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Thank you to all my reviewers!
Some of you have complained about my summary being totally untrue and all. Well, I finally changed it!
Oh, and it's been like a month since I last updated, hasn't it? No, I am not quitting my stories, but at this point I am so swamped I can't type for very long, and I'm working on three pieces right now...
/hikari to yami/ //yami to hikari//
~~Chappie 4
~~~~~Flashback~~~~~~~ The man pinned him against the wall, and even though he struggled Yugi couldn't get loose.
"Get off of me!" He yelled, trying to project his voice, but no one came to help him.
This will be just like last time! He thought frantically, heart beating like a caged bird. Just like last time, there was no one to protect him! Yami never came when he needed him!
The man was trying to unzip his pants and Yugi was lost in the barrage of memories, the pictures of blood and pain flashing past his eyes. And it was about to happen again!
~~~~~End Flashback~~~~~~
Yugi couldn't believe it. Did rapists just flock to him?
He could just picture what was about to happen next; blood was going to flow all over him and coat him in pain. Yet another man was going to violate him, use him over and over and no one would care, it was just like Pegasus had said!
The man was still fumbling, but suddenly Yugi heard another footstep in the dark alleyway. Probably another one of his friends... He thought dully, losing his anger. Anger was useless now. Just wallow in the memories, let them swallow him, and maybe he wouldn't feel it.
But he heard a voice, a familiar one. Yami!
Why is Yami here? He thought dully. After all, he'd left Yami. Yami had ...kissed... him, and maybe wanted to use him, just like Pegasus and just like this guy. They only wanted one thing, one horrible, painful thing.
Even Yami? He asked himself.
...Why was Yami here, anyw-
The question was answered as the man holding Yugi screamed and collapsed on the ground, a brilliant spray of blood spurting from his back.
Oh! Yami was saving him!
Yugi swallowed and stepped over the man, trying to keep his eyes off all that blood, that death. The man had deserved it, he knew that, but he vaguely recalled a time when there had been no pain in his life, when he would have cried his heart out over this man, even though he was a rapist. He used to value life. What had happened to him?
~~~~~~Yami's POV~~~~~~
When Yugi stormed out the door, Yami just sat there, mind stuck in a loop.
"If you love me why did you date Seto? Why did you practically ignore me all the time?"
Yugi was right. He had no right to kiss Yugi, touch Yugi, love Yugi. He had hurt his little hikari so damn much! Why did he always do everything so badly? All he had wanted was to make Yugi love him. All he had desired was Yugi's eyes to sparkle at him, warm him up inside.
But he wasn't worthy of that love. He had left Yugi at Pegasus's castle for two whole months. He had dated Seto, while his mind was on his aibou, while he had wanted his aibou.
What a selfish bastard I am! Yami screamed inwardly.
He had to find Yugi and make it all right. Somehow.
Yami sprang up at ran out the door, in the direction he could feel Yugi.
He was jogging along, trying to sense where exactly Yugi was, when a jolt of fear shot through the puzzle. It was intense, and Yami knew his hikari was in trouble, especially when he burst onto a shadowy street, to find Yugi pressed up against the wall by a burly man.
Trying to control his rage, Yami spoke carefully. "I would let him go, if I were you."
The man didn't even turn around. Instead, he fumbled with his zipper, chuckling quietly to himself, holding Yugi tight.
Yami smiled, eyes lightening until they shone like rubies in the dusk. Just what he had hoped for! He reached down, into his boot, and pulled up a knife, wickedly curved and *very* sharp. He had used this knife on Pegasus, too.
The knife went cleanly in and out of Burly Man's back, and Yami felt a rush of vindictive pleasure. NO one touched Yugi but him!
But he was snapped out of his victory by the sight of Yugi stepping carelessly over the corpse.
//Are you all right?!// He asked urgently. If the man had hurt one hair on his koi's head...
Yami gritted his teeth. It had left for a while, but the whole 'koi' thing was coming back, in full force.
You kissed Yugi earlier this evening and he rejected you, remember?
