Disclaimer: I don't own Yugi-Oh.
---Rating: PG13---
"" is talking
~ ~ is for thinking and reminiscing
** is for coughs or sighs
--- --- is for mental conversations or mental voices
--"( )"- Sacred Ancient language used by Shadi
--( )-Same as language except in mental conversation.
"+++++++++++" - Usually a language that is spoken by someone but the
person listening doesn't understand.
---MAJOR WARNINGS---
Yaoi - As in homosexuality – gay
Suggested sex scene.
Cursing
CHAPTER TWENTY THREE – Risks
Yami watched the still form of Yugi lying beside him with mild wonder. He'd woken up to find his head cradled lovingly by Yugi who had fallen asleep sitting up in his efforts to keep Yami comfortable. After blinking in disbelief for almost ten seconds, he had wrapped his arms around the smaller boy's tiny waist and pulled Yugi down beside him. Deep in a dream, Yugi simply snuggled close to Yami, his arms draped over his hips.
Wondering what time it was Yami glanced at the candles that had engulfed the hidden chamber with light before. The wicks were halfway down…so, probably three in the morning? A cool breeze that had somehow found its way through the skylight flapped the curtains slightly and chilled them both. The candles flickered.
Yugi moaned and tightened his grip around Yami hips, seeking warmth by tucking himself right against the taller boy's taunt stomach and burying his face into his chest. Yami felt his stomach do an odd flip-flop and his entire face go warm.
~So…what's this? Butterflies in your stomach over a boy? Blushing over a boy?~ the irritating little voice snickered at the back of his mind, making him think abruptly of lunch, dueling monsters, killing Malik…ANYTHING but what his mind was suggesting to him.
He was surprised to hear thunder rolling above.
~A storm? In the Desert? This damn Shadow Realm is out of its flipping mind… ~
It was oddly comforting; he loved storms after all and had often found himself on his balcony staring up into he heart of a thunderstorm, fascinated by the stark power of the lightening. Then one particularly violent storm his mother had found him standing out there and begged him never to do anything like that again. He'd promised her and two weeks later, she was dead along with his father in a car crash.
Closing his eyes against the sudden, unwanted memory, he inhaled sharply and breathed out slowly to gain control of the grief that threatened to rise into his throat. The cold breeze flapped the curtains again and the candles flickered vehemently in response, casting rapidly moving shadows inside the small chamber.
With a start, Yugi was awake and shivering.
Thunder rolled again.
"It's going to rain?" Yugi mumbled sleepily and turned over on his back, rubbing a tired eye while using the other to glance at the still flickering candles.
Yami lay there silently with his eyes closed and wondering what Yugi would do. Would he leave him now that he was done with his pathetic crying?
~I don't want him to go~ a plaintive voice cried at the back of his mind.
Yami felt Yugi sit up and his heart sank. He was leaving him…
~Do something!~ his inner voice cried desperately. ~He's going to get up and go and…~
A soft hand touched his cheek.
~What…?~ Yami thought, it took all his willpower not to jerk away with surprise. Yugi was touching his face.
The soft fingertip slowly traced his jaw line and was tracing a tickling sensation down his neck when a loud explosion of thunder shattered the stillness and a violent gust of wind blew out all the candles.
Yugi nearly peed his pants when the lights blew out. Upon waking and seeing Yami's sleeping face, Yugi had not been able to resist touching it. So when the lights blew out, he had a guilty gut feeling that it had been to stop what he had been doing. But even this knowledge had not been enough to stop him from giving a startled cry.
To his utter surprise, his cry was cut short by powerful arms wrapping around his shoulders and holding him close.
"Just thunder, idiot…" Yami murmured softly.
There was a heavy silence for a couple of seconds before Yugi whispered. "The candles…I'll get some new ones from Ai…" He made to stand but Yami's arms slipped down to the smaller boys backside and around his knees where he proceeded to hold on firmly. This resulted in Yugi having to balance on his toes and leaning into Yami if he didn't want to topple backwards.
~This…is so…awkward…~ Yugi choked mentally, wondering if Yami was doing this on purpose.
