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Chapter 14- Trip
Yugi was busy packing a suitcase for him and Yami. They were going to be leaving the following day for their vacation to London, and since he had had the day off, he was going ahead and packing their suitcase. Once he got their suitcase packed, he would pack the boys' suitcases.
"Papa?"
Yugi turned to find Terrance looking at him. "What is it, Terrance?" Yugi asked.
"What are you doing?" Terrance asked.
Yugi smiled. "I'm packing the suitcase for our vacation. You know that we leave tomorrow." Yugi said.
"What about mine and Jaden's?" Terrance asked.
"I will pack those in a moment. Go back downstairs and play with Jaden and Syrus." Yugi said.
"Okay, Papa." Terrance said. He left the room and went back downstairs with the other two boys.
Yugi shook his head. 'Terrance is a curious child.' Yugi thought. He continued packing.
Yugi had just finished the packing when his cell phone rang. He picked it up and saw from the caller ID that it was Yami. He opened the phone and said, "Yes, Yami?"
"What are you doing, Yugi?" Yami asked.
"I just finished packing the suitcase." Yugi replied as he sat down on the bed.
"Planning on leaving me?" Yami asked good-naturedly.
"Sure am. I thought I'd go while you were at work. No chance of you stopping." Yugi said, going right back at him.
"I might need to head on home now and see if I can't talk you out of it." Yami said.
"Well, I'd better grab the kids and go." Yugi said.
Yami laughed. "I take it that you got the bag packed for the trip." Yami said.
"Yeah. I was about to go and get the kids' bags packed." Yugi said.
"So, have Jaden and Terrance been any trouble for you?" Yami asked.
"No. They've been fine. Plus, Syrus is over, so all they're doing is playing." Yugi said.
"That's good. I was hoping that you weren't getting stressed out." Yami said.
Yugi rolled his eyes. "Yami, I am not getting stressed out, and you don't need to worry so much. I am fine." Yugi said.
"Just making sure. You can't blame me for being uptight about all this." Yami said.
"No, I can't. I'm fine, though. Except for the nausea." Yugi said.
"Hey. You could be like Ryou was through both of his pregnancies. You know that he was sick everyday for the first four months." Yami said.
"I know, and I am thankful that I don't have that kind of luck." Yugi said.
"So am I." Yami said.
"Can I assume that you don't have anything going on since you're calling me?" Yugi asked.
"What little I had to do was some paperwork that I was putting off, and I have that done now. I'm virtually just waiting to get off now." Yami said.
"Well, maybe you'll be able to duck out a little early." Yugi said.
"I am hoping that's the case." Yami said.
"Well, you'll survive if you can't. You have a week off, so you can enjoy it." Yugi said.
"I know. I'm glad that we're going to be able to get away for a little while. It's always nice to get away from home for a bit." Yami said.
"In any case, I need to go get the boys' suitcases packed, so let me go." Yugi said.
"All right, Yugi. I'll let you go, and I'll see you after while." Yami said.
"All right, Yami. Bye." Yugi said. He hung up his cell phone and then headed over to Jaden's room to pack his bag first and then he would pack Terrance's bag.
Once done, Yugi headed downstairs to find that the three boys were playing a game of Candy land. "Enjoying the game?" Yugi asked.
"Yeah. We are, Papa." Jaden said.
"That's good. It's getting close to lunch. What do you boys want?" Yugi asked.
"Pizza." Jaden said.
"Burgers." Syrus said.
"Chef Boyardee." Terrance said.
"Okay. We have a difference of opinion here." Yugi said.
All three boys looked at each other before they looked back at Yugi and said at the same time, "Pizza!"
Yugi laughed. "Okay. I'll order us a pizza." Yugi said. He walked out of the living room and picked up the phone. He then ordered twp pizzas.
Yami was sitting at his desk virtually twiddling his thumbs since he had nothing else to do.
"Have you nothing better to do than sit there?" Seto asked as he walked into the office.
"At the moment, no, I don't. The only thing that I had to do today was finish up a little paperwork, and I got that done." Yami said.
"Oh. Have you-" Seto started.
"Yes, Seto. I turned it in to your secretary like I always do." Yami replied.
"In that case, you can go on home unless you want me to find you something else to do for the rest of the day." Seto said.
Yami jumped up out of his chair. "That's fine. I'll head on home." Yami said.
Seto chuckled. "I thought you'd say that." Seto said before he turned and left the room.
Yami gathered his stuff together before he left the office and headed for the elevator. 'Well, I get to go home sooner than I thought.' Yami thought. He reached the parking garage and headed for his car.
