Thanks for the reviews ^___^ Heehee, Spice, I hope you don't mind, but I gave Jounouchi a line that was inspired from what you said to me about Yami x Yugi ^^

Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own Yugioh.

Notes: /"..."/ indicates Yugi and Yami speaking mentally to each other

"(...)" indicates thinking (uh, I think sometimes I do it as ("...") instead ^^;)





Chapter Two

Yami sat on the floor of his soul room, leaning his back against a wall. He could hear his light reaching out to him from time to time. It made him feel guilty; the concern in Yugi's voice was painfully obvious. Yami just couldn't face him.

He could still vividly remember the voice moaning out his name, the fingers digging into his back, the burning heat of the body beneath him... At the time it just made him thrust faster and faster and faster... now it made him want to throw up.

He felt like they had done something really really wrong and like he was the worst criminal ever.

...time.

He was sure that was all he needed. Just some time, then he would get over this and he could see Yugi again.

---

"Hey, Yugi. Something wrong?"

"Eh?" Yugi looked up from the bare desk which he had been staring at.

"You've looked out of it all day," Jounouchi thought back, "Actually you've been like this for a few days. So what's up?"

"...it's mou hitori no boku... he's been completely ignoring me for almost a week now."

Jounouchi really had no idea how to help. He had learned of the situation only a few weeks ago. Naturally, it had been difficult to find out his best friend was gay, but to find out his best friend was in love with the spirit of a 3000 year old dead pharaoh who he shared a body with was... well, there was really no word to describe it.

"You have any idea why?"

"Uh, well..." Yugi face turned red, "He hasn't talked to me since..."

"Say no more," Jounouchi said, blushing himself, "That's enough info."

"Oh, sorry..."

"Do you think maybe he would talk to me?" Jounouchi asked, "Maybe I can find out what's going on."

"...maybe... I'll try to ask him," Yugi said and concentrated as hard as he could on sending a message to Yami.

It worked, and a moment later, Yami was sitting with Jounouchi.

"Hey, Yami, so what's this all about?"

"Jounouchi-kun... it's nothing important..."

Jounouchi stared at him, silently saying he was not buying that excuse.

"...you wouldn't want to know. I know you don't want to hear about this type of thing..."

"That may be true, but I want to help my friends. Come on, you can talk to me," Jounouchi said with a warm smile.

Yami stopped to think for a moment, then asked, "...you won't tell aibou, right?"

"No way."

"...we had sex..."

Jounouchi grimaced, "(I don't know how that works and I'm not even gonna try and figure it out) ...and?"

"I... really regret it. I don't love aibou like he thinks..."

Jounouchi put it together, "You don't... love him?"

"He's more important to me than anyone, but..." he shook his head.

"...but you and him... uh... You know you really should tell him this. It's pretty important," Jounouchi said, making a huge understatement.

"I know, but aibou will be very hurt if I do."

"Well, with what you've done so far, you're going to hurt him no matter when you tell him. You should probably get it over with before this goes on any longer. I don't think it'll get any easier."

Yami sighed, "You're right..."

---

As soon as he got home, Yugi went to his room and shut the door, /"Mou hitori no boku? Jounouchi-kun said you were going to talk to me, but he wouldn't say what it was about."/

/"That's right, aibou."/

/"...you aren't going to appear?"/

/"...I don't think I can say this face-to-face..."/

Yugi was getting increasingly nervous, /"Tell me then."/

/"Aibou... I shouldn't have slept with you."/

It wasn't something Yugi wanted to hear, but he figured it could have been much worse, /"...sorry, did I push you into it?"/

/"Don't apologize, aibou, this is entirely my fault. The reason we shouldn't have is that I-I don't love you."/ The following moments of silence while he waited for his light's response were excruciating.

/"...you're lying, right?"/

/"I'm so sorry-"/

His last words were cut off as Yugi broke the link, shutting Yami out completely.

---

The next day at school, Jounouchi approached Yugi to find out how things had gone between him and Yami. He didn't even have to ask before he got an answer to his question: Yugi wasn't wearing the Millennium Puzzle.



to be continued