"Dark and Light"
Chapter Eight
"First Kiss"
Cherry: (looks at the number of reviews) I can't believe I've got 84 reviews!! This feels so incredible! I've never had a story that was this well liked!
Yami: Well, maybe you should hurry and provide the readers with their next chapter.
Yugi: (thinking) And quickly so that we'll be let out of here!
Cherry: You're right as always, Yami dear!! All right!! Here we go!!
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It took about two hours for Yugi's face to stop being red once they left, the main reason for that being a mix of Yami's presence and Anzu's insistent flirting. Yugi was not used to the attention he was receiving from her, and the only reason his face had stopped being red was because Anzu had stopped her flirting (after a particularly cold gaze and a few choice words from Ryou).
There was, however, still the fact that he was not used to doing any of the things his friends wanted to do. The arcade, the mall, and other such things were all practically foreign to the poor boy. The only thing he'd ever done before that they'd suggested was the movie theater, and that had only been with his parents before they died. Still, if his friends wanted to . . .
Yami, meanwhile, was wondering about Yugi being more relaxed with him than anyone else. He had noticed that whenever he started to feel shy or nervous around a specific someone (mostly Anzu), that he would start to move towards Yami, and if he was already near Yami, he would try to hide himself behind him. This was fairly startling, especially considering Yugi's behavior the day before. Maybe Yami didn't know as much about the boy as he thought . . .
"Yami? D-did you hear m-me?" Yugi asked tentatively.
Yami snapped out o his daze and smiled apologetically at Yugi. "Gomen, Yugi. What did you say?"
"I w-was asking if y-you were hungry," Yugi repeated.
"Hai, I sure am!" Yami answered.
"Well, come on then, Yami!" Mai said. "Let's get some lunch!" They hurried to catch up with the others, who had gone ahead of them. After a minute, something registered in Yami's mind.
Yugi was stuttering less and less as the day progressed. And he stuttered even less when he was talking to him! That meant he was feeling more and more comfortable with them, especially himself! Yami didn't think he'd ever been this excited. He was one step closer to spending the rest of his life with Yugi!
Hold on a minute! He was one step closer to getting Yugi to come with him to the Shadow Realm! He had to stay focused!
However, his eyes locked with Yugi's at that second, and Yami felt his heart melt. Yugi blushed and looked away almost right away, but the moment of eye contact was enough to tell Yami how strongly he felt for the boy. He had thought it was just a crush. A strong crush, he was willing to admit, but he didn't think he was already in love!
"Will you order already Yami?" Jounouchi snapped suddenly, making Yami jump. Feeling faintly embarrassed, Yami ordered his lunch. (A/n: I should probably mention that they're at McDonald's. That's my favorite besides White Castle! Who's with me? White Castle rules!) When they sat down to eat, Yami spoke to Yugi.
"Yugi, are you having fun?" he asked.
"Well, I am, h-hai," he said very quietly.
"I'm glad to hear that. You should get out more Yugi," Yami declared, smiling at him.
Yugi blushed and didn't reply.
"Hey! Hi you guys!" came a familiar voice. They all looked up and saw Shizuka coming their direction. All of them smiled except for Yugi, who looked away and blushed. He really felt uncomfortable around people; especially those he'd ever had a crush on.
"Hey there sis!" Jou said happily, standing to hug his sister.
"Hey, you're the lady from yesterday, aren't you?" Shizuka asked, spotting Mai.
"Yes I am," she replied. "I must make a impression on people."
"Yep, one that say you're a bit full of yourself," Yami teased, earning him a cuff on the shoulder and a laugh form everyone else (except Yugi, who didn't like laughing at people).
Shizuka joined them for lunch, and after that, it seemed that everyone had a different idea of where they wanted to go next.
With one exception of course.
Yami noticed this and got an idea. "Hey, how about we all just go off and do our own thing for a while. We can meet up at Domino Station and about three."
"That's a great idea," Ryou said. "Hey Anzu, that means we can got see that movie after all."
"Hurray!" Anzu cheered. They had bypassed a movie that she'd wanted to see because it was a horror movie and Yugi (who'd become uncharacteristically bold) insisted that those types of movies gave him nightmares and that he would not go in if that was what they were seeing.
"Well, I kinda wanted to hit the arcade again," Jou said.
"Me too," Mai agreed, catching Yami's eye and winking. This amused Yami; Mai didn't give a damn, she just wanted to hang out with Jounouchi.
