Story: Four Faces of Two Kisses||Chapter: Dangerous Desires
Romance: Yami no Yuugi x Bakura, Yami no Bakura x Yuugi
Chapters: 3-4||Chapter: 3,900||Total: 11,623
Genre: Romance||Rated: PG-13
Summary: Two kisses. Four points of view. Two bodies. Four souls. One moment that could change so much.

I shouldn't be here. I really shouldn't. You're dangerous, and I don't think you can be trusted. You haven't done much to show that you can be. Though it could just be what it is that I'm trusting you to do. I don't think you'll hurt me. I've not often had that feeling from you. Well, when we first met and you tried to kill us all in that RPG game. But things have changed since then.

Besides, I want answers and there's no one else I can get them from. My other self can be private when he wants to be. I hate butting into his privacy, but the way Bakura-kun keeps looking at me ever since that day, I really have to know. It won't stop eating at me. I guess I could just ask one of them but when I tried, the other me just said it wasn't anything I should worry about. Bakura-kun told me...well, he didn't really tell me anything. He just blushed a lot and stammered. And they've both…well, they don't ignore me, but it's as if they know something or are afraid of something happening if I know something that they do.

So I've come to you. I gave them privacy when they wanted it, but I know you wouldn't have. So you know what they did. I can't believe it was anything bad. Not with them involved. But I just have to know.

Yes, it was silly of me to not look while it was going on, and then to ask someone else what they saw. I can be silly if I want to be. It's my right as a teenager. So there.

You don't have to laugh like that. Even if you do have a nice laugh. It's different from all the others that I've heard you laugh. Those all sounded insane or something like that. I didn't mean it as a compliment, even if that's how you're taking it. We're not going to get anywhere if you don't stop that preening, you know.

All right. Let's get down to business. Just what did my other self and Bakura-kun do that day?

They kissed? They kissed? That wasn't really what I was thinking they were doing. I don't know what I was expecting. Them talking, maybe. Discussing the Items or something like that. Maybe Duel Monsters. But...kissing?

The other me and Bakura-kun? I never really thought about him wanting to be with someone, anyone. After all, he doesn't even know who he is, beyond having once been Pharaoh. I always kind of thought you needed an identity to have a relationship. But if that's what he wants, I'm not going to argue about it.

I'm sure you will be, though.

You're not? Why not? You're touching my face. No, I don't really mind. It feels kind of nice, really. Oh, what you said! I'm blushing. I'm blushing even more now. I never realized...I don't know why I'm doing this. I know what they did, I should probably go now. But we did say we'd talk for an hour.

I think the other me was here for a couple of seconds, wasn't he? Before you touched my face. I usually can tell these days, but he doesn't like me being around you. He's just trying to protect me. You've done that for Bakura-kun, you know how it is, don't you?

I'm a challenge? That's a rather odd way of putting things, I suppose. I don't even know why you said that. It seems a little odd, but I suppose it makes sense to you. It's really not that comfortable, trusting you. I'm not even certain why the idea of them kissing is so shocking. But I just want to understand why it happened, and why you didn't get that upset about it.

You wanted this time with me? You didn't say anything about that before. I suppose I would've been a little surprised if you had. It's you after all.

Why are you...oh, that felt nice! I don't think I've ever blushed quite like that before. Other me, what are you doing? He wasn't hurting me! I didn't really mind his hands being under my shirt! It felt so nice. You kissed Bakura-kun, so why are you objecting when I'm sitting near someone? Because it's him? Well, yes, I can understand that, but, please, let me have this time. I know he won't hurt me. You won't let him, and I don't think that's what he wants. Trust me, please. I know he's telling you something, but I can't hear him. It's getting you mad, though.

Whew, he let me back into control. He hasn't been this disturbed in a while. I'll have to talk to him later and find out what's going on. I should do it now, but I want to have our hour first. Yes, it really is fun. I don't think it should be, but it is.

Change my hair color? Are you crazy? I love it just like it is. It's unique. I know I look like him. We kind of do share a body, so I guess it's really more that he looks like me. After all, did you look like Bakura-kun when you were alive? You don't want to answer that, do you? Stop that, I don't look sexy when I'm trying to be conniving! Can you stop the flattery and just tell me about their kiss? Please?

