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Chapter 7

"Come out with us tonight." Yugi's new friends Marik and Ryou were trying to persuade him to go on a night out with them. He had met them while working in his last job and although he didn't work there any more they had kept in touch.

"I don't know." Yugi said thinking of the bills he had to pay.

"Aww come on we'll buy you a drink each." Ryou said and in the end Yugi nodded.

They went to one of the local hotspots and true to their word, Marik and Ryou bought Yugi drinks. He was feeling tipsy and having a good time when one of the barmen caught his eye. He was a little taller than Yugi and had long silvery white hair that fell almost to his waist.

He caught Yugi looking at him and winked. Yugi smiled back slightly embarrassed that he had been noticed as he was not the most forthcoming when it came to other guys but he was mesmerized by the way the other was moving behind the bar. He served one after the other with perfect ease. The other kept looking at him seated at the end of the bar and would give him a look and a smile every now and then.

"Earth to Yugi." Marik said waving his hand in front of Yugi's face.

"What? Oh sorry." He said remembering that his friends were still there.

"We're going to dance, you coming?"

"No I think I'll stay here."

They followed the line of Yugi's gaze and saw the white haired barman. They exchanged knowing glances.

"You like him don't you?" Ryou said. Yugi blushed and took a quick drink.

"Well by the looks of him, he likes you too." Marik said. "We'll go and dance for a while okay?"

Yugi just nodded his gaze still fixed on the sexy barman. He finished his drink and was immediately presented with another one brought by the barman. Yugi locked eyes with him and time stood still for a moment. He was brought back to reality however when he felt a piece of paper pressed into his hand.

Then he was gone again, moving down the bar to serve other customers who were demanding attention.

Yugi looked at the folded piece of paper. He opened it and read:

I finish at one, wait for me.

Yugi looked down the bar and waited for him to look again. When he did, Yugi smiled shyly and nodded.

Yugi found himself provided with drinks until midnight when the bar officially closed. The barman had been back to him and told him it would be okay to wait until he finished his shift.

Ryou and Marik had come over at about eleven thirty to say they were going on to a nightclub and asked Yugi if he wanted to go with them. Yugi had shown them the note and said that he would wait here. The two had laughed and said they would see him later.

One o'clock finally came and the barman came over to him. Slinking his arm round Yugi's waist he spoke into his ear.

"Let's get out of here, do you want to go to a club?"

"Sounds good to me." Yugi said and they left.

As soon as they had drinks, Yugi found himself pulled on to the dance floor. As he danced closely with the other he wondered if anything would come of it. It had only been two weeks since his split with Honda and he wasn't sure if he wanted a relationship with anyone else just yet. He couldn't deny the attraction he felt towards the barman though and the feel of his body so close to his own felt very good to him.

They danced until the club's closing time and Yugi made a quick decision.

"Do you want to come back to mine for a coffee?"

The other nodded and they left together.

"What's your name?" Yugi asked when they were out of the loud music and into the relative quiet of the night.

"Bakura, yours?"

"Yugi."

"You're very sexy Yugi." Bakura murmured into his ear as they walked and Yugi felt himself blush again.

"So are you." He said

They never got as far as a kettle when they got back to Yugi's apartment, Clothes were scattered everywhere as they explored each other fully.

Lying in bed afterwards Yugi turned to Bakura. He was bathed in light from the streetlamp outside and looked beautiful to him.

"Bakura?"

"Mmm?"

"I don't know if I am ready for a relationship just yet, I just split with my partner of two years, I'm sorry."

Bakura leaned over and captured Yugi's lips with his own.

"Don't worry about it." He said "I've just got out of a relationship too, I saw you sitting there at the end of the bar tonight watching me and something clicked. I don't really want anything too serious either but tonight has been amazing."

"Oh yes." Yugi breathed. Bakura was so different to anyone he had been with before, There was a desperation there Yugi could feel it and it had touched him. Maybe they could help each other out as friends and see what happened.

They fell asleep together and woke late the following day. Yugi made them coffee and they sat talking for a long time.

