Kumori: Hey! I'm back, baby?

Kagayami: You didn't think we could really stay away for THAT long, did you?

Kumori: So here we are, on Christmas Eve, rushing like mad people on a computer that was JUST fixed (after having to reinstall Windows and lose EVERYTHING, including Microsoft Word, so we have to type this in WordPad, which we HATE) to finish up this Christmas story before family comes over!

Kagayami: Not to mention, be on time for Christmas! AND Kumori is sick!

Kumori: Blegh, that I am (enter some hacking coughs here). But I keep my promises, no matter how long it takes me! So, without further ado, we give you the long awaited continuation of "The Twelve Days of Yugi"

Day Eleven

"Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God! Yugi, I would hate you if I didn't love you so much!"

Yugi only grinned at Anzu as a faint blush spread across his delicate cheeks. "Anzu, it's not THAT big of a deal..."

"Not that big a deal? Yugi, this guy is a GENIUS! He knows everything about you, and he's so mysterious, and he's done so much for you!" Anzu squealed with a little scoff of annoyment, "Why are all the good ones gay?"

Yugi bit his lip, and for the life of him, couldn't think of a retort, because Anzu was right. This was, by far, the most AMAZING person Yugi had ever...well...ever not met.

Amythest eyes swung to the picture window where snow flakes were lazily drifting to the ground. The sun was bright in the sky, and each flake shone like a diamond as it fell slowly, leisurely. Yugi smiled and sipped his hot chocolate (courtesy of Eternal, of course), curling into a tighter ball on his couch. "Perfect..." he murmured to no one in particular, "He must be perfect."

And Anzu squealed again. "Yugi, you're too cute!"

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"Yami..."

Yugi's darker half glanced up from his book, crimson eyes glinting in the bright light. "Hmm?"

Yugi bit his lip and picked at some lint on his pants that wasn't there. "Yami...I'm nervous."

The ex-Pharaoh replaced his bookmark and stood. Before Yugi could utter another word, he found himself wrapped within Yami's arms. "Aibou, if he didn't love you already, he wouldn't be doing all this. And anyway, if it doesn't work out, you'll still have all of us...and you'll still have me."

They were sure Anzu's squeal, coming from the kitchen, could have been heard clear across town.

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"Yugi, Yugi, Yugi, Yugi! It's here!"

And Yugi, though it shamed him to admit it, was on his feet and at the door with Anzu in a fraction of a second.

Which was probably a bad idea, because the short sprint had his heart beating faster, but the sight before him made it stop all together.

There, in Anzu's hands, were eleven pure white roses, slight bits of snow gathered on some petals. "Oh Ra..."

Anzu, for once, didn't squeal, but rather passed the bouquet to her shorter friend wordlessly.

The stems were cool to the touch, and Yugi inhaled deeply the sweet scent of the blossoms. Gingerly, he ran a pale finger over a petal, delighting in its silky soft texture.

Roses, of course, were his favourite.

"There's a card..." Anzu mumbled, pointing haphazardly, blue eyes still focused on the flowers themselves.

"Yugi,

These roses are almost as pure as you.

Almost.

Love,

Eternal"

And that night, when the roses were trimmed and put in a crystal vase and sitting on his bedside table, Yugi smiled softly in his sleep, moonlight glowing on his pale skin.

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my stalker gave to me,

Eleven snow-white roses

Ten words of romance

Nine singing children

Eight strings of lights

Seven mushy poems

Six fun-filled albums

Five stunning hours

Four tins of cocoa

Three lighted candles

Two helpful letters

And a sprig of mistletoe.

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Kumori: Short, I know, and kinda crappy, but I feel really yucky and I'm running out of time!

Kagayami: In fact, we have to go work on the next chapter right now!

Kumori: A big thank you to all who reviewed last chapter! Keep 'em comin'!