Yami Yami Yugi: Okay guys, here's the deal. Listen up because this is IMPORTAINT! I think I've said this before, but here it is in detail. The thing is I'm leaving for camp this Sunday.
Yugi: That's right. Sleep away camp, to be exact.
Jou: For four weeks in the middle of the woods.
YYY: Which obviously means that I won't be able to update for four weeks. But it gets worse.
Jou: After those four weeks she will only have one day before she has to go back.
Yugi: This time it will be for three weeks to work there.
YYY: Now while I'm away I will have my notebook with me and be writing down ideas. If I have enough time, I will be able to give you all a new chapter after I get back, or at least a preview of it.
Yugi: If not, we'll see you in seven weeks. Man, that sounds like a long time.
YYY: Yep, but at least you'll be there with me.
Jou: Yeah, at least we'll be- Wait a minute! Did you just say...
Yugi: No! You can't!
YYY: Of course I can. You don't expect me to go away for four weeks and not bring my muses, do you? I'll die.
Yugi: Yeah, and so will we.
Jou: But we have good news!
YYY: Let me guess. YOU just saved a bunch of money on your car insurance by switching to geico.
Jou: (sweat-drop) No. We have a little CONTEST to keep you all busy while we're gone!
YYY: Oh yeah!
Yugi: Okay, so here's the deal. With the constant and drastic change of plot, 'Magic of Love' just doesn't fit anymore as a title.
Jou: It fit while we wrote chapter five, but then it happened we went in a new direction. So basically, the title doesn't fit anymore.
YYY: Now I'm sure you know where I'm going with this. I want you guys to submit suggestions for a title. There's enough info out there by now for someone to be able to come up with a suitable title. (Just not me)
Yugi: So you do that, and we'll judge them when we come back.
PRIZES
Jou: Now we can't have a contest without prizes. The winner who can give us the best title can choose from the following:
1) A role in 'Magic of Love.' You will get a pretty important part actually, but not a main, romantic, story sealing part. Just a little OC to put in there. If the winner does not choose this, I will make my own OC. Warning: I might kill you off. I'm still thinking about whether or not I will.
2) You can get a supporting role in a one-shot of your choice and pairing. Warning: You will have to deal with my unique creativity with this. It may not turn out how you expect depending on what you give me.
3) You can get a fan art from a story of your choice, whether it is from one of mine or yours if you write. You pick the story and what scene you want. Warning: I may have improved as an artist since I last posted on DevinantART, but I still, really can't draw. If you pick this, you are doing it at your own risk.
YYY: Right, so that's it. I'll post the winner along with the next chapter. Feel free to send in as many submissions as you want! And now that we have finished with the two page long A/N with almost no jokes, let's go on to the reason you put up with me!
Yugi: You mean blackmail?
YYY: The story!
Yugi: Oh! Right.
Disclaimer: Uhh...
Chapter Twelve
It was a beautiful day, which was surprising considering the large amount of problems that had been taking place lately. It was very peaceful. The sun was bright, the birds were singing, and a constant breeze passed through the hot air. But not everyone was as cheerful as those singing birds.
It's not that Yugi and Jounouchi were walking around in a doom and gloom mode, depressed and mad at the world. But they weren't exactly skipping along their merry way singing and laughing either. They were just, the perfect use of the word, fine.
They had been allowed to wander around the palace on their own, as long as they remained together (which wouldn't be a problem) and didn't leave the palace.
At the moment they were in one of the higher corridors that on one side had no wall, but a railing so you could see outside to the gardens and beyond the walls to the city. Jounouchi was leaning his back against the railing while Yugi instead rested his arms on it and looked at the view.
"I guess this isn't so bad."
Jounouchi looked at this friend. "What are you talking about? We're slaves Yugi! It doesn't get all that worse."
"Yes, we are slaves, but think about it. Our masters know about what we can do, right?"
"Right," he said, not seeing where he was going with this.
"So, look at us. We're walking around the palace freely without anyone watching us, our powers are not being restrained... Do you see where I'm going with this?"
