Finally! Never thought I'd finish this. Kuroi comes to see Yugi-and the Black Luster Soldier makes an appearance.


Making Mistakes

Chapter 2: The Beginning of Repairing


"Kuroi! Lemme in, lemme in, lemme in!"
Kuri could almost feel the mage glaring at the door. "No. Go away!"
"Stop sulking!" Kuri giggled. "I have a message for you from Yugi-sama!" Few creatures in this world have moved as fast as the Dark Magician did at those words. Kuroi threw open the door, startling Kuri. "What does he say?"
"I'll only tell you if you promise to do what he says."
Kuroi only heard Kuri's words up to 'promise'. "I give you my word. What does he say?"
"That he orders you to come to him. He wants to see you. As soon as possible, and to plan for a long stay!" Kuri improvised. //Yugi-sama didn't say exactly that, but...//
"To..come to...him?"
Kuri nodded. "And you gave your word!"
The mage looked like, to use the expression, he was caught between a rock and a hard place. "As soon as possible? For-for a long stay?" Kuri nodded. "Tell him-tell him I will come tomorrow."

Kuri grinned, and raced off for the woods. He did not reach the trees, however. One very annoyed Celtic Guardian bared his way. "What are you doing?"
"Uh...playing?"
"You already went through the portal once today. You're playing go-between for them."
"What's a go between?" Kuri blinked as innocently as he knew how. Kane frowned.

"You're carrying messages between Yugi-sama and Kuroi."
"Oh, no! I just miss Yugi-sama."
Kane smiled a smile that was less friendly than usual. "Oh, well, in that case, go on ahead." The blonde warrior turned away and stalked off in the opposite direction.

Kuri ran away as quickly as he could, and found himself in Yugi's kitchen once again. "Yugi-sama! Kuroi said he would come as soon as he could, tomorrow!" Yugi's eyes lit up. "Oh, I can't wait to see him! Thanks for asking him, Kuri." Yugi hugged his 'youngest' monster. "I wish I could do something for you...Say, Kuri, do you have someone you like best?"
Kuri grinned. "Yup!"
"Can I ask who?"
"Yugi-sama!"
The boy's widened in shock. "Kuri...."
"And Chaos-chan, and Lust-chan, and Kane, and Kuroi, and-I like lots of people best! But Yugi-sama and Chaos-chan are the ones I like best of the best!"
"Chaos?" Kuri nodded. Under his breath, Yugi muttered, "Strange..."A rather disturbing image suddenly flashed across his vision. "Oh, eww...."
"What?"
Yugi waved that question away quickly. "So are you sure he's coming?"

Kuri nodded. "But I gotta go now, before Chaos-chan finds out I'm gone. He always gets silly when I go out alone."
"Silly, am I?" Both Yugi and Kuri jumped. There, on top of the kitchen counter, sat the Magician of Black Chaos. "So this is where you went." The high mage picked Kuri off of the chair from where he sat. "How many times have I told you never to go out alone? Go back this instant!" Turning to Yugi, he said, "Greetings to you, Yugi-sama."
"Hello...You can put him down. He came here on my orders." Chaos set the smaller monster down gently on his lap. Kuri blushed. "Is his business done?"
"For now, yes."
"Then we have your leave to go?" Yugi nodded, and both disappeared. "Don't ever do that again. I was worried. You are too small to go out on your own," Chaos snapped when the two were alone by Chaos' home. "I'm sorry." Kuri dug his foot into the floor. "I just wanted to help Yugi-sama." Chaos gently touched the top of his head. Kuri looked up and saw gentleness in the other's eyes. "Yugi-sama is lucky to have such a kind-hearted monster." Kuri blushed happily.

Kuroi paced up and down his room. Part of him was so excited he felt like jumping up and down, while his other half was so nervous it felt like collapsing. //I'm going to see Yugi-sama! I'm going to see Yugi-sama...I'm going to see Yugi-sama! //
"Relax, you're going to wear a rut in your floor." Lust, the Black Luster Soldier, leaned in the open window, auburn hair free and blowing in the wind.

