Moriah: I am so sorry I haven't updated in a while. I hope I didn't lose my wonderful readers.
Yugi: I am sure you still have them.
Moriah: I hope so. I love this story very much. But I've been having writer's block with my stories so please forgive me.
Yugi: We hope you like it. Please read and review. Oh before I forgot, Mori-chan, why are you updating today?
Moriah: Aww I'm so glad you remembered. Today is the three year anniversary of this story! Whoo! I can't believe I've been working on it for three years. *thinks* I wonder how long it will be before I finish it? *giggles*
Chapter 19
The vampire looked at the other with a shocked expression. He really had not expected such a response.
For the teen to be silent or blush but not the response he had been given. It didn't mean he was any less happy about it.
"You…love me?" he asked him, with surprised shock.
The teen's eyes sparkled, as he nodded. "Yes. I love you."
Seeing the sparkle, the vampire could not doubt the admission. Leaning down, he pressed his lips to the teen's.
Instantly, the teen wrapped his arms around the vampire's neck, pulling him closer.
Within seconds, the teen felt the soft mattress under him as tanned hand ran up his body.
He moaned softly from the touch, arching his back for more.
The vampire smirked against the younger's lips, moving his hands to the teen's hands up above his head, pinning them.
"Atemu..." the other breathed, breaking the kiss.
"Yes, my cute little angel?"
As a response, the other wiggled his hands indicating what he wanted.
With a smirk, the vampire released his arms, rolled off him, to the right laying next him, before pulling him close in his arms.
"Tease." the teen giggled, laying his head on the vampire's chest.
"Your tease."
Yugi smiled, laying his head more of the other's chest, before covering his mouth as he yawned.
Of course, the vampire sensed the yawn before the teen even did it. He sensed that the other was sleepy when they were in the rose garden.
Atemu chuckled. "Sleepy?"
"No." he lied, giggling.
"You know," the vampire shifted, hovering over the teen, licking the right side of his neck, causing the smaller to gasp. "You really shouldn't lie to me, when I can feel your emotions."
The smaller dragged his nails the other's back in response. 447
"Oh no." the vampire said, shifting quickly, to lying next to the teen, to their previous position. "You're tired."
The teen cuddled closer to the vampire. "Fine." he said, pouting. "I am tired."
"I know you are." he laughed. "Get some sleep. It's late."
Yugi looked up, his eyes meeting crimson, asking a silent question.
"I'll be here when you wake up," the taller answered. Yugi nodded, letting his eyes close, falling fast asleep.
The vampire smiled, hearing even breathing, before falling asleep, not long after.
A male with spiky white hair and big brown eyes stood, staring out the window in a room, of white walls with brown stripes. He was so absorbed staring at the twinkling stars, that he almost missed the presence of someone walking in.
"Thinking?" came the greeting, from a male voice.
The male nodded, without turning around from the window. There was no need. He knew who it was.
"Still questioning?"
Again, the teen nodded. Thinking on it now, he still couldn't figure out what the Healer meant. Of course, he understood the obvious but the other…the other was not so easy to decipher.
He knew it wasn't meant to be.
"Any luck with the others?" the male asked, finally turning away from the window to look at the person still standing in the doorway. The other male looked exactly like the smaller but his features were more mature and his brown eyes were a bit darker.
The older male shook his head. "No more than you do." he answered, with an amused voice. "They are just as frustrated as you are. Especially Seto."
The smaller chuckled. "That doesn't surprise me." he said, feeling arms wrap around him. He instantly relaxed into them.
"You know the BloodLover is fine." he whispered.
"I know."
"He's with Atemu."
"I know."
"So what are you frustrated about?" he asked. "That you haven't seen him?"
Ryou nodded. In the past two weeks, no one but Yami had seen him, even though it was briefly. Somehow, the teen did his homework though the group never saw him at school.
Strong arms tightened around him. "Don't worry so much, Ryou."
"I'm trying to but what Isis said…"
"I know." the vampire cut him off. "She said that on purpose I'm sure."
"I know she did." he responded. "I understand that he finally embraced his feelings or he wouldn't be with Atemu right now. But what I don't understand is what that means."
"I don't either."
"Do you think we'll get to see him soon?" the smaller male asked.
Bakura sighed and nodded, feeling the soft mattress underneath him, and Ryou laying on his chest, his eyes fluttering closed.
The vampire smiled. "Sweet dreams, Ryou." he whispered, feeling the smaller succumb to sleep.
He pulled the smaller in his arms more, before falling asleep.
Amethyst eyes fluttered open, his thoughts still cloudy from sleep.
"Good Morning, angel." he heard a voice say next to him, before feeling soft lips press to his.
He eagerly responded back, wrapping his arms around the vampire's neck, feeling weight on top; he moaned in the kiss.
The kiss deepened, causing Yugi to moan more, biting the vampire's bottom lip. Atemu moaned in surprise, grinding on him lightly.
Yugi broke the kiss, moaning out. "Oh, Yami!"
The vampire king responded by kissing down the smaller's neck, his fangs nipping occasionally.
The smaller male's pants filled the room, his movements matching the taller's.
"Atemu.." whispered Yugi, needing, snapping the vampire from his lust filled thoughts.
