Chapter 3- The Morning After

Yugi wasn't sure why, but he felt very warm that morning. He wasn't used to the extra warmth in bed, but he snuggled into it, intent on going back to sleep. Yugi felt something tightened around him, and he heard a sigh. That brought Yugi's mind out of the fog. He opened his eyes and nearly had a heart attack. Yami was in bed with him, and he was holding him in his sleep. 'What happened? Why is Yami in bed with me?' Yugi asked himself.

Yami was still fast asleep. He had his arms wrapped tightly around Yugi.

Yugi shook his head slightly. His head hurt, and he really wasn't in any mood to figure out what was going on, so he just snuggled back against his Dark and went back to sleep.

The next time that someone woke up, it was Yami. He glanced down and saw that Yugi was snuggled up against him. Yami couldn't help, but think about how cute Yugi looked despite what he had went through the say before.

Yugi's face was still a little pale, but his color looked a lot better than the day before. He wasn't shivering like he had been the night before, so Yami was sure that he was better.

'I'm glad that's over. That was just scary.' Yami thought.

Yami moved around and got the hot water bottle out from under the bed since they were cold and set them aside on the table beside the bed.

Yami heard a soft sigh and glanced over at Yugi, who was slowly rousing up. "Yugi, are you awake?" Yami +*/- softly.

Yugi opened his eyes tiredly and looked at Yami.

"How are you feeling?" Yami asked.

"Tired." Yugi replied.

"Well, that's understandable." Yami stated.

"Yami, what are you even doing in my room?" Yugi asked.

Yami blinked. He realized that Yugi's mind must have still been in a fog. "Yugi, this isn't your room." Yami said.

Yugi frowned. "I didn't go to your room, though." Yugi protested.

Yami smiled. "Yugi, we're not at the house. We're at the Kaiba mansion." Yami said.

Yugi's eyes flew open, and he sat up quickly. "Why are we here?" Yugi asked.

"Yugi, don't you remember what happened yesterday?" Yami asked.

Yugi frowned. "I remember leaving the mansion to go home yesterday, but I don't remember much else." Yugi replied. He looked at Yami and said, "What happened?" He was hoping that Yami would be able to shed some light on what was going on.

Before Yami had the chance to answer, the door to the room opened, and Leo walked into the room.

"Yugi, you're awake." Leo said, obviously relieved.

Yugi frowned. "Yeah, I am. What's so amazing about that?" Yugi asked.

Leo looked at Yami, who shook his head. Leo realized that Yugi had no idea what had happened to him the day before.

"Yugi, you were caught in that blizzard yesterday. We had to go out and search for you." Yami said.

"What?!" Yugi exclaimed.

Leo nodded. "We found you unconscious in the snow, Yugi. You're lucky that we were able to get to you in time." Leo said.

"You mean, I almost died?" Yugi asked.

"You could have. You ended up having hypothermia." Leo said.

"I didn't mean to cause that trouble." Yugi said.

"Well, you sure as hell did that!"

The group turned and looked around to find that Seto, Joey, Mokuba, Heba, and Atemu were standing outside of the room.

Yami glared and said, "Oh, shut up, Seto!"

"Well, he did!" Seto argued.

"Come on, you tow. Knock it off." Yuesei said as he also appeared.

"How are you feeling, Yugi?" Heba asked.

"Okay, considering it sounds like I could be dead right about now." Yugi said.

"Well, I suggest that we have a hot breakfast because I know for a fact that Yugi needs to eat, and I am certain that we are all hungry." Leo said.

"I'll go tell the cook." Mokuba said and ran off.

"Hold up, Mokuba! I'll go with you!" Joey said.

Seto grabbed Joey and pulled him back before he could take off after Mokuba. "Oh, no you don't, puppy. The cook has threatened to quit if you stay in the kitchen when she's trying to cook considering you eat everything faster than she can cook, so you are going to stay right here and wait to be told that breakfast is ready." Seto said.

"Aw, man." Joey said.

"Well, considering how you eat, it doesn't surprise me." Atemu said.

Leo turned to Yugi and said, "How do you really feel?"

"Kind of tired. And a little confused. I just don't remember being caught out in that storm." Yugi said.

"Well, that's something that usually happens with people who get hypothermia. They don't remember getting caught in what caused them to get hypothermia, and you'll probably stay tired for awhile." Leo said.

"Can I ask one question, though?" Yugi asked.

"What's that?" Heba asked.

"Why were you sleeping in here, Yami?" Yugi asked.

Yami had to fight his blush, knowing that Yugi was referring to the fact that they had been sleeping in the same bed.

