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I am in the middle of my exams period, but today I have some time to update. I hope I can finish this chapter tonight.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of the Linkin Park songs I use in this story.

In love with the Darkness

Chapter 9

I woke up when I heard the doorbell ring. I groaned and buried my face in Yami's pillow, breathing in his scent deeply. The sheets were tangled around my nude form and the smell of sex still lingered in the air. I smiled contently. I had already noticed Yami was missing. I yawned. He must have gotten up before me. I sat up and looked around the room, noticing my clothes were gone. On the end of the bed lay a pair of black sweatpants and a t-shirt. On top of the clothes was a note in Yami's handwriting.

'Wear these. Your clothes are in the washing machine.'

I picked up the clothes and found a pair of pink panties. Probably Anzu's. She must have forgotten them. Pink was absolutely not my color, but I picked them up anyway. Yami had taken my underwear too. I got out of bed and walked towards the adjoining bathroom. I turned on the shower and turned towards the sink. I brushed my teeth with Yami's toothbrush, before stepping under the warm spray.

After my shower I got dressed and brushed my hair. I walked out of the bathroom, into the hallway. I heard voices coming from the living room. One was Yami's, the other a familiar female's.

"No! Just go already!" I heard Yami say.

I halted and decided not to let myself show, before I knew who was talking to my boyfriend.

"But Yami," the female pleaded. "Why won't you give me a chance?"

Anzu! What the heck was she doing here? I heard Yami sigh in anger.

"Because! I'm done with you, Anzu," he said.

"But, we've been together for so long!"

"You don't get it, do you?" Yami's voice rose. "I said I'm done with you!"

Why didn't he tell her he was with me now? Maybe he just wanted to let her know he didn't want her back at all, and not just because he had me now. I shook my head and walked into the living room. Anzu didn't spare me a glance when I walked past her into the kitchen. I quickly ate the food Yami had prepared for me, while he and Anzu continued to bicker in the living room.

"There is someone else, am I right?" Anzu asked.

"So what if there is?" Yami argued. "I don't want you back!"

I looked back into the living room. Yami's shoulders were tense, his jaw tight, his hands balled into fists. I had never seen him angry before. The coldness in his eyes scared me a little. I just hoped he would never look at me like that.

"Get out!" he said coldly and I saw Anzu's shoulders slump. She turned around and walked to the front door. When she had left, I walked up to my seething boyfriend. I put a hand on his cheek.

"Are you alright?" I asked, concerned.

He nodded. He sat down on the couch and pulled me in his lap. He buried his face in the crook of my neck. He sighed. The heavy breath made me shiver slightly. I ran a hand through his messy hair, inhaling his scent deeply.

"She is so…" he muttered. "So… damn stubborn!" He kissed my neck and nipped my earlobe gently. "She had done this before."

I pulled back. "What do you mean?"

"She has broken up with me before." His hands slid up my arms. "Just when I was about to have a new girlfriend, she showed up. I was so stupid to believe she loved me and… I took her back. But that was when I was young and stupid." He gave me a small smile.

"Young and stupid? You still are!" I teased him.

He grinned and pushed me down on the couch. He straddled my hips and started to tickle me. "No!" I gasped and tried to squirm out of his grasp. "Yami, stop!"

I grabbed his hands. He smirked and kissed me. I let him have his way and kissed him back. I loved his deep and drowning kisses. He moved settling between my legs. I wanted… I wanted to go down on him.

- Check Lunaescence of Freedom of Speech fanfiction for the deleted scene! –

Yami stepped to his bed and lay down on it. He rolled over on his stomach. I looked at the hieroglyphics on his back and lay down next to him on my side. I traced the pattern of one of the symbols with my finger and I smiled when he shivered.

"What do they mean?" I asked.

"My real name."

I pressed a kiss against his shoulder. "Will you tell me?"

"No."

"Why not?"

He turned around so he could face me. "I hate my real name."

His eyes were dark and I realized he meant it. I shivered slightly from the intensity in his crimson depths. Had something bad happened that caused Yami to hate his real name? I wanted to know… But I didn't think he would tell me.

I reached out and cupped his face. "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."

He smiled at me. "We should get ready. We have to rehearse remember?"

I nodded. "Fine with me, but then I'll need my clothes."

He grinned at me and pressed a kiss against my lips. "I'll go and get them."

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During the rehearsal we played a new song that Yami and Bakura had written together. It was called 'Hit the floor'. I liked this song a lot. Yami sounded really hot when he screamed his parts. The other songs we played went great. We were sounding like one and it felt like we were one. We were improving as a band and it felt really good to know that.

After the rehearsal I went home. I still had to do a lot of homework. Yami walked me back. He didn't want me to walk alone. He was quite paranoid about that and it wasn't even dark yet. Well, it was kinda cute for him to worry so much.

"Do you need help with your homework?" he asked.

"Nah, I'll manage." I giggled. "Unless you want to do my homework?"

"Nu-uh… I'm happy I've finished school." He smirked.

We reached my apartment. Yami wrapped his arms around me. "I'll come to pick you up tomorrow after school," he said.

I raised an eyebrow. "And then what?"

"What?" He grinned. "We're going to spent time at my apartment."

"You jerk!" I teased him. "You're not going to take me out for dinner?"

"Hmm…" He kissed me. "I guess I could do that."

I giggled. "I'll hold you to that!"

- End chapter 9 -

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-xxx- Kimberley