To Touch You

Chapter 14: Atem

A/N:

Kaiba: Why the hell am I still here?

Driven: Because no-one else was dumb enough to get trapped here.

Kaiba: I get the feeling you're implying something about my intelligence…

Driven: -_-

"Yami is the spirit, of Atem, the Pharaoh…" Solomon explained to Yugi, "Yami, is, in turn, spiritually connected to you, Yugi you're his other half…in a sense."

"How old…is Yami?" Yugi asked. Solomon got up, put the kettle on boil and filled three cups with coffee, no sugar for Yami.

Yami blushed, here was something he hadn't forgotten…

Solomon took a deep breath, "Yami…or Atem's spirit is approximately 5000 years old."

"Yes…that's correct…" Yami nodded.

"It is nice to finally see you properly, Yami," Solomon nodded.

"You too, Solomon, and I just want to thank you…for giving me the opportunity to meet Yugi."

Solomon nodded silently before getting up, and filling the coffee cups and putting them onto the table for them.

Each of them took a drink of the coffee, before Solomon continued, "Yugi, I know you have some understanding of the seven millennium items…however I fear you don't have much understanding of Duel Monsters…"

Yugi was shocked, he was a master at duel monsters! "What do you mean?"

"It was re-discovered by Maximillion Pegasus…" Solomon began.

Yami nodded in agreement. Yugi looked confused, "Re-discovered? He invented it, he's a legend!"

"Not quite…" Yami shook his head.

Solomon said, "To, my knowledge which may not be exactly right, Duel Monsters was 'played' by the Ancient Egyptians, it was called the Shadow Games…Atem saved the world."

Yugi almost fell from his chair, "WHAT?"

"It's difficult for me to explain…but, to put a long story short, Pharaoh Atem quite literally saved the world from destruction," Solomon sipped the coffee, "It was because of the evil ways of the Shadow Games that he had to do this…"

"That's enough!" Yami slammed his hand down on the table, looking at Yugi protectively and then back to Solomon, "He doesn't need to be tainted with this…"

It turned silent, when Yugi realized he didn't know what to say to that. They stayed quite for a few moments until Yugi, staring into his coffee said nervously, "I'm gay, Grandpa."

Yami blushed and quickly got up and spent a strangely long amount of time washing and rinsing his cup.

Solomon smiled a little before reaching over the table and placing his hand on Yugi's shoulder, "I know, Yugi…"

Yugi nodded and forced a nervous smile, to tell his own grandfather he was gay was the hardest thing he'd ever done.

"It's getting late…" Solomon took the empty cups to the sink and yawned.

"Yeah…I guess, thanks for this Gramps," Yugi nodded and walked back to his room, as always followed by Yami.

Solomon almost laughed, Yugi had seemed so frightened at admitting he was gay, it was so bleeding obvious, Solomon had known about it for a long time and he smiled, in the knowledge that Yami would be watching over Yugi.

(THE NEXT DAY)

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Yugi sat, curled up on his bed, with Yami's arms around him.

"What we did…before," Yugi said shakily, "that took…a lot of confidence for me…I'm not saying I regret it, because I don't it was amazing…I'm just scared that this is going to fast…"

"I understand Yugi…" Yami nodded, suddenly feeling very awkward with his arms around Yugi.

"I mean…I haven't even seen you with your shirt off yet…" Yugi sighed.

Yami pulled away for a moment, "That can be changed…"

Yugi titled his head curiously.

Yami slipped off his cape and swiftly pulled off his black shirt. Yugi smiled at Yami's chest, it was toned to say the least, the muscles defined beautifully against his skin. Yugi blushed, for the umpteenth time and smirked at the site before, flicking his eyes up and down Yami's sculpted body.

"Take a picture, it lasts longer," Yami smiled before pulling Yugi into a tight hug.

Yugi giggled, "I don't need a picture, I've got you."

"Yep," Yami tilted Yugi's feminine face towards his own and kissed his lips.

Yugi kept kissing Yami, feeling Yami's lips move against his own, bravely Yugi brought his hand up onto Yami's chest. Slowly he ran his hand down Yami's hardened muscles.

"Yugi…" Yami laughed.

Yugi looked up innocently his hand still running all over Yami's chest.

"Yugi…" Yami repeated, except he moaned the name this time.

Yugi titled his head down and softly kissed Yami's neck, still somewhat nervous he kept kissing him. Yugi kissed along Yami's collar bone and across his pecs, smirking each time he heard Yami gasp.

Yami pulled Yugi close to him, letting their lips return to each other.

After a little while, Yami put his shirt back on, feeling sort of weird without it. Yugi still couldn't keep his eyes off his chest, knowing what was under the black shirt.

"ARGH! Damn it!" Yami screamed.

"What's wrong?" Yugi moved away from Yami.

"Pegasus you son of a…Argh!" Yugi watched Yami try to breathe but it was like he couldn't.

"Help? Someone?" Yugi screamed, worried, but no-one heard.

Silvery diamond tears dripped slowly from Yami's violet eyes as he began shaking.

Yugi stood up, shaking himself, what the heck was happening to Yami?

The edges of Yami's being were beginning to flicker and fade.

With an almost demonic scream, Yami was sucked into the puzzle around Yugi's neck.

"Aah!" Yugi shouted as the puzzle shook wildly then finally stopped.

Yugi took a moment to recover before he slowly sat back on his bed, already feeling lonely. Suddenly he remembered something, he reached to the floor and picked up Yami's blue cape. He hugged it and pressed it to his face, it smelt like him…Yugi leant his face into the cape, silently vowing that he'd see Yami again.

A/N: Kaiba: Hey you called me dumb!

Driven: No kdding…

Kaiba: Driven owns nothing and I'm NOT dumb!

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