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Book 4 Chapter 3

Don't Stop Chasing Me

Link, Dee and Junior

Grocery Store

Narrator's P.O.V

"You have nice writing." Link complimented Diana as he overlooked the shopping list that she printed on. Diana blushed and brushed it off by fixing Juniors hair.

"w-what else is on the list?" She asked as she looked away and pretended to be interested in Mangos.

"Tomatoes. The Pharaoh insists on more veggies in our house's diet." Link said in a how typical of him look.

"Ewww." Junior whined. Diana smiled that she could impress Link with her tomato knowledge.

"I'll get them!" She said, leaning over the tomato section. "Jane told me that when picking goods, harder is always better!"

Link grunted and Diana froze. What did she just say? She felt like she could crack like a stone and shrivel out of existence.

Link decided not to embarrass her and pretended not to notice her comment. "Uh, right." He said, dragging the kart next to her as she roboticaly picked them. Junior standing next to her, barely able to reach, thoroughly squeezed each one individually, concentrating on picking them decently.

Link looked at the list again.

"There's no milk on the list but, we should probably pick some up anyway." He said when he remembered his bad habit of stalking the fridge with his used empty cartons. Diana laughed and snapped out of her embarrassment.

"Well stop hogging it all, and we'll have more milk around the house." She played.

"Excuse me? I believe that the milky moustache evidence was always on your face." He played back as he leaned toward her and Diana blushed. Realizing she was shopping with Link and the adorable Junior, she envisioned a future that was her dream.

"What else?" She gestured to the list. Link picked it off the filled kart and scanned it with his eyes.

"That's it." He said, pushing the kart. "Let's get to check out."

Yuugiiiohhhh~ Dun dun dun (Yugioh Ring Tone)

Diana and Junior laughed when Link looked at her confused.

"Jane's calling me," she said before picking up, "hello?"

"Dee." Jane started. "How long does it take to fucking grocery shop!?" She said upset.

"We're paying now, jeez, what's you problem?" Diana replied.

A short silence followed after a door closing, Jane's voice started echoing in a bathroom.

"Well, Yuu is here and I could use your help!" Jane whispered. Diana gasped.

"He's early!" She answered.

"I know!"

"How bad is it?" Diana bit her nails.

"It's...not that bad. They apparently met before near the aquarium! Can you believe that?! And they're getting along fine..." Jane said.

"Woah, they knew each other? That sucks."

"Well, it kinda makes things easier on me but I need you to get your ass in this house and keep me occupied! Yuu is trying to show affection to me in public for some reason and it's making things awkward."

Diana rolled her eyes. "Of course he is. Doesn't he know that you've loved Yami since, like, forever?"

Diana gasped and covered her mouth when Link looked at her and heard that.

"True..." Jane said, "But I don't want to be kissy in front of the Pharaoh, are you nuts?"

"Why not? He is your boyfriend." Diana said, slapping herself in the head and thanking the Lord that Link didn't hear that one as he paid the cashier.

"Dee. I thought we've been through this. Yami doesn't know about Yuu yet and I don't want him to find out this way."

"Okay, okay. Link just finished bagging everything. We're on our way." Dee said. And with that, she hung up and looked at Link with a pathetic grin.

"It's my, uh, other friend. She's a big fan of Yami's." Dee lied. Link chuckled.

"Come on, Dee. You just said that it was Jane that called you." Link said, shielding their wagon from the snow.

"Well it doesn't matter what you heard, cause half the shit I say is nonsense." She said, beginning the walk home.

"Jane has a boyfriend?" Junior asked and Diana flinched.

"NO! She has a friend that's a boy!" She said. Why did she lie? Jane said to not mention that she had a boyfriend but not to lie if they asked. But some how, Diana had a feeling that she would have lied herself if they asked her.

"Oh! That makes sense. She has a lot of boyfriends." Junior said innocently.

At The House

"That's weird." Diana said.

"Right?" Jane agreed with her.

"Who likes celery?" Diana said. Jane huffed.

"Dee!"

"I know I know. Them getting along is weird too." Dee added. The girls sat on the couch and watched Yami and Yuu enjoying their conversation about who knows what and sharing a plate of celery sticks – without dip.

"They even have the healthy thing in common." Jane said surprised. "Oh, how was shopping with Link?" She asked Diana, hoping to get distracted.

"I told him that you don't have a boyfriend..." Dee confessed.

