.
Yugi took a deep breath from the lack of air.
"Hmm. We were right. He does taste sweet." Atemu said.
Yugi turned bright red at the words.
"Couldn't think of anything else?" Yami asked.
Atemu shrugged. "It should have at least gotten some of the point across. You didn't seem to have any better ideas." Atemu said.
"No. I didn't." Yami said. He smirked again. "Besides, I enjoyed watching that. I could watch it more." Yami said.
Atemu smirked back. "I wonder how it looks." Atemu said.
"I could show you." Yami said.
Yugi finally snapped out of the kiss-induced shock he had gone into and was able to make sense of what had just happened. "Hold it!" Yugi said.
Both turned to look at Yugi.
"What?" Atemu asked.
"You just-but you're with-why would you-how could you-" Yugi was starting and stopping sentences because he didn't know what to say.
Yami rolled his eyes. He walked over to Yugi and pulled him away from Atemu before he kissed Yugi as well.
Once more, Yugi went into a state of shock.
Atemu watched this time and understood. 'Yami's right. I could get used to watching this.' Atemu thought.
Yami broke the kiss. "Enjoy the show?" Yami asked.
"Immensely." Atemu said.
Yugi, once more, tried to gather his thoughts.
"All right. Before we give Yugi heart failure, I think that we should explain all this." Atemu said.
"Right." Atemu said.
The two turned to face Yugi, who looked rather dazed.
"Yugi, you okay?" Yami asked.
Yugi shook his head. "I'm confused." Yugi said.
"We figured that you would be after that." Yami said.
"Now, let us explain, Yugi." Atemu added.
Yugi nodded numbly, still not sure what to think.
"Yugi, maybe you should sit down before you collapse on us." Yami said.
"Probably a good idea." Yugi muttered, sitting down.
"Okay. The reason I kissed you was because I didn't know any other way to get you to see that although what you said changed everything, it doesn't mean that it was a bad thing. I wasn't sure what else to do." Atemu said.
Yugi shook his head. "That doesn't explain anything." Yugi said.
"Okay. Maybe this will. We're in love with you." Yami said.
If Yugi had been shocked at the fact that both Yami and Atemu had kissed him, then he was floored by this statement.
"B-but you're together." Yugi protested.
Atemu rolled his eyes. "And so were Bakura and Akefia when they admitted to Ryou that they were in love with him. The same thing with Marik and Mariku with Malik and Joey and Seto with Seth. It's not as uncommon as you think, Yugi." Atemu said.
"I thought that you were happy with just the two of you." Yugi said.
"Of course we're happy with each other, Yugi. We were happy five thousand years ago, too. That doesn't mean that we can't love you, too. And we do." Yami said.
"Why me?" Yugi asked.
"For all the reasons I named that someone would want you. Yugi, you are the complete opposite of both of us, and that is what draws us to you. You're kind, compassionate, sweet, fun, and considerate." Yami said.
Yugi blushed at that.
"Plus, you're cute. Especially when you blush." Atemu said.
"Atemu!" Yugi groaned, embarrassed.
Yami chuckled. "He does have a point." Yami said.
"I just never thought you two would ever see me in that way." Yugi said softly.
"Please. There were times when it took everything that we had just to stop ourselves from jumping you." Atemu said.
"And, like you, we were afraid of ruining our friendship with you, and we didn't want to take the chance that you didn't feel the same way. It would have destroyed virtually everything, and we didn't want that." Yami said.
Yugi nodded.
"And, at the time, we didn't know that you were gay. We honestly didn't know that until you announced that you were dating John. By then, it was too late. Or so we thought." Atemu said.
Yami growled. "I would still love to get a hold of him and rip him to shreds." Yami said.
"Yami." Yugi said.
"Don't worry, Yugi. I'm not going to do anything. I've already said that it's not worth ending up in jail." Yami said.
"No one would ever know that it was you. Besides, I'm sure that you would have plenty of help." Atemu added.
"I know I would." Yami said.
"I guess I started dating John for nothing." Yugi said.