Jounouchi started to answer before pausing and finally saying, "No."
Yugi sighed. "Don't you see Jounouchi? They trust us. They trust that we aren't going to do anything; that we won't run away!"
Jounouchi shook his head. "Yugi, I don't understand. Why are you suddenly defending them?"
Yugi sighed and looked at him. "Jounouchi, I have to tell you something. This morning, after Yami left for a while, I saw something..."
--- Flashback ---
Yugi aimlessly walked around the large bedroom. Yami had left a few minutes ago, saying he'd be back in an hour. He tried to keep busy, but his eyes kept wandering back to that desk where Yami sat the previous night, and to the drawer with the chest.
After staring at it and ultimately deciding that he felt stupid, he went over and pulled it open. Inside he saw the chest.
It actually looked better from this distance, but still poorly carved. It was plain too. There were no decorations other than a lopsided eye of wisdom on the top.
He opened it and gasped. Inside there was a large amount of scrolls, but that's not what he gasped for. Among the papers he found a thin golden band, almost identical to the one is old master used to restrain his powers. And he knew that this was meant to do just that.
But then, why was in this chest and not on his ankle or something. Well, there was only one way to find out. He reached in, and pulled out one of the scrolls.
Luckily, he was taught how to read, and could do it pretty well. Jounouchi probably would have been able to as well if he wasn't always falling asleep in lessons. He looked at the scroll and found it was the one Yami was writing the previous night.
--I couldn't do it. I saw him there and I just couldn't bring myself to do it. He was just lying there, sleeping. He wasn't doing anything wrong.
We had all decided that we would put these magic bands on the two, just until we figured out something else. At least I know what it was that I took off him the other night. It makes sense now why he just out of nowhere got this strange aura.
So Seto and I each got one and were supposed to put it on. But like I said, I couldn't do it. Yugi hasn't done anything wrong other than not tell me about his powers. As far as I can tell, he hasn't even used them. And I can't blame him for not saying anything. He was trying to avoid this whole mess.
And I don't want to make this mess any worse by restraining him like some kind of animal. I think he trusts me, and I don't want to break that. I don't want to break his trust. And I don't want him to think I don't trust him, because I do. I trust him.--
--- End Flashback ---
"He trusts me Jounouchi. I read it in his words. He does trust me. And I think Seto trusts you too or else you would have that bad around your ankle again."
Jounouchi looked at him and sighed. "I know. I've known since this morning. He probably thought I was still asleep but I saw him with it, and he snapped it in half. But I didn't want to admit it. I was I afraid if I did, I would start to like him. And then I wouldn't want to leave."
Yugi looked at him. "And, do you want to leave?"
"No. I don't want to leave. But that's the problem. As much as I hate this place, I love it even more. But I think..." "What?"
"I think that as I grow to love this place, I think I might be growing to love- to love..." Tears were starting to form in his eyes.
"Jounouchi?"
"I think... I love him, Yugi. I think I love him, and it scares me. It just sort of happened, and it scares me. I'm scared that I'm going to love him and he...he won't love me back. That I'm just a toy to him."
He leaned back against the rail and sighed, whipping the tears from his eyes before they spilled.
Yugi was about to say something but he was interrupted.
"Yugi."
The two of them looked up to see Yami walking towards them.
"Yugi, come take a walk with me. I would like to speak with you." Yugi nodded. "Jounouchi, Seto is still in a meeting. You are free to continue to walk about the palace. He will find you later."
Jounouchi nodded and bowed before leaving.
Before he was too far away, Yugi sent a quick telepathic message to him.
--It'll be okay--
Yami led Yugi out side into one of the gardens. The same ones he and Jounouchi had been looking at earlier
It was a beautiful garden. Yugi had never seen such a large amount of flowers and trees in one place. It was amazing. He always did like flowers. They fascinated him. The different colors and shapes and sizes...
Yami led him slowly across the garden, keeping one hand on his shoulder. He guided him to one part of the garden and stopped under the shade of a large tree. They stood there for a while before he started to speak.