Yugi paid the deliveryman for the pizza before he took back into the kitchen. "Boys, pizzas here." Yugi called.
All three ran into the room.
"What kind did you get?" Jaden asked.
"You can have pepperoni or cheese." Yugi answered.
Jaden wanted only pepperoni, Syrus wanted only cheese, and Terrance wanted both.
Once all three had their plates and drinks, they sat down at the table and started eating.
"Having pizza without me?" Yami asked.
Yugi turned and smiled when he saw his fiancé. "Hey." Yugi said. He walked over and kissed Yami.
"You're home early, Daddy." Jaden said.
"Well, I had nothing else to do, so Seto let me come home early." Yami said,
"Then you can eat lunch with us." Yugi said.
Yami did just that.
Once they had lunch eaten, the kids ran upstairs to play.
"So, did you get all the packing done?" Yami asked.
"As a matter of fact, I did." Yugi replied.
"That's good. So, why pizza?" Yami asked.
Yugi smiled. "Originally, they all wanted something different, but they then agreed on pizza." Yugi said.
"At least they were able to agree." Yami said.
"I know." Yugi said. He threw the boxes away since there were no leftovers.
"Are we ready for the trip?" Yami asked.
"Yes. I have the suitcases packed, the passports and tickets are in a carry-on bag, and I've arrange for my parents to get our mail while we're gone." Yugi said.
"Okay. You're on top of things." Yami said.
"Someone has to be." Yugi said.
Around two, Syrus's mother came to pick him up. "I appreciate you letting Syrus come over and play." Mrs. Truesdale said.
"It's no problem. We love having Syrus over." Yugi said.
"Thanks." Mrs. Truesdale said.
Syrus got into the car with his mother, and she left the house.
Yugi and Yami were walking through the airport with their sons toward the area where they would be boarding their plane.
"So, which plane is ours?" Yami asked.
"Flight 403. It's a continuous flight to London." Yugi answered.
"So, Ryou give you any tips on where we should go since he used to live in England?" Yami asked.
"Yes. Ryou did give me several places that we needed to see, and I thought that we might look into them." Yugi said.
Since they had a while before their flight was supposed to leave. The two sat down with the boys.
The family had had to get up early so that they could get to the airport early, so Jaden and Terrance were still half-asleep.
Yami chuckled. "Something tells me that it'll be a while before they are going to get really awake." Yami said.
"I know how they feel." Yugi said.
Yami nodded in agreement.
After waiting a while, they heard an announcer on the PA system say, "Flight 403 to London, England is now boarding at gate 5. Please proceed to the gate."
Yami and Yugi had to rouse up the boys before they walked over to the gate. Once they had gone through the line, they took the seats, which were in first class.
"Remind me again why we are flying first class." Yami said.
"Because I booked the flight, and that's how I wanted to go." Yugi answered.
Yami started to say something.
"Yami, we're fine." Yugi said.
"I know." Yami said.
Since first class had two rows of two seats, Yugi and Terrance were going to sit on one side, and Yami and Jaden would be right across from them in the other two seats.
A flight attendant came through to make sure that they were all buckled in.
Yami looked over to Yugi. They were in the aisle seats so that they could talk if they needed to. "Yugi, how long is the flight?" Yami asked.
"It about twelve hours." Yugi said.
Yami grimaced. "That's a long flight." Yami said.
"I've flown longer. Don't worry about it. You can sleep most of the way, and just so you know, there's a nine hour time difference." Yugi said.
"Not good." Yami said.
"Well, we're leaving at seven in the morning our time, which means that it will be ten in the morning when we get to England." Yugi said.
Yami's face fell. "That is going to be a long day." Yami said.
"I know." Yugi said.
"Might as well get some sleep on this flight." Yami said.
"Probably a good idea." Yugi said.
~London, England, 10 AM~
The plane landed in London England.
With such a long flight, Yugi and Yami had slept off and on. Jaden and Terrance were too excited at the thought of being in London to really care about sleeping once they got awake enough.
The family walked through the terminal and got their bags.
"Why does that clock say ten in the morning?" Terrance asked.
"Because it is, Terrance. There's a difference in time in different parts of the world. That's just the time that it is here." Yugi explained.
"So, does that mean that we are going to be able to do stuff today?" Jaden asked.
"Yes. It does. We're just going to the hotel to get settle in first." Yami said.
"Oh." Jaden said.
Once they had their bags, the group headed out to find a taxi.
'I am so glad that Yugi was able to get everything we needed in three bags for all four of us.' Yami thought since he was the one carrying all of the luggage.