"Don't bother. I like the dark…" Yami whispered, resting his forehead against Yugi's stomach and sighing deeply. Yugi gulped, this close contact to the older boy was driving him crazy, especially since Yami's breathing was tickling him on his navel – the most sensitive part of his body next to his neck. Thunder rumbled again loudly, followed by another gust of cold wind that gave Yugi the excuse to shiver all the way down to his toes.
"Where is that coming from?" Yugi asked, searching for any topic to distract him from his raging hormones and Yami's face that was WAY too close to his crotch for comfort.
"What?" Yami muttered, his exhaling breathe against Yugi's navel nearly driving the smaller boy mad.
"The wind…it's cold…" Yugi answered, shivering and gazing down at Yami who looked up at him from under dark sooty eyelashes.
~God, he's gorgeous…~ Yugi moaned to himself while trying to keep steady on his tiring toes.
In one smooth motion, Yami pulled Yugi down sharply and wrapped them both in the sheet they had been lying in. It was so sudden Yugi barely had time to squeak.
"Better?" Yami asked softly.
To Yami's surprise, Yugi slipped his arms around Yami's chest and hugged him. "Much. How about you?" His voice was soft, encouragingly warm. The sudden tenderness from Yugi's flustered Yami and the cozy warmth he had been feeling towards his doppelganger went out the window.
"Yes… but I think you're an idiot…you really trust too easily." He heard himself saying and instantly regretted it.
Yugi's hug slackened and he slumped while gazing up with wide eyes at the silhouette of Yami. His eyes were still adjusting to the dark and Yami's comment had sounded so…indifferent.
"You're wrong, Yami…" Yugi whispered softly.
Yami frowned at Yugi's comment. "Hn?" he grunted the question, wishing Yugi would stop staring at him with such a penetrating stare. In the dark, Yugi's eyes almost glowed.
"I don't trust too easily… You think I do because…you're the first person who I've…actually…" He tapered off, muttering to himself. "Jou, Tea and the others are different… I like them…they gave me a reason to trust them - but you…"
Yami hung on the silence of Yugi's faded sentence. He? He what?
"I'm…?" he offered, his voice low and curious. He wanted to find out what Yugi really thought of him… This entire time, Yugi had followed him around, never blamed him, had protected him… Yugi cared about him he knew, but why…WHY he did, Yami was at a loss.
Yugi closed his eyes desperately. "From the moment I met you… the day you grabbed my hair in the corridor and told me to wash out the dye…"
Yami winced at the memory.
"…from that day I haven't been able to stop thinking of you…I tried so hard to be your friend because I…I…cared…I don't know why… I just…couldn't…" he stopped the gush of words, clinging blindly to his thoughts that were coming too quickly, too incoherently.
"You were so sad…I could feel it…and then I saw your grade and then found about your guardian pressuring you about your exams and I just…"
Yami noticed that Yugi had passed over the punching incident.
"They said you cheated Yami, but I know you didn't, I know you …" Yugi slumped down. "And now all this …with Malik and him controlling you…I just want you to be free of him…"
Yami had completely forgotten about the exams, the false accusation, he had almost, almost forgotten Kurai trying to kill him and the confession Kurai had made of killing his parents. Did he still want revenge…? His recent rising concern for the younger boy had filled his head and the last four days had seemed like months. He HAD to get Yugi out of there…
"I don't care what happens to me…" Yugi confessed. "I'm so terrified that I might loose you to him…that he will kill you…and he keeps threatening you when I won't do what he wants…"
Yami's had stopped listening at 'terrified that I might loose you…'.
~Might loose …ME?~
~WHAT THE HELL IS HE TALKING ABOUT??!~
"Idiot…" Yami snapped, his temper rising in his confusion.
Yugi stopped mid sentence, mouth slightly agape and hurt swimming in his eyes. He'd confessed just about everything to Yami; his fears, what he felt…almost everything except…
Yugi fought back the lump clawing at his throat and slowly backed out of the sheets. "I'm…sorry of course…yes I am an idiot…I'm…"
~Oh God, let me die now…I'm such a fool…~
He couldn't help it, a single tear rolled down his cheek and he wiped it away angrily, screwing up his face in his effort not to just break down right there in front of Yami like some kind of...
