Juu56: I'm back, with the next chapter! This is going faster than I thought it would.

More light-hearted than the last one, I promise. A little shaky in the beginning, but if you "read between the lines" (I hate it when teachers tell me to do that; between the lines there are spaces. Wow.) than you might be able to tell why Yami didn't hurt Yami Bakura.

Okay, reviews. Thanks bunches and bunches to:

Neko Oni: Thanks again for the review!! Wait and see!!

Kou-Andrea: Thank you again!! Bakura's awesome, but he is kinda mean….

Emerald Phoenix524: Yami didn't do anything to Bakura because he understood. Bakura thought he had lost Ryou, his light half, and he kinda went a little crazy. In the first couple paragraphs of the last chapter, Yami was thinking about what he would do if he ever lost Yugi, so he kind of understood. He was still really mad though.

yugichii: Thank you very much, and I'll get more out ASAP!!!

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Chapter 4

Almost a month later, Yugi was nearly back to normal.

They hadn't seen or heard from either Ryou or Bakura - a good thing as far as Yami was concerned, but Yugi, though Bakura still scared him, wished he could see Ryou.

Jou and Honda stuck by him, for which he was grateful; Anzu hadn't been around much, though she had postponed her move. She still hadn't told him what she's wanted to talk to him about…

Both Jou and Honda knew about Yugi's relationship with Yami; Mai knew as well, via Jou. Seto Kaiba had found out quite by accident - and he had been very, very embarrassed. They were still discussing how to tell Anzu.

"You should just be honest with her, aibou."

"But Yami…I don't know. I don't want to hurt her feelings…Yami!" He was lying in bed, back to Yami, and he found it very difficult to speak with Yami nibbling his ear.

"Yummy," Yami murmured, licking.

"Don't you ever get tired of that, Yami?" he giggled, and felt Yami shake his head.

"Talk later," he whispered huskily, and rolled them over.

*

Yugi panted and Yami smiled, sated - for the moment. He didn't remember sex ever being this fun…but then, he'd never been in love with his partner. He kissed Yugi gently. This was definitely love.

Once he had his breath back, Yugi pouted; and silently Yami thanked Ra once again that Yugi would still be this open with him.

"Yami! We were talking about Anzu. What are we going to do?"

"I don't know, koi. We'll have to tell her eventually; I suppose sooner is better than later."

It was probably a good thing this was Saturday; it was past noon and they still hadn't gotten out of bed. Yugi stood with a sigh and fished a white shirt and jeans from a dresser drawer.

"I know we have to tell her, but…"

"You're very soft-hearted, aibou. Relax; everything will be fine. She doesn't like me that much."

Yugi looked at him dubiously, until the doorbell rang and he went to answer it. Yami stood and dressed, preparing to join him in greeting whoever happened to be there.

His heart nearly stopped when Yugi screamed.

*

Yami ran to the door, shirt only half on, and growled when he saw who was at it - Ryou, with his Yami beside him. He grabbed Yugi and pushed him away from the door, behind him.

"What do you want?" He spat the "you" like a curse. Behind him, Yugi was shaking.

"We only want to talk. Can we come in?" Ryou asked, jabbing an elbow into Bakura's side to keep him quiet.

"You're welcome. He is not." Sighing, Ryou whispered into Bakura's ear. With a scowl, the taller one disappeared.

He felt Yugi calm down and waved Ryou in, leading him into the living room. The white-haired boy sat in one of the chairs; Yami pulled Yugi onto his lap, sitting on the couch, watching their guest expectantly.

"Can Yami come out now?" he asked finally, plainly nervous.

"No." Yugi tugged his shirt and he looked down to see him smiling weakly.

"It's…okay, Yami. I'm okay." Yami looked at Bakura and nodded once, deliberately.

Bakura appeared and lifted Ryou, sitting in the chair in a position much like Yami's - his hikari settled in his lap.

Yugi held Yami tighter, and in turn Yami's arms tightened, but the smaller one remained relatively calm. Bakura, on the other hand, winced.

"I'm…sorry," he whispered. "I…"

Yami didn't say anything. He didn't purposely make him feel worse, but he made no effort to make him feel better, either. Yugi couldn't, though he might have wanted to - he usually tried to help people, but he was too busy trying to keep from shaking. Yami held him even closer.

