Yay new chapter!~ I love all the love and reviews this is getting thank you all for the love and support. I actually went down to stay at my friend's for a whole week which was good. I'll be going there again sometime this month for her wedding.~ Which is bound to be fun. But i'm posting this chapter since I haven't posted in awhile.

Chapter 13

" Hmm, well I don't know about that, but. . .as long as you see me that way, then. . .I guess that's good." He smiled. He did want Yuya to think highly of him after all and with how happily he cuddled into him like this, it certainly seemed like it.~ He wondered if now with the darkness gone from Yuya's heart if he would be even happier or playful or things that could possibly have been pushed down more thanks to it. Yuto would like to see that. Yuya was cute when he was being playful. He knew it hadn't been that long, but he was looking forward to seeing how Heartland had progressed since he'd left. The more building that went up, the nicer things looked. There were other teams working on rebuilding their roads and their lamp posts and electrical and all that. It was inspiring to see everyone coming together for it, " I wonder if any kids have started going back to school again." Yuto mumbled, more to himself really.

" I do.~" He said cheerfully. He has always seen Yuto in that way. He was very kind and just the sweetest person he has ever met even though Yuto always said that Yuya was sweet. He wondered how much had gotten done in Heartland ever since they had left. He knew it had only been a couple of days really but he knew everyone was working hard to rebuilding their homeland; even people from other dimensions like Yuya would go and help out anyway they could. Yuya wasn't really strong so he couldn't help with lifting or anything but he still tried to help with insulation and all that. His body build wasn't anything like Yuto's or Shun's; who could do that and mostly spent their time working in construction.

Yuto became silent and thought for a moment, staring at nothing in particular and gently stroking Yuya's back absentmindedly. It was nice to just hold him and they weren't having that much of a conversation apart from just compliments, so it let him just think.

". . .Hey, Yuya. Have you ever thought about, if you could do anything, what you'd like to do when you grow up?" He questioned before quickly realizing that was a stupid question, " Oh wait. You want to be an Entertainment Duelist, right? I knew that." He laughed weakly at his own mistake.

Yuya smiled, " Yeah I want to entertain and make people smile." He said he didn't think it was a stupid question really, " What do you want to do Yuto?" He asked looking up at him; he never knew what Yuto wanted to do really. He didn't really know about Yuto's life before the invasion. He wanted to know but didn't want to ask and bring up any sad memories. Yuya rubbed the other's back softly and gently just how Yuto stroked his back. It felt nice to lay like this. Talking about things that happened before the invasion was fine. Those were happy memories for him. If Yuya asked him things about the invasion, he would tell him, but. . .those were. . .definitely more sad.

" I've been thinking about it. . .I think. . .I want to do something where I can help people. I've been thinking lately it might be neat to be a doctor." He explained. To be able to help people in that way, he would love to. He wanted to be able to help save lifes or just. . .help people have easier ones, just. . .things like that.

Yuya listened to Yuto on what he wanted to be and smiled, " That sounds like something you would do. You love to help people." He said, " That's a good dream to have." He added. He would support Yuto if he wished to become a doctor, " Hey um Yuto?" He said; not really sure if he should ask it; but he decided he should, " What. . .was your life like before the invasion?" He asked.

Yuto nodded, " It'll be a lot of school whenever things get up and running again, but. . .I'm hoping that. . .maybe in being a war veteran, maybe I can get some scholarships for it or something. I. . .definitely wouldn't be able to afford it on my own after all." He didn't know if Heartland could really afford that though. . .he definitely wasn't going to try and ask Reiji for help with that though and he'd never been close enough to anyone in Synchro or especially Jack to try that, but. . .that was fine, " Even if I do have to earn the money on my own, that's fine. I can do it." It would just take him longer, but. . .Yuto was patient. He would do what he had to to get where he needed to be in life. Yuto looked down at Yuya curiously at the question, not having expected it, " Oh, uh. . ." He trailed, having to think about that, " Fine, I guess? What specifically do you mean?" He questioned, that question being a little broad for him.

" Yeah I believe you can do it Yuto." Yuya said with a grin and hugged him alittle tighter. He believed that the other could do it really. He knew money and school would probably be hard right now but it's something to go ahead and start thinking about, " Well I want to hear about it really." he said, " I don't really know anything about your past. I only know about the invasion really I want to hear about before the invasion." He added, " But if it's a touchy subject you don't have to worry about answering it." He said.

Yuto smiled, " I can only hope that it all works out one day." He noted. He was a determined person, so he felt like, no matter what knocked him down, he'd be able to get back up again. He'd push through. Yuto nodded, " Yes, I understand, and no, it's not a problem to ask about that kind of thing because those were all good times for me, but. . .that's just kind of a broad question, Yuya. Can you break it down into smaller questions for me? What specifically do you want to know?" He urged him instead, " I don't mind telling you anything really."

Yuya nodded, " How did you and Shun meet from school I'm guessing?" He asked, he wanted to know to hear about it but the only question that came to his head at that moment he knew he would think of more as time passed by, " Did you live with Shun and Ruri before then as well?" He asked wondering about that too; he didn't know it Yuto had lived by himself or with his parents or with Shun and Ruri?

" Yes, I met Shun at school. We went to the same school together, so at first it was. . .I knew his sister since she was in the same class as me and I'd see him sometimes when he came to pick her up. I. . .wasn't friends with Ruri at the time either. But I got accepted into the pro duel school and that's where I really met Shun. I tried approaching him since he was the only person I recognized really. He. . .wasn't exactly accepting of that though. I had a few people warn me that he wasn't that friendly and I shouldn't try, but when I saw him duel, I don't know, it intrigued me. He seemed like a cool person and I didn't think he was as cold or as mean as people seemed to let on because I'd seen him with Ruri. It was. . .a long process honestly." Yuto chuckled, " I hadn't noticed it, but Shun had been watching my duels too it seemed like. When I finally did get to duel him, that's I think when I really met Shun . When he dueled and had an actual good duel, that's when his real personality shined. You could tell he was having fun with it." He explained, " Anyway, I ended up beating him and I guess I earned his respect that way because after that, he'd start talking to me more. Not for. . .anything huge, just little questions or whatever until slowly he just started hanging around me. I guess since then, we've been sort of inseperable in that way." Yuto grinned.

His relationship with Shun was complicated, but. . .solid. He knew he would always have his back.

" Ah, no, I lived with my parents back then, but they. . .didn't come back." He explained, that question bringing down his mood a bit.

He was intrigued to hear about Yuto talk about how he met Shun; he thought they grew up together really and just been friends for the longest time. At first he thought he had been friends with Ruri first then met Shun because of Ruri. It was nice to hear something about Yuto's past it was nice to hear. He frowned when heard about his parents and could hear the sadness in Yuto's tone. He hugged him tightly and rubbed his back to reassure and try to cheer his boyfriend up. He knew he shouldn't have asked that question.

Yuya being silent now didn't exactly help him since it left his words lingering, though he could feel that he was trying to be supportive with his hugs and his pets. Yuto had to try and keep it together though, " It's. . .fine. I live with Shun and Ruri now anyway, so it's. . .fine." Shun and Ruri were in the same boat as him in that way. They had ended up becoming each other's family, looking out for and taking care of each other any way they could.

Yuya nodded wanted to make sure that Yuto was ok, it must've been hard to grow up without parents but he was glad that Yuto had Shun and Ruri to be there for them; to be each other's family. Yuzu and her dad was like family to him especially after his dad disappeared. Yuya went to Yuzu's dad most of the time for. . .guy stuff while Yuzu usually went to his mom for girl stuff, " I'm sorry I shouldn't have asked that." Yuya said.

Yuto shook his head, " No, it's fine. But let's just. . .talk about something else." He urged him, staring more blankly at the wall over Yuya's head instead. He could talk about it with Yuya, he just. . .wasn't. . .very good with it. It definitely made him sad to think about. He probably would have felt worse if Yuya wasn't hugging him so tightly though.

That was right. He had Yuya now too. One more person who cared about him so very deeply.

Yuya nodded and try to think what to ask really; he could assume Yuto had a normal life all the way up to the invasion. It was sad though to him that the invasion even happened; it shouldn't even have happened because alot of people had suffered and Heartland had been destroyed. The one thing that was much worse was that most of the people in Fusion who was apart of it treated it like a game; like Sora. It was one thing that made him angry. He was glad the darkness was now gone because he didn't have to be afraid that it would come take over him; it was gone now and it was thanks to Yuto.

" Like I said though, me and my mom are your family now as well." He said softly he wanted Yuto to know that. His mom loved him like her own; Yuya loved him too.

It wasn't exactly changing the topic, but Yuya's sentiments did make him feel nice, " Yes, I know, Yuya, and I appreciate that. Although honestly, I don't really think of you as 'family' per se. You're sort of. . .in your own different kind of place in my heart." He explained carefully. He was his very-important-to-him-to-always-be-treasured boyfriend, " But having you in my life now means so much to me."

Yuya smiled and blushed light, " You mean so much to me Yuto." He said nuzzling him; he was very important to him. He would always treasure him; always love him. He knew that he loved Yuto alot and remembered saying it to the other after they had kissed. It made his face red really. He didn't know if Yuto had heard it of course; but he had a feeling he did, but he could be wrong really.

Yuto had. . .heard it, but he hadn't exactly registered it. The kiss had left him in too much of a daze and all he'd been thinking about was how nice that had felt and how he wanted to do it again. Kissing Yuya was just. . . perfect.~ Better than he had imagined it would be.

Yuto smiled softly, petting Yuya's hair, " Good, I'm glad." He replied, keeping his boyfriend close.

Yuya thought the kiss was just so. . .perfect. He wanted to do it again. It had been so nice and he wouldn't mind to do it again. He felt so warm and he really loved to cuddle it felt nice. He remembered when he was afraid to cuddle someone in his sleep but now he really only wanted to cuddle with Yuto.

He has really only slept with Yuto really not anyone else. When he had slept by himself when he had came home he didn't like it because he was by himself, but now he always slept cuddled close to Yuto and he loved it. Yuya was starting to fall asleep having been exhausted from today.

Yuto noticed that Yuya had gone silent again. Were. . .those his only questions? " Are you falling asleep, Yuya?" He questioned him. They still had to get dinner, so it was a bit early yet, but he supposed that Yuya had been through a lot that day, so he would understand.

" Alittle but I'm alright." He said, he was kind of tired but he wanted to stay up and be with Yuto. He knew Yuto wouldn't probably mind that he slept just a little bit before dinner. Today had worn him out just abit and he really only was quiet because he had been debating on kissing Yuto again. He wanted to but he didn't know if his boyfriend felt the same.

Yuto had no idea what Yuya was thinking so there was no way he could respond to that. Mostly he was just wondering if Yuya was okay, " Well if you need to nap, it's fine. I'll wake you up when your mother calls us for dinner." He offered, always ready to take care of his boyfriend. Granted Yoko didn't come into the room herself. Which. . .might end up being embarrassing if she did, so he sort of hoped not.

" Hey umm Yuto? I know this will be weird to ask and don't be afraid to say no, but can. . .I kiss you again?" He asked with a softly blush. He looked up at Yuto and wanted to kiss him; but he wanted permission from the other more than anything. He knew his mom wouldn't walk in the room; she would knock first and if he didn't answer she would sometimes walk in and sometimes not so they didn't really need to worry about her walking in because if anything she would call them from downstairs telling them that dinner was done.

Yuto immediately blushed, looking down at Yuya with surprise. He found himself momentarily speechless, not quite sure what to say for a moment. Wow, he hadn't been expecting that. Yuto shifted his eyes away with some embarrassment, " Um." He began, just to give himself an extra moment to control his frazzled brain before he looked back to Yuya again, " Alright." He agreed. Something else then occurred to him too, which made him somewhat concerned, " It's not. . .you don't feel that darkness returning or anything. . .do you?" hHe questioned, just needing to be sure.

Yuya kind of understood when Yuto hadn't said anything at first, it was kind of something he probably didn't expect, " No I don't feel it at all, I just want to kiss you again." He said, " It. . .felt nice before and I wanted to do it again." He said looking away in embarrassment really. He could understand about Yuto asking that, worried about him. It was probably weird and he was about to tell the other that it was ok and he didn't have to if he didn't want to, " Alright?" He asked looking back up at Yuto. Was that him saying it was ok?

Yuto blushed a bit deeper and nodded, " Yes. You can kiss me." He agreed, " I. . .thought it felt pretty good too." He admitted, averting his gaze again with some embarrassment.

Plus Yuya was his boyfriend. He alone had the privilage to do that. He was pleased to some degree though that Yuya would want to check with him first. He knew he was just watching out for Yuto's feeling and that was sweet of him. . .~ Really, it just made him want to kiss him more. Yuya smiled happy to hear that Yuto didn't mind if he did that. He leaned up to get closer and gently pressed his lips against Yuto's. His heart was beating so fast but it felt good to kiss Yuto. It made him feel so nice to kiss Yuto and be cuddled close to him; and he felt he was alot calmer now they didn't have Yuzu and Mieru there. Yuya wanted to be a good boyfriend he didn't want to force him to do anything he didn't want to reall but he was glad Yuto was ok with this. He wouldn't have mind if Yuto said no but he would understand if he did. 'Okay' was definitely an understatement. Yuto shut his eyes as Yuya leaned in, returning the kiss softly. He still felt that same great feeling coarsing through him that he had the first time, his heart beating fast in his chest. It felt better to do now that they had the privacy too. He'd been so worried about somehow doing this wrong, but. . .this all just. . .felt so perfect.

When they finally parted, Yuto opened his eyes just half lidded, looking at Yuya with a bit of a daze and a sparkle in his eyes. He just. . .he really did love him. . .~ Kissing Yuya felt like fireworks. Yuya felt butterflies in his stomach and really felt that happy feeling flow through him just as the first time. It was great and nice. . .~ He smiled softly with a slight blush. . .it was just so perfect. His crimson eyes looked up at half lidded gray ones. He felt like fireworks were going off around him and his brain shut off as he kissed back. Once Yuto pulled away slowly he really missed those lips against his. He loved Yuto so much; he knew that for sure. Just how he felt around Yuto; how the other made him just so happy. He leaned up and gave Yuto an eskimo kiss as Yuto had done before. It had been cute when he had done it.

Yuto blushed and chuckled softly, giving Yuya a content smile. He raised his hand to gently cup Yuya's cheek, stroking it with his thumb, " Just as amazing as the first time. . .~" He noted to him, feeling quite good about all of this, " Yuya. . .you really are something special. . .~"

Yuya smiled back, " It was...~" He said as he couldn't help but keep smiling at Yuto's kind words, " Not as special as you are Yuto.~" He purred softly as he placed his hand over Yuto's, he was so sweet really and so special to him. He knew Yuto had a special place in his heart and always will of course.

Yuto peeked his head up a bit when he heard the call from Yuya's mother for dinner, then looking back to Yuya again, though not immediately moving. He couldn't exactly anyway with Yuya clinging on to him. Not that he minded so much, " I guess we should go eat." He noted to his sweet boyfriend. He'd been enjoying their moment, but he supposed the really should eat.

Yuya heard the call and nodded as he took his time getting up. He didn't want to but he guessed they should go eat, " Yeah." He said and giggled. He was enjoying this so much and didn't want it to end but he guessed they should go downstairs to eat. He got off the bed and stretched before reaching his hand out to help Yuto up. He held Yuto's hand and headed out of his room and downstairs into the kitchen where the smell of the delicious food hit his face.

" Hey you two dinner's done." Yoko said with a smile.

Yuto gave Yoko a polite smile, " Thank you, it smells delicious." He noted to her, taking his seat. He waited for everyone to sit down before he got into eating his food. It was definitely good. He would miss having nice meals like this when he went back home. His simple meals were nothing compared to this.

Yoko and Yuya had got their plates and sat down and began to eat. Yuya waited until he swallowed the food in his mouth before saying, " Oh Mom me and Yuto will be going back to Heartland sometime tomorrow." He told her as she nodded.

" Alright Yuya and Yuto i'm glad you came to visit it's makes me happy to have more people to cook for." She said happily as she looked at him with a smile, " Yuto you are welcome to come visit anytime." She added.

Yuto nodded and smiled, " I'm glad to hear you say that. I was thinking I might come by once a week now to see Yuya, if that's alright." He explained his plan to her, knowing that it would be rude to not inform her of his planned weekly visits, " I won't do anything that might interrupt Yuya's studies, though." He clarified.

Yoko smiled, " That is quite alright with me Yuto, You can come here anytime you want." She said, " Of course Yuya will have to focus on his studies alittle bit better than he has but I know Yuzu will definitely make sure he does and so will I." She said, " But with school starting soon he won't be able to go to Heartland and stay as long as he has." She explained, " I hate to say that but i'm guessing you two got that all planned out?"

Yuto nodded, " Don't worry, Mrs. Sakaki, I don't want to be the reason Yuya's studies slip either. I know it's important." he assured her. He wanted to be a good influence on Yuya, not a bad one. Yuto kind of wished he could go back to school too. He didn't want to fall too far behind. . .But he didn't have a lot of options with that right then. He'd just. . .have to work extra hard to catch up if anything. He didn't think home schooling was really an option at the moment.

She smiled, " I know you wouldn't be the reason Yuto." She reassured him, " He has the tendency to not pay attention in school only having Yuzu make sure he pays attention." She said with a small chuckle. She was teasing her son about it alittle but mostly was serious about him paying attention more. She knew that Yuto wouldn't be a bad influence on Yuya one bit.

Yuya looked at her, " Well I promise I will try to pay attention more." he told her.

Yuto grinned. He wasn't all that surprised to hear that to be honest. It sounded very Yuya. He knew all Yuya really wanted to do with duel and entertain people, so being in school probably was boring for him. He imagined he probably paid more attention at You Show. He could be wrong on that too though, but. . .he figured maybe.

" I'm not sure for how long I'd be able to help you before it goes past what I've learned, but I could try and help you with your homework if you ever need it, Yuya." He offered him.

Yuya smiled, that was so sweet of him to do, " Alright that's so sweet of you to do Yuto." He said happily. He thought it was great that Yuto wouldn't mind to help him with homework if he needed it. Yoko could see how happy Yuto made Yuya and smiled herself to see her son so happy like this. She knew Yuya had never been in a relationship before, she didn't know if Yuto was the same.

" You two are just adorable." Yoko said with a smile, " I'm glad you both make each other happy." She added.

Yuto blushed, a little embarrassed about being calling out on that. Well. . .he supposed that was a compliment. He just wasn't used to being called 'adorable'. Although, he supposed she was also saying that about both of him and not necessarily just him anyway. Yuto had always been good in school though, so he figured he'd be able to help him a little and if Yuya ever needed help, he wanted to be able to provide him with that.

Yuya blushed at his mom's compliment; he wasn't expecting it but he smiled softly at it. Thinking it was good that his mom accepted their relationship; he was glad really that alot of people you knew about it accepted them. It was probably helping Yuto be more comfortable with their relationship more and more. It was also helping him as well, he had never been on a date before, held hands, kissed or even been a boyfriend to someone before and he knew this was helping him be more good at all that, " Thanks mom." He thanked as he continued to eat. She smiled back and did the same.

It was most definitely all helping Yuto become little by little more accustomed to everything. Yuya asking to and expressing a desire to want to kiss him and be close to him and such like that helped a lot as well. It slowly pulled him into it more and showed him what was okay and what felt nice to do and. . .honestly, he wasn't sure he'd exactly be able to ask or just do those things himself right off the bat. He supposed, in a way, he was having Yuya pave out their relationship in front of him and he could follow along based off that. It was a. . .surprisingly comfortable way of doing it for him. It felt gentle and low pressure and like they were just kind of. . .experimenting with things together. He didn't know that this was all a first for Yuya or not, but... Yuya was still being all the correct levels of patient with him that he needed him to be.

Yuya wanted to make sure Yuto felt comfortable with everything first before he did something. He didn't know how Yuto felt about kissing him at first before they had to to get rid of the darkness. He had guessed Yuto only wanted to do it to help him but he wasn't for sure. He knew he had been nervous and Yuya had been as well. Most of the things him and Yuto had done were first for him. Having never kissed anyone before or hold hands; cuddling was one thing he had done with Yuzu but it was when he was asleep and of course she had hit him. He always tries not to sleep with other people when they were over, but Yuto had allowed him and wasn't against it so it taught him it was ok as long as it was Yuto. He was glad that Yuto was ok with him kissing him. It felt nice and he wanted to do it more with Yuto. He knew taking things slow were really good to help Yuto ease into things and asking for permission for anything was something he wanted to do to make sure Yuto was ok with it.

Yuto was definitely a little more than 'okay' with kissing Yuya. But that was a bit embarrassing to say. Yuto soon enough finished off his meal, just relaxing while he waited for the others, again just listening to Yuya and his mother talk about different things, occasionally answering any question she might throw his way. It was a peaceful kind of over dinner talk he wasn't exactly accustomed to any more, but he enjoy nonetheless.

Yuya finished his dinner as well as his Yoko, " You boys must be tired from your day so why don't you both go upstairs i'll do dishes it's fine." She suggested. She had no idea what time they were gonna leave tomorrow, so if it was in the morning she wanted them to be able to get some sleep and head out tomorrow. She didn't mind to do the dishes anyway.

" Alright." Yuya nodded looking at Yuto, " Ready to go back to my room?" He asked.

Yuto looked to Yuya and nodded before looking back at Yoko. He smiled politely at her, " Thank you very much for dinner, it was good." He complimented before getting up and following Yuya back up the stairs again. He was a bit tired, but it was more Yuya that went through things than him. If anything, he was worn out from stressing out things.

She smiled, " It was no problem at all Yuto." She said as she watched them both go upstairs and getting ready to do the dishes.

Yuya lead Yuto upstairs and to his room before going to grab his pajamas. He knew it would still be strange to change in front of each other even though Yuto was once in his body. He had probably saw him change but he wasn't about to ask or anything making it embarrassing, " Ill go to the bathroom to change ok?" He said as he usually did to give Yuto his privacy to change.

Yuto nodded, " Alright." He agreed. He supposed that they could change in the same room as each other, but he felt a strange built in thought that he shouldn't see Yuya naked. He supposed since he had feelings for the other, it did make. . .some sense. He guessed they could just change without facing each other, but at present, this. . .was the most comfortable decision.

Yuya nodded and walked out of the room to the bathroom to change with the kitten following him without even knowing. The kitten mostly followed him since he was gone most of the time and he thought it was cute. Once he got changed he waited for Yuto to give him the ok to change. He guessed they both just change in the same room just not look at each other, but Yuya would feel embarrassed; not just even Yuto probably so for now until they felt comfortable with it he didn't mind to go change in another room.

Yuto was relaxed back on Yuya's bed, arms crossed behind his head, eyes shut as he waited for Yuya to come back. He felt fairly at peace there now. Yuya's bed was a lot comfier than his temporary one, but that wasn't too surprising. His was just one of the available ones that they had around rather than one specially picked out like Yuya's no doubt was. Rather than feeling jealous or spiteful about it though, he just felt pleased to be able to enjoy it with Yuya for the time he could. Not to mention getting to share it with Yuya made it even better. Plus he was happy that Yuya would have something comfy to sleep on at night too. He wanted Yuya to feel safe and comforted at all times really.