"What? Why the hell would you tell him that?!" Jane said, no longer whispering.

"You're confusing! Do you want them to know or not?" Diana asked and Jane huffed.

"I don't! HOWEVER, if they ask. Don't lie." Jane said.

"So you want me to keep my mouth shut about Yuu, but if they ask, tell the truth?" Diana confirmed.

"If you can't get out of the conversation, then yes. But try to avoid it please..."

"You're such a two timer. Yami will find out eventually." Diana reminded.

"I'll cross that bridge when I come to it." Jane said.

"Who are we spying on?" Joey said as he slipped himself between the girls on the couch.

"Joey!" Jane complained. "Go away."

"Yuu is a pretty cool guy, Jane. Is he yer boyfriend or somethin'?" Joey asked. Diana smiled and looked at Jane, wonderfully curious to see how the expert would handle that question.

Jane paused before she got off the couch. "I'm in the mood for celery!" She said.

Jane joined the two beautiful men at the kitchen and helped herself – also hoping to spy on their conversation.

"Speaking of the devil." Yuu said as she grabbed a celery stick. Jane flinched. They were talking about her?! Did Yuu expose their relationship? Did Yami tell him about their kiss? What was she thinking - leaving these two alone?

"Gossipers." She played. "Whatever Yami said, he's lieing." Jane joked...or did she?

Yami smiled and drank from his glass of water without saying a word.

"We were just agreeing on how difficult you can be, haha." Yuu confessed and Jane imagined the worst.

"Right." She said, regretting bringing Yuu over.

"Oh, I brought you something." He said, reaching into his pocket and catching interested eyes from both Jane and Yami.

Opening his palm, he exposed a few bakery wrappers cut out into a heart, with Jane's name in the middle since the bakery was called "Jane's". She smiled back to the memory.

"14 of them. Just like before." Yuu said. Jane accepted the crafts.

"Thank you." She said happily, confusing the Pharaoh.

"I thought you'd like them." Jacob said, crunching the celery in his mouth.

"That's sweet, thanks," Jane said, stopping herself from ending the sentence with babe. Yami carefully examined the hearts from where he stood, trying to understand the mood he was reading from her and why these pieces of paper meant so much. He drank some more water to stop himself from growling and sighed when he finished, letting out a nice chunk of stress.

Yuu checked the time on his Iphone and drank the last sip of his water as well. "It's already 4. I have to get going."

"Really? Where to?" Jane asked, wondering if he was up to no good as she was.

"I'm going to Ginta's house. It's been a while." He said smiling. Jane felt guilty.

"Oh, okay. I'll walk you to the door." Leaving the Pharaoh behind in the kitchen, Diana took their place and went straight for the milk in the fridge, hiding her face from Yami, who intimidated her as usual.

"Diana? How close would you say Yuu is to Jane?" He asked. He didn't want to have to, but he figured Diana would know something.

Diana froze and quickly thought of how she could get out of it. When she heard Yuu ask Jane for a kiss in the next room, she suddenly busted into coughs.

"Cough, cough! Few, I need some milk asap." Diana gulped down as much milk she could, hoping Yami forgot about his question. When she finished, she faked a soar throat.

"I can hardly speak. We'll talk later." She said, running out and up the stairs. Yami's eyebrows arched and he lifted his lean from the counter and followed her up.

Thinking she was alone, Diana sang pathetically in the hall as she made her way to her room.

"I thought your throat was sore?" The Pharaoh said and Diana turned around quickly, positioning herself like a ninja and ready to attack as though she could defend herself.

"Haha, yeah. Boy did I fool you." Diana saved. "I'm getting better at pranking you after all, huh?"

"Diana, could you at least tell me what those paper hearts were for?" He said. At least? Did Yami know that Diana was hiding things from him?

"I really have to pee." Diana said, about to turn around before Yami grabbed her arm to stop her.

Hot damn, his grip is sexy too. Diana thought. She turned her head to look at him.

"..." After a short pause Diana sighed. Jane did tell her to try to avoid the topic and she did. Jane also told her not to lie, so she wont.

"Okay." Diana looked to the left to think of a way to tell the story of the bakery hearts without giving away their relationship. When she got it, she started, "Basically, a while back, Yuu and Jane went a whole 14 days without talking to each other cause of an argument. When they made up, Yuu gave 14 of the Jane's Bakery wrappers to her that he folded into hearts – one for every day they didn't talk – and he said that every day was hell for him and passing the bakery for a coffee everyday from school didn't help. So he made one every morning. It's sort of a little inside thing between them but..."

