"Don't Say Goodbye"
Chapter Seven
Cherry: (grins) Well, here's the next part of my little story! I bet that a lot of people are wondering why I had Yugi accept.
Yugi: I'm wondering about that myself.
Yami: So am I.
Cherry: Well, too bad! If I told you, it'd ruin the story! I have a big thing planned, though some of you may have already guessed. Meh. That's enough of me babbling. Next chapter!
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Ryou and Jou turned to stare at the pair of them shamelessly, but since they were behind them, neither Yugi nor Kaiba saw them. Ryou was in complete shock.
"Yu-Yugi and Kaiba?" he thought. "Those two? Together?"
Jou was also thinking along those lines.
"Yugi and Kaiba together? That ain't right! I can't believe that the guy I like is . . ." Jou's thoughts trailed off as Kaiba began talking.
"You want to?" Kaiba asked quietly. "I was half-expecting you to say no."
"So was I," Yugi thought, though he was careful to not say anything out loud. He didn't want Kaiba to know that . . .
{Yami!}
Yugi felt a nasty twang of pain, but didn't let it show on his face. Instead, he just smiled embarrassedly at Kaiba.
"Well, to be honest, I've always wondered what it would be like to go out with the most sought-after guy in school," he said shyly. This at least was one hundred percent true. Yugi had always been curious about what it might be like to date Kaiba.
Kaiba grinned, then reached over and gently grasped Yugi's chin.
"Just as I've wondered about what this might be like," he said softly. He then leaned over and kissed Yugi tenderly, catching the small teen off guard, as well as their two spectators.
Ryou just about doubled over from shock, and Jou felt like a dagger had just been plunged and twisted into his heart. They both left quietly, hoping that Kaiba and Yugi would not notice that they'd ever been there.
Yugi, after getting over the initial shock, began to respond to Kaiba, opening his mouth when Kaiba pressed his tongue against his lips. Kaiba began to explore the recesses of Yugi's oral cavity, his tongue running along Yugi's teeth and then stroking Yugi's tongue. After a minute the two engaged in a struggle for dominance, which ended with the brunette winning. Kaiba then deepened the kiss even further, if possible, and then his hands found their way up Yugi's shirt, seeking out his nipples. That was when Yugi broke the kiss and pulled Kaiba's hands away.
"Kaiba! What are you doing?" Yugi said, surprised and slightly frightened by Kaiba's less-than-modest actions. Was that all Kaiba wanted from him?
Kaiba, meanwhile, was mentally kicking himself for letting his hormones take him over for a minute. That was just great. Now Yugi would think that Kaiba only wanted him for sex, and that was far from the truth.
He'd best apologize if he didn't want Yugi to believe that he was thought of as a sex toy . . .
"Gomen ne, Yugi," he said. "I didn't mean to. I guess that my hormones just got the better of me for a moment."
Yugi blushed at the word "hormones," something that Kaiba found very amusing. The little one was so shy . . .
Kaiba went from amusement to frustration and about half a second, because the bell chose that moment to ring.
~*~*~
Yami, Jono, and Teana stood together triumphantly, looking at the six shimmering golden item that lay before them. Yami was the happiest of all. All there was left to get was Heishin's item, and then he would be defeated and Yami could return to Yugi!
Jono smiled at his pharaoh friend. "I'll bet that you can't wait until you beat the stuffing out of the Heishin creep," he said.
Yami grinned at him. "You're right about that. I won't lie. I can wait to get the last item so that I can return to Yugi's side and be with him again."
Teana sighed. "Do you really have to, though?" she asked. Her tone of voice broke Yami's heart. She sounded so despondent. "Why can't you just stay here with us? With me?"
Yami looked down out of guilt. He knew perfectly well what sort of feelings Teana held for him, but he couldn't return her feelings because he was in love with Yugi. He also felt bad about voluntarily leaving his friends again, but he couldn't bear the thought of living his life with his little Hikari.
Yami looked at Teana, knowing that what he was about to say would break her heart, but also knowing that he had to say it.
"Teana, I do have to. I made a promise that I would do everything in my power to come back. I have no intention of breaking that promise. My word has always been my bond." He looked her straight in the eye to make sure he had her complete attention. "Please understand Teana. I would never wish to do anything to hurt you, but I can't stay here and be the person I was, because I'm not that person anymore. I'm not the man that you fell in love with anymore . . ."
He allowed the sentence to trail off, not wanting to go any further. Teana was looking at him with heartbroken, tear-filled eyes, but she was trying to smile at him.