Yuya walked back into his room to see how relaxed Yuto was on his bed, " Comfty?" He giggled as he sat beside Yuto. He was happy to see that Yuto felt at peace in his home. That was one of the reasons they had came here; of course the major one to spend time together. Was so Yuto could relax from his duties in Heartland and catch up on his sleep; which he had been able to. He was happy about the last few days they were just magical, the fact that Yuto had asked him to be his boyfriend, they kissed and really just felt like they had gotten alot closer than before made him smile.

Yuto opened his eyes at Yuya's voice, grinning up at him, " Yeah. I was just thinking about how much more comfy your bed is than mine." He explained to him. Yuto was always happy to see Yuya again, even after just little partings. Seeing him always brought that sweet feeling back to him again. He would agree though that this time in Standard had helped with their relationship. It wasn't like it had been in any danger, he didn't think, but the personal time just for each other did help strength their bond.

Yuya smiled, " Your bed is comfty too." He said, " Just as long as I can cuddle against you is all the matters though. You're comfty as well." He added with a big grin. He had always felt comfortable when sleeping with Yuto it didn't matter where they slept really. In Yuto's bed, on the trolley, anything really was comfortable with him. He was kind of glad to be going back to Heartland; he didn't really know how long he would stay though really I guess as long as he could before school started.

Yuto blushed lightly at that, though chuckled a bit, " Mm, well I'm glad I'm up to your standards with that." He noted, " You're a fairly cuddly person,so it would be a shame if I couldn't live up to that." He noted with some amusement. Yuya really was such a cute, sweet person.

Yuya smiled and laid back before cuddling up close, " Of course, even though now I don't want to cuddle with anyone else, but you." He said nuzzling his head against Yuto's chest. He loved to hear Yuto's heartbeat really it soothed him. Yuto was right about how cuddly he was; he just loved to cuddle even though most people didn't but now he only wanted to cuddle with Yuto

Yuto smiled and wrapped his arms around Yuya, holding him close to him. His heart definitely picked up every time Yuya got close like this and he knew he could probably hear it, but that was fine. It wasn't like he didn't want Yuya knowing he had these feelings for him. He definitely did want him to know, " I'm glad to hear that. I wouldn't want you cuddling like this with anyone else anyway." He admitted. It'd make him kind of jealous if he did really.

Yuya smiled his heart beating fastly. He could hear Yuto's heart beat and it made him happy to know Yuto felt the same. Yuto and Yuzu had been the only people he had cuddled with soon after Yuzu had hit him he slept on the floor and gave her his bed when she would stay the night. He hadn't minded just as he didn't try to cuddle up with her. With Yuto he knew he didn't mind the cuddling if he did he would tell Yuya he didn't and crimson eyed duelist would stop, or try to anyway. Yuto felt happy to have Yuya as his own now. It was nice that he had his care and his loyalty. Yuto knew he would never have anything to worry about with Yuya. Not in that category anyway.

Yuto gently kissed the top of Yuya's head, figuring they were probably going to sleep for the night now, " Good night, Yuya. Sleep well." He wished him softly.

Yuto returned the hug, holding Yuya to him with a warm smile. He loved that he could hold Yuya now too. This relationship was only doing good things for him and little by little he grew more comfortable and little by little he fell more and more for Yuya. It was an easy thing to do. He released him finally and nodded, grinning happily at him. "Yes, let's go." he agreed, ready to start on their first date together.

Yuya smiled and nodded as he lead them to the arcade there was usually kids and some teens who came in here to play some games, but by this time alot of people were watching the action duels so not alot of kids were there, " What game do you wanna play first." He asked, there was alot of different games there to play.

Yuto looked curiously around at the arcade, taking a moment to decide before he grinned a bit and approached a shooter, picking up the cheap blue plastic gun. "I'm pretty... good at these kinds of games." he grinned a bit. "Or I used to be anyway." He hadn't played in an arcade since he was younger after all. But he and Shun had gone to them before. The two of them usually made an awesome team at these kinds of games.

Yuto chuckled. "One time Shun and I played a game like this together and we had such a good run, we started getting a few people watching us." he explained to him with a bit of a grin.

Yuya listened to Yuto as he picked up the toy gun, " I bet you still are, probably better than me anyway." he said picking up the other one. He kind of liked listening to Yuto's past before the invasion, but knew it was probably hard to talk about it, so he really didn't ask not wanting to cause the other sadness.

" You two do make a good team." He said with a smile. He knew they did; they had teamed up together with the resistance to fight against the Fusion soldiers; that's what he had seened from Yuto's memories anyway, but even when he was in Heartland he saw how good of a team they were with working and everything.

Yuto nodded, giving Yuya a grin. "It's okay, Yuya. I'll protect you here too." he told him confidently, starting up the game for them.

It was a zombie game. A war game would have been too much for him to handle, but something like this was unrealistic enough. All of Yuto's shots were percise and hit exactly where was most efficient for him. He fell into focus watching out for Yuya too. Luckily he couldn't actually fall behind, but Yuto would make sure he didn't get hit if he could help it, shooting down anyone one that came at Yuya and making sure to guard extra well any time Yuya scrambled with reloading.

Yuya giggled, " Alright and i'll protect you too." He said as Yuto started the game up.

Yuya was glad it was a zombie game; he and Gonzenzaka had played this game once. He had one them the game while Gonzenzaka was trying to figure out how to play. He tried to keep up Yuto though; he was taking the enemies out and watching out for Yuya as well which made him giggle and smile as he watched Yuto play. He helped out with taking out anyone Yuto didn't get at that time or when he was reloading.

Yuto grinned, enjoying the game, which he was able to get them pretty far in. Although as the difficulty ramped up, it was harder to look out for Yuya, him, in the end, ending up dying trying to protect Yuya. Which... seemed rather typical for him.

"Ahhh, dang, that's it for me." he grinned, watching his side of the screen remind him of his death.

Yuya kept going and when the game got super difficult it wasn't harder and they were coming from all over. Yuto had died protecting Yuya in the game which reminded him of when he took the hit for Yuya when Yugo had attacked. He shook the thought out of his head trying not to ruin the date. He soon ended up dying once the enemies got closer and closer to him.

" That's it for me as well." He said, " We got te highest level though." He giggled, higher than he could ever do.

Yuto grinned and nodded. "It was fun." he agreed. "Okay, you pick the next game now." he suggested, wanting Yuya to pick games he liked as well.

Yuto was pretty at peace with the mindset that he would do anything to protect Yuya. So him dying in a game to protect Yuya really felt only natural to him. Although he would have preferred to stay alive to help protect him further, he could only do what he could do.

Yuya nodded and looked around; he wondered what game they should play next? He liked them really. He would really try to avoid any games dealing with for Yuto; he didn't even like them really himself. There was a crane in the back corner and a street fighter kind of game, " Oh let's play Street Fighter." He said looking at the other.

Him and Yuzu played this game and he always won making her pout and get mad. Which would make him laugh as she challenged him again.

Yuto nodded. "Sure, we can play that." he agreed. He was moderate at those kinds of games. He wasn't bad, but he wasn't amazing either. He'd played them with Shun too, but mostly they just played the shooters since it was the most fun to them.

Yuto walked over to one of the systems, sitting down in one of the chairs provided in front of it. "Did you want to do Verses or just do our own campaigns?" he questioned, fine with either. It would be a longer play though if they did their own, but he was okay with it either way. They wouldn't get to play together otherwise.

" We can do verses." He said as he sat in the chair beside Yuto and grabbed the controller that was laying there. He thought they would probably play a few games in the arcade then go to the movies and later go to eat. This was Yuto's night after all so whatever movie or restaraunt he wanted to go to he wouldn't mind to go.

He started the game and hit verses, before the screen changed to the character selection. He looked to see what character he wanted to use but couldn't choose who.

Yuto both wouldn't know what was playing, or restaurants that Standard had, so he'd probably still need Yuya to pick those things for him. But he didn't know the full extent of Yuya's plan yet.

Yuto took hold of the joystick, choosing a character he remembered looking maybe similar to one he had chosen before. He didn't play a lot of fighting games. In general, Yuto didn't like fighting. But of course, this was a little different, so he could enjoy this well enough.

He got into the game, playing it like he would play duel monsters. Defensively and strategically, being patient and sometimes taking hits if it would give him the opportunity to do things.

Yuya ended up picking a character and started the game. Of course he played these games like the way he dueled; by going head into it like he always did. He didn't know the moves this character had but he would know soon. He moved the joystick so the character would closer to Yuto's ready to cause a hit.

He kind of knew Yuto's way of dueling having dueled him that one time but he didn't know his strategy that he was gonna use for this fight.

He was having so much fun already and this was just the first place they were going to be going on their date. That just showed how much fun Yuya had with Yuto.

It was a very close game, Yuto winning the first round, Yuya winning the second and then the third, but only by a very close margin. Yuto chuckled. "I guess you won." he noted, relaxing back to watch Yuya play instead. The winner got to move on into campaign mode instead after all. He got to play until he lost a match.

Yuto didn't mind watching. If Yuya was having fun, then that was what mattered.

Yuya smiled as he continued on playing until he had lost to a NPC that was on a harder level. He put the controller down and got up, " Hey Yuto if you get hungry just let me know ok?" He asked looking at the other.

" We can go ahead and head to the movies too." He added not knowing if they should eat before going to the movies.

Yuto nodded. "We can play a couple more games, then go get lunch if you'd like." he offered, not knowing if that meant Yuya was hungry or not. He was fine with accomodating him however he'd like.

Yuya was taking him on a date, yes, but it was a date for both of them still after all.

Yuya nodded agreeing with Yuto, " Alright that's fine." He said with a smile. They would play a few more games before heading off to somewhere for lunch then go to the movies. He didn't know what movie they would see but guessed they would figure that out when they got there. He didn't mind what movie and he knew Yuto would be thinking the same just as long as they were together they were happy.

They ended up playing a few more games, a drum simulator, a racing game, air hockey, they even ended up playing a couple ticket games, though they didn't earn enough for a lot, Yuto ended up cashing his for a tiny, thin, cheap metal ring that was coloured half green and half purple.

He turned back to Yuya with a chuckle, then put the ring in his palm. "You can have this." he grinned at him. It was a cheap gift, but Yuto wanted to give Yuya little things. "You can throw it out if you want to." he offered as well, knowing it wasn't exactly great.

Yuya blushed and smiled, " I would never want to throw it away." He said putting the ring on his finger, " Thank you Yuto." He thanked hugging the other, " It's the best present I've ever gotten. Because it's from the best person ever." he said, this was the second thing he had gotten from Yuto; the first being the duel gazer that he kept on his dresser.

He wished he could get Yuto something as well.

Yuto blushed, returning the hug, though glancing away with a bit of embarrassment. "Well it's... just a cheap arcade ring." he noted. "If that's the best present you've ever gotten, then... I guess I've got some work to do." he decided instead.

Yuto looked back to Yuya again, not able to get rid of his embarrassed blush just yet. "Shall we go get something to eat?" he suggested, figuring if he was starting to get a little hungry, then Yuya probably was too. "We can just grab something quick, then go to the movies if the movie you want to see is starting soon." he suggested, not knowing what movies were even out let alone their play times.

Yuya looked at the other, " It's the gift that counts." He said then nodded, " Yeah let's go get something to eat." He said taking Yuto's hand again. He kind of started to see that he was being all touchy with Yuto, but he knew if Yuto was uncomfortable with it then he would stop despite that he didn't want to but he would.

He was ready to lead Yuto to where most of the food places were. He debated on the place they could eat at. There was the burger place, the steak-n-shake and many others that he didn't mind having.

Yuto didn't mind it. They were on a date too, so holding hands made sense to him. He was pleased that Yuya wanted to be near him like that all the time, really. It was nice to know he was so wanted by him.

Yuto followed Yuya to wherever he wanted to take them, perfectly happy with the idea. He was just happily enjoying his date with Yuya.

In the end, they ended up getting burgers before hurrying off to the movie theater. Yuto was having a nice enough time that for then, he wasn't even thinking about his bigger responsibilities.

Yuya smiled having fun with the date and he could see Yuto was having fun as well. He had to remember to thank both Yuzu and Ruri really. He had thought of some places, but sense he's never been on a date before they both had helped him so he needed to thank them for the help.

They had ate burgers before heading off to the movies. They both had decided on a movie, bought popcorn and two drinks before heading into the theater to sit and get to watching the movie. Yuya laid his head on Yuto's shoulder and held his hand.

They ended up picking an action movie. Yuto preferred mysteries or suspense thrillers or things like that, but he wanted to compromise to some degree, so this worked fine for him. It had been a long time too since he'd seen a movie in the theaters and he found himself rather captivated the entire time as if he was seeing something for the first time.

It did get a little awkward though when they got to the typical action movie make out scene though, Yuto swallowing quietly and become suddenly extra aware of Yuya's presence cuddled partially up to him.

Yuya blushed when the make out scene; which he didn't think was in this movie. He liked the movie overall but this he wasn't expecting. He could tell Yuto was probably awkward just as he was. He wasn't expecting the make out scene but it was kind of typical in a action movie like this.

Once the kissing scene ended and now there was more action into it he felt alittle bit more better. He remember him kissing Yuto on the cheek before he left and made him blush once more.

Yuto was distracted, thinking about kissing Yuya now; what that might be like. Probably... nice. He wasn't sure about kissing quite like they were on the screen though. But it seemed like a desperate thing. Part of him imagined doing that in a panic, worry situation with Yuya before be blushed and quickly pushed the thought from his head. He and Yuya hadn't even kissed yet.

...Did Yuya want to kiss him...? Yuto peeked down a bit to Yuya, who had stayed against him. He'd... kissed his cheek and... Yuto had kissed the top of his head last night, but... ...But the again, this was a date. Were they... were they supposed to kiss after...?

These thoughts kept Yuto plenty frazzled and distracted for the rest of the movie.

Yuya thought that kissing Yuto would be nice. He would like to kiss Yuto but he didn't know if the other felt the same. He wouldn't mind it though. He didn't expect Yuto to want to kiss him anytime soon; they hadn't been together that long and he wanted Yuto to not feel he needed to.

He didn't expect a kiss at the end of the date though; it was their first date and he didn't feel that Yuto would be comfortable with that. He glanced up at Yuto to see the raven and gave his hand a reassuring squeeze.

Yuto looked back down to Yuya, his face still flushed red. He didn't know if Yuya could see that in the dark or not though. But Yuya's face just partially lit up in the darkness, with his big red eyes of his looking up at him. You'd think red eyes would be scary in the dark, but coming from Yuya, it just made his heart beat faster again.

He wasn't sure. He wasn't sure about kissing yet. Part of him really wanted to though. Yuya was just... so sweet. Kissing him sounded nice...~He was nervous if he'd even be able to do it right. He almost wished he HAD kissed Shun that one time Ruri had dared him to in that game of Truth or Dare they had when they were kids. At least then he would have had some experience for when it really mattered.

At the time though, that had just... been out of the question.

The movie soon did end, but Yuto picked up much more in the first half than he did in the second.

Once the move was over the lights lit back up and Yuya leaned his head away and stretched. He looked over at Yuto, " Ready to go?" He asked the other. Now they had the walk in the park, it was the best place for the scenery really.

He smiled at the other and took his hand ready to lead him out of the movie theater to the park. The park was really beautiful especially at night.

Yuya nodded, following Yuya back out of the theater. The sun was starting to set now and the slight chill in the air seemed to calm Yuto down a little bit more.

That's right. He just had to relax. He was with Yuya and they were... taking things slow. He imagined too even if he tried to kiss Yuya annd he messed it up that he would just do that cute little giggle of his and maybe they would try again.

Yuto quickly shook himself out of the thought though, not wanting to miss anything Yuya might ask him while he was deep in thought about... kissing him. That might be hard to explain.

Yuya lead them to the park and the wind felt perfect to them and it seemed to calm the two down and made Yuya forget about the kissing. Yuya walked through the park holding Yuto's hand. He loved holding Yuto's hand really. He loved cuddling him too and just being with him.

He felt relaxed right now; he always felt relaxed around Yuto. He loved that; the feeling he got from Yuto really; his stomach felt bubbly and heart skipped a bit.

Yuto held Yuya's hand snugly in his own, watching the sun set before them as they made their way around the rather quiet park. There were a few people there, but not many. A couple of teens, a parent calling to round up their kid to go home, a couple of business men sitting on a bench and chatting casually.

Standard was so... peaceful. He couldn't help but be a little caught up in what seemed like strange sights to him.

Yuya smiled seeing that the park had rarely no people there; if there was they were leaving or talking to their friend. If was pretty relaxful and different from what he had been use to in Heartland.

He probably knew Yuto loved being in Standard but he knew he missed Heartland too. Yuya leaned against Yuto and squeezed his hand. The sunset was beautiful and he was glad to see it with Yuto.

Yuto glanced to Yuya, wondering if it was all that comfortable for him to walk that way. Yuya considered it for a moment before taking them off the path and up a bit of a grassy hill, sitting down at the top. "How about we just sit and watch the sunset?" he suggested with a grin. That could be nice. Then when it got cold, they could just go home or something like that. He didn't know if Yuya had any more plans.

" Alright that sounds nice." He said with a nod. He said as he lead Yuto to the bench and sat down having Yuto sit beside him. The sunset was really beautiful and he leaned against Yuto and watched it. The way it was made it all too romantic like and he thought this was a good end to the date to be honest. He looked over at Yuto, " So was this a good date?" He asked, hoping he had fun like he did.

Yuto put his arm around Yuya's shoulders, holding him close as they cuddled up on the bench. He looked the little bit down to Yuya and smiled gently. "Yes it was. I'd say it was the best date I've ever had, but that doesn't really do it justice." he chuckled softly. "But it was very nice, Yuya, thank you. It means a lot to me that you would put all that thought into this for me."

Yuya smiled glad to hear that Yuto loved the date, " It's no problem it makes me happy you loved it. It was the best date." He said, " You can thank Ruri and Yuzu as well they helped me out just alittle with the things we could do. I wanted to take you out on a date." he said with a blush and as he cuddled closer to Yuto.

Even when the sun finally went down and it started to get alittle bit more chilly he still felt warm all cuddled up against Yuto.

"Well I'm glad that you did~I didn't really notice how tense I've been lately, but today has just been... very nice...~" he noted to Yuya, stroking his shoulder softly with his thumb.

He felt so safe and so at ease with Yuya...~He was such a sweet guy. Yuto watched the sun slowly dip and disappear beyond the horizon, considering something.

Gently, Yuto pulled back, taking one of Yuya's hands in both of his. "Yuya... I'm not sure if there are... requirements to this and I know that our lives are still very busy, but... Yuya... would you... do me the honor of being my boyfriend?" he questioned, definitely serious about this. "If what it comes down to as most important is a willingness to commit solely to you, then... that's never been an issue for me anyway."

Yuya smiled, " Of course Yuto I will like to be your boyfriend." he said happily hugging the other. He couldn't contain his happiness; Yuto has just made him so much happy than ever.

" Yuto I promise i'll make you so happy." He said as he placed his other hand touching Yuto's hand, " I promse you." He said. Yuto was his boyfriend, yeah boyfriend had a good ring to it really and he was Yuto's boyfriend. He was just so happy right now; he didn't care if anyone had looked over when he said yes loudly. He was just too happy right now.

Yuto smiled brightly, happy to hear that response from him. "And I promise to make you happy too, Yuya. I'll put in the extra effort for you, I swear." he urged, giving Yuya's hand a squeeze.

"Yuya... you're such a sweet and perfect person. And as lovely as that sunset had been, it has nothing on you." he compliment, reaching over to gently brush some of Yuya's bangs behind his ear. "I'll do my best to be someone worthy enough to be your boyfriend."

" You have made me happy Yuto. Just being with you has made me so happy." He reassured the other. He was happy to hear that Yuto was wanting to make him so happy and do the best he could to make him happy. He had already made him so happy.

He then remembered didn't Yuto want to ask his mom for permission? Oh it didn't matter right now he was too happy to even care about that right now. He blushed, " You are the greatest person ever Yuto you are always worthy to me. You're sweet and just perfect really." He said.

Yuto did want to do that and he had full intention to. However, it was Yuya's opinion that meant the most to him, so he wanted to make sure it was okay with him first before he went asking Yuya's mother. But he would. Now that he knew Yuya wanted to be with him in a committed relationship too, Yuto would definitely ask her.

Just... not tonight. Tonight, he just wanted to be with Yuya. He smiled warmly to his counterpart. "Then I'll do my best to continue making you happy. As your boyfriend now~" he tried out. It sounded nice, though it did make him blush a little bit.

Yuya smiled and leaned his head against his boyfriend's shoulder. He liked the sound of that; liked how it sounded coming out of his counterpart's mouth. He wanted to protect the raven; wanted to cherish him dearly.

Tonight was their night right now, nothing else. That's why he hadn't brought his deck or used his duel disk much. Using it only once to call Yuzu. He didn't mind that they didn't do anything fancy; just as long as he was with the person he loved.

Yuto smiled warmly, watching Yuya cuddle up to him again. He didn't know if it was love yet, but he had no doubts that he would one day. His feelings for Yuya only seemed to grow stronger and stronger each day.

Yuto put his arm around Yuya's shoulder again. He leaned in gently, giving Yuya's temple a kiss. He blushed at his own action, but... he... figured he was allowed to kiss his new boyfriend...~

Yuya blushed when the other had kissed his temple and smiled. He hadn't expected Yuto to do it but it wasn't like he disliked it. He leaned up and kissed Yuto's cheek. He wanted to show Yuto that he was ok with kisses like that.

He felt safe and protected in Yuto's arms; he always did. It made him feel loved and he loved that; especially from Yuto. When it came from Yuto it felt like his body heated up with happiness.

Yuto blushed and smiled happily at his boyfriend. He was in such a good mood right then, it almost made him feel a little playful, resting his forehead gently against Yuya's, giving him a tiny eskimo kiss, holding him close to him.

"Yuya, let me know when you get cold and then we can head back to your place." he suggested to him, unable to lose the smile he had at the moment. Yuya just made him so happy~

Yuya felt his face flushed but returned the eskimo kiss. He giggled softly, " I will." he said he was starting to get cold but he was alright, " Are you cold we can go ahead and head back?" He asked looking at Yuto.

He was in a good moon; not that he ever got in a bad mood or anything, but this was just so great really. Best night ever he had to say really and it was thanks to Yuto.

Yuto gave Yuya's forehead another kiss, feeling a little bit affectionate at the moment too. He was just very happy with Yuya right then~

"We can head back." he agreed. "I want to take good care of you after all." he decided. Yuto let Yuya go, getting up from the bench and taking his hand instead, giving it a little squeeze. "Let's go." he smiled.

Yuya giggled and nodded as he took Yuto's hand, " Ok and I want to take care of you too." He said nuzzling against Yuto as he leaned away so they could head home. By now everyone else had gone home so they should probably as well. Yuya didn't want this night to end though. It was so perfect.

He knew they would have more dates, but he wanted this one to last forever. Yuto was so sweet and loving and he loved it.

Yuto gave Yuya's hand a little squeeze as they made their way back. "Tomorrow, I'm going to talk to your mother." he let him know. "Is that okay?" He'd already asked if he could, he just wanted to make sure he kept Yuya in the loop with anything he was doing that regarded him. He felt that was only fair.

Yuto imagined that she would probably say yes, though he wondered if she would give him a hard time about it at all. Being someone's romantic interest and being someone's boyfriend were two completely different things he felt.

