A Summer Dream
Pan: Whee! New chapter at last! I've been working hard on Dreams of Angels for a while now, but hopefully, I can get back into this again.
I'd like to thank Yami Jean for giving me her 'Aishiteru' award for 'A Little Winter Miracle' and 'A Summer Dream' (albeit unfinished). It arrived on a pretty good day, since I'd just had the inspiration of how to finish this chapter (while I was in a damn RS exam too.) Thank you!
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Yugi rested his head on Yami's shoulder, as they sat on a bench near the sea, watching the sunset. He glanced up at his lover's face; Yami was staring out to sea with a dreamy look on his face. The orange light glistened in his crimson-coloured eyes, and cast dark shadows out behind the pair. Yugi sighed, half-closing his eyes, and looking out onto the water that glistened red and gold. He felt Yami's arm slip around his shoulders and hold him gently against the taller boy's warm body. "All this is MINE..." Yugi thought happily. "Mine..."
"Yugi..." Yami's voice broke gently into his thoughts. "We'd better start heading home." Yugi nodded, and stood up, pulling Yami to his feet. "Wonder what Ryou's cooked today!" the smaller boy said with a big smile. Yami entwined his fingers in Yugi's without an answer. 'Why so quiet...?' Yugi thought.
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"Hey! Come on, Bakura, you KNOW it's me! Let me in!" A blonde boy stood outside the gates of the mansion, with his finger pressed against the intercom. Yami frowned as they approached. Yugi, on the other hand, gave a shout of joy, and ran up to the boy. "Jonouchi!" he said joyfully. "What are you doing here?" The blonde looked down at him. "Hey there, Yugi! Long time no see!" he said, placing his hands in his pockets. "Truth be told, I haven't been doing very well out on my own. I got kicked out of my apartment yesterday, and I thought maybe Seto would let me stay here for a while." "Yugi..." Yami murmured quietly, finally catching up with his short- but-very-fast boyfriend. He held Yugi's hand possessively.
"Ah, of course!" Yugi said. "Jonouchi, you never met Yami! You left before he turned up!" "Turned up?!" Yami exclaimed. "Yugi, you pretty much rushed me to the emergency room!" "Oh yeah..." Yugi giggled. "Anyways, Yami, this is Jonouchi. I told you about him once, remember?" Yami thought back. "The one that dated Anzu for a while until he found out she was two-timing him?" he said, with a distinct lack of tact. Jonouchi sweatdropped. Yugi nodded. Jonouchi spoke up. "That cow isn't still around, is she?" he asked quickly.
"No no, I'm surprised you haven't heard! It was nearly six months ago now... she got some boys to attack me, and got sent to jail." Yugi explained. "Ah... well, to be honest, I've been out of town." Jonouchi said. "I'm glad she's not here." "She threatened to kill both of us..." Yugi said quietly, squeezing Yami's hand tightly. Jonouchi noted the gesture. "Found someone then?" he asked with a smirk on his face. Yami looked away hurriedly, Yugi just blushed. "W-Well, I suggest we go in..." he said quietly. Jonouchi smiled. "Bakura won't let me in though." he said.
"Ah! There's a trick to it!" Yami said, laughing. He walked over to the intercom and pressed the button. "BAKURA, OPEN THE DAMNED DOOR NOW YOU JERK!" he yelled. It was now Yugi's turn to sweatdrop. However, the gates slid open obediently.
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"Oh, Ryou, you don't know how MUCH I've missed your cooking!" Jonouchi exclaimed over dinner. "Well, it is good to see you again too, Jonouchi..." the young cook said quietly. Yami arrived in the room, and sat down next to Yugi. "There, I've finished cleaning my stuff out of that room. You can have it now, Jonouchi." he said, helping himself to dinner. Seto glanced at the blonde boy, who was eating very fast, so fast that it was a miracle all of the food was going into his mouth. "Heard anything from your sister?" he asked quietly. Jonouchi looked up, and sighed. "She's in a foster home. That's all the orphanage would tell me; they won't tell me where she is at all..." he said sorrowfully. Seto nodded sympathetically."Orphanges are very strict about giving away information unfortunately." he said. "I'm sure you'll find her one day."
