I'd Do Anything
by Kestrel
Ch. 10
Mary Retger put down the phone and smiled across the table at Yugi. He looked up in surprise. "Who was that?"
"A new exchange student was looking for you, and I told her you were here. She's coming over."
A bemused expression spread across Yugi's face. "You're going to let this be her first impression of me?"
Mary's eyes roamed what of his body she could see, and twinkled when they came to his own amethyst eyes.
"Kiss your napkin, Mr. Moto, you have sauce on your face."
Yugi laughed, glad for some comic relief. He tucked his letter in his back pocket.
The doorbell rang, and both chairs scraped the floor as both Yugi and Mary stood to answer it. Their eyes met across the table.
Elaina stood outside the door. She heard the chairs scrape and the footsteps coming nearer.
May I? Yami asked silently.
She consented, even though she was afraid of what would happen next.
Yugi reached the door first, panting from his and Mary's race, and flung it open.
Yami's startled eyes met Yugi's amethyst own, and the recognition in them made Yugi stumble back a bit. Mary held him up from behind.
A bit awkwardly, Yugi pushed his glasses up on to his head and stuck out his hand. "Er… I'm Yugi Moto, the other English teacher at Domino High."
'Elaina' recovered her composure and shook the hand. "I am Elaina Sparks. I'm the foreign exchange student from America."
"Please come in, child," Mary said, peeking over Yugi's shoulder.
Yami forced Elaina's legs to move, even though he was still frozen. Yugi had grown, and they stood nearly eye to eye. Elaina was a bit shorter than the English teacher.
Hey, Elaina thought, he's pretty cute… for an English teacher. That's Yugi, then?
Yes, Yami answered. That is Yugi. That is my aibou.
He couldn't stand it any longer.
"Yugi?" He asked. His voice was shy. Yugi's head, bent over clearing the table, snapped up at the tone.
He shot a glance at Mary, who swiftly left the room.
Yugi came within a foot of Yami. Elaina's eyes were mahogany and filling with tears as Yami beheld his aibou.
Yugi cleared his throat. "Y-Yami?" he choked.
"Yes, aibou."
Yugi moved as if to embrace 'Elaina', and stopped. "I feel silly," he murmured.
Elaina took control. "Here, Mr. Moto. I know how much this means to Yami, and how much it must mean to you."
She held out the Millennium puzzle.
"Not to keep, dear girl!" Yugi gasped.
Elaina shrugged. "Why not?"
"The puzzle has come to you. I cannot, will not, take it from you."
She smiled softly. "But Yami will always be a broken… whatever… without you. He's missing a piece of his soul, Mr. Moto, and only you can complete him."
Tears glistened in the eyes of both as Yugi slipped the worn cord around his neck.
Yami suddenly appeared next to him, in a tangible form such as he had only ever been able to achieve when bonded to Yugi. Smiling, he embraced his aibou.
Tears ran down the cheeks of both men.
Mary Retger stepped forward and placed her hands on Elaina's shoulders; both women smiled.
I'd do anything just to hold you in my arms
Later, when he tried to tell Elaina, Yami found he had no words to express how he felt. Yugi, asleep in the next room, smiled as his dreams became content for the first time in years. For the first time since their separation, Yugi slept soundly.
To try to make you laugh
'cause somehow I can't put you in the past
Yami was glad, then, that he'd taken his hikari's advice and written to Yugi. For all of his trepidations, things had turned out better than he ever could have imagined.
I'd do anything just to fall asleep with you
To fall asleep with you
With you
yeah
In the twilight of the darkened room, Yami held his aibou close. The sleeping man whimpered; Yami held him still tighter to chase away the demons that dared haunt his Yugi. And laying there in the dark, Yami felt a peace come over him.
He felt content. He felt secure. He felt complete.
I'd do anything to fall asleep with you
I'd do anything, there's nothing I won't do
I'd do anything to fall asleep with you
I'd do anything 'cause I know I won't forget you
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KAWAIIII!!!!
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