'Atemu, snap out of it." his conscience yelled. 'Control yourself.'
"Atemu…" the younger whispered more, grinding under him.
Any thoughts of listening to his conscience went out the window. No one would deny the younger with a plead like that. Not even him.
'I can't control myself with him.' he told his conscience.
"I can't control myself with you." he whispered.
"Please…" the teen begged, grinding under the teen in response.
The vampire's fangs grew in his mouth, as he continued to suck on the smaller's neck.
Just as he was about to shift to take off the younger's shirt, to give him what he wanted, he heard a knock on the door.
The knock startled them both, snapping the pair out of their lust clouded minds. Atemu shifted to lie next to Yugi again.
Aíñe walked through the now opened door, with a tray in her hand. Looking around, she saw the panting males lying on the bed. She giggled lightly, realizing what she interrupted, as she quickly walked to the dresser next to the bed, laying the tray on it, before quickly leaving.
Yugi looked at the vampire, still panting, noticing crimson eyes were no longer dark.
The vampire leaned over, grabbing the tray, before sitting up, placing it on his lap, being careful not to spill the contents.
"Here," he picked up the bowl, to show the teen what was on the tray.
"What…time is it?" he asked, smelling the delicious aroma of his favorite soup.
The older male turned around slightly to stare out the window before facing the teen again. "Noon." He replied.
"That late?" he asked, picking up the spoon, before putting a spoonful of the soup is his mouth, his face lightening up from the taste.
Atemu nodding, chuckling. "Yes, that late."
Within minutes, the bowl of soup and apple juice was gone. The tray was back on the dresser.
Yugi was laying on Atemu's chest, the sheets wrapped around them.
Luckily, his arousal had disappeared while he ate his lunch. He could sense the vampire had calm down as too.
He didn't completely understand what occurred between them, or why he felt so lustful. All he knew was that he wanted Atemu and the intensity was unlike he ever felt before.
They hardly talked since it happened and he couldn't help but wonder what would have happened had Aíñe not interrupted.
Of course it wasn't hard to guess.
The silence wasn't awkward, just deafening yet peaceful.
"Odd combination.' he thought with slight amusement.
Sighing inwardly, he let his thoughts wonder. A part of him wanted to bring it up to clear the air, but the other half wanted to let it go, to not break the atmosphere they were currently wrapped in.
Oh well…it will come up sooner or later.
Hours later, the sun had gone down and the moon shined bright overhead.
Yugi stood on the balcony, his hands lightly touching the railing as he looked at the dark blanket of night. Atemu had left a few hours ago to attend a meeting.
He sighed in disappointment, because there were no stars tonight. And most he missed the vampire.
"Sad because there's no stars?" a voice said behind him, chuckling.
Yugi smiled though the other couldn't see it. "Nod sad." he replied, giggling.
"Oh?" he heard footsteps, before feeling strong arms wrap around his waist. "I think someone's lying." the vampire kissed the teen's neck softly, who moaned silently.
"About what happened earlier," the vampire started. "I was going to talk to Isis about it tonight after the meeting but I didn't get the chance. But I will tomorrow."
Yugi nodded. Seems like he wasn't the only one who felt something they never felt before.
'I can't control myself with you.' he remembered the taller whispering, which had turned him on more. He shook his head to dispatch such thoughts now was not the time.
He heard the vampire chuckling. Surely, he felt what just occurred within the teen. Yugi blushed.
"The stars remind me of mother." the smaller admitted.
He could feel the other's confusion. "Looking at the stars, reminds me of when I use to count them with my mother." he explained, looking up at the star-less sky. "We'd sit on the porch or at the park counting the stars until it got so late, I would fall asleep. And I'd wake up in my room the next morning."
"Why did it stop?" the vampire asked. He knew, he just wanted the younger to say it.
For a minute, the smaller didn't say anything. "She left." he finally replied. "When I came home from kindergarten, she wasn't there waiting for them, like she always was. My dad was instead. I could sense something was different."
"Did he ever tell you why she left?"
Yugi nodded. "He told me that night. It was the first night he hit me."
"What did he say?"
"That…she left because of me." he said, quietly. "And that I deserved to be punished."
The vampire held him tightly as the smaller continued talking. "I didn't believe him at first. She wouldn't leave me. She loved me. But as the days passed on, the more I hated her for leaving and not talking me with her."
Within seconds, the two males were laying on the bed, the smaller laying on the taller's chest.
Cuddling with the vampire, he felt exhaustion hit him.
The vampire wasn't surprised. Admitting so much, after such a long time of keeping things hidden would tire anyone out.
The smaller snuggled more on the vampire's chest, his eyes closing.
That night, he dreamed of a woman with long layers of blonde and black hair, with light sparkling purple eyes…
Moriah: Yay! After six months, of working on this chapter, I finally finished.
Yugi: Sorry this is day late. Please, let's just pretend that today is the 28th. *smiles* What is going to happen next chapter.
Moriah: I am not exactly sure yet. Maybe I'll have your Mom talk to you in your dream. After all, she does have something's to tell you. I can't decide if I want to be dead or alive.
Yugi: *thinks* Good question. But please read and review this chapter. If there are any errors please let me know. I will be going through this later and correcting thing.
Until the next time we update…