"Well, I do know one thing. You're not going to be going through that again." Yami said.
"Yeah. I know you two wouldn't dare do anything like that." Yugi said.
"Not in a million years." Atemu agreed.
Yami then realized something. "So, what do you think, Yugi?" Yami asked.
"About what?" Yugi asked.
"You know about what. Dating me and Atemu." Yami said.
Yugi looked. "You still want to?" Yugi asked.
"Yes!" Yami and Atemu said.
"Oh. I thought that you might have changed your minds." Yugi said.
"Yugi, if we had changed our minds, then we wouldn't have bothered to find out who it was that you were in love with or kiss you." Yami said.
"Well, in that case, yes. I'll go out with you." Yugi said.
Yami and Atemu both pulled Yugi into a hug before they kissed him.
Atemu chuckled. "Well, I guess we're not going to have to fight now." Atemu said.
Yami laughed. "Nope." Yami said.
Yugi blinked, confused. "What are you two talking about." Yugi said.
"Well, when you told us that you were in love with someone else, we agreed that we would fight for you. We weren't exactly thrilled with the thought that there was someone else who had really captured your heart, so we had agreed that we would find out who it was and fight for you." Atemu explained.
"You were?" Yugi asked.
"Yeah." Yami said, hoping that Yugi wouldn't get upset at the fact.
"You know, that's really sweet." Yugi said.
Atemu chuckled. "Glad that you think so." Atemu said.
Yugi thought a moment before he said, "I wonder what Grandpa is going to say."
"Probably forbid us from ever stepping foot in your room again." Yami said.
Yugi's eyes then widened in horror. "Oh my god! Grandpa!" Yugi shouted, jumping up.
That was a bad thing to do.
Yugi cringed at the pain that shot through him at his rash move.
"YUGI!" Yami and Atemu both shouted before they both grabbed a hold of Yugi.
"Ow. That was stupid." Yugi said, wincing.
"Calm down, Yugi. Grandpa's not going to be upset about you dating us." Atemu said.
Yugi shook his head. "Not that. Grandpa has no idea that I was in the hospital. He doesn't even suspect what is going on." Yugi said.
"Yugi, we'll just tell him the truth. Don't worry. Everything will be fine." Yami assured him.
"I just don't know what to tell him." Yugi said.
"Well, we have time to figure it out. When does Grandpa get home?" Yami asked.
The front door opened and closed.
"Boys! I'm back early!" Solomon called.
Yugi cringed. "Apparently now." Yugi said.
Yami and Atemu glanced at each other.
"No time to plan." Yami said.
Solomon walked into the room with a smile on his face. "Hello, boys. What's going-" Solomon trailed off and his eyes widened in horror when he saw Yugi's swollen, bruised face. "What the hell did you do to my grandson?" Solomon shouted.
Yami and Atemu jumped.
Yugi ended up sitting down in the chair.
Solomon walked forward. "I can't believe this!" Solomon said.
"Grandpa, listen-" Yami started.
"Don't start with me! Look at my grandson!" Solomon said.
Yugi reached up and placed a hand on his grandfather's arm. "Grandpa, please! Yami and Atemu didn't do this." Yugi said.
Solomon turned to look at Yugi. "Then who did?" Solomon asked.
"John." Yugi said quietly.
"Your boyfriend?" Solomon asked, shocked.
"Well, his ex-boyfriend now." Atemu said.
"Really." Yami agreed.
Solomon looked at them. "I'm sorry. I just-" Solomon started.
"No apologies are necessary, Grandpa. We understand." Yami said.
Solomon nodded. He did feel bad for the accusation, but he just knew his grandson had been hurt, and he had jumped to the wrong conclusion. He knew that Yami and Atemu would never hurt Yugi for any reason.
"Um, Yami. Atemu. Could you give me and Grandpa a little time alone?" Yugi asked.
"Sure thing, Aibou." Yami said.
The two then left.
Solomon sat down in the chair by Yugi. "Yugi, how long has this been going on? What all has happened?" Solomon asked.