Yuya nodded and squeezed his hand back, " Yeah that's alright." he said and smiled. He was happy that Yuto wanted to ask for his mom's permission to date him even though he knew she would say yes.

He just hoped she wouldn't give him a hard time with it though, or would tease him or anything like that, but he knew she wouldn't for sure.

Yuya meant a lot to him, so he really just wanted to ask. He didn't want there to be anything in the way of their relationship that wasn't something they themselves caused. If it was just them, they could fix it together.

Soon enough the arrived back to Yuya's place. Yuto briefly wondered if he should try and kiss him at the door since it would be the end of their date, but... he still wasn't sure if he was completely ready for that or not, so he just let it be, heading inside with him. He was still nervous about doing it wrong.

Yuya headed inside with Yuto and up the stairs. He guessed his mom was already asleep and walked into his room; turning the light on and closing the door once they both had walked in. He was tired really from the great night they had together. He sat on the bed and took off his shoes.

He felt like he was about to fall asleep really; despite all the fun they had it had worn him out.

Yuto could see that Yuto was tired. "You stay here and get changed, I'll go to the bathroom." he urged him, getting his PJs to get changed into for the night. Then they could go to bed together.

Yuto was still in a very good mood. Seeing Yuya all sleepy was pretty cute too...~His boyfriend was definitely cute~He was still enjoying being able to call him that.

He nodded and got changed into his pajamas after Yuto had left the room. His boyfriend was so sweet really. His tongue felt sweet when he called Yuto his boyfriend. He felt that it was right to call Yuto that. Once he was dressed he opened his door and sat on his bed waiting for Yuto to come back. He was kind of nervous about tomorrow really but he knew everything would be alright really. His mom would be happy and give Yuto permission.

Yuto returned to the room, giving Yuya a smile. He shut out the lights, then made his way to the bed, crawling under the covers before opening an arm for Yuya. "Okay, come here." he encouraged softly, able to see how tired Yuya was. He was assuming that Yuya felt the same that he did about being close with him like this which... he felt like he slept just that little bit better when Yuya was there with him...~

Yuya smiled as he watched Yuto walk back in and get under the covers opening an arm for Yuya to sleep by him. He got under the covers and snuggled closely to Yuto wrapping his arms around Yuto. He made sure Yuto was comfortable.

He was glad to see that Yuto seemed to be having a better time sleeping. Coming to Standard was a good idea really especially with tonight.

Yuto enclosed Yuya in his embrace, nuzzling softly into his hair, smiling against his forehead. "Good night, Yuya." he whispered to him, shutting his eyes softly. Yuya meant so much to him and he was very happy that he'd be able to call him his own now. Of course, it meant he'd probably start getting more jealous, but luckily so far he hadn't had to witness anyone flirting with Yuya. Sawatari though or maybe that Mieru girl... he wondered if she was still into Yuya or if she'd given up. Well... he wasn't hers to take anyway, especially not anymore. Yuto wasn't about to give him up for anyone.

Yuto didn't take too long to fall asleep, thankfully once again having a peaceful night that night too. His mind was too full of all the happy things right now to dream of anything, but Yuya.

Yuya smiled and nuzzled against Yuto, " Good night, Yuto." He said, " Oh hold on a second. Gotta change my alarm." He said leaning up and grabbing his duel disk before changing the alarm to a softer tone. Maybe this would be better. He set the tone before putting his duel disk back onto his desk and snuggled back into Yuto.

" So warm...~ He said softly before falling asleep. He had a peaceful night as well. He was too happy right now.

Yuto woke up the next morning to the much softer alarm, not getting startled this time. He looked down at the boy slowly waking in his arms and smiled. His boyfriend...~He remembered that much~

Yuto didn't want to move yet. He wanted to watch Yuya wake up. He looked so cute when he had those sleepy eyes of his. Plus it wasn't like he had to go anywhere in particular right that second. He was in Standard right then after all.

Yuya yawned softly and opened his eyes and smiled tiredly before snuggling closer to Yuto, " Morning." He said tiredly as he brought his hand up to rest against Yuto's cheek. His red eyes were still droopy with sleep; showing he was still half asleep but knew what he was doing.

He was glad he had changed that alarm so it didn't startle the other. He loved waking up in Yuto's arms.

Yuto smiled, looking down at his sleepy companion. "Good morning, Yuya~" he replied, keeping him close to him. Even just watching him like this was making his heart race. He was such a sweet guy~He thought that a lot, but it was definitely true.

"Yuya," he began, gently brushing Yuya's hair out of his eyes and behind his ear. "When I talk to your mother, would you like to be there? Or would you like me to do it on my own?" he questioned, fine with it either way. He was confident.

" If you want me to Yuto. I don't mind it's what you want." He said. He would be there with Yuto if he wanted him to or not. He could see Yuto felt confident and he smiled. He loved how gentle Yuto was with him. He loved his smile; really he loved everything about his boyfriend.

" If you want me to be with you when you ask I will, if you don't then that's fine as well." He said sweetly as he snuggled closer to him.

"I'm really okay with it either way." he explained. "So I suppose I'll just see. I'm thinking of asking either before or after breakfast." he let him know. If Yuya was going to be with him coincidentally at either of those times, then it was fine. This was part reason why he asked Yuya first.

Yuto gently pet Yuya's hair as he cuddled back into him. "But y'know, I always like having you around. There isn't really a time I don't want you with me, unless I'm doing something dangerous." he noted to him. Like how he had tried to stop Yuya from coming to close to him when he had been dueling Yugo that one time.

Yuya nodded, " Alright." He said with a smile, " I don't want to get up you're to comfty.~" He said happily. He really didn't but guessed they should soon. He was happy with either way as well.

" I like having you around as well Yuto. I want to be with you always." He giggled even though he knew there would be sometimes they wouldn't be together, but he would try every chance he could. Unless Yuto told him otherwise. Yuya wanted to protect Yuto just like that time when Yuto was dueling Yugo.

Yuya had protected Yuto's core values and stopped him from doing anything he would have later regretted, so for that he was grateful. Even back then he supposed he must have had a tiny crush on Yuya. It had been a long time since he'd met someone who shared his values so strongly and so passionately and it had caught him off guard. Yuto had known he had wanted to protect him even then.

Yuto chuckled softly. "We do need to get up though. I want to straighten up a bit before your mom calls us for breakfast." he pointed out to his cute boyfriend. "but later we can cuddle up again, I promise." he smiled.

Yuya smiled and nodded before taking his sweet time letting go and leaned up so they could get up and get ready. He could say that he always had a crush on Yuto from that night in the park. Just a small crush he would say, but it grew occasionally during his time in Heartland helping with repairs.

" Ok." He nodded, " Just remember we will cuddle again later.~" He teased lightly. He guessed they should get ready for the day.

Yuto chuckled. "After I talk to your mom, you can cuddle me any time that you want." he offered him, getting himself out of bed as well.

Yuto got his clothes for the day, heading out of the room to get dressed. It would be a little embarrassing to talk to Yuya's mother about this, but the end result definitely out weighed that. He wanted so badly to have this with him. Yuto finished getting changed, then went back to get Yuya before they'd head downstairs.

Yuya had changed into his clothes and waited for Yuto to come back. He felt kind of nervous but knew everything would be ok. He put his hand over his heart and took a deep breathe to calm down. Once Yuto walked in he got up and smiled, " Ready to head down?" He asked.

" Yuto! Yuya! Breakfest is ready!" Yoko called from the kitchen downstairs. Yuya was ready to head downstairs.

Yuto saw Yuya was nervous and chuckled softly. "Hey, shouldn't I be the nervous one?" he teased lightly, hoping to calm Yuya down a little. "It'll be fine, Yuya. You said your mom likes me, right? If she drills me on my intentions or my willingness to take care of you or anything like that, I'll be ready. Because my honest answers for those are definitely worthy I would think." he smiled, gently taking Yuya's hand and giving it a little squeeze before heading downstairs with Yuya. He still hadn't decided if he wanted to do it before or after breakfast though.

Yuya nodded, " I know. I just can't help but feel nervous." He said as he smiled and blushed, " I know you will be fine." He said before heading downstairs with Yuto and walking into the kitchen where his mom had just got out the plates.

Yuya could smiled scrambled eggs with bacon and sasauge. He really loved his mom's cooking; he felt like he was beginning to drool just at the smell, " Morning Mom." He said cheerfully as she turned towards them.

" Morning you two? How did you sleep?" She asked, " Did you two have fun last night?" She added wondering if they had a fun night since she had fallen asleep before they had gotten home.

Yuto looked at the food, deciding it was time sensitive since it wouldn't exactly be as good cold. "Yes, we have a very nice night, thank you." he smiled, sitting himself down next to Yuya.

He felt a bit of nervousness, but he pushed past it. "Mrs. Sakaki, after breakfast, would it be alright if I talk to you about something?" he requested politely. Giving her a heads up was a polite thing to do anyway rather than springing it on her.

Yuya nodded, " Yeah it was a good night, we had fun." He said with a smiled.

" I'm glad to hear that you two." She said with with a smile as she looked at Yuto, " Sure Yuto that's fine." She said as she sat down at the table. Yuya sat down as well and grabbed his plate as well as Yuto's and handed it to him.

Yuto nodded, then got to eating, politely complimenting and thanking Yuya's mother for the meal. He was a little anxious to finish and get this done with, but at the same time, he wouldn't be rude and just scarf down the food Yoko had so politely made for them.

He made himself eat at a regular pace, listening to Yuya and his mother talk about pretty much anything. He liked just listening to them talk. It felt... peaceful.

Soon enough he finished though, getting up to bring his plate to the sink. "I can do the dishes this morning if you'd like." he offered.

Yoko and Yuya ate at a normal pace, but soon finished after awhile, " You don't have to Yuto." Yoko said, " I can do them." She added as she put her's and Yuya's dishes in the sink. She didn't want her guest having to do the dishes. Yuya listened to them both as sat down. He knew Yuto wanted to atleast help because Yuya had done it back in Heartland.

Yuya looked at Yuto then at his mom, " I can do them." He offered; he didn't mind to do them really.

Yuto wasn't sure how to react to that. "Maybe we could all help out then. The job will get done faster that way." he suggested. Part of him thought about letting Yuya do it so he could talk to his mother, but then... he didn't really want to leave Yuya to do everything anyway. That didn't exactly seem fair.

Plus that would be a bad start if he was already having Yuya do chores for him.

Yoko and Yuya looked at each other and nodded. That could work, and it would get the job done faster. Yuya didn't know if Yuto would use this opportunity to talk to his mom but guess not.

They all got started on the dished and got them done quickly. Yuya had dried them off why Yoko had helped was some and put some of them away. It had got the dishes washed, dried and put away quite quickly.

Yoko sat back at the kitchen table as she looked at her son before looking at Yuto, " So Yuto you had something you wanted to talk to me about?" She asked.

Yuto nodded and turned to face Yoko, standing taller and straight. "Yes, I... would like to ask for your formal permission if I may please..." he got a little bit nervous, though pressed on. "Be allowed to date your son." he requested, being as polite and formal about it as he could.

He was ready to answer any questions or drills she might throw at him on the matter. He knew he could take good care of Yuya and he would make the compromises necessary.

"I've already talked about it with Yuya, but, as his mother, I would like to have your permission as well." he continued respectfully.

Yoko listened to Yuto before looking at her son then back at her. She smiled, " Of course you can date Yuya." She said, " I can clearly see that you care for him greatly." She added, she thought it was sweet that he was asking for her permission and knew he was a respectful young boy that clearly dealt with a tragic event.

Yuya smiled when he heard his mom and blushed, " I have no problem with you two being together, but if I figure out that my son is unhappy then i'll be unhappy." She said, glaring at him; but she knew that wouldn't be an issue. Yuto was a good kid afterall, " I know that since you two come from different dimensions that it'll be weird but you're welcome here anytime you want to Yuto." She could clearly see how much Yuto cared for her son so she knew she didn't want to worry one bit.

Yuto was almost surprised that Yoko had agreed so easily, but then again she did just threaten him in a way but he knew she was only looking after her son. He'd been ready to defend his intentions and explain what he was prepared to put forward into the relationship and such like that, but she was... okay with it?

Yuto smiled. "Thank you very much. I promise I'll do my best to take the best care of Yuya. He means a lot to me." he admitted, looking at Yuya was a soft, loving smile.

He looked back to Yoko again. "Thank you so much for your support." he thanked her again. It's what he had wanted. Now he knew he could comfortably be with Yuya here too. He didn't want to have to hide their relationship.

Yoko smiled looking at the two, " No thank you Yuto." She said looking at him, " I haven't seen Yuya this happy ever. He's practicully glowing with happiness." She said as Yuya smiled warmingly as he looked at Yuto.

She would gladly support them; she thought they looked cute together and as long as Yuto made Yuya happy she didn't mind. Yuya was glad; no he was just so happy that his mom accepted them being together, " You two are just so cute together." She complimented.

Yuto smiled, moving back over to Yuya so he could take his hand, looking into his eyes lovingly. "Well I'm happy that I can be an additional source of happiness for him. That's what I want; to see him smile." Yuto explained, though kept his eyes on Yuya's.

He had no shame in saying sweet things to his boyfriend. His intentions with Yuya were pure. It was nice to hear that he was happiness than usual with him though. That's what he wanted for him.

Yuya laced their fingers together and smiled as he looked at Yuto, " I want the same for you too Yuto. I want to make you happy as well." He said; his crimson colored eyes held nothing but happiness in them. Yuto was just so perfect.

She squealed in happiness at seeing the two; it was just so cute, " You two are just so cute together.~" She exclaimed. She could see that Yuto's intentions were to make Yuto happy and not to hurt him at all.

Yuto blushed lightly at the squealing, starting to feel a bit embarrassed now. "Did you want to go back upstairs?" he questioned, not minding if they could have a little privacy.

Yuto had been thinking last night and that morning about the best ways to make their relationship work. He wouldn't mind going over a few things he'd decided with Yuya to see what he thought.

Yuya looked at him and nodded, taking Yuto's hand and leading him up to his bedroom. He walked into his room and sat on his bed. Yoko just watched the two go upstairs before going into the living room.

Yuya didn't matter to have some privacy along with Yuto. His mom tend to have times where she went overboard, but he still loved her.

"So I've... been doing a lot of thinking about us." he began after he sat on the bed next to Yuya. He shifted himself back against the wall though, partially gesturing for Yuya to come join him again.

"Just... thinking about what would work best for us. Since our relationship is a little unusually being that it's 'long distance' but also not and... such like that." he began, waiting for Yuya to come closer.

Yuya joined him snuggling close to him, he understood they would need to figuring ot something about them being from different dimensions and all. He guessed Yuto had some ideas on what they would do about it. Yuya listened to the other; he wanted this relationship to work just as Yuto did.

He would do anything really just to make it work; whatever worked best anyway.

Yuto wrapped an arm around Yuya's shoulders, resting his cheek on the top of his head as he continued. "I've done a lot of thinking on it and... I've decided that at least once a week from now one, even if it's just for a day, I'm going to come to Standard with you. After Heartland is rebuilt, I'll be able to give you more time, but right now that's all I can do. But even that, I think, is a lot." Staying in Heartland to help was very important to him, but having a functional relationship with Yuya was too. "And dates. I'll make time for dates. They don't always have to be when we go to Standard, but we'll see how that goes."

"But also, I'm not saying I want you to be in Heartland for all those 6 other days of the week either. You need time away from it all too and I don't want you to be constantly working, even if that means we'll have some days apart." he explained what was on his mind so far.

Yuya nodded, " I understand with you wanting to rebuild Heartland, just don't overwork yourself. If you ever feel the need to take a break you're always welcome here." He said, " But I will still come and help rebuild Heartland; i'll just try not to stay for so long." He told the other. He agreed completely with Yuto's plan, but he still planned to help out with the repairs.

" But I will want you to take a few days off from working if it becomes too hard." He said looking up at him; knowing he would be too stubborn just like Shun to actually stop working; but he could always have Ruri or Shun call him if anything.

"Well I did say I would come to Standard once a week." he pointed out. "That'll be me taking a break. And if we end up having dates in Heartland too, then I'd probably have to leave early for it." he pointed out. Of course, his coming to Standard was more as a curtesy to Yuya than anything. He couldn't just always make Yuya come in his direction, he had to give a little as well.

"I was thinking, even though I'd rather not, of talking to Reiji. Maybe he can fix up my duel disk like he did yours so I can transport easier and so that I can call cross dimensions too." he noted.

" That's true." He agreed, " Well if anything I could talk to Reiji and ask him to fix up your duel disk?" He suggested; even though he really didn't want to go see him and have him try to be all over him, but if it was to help fix up Yuto's duel disk and for him to be able to transport easily then he didn't care to. Even though he thinks about strangling Reiji with that scarf of his.

He looked at Yuto to see if that was alright with his boyfriend.

Yuto frowned, not really like the idea of that exactly. "If you're going, then I'm going with you. I don't trust him around you." Yuto clarified firmly. He didn't know if Reiji was interested in Yuya in a romantic way too or just a 'specimen' kinda way or whatever it was, but Yuto didn't like it. He'd be there to guard his boyfriend.

"Just in case though, don't mention that I would be coming. I don't want him trying some weird deal where he'll only do it if you go alone." he added in in a somewhat protective tone, his hold on Yuya becoming just a little more snug.

" Alright that's fine." He said, he didn't think he should tell Yuto about how everything Yuya would go see Reiji that he always tried to pull something. He hated the way he would touch his shoulder or really just breath in his direction. He didn't know if Yuto would go trying to hurt Reiji to be honest.

" I won't. It would be best if he didn't know so he can't try anything." He said with a small blush as he felt Yuto's hold on his get alittle tighter. He personally wouldn't want to go by himself to see Reiji and he never did. He usually brought Yuzu, Gonzenzaka or even call Yugo or someone to go with him. He didn't trust Reiji really. Yuri would be more trustworthy then Reiji.

Yuto wouldn't hurt him. Yuto didn't like hurting anyone really... But he wouldn't let him get away with touching Yuya inappropriately anyway. If anything, it would just make him watch more closely and guard Yuya extra tightly. He wouldn't want that man's hands on his boyfriend.

"Okay, good. If you ever need to go talk to him, call me and I'll be right there with you." he assured him. "Any time. As my boyfriend, you're my priority, Yuya." he assured him.

Yuya nodded, " Alright. I will I promise." He said glad to hear that Yuto would come straight away if anything, " Do you want to go see him today or wait until tomorrow?" He asked looking at his boyfriend. It was sweet that he would defend him like that. He expected that Yuto had some sort of idea that he didn't feel comfortable being along with Reiji to be honest.

"I guess today would be better just to get it over and done with. I'd rather just enjoy my time with you here rather than having to think about doing something like that the whole time." Yuto reasoned.

"Would you be comfortble with that? We can always wait if you need more time." He wanted to take Yuya's feelings into consideration too after all.

" It'll be fine." he said, " As long as you're with me so i'll be ok." He said reassuring Yuto by giving his hand a slight squeeze. He thought it would be good to get it over with then they could come back and spend the rest of the day together.

He thought he should be fine as long as Reiji didn't try anything and he knew if he did that Yuto would be there to protect him and if Reiji tried anything with Yuto he would protect Yuto.

Yuto nodded. "Should I let you go so you can call him then?" he questioned, not sure if Yuya wanted to do that first or not. It wasn't like they couldn't just come back to cuddling up again afterwards anyway. Yuto was... really enjoying being able to do this with him...~Being able to hold Yuya and feel all his little nuzzles and squeezes and see all the smiles and bright eyed looks he gave him, just...~It was wonderful~

Yuya nodded as he leaned over and grabbed his duel disk and looked through his contacts to find Reiji which was under the name, 'scarf bastard' in his contacts. He hit call and got up from his bed so Reiji wouldn't be able to see Yuto. They didn't want him to see that Yuto was there like they had planned.

" Ah well Yuya what is it that you need?" Reiji asked when he answered.

" I need you to fix up my friend's duel disk. It needs the Cross transporter so it's easier for him to transport to different dimensions." He explained to the other male.

" Alright just bring it to me today and i'll do it." He said, " I'll see you in a little while Sakaki." He added with alittle tease in his tone as he hung up.

Yuto stayed where he was on the bed, staying silent and watching Yuya. Even listening to the tone of voice Reiji used while talking to Yuya bothered him. He spoke to him like he was his amusing little play thing. Yuto did realize that there was a possibility that he was wrong and he was reading too much into this with his own protective instincts. He didn't exactly have proof that Reiji acted that way towards Yuya and Yuya hadn't told him if he had if he did, but... he just... had a bad feeling about the whole thing...

But then again, that could all just be his own personal bias. He didn't like him, Shun didn't like him, Yuya didn't seem like he liked him...

Yuya put his duel disk down and turned towards Yuto, " Well that settles that." He said. He didn't like the way he had said his name like that and really he didn't want to know why he said like that. but one thing was for sure; he was glad Yuto would be with him when he went and he was happy about that.

Maybe if Reiji knew he was with Yuto then would he back off; but for some reason he believed he wouldn't he would just try anything to get rid of Yuto and have Yuya for himself, but he wouldn't let it happen.

Yuto supposed he hadn't considered the dangerous possibility of Reiji messing with his duel disk further, but he didn't think Reiji would be... that terrible.

Yuto got up and moved over to Yuya, taking his hand and leaning in to give Yuya's cheek a little kiss. "Thank you." he murmured to him, hoping to be comforting and to be able to cheer him up a bit.

Yuto might not be used to lip kisses or anything like that, but he was slowly getting used to giving him other types. He was discovering he liked doing it and Yuya never seemed to react anything, but positively to it.

Yuya's frown turned into a smile and laced his fingers in Yuto's. The raven always could cheer him up just like that, " No problem." He said wrapping his arms around the other.

He wanted to thank Yuto for coming with him; he really didn't want to go now because he just wanted to go back to cuddling Yuto, but he supposed they could go ahead and get this done then come back home then they could.

He loved Yuto's kisses; made him feel all tingly really and he loved it. He was glad to see that Yuto was getting more comfortable with the kisses. It made him know that Yuto felt the same way as he did. He leaned up and gave Yuto's cheek a warm kiss as well.

Yuto blushed lightly at the kiss, smiling as well. He was also relishing a bit in their mutual feelings. He was very happy that Yuya felt this way about him~He couldn't have asked for anything better.

Yuto gave Yuya's hand a little squeeze. "Are you ready?" he questioned him softly, not wanting to push Yuya if he still needed time. He seemed like he'd cheered him up a bit, but he didn't want to push him. They could go whenever he was ready to.

Yuya nodded; ready to go. He guessed they should probably go ahead and head out to go see the CEO and fix up Yuto's duel disk. Reiji had agreed to do it so he guessed that he was glad that he agreed to do it.

All that matter was fixing up Yuto's duel disk and so he could be able to transport to here easily and not be sent to some random place and not know how how to get to Yuya. He knew Yuto kind of knew his way through Standard but he wouldn't like the thought of Yuto getting lost in his home dimension.

Yuto raised his hand to gently cup Yuya's cheek, able to see that he was still uncomfortable. He smiled at him gently, and stroked his cheek softly with his thumb. "Yuya... I'll be with you the entire time, don't forget that. I won't let him do anything to you that you don't want." he comforted him softly. "I promise I'll take care of you. You have nothing to worry about. You can leave that to me." he gave a soft chuckled. "I'll do the worrying for the both of us."