When Diana noticed Yami's blank expression, she stopped herself. "It's just a couple of stupid wrappers. It's silly, really."

Not silly enough to tell her the story, Yami thought. "Thank you, Diana. I've heard enough." He said, leaving her sight and walking into his room.

"Hey Phar-" Yugi was interrupted by the sound of smashing keys that Yami had thrown against the dresser and begrudgingly shook the bed when he sat on it. He dug his fingers into his hair and clenched at the roots.

"Pharaoh?" Yugi said carefully as he put aside his solitaire.

"I don't understand what is going on." Yami said, removing his sleeveless shirt and whipping it to the ground before growling again.

"What don't you understand?" Yugi asked worried. He crawled next to the Pharaoh on the bed and sat next to him. "Pharaoh?"

"Yugi, I...I have a strong hunch that Jane is involved with Yuu." He confessed. Yugi became sad.

"I know you do. I do too." He said and Yami looked at him in surprise, wondering if he knew something. Yugi looked back. "I don't think it's serious though."

Yami went into thought. It must be serious enough. After all, Diana said that they had their argument a while back. And it must have been a while because since he's known Jane, he's never heard of this before. Yami saw the time and didn't care that it was only 4:30. He pulled the covers from his bed and hid under them and the pillow. He didn't want to look at her or at anyone.

Yugi frowned and knew that the Pharaoh just wanted to be alone. He hasn't seen him this upset for a very long time. He grabbed his game from the night table and left the room, gently closing the door behind him before finding Jane two meters away, still wearing her relaxed fit dress.

"Oh." Yugi said, "Jane."

"Is...Yami in there?" She asked, worried to death if Yuu has said something.

"Well...the Pharaoh doesn't really want company right now." Yugi said formally.

"Oh." Jane's stomach turned in greater worry.

"Let's get dinner ready, alright?" Yugi said, gesturing for her to follow.

"I'll catch up." Jane smiled, sending Yugi on his own. Jane looked at the large door, knowing Yami was just on the other side unhappy.

"Jane?" Diana said when she came out of Link and Juniors room after an epic Mario kart race with them and Joey. They were going to keep playing – they were just taking 5.

"Yeah?" Jane answered. Diana wanted to tell her about what she had told him but she was worried she may get mad at her so she kept it to herself.

"Uh, want to play Mario kart?" She said instead. Jane shook her head.

"No. No thanks, Dee." She said, looking back at the door. "I'll see you at dinner", she said, opening it and closing the door behind her. Diana blinked.

In Yami's room, it was pitch black, the windows have been sealed with dark curtains and she could barely make out her vision. All she was able to see was Yami's figure sitting upright on his bed, positioned as though he had just sat up in startlement of her entrance. His face she could not see.

"Yami?" She half whispered, hoping to get a response.

"I'll be down soon." He said quietly.

"I know I just – um...can we talk?" Jane stuttered. Yami leaned over to turn his light on to a dimmer, just bright enough to subtly see her and allow her to see him.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Jane said feeling as though she was invading and turning her gaze away when she saw that he was topless.

Yami ignored the apology. It didn't bother him. He leaned forward, rubbed his face once with his hands and waited as his eyes adjusted in the almost darkness.

"Did you have something you wanted to say?" He asked her. The light was barely helping Jane at all, she could still barely see him. She walked over to him and sighed as she let herself sit next to him.

"I actually just wanted to know if you were still upset." She confessed.

"How did you know I was upset?" Yami asked. "Unless you have a reason I should be?"

Jane shut her eyes and used the darkness and shadows of the room to hide her guilty expression. It's like he's asking her to confess about Yuu. What they hell did they talk about?

"Uh," She started. She wasn't ready to choose between the two. She still loved Yuu dearly and wasn't ready to end their 5 year relationship. But...she also wanted Yami really badly. "No reason." She lied.

Yami looked down and gently grabbed her hand, rubbing it with his thumb. "You're not lieing to me?" He asked her when he sensed her nervousness. Jane didn't answer and Yami slid himself closer to her so that his legs were behind her and their torso's barely in contact.

"Yuu isn't a reason for me to be upset, is he?" Yami asked, hoping he was wrong.

