The sky was clear; no sign of any clouds whatsoever. Yami, being one who was curious, poked his head out the window of Jii-chan's car. He looked around at all of the prairies and grassy fields. His mouth was wide open in excitement and he loved the way the wind blew in his wild, tri-colored hair. They were going on vacation; just the three of them. The other in the car was the elder man's own grandson; Yugi Muto. Yugi had been prodding his other self to get his head out of the window for a passing car may smack his face and head clear off his shoulders. Yami told him there was nothing to worry about, but his mind quickly changed when he saw a huge semi pick- up truck heading up next to them in the other lane; the right lane to be exact, and Yami's head happened to be poking out on that same side. He screamed in horror and quickly extracted his head from the oncoming truck, but not without hitting the back of his temple against the car door. He hissed in pain and rubbed his injured head, a bump and bruise was slightly forming. Jii-chan got mad at him and told him not to do that again. Yami looked down, hurt and guilt striking him. Yugi gently rubbed his shoulder and told him to be more careful. Yami looked up, hope and gratefulness shining in his red eyes.
"Ok aibou...I shall be more careful..." he sighed and looked out the window; this time keeping his head inside the vehicle. He noticed a huge herd of cattle on a carrel; mostly cows.
"Look aibou! Cows!" Yami said excitedly. He pointed out the window to show his aibou what he wanted to show him.
"Yes, Yami...Wow...They are different colors too. See look, there's a calico, a brown, a black, and a black and white one...." Yugi didn't seem too thrilled with this.
He wanted to get to the vacation spot and quick. He wanted to spend time with Yami in the open fields, riding horses, talking and walking; alone. His grandpa was always in the way of them, always in between them; he and Yami never had time alone. Yugi started to blush in anticipation.
'Oh god....what am I thinking...Yami would never want to ride a horse with me...Maybe we'll ride on separate horses...That would be better for me...I don't want Yami to find out he is my secret crush, otherwise everything will go wrong and I will never witness another funny thing he does to make me laugh ever again. I never want that to happen. Anything but that...He always brings me out of my deep depression moods...when bullies bring me down at school, Yami is there to bring me right back up.'
"Are we there yet...?!" Yami asked bored.
He had his hands behind his head, and then one of them moved to cup his cheek to slouch against his hand. Yugi laughed at Yami's silly antics. Yami didn't even know what he was doing to make Yugi laugh. All he did was ask 'Are we there yet' and his aibou found it to be funny. Well, he'll show him something hilarious. Yami began rummaging through his clothes pack for something.
"What are you doing Yami?" Yugi asked his other self. Yami paid no mind to Yugi as he continued to rummage through the mess of clothes he and his aibou shared. He cheered triumphantly as he found what he was looking for. Yugi looked over his shoulder to see but just as he did, something covered his view. It was dark; too dark and Yugi heard Yami laughing as he tried to pull off the thing on his head.
"How are my boxers aibou? Hm?" Yami sneered.
"Your w-w-what?!" Yugi screamed. He couldn't believe his secret crush's boxers were currently on his head.
"Yami Muto!!!!" Jii-chan yelled, "I told you that if you don't be careful you'll get yourself grounded!"
"What?! You didn't say—"Yami began but was cut off by Jii-chan.
"That's it! You have talked back to me and got in trouble twice! You are grounded! You don't get to do anything fun when we get to our cabin! You are just going to eat and sleep the whole time until I say so!"
Yami was silent. His eyes widened and began to gradually become half lidded with sadness.
"Jii-chan...!" Yugi said as he was taking off Yami's boxers from his head.
"Yugi, I don't want to have to ground you too. I never have in the sixteen years of your life and I hope I never will. I never want to see the day that my obedient grandson was grounded or being misbehaved." His grandfather told him.
Yugi stayed quiet and slouched in his seat like Yami had been doing after Jii-chan's punishing.
