Gemini

Morning sunlight streamed in through the open balcony, waking the sleeping occupant on the bed. Yugioh groaned, squinting his eyes in denial. King or no king, he hated mornings.

Soft breaths raining down his chest captured his attention, and his first instinct was to throttle whoever it was that had decided to be near him. Snapping his eyes open, he moved his hands to make like he was going to strangle, and he had every intention of doing so.

A soft cherubic face flushed with sleep bombarded his vision. Instantly his heart seemed to melt, his hands dropping back down to his sides. So very, very beautiful this boy was.

'How does he have such an affect on me? I know so little about him, but one look and all previous thoughts leave me.'

Sighing in blissful confusion, the pharaoh ran his fingers across the smooth skin of the boy's face.

'He looks so happy in his sleep.'

He needed to get up lest another uprising spring against him again. It appeared that using the puzzle the previous night to interpret what the natives had been telling him sucked a lot of energy, leaving him drained and exauhsted. Sighing regretfully, Yugioh sat up, causing the covers to fall in his wake. He yawned, stretched, and sat stubbornly where he was. For the love of Ra, how he didn't want to move.

Yuugi stirred at the loss of warmth, his violet eyes blinking open groggily. His eyes landed on the pharaoh, and he smiled.

'This smile is meant for me,' Yugioh thought with a mixture of happiness, smugness, and possessiveness.

"Yami," the young man yawned, rolling over onto his back from his side. The pharaoh frowned, gently capturing Yuugi's chin with his right hand. His eyes looked at the one beneath him questioningly. "Yami?" What did it mean? Why did the boy keep calling him that?

The morning star saw the comprehension dawning on the young man's face, his violet eyes moving slightly as he thought of the translation. Sitting up, he took the pharaoh's hands in his own, opening them up as if he were going to give them presents. He placed one of his hands on Yugioh's right hand. "Yami," he said clearly. He moved his hand over to the left one. "Darkness," he pronounced with a slight accent. "Darkness," he said again, then moved his hand over to the right one again. "Yami." He looked up to see if Yugioh understood.

'Now it makes sense. Yami. Darkness. They mean the same thing. That's what he's been calling me all this time. It's no wonder he said 'beautiful darkness, mine,' last night.'

Yugioh opened up Yuugi's hands in a similar fashion, placing his own hand in Yuugi's right. "Light," he said, moving his hand over to the left one. He looked at Yuugi questioningly.

Yuugi smiled. "Hikari," he explained. The pharaoh nodded. "Hikari," he repeated.

Well, at least they were making some progress.

Yugioh was about to ask something else, when suddenly his stomach had other plans. Yuugi looked at him and giggled. "Hmm, hungry," the pharaoh grunted.

Getting up, the morning star noticed, quite pleased, that his breakfast was exactly where it was supposed to be. Right next to his bed. Yuugi's eyes followed his movements as he walked around to the other side of the bed, eyes suddenly filling with want. "Tabemono!" he declared excitedly.

"Tabemono?" Yugioh asked. Yuugi pointed to the food. "Tabemono!"

"Ah," he realized. "Food." He brought the tray of fruits, grains, and barely over to the bed. He pointed to it. "Food," he said clearly. Yuugi looked up at him, processing what he was just told. "Food," he repeated. He nodded his head. "Food." Not bothering to wait, he grabbed a dragon fruit and began to devour. Yugioh helped himself to some of the oatmeal that was made available, complete with cream and honey.

Normally, the pharaoh never finished all of his food. In fact, most of the time, there were enough leftovers to serve three more people.

Yuugi, on the other hand, consumed every last bite that Yami hadn't touched after he was full. "When was the last time you ate," Yugioh asked somewhat incredulously, and somewhat concerned. Yuugi turned his head and looked at him, a confused look coming over his face. Shrugging, the young man turned and walked over to the water basin at one of the tables scattered about the massive room.

Yugioh watched curiously as the boy thoroughly cleaned his face and hands, drying off with a towel. Well, it was certainly obvious that he wasn't a common citizen wherever it was that he was from.

Those people never bathe.

After dressing, the pharaoh was prepared to leave the room and attend to his daily routine, when he noticed something was off.

Yuugi looked at him curiously as they stood at the door. The young man was still wearing his strange outfit from the night before.

That had to change. He would become too hot during the day if he wore all of those clothes. What on earth was it made out of, anyway? So dark a blue, so thick? The pharaoh walked up to him, tugging at the end of the shirt the boy had on. "What is this," he asked.

Yuugi got that concentrating look on his face again, searching his mind to see if he knew what the word was. Yugioh's actions alone let him know what the question was.

"Leather," he said slowly, then he grinned. "Leather." He looked quite proud of himself for knowing this.

"No," Yugioh said, shaking his head. "Too hot." He walked over to a cabinet, pulling out linen and some jewelry. Laying them across the bed, he pointed to them sternly. There wasn't going to be any argument over this.

Though he hid it quite well, he was amused to see Yuugi crestfallen, but nodded his head in compliance.

Yuugi stripped of his shirt and pants, revealing his pale body.

' He's so white! Look at him! Has he ever seen any sun at all? Perhaps he did fall from the gods, fresh and unexposed to the earth below.' Yugioh couldn't help but admit to himself just how beautiful the one before him was. 'And he's all mine.'

Yuugi tried to wrap the linen around himself, much like it was wrapped around the pharaoh, but somehow kept managing to get himself tangled up in the confines of the linen. Laughing for the first time in ages, Yugioh offered a bit of help, enjoying the blush that had spread across Yuugi's face.

Such an adorable little creature.

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