It wasn't too dark for Jane to to notice his bare chest before her heart fluttered. Not in bashfulness this time – but in guilt. If she told him the truth, Yami's morals and respect would push him away. He wouldn't chase a women he knew was taken, no matter how much he was interested. She didn't want that. She wasn't ready to decide on what she wanted. Could she lie? What if he was testing her and Yuu had already told him everything? He would be furious if he found out that she was lieing to him. What should she do?

"N-not really." Not really? Did she just say that? Yami looked at her with arched eyebrows. He wasn't upset, he was concerned. He was trying to understand what she was thinking and why she was resisting him.

"What does that mean?" He asked for clarity. Jane didn't even know what she was saying anymore. So she tested her luck by lieing.

"Ahem, no, Yuu's not a reason." She said. Yami didn't look convinced with his poker faced sadness and she was afraid that he had already known. He tightened his grip on her hand and put her to the test.

"Then may I give you a kiss?" He asked her. Taking her by surprise, she looked away. He was good. If she said no, he'd know she was lieing. When he felt her hesitant reaction to his sentence, he brushed her hair with his fingers to calm her down.

"If he isn't a problem, you should accept...unless you're just not interested?" Yami said plainly before he smiled, remembering their slips. "Although I...doubt that's the case."

Jane smiled back at the Pharaoh as her own little way of telling him that she is definitely interested in him without a doubt. She hoped that her smile would reveal everything she wished she could tell him – that she had loved him for years, always loved the sound of his voice and watching him duel with Yugi on their adventures. She would love to tell him how much she would love to take the kiss and more from him.

But she couldn't.

After receiving a smile from her, the king leaned forward to feel her lips again and waited for her to meet him half way. When she hesitated, he kissed her cheek instead, holding her waist and tightening his grip around her. By doing this, he only delayed his intention.

"Yugi's waiting." Jane said softly, "I told him I'd help with dinner."

When she said this, Yami released his grip and sighed, leaning back against his pillows and looking at her with concern again.

"I don't understand why you behave this way. Perhaps I'll just...give up. And leave you in peace." He said.

"No-" Jane said in quick panic, placing her hand on his chest as though to stop his irrational thinking. She cleared her throat to rephrase. "Ahem, don't do that."

Yami remained silent and waited for her to explain. Although he hid it well, he loved her reaction.

"Um," Jane began, "I...don't want you to stop. No matter how I respond..."

She gathered her thoughts before finishing her sentence. "...just...trust me when I say this."

Yami listened and held back his urge to steal a kiss from her and instead kept his poker face on.

"Trust you, I can." He said, "but what can you do to keep me from stopping?" He phrased without phrasing. Jane looked into his eyes. She could see him more effectively now that her eyes adjusted in the dark. What can she do to make him keep chasing her? She knew what he wanted and she knew it was wrong. But she would have to do it if she didn't want to lose the Pharaoh's affection.

She clenched her palm on his chest and leaned toward his god-like face, almost hesitating when she was inches apart from him and making the full gesture. At first the Pharaoh took it like he didn't ask for it...but who was he fooling? He couldn't resist her.

He let out a heavy sigh of finally against her lips as he grabbed her waist and pulled her in tighter, curling his left grip into her hair. She let him in without fighting him off. She figured that more or less wasn't going to make her unfaithfulness any better or worse...and she wanted to leave the Pharaoh wanting more...at least until she decided for herself what she was going to do about her two men.

But man, oh man! Did Yami know how to kiss a girl.

As it slowed down, Yami pecked her a last few before feeling satisfied and rested his forehead on hers. She swallowed once to clear her throat and touched his chest once more with a smile.

"Come on." Jane said, pulling away and lifting Yami's shirt from the ground where he threw it. "Let's get down to dinner."

She handed him the leather top and kissed his cheek before leaving the room, leaving the Pharaoh astonished. He slipped on his shirt while chuckling to himself. He was more confident then ever. Although he had a lot of fault, she was the one who initiated it this time and he was loving it! Like he was on cloud 9. He let himself fall backwards onto the pillows again and closed his eyes. He couldn't wait 'till all this confusion was over...he couldn't wait to have the freedom to do that all the time.

Later 7:00

Living Room

Dee, Joey, Junior, Yami and Link.

Yugi and Duke were downstairs.

Jane was having a last minute Tim hortons break on her own to think.

"Hya! Ha! Hywaya!" Dee and Joey imitated kung fu noises and threw pillows at each other, feeling boss when they would dodge them.

