Princess Strawberry: 153 reviews!? I must congratulate myself; I never thought I would make it to this far! ^__^ Thank you to all who reviewed! Thank you to shock-a-lot, EgyptianQueen17, darkdiva and her Yami Seth, Devil Malik, the one who posses Insanity, and Hikari no Yami for putting me on their "Favourite Authors" list! And I'm sorry for putting you people at a cliffhanger last chapter, well, the one before the "IMPORTANT AUTHORESS NOTE". I had to end it somewhere, I swear to God, I didn't mean to keep you people in suspense!

Yami Strawberry: I don't think that they believe you.

Princess Strawberry: v__v I know. But how's this? This is the last chapter, if you want a sequel, say it in the reviews now! Or it might be too late! "Thank You" notes come after this, so look for your name in that huge list! ^___^ I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of its characters. On with chapter 8! Oh, and mind you, this chapter WILL contain heavy lime to mild lemon...so I'm staying out of this and let my yami write this one. *shivers* And don't complain...her writing skill isn't THAT bad...*voice trails off*

~*~ "Speaking"

'Thinking'

/Yugi speaking telepathically to Yami/

//Yami speaking telepathically to Yugi//

~~~~~~~~ Time / Scene Change or Warnings....(Whatever) ~~~~~~~~

((Us interrupting you for a few seconds)) ~*~

Peaches and Chocolate

Chapter 8: Peaches and Chocolate

Yami slowly closed the distance between their lips, and Yugi responded hesitantly. He deepened the kiss after a minute or two, and Yami eagerly probed the inside of Yugi's mouth. The sweetness stung Yami's senses, and he surrendered himself to his hikari's submissive body. His tongue met Yugi's, and he had the sudden urge to "play" with his partner. His fingers made its way to Yugi's collar, where he gently lifted the rope that held the Millennium Puzzle over his head, surprisingly not breaking the long kiss. As we all know, humans need to breathe, so Yugi tore away, face flushed, panting for breath.

"You know," Yami remarked as he too, gasped for breath. "Why did you choose this particular day to wear so many buckles?"

Yugi shrugged helplessly. "I don't know," he panted. "Just felt like it?"

"Well, you picked a bad day," Yami growled as his fingers fumbled with the buckle. They slipped and his fingers accidentally brushed Yugi's neck gently. Yugi shivered delightedly, enjoying the new sensation Yami was giving him.

"I did, did I?" Yugi purred back, his hand ran up and down Yami's leather-clad leg. Now it was Yami's turn to shiver.

//You're asking for it, aibou...// Yami warned mentally.

/And if I don't care?/ Yugi replied seductively, his eyelashes batting furiously.

Yami growled out loud again, being unsuccessful at unbuckling the offending garment.

"Need help?" Yugi's voice was laced with lust, yet at the same time, it sounded sweet.

//Of course.// But with that response, Yugi simply pulled away.

"Hey!" Yami pouted cutely, causing Yugi to laugh.

"That won't work on me," Yugi reprimanded him gently, tapping him lightly on the nose. Yami blinked. "I'm the one who's supposed to be cute here, right? Besides, I'm hungry. Let's go raid the kitchen and see what we can chow on. You coming?"

"Oh, yeah," Yami jumped off the bed and offered his hand to Yugi. Yugi rolled his eyes at the formal gesture. "May I?"

"I'm not a lady, Yami," Yugi giggled. "But okay."

Together the two ran down the stairs and switched on the light. They both blinked at the sudden brightness. Yugi recovered from the light and made a bee-line for the fridge. Meanwhile, Yami was looking through the cupboards.

"Aw, man!" Yugi groaned in dismay. "There's nothing good in the fridge...except for a few peaches and two containers of..." He peered into the plastic box and squealed in delight. "CHOCOLATE!!" He turned to a notepad and with a pen, he scribbled lazily: Make sure to go to grocery store to buy more food to eat. "Did you find anything, Yami?"

Yami's head emerged from the cupboard and coughed at all the dust he received. "I found this." He shrugged as Yugi walked forward and grabbed the box out of his hands.

"Ohh...this gives me a fantastic idea," Yugi said suddenly. "How does chocolate fondue sound?"

"Fabulous!"

Yugi whipped open the drawer and pulled out a lighter. By accident, he hurt his index finger while lighting it. He yelped out in pain, tears gathering at his eyes, threatening to spill. In a split second Yami was at his hikari's side, soothing him, easing away the pain. Yugi blinked as Yami took the digit into his mouth and gently sucked on it, the pain ebbing away. Yugi blushed faintly as Yami released him.

"Thank you," he stammered a bit as he stepped away from his counterpart.

"Now what did you do with all that chocolate?"

"Oh, right...it's boiling, see?" Yugi laughed nervously while getting out a cutting board and a knife. He took the peaches out of the plastic bags and began cutting them. All too soon, the fruits were dipped in, one by one, and Yugi and Yami began eating them.

"Hmm...delicious!" Yami exclaimed as he reached for the fourth piece.