"Well, honestly, neither sounds interesting to me," Shizuka said. "I just want to go to cruise for a while, maybe do some window shopping." She looked pleadingly at Honda, who became putty in her hands and agreed to go with her.
"What about you Yugi?" Yami asked. Yugi didn't answer. "Come on, what? You haven't had a say in anything we've done all day except the movie. What do you want to do?"
"Well, I w-wanted to go to the museum," Yugi admitted. "They've g-got this Egyptian exhibit that I w-wanted to see."
"Really?" Yami asked, his eyes lighting up. "We can go together! I love that sort of thing!" Yami wasn't lying either. Even before he found Yugi, he'd learned some thing about ancient Egypt and had always found it fascinating.
Yugi smiled at Yami, and they all said their goodbyes and went their separate directions.
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At the museum, Yami found himself having trouble keeping up with Yugi, who had become as exuberant as a child and was running from display to display, excitement clearly evident on his face. Yami couldn't believe the change in Yugi this exhibit brought out. The boy was acting the way Yami knew he really was; bright, happy, joyous, and innocent.
Yugi was thoroughly enjoying himself. He found Ancient Egypt fascinating. His fascination bordered obsessive, in fact. One look at his bedroom would tell anyone that; his walls were covered in posters and suchlike that depicted Egyptian hieroglyphics and similar things.
Yami was about to say something to Yugi about calming down when a particular exhibit caught both their eyes. On display were six golden items, all of which had the same symbol carved into them, an eye. Yami read the description.
"'These are known as the Millennium Items. There are in actuality seven, but one of these items has been missing for almost one hundred years. In ancient times, it was believed that these items held a great mystical power and when combined, even had the strength to conquer Ra himself. It is said that the most powerful of the seven items, the missing Millennium Puzzle, was used by the greatest pharaoh of all time in Ancient Egypt's greatest hour of need.' Wow. That's some sort of rare display," Yami commented. Yugi nodded in agreement.
"Yami, what time is it?" he asked.
Yami checked his watch. "About two-thirty. We should get to the station before . . ." Yami trailed off and looked at Yugi. "You didn't stutter!"
Yugi realized this and blushed. "I didn't, did I?" He smiled. "I guess it's just because I feel so comfortable around you Yami. I feel like I've known you for years, even though we just met yesterday."
"You know what? I get the same feeling about you," Yami replied. "Anyway, we better get going if we don't want to make our friends wait."
They left the museum, but neither one of them was very willing to hurry so that they wouldn't be late, so they walked slowly, taking a shortcut through the park.
Yugi looked around, finding the trees to be beautiful. He didn't know why, but he felt like if time could stop right at that moment, with him and Yami together in that beautiful place, that it might be the best thing ever to happen to him.
Yami was having similar thoughts. This scenario was perfect. He and Yugi were alone in the middle of a lovely park, surrounded by the beauty of nature, though in his opinion, nature's beauty paled in comparison to his chibi tenshi.
They both stopped walking and looked at each other. A comfortable silence grew between them as they stared into each other's eyes. Then, without either of them thinking about it, they leaned together and tenderly kissed.
Yami couldn't believe how soft Yugi's lips were. He knew that the boy had to have soft skin, but his lips made even the softest silk seem coarse and uncomfortable. Meanwhile, Yugi found himself enjoying the incredible strength he felt from Yami's kiss. He was obviously the sort who preferred to be in control, and that was fine with Yugi, since he felt uncomfortable being dominant.
They came very close to drowning in the feel of each other when Yugi suddenly realized what he was doing and pulled away. He had actually kissed Yami! He couldn't believe he'd gotten up the nerve to do that!
Blushing madly, Yugi said, "Gomen ne, Yami. I shouldn't have done that."
Yami would have been saddened by Yugi's action if he hadn't known Yugi as well as he did. Instead, he smiled gently at Yugi.
"It's alright, Yugi. It's not as if I minded or anything," he said softly. As the surprised youth looked at him, he said, "We'd best get moving now. I'm pretty sure that the others think we've been abducted by aliens or something by now."
Yugi giggled, and the two of them hurried off to meet their friends.
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Cherry: Well, now, Yugi's finally stopped stuttering. I'm glad I decided to let him stop, that I am. It was getting confusing to write.
Yugi: (covers Yami's mouth with his hand before he can start another argument) Well, I'm just glad that you finally put up another chapter.
Cherry: Yes. Gomen for the long time between updates, but I hope this chapter is good enough to make it up to you! Read and review please!