"Yugi, what do you think of this place?"
"Huh?" He looked up at Yami, but he continued to look forward.
"What do you think of this place? Do you like it here? Do you feel comfortable being in the palace and with me, or are you still afraid as you were the first time you came here?"
"No, I'm not afraid. I like it here."
"How much do you like it?" He asked, still not looking at him.
"I- well- I mean- I don't know. I mean, it's nice here."
"Yugi, what if I gave you the option not to be here."
Yugi lifted his head but didn't turn around. Did he just...
"What if I gave you the option to go? What if I told you that you could leave; that you didn't have to stay here?"
His voice began to quiver. Yugi turned around to look at him, but Yami still didn't meet his gaze. He could see the tiniest tears starting to form in his eyes.
"If I told you that you could go, would you? Would you take the option to leave? Would you go?"
Yugi turned around to the flowers again. His heart was pounding. Was he telling him he could... go? Did he want to?
"Would you go?"
He felt Yami's hand shaking very slightly. Was he crying? His voice was quivering.
Yugi didn't turn around, afraid of what he would see. Instead he just looked ahead.
Would he go?
"No."
He said it quietly, almost in a whisper.
"No, I wouldn't. I wouldn't go."
For a moment nothing happened. They just stood there.
Then he felt Yami's grip on his shoulder tighten. He turned around and looked at him. Yami was looking down at him, his face streaked from a single tear. And he was smiling. It was small, but it was there.
And Yugi gave him a small smile back.
Yami crouched down and embraced the younger boy who gladly returned it.
Jounouchi wandered aimlessly around halls. For such a big place, there wasn't very much to do. With all thoughts of his previous conversation with Yugi pushed to the back of his head, he realized that there wasn't much to do without him.
He closed his eyes and kept on walking. That was a bad idea.
CRASH!
"Ow! Geez!" He looked up rubbing his head to see he had crashed into a little red-headed girl.
"Ow." She said standing up. "Sorry. I wasn't looking where I was going."
"It's okay. I was the one walking around with my eyes closed."
He grinned and she smiled back.
"So what's your name?" the girl asked.
"Jounouchi."
"Well, nice to meet you Jounouchi. So where are you headed?"
"Nowhere."
"Really? Cool. Me too. Let's go together." She turned around and started walking down the hall. "By the way, I'm Serenity."
Jounouchi stopped in mid step. 'Serenity?'
Turned around and looked at him. "Are you coming?"
He looked at her. "Huh, what? Oh, yeah! Coming."
They walked down a series of halls together. Serenity did most of the talking on the way, and Jounouchi just listened.
"So you must be one of the new slave's, right? I haven't seen you around here before."
"Yeah. I just got here a few days ago. You seem to know your way around. How long have you been here?"
"Practically my whole life. When I was five I wandered out of my village and a group of traders found me. They sold me as a slave to the place, and the High Priestess took me. I've been here for almost six years."
"Wow. That's horrible."
"Not really. The palace is nice when you get used to it, and since I'm a servant now and to the High Priestess, I pretty much can do whatever I like up to a certain point."
"That's not what I mean. I mean getting separated from your family."
"Yeah. I really miss them. And all my friends too."
"I know the feeling. My entire village was killed except for the children who were sold as slaves. It was on the Pharaoh's orders, too."
"Impossible! How long ago was this?"
"It was about four years ago."
She sighed in relief. "Okay, now that makes sense. I knew Yami wouldn't do something like that."
"Okay, maybe it makes sense to you, but I'm more confused than before."
"Well, Yami became Pharaoh three years ago. His father was the one who ordered your village to be killed. Everyone knew him to be a crewel leader, and when Yami took the throne, most people believed him to be the same.
"But the thing is, Yami's really nice. Unless you live in the palace or the city, you wouldn't know that because people, who haven't seen him, never had a chance to find out."
"Wow. But how do you know all this?"
"Well, whenever visitors come to the palace, they all had a negative feeling when they spoke about the Pharaoh, at least until they met him themselves. But everyone who lived nearby always spoke highly of him."
