A/N: Oh, I love writing fan fiction so much. I finished this chapteryesterday.I was planning on notupdating for awhile but i couldn't wait. God, it was hard. Well, here is the chapter. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: (continuation of last two disclaimers)
When I felt his soft, delicate lips leave mine, I sighed. What a stupid man. He knows I can't love him, but he stills loves me. I opened my chestnut eyes to see Yami's crimson rubies hanging slightly above my head. He brought his knees to my wide hips, leaving me slightly. I raised myself to feel him entirely again. He smiled. This was what he wanted. He wanted me to need him. What a bitch. I lifted my head and brought my lips to his neck. As I nibbled on his delicate skin, I began to hear it. Footsteps were getting closer and closer to the spot where the Pharaoh and I were laying, naked… (This will be finished next chapter)
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ConfessionsThe morning's sunrays flew through the window. Dust was seen in the rays of light, only to disappear as it made its way to the other side of the cramped bedroom. The windowpane was opened completely, allowing fresh air to breathe in and out of the room. The dark magician shaped alarm clock on the single bedside table blinked from 7:00 to 7:01. Only one person saw it change.
Dark circles hung under his crimson eyes. He had watched the clock's orange numbers change 488 times, he figured. The reoccurring dream of raping his precious hikari had dominated his dreams again. He couldn't understand why he had them, the sick dreams of lust. He knew that was what he wanted, well, not exactly. He didn't want to rape his little light in order to make love to him. But why the hell did his desires have to terrorize his dreams? Just thinking of how much he loved Yugi was enough to make him insane. Did he need to be reminded of his feelings in the middle of the night when he is suppose to feel safe?
Yami groaned. His body hurt from being so tired. He hadn't been able to fall back to sleep, so instead he had to be tormented by Yugi's deep breathing from across the tiny room. The little light was so close… but yet… he wasn't. Yami wanted to love the little teen so much and for his light to love him back, it broke his heart. I should wake him up soon. He'll be mad if I tell him I was awake but didn't feel like getting him up. Yami attempted to push himself up. His muscular arms fell under him as he did. Stupid mortal body, the Pharaoh thought bitterly. For 5000 years, he hadn't felt much pain. The wearer of the Puzzle absorbed most of it. Now that the Puzzle was destroyed, Yami felt pain again. He got sick. He could die if someone didn't make another Puzzle and transferred his sprit to it.
Rrrriiiinnnngggg! Rrrriiiinnnngggg! The alarm clock began to chime. Yami looked at the time. It was 7:20. Had he been thinking for such a long time?
The teen heard a rustling from across the room. The Pharaoh saw his favorite violet orbs open, sparkling in the morning's light. Rrrriiiinnnngggg!
"I'm up! I'm up!" Yugi's voice was surprisingly normal sounding. Obviously, he was a morning person. Yami rolled over so the front of his body faced his hikari. He saw the beautiful frame of his love reach for the alarm clock. His little fingers pressed the Snooze button. Yugi finally looked in his dark's direction.
"Hey, Yami! How long have you been up?" Yugi said cheerfully. Then he saw his dark's face. Though there was a smile plastered on it, his dark's face seemed so out of it. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, love. It was just a bad dream. Nothing much." Yami shrugged.
"Do you want to talk," Yugi asked, concerned.
"It's okay…ay…ay…ay," Yami said between yawns.
"Whatever, Yami. I need to get ready." The light jumped out of his bed, dropping all the blankets on it. He bounced over to his white dresser, the one next to Yami's black one. Grandpa thought it was cute, Yami remembered.
"I'll change in the bathroo… WOW!" the hikari yelled as he slipped on his fallen blankets. Yugi closed his eyes braced himself to slam into his dresser.
But the crash never came. Yugi looked up to see that Yami had flew out of his bed to catch him. Yugi felt the muscular arms under his belly.
"Thanks," Yugi whispered. He suddenly felt his dark shake beneath him. Yugi and Yami fell into a mass of skin and pajamas as they hit the floor.
"Sorry…" Yami blushed. How did he let his sleepiness drop his love?