~Weakling…~ his mind finished for him.
"Where are you going?!" Yami cried, angrily. He was furious with himself and his blurted out statement but that was the only thing he could think of. Yugi was afraid of loosing him? Him. The Bully?
Yugi didn't answer, his hand on the curtain and about to pull it back to walk out. In one smooth motion, Yami stood and grabbed Yugi's wrists with his hands. " No! You said you'd never leave me…don't leave me now…"
Yugi was breathing hard, the lump in the throat unbearable, he wanted to scream at Yami, cry out his hurt. ~Why the hell are you in love with him!?~ his mind howled at him. ~He switches moods like the weather!~
"Let me go…" Yugi pleaded. "I'll stay outside, I'll stop bothering you…" His last word came out as a stifled sob and he held his head down so that Yami would not see the tears that were now flowing, unchecked down his face.
"I don't want you to…" Yami growled angrily, tightening his grip, completely aware of the tears that were hitting his hands like warm rain.
Yugi sank to the ground; he just couldn't take it anymore. "I know I'm not important to you…a burden you don't want… just let me…"
"You're not a burden!" Yami snapped. Every time Yugi called himself that, Yami wanted to just…. throttle him! He realized now…Yugi had never been a burden…even from the beginning when they had first entered the Shadow Realm – Yami had never even thought of it that way…not once. Oh, he'd told himself that was what he thought of Yugi all along…but he knew better now.
"YES, I AM!" Yugi cried with anguish, snapping his head up to stare at Yami. Yami inhaled sharply to see Yugi's face completely stained with tears. "I'm nothing but a pain to you! I've done nothing but make you loose your chance to get your parents back…as long as I'm here, Malik will just keep using me to control you!"
Yugi's voice continued to grow louder as did his sobs; with a solid pull he yanked his hands out of Yami's, sending a shock of pain up to his shoulders. He stood up and stared up at Yami, his shoulders stinging. "I'm an idiot for caring too much, just being near you torments me… all I can think about is you, so yes, I'm an idiot but I don't care, I LOVE YOU!"
All of Yugi's energy seemed to leak out of him at this last shout and he stood limply, his knees on the verge of giving up completely. "But that doesn't matter does it? I'm just in the way… and why would you care if I love you anyway? I'm just some stupid kid who keeps getting in the way and probably caused half the trouble you're going through right now…"
Two strong hands gripped his face in a painful hold and Yugi's eyes snapped open in fear. What was Yami going to do to him? He'd just poured his heart out, said something that one did not say to another boy if one was a boy….was he going to punch…?
The kiss was so unexpected that for a moment Yugi just stood there. Then shock turned his knees to putty and he felt them finally buckle. He would have dropped had not Yami scooped him up to continue the kiss.
It was so different from the Yami who had kissed him before (and who he was sure had been the Pharaoh now…). It seemed to last forever and all Yugi could do was sink in it. He couldn't have resisted if he tried.
Yami was kissing him…There was no mind control, so past life interference…this was…all Yami. HIS Yami…
Yami wasn't too sure at what point he'd finally given into the temptation that had been plaguing him since the candles had blown out. He did remember Yugi shouting 'I love you!' but that was about it. He had gripped the smaller boy's face and before he realized what he was doing was kissing him deeply. Half way through the kiss (and when his senses had come back reluctantly) he had expected the younger boy to push him away or to at least begin struggling (he doubted Yugi was strong enough to push him away).
Yugi had done neither but had rather melted in the kiss as if they'd been doing this their entire life. It felt so right that it was scary.
Yami could hardly remember when he had last kissed someone. He had been very popular with the girls before his parents had died but after their death, he had gotten bitter and cold until eventually… the girl he had been dating (what was her name anyway?) had told him it was over. To be quite honest, he hadn't missed her at all, she'd been good in bed but her personality was… he couldn't remember. All his memories after his parents death had become stark and without meaning. All he could remember was Kurai's constant nagging to do better in school…. And how Goddamn lonely was all the time.