Atemu would usually tease Yami, but decided to give his brother a break. "Oh, you know how protective of you Yami is. It would have taken us knocking him out and locking him in a room with the use of magic to get him out of here, and then we would all have been killed for it, so Leo decided to just to let him stay in here last night." Atemu said.

"Besides, not like Yami's going to do anything to you." Heba said.

"You would have liked to have been able to." Atemu said low enough for only Yami to hear.

"Could we talk outside?" Yami asked, grabbing Atemu and practically dragging Atemu out of the room.

Mokuba came back into the room and said, "She'll have breakfast ready in about half an hour. Should I have it brought up?"

"No. We'll go downstairs unless Yugi wants to eat up here." Seto said.

"Um, I think I would prefer to eat downstairs." Yugi said.

"You hate staying in bed all day." Heba said.

"Yes, I do." Yugi agreed.

"Will you knock it off?" Yami growled.

"Why, whatever do you mean?" Atemu asked innocently.

"Cut with the innocent act. Stop saying things like that when Yugi's around." Yami said.

"But it's fun to try and get you to blush." Atemu said.

"Well, knock it off. I'm sick of you doing everything in your power to get me to blush in front of Yugi." Yami said.

Atemu rolled his eyes. "You said that you were planning to tell him anyway, so why do you care?" Atemu asked.

"Maybe because I would rather tell Yugi in my own time in my own way without you trying to force me to tell him." Yami said. He sighed and said, "Besides, I don't think that telling him right after he has learned that he could have died is the best time to tell him anything like that."

"Fine. I'll back off. At least while we're here." Atemu said.

"Oh, there you two are." Heba said.

The two turned to see that the others had come downstairs.

"We were all heading downstairs so that we could eat." Seto said.

"Okay. Let's go on." Yami said.

The group headed on down and entered the living room.

"Holy cow! I didn't notice that when I came down here before!" Mokuba exclaimed.

Everyone looked out the window that Mokuba was looking out of and saw that the snow had piled up high the night before.

"Seto, I think that you're going to have a few houseguests for a while." Leo said.

Seto groaned. "Fantastic. There's no way that I am going to be able to get to work today." Seto said.

"You've needed a day off for a while, so enjoy it." Joey said.

Seto glared. "I don't need to take a day off, puppy. I'll just have to work from here today, I guess." Seto said.

"You're a workaholic." Yami muttered.

"I am not a workaholic!" Seto shouted.

"Actually, big brother, you are. You're always working, whether you're at the office or at home, you're working." Mokuba said.

Seto glared down at his little brother with a mild glare.

Breakfast was announced ready, and the group went into the dining room to eat.

"Yugi, are you sure that you're all right?" Heba asked, sitting in the bedroom with Yugi, who was laying on the bed with his eyes closed.

"Yeah. I'll be fine. I'm just tired." Yugi said, opening one eye to look over at his brother. "You can stop worrying. I'll be fine." Yugi assured him.

"Yugi, you were trapped out in a blizzard for several hours. You ended up having hypothermia, and you could have died. Believe me. It's going to take a lot more than you telling me that you're okay to make me feel better about all of this." Heba said.

Yugi sighed and sat up to look at his brother. "I know that it was stupid of me to go out in that storm when I saw that it was bad, but I thought that I would be able to make it home before it got as bad as it did. I should have done what Joey and Seto tried to get me to do and stay here, but I was a stubborn and decided that I would go on home. It was my own fault that I ended up in the condition that I was in. I just wish that all of you hadn't worried and had to get out in that storm." Yugi said.

"You actually owe being alive to Yami." Heba said.

"Why's that?" Yugi asked.

"Well, you know how protective of you he was. When you didn't get home, he got worried about you. We tried to tell him that you most likely had decided to stay with Seto and Joey because of the storm. Yami wasn't satisfied because he knew that you always called if you wouldn't get home when you had said that you would. So, he went to his room and sued his cell phone to try and call you, but you didn't answer. When he told us, Leo said to call the mansion just to satisfy him. That's how we found out that you had left the mansion two hours before. We all left the house and started to look for you." Heba said.

"Wow. I guess I do really owe him my life." Yugi said.

"There's more. When we were looking, we knew that you wouldn't hear us because of how loud the wind was, so we were just having to look with our eyes. Well, when Yami was running, he tripped over something in the snow. It turned out to be you." Heba said.

"I think that I am going to have to give Yami a big thanks." Yugi said.

"Yeah. He also stayed in here with you all night." Heba said.

"That doesn't surprise me. Yami wasn't going to leave me until he knew for a fact that I was okay." Yugi said.

"So, how was it waking up to him this morning?" Heba asked.