"You know a lot, don't you?"
"I know everything that happens around here. Like did you know that a pair of thieves were here last night?"
"No."
"Well, it's the truth. They took two of the Millennium items, the Eye and the Ring, and on the way out a pair of slaves as well. Yami was really mad. The Millennium Items I understand why, but he was also mad about the slaves. I don't know why. It was something about them having special powers..."
"Powers! Oh no. Ryou and Malik..."
Serenity gasped. "Did you just say Ryou and Malik?"
"Yeah, why?"
"I thought it was just a coincidence... But if they... That makes sense..."
"What are you talking about?"
"Jounouchi, did you have a sister?"
"What?"
"Did you have a sister?"
"Yeah, but how did you..."
"What was her name?"
"It was Seren..." his eyes widened. "...ity..."
"Jounouchi, it's me! Serenity!"
Seto walked down the corridor out of the meeting hall. He and Yami had a big issue with the rest of the consul about what to do about the runaway slaves. Honestly, just because they were older than the two of them, doesn't mean they are exactly intelligent.
Seto and Yami knew that the other two had powers and had to get them back ASAP, but the consul said the Millennium Items were first priority and much more dangerous than any slave.
Honestly! The slaves were immune to the power of the Millennium Items. Doesn't that put them slightly higher on the priority list?
Anyway, about halfway into the meeting, Yami left. Honestly, Seto wished he had gone with him. But no, he had to stay and make sure the consul didn't make any stupid choices. Well, about an hour later they finally came to a compromise (although it did take a few attempts for Isis to calm Seto down and agree rather than send every soul there to the Shadow Realm.)
He groaned. After taking a minute to think about it, it was a pretty good plan. The only problem was that it was going to take a little cooperation from two certain slaves. And he -really- didn't want to have to sink as low as to ask slaves for help.
Turning the corner he bumped into Yami. No, really. They bumped into each other and fell back onto the floor.
"Nice one, Seto," Yami said standing up.
"What are you talking about? You ran into me."
"I did not! You came out of nowhere and purposely pushed me to the ground. Ow!"
Seto had hit with the Millennium Rod over the head where a large bump was produced.
"Quit acting childish."
"Hey! That hurt you jerk. Ow!" Seto hit him again. Yami rubbed his head. "Why you little... Ow! Will you stop that!" He snatched away the Rod.
"Hey! Give that back!" Seto lunged at him but Yami kept it just out of reach. "Why you shrimpy little... Give it!"
"Now who's acting like a child?"
"Why you..." He tackled Yami to the ground and sent them both into a dust cloud.
Yugi, who avoided any painful collision, stood above them with a look on his face that clearly said, 'O-kay... they're weird.'
"Ahem."
Yugi looked up to see the High Priestess with Jounouchi and another girl.
"Boys..." The two on the dust cloud took no notice of her and continued in killing each other. Isis sighed and put two fingers to her mouth and let out a long, loud whistle.
The boys froze to reveal Yami trying to bite Seto's head off while the other boy was in the middle of yanking his limbs off. They quickly got to their feet and straitened themselves out acting like none of it happened.
"Right," Isis began. "Now that that's done with perhaps we should get down to more important matters. Let's move into a more private place before we explain things." She turned to the girl. "You may go back to our room for now. Everyone else, follow me."
She turned and walked down the hall, Yugi and Jounouchi at her heels. Yami and Seto crossed their arms and glared at each other. They both stuck their tongues out at each other quickly before heading off behind Isis.
Bakura and Ishtar walked down one of the busy roads, their new slaves close behind them. They were out doing a little shopping.
Well, their own twisted version of it anyway.
"Hey," Bakura poked Ishtar and pointed at something on one of the stands. Ishtar looked out of the corner of his eye and nodded.
The two of them went over to the stand, where a man was standing.
"Can I help you two?" He asked.
"Yes, in fact," Bakura started. "I wanted to know how much that scarf hanging there is."