Then Yugi…
He slowly broke the kiss and gazed down at the flushed face of Yugi who was staring back at him with part fear, part longing.
The Yugi had come… and he didn't feel the same loneliness anymore.
A feeling tickled the back of his mind. Kissing Yugi had felt so right, so familiar?
"I feel… like I've done this before…" Yami whispered, his lips barely a millimeter from Yugi's own. He never wanted to move from where he was.
Yugi blushed at a certain memory and looked down, every muscle in his body was tense. What was Yami going to do now? His mind explored the possibilities and they all seemed to end up with him in a compromising position. Against his better judgement he decided to tell Yami what had happened before.
"Y…You did…before…" Yugi stammered softly.
Yami froze. "When?" he whispered, even more softly.
"It wasn't really you, Yami…Malik went too far into your mind, I think, and you came back two days ago and…"
Yami's mind spiraled. "What?" he hissed, scared. What had he done to Yugi? "Did I hurt you?"
Yugi felt himself going redder but Yami's voice was scaring him. "…Ac…actually…"
Yami studied Yugi's expression sharply. Actually? What did that mean?
"You were speaking another language and he… I mean you…I…"
"What did I do to you?" Yami said helplessly, there was a loud pounding sound hitting his temples and a tension headache was building.
"Kissedmeand…" Yugi rattled off, he thought it best that he leave the part out that he had been trying to get Yami's shirt off at the same time.
"Only?" Yami said relieved, feeling the pressure on his temples easing up. "That's like what I just…"
"No…" Yugi said in a small voice. "It wasn't just a kiss…you were…trying to…"
Yami's eyes widened. He had a vague idea of what Yugi was going to say, had a pretty damn good idea on how one would go about doing such a thing…and was personally mortified that his mind was egging him on to continue off where the other him had left off. So THAT was what had happened when he had blacked out that night. He wondered how he had ended up back in the room with Yugi. Come to think of it… He recalled looking down at Yugi who was on the floor (?) for a few seconds before waking up the next day with something very close to a hangover.
But if what Yugi said was true…
"Y…you didn't try to stop him…me?" Yami asked softly.
Yugi curled his arms around himself and looked down. "No….I…"
Yami waited apprehensively. What if he said that he'd held him down? Forced him to comply? What if he'd…
"…wanted it…" Yugi finished in a half squeak and went red as a beatroot.
Yami felt his brain become very, very stupid.
"I wanted it more than anything I've ever…" Yugi was starting and then clapped his hands over his mouth. 'I'm sorry!" he muffled and looked down frantically.
"Yugi…" Yami's voice said softly.
Yugi made a soft sound to indicate he was listening.
"Why?" Yami's voice was genuinely curious. Yugi looked up in surprise.
"Why me? What could you possibly…see in…"
Yugi's eyes filled with tears before Yami had reached the word 'possibly'. "Pl…please don't finish that sentence, Yami." Closing the distance between them Yugi hugged Yami again. "Please don't…I love you…don't think you're not worth it…"
Yami stared vacantly in space as Yugi hugged him. This strange kid was…actually … in love with him? When was the last time he had heard those words?
Sighing deeply, Yami closed his eyes. "You're strange you know that? Falling in love with someone who put you in the hospital and got you dragged to another dimension."
"I don't care." Yugi muffled firmly in Yami's chest. "I'll risk it, I'll risk it all."
He couldn't explain it but when Yugi said those words an inexplicable rage rose up in Yami's throat. ~Risk it? He'll RISK it?~ Did Yugi have a chronic case of stupidity? You didn't SAY something like that, you didn't risk yourself like that. Not to someone who had nearly killed you before. Yugi needed a wakeup call. NOW.
"Prove it." Yami said suddenly, dipping and pulling Yugi's knees forward, causing him to fall backwards.
"Wha…?" Yugi cried confused as he landed heavily on his back in the middle of the sheets. Then Yami was over him, his palms pressing down flat against Yugi's and causing considerable discomfort. His eyes were dark as blood and a clear intention was burning in them.