He knew that wouldn't make this any less unpleasant for Yuya, but he at least wanted him to feel just that little bit more comfortable. Even if it was just that little bit.

Yuya smiled, " I know you will Yuto." he said, " I know you won't let him do anything to me and I won't let him do anything to you." He said as he placed his hand ontop of the hand that was cupping his cheek. He chuckled, " I wouldn't mind taking some of that worrying off your hands." He said softly.

Yuya took his hand and was ready to head out; he probably wouldn't let it go the entire time they were there in Reiji's office He knew Yuto wouldn't mind. He felt that if he held Yuto's hand it would reassure him that Yuto was there and Reiji wouldn't be able to do anything.

Yuto had no probelms with that. He would keep hold of Yuya's hand and if Reiji tried to make them separate somehow, he would refuse.

Yuto grinned, removing his hand from Yuya's cheek. "Okay, let's go get this over with then. Hopefully it'll be quick and painless and we'll just be worrying over nothing." he noted, still not knowing that any of his concerns had any validity to them or not.

Yuto got his duel disk, then headed back out of the house again. Yuya would have to lead the way though. It's been a while and Yuto couldn't remember the direction exactly.

Yuya nodded before leading Yuto to the LDS building. He guessed that Reiji had told his security guards or someone that they were coming because one of them was waiting outside for them. Once he saw them he pressed his earpiece and said something that Yuya couldn't hear for they weren't close enough.

" Come with me." He said as Yuya nodded and he lead them through the building to Reiji's office, " Mr. Reiji Yuya Sakaki is here and he brought someone with him." He said as he walked off.

" Ah Yuto it's been so long." Reiji said getting up from his desk, " I'm guessing i'm fixing your duel disk?" He asked.

Yuto nodded, removing his deck before handing over the duel disk to him. "Yes, and I understand this isn't the first time you've fiddled with my duel disk." he noted, having heard from Shun that Reiji had taken it to figure out the dimension technology in the first place.

He... didn't really like the idea of him having had his deck and duel disk, but at least, at the time, his dragon was safe with Yuya.

Reiji took the duel disk and looked up at him, " No this isn't the first time. It was really thanks to you that we could perfect the cross dimension that Yuya uses to go to Heartland as well as many other people uses." He said, " Yuya you are being quiet that's strange?" He asked cocking an eyebrow, before noticing them holding hands, " It seems things happened in Heartland than I thought Yuya." He said.

" What's that suppose to mean Reiji?" Yuya asked.

" You two are holding hands you know that right?"

" Of course I do know that. For a CEO you're quite slow in learning things."

Yuto glanced at Yuya, raising a brow. He hadn't expected Yuya to talk to him quite like that. Yuya really must not like him. Yuya didn't talk like that to people. He was sure though that whatever it was, it was justified.

Yuto looked back to Reiji again. "How long do you imagine this will take?" he questioned him, trying to keep him on track. It shouldn't matter what Yuya's relationship status was to him. That wasn't any of his business.

Reiji glanced at Yuya then back to Yuto as he pushed up his glasses, " It should probably take a hour or two. So you two can wait here or go do something else and we'll just call you when it's ready." He said.

There had just been too many things that Reiji had done to not only him but the people he cared about and he didn't like him for it. Yes he created the technology that had helped them go to the Synchro dimension and allowed Yuya to go to Yuto's dimension; he had also gave Heartland donations to help out and he was grateful that he did that; but overall Yuya just hated him.

Yuto nodded. "Alright, we'll take our leave then. Thank you." he replied politely before turning to lead Yuya back out. They didn't need to wait around in the building. They could come back later when Reiji called. And Yuto could answer for Yuya too if he preferred that.

Yuto could see that Yuya wasn't happy there, so he wasn't about to suggest they wait around any longer there. He supposed Reiji had never done anything wrong to him personally, but he just... didn't like how he treated the people he cared about.

Reiji nodded before Yuya and Yuto walked out of his office and headed out of the building. There was more to it than that; he had other reasons he didnt like Reiji, but mostly it was jsut how he saw other's as test subjects really. He was kind of glad that Yuto had decided to leave and that they would just come back later.

Yuya gave Yuto's hand a reassuring squeeze to show Yuto that he was alright really. They just had to wait for an hour or so now. So if anything they could walk around or go back to his house for awhile.

Once they exited the building, Yuto let out a little breath. "That was thankfully more painless than I thought it might be. Still, you seemed pretty tense. Are you okay?" he questioned. "I'm not used to hearing you talk like that. I guess you really have something against him." He noted.

"To be honest, I did find it a little odd that he thought to bring up that we were holding hands anyway. I'm not sure how he would find that to effect him at all to the point that rather than silently note it, he'd feel the need to say something." Yuto explained his thoughts on the matter. Unless he was purposely trying to make Yuya uncomfortable.

Yuya nodded, " Yeah i'm fine. It's just alot of things really that I don't like about him. He sees people as chess peices that he controls and I dont feel comfortable with him. Usually I ask someone to come with me because of it." He said, " I feel like he sees me as his favorite piece to just play with." He said with a sigh.

" I don't know if it's just me being paranoif or what but that's how I feel. I don't even like him touching my shoulder or just be anywhere near me." He added squeezing Yuto's hand lightly. Reiji had never done anything bad like that but he just wasn't comfortable with him being...too touchy with him.

"Hmm... I don't know if Reiji is even a touchy person, so I can see why you might be uncomfortable with him trying to touch you." Yuto mused, stroking Yuya's hand with his thumb in some comfort, not really leading them anywhere in particular, just taking them on a little walk. "But don't worry, I won't let him touch you." he clarified. "Even if he scrutinizes us, I won't let go of your hand." the teen clarified firmly.

"My biggest concern is that he tampers with my duel disk in a negative way. But I suppose I just have to trust nothing like that will happen. If... something does happen to me because of it though, I want you to talk to Shun about it." he urged him. Shun had spoken to Reiji before. He wasn't sure how much control Shun would be able to muster, but he trusted him to talk to Reiji and to protect Yuya at the same time if he was there too.

Yuya nodded, " I know you won't let him Yuto." He said leaning his head against Yuto's shoulder as they continued to walk, " I wouldn't let anything happen to you." He said, " If something did happen to you and he was involved I would make him pay drastically." He said in a somewhat darken tone, but he nodded with agreeing to talk to Shun. He knew Shun wasn't afraid of Reiji; not like Yuya was afraid of him either.

" Yeah I don't want him to tamper with your duel disk; I wouldn't know why he would, but I wouldn't put it past him." he said.

"I'm not saying that he would, but I'm just saying as a just in case situation. I don't want you going there by yourself if you confront him at all. Get Shun first." he urged him, giving his hand a little squeeze. "Whatever he does, I'm sure it wouldn't be anything that would kill me anyway, so there would be a way to undo it." he added in, not wanting Yuya to lose control at all. He could see he was already becoming unsettled from his tone and part of it did concern him that Yuya might let that darkness take over him again. If he continued like that at all, Yuto would stop him and try and calm him down again.

"In any case, I imagine it'll all go fine. Reiji is an asshole, but he's not evil." he clarified.

Yuya nodded calming down, " Ok I will." He knew Shun wouldn't let anything happen to him really. He kind of believed Shun was starting to warm up to him and if Yuya made Yuto happy he would try to protect what his best friend cherished. That was only if Yuto couldn't come right away or something though; but he knew if it was urgent then Yuto would be by his side in a heartbeat.

" You're right about that. He's not evil just an ass." He agreed.

It was partially because he knew that Shun would protect Yuya for Yuto and partially because he knew that Shun would understand fast enough that in that situation, he and Yuya were after the same thing: Yuto's safe return. He trusted Shun would be able to handle the situation. He was a smart person.

Yuto nodded. "Right, so I'm sure it'll all be fine. This'll just serve to make our relationship easier in the end." he gave Yuya a grin. "I'm glad that we were already able to work some things out in that way. Did you want me to set aside a specific day to come to Standard each week?" he offered, figuring if Yuya had a bad of the week that worked the best, he could just set that. It was a big sacrifice to him to be giving up one day a week to go have fun with Yuya rather than sticking to his responsibilities of helping fix Heartland, but Yuya was important to him and he wanted to make this work.

Yuya smiled softly, " Yeah you're right." He said. Their relationship that just sounded perfect in his ear's really; made him happy really, " Umm really anyday will be alright with me, but I will like to still stay there with you and help and I know you said you were alright with that; but maybe just like you will stay here one day; I could stay one day in Heartland; stay the night then head home monday. Since school will be starting up soon." He said; he had to remember that school will be starting back sooner or later and he just couldn't ditch school to help rebuild Heartland as much as he wanted.

He had skipped three days of school to go to Heartland without telling his mother before and she had yelled at him only because she didn't know where he had went but he had told her it was important to him that he helped and she had agreed letting him take off a few days to help.

Yuto nodded. "Right, school, yes, then... I'll come over on a weekend too as to not interrupt that." he decided. They could spend their weekends together. That sounded nice~Although less time would make him miss Yuya more, that's just how it was. He would just treasure the time together that they did have. It would give him something to look forward to at the end of each week and that was nice~

"Mm, I guess a normal relationship at this age would be us going to the same school together and such like that or... meeting up after school to see each other briefly or something like that. But our semi-long distance relationship... I think it'll still work. It just means we won't see each other all the time, but... I know with certainty that time apart won't make me want to be with you any less." he clarified.

" You don't have to do that you can still come over on the weekdays because normally I don't get homework but when I do I get it done quickly thanks to Yuzu helping me out. So anyday you want to come will be great with me." He said happily.

" To make it fair our relationship is anything but weird; you're dating a weirdo entertainer." He giggled, " As long as I still get time to be with you though i'm happy." He said. Nothing would change; nothing would make him want to be with Yuto any less either. The time they would have together he would cherish it dearly. He looked down at his and Yuto's laced hands and remembered the little ring Yuto had got him on their date last night. Yuto might thought it wasn't much but to Yuya it meant everything to him. It was his little treasured item he got form Yuto on their first time; he would always wear it and never take it off.

Yuto smiled warmly at Yuya. "Mm, but you're my weirdo entertainer." he pointed out, giving Yuya's hand a little squeeze. Yuto loved everything about Yuya. There was no one thing that he fell for, he fell for all of him, his shining qualities and his flaws. They were all part of what made up Yuya and that's who Yuto wanted to be with more than anyone in the entire world. Or across any dimension he supposed was possibly a little more accurate.

"I could, but we might have less time that way. Plus, I would worry about keeping you up too late. I wouldn't want you to be tried for school the next day." he explained. "But if things work out better for me to come on a weekday, then I will." he added in. He would do whatever worked best for them. His days were all pretty much the same, so he could be a little flexible.

The ring Yuto gave him was cheap and the colours on it would probably eventually chip off and the ring itself might break easily, but Yuto did find it quite sweet that Yuya seemed to like it so much. One day maybe he would find something a little better to give him.

" It would be alright but I guess you're right about that." he said; he loved Yuto really just happy he was able to cheer him up just like that or that he was willing to protect him no matter what. He loved everything about Yuto really though. He would cross any dimension; really do anything to be with Yuto.

The ring even if the color chipped off or that it broke he would keep it as a momento from their first date. It was something he would cherish forever; he only wished he could give Yuto something and he know he would.

Yuto nodded. "We'll make it work. I'm confident in that. I know one of the big things in long distance relationships is having communication and trust. When Reiji finishes updating my duel disk, we'll be able to talk easier with the cross dimension calling and... I know I can trust you 100% so that's not going to be an issue." he smiled. He knew he could trust Yuya with a his heart. He already kind of had before...~

"Hey, after we get my duel disk back, how about we do something fun?" he suggested, still trying his best to keep Yuya happy. "We could go have that duel at your duel school if you'd like." he offered him.

Yuya smiled, " And I know I can trust you." he said hapily. He would trust Yuto with his life really; just as Yuto had before. He was happy to think that after Yuto's duel disk got fixed then it would be easier for them to communicate, " I know this will work." He added.

" Sure that sounds like a good plan." He said happily. He had his deck in his pocket and knew Yuto had his all they needed to wait for was Yuto's duel disk to be fixed up. He didn't mind if it was a regular duel or just an action duel really. He would still entertain the crowd and Yuto either way.

"That's good, I'm glad. I swear to you, Yuya, that I would never ever cheat on you. I wouldn't even consider it. There's only you for me. No one else." he swore to him, giving his hand a squeeze. "And I don't care if Yugo and Yuri have the same face, it's just you that I'm attracted to. You're... different somehow." he explained with a light blush and a bit of a chuckle. He supposed he hadn't really mentioned straight out that he was attracted to Yuya, but... he was.

"I guess you should probably call Yuzu then and let her know that we'll be coming." he pointed out, not exactly able to do that himself. He had no way of contacting anyone at the moment.

" I swear to you Yuto as well that you are the only person I want to be with it. I would never want to hurt you or cheat on you." He said; he would never think about either; he would rather die than do that really. He had to agree with Yuto; even though he shared a similar face with Yuto, Yugo and Yuri; he didn't think of the other two the same way he thought about Yuto. Him, Yugo and Yuri were friends but he and Yuto were more than that.

" Alright I'll call her. Oh if you want you can use my duel disk to call Shun and Ruri if you want to check up on them?" He suggested he didn't know if he would want to, but he thought it would be a good idea to let them know that he was alright.

Yuto smiled and nodded. "Good. I know you won't." he replied, still happy to hear it regardless. He did wonder if Yuya was attracted to him as well though. He had been told more than a couple times that he was a sweet person, so having Yuya just fall for his personality was possible. Although, he supposed that was a weird line also since they were dimensional counterparts. He wondered if Yuya even could be attracted to someone who looked so similar. He felt they were different though. The two of them took care of their bodies in different ways. Yuto had a bit more muscle on him than Yuya did with how he'd had to train to keep strong and Yuya, being an entertainer, was physically fit in a less showy kind of way. Plus he suspected that Yuya was a lot more flexible than him, but that... was drifting away from his point. Well... either way, he supposed it was a fuzzy kind of line he couldn't exactly make out. But he knew that he was attracted to Yuya. He tried not to think about if that seemed at all narcissitic. Not that Yuya was exactly him either so it... was complicated.

"I'll do that when I get mine back. It'll be a good test to see at least if that part is working." he pointed out. If Reiji did any negative tampering, he could at least check to see if other functions worked normally in a safe way.

Yuya was definitely attracted to Yuto; more than he had ever been to someone before in his life. He had never had these kinds of feelings with anyone before but he was enjoying the feel he got from his counterpart. He knew people would kind of say their relationship was just weird because, well they shared the same face and happened to be dimensional counterparts, but Yuya would never let that stop him being with the person he cared about.

He nodded, " Alright. I'll go ahead call Yuzu and let her know that we just have to wait for your duel disk." He said and pulled his duel disk out and called Yuzu. Waiting for her to answer; she was probably at the school again helping her dad out or dueling herself right now.

Yuzu was in class when her duel disk rang. She looked at it, seeing it was Yuya before getting up. "Sorry, dad, it's Yuya, I gotta take this, be right back!" she explained before dashing out of the classroom to get into the hall. She leaned on the wall outside the classroom and accepted the call. "Hello again, Yuya. What is it?" she smiled at him, always happy to talk to him.

Yuto just watched, waiting patiently for Yuya to finish his conversation with her.

" Yeah do you think you can prepare a duel for me and Yuto? We have to wait for his duel disk to be fixed up at LDS but Reiji said it should be about an hour or so." He asked. He could see she just got out of class and was in the hall. He knew she could probably get it set up real fast, " So you don't have to rush on that." He added

"Oh! Sure, Yuya! You don't mind if I put you two on display though of course, right?" she urged, though she knew Yuya always loved an audience anyway. "I'll tell my dad and we'll set something up. Sora came in today actually so he-" "Yuya!"

Yuzu's arm got yanked down and Sora stuck his face in front of the screen instead. "You're back! You didn't come see me though, how mean." he pouted from behind his lolipop. "You're going to duel, Yuya? You should duel me instead then!" he urged, liking dueling with Yuya. Plus it had been a while!

Yuya nodded then looked at Yuto, " Yuzu said about putting us on display you don't mind do you?" He asked looking at the other before he heard someone call his name and saw Sora there with his lolipop.

" Hey Sora yeah i'm back sorry I didn't know if you were here or not." He said, " Yeah i'm gonna duel; duel with Yuto of course." he said, " Maybe we can duel next time. I promise." He said.

Yuto shook his head, not minding at all. He expected that. It's what she said last time after all, so this was fine.

"Huh? With that guy? Why? That sounds so boring! I'm way better than him! You should duel with me instead! It'd be a lot more fun!" he urged him cheerfully, not really knowing that Yuto was there too. Although the knowledge of that probably wouldn't have changed what he said.

"Sora!" Yuzu scolded. "Yuto's a good person, don't say things like that!" Sora looked up at Yuzu with a pout. "He is though! He doesn't even duel seriously! It's insulting to duelists!"

Yuto couldn't help but roll his eyes a bit. It was true that he wasn't fighting Sora seriously back then, but Yuto hadn't wanted to hurt him, he'd just wanted to get some answers from him.

Yuya frowned and eyes darkened, " Sora!" he growled softly, " Don't say anything about him like that ever again." He was angry that Sora would say that, " Yuzu just have it ready for us like I said it'll be an hour or so until then." He said and just hung up. He really didn't want Yuzu or Yuto to see him get angry like that but he couldn't help but get angry at Sora.

Yuya put his duel disk up and took a deep breath to try to calm down; he didn't want to be angry; he wanted to be happy as he usually was.

Yuto nodded. "He does." he agreed. He looked back to the screen again. "I think I'll probably come home tomorrow at some point." he decided. It had only been two days, but Yuto was already feeling like he should go back. He was itching to. "I haven't talked to Yuya about it yet, but I just... feel like I should." he explained. "I don't want to keep imposing on him here." He'd done his best to help out, but he still felt like he should get out of their hair in that way. Not that he wasn't enjoying his time there. "So I'll be back to help you out again soon." he assured him. "I've gotten some sleep now, so it should be fine."

Shun looked at him then sighed, " Well I guess alright, since you look like you've been sleeping well that's alright." He agreed, " But if something happens or anything me and Ruri will send you back to Standard." He said, " Oh will Yuya be coming back with you or will it be just you?" He asked. He would have to tell Ruri about him coming back and that Yuto was having fun.

" I'm gonna go and get back to work." He said, " I'll see you and maybe Yuya if he's coming back with you tomorrow." he added.

"I'm not sure since I haven't even told him that I'm going yet. I'll ask him when I talk to him about it later." he replied. "Alright, bye, Shun, stay safe, say hi to Ruri for me." he urged, before hanging up as tell.

Yuto reattached his duel disk to his arm again before stepping inside the unfamiliar school. He wondered where Yuya went? Yuto ventured further in, checking around curiously.

"How come you're even here?" Yuto heard a voice from behind him, turning to see Sora step out from a hallway to the right of him. He supposed he wasn't that surprised he'd snuck up on him. Sora was a soldier after all.

Yuto turned to face him a bit more and Sora proceeded. He was used to Yuto not responding to him when he asked him questions, though it still pissed him off. "Shouldn't you be back in your own dimension helping out or something?"

Yuto frowned. "You're not in yours either." he pointed out. Sora put his hands behind his head, turning his nose up a bit, trying to act superior. "Yeah, but this place is my home too. I actually go to this school." he pointed out. "You're kind of trespassing if you think of it that way."

Yuto rolled his eyes. He didn't think Sora was there for anything more than his own amusement. Academia had no doubt taught him all the dueling skills he needed that no doubt would out class the fusion techniques of Yuzu's father. And the trespassing thing was a bit of a stretch.

Yuto had to remind himself though that Sora was still just a child. He was just acting like any immature elementary school bully might if they felt someone of theirs was being taken from them. Not that Yuya belonged to Sora anyway.

Yuya walked finally found Yuzu seeing she was getting the arena ready for his and Yuto's duel. He didn't know how long Yuto would be on the phone with Shun and he wanted to give him some time to talk to his friend. He guessed he should go check on Yuto and tell him it was ready. When he walked outside he saw that Yuto wasn't outside anymore and guessed he went inside.

" Yuto!" He called as he made this way through the halls wondering where he had went. He could call him on his duel disk but he knew he would find him sooner or later. He had heard Yuto and Sora's voices and turned down the hall to hear the two; mostly Sora talking. Yuto looked as if he was just wanting to find Yuya more than anything.

" Yuto isn't tresspassing Sora." he said calmly as he walked up to them, he was just trying his best to stay calm at this moment, " I finally found you Yuto how was everyone?" He asked nicely.

" Anyway the arena is ready to mine and Yuto's duel so come on let's go." He said, " You too Sora you can watch as well." He added.

Yuto and Sora both turned their attention to Yuya when he entered. Yuto nodded. "Everything seems fine there." he replied simply, giving Yuya a little grin, pleased to see him again.

Sora hopped over, hugging Yuya's arm to him. "Yuya! You should duel me instead! We haven't dueled in forever!" he pressed. "Come on! I'm way better at entertainment dueling!" he pointed out. He had picked up some of those things from Yuya. "It'll be way more fun, I promise!"

" I already promised a duel with Yuto. Sora we can duel another time I promise." He said looking at Sora before looking at Yuto and smiled back. He was just trying to stay happy at this moment. Sora was just poking fun; even if it was in his own little twisted way of course. He had promise Yuto a duel and he was gonna keep it.

Apart of him though didn't want to duel Sora and have him use Fusion and maybe freak Yuto out; he knew Sora's monsters looked cute but he still didn't want to risk it. He was looking out for his boyfriend really and the fact he had already promised Yuto a duel.

Yuto would be more freaked out if Sora started whipping out ancient gear monsters. He still didn't like fusion though, it unsettled him, but as for being afraid, it was just the Ancient Gears that got him.

Sora pouted. "That's no fun! You're always gone now. You'd better make time to duel me too!" he urged Yuya. "How come you even wanna hang around with this guy? He's so quiet and serious all the time, it's boring !" Sora complained. "Is this some weird dimensional counterpart thing or whatever I just don't understand?" The whole thing seemed so weird to him. He didn't like how Yuto looked so much like Yuya too. Or how Serena, Rin, and Ruri all looked like Yuzu. He just wanted his very best friends to be special on their own without all these fakes around.

He just sighed softly finding it hard to be calm. He knew Yuto didn't mind but it bothered him alot. He didn't like people talked about other people because that's how it was for him when he was a kid, " Sora you might want to. . .stop saying that right now." He felt the darkness rising up to the surface from within him right now, " No matter how much you don't like it. Yuto is gonna be around no matter what. So you might want to get use to it." He said.

" If you can't accept that then I don't know what to tell you." He said darkly, " I'm gone because i'm helping the damage your dimension caused." He added glaring at Sora.

Yuto eyed Yuya cautiously, taking a step closer to him to take his hand gently. "Yuya, calm down." he urged him softly, but firmly. He didn't like this. That wasn't even much and Yuya was getting like this. He should have an angry that wasn't quite... this. It wasn't like this was the only way he'd seen Yuya mad. Was this because it was to do with Yuto? He felt somewhat unsettled that this was the effect of it.