"Lust! What are you doing here!"
He shrugged. "Watching you. You're adorable when you're nervous. Not that you aren't the rest of the time." He eased himself over the windowsill. "So, you're going to capture Yugi-sama's heart?"
"It's none of your-" Kuroi stopped. "How did you-."
Lust placed a finger over the mage's lips. "Let's say I have my ways. It is disappointing. I was so hoping you'd change your mind." Kuroi found himself blushing. Kuroi jumped as Lust kissed his cheek and set him down in a chair. "Let's do something nice with your hair. Something just a little different, so Yugi-sama will like you even better." Lust retrieved a brush from Ra-knows-where and began to untangle Kuroi's long violet hair. "So, have you actually said 'I love you' to him?" Kuroi, face still a little pink, shook his head. "Ah. Do you plan on doing it?"
"None of-."
Lust laughed and kissed the magician's ear. "I know, none of my business." Taking some hair into his hand, he added, "Where's Kane and the truffle?"
"Kuri's with Chaos, and Kane's...I don't know."
Lust finished with the first bit of hair and started on another. "There was a time when you couldn't find one of you without the other. What happened?" He stopped. "Hold on, let me guess. You don't want to talk about it." Kuroi nodded. "Fine, you quiet little mage, you. Always close-mouthed, at least in my company. What do Yugi-sama and Kane have that I don't, hmm? Something special that makes you happy when you see them?"
"Kane doesn't make me happy often these days."

Lust shrugged and released Kuroi's hair. "There." Kuroi surveyed his reflection. His hair was loose, except for two thin braids, which wrapped around the back of his head with two dark blue beads on their tips. "It's nice. Thank you." Lust laughed and, with the speed of a diving falcon, kissed Kuroi full on the lips.

"No, thank you. Later." With that, he launched out of the window again. "Oh, by the way, good luck!"

"Ryou, how does this look?"
The white-haired boy rolled over. "Fine."
Yugi looked the yellow shirt and dark blue pants over. "This shirt makes me look like a pineapple."
"Yugi-kun! You've tried on every piece of clothing you own, plus those of Yami's that fit, and all of the stuff I brought! Just *pick* something! Hold on," Ryou dove back into Yugi's closet. "What about these? It's too hot for those pants anyway."

Yugi glanced at the skintight black shirt and red pants. "That shirt's too short. It shows my stomach."
Ryou raised an eyebrow. "It's supposed to. If you want to look good for this...thing, this could be perfect. Go on, try it on."

Yugi peeled off the blue pants and bent down for the red ones. *You're drooling, lover. * Ryou flushed, ashamed. *Oh, I don't mind. He *does* have a very cute butt. Just remember: look at the menu, but eat at home. Oh, yes, and, 'Stare not at the Pharaoh's lover unless you have a desire for extremely painful death by his hand.'* Ryou smiled.
"What? Do I look funny?"

Ryou looked his friend over, and his jaw dropped. "Actually, Yugi-kun...I hope you forgive me for saying this, but you look drop dead gorgeous. Whoever you're meeting is going to love you."

Yugi turned a rather bright shade of pink. "Thanks."


Yugi stared at the clock. Noon. Kuroi hadn't said exactly what time he was coming..."Yugi-sama?" Yugi whirled around to see Kuroi standing behind him, holding a bag in his left hand. "Kuroi!" Yugi felt the magician embrace him tightly. "I missed you! Why did you leave without saying good-bye?"
Kuroi flushed. "I just-I did what had to be done." Yugi wasn't really satisfied with this answer, but really didn't want to start this visit with pointed questions.

"Well, come on, give me your bag. We've got a whole day ahead of us before you have to go."
"Oh...so you have changed your mind about my staying for some time?"
Yugi frowned, puzzled, and then suddenly got it. Kuri must have told Kuroi that he was staying for a while-not that Yugi minded. "No, sorry. I forgot. It'll just be us, Yami is with Grandpa-they have business a few towns over. Yami goes as Grandpa's muscle and legs-he goes everywhere too far for Grandpa and carries everything."
"Oh...so, where are we going?"
"The movies, if you don't mind."
"What are the movies?" Yugi smiled.