Yugi, seeing as how almost all the peach slices are gone and still a whole ton of chocolate left in the container, blew out the fire that kept it warm, forgot about using his stick, just stuck his finger in it, and licked it off his index finger.

"This way is more yummy!" Yugi countered as Yami stared at him.

"That," Yami said mysteriously. "Gives me a GREAT idea." His eyes burned.

Yugi gulped. Whenever Yami used that tone of voice, it meant something bad. And in this case when Grandpa is not here to hold him back, Yugi's in for it now.

Yami took the whole bowl off the holder and brought it over, leading Yugi back up to their room.

"What are you doing, Yami?" Yugi squeaked as he stumbled up the stairs.

"You'll see," Yami replied, not bothering to turn around as he charged up to the second floor with Yugi flying behind him. Yami flung Yugi on to the bed and locked the door behind him. Yugi sat on the bed, looking confused and a bit terrified at his darker half. Yami stalked towards his hikari and put the bowl of chocolate on the table dresser. Yugi, with his feet still dangling over the bed, stared at his yami with wide eyes as Yami advanced on him, like a predator stalking a prey. Yugi gulped nervously.

He yelped as Yami suddenly pounced on him, pinning him forcefully on the bed. "You know," he said lustfully. "I didn't get the chance to finish what I was doing."

Yugi struggled to keep his voice calm. "And what was that?"

"This." With that said, Yami kissed Yugi. _Hard_ on the lips. Yugi responded happily, glad that Yami felt the same way he did. Impatiently Yami got rid of Yugi's shirt by using his magic. His counterpart barely took notice of the absence of the garment and settled his fingers inside Yami's hair, gripping it gently. Yami tore away from his aibou's lips and made his way to his neck.

Getting a response, Yami moved on eagerly. He trailed kisses to his neck, gently licking the ear. Yugi shivered visibly, and Yami was delighted. Abruptly he left the crook of Yugi's neck and travelled downwards, towards the chest. Yugi whimpered at the loss of heat.

Drawing random patterns on the chest, Yami playfully lapped his tongue over both the nipples. Extracting a moan from Yugi, he drew more random patterns on his chest.

Yugi, getting irritated that Yami gets the "spotlight", jerked suddenly and Yami fell back in surprise. Yugi smirked, ((Yami Strawberry: He can smirk? O__o Right...)) and attacked Yami's chest. Since the black leather tanktop was already removed by his magic, Yugi strategically overlapped everything inch of the skin with his lips.

Yami, not used to this new position, shifted and felt Yugi's hip grind against his own. They both gasped at the friction and heat that single movement produced. Heaving a strangled yell, Yami pushed Yugi back up, and leaned over to grab the bowl of chocolate.

((Yami Strawberry: You think I'm going to leave that delightful snack just lying around? Never!))

He dipped his finger inside and with his free hand, he pushed Yugi back on the bed. The chocolate seemed to smear itself on to Yugi's bare chest as Yami scribbled. Yugi squirmed uncomfortably as the substance was applied to his skin. Finally, Yami leaned back, satisfied at his "masterpiece".

It read "Tenshi" [1] in chocolate.

"Mine." Yami whispered as he proceeded to lick off the sweet substance. Low vibrations sounded from both their throats.

At last, Yami couldn't take it anymore. He got up suddenly and turned around to face Yugi, whose face was decorated with sweat. Chocolate had been deftly cleaned, and Yugi's face bore a glowing look. Mouth slightly opened, it opened even more as Yami asked him a question unexpectedly.

"Tell me, aibou. Do you prefer peaches, strawberries, or mangoes?"

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((Yami Strawberry: Hmm..should I stop here?

Yami & Yugi: NO!

Yami Strawberry: But I'm running out of ideas to write!

Princess Strawberry: *muffled voice* Is it done YET!?

Yami Strawberry, Yami & Yugi: NO!

Yami Strawberry: I told you, it's heavy lime and mild lemon. MILD, I tell you! Can I skip?

Yami: Fine...but you'd better make it up to us!

Yami Strawberry: How about more chocolate?

Yami & Yugi: Okay! ^__^ *goes off to room since I can't write what they did))

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The silent night was piereced as two certain teenagers screamed out each other's name during their...climax. Ryou, with Bakura, were perched on one of the trees' branches, just outside of Yugi and Yami's room; yet hidden in the shadows so that the two tri-coloured teens can't see the two white-haired ones.

Bakura buried his face into his hikari's hair, sniffing in the vanilla smell of his aibou's shampoo. Ryou leaned back at the touch, body almost molding into Bakura's.

"It's nice to see that they have finally admitted it, eh, Bakura?"

Bakura nodded silently in Ryou's hair, still absorbing the fact that fate had been kind to him, a Tomb Robber, to let him have such a sweet and kind counterpart, so unlike his own.

Ryou's giggle brought him out of his train of thoughts. "Let's go home now, ok?"

"Yeah..."

The two walked home happily, both looking blissful and hand in hand, they made their way towards the house that was three blocks away from the Turtle Game Shop.

