Due to a request by a very nice reviewer, (You know who you are) I'm gonna write a series of one shots based on Old Wounds. Just pure fluff. There'll be so much fluff, it'll make a Kuriboh looked like a golf ball covered in dirt.

Afterglow

The sun was just now starting to rise and Yusei had only been awake for 30 minutes. He just looked at his fiance with an amused grin as she continued to sleep with a slight smile on her face. They were facing each other with just a little space between them.

Yusei gently brushed her hair away from her face and tucked it behind her ear, placing a soft kiss on her cheek.

"Mmm." She smiled a bit wider as her eyes fluttered open.

"Morning, Sleeping Beauty." He whispered.

She smiled more and stretched one arm, so the other could hold the blanket over her bare chest, "I was always more of an Elsa fan, actually."

"I never got that movie in the Satellite." He retorted jokingly.

"Oh, you poor thing." She scooted closer to him and placed her hand on his bare chest. "Hi."

"Hi. How'd you sleep?" He asked.

"Fantastically." She said as she nuzzled her head into his chest. "You?"

"Like a log."

She chuckled and wrapped her arm around him, feeling his back. Yusei did the same, gliding his fingertips down her burn marks. Even though she couldn't feel it, she knew what he was doing.

"You know, there was a man in America a long time ago who said, 'Forgive your enemies but never forget their names.'" Yusei said.

"Wasn't he the President?" She asked.

"I think so." He answered. "Anyway, you remember their names?"

"How could I forget?" She said. "Why?"

"Maybe I should look them up and make them apologize" He said jokingly.

She chuckled more than Yusei expected. His protectiveness of her was one of the many things she loved about him. She never felt so safe before.

Akiza looked up at him and leaned in for a kiss but he stopped her.

"You might wanna hold off on that until I brush my teeth. I have the worst morning breath." He said.

"I don't care. C'mere." She grabbed the back of his neck and kissed him deeply. Yusei cupped the back of her head returning it.

Akiza felt a huge rush go through her body as Yusei started kissing her neck. She gripped his hair with one hand and his shoulder with the other. Then… he stopped. Before she could open her eyes, she felt him kissing the inside of her wrist where her self inflicted scars were.

"I wish I was there to make it stop." He whispered.

She opened her eyes and looked at him. "You were though." She whispered back.

He looked at her, confused.

"I stopped the day you reunited me with my parents. You got me to stop, even though you didn't know." She smiled at him.

Yusei smiled back and kissed her gently this time. Which she instantly returned.

They stayed in bed almost all day cuddled up with each other, enjoying every second of their afterglow.