"Are you sure you are okay?"
"Just tired, love. Go change. We only have twenty minutes or we'll be late, as always."
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"Okay, love… Here's your… classroom. I… don't think you're… late," Yami said between breathes. As always, him and Yugi took too long to get ready so they had to run if they even wanted to think about getting to school on time. Normally, Yami would have to help his small hikari run the twenty-one blocks. Today, Yami had just as much trouble as Yugi. Yami hoped his tiredness didn't affect him as much later.
"Better run to class. You'll be late for your French exam," Yugi said, opening the classroom door.
"Bye, love."
"Bye, Yami."
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A yawn erupted from the back of the French classroom. Everyone turned to see who made it.
"Sorry, Professeur Levenson. I didn't really sleep well last night."
"Okay, Mr. Atemu. Try to get more sleep tonight. We don't want you to get sick, now. Everyone, return to your tests; there is only fifteen minutes left."
The class turned back to their exams. Joey, who was in advanced French, continued to watch the Pharaoh. He looked much like a zombie. He would ask him what was wrong next period as they both had free.
What the hell is the word for love? Shit! I am going to fail this fucking test. Yami thought as he tried to answer the question, "Name an emotion you are feeling for another person at the moment."
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The bell rung unexpectedly, causing Yami to break his pencil in half. At least I finished the test. Yami thought bitterly as he handed the papers to Professeur Levenson. He stumbled to the door, sighing.
At the doorway, he bumped into his blonde friend. "What's up, Joey?"
"Pharaoh, what's up with you! You look like hell came and slapped you across the head!"
"Like I said, I didn't get enough sleep." Yami slid by Joey. He took five steps when he felt slender fingers grip onto his wrist.
"Yami… Tell me, for goodness sakes."
"Joey, there is nothing going on. Like I told Yugi this morning, I just had a bad dream!" Yami tried to rip out of Joey's grip, but the blonde was held on only tighter.
"Yami…"
"Come on, Joey. Just leave it be. Don't make me get Anzu and make her give you one of her speeches."
Yami smiled. Joey only bit his lip.
"Do you realize that you have getting sicker and sicker looking everyday."
"So?" A group of students had gathered around the dark and Joey. Joey rolled his eyes and dragged Yami to an empty classroom.
"Look, Yami. The last person I saw look so sick so fast was Yug. That was before you came along. I decided not to talk about it. A couple of days later, I found Yug with a knife ready at his wrist, crying…" Joey looked away from Yami's crimson orbs. His grip faltered and his arm fell to his side.
"Joey… I would never do that. I love you guys too much."
"Yug didn't love us then, huh?" A teardrop fell down Joey's face as he remembered the sad times.
"No. No. I never said that. Yugi was just… going through so much." Yami never knew how much his little love affected his friends.
"Yami, just tell me. Please. I don't care what you say, everyone has thought about doing it… Some just don't talk about it. That's when they do what Yug did…"
"Joey… I can't say…"
"The dream, what is it about?"
The shorter of the two bit down on his lip. Could he tell Joey everything? Should he?
"Joe…"
"It's about Yug, isn't it?" Joey cut Yami off. He turned back to the tricolor haired teen.
It was now Yami's turn to look away. "Yes," he breathed.
"Yami, you need to tell him how you feel."
"I… I… can't. How could I? Should I just walk up to him and say, 'hey, Yugi guess what? Every time I called you love, I meant it! And every time I am near you, I want to have you kiss me and never let go!' Yeah, Joey, I'm sure he'll love it," Yami yelled, anger filling him.
"Well, not exactly like that," Joey whispered, taken back by Yami's screaming. "But you will have to tell him."
"I know. I know," Yami said, cooling off a bit.
There was a moment of silence. Then, Joey smiled and asked, "You really love him?"
"Very much."
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"Mr. Mouto, what is the answer to the problem?" Mr. Cedars asked the boy in the front row.
"Huh? Sorry, Mr. Cedars. I didn't hear what you said." The class snickered.
