Princess Strawberry: V_V
Yami Strawberry: *whispers* She's a bit depressed about her piano competition. She's still fretting about how she's not good enough, and blah blah blah...
Princess Strawberry: *head snaps up* HEY!! I resent that! I don't fret! *goes back into bottomless pit of depression* v_____v
Yami Strawberry: *thinks: Now how in the world did I, the oh-so-innocent yami, get stuck with this spoiled hikari?* *aloud to readers* Yeah, whatever. *mutters to readers* And I know the perfect antidote for that. *snaps fingers and Yuugi and Yami appear beside her*
Yuugi and Yami: *clothing and hair all messed up* O_o Why are we stuck in this place?
Princess Strawberry: Ooohhh! Is it really you? *pinches their faces*
Yuugi and Yami: Itai! (ouch!)
Princess Strawberry: Oops, gomen (sorry)! Anyways, I got out of my depression mood...say, how did you two get into my room?
Yuugi and Yami: *points at Yami Strawberry*
Princess Strawberry: Oh, thank you SO much, Yami!!!!! You don't know how much this means to me! *goes hug YS*
Yami Strawberry: Whatever.
Princess Strawberry: Ignore her. Now she's the one who's going to get depressed. Anyhoo...I can get started on my third chapter! And since I asked you reviewers to answer my questions, I'll say the winner of "Guessing Who That Mysterious Voice in Tea's Head Is" is...DUN DUN DUN! It's Burning-Yami-Rain! Congrats!
Yami Strawberry, Yuugi, and Yami: *cheers unenthusiastically* Yay.
Princess Strawberry: -_-;;; Aww, come on! Give me something better than that! Just for this I'm going to have Yuugi say the disclaimer! ^_^
Yugi: WHAT!? No way am I saying those things in front *points* of all these people! Can Yami say it with me? Please? *puppy dog eyes*
Princess Strawberry: *sigh* Fine.
Yuugi and Yami: YAY! Princess Strawberry does not own Yu-Gi-Oh (because if she did we'll all be tortured!). This fic, however, does contain some Yami/Yuugi fluff (-^______^-), and some Anzu bashing (=^_______^=)
"Speaking"
'Thinking'
/Yugi speaking to Yami telepathically/
//Yami speaking to Yugi telepathically//
A/N: Me and my Yami interrupting you for a few seconds.
All: And on with the fic! ^________________^
Peaches and Chocolate
Chapter 3: Midnight Comfort
Yuugi had went upstairs to take a shower, and left Yami and Sugoroku in the living room alone. Sugoroku was catching up the news on TV. So, Yami was the one that had nothing to do at the moment. The clock chimed eleven.
"Okay, Yami. Time to go to bed. Please tell Yuugi that for me," Grandpa stated.
"Sure, Jii-chan," Yami replied and went upstairs.
//Hey, aibou?//
/Hai, Yami?/
//Jii-chan said to go to sleep.//
/OK. I'm almost done./ And the sound of water splashed through the stillness of the night.
Yami perched himself on the window sill of his aibou's - or rather, both of their room. He softly sighed to himself. How could he admit to his light that he loves him? He closed his eyes. He thought back to the days when he was Pharoah, in Ancient Egypt. He had power, and everything except love. His parents had died when he was just a little child, and the responsibility of being Pharoah had been on his shoulders ever since. His council had always bossed him around, saying that he was too young and too unexperienced. Yami hated those people. He had to stay inside the palace, doing nothing but listening to those old geezers ramble on and on about Egypt. Everyday, he would look out the window, and saw children playing happily in the market. How he longed to be like them! Until that fateful day, when he had to be locked in a Sennen Item. He had been last to be sealed, along with the Shadow Games inside the Puzzle. And 5,000 years later, he met his reincarnation - a much kinder and open-hearted version of himself. Heck, he would have given his throne to Kaiba if he could just admit to Yuugi that he loved him, to spend an entire day with him alone.
"Yami?" Yuugi's soft voice interrupted Yami's train of thoughts.
"Hai, aibou?" Yami said, not bothering to look at Yuugi, but instead focusing on the scenery outside.
"I just wanted to tell you I'm going to bed now," Yuugi replied softly, noticing that his Yami was deep in thought.
"Alright." With that simple reply, Yami disappeared into the Puzzle that laid on the bedside table for the night.
"Good night, yami," Yuugi whispered before turning out the lights.
Yami's Point of View
I heard the door creak behind me, and I immediately felt the gentle presence of my aibou. I couldn't turn around now; or else I would have gazed into his soft violet orbs. And I wouldn't be able to control myself if I had done that. So I settled myself to go back to the Puzzle after I heard aibou climbed into the bed. A/N:I know that's not what I typed before, but please! Bare with me!
