Chapter 3: Off Target
"So what's up?" Marik leaned closer to the other yami on the couch.
Yami growled. "Your damn Hikari got me kicked out of my own house and is probably corrupting mine's innocence as we speak."
The blonde yami laughed.
Yami turned to look Marik dead in the eye. "You do realize I'm going to kill him as soon as he is out of Yugi's line of sight right?"
"You and Bakura both. Though Bakura doesn't care where."
"Bakura's all talk."
Marik turned to look at the Pharaoh. "Well that's all these threats ever are right?"
Yami glared at him. "I will kill him."
"You wouldn't really." Marik looked almost fearful.
Yami's determined glare didn't falter.
"But… where would that leave us?"
"Us?"
"Yeah! I've been behaving really well lately! Are you telling me all that hard work is for nothing? Aren't we at least considered friends?"
The red eyed yami seemed to contemplate this. "So you expect me not to kill Malik for his outstanding crimes just because you have been behaving?"
"And we are friends."
"We are?"
"Yep." Marik grinned. "We are."
"And why" Yami moved closer to Marik with a slightly suspicious gaze. "Exactly do you think we are? Or better yet why do you want to be?"
The blonde yami was beginning to have trouble breathing. Yami's deviously tanned skin, burning eyes, and supple lips were barely an inch away.
"I..I.." He stumbled to find the truthful words. "Yami I like…"
The door burst open and the two leaped apart.
"Damn you Marik! You fucking liar!" Bakura stormed over and lifted the yami up by his collar.
"Oh come on now Bakura." Yami leaned back in the couch with a lazy smirk. "There's no reason to take out your anger problems in such a way. I'm sure you could channel your energy into something more… pleasurable."
The white haired yami dropped Marik on the floor. "What do you mean by that?" He ground out.
"Oh" Yami stood and walked over to Marik. "I think Marik knows." And with that he pulled the blonde yami up off the floor.
Marik was ecstatic. Was Yami actually standing up for him? And helping him? His day was made.
Yami didn't stop there however, he sat back down on the couch, pulling Marik against him.
Marik's face broke out into a giddy grin that Yami couldn't see, but Bakura could. The thief growled and Marik scooted off his comfy new seat. Yami made no move to stop him.
The three sat in a semi awkward silence for a few moments. Yami was oblivious.
"Let's watch a movie."
"What?" The other two turned the Pharaoh.
"I've been kicked out of my house and I doubt Malik will be back anytime soon. What else is there to do?"
Marik almost got a nose bleed at the question. He cleared his head quickly and agreed to the suggestion.
Bakura looked at the Pharaoh curiously. "Why were you kicked out? Did you break some appliance? That's the only thing I get kicked out."
Yami was about to answer when Marik slapped a hand over his mouth with a quick pleading expression. The two other yamis were already close enough to killing his Hikari, they didn't need to realize they were after him for the same reason. "Let's pick a movie."
They argued over the movie, then all decided on each getting to pick a movie, then argued on who to got to go first.
Yami had no idea of what the time was when he finally left Marik's house, but nothing was open on his way home and no one seemed to be around. It was actually kind of peaceful.
When he reached the house, he hesitated at Yugi's door, debating on whether or not to check on his beloved Hikari.
Finally both his protective nature and curiosity got the better of him.
The wrong shade of purple eyes met his gaze as he opened the door. Yami began to shake in uncontrollable rage.
The other's eyes widened. "Please… Yami… I promise I didn't force him…" Malik's plea came out as a whispered stutter.
"Get out." The Pharaoh hissed in a deadly whisper.
Malik had all intention at that point of running as fast as he could towards Marik in some hope that his yami could save him. But, as he started to slid out of the bed, Yugi snuggled closer. The blonde sighed as he looked down at the other, still sleeping, hikari. He really was too cute. A growl from the doorway snapped Maik out of his inner musings.
He struggled with the covers, but finally managed to get out with out waking Yugi. "Malik?"
Or so he thought. He turned to see the other still mostly asleep. "Yeah Yugi?"
"You aren't leaving are you?" The hurt tone nearly broke the blonde's heart.
"I, uh… I" He couldn't think of what to say.
"Of course not Yugi." Yami's voice sounded soothing when directed at his light. "I just accidentally woke him up."