They were quiet for a long time, until Yugi whispered, "It's okay." He was calming; Bakura had been there nearly twenty minutes without doing anything but apologizing, and waiting wasn't his style. If he'd wanted to do something, he would have. Besides, Yugi could see something of a relationship similar to his with Yami between those two…

He laughed, on the edge of hysterics but not quite crossing the ling. "You're making me nervous; you're being nice." He was trying to lighten the mood.

Bakura smiled a little. "If I'm not, Ryou will-" Ryou blushed scarlet and covered Bakura's mouth before he could go into detail about exactly what Ryou was going to so. Yami smirked, amused despite himself. Yugi smiled.

Almost an hour of alternating silence and conversation later, Yugi was comfortable enough to encourage Yami to loosen his death grip, though he didn't remove himself from the Egyptian's lap. Two hours, and he was encouraging Ryou and Bakura to leave. Yami appeared insatiable - he refused to stop running his hand under Yugi's shirt - and Bakura wouldn't remove his own hand from Ryou's thigh. No one argued with the suggestion.

The moment their guests were gone, Yami jumped up, yanking Yugi with him to the bedroom.

*

"You're very amorous today, Yami," Yugi said lazily, back tucked, once again, against Yami's chest.

Yami grinned. "I've been locked in a puzzle for a few thousand years," he countered. "I'm bound to be a little…excitable."

"A little?" Yugi snorted. "I'd hardly call attacking me every two minutes 'a little'!"

Yami tried to pout, but he wasn't as good at it was Yugi. The smaller one only laughed, then granted him a chaste kiss on the lips before settling down for bed. This time Yami wasn't worried with how fast the boy fell asleep; they'd done enough activity that even Yami was tired. Happily, he snuggled half into the pillows, half into his hikari, and followed the smaller one into slumber.

*

Sunday was very busy at the game shop; unusually so. Yugi had to enlist Yami to help (with the promise of chocolate if he did, so of course he agreed).

The day went by quickly - suddenly it was evening, and they closed and went home, where Yugi made good on his promise.

He started to make brownies, then grinned and changed his mind. Instead, he melted a few Hershey's chocolate bars over the stove, then pulled out a carton of strawberries and took both chocolate and fruit into the living room. He dipped a strawberry and held it out. Yami looked at him curiously.

"It's good," he coaxed. "Try it."

Instead of taking it by hand from Yugi's fingers, Yami leaned forward and tasted it. His eyes lit up, and he took both the strawberry and Yugi's fingers into his mouth, licking the boy's hand clean once he'd finished the fruit. Yugi giggled and grabbed another, but Yami took it from him, covered it and his hand in chocolate, and held out both.

"You're turn," he whispered breathlessly.

Timidly, Yugi leaned forward and ate the strawberry, then leaned in again and grabbed one finger, sucking and licking it clean. He repeated the process for the other fingers, and licked his lips seductively. Yami groaned.

"I though you didn't like me attacking you," he accused. Yugi grinned.

"Not every two minutes," he corrected, "and I never said I didn't like it. But first, we'd better finish these strawberries. It would be a shame to waste all this chocolate…" He fed an eager Yami another, then Yami fed him another. Their teasing escalated: chocolate mysteriously appeared in Yugi's navel, and of course Yami just had to lick it clean; somehow a bit of chocolate made its way to Yami's bare feet, and Yugi just must lick it off. They laughed and teased until both strawberries and chocolate were gone, and then Yugi stood and sighed, stretching.

He checked the time, then grinned and winked. "It's only seven," he stated. Yami blinked. "Let's go to bed."

"Ahh!" The meaning of the first statement dawned with an almost audible click, and a matching grin appeared on Yami's face. "Let's." Moving fast than Yugi had thought he could, Yami rushed forward and grabbed him, heading for the bedroom, Yugi laughing all the way.

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Well! Yay. That was far more light-hearted, though how I managed I have no idea. The next one I'm planning to be sickeningly sweet again, but that may take a while; I'm not in the most sickeningly sweet mood right now.

Thanks again for the lovely reviews! *hugs computer screen* I love you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You're so sweet. Now then, may as well get a start on that next chapter………….*stares blankly at screen, drooling* If I can get up…………………………..