Yugi gave his grandfather a strained smile and told his grandfather the truth, starting with how he was in love with Yami and Atemu and had agreed to go out with John to try and get over them to just before he got home, and he had agreed to start dating Yami and Atemu.
Solomon was shocked. "Yugi, I- why didn't you tell anyone?" Solomon asked.
"Because I was scared of John. After all that he had already done, I knew that there was no way that I would escape unharmed if I told anyone. I guess fear overtook rationality." Yugi said.
Solomon growled. "It's a good thing that that bastard is in jail, or he'd be dead by now." Solomon growled.
Yugi looked shocked.
"What? I may be old, but I could still kill him. You're my grandson, and I am going to protect you no matter what." Solomon said.
"Not that. That's twice today you have cussed." Yugi said.
"So?" Solomon said, knowing that Yugi heard Yami, Atemu, and the other Yamis cuss as well.
"Grandpa, in my whole life before today, I only heard you cuss once or twice. That's twice in a day." Yugi said.
Solomon chuckled. "An enraged parent or grandparent will let go of their tempers and say things like that in anger." Solomon said.
"I believe it." Yugi said.
"Yugi, are you sure that dating Yami and Atemu now is a good thing?" Solomon asked.
"Yeah. I mean, I know that I'm going to have a lot to deal with, but I know that neither one of them would hurt me. Not in that way, and if they ever did hurt my feelings, it would be unintentional. They wouldn't do something like this." Yugi said.
"Hmm. I suppose so." Solomon said. He chuckled and said, "I'm surprised Yami hasn't used his Shadow magic to get into the jail to kill him."
"Well, he would have, but Yami said that it wasn't worth it to kill John when he's already jail. After all, Yami might end up in jail, too, and he said that John's not worth going to jail over." Yugi said.
"And he's right about that." Solomon said.
"Grandpa, I'm sorry that I didn't tell you. I was scared, and I didn't know what else to do." Yugi said.
"I'm not angry, Yugi. I wish you had come to us sooner, but I'm glad that you are all right." Solomon said.
Yugi smiled. "Mostly." Yugi said.
Solomon chuckled. "True." Solomon said. He thought a moment before he said, "I think that you should take the next few days off from school."
"But-" Yugi started.
"No buts. You need rest. Yami and Atemu can get your schoolwork so you won't fall behind." Solomon said.
Yugi knew that it was pointless to try and argue with his grandfather. "Can I at least help in the shop so I'm not bored to death?" Yugi asked.
"I might let you." Solomon agreed.
"Can I call Yami and Atemu back in here?" Yugi asked.
Solomon nodded.
"You can come back in now." Yugi said. He didn't have to call loudly because he knew that the two would be close by.
Yami and Atemu were in the room quickly.
"Atemu, I think I really need to thank you. If you hadn't been here, I really don't want to think about what might have happened." Solomon said.
"I don't like thinking about it, either. And you need to thank Seth, Akefia, and Mariku, too. They were there for Yugi as well, and they were a big help." Atemu said.
Yugi laughed. "Like in threatening to murder John." Yugi said.
"We never did that although we thought about it." Atemu admitted.
"Be glad I wasn't here. I would have killed him." Solomon said.
"I wanted to." Yami said.
Yami and Atemu sat down on the couch beside each other.
"Now, Yugi told me about you three starting a relationship." Solomon said.
Yami and Atemu looked a little nervous, unsure of what Solomon would say.
"I have no argument over the relationship. I know that nothing like what happened this time would happen with you two. I know that my grandson would be safe, so I won't argue it. However, I am going to tell that if you ever do anything to hurt him, I will kill you." Solomon said.
"Yes, sir." the two said.
"I trust that you will look after Yugi now." Solomon said.
"Of course we will." Yami said.
"Good. You should both know that Yugi is going to stay home form school for a few days, so you'll need to get his work for him so he doesn't fall behind." Solomon said.
"Fall behind? Yugi's two weeks ahead of everyone." Yami said.
