Chapter 21

I yawned and stretched, my stomach shriveling in pain as I did so, making me curl up in a ball.

"Ow..." I opened my eyes to find I was still with Yami, and he was sound asleep, holding me to him closely and tightly. I chuckled, and decided to wake him up with a surprise.

I moved my lips to his neck, and licked it lightly.

He didn't even stir, so I decided to bite it gently. His breath went uneven for a fraction of a second, and a small smile came to his lips, as he opened one eye.

"And now you're doing this?" He laughed, and went to kiss me. I let him, and bit his lip like he did before.

"Morning Bunny." He pulled back, astonished.

"Kitty...I...What happened?" He out his head closer to mine, and I jumped for a kiss, which he didn't reject, but at first, didn't expect.

But he returned with fierceness, biting my lip and closing his hands into fists, grabbing hand fulls of my shirt and almost clawing at the small of my back where they were. I almost jumped back, but was immediately pulled closer to him, rolling me on my back, as he leaned over me, hands now grabbing the blankets surrounding us. His head was bent down to mine, not letting up with the kisses as kept coming, him now being held sturdy by his hands and knees. I gasped for air and he released me for a second, only to move down to bite my neck and wrapping his arms around me, his mouth moving back to mine.

He squeezed me tightly, and my breath quickened, and I pulled away long enough to manage.

"Yami...Ow...To tight..." I said, and he let me go, rolling to his side. He stayed there for a minute, but then sat up and put his head in his hands.

"I'm sorry, I just got carried away..." He mumbled, and I sat up.

"I'll forgive you if you take me to get something to eat." I joked, and he laughed.

"Alright, come on." He pulled me off the bed and outside to the world.

After I got something to eat, and we were at home, questions were raising in my head.

"Hey, Bunny?" I asked, and walked out to where he sat, watching TV on my bed.

"Kitty?" He responded, looking back to me, his head resting on the edge of the foot board . I walked over, and sat down next to him, only to have him pull me down to lay on his chest.

"How did you heal me by licking my wound?" He pursed his lips, and sighed.

"Eshebe...I have things to tell you..."

"About what?"

"About me..."

"Alright then...?" I asked, unsure, as he told me how he had powers and how he learned how to 'heal' me that way.

"Have you healed anyone else?"

"Nope, just you..." He said, and rolled me on my back so he could lay next to me, and play with my hair.

"So just by licking them? The wounds?"

"Yes, you force your magic through your body to something you can leave on another person produced from you body, in this case..." He left it there, and I nodded, in this case, he licked me.

"And if you lick a wound, it tends to heal faster as your saliva starts repairing your cells." He added, and I smiled.

"So what wounds did you heal while I was asleep? I know you got my forehead..." He half smiled, looking down at me as I asked the question.

"The ones on your hands, arms, head, everywhere visible..."He paused, falling quiet, then continued:

"And then you...Have one here..." He put his head near mine, and cautiously looked down at my chest, but then put his head to it, listening to my heart.

"You...You saw..?" I asked, my face turning beet red, and he smiled.

"Yup, remember? Your shirt..."

"I know...I can't believe you...You saw that though..."

"You have a heart scar, that's all. It was bursting white, pulling the bleeding blood back in, and after all, they're pretty hard not to look over...Miss. Young woman." He joked, and sighed contently, responding to each of my breaths with his own. My heart beat faster, giving him that satisfaction he wanted.

"And now you're all embarrassed...All jumpy..."

"Yami...It's just...I'm insecure about that stuff, I mean, not enough to care, but..."I bit my tongue after the words were out, as his head snapped up, and he looked into my eyes, furious.

"Don't. You're absolutely gorgeous, beautiful, you're what every man could want, and what ever woman would want to be, Eshebe." I pondered his words, and came up with an answer.

"Is that why you, Ryo and Touzoku love me? Want me?" THAT made him livid with anger, he was practically emitting anger.

"Eshebe! Don't think like that! We love you because you are you, not because how you look! I mean, sure, hell yeah we enjoy it, but it's a bonus! We don't love you because of that...You should know that..." He ranted.

"You're right, I'm sorry...So when else have you used your powers?" I quickly jumped topics, not wanting to face his glare any longer.

"With Ryo...I made a spirit room in the back of his mind, no one else but us can reach it, but I had to make a room with food and a TV for him to shut the hell up. He always whines..." He scuffed, and I smiled halfheartedly.