Sora huffed, shifting the lolipop to sit on the other side of this mouth with his tongue. "That's rude. I was only doing what I was told to. And it was just a game anyway." he noted. "Besides, you know I switched sides, so what's the matter now?" he pointed out.

Yuto couldn't say he liked the idea of Sora calling it 'a game', but he also didn't really want to press on it if Yuya was going to become unstable again. Really, this was something he was starting to wonder if Yuya needed to be checked out about. Was this something that he had done to him? He didn't like that thought. "Yuya. Is Yuzu waiting for us?" he reminded him carefully, hoping to take Yuya's mind off of this a little bit.

Yuya kept his darkened eyes on Sora; he knew Sora had changed sides and it was what made him forgive him. He hadn't even heard Yuto's question at this point he could feel a hand on his shoulder but he only saw red, " A game? Is that what you're gonna call it. People's lives; homes destroyed...A GAME." He scowled angerily.

At this point when he said that that's when he really lost it, " People were terrified, screaming and running and you say that was a game!"

Sora took a step back. He wasn't used to Yuya yelling at him like that. He yelled for him a lot, but never really AT him, and definitely not like that. "Yuya, you're getting a little scary." he commented to him.

Yuto frowned, then reached over and grabbed Yuya's arm, pulling him closer and making him face him. "Hey. Look at me." he demanded firmly. He placed his free hand on Yuya's cheek. "Things are fine now. Just calm down."

He definitely didn't like this. But did anyone know what this was? He wondered if there was somewhere they could take Yuya to get him checked out about this.

Yuto slapped his cheek gently a few times, it being more of a pat really. "It's okay. You can snap out of this." he urged him.

Yuya's head began to hurt really; images of the people screaming and running from them. He didn't hear Sora's voice but saw him as an enemy. He was ready to attack if needed; his duel disk was right there and his deck in his pocket. He felt the pats of course and it began to snap him out of it.

His eyes lightened once again as he looked at Yuto. He looked over at Sora as well but didn't keep looking at him long, " Yuto?" He asked looking back up at Yuto; he was really tired at this point now. This always happened after that would happen, he didn't really feel like dueling either.

Yuto could see Yuya coming back out of it, feeling relieved. He pinched Yuya's cheek. "You all done now?" he questioned, hoping to shock Yuya a bit more awake. Just a little. He didn't think a little pinch would do much more than give him a jolt. He just wanted to make sure that Yuya was himself again.

Sora watched them cautiously. He remembered he'd seen this happen to Yuya before, but he never knew what caused it. He shifted his eyes to Yuto though. Was it him? Was it being with him that did this? Yuya had gotten upset with him, but never like that...

Yuya felt the pinch and felt it wake him up, " Y-Yeah." He said; keeping his eyes on Yuto at this moment. He was glad Yuto had been there so he didn't go too out of control. His mom didn't really know what this was but she knew about some of the nitemares he had; but they had stopped after awhile. He didn't want to worry his mom about this; whatever it was.

I think the only thing keeping him up was Yuto at this moment. He felt so exhausted he could collapse but he would pull through it.

Yuto grined, cupping Yuya's cheek instead, stroking the spot he's pinched with his thumb as a sort of half apology. "Good. You were losing it a bit there." he explained to him simply. He kept his hold on Yuya's arm, though it wasn't quite as tight as it was a moment earlier. He could feel though that Yuya was leaning on him a bit for support.

His concerned eyes searched Yuya's tired ones, then glanced at the confused, semi concerned looking Sora over Yuya's shoulder. "Sora, I need you to go tell Yuzu that our duel is going to be postponed at least for a little bit. I'm not sure how long yet." he urged the boy, who pouted a bit, not liking being told what to do by someone like Yuto. But...

"Fine, but I'm just doing it for Yuya, you hear?" he huffed, pointing his lolipop at Yuto. "You better take good care of him too or this time, I really will hunt you down." he warned him before dashing off to go tell Yuzu everything that just happened. She'd probably want to come back to where Yuya was.

Yuto gently pulled Yuya a little closer. "Here, lean on me. You look like you're going to collapse. Are you okay?" he questioned softly, needing to make sure.

Yuya watched tiredly as Sora went to go tell Yuzu before leaning against Yuto, " I'm just tired. That always takes alot of energy out of me." He explained. He really wished he lost control like that especially in front of Yuto. It was just he got angry at what Sora said; he still thought all of that was a game.

He was glad he didn't hurt no one though; he knew he was about to hurt Sora though but he didn't and it was because Yuto happened to be there to stop him before he did so. Stopped him before he could hurt anyone really.

Between Sora and Yuto, he didn't think Yuya would have really been able to hurt either of them. Yuto nodded and carefully and swiftly scooped Yuya into his arms. "Let's fine a place for you to lay down then. Tell me where I need to take you." he urged him, having no frame of reference in this place.

"Yuya, I'm getting concerned about that. That was such a small thing to trigger that. It was earlier too. I'm worried that whatever it is inside of you is getting way worse than it used to be." He would have thought that it would have gotten better, but that wasn't even close to what had brought it out before. "I haven't... figured out how or who exactly yet, but I think we need to get you checked out for that. There's got to be some way to release some of that from you. You should be able to get angry without it escalating to... that..." he frowned.

" There should be a couch just down this hall and to the left. There's a room and it has a couch." He explained as he pointed straight down the hall. He blushed when Yuto scooped him up in his arms. He showed him where to go when they had started heading down the hall then took a left and there was a room.

" I wouldn't know how to do that exactly... Or who." He said, hating himself to have worried Yuto. He didn't really trust talking to someone then they say something that will trigger that side of him then he loses it and attacts someoned. He wouldn't be able to forgive himself if he had harmed anyone, " I-I don't know just what Sora said made me angry. I guess i'm just too weak to fight against it."

Yuto followed Yuya's directions, taking him to the room and laying him down on the couch. He set on the couch edge by Yuya's legs, looking down at him. "Don't under estimate yourself, Yuya. You're a very strong person." he urged him. "There's just something going on with you." he continued, trying to think hard over who they could possibly ask about this.

...Oh. One option did come to him, but he wasn't so sure that he liked it. But he supposed it was still better than the secondary alternative that he didn't even want to consider.

Yuya was laid on the couch, he still didn't believe himself strong as Yuto thought he was. He didn't have any idea on who they could have help him or on how to do it. He didn't understand any of it. He wanted to get better but he just didn't know how he could get this anger he held deep inside away. His head still hurt really and when he would try to lay up his head would just get dizzy.

Maybe the duel wouldn't be such a good idea right now. He didn't even think he could stand up without getting dizzy right now.

Yuto gently put a hand on Yuya's leg, stroking it hopefully comfortingly. "Yuya, you should take a nap. I think you need it." he urged him. He'd think more on this, maybe talk to Yuzu if he needed to. For now, he just wanted Yuya to rest.

"Don't worry about the duel right now. Just focus on getting better." he urged him. Seeing Yuya like this worried him. He wanted to be able to help him however he could. He was relieved that he could at least calm him. It would be a lot worse if he couldn't.

Yuya nodded and closed his eyes falling asleep real quickly. He didn't want to but he couldn't really keep his eyes opened anylonger. He was glad Yuto wasn't mad about them not having their duel and would have to apologize to him later for it, or atleast make it up to him later on once he felt better.

Yuto watched Yuya sleep for a moment. Poor Yuya... He hated that he had to go through that. There had to be some way to at least aleeviate it a little bit. It felt so much worse. It wasn't like he'd ever turned that way when he'd gotten mad at Reiji before and he could tell that he was angry then. He couldn't help but continue to think that somehow this was all his fault. He hated that it was. But he would try and fix it somehow.

Yuto hesitated before he picked up Yuya's duel disk, using it to message Yuzu since he didn't have her number. He had half an idea for a possible plan, but he would need her help with it.

Yuzu had heard the news from Sora and was looking for both Yuto and Yuya when she had got a message. The message told her where they were and headed to the room. Once she got there she knocked on the door and opened it softly seeing Yuya asleep, " Is he alright?" She asked in a whispered tone so she didn't wake the other. Sora had left by then she believed she he had disappeared.

She walked into the room and closed the door. Wondering just really what happened, all she knew she was waiting for them then Sora came in and told her. She had been worried and went looking for them.

Yuto looked up at Yuzu, then back down at Yuya. "Yeah... he'll be okay. He's just worn out now." he explained quietly. He didn't exactly want to leave Yuya's side at the moment. He should and he knew Yuya would be fine on his own, but... He just felt like he should be there when Yuya woke up. He wasn't sure how long he would be napping for anyway.

Yuto was starting to wonder if he really should leave tomorrow. He'd have to... see how things went for Yuya. If he needed him, he would stay longer.

Yuzu sighed in relief glad to hear that he was ok but just worn out. She didn't quite understand what had happened really Sora didn't go into full detail just saying that the duel was cancelled and that something happened with Yuto and Yuya. She saw Yuya sleeping and could see he was worn out really.

But he did looked troubled and so did Yuto. She didn't like seeing them both troubled they were her good friends.

Yuto looked back to Yuzu. "Did you arrange what I asked of you? I know it's an odd request, but... I'm a bit at a loss of what to do for Yuya." he explained. "You can come with us too of course. I'd almost prefer it." he noted to her.

Yuto wouldn't be going anywhere until Yuya woke up though. He'd be there for him when he woke up to make sure he was okay.

Yuzu nodded, " Yeah I did, and no it's alright really Yuto, i'm kind of worried." She said, " If you want me too, Yuto, I wouldn't mind to go." She told him. She really wanted Yuya to be ok and it broke her heart to see Yuto upset like this. He wanted to help Yuya and he really didn't know how.

She knew that Yuto wanted to be there for Yuya to wake up; she didn't know if Yuto was gonna wake Yuya up or just let him sleep alittle longer. She could see how much Yuto cared about Yuya.

Yuto nodded. "I think you should." He wanted Yuya to have as much support as possible, so having Yuzu there too would be nice.

Yuto reached over and gently brushed the bangs from Yuya's face. He was definitely not going to wake him up. He would wait for Yuya to wake up naturally. It was just a nap, so he wasn't sure how long it would take. By now it'd been at least 40 minutes he figured, maybe more. But it was fine, he'd wait however long Yuya needed to recharge.

Yuzu nodded, " Alright i'll go with." She said as she watched Yuto and smiled. Yuya had made a soft noise and turned slightly still asleep. She thought it was really sweet of Yuto to be like that with Yuya. She was glad she could trust Yuto to watch Yuya when he went to Heartland. She probably wouldn't let him if Yuto wasn't there.

By the way he was acting she could probably guess that they were together offcially but she didn't know they had been holding hands when they came by the school yesterday.

If Yuzu asked him, he would tell her, but he also didn't know if she already knew or not. Yuya had gone ahead without him after all when he was taking on the phone with Shun. It was possible he could have told her then.

Right then, though, his proirity was taking care of Yuya and making sure he was okay any way he could.

Yuzu looked at Yuto, " How was your day yesterday?" She asked, " I never got to ask about that anyway." She added as she sat down in the small chair that was in the other room. She didn't want it to be awkward or anything and she wanted to know how it went. She wanted to hear about how Heartland was doing, Shun and Ruri how they were doing.

Yuto was still trying to be fairly quiet since he didn't want to wake Yuya, but he looked at Yuzu and smiled softly. "It was very nice. Yuya told me you helped him think up things for it. I appreciate you always being there to help him." he began. "I'm not... sure if Yuya has told you yet, but..." he looked down to his sleeping counterpart again with a small smile and a blush. "I... asked him to be my boyfriend yesterday. And he said yes."

Yuzu smiled glad to hear that it went so well, " I'm was happy to help really." She said smiling softly at Yuya, " He's my best friend and he just liked you so much he wanted you to have the best time while you were here." She added.

She smiled happily when she heard that, " Congrates to the both of you." She said in a low whisper so she didn't wake Yuya. She thought it was sweet really; she knew their relationship was complicated but she felt it wasn't like that anymore now that they were officially together.

"I know that it won't be easy, being from different dimensions and all, but... I really want to make this work. If it means that I can be with Yuya, I'll do whatever I have to." he explained, gently brushing back Yuya's fallen bangs again. "I'll take good care of him. Starting with figuring out this. I swear, it never used to be this bad..." he frowned.

Hopefully this all worked out and he could at least help him a little bit... Just like how Yuya wanted to help him with his PTSD.

Yuzu smiled watching him; it made her happy that he had said that. Yuya must've meant alot to him. She knew Yuto meant alot to Yuya when he had came back; Yuto was really all he talked about. She was happy that the relationship was working out, " It?" She asked wondering what he was talking about at this point.

She looked over at Yuya worried; wondering what 'it' was. What was going on with her best friend? Yuto seemed to know what it was really.

"I'm not really sure." Yuto admitted, concern coming back to his eyes as he watched Yuya. "He has this darkness in his heart... And it's not him, it's... something else. But it seems to take him over sometimes and make him do things he wouldn't normally. I'm worried... that if he had that, that it's possible that I do too. Or at the very least, I did. My concern is that when I was merged with him, he got the combined force from both of us and... further on that, that when I left, it stayed with him." he explained.

"I don't... want every time he gets angry for this to come out of him... And to think that it could be my fault is... heartbreaking." he admitted.

Yuya looked at him never knowing this, " I never knew...he never told me, but he is the type of person who won't tell anyone what is going on or how he is feeling about certain things. He just doesn't want anyone to worry about him. He tries to please other people before helping himself." She explained then looked at Yuto.

" Yuto this isn't your fault at all. You are nothing but kind and sweet." She said as she got up and lightly placed her hand on his shoulder to reassure him, " Now that I remember correctly when he first used your card, he was acting strangely is that what it is?" She asked.

Yuto nodded. "Yeah, that was the first time. But to be fair, I'm pretty sure it happened right before he used Dark Rebellion." he noted, feeling an odd need to defend his Ace. "But yes. That did happen then. But it used to only trigger when he had something that was really high stress that triggered it and... even then, sometimes I was able to calm him a bit. But now it... it seems like it's happening just any time he gets mad about anything. It's getting to be too much for him." Yuto explained his observations.

"I have to help him. Any way that I can. Before it gets worse and I lose him completely to it." He was thankful that Yugo and Yuri hadn't merged with him too. He really would have lost him if their darkness had all been combined like that.

" Oh I wasn't saying it was because of Dark Rebellion of course. S-sorry if it made it sound like I was." She said, " It's strange, I have only seen him do it that one time." She said, " Did he do it at all when he was in Heartland?" She asked.

" I want to help him too. I may not still get what it is, but I want to help any way I can." She said looking at Yuya and then back to Yuto.

Just then Yuya made a soft noise and opened his eyes slowly. He blinked himself awake and he guessed the nap had helped; his head didn't hurt anymore. He saw Yuzu was there but hadn't heard what they were talking about.

Yuto had his eyes on Yuya, so he definitely noticed, ignoring what Yuzu had been saying in order to pay attention to Yuya. He smiled at him. "Hey~Are you feeling any better?" he questioned gently, wanting to make sure he was okay.

Yuto set his hand on Yuya's leg again, stroking the side softly with his thumb to give him that bit of added comfort.

Yuya looked at Yuto and nodded, " Yeah, that nap helped. How long was I out?" He asked, he didn't know how long he had slept for but guessed long enough that it helped his head stop hurting. He felt rested and relaxed now. He leaned up slowly just in case and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.

Yuzu just watched the two it seemed Yuya was alright; but when really she knew this darkness was inside of Yuya. She agreed with Yuto that Yuya needed help and she would help out anyway she can.

Yuto nodded. "That's good. Not too long. Maybe an hour." he replied, not really having known just how long it had been. He wanted to tell Yuya about his plan, but he also wanted to make sure Yuya would be awake and prepared enough for it.

"We can put off our duel for another day, by the way, so don't worry about that. I'm not in any rush. We'll have plenty of opportunities." he explained to him gently.

Yuya nodded as he tried to get himself more awake, " Sorry you got everything ready and we arn't dueling Yuzu." He apologized. She shook her head nad got up before crouching to look him in the eye.

Yuto put his arm around Yuya, though bent it so he could snake his fingers into Yuya's hair, resting his cheek against the side of Yuya's head. "Yuya. When you wake up a little more, I need to talk to you about something." he let him know gently, wanting to make sure he was awake and prepared. He knew he should probably give him more time than this, but he didn't want to wait exactly. He just wanted to help.

Yuya looked at Yuto and nodded. He wondered what the other had to talk to him about; but it was probably about what happened. He didn't know if Yuzu knew what happened or anything more. The more time passed Yuya managed to fully wake himself up. Yuzu watched the two; she knew what Yuto had to tell him. She walked back over to sit in the chair and wait for Yuya to wake up more.

She wanted to stay in the room with them to atleast show them that she was there to help, and she would leave the room if they wanted her too.

Yuto pet Yuya's hair softly, waiting for him to tell him he was okay. He didn't want to push him or anything. It was a little odd to be doing this with Yuzu just watching, but he just wanted to take good care of Yuya and make sure that he was well comforted. He felt like that was part of his job as his boyfriend. He would be patient and comforting for him.

Yuya looked at Yuto, " Alright I think i'm fully awake now." He told his boyfriend. He had to admit Yuto was making him feel so relaxed and loved, but it was weird to have Yuzu in the room watching them. It just felt weird to him really. He wanted to know what Yuto was wanting to tell him and if Yuzu was there to help or something. He didn't know when she had arrived but guessed it was when he was asleep.

Yuto nodded, pulling back a bit from Yuya so he could turn to face him a bit better, taking his hands. "Yuya... I'm worried about you. This darkness is taking you over way more often than I'm comfortable with and no, it's not because you're weak, because I know that you're very strong. Whatever this is... It's getting worse and... I need to know if there's anything we can do about it." he began.

"I've thought very hard about it; if there's anything we can do. It woulnd't be as easy as going to a hospital because it's not medical. There is not treatment or surgery or anything like that that they could possibly offer you." Not that he liked the idea of Yuya going for surgery either.

"But then I realized. It's... more on the spiritual level and so... I've asked Yuzu to arrange for us to go to Unno Divination School to meet with Mieru. I think she has the best chance of giving us some insight into this." Yuto explained his plan, pausing there to see if Yuya had any comments on this.

Yuya thought about it now; maybe she could help with this, " Ok we can try it. I mean that's the only other thing I could think of really." He said; he still didn't feel like he was strong because he's given into the darkness and let it take control.

" Yeah I don't think treatment or surgery wouldn't do anything." He said, " But yeah going to see Mieru seems like the best idea right now." He said, she could probably easily figure out and give them some insight and maybe know how to deal with it too.

" Yeah she said she can see us anytime. Whenever you want to Yuya." Yuzu said, " Whenever you two want to." she added.

Yuto had a suspicion that she'd probably only said the first thing Yuzu mentioned, but he was out of options with it. He would just had to hope that by now, she'd given up on Yuya. ...Although her hope on that was slim.

Yuto nodded. "So whenever you're ready, we can go. It doesn't have to be today either. But I'll be with you whenever you're ready. Yuzu said she would be coming with us too, so you have support with this." He wasn't sure if Yuya was afraid or anything, but he just wanted to be sure.

Yuya looked at the both of them and nodded. He wanted to go ahead and go so they could figure this out, he didn't want to make them worry like he had, " I want to go ahead and go now." He said holding Yuto's hand and giving it a slight squeeze.

Yuzu nodded, " Alright i'll go let my dad know that i'm leaving." She said as she got up and walked out of the room.

Yuto waited for Yuzu to leave before he turned back to Yuya and leaned in, giving his cheek a kiss and his hand a squeeze. "We'll figure this out, Yuya. I don't want you to have to live in fear of anything."

Yuto was getting more comfortable with little kisses like that, yes, but he still didn't want to do them in front of others. That was way too much for him.

Yuya smiled softly and kissed his cheek in return, " I know we will, I'm sorry for making you worry." he apologized. He didn't like making the other worry about him. To be honest he hadn't noticed that this was getting more bad; he somehow felt that the darkness was getting more strong deep inside him. He didn't want that; he didn't want it to completely take over him. He was really afraid of that happening really.

Yuto had been able to bring him back this time; but if it kept getting worse so worse he wouldn't even come back for Yuto; to the point that he would even attack Yuto or someone else. He didn't want to ever think of that.

Yuto shook his head. "I'm your boyfriend, it's my job to worry about you, Yuya." he clarified for him with a soft smile. "Besides, this is partially my fault too. I certainly didn't help with this." he added in, gently running a couple fingers down Yuya's chest where his heart would be.

"We can go as soon as Yuzu comes back. Hopefully Mieru will be able to help you. Or at the very least, point us in the right direction." The war was over and now they could live more peaceful lives. The last thing they needed to do with to just... clear up this darkness in Yuya's heart. Maybe if they figured out how, they could tell Yugo and possibly Yuri about it too. He wasn't sure if their's ever came up though.

" This isn't your fault Yuto." He said as he blushed as he placed his hand on Yuto's cheek. He didn't blame Yuto for it wasn't even his fault. This darkness was probably inside himself way before they even meant. He didn't remember though if it had ever shown itself though, " I'm glad you're my boyfriend you know? I'm just glad you are here." He said with a soft smile.

He nodded as they just waited for Yuzu to come back, " Hopefully she can." He said, he didn't know if Yugo or Yuri had this same problem as he did; he didn't even know if Yuto did either. Once the door opened, Yuzu walked in.

Yuto smiled softly at that, giving Yuya's hand another squeeze. "I wouldn't be anywhere else when you need me." he assured him. "And I'm happy to be your boyfriend."

Yuto just assumed that they did since it felt like... if Yuya had it, then they all probably did. Not to mention that both he and Yugo had succumb to it before when they had dueled. Luckily Yuya had been able to snap him out of it though before he really hurt Yugo.

He looked up with Yuzu returned, nodding and getting up, offering Yuya has hand to go. "Come on. Let's go see what we can figure out.

Yuya smiled as he looked over to Yuzu then took Yuto's hand, " Yeah let's go." he said in better spirits than he was earlier. He was just that the two people that he cared for the most would be by his side. Yuzu smiled at the two before leading them out of You Show and to Unno Divination School where Mieru was waiting for them.

Yuzu smiled and looked at Mieru, " Hey Mieru." She greeted.

Mieru whirled around when she heard Yuya's voice, her face lighting up. "Darling!" she exclaimed, rushing up to him and diving in for a hug.

Yuto was a little quicker though, tugging Yuya's hand behind him so Yuya would stumble a couple steps closer to him, causing Mieru to just barely miss him and crash behind them. Yuto let out a quiet relieved breath. Yeah, still seemed like she liked him anyway.

She got right back up and patted off her dress as if that hadn't just happened, moving straight back to Yuya to grab his arm. "Darling, it's been so long! Mieru was getting worried you'd forgotten about her~" she noted.

Yuto had to try very hard not to roll his eyes.

Yuya was expecting the hug she always gave him but glad that Yuto had prevented that from happening, " No of course not Mieru." He said as he held Yuto's hand. He thought she would have given up but guessed she hadn't.

" Anyway." Yuzu said stepping up trying to get back to the reason they were here, not that they forgot of course; well maybe Mieru, " You remember why we're here right?" She asked the young girl.

Mieru gave Yuya's arm a nuzzle, not even seeming to notice that Yuto and Yuya were holding hands. She was mostly just paying attention to Yuya. She was listening though. "Of course! I'll be helping out, Darling~" she replied simply.

