Standing quietly in the third floors boys bathroom with his back pressed to the white tiled wall, Yugi fidgeted. It was maybe one of the few nervous habits no one really noticed about him, maybe because it only manifested itself when he was alone. He was itching for something to do. In the past, the loneliness had always been ignored in favor of games that required enough of his concentration to make him forget it.

Right now though, he was itching to leave. It wouldn't take much, it wasn't as if anything was forcing him to stay put really. He had but to pull open the door, and walk out into the hall. The school day was over, and the various after-school clubs that gathered in the different classrooms would never even notice him shuffling off for home. Still, he didn't move except to lift his hands, forefingers pressing together and separating, over and over again. He wasn't used to waiting. In the past, whenever he and Kaiba had met up, Kaiba had always been the one to do the waiting. It was nerve wracking for him, if only because he didn't know what he was waiting for.

What could he and Kaiba have to say to each other ?

" Hey.. it was nice making out with you and all, but that was a close call. "

Yugi snorted, a wobbly smirk twisting his lips. As if he needed more voices in his head than the one he already had. No, what he really needed was to go home, put in his time at the shop, finish his homework, eat dinner and go to bed wishing for the ground to open up and swallow him. The urge to just break down and cry was there whenever he crawled into bed, he just didn't know why. Everything was going to go back to normal now, and there hadn't been much harm done. Even before being caught there had been the occasional rumour that he might have been gay, if only because he wore eye make up and leather under his uniform. Without any solid proof of it though, those whispers were just average high school rumuors. They came and went whenever no one had anything better to talk about. As for any incriminating evidence, the school had confiscated that, and assured his grandfather it wouldn't see the light of day. Why then, did he feel the way he did ? He didn't really want to think about it, but he couldn't really help it either. Atleast not until he heard the familiar footfalls of Seto Kaiba slowly approaching.

Seto had chosen that particular meeting spot because of the relative privacy. Though there were still students at the school, most if not all of them were elsewhere, outside practicing sports, if not in the first floor classrooms. He'd made Yugi wait because he'd been pacing again, debating what he would say to the smaller duelist. Seto had spent almost all of his time, which cost him getting things done at their usual speed, thinking about Yugi and how they'd been caught, thankfully it had been covered up. It had taken quite a bit of time but he'd come to the conclusion, with some nudging, more like shoving, from his brother, that he didn't want to give up what he had with Mutou, even if he'd never admit to it being an actual relationship, and so that had been the motivation for the note he'd written the other and the reason he looked so serious right now as he knocked once on the door in case Yugi wasn't in there and if Yugi was in there so the other would let him in.

Even with having heard Kaiba's slow approach, Yugi startled at the knock. He nearly tripped over his own feet, hurrying to open the door. Sheepishly, he dared a quick look at Kaiba's face, looking away just as quickly at having seen the serious look there. He could only imagine that the taller boy would try and threaten him into silence, maybe go on one of his infamous rants about how important KaibaCorp. was and how he could let nothing interfere with that. At the thought, Yugi could only smile sadly, looking to the floor. As if he'd ever tell. Still, he would let Kaiba say whatever he needed to say, nodding along of course, and reassuring him of anything he wanted. Pushing the bathroom door closed again, he leaned against it, unsure what to say and only muttering out the other boys name in a question.

" Kaiba-kun ? "

Reaching over Yugi's head Seto locked the bathroom door with a resounding 'click' as the lock slid into place before he turned his back on Yugi. He took a few steps away from him before turning around and walking back toward him. Again though, he turned and took some steps away, he'd started pacing, it was a nervous habit of his which few people, his brother and Yugi being about the only people, to know of such a habit.

"I thought it over a lot, and Mokuba talked to me. You know we can't risk being caught again. It's too much of a risk to us both." Especially me, Seto added silently before he continued. "We can't take that risk again because next time it may not be able to be quieted. However..." Here Seto trailed off and turned to face Yugi quickly.