"Mr. Mouto, if you have a right triangle and two of the legs' lengths is 5 inches. What is the length of the last side?" Mr. Cedars looked at the petite boy think it over. Yugi usually remembered this sort of things. He was actually the best student in all his classes. But today, the student looked unfocused.
"Is it 5 radical 2?" Yugi asked, still out of it.
"Yes… Students, do the rest of the problems," Mr. Cedars continued to watch Yugi, who didn't listen to what was just asked of the class, who began to solve the questions. The boy returned to looking out of it. There was a certain sadness coming out of the violet eyes.
Mr. Cedars bit down on his lip. He was the only teacher that knew of the pale boy's secret. He had seen the scars a day three months ago. Yugi was getting up after picking up all his materials that mysteriously fell as Mr. Cedars turned his back to the dismissed class. As Yugi finally gathered every book as the last student left. When the boy got up, his long sleeve shirt snagged on a loose nail. The entire sleeve ripped, exposing the scarred arm. All color drained from the ready pale face. Mr. Cedars was told the entire story that day. It broke his heart thinking about it.
"Yugi, may I speak with you for a moment?"
"Huh? Okay."
Mr. Cedars walked over to the door, opening it. He let Yugi walk out first. The teacher closed the door behind himself.
"What is wrong, Mr. Cedars?"
"Yugi, is there anything going on?"
"What do you mean?"
"You seen distracted. If anything is wrong, tell me now." Mr. Cedars got ready to hear anything. The somber face of the student frighten him.
"I do? Well, you see…" Mr. Cedars saw a blush rise in Yugi's cheeks. "There's this guy…"
Mr. Cedars almost laughed in relief. It was only love problems. He didn't laugh, of course. That would kill the boy.
"Who is he?" Mr. Cedars asked, trying to still look mildly concerned.
"Well. I think you have him. It's Yami…" Yugi looked at the ground.
"You like Yami?" A voice said softly, making Yugi and Mr. Cedars jump. The voice came from Seto Kaiba. Mr. Cedars didn't have him as a student, but everyone knew of the teenaged millionaire. The slim teacher hadn't heard the CEO come down the hall.
"Seto. Please don't tell! Oh son of Ra, don't tell him!" Yugi pleaded, desperation pouring from his violet eyes.
Bbbbrrrriiiinnnngggg! Bbbbrrrriiiinnnngggg! Bbbbrrrriiiinnnngggg! The bell rung, telling the school that third period was over and lunch had begun.
"Uh, I'll leave you two alone…" Mr. Cedars said quietly as he reentered his classroom to meet all the student's gazing eyes. "Um, I'll dismiss you once every single student has given me their homework."
Mr. Cedars looked guiltily at the door. If he hadn't asked Yugi what was wrong, Yugi wouldn't have gotten into such a mess with his friend. The teacher hoped that he had bought some time for the two kids outside.
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"Stupid, fucking bell. Come on. I don't want anyone to eavesdrop on this…" Seto said sharply as he dragged the little light into an empty classroom.
Once they were in, Yugi felt himself begin to cry. Why had he told Mr. Cedars so loudly, or at least without looking both ways? What if it was Yami that walked down the hall instead of Seto?
Seto looked down at the crying form of Yugi. Shit, what am I to do now? In an effort to comfort the much smaller teen, Seto put his long hands on the shaking shoulders. After a few moments, Seto felt Yugi stop shaking. The pale teen looked up into Seto's crystal blue eyes.
"Don't tell him… Oh, please don't…" Yugi managed to get out before bursting out into tears again.
"Tell who?" Seto asked, feeling stupid after he said it.
"Ya… Ya… Yami." Yugi choked out, looking down.
"I would never do such a thing. Do you think I am as cruel as Yami?"
Yugi smiled slightly. Seto put his finger under the boy's face and forced it up so blue and violet eyes met. Seto then took his other hand and tenderly wiped some of the salty tears that fell down the porcelain white skin. Seto had seen Yami comfort the boy many times and he tried to copy the Pharaoh's every move.