"So this is a form of entertainment?" Kuroi and Yugi sat in the middle of the theater with a large bucket of popcorn between them and a soda for each. "Watching people on this flat screen act out roles and eat this...?"
"Popcorn. Yeah." Kuroi shrugged. He didn't really get it, but Yugi-sama was engrossed in the movie (and not talking to him), but he was content to be anywhere his master was, especially with the outfit he had on. Kuroi reached for more of the popcorn and felt his fingers brush Yugi's. Electricity ran up his arm and sent a warm tingle throughout his body. "Sorry," Yugi whispered.
"Think nothing of it, Yugi-sama." Kuroi was happy the theater was dark. No one could see his blush.
In the middle of the movie, Kuroi noticed his master fidgeting. "What's wrong, Yugi-sama?"
"Oh, nothing." *Yami, stop! *
**What? I'm not allowed to talk dirty to you? **
*Not in public! Especially when we haven't even kissed yet. *
**You look really good today, and I'm miles away from you. No one can hear me. Besides, it's nice to know you're still attracted to me. **
"Yugi-sama? Are you sure you are all right?"
*Yami, shut up. * "Yes, yes, I'm fine," Yugi snapped at Kuroi.
**Can I talk dirty you when you're not in public? **
*NO! When did you turn into Bakura? * Yugi felt Yami relent and then go into a mental version of a pout.

**Fine. **

Yugi left him to sulk and turned back to Kuroi, who was staring at the movie screen, eyes unfocused. "Kuroi-I'm sorry I snapped at you-Yami was bugging me. Kuroi?" The holder of the Sennen Puzzle reached out and touched the mage's arm. Kuroi looked down at his master-and suddenly Yugi felt an urge to lean up and kiss him. //What-? //

Yugi leaned against the mage's shoulder instead, turning red. "It's fine. I will forgive you-if you will give me a drink of your Coca-Cola." Yugi laughed, and obliged, holding the drink up for the mage.

"Where are we going now, Yugi-sama?" Kuroi shifted quickly from one foot to another, slightly jazzed on caffeine.

"Jounouchi and Ryou have a soccer game today. I thought we'd go."
"Soccer?"
"You'll see." Well, the magician quickly got the point of the game- and then got into the spirit.

"Go, Jounouchi-san! Ryou-san!" Kuroi stood in the crowd; cheering and waving, still jazzed on caffeine-a vendor had been selling Coca-Cola.

"Kuroi, sit down! The game hasn't even started yet, and you're embarrassing me." Kuroi sat and picked up the third of his Coca Colas. "Kuroi, how many sodas have you had?"
"Five: two at the movies, and three here. Why?"

Yugi couldn't help but twitch. "Well, just don't buy any more." Kuroi nodded and sipped more Coke. When the game actually started, Kuroi waved and shouted with the best of them-even blowing Ryou a kiss, which caused the white-haired boy to trip and fall in embarrassment. Yugi made a mental note to keep Kuroi as far away from Coke as possible.