Yugi couldn't help but feel as though there should have been a blush on his cheeks when Seto stepped close enough to lock the bathroom door, but the innocent reaction didn't come as readily anymore, not since he'd been inside that bubble of personal space repeatedly. The color did come to his cheeks though, as he remembered the feel of Seto pressed close, their mouths locking together, and he had to will the memories away quickly before he missed out on anything Kaiba was saying to him. Yugi watched curiously as Kaiba paced a bit before speaking. As planned, he nodded along in understanding. He could hear the unspoken worry Kaiba had for his reputation, and knew that however bad it would be for him, it would be worse for Kaiba. When the other boy trailed off, Yugi spoke up, trying to sound atleast a little bit casual.

"We're not caught.. the principal took the pictures away. You don't have to worry.. I won't say anything to anyone."

Even when he'd forced himself to admit his sexuality to his friends,he had tried to protect Kaiba's identity. So even they would not know, and the only person who did know lived within the confines of the millenium puzzle. What he hadn't caught on to, was the fact that Kaiba wanted to salvage what they had together. How could he know ? They had never really given it a name. It wasn't the typical relationship, for all Yugi knew, Kaiba made it habit to have such encounters with people. From the moment it had first started between them, they had never spoken of it. Only looks passed between them, letting the other know their presence would be appreciated as soon as privacy was allowed. And when they did come together, it was only to cling to each other and kiss until they were forced apart again, each of them having duties and responsibilities waiting for them.

"We'll be at risk of being caught again because as loathe as I am to admit it I don't have any intentions nor desire to cut off whatever it is we have going on." Seto replied, not about to call it a relationship though it was obvious that it was, it was just a secret one.

"We can't meet here, not at school, it's too easy to find us and we can't risk it." Seto said after a moment. He figured Yugi would think he would dump him. Though, how could you dump someone if you weren't going out with them? He pushed that to the back of his mind as he walked up to Yugi and leaned down to brush his lips to the smaller duelists before he ran his long slender fingers, capible of typing at lightining speeds, though the short ones hair. Maybe he could visit the game shop for 'buisness' and spend some extra time there or they could have 'school projects' to work on and spend time together that way. In his mind it would be a valid reason to spend time together but he figured somehow Yugi's friends would find out...at the very least Yugi's grandfather would have to find out about them, which was not something he wanted to do but knew he would.

Yugi snapped his head up, amethyst eyes widening as he listened to the other boy. The surprise was ...pleasant, almost, and flattering of course, but unlike Kaiba, Yugi did not want to continue what they had. What they had was "whatever", was five minutes of kissing like the hormone ridden teenagers they were before splitting up and pretending nothing had just happened, and as good as those moments felt the price for them was too high. He didn't like keeping secrets, he never had, and at the very least if he was going to become involved with someone, he wanted it to be more than what he and Kaiba had done so far. He hated having to choose between his friends and his.. and Kaiba. What was Kaiba to him anyway ? They weren't really friends, nor were they rivals as that title was reserved for his Other self. Had they been lovers ? Yugi wasn't sure a few bouts of experimental kissing was enough to count Kaiba as a lover. He wanted to be normal, or atleast as close to it as he could get, which meant he wanted to be able to go on dates and spend ridiculous amounts of time on the phone with a love interest. Those were all things he didn't think he could do with Kaiba.

"We can't meet at all. "

He could only hope that he wouldn't be pressed for answers, because he wasn't sure he could give them. If ever he was going to depend on Kaiba's pride to kick in, now seemed like a good time. Yugi didn't think the young CEO would accept rejection easily, and was hoping the other boy would simply let it be and accept what he had said. If only to save face.

But he did press for answers from Yugi, hesitating only a moment to ensure his wording would get him the answer(s) he wanted from the smaller teen.

"And why not? We can met outside of school, at your place or mine. We'll just have to say were working on a project or it's buisness."

If he knew just why Yugi didn't want to continue whatever it was they had going on he would of course handle it, though he didn't like the idea of what he'd have to do.

A/N : Hello again ! So, one or two of the reviews asked for more and here it is. Once more, the good bits were done by my goddess Clipsy. She was very flattered by the reviews you guys wrote in. Me too of course ! So.. plans for more in the future ? Maybe ! I was considering a sort of Gaiden chapter to re-cap how Yugi and Seto started their little after school ritual, and Clipsy.. well, I don't know what she would like to do with the story. She's a little shy.