"This one?" The man tuned around to take one off the hanger.
"Yes, that's the one."
While Bakura kept the man busy, Ishtar slipped the two golden armbands from the table to the two slaves behind him.
"Hide them," he said in a low whisper.
Ryou and Malik took the armbands and looked at each other. They shrugged and hid them.
"Oh dear," Bakura said. "It doesn't seem like I have enough money. No matter. Maybe some other time."
The man nodded and turned to replace the scarf. Bakura spotted a small bag with his coins in it, and snatched it before walking away with Ishtar and the slaves.
They made their way inconspicuously to the edge of the city near their house. Once safely outside it, Ishtar turned to Ryou and Malik.
"Okay, hand them over."
Malik looked at him innocently. "Hand what over?"
"Don't play dumb. The armbands."
Ryou played along. "I don't know what you're talking about? Do you, Malik?"
He shook his head. "Not a clue."
Bakura picked Ryou up by the shirt so he was eye level. "Just hand them over," he said in a low dark voice with a glare that would have sent a full grown man running away with wet pants by now.
Ryou just smiled. "Oh! You mean these." He held them up for him to see.
Bakura made to grab them, but Ryou moved them out of reach.
"I don't think so. Catch Malik!"
He tossed them to Malik who caught them with ease. He hid them behind his back as Ishtar came closer.
"Give them to me," he said holding out his hand.
"What are you talking about? I don't have anything," he said showing him an empty hand, the other one still behind his back.
"Show me your other hand."
Malik put his hand behind his back and then showed him the other one. Ishtar face palmed.
"Show me both your hands!"
Malik shrugged and did so. Both were empty.
Ishtar looked at his hands, then his face, and his hands again. He tuned them over to see the back, then the front again. Nothing. He then picked him up off the ground and looked under him. Still nothing. He turned him upside down and shook him, before setting him down on his feet again, looking at him skeptically.
"You don't have it."
The other three sweat-dropped.
"Oh, I wouldn't say that..." He showed him the armbands. Ishtar was about to snatch them when they just disappeared into the air.
Ishtar looked from Malik's empty hands to Malik and back at the empty hands again. "How did you..."
"Ahhhhhh!"
They all tuned to the direction where the scream came from.
"Yugi!"
Ryou and Malik looked at each other before running off in that direction. Bakura and Ishtar, still wanting their armbands, followed.
Moments later they stopped when they found the source of the shouts.
Yugi had collapsed and was unconscious on the ground while Jounouchi was in front of him, trying to protect him. And in front of them were about five Koumori Dragons, shooting fire directly at them.
Jounouchi was sending blasts of water to cancel them out, but he was tiring out. He suddenly fell to his knees, unable to keep fighting. The dragons prepared to fire one last big attack.
Ryou and Malik moved to get their friends away, but were pulled back by the two thieves.
"You won't make it! We'll get them."
And that was all they said before running into the impending attack.
The fireballs were already halfway there. Bakura and Ishtar sprinted in as fast as they could. The fire was only a few feet away. Bakura grabbed Yugi and Ishtar got Jounouchi. And as quickly as they ran in, they ran out, just seconds to spare.
Bakura rolled onto the ground holding onto the slave he just saved. Now why he saved him, he had no idea. But that was a crisis for later. Right now he had another problem. The Koumori Dragons were still there and preparing to attack again.
"Yugi!"
"Jounouchi!"
The dragons stopped upon hearing the voices of the Pharaoh and High Priest before flying away.
Bakura looked over at Ishtar who shrugged. -What was that all about?-
"Are they alright?" Ryou asked running over, Malik at his heels.
"What on earth..."
They all turned to see the Pharaoh and High Priest standing just feet away, the High Priestess running up behind them as well. They all had worried looks on their faces which were quickly changing into pissed on the first two.
"You!" Yami pointed at Bakura and Ishtar. "You did this!"
"What? No! We didn't do anything!"
"Don't lie! Unhand them!"
Bakura let go of the still unconscious Yugi and Ishtar did the same with Jounouchi. "Listen, I didn't do anything..."