Malik's jaw dropped as he turned to the yami. Yami simple made a pushing motion with his hands, clearly indicating the blonde get back into the bed.
"Okay" Yugi's reply became muffled as he snuggled back into the Egyptian. "Night Yami" The hikari's breath quickly evened out as he fell back asleep.
The other two waited a few moments. "Why'd you change your mind? Or are you just waiting till Yugi's not around?"
Yami seemed to not have heard him. "How long are you going to stay?" The ruby eyes glanced at the blonde in a non threatening manner.
"Well I do have to go home in the morning and make sure I still have a house."
"I meant how long are you going to stay with Yugi."
"Oh…OH"
"Okay now that your blonde moment is over…"
Malik caught on to the prompt. "Well we didn't really talk about it. I didn't want just a one night thing if that's what your worried about." He smiled down at the sleeping light. "I really want more than that, and I think Yugi does too…"
The awake Hikari gently brushed his bed mates bangs away from his face. Finally tearing his eyes away, he looked up to see what Yami thought, but the doorway was empty.
He then noticed the Millennium Puzzle on the night stand was fading from a flash.
Yami had retreated.
The next day came, and Malik found himself in an empty bed.
Yugi was already up in the kitchen. "I know you probably have to go soon," He called as Malik went down stairs. "But at least stay for breakfast."
The blonde nodded and waited at the table. Soon Yugi had three places set.
"Yami!" He yelled up the stairs. When he received no reply, he quickly disappeared upstairs. Then returned with a confused look. "Yami's not up in his room. I'm not sure if he ever came home last night."
Malik reddened. "Uhh… Yugi… He walked in shortly after you fell asleep. You actually talked to him a little."
Yugi's face quickly shot from confused to alarmed. "You mean he saw us in that state? Crap I didn't even think about it…" He took a worried look. "He didn't threaten you again, did he?"
The other hikari sighed. "Well yes, but then he changed his mind, and I guess he went into the puzzle."
Yugi took on a bland expression that Malik realized meant he was trying to use his mind link. He came out of it with another worried expression. "He's not answering and isn't in the puzzle. I guess he's in the Shadow Realm." He shrugged and sat down at the table. "What made him change his mind?"
"Yugi, I'm not sure, but we really need to talk." Gaining the others attention, he continued. "Yesterday, I know it was kind of sudden, but I don't want this to end here."
Yugi smiled. "Neither do I"
Malik leaned across the table and gave the tri colored hair hikari a chaste kiss. "Good."
The smile suddenly went away as the Egyptian gained a worried look. "Now all that's left is Ryou…"
Amethyst eyes flashed with something unrecognizable. "Malik… about Ryou…"
The blond shook his head. "No I have to tell him… Something happened yesterday…." He stood up quickly, nearly knocking over his chair. "I'll be back soon."
"Wait! Malik there's something I need to tell you!"
The door shut and Yugi realized the other hadn't heard him. 'Crap.' He headed towards the phone. He had an important call to make.
"Damnit Marik why do you keep going on about this?"
The blonde sighed. "You just wouldn't understand."
"Bullshit." The semi-albino got right up in Marik's face. "I think I'd understand a lot better than you think."
"You know we aren't the same."
"We are both yamis, we both have violent tendencies, we both love chaos.."
Marik cut him off. "That's not what I mean. Sure we are both yamis but you are a spirit from Egypt, and I'm… well, I'm just a shadow. Like those that fuel the items… I don't have a history except for Malik's repressed anger bonding with the shadows and creating me."
Bakura sighed. He hated heart to heart moments. "But you still belong here."
"That's not really what I'm trying to say."
"Well then spit it out damnit!" Bakura heated glared was fully returned.
"It's Yami!"
"Besides you bitching about him not staying the night, what about him?"
"Don't you get it? He's like us too."
"He's a pansy ass."
Marik growled slightly in defense and slightly out of frustration. "God damn it Bakura why do you refuse to open your eyes and look at him?"
An image of the furious Pharaoh from yesterday crossed his mind, shortly followed by Marik's flushed face as he sat in the monarch's lap. He shook his head. "You are infatuated with him because he's powerful. He is nothing like us."
The blonde stared at the other. The emotions flashing in the thief's eyes were contradicting the words coming from his mouth. "Whatever Bakura."
Malik had officially fallen through the rabbit hole. "but… that's…"
Ryou gave a small smile. "Malik.." he began.