Chapter Eight
"First Kiss"
Cherry: (looks at the number of reviews) I can't believe I've got 84 reviews!! This feels so incredible! I've never had a story that was this well liked!
Yami: Well, maybe you should hurry and provide the readers with their next chapter.
Yugi: (thinking) And quickly so that we'll be let out of here!
Cherry: You're right as always, Yami dear!! All right!! Here we go!!
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It took about two hours for Yugi's face to stop being red once they left, the main reason for that being a mix of Yami's presence and Anzu's insistent flirting. Yugi was not used to the attention he was receiving from her, and the only reason his face had stopped being red was because Anzu had stopped her flirting (after a particularly cold gaze and a few choice words from Ryou).
There was, however, still the fact that he was not used to doing any of the things his friends wanted to do. The arcade, the mall, and other such things were all practically foreign to the poor boy. The only thing he'd ever done before that they'd suggested was the movie theater, and that had only been with his parents before they died. Still, if his friends wanted to . . .
Yami, meanwhile, was wondering about Yugi being more relaxed with him than anyone else. He had noticed that whenever he started to feel shy or nervous around a specific someone (mostly Anzu), that he would start to move towards Yami, and if he was already near Yami, he would try to hide himself behind him. This was fairly startling, especially considering Yugi's behavior the day before. Maybe Yami didn't know as much about the boy as he thought . . .
"Yami? D-did you hear m-me?" Yugi asked tentatively.
Yami snapped out o his daze and smiled apologetically at Yugi. "Gomen, Yugi. What did you say?"
"I w-was asking if y-you were hungry," Yugi repeated.
"Hai, I sure am!" Yami answered.
"Well, come on then, Yami!" Mai said. "Let's get some lunch!" They hurried to catch up with the others, who had gone ahead of them. After a minute, something registered in Yami's mind.
Yugi was stuttering less and less as the day progressed. And he stuttered even less when he was talking to him! That meant he was feeling more and more comfortable with them, especially himself! Yami didn't think he'd ever been this excited. He was one step closer to spending the rest of his life with Yugi!
Hold on a minute! He was one step closer to getting Yugi to come with him to the Shadow Realm! He had to stay focused!
However, his eyes locked with Yugi's at that second, and Yami felt his heart melt. Yugi blushed and looked away almost right away, but the moment of eye contact was enough to tell Yami how strongly he felt for the boy. He had thought it was just a crush. A strong crush, he was willing to admit, but he didn't think he was already in love!
"Will you order already Yami?" Jounouchi snapped suddenly, making Yami jump. Feeling faintly embarrassed, Yami ordered his lunch. (A/n: I should probably mention that they're at McDonald's. That's my favorite besides White Castle! Who's with me? White Castle rules!) When they sat down to eat, Yami spoke to Yugi.
"Yugi, are you having fun?" he asked.
"Well, I am, h-hai," he said very quietly.
"I'm glad to hear that. You should get out more Yugi," Yami declared, smiling at him.
Yugi blushed and didn't reply.
"Hey! Hi you guys!" came a familiar voice. They all looked up and saw Shizuka coming their direction. All of them smiled except for Yugi, who looked away and blushed. He really felt uncomfortable around people; especially those he'd ever had a crush on.
"Hey there sis!" Jou said happily, standing to hug his sister.
"Hey, you're the lady from yesterday, aren't you?" Shizuka asked, spotting Mai.
"Yes I am," she replied. "I must make a impression on people."
"Yep, one that say you're a bit full of yourself," Yami teased, earning him a cuff on the shoulder and a laugh form everyone else (except Yugi, who didn't like laughing at people).
Shizuka joined them for lunch, and after that, it seemed that everyone had a different idea of where they wanted to go next.
With one exception of course.
Yami noticed this and got an idea. "Hey, how about we all just go off and do our own thing for a while. We can meet up at Domino Station and about three."
"That's a great idea," Ryou said. "Hey Anzu, that means we can got see that movie after all."
"Hurray!" Anzu cheered. They had bypassed a movie that she'd wanted to see because it was a horror movie and Yugi (who'd become uncharacteristically bold) insisted that those types of movies gave him nightmares and that he would not go in if that was what they were seeing.
"Well, I kinda wanted to hit the arcade again," Jou said.
"Me too," Mai agreed, catching Yami's eye and winking. This amused Yami; Mai didn't give a damn, she just wanted to hang out with Jounouchi.