Bakura stayed the following night and the night after that. He only left to fetch some clean clothes from the room he rented from a friend.

Yugi's upstairs neighbour commented after two weeks of this that Bakura may as well be living with him as he practically was now.

"I don't know." Yugi had said uncertainly when she mentioned it. Yugi had met Seirei on the first day she had moved in upstairs and they had become good friends. Yugi had found someone to confide in and Seirei provided a good listening ear for him.

"Well you two seem to have started a relationship." She said grinning. She wasn't the only one to have said it, Marik and Ryou said the same and although Yugi denied it saying that they were still just friends, the three had laughed and said "Yeah friends who happen to sleep together too!"

Finally Yugi and Bakura had to admit that it was a relationship and Bakura moved the rest of his clothes in.

One thing that irked Yugi though, Bakura had a good job in the bar where he worked but one week after he moved all his things into Yugi's place, he quit his job.

"How will we manage?" Yugi fretted. He had told Bakura to stick out his job until he had another one but Bakura hadn't listened and quit anyway saying he would get another one quickly.

"We'll be fine." Bakura had said but Yugi wasn't so sure. With an extra person there was extra everything else. Bakura didn't seem to mind that lights or heating got left on for hours on end. Yugi found himself telling him to switch things off all the time. It annoyed him as he was very careful in what he used but Bakura never seemed to think about it.

The money that they got between them was hardly enough to cover the bills let alone any food. Yugi ate sparsely knowing that they had to make it last but Bakura never seemed to think about it.

Yugi began to feel depressed and talked to Seirei about it.

"I don't think things will change." She said.

"It's affecting everything at the moment." Yugi said wishing that for once Bakura would think about what he was doing.

"If he hadn't quit his job things would be so much better."

"Well I heard there's a job going in the restaurant next door," She said. "Maybe he should go for that."

"I wish I could find work." Yugi said miserably. "It has to be a full time job though or I can't afford the rent."

"Well maybe things will improve if he gets a job at least." Seirei said.

Yugi talked it over with Bakura who agreed to try and see if they had something for him.

He got the job and for a while things were better but the cracks in their relationship were already there. Yugi found himself arguing with Bakura over the smallest thing. The was money coming in but it wasn't enough and Yugi often went to sleep wishing that he could be on his own again.

Since meeting Bakura, they had practically lived in each other's pockets and it was really getting to him. He liked his own space sometimes and he found he wasn't having any. There were times when Bakura was at work and Yugi began to live for those moments. He eventually came to realise that it was never going to work properly. Bakura moaned when Yugi wanted to go out on his bike and Yugi would snap back that Bakura just didn't understand how he felt when he was out on it.

"You love that damn bike more than me." He complained one day.

"Well the bike means more to me than anything." Yugi said truthfully. He loved Bakura but he knew he wasn't in love with him.

"This isn't working any more Bakura, I think I need my own space back." Yugi said quietly.

"Fine." Bakura said and grabbing his things, he walked out of the door. "Just don't come running to me when you realise you have made a mistake." He said as he went.

"Don't worry I won't." Yugi said. He was upset about Bakura leaving but at the same time he was relieved. Now there was just him on his own again and he had his computer again. During the time Bakura lived with him, he had found himself pushed off it while Bakura used it. He had been annoyed at Bakura using his MSN account to chat to his friends and even though Bakura had said he only used it when Yugi was there, Yugi discovered that he had also used it when he was out.

He logged on to his account and saw a new friend of his was online. This friend's name was Yami.

"Hi." He typed.

"Well hello there." The other replied.

Yugi found himself telling Yami all about his failed relationship with Bakura and was given sympathy and an understanding ear.

He found himself telling Yami all about his life and what had happened to him over the last few years and as they chatted Yugi realised that this person was special. He began to think about him a lot and found he was waiting at his computer for Yami to come online.

Yugi found out that Yami lived a long way from him and it saddened him, he wanted to meet him and as time went on and they talked more he realised that a feeling was growing inside him.

He was in love.

TBC…

The next chapter will be the last peeps I hope you have enjoyed this story I know one person in particular has loved reading it but then this is based on her!