Lily: *blinks* Ehh...

Iris: What's wrong, Lil?

Lily: ...

Iris: Lily?

Lily: .... ^_____^

Iris: O.o aibou??

Lily: Yami, I'm not an obvious writer!!

Iris: *blinks* Says what?

Lily: I'm not an obvious writer!! After the "no incest" warning, I thought people would get my idea and shoot things like "Ah, I got it... it's stupid you know" or "Oh... that's not really creative..." at me! But I got none!! People are actually interested in my ways to turn this into non-incest fic!! ^_^ I'm still original!!

Iris: Yeah... only 'cause no one has twisted ideas as to do a YY/Y fic with the characters as brothers...

Lily: Shut up Iris...

-- Reviewers' replies --

*Mel Gods : Yup, weird ne? It won't sound so WRONG (yeah, I know it does) after a while... But since I never used the idea before *shrugs* It's a good add for pointless fluff. ^^ Oh, and about those fics... Some weren't even written these past times ^^U The Portuguese ones I mean... Beside one that I wrote in the Christmas Eve, the others are probably 2 year-old... Heh ^^U The YGO ones I wrote around October and November, so it ain't so crazy... But anyway, I still like your review even though it's kind of short!! ^_^ Keep readin', onegai!!

*Koishii no Tenshi : *giggles* Ne, you think so? ^^ I'm glad!! Please, don't stop reading!

*YumeTakato : ^-^ Yay!! I'm glad you're interested in it so far and that it's funny... Here's the new chapter!

*Hime no Ichigo : *sweatdrops* Ne, Kaoru-chan... It is not incest, really... Keep reading and you're going to understand... Actually ^^ I'm happy you didn't get what I have planned... bwahahahaha, makes things more interesting... And YES, my mom and brother used to call me "Angel"... but they don't anymore... I wonder why? =P ^-^ *gives Kouichi a Pharaoh plushie for her to amuse herself in the time being while not being sarcastic*

*LilTakariGirl aka Yami Aro : ^^U lol... I almost lost a reader!! *glomps her and nods vehemently* No incest, just keep reading, no incest, just keep reading ^_~

*Miami-chan : was this soon enough? ^_^ Have a happy new year too!

*Pretenna : ^^ I'm glad you likes, Pre-chan!!

Now on with the chapter ^^

"__" means talking

'italic' means thinking

A Yami/Yugi shounen ai story (NO incest, mind you)

Disclaimer: I do not own it, don't dream fellow --;;

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Dark mates

Chapter II - Secrets

By: Lily Maxwell

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Although the television was on and the sound was coming out, Yugi was not really watching the movie. One of the reasons was that, without Yami, watching movies was not as fun. The stupid commentaries were shared and usually the characters were bashed... Reason behind why they were only going to watch stupid-sappy-senseless teen movies. And also... because the young one was still thinking about the Game Shop he went to earlier.

I don't get it... he thought frustrated with himself, ignoring the supposed funny comments one of the characters in the movie said. Maybe it's because the owner... looks like... me? he shook he head for the hundredth time since he came back home, but as before, he couldn't ignore the subject. Maybe he could tell Yami about that...

He glanced at the clock, finding it five minutes later than the last time he checked. 18:45 PM... Yami was still out with the others. Or his plan worked and they were all celebrating the new couple (Yugi couldn't help but chuckle at this) or they were still trying... Or being forced by Ryou to. The guy just didn't give up...

Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, the sound of the door being opened in the main hall echoed through the overly silent house (outside the sound of the TV). Yugi sat up quickly and walked towards the source of the sound, pausing when he was just at the entrance to the Living Room. And he was surprised.

Because, instead of finding the person he had been waiting for hours, he found the last people he thought he would see. His parents. The man, with ebony hair, sighed heavily as he entered the house, and his wife, a woman with light-chestnut hair, smiled as soon as she spotted her young son.

"Yugi." She said, walking and hugging him. "Ah, it's so good to see you here." She said, and Yugi blinked a little. Her voice... she sounded almost... relieved? When she backed away, her gray eyes were shining. Yugi decided to ignore it.

"Where's Yami?" Mr. Muoto asked, seeing as the taller one was not with Yugi.

"He's out... with some of his friends." Yugi said, and his mother sighed.

"Well, why aren't you with them?" she asked kindly, looking at Yugi in the eyes. "Did he not invite you?" she asked, but her son merely shook his head.

"No... I just didn't want to come. I had to go elsewhere." He replied, and both his parents looked at him curiously.

"Where?" they asked simultaneously. Yugi was confused with the sudden question.

"Hmmm..." he hesitated a little, recovering from little shock. "The... new Game Shop that opened in town." He said, and while his father widened his eyes, his mother paled.

"The... Kame Game Shop?" she asked, and Yugi blinked. He really did not comprehend the meaning of all this.

"Yes..." he said, then raised an eyebrow. "Why?" but his question was not answered, his parents merely looked at each other and remained quiet. "What's wrong?" Yugi continued, but his father began to bring their bags upstairs and his mother only smiled weakly. Yugi tilted his head to the side but remained in oblivion as the door opened again and his mother's attention was led to the new person.

