Chapter 17- Working Things Out

Yami woke up the next morning and sat up. He let out a sigh and climbed out of bed. He knew that he wanted to see Yugi so that they could straighten everything out, but he was also worried about how Yugi would react. He didn't want a repeat of the day before. He pulled out some blue jeans and sweatshirt. He decided to skip the leather since it was cold that day. He grabbed his tennis shoes and pulled them on.

There was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Yami said, pulling on his other shoe.

"I see you're going early." Atemu said.

Yami rolled his eyes. "I didn't think you'd be up until noon." Yami said.

Atemu blinked. "Why?" Atemu asked.

"You and Heba weren't exactly quiet last night." Yami said.

Atemu blushed bright red at that. "Y-you heard u-us?" Atemu asked.

Yami nodded. "Hard not to considering my room is right next door to yours. I put a silencing spell on the room so no one would else was here. I really don't think that Heba wanted to answer all of those questions that would have been asked." Yami said.

"Thanks. I owe you." Atemu said.

"Right. I suggest you let Heba sleep. I doubt that he'll want to get out of bed for some time." Yami said before standing up.

"Try to keep a grip on your temper. Losing it will not help you get Yugi to listen to you." Atemu said.

"I know. I don't plan on yelling. I just hope that he's willing to listen to me." Yami said.

"I think that he will, but you can't let your anger get the best of you." Atemu said.

Yami nodded. "I'm not sure when I'll be back." Yami said.

"Well, I'm going to try and convince Grandpa not come and see Yugi until around lunchtime. I know that he'll want to. Heba, too." Atemu said.

Yami nodded. "Thanks." Yami said.

Atemu smiled. "No problem. Now go." Atemu said.

Yami nodded and left the room.

Atemu followed Yami out and shut the door behind him. He went back into his room to find Heba still asleep. Atemu sat down on the bed.

The movement woke Heba up, and he yawned. "Atemu, what time is it?" Heba asked sleepily.

"Seven-thirty." Atemu replied, laying back down and wrapping his arms around Heba, pulling him closer.

"What were you doing up?" Heba asked, laying his head on Atemu's chest.

"I was talking to Yami. I hear him up." Atemu said.

"He's up at seven-thirty. He's never out of bed before ten unless something important is going on." Heba said.

"Well, I believe that he considers going to see Yugi and talk to him to hopefully patch things up is something that he is willing to get up and go do." Atemu said.

"Do you think that they'll be able to work things out?" Heba asked.

"I don't know." Atemu said, running his hands through Heba's hair. "I do think that as long as they both try that they will be able to work everything out." Atemu said.

Heba nodded. "I hope so." Heba said.

"I think that we can do other things than worry about them." Atemu said.

"Atemu!" Heba exclaimed a she was flipped on his back.

"What?" Atemu asked innocently.

"You're horrible." Heba said.

"Yes, I am." Atemu said before words were forgotten for a while.

Yugi sat in his hospital room, trying to fins something on TV while trying to forget what he had eaten for breakfast. "How can a hospital serve food like that? I thought they were suppose to make you better, not keep you here." Yugi said.

Dave laughed. "Sorry about that, Yugi, but that's what you get. You can have something better when you get home." Dave said.

Yugi smiled. "Okay. When will that be anyway?" Yugi asked.

"Well, if you keep doing this good, tomorrow morning." Dave said.

Yugi sighed. "Meaning I have to spend another night here." Yugi said.

"I'm afraid so." Dave said.

"I guess I'll just have to make the best of it." Yugi said.

The door opened, and Yami walked into the room. "Oh. Sorry. I didn't know you were in here." Yami said.

"It's fine. I was just leaving anyway. I was keeping Yugi company until someone came here. I'll check in on you later." Dave said.

"Okay. Thanks." Yugi said.

Dave walked out of the room.

"Is everything okay?" Yami asked.

"Besides the fact that the food hospitals have are completely disgusting and inedible, I'm doing fine." Yugi replied.

"I was actually referring to your injuries." Yami said.

"Oh. I'm fine. Dave said that I should be able to go home tomorrow morning." Yugi replied.

"That's good." Yami said.

"Yeah, but I hate being cooped up in a hospital." Yugi said.

"I don't know anyone who likes being in a hospital." Yami said.

Yugi laughed. "There's not anyone who likes to be in a hospital." Yugi said.

Yami sat down in the chair beside the bed. "How did you sleep last night?' Yami asked.

"As well as a person can in a hospital. I'll feel so much better when I can get home." Yugi said.

"No one sleeps well unless they are in their own bed." Yami said.

Yugi looked at Yami curiously. "What are you doing here at seven forty-five in the morning? You're never out of the bed before ten unless it's something important or someone forces you to get up early." Yugi said.

"Well, I wanted to talk to you, so I got up early." Yami said.

"Yeah. I guess we do need to talk. Listen, Yami. I'm sorry." Yugi said.

That wasn't what Yami was expecting. "What are you sorry for?" Yami asked.

"I'm sorry for how I acted toward you yesterday. I shouldn't have been as harsh and cold with you as I was. It was uncalled for." Yugi said.