~~~~~~~~ The next morning ~~~~~~~~ ((Too lazy to type it all out...^^;;))

Yugi yawned, stretching, and accidentally smacked his hand against someone's face. He blinked and felt someone breathing close to him, with arms wrapped around his waist in a protective manner. His face flushed with colour as last night's activities flooded back into his memory. Still blushing, he didn't even notice that Yami had woken up because of receiving a slap in the morning, and was nipping gently at Yugi's neck.

Wanting to get out of bed, Yugi pushed his yami away reluctantly and started to get up. A sharp intake of breath and then a loud wince brought Yugi back on the bed.

"You won't be able to walk for a while, aibou," Yami observed, noticing Yugi's exhausted state. "Yes, it will hurt for a while, but not that long. You will still make it when school starts."

Yugi's eyes teared up. "But it hurts, Yami. It hurts A LOT." He winced again as he moved.

Yami closed his eyes. Never in 5000 years had he cried, and only on rare occasions did he reveal himself as to who he is.

//I'm sorry, aibou, for causing you this much pain.// Yami used to mind link to speak his ideas out, not trusting himself to speak.

/It's okay, Yami. I.../ Yugi faded out, blushing furiously. /...enjoyed it. It's not your fault./

Yami smiled despite of his aibou's pain. //You're very kind. I shouldn't even deserve to have you as my soul partner; so unlike me.//

/Ah..Yami. That's where you're wrong. Remember to Ying-Yang I showed you when we went to the Chinese Temple Grandpa brought us to before he left?/ Yami nodded at that. /We're two halves, Yami. You're the dark part of me, and I'm the light part of you. It's nothing to be ashamed of, especially now that we are.../

//...one//

They both smiled and drifted into sleep once more.

Later that day, a taxi screeched to a stop in front of the Turtle Game Shop and Sugoroku Motou stepped out of it. Paying the driver and getting his luggage bags out, he unlocked the door to the store quietly, as to not disturb anyone. He settled in and went into the kitchen. What he saw shocked him tremendously. Garbage littered the ground and the countertops were covered in water and with a knife. He inspected it carefully; no serious damage was done, but still...he had told the two boys to look after the house, not to destroy it. Or make it even more messy in the matter.

He climbed the stairs, finding the door to his grandson's room slightly ajar. He peeked in, and the sight that met his met eyes shocked him again, yet at the same time, happy. Happy for his grandson at being able to find comfort in someone's arms, and the long-seeked guardian-friendship broke through into blossoms of love. He smiled widely and closed the door behind him.

After he left, Yugi stole a peek before closing his eyes again, but not without a final giggle.

~ Owari ~

[1] Tenshi means "angel" in English, ok?

Authoress' Notes:

Yami Strawberry: *rambling* I did not just write this crappy chapter. I shouldn't be ruining my aibou's work by my own stinking writing! Oh man, she's going to kill me! *runs away and hides*

Princess Strawberry: *still muffled voice* NOW can I come out of this stuffy closet!?

Yugi: Yeah, the story's over.

Princess Strawberry: *gulps large amounts of air* Phew...well, I trust that Yami Strawberry has gone over the spelling and grammar herself, so I'm not going to bother to check it. Sure, I can stand the lime-ish scene, but I don't want to do that right now, especially when I'm sick. *coughs*

Yami: As much as you guys hate us for not updating, you will review, right? *attempts chibi eyes*

Yugi: *laughs* You suck. Read and review, please! *big chibi eyes* And don't forget to choose if you want a sequel or not!