They were this close together? Really? Why are you...oh, right, I wanted to know. But I wasn't quite expecting a demonstration like this. Of course I haven't always gotten what I expected since the day I put the Puzzle together. Stop looking at it, by the way. My face is up here. Talk to that.

Now if you'd killed the other me, then you would've killed me too. I don't think I'd like that very much, and I don't know if you would either. He probably wouldn't have enjoyed it either. Though I'm not sure if he can be killed, even if he's in my body. I'd rather you didn't find out, though. Nothing personal.

So, they were so close. And Bakura-kun was all hot and disturbed. I wonder if he's been thinking about the other me before that. I guess the Pharaoh's been thinking about him. I wish he would've told me. Maybe he thought I'd be jealous or something. I care about him, but not like that. He's like my big brother or something, the missing pieces of my soul. But someone else is the missing pieces of my heart.

No, I don't know who. Why do you ask? No reason? Why don't I believe that? It's probably because you're a thief and a liar. I meant those as compliments this time, though.

How did I get on your lap? Was that how they were sitting? Oh, Bakura-kun was on my other self's lap? That's an odd bit of mental imagery. But you're right, I can't really imagine it any other way for them. For us it's different. Now that was an odd phrasing. Us. Is there an us?

Maybe I should answer that some other time. Mm, that feels good, your hand in my hair. Did they do that too? They didn't? Then why...oh. A special addition? I thought thieves took things, they didn't give them. I guess I shouldn't question, hm? I'm going all shivery. It feels just that good. No one's ever done that kind of thing to me. Yes, you're the first.

I know all the things you've done and said you've done. No one would want to spy on them, trust me. Besides, they couldn't even if they'd wanted to. The other me wouldn't have allowed it. He really likes what privacy he can get.

All right, we have it set up. Kind of. Bakura-kun sat in my other self's lap, and I'm sitting in your lap. The other me caressed his hair, and...I don't think I can think very well when you're doing that. I just shiver all over and nothing really gets done in my head. Maybe I just shouldn't bother trying to think right now. It is pretty difficult when your hands are touching me there. Did the other me do that to Bakura-kun?

He didn't? You're adding more things? How am I supposed to know what they did if you keep on doing that? I don't really think I mind, I just want to know. Your hand on my neck is a little scary. No, I didn't think you were going to break it, it just makes me nervous out of instinct or something. I know I'm kind of tense. You could relieve that? Don't say things like that. It gets to me. A massage? Yeah, that would be kind of nice. I've never had time to get one. I bet it would be fun, though.

You're going to give me one? I think I blushed all the way down to my waist. I can't just stop it! I would if I could! It's just so embarrassing to be sitting here in the lap of someone who is supposedly my enemy and blushing all the time and with your hands where they are and...oh, just everything! Yes, I am that embarrassed! I don't care what you think you see in my eyes.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell.

Go back to the kiss. That's what I want to know about. So you knew ahead of time what they were going to do. And I'm sure the other me has just as much experience as you do, he just doesn't remember it. Yes, that does count. Who says? I do. So there.

Wow, that did sound like a really good kiss. I wonder if I'll ever be kissed like that. I wonder if Anzu can kiss like that. Don't make faces like that. You've never seen her in a bikini. I know you don't want to, either. She probably doesn't want you to see her like that either. But I have, and she looks incredible in it. For that matter, I kind of wonder if Jonouchi can kiss like that. I bet Mai knows. Or wants to know, anyway.

So you don't want me to be talking about them? How are you going to stop me?

Well, I suppose this is one way. Your hand right on the back of my neck, pulling me closer like you said the other me did with Bakura-kun. My breath can't possibly smell that good, can it? I know I brushed before this, but that was just out of habit, not because I was expecting anything like this!

Do I want to do this again? I think I do, really. It's not as bad as I would've thought it would be, if someone had suggested something like it a few days ago. You're very warm, and you feel so good. You're making me feel good, too. I don't know if you've done that to anyone else, but you're good at it.