Once the cab, Yugi told the cabbie to take them to the Ritz Hotel, where they were staying.
Once there, they paid the man and headed into the hotel to check in.
After that, they headed up to their room.
The room was a good-sized room with two queen-sized beds in it. There was also a closet to hang their clothes as well as a dresser for their clothes. Another led into the bathroom where there was a bathtub, shower, toilet, and sink.
All in all, not a bad room.
"I think that this is going to be a comfortable stay." Yami remarked.
"I know." Yugi said.
After unpacking, Yugi said, "Come on. We can see some sights."
The group had went out and started to walk around London instead of using a cab.
Terrance looked up and said, "What's that?"
Yugi and Yami looked to see that Terrance was pointing to a large clock.
"That's call Big Ben, Terrance. It's quite a sight." Yami remarked.
"That is one of the things that Ryou had mentioned we needed to see." Yugi remarked.
"How can you miss it? It's really big." Jaden said, impressed/
"Yes. It is." Yugi agreed.
"How about we go toward it and see it up close? We can always look in some of the shops along the way." Yami suggested.
"I think that that's a great idea." Yugi said. He glanced down at Terrance and Jaden and said, "What do you two think?"
The two boys nodded enthusiastically.
The family then started to walk toward Big Ben.
Along the way, they stopped in several stores and bought some souvenirs for themselves.
Soon, they made it to Big Ben.
"It is really big." Jaden said.
There was a low chuckled.
The family looked to see an older man there.
"Sorry. Many people are amazed at how tall Big Ben is when they see it for the first time." the man said in a British accent.
"It is a stunning sight." Yami agreed.
"It's actually the tallest four-faced chiming clock in the world, and it's the third largest free standing clock in the world." the man said.
"That's cool!" Jaden said.
The man chuckled. "Many think that as well." the man said.
"Do you know how long Big Ben has been standing?" Yami asked.
"Yes. Back in May of 2009, it celebrated its 150th anniversary." the man answered.
"That's a long time." Terrance said.
"Yes, it is." Yami agreed.
"Enjoy your stay in London." the man said before he walked off.
"That's interesting. I didn't realize that Big Ben was that old." Yugi remarked.
"Neither did I." Yami agreed.
The family spent a majority of the rest of the day walking through London and seeing the different sights in-between stopping in various shops as well as stopping to eat lunch.
The following morning, Yugi and Yami had room service bring breakfast up to their room.
"What do we have?" Jaden asked after the man who had brought the cart with their food on it up to the room.
"Pancakes, bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, grits, and toast with orange juice for you guys and coffee for us." Yami replied as he and Yugi removed the lids from the trays.
The two boys dug in.
Yami and Yugi also started eating.
"What are we doing today?" Jaden asked, although it was hard to understand the sentence with his mouth full.
"Jaden, don't talk with your mouth full." Yami reprimanded.
Jaden swallowed his food. "Sorry, Daddy." Jaden said.
"Now, what was it you asked?" Yugi asked.
"What are we doing today?" Jaden asked.
"Well, your father and I had discussed it, and we are going to spend the day at the zoo." Yugi said.
Jaden and Terrance's eyes lit up at that.
"We are?" Terrance asked.
"Yes, we are." Yami answered.
"Yay!" both boys said excitedly.
Yami and Yugi both laughed lightly at that.
"Can we go now?" Jaden asked.
"No, we can not. We have to finish breakfast first. The zoo isn't going anywhere." Yami replied.
Despite that statement, the two boys ate faster.
Yugi looked over at his fiancé and smiled. "You had to know that this was coming." Yugi said.
"I know." Yami said.
Once all four had eaten, Yugi had room service come back to get the cart and plates. Then, after they were all dressed, they headed for the zoo.
At the zoo, Jaden and Terrance weren't sure what animals they wanted to see first.
"Let's go see the zebras!" Terrance said.
"No, the tigers!" Jaden protested.
"The penguins." Terrance then said.
"The gorillas." Jaden said.
Yugi and Yami sighed at this.
"Boys, there's no reason to argue. We have all day here, so we are going to be able to see all that you want to." Yami said.
"Okay." the two boys said.
Yugi checked the map. "Well, I say that we start with the African animals. We can see the zebras, the giraffes, and the warthogs there. Then we can move on over to the gorilla exhibit." Yugi said.
The group then headed for the African animals.
"Cool." Terrance said when he saw the giraffes eating the branches off the top of the trees.
"This is great." Jaden said happily.
The two boys were standing at the railing, watching the animals.
Yugi and Yami stood behind them, smiling.