"It's okay Yami," she said, her voice hurtful. "I would never ask you to pretend to be something you're not, and don't think that I haven't noticed the change in you. I had just hoped . . ."
She stopped and turned her face away from Yami. The two of them remained silent until Jono cleared his throat, breaking the tension.
"Listen, we still have a long way to go before anyone is safe. We still have to worry about getting that last item away from Heishin."
Luckily, that was the right thing to say, for Teana and Yami were able to shelve their emotional angst and focus on the task at hand.
That focus lasted only about a minute for Yami because he felt . . .
PAIN!!
A sharp lance of pain shot straight through to his core. He just about doubled over. That had been so strong, so sharp, that it was almost as if Yugi was standing right next to him.
But, if Yami felt it that acutely, then what in the world was his Aibou going through?
~*~*~
Kaiba was really showing Yugi a good time. They had gone to the movies to see a film Yugi had been dying to see, then they went to a great restaurant for dinner, and now they were just strolling through the park together. Yugi should have been having a great time . . .
{Yami!}
His heart kept on screaming at him that this was wrong, that it should have been Yami standing next to him instead. A part of him wholeheartedly agreed, but Yugi just couldn't forget his feelings for Kaiba.
And that was the only thing that was stopping him from telling Kaiba that he wanted to go home . . .
Kaiba, though, had noticed how distant he was being. At first, he had just attested it to his recent depression, but the more he thought about it, the more he realized that it was much more than that. However, he said nothing, not being very experienced with comforting people. Instead, he just softly squeezed Yugi's hand, letting him know that he was willing to listen.
Yugi looked up at Kaiba and saw the taller teen look down at him, his eyes filled with love.
Yugi had been hurting all night long, but never so sharply as when he saw the look of sincere love in Kaiba's eyes.
Now he really didn't know what to do . . .
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Cherry: All those who hate me for this chapter raise your hands!
Yami: I'm pretty sure no one will hate you.
Cherry: I'm pretty sure they will. I love to do this! I love it when my readers hate me. It means I'm doing a good job.
Yugi: (thinks to Yami) Don't argue Yami. Just smile and nod.
Cherry: Please, remember to review! Oh and before I forget, I wanted to ask all reviewers to vote on who Jounouchi should be in live with. I left that open because I couldn't decide. Let me know in your reviews! Later much!
Chapter Seven
Cherry: (grins) Well, here's the next part of my little story! I bet that a lot of people are wondering why I had Yugi accept.
Yugi: I'm wondering about that myself.
Yami: So am I.
Cherry: Well, too bad! If I told you, it'd ruin the story! I have a big thing planned, though some of you may have already guessed. Meh. That's enough of me babbling. Next chapter!
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Ryou and Jou turned to stare at the pair of them shamelessly, but since they were behind them, neither Yugi nor Kaiba saw them. Ryou was in complete shock.
"Yu-Yugi and Kaiba?" he thought. "Those two? Together?"
Jou was also thinking along those lines.
"Yugi and Kaiba together? That ain't right! I can't believe that the guy I like is . . ." Jou's thoughts trailed off as Kaiba began talking.
"You want to?" Kaiba asked quietly. "I was half-expecting you to say no."
"So was I," Yugi thought, though he was careful to not say anything out loud. He didn't want Kaiba to know that . . .
{Yami!}
Yugi felt a nasty twang of pain, but didn't let it show on his face. Instead, he just smiled embarrassedly at Kaiba.
"Well, to be honest, I've always wondered what it would be like to go out with the most sought-after guy in school," he said shyly. This at least was one hundred percent true. Yugi had always been curious about what it might be like to date Kaiba.
Kaiba grinned, then reached over and gently grasped Yugi's chin.
"Just as I've wondered about what this might be like," he said softly. He then leaned over and kissed Yugi tenderly, catching the small teen off guard, as well as their two spectators.
Ryou just about doubled over from shock, and Jou felt like a dagger had just been plunged and twisted into his heart. They both left quietly, hoping that Kaiba and Yugi would not notice that they'd ever been there.
Yugi, after getting over the initial shock, began to respond to Kaiba, opening his mouth when Kaiba pressed his tongue against his lips. Kaiba began to explore the recesses of Yugi's oral cavity, his tongue running along Yugi's teeth and then stroking Yugi's tongue. After a minute the two engaged in a struggle for dominance, which ended with the brunette winning. Kaiba then deepened the kiss even further, if possible, and then his hands found their way up Yugi's shirt, seeking out his nipples. That was when Yugi broke the kiss and pulled Kaiba's hands away.