No, I won't stop using that word with you. You're just going to have to deal with it. And laughing isn't really going to make me stop. So go on, finish the story. What else were they doing? Yes, I want to know it all. This was my body doing it, and I want to know what they did. I'd really rather not spy on them in the future, though. It's just not nice.

I know you're not nice. That's why you did it. So, go on. I'll poke you again if I have to. Or if I just want to. You look so funny when I poke your chest. See what I mean?

So, they kissed, and it was really hot. But it was just a kiss, wasn't it? I can feel your breath on my lips, now that I think about it, every time you say something. That's so odd. I've never been this close to someone before, not quite like this. It feels...no, I'm not even going to try and think about how it feels. I just want to feel it.

Yes, we've both wanted this all this time. I don't really know why I do. I just know that I do. I used to think I wanted this with Anzu, but now I don't think I do. I don't want to lose her as a friend, ever, and I've heard all kinds of horror stories about what happens when friends start dating. She's really pretty, but I think we'll just stay best friends. It's easier like that, I think.

Not that what's going on here is all that hard. Or easy. I've kind of lost track of what it is I'm trying to think of or do. It's not that difficult to do around you. You just have that kind of presence. I meant that as a compliment, too. I'm glad you took it like one.

You aim to please, hm? Please us both, then. Yes, I want to come back for more. I want you to be there when I come back, too. That's what we both want, and I think we're going to get it. I feel almost feverish. Is this the kind of heat you were talking about them feeling? I can understand why they kissed then. It's like the only way to quench it is to touch someone else, but it really doesn't make it go a way. Kissing just makes it even hotter.

It's a good kind of hot, though, and I want more of it. I don't think I've ever wanted anything quite this much. Nothing like this anyway. I've wanted other things, but this is in a class all by itself. I can feel you on me. It's odd, I can almost feel you in me. In my mind. Not like the other me, but your presence, your awareness.

Whoa. You are there. That's kind of weird. How are you doing that? I can feel you even while we're kissing. No, not feel you. I can hear you. I know what you want me to know. Oh, this can happen with anyone with an Item? How interesting. I'm glad I didn't know, though. I don't think I'd really want to have listened in to what you and Malik were talking about during Battle City.

I also don't believe it was kept from me. In fact, I'm not even certain if you're telling me the truth. But we can worry about that later. I'd rather get along with the kissing, if that's all right with you. It is? Good. Then let's get to it.

You did not just call me that, did you? I am not a wanton! I just like kissing you. I can leave if you'd rather I didn't, you know. Yeah, I thought that would calm you down. You're not that tough.

I didn't mean that. You are tough. But you must want to kiss me, otherwise that wouldn't have made you sit back down and behave. Well, play nicer, anyway. You can't ever be said to behave.

This kissing is so good. You have to have done this before. Who with? Oh, you don't remember? Are you sure you have your memories? You seem a bit fuzzy.

Yes, yes, I know that you're three thousand years old. I promise, I won't make any senility jokes. Just as long as you don't say anything about how tall I am. Or am not. Is that all right with you?

So you've got something else on your mind instead of joking? What's that? I guess I should've guessed. Kissing me. It is a lot more fun than almost anything else. I feel so comfortable being right where I am. I'm going to have to tell the other me about this, you know. I'm sure he'll think the worst of you, but you haven't taken anything I didn't want to give in the first place.

Kind of ruins being the best thief if I wasn't even really guarding it from you, doesn't it? But maybe I'll make this third kiss a little more difficult to get to. There, I'm not opening my lips. You can try to steal it all you like, but you can't. You won't.

You did anyway. You got in between my lips. That felt very sweet. I never quite thought a tongue could be used like that. Very ingenious. Well, you are supposed to be one of the better tomb robbers that ever lived. Maybe we could talk about that some time? In a kind of way an archaeologist is like a tomb robber, and my grandfather explored old tombs all the time. I bet you two would have a lot to talk about.

But not as much as you and I do right now. Your hands are so gentle on me, as they haven't been with anyone else, ever. I won't ever tell anyone. This treasure is yours, handed over without a fight, because you are the one I want to give this to. I can't remember opening my eyes, but I'm staring into yours, and I can see everything I've ever wanted, things I never even knew I wanted, looking back at me. I wonder what you're seeing in my eyes.