"Yami?" he whispered, terrified. This was like the Yami he'd first met in the corridor, the one who had pulled his hair back, the one that had punched him…
"You'll risk it all?" Yami growled darkly, pressing his hands down hard against Yugi's. Yugi gave a stifled cry, arching up (the only thing that stopped the pain).
Yami eased the pressure. "You still want to RISK it all?" he snarled and glared questioningly at Yugi who gave him a scared but determined look.
"This is nothing compared to broken ribs." Yugi whispered. "You're not going to change my mind."
BULLSHIT." Yami growled, gripping Yugi's hands tightly and pulling them over his head. Yugi winced at the uncomfortable angle his arms were now in. Yami held him with one hand and brought his other arm down…
~What is he…this position…
Yami's free hand was slowly working on the buttons of Yugi's shirt, ripping some off when they wouldn't come away easily.
"Yami … what are you doing?" Yugi cried, panicking. He had a good idea of what Yami was going to do and he couldn't get his arms free! He began to struggle to free them. He didn't want it this way! All Yami had to do was ask! Why was he acting like this?!
Yami pressed his forehead to Yugi's and glared deeply into the depths of his eyes. "What do you THINK I'm doing? 'You'll risk it?' Do you even know what you're talking about when you babble out that kind of crap? If you think you can take the 'risks' ! Stay still and let me take you!" he snarled.
Yugi gazed speechlessly up at Yami, realization sinking in. He… wanted…but…
~This doesn't feel as nice as before~ a small voice cried softly in the back of his mind.
~Take the risks…~ Yugi mentally murmured. ~This is the risk…~
He stopped struggling and gazed deeply into Yami's eyes but a dark shadow had turned them almost black. He couldn't read that look, no matter how he tried. Was this what he would have to do to prove that he loved him?
~This isn't love~
~To sacrifice everything like this…~
~You'll never be the same if you do this…~
~ I know…~
Taking a deep breath, Yugi tilted his head back, closed his eyes and went limp in Yami's grip. He would take this … he would prove to Yami that what he said was true.
Nothing came.
Opening his eyes slightly he stared up into Yami's eyes, wondering what was wrong. Yami was staring down at him in disbelief.
~He was willing to let you…~ Yami's mind mumbled stupidly. His little 'test' had completely backfired.
Releasing Yugi's hands, he let himself sink down on Yugi and rested his head on his now naked chest. The chain of the puzzle was cold to his ears. "I can't believe you just did that…" Yami whispered.
Completely confused, Yugi just lay there wondering what Yami was talking about. "Y…you're not going to…?" he asked at last.
"Not like that…" Yami replied, lifting his head and gazing down into Yugi's eyes. "You didn't actually think I would do that to you, do you?"
"You looked so serious, I was sure…" Yugi began but stopped, blushing deeply.
"You would despise me if I ever did something like that to you without proper permission…" Yami stated. His head was spiraling. Yugi was not, could not be human in the way he thought.
"You have permission."
Yami froze.
Then slowly he lifted his head, now it was his turn to blush. "What did you…?" he never got a chance to finish his question because Yugi was kissing him deeply, his hands slipping under the taller boys shirt and along his back.
Yami decided he had not been hearing things and slowly unbuttoned the rest of Yugi's shirt, though far more gently this time.
Thunder crackled across the sky again but neither one of them heard it.
A decent storm had built up in the shadow realm and the combination of thunder and rain drowned out Yugi's cries for the remainder of the night.
Jou was lounging on a large couch he had found in the waiting area, trying to take his mind of Yugi, and the trouble he was most likely in at that very moment. (A/N: Ha!) What if they found him too late? His act in front of Solomon had been purely for the old man's sake; he was really out of his mind with worry.
Tea had resumed her irritated pacing and he had found himself watching her go back and forth until he was dizzy. "What is TAKING so long!?" she repeated, for the twentieth time.
"Tea, Chill already." Triston said irritably. "They'll come out when they're done." He was reclining in a large armchair his face buried in a pillow.
"I'm worried about Yugi…! This is taking way too long!" Tea snapped.
"There's nothing we can DO until they find him, so calm down already!" Triston bit back..