Yugi blushed at that.
"Well, get them anyway." Solomon said.
"We will." Atemu said.
Solomon stood up. "Well, I think I'll go and unpack." Solomon said before he left the room.
"It wasn't so bad, was it?" Yami asked.
"No." Yugi admitted.
"So, I hope you don't mind company." Atemu said.
"You know that I don't mind you two being here." Yugi said.
"I wasn't referring to us." Atemu said.
Yugi looked confused.
"All the others know what happened, and not being able to see you has been driving them nuts, so they're all headed over here now." Atemu explained.
"Oh." Yugi said.
"You know, if you don't want to see them, Atemu and I will gladly intercept them and tell them that you don't want company right now." Yami said.
"No. Let them come. There's no reason for them to go out of their minds." Yugi said.
"Okay." Atemu said.
It wasn't five minutes later when Joey, Seto, and Seth arrived.
"Yugi, are you okay?" Joey asked, rushing over.
Atemu grabbed Joey before he could hug Yugi. "Joey, be gentle. Yugi's not at his best right now." Atemu said.
"Right." Joey said.
"Take it easy, Atemu." Yugi said.
"No, Yug. I don't want to hurt you." Joey said before he hugged Yugi gently.
"Thanks, Joey." Yugi said.
"Now I want to kill the guy." Joey said, seeing Yugi's face.
"Joey, he's not worth going to jail over. If I believe that, then I know you do." Yami said.
"Maybe." Joey said.
"Well, you'll be glad to know a few things." Seto said.
"Like what?" Solomon asked.
Seto, Seth, and Joey turned.
"Gramps, when did you get back?" Joey asked.
"Today, and I'm just as upset." Solomon said.
"Instead of telling it several times, wait until everyone gets here and then tell us." Atemu said.
"Okay." Seth said.
Ryou, Akefia, and Bakura were the next to arrive."Can I kill him?" Bakura asked as Ryou hugged Yugi.
"Bakura, if I'm not letting Yami, why do you think I'll let you?" Yugi asked.
"Wishful thinking." Bakura said.
"I'm with him." Akefia said.
"Just let it go. He's in jail right now." Yugi said.
"And he's better stay there." Seth said.
Marik, Malik, and Mariku arrived then.
"Who's up for hunting?" Marik asked.
"No." came several voices.
"Just a suggestion." Marik said.
"I'll keep it in mind if he gets off somehow." Yami said.
Yugi sighed.
"Hey. You can't say anything if he gets off." Atemu said.
"I know." Yugi said.
"Oh, I doubt he will." Seto said.
Tea, Duke, and Tristan arrived before anyone could question Seto on what he meant.
"Oh, Yugi!" Tea cried, hugging her friend.
"I'm okay, Tea. Really." Yugi said.
"How could he do this?" Tea asked.
"I don't know." Yugi said.
"Need help killing him?" Tristan asked.
"We're not killing him just yet." Yami said.
"Why?" Duke asked.
"Well, he's in jail, so we can't. We'll go after him if he does get out of this somehow." Yami said.
"How are you really?" Malik asked.
"I'll be okay. I'll need some rest, but I'll make it." Yugi said. /I lived with it before anyone knew, so I know I can live with this./ Yugi thought.
Yami grimaced at the thought.
Yugi didn't realize that the link was open.
Yami hated the thought that Yugi had been going through all this alone. 'At least nothing like this will happen again, and Atemu and I are going to help him get past this.' Yami thought, making sure the thought didn't get through the link.
The group all sat around then.
"It's a good thing I went grocery shopping today." Atemu said as he watched Joey head into the kitchen.
Tea shook her head. "It's a good thing that you're rich, Seto, or you'd be broke from the food bill alone." Tea said.
"Hey!" Joey said from the kitchen.
"Well, it's true!" Tea retorted.
The entire group laughed at that.
Yugi smiled. He hadn't spent time with his friends like this in a while, and he was glad to have it back.
"By the way, what were you going to tell us, Seto?" Atemu asked.