"Energy Bind!"
Bakura and Ishtar, as well as Ryou and Malik who were right beside them, suddenly found themselves unable to move.
"Stop!" A small redheaded girl ran out from behind a building.
"Serenity?" Isis stepped forward.
"Stop, please! They didn't do this to them! They -saved- Yugi and my brother."
"They... saved them?" Yami looked at Bakura who just shrugged.
"Wait, your brother?" Seto looked at the little girl.
She was about to answer when a groan was heard. Everyone looked down to see both Yugi and Jounouchi waking up.
"Ow," Yugi said rubbing his head. "What hit me?"
"Am I dead yet?" Jounouchi said trying to sit up, and failing miserably.
Yami and Seto immediately rushed over to help the fallen boys.
"Yugi, are you okay? Can you stand?"
"Yeah, I think I... Ahh!" He clutched his stomach. He was pretty burnt up and bleeding.
"Okay, come on," Yami gently picked Yugi into his arms, being careful not to hurt him even more.
"What about you?" He looked down at Jounouchi who was being supported by his arm and sweat-dropped.
Although he was in much better shape than Yugi (just a few scratches) he was obviously very weak as he was asleep, snoring and all.
Seto sighed. "I guess I'm carrying him too. Let's go."
Yami nodded looking down at Yugi once more. "Quickly."
They two of them darted towards the palace, Isis and Serenity right behind them.
And that left Bakura, Ishtar, Malik, and Ryou. Alone. Tied up. In the middle of nowhere.
"Hey! What about us!"
Once Yugi and Jounouchi were fixed up, everyone had gathered in the most private and safe room in the palace: Yami's room.
Everyone was seated on the various couches and chairs around the room. Bakura, Ishtar, Ryou, and Malik sat together under the very uncomfortable yet watchful eye of both the Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl.
Yugi and Jounouchi were both still unconscious, but their lives weren't threatened. Still, both Yami and Seto kept their own respective slaves protectively in their arms while listening to Serenity speak.
She was, after all, the only other conscious person who knew the whole story.
"So I was following behind them just because I knew my brother would land himself into some kind of trouble. Well, they followed the plan, but couldn't find any sign of these four." She pointed to Bakura and the others.
"Well, they were near the edge of town when these five Koumori Dragons attacked out of nowhere. They started shooting fireballs at them and, well it happened so fast... One of them was headed strait for Jounouchi and Yugi pushed him out of the way. He was almost able to get away himself, but the fireball hit him."
Yami's grip on Yugi tightened.
"It wasn't a direct hit, it just grazed him, but it was enough to knock him out.
"Now that left Jounouchi. He right away got up and started to fight off the fire with blasts of water. But his strength was limited and he collapsed as well.
"I started to run over to try and help, but I was too far away. I wouldn't have made it. That's when those two," she pointed to Bakura and Ishtar, "came out of nowhere and got them out of there.
"The dragons were about to attack again but then you came into the picture. They heard you shouting and flew away. And you know everything from there."
"So you don't know why they attacked?" She shook her head. Yami sighed. "Alright, you still helped us fill in most of the blanks."
He turned to Bakura and Ishtar. "I guess I'm in dept to you for saving their lives. So I'm going to let you go, but the Millennium Items and slaves stay here."
Bakura glared but handed over his item, grumbling very loudly. Ishtar did the same.
But then he looked over at Ryou. To tell the truth, he had become slightly attached to the mischievous little boy. He looked over to Ishtar. He seemed reluctant to give his up as well.
Yami noticed this and gave out a long, loud, annoyed sigh. "Fine! You can stay here with them! I really don't care!"
He pinched the bridge of his nose. He had a massive headache. This was so frustrating! His whole body hurt from the stress of the day and he wanted nothing more than to relax and go to sleep. It was too much! [1]
"Okay, Isis give them a room or something with guards. Everyone, you can leave now. I'll take care of this mess in the morning."