"Yugi, are you feeling better?" Seto asked softly. He had never spoken to anyone so gently before. He talked to his little brother, Mokuba, and his puppy rougher than this. But Seto had to. He knew how delicate Yugi was.
"No."
Seto sighed. He had expected Yugi to lie as his always did when asked that question. Even when he felt like he was the shit of the world, Yugi had always put on a show on how happy he was. That was why Seto liked him so much. But the CEO needed Yugi to be honest right now.
"Yugi… Do you like him?"
Seto waited for his response. Yugi sighed deeply before saying, "I love him."
'Oh…" This was going to be difficult. "Does he know?"
"Oh, yeah," Yugi rolled his eyes, "That is exactly why I am here kissing him."
"Okay. Does he like you?"
"No," Yugi whispered, tears beginning to roll down an already made path.
"Are you positive?" Though Seto didn't say it, he had always thought Yami liked his hikari a lot.
"No."
"So there is still a chance he might?"
"Probably. But I don't even know if he likes girls or boys!"
"Just don't give up, Yugi. Promise me, you will not give up."
"Promise," Yugi whispered as he felt Seto's thin, but long, arms wrap around his neck, giving Yugi a hug of friendship and compassion.
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Yami, who had gotten out of Physics early, decided to meet Yugi at his math class. After he broke down all his barriers in front of his blonde friend, telling him everything he had felt for his little hikari, there was only five minutes till third period. Yami, whose voice was raspy from talking so much, said bye to his friend and left for the boring class. The Pharaoh felt a bounce in his step as he walked. Maybe all the pent up feelings was making him sick.
Bbbbrrrriiiinnnngggg! Bbbbrrrriiiinnnngggg! Bbbbrrrriiiinnnngggg! Yami heard the bell ring. My love is probably being dismissed now.
When he reached Yugi's math class, three seconds later, he saw that the teacher, Mr. Cedars, had kept the class back. Yami always like him. He was always so concerned about every single one of his students. He wasn't that bad looking, for a teacher.
Yami waited by the door. After a few minutes, an explosion of students erupted from the math class door. Yami scanned the crowd for his little love, but didn't see him. Confused, the muscled teen looked inside the large classroom.
The only person inside was Mr. Cedars, who was leaning on his desk, spinning a pencil in his left hand, while supporting his face up with his right. He was mumbling something along the lines of, "How can I be so stupid… Hope he's okay…"
Yami softly knocked on the door. He had obviously startled the teacher, who dropped his pencil. Without looking at the door, Mr. Cedars reached down to pick up the pencil on the floor.
"Um, excuse me, Mr. Cedars. Do you know where Yugi is? He didn't come out when the rest of the class was dismissed."
Yami saw the teacher stop the second he started talking. Abandoning his task of retrieving the fallen pencil, Mr. Cedars bolted up and turned to Yami. There was some emotion in the teacher's eyes that Yami couldn't read.
"Oh… Hello, Yami…" The teacher dragged out his words. Why was he acting so strangely?
"Do you know where he is?"
"Mr. Mouto left the room, feeling rather sick. I think he met Mr. Kaiba as he left. Can you take his things with you once you go?" Mr. Cedars pointed to a pile of books on a desk in the front row.
"Thanks, Mr. Cedars." Yami walked over to the desk and picked up the things. He quickly left the room.
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Now, all I have to do is find him… Yami thought as he left the math classroom. He decided to turn left. There was no reason for it, just a nudge on the heartstrings that made the rest of Yami's body follow.
At the end of the long hallway, Yami saw a door swing open. Out came Yugi and Seto. Yami was about to run towards his love but stopped as he saw Seto's arm around his little light's shoulders. Why was it there? Then, Yami, who had stopped in his tracks, saw Yugi stop and Seto swing around so his hands were now resting next to Yugi's thin neck. Seto bend down a great deal so his blue eyes stared straight into Yugi's violet ones. Seto said something to Yugi and Yami's little love nodded. Next, Seto brought Yugi into a tight hug.
Yami felt his stomach lurch with jealousy. Why had Seto hugged his love? Why did Yugi hug back?