Yugi nodded shakily. /Why did you come after me?/
//Why wouldn't I, aibou?! I wanted to protect you, of course!//
Yugi stepped a little closer, so they were only a few yards away. "Oh... I thought you were mad at me for what I said."
He shook his head. "I could never be mad at you! Come on. Let's get out of here. Isn't there a park around this place?"
Yugi nodded gratefully and they walked a block to the park, with Yugi making sure there was always more than three feet between them.
They sat down on a bench, Yugi glancing wearily at Yami before scooting to the very edge.
At night, the leaves on trees and the grass shimmered, giving the place an ethereal beauty. Yami looked over at his hikari and discovered that Yugi was sitting in a ray of moonlight, turning his skin into pure white, the color of angel wings. His eyes were glittering softly, so lovely...
"Well?" Yugi asked softly, jolting his darker half out of his reverie. "I think you owe me some answers, Yami. Why did you kiss me?!"
Yami gulped. This was going to hurt both of them. But Yugi had asked for answers. It was going to rip out his heart to tell Yugi, but his hikari asked, and he delivered, always.
"I kissed you...because I love you. I guess I always have."
Yugi's mouth dropped open, before he regained control of himself. "Don't lie, Yami." He replied bitterly. "What do you really want? Me? I can't stop you. Just take what you want. Everyone else seems to."
It was Yami's turn to gape. "How can you say that? Do you really believe I would hurt you like that, take you just because I felt like it?"
Yugi hesitated. "...I guess not..." "But you say you...love me. Why did you go out with Seto if you felt that way?
He sighed. "You were so beautiful, but so innocent... I couldn't bring myself to pollute you with my darkness. And it was getting so confusing... I just asked Seto out."
Yugi sniffled, eyes filling with salty tears. "I think it's too late, Yami. I'll never be that person again. I can never love you the way you want."
They both sat in silence, tears running down their faces.
~TBC
YAY!!! Done with one more chapter! They're finally getting together! ...But I have thins horrible voice in the back of my mind, telling me to eventually make Yugi seme! Bad idea?
Some of you have complained about my summary being totally untrue and all. Well, I finally changed it!
Oh, and it's been like a month since I last updated, hasn't it? No, I am not quitting my stories, but at this point I am so swamped I can't type for very long, and I'm working on three pieces right now...
/hikari to yami/ //yami to hikari//
~~Chappie 4
~~~~~Flashback~~~~~~~ The man pinned him against the wall, and even though he struggled Yugi couldn't get loose.
"Get off of me!" He yelled, trying to project his voice, but no one came to help him.
This will be just like last time! He thought frantically, heart beating like a caged bird. Just like last time, there was no one to protect him! Yami never came when he needed him!
The man was trying to unzip his pants and Yugi was lost in the barrage of memories, the pictures of blood and pain flashing past his eyes. And it was about to happen again!
~~~~~End Flashback~~~~~~
Yugi couldn't believe it. Did rapists just flock to him?
He could just picture what was about to happen next; blood was going to flow all over him and coat him in pain. Yet another man was going to violate him, use him over and over and no one would care, it was just like Pegasus had said!
The man was still fumbling, but suddenly Yugi heard another footstep in the dark alleyway. Probably another one of his friends... He thought dully, losing his anger. Anger was useless now. Just wallow in the memories, let them swallow him, and maybe he wouldn't feel it.
But he heard a voice, a familiar one. Yami!
Why is Yami here? He thought dully. After all, he'd left Yami. Yami had ...kissed... him, and maybe wanted to use him, just like Pegasus and just like this guy. They only wanted one thing, one horrible, painful thing.
Even Yami? He asked himself.
...Why was Yami here, anyw-
The question was answered as the man holding Yugi screamed and collapsed on the ground, a brilliant spray of blood spurting from his back.
Oh! Yami was saving him!
Yugi swallowed and stepped over the man, trying to keep his eyes off all that blood, that death. The man had deserved it, he knew that, but he vaguely recalled a time when there had been no pain in his life, when he would have cried his heart out over this man, even though he was a rapist. He used to value life. What had happened to him?
