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Chapter Nine : Love or Lust? Part One.

Quickly putting his glasses on, Yuugi pulled the door open to see Atemu on the other side holding a very large bouquet of deep red roses.

Yuugi's gaze ignored the beautiful roses for the moment and concentrated more on his date for the evening. Atemu decided on a simple black blazer and silk white shirt that molded to his chest and shoulders perfectly. The outfit was completed with a pair of black slacks that accented the man's well muscled thighs and legs.

Atemu was sex personified.

"Good evening,"

Yuugi couldn't help but shiver at how deep and smooth Atemu's voice was. "G-Good Evening."

"Do I get to come in, Yuugi?" Atemu teased when several seconds ticked by without them moving. "Or are you going to leave out in the cold?"

"Oh!" Yuugi flushed a deep red at the teasing gleam in the photographers eyes and voice. "I'm sorry! Please, come in."

Yuugi moved out of the way to allow Atemu into his apartment, he sighed and closed his eyes when he caught a whiff of the man's spicy cologne.

"These are for you," Yuugi suddenly found himself with an armful of red roses. He quickly plastered a smile on his face when Atemu gave him a playful grin.

"Thank you," Yuugi said softly. "They're lovely."

He closed the door with his hip and made his way to the kitchen. "Take a seat! Do you want anything to drink?"

"No, thank you," Atemu's voice came back. "You have a nice place here. Hard to find to something like this in the business district."

"Yeah," Yuugi took the roses out of the wrapping and filled the vase full of water. "It used to belong to my grandfather before he renovated his game shop and placed an apartment on top of it."

"Now's there's an convenient idea," Atemu sounded amused and impressed, and Yuugi couldn't help but smile. "What does your grandfather sell?"

"Almost any type of game really," Yuugi replied. He set the vase on the counter and took a sniff of the flowers. He wondered what florist the man went to.

"Duel Monsters? Board? Video Games?"

"All of the above,"

Yuugi stepped back into the living room to see Atemu sitting on the couch with his legs crossed. He made his way around the furniture and took a seat close enough to the photographer.

"Where are we going, tonight?"

"Well," Atemu scooted closer and placed and arm around Yuugi's shoulders. "There is this really nice restaurant on the west side that I've been wanting to try. It's called Eden. Have you heard of it?"

"Who hasn't?" Yuugi grinned in excitement. "Jou and Seto told me all about it when they went. All kinds of celebrities frequent the place."

"I reserved a spot on the second floor for us," Atemu continued with a grin of his own. "It's give us a nice view of the entire city."

Yuugi opened his mouth to ask a question when an irritated meow came from the hallway. He watched as Atemu glanced over his shoulder curiously.

"Well," Atemu drawled. "Isn't that a sight." he turned back to Yuugi with a smirk pulling at his lips. "It's a little territorial?"

"She," Yuugi automatically corrected, leaning over Atemu to see in the hallway. Yuki's blue eyes were glowing and giving Atemu one of the meanest looks that he had ever seen on her.

"I'm sorry," Yuugi stood from the couch and made his way to the cat. "She's very wary around strangers."

"That's quite alright," Atemu purred, watching Yuugi gently pick up the cat and bring him over to where they were sitting. "If I had such a beautiful owner then I would be territorial too."

Yuugi froze and flushed to the nape of his neck at the compliment. He had vaguely wondered when the older man was going to start dishing them out.

The librarian gently dropped the cat onto the couch and watched as she wearily approached Atemu. "Yuki..? This Atemu, a new friend of mine. Atemu? This is my lovable-yet protective- Yuki."

Yuugi watched, somewhat amazed, as Atemu reached down and scratched under Yuki's chin, causing the cat to let out a loud purr of content.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Yuki."

"She's never done that before." Yuugi gently stroked the cat's fur. "I'm almost jealous about how quickly she's taken to you. It took me about two weeks for her to get used to me."

"My mother has three cats, so I've been around them most of my life."

"A cat lover?" Yuugi teased. "You've earned a point with me tonight, Atemu."

Giving Yuki one last caress, Atemu stood from the couch and held out his hand for Yuugi to take. "Well, let's see if I can earn some more then."


"What in the hell is your problem, Hiroto Honda?"

Honda shifted in one the couch and gave Otogi a weak glare in response to the question. He stuck his hands in the pockets of his sweat pants and snuck further down into the cushions.

"Was it something I said? Something I did?"

Honda opened his mouth, but snapped it closed when the businessman turned back in his direction. He simply crossed his arms and lowered his gaze to his black carpet.

"It was the club the other night, wasn't it?"

The couch sank under Otogi's weight and Honda's nose twitched when Otogi's cologne drifted passed him. He put some distance between them only to have Otogi instantly scooted over and place and arm around his shoulders.

"Wasn't it?" Otogi asked again.

"What makes you think that it was?" Honda turned in the man's arms and stared him in the eyes. "You took time off to spend time with me and you think that you did something wrong? You should know me better than-"

"Do I know you better?" Otogi cut in smoothly, bring Honda's words and thoughts to a halt. "I thought we had a good time at Temptation and then you suddenly disappear on me? What am I supposed to think, Honda? For the last two days, you never answered my calls or my texts. Do you know how worried I was about you?"

"I know and I'm sorry about that." Honda bit his lips and continued more softly "I didn't mean to worry you."