It couldn't have been romantic. Yami knew this. Seto loved his puppy too much to cheat on him. And Yugi loved Joey too much to steal his boyfriend. Still, Yami felt jealousy rise up his body.
It was innocent… Yami told himself.
Yami felt his feet carry him to his love and Seto. The two had stopped hugging and were now talking about some mathematics problem.
"That's all you have to do. Multiply the height by half the base and you got your area." Seto said coolly.
"Yeah," Yami said, trying to sound as cheerful as possible. He sounded normal, but Seto and Yugi looked at the Pharaoh as if they had just seen a ghost when the dark approached the two.
"Hey, Yami! How long have you been standing here?" Yugi said, a bit too rushed, trying to sound as if that was a perfectly normal question.
"Just a few seconds. I went to your classroom. Mr. Cedars said you left. Man, he was acting weird."
"Yeah, he can be like that sometimes." Yugi attempted to laugh, though he sounded like he was coughing.
"Come on, love. Let's see if the others are at the puny square of grass," the dark said. As Yugi began to walk away, Yami looked at Seto. He had not said a word. He knew that Yami had seen the hug.
"Goodbye, Kaiba," Yami said coldly as he followed Yugi to the schoolyard. He couldn't help himself. He didn't blame Seto. The Pharaoh knew it was an innocent hug. But a small part in the dark hated knowing that anyone except himself was touching Yugi in such an affectionate way.
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Kaiba was still upset at Yami as he walked to his Mercedes with his puppy. That loser didn't know what the fuck I did to his relationship with Yugi, the cold asshole. Well, if Yami liked Yugi back, of course.
For the rest of the day, Yami wouldn't even look at Seto. The one time he did, Seto could have sworn he saw a tear run from the Pharaoh's crimson eyes. Why? It didn't make sense to Seto.
Seto looked at his slightly shorter puppy next to him. A grin that lasted for the entire day was still stuck to his face. The same grin was seen on Yugi's face as the boy looked at Seto.
"So, my puppy. I heard from Anzu that you dragged Yami into a room. And when you came out, you were all happy. Is the bag of gossip lying or are you cheating on me?" Seto asked his lovely puppy, smiling.
Joey took another step before stopping. His puppy smile disappeared. Seto suddenly felt worried. Had his puppy been cheating? Seto was only joking…
"Puppy, answer. You're scaring me."
"She is telling the truth." Seto felt the wind being pushed out of his lungs. My puppy… and Yami?
"But we didn't do anything bad, I swear," Joey quickly said, sensing Seto's hurt.
"What did you do?" Seto felt his words shake. Why was he getting so weak?
"Promise you won't tell. Especially Yugi."
"Okay. I promise." Seto would have said anything to know what they were doing.
"Yami… kinda… confessed his love…" Seto's puppy stopped. Seto gaped. Yami liked MY puppy. Shit! Yugi is going to be so upset.
"For Yugi to me," Joey finally finished.
Seto felt like the weight had been lifted off his shoulders. Oh. Yami didn't love my puppy. He only loved…
Yugi. The weight that had been lifted from his shoulders now landed on his stomach. Yami loved Yugi. And Yugi loves Yami…
Seto felt his puppy watch for all signs of change. I have to tell Yugi… No. I can't. I just promised Joey I wouldn't tell. And I told Yugi that I wouldn't tell Yami, or anyone. The last promise Seto made, the promise to Yugi that he wouldn't tell anyone was what earned him a hug in the hallway. Fuck. Stupid promises. However… Seto smiled. His puppy smiled too, following suit.
"I won't tell Yugi."
Seto could tell that interesting things were yet to come…
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This means 8 hours and 8 minutes.
A/N: that's the end of this chapter. I thought it was sweet. Hope you liked it. It toke me forever to write. Oh, do you guys like the disclaimers? I felt like I needed to make up for the lack of action in the actual chapter. Tell me if I should stop. School's almost over for fallen-angel-of-repression! Horray! Of course, I am sent to a special school with the other fallen angels.
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