Oh my gosh! Thanks to my reviewers!! I love you all so much!!!! Hands everyone cake and ice cream.

I'm so excited, my birthday is in three days, and I'm gonna buy some YamixYuugi doujinshi! I wanna get Cross Soul, but my mom would shoot me if she saw its contents.

Hardcore Yaoi.

Yumm!!

Yuugi - What's Yaoi?

Yami - No! No! Cover your innocent, virgin ears!!!

Hey, I still do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! I never, ever will. Though, I wish I did, cause then I'd turn the whole show into a Shounen-Ai fest!!!!

Mwhahaah!!!

Yuugi - What's shounen-ai?

Yami - NOOOO!


Dark Connection -

Chapter Two

"Goodbye Doesn't Have to Be Forever."


These nightly meetings with Yami continued through the next few weeks, and even though Yuugi didn't realize it, the boy from the closet was growing strong feelings for him.

Feelings they hadn't even begun to understand.

Yuugi, being the innocent young boy that he was, choose to ignore his, different, feelings for his new playmate. But there were just some points when it seemed almost impossible to do so.

But Yuugi didn't want to feel in a way he couldn't comprehend. So he'd just clench his eyes closed, Yami would also do the same, feeling ashamed.

Ashamed.

This wasn't a new feeling for mysterious youth. If anything, it was the most normal, and his friendship with young Yuugi was the abnormal.

"You disgust me." His father had spat at him, when he found out about Yami's late night meetings with Yuugi. "What shall I tell your mother? That you, heir to everything that is this family, has chosen to go and," He took a deep breath, "Speaking with those whackos from the other world? Shall I give up hope?"

He looked back down at his son, who had found the floor, and the carpeting to be very interesting at the moment, "Well?!"

"No Father." Yami whispered toward the floor.

"Good, now, I want you to discontinue these meetings with the mortal boy. Am I clear?" His father placed an arm on Yami's shoulder and shook him, making the boy turn his head up, his eyes shaking in fear. "Unless, of course, you'd like some...Misfortune...To befall your small friend?"

"Yes Father." Yami growled, anger evident in the boy's voice.

His father merely smirked and walked away.

Yami did figure, however, that he could have at least a few more nights to spend with Yuugi, his father never said to discontinue their meetings, immediately. And Yuugi, who was grinning up at his older twin, didn't fail to notice the sadness in his eyes, yet, he choose not to ask, figuring if Yami had wanted to talk to him about it, he would have said something by now. Yet, he couldn't help but wonder if it had to do with him. But why would he, young, innocent, sweet, Yuugi be the source of anyone's unhappiness?

But Yuugi could not see in himself, what another may. The love, the beauty, the joy that was Yuugi, things only another who loved him could spot. This other being Yami, of course.

"Ya-Chan?" Yuugi asked, blinking, "Ya-Chan where do you come from?"

Yami looked down at the other in confusion, "Ya-Chan?" He smirked.

Yuugi nodded happily, "I nickname my friends!" He said wrapping his arms around Yami's waist.

"H-Hai..I see. Well, where do I come from, you asked?" Yami looking up in frustration, such a thing wasn't easy to explain, since he wasn't too sure himself. All he knew is that his home was somehow connected to Yuugi's.

"Anou, Do you live in the closet?" Yuugi asked innocently, making Yami laugh.

"Iie Yuugi! That's silly!" It made Yuugi immensely happy to see that his friend was now happier, even if it was only slightly. And he knew it wasn't an act. Like he could feel Yami's feelings. Yami, who saw the Yuugi was watching him, took this as a chance to tackle the younger boy and begin a tickling attack.

"Ahh!" Yuugi cried as he was pushed back onto the bed, tears rolling down his face from excessive laughing. "Please!! Yami stop!!" His pleading obviously got to Yami and made him stop and he smiled down at the smaller boy. Something about seeing his laughing made Yami's heart leap, he knew the feeling.

It was a weakness, his father told him once...

"Father," Yami had asked when he was younger, "A boy at school said their parents got divorced." He paused and looked up at his father, not wanting to displease the man seeing the curious look he got, he continued.

"He said it was because they didn't love each other." His father sighed and took Yami onto his lap; he knew where this was going. "Do you love mother?"

"Love my son, is a weakness, it only gets one hurt. It hurts loving someone too, yet, it's wonderful. You're so young though my boy..." His father looked down at him, smiling slightly, which was rare, "Yes; I love your mother, which was my downfall. Don't fall in love Yami."