/I am sorry Yami.../ Yugi said to him in their mind link; Yugi didn't want his grandpa getting in the way of their conversations again like he always does. Besides, he didn't want his grandpa to ground him as well; or maybe he did. He didn't want to have fun and have Yami being bored in the cabin all day. That wasn't fair. Vacations are supposed to be fun and if Yugi can't have fun because Yami wasn't going to be there, then he wanted to be grounded too.
It's ok aibou....I guess staying in the cabin the whole day without you sounds fun, even though this is my first vacation ever in the 3,000 years of my life...heh...I guess I can entertain myself by counting how many wood panels there are on the cabin floor. Or I can just sneak watching some television...if they have one up there.
/Don't worry Yami, they do have T.V. but you are not going to do that because I am going to get myself grounded so that I can spend time with you. I don't want you to be bored Atemu.../
Yami's eyes widened at what Yugi had called him. 'Yugi called me by my real name! My royal, beautiful (wink wink...heh...) real name...!
No, Yugi. I will not allow you to get yourself grounded because of me and my misfortunes...but arigato for trying...
Yugi had another idea. What if he just asked his grandpa if he could stay with Yami for half the day and hang out with him the rest of the day?
/Don't worry Yami. I will get this straightened out in no time.../
Yami stared at his hikari in question; just what was he going to do?
"Grandpa...." Yugi started, "I would like to be able to hang out with Yami for a little everyday so that he doesn't get bored. This just isn't right. He didn't mean to do those...things. It is just his personality. He doesn't know everything around him. What would you like to do the moment you were brought back into the world after 3,000 years? I for one would want to know what's going on around me and make friends. It is not Yami's fault for acting this way. Please don't punish him. If it is possible, I would like you to reconsider your thoughts about grounding Yami. Just lay off the grounding idea. Please give him a second chance. I beg of you."
When Yugi finished, the car had stopped and pulled into the bike lane, (though they could have stopped in the middle of the road because they were in the middle of nowhere surrounded by cows and other assortments of cattle where no cars were visible; the semi pick-up truck was just some weird fluke and it shouldn't have been driving on the road. Thank you for reading my note. ) and both Yami and Jii-chan had turned to look at Yugi. The only difference was that Yami had a look of surprise and Jii-chan had a 'How dare you think my punishment was bad and why are you sticking up for him because he has to learn from his mistakes' look plastered on his face. This was going to be a long haul...
Yes I know Jii-chan is OOC but...whatever! Tell me if you like it. If ya do then I shall write more chapters for you like a good little slave fanfic writer should! Ja ne!
"Ok aibou...I shall be more careful..." he sighed and looked out the window; this time keeping his head inside the vehicle. He noticed a huge herd of cattle on a carrel; mostly cows.
"Look aibou! Cows!" Yami said excitedly. He pointed out the window to show his aibou what he wanted to show him.
"Yes, Yami...Wow...They are different colors too. See look, there's a calico, a brown, a black, and a black and white one...." Yugi didn't seem too thrilled with this.
He wanted to get to the vacation spot and quick. He wanted to spend time with Yami in the open fields, riding horses, talking and walking; alone. His grandpa was always in the way of them, always in between them; he and Yami never had time alone. Yugi started to blush in anticipation.
'Oh god....what am I thinking...Yami would never want to ride a horse with me...Maybe we'll ride on separate horses...That would be better for me...I don't want Yami to find out he is my secret crush, otherwise everything will go wrong and I will never witness another funny thing he does to make me laugh ever again. I never want that to happen. Anything but that...He always brings me out of my deep depression moods...when bullies bring me down at school, Yami is there to bring me right back up.'
"Are we there yet...?!" Yami asked bored.
He had his hands behind his head, and then one of them moved to cup his cheek to slouch against his hand. Yugi laughed at Yami's silly antics. Yami didn't even know what he was doing to make Yugi laugh. All he did was ask 'Are we there yet' and his aibou found it to be funny. Well, he'll show him something hilarious. Yami began rummaging through his clothes pack for something.