~~~~~~Yami's POV~~~~~~
When Yugi stormed out the door, Yami just sat there, mind stuck in a loop.
"If you love me why did you date Seto? Why did you practically ignore me all the time?"
Yugi was right. He had no right to kiss Yugi, touch Yugi, love Yugi. He had hurt his little hikari so damn much! Why did he always do everything so badly? All he had wanted was to make Yugi love him. All he had desired was Yugi's eyes to sparkle at him, warm him up inside.
But he wasn't worthy of that love. He had left Yugi at Pegasus's castle for two whole months. He had dated Seto, while his mind was on his aibou, while he had wanted his aibou.
What a selfish bastard I am! Yami screamed inwardly.
He had to find Yugi and make it all right. Somehow.
Yami sprang up at ran out the door, in the direction he could feel Yugi.
He was jogging along, trying to sense where exactly Yugi was, when a jolt of fear shot through the puzzle. It was intense, and Yami knew his hikari was in trouble, especially when he burst onto a shadowy street, to find Yugi pressed up against the wall by a burly man.
Trying to control his rage, Yami spoke carefully. "I would let him go, if I were you."
The man didn't even turn around. Instead, he fumbled with his zipper, chuckling quietly to himself, holding Yugi tight.
Yami smiled, eyes lightening until they shone like rubies in the dusk. Just what he had hoped for! He reached down, into his boot, and pulled up a knife, wickedly curved and *very* sharp. He had used this knife on Pegasus, too.
The knife went cleanly in and out of Burly Man's back, and Yami felt a rush of vindictive pleasure. NO one touched Yugi but him!
But he was snapped out of his victory by the sight of Yugi stepping carelessly over the corpse.
//Are you all right?!// He asked urgently. If the man had hurt one hair on his koi's head...
Yami gritted his teeth. It had left for a while, but the whole 'koi' thing was coming back, in full force.
You kissed Yugi earlier this evening and he rejected you, remember?
Yugi nodded shakily. /Why did you come after me?/
//Why wouldn't I, aibou?! I wanted to protect you, of course!//
Yugi stepped a little closer, so they were only a few yards away. "Oh... I thought you were mad at me for what I said."
He shook his head. "I could never be mad at you! Come on. Let's get out of here. Isn't there a park around this place?"
Yugi nodded gratefully and they walked a block to the park, with Yugi making sure there was always more than three feet between them.
They sat down on a bench, Yugi glancing wearily at Yami before scooting to the very edge.
At night, the leaves on trees and the grass shimmered, giving the place an ethereal beauty. Yami looked over at his hikari and discovered that Yugi was sitting in a ray of moonlight, turning his skin into pure white, the color of angel wings. His eyes were glittering softly, so lovely...
"Well?" Yugi asked softly, jolting his darker half out of his reverie. "I think you owe me some answers, Yami. Why did you kiss me?!"
Yami gulped. This was going to hurt both of them. But Yugi had asked for answers. It was going to rip out his heart to tell Yugi, but his hikari asked, and he delivered, always.
"I kissed you...because I love you. I guess I always have."
Yugi's mouth dropped open, before he regained control of himself. "Don't lie, Yami." He replied bitterly. "What do you really want? Me? I can't stop you. Just take what you want. Everyone else seems to."
It was Yami's turn to gape. "How can you say that? Do you really believe I would hurt you like that, take you just because I felt like it?"
Yugi hesitated. "...I guess not..." "But you say you...love me. Why did you go out with Seto if you felt that way?
He sighed. "You were so beautiful, but so innocent... I couldn't bring myself to pollute you with my darkness. And it was getting so confusing... I just asked Seto out."
Yugi sniffled, eyes filling with salty tears. "I think it's too late, Yami. I'll never be that person again. I can never love you the way you want."
They both sat in silence, tears running down their faces.
~TBC
YAY!!! Done with one more chapter! They're finally getting together! ...But I have thins horrible voice in the back of my mind, telling me to eventually make Yugi seme! Bad idea?