After the twosome went home after the game, which went on for nearly two hours, and the victory party-which went on for three-Yugi noticed Kuroi rubbing his temples. "Does your head hurt?" Kuroi nodded. "Well, that's what happens when you drink that much Coke. Caffeine crash. Come here." Kuroi came over and sat between Yugi's legs. The boy reached down and rubbed Kuroi's temples for him-and soothing warmth spread throughout the pained areas. Kuroi couldn't help but let a soft moan of pleasure escape. "Does that feel nice?"
"Hmm..." They simply sat there for a moment, then Kuroi came to join his young master on the sofa. Yugi put on the television, and curled against the magician's side. Neither of the two was really paying attention to the program, and after about half an hour, Yugi turned the set off. He got up, went to the kitchen, and returned with a snack: strawberries and cream. He set both bowls on the coffee table, grabbed a strawberry, and climbed back onto the couch. "So how have you been, Kuroi?"
The magician reached for a strawberry, dipped the fruit, and bit into it. //I've been missing you. My best friend seems angry with me all the time. I've been dreaming about you for three months, and my heart aches when I think about you kissing him. // "Fine."
"Really?"
//No. I want nothing more at this moment than to kiss you and hold you close-just like he can. // "Of course."
//Then why do you look like you're going to cry?// Yugi reached for the magician's hand, but Kuroi moved it away. "Please-don't. Don't try to do that unless you want it to mean something." Yugi paused, then made another grab for the hand. Whether fueled by the quiet intimacy of the moment or some unconscious desire, he needed to. The boy brought Kuroi's hand to his lips-and gently licked away the traces of cream of the tips of the mage's long fingers. Kuroi tried to pull back, and Yugi released him, blushing. Looking into the magician's sky-blue eyes, the need to kiss him nearly overpowered Yugi. He started to speak, but memory silenced him. A well known voice softly whispered, // "Well, I didn't, exactly. It's hard to describe... suddenly I wanted him to touch me, my whole body just *needed* him, and then I guess he saw that, because he kissed me, and it was right. And I realized I loved him just at that moment, because it was right when he kissed me." // Yugi finally understood what Ryou had meant, and he slowly edged closer to the mage, who looked torn between getting up and drawing him close. "Please...."

This was, no contest, the hardest test his will had ever been through. //I can't just kiss him...he belongs to Yami-san now, // part of him sighed. Another part-a much stronger part-of him snapped, //I don't care. If this is all I can have, then I will take it. //
"Kuroi, please..." Any hesitance on Kuroi's part shattered on that plea, and the magician drew Yugi into his arms. Violet eyes met light sapphire, and Kuroi gently touched his master's face. "I love you." Yugi made no reply, but that did not stop the mage from lifting his head and softly, gently, tenderly, brushing their lips together. The same electricity that had sparked from a touching of hands returned, multiplied a million times over. There was nothing around Kuroi now except for Yugi-nothing but his scent and his warmth and his sweet little mouth that let him taste as much of it as he wanted. Yugi's hands were now buried in his hair, pulling him closer, without even knowing it. Only lack of air and the need to return hearts to their normal rate parted the two. For a moment they looked into each other's eyes, then they spoke at the same time. "I'm sorry!"
"Yugi-sama!" The boy turned away from him, hands twisting in his lap. "Please..."

"We shouldn't have done that. I'm sorry. I just-" Yugi didn't get to finish his feeble explanation, because Kuroi had kissed him again. The magician expected to be pushed aside, but Yugi responded to the kiss, burying his fingers in violet hair once again. Kuroi ran his tongue over his master's lips, asking for permission, and Yugi, after a moment, parted his lips to permit him access. The boy's eyes flew open, loving the experiment and the new feelings Kuroi woke in him. The mage was now dropping kisses down his neck, and Yugi gasped. But this wasn't right-it felt so good-but Yami was the one-he wanted more-Yami was the one he loved, the one he'd always wanted-he had to stop. He yanked himself apart from the mage, and stood. Kuroi looked utterly baffled now. "Was that not to your liking, Yugi-sama?"
"We should have never started this, Kuroi. I thought that it was understood that I love Yami, not you." The words flew from his mouth like sharp stones thrown at an accused victim, and, indeed, Kuroi's blue eyes filled with tears of such pain one could assume that he had been physically harmed by Yugi's words. "Then why? Must you mock my heart before you break it twice over?"
Yugi's subconscious took over and he blurted out the truth. "I just wanted to kiss you! I just needed to kiss you! I'm sorry..."

Kuroi was silent, heart now aching more than ever. "So...your curiosity is satisfied." Yugi looked up, and was shocked at the cold bitterness in Kuroi's eyes. "Good. Farewell, Yugi-sama." He vanished, hoping to leave Yugi and his broken heart behind.

I made it sad at the end...I didn't want to! Bah...I made Kane mean...and Yugi is so stupid! Yugi no baka! Oh, well...