"Hey, I love him too, you'll get to know him, and he'll grow on you Bunny..." I smiled.

"And I love you..." He breathed, lustily, heavily, and he brought his lips to mine, gently kissing me, restraining himself.

"Yami, you know you don't have to hold back..." I breathed back, parting my lips so he wouldn't hold back. I loved it when he was fierce.

He pulled away, and moved one of his hands to my neck, gently tracing a spot where his fingertips ran across a mark.

"No...I have to...I don't want to do this again..."

"Yami...Please, you're rough, and when you hold back, you're not you...And I love you..." Bakura frowned slightly, and shook his head, his eyes closing.

"I don't want to get lost, and end up hurting you.." I took his words in, and nodded. He wanted me safe, and if that meant holding back, he'd do it. He half smiled, and got off the bed.

"I've got to go get showered, you wait here...Or...You know, do whatever." He walked off without another word, anxious and cautious, not sure what to do. I crawled back to my blankets, and buried myself under the them, now that they smelled like Yami. I inhaled deeply, slowly drifting off to sleep, it was almost as if I was with Bakura himself...

A little while later, I lazily opened my eyes, feeling quite good from my cat nap, to see Yami, wearing one of Ryo's button down shirts, not buttoned and open, holding me.

"I didn't want to wake you, so I just laid here with you..."He whispered in my ear, the room dim and dark, it must be night time.

"It's alright..."I whispered back, and he I felt him smile, his chin resting on my head.

"Kitty..." I looked up at him calling my name, to be met by a powerful kiss, him slowly building up intensity to roll me on my back, and lean over me. He carefully went to my neck, letting me breathe, and licked the marks he left earlier. I wrapped my arms around his neck, and let him, trying to keep my breathing gentle and paced, trying to restrain my heart from a heart attack. He bit my neck with more passion, causing me to outburst with a surprised breath, making him laugh and lift his head a bit from my neck, his laugh quiet, but his breath hot on my skin.

I started thinking a bit, and came to a shocking realization:

In a way, he had left me a hickie. Which of course, made me blush intensely, just thinking and realizing what we were doing did...But it wasn't as bad as what had happened with the thief. THAT made me turn red as crimson.

He took my hands from around his neck, and looked me in the eye, keeping our gaze tightly, bringing my right wrist to his mouth. He gently ran his sharp teeth over it, careful to watch my expression, which I tried to keep cool and calm, but didn't get anywhere near that. A tiny smile reached his lips as he kissed my wrist and released it. I tried to show protest, but he looked away and ran the tip of his nose gently down from the bottom of my ear to my chin, stopping and raising his head to look at me.

He gave me a fierce look, and laughed maniacally, he had me where he wanted me. His hands came to each side of my waist, and he brought one down to my thigh, making my eyes widen in surprise, and he laughed.

And like that, he rolled over on his side, propping on one elbow, looking at me.

"Yami..." Was all he would let me say, as he started up again, rolling on his back and pulling me to lean over him.

"Kitty...Answer me something..." Uh oh, I had heard this before, from Touzoku. I braced for the question.

"That depends what you want an answer to." I was serious, but he laughed, sounding a bit evil.

"Everything...I want to know why you make me like this..Why I can't control myself around you, especially when I need to. Why you're so damn magical..."He brought a hand up to the side of my face as he spoke, and gently dragged it down my neck and shoulder, finally resting on the back of my thigh.

"Well...Tell me what happened to you, Yami...Why you're like this. How you could turn on and off..."

"Rationality comes to mind, or realization of exactly what it is I'm doing."

"Then you have so much more control then me already..."

"Who cares about control? Right now, I have to control myself NOT to do the one thing I really, really, REALLY want to do..."He breathed, leaving the hint there, almost soaked in lust.

"Yami..."I sighed, sure, I wanted him like that, but right now, I needed to clear my head.

"Which is why I'm under control, which makes you sad, because I hold back..." His words ran through me, and I realized he was right. I stared into space, thinking it through when I felt his hand go up a little bit, and squeezed.

"Hey! Yami!"

"Hey Kitty." He smiled wickedly, charmingly. His eyes were burning with desire, and I couldn't help but laugh. His hand moved to my waist, then my hip, and he slowly tapped his fingertips gently, calling me from my thoughts again.

"Yami..."I giggled, not sure what to say.

