Hello ppls! The holidays are finally here (thank Goddess) and I have decided to write something new, as nobody seemed to like my other fics (sniff, sniff)

I have never written a Yaoi fic before, so this is an experiment, and it took me ages to write (about five nights!). I wrote this mainly between 1.00 and 5.00 in the morning, as some of my best stories and artwork comes out of my pen at night. It was inspired by a picture I saw on a Yu-Gi-Oh website, it was of Yami and Yugi together and it was really nice, I did awww a bit when I saw it. This story has so much fluff I (or, more accurately, Muda) had to vacuum my room twice! And the keyboard on my brand new computer!

I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, so……on with the fic!

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"Yami, why am I so weak?" said Yugi after he had taken another beating from the bullies at school. Yami cupped his face gently, "You are not weak, aibou, don't ever let anybody tell you that. You are the strongest person I know, in your heart and soul." Yugi smiled slightly and winced from the pain in his chest, where he had been kicked mercilessly.

Yami rose and got the first-aid kit from a cupboard in the kitchen. He unbuttoned Yugi's torn shirt and proceeded to dress his wounds. There were numerous gashes on his chest where he had been kicked with football boots. He had a couple of broken ribs and a lot of bruised ones. Once he had finished he picked up the injured boy, carried him upstairs to his room and laid him on his bed. He made to leave and walked towards the door, "Yami, could you stay here, with me……please?"

Yami sat down on his hikari's bed and wrapped his arms around the smaller boy. Yugi shifted slightly so his head was resting on the spirit's chest. Yami gently stroked the little one's hair, hearing his breathing becoming slow and soft. Yugi looks so peaceful when he's sleeping, so unlike when he's awake, when he looks so sad.

Over the past few months Yugi had become a bully-magnet, he came home beaten black and blue almost every day. Even his friends had been attacked, so they had stopped hanging around with him. Yugi now had to face his daily torture alone. Yami could not accompany his hikari to school, as there would be too many questions asked. It broke Yami's heart to see his aibou suffer, but Yugi would not let him do anything, as he was afraid Yami might get hurt. But after today, when Yugi had collapsed as soon as he got home, the spirit could no longer stand by and watch these things happen to the boy he loved. Yes…loved. Yami had loved Yugi ever since he had first met him, but he had never said anything, as Yugi would of hated him, and that was something he never wanted to happen. But lately it had become harder to keep his feelings hidden. I love you……my hikari.

Sleep would not come to Yugi. Thoughts crowded into his brain until he thought his head would explode. As he lay in Yami's warm embrace, he finally felt safe. He felt……loved. I love him, but I can never tell him, as he would despise me, and Yami is all I have since my "friends" decided I was not worth their time. Tears gathered in Yugi's eyes.

Yami felt something wet against his chest. He looked down to see Yugi crying silently. "Aibou, what's wrong?" he whispered. Yugi shook his head, trying to raise his hand to wipe his eyes, but the pain in his chest was too great. Yami, seeing his hikari struggling, gently wiped away the smaller boy's tears with his thumb.

Their heads were close. Verrryyy close.

Yugi could feel Yami's warm breath on his face. Their eyes met. "Yami……" murmured the younger boy. "Shhhhhhh," the spirit whispered, taking Yugi's face between his hands. Yami's lips brushed his hikari's, and Yugi felt himself being drawn into the softest of kisses……

Yugi's arms inched slowly up Yami's chest and around his neck, while Yami's hands trailed lazily down the soft skin of Yugi's back. After a few moments they broke away.

"That was……unexpected," whispered Yugi. Yami blushed, and turned away. "I'm sorry, aibou, I shouldn't have-" he stopped talking mid-sentence when he felt a touch on his cheek. "I said that it was unexpected, not that it wasn't nice." Yami took Yugi's hand that was resting on his face and brought it to his lips, gently kissing his fingertips.

Yugi leaned back against the spirit, wincing as pain spiked through his chest. "What's wrong?" Yami asked. Yugi shook his head, "it's nothing. My chest hurts, that's all." Yami smiled slightly, "maybe I can do something about that……" He gathered the smaller boy into his arms, careful of his injuries. He eased his lips over his hikari's, while Yugi's fingers caressed the nape of his neck. Yami ran his tongue across his aibou's lips, and he shivered when Yugi parted his lips, allowing Yami's tongue to slide into his mouth. Eventually they broke away.

"Feeling any better?" whispered Yami into Yugi's ear.

Yugi grinned, "hmmmm, you know, my chest still hurts a bit………"

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Ahhhhhhhhh, CUTE!!! Yes, it was a bit intense at the end, and sorry for the crappy ending but my brain would of exploded if it had gone on any longer…

I have a plot for a second and maybe a third chapter that involves much Tea-bashing but suggestions are VERY welcome, as I need a way to get rid of 5 guys without killing them off, and just in case any of you are wondering, there IS a reason for Yugi's friends deserting him. All will be revealed (maybe, if I get a load of reviews) in the next chapter……