"No! Yugi said he didn't want a one time thing either… I…" His passion flared down.
"Malik, just listen to me okay?"
"It doesn't make sense though."
"Why?"
"Yugi, he is… was, a…"
"Did he say that?"
"Well no, but, well, you know, you can just tell…"
A knock interrupted the two, and Ryou went to answer it. Yugi came walking back in with him.
Malik jumped to his feet. "How dare you!"
Yugi looked hurt. "Malik I was trying to explain this morning, but you ran out."
"You deceived me!"
The other two hikaris sighed. They were running in circles.
"Malik look, I, I mean we, didn't deceive you." Yugi began and cut Malik off as the blonde tried to interrupt. "We were both serious yesterday and this morning." Ryou nodded along.
The white haired hikari slid up to the Egyptian and wrapped him in a hug. "Don't you see we are all the same?"
After about fifteen more minutes, Malik finally understood. Yugi quickly headed home, saying he had something important to do.
Dig Yami out of the Shadow Realm. They needed to talk now.
It was too dark first of all. Luckily that was one of the few things he could change.
The room became illuminated just slightly. An ancient throne could be seen, a larger than life bed, bookshelves, and other random furniture.
"So this is your little comfort area huh?"
Yami was unsurprised to hear the voice. He knew every time something changed in his realm. "This is where I come to think."
"I would have thought it cozier."
The shadow god sighed. "What do you want Hikari? I didn't do anything to him last night…"
Yugi approached his darkness with a smile. "I know Yami, but I'm worried about you."
"I'm fine, now go back." Yami turned back to what he had been doing before.
The hikari walked towards the object of the others attention. The darts were scattered across the board. He gave his yami a pointed look. "Fine huh?"
The Pharaoh sighed. "So I'm a bit off target today, I have a lot on my mind."
"Like what?"
Yugi's persistent tone finally worked. "Like what I'm going to do now that you have someone else to look after you."
The hikari laughed. "Malik watch after me?"
"And he'll do a damn good job to if he knows what's good for him."
Yugi gave Yami a tight hug. "Yami is that why you are hiding in here? Because you think I don't want you around if I have someone special in my life?"
"Well, yes but not exactly"
"Let me guess. Marik?"
Yami threw a dart, and it hit an inch outside the bullseye. Yugi took it in observation.
"And Bakura?"
The dart hit the bullseye.
"It's okay to be a bit confused once in a while Yami. You are always so collected, I think it might be good for you to be shaken a little."
"So that's why you slept with Malik, knowing I could walk in?"
Yugi sighed as the harsh tone. "I'm sorry Yami. I didn't intend on things going that far."
"Do you regret it?"
The hikari looked down. "No." He met Yami's eyes. "I don't."
Yami's face broke out into a smile for the first time. "Good." He gave his hikari a quick hug.
"You know what we need?"
"Hmm?"
"A day out! Just the two of us. We can get new clothes, accessories, haircuts, and hit the arcade. I haven't been there in forever."
"You are just trying to get me out of my 'Comfort Area' as you called it."
Yugi gave an innocent smile. "Of course I am. Let's go."
TBC
Chapter 4: Marik's Magical Mystery Margaritas
Marik let out a gasp as he hit the wall and felt the knife against his throat. He hadn't known Yami could move so fast, it was kind of a turn on. So was the knife, oh shiny knife.
Ouch!
Marik decided to pay attention to Yami when he spoke from now on…
Actually most of that isn't in the next chapter, yet at least. I might work it in there. Part of it definitely is though!
Hikari Note: I wanted this out of the story because I'm tired of those three dominating. Anyway, during Malik's and Ryou's conversation there was something funny going on right? Basically Yugi and Ryou have slept together before, and Malik didn't believe it because he thought Yugi was a virgin. That's because Malik was on top, and Yugi's never been on bottom before… it was going to be a joke in there, but I had to cut their scene short. And just in case anyone missed it, at the end of the scene Malik finally realizes that the three of them can make it work. And that Yugi and Ryou don't want him to choose between the two of them. Uhh… evil Hikaris. Hikarishipping has happened.
The next chapter will be all yamis though! Which brings me to my final point. The next chapter gets graphic.
Your thoughts? Should I revise this chapter and make the Hikari conversation clearer? Can't wait for yamis? Reviews fuel typing speed.