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A Christmas
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The final chapter!!
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Chapter 2 - Christmas
Day
I'd like to dedicate this to my best friends in the entire world:
Alexis, Brittany, Caitlin, and Carenna… ^_^
(who will probably never know that this story even exists ^^)
And to ALL of my reviewers! Not just reviewers from this
story, but from other ones as well!
^_^ Merry Christmas!
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Yugi woke up with a
start, and wasn't sure why. He swung his legs over the side of his bed, and
yawned. It took him a moment to realise that there was anything different than
every other time he had woken up before. He glanced towards his window and noticed
that there was a bright light coming from it. Truly he hadn't slept longer than
a few hours? Surely he hadn't slept all the way till the next day?
Yugi jumped up out of his bed, and ran
to the window. He stared in awe at what lay on the other side of his window.
Everything was covered in a thick layer of frost, sparkling with the rising
sun. Yugi looked up at the sun and watched curiously as it rose higher and
higher with each passing minute.
He rubbed his eyes
groggily, paused for a moment, and let out a cry of surprise as he remembered
exactly what day it was.
***In Yami's Room***
Yami fell of his
bed with a thud as he woke up so suddenly. He rubbed his bed, and stared up at
his bed, where he had lain a few moments before. He groaned as he tried to
figure out just why exactly he had woken up so quickly and from such a
wonderful dream.
He was just sitting up as the door to
his room was thrown open, and Yugi ran in with a joyous look on his face.
"IT'S CHRISTMAS!" Yugi yelled,
and started to jump up and down on Yami's still warm bed. Yami groaned again,
but smiled up at his hikari.
"Good morning, Yami! What're you doing
down there?" Yugi jumped off of his bed, giggled, and helped Yami up before
dragging him downstairs. Yugi clapped his hands together excitedly, and reached
out to pick up a present when he heard his grandpa.
"Breakfast first, Yugi. You can still
wait a little while to open them, can't you?" Yugi sighed, and looked
back towards his grandpa, who was wearing a grey dressing gown over his
pyjamas.
"Alright… Just a little while."
Yugi smiled.
He skipped alongside Yami all the way
into the kitchen, and plopped himself down onto a chair, looking down at a
plate full of pancakes. He grabbed the maple syrup, and poured it onto his
pancakes until it seemed like they were floating in it. Yami raised an eyebrow
at his Aibou, but said nothing.
"Would you please pass the syrup?"
Yami held out his hand, and Yugi passed it on to him when he was done.
"Arigato." Yami smiled, and poured a little bit onto his plate. He then passed
it down to their grandpa, who smiled warmly up at both of them.
"Excited, Yami?" He spoke softly as he
squeezed a little bit of syrup from the bottle onto his pancakes.
"'Bout what?" Yami looked up with
mouthful of pancakes as Yugi let out a 'Mmm…' at the opposite end of the table.
"Why, Christmas, of course!" He
exclaimed, and smiled before sliding a forkful of pancakes into his mouth. Yami
smiled good-naturedly, glanced at Yugi, and back to their grandpa.
"I think Yugi is excited enough for
the both of us." Yami chuckled, and finished his pancakes. He leaned back in
his chair, and closed his eyes. He admitted that he was still tired, but he
wouldn't be able to fall asleep now that he was awake again.
When they finished, they all walked
into the family room, and saw down on the couches. Except Yugi, who sat down on
the ground in front of the tree and the presents beneath it. Yugi's eyes were
full of excitement as he waited for his grandfather to tell him when he could
open one of them.
"Oh, go ahead, Yugi." Sogoroku
laughed, and leaned back in the armchair. Yugi smiled, and picked up a few
presents. He passed one over to Yami, and one to his grandpa, and stared down
at the packaged in his hand. He was so excited that his hands shook as he
ripped off the wrapping paper, and looked down at the small wooden box in his
hands. It was beautifully carved, with a Sennen eye carved into the top. He turned
around, and smiled up at his grandpa, who smiled back. "Thanks, grandpa!"
He started on another present,
noticing that it had no tag on it or card included. Shrugging, he opened it
carefully until a small note fell out. It read: 'Thought you could use this.'
It was signed 'Ryou & gang.' And there was a little smiley face at
the bottom of it. Yugi looked puzzled, but kept opening up the rest of the
wrapping paper. Inside was a camera, with film included. Yugi smirked. He knew
why they had bought it for him.
His friends had been bugging him the
whole last week of school, about all of the ways that he could tell Yami that
he loved him. And they had always ended up insisting him to use the
camera. He never knew why, until now. He had it all set out in his mind, he
knew exactly how he could tell Yami that he loved him, and wanted him.
