"Dark and Light"

Chapter Eleven

"I Love Him"

Cherry: (waves at the readers meekly) Remember me? Gomen! I know I took forever to update, but I got banned from the computer for the longest time! I am so sorry, that I am!

Yugi: (rolls eyes and looks at Yami) I feel really bad for him when he wakes up.

Yami: (is still snoring away)

Cherry: Anyways, good news for once. Since I took forever, I am definitely going to include some Yugi/Yami lime in this chapter for everyone, as a reward for such patience!

Yami: (wakes up) Lime with my Aibou? (wets his pants) AAAAHHHHH!!!! WHAT THE HELL??

Cherry: Serves you right for falling asleep during my story!

Yami: (realizes his hand was in warm water) Damn you Cherry!

Yugi: Here Yami. I have an extra pair of pants here. They should fit you.

Yami: Arigato Aibou. Where do I go to change?

Cherry: Bathroom right there. And the window's open if you want to escape.

Yami: YES!!!!

Cherry: But you'll be leaving Yugi behind.

Yami: DAMMIT!!! (storms off to change)

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"Oh! Yami, check it out! That movie wasn't playing yesterday!" Yugi said excitedly.

"Yes, I know. I assume you want to see it?" Yami asked.

"Yeah! It looks cool!" He grabbed Yami's hand and dragged him to the line at the ticket booth. Yami grinned at Yugi's childlike innocence and excitement. But what Yami didn't know was that Yugi was using the contact with Yami to take a good look into his soul using his powers.

Yugi was still suspicious of Yami, and even though he liked him a LOT, he wasn't going to let his guard down around him. He hadn't forgotten what Yami had said to him last night. But now, searching through Yami, he sensed something odd. He felt an honest fondness for himself (Yugi) and he also sensed what seemed to be mixed emotions. It seemed Yami had to do something he really didn't want to do. What that was, Yugi couldn't begin to guess.

"Um, Yugi? Can I have that hand back please?" Yami asked.

Yugi jumped and blushed (again), releasing Yami's hand. "Gomen ne."

"It alright. No bid deal," Yami assured him. Then he smirked and whispered, "You know, after that kiss yesterday, you'd think you would be a little less shy around me."

Yugi's face became unnaturally pale, then an unnatural shade of red. "Um, you know what? Maybe we can do something else?" he said uncomfortably; people were starting to take notice of his red face.

"Sure." Yami and Yugi turned away from the theater and headed down the street. "What else is there to do?"

"Something that doesn't have a lot of people around," Yugi muttered, not intending for Yami to hear him. Unfortunately, he did.

"What the matter ko-Yugi?" Yami asked, catching himself before he called the young boy "koi."

"N-nothing's wrong Y-Yami!" Yugi tried to assure him, failing miserably when he started stuttering again.

"I'm sorry if I embarrassed you with that remark earlier. I was only teasing you."

"N-no, that's n-not it."

"You're stuttering again. What is it?" Yami nearly demanded.

Yugi didn't answer.

"Yugi, onegai, tell me what's wrong," Yami whispered, obvious concern lacing his words.

Yugi looked at him when he heard the way Yami was speaking to him. He couldn't understand why his heart would start pounding like it was right then whenever he looked at Yami, or heard Yami speak to him softly like that. He had only known Yami for a few days! He couldn't be in love with him already, right?

Right?

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Yami sat on a bench near the lake in the park, watching Yugi feed some of the ducks. He couldn't believe how content he was to just watch Yugi do something simple like that, but maybe that was to be expected when you were watching someone you were in love with.

He sighed.

Yugi was just so beautiful, inside and outside. Yami was really starting to wonder if he'd be able to bring himself to take Yugi to the Shadow Realm and turn him over to Kaiba. He really, truly loved this boy, and even if it meant being the Light Realm for the rest of his life, he wanted to spend the rest of eternity with him.

"What am I going to do?" he wondered quietly to himself. "How am I going to take Yugi to the Shadow Realm when I care about him so much?"

"You'll just have to figure something out, won't you?" came a very soft, and very unexpected, voice.

Yami jumped and turned to see Yugi standing right next to the bench he was sitting on.

"Oh, Yugi, did you just?"

"I heard what you said just now," Yugi said. "So you're from the Shadow Realm. That makes sense."

"You know about the Shadow Realm?" Yami asked unbelievingly.

"Hai, I do. I also have a guess as to why you're here. You need the Seed of Light that I have in my body, don't you?"

"How do you know?"

"Having the source of all light magic in my body, I have certain powers, you know. The other day when I jumped off your lap? I sensed something very off about your aura, and the darkness that radiates from you hurt me a bit. And last night, when you blurted that thing out about my parents, I knew something was up. Earlier on today when I grabbed your hand, I was doing a quick soul search." Yugi looked up at Yami. "You feel the same way about me that I do about you." Yugi smiled a little and blushed. "And you don't want to take me away from my home."

Yugi misinterpreted the last bit, but Yami wasn't about to tell him the truth of why he was there. Instead, he just nodded.

"You're right. But you don't know what sort of trouble my world is in," he said. "Even though this realm, the Light Realm, is primarily of light, it can survive because there is also a healthy bit of darkness here, and the two balance each other. But in my world, we're losing all touch with the light, and if we do, all the people in the Shadow Realm will die. I want to save my world, but I don't want to . . ." Yami trailed off.

Then he felt a soft hand touch his face. He looked into Yugi's eyes and soon found himself drowning in the warmth, concern, and most of all, the love he saw in them. The two young men leaned towards each other and pressed their lips together in a gentle kiss, but this time, unlike the last time, they were fully aware of what they were doing, and neither one of them pulled away.

Yami's tongue brushed against Yugi's lower lip, and Yugi opened up and allowed Yami to explore his mouth. Yami ran his tongue along Yugi's sensually, trying to encourage the boy to not be so shy. After a while, Yugi responded, moving his tongue to run it along Yami's teeth.

After finally pulling himself away from the sweet, addictive flavor that was Yugi's mouth, Yami brought his lips to Yugi's neck and started to suck on the soft, velvety skin, making a mark that proclaimed Yugi as his own. Yugi moaned at the sensation, feeling an incredible warmth spread through his entire body. Oh, Kami, he'd never felt anything like it before! What was this that Yami was making him feel?

After what felt like both an eternity, and not nearly enough time, Yami pulled away from Yugi and gave him a chaste kiss. Yugi blushed and smiled at Yami.

"I want to help you," Yugi said. "I want to help your world. I'll come with you to the Shadow Realm."

"Do you mean that?" Yami asked with less excitement than Yugi would have expected.

"Hai," he whispered in response. "Just tell me how I can help."

Yami gave Yugi a weak smile. Even though Yugi was willing to help now, was Yami willing to put Yugi through what it was going to take?

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Cherry: It is so sexy to see the two of you make out, that it is! I love Yugi/Yami yaoi stories!

Yugi: (blushes) Yes, well, um, that was a nice scene there.

Yami: It most certainly was. (puts an arm around Yugi)

Cherry: You two are so kawaii!! Anyhoozles, remember to review! Bye bye!