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By Linea

Disclaimer: You should know by now! Guess!

Thankies to Dynx, who told me how Bakura-sama got into the Sennen Puzzle. Actually, Bakura was there all along. He put part of his soul in the Puzzle and has been hanging around in there since Battle City!

//...//= thoughts/hikari speech

/.../= yami speech

Chapter 4

Yugi stared at his homework. He felt more alone than ever. He hadn't seen Yami since that day, almost a week ago. It was like Yami was avoiding him, like Yami didn't care about him, anymore.

//Wait! Why would I care about that?// Yugi thought, //I mean, he is a friend and all, but he's been gone before. This time feels different! Why? Could I actually care about him?// He closed his eyes and rested his head on his open textbook. // Could I actually love him? I... I... think so. Yes! I do love him!//

But...

Yami was avoiding him! Maybe Yami didn't love him anymore! A few tears leaked out of Yugi's tightly shut eyes. Suddenly, a strange emptiness filled him. Yami had most likely recovered from him. With his looks, anyone would give anything to go out with him. (A/N: Yugi is forgetting that only he can touch Yami.) Yugi was just a nobody. Compared to some, Yugi was nothing, easily overlooked. Yami had told him about affairs he had had before. He said that none of the women had captured his heart. They never lasted long. This was probably the same.

Yugi sighed and slid under the covers, but try as he might, he could not go to sleep. The emtiness had left him, replaced by an ache in his chest. All he wanted was to have Yami back, to see his face again. He felt so alone, so lost, that he felt like his world was ending. He could do nothing but cry, tasting the salt of his tears as they rolled down his face.

/ What is wrong, aibou?/ Yugi sat up, staring into the darkness. Then, he saw Yami sitting at the end of his bed, with a worried expression on his face.

// Y-Yami?// Yugi asked, //You're here? Why?//

Yami stood and moved so he was sitting right next to Yugi. /Because I should never have left. Even if you do not love me, we can still be friends./

Yugi sat in silence for a bit, until what Yami said sunk in. //What? Oh, umm, Yami? I... I... love you!// It wasn't the best proclimation of love ever made, but it was the best Yugi could come up with, because his aibou was sitting so close to him.

It was Yami's turn to be suprised. /Huh? You... You.. love me? Then, why did you run away?/

//I just realized I loved you, tonight.// Yugi looked up at Yami, love brimming in his eyes. //Just, Yami? Don't ever leave again!//

/ I won't./ Yami embraced his aibou, holding him tight. This time, Yugi returned the hug, burying his face in Yami's sholder. They sat like that for a while, savoring the feeling of being together like this. Then Yami slid his hand under Yugi's chin, lifting his head a bit and pressing his lips to his aibou's. Yugi returned the kiss, and opened his lips to Yami's tounge. Both felt that particular warm feeling that happens once in a lifetime, when you find the one you're destined to be with.

Yugi broke away first and smiled at Yami. // I guess you have changed a lot, haven't you?//

/Yes, I have. / Yami pushed Yugi's bangs gently out of his eyes. /And It's all because of you, my little one. I will always be here for you, I promise./

// Good,// Yugi sighed, // I'm gonna hold you to that.// He smiled one last time, and went to sleep, safe in his aibou's arms, as he would always be.