As always, thanks for the reviews ^__^ This is the last chapter.

Notes: "(...)" indicates thinking

/"..."/ indicates Yami and Yugi talking to each other mentally

--- indicates scene change

Disclaimer: Nope, Yugioh doesn't belong to me, if it did I'd be able to see all the eps now rather than waiting for them to come out on DVD *grumble*



Chapter Three

"Hey Yugi, you're... not wearing the Millennium Puzzle?" Jounouchi asked, approaching him.

"No, not today..." Yugi said, his voice trembling slightly.

"But you always wear it"

"I...I can't see him now..."

"Hey, Yugi I understand, but still... this' pretty harsh. He can't do anything if you're not wearing the Puzzle, right?"

"No."

"Well, then why don't you-"

"Don't you understand what he did to me?! He led me on and slept with me then told me he doesn't even love me! How am I supposed to see him after that?!"

Jounouchi was thankful that no one else was near enough to hear this conversation, "Uh, Yugi, do you understand why he did that?"

"Because he was horny?" Yugi said, icy contempt in his voice.

"Uh, no (although that was probably part of it...). He did it to make you happy."

"How was *that* supposed to make me happy when he doesn't even love me?"

Jounouchi sighed, "Yeah, it doesn't make much sense, but haven't you noticed that Yami isn't exactly normal?"

Yugi looked at him.

"Come on, he's a Pharaoh who was trapped in a puzzle for thousands of years. (That alone is enough to make him weird). He shares your body, so obviously he wants to keep you happy... He thought it was what you wanted. It just goes to show that he would do ANYTHING for you. It IS weird, but he did it because he cares for you THAT much."

That was enough to start tears falling from Yugi's eyes.

---

Yami tried to stay calm. He couldn't feel the presence of his light anymore... he hadn't been able to for a while now. Yugi was obviously far away from the puzzle; he probably had been since they had last talked.

Maybe something terrible had happened to Yugi.

Although if that was true, he probably would've noticed, but it was still possible... Yami cursed himself for closing the link for so long. If something awful had happened to Yugi and he could've prevented it, he would never forgive himself.

There was the other possibility though: Yugi had abandoned him.

With how badly he had devastated his light, Yami thought it was possible. But, no, Yugi wasn't that cruel. He wouldn't do that. even under circumstances like these... or would he?

---

Yugi flung the door open to the Game Shop and nearly fell down the stairs as he rushed to the basement storage room where he had left the puzzle the day before.

He had left school right after talking to Jounouchi, before the first class even started. Some teacher had yelled something after him, but he couldn't stop running. Even though he could barely breath from running so much, he still couldn't stop.

Since he had taken off the puzzle, each passing minute seemed increasingly painful. He always felt like he was missing a part of himself when Yami wasn't with him and this time he had ripped that part away with his own hands. Jounouchi's words had made the torment so excruciating that he couldn't stand it anymore. Even with what Yami had done to him, Yugi couldn't leave him like this.

---

It felt like a bolt of lightning had hit Yami: Yugi's presence had returned. He got to the door of his soul room as fast as he could and flung it wide open. Yugi was waiting for him.

"Aibou! Are you alright?!"

"Heh?"

"You disappeared for so long, I thought something might have happened to you," Yami said, almost hoping that had been the reason.

"Oh..." it made Yugi feel terrible. He had expected Yami to be angry with him for taking off the puzzle for so long, and here he was worried about Yugi's safety. Damn it, this was why Yugi loved him so much, "I just needed some time..." he explained, hoping Yami would understand the reason without him having to say it.

Yami nodded, silently.

"...mou hitori no boku, I really hate not getting along with you. I want to work this out... You have to be honest with me from now on though..."

Yami nodded again, "Aibou, there's something else that you need to know then..."

Yugi bit his lip, "...I probably don't want to know, do I?"

"...probably not."

Yugi took a deep breath, "It's best if we get everything out in the open now though... so whatever it is, tell me."

Yami studied his light's face which was trying to hide a tremendous amount of anxiety. He then directed his gaze away from Yugi and said, "Aibou, I like Kaiba."

"...I see," Yugi said, holding back tears.

"I-I don't plan on doing anything about it; I just thought since you said to be honest..."

"I know..."

"...are you still going to forgive me?"

"I don't know... but I do know one thing for sure," Yugi said, steadying his trembling voice, "You have to pay a penalty."

Yami looked at him, puzzled, "What do you mean?"

"If you want me to forgive you for what you did, you have to do something first-" Yugi started.

"I'll do it," Yami answered, without hesitation.

"? I didn't say what it was yet."

"I don't care. I'll do whatever you want, aibou."

The way Yami had said it tempted Yugi momentarily to change what he had in mind to something really, really dirty, but he stuck with his original plan, "You have to go tell Kaiba-kun how you feel."

Yami's eyes went wide. After a moment he asked, "That would make up for what I did?"

"I think so."

"...then I'll do it."

---

The next day, Yami waited on the roof of the school.

Yugi could feel Yami's uneasiness and was tempted to take back what he had asked. He didn't know how Kaiba was going to react, but he doubted it would be pleasant. Yugi had still been so angry yesterday that he just wanted his dark side to be hurt like he had hurt him... But now that he was thinking more clearly, he knew he didn't want Yami to suffer like that. Even after what had happened, Yugi still loved his dark side as deeply as before.

Of course, there was the possibility that Kaiba felt the same way and that this would actually turn out well for Yami... but that seemed highly unlikely.

Yugi became more and more worried as his mind went over all the terrible things that Kaiba could do... hell, he was the president of a gigantic company, there really weren't many things he COULDN'T do...

This was definitely a bad idea. Yugi really didn't want anything bad to happen to Yami, /"Mou hitori no boku, why don't we just-"/

Kaiba appeared in the doorway to the roof.

Yugi started to panic, /"Don't do this, okay? I don't want you to anymore!"/

/"It's too late."/

"What do you want?" Kaiba asked, folding his arms.

/"It's NOT too late, mou hitori no boku! I was being too mean, don't do it!"/

He ignored his light, knowing that Yugi was just being soft. Yami was determined to carry out what had been asked of him.

"Kaiba, I'll get right to the point: I like you."

Kaiba scoffed, "What is this, some pathetic attempt to turn me into your friend? It won't work."

"No, Kaiba, it's not like that."

Kaiba looked at Yami, confused; Yami stared back, desperately willing the faint blush on his cheeks to disappear.

Kaiba's mind began to fathom what Yami meant, "This-this is a truly sick joke," his eyes narrowed.

"It's not a joke."

Kaiba stared at his face, trying to see any hint of dishonesty. Extremely annoyed, he finally gave up, "This is idiotic," he said, turning and hurrying of the roof.

As the door swung shut after Kaiba, Yami leaned against the railing of the roof and sighed, "There... I did it, aibou."

/"...I told you not to..."/

"You were right to ask me to do it though. I deserved it for what I did to you... so, are we okay now?"

/"No..."/ Yugi said, /"...but I know we will be eventually."/



End

How was it? There is going to be a sequel, but it probably won't be posted here... once I know, I'll post it in my bio.