"Mom?" the violet-eyed taller teen questioned, widened his eyes. His mother only smiled brighter and hurried to hug him like she had done with Yugi. "Wow... you guys are really back earlier this time." Yami said, waving to Yugi behind his mother. This one only managed to smile faintly in reply.

They were really impressed that their parents were back. It had been only a little longer than a month since they traveled, and usually they remained gone for at least three months. All business trips. They didn't mind, really, they were happy with each other's presence, and they didn't destroy the house in their absence. Without a maid (they really dispensed one), they cleaned the house once a week and Yami cooked for the both of them. Al the housework wasn't such a big deal for them. But good luck the house, even though big, was not a giant mansion... Because then they'd have trouble.

The woman smiled to her sons and climbed up the stairs to help her husband, leaving the two teens alone in the main hall. Yami instantly looked at Yugi apologetically.

"Ah Yugi, I'm so sorry..." he said, looking down in shame. He sighed. "But you know how Ryou is... he's basically the reason why I was out until now." He said and waited any sad reply from Yugi. But the boy only giggled.

"I understand. It's okay, really." He added, as Yami was about to give him another apology. "We can watch the movies later, it's no problem. And besides..." he seemed to grin. "You still have to finish that paper." He said, and Yami widened his eyes.

"You're right..." he gulped. "Yugi, I'll buy you an ice-cream tomorrow if you separate the books I need to finish that thing off while I take a bath. Please." He gave the little one puppy dog eyes, and Yugi laughed.

"Okay, okay... I'm not so easily bribed but I'll accept it this time so you'll stop with that humiliating begging thing." He said, and he pushed the taller one towards the stairs. "Now go already before I change my mind." And he didn't have to say twice, as Yami bolted up towards his room and then towards the bathroom. He laughed again and climbed the stairs in a very slower pace towards Yami's room.

He raised an eyebrow and snickered silently to himself.

'I'll clean it when I get home', he said? Yugi mused, seeing as how Yami's room wasn't relatively clean as it was supposed to be. He shrugged and decided to help his brother a little. He picked some clothes that were on the floor, picked some books and CDs and Duel Monsters cards that were everywhere and tried to put everything in order. He'll owe me big time...

He walked towards Yami's desk and took a look at the books on it. Ah... here they are. He thought, picking the books Yami was going to use. He blinked a little when he saw some books that were under the ones he just picked. 'Ancient Egypt'? He read, picking one up just as Yami entered the room.

"Yugi?" he asked but didn't see Yugi placing the book about Egypt quickly back at its original place on the table as he took a look around his room. He whistled. "Wow... thanks Yu-chan." He said, patting the smaller one's head smiling. "Would be a good idea cleaning up yours now..." he added smirking. Yugi pouted.

"Oh shut up." He said, then throwing himself on Yami's bed. Yami chuckled and sat down on his desk, planning on finishing the paper as soon as possible.

"If I knew who had the brilliant idea of having school on Saturday..." Yami mumbled and Yugi giggled on his bed, doing nothing but stare at the ceiling. They spent several minutes in silence as Yami finished his report. But it didn't take long for them to start listening to their parents' voices coming from their room. The volume of their voices was increasing by the seconds.

Yugi sat up and tried to listen to their words, while Yami stopped writing to do the same thing. When they couldn't make out their words, Yugi stood up and walked towards the door.

"Yugi!" Yami called. "Where are you going?" he asked.

"I'm going to find out what they're saying." Yugi merely replied.

"Yugi you're not supposed to eavesdrop on mom and dad's conversation!" Yami said. Yugi shrugged.

"They've been acting weird since they arrived... I want to know what's going on." He said and left, making Yami sigh and follow him. They walked soundlessly by the corridor until they came up to the double doors that led to their parents' bedroom. They placed their ears on the polished wood surface and listened close to their words.

"Do you think he'll say anything to him?" they heard Mrs. Muoto say.

"I don't know... I don't think so. He can't do that." this time was Mr. Muoto who spoke.

"How come?" they heard the woman say, her voice seeming rather disturbed. "Of course he can! It's his grandson!"

"He's our son now... I'm sure he didn't even know he was still alive. And we have him according to the law."

"But he's his only alive relative..." this time they started to hear sobs, and they widened their eyes. "I don't want him to take Yugi from me..."

Their breaths stopped for a mere second.

"What... does she mean...?" Yugi asked slowly, backing away from the door.

"Yugi..." Yami couldn't think of anything to say, and he just observed the shocked teen.

"I'm... I'm not her son?!"

end of chapter

Lily: Hah!! There it is!! Firstly, it's one less problem: no blood relation. Next step: brotherly love.

Iris: -.-;; *thinks her hikari is seriously issued*

Lily: *ahem* I'm sorry for taking so long to update anything ^^U I was lost in the middle of vacation and holidays... I'm going back to updating my stuff now, I promise. Anyway, I hope you guys liked this chapter and are eager to know what's going to happen next =P Please review and expect the next chapter sooner!