My friends would be a little surprised if they saw us now, I think. Jonouchi knows some of the things we've watched together, but it's not that which would surprise them. It's this. Being here with you and nothing but kisses and touches happening. In fact, the fact that the kisses and touches are what's happening would be what would surprise them.

There's so much of a difference between reading things in books, seeing them on videos, and living them. I really think I prefer living them. It's hard to be certain since we haven't done anything but kiss, but I can't even begin to describe how incredible those kisses have been.

More kisses, more and more, and I can't think of anything but what we're doing, and how good it feels and how much I want to do so much more. But we can't, we have to keep at least most of our clothes on. We only have an hour, after all, and it's an hour that's almost up. I don't know when we'll get another one. But it will happen. That's part of the bargain you made with the other me. He gets his time with Bakura-kun and you get your time with me. I think he's watching, even now, though. He wants to be certain you won't do anything to me.

I hope he believes that you won't. Neither of us can promise anything for the future. But why worry about the future right now? When it comes, we'll deal with it, no matter what. I'd rather think about the present, with me here and you there, and us together, and your lips on mine, and how hot it is, and how good that heat is.

I know you still want your revenge. I don't know what for, and I don't know why, but I know you want it. I know you'll keep at it, no matter what, even if the road to it leads away from me. I didn't have to ask. I knew anyway. I know you're not going to answer it, either. And yes, it was cruel. Yes, I did have it in me. You'd be surprised at what I have inside.

There will be time to find out one day. When all of this is over, and we're all done. I know there's a chance one or more of us might not make it through alive, or whatever it is that you and the other me are. But somehow, I have faith it will all work out.

That look on you doesn't look good. You can stop trying to smirk. I'll tickle you. Or something. Not much of a threat, but I'm not very experienced in threatening people. I suppose it'll do for now, though, don't you? Maybe you could teach me, hm? Bakura-kun is all soft and fluffy, kind of like a feather pillow with body parts attached, but you're not. You're sharp and edgy and steel and ice and heat and flame and edges and you're all over me, and I'm all over you, and I feel your breath when I kiss you, and it smells so good, and you smell good, and there's so much I can't even begin to say because it's just too much.

I can't stop kissing you and I don't want to. Your hands under my shirt, mine under yours, nothing but skin to skin and heart to heart. You didn't think you had one still, but it's in there, and I'm going to dig it out and bring it to the sunshine where it belongs. Yes, that's where it should be, no matter what you think. You don't have to be like Bakura-kun. You can still be you. Your hatred, your anger, your revenge, they're a part of you, but they're not all of you. I can't believe it.

You want me to, though. You want me to think, to believe that without those you wouldn't even exist. There's so much about your past that you haven't told anyone, even Bakura-kun, isn't there? I want to know. Not just for his sake, but for yours too. Holding all of that within you for all of these eons can't help but poison you. You should let it all out. It should be drained, cleaned, bandaged, let heal.

Maybe I should just kiss you some more. You don't look at me like that when I'm kissing you. Yes, you've stolen my heart and I won't get it back. But I don't need it back. You can't understand why, can you? Such a good thief, but you missed something that's as obvious as your desire for the Items and our desire to prevent you from getting it. Maybe I'll wait to tell you until the next time. That way I know for certain there will be a next time. I want it so much, and I want it so soon.

I'm teasing you, hm? Maybe I shouldn't wait. Maybe I should. It's much fun either way. This is a game, in a sense. The kind of thing always is, and I don't lose games anymore than the other me does. I don't know who would win if we ever had to play each other, and I hope we never have to find out.

You're not interested in talking about him, are you? I didn't think you would be. You want to know why I don't want my heart back, why I say I don't need it back. All right, I'll be nice and tell you. I am the nice one, after all. Maybe after another kiss or two. Yes, those were tasty. I like sitting here in your lap. You're more comfortable than you'd like to admit. So now, here we go. This is the answer that you wanted.

I don't want it back or need it back because as much as you try to deny it, I have yours in its place.

So, now who is the better thief?

To Be Continued