Giving a cry of exasperation, Tea threw herself into a chair and crossed her arms irritably. "How long is this actually going to take?" she complained softly, noticing but ignoring it as Triston rolled his eyes and turned in the chair to face the large potted Palm that was beside him.
Without warning, the large doors swung open and Isis and Solomon stood there. Isis was smiling and Solomon looked relieved. "We've found him."
Jou jumped up happily. "Really? Where is he? How do we get there?" he asked.
"The doors." Isis said simply, leading the way down a corridor that she revealed after pulling a drape aside.
"Doors?" Triston, Tea and Jou echoed after her in confusion. They had expected some kind of large magical ceremony or something. How were doors going to get them to the Shadow Realm? Without offering them an explanation, Solomon hurried after Isis, worry still written all over his features. Shrugging the others followed his lead.
The 'doors' as it turned out were exactly that. Two large doors made of solid stone that were heavily detailed with carvings of images and hieroglyphics. Tea examined it eagerly and immediately noticed something about it.
"There's something missing here…" she said, pointing at a large section of Stone that seemed to have been chiseled out.
"The same thieves that broke in our sanctuary and took the millennium items took a piece of this door. The part that talks of the most dangerous of the Shadow Realm monsters and the secret they protect. I fear what my brother intends to do in the Shadow Realm will destroy the world." Isis explained softly. "But come, we must rescue Yugi!"
"Well, what do we do?" Tea asked, curiously.
"We walk through these doors and walk straight ahead. The elder's magic has positioned this door in the Shadow Realm as close to his spirit as they can. Our job will be to find him and bring him back through the doors."
"Well, what the hell are we waiting for?" Jou asked irritably, unable to hold his worry in any longer. He looked at Isis questioningly.
"Nothing." Isis said calmly and touched the centre of the left door which was a carving of the Eye of Ra. The entire door glowed like fire and soundlessly it swung in to reveal … a terrible storm raging over a sandy plain.
"What?" Tea asked, confused. "What is this?"
"A storm in the Shadow Realm…" Isis said thoughtfully. "The first of many if a balance is not struck by the Chosen one and the Pharaoh. Come quickly! Our time is limited!" With this she strode forward and disappeared into the storm.
"She's going out in THAT?" Tea asked in disbelief, flinching as a flash of lightening illuminated everything in the world beyond the door. Solomon stepped through the door after Isis and disappeared as well.
"Well... here goes nothing…" Jou said and stepped through as well.
Tea swallowed, glanced at Triston, who grinned and held out his hand. She took it and together they stepped through, both disappearing into the storm.
Entangled around each other, Yugi hardly had to shift himself to bury his face in the nape of Yami's neck. Yami groaned sleepily and pulled Yugi closer to him, igniting every nerve in Yugi's body again. His back hurt, his spine hurt and he was extremely sore but he was willing to go a million times more if Yami wanted.
But Yami only massaged the very tender spot in the centre of Yugi's back with an experienced hand. He'd never made love to a boy before but he had a pretty good idea that it had hurt. Yugi gasped as Yami rubbed his aching back, it felt wonderful put hurt at the same time.
Yami smiled knowingly. "I think, once is enough for now…" He whispered huskily against Yugi's temple. "You're more delicate than any girl I've ever met, I don't want to hurt you, aibou."
Yugi went very still. "What did you call me?" he asked softly. He had heard but he could hardly believe it himself.
Yami pulled Yugi close to him again and buried his face in the smaller boy's neck, getting a longing moan as a reward. "Aibou…" he whispered and moved to kiss Yugi on the lips, cutting off whatever response Yugi was going to give.
Seconds ticked by as they kissed and Yugi's hands slowly traced a line down to the very end of Yami's spine. Yami shuddered and broke the kiss.
"Don't do that…" he said dangerously, staring down at Yugi who gazed back at him playfully.
"What? This?" Yugi replied and repeated the same action, he loved the feel of Yami's back, muscular yet soft at the same time.
Yami shuddered again and closed his eyes tightly, trying to breathe deeply. He doubted Yugi knew but that simple action was turning him on again. He did not want to go again, it would hurt Yugi.
~Self control…~ he grated out to himself.