Yuto was a little tired of having to ask favors of people that he felt wanted Yuya for themselves that day, but... if it helped out Yuya, he supposed he could... put up with it... Even if he wasn't so happy about it. "So. Could we get to that part then?" Yuto encouraged, not pleased with her nuzzling his boyfriend like that.

She did pull back though. "Of course!" she exclaimed, then pattered back over to the table where her crystal apple sat. She picked it up, then sat herself on the floor in the middle of quite a few candles, there were some drawings of things on the floor and Yuto had to wonder if they were part of this or just decoration.

Mieru patted her lap. "Come rest your head here, Darling~" she encouraged him. Technically it wasn't necessary, but she'd done this with him the last time too, so she was hopping she could get away with it~She'd show him she could be a comfy lap pillow for him too.~

Yuya didn't like that she was nuzzling him and he could tell Yuto wasn't liking it either he tried to pull away not wanting to be touched really right now. He still felt on edge at this moment; he didn't mind if Yuto touched him though; because his touches were reassuring and gently.

" Yeah, umm I'm just gonna lay my head on Yuto's lap Mieru." He had told her; he knew she was just using the excuse just like last time. So he really wanted to pass on that; he rather laying his head on Yuto's anyway.

Yuzu sat beside's Yuya and just listened to them; she knew Mieru probably should calm down with the darling stuff with Yuto being there; she could see he was getting kind of annoyed with it more than anything and she understood.

Both Mieru and Yuto were a little surprised by the comment. Yuto had to try not to grin at that, but he was happy to hear that from him. It wasn't like he thought Yuya had any interest of being with Mieru anyway, but it was just reaffirming to him to hear Yuya pick him.

Mieru pouted a bit. "But darling, it's easier if you're with me." she protested and Yuto almost believed her for a moment before noticing that she seemed to be weighing her options between Yuzu and Yuto. He supposed it was lucky that she was in the mind set that Yuya was straight if she thought Yuzu was her competition, but also... not good because he would prefer her not looking at Yuya like he could be hers anyway.

"But I... suppose that's okay." she allowed finally. She did need him to lay down anyway. "Come lay down here." she pointed, needing to shift her position.

Yuto let go of Yuya's hand, moving to where Mieru hand been to sit on the ground on his legs as Mieru had been doing. It was a little weird doing this, but also, he did want to help and it wasn't like he had an issue with Yuya resting on his lap.

Yuya nodded and laid down where they had sat, laying his head on Yuto's lap. Even if she had not agreed he would lay his head in Yuto's lap anyway. Once he was laid down he didn't really know what to do next. So he just waited for her to give the next directions.

Yuzu sat beside them and was shocked to hear that; he had done it the last time but guessed he just felt more comfortable with laying his head in Yuto's lap, " So what now?" She asked not sure of what next.

Mieru sat beside Yuya's head and Yuto's lap, holding her crystal apple. "Just be patient." she urged Yuzu as she tried to focus, speaking some things into her crystal ball as she tried to see what she had seen last time.

Yuto watched her, carefully. At least she seemed pretty focused on what she was doing now that she was in business mode which was a relief. He looked down to Yuya in his lap, trying to silently if Yuya was doing okay with his eyes. He wasn't sure if he could do that with anyone other than Shun though. But he would like to think he could form that kind of silent communication bond with Yuya too. He didn't want to talk to Yuya or touch him more than Yuya just laying in his lap and distract Mieru at all. As much as he would like her to know that Yuya was his boyfriend and she needed to back off.

"Ah!" she exclaimed finally, making Yuto's eyes shoot up to her. "I'm starting to- AHH!" she shrieked a bit, looking a bit afraid. "Darling, the darkness in your heart seems to have grown bigger since last time!" she explained worriedly. Yuto tensed a bit. He had a feeling...

Her eyes narrowed a bit as though she was trying to look for something else. "And... that second soul in your heart is gone now too." she noted, seemingly like she was trying to find it in that darkness too, though her hands were trembling a little bit.

Yuya just laid there all relaxed until she had shrieked; his eye's widened, " W-what do you mean it's bigger!?" He asked shocked he didn't know if he should be moving but he couldn't help to move after hearing that. Of course the other soul was gone because he was right there with them. It had been Yuto she had seened that one time.

Yuzu gasped softly at this; she never would have known someone so sweet and kind like Yuya would hold some much darkness. She wondered how it had gotten so big and how they could just get rid of it completely.

Yuya had been wondering the same of course. He never knew it was that bad since it seemed to cause the girl to shake like that. He leaned up just worried really; he has had so much darkness in him and he didn't know why.

Yuto gently pushed Yuya back down to lay down again, not sure if she was done yet. "Yuya, calm down." he urged him gently. He didn't like the sound of this either, but he had a feeling. "Mieru, is there anything we can do about this? To at least... lessen it?" he questioned her.

Mieru seemed to battle with ideas in her head. He hoped that her concern for Yuya too would help her come up with something.

Mieru tilted her head to the side before her eyes widened in realization. "Well... there was one thing I remember reading about once. To cast away darkness, you need a pure light. So to cure a heart tainted with darkness, you need to purify it with a pure light." she attempted to explain.

"So in other words, you might be cured if you share your first kiss with your true love~" she presented, then bashfully brushed her hair back over her shoulder. "And darling, I know it's a little soon, but for you, I would gladly skip ahead a little if it means helping you out~" she giggled, clearly gearing up for her expected kiss with her fated love. She'd read it in the cards after all!

Yuya laid back down but then blushed knowing that would mean he would be kissing. He looked up and Yuto. Yuzu walked up to Mieru, " Yeah I don't think you can help in this department." She said giggling. Yuya leaned up and looked at Yuto; he knew that Yuto not really use to this kind of thing especially with other people around and he understood. He didn't know if Yuto would do it but then again he might.

" Kiss?" He asked; he's always wanted to kiss Yuto really but he also got nervous at that kind of thing. He was use to the eskimo kisses, kisses to the cheek and temple but not on the lips.

Mieru looked at Yuzu rather confused. "Huh? Why not? Darling and I are fated to be together! It appeared to me in my cards, so it must be true!" she pointed out, then pouted a bit at Yuzu. "I hope you're not suggesting that you're his true love." She knew it wouldn't be her! It was Mieru!

Yuto blushed rather deeply, getting both flustered and embarrassed at this result. Well he hadn't... exactly expected that. He had pretty much tuned Mieru out at this point, just keeping his eyes locked with Yuya. It wasn't... as though he would be against it. But now there felt like there was real pressure on his doing it right. They hadn't... kissed before. ...Well he supposed if they had, maybe he would have been able to help Yuya without even knowing it. ...Granted that he was Yuya's true love, which... he hoped he might be. Both because he wanted to believe that Yuya was the person he would be with for the rest of his life, but also because if he wasn't, it would be pretty hard to find that person so quickly. He didn't want anything bad to happen to Yuya before that time...

" It's not me either." Yuzu said, she thought that she should take Mieru out of the room to give them some privacy.

Yuya could fell his heart beating fast as he stared at Yuto. Mieru and Yuzu were pretty much tuned out and really not there to him anymore. Yuya grabbed Yuto's hand and gave it a slight squeeze reassuring him that it was ok if he didn't want to kiss him. If he didn't he could try to figure another way to get ride of this darkness in his heart if anything. He knew he loved Yuto and he wanted to be with him for the rest of his life really.

Yuto swallowed and gave Yuya a soft nod. He returned the squeeze to his hand as well. He would do anything for Yuya. And really, this wasn't a bad thing. He did want to kiss Yuya at some point. He just... didn't expect it to be exactly like this.

"Huh? Is there someone else? Wait, is it that other girl that looks like you?" she questioned, just not getting it. "Or some girl from sch-" "I'll do it." Yuto finally told Yuya verbally, keeping his eyes on him and still not really listening to the girls talking. Mieru was definitely listening to him though. Her head snapped up. "Huh!? D-Do what? It won't work if you kiss me! Just because you look like my darling doesn't mean-" she stopped, starting to notice that Yuto wasn't even looking at her. She was looking at Yuya. But... what!? What was he even saying!? Mieru was getting so confused by all this.

Yuya blushed, " Yuto you don't have to if you don't want to." He said looking at Yuto; he wanted to but not if Yuto was uncomfortable about it. He held his boyfriend's hand and smiled soft to reassure him not breaking eye contact.

Yuzu just looked at the girl; she must've been in too much denial at this point she didn't want to believe it. She didn't want to stare at the two and make them uncomfortable so she decided she should take the other girl away.

Yuto blushed. "I... do want to." he clarified for him, blushing a bit deeper. "I'm... a little nervous that I'll... do it wrong, but..." he admitted his concern on it, trying to ignore the fact that there were other people in the room. He had to kiss Yuya anyway, so he just... wanted to focus on Yuya.

Mieru was baffled, she leaned forward on her hands, poking her head over Yuya's, partially blocking Yuto's view. "Darling, you can't kiss him ! There's no way that would work! He's not your true love! How could he be!?" Mieru just didn't understand this at all. "You might be very good friends," especially good if he was agreeing to kiss him, "But true love is different! Like a romantic kinda love, not a friend love!"

Yuya smiled, " You don't have to worry about that Yuto." He said in a reassuring smile; he was totally ignoring Mieru right now and was too focused on Yuto really right now, " It'll be ok I promise." He said softly leaning his forehead against Yuto's. He was too focused to really listen to what Mieru was saying; if he wanted to kiss Yuto he would no matter what.

Yuzu used her hand to cover Mieru's mouth trying to calm her down at this point. She knew they were too focused on each other right now, but she was starting to get annoyed with Mieru's constant baffling.

Yuto had noticed Mieru getting in the way again, though he forgot it completely when Yuya leaned his forehead against Yuto's, his heart racing now as he looked into his eyes. He really... He really did love Yuya. The feeling felt so solid in him in that moment. Maybe it was fast, but... he felt like with true certainty that he did. And... maybe... that would be the key to making this work.

Yuto shut his eyes softly for a moment, just relaxing himself in the feeling of being so close to the person he loved and the comfort he felt in being with him. Yuya's words replayed a few times in his head, reminding him not to worry and it'll all be okay. He was right. It would be okay. It occured to him now that... even if he did mess up their first kiss somehow, Yuya wouldn't judge him for it. They would just... try it again...~Work on it together until they got it right.

Yuto opened his eyes again, feeling more at peace with it now. This wasn't just anyone he was with, it was Yuya. His sweet and perfect Yuya. He gave him a tender loving smile. "Are you ready?" he barely murmured to him, giving the hand he held a little squeeze.

Yuya smiled warmingly at the smile he received from Yuto, " Yes always." he said softly. He was glad that it seemed that Yuto was relaxed. If Yuto had put his hand over his heart then he could feel it beating so fast because of how happy he was when he was with Yuto. He loved him and he felt he could say those words now.

He had noticed it got quiet thanks to Yuzu quieting Mieru and he was thankful really because she had started to really get on his nerves at that moment and he didn't want this moment to be ruined.

Yuto chuckled softly. "I guess in a moment though, we'll know just how real this all is...~" he pointed out. He was still inwardly nervous that he would kiss Yuya and nothing would happen, but... he didn't want to think too hard about that. He loved Yuya. He had just as much hope of being Yuya's true love as anyone else.

Yuto leaned in slowly and carefully, gently pressing his lips to Yuya's in a soft kiss.

Yuya smiled before leaning in and pressing his lips against Yuya's; at that moment he could feel the darkness leave his body completely. He closed his eyes and enjoyed the kiss really. He was glad to know Yuto was his true love. He was glad that the darkness was gone now and he could just hug Yuto to death after this.

Once he leaned away from the kiss he smiled warmingly, " I love you Yuto." He said, just still in the moment right now; he just wanted Yuto to know that he loved him even if he couldn't say it yet.

Yuzu just watched just trying to not either squeal at how cute they were or to be embarrassed about it all. But she knew it had worked she just could see it in Yuya's eyes.

Yuto could feel his own heal well up with a pure joy when they kiss, his whole body tingling from the sensation of kissing Yuya. It couldn't have lasted for more than a couple seconds, but the feel of it left Yuto was a dazed expression when they had pulled away. He'd hadn't 100% registered what Yuya had said to him at first, just feeling more of a strong desire to kiss him again. It'd been so nice...~

His priorities returned to him a moment later though, raising a hand to cup Yuya's cheek, eyes turning somewhat worried. "Did it work? We should probably check to be sure." he urged softly.

Yuto looked up "Mie-" He cut off when he saw her expression. Her mouth was still covered by Yuzu's hand, but her eyes were wide and her face looked like it had paled a bit. She was definitely more than a little shocked by that.

Yuto swallowed and tried again. "Mieru, can you please check Yuya again...?" he needed to be sure. Yuto pulled back from Yuya completely and sat back again, looking at Yuya and giving his lap a pat to invite him back down again.

Yuya looked over at the two forgetting that they were there, at this moment he hadn't even registered what he had said still feeling happy from the kiss. He wanted to kiss Yuto again really. He really felt his body still tingling as he had felt his body push away the darkness out of his heart. His chest felt better; it didn't feel all tightened up as it had before. He wanted to know if it worked as well; but he had already known it did but he wanted Mieru to confirm it for them.

Yuzu took her had away from the girl, " Yeah check Yuya and see if it worked." She said, even though she could feel it did work.

Yuto watched Yuya not move, eying him with some concern. "Yuya?" he pressed, still waiting for him to come lay down with him again. He was smiling though, so... maybe he was fine? Yuto blushed lightly. Was he in that much of a daze?

Mieru was shaking a bit, having no idea quite how to react to that. She clutched her crystal apple tighter. "I-I guess, but... The-There's no way that would have cured Darling." She said it couldn't be friend kisses after all! This clone of her darling couldn't be his true love. That didn't make any sense. He wasn't even from their dimension, right? The whole multi-dimension thing was still... something a little much for her. Mieru padded back over almost nervously either way. Well... As soon as they reaffirmed that it didn't work, then... maybe she could kiss him!

Yuya laid back down; laying his head in Yuto's lap once again as he waited for the girl to begin. He kind of figured Mieru would say that; cause she didn't know that he and Yuto were in a relationship. Of course the fact that she had a crush on him and she didn't want to believe it. He gave Yuto's hand a slight squeeze to reassure the other to show he was alright.

Yuzu looked at the two dimensional counterparts before looked at Mieru, " It could Mieru we never know until you check." She told her; even though she knew it did.

It was sort of an odd angle to hold Yuya's hand at, mostly just holding his curled fingers in his own, though he kept his eyes on his counterpart, just wanting to make sure everything was okay.

Mieru was feeling rather weird about all this, though she tried to calm herself and to check Yuya's heart again, taking a moment to chant and call up what she'd seen before, full expecting to see that same black fog of darkness she'd seen just a moment ago. But...

She gasped. "I-It... Its...!" Yuto looked up at Mieru's stunned, fretting face, feeling more concern than anything. Did something go wrong? He didn't make it worse he hoped. He clasped Yuya's fingers a bit tighter in his as he waited on bated breath.

"Gone!" she exclaimed finally. But how though? How was that possible? She looked up at Yuto with widened eyes. He was her competition!?

Yuya looked up at the girl then at Yuto, Yuzu tried smiled so happily glad to hear that it was gone and it was thanks to Yuto. She could see that now Mieru was stunned to hear it. She was happy to know that. Yuya leaned up and looked at Yuto with a soft smile then over to Mieru and Yuzu, " Thank you guys. Especially you Yuto." He thanked before looking at Yuto and laid his head against Yuto's shoulder.

He truely felt free now; free from the darkness. He knew he wouldn't have to be afraid of it taking over him anymore. He knew he would have to apology to Sora later for what he had said to the other, but he felt he still couldn't forgive him for calling what happened in Heartland a game or how he treated Yuto.

Yuto smiled. "I'm happy I could help." he replied easily. And it wasn't exactly like the cost was high. Yuto had enjoyed that too honestly. He didn't think that was too surprising though. Yuto looked at the stunned looking Mieru. "It's not going to come back is it? If it does, can I just keep giving him kisses to keep it away. You said 'first' kiss, but... does that matter?" he questioned her.

Mieru was way too frazzled to process this "K...Kiss him... again_...!?" She dropped her face into her hands. "Wahhh! Darrrrliiiiing...!" she wailed. She couldn't believe he would just kiss this other version of himself like that! And that it worked ! Maybe she'd been wrong about it being a 'true love' thing. M-Maybe it was just a friend love that worked. But they were acting so...! "Mieru was confident you wouldn't cheat on her with other girls but...!" she continued, rather distressed.

Yuto frowned. He was getting more and more tired of this. He supposed as long as she didn't actually try to kiss him... Or touch him... Or anything like that.

Yuto got to his feet again, supposing the girl was too distressed right now to answer. But he figured that if there was some of the precaution with this, that she would contact them about it later when she'd calmed down. Yuto offered Yuya his hand to help him up. "Shall I take you home then? I'm not sure if you need to rest up after that or anything." He wasn't sure if dispelling evil from him like that was exhausting for him as well.

Yuya smiled and took the other's hand as Yuto helped him up. He could see she was shocked really; she could think of it like that he supposed but to him it was true love's first kiss, " Yeah even with that nap i'm kind of tired." He told the other ready to head home, " Mieru we weren't together ever." He said with a nervous laugh; he knew in her fantasy he was her's but in reality he wasn't; he was Yuto's.

" Yeah I got to head home and you're mom is probably wondering where you two went." Yuzu said looking at them as she got up from the floor.

Yuto looked to Yuzu and smiled. "Yuzu. Thank you for being here. I'm sorry if it felt unnecessary, but I'm happy that you came. You're a good friend." he assured her in his typical charming manner. He was ignoring Mieru at this point. He didn't need Yuya to tell him they weren't together. He hadn't... understood why she acted that way towards him, so he supposed he didn't know they're history exactly, but he could easily tell that he wasn't interested in her anyway. He was relieved though that she cared enough about him to want to help anyway. She did help. Yuto was pleased he could rest a little easier knowing that darkness was gone from Yuya now.

Yuzu smiled, " It was no problem at all Yuto. I'm just glad Yuya's gonna be ok now." She said looking at them before leading them out of the school, " Bye Mieru." She waved bye to the girl who was still stunned at this point. " Thanks Mieru." He called before heading after Yuzu as he he held Yuto's hand. " I'll see you two later." Yuzu said waving bye to them before heading home.

Yuya waved bye to his friend before turning towards Yuto, " Ready to head home?" He asked with a smile on his face.

Yuto smiled at Yuya and nodded. "Yes, let's." he agreed, giving Yuya's hand a little squeeze. "How are you feeling?" he questioned, just wanting to be sure. Yuya seemed fine, but... he could be wrong.

At the moment he was more focused on Yuya's well being than how nice that kiss had been. But he would probably remember again as soon as that sort of mood returned.

" I'm good." He answered as he held the other's hand and walked back to his house. He couldn't stop smiling at how happy he was right now. He loved how caring Yuto was with him. He really did love the other so much - he guessed that Yuto had been too caught up in the kiss to hear what he had said and he really didn't mind at all. He just felt the need to let his boyfriend know he he felt.

He knew Yuto felt the same for him though; there was never a doubt in him about that. The way he cuddled up with him at night; the way he smiled so warmly at him, everything Yuto did just made him love him more.

Yuto let Yuya lead them back home again, still not really having the hang of where everything was. He stepped inside with him again, greeting Yuya's mother before heading back up to his room with him.

He brought Yuya with him to the bed edge and sat down. "I'm happy that we were able to do something about that darkness in you. I would have hated if that had over taken you. I knew it was getting worse. You're stronger than you give yourself credit for, Yuya." he pointed out.

Yuya had greeted his mom when they walked in and headed upstairs to his room where they both sat on his bed. He smiled and held Yuto's hand and gave it a slight squeeze, " Yeah i'm glad as well and it was thanks to you really Yuto." He said, " If I ever lost control and hurt you or someone I wouldn't be able to forgive myself." He added not wanting to think about that really. He knew Yuto would be able to defend for himself but he didn't want to think about trying to harm him.

He felt each time something triggered it; that it was getting stronger. He felt like that since that time in the daycare; he had been able to stop himself, but the time in the hallway with Sora he was nearly ready to attack the kid; nearly attack Yuto as well when he had touched him. He saw both of them as an enemy. He was just glad to know he didn't really need to worry about that now.

Yuto nodded. "I'm just happy I could help and that it turned out to be something so easy. I mean... I supposed if I hadn't fit though qualifications though that it would have been tricky. We would have had to have found that person." He felt a bit too embarrassed to say 'true love' right then. But as much as it would have hurt him to know that Yuya evidently belonged with someone else, he would have still done his best to try and help Yuya find that person. He wanted him to be okay again after all.

"But Yuya, even if you had hurt me, I know you wouldn't have meant it. You're not you like that. I wouldn't have even considered holding you against it, not even for a second." he assured him, giving his hand a squeeze.

Yuya looked at him and smiled, " I kind of knew it would have been you no doubt." He said leaning his head on Yuto's shoulder. He knew it was kind of embarrassing to him to say it but he needed to know that Yuya knew it was Yuto.

He was just happy to know it was him. He was glad to hear that Yuto wouldn't hold it against him; not like he believed Yuto would. It just made him feel alittle bit better to know that really, " I know I would still feel bad about it."

Yuto put his arm around Yuya's shoulders, holding him close and resting his cheek on the top of Yuya's hair. "Well I'm glad you had so much confidence in me. I guess that attests to how highly you must think of me." he smiled.

"And I understand. If I ever accidentally hurt you too, I wouldn't be so quick to forgive myself either." he agreed, stroking his arm gently.

" Of course." He smiled as Yuto put his arm around him it was just so relaxing, " I know you would never hurt me Yuto." He added softly; he knew Yuto would never hurt him ever. That was who he was; someone who didn't like hurting others. He was just like Yuya who would never cause harm to another.

Yuya would rather die than hurt someone and that's how Yuto was. As he had said many times that Yuto only would consider violence if needed and that how Yuya was as well. if it was necessary then he would probably do it. But that darkness wanted to hurt anyone who thought was it's enemy; wanted to make Yuya hurt that person.

Yuto remembered what that darkness felt like; how it filled him with the strong desire to destroy. He'd hated that. That was not what he wanted for Yuya. Luckily... now he wouldn't have to deal with that anymore.

"Not if I could help it anyway." he agreed. He wanted to protect Yuya and keep him safe and guarded.

He peeked down at Yuya. "Hey, didn't you say that you were tired? You should lay down." he encouraged him, wanting Yuya to be able to rest more peacefully not that the darkness had left his heart. Yuto would be able to relax a bit more now too. He didn't want that to happen to him every time he got mad about anything.

Yuya looked at him, " I kinda am but at the same time i'm not." He giggled he was exhausted but he didn't feel like sleeping but he guessed it wouldn't hurt to rest probably for alittle bit and if Yuto went to sleep with him then if anything his mom would wake them up for dinner, if not then Yuto could wake him up when dinner was done.

He then remembered he didn't know when Yuto was planning to go back home. If he wanted to or not; he didn't know if he had told Shun when he had called him before, " Oh yeah how was Shun and Ruri when you called them?" He asked.

