Chapter 19- We know
"Heba, what did you do?" Yugi repeated.
"Yugi, please calm down." Heba said.
"Heba, I'm not angry. Yet. I want an explanation." Yugi said.
Seto knew it was his fault that they all knew and wouldn't let Heba take the blame for what he had done. Seto stepped forward and said, "Yugi, Heba isn't to blame. I am."
"You?" Yugi and Mokuba asked at the same time.
Seto nodded.
"Seto, I never thought that you would tell them something like that. You hated them until Yugi's injuries." Mokuba said.
Seto sighed. "I didn't mean to tell them. It slipped out." Seto said.
"How?" Yugi asked.
"Yugi, you remember how I told you the day after the tornado we were here and got into an argument about that rumor about Tea and me dating?" Yami asked.
Yugi nodded.
"Well, you know that's when I lost my temper and blurted out that you were in love with Yami." Heba continued.
Again, Yugi nodded.
"I didn't know about that and mentioned that I thought what you were trying to hide was the fact that you could have children. I forgot that they were in the room and opened my mouth when I shouldn't have." Seto said. "Joey must have been rubbing off on me." Seto muttered.
"What does that mean?" Joey demanded.
"Puppy, you open your mouth and say the first thing that comes to your mind whether it's something that needs to be said or not." Seto said.
"I take it that after that came out, you two had to explain about all of that." Yugi said.
"Pretty much." Heba said.
"That's not exactly something that is said or heard of everyday, so we needed an explanation to that statement." Tea said.
"Are you mad?" Sayora asked.
Yugi sighed. "No, not really. I knew that I would have to tell people sooner or later. Although I would have preferred it that you heard about from me and not my twin brother or my friend." Yugi said, looking directly at Seto and Heba.
"Sorry, Yugi. I really didn't mean to let that one out. It's just something that happened." Seto said.
"I know, Seto. I already said that it's okay. I know that you wouldn't have told them, but under the circumstances, I can understand how it came out." Yugi said.
"By the way, Yugi. Seto told me before that. He told me before we took you to the hospital in case it affected how we treated your injuries." Leo said.
"That was very understandable." Yugi said.
"Hey, Yugi. Were you really afraid of what we would think if we knew the truth?" Ryou asked.
"Yeah, I was. At that time, all of you were still ignoring me, and I wasn't sure what you would think. I'll admit that I was scared, and since Seto already knew, I figured that living with him might be the easiest way to stop you from ever finding out." Yugi said.
"What about Mokuba? You had to tell him." Tristan said.
Mokuba grinned. "You have no idea how easy it is to get something out of Seto when you know something about him that he doesn't want anyone else to know." Mokuba said.
"What did you know?" Yuesei asked.
Seto rolled his eyes. "He threatened to tell Joey how I felt if I didn't tell him what was going on with Yugi." Seto said.
"What do all of you think?" Yugi asked.
"I'll admit that it's not exactly normal, Yugi, but it doesn't change a thing about who you are. Actually, all it really means to us is that you'll still be a father." Joey said.
"Yeah. We'd never think that you're any different just because of that." Tea agreed.
"Now that we have that settled, how about we keep this party going?" Leo suggested.
Heba looked around and said, "Where's Grandpa?"
"Oh. He had a friend who came into town who he was going to see. He'll be back tonight." Yuesei replied.
The group kept the party going.
Several hours later, the party ended, and Leo, Yuesei, Sayora, Kyla, Atemu, Yami, and Heba ended up cleaning the mess that made.
"This is the only thing that I hate about throwing parties. You have to clean up after everyone." Heba said.
"You know that I could help." Yugi said.
"No!" all seven said.
Yugi jumped.
"We threw this party to welcome you home, so you don't have to do anything. We threw it, so we have to clean up." Leo said.
"Not to mention the fact that Grandpa would have a fit if he found out you helped clean up the day you came home from the hospital." Heba said.
"Good point." Yugi agreed.
The seven continued to clean up.
"It still amazes me that Joey can eat so much." Sayora said.
"Yeah. He had three pieces of cake and then went to the kitchen for more food." Kyla added.
"It's a good thing that Seto's rich because he's going to have a really high food bill from now on." Leo said.
Everyone laughed at that.
"Heba, how long are you in Domino?" Yugi asked.
"What do you mean?" Heba asked.
"Seto flew you out here for a visit. I was wondering when you're going to have to go back to Egypt." Yugi said.
Atemu stiffened slightly. He had forgotten about that. 'There is no way I can live with Heba being in another country.' Atemu thought, on the verge of panicking.