"Are you alright, Yugi?" Yami asked. His small koi was looking very sleepy. "Just tired..." Yugi said. "Maybe I'll skip dessert and go straight to bed..." He rose up from his place slowly, shaking his head as he saw Yami was about to rise as well. "Don't worry, Yami, I'm sure I can make my way up the stairs!" Yugi said, smiling a little. "Alright." Yami kissed Yugi on the cheek briefly. "Good night, minna-san..." Yugi said, bidding good-night to everyone else, before walking towards the stairs.
Yugi slowly climbed the stairs, and walked to his room, flicking the lightswitch on as he entered, and pushing the door to behind him. With a sigh, he cleared his desk of books, placing the various texts back on the shelves. He glanced at Yami's desk; it was covered with Duel Monster cards, sheet music and photographs (mostly of Yugi), with only a few books to break the mass of paper.
Yawning, Yugi sought out his pyjamas from the mess on the floor. While there was hardly any clothing on the floor (all of that went in the laundry daily), Yami had a habit of not putting away things he got out - puzzles, books, games, anything - and the room was overflowing anyway, since it was only really big enough for the belongings of one person. Eventually, he pulled the blue nightclothes out of the mess, donned them, switched out the light, and crawled into bed.
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"Why do I put myself in for things like this?" Mai muttered, looking up at the high first floor windows. The ground floor rooms all had high ceilings, so the first floor was actually really high up. The blonde's hair was carefully braided into a neat plait. She had been out here for nearly an hour already, trying to figure out which window led to Yugi's room, from just the description Anzu had given her. On finding it, she waited unti lthe light clicked off. To ease her purpose, there was a balcony outside the window, which stretched along the length of that particular wall. Now to actually get up there.
She swung a rope, with a grappling hook up to the balcony - it took her a few attempts to get it right - looked around to check she wasn't being watched, and began to climb carefully up the rope. Her black gloved hand closed around the bars at the edge of the balcony, and she climbed over, leaving the rope in place for her escape, hopefully, with captive.
The window was left a little open, to relieve some of the heat of the summer night. Mai pulled it open gingerly, freezing as it creaked a little. Inside the room, Yugi turned over, but did not wake. Letting out a held breath, she opened it all the way. It was easily big enough for her to climb through. She placed one foot tentatively on the windowsill, and began to climb through. When both her feet reached the floor inside the room, she started creeping across towards the bed - not an easy task due to the mess. It took her several minutes, each step virtually silent.
Well, at least, until her foot came down on the conviently placed squeaky toy. The teddy bear with a squeaker had been Yugi's, and he'd found it while he was clearing out some of his stuff. It had, however, ended up on the floor, with Mai's foot on top of it. Through the silence, the squeak was very loud, and Yugi's amethyst eyes blinked open.
Mai froze as Yugi sat up sleepily. As he noticed Mai's figure, outlined against the dim moonlight streaming through the windows, his eyes widened in shock. "You..." he said quietly. He scrambled out of bed on the opposite side. "Yami!" he yelled at the top of his voice. Mai turned, and ran back towards the window, tripping over virtually everything as she went. Just as she had jumped out of the window, Yami burst into the room.
"What is it, Yugi?" he asked. "It was that girl who came to see you the other day... Mai. She was in here, but she jumped out the window." Yugi said shakily. Yami frowned, and walked over to the window. Through it, he could see a dark figure clambering over the wall at the end of the garden. "Yugi, make sure you lock the windows at night from now on." Yami said, trying to keep his voice calm, as he shut the window. "Go back to bed. I'll be back up in a minute, I just need to speak to Seto." Yugi nodded, climbing back into bed. "Ok." he said.
Yami left the room, but returned within five minutes, by which time, Yugi was asleep again. He sighed, looking at his koi's sleeping face. He undressed, and climbed into bed beside the smaller boy. "Don't worry." he whispered, holding Yugi protectively. "I'll always look after you."