"Kitty..." He played along, saying my nick name. Bakura grew tired with this, and sat up against the head board, making me sit in his lap facing him.

He took my hand and arms, placing them around his neck and pulling me closer.

"Come over here..." His voice rang with more emotion, and he smiled, kissing me, and gently licking my lips. I gasped, and he laughed harder, adding more force.

His hands went from on both side's of my waist to slightly up my shirt, on my stomach. I looked at him in disbelief, and he smiled wickedly back, raising an eyebrow as if to say something along the lines of:

'Want me to continue?'

I woke up in Yami's button down shirt, and other then my 'under clothes', nothing else. My face ran hot, and I took in a sharp breath, looking around to see Yami sleeping next to me, an arm around my waist, and the other holding my hand. He was passed out, and wearing his pants.

I sighed in relief that nothing serious happened with us. I loved Yami, but I didn't want anything to happen so suddenly again, I sort of want to have a nice romantic date before it happened again...If I didn't sound stupid saying that. I bit my lip, not wanting to wake him, but it was to late, as I realized in Yami's place was Ryo, he slowly blinked and stretched, his eyes widening as he awoke fully.

"Ebe!" He sat up, and looked away. I laughed slightly, I missed Ryo.

"Good morning..." I said, snuggling in his chest. He was blushing, and breathing hard, fast.

"Ebe...Why are you all like that? I mean...We didn't...But I don't remember..."

"No, no Ryo, nothing happened. No worries."

"Who were you with...?"He tried to sound nonchalant, but he was jealous as all hell. I could see it in his face as he bit his tongue, as he slowly turned to anger.

"Why does it matter? Now I'm with you..." I deflected it, hugging onto his arm, making him blush more.

"Eshebe! You're only wearing..."He left it there, his voice shaking.

"Ryo relax...It's fine..."

"No, it's not! It's not right!" He shook his head vigorously, and I laughed.

"How do you know what's right? It feels right, doesn't it?" I whispered in his ear just as a thought rang in my head.

Did he know of me and the thief?

"Ebe...Please..."He begged, and I smiled.

"Ryo Bakura...If you can't take me like this, what about our wedding night?" I pouted, knowing he would blush immensely.

"WEDDING NGIHT!" I laughed hard, and got up, sliding on the pajamas pants I had the night before.

"Ryo, I'm going to go shower..."I stopped, I had another shot to tease him. "Do you want to come?"

He nearly got a nose bleed as the shirt I wore slid off my shoulder slightly.

Yami Bakura's P.O.V:

I couldn't hold onto the body much longer, using magic to heal, find, and build the bond closer between us had taken a lot out of me. Besides, now she could become more herself and I was left with the thief.

"Touzoku." I said, and he turned around, facing me. He might have been taller, but he might as well as been as small as a speck of dust for all my anger was worth.

"Yami, hey." He half waved, chewing on a doughnut.

"Don't 'hey' me, you scum. I KNOW WHAT YOU DID." He squirmed under my voice.

"So what? She gave consent! I'm not scum just because I showed her exactly how much I love her."

"She's a mess!"

"No, she's not!"

"Were you there? Where were you when she needed comfort?"

"Look, it's not my fault you were dying to get out of here! I would have been there for her if you'd of let me!"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" I yelled, tired of him. He looked at me in surprise, and gawked. I took this as a time to continue.

"I swear, if she hadn't wanted me NOT TO KILL YOU, I WOULD BE TEARING YOU SORRY ASS TO SHREDS ALREADY!"

"You're that mad, huh?"

"I'm not mad, I'M FUCKING PISSED OFF!"

"Why? I didn't treat her horribly, I treated her well, I LOVE HER!"

"I LOVE HER TO!" We both stopped, and thought about that.

"She doesn't want us fighting...All the time..."

"Yeah..."

"Sorry for losing my cool there, man." He extended a hand and I scuffed.

"Can't lose what you never had." I spat, and he laughed.

"So I see friendship isn't an option."

"The hell it's not. I can't believe you'd think it would be."

"Cause I'm a thief, right?"

"Not exactly...What you did with her...What..." I started to say something, but he cut me off, jumping the gun.

"It felt good, but I don't want to talk about it...That's something between me and her. And if I told you, I'd just be as bad as doing that kind of thing just for fun or to get ahead of you and Ryo, which I didn't. I didn't mean for it to happen. I mean, when I asked, I was COMPLETELY JOKING. I didn't actually mean for it to...get the far..."He looked down into his drink, falling quiet.