"No, Yugi. You had every right to act the way you did. I was unfair to you in more ways than one. I don't know how I ended up ignoring you, and I honestly can't tell you what caused it, but I'm sorry I let it happen." Yami said.

"You have no idea how much it hurt me to have all of you do that. It made me feel like I did something that upset you all or that you hated me for something." Yugi said.

"No, Yugi! I could never hate you for anything. I get why you moved in with Seto now. I was wrong to say what I did to you when I found out." Yami said.

Yugi sighed. "We've had a lot of bad things happen between us. Neither of us helped matters lately by not being willing to talk it out." Yugi said.

"Yeah. I thought that this was why I was here." Yami said.

"Yami, why did you kiss me yesterday?" Yugi asked.

"Oh, well, um, you see-" Yami wasn't sure where to start with that explanation.

"Yami, I just don't get it. You never seemed like that type of person." Yugi said.

This confused Yami. "What do you mean?" Yami asked.

"Yami, you're dating Tea and you kissed me. The two really don't make any sense. I never thought that you were the type to cheat on someone." Yugi explained.

Yami's crimson eyes widened in sudden understanding. "No, Yugi, you misunderstood." Yami said.

"Yami, you kissed me. That's a little hard to misunderstand." Yugi said.

"No, Yugi. I wasn't dating Tea. That was a rumor that got started at school. Tea and I have never been anything more than friends." Yami said.

"But I thought that Tea had a crush on you." Yugi said.

"She did, and she told me she was in love with me and wanted to date me a year ago, but I told Tea that I didn't feel the same way, and she understood. We stayed just friends. There's never been anything more between us." Yami said.

"But you were spending a lot of time at tea's house. I assumed that the rumors were true." Yugi said.

"Do did a lot of other people. Tea and I didn't' even know about the rumor until the day you moved out. Joey mentioned to us that that rumor was going around school. We quickly told them the truth and ended the rumor the next day at school. Tea was helping me with a problem that U was having. That was all. There was nothing romantic about what we were doing." Yami said.

"Tea just always acted like she was trying to get someone's attention in the group. I though that it was true." Yugi said.

"I know. Tea was trying to get Tristan's attention, not mine. Tea got over me a while back. She's had a crush on Tristan for a couple of months. She and Tristan are dating now." Yami said.

"They are?" Yugi asked.

Yami nodded. "So are Seto and Joey." Yami said.

"Seto and Joey? I knew Seto loved Joey, but he was dead set against ever telling him." Yugi said.

"After what happened to you in the tornado, Seto must have started thinking and decided to tell Joey , and Joey felt the same, so they're together now." Yami said.

"Wow. And I already know Atemu and Heba are together." Yugi said.

"I know that." Yami muttered.

"What do you mean?" Yugi asked.

"I heard them last night." Yami replied.

"Okay, Yami. I really didn't need to know that." Yugi said.

Yami laughed. "I had to use my magic to put a silencing spell up so no one else heard them." Yami said.

Yugi laughed. "I guess that they were in Atemu's room." Yugi said.

Yami nodded. "I really hate that, too. I hear enough of it with Leo and Yuesei." Yami said.

Yugi looked at Yami carefully. "Yami, you never did answer my question." Yugi said.

"Which one was that?" Yami asked.

"Why did you kiss me?" Yugi asked.

"Oh. That." Yami said.

Yugi nodded. "Well?" he prodded.

Yami sighed. "He knew that he had tell Yugi. It was what he had been wanting to tell him for so long. "Yugi, the truth is that I kissed you because, well, because I-I lo-love you." Yami finally got out.

Yugi's amethyst eyes widened. "You what?" Yugi whispered.

"I love you. I have for a long time. I was afraid that if you found out, you would be disgusted with me and hate me." Yami said. "OW!" he exclaimed, rubbing his head. "What the hell was that for?" Yami asked, wondering why Yugi had hit him on the head.

"Yami, I could never hate you for anything. There is nothing that you could do to make you hate me. Yami, you were my first real friend besides Heba, and you were there when I needed you. You taught me how to be strong and how to take care of myself. I have too much to thank you for to hate you." Yugi said.

Yami blushed. "I guess you have done a lot for me, too. You were the one who freed me from the puzzle and put yourself in danger to help me. I owe you, too." Yami said.

"Does this have something do with why Tea was helping you?" Yugi asked.

"Yes. Tea found out I was in love with you and tried to convince me to tell you, but I was stubborn and wouldn't. I thought that it would be better to never tell you than risk losing our friendship." Yami said.

Yugi sighed. "I guess we both made some mistakes since all of this could have been avoided." Yugi said.

"Yeah. I guess so. Your brother figured out pretty quick that I was in love with you. It was the day after he first got here that he told me he knew. He said that from what you would tell him and how I was acting at the hospital that he figured it out." Yami said.

Yugi frowned. "How you acted in the hospital?" Yugi asked.

Yami nodded. "We had all left to get something to eat, and when Atemu and I walked in, Heba was in here. I sort of lost my temper." Yami said.

"What exactly did you say?" Yugi asked.

"Exactly?" Yami asked.