He hid the camera underneath all of
the wrapping paper. Yugi opened the rest of his presents, all from Yami and his
grandpa, and was so excited with each and every one of them. From Yami he got a
beautiful necklace with a golden sennen eye hanging from it, as well as some
chocolate. He'd eat it later, he wasn't in the mood to be even more hyper than
he already was. From his grandpa he got the wooden box, and several books on
Egyptian artefacts, including information on the Millennium items.
For the rest of the afternoon, Yami, Yugi and his grandfather all
discussed various things, including their wonderful Christmas. After their
dinner, Yugi went up to his room, and picked up his new camera with his shaky
hands. He walked out of his room, and down into their family room. With the
camera behind his back, he walked up towards Yami, who smiled back at him.
"U-um, Yami?" Yugi asked hesitantly.
"Hai?" Yami glanced back at his
nervous hikari. Yugi pulled the camera out from behind his back, and Yami eyed
it suspiciously. "What do you want, Aibou?"
"C-could I take y-your picture?" Yugi
stuttered, and bit his lip. He wasn't sure how well his plan would turn out.
"What for?" Yami turned around so that
his back was facing the Christmas tree. The lights on the Christmas tree were
on, making it look beautiful in the slight darkness of the room, and they cast
different colours onto Yami's clothing. Yugi took a deep breath before he
spoke. His heart was hammering in his chest.
"So I-I can show
Santa exactly what I want for Christmas next year?" Yugi blushed, and looked
down at the ground, he felt foolish after he actually said it. He swallowed,
and looked back up towards Yami. Yami was smiling happily.
"You don't need to take a picture or
tell Santa Claus to get this, Yugi." Yami walked towards Yugi, and took
his hand in his own. He placed both of their hands over his heart. Yugi blushed
furiously. 'Does he really mean it?' Yugi thought to himself as he
stared into Yami's crimson eyes with curiosity.
"Y-you mean it,
Yami?" Yugi's jaw dropped when Yami nodded. And Yami seized the chance by
pushing his face towards Yugi's, and capturing his lips. They remained that way
until they broke apart for air. Yugi smiled, and threw his arms around Yami's
neck. This truly was the best Christmas ever.
"Hai." Yami wrapped his arms around
his hikari, and whispered into his ear before pulling back. "Ashiteru,
Yugi."
"Love you too, Yami!" Yugi kissed Yami
on the cheek, and Yami picked him up. Yami dropped himself as well as Yugi onto
the couch, and Yugi his hikari on his forehead, causing Yugi to giggle, before
yawning. Yami chuckled, and lay down on his side, dragging Yugi down with him.
"G'night, Yami." Yugi said wearily,
and snuggled into Yami's warmth. Yami pulled him closer, and breathed in Yugi's
scent.
"Mm…" Yami sighed, and felt Yugi relax
in his arms, and listened as Yugi's breathing became even. "Goodnight, Aibou."
Yami fell asleep beside his Yugi. Both so content that they smiled in
their sleep. Their grandpa came into the family room with a smile on his face.
He picked up a blanket, and pulled it over the two of them.
"Goodnight, you two. Merry Christmas."
He whispered, and walked out of the room to leave them alone. Outside, the
snowflakes were falling all around, blown around by a weak breeze. But through
the clouds, several stars were visible. Two growing more brightly than ever,
looking as if they were both entwined in each other's light. The only light
came from the stars were casting a small amount of light into one house, onto
two boys. Yami and Yugi. Yugi opened his eyes as the light woke him up, and
looked up to see his Yami still there beside him, very much asleep. Yugi leaned
up, kissed his cheek then settled back into his warmth. "Ashiteru,
Yami."
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Yay! It's done! ^^ Although it was a
little short -_-' Sorry about the ending, I'm not really good at endings. But I
really, really hope that you all liked this chapter! ^_^ Arigato for your
reviews! And I'll be posting the 'thank you' s to the reviewers as soon as
Christmas is over! Sorry for the delay, but I have to spend more time with my
family for this Christmas, so not as much time on the computer!
J
*Laughs* Let's just say that the spell-check was having some
fun by trying to change certain words in this chapter… Hee hee, like for 'Sennen',
it wanted to change it to *laughs uncontrollably* to… to - Semen! HA HA!! And
for Sogoroku it wanted to change it to 'Sonorous…' This spell check cracks me
up sometimes.
^^
Merry Christmas! And have a happy New Year! ^_^
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