27 Pairs of Tripp Pants does not own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Sequel to MINE! and Broken Innocence
Summery:Yami has done unspeakable things to Yugi and Yugi has only begun to heal. Only now Yami is out of jail and searching for him, but is anything the way it seems? Final installment of the MINE! trilogy. WARNING rape and abuse.
Redemption
Chapter 7: But I Like To Keep Some Things To Myself
Joey's eyes felt dry and he had been staring at the television for far too long. His muscles felt stiff from staying in the same position for three hours. Yugi and Harper had gone off to sleep several hours ago, but for some reason Joey could not get tired.
He sat back straightening himself with multiple popping sounds coming from his neck , back, and shoulders.
"Damn." The blonde muttered, "Something isn't right."
Rubbing his temples Joey got up from the couch and walked to the fridge and retrieved a bottle of water.
"Pop?" Harper's groggy voice came from the kitchen doorway
"Hey, sugar. What's wrong?" He asked putting an arm around her shoulder
"I heard voices."
Joey chuckled, "That was just the tv, sweetheart, go back to bed."
He place a soft kiss on her forehead.
"Are you okay? Why are you still up?"
"I'm fine, I'm just having some trouble sleeping that's all."
"Okay, if you say so. Goodnight."
"Goodnight, I love you."
"Love you too, Pop."
Harper pulled away and walked sluggishly back to her room, Joey watched as her door closed ever so gently behind her. He made his way back to the couch with a sigh. He wasn't in the least bit tired. It was odd, he had never had any trouble was insomnia before, sure he had stayed wake far past midnight dueling with Yugi or studying with Tristan and Tea in high school, and now he stayed up late to 'duel' with his husband in bed.
But now it was almost half past four in the morning and he desperately wish to curl up under the covers with the man he loved in his arms and fall into a pleasant dream.
"This is bullshit." The blonde scratched his head
And with that he gave up any hope of sleep that night.
When Yugi rolled over in the large bed he came face to face with the bright, red numbers of his alarm clock which told him, all too loudly, that it was 9:17am. He groaned and pulled the thick blanket over his head.
The door opened with a bang and the purple eyed man jumped to attention.
"Dad, I think something is wrong with Pop!" Harper stared wide eyed and hair disheveled in the doorway
Yugi got out of the bed and followed his daughter into the kitchen. Joey stood over the stove wearing an apron with a spatula in his right hand. He looked up at his family with a smile. On the table there were plates and plates of pancakes, waffles, eggs, bacon, and sausages, and several pitchers of different juices.
"Morning. I hope you're hungry." He greeted
"See?" Harper nudged Yugi with her elbow, "I think he's lost it."
"Joey, love of my life, are you feeling alright?"
"Of course I am, you are so silly sometimes." Joey giggled coming around to the table with yet another plate, "Come eat. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day you know."
"Should we take him to the loony bin?" Harper asked
"Joey, did you get any sleep last night?"
"Don't worry about that now, darling, come eat with me or I may just eat it all myself."
"He's right, he will eat it all himself, I've watched him eat three whole pizzas by himself before." Yugi told Harper
"For real?"
"I've eaten way more than that, too." The blonde laughed
Harper and Yugi shrugged and made their way to the table and placed the warm food on their plates to began the day, which had started out more oddly than they had hoped.
Joey occupied most of the conversation, stating random facts or telling stories and jokes that popped into his head.
"And that's why nobody talks about spiders around Tristan anymore."
Harper snorted.
"He was really scared, I think we gave him PTSD." Yugi chuckled
"No, no, remember, like a week later, he saw a pest control commercial on tv and it showed a picture of a spider, for like half a second, and ran ran screaming for the hills?" Joey asked before breaking down into hysterical and uncontrollable laughter
Yugi could only nod, his face becoming bright red as he struggled to breath between fits of laughter.
"You two are insane." Harper giggled
Joey caught his breath, "Oh, it wasn't just us, Tea and Ryou helped too."
That did it, the married couple burst into a complete and total fit of laughter. Joey ended up falling out of his chair and rolling on the floor, which caused both his husband and daughter to point and laugh harder than they had been.
R&R
Such a cute family moment, it's such a shame to think that Yami is gunna come in and fuck it all up, huh? Opps, spoilers!
~27
I might post another chapter later today, depending on how the day goes. Please review, it makes me feel good inside. Much love.