"Exactly." Yugi replied.

"Well, I believe I said, 'Who the hell are you and what the hell are you doing here', although I probably shouted it." Yami said, blushing a little.

"Why did you say that?" Yugi asked.

"I didn't know who he was, and I was worried about you. I didn't know if he was going to hurt you. When he said his name, I realized who he was since you mentioned to me that you had a twin brother." Yami said.

Yugi nodded. "I guess that makes since. Heba always was really perceptive when it came to what was going on around him." Yugi admitted.

"He figured it out all right. The day after the tornado, we were at Seto's guest house since the mansion was destroyed, and we got into an argument about me and Tea because of what people thought. Heba, well, he may have sorts-" Yami started.

"Yami, what did Heba do? I now brother, and it couldn't have been that bad." Yugi said.

"Well, he got angry and screamed something at us that he probably wasn't suppose to." Yami said.

"What did he say?" Yugi asked curiously.

"Oh. Well, he sort of screamed out that you're well, he said that, um, that you were in love with me, and that's why you really moved out." Yami explained.

"HE What?!" Yugi exclaimed.

Yami jumped. "Yugi, calm down." Yami said.

"He wasn't supposed to tell anyone." Yugi said.

"Well, he didn't exactly mean to. He said it in a fit of anger." Yami said.

"Well, knowing Heba like I do, I'm surprised. He tends to say things that he isn't supposed to when he's angry." Yugi said.

"Yugi, is what he said true, though?" Yami asked/

Yugi looked at Yami and could see the hope in his crimson depths. "Yes, Yami. It's true. Since you were spending so much time with Tea, I thought that you two were really dating, even before I heard the rumor. After it, I just lost hope that you felt the same. I guess the final straw was all the ignoring. Seto noticed the ignoring, but he never knew I was in love with you. I guess I just wanted to get away from the loneliness I felt, and from you since I was in love with you and thought that I'd never have you that I couldn't take living in the same house anymore. Seto's offer was like an answer to everything." Yugi said.

"Did it solve everything?" Yami asked.

"No. It helped with some of the pain, but not enough. After I told Seto about Heba, he gave me a cell phone I could use to call Heba since he lived in Egypt. Talking to Heba helped, too." Yugi said.

"Has anything changed?" Yami asked.

Yugi smiled at him. "No, Yami. Everything that has happened has not changed how I feel about you, although I am kicking myself for not telling you before." Yugi said.

Yami's eyes started to shine. "You mean, you still love me?" Yami asked.

"Yes, Yami. I do. I don't think that anything could change that fact." Yugi replied.

A moment later, Yugi was gasping for breath as Yami hugged him so tightly that Yugi was struggling to breathe.

"Oh, Yugi. You have no idea how long I have wanted to hear you say that. I honestly never thought that you would say that to me." Yami said. He was so happy that he didn't realize how tightly he was holding onto Yugi.

"Yami-can't-breathe." Yugi managed to get out.

Yami realized this and instantly let go. "Oh. I'm so sorry, Yugi!" Yami exclaimed, blushing from embarrassment.

"It's fine. I just forgot how strong you are." Yugi said.

"I guess I got a little overexcited." Yami said.

"I can understand that." Yugi assured him.

"So, are we okay now?" Yami asked.

Yugi smiled at him. "Yeah. I think we are." Yugi agreed.

"Then, is there a chance of you moving back in with us?" Yami asked.

"Yeah. I will. I don't think Heba would let me live with Seto, at least while he's here." Yugi said.

"Good. I really would have hated to ask Seto to move in." Yami said.

Yugi burst out laughing. "He-would not-have done that-for you under- any circumstances." Yugi said between gasps.

"You'd be surprised. He let Grandpa, Leo, Yuesei, Atemu, and me live with him after the tornado since the storm destroyed the Game Shop." Yami said.

"The Game Shop was destroyed?" Yugi asked.

Yami nodded. "But it's fixed now. In fact, Seto paid for it, so it's actually bigger than it was before. We didn't have to use magic to give us enough room for all of us to live there." Yami said.

"Well, that's a good thing." Yugi said. He frowned and said, "I thought that the mansion was destroyed, too."

"It was. We were staying at the guest house with Seto and Mokuba." Yami explained.

Yugi nodded. He glanced over and noticed that Yami was still sitting on the bed. It comforted him because he knew that everything was okay between them now. However, there was one thing he knew that he wanted to do. "Yami?" Yugi said.

"Yes." Yami replied, turning to look at Yugi.

Yugi leaned forward to kiss Yami on the lips. Yami was startled at first having not expected this, but he quickly recovered by wrapping his arms around Yugi and pulling him closer as he deepened the kiss. The two finally broke apart when the need for air become too great.

"Love you, Yami." Yugi said.

Yami smiled as he said, "I love you, too, Yugi."

The two kissed each other again.

They were going to be all right.

I finally got Yugi and Yami together. It took awhile, but they're together now.

The next chapter will be mostly at the hospital and Yugi'll probably get to go home, too.

I haven't forgotten about the having children condition. That might not come into discussion until Chapter 19.

R&R.