"Kaiba! What are you doing?" Yugi said, surprised and slightly frightened by Kaiba's less-than-modest actions. Was that all Kaiba wanted from him?
Kaiba, meanwhile, was mentally kicking himself for letting his hormones take him over for a minute. That was just great. Now Yugi would think that Kaiba only wanted him for sex, and that was far from the truth.
He'd best apologize if he didn't want Yugi to believe that he was thought of as a sex toy . . .
"Gomen ne, Yugi," he said. "I didn't mean to. I guess that my hormones just got the better of me for a moment."
Yugi blushed at the word "hormones," something that Kaiba found very amusing. The little one was so shy . . .
Kaiba went from amusement to frustration and about half a second, because the bell chose that moment to ring.
~*~*~
Yami, Jono, and Teana stood together triumphantly, looking at the six shimmering golden item that lay before them. Yami was the happiest of all. All there was left to get was Heishin's item, and then he would be defeated and Yami could return to Yugi!
Jono smiled at his pharaoh friend. "I'll bet that you can't wait until you beat the stuffing out of the Heishin creep," he said.
Yami grinned at him. "You're right about that. I won't lie. I can wait to get the last item so that I can return to Yugi's side and be with him again."
Teana sighed. "Do you really have to, though?" she asked. Her tone of voice broke Yami's heart. She sounded so despondent. "Why can't you just stay here with us? With me?"
Yami looked down out of guilt. He knew perfectly well what sort of feelings Teana held for him, but he couldn't return her feelings because he was in love with Yugi. He also felt bad about voluntarily leaving his friends again, but he couldn't bear the thought of living his life with his little Hikari.
Yami looked at Teana, knowing that what he was about to say would break her heart, but also knowing that he had to say it.
"Teana, I do have to. I made a promise that I would do everything in my power to come back. I have no intention of breaking that promise. My word has always been my bond." He looked her straight in the eye to make sure he had her complete attention. "Please understand Teana. I would never wish to do anything to hurt you, but I can't stay here and be the person I was, because I'm not that person anymore. I'm not the man that you fell in love with anymore . . ."
He allowed the sentence to trail off, not wanting to go any further. Teana was looking at him with heartbroken, tear-filled eyes, but she was trying to smile at him.
"It's okay Yami," she said, her voice hurtful. "I would never ask you to pretend to be something you're not, and don't think that I haven't noticed the change in you. I had just hoped . . ."
She stopped and turned her face away from Yami. The two of them remained silent until Jono cleared his throat, breaking the tension.
"Listen, we still have a long way to go before anyone is safe. We still have to worry about getting that last item away from Heishin."
Luckily, that was the right thing to say, for Teana and Yami were able to shelve their emotional angst and focus on the task at hand.
That focus lasted only about a minute for Yami because he felt . . .
PAIN!!
A sharp lance of pain shot straight through to his core. He just about doubled over. That had been so strong, so sharp, that it was almost as if Yugi was standing right next to him.
But, if Yami felt it that acutely, then what in the world was his Aibou going through?
~*~*~
Kaiba was really showing Yugi a good time. They had gone to the movies to see a film Yugi had been dying to see, then they went to a great restaurant for dinner, and now they were just strolling through the park together. Yugi should have been having a great time . . .
{Yami!}
His heart kept on screaming at him that this was wrong, that it should have been Yami standing next to him instead. A part of him wholeheartedly agreed, but Yugi just couldn't forget his feelings for Kaiba.
And that was the only thing that was stopping him from telling Kaiba that he wanted to go home . . .
Kaiba, though, had noticed how distant he was being. At first, he had just attested it to his recent depression, but the more he thought about it, the more he realized that it was much more than that. However, he said nothing, not being very experienced with comforting people. Instead, he just softly squeezed Yugi's hand, letting him know that he was willing to listen.
Yugi looked up at Kaiba and saw the taller teen look down at him, his eyes filled with love.
Yugi had been hurting all night long, but never so sharply as when he saw the look of sincere love in Kaiba's eyes.
Now he really didn't know what to do . . .
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Cherry: All those who hate me for this chapter raise your hands!
Yami: I'm pretty sure no one will hate you.
Cherry: I'm pretty sure they will. I love to do this! I love it when my readers hate me. It means I'm doing a good job.
Yugi: (thinks to Yami) Don't argue Yami. Just smile and nod.
Cherry: Please, remember to review! Oh and before I forget, I wanted to ask all reviewers to vote on who Jounouchi should be in live with. I left that open because I couldn't decide. Let me know in your reviews! Later much!