Despite what many may think, Yami's father was a good man, he was just over worked, plus he was very sick, and the thought of Yami growing up alone scared him. So he was hard on his son. Too hard maybe.

And Yami's mother...

She didn't love him, and Yami wasn't too sure she loved his father either. It was a money thing.

Just not in his father's case.

He fell, hard.

"Yami, really." Yuugi crawled onto Yami's lap and looked him in the eye, for once, he was being serious, "Where are you from, you told me you were from the closet!"

"I said that more to scare you little one." Yami chuckled at the annoyed look on Yuugi's face and then continued, "But I am sort-of from the closet, I suppose, my world connects to yours from there."

It was confusing, and he was sure by the odd look Yuugi gave him, he had no clue what he was talking about.

"Well, It's a different place, but the same. It's like...I'm a ghost." Yami paused, feeling a bit reassured when Yuugi didn't look the least bit frightened, "But I' m not. I can't explain it. When I want to go home, I merely have to think of it, same with coming here. I can't really explain it to you..." He trailed off letting out a sigh.

"Can you take me there?" Yami stared deeply into Yuugi's amethyst eyes, that same feeling in the pit of his stomach. That love feeling. Of course, Yami knew that he was just hurting himself. His father had been right, he couldn't be with Yuugi, maybe it was just better to leave him.

Now.

"No, Yuugi, I have to tell you something." He removed the boy from his lap and back onto the edge of the bed, where he kneeled down before him.

"Yes." Yuugi answered with a smile.

"Huh?" Yami questioned. Yuugi was getting cuter, and maybe weirder, by the moment

"I'll be married to you silly!!" Yuugi said throwing his arms around his neck.

"Yu-Yuugi!" Yami tried to pry him off but ended up just hugging back, it was hard. He obviously wasn't going to be able to say goodbye, not tonight at least. Maybe just one more game...

"Okay! I'm the Bride!" Yuugi stated happily.

"I suppose I'm the groom." Yami smiled back at him.

Yuugi had seen it on TV, of course, with his grandfather. The old man loved watching sappy, chick flicks, and Yuugi has witnessed almost every marriage scene ever created. And he loved the thought of being proposed to, though he had no idea what it meant, nor that there was no simplicity behind it. But that was just Yuugi.

He knew love, yet didn't realize it, he knew marriage, yet thought it was for friends, or something to that affect. This all just seemed to work into his plans with Yami.

"Ah, but my bride," Yami put on a mock frown, and took Yuugi's hand, "You have no ring. Neither do I."

"I have them!" The Younger boy ran to his toy box and pulled out a small blue bag, inside he dumped out many earrings, bracelets, necklaces, rings, anything girly you could think of as a matter of fact.

Yami raised an eyebrow as he looked up at his twin, "Yuugi..."

"I stole them from Grandpa..." He told him with a slight blush.

"...I won't ask...."

So, Yuugi went through and picked out a nice ring for himself and handed it to Yami, "You can give this one to me," he then went in and found another ring, a silver one with small jewels that matched his eyes, and oddly enough, Yami's. It had always been his favorite ring, and when he thought about it more, he wanted Yami to have it. So he snatched it up and looked up at the taller.

"Well...Is that it?" Yami asked, trying to sound calm, yet, the thought of a marriage to Yuugi, although false, made his throat dry.

Marriage.

With Yuugi.

Yami swallowed all that he could, as Yuugi gently took his hand, smiling wider than usual. Though, he too was nervous.

"W-Wait Ya-Chan, w-we need a priest!" Yuugi stumbled over his words, obviously he wasn't quite as good at acting calm as Yami.

"How about DM?" Yami suggested, pointing toward the bed where the stuffed Dark Magician was.

"Hai!" Yuugi grinned and climbed over to his bed where he snatched up DM, rotating him in his fingers.

Yami nodded as Yuugi placed DM on the chair in front of them.

"Anou, Yami, He can't talk..." Yuugi whispered.

Yami smiled down at him, "Shh! Just pretend."

And so, in response, Yuugi focused on DM, trying to imagine him talking. Yet, all he could hear was the distant echoes of a memory. A memory of a wedding.

Yuugi spoke up; knowing this wasn't going to go anywhere if they stood around like this!

"Ya-Chan, do you take Yuu-Chan as your wife?" He asked him quietly, not quite remembering the Priest's words.

"I do." Yami replied simply, lowering his gaze from DM to Yuugi. "And do you, Yuu-Chan," He put a hand to Yuugi's face, "Take Yam- I mean Ya-Chan, as your husband?"

"I do."