"Right. Well, John will be tried as an adult. His eighteenth birthday was a few days ago, so he's legally an adult. Plus, he has a violent history. He was convicted of aggravated assault when he was fifteen, so he only got community service. In any case, he's in jail 'til Monday, when his arraignment is." Seto said.
"Well, if he gets out on bail, we're going to have a lot of guarding to do." Akefia said.
"At least he will be tried as an adult." Tea said.
Yugi shifted uncomfortably. He didn't really want to talk about this right now.
"So, since we're all here, what do we do?" Atemu asked.
"Something that involves little to no movement." Solomon said.
"A movie?" Yugi asked.
"Sure." Joey said.
"Well, I'll be upstairs. Please leave the living room in good shape." Solomon said.
"We will." Yami assured him.
Solomon then headed upstairs.
"What movie?" Tristan asked.
Everyone moved to where they wanted to sit.
Tea then noticed something. "Is something going on with you three?" Tea asked.
Yami and Atemu had decided to sit in the floor at Yugi's feet.
"Why?" Atemu asked.
"You're just acing a little different." Tea said.
"Might as well tell them." Yugi said.
"Tell us what?" Akefia asked.
"We're all together." Yami said.
"You are?" was the collective reply.
The three nodded.
"You mean you two actually grew a pair and told him how you feel?" Mariku asked.
"They knew?" Yugi asked.
"Yeah. They knew." Yami said, glaring at Mariku.
"And Yugi sort of told us." Atemu said.
"Come again?" Ryou asked.
"In short, I admitted that I had been in love with two people, and that I had agreed to go out with John to try and get over them since they were both dating. They managed to get out of me that it was them, and we agreed to start going out." Yugi said.
"Finally! Now maybe they'll stop moping over you!" Marik said.
Yami and Atemu both glared at him.
Yugi rolled his eyes. "Put the movie in, would you?" Yugi asked.
Tristan did as Yugi asked and put the movie in.
Two and a half hours later, the movie ended.
"Well, that was good." Tea said.
"Yeah." Duke agreed.
Yami glanced back and noticed that Yugi was sound asleep. "Well, I think Yugi's had it for the night." Yami said.
Everyone looked and saw that Yugi was asleep.
"Well, he's had it rough for a while." Malik said.
"I'll take him to bed." Yami said.
"So soon?" Bakura asked with a smirk as Yami picked Yugi up.
Yami glared at Bakura.
Ryou smacked Bakura in the back of the head.
"Ow!" Bakura exclaimed.
Yami smirked as he headed out of the room.
"Think Yugi will be okay?" Tea asked.
"In time. The good thing is that John won't be able to hurt Yugi again." Atemu said.
"That's very good thing." Seto agreed.
Yami walked into Yugi's room and walked over to the bed. He laid Yugi down. He debated a moment before he decided to change Yugi into his pajamas.
It gave Yami a good look at the bruises.
Yami had to suppress a growl. 'That bastard had better hope and pray that he's convicted and that he's in jail for a long time because I'll make prison look like paradise.' Yami thought angrily.
Yugi was sound asleep and oblivious to the fact that Yami was upset by this.
Yami reached down and brushed Yugi's bangs out of Yugi's eyes. "You're safe now, Yugi. Nothing is going to happen to you now. Atemu and I are going to make sure of it." Yami said.
"Yeah. We will." Atemu agreed.
Yami turned to see him.
"Thought I'd come up a minute." Atemu said.
Yami nodded.
"I know he looks bad, but he'll be okay." Atemu said.
"I know. He won't go through this again." Yami said.
"I know." Atemu said.
The two watched Yugi sleep for a moment.
"Come on. The others are still here, so we need to go back downstairs for a while." Atemu said.
Yami nodded.
They kissed Yugi on the cheek before they headed back downstairs with their friends.
Yugi smiled in his sleep, having happy dreams for the first time in months.
Hope you liked it.
Next: Mostly about Yugi being at home for the few days before he goes back to school.
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