"Are you going to tell me what happened, now? I didn't come over here to hear you apologize. I came over for an explanation."

Honda flushed a deep red and that action caused Otogi to lean forward curiously. The mechanic turned his head away shyly.

"For you to blush this hard, this must be good."

"Shut up." Honda turned back around and glared at the businessman. "You promise not to laugh?"

"I promise."

"Well," Honda leaned in and began whispering into Otogi's ear. He hoped that this wasn't going to come and bite him in the ass later.


"Congratulations, Mai!"

"Thank you."

Mai resisted the urge to rip her hair out when she heard the woman whispering as soon as they thought they were far enough away.

When she found out who took those pictures she was going to kill them dead!

Literally and figuratively.

The supermodel took a deep breath and took another despairing glance at the glossy magazine cover. It was a very good picture of her and Valon leaving the building the together, and below the picture were the depressing words in bright yellow.

Kujaku Mai and Valon Seen Together! Friends? Lovers? Friends with Benefits?

How dare they!

She wasn't Valon's lover nor were they friends with benefits! They were just friends, and at this point, Mai wasn't even sure they were even that.

Looking around to make sure no one was looking, Mai stopped in her tracks and ripped the cover of the magazine off and ripped the page into tiny pieces. She was not going to stand for this. She worked too damn hard for some idiotic reports to screw up her career by spreading rumors.

"Mai?"

The supermodel tensed when she heard Valon's cautious voice call her name. She didn't feel like dealing with him today, despite the fact that he had done nothing wrong.

"Mai?" Valon called again, stepping closer to the quiet model. "We to talk about…I see you already know."

Mai flushed lightly when she saw that Valon was staring at the ripped pieces of the magazines in her hands. She dumped the pieces and the magazine into the trash bin next to them and turned back to face the brunet.

"How can I help you, Valon?"

Valon stepped closer to her and could help but feel hurt when she instantly stepped back. "I want to talk about that." he pointed to the trash bin where the destroyed magazine was in. "I don't want you avoiding me because of that."

"Valon," Mai huffed. "I don't want my career ruined over-"

"It's not going to ruin your career, Mai!" Valon cut in harshly, he quickly lowered his voice when he realized that they were gaining an audience. "Lots of models end up in magazines, Mai, and they are still some of the best. You remember that rumor with Vivian?"

"That is an bad example, Valon, Vivian was rumored to be pregnant with Siegfried von Schroeder child. Do you know how depressed she was about that?"

To Mai's surprise and frustration, Valon released a low chuckle. "She wasn't depressed, seeing as she's been seen with him on more than one occasion these days."

"That's not funny." Mai hissed. "I want to go through my career with a single rumor, fake pregnancy or whatever these reporters are coming up with."

"Mai," Valon breathed. "No one, and I mean no one can go through their careers with a clean slate. You are an beautiful and hard-working woman, and you managed to land in this little incident. So, what you are saying, what you want, is impossible."

In an childish fit of rage that had Valon smiling, Mai slammed her booted foot against the ground and crossed her arms over her chest.

"This isn't fair."

"I know, Mai, I know."


Yuugi felt like the luckiest person in the world, sitting in one of the most expensive restaurant in the city and having dinner with one of the most handsome, and funniest man he had the pleasure of meeting.

He turned and took in the sights of the city. Atemu was right about the view. It was one of the breathtaking sights he had seen yet, and that was saying something since he took vacations to exotic places with Jou, Seto and Mokuba during the summertime.

"I'd knew that you would like it." Atemu murmured, reaching across the table to grab his glass of wine. "My clients never stop talking about it."

"I can see why," Yuugi turned back and reached for his own wine. "This is really nice, Atemu. Thank you for taking me here."

"No problem at all, Yuugi." Atemu set the glass down on the table. "Why don't you tell me about yourself?"

Yuugi set his own glass down before replying. "Well, I was raised here in Domino and I've always had a love for games and books."

"Thus explaining your occupation as an librarian and you living next to your grandfather's game shop?"

"Exactly."

"And….?"

Yuugi blinked when Atemu gave him an expectant look. "And what?"

"What else? There has got to be more to Yuugi Motou than that…."

"What do you want to know? I don't want to lay it all on you in one sitting." Yuugi clasped his hands and blinked behind his frames. "Like, what kind of flowers I want for my wedding or how many kids I want one day."

Atemu's shoulders shook with suppressed laughter as he took in Yuugi's dramatic explanation and expressions.

He certainly caught a lively one.

"Just the small things," Atemu explained softly, after the laughter faded away. "Like your habits or family."

"Habits? Like do I snore?"

"Do you?" Atemu chuckled. "I bet those are cute. I can't imagine you snoring like a bear."

"No, that's Jou's department."

Both men snorted before launching into a laughing fit that caused several of the staff and patrons to turn their way with envy and amusement in their eyes.

Atemu glanced across the table to see Yuugi covering his mouth to muffle the laughter that was still escaping him. The younger man's eyes were gleaming with amusement and happiness.

Atemu had never seen a more beautiful sight.

It was in that specific moment that Atemu decided that he wanted to get the know the shy and cautious librarian more. He wanted to get to know everything about the little one. The good and bad.

Atemu was going to make sure that this wouldn't be their last date.


A/N : Short, but I think we made progress eh? Like we said before, this is part one of the date with Atemu and Yuugi so stayed tuned for Part Two.

Ending Current : Break up Dance