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DO I LOVE YOU? Chapter 2

Yuugi awoke and opened his eyes only to quickly clamp them shut again. It was sunny today, for the first time in about a week, and his eyes had not been prepared for the transition. Groaning, he attempted to roll over, only to hit the floor. Opening his eyes again he looked around to find that he was not in his bedroom, but on the living room floor next to the couch.

Must've fallen asleep on the couch last night. Well, since I'm up now I might as well make breakfast.

The aroma of sizzling bacon flooded Yami's nose, coaxing him out of his deep slumber. Yuugi must already be awake. He stretched his arms and climbed out of bed. Suppressing a large yawn as he headed downstairs to the kitchen.

Yami found Yuugi busy making all sorts of food; bacon, eggs, waffles, pancakes and French toast.

"You are aware that there's only two of us, right aibou?"

Yuugi, having not realized that Yami had entered the room, jumped a little. He felt lithe arms wrapped around his shoulders as Yami embraced him in a hug from behind. He turned around to face Yami, and his breath caught in his chest for a moment because Yami was dressed in nothing but a pair of flannel pajama pants. There was only an inch or so separating him from Yami's bare chest, causing a pink tint to grace his face. Yami chuckled, nuzzling his face into Yuugi's hair.

"I guess I over did it a little, didn't I?"

((It's all right; I feel like I could eat as much as ten people right now.)) He then placed a chaste kiss on Yuugi's forehead, proceeding to get some food and enter the living room.

Yuugi just stood there, frozen to the spot that Yami had left him in. He couldn't believe the change that Yami had gone through since just the night before. All the tensioned he'd been feeling was gone; and Yuugi felt as if it had been transferred to him. Today Yami was acting almost flirtingly. Not to mention that he'd used mental link to communicate such a simple statement when he normally reserved it for much more personal matters.

There was no doubt in Yuugi's mind that Yami was doing everything in his power to coax out any dormant feelings Yuugi had for him. Not that it really bothered Yuugi; he couldn't help but find Yami's blatantly obvious attempts to impress him cute. Of course, he didn't doubt that it was working either. For the first time this morning Yuugi had noticed the perfect ripple of muscles on Yami's chest. Or the way the light danced in his sharp, crimson eyes and reflected off his bronzed skin.

((Are you coming, Yuugi?))

(Yes, I'm coming.) He was slightly irritated that he'd been interrupted from his daydreaming, even though it was by the person he'd been daydreaming about. So he quickly got himself some food and headed to join Yami in the living room.

Yami was sitting on the couch, practically stuffing the food down his throat. Yuugi couldn't help but laugh at the scene, although he could understand why Yami was so hungry. After all, he doubted that Yami had eaten anything the day before.

Yuugi took a seat next to him on the couch as Yami finished the last bit of his breakfast. Yami pulled Yuugi closer to him and Yuugi, after the initial shock and blush wore off, rested his head on Yami's shoulder. Yami smiled happily.

They remained in that position for most of the day.

Jou came into school the next day with a look of concern written on his face. He walked immediately over to Yuugi's desk. "How'd it go lookin' for Yami da otha night?" He asked.

"Well, I looked for him for a couple of hours and couldn't find him. But he came back home on his own later that night."

"And didja find out what was botherin' 'im?"

Yuugi was quiet for a moment, considering whether or not he should tell Jou about his situation. He decided that there wasn't any reason he should hide it, and after a moment said, "Yami loves me Jou, and the reason he's been so distant was that he was afraid to tell me. I didn't tell you this the other day, but before he ran away he kissed me."

"Well, d'ya love 'im back?" Jou asked after taking a moment to take the whole situation in.

"That's what I'm not really sure about. I definitely have strong feelings for him, and they've gotten stronger over the last couple of days. But I don't know if it's love, or just an infatuation."

"This is one problem dat I can't really help ya with, buddy." Jou turned and headed for his own desk, as smile on his face. He was no love expert, but somehow he had a feeling that it was more than just an infatuation.

A few weeks passed and Yuugi's relationship with Yami grew stronger still. The rest of the gang was finding the two to be inseparable. Yuugi, however, still hadn't said anything to Yami about the way he felt, and Yami was starting to worry. What if Yuugi didn't love him? He wasn't sure if he would be able to deal with that. But, he told himself, he was happy now, not knowing how Yuugi felt. And he would always be happy simply having Yuugi around.

Yuugi was at the kitchen sink doing the dishes one night, when Yami came up behind him and wrapped his arms around Yuugi's waist. Yuugi just smiled, but soon realized that his yami's position was making his task increasingly difficult.

(You know, Yami, you're making it very difficult to do the dishes.)

((Well then I suppose the dishes will have to wait, you've been washing them and ignoring me for a whole five minutes now.)) He gave Yuugi a mental pout, attempting to get his hikari's pity and attention.

Yuugi rolled his eyes at Yami's antics. Then, with a smirk crossing his normally innocent features, he stuck his hand into the water in the sink and splashed Yami directly in the face.

Yami was frozen for a moment, taken aback by Yuugi's actions. But the shock quickly wore off and he splashed Yuugi back.

An all-out war broke out at that point, both hikari and yami getting soaked in the crossfire. Before long all the water was covering the two boys and the floor, and the dishes were sitting disregarded in the sink.

Yuugi and Yami sat on the kitchen floor, laughing and dripping. Yuugi embraced Yami in a tight hug, snuggling his face into the crook of Yami's neck.

(Yami…)

((Yes, aibou?))

(I love you, Yami.)

Yami smiled, tear of happiness forming in his eyes.

THE END

A/N: There you have it folks! I know two chapters isn't a lot, and I intended for it to be more, but I'm proud of this regardless.

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