Yugi rolled his eyes. "It wouldn't be the first time considering the fact that I go to his room to get away form the noise that you and Atemu tend to make at night." Yugi said.

"What about Leo and Yuesei?" Heba asked, fighting his blush at the mention of him and Atemu.

"They're not as bad as you two. At least they try to be quiet." Yugi said.

"You always go to Yami's room?" Heba asked.

"If it wakes me up, or if I can't get to sleep because of it, yes. He doesn't care. Usually, when I come in there, I don't even have to tell him why, especially when it's late at night." Yugi said.

Heba frowned. "Have you ever gone into his room and he's already asleep?" Heba asked.

"Yeah. Several times. I mentioned that once, and I went back to my room. Yami told me after that that I could come on in there, and get in bed with him since he knew that it would be impossible for me to sleep otherwise." Yugi said.

"So, you have slept with him." Heba said with a smirk.

"Yes, but not like you have with Atemu." Yugi shot back.

Heba blushed a deep red. "Could you stop that?" Heba asked.

"You first." Yugi replied.

"Fine. Are you ever going to tell him how you feel about him, anyway?" Heba asked.

"If you had asked me this yesterday, I would have said no. Now, I'm not so sure." Yugi said.

"Really?" Heba asked, genuinely surprised. He had thought that Yugi would never cave in and tell him.

Yugi nodded. "You know, I didn't want him to know because I was scared of his reaction. Heba, I could have died last night. If you all hadn't found me when you did, I would have, and I would never have had the chance to tell him. I guess I realize that I don't really want Yami or myself to die without knowing the truth. I know that he might not feel the same as I do, but I think that I would feel a lot better if Yami knew how I felt." Yugi said.

"Good. I have always said that you need to tell Yami, and I think that this is a good thing. Yami is your best friend, Yugi. Keeping something like this from him isn't good for your friendship." Heba said.

Yugi smiled. "I'm not. I'll need to figure out how I need to do it, but I am going to tell him." Yugi said.

"Why not now?" Heba asked.

Yugi glared. "Heba, this is something that is personal and private. I am not doing it while snowed in at a mansion with seven people that I know listening in, and before you say it, I know that you would be listening to every word that was said." Yugi said.

Heba sighed and said, "Fine. You never know when something could happen, though. If you want the chance to be in a relationship Yami, you need to tell him soon. You and I both know that Yami is the most wanted guy at school, and there are a lot of girls and more than one guy that would jump at the chance to date him. You don't need to waste this chance." Heba said.

"Okay. I am not going to do it now, but I will soon." Yugi said. He looked over at Heba and said, "And I'm not telling you when I'm going to do it." Yugi said.

"Damn. Now I can't listen in Heba said.

"That would be the point." Yugi replied.

"All right, Yami. Enough is enough." Seto said.

Yami looked up from the cards he was holding. "It was your idea to play a game of Duel Monsters, Seto. Don't blame me for winning." Yami said.

Seto rolled his eyes. "That's not what I meant." Seto said.

"He's referring to the fact that you need to tell Yugi how you feel about him." Leo said, looking up from his book.

Yami glared. "That is none of your concern, Seto." Yami snapped.

"Like hell it isn't. You look at him in that way all the time. He'll catch on if you don't watch it." Seto said.

"That's my concern, not yours." Yami said.

"Yami, he si right. You and Yugi are best friends, and it's not right to keep something like this from your best friend." Yuesei said.

"I already talked to Atemu about all of this, and I have decoded to tell him." Yami said.

"Then why are you downstairs?" Seto demanded.

"Because I am not doing it in a house of six people, four of which would listen in." Yami said.

"I wouldn't." Leo said.

"I know. You and Yuesei are the ones that wouldn't. The other five would. I will tell Yugi when I want, and I am certainly not telling you all when I do because I don't want you to listen in." Yami said.

"You take all the fin out of everything, Yami." Seto said.

"I'm not going to let you use my personal life for your own amusement." Yami said.

"Fine. Just tell him soon. Yugi's one of the cutest kids at school, and he has girls fawning over him all the time. I know that there are several guys who would also like the chance to date him." Seto said.

"And that person would have been dead by now, too." Yami said.

"Yami, just don't wait too long to tell him. You never know when someone might come along that catches Yugi's attention, or deiced to try and make Yugi fall for them. It's been known to happen." Leo warned.

'I'll ell him soon. I won't lose him to someone before I have the chance to tell Yugi what I feel for him.' Yami thought.

"Damn!" Seto growled as Yami wiped out the rest of his life points.

Yami smirked and said, "I win, Seto."

That's chapter 3.

Unexpected confessions are in the next chapter.

R&R.