"Yugi, can you stand?" Yami asked softly.
It was a strange question but Yugi made to sit up, to prove that he could but the moment he straightened his back, he cried out in agony and Yami had to catch him before he fell back. Digging is nails into Yami's arms; Yugi fought back the tears as best he could.
"If it hurts this much when we only did it once, do you REALLY want me to go again?" Yami whispered gently, his hands working on soothing Yugi's back again.
"Yes…" Yugi whimpered, much to Yami's surprise. "But…it hurts so much."
"It won't hurt so much tomorrow morning…" Yami comforted him, pulling him close. "Sleep it off."
"Not yet…" Yugi said suddenly. "I have to do something first…" He forced himself to sit up despite the pain and gazed down at Yami. Yami looked up at him puzzled, wondering what he was going to do. He could hardly believe it when Yugi, slowly and purposefully lifted the Millennium puzzle off his neck and placed it over Yami's while leaning in for a kiss.
The puzzle glowed brilliantly for the length of the kiss and then dulled.
Yami stared up at Yugi in disbelief. "What did you do?"
Yugi smiled almost sadly. "It was the right time… the Puzzle is now yours, my Pharaoh."
"Pharaoh?" Yami echoed in surprise.
As best he could Yugi explained what Shadi had told him. "But the important thing is now that Malik cannot get into your mind anymore… You're free from him."
"But what about you?" Yami asked worried.
Yugi continued to look sad. "I don't know. I don't care about me."
"Take it back." Yami growled and made to pull the chain off his neck.
Yugi gripped his hands in alarm. "You are not bound by the same spell as I was to protect the puzzle but you cannot take it off. I cannot protect it anymore. It's yours, Yami."
They stared at one another for what seemed an age before Yami slowly pulled Yugi close to him. "I'm going to get you home if it kills me."
Yugi shook his head. "I'd rather die if you had to be killed to send me home. I just want to be with you."
Yami sighed deeply, frustrated at Yugi's self-sacrificing nature and pulled him down to sleep. "You're not going to die." were his last whispered words. "Not if I can help it."
Yugi did not reply but snuggled close with a contented sigh. Tomorrow could wait, he was happy here.
Long after Yugi had finally fallen asleep, Yami stared into the darkness, his eyes staring at the Puzzle, an odd song seemed to be coming from it and it filled his ears with ringing. Had Yugi heard this sound? The puzzle felt so right around his neck and he also felt…power coming from it. Warm, gentle power.
~A strange feeling… it reminds me of Yugi's personality…~ Yami thought to himself. He lifted his hand to touch the golden triangle but a mere millimeter away, he paused and just stared at it.
~Tomorrow~ he thought, firmly. ~Malik, has done enough to harm Yugi…~
He rolled his hand in a fist and moved it away from the puzzle.
~Tomorrow~
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To be continued.
Ack, it's been FOREVER X| sorry guys…really. College, changing my hard drive and a serious block is the cause of all this. I wanted this chapter to be special and I didn't want it to be a lemon but I wanted it to be romantic enough to make you get a gushy warm feeling (not diarrhea XD) – was it gushy? I'm sorry if it wasn't, daydreaming it and putting it on paper are two very different things.
Anyhow! Thanks for waiting all! As promised this chapter was dedicated to Jack V Briefs X3 (again). I hope she liked it.
I know I didn't give much detail on the love scene itself but go read a yaoi (I suggest SSJSky) and you'll get the general idea. Hell! Yugi was in pain afterwards so it had to be something right? … Right? ^^;;;
(Crickets)
Oh god, I suck so bad _…
Again, I'm sorry all and thanks for all those persons who kept reviewing even during the long wait! I promise the story will be updated more often now (no really, I was writing this chapter for like 3 months).
And for those who I owe prizes to I'm working on it X3. (I just didn't realize my life would get so busy when I was offering the prizes ;_; )
Oh! And those who've been reading 'Blind Love' and want me to continue soon don't worry! I'm writing the next chapter as I type this up. (I was just really, really busy and lacking inspiration….)
(I wanna hit the 700 review range before this fic ends… I wonder if I can do it? 9_9…)