They each slipped the rings onto the other's fingers. Yami, of course, noticed how beautiful the one Yuugi gave him was, earning a gasp from the tall boy.

And, they both knew what came next, no words were spoken as Yuugi and Yami both shut their eyes, and the taller bent down slightly. Though he knew, it may scare Yuugi is he touched lips with him, plus he didn't want to be Yuugi's first kiss, you only get one. Seeing as how he couldn't be with Yuugi anyhow.

So instead he lightly brushed his lips over Yuugi's nose. Now this isn't quite what Yuugi expected, but he returned the kiss to Yami's cheek, making the taller boy go bright red. Yuugi giggled, though he himself knew he couldn't get any redder.

Yami smiled sadly, this was his last night with Yuugi. All these feelings, he'd have to forget them.

It wasn't fair!

Yuugi wrapped his arms around Yami for the third time that night, burying his face in his chest, and Yami, in turn, grasped Yuugi tightly, never wanting to let go.

Ever.

Unfortunately he had to.

Some things just weren't possible, especially when you lived two worlds apart.

[ AN - I should end it there....But this is just too much fun!! ]


Yami woke up on the floor the next morning, covered in various blankets, and a Yuugi.

The smaller boy had his arms and legs wrapped around him innocently, Yami was surprised he hadn't been choked to death during the night. He pulled himself out of Yuugi's tight grasp and looked around, suddenly remembering that he was supposed to be home!

'Oh no... Father's going to kill me!!' Yami ran to the closet but before he could open the door he was stopped by a cry.

Yuugi.

"Yami, why are you leaving?" The boy had tears in his eyes, and the sad part was it was only cause' Yami was going home for the day. It was hard to imagine what the boy's face would look like when Yami told him he was leaving him forever.

"I have to go home, Yuugi...Father will be angry with me for staying here all night..." Yami answered, a small

smile on his face.

"You'll come back right?" Yuugi asked hopefully.

"Why would you ask that Yuugi? Don't I always come back?"

"I had this dream. You were in it." Yuugi looked to the floor. "I was bigger, and, I was in here." Yuugi pointed up, referring to his bedroom.

"Go on." Yami was curious as to what Yuugi was going to say, could this dream be the source of Yuugi's tears?

"I called you, but you wouldn't come. You were gone. Forever." Yami winced at these words, Yuugi knew. He didn't know how Yuugi knew, but he was sure he did.

Yami walked back to where Yuugi was sitting, and slipped off the ring, placing it back in Yuugi's grasp. "We can't be married Yuugi, I do have to leave you." He paused, "Forever."

Yuugi's bottom lip began to tremble as tears silently poured down the boy's face, "But Yami! You're my only friend! Please don't go! Stay with me!" He begged the taller boy, but he just shook his head, tears threatening to spill from the boy's eyes. Yuugi was breaking his heart, just as Yami had broken his.

"My father said that we couldn't be friends anymore."

"But why Yami! Please don't go, I love you Yami!" Yami's eyes grew wide as tears began to spill, he knew Yuugi had meant this in a brotherly sort-of way, but it still touched Yami to hear the words. He knew that knowing such a thing would help him be strong, he had to be for Yuugi.

"Please don't forget me Yuugi." The smaller boy threw himself at Yami, knocking him backward. Yami hugged the boy tightly, caressing his back, arms, and face. Yuugi just held on, his tears falling like a stream onto Yami beneath him.

"I won't." Yuugi took the ring and shoved it back into Yami's hand, "Keep it Yami, so you remember me." He choked.

Yami nodded, " I won't forget you." Now, Yami knew Yuugi had the ring that he had given him before he even met him, so how special was that?

Instead of letting him stick with the ring, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small, gold, bracelet, on it was the words 'Connection'. He took Yuugi's arm and attached it, and it was a good thing that their arms were about the same size so it fit. Yuugi looked up at Yami, his eyes sparkling with tears, the taller boy merely lifted his own arm to show Yuugi that he had a matching bracelet, though it was silver. It too had the word 'Connection' engraved on it.

"See now Yuugi? We're connected? You can never be without me, even if you want to, as long as you keep this."

Yuugi nodded, smiling slightly. Yami smiled back and got up, walking back toward the door. "Goodbye, Yuu-Chan."

"Goodbye, Ya-Chan." Yuugi watched as Yami closed the door and waited a moment before opening it again.

Yami was indeed, gone.


Well, I was planning to make this chapter two different ones, but I ended up combining them so I could hurry onto Yami and Yuugi's adulthood. Well..Not really, they'll be 16.

But anywho.

Hope you enjoyed!

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- - Kairi