"What are you doing Yami?" Yugi asked his other self. Yami paid no mind to Yugi as he continued to rummage through the mess of clothes he and his aibou shared. He cheered triumphantly as he found what he was looking for. Yugi looked over his shoulder to see but just as he did, something covered his view. It was dark; too dark and Yugi heard Yami laughing as he tried to pull off the thing on his head.
"How are my boxers aibou? Hm?" Yami sneered.
"Your w-w-what?!" Yugi screamed. He couldn't believe his secret crush's boxers were currently on his head.
"Yami Muto!!!!" Jii-chan yelled, "I told you that if you don't be careful you'll get yourself grounded!"
"What?! You didn't say—"Yami began but was cut off by Jii-chan.
"That's it! You have talked back to me and got in trouble twice! You are grounded! You don't get to do anything fun when we get to our cabin! You are just going to eat and sleep the whole time until I say so!"
Yami was silent. His eyes widened and began to gradually become half lidded with sadness.
"Jii-chan...!" Yugi said as he was taking off Yami's boxers from his head.
"Yugi, I don't want to have to ground you too. I never have in the sixteen years of your life and I hope I never will. I never want to see the day that my obedient grandson was grounded or being misbehaved." His grandfather told him.
Yugi stayed quiet and slouched in his seat like Yami had been doing after Jii-chan's punishing.
/I am sorry Yami.../ Yugi said to him in their mind link; Yugi didn't want his grandpa getting in the way of their conversations again like he always does. Besides, he didn't want his grandpa to ground him as well; or maybe he did. He didn't want to have fun and have Yami being bored in the cabin all day. That wasn't fair. Vacations are supposed to be fun and if Yugi can't have fun because Yami wasn't going to be there, then he wanted to be grounded too.
It's ok aibou....I guess staying in the cabin the whole day without you sounds fun, even though this is my first vacation ever in the 3,000 years of my life...heh...I guess I can entertain myself by counting how many wood panels there are on the cabin floor. Or I can just sneak watching some television...if they have one up there.
/Don't worry Yami, they do have T.V. but you are not going to do that because I am going to get myself grounded so that I can spend time with you. I don't want you to be bored Atemu.../
Yami's eyes widened at what Yugi had called him. 'Yugi called me by my real name! My royal, beautiful (wink wink...heh...) real name...!
No, Yugi. I will not allow you to get yourself grounded because of me and my misfortunes...but arigato for trying...
Yugi had another idea. What if he just asked his grandpa if he could stay with Yami for half the day and hang out with him the rest of the day?
/Don't worry Yami. I will get this straightened out in no time.../
Yami stared at his hikari in question; just what was he going to do?
"Grandpa...." Yugi started, "I would like to be able to hang out with Yami for a little everyday so that he doesn't get bored. This just isn't right. He didn't mean to do those...things. It is just his personality. He doesn't know everything around him. What would you like to do the moment you were brought back into the world after 3,000 years? I for one would want to know what's going on around me and make friends. It is not Yami's fault for acting this way. Please don't punish him. If it is possible, I would like you to reconsider your thoughts about grounding Yami. Just lay off the grounding idea. Please give him a second chance. I beg of you."
When Yugi finished, the car had stopped and pulled into the bike lane, (though they could have stopped in the middle of the road because they were in the middle of nowhere surrounded by cows and other assortments of cattle where no cars were visible; the semi pick-up truck was just some weird fluke and it shouldn't have been driving on the road. Thank you for reading my note. ) and both Yami and Jii-chan had turned to look at Yugi. The only difference was that Yami had a look of surprise and Jii-chan had a 'How dare you think my punishment was bad and why are you sticking up for him because he has to learn from his mistakes' look plastered on his face. This was going to be a long haul...
Yes I know Jii-chan is OOC but...whatever! Tell me if you like it. If ya do then I shall write more chapters for you like a good little slave fanfic writer should! Ja ne!