"Well I'm not saying you need to sleep, but you should lay down. I can lay down with you if you'd prefer that." he offered, wondering if that was his resistance to it or not. He knew his boyfriend was pretty cuddly with him.

"Oh, it went well. They're both doing well enough it seems, no mishaps or anything." he explained. "Oh, and I... told Shun that since I'd been resting well enough lately, that I was thinking about going home at some point tomorrow." he explained, supposing he should let Yuya know.

Before he hadn't been sure if he should say anything or not because he wasn't sure at that point if he needed to stay for Yuya. But... Yuya seemed like he was doing better now anyway.

" Alright, that's fine then." Yuya said with a smile, " That's good to hear that they are doing good." He smiled, he kind of missed Heartland, Shun and Ruri just a bit. He nodded, " Alright I know you probably miss everyone so ok." He said, " But if I hear from Shun or Ruri that you arn't sleeping well or something's wrong I will be there." He said, " And especially now that your duel disk is fixed up we can communicate more. We can talk more that way." He said.

He wanted to make sure Yuto would be ok, he hadn't had any nitemares in Standard so it seemed they only happened in Heartland. He knew Yuto had been sleeping well that was why he was ok with it; he just didn't want him to leave so soon.

Yuto shifted back onto the bed more to lay himself down, figuring Yuya was waiting for him to move first. That's sort of what they'd been doing lately. He didn't mind though. He liked being able to hold Yuya...~

Yuto nodded. "Alright, as long as it doesn't interrupt with your school or anything." he noted. Yuto could wait for Yuya to at least finish school for the day after all before paying him a quick visit or something.

"Now that I know for sure that you're okay, I feel a bit more comfortable about going back. I just... want to be able to help again. I did very much enjoy my time here with you though." he smiled.

Yuya laid beside Yuto and cuddled close wrapping his arm around Yuto's waist. He didn't want Yuto to feel like he always had to cuddle him. He didn't mind to cuddle Yuto from time to time either.

" It won't I promise. Like I said Yuzu or Mom will make sure I keep up with my school stuff." He said with a smile." Yuzu would always make sure he stayed awake in class and keep up his grades so he didn't fail and he knew his mom would make sure that he did the same before going to Heartland.

Yuya wouldn't even mind to go to Heartland after school to help out; just like Yuto; rebuilding Heartland was important to him. He smiled when he heard Yuto say that; it made him happy to know that Yuto had fun while he was here, " I'm glad to hear that Yuto." he said, " Oh i'll tell mom that you plan to leave sometime tomorrow." He said.

Yuto nodded. "Alright. I haven't decided on when yet." he noted. He still did want to have that duel wtih Yuya... but then it could always wait until he came to visit next time. At least he knew that when that happened, Yuya wouldn't lose control like he had been starting to this time. Yuto just wanted Yuya to be safe and happy.

He was going to miss Yuya though. He didn't know if Yuya would be coming back with him or... what. "When does your school start again?" Yuto questioned, softly stroking Yuya's back as he spoke to him.

He nodded when Yuto said that; he thought Yuto would want to leave early in the morning, but guessed he would leave at night if anything as well.

" Umm I think in a week of two I believe. I got plenty of time until then." He said trying to think about really. He knew it was soon though; he didn't know if he would be able to go back to Heartland with Yuto or if Yuto would want him to stay here. He wanted to go back with him really.

"Hm, well that's good then." he noted. It meant he should have more time with Yuya for a little bit. Yuto had no issues with Yuya coming back with him. As long as Yuya took breaks from being there, then he saw no issue. He'd like to see him, really. Heartland, though, wasn't exactly the most interesting place right then. He didn't want to just make Yuya come back with him to work.

"Are you looking forward to going back? I imagine a little normality after everything that happened would probably be nice." he mused.

" Yeah I kind of am. I love being in Heartland and more importantly being with you really." Yuya said nuzzling him closer. He would take breaks as they had planned but until school started he didn't mind to stay in Heartland for however long; he knew that he would have to take breaks as well and come back to Standard to hang with everyone and relax.

He knew once school started back up it would be less time to be with Yuto but that was the reason they had gotten Yuto's duel disk so they could still communicate as well as have Yuto be able to come visit when he could. As long as he could hear Yuto's voice he would be happy.

Yuto blushed lightly and grinned as well. "I love being with you too, Yuya." he confirmed for him softly, continuing to stroke his back. "But I mean school, not Heartland." he chuckled. "But, like I said to you before, you can come to Heartland any time you want. Just as long as you take breaks and keep up your school stuff." he settled for him. Yuto was looking out for Yuya's best interests as well of course.

Yuya giggled, " Oh yeah kind of; school is kind of boring but I guess It's not that bad." He said, " I promise I will as long as you do as well." He said with a smile. He knew he would have to keep up with school and go to Heartland as well. It wouldn't be bad to do that really. He could balance both school work and going there easily as long as he was with Yuto he would be happy.

Yuto chuckled. "I keep telling you, Yuya. I'll be coming here to see you once a week. You don't have to worry about that." he pointed out. Yuto didn't think he would need a lot in the way of breaks, but one day in Standard a week with Yuya sounded like it would be more than enough. Especially stretched out a little since odds are he'd come over the night before and leave the next morning. So... two nights with Yuya~

" I know." He said with a smile he knew Yuto would come one day to spend with him and all that. He knew this would work and it wasn't as if they couldn't see each other anytime really. He could even call Yuto during lunch when he was at school or even after school if anything He knew Yuto would takes breaks so he could be able to talk to him.

" I'll have to tell my mom that i'm gonna go back with you to Heartland as well." He said, knowing he would probably forget about that.

Yuto peeked down to Yuya curiously. "You're going to come too?" he questioned. He didn't have a problem with that, but he was a little surprised. ...Well. Maybe he wasn't that surprised. Yuya had been pretty attached to him lately and... well there was pretty good reason for that. They just started their new relationship, so it wasn't that surprising that they wanted to be around each other so constantly.

Yuto had to admit, he missed Yuya quite a bit when they were separated before too.

Yuya looked at him and nodded, " Yeah, is that ok?" He asked. He probably guessed that Yuto was more surpristed to hear it really. He knew he kind of seemed clingy towards Yuto but he just wanted to be with him, but he knew Yuto didn't want him to he would tell him not. He wanted to make sure Yuto would be able to sleep well in Heartland as well so even spending one night there in Heartland would be fine with him unless Yuto had a nitemare.

He knew if Shun, Ruri or even Yuto had a problem with him staying there all the time they would tell him and he wouldn't mind if they told him to go on home or something.

Yuto nodded. "Of course. I just didn't know if that was your plan or not." he explained. "Y'know, Shun asked me if you were coming or not. So I guess he's learning to expect it too." he gave him a grin. "And I... told him that you're my boyfriend now too. I imagine he also told Ruri." the teen explained, in case he was wondering. "I also told Yuzu since she was asking about yesterday, but she... could probably guess we have something after... earlier." he blushed, looking away again.

Yuya felt happy that he told Shun about them being boyfriends it made him happy knowing it was probably hard for to talk about that kind fo stuff to Shun, " I guess he's pretty use to having me around really." He said, " He probably did." He added. He guessed he didn't really tell Yuzu how it was or really never got the chance to. He was gonna tell her when they arrived back the at You Show to have that duel, but that didn't happen really.

Yuto wanted to tell Shun because Shun was his best friend and to leave out something like him having a boyfriend felt like a pretty big oversight. Even if it was a weird topic for them, he just wanted to let him know. It wasn't like they would be gushing about it or anything like that. It was just something they both now knew.

"Well even if he's not, it'll be something he has to get used to." Yuto shrugged. "This isn't something I anticipate changing any time soon." he noted, rather confident about his relationship with Yuya. His feelings for him only seemed to grow stronger after all.

Yuya giggled at that, " That's true." He said with a smile. He was glad to see that Yuto was feeling more confident about their relationship. He was rather confident about it too. He was just embarassed to have people watch them just as Yuto. He understood it was embarrassing really, but it seemed like Yuto and even himself were getting more and more confident about their relationship.

Yuto smiled softly, just admiring Yuya's smiling face. It was an expression on him he really liked seeing...~Of course Yuya knew that. Yuto wasn't exactly forthcoming with information like that.

It still felt weird for him to be in a relationship like this. After having been at war for so long, to finally have time like this felt... unreal. But he supposed falling for someone wasn't exactly something that fell on a specific timeline. Just... whenever you met that right person and... He supposed he had.

And Yuya was a good boyfriend. He was always looking out for him and he was very loyal. Yuto did worry that all his worrying about him might take away from that fun and happy Yuya that he fell for, but... right then, it wasn't too big of a concern for him.

Yuya loved to see Yuto smile; it made him happy really. He loved the things Yuto did and said because they made him feel so tingly. He could kind of figure Yuto wasn't ust to a relationship because of having been in a war does that to someone. Going through a such a tragic event will do that. Them falling for each other was really a coincidence; a happy one.

Yuto was loyal and loving boyfriend, not like he ever believed Yuto would hurt him in anyway. He felt somewhat jealous in a way with his and Shun's relationship but he knew they were best friends and they had known each other for so long. He couldn't help but notice how Yuto's face would look when Mieru was all over him and Reiji was trying to be all over him; maybe even Sora. He tried to get them to back off of him really. He only really loved Yuto and no one else.

With Reiji, Yuto just didn't trust him. He didn't want him touching Yuya because he felt... slimey to him in a way. He felt like he was trying to taint him somehow more than actually take him from him in a romantic sense. With Sora... he wasn't jealous of him. If anything, the reverse was true, but he also knew that was just for attention.

Mieru, however, it wasn't so much jealousy, but that her attempts to try and claim Yuya as her own pissed him off. That was his boyfriend and she could back off. Still. Yuto wasn't quite the kind of person to tell someone off like that, but he would more subtly keep her away if he could.

But Yuto wasn't completely selfish either. If Yuya fell for someone else, then... as sad as it would be, he wouldn't restrict him. He'd let him go, even if it hurt him to do so. It was only Yuya who could decide who Yuya would be with after all. He was just happy that, at least for right then, Yuya wanted to be with him.

Yuya snuggled closer feeling relaxed in Yuto's arms. He loved these strong arms wrapped around him and he wouldn't have it any other way. He loved the way Yuto made him feel loved, protected and cherished it made him happy down to his core. Reiji made Yuya feel disgusted everytime he touched him; like he was trying to taint him or something.

With Mieru, he knew the girl had a crush on him but he wished she would kind of back off of him; made him feel suffocated with her always clinging to his arm and calling him darling like the way she did. He wasn't her's and he wished she would learn that and the fact she was a little girl kind of let it be because it was a crush every little girl got to some older kid because she thought they were cool.

With Sora, he was a joking and playful and he didn't mind it, but like Mieru he felt suffocated in a sense. He knew he allowed it but sometimes he didn't want people touching him all the time; only certain people like Yuto.

Yuto smiled happily at seeing Yuya snuggle in closer to him. He gave Yuya a little squeeze in his hold and a gentle kiss on the top of his head. "You're perfect, Yuya...~" he murmured to him, quite happy to have him as his own. "I don't know how I ever got so lucky."

Maybe it was some kind of reward for all the bad luck he'd had too. And he'd had... a real bad string of bad luck. But having Yuya now...~Well, he couldn't exactly say it was worth a war because that didn't just directly involve him... And he couldn't say he would go through all that all over again because that had been the scariest god damn experience of his whole life, but... some parts of it. The parts that involved him and Yuya, those parts he would do all over again if it ended up with this result.

As far as any jealousy Yuya might have against Shun, if his best friend did have feelings for him, he'd never expressed it to him. He would be definitely surprised to hear something like that. He didn't think, even if he did, that he would ever hear about it though. Especially not when Yuto was with Yuya.

In any case, he didn't even consider that to be even a possible concern. He was about as worried on that as he might have been on Yuzu suddenly falling for him. Or... Yugo! That kind of thing just wasn't going to happen.

" Because you are just so lovable.~" He exclaimed happily with a warm smile, " You're perfect too Yuto." He added. He was really glad he could make Yuto happy and all that's what he wanted to do and he knew Yuto was happy with him and maybe after Heartland was fixed up then he could be even more happy and maybe the past could just stay in the past and they could move onto the future.

Yuya understood Yuto's duties to fix up Heartland; really that's why he wanted to help out too, because of how important it was to him, Yuto, Shun, Ruri and everyone in Heartland; even if it was just something small he wanted to help. That's why he was happy to be able to go back to Heartland with Yuto; more importantly he wanted to spend more time with Yuto before school started back up.

"Hmm, well I don't know about that, but... as long as you see me that way, then... I guess that's good." he smiled. He did want Yuya to think highly of him after all and with how happily he cuddled into him like this, it certainly seemed like it~

He wondered if now with the darkness gone from Yuya's heart if he would be even happier or playful or things that could possibly have been pushed down more thanks to it. Yuto would like to see that. Yuya was cute when he was being playful.

He knew it hadn't been that long, but he was looking forward to seeing how Heartland had progressed since he'd left. The more building that went up, the nicer things looked. There were other teams working on rebuilding their roads and their lamp posts and electrical and all that. It was inspiring to see everyone coming together for it. "I wonder if any kids have started going back to school again." Yuto mumbled, more to himself really.

" I do.~" He said cheerfully. He has always seen Yuto in that way. He was very kind and just the sweetest person he has ever met even though Yuto always said that Yuya was sweet.

He wondered how much had gotten done in Heartland ever since they had left. He knew it had only been a couple of days really but he knew everyone was working hard to rebuilding their homeland; even people from other dimensions like Yuya would go and help out anyway they could. Yuya wasn't really strong so he couldn't help with lifting or anything but he still tried to help with insulation and all that. His body build wasn't anything like Yuto's or Shun's; who could do that and mostly spent their time working in construction.

Yuto became silent and thought for a moment, staring at nothing in particular and gently stroking Yuya's back absentmindedly. It was nice to just hold him and they weren't having that much of a conversation apart from just compliments, so it let him just think.

"...Hey, Yuya. Have you ever thought about, if you could do anything, what you'd like to do when you grow up?" he questioned before quickly realizing that was a stupid question. "Oh wait. You want to be an Entertainment Duelist, right? I knew that." he laughed weakly at his own mistake.

Yuya smiled, " Yeah I want to entertain and make people smile." He said he didn't think it was a stupid question really, " What do you want to do Yuto?" He asked looking up at him; he never knew what Yuto wanted to do really. He didn't really know about Yuto's life before the invasion. He wanted to know but didn't want to ask and bring up any sad memories.

Yuya rubbed the other's back softly and gently just how Yuto stroked his back. It felt nice to lay like this.

Talking about things that happened before the invasion was fine. Those were happy memories for him. If Yuya asked him things about the invasion, he would tell him, but... those were... definitely more sad.

"I've been thinking about it... I think... I want to do something where I can help people. I've been thinking lately it might be neat to be a doctor." he explained. To be able to help people in that way, he would love to. He wanted to be able to help save lifes or just... help people have easier ones, just... things like that.

Yuya listened to Yuto on what he wanted to be and smiled, " That sounds like something you would do. You love to help people." He said, " That's a good dream to have." He added. He would support Yuto if he wished to become a doctor.

" Hey um Yuto?" He said; not really sure if he should ask it; but he decided he should, " What...was your life like before the invasion?" He asked.

Yuto nodded. "It'll be a lot of school whenever things get up and running again, but... I'm hoping that... maybe in being a war veteran, maybe I can get some scholarships for it or something. I... definitely wouldn't be able to afford it on my own after all." He didn't know if Heartland could really afford that though. ...He definitely wasn't going to try and ask Reiji for help with that though and he'd never been close enough to anyone in Synchro or especiall Jack to try that, but... that was fine. "Even if I do have to earn the money on my own, that's fine. I can do it." It would just take him longer, but.. Yuto was patient. He would do what he had to to get where he needed to be in life.

Yuto looked down at Yuya curiously at the question, not having expected it. "Oh, uh..." he trailed, having to think about that. "Fine, I guess? What specifically do you mean?" he questioned, that question being a little broad for him.

" Yeah I believe you can do it Yuto." Yuya said with a grin and hugged him alittle tighter. He believed that the other could do it really. He knew money and school would probably be hard right now but it's something to go ahead and start thinking about.

" Well I want to hear about it really." he said, " I don't really know anything about your past. I only know about the invasion really I want to hear about before the invasion." He added, " But if it's a touchy subject you don't have to worry about answering it." He said.

Yuto smiled. "I can only hope that it all works out one day." he noted. He was a determined person, so he felt like, no matter what knocked him down, he'd be able to get back up again. He'd push through.

Yuto nodded. "Yes, I understand, and no, it's not a problem to ask about that kind of thing because those were all good times for me, but... that's just kind of a broad question, Yuya. Can you break it down into smaller questions for me? What specifically do you want to know?" he urged him instead. "I don't mind telling you anything really."

Yuya nodded, " How did you and Shun meet from school I'm guessing?" He asked, he wanted to know to hear about it but the only question that came to his head at that moment he knew he would think of more as time passed by, " Did you live with Shun and Ruri before then as well?" He asked wondering about that too; he didn't know it Yuto had lived by himself or with his parents or with Shun and Ruri?

"Yes, I met Shun at school. We went to the same school together, so at first it was... I knew his sister since she was in the same class as me and I'd see him sometimes when he came to pick her up. I... wasn't friends with Ruri at the time either. But I got accepted into the pro duel school and that's where I really met Shun. I tried approaching him since he was the only person I recognized really. He... wasn't exactly accepting of that though. I had a few people warn me that he wasn't that friendly and I shouldn't try, but when I saw him duel, I don't know, it intrigued me. He seemed like a cool person and I didn't think he was as cold or as mean as people seemed to let on because I'd seen him with Ruri. It was... a long process honestly." Yuto chuckled.

"I hadn't noticed it, but Shun had been watching my duels too it seemed like. When I finally did get to duel him, that's I think when I really met Shun . When he dueled and had an actual good duel, that's when his real personality shined. You could tell he was having fun with it." he explained. "Anyway, I ended up beating him and I guess I earned his respect that way because after that, he'd start talking to me more. Not for... anything huge, just little questions or whatever until slowly he just started hanging around me. I guess since then, we've been sort of inseperable in that way." Yuto grinned.

His relationship with Shun was complicated, but... solid. He knew he would always have his back.

"Ah, no, I lived with my parents back then, but they... didn't come back." he explained, that question bringing down his mood a bit.

He was intrigued to hear about Yuto talk about how he met Shun; he thought they grew up together really and just been friends for the longest time. At first he thought he had been friends with Ruri first then met Shun because of Ruri. It was nice to hear something about Yuto's past it was nice to hear.

He frowned when heard about his parents and could hear the sadness in Yuto's tone. He hugged him tightly and rubbed his back to reassure and try to cheer his boyfriend up. He knew he shouldn't have asked that question.

Yuya being silent now didn't exactly help him since it left his words lingering, though he could feel that he was trying to be supportive with his hugs and his pets. Yuto had to try and keep it together though. "It's... fine. I live with Shun and Ruri now anyway, so it's... fine."

Shun and Ruri were in the same boat as him in that way. They had ended up becoming each other's family, looking out for and taking care of each other any way they could.

Yuya nodded wanted to make sure that Yuto was ok, it must've been hard to grow up without parents but he was glad that Yuto had Shun and Ruri to be there for them; to be each other's family. Yuzu and her dad was like family to him especially after his dad disappeared. Yuya went to Yuzu's dad most of the time for...guy stuff while Yuzu usually went to his mom for girl stuff, " I'm sorry I shouldn't have asked that." Yuya said.

Yuto shook his head. "No, it's fine. But let's just... talk about something else." he urged him, staring more blankly at the wall over Yuya's head instead. He could talk about it with Yuya, he just... wasn't... very good with it. It definitely made him sad to think about. He probably would have felt worse if Yuya wasn't hugging him so tightly though.

That was right. He had Yuya now too. One more person who cared about him so very deeply.

Yuya nodded and try to think what to ask really; he could assume Yuto had a normal life all the way up to the invasion. It was sad though to him that the invasion even happened; it shouldn't even have happened because alot of people had suffered and Heartland had been destroyed. The one thing that was much worse was that most of the people in Fusion who was apart of it treated it like a game; like Sora. It was one thing that made him angry. He was glad the darkness was now gone because he didn't have to be afraid that it would come take over him; it was gone now and it was thanks to Yuto.

" Like I said though, me and my mom are your family now as well." He said softly he wanted Yuto to know that. His mom loved him like her own; Yuya loved him too.

It wasn't exactly changing the topic, but Yuya's sentiments did make him feel nice. "Yes, I know, Yuya, and I appreciate that. Although honestly, I don't really think of you as 'family' per se. You're sort of... in your own different kind of place in my heart." he explained carefully. He was his very-important-to-him-to-always-be-treasured boyfriend. "But having you in my life now means so much to me."

Yuya smiled and blushed light, " You mean so much to me Yuto." He said nuzzling him; he was very important to him. He would always treasure him; always love him. He knew that he loved Yuto alot and remembered saying it to the other after they had kissed. It made his face red really. He didn't know if Yuto had heard it of course; but he had a feeling he did, but he could be wrong really.

Yuto had... heard it, but he hadn't exactly registered it. The kiss had left him in too much of a daze and all he'd been thinking about was how nice that had felt and how he wanted to do it again. Kissing Yuya was just... perfect~Better than he had imagined it would be.

Yuto smiled softly, petting Yuya's hair. "Good, I'm glad." he replied, keeping his boyfriend close.

Yuya thought the kiss was just so...perfect. He wanted to do it again. It had been so nice and he wouldn't mind to do it again. He felt so warm and he really loved to cuddle it felt nice. He remembered when he was afraid to cuddle someone in his sleep but now he really only wanted to cuddle with Yuto.

He has really only slept with Yuto really not anyone else. When he had slept by himself when he had came home he didn't like it because he was by himself, but now he always slept cuddled close to Yuto and he loved it. Yuya was starting to fall asleep having been exhausted from today.

Yuto noticed that Yuya had gone silent again. Were... those his only questions? "Are you falling asleep, Yuya?" he questioned him. They still had to get dinner, so it was a bit early yet, but he supposed that Yuya had been through a lot that day, so he would understand.

" Alittle but I'm alright." He said, he was kind of tired but he wanted to stay up and be with Yuto. He knew Yuto wouldn't probably mind that he slept just a little bit before dinner. Today had worn him out just abit and he really only was quiet because he had been debating on kissing Yuto again. He wanted to but he didn't know if his boyfriend felt the same.

Yuto had no idea what Yuya was thinking so there was no way he could respond to that. Mostly he was just wondering if Yuya was okay. "Well if you need to nap, it's fine. I'll wake you up when your mother calls us for dinner." he offered, always ready to take care of his boyfriend. Granted Yoko didn't come into the room herself. Which... might end up being embarrassing if she did, so he sort of hoped not.

" Hey umm Yuto? I know this will be weird to ask and don't be afraid to say no, but can...I kiss you?" he asked with a softly blush. He looked up at Yuto and wanted to kiss him; but he wanted permission from the other more than anything.

He knew his mom wouldn't walk in the room; she would knock first and if he didn't answer she would sometimes walk in and sometimes not so they didn't really need to worry about her walking in because if anything she would call them from downstairs telling them that dinner was done.

Yuto immediately blushed, looking down at Yuya with surprise. He found himself momentarily speechless, not quite sure what to say for a moment. Wow, he hadn't been expecting that.