"Really? I don't believe that."

"Well, it's true, I DIDN'T mean for it to happen. It's just around her, I lose myself, I find myself leading without thinking...Doing things without a second thought. It's like she puts me under a spell...Everything she does sends me on my knees, ya' know?" He seemed to be talking to himself now, but I understood, feeling the same way about her myself, not that I'd admit that to him on any cold day in hell. I kept my silence as he spoke on:

"You know, I actually pray she doesn't ask for something like that again when I come back ….I want to have that happen a more classier way...Like...A diner before..." He rambled on and I decided what she didn't know couldn't hurt her, and punched him right in the kidney.

"OW!" He exclaimed in pain, and I scowled.

"The fact you WANT to do it again..." I shook my head, and he looked at me.

"Like you don't!" I stopped in my tracks.

"I don't talk about it."

"Yami, listen, you and I are cut from the same block-"

"WE ARE NOT! I AM NOT LIKE YOU! A SCUM!"

"AND I'M NOT AN ASSHOLE LIKE YOU!" He screamed back, and I ground my teeth.

"What were you going to say before I actually fucking kill you?"

"Listen, It's not like I'm some dog going around barking like that, I actually love her...So much, Yami...It hurts when I touch her. I want to hold her so much, so tightly, but I worry if I do, she'll slip away...I lost everything, as you know, and I can't afford to lose her too...I want to kiss her, touch her, but sometimes I think to myself, if I do, I might ruin her...So many things go through my head, and I worry, Yami...How do you deal with it? Do you understand?" He looked to me with worried eyes, stressed eyes:

The eyes of a true man who truly loved her. The eyes I prayed I had when I talked about her, or at least thought about her, but I couldn't just go to anyone or even in public show that I do love her. When it's just me and her, I actually find myself showing more then I'd like to, but around others, I can't bring myself to do anything, and sometimes it makes me think that she thinks I don't love her. Like that one day in the park, I tried to hold her hand, but once I saw people looking, I played it off.

As much as I wanted to tell him no, I couldn't. But I didn't want to tell him yes either.

As I turned away from him, we both sighed, mine inwardly, his outwardly.

"Never mind, I didn't think so..." He went back to what he was doing, and I half smiled:

I'd left it all to question.

I walked off into a new realm, meeting with Marik there.

"Bakura..."He turned, and half smiled.

"Marik."

"So...Did you have...'fun'?"

"Wouldn't you love to know?"

"I suppose so, but Melvin did enjoy that look into her. Even he couldn't see with her..."

"Don't mention him to me. EVER. I can barely stand here with you calmly." I looked up, my eyes stabbing him in his own, and he flinched.

"Right, whatever. We need to get the other two pieces. Soon."

"Marik, do...Have you..." I found myself asking him, but stopped. "No, never mind."

"Alright then. I must be going, my sister's still missing..." With that he left, and I half smiled, he still didn't know he was lucky she didn't kill him. What he didn't know, well...That phrase really doesn't work here, now does it? I laughed to myself, smiling like a fool when I thought of Kitty.

With that, I walked off.

Authors note: Alright, so all's well, that ends well. And I thought Yami's share, ended pretty damn well. I love how he still sort of listened to her not wanting him to kill the thief...XD none of them really get along.

And now she's back to playing with Ryo, Yami's got a secret, and the thief trusts Yami enough to share shit with him. But Yami turned him flat down, and said nothing...YAY YAMI! I'm so proud of you!

Yami: Shut up, you're the bitch who made me wait until CAHPTER 20 AND 21 TO ACTUALLY GET SOMEWHERE!

Me: Yami, shut the fuck up and go to your corner.

Yami: Or what?

Me: OR I'LL MAKE YOU DISAPPEAR!

Yami: I'd like to see you try, go on, SMITE ME! (laughs manically)

Me: Fine, you asked for it. (turn on barney and friends, forcing him to sit and watch, being tied to a chair and gagged. Tapes his eye lids open) There, all better. Well, I better get on that next chapter, ya'll come back now, ya hear?

Yami: (muffled noise)

Me: hehehehehehehehehehehehehehe! (runs off with Dr. Pepper in hand.)

Ryo and Touzoku: (look at Yami, then at each other) UH...

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