"Well, honestly, neither sounds interesting to me," Shizuka said. "I just want to go to cruise for a while, maybe do some window shopping." She looked pleadingly at Honda, who became putty in her hands and agreed to go with her.
"What about you Yugi?" Yami asked. Yugi didn't answer. "Come on, what? You haven't had a say in anything we've done all day except the movie. What do you want to do?"
"Well, I w-wanted to go to the museum," Yugi admitted. "They've g-got this Egyptian exhibit that I w-wanted to see."
"Really?" Yami asked, his eyes lighting up. "We can go together! I love that sort of thing!" Yami wasn't lying either. Even before he found Yugi, he'd learned some thing about ancient Egypt and had always found it fascinating.
Yugi smiled at Yami, and they all said their goodbyes and went their separate directions.
~*~*~
At the museum, Yami found himself having trouble keeping up with Yugi, who had become as exuberant as a child and was running from display to display, excitement clearly evident on his face. Yami couldn't believe the change in Yugi this exhibit brought out. The boy was acting the way Yami knew he really was; bright, happy, joyous, and innocent.
Yugi was thoroughly enjoying himself. He found Ancient Egypt fascinating. His fascination bordered obsessive, in fact. One look at his bedroom would tell anyone that; his walls were covered in posters and suchlike that depicted Egyptian hieroglyphics and similar things.
Yami was about to say something to Yugi about calming down when a particular exhibit caught both their eyes. On display were six golden items, all of which had the same symbol carved into them, an eye. Yami read the description.
"'These are known as the Millennium Items. There are in actuality seven, but one of these items has been missing for almost one hundred years. In ancient times, it was believed that these items held a great mystical power and when combined, even had the strength to conquer Ra himself. It is said that the most powerful of the seven items, the missing Millennium Puzzle, was used by the greatest pharaoh of all time in Ancient Egypt's greatest hour of need.' Wow. That's some sort of rare display," Yami commented. Yugi nodded in agreement.
"Yami, what time is it?" he asked.
Yami checked his watch. "About two-thirty. We should get to the station before . . ." Yami trailed off and looked at Yugi. "You didn't stutter!"
Yugi realized this and blushed. "I didn't, did I?" He smiled. "I guess it's just because I feel so comfortable around you Yami. I feel like I've known you for years, even though we just met yesterday."
"You know what? I get the same feeling about you," Yami replied. "Anyway, we better get going if we don't want to make our friends wait."
They left the museum, but neither one of them was very willing to hurry so that they wouldn't be late, so they walked slowly, taking a shortcut through the park.
Yugi looked around, finding the trees to be beautiful. He didn't know why, but he felt like if time could stop right at that moment, with him and Yami together in that beautiful place, that it might be the best thing ever to happen to him.
Yami was having similar thoughts. This scenario was perfect. He and Yugi were alone in the middle of a lovely park, surrounded by the beauty of nature, though in his opinion, nature's beauty paled in comparison to his chibi tenshi.
They both stopped walking and looked at each other. A comfortable silence grew between them as they stared into each other's eyes. Then, without either of them thinking about it, they leaned together and tenderly kissed.
Yami couldn't believe how soft Yugi's lips were. He knew that the boy had to have soft skin, but his lips made even the softest silk seem coarse and uncomfortable. Meanwhile, Yugi found himself enjoying the incredible strength he felt from Yami's kiss. He was obviously the sort who preferred to be in control, and that was fine with Yugi, since he felt uncomfortable being dominant.
They came very close to drowning in the feel of each other when Yugi suddenly realized what he was doing and pulled away. He had actually kissed Yami! He couldn't believe he'd gotten up the nerve to do that!
Blushing madly, Yugi said, "Gomen ne, Yami. I shouldn't have done that."
Yami would have been saddened by Yugi's action if he hadn't known Yugi as well as he did. Instead, he smiled gently at Yugi.
"It's alright, Yugi. It's not as if I minded or anything," he said softly. As the surprised youth looked at him, he said, "We'd best get moving now. I'm pretty sure that the others think we've been abducted by aliens or something by now."
Yugi giggled, and the two of them hurried off to meet their friends.
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Cherry: Well, now, Yugi's finally stopped stuttering. I'm glad I decided to let him stop, that I am. It was getting confusing to write.
Yugi: (covers Yami's mouth with his hand before he can start another argument) Well, I'm just glad that you finally put up another chapter.
Cherry: Yes. Gomen for the long time between updates, but I hope this chapter is good enough to make it up to you! Read and review please!