"I knew that they would like this." Yugi said.
"Yeah. No matter how many times they have already been to the zoo, they still love to go to it anyway." Yami said.
"At least they are enjoying it." Yugi said.
The family soon saw the rest of the animals in the African exhibit and moved on to the gorilla exhibit.
"That's a really big animal." Jaden said when he saw the size of the gorilla's arms.
"Yeah. He could smash just about anything that he wanted." Terrance agreed.
"Yeah. The family of animals that Joey comes from." Yami muttered.
Yugi elbowed Yami in the side. "Quiet!" Yugi hissed.
Yami glanced over at Yugi. "You have to admit that it fits with the way Joey acts sometimes." Yami said.
Yugi shook his head. "You realize that you have called our friend a monkey, right?" Yugi asked.
"Yeah. I guess Seto would say that he's more from the canine family." Yami admitted.
Yugi shook his head. "I'm sure that Joey and Seto would appreciate what you have said about Joey today." Yugi said.
"And you know that they wouldn't take what I say too seriously." Yami said.
"I know." Yugi agreed.
The family then headed on to lion and tigers exhibit. After that, they would head on to the penguins.
It had been a long day at the zoo, and Yugi and Yami were both exhausted after having seen the animals at the zoo as well as been in the gift shop for a while.
Jaden and Terrance were worn out as well as they were already sound asleep in the bed.
"So, you think that we should get them changed into their pajamas?" Yami asked.
"Probably would be a good idea." Yugi agreed.
The two changed their sons into their pajamas before they tucked them into bed.
"So, what should we do now?" Yami asked.
"I think that we should either go to bed or we can sit out on the balcony for a while and enjoy the peace." Yugi said.
The two glanced at the balcony and said, "Balcony." They walked out and sat down in the chair that were out on the terrace.
It was a warm night out.
"It is nice here." Yugi remarked.
"I know. We might have to consider coming here again, only we'll have to make it just the two of us." Yami said.
Yugi glanced over at his fiancé. "What do you mean?" Yugi asked.
Yami smiled. "Well, you and I enjoy going to museums and seeing the older sights of town. Not something that kids enjoy. I figure that we'll have to come here some time to see those things." Yami said.
"I agree, although I do enjoy vacations with the kids. I mean, it's fun to see them get excited about things." Yugi said.
"I know." Yami said. He reached over and placed his hand on Yugi's stomach. "And we'll get to have that joy with this one as well." Yami said.
Yugi laughed. "Yeah, and maybe we'll get to have that joy with more than this one." Yugi said.
Yami chuckled. "I would like that as well." Yami agreed.
After spending a week in London, it was time for them to head back.
"It was fun, but I'm ready to get home." Yami said as they sat in the airport waiting for their flight.
"I know. It may be a cliché, but there is no place like home." Yugi said.
"Are we going to be able to come back?" Terrance asked.
"We might come back one day." Yugi said.
"Cool!" Jaden said.
Yugi and Yami smiled.
While Jaden and Terrance talked about the trip, Yugi and Yami talked about them.
"You know that they are going to want to stay with the grandparents as soon as we get back." Yugi said.
"I know, and I don't mind a bit." Yami said.
Yugi glanced over at Yami. "Why's that?" Yugi asked.
Yami chuckled. "Well, I haven't had the chance to get you alone for a while, so I'll be happy for them to stay with the grandparents so that we can be alone." Yami said, kissing Yugi on the cheek.
Yugi smiled. "Being alone would be nice." Yugi said.
"Yeah. Not like we could do anything when the kids are around." Yami said.
Yugi turned red at that. "Yami!" Yugi hissed.
Yami chuckled. "What?" Yami asked innocently.
Yugi started to say something, but never got the chance.
"Flight 423 to Domino Japan is now boarding at gate 2. Again, slight 423 to Domino Japan is now boarding at gate 2. Please proceed to the gate in an orderly fashion." an announcer on the PA system said.
"Come on. Let's get going." Yugi said.
The family got up and headed toward the gate.
Once on the plane, they settled into their seats in first class again.
"What time are we getting back to Domino?" Yami asked.
"We'll get back around nine at night." Yugi said.
Yami sighed. "We arrived in the morning coming, and we're arriving in the evening going back." Yami said.
Yugi smiled. "You'll live thorugh it." Yugi said.
As soon as the family stumbled into the house that night, they all decided to go to bed.
Yugi and Yami were glad to be able to sleep in their own beds that night.
"Home is nice." Yugi said.
"I agree." Yami said.
It didn't take long for the two to fall asleep.
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