~*~*~ Sometime at around 1 a.m. ~*~*~
Reader's Point of View
Yami felt a wave of sadness wash over him in his soul room. Yami shook his head to clear his mind. After all, waking up at one in the morning isn't exactly the brightest thing to do. 'Aibou!' Yami thought. A bright light flashed from the Sennen Puzzle and gently faded away. Yami rushed to his aibou's bedside and saw him crying. Yuugi had his arms around his knees, scrunched up like a shrimp. Yugi: HEY! I'm not a shrimp! . PS:Of course you are not! I'm just saying the position you are currently at makes you look like a shrimp! Ehehe... ^^; 'A nightmare?' Yami wondered as he bent down to shake his aibou awake.
"Aibou," Yami whispered softly. "Wake up."
Soon Yami found himself looking into endless pools of violet, part of it filled with tears, another part filled with afraidness, A/N: Is that even a word? O_o; and strangely, part of it filled with...love and lust?? 'Must be my imagination, Yuugi never looks like that!' But he nearly melted at that look anyway. Without warning, Yuugi flung his arms around Yami's neck and buried his head into his chest, knocking both of them on the ground, and in the process, they created a loud THUMP. Yami wordlessly encircled his arms around his aibou to return the hug as he felt wet patches on his leather shirt. Yami whispered soothing words into his ear, and Yuugi calmed down slightly after like what? 5 minutes? Yuugi still clung to Yami, but let go a bit to let Yami breathe.
"What's troubling you, aibou?" Yami asked when Yuugi was calm enough. "Another nightmare?"
Yugi nodded. "Oh, Yami, it was horrible! I dreamt that..." Yugi trailed off, and a visible pink flush appeared on his face.
"Dreamt what, aibou?" Yami gently prompted him to go on, giving him a reasurring hug.
"Well...I...IdreamtthatyoutriedtoprotectmebutgotkilledintheprocessandthelastthingyousaidwasaishiterubutInevergotthechancetosayIloveyouback." Yuugi said all of this in a rush. Now he is gasping for breath. Poor guy.
"Eh...care to repeat that slower, aibou?" Yami commented. Actually, Yami knew what Yuugi had said, but either he just wanted to confirm what he thought he heard, or to just hear Yuugi's sweet voice.
"No," Yuugi replied bluntly.
Yami's eyebrow rose. "And why not?"
"Because." Yuugi stated simply.
"Fine, I do know what you said, you know," and with that statement, Yami got up from the ground and carried both of them to the bed.
Yugi's eyes widened. "You DID? But how...?"
//I can read your mind, aibou. Remember?// the spirit of the Puzzle's voice echoed in Yuugi's mind.
/Rats./
Soft laughter filtered through the link. //Maybe you should put up stronger defense barriers, aibou.// Yami teased his aibou.
Silence. Ignorance always does the trick.
"Want some hot chocolate, aibou?" Yami spoke up after a long silence.
"Sure."
Yami picked up both of them and went noiselessly down the stairs. He flicked on the kitchen lights and let Yugi mix the chocolate up. They went to the living room, and Yugi sat on the couch, bringing his knees up and keeping his cup close to feel the warmth. Yami got behind him and wrapped his arms around his aibou's waist, one for keeping him warm, and the other to enjoy the presence of his soul partner.
Yuugi shivered visibly when Yami's baritone voice reached his ear. But Yami had simply said...
"I'll never leave you alone to suffer, aibou." That was the closest thing Yami could say to "I love you" without actually indicating it.
~ To be Continued ~
Authoress's Notes:
Princess Strawberry: Did that suck or what! Sorry this chapter took so long to post, but I was busy doing things. Anyways, Christmas is coming up, and I have to write letters. I'll try to update more during winter break!
Yami Strawberry: You'd better.
Yuugi & Yami: Yeah. *echoes*
Princess Strawberry: -______- I know. DON'T nag. *brightens considerably* Please read and review! By the way, should I have some Bakura/Ryou fluff, too?
*In some secluded spot in my house*
Yami: I bet that she's going to get only ten reviews for this chapter.
Yami Strawberry: I bet that she's going to get twenty or above! I have complete faith in my aibou!
Yuugi: GUYS!
Yami & Yami Strawberry: Eep! Sorry, Yuugi/aibou!
Yuugi: *calmly* I bet she's going to get fifteen reviews for this chapter.
Yami & Yami Strawberry: O.O Ok, now that's what I call weird.