Once everyone was out he leaned back on the couch, Yugi still in his arms. What he wouldn't have given to be able to let out one good scream. But he didn't want to wake the sleeping boy. So he kept it inside. His pent up frustration would have to wait until Yugi was better.
He was tired. No, he was exhausted. He wanted to go to sleep and never wake up. So why the hell couldn't he?!
Yami let out what must have been his millionth sigh that night. He was sitting up in his bed against the headboard with Yugi cradled in his arms. He just couldn't bring himself to let him go, or stop looking at him.
He ran a finger across the bandages that covered his abdomen. He was worried. He knew those weren't just some random dragons that happened to attack them.
No. Someone was after Yugi and Jounouchi. And they almost had them today. Yugi was badly hurt and although he didn't show it, he panicked when he saw him burnt and covered in blood. It scared him.
It scared him more than anything in his entire life.
His arms tightened around the boy bringing him up to give him as oft kiss on the lips.
He sighed again. When he first saw Yugi he felt something. And over the past few days that feeling had gotten stronger. At first he wasn't sure what it was that he felt. At one point he even thought it to be indigestion!
Boy was he wrong. And it wasn't until that day in the garden, when Yugi said that he wouldn't leave him, he knew what it was. He knew then what he felt for him.
He knew then, that he loved him
He suddenly heard a sound and jumped slightly. But when he saw the wall being pushed open he relaxed.
"Couldn't sleep Seto?"
Seto grinned and stepped out of the secret passage that connected their rooms. They used to use it a lot when they were younger, but hadn't found a use for it lately.
"No. Can we stay here tonight?"
"We?"
Seto held up the slave that was sleeping in his arms.
"Oh. Yeah, sure. I couldn't sleep either."
Seto closed the passage and crawled onto Yami's bed, all the time not letting go of Jounouchi.
When they were younger Seto and Yami would constantly sneak into each other's rooms at night so they could be with each other. The two were absolutely inseparable back then, and still were.
Yami watched as Seto sat against the headboard as he was, his hand running through his slaves hair.
"What do you feel for him?" Yami asked in a whisper.
Seto shrugged twisting one of the golden locks around his finger.
"I don't know. It's a strange feeling. Sort of like what I feel for Mokuba, but not exactly. It feels different," he said then frowned, with a look on his face. "And kind of like indigestion."
Yami grinned and shook his head.
"What's so funny?"
Yami shook his head. "Nothing. You'll understand eventually."
Yami Yam Yugi: Dear lord in heaven above. You can't see me but I am close to tears right now. And no, I'm not happy or sad or anything. Let's put it this way:
[1] This is how I feel right now divided by ten. Meaning I feel ten times worse.
Yugi: Why, you ask? Well, she has been slaving, and I mean –slaving- over this chapter for the past week.
Jou: It was the first week of summer vacation and she has been getting up at seven everyday and writing till about three or four in the afternoon.
YYY: I am tired and frustrated and I've wanted nothing more than to be able to relax and chill this week, but I didn't because I wanted to make sure you guys would get a good long chapter with no cliffhangers. i could have ended it at any time and left you hanging, but instead spilled everything I had into it so you would be content while I was away for four weeks.
Yugi: We gave up our first week of summer to you guys and ask for one thing in return.
Jou: Review. Not a "Nice job! Keep going!" kind of review. We would really like just for this one chapter nice, long, intelligent reviews to come back to. As is more than four words.
YYY: I want to know that the work I did this week was appreciated. So please, write something so I can feel proud about having done this for you.
Yugi: And don't forget to submit titles for this fic. We'll pick a winner when we get back.
Jou: And now, it is 10:30 P.M. and YYY desperately wants to sleep, but we have to catch our last episode of Inuyasha before camp. Seven Weeks...
YYY: Sorry if we sound kind of b!tchy right now, but ti's been a long day. Really, We're trying to be nice.
So I hope you enjoyed this 18 page chapter, send me good reviews, submit titles, and HAVE A NICE SUMMER!!! Remember, I love you all and wish me luck!
From Me and My Muses: WE LOVE YOU!!!