"Hya!" Diana zipped a pillow toward Joey and he ducked, letting the pillow hit Yami instead. Diana gasped and covered her mouth, holding in a laugh.

The Pharaoh picked up the pillow and gently put it on the couch, ignoring their pillow fight.

"That's it?" Dee said surprised.

"The Pharaoh seems like he's in a good mood. Like he's in his own world." Link commented, who was participating in the war only as a bystander. Diana gulped and remembered seeing Jane enter his room earlier. She was hoping that he was in a good mood for all the right reasons and not the wrong.

At that moment, Joey got Diana smack in the face and laughed. "Don't let your guard down!" He said and Diana sat on the couch.

"I don't feel like it, anymore." She said, thinking it may have gone too far. When Link saw Diana's sad expression, he walked over to her and sat on her lap.

Diana blushed but surprisingly, hid it well. "Uh, excuse me?"

Link leaned back so that the back of his hat covered her face. "You're in my spot." He said.

"Since when was this your spot?" Diana protested, trying to breath under the weight that was his muscles.

"Since I felt like it." He played and turned to face her, removing his hat and forcing it on her head to cover her eyes. "And since you finished the milk, again!"

Diana liked the hat on her. It was hiding her blushing. Why was she like this? All she could think about was the feeling of Link's firm ass on her thighs. And then she remembered! Being in the closet and watching him undress for a shower! She got to see his firm ass and firm...everything else! She was burning up under him.

"What's wrong, Dee? Am I too heavy for you?" Link said, adding more weight to mess with her.

She had to stop thinking about his, his...aurgh! There she goes again! He's on top of you, woman. Stop thinking about his- urgh!

"Ahaha," Diana burst out into laughter, "Yeah, I bet you're not nearly as heavy as I am!" Diana said, playing it off just as Jane or Yami would. Link blinked twice at her response.

"Tsk, you're not heavy." Link said.

"That's nice of you but, yes. Yes I am heavy." Diana confirmed. "Very likely the heaviest one here."

Link stood to his feet and paused while looking at her, examining her head to toe. Then he smiled.

"You're ridiculous." He said. Diana rose to her feet and looked up at him challenging.

"I am not."

"You're heavy?"

"Yes."

"You?"

"Yup."

At that second, Link wrapped one arm around Diana and effortlessly lifted her off the ground, holding her close to him to fight gravity. Diana flushed.

"One arm." He boasted. "Not heavy."

Junior laughed as he saw Diana in mid air. "That doesn't count, big bro! You're too strong to know what heavy is."

Link laughed back, "I never said she wasn't heavy for you Junior. To me? Nothing."

Diana wished Link would stop showing off. "Can you put me down please." She said.

"Oh." Link forgot he had her off the ground and gently put her down. "Sorry." He said.

The others laughed with the exception of the Pharaoh who had just returned into the living room along with Yugi and Duke, missing the whole thing.

"So what did you and Jane do upstairs that made you late for dinner?" Duke brought up. Of course – the pervert.

"Nothing." Yami replied as Diana answered her ringing phone with a hello.

"Come on. Nothing? Not even, you know? I mean, you are a Pharaoh." Duke wondered.

"What does that have to do with anything, Duke?" Link asked, confused.

"I was just wondering. I mean, am I the only one who's gonna get action in this house?" Duke asked and Yami turned away.

"You're getting action?" Link asked with a no way tone, "With who?"

Duke sat on the couch next to Diana and wrapped his arm around the back rest where she was.

"Who do you think?" He winked to pick on Link and he grunted at him. Diana was completely distracted on the phone that she didn't pay attention, and it infuriated Link that Duke took it as confirmation to his twisted statement.

"You're sick, man." Link said, turning away.

"Love sick." Duke said as he looked at Diana and watched her hang up.

"I have to cover a shift tomorrow," She started when she saw Duke too close for comfort and began shifting away from him.

"Cool. Ill drop you off." Duke offered. Dee could use the extra hour to sleep in.

"Really? It's too much trouble-"

"Nah, it's the least I can do before heading back to battle city. I would love to spend my last moments here with you, Diana." Duke said kindly. Even though it was forced, Diana appreciated the kind gesture and smiled.

"O-ok. Thanks." She accepted and Link grunted.

"Great." He said sarcastically and tried to think of something to say, "I'm craving milk."

A/N: Jane is such a freakin two timer man. Leading the Pharaoh on just in case she chooses him? Talk about manipulative right? What do you think about that? Thanks for reading!