Yuto shifted his eyes away with some embarrassment. "Um." he began, just to give himself an extra moment to control his frazzled brain before he looked back to Yuya again. "Alright." he agreed.

Something else then occurred to him too, which made him somewhat concerned. "It's not... you don't feel that darkness returning or anything... do you?" he questioned, just needing to be sure.

Yuya kind of understood when Yuto hadn't said anything at first, it was kind of something he probably didn't expect, " No I don't feel it at all, I just want to kiss you again." He said, " It...felt nice before and I wanted to do it again." He said looking away in embarrassment really. He could understand about Yuto asking that, worried about him.

It was probably weird and he was about to tell the other that it was ok and he didn't have to if he didn't want to before, " Alright?" He asked looking back up at Yuto. Was that him saying it was ok?

Yuto blushed a bit deeper and nodded. "Yes. You can kiss me." he agreed. "I... thought it felt pretty good too." he admitted, averting his gaze again with some embarrassment.

Plus Yuya was his boyfriend. He alone had the privilage to do that. He was pleased to some degree though that Yuya would want to check with him first. He knew he was just watching out for Yuto's feeling and that was sweet of him...~Really, it just made him want to kiss him more.

Yuya smiled happy to hear that Yuto didn't mind if he did that. He leaned up to get closer and gently pressed his lips against Yuto's. His heart was beating so fast but it felt good to kiss Yuto. It made him feel so nice to kiss Yuto and be cuddled close to him; and he felt he was alot calmer now they didn't have Yuzu and Mieru there.

Yuya wanted to be a good boyfriend he didn't want to force him to do anything he didn't want to reall but he was glad Yuto was ok with this. He wouldn't have mind if Yuto said no but he would understand if he did.

'Okay' was definitely an understatement. Yuto shut his eyes as Yuya leaned in, returning the kiss softly. He still felt that same great feeling coarsing through him that he had the first time, his heart beating fast in his chest.

It felt better to do now that they had the privacy too. He'd been so worried about somehow doing this wrong, but... this all just... felt so perfect.

When they finally parted, Yuto opened his eyes just half lidded, looking at Yuya with a bit of a daze and a sparkle in his eyes. He just... He really did love him...~Kissing Yuya felt like fireworks.

Yuya felt butterflies in his stomach and really felt that happy feeling flow through him just as the first time. It was great and nice...~ He smiled softly with a slight blush...it was just so perfect. His crimson eyes looked up at half lidded gray ones. He felt like fireworks were going off around him and his brain shut off as he kissed back. Once Yuto pulled away slowly he really missed those lips against his.

He loved Yuto so much; he knew that for sure. Just how he felt around Yuto; how the other made him just so happy. He leaned up and gave Yuto an eskimo kiss as Yuto had done before. It had been cute when he had done it.

Yuto blushed and chuckled softly, giving Yuya a content smile. He raised his hand to gently cup Yuya's cheek, stroking it with his thumb. "Just as amazing as the first time...~" he noted to him, feeling quite good about all of this. "Yuya... you really are something special...~"

Yuya smiled back, " It was...~" He said as he couldn't help but keep smiling at Yuto's kind words, " Not as special as you are Yuto.~" He purred softly as he placed his hand over Yuto's, he was so sweet really and so special to him. He knew Yuto had a special place in his heart and always will of course.

Yuto peeked his head up a bit when he heard the call from Yuya's mother for dinner, then looking back to Yuya again, though not immediately moving. He couldn't exactly anyway with Yuya clinging on to him. Not that he minded so much. "I guess we should go eat." he noted to his sweet boyfriend. He'd been enjoying their moment, but he supposed the really should eat.

Yuya heard the call and nodded as he took his time getting up. He didn't want to but he guessed they should go eat, " Yeah." He said and giggled. He was enjoying this so much and didn't want it to end but he guessed they should go downstairs to eat. He got off the bed and stretched before reaching his hand out to help Yuto up. He held Yuto's hand and headed out of his room and downstairs into the kitchen where the smell of the delicious food hit his face.

" Hey you two dinner's done." Yoko said with a smile.

Yuto gave Yoko a polite smile. "Thank you, it smells delicious." he noted to her, taking his seat. He waited for everyone to sit down before he got into eating his food. It was definitely good. He would miss having nice meals like this when he went back home. His simple meals were nothing compared to this.

Yoko and Yuya had got their plates and sat down and began to eat. Yuya waited until he swallowed the food in his mouth before saying, " Oh Mom me and Yuto will be going back to Heartland sometime tomorrow." He told her as she nodded.

" Alright Yuya and Yuto i'm glad you came to visit it's makes me happy to have more people to cook for." She said happily as she looked at him with a smile, " You now you are welcome to come visit anytime." She added.

Yuto nodded and smiled. "I'm glad to hear you say that. I was thinking I might come by once a week now to see Yuya, if that's alright." he explained his plan to her, knowing that it would be rude to not inform her of his planned weekly visits. "I won't do anything that might interrupt Yuya's studies, though." he clarified.

Yoko smiled, " That is quite alright with me Yuto, You can come here anytime you want." She said, " Of course Yuya will have to focus on his studies alittle bit better than he has but I know Yuzu will definitely make sure he does and so will I." She said, " But with school starting soon he won't be able to go to Heartland and stay as long as he has." She explained, " I hate to say that but i'm guessing you two got that all planned out?"

Yuto nodded. "Don't worry, Mrs. Sakaki, I don't want to be the reason Yuya's studies slip either. I know it's important." he assured her. He wanted to be a good influence on Yuya, not a bad one.

Yuto kind of wished he could go back to school too. He didn't want to fall too far behind... But he didn't have a lot of options with that right then. He'd just... have to work extra hard to catch up if anything. He didn't think home schooling was really an option at the moment.

She smiled, " I know you wouldn't be the reason Yuto." She reassured him, " he has the tendency to not pay attention in school only having Yuzu make sure he pays attention." She said with a small chuckle. She was teasing her son about it alittle but mostly was serious about him paying attention more. She knew that Yuto wouldn't be a bad influence on Yuya one bit.

Yuya looked at her, " Well I promise I will try to pay attention more." he told her.

Yuto grinned. He wasn't all that surprised to hear that to be honest. It sounded very Yuya. He knew all Yuya really wanted to do with duel and entertain people, so being in school probably was boring for him. He imagined he probably paid more attention at You Show. He could be wrong on that too though, but... he figured maybe.

"I'm not sure for how long I'd be able to help you before it goes past what I've learned, but I could try and help you with your homework if you ever need it, Yuya." he offered him.

Yuya smiled, that was so sweet of him to do, " Alright that's so sweet of you to do Yuto." He said happily. He thought it was great that Yuto wouldn't mind to help him with homework if he needed it. Yoko could see how happy Yuto made Yuya and smiled herself to see her son so happy like this. She knew Yuya had never been in a relationship before, she didn't know if Yuto was the same.

" You two are just adorable." Yoko said with a smile, " I'm glad you both make each other happy." She added.

Yuto blushed, a little embarrassed about being calling out on that. Well... he supposed that was a compliment. He just wasn't used to being called 'adorable'. Although, he supposed she was also saying that about both of him and not necessarily just him anyway.

Yuto had always been good in school though, so he figured he'd be able to help him a little and if Yuya ever needed help, he wanted to be able to provide him with that.

Yuya blushed at his mom's compliment; he wasn't expecting it but he smiled softly at it. Thinking it was good that his mom accepted their relationship; he was glad really that alot of people you knew about it accepted them. It was probably helping Yuto be more comfortable with their relationship more and more. It was also helping him as well, he had never been on a date before, held hands, kissed or even been a boyfriend to someone before and he knew this was helping him be more good at all that.

" Thanks mom." He thanked as he continued to eat. She smiled back and did the same.

It was most definitely all helping Yuto become little by little more accustomed to everything. Yuya asking to and expressing a desire to want to kiss him and be close to him and such like that helped a lot as well. It slowly pulled him into it more and showed him what was okay and what felt nice to do and... honestly, he wasn't sure he'd exactly be able to ask or just do those things himself right off the bat.

He supposed, in a way, he was having Yuya pave out their relationship in front of him and he could follow along based off that. It was a... surprisingly comfortable way of doing it for him. It felt gentle and low pressure and like they were just kind of... experimenting with things together. He didn't know that this was all a first for Yuya or not, but... Yuya was still being all the correct levels of patient with him that he needed him to be.

Yuya wanted to make sure Yuto felt comfortable with everything first before he did something. He didn't know how Yuto felt about kissing him at first before they had to to get rid of the darkness. He had guessed Yuto only wanted to do it to help him but he wasn't for sure. He knew he had been nervous and Yuya had been as well. Most of the things him and Yuto had done were first for him. Having never kissed anyone before or hold hands; cuddling was one thing he had done with Yuzu but it was when he was asleep and of course she had hit him. He always tries not to sleep with other people when they were over, but Yuto had allowed him and wasn't against it so it taught him it was ok as long as it was Yuto.

He was glad that Yuto was ok with him kissing him. It felt nice and he wanted to do it more with Yuto. He knew taking things slow were really good to help Yuto ease into things and asking for permission for anything was something he wanted to do to make sure Yuto was ok with it.

Yuto was definitely a little more than 'okay' with kissing Yuya. But that was a bit embarrassing to say.

Yuto soon enough finished off his meal, just relaxing while he waited for the others, again just listening to Yuya and his mother talk about different things, occasionally answering any question she might throw his way. It was a peaceful kind of over dinner talk he wasn't exactly accustomed to any more, but he enjoy nonetheless.

Yuya finished his dinner as well as his Yoko, " You boys must be tired from your day so why don't you both go upstairs i'll do dishes it's fine." She suggested. She had no idea what time they were gonna leave tomorrow, so if it was in the morning she wanted them to be able to get some sleep and head out tomorrow. She didn't mind to do the dishes anyway.

" Alright." Yuya nodded looking at Yuto, " Ready to go back to my room?" He asked.

Yuto looked to Yuya and nodded before looking back at Yoko. He smiled politely at her. "Thank you very much for dinner, it was good." he complimented before getting up and following Yuya back up the stairs again.

He was a bit tired, but it was more Yuya that went through things than him. If anything, he was worn out from stressing out things.

She smiled, " It was no problem at all Yuto." She said as she watched them both go upstairs and getting ready to do the dishes.

Yuya lead Yuto upstairs and to his room before going to grab his pajamas. He knew it would still be strange to change in front of each other even though Yuto was once in his body. He had probably saw him change but he wasn't about to ask or anything making it embarrassing, " Ill go to the bathroom to change ok?" He said as he usually did to give Yuto his privacy to change.

Yuto nodded. "Alright." he agreed. He supposed that they could change in the same room as each other, but he felt a strange built in thought that he shouldn't see Yuya naked. He supposed since he had feelings for the other, it did make... some sense.

He guessed they could just change without facing each other, but at present, this... was the most comfortable decision.

Yuya nodded and walked out of the room to the bathroom to change with the kitten following him without even knowing. The kitten mostly followed him since he was gone most of the time and he thought it was cute. Once he got changed he waited for Yuto to give him the ok to change.

He guessed they both just change in the same room just not look at each other, but Yuya would feel embarrassed; not just even Yuto probably so for now until they felt comfortable with it he didn't mind to go change in another room.

Yuto was relaxed back on Yuya's bed, arms crossed behind his head, eyes shut as he waited for Yuya to come back. He felt fairly at peace there now. Yuya's bed was a lot comfier than his temporary one, but that wasn't too surprising. His was just one of the available ones that they had around rather than one specially picked out like Yuya's no doubt was.

Rather than feeling jealous or spiteful about it though, he just felt pleased to be able to enjoy it with Yuya for the time he could. Not to mention getting to share it with Yuya made it even better. Plus he was happy that Yuya would have something comfy to sleep on at night too. He wanted Yuya to feel safe and comforted at all times really.

Yuya walked back into his room to see how relaxed Yuto was on his bed, " Comfty?" He giggled as he sat beside Yuto. He was happy to see that Yuto felt at peace in his home. That was one of the reasons they had came here; of course the major one to spend time together. Was so Yuto could relax from his duties in Heartland and catch up on his sleep; which he had been able to.

He was happy about the last few days they were just magical, the fact that Yuto had asked him to be his boyfriend, they kissed and really just felt like they had gotten alot closer than before made him smile.

Yuto opened his eyes at Yuya's voice, grinning up at him. "Yeah. I was just thinking about how much more comfy your bed is than mine." he explained to him.

Yuto was always happy to see Yuya again, even after just little partings. Seeing him always brought that sweet feeling back to him again.

He would agree though that this time in Standard had helped with their relationship. It wasn't like it had been in any danger, he didn't think, but the personal time just for each other did help strength their bond.

Yuya smiled, " Your bed is comfty too." He said, " Just as long as I can cuddle against is all the matters though. You're comfty as well." He added with a big grin. He had always felt comfortable when sleeping with Yuto it didn't matter where they slept really. In Yuto's bed, on the trolley, anything really was comfortable with him.

He was glad to be going back to Heartland; he didn't really know how long he would stay though really I guess as long as he could before school started.

Yuto blushed lightly at that, though chuckled a bit. "Mm, well I'm glad I'm up to your standards with that." he noted. "You're a fairly cuddly person,so it would be a shame if I couldn't live up to that." he noted with some amusement. Yuya really was such a cute, sweet person.

Yuya smiled and laid back before cuddling up close, " Of course, even though now I don't want to cuddle with anyone else, but you." He said nuzzling his head against Yuto's chest. He loved to hear Yuto's heartbeat really it soothed him. Yuto was right about how cuddly he was; he just loved to cuddle even though most people didn't but now he only wanted to cuddle with Yuto

Yuto smiled and wrapped his arms around Yuya, holding him close to him. His heart definitely picked up every time Yuya got close like this and he knew he could probably hear it, but that was fine. It wasn't like he didn't want Yuya knowing he had these feelings for him. He definitely did want him to know.

"I'm glad to hear that. I wouldn't want you cuddling like this with anyone else anyway." he admitted. It'd make him kind of jealous if he did really.

Yuya smiled his heart beating fastly. He could hear Yuto's heart beat and it made him happy to know Yuto felt the same. Yuto and Yuzu had been the only people he had cuddled with soon after Yuzu had hit him he slept on the floor and gave her his bed when she would stay the night. He hadn't minded just as he didn't try to cuddle up with her. With Yuto he knew he didn't mind the cuddling if he did he would tell Yuya he didn't and crimson eyed duelist would stop, or try to anyway.

Yuto felt happy to have Yuya as his own now. It was nice that he had his care and his loyalty. Yuto knew he would never have anything to worry about with Yuya. Not in that category anyway.

Yuto gently kissed the top of Yuya's head, figuring they were probably going to sleep for the night now. "Good night, Yuya. Sleep well." he wished him softly.

Yuto fell asleep with a soft smile, feeling quite happy to have Yuya there. He was pleased that he could be such a comfort for Yuya too. He loved being able to hold Yuya while he fell asleep. He wanted him to feel safe in his arms~He knew maybe that seemed like an obvious comfort, but... to him it felt like something important. Being able to fall asleep feeling safe wasn't something he'd always had the luxury of.

Yuto dreamed of happy things at first, about his time with Shun in their pro duel school, talking and exchanging cards, though like always, it soon seemed to get taken away. Yuto felt his throat restict and suddenly breathing became hard in this thick smog like air. And he was coughing, struggling, he quickly realized that it was smoke he was breathing in, it stinging at his eyes. He felt warm, a little too warm and he heard the flickering blaze of fire as he slowly placed himself back into the room that seemed to glow red, yellow and oranged flames lapping at the bottoms of furniture around him. Then he heard it. The cry of a child, a young one. Yuto's eyes flicked up to the door and like a flash he seemed to realize why he was there. That child, he had to save that child. Yuto rushed to the door and threw it open without thinking, the quick rush of oxygen feeding the flames to create a bit of a mini explosion, throwing him back onto the floor, feeling bits of pain as the flicker of loose flames fell on his skin. Yuto grunted, trying to get back up again, the child was still crying, they needed his help. He got to his feet and stumbled towards it. He heard something else, but it sounded fuzzy. He heard it again. His name maybe?

' Yuto!' That voice this time was accompanied by strong arms pulling him back and hoisting him over his shoulder. Wait, this was wrong. They were going in the wrong direction! Yuto struggled.

' Wait! There's still a child in there! We have to go back! We-!'

' The-There's no time!' The voice seemed to break in it's own struggle, clearly not entirely pleased by the situation either.

Yuto struggled regardless, ' Let me go! I have to go back! I have to!'

Yuya woke by movement and opened his eyes to see and hear Yuto. He knew that Yuto was having a nitemare. He needed to remember what Shun had told him to do if this happened while they were here. Yuya grabbed Yuto and lightly shook him before grabbing him by the shoulder and pulling him up and wrapping his arms around the other and gently stroking Yuto's back.

" Yuto it's ok. It was just a nitemare." He said softly and gently as he continued to stroke the other's back trying to get him to wake up and calm him down. He was trying to listen to what Shun had said to do and how he had done it before Ruri took him to the living room. He didn't know if they should be going back to Heartland now that he had a nitemare; he wasn't sure of it; he would probably ask Ruri or Shun how they feel about it.

Yuto gasped awake, reflexively shoving Yuya away from him, his eyes frantic and full of both fear and panic. He had to save that child, they were screaming! There was no time! They were coming too! They were. . .! Yuto was a little stuck in his scene right then, breathing a little heavier than usual, clearly not seeing quite as clearly for the moment.

Yuya caught himself before falling off his bed, " Yuto it's just a nitemare, everything is ok." He said; this was much more than what happened back in Heartland. He didn't care how many times Yuto would push him away or hit him he would try to help the raven out. He wrapped his arms around Yuto and tried to calm him down once again, " Yuto it's alright it's just a nitemare." He said in a more stern voice making sure the other heard him. He rubbed the other's back. He patted Yuto's face gently trying not to startle him more, " Yuto it's alright now everything's ok." He said, " Look at me Yuto please." He said.

Yuto's eyes focused a bit more, turning more into a look of fear and fragile innocence, " Y. . .Yuya. . ." He breathed shakily, trying to come out of this and better understand his current situation, " That. . .that kid, he's still. . ." He urged him, " He's. . ." Yuto eyes shone a bit like he might tear up.

Yuya was glad to see Yuto had calmed down abit but he was still shaking. He didn't know what kid he was talking about but guessed it had something to do with the nitemare he just had. Yuya hugged the other tighter and gently rubbed his back, " It's ok Yuto." He said. He didn't like to see Yuto like this and he looked as if he was gonna cry, " It's alright now, it was just a nitemare Yuto." He said softly. He didn't know what happened to this kid Yuto had been talking about or even if it was just the nitemare or it actually had happened.

Yuto shakily wrapped his arms around Yuya, holding onto him tightly with almost a bit of desperation. He buried his face in Yuya's shoulder, trying to hide his eyes. A nightmare. It was just a nightmare. Not real. Not. . .anymore. It felt real though. It felt present. And both of those things scared the hell out of him in that moment. Calming down from this was never easy for him. Yuya held onto Yuto and gently stroked his back. He wanted to make sure the other was ok. He knew it was hard to calm down from nitemares like this. He kept reassuring him though letting the other know that everything was ok; that he was alright. Just make Yuto feel safe right now. Yuya hated the nitemares; hated the fusion dimension since they caused them from happening. He kissed Yuto softly on the cheek to keep on reassuring him that everything was alright. Little by little Yuto slowly started to calm down, though he didn't let go of Yuya. He still didn't feel very okay. Yuya's soft physical and verbal comforts were helping him a lot though, rather needing him at the moment. He still hadn't remembered that he wasn't even in Heartland at the moment, though that would have calmed him down a little faster to know as well. He couldn't be in his scene because he wasn't even in Heartland. He was in Standard with Yuya.

" Are you ok Yuto?" he asked softly, not letting the other go. He wouldn't let the other go until he wanted him too. He could feel that Yuto had calmed down just a bit but he still held onto the other. He didn't know what the nitemare was about only knowing it had involved some little boy and he wasn't about to ask Yuto what it was about and bring it back up. He thought that Yuto shouldn't be going back to Heartland right now, even if Yuto will try to; he didn't feel comfortable with having Yuto go back only to have more nitemares.

" I. . ." He began shakily, still shaken up even if he had calmed down a bit more. He didn't let go of Yuya yet either, " I guess. . ." He replied finally, not really sure quite how to respond to that question. He didn't. . .feel okay. . .but. . .he supposed. . .technically he was, " I. . .I'm. . .I'm sorry. . ." He mumbled into his shoulder, knowing he must have scared Yuya too. He didn't mean for this to happen, it just. . .did. Those nightmares were too real for him to differentiate. . .

" It's alright Yuto." he said, he had been shocked that he had a nitemare after not having them for the few days he's been here, " It's not your fault at all Yuto." He said rubbing his back gently. He wish there was a way to get of these nitemares but he couldn't think of any ways to do so. It wasn't like how they got rid of the darkness inside of Yuya, personally therapy would help but he didn't know if Yuto would be able to do that. Talking about the nitemares would probably only hurt Yuto more, but he didn't know. He did know that he was gonna be there with Yuto to help him.

Yuto did remember Ruri talking to him about it once. She said there was a type of therapy that would help where he needed to turn it into a happy ending. Which, honestly, by now there was more of a happy ending, he just never remembered it when he needed to and Shun wasn't exactly good at comforting words as much as he probably needed. A couple times Ruri had stuck close, though kept distance all the same, just to remind him that the war was over and they were safe, just repeating that to him over and over. He knew he had happier things in his life now, he just. . .needed to be reminded before he could snap back to those thoughts himself. He still wasn't entirely calm, but maybe he could try it.

" The war is over. Heartland is safe. I'm in Standard. I'm with Yuya." He mumbled quietly to himself a couple times.

Yuya heard him and said it with him, he guessed it was something he said to himself when he had nitemares, " That's right Yuto. The war is over, Heartland is safe and you're with me in Standard. Everything's ok." He said softly and squeezed softly to reassure that he was here in Standard with him. That Heartland was alright and the war was over; everyone was safe. Heartland was being rebuilt by everyone and would soon be back to the utopia he lived in.

Yuto focused on Yuya's soft voice, partially wishing he had continued, though he didn't like asking for help either. He already felt so weak and pathetic right then. Even if there were things he felt would help, he didn't want to ask. He was already asking too much of Yuya as it was.

He pulled back from him softly, though kept his eyes down, "I'm. . .I'm okay. . ." He assured him, though he didn't sound nearly as convincing as he hoped he might. But he needed to be strong again.

" Are you sure? You need anything?" He asked looking at the other still holding onto him. He wanted to make sure the other was ok and if he needed anything like water or something. He wanted to keep on reassuring him that everything was alright, " Everyone in Heartland is ok, rebuilding your homeland to become the beautiful utopia it once was. Everything is ok now." He said softly; he knew Yuto had said he was ok but he didn't feel like he really was. He wanted to do everything he could to make Yuto better.

Yuto swallowed and nodded gently, looking up to Yuya was a certain uncertainty in his eyes, " A. . .and. . .you. I have. . .you." He attempted to add on, almost as if he still needed to convince himself of that. Normally he was solid on that fact, but in that exact moment, he was still just trying to convince himself of the positives.