Heba grinned sheepishly. "Actually, Yugi, that's something I didn't mention to you. I'm not going back to Egypt. I'm going to be living here in Domino." Heba said.
"You are?" Yugi asked.
Heba nodded. "Seto worked it out with Zepher and Mensi. I'll be living here now. They realized that you and I didn't really want to be apart, so I'll be living here now." Heba explained.
Atemu was silently thankful.
"That's great." Yugi said.
"Yeah. It is. I didn't tell anyone because I wanted to tell you first and that wasn't possible when I first got here, and I didn't think to tell you yesterday. Sorry." Heba said.
"Well, it's good to know that we'll be keeping you around for a while." Leo said.
The seven finished cleaning up the living room, which finally looked like it had before the party.
"Well, now that we're finished, Sayora and I are going to meet Tea so that we can go shopping." Kyla said.
"Have fun." Yuesei called.
"And be back for dinner." Leo added.
"We will." Sayora replied as the two left the house.
"Do you four think that you'll be fine here for a while? I think that Yuesei and I re going to go to the park for a little while." Leo said.
"No problem, Leo. We'll be fine." Atemu said.
"And we'll call if we need anything." Yami added.
Leo and Yuesei left the house.
"Well, looks like the four of us have the house to ourselves for a while." Atemu said.
"Yeah, and if we mess it up, Leo's going to kill us." Yami said.
"At least all the secrets that had been kept for so long are finally out. You two are very stubborn." Heba said.
"Oh. By the way, Heba." Yugi said, standing up.
"What?" Heba asked, turning to Yugi.
Yugi walked to him and crossed his arms. "I've forgiven you for spilling my secrets, but you ever do it again, I swear that I'm going to make Atemu single again. Got it?" Yugi asked.
"Yeah, Yugi. I get it. I'm dead if I do it again." Heba said.
"Yes, you are." Yugi said.
Atemu and Yami looked at each other.
Atemu leaned over toward Yami and whispered, "It might be a good idea for you to never get on his bad side."
"Same to you with Heba." Yami retorted.
"Atemu, you're getting close to sleeping alone tonight." Heba said.
Atemu looked at Heba, a little fortified. He rather liked being able to be in the same bed with Heba, even if they didn't do anything.
"You're close to being locked out of my room, too, Yami." Yugi said.
Yami gulped, not really wanting to be locked out of the room.
"Come on. How about we play a tag team duel." Heba suggested.
"Hey. That's a good idea." Yami agreed.
Yugi looked over at Heba. "When did you learn to play Duel Monsters, Heba?" Yugi asked.
"While you were in the hospital. Yami and Atemu taught me. We were worried about you, but it does get boring sitting there, not to mention we needed something to keep ourselves from going crazy with worry." Heba said.
"Well, if we're going to play, let's go get our decks." Atemu said.
The four went to their separate rooms to get their Duel Monsters' decks.
Several hours later, the four had played three rounds of Duel Monsters.
"Okay. So, Yugi and Yami are the more experienced duelists." Atemu said.
Yami shook his head. "If you didn't want to lose, Atemu, you shouldn't have suggested that we play." Yami said.
"Well, we wanted to do something fun, and we did, although I'm getting kinda hungry." Heba said.
At that moment, the door opened, and Leo, Yuesei, Sayora, and Kyla walked in.
"Hey, guys. You all okay?" Leo asked.
"Yep. Yugi and I just kicked Atemu and Heba's asses in tag team Duel Monsters." Yami said.
"I see. Well, you two are the most experienced at Duel Monsters, so that's no surprise." Leo stated.
"So, what do you all want for dinner?" Kyla asked.
No one answered because no one really knew.
Kyla sighed. "In that case, I guess I'll just surprise you all." Kyla said before going into the kitchen. She ended up fixing a simple dinner of spaghetti.
After dinner, the group sat in the living room.
"Hey. How about we watch a movie?" Sayora asked.
"That's a good idea." Kyla agreed.
"What you want to watch?" Leo asked.
"How about a horror movie?" Atemu suggested.
"No!" Yugi and Heba said at the same time.
"Why not?" Yuesei asked.
"I do not like horror movies." Heba said.
"Neither do I." Yugi added.
"Well, let's watch a romance movie." Sayora said.
"No." Atemu, Yami, and Leo all said.
"I do not like that sappy, romance stuff." Leo said.
Kyla sighed. "Then what do all of you want to watch?" Kyla asked.
Yugi thought a moment before saying, "How about an action movie?"
Since there were no objections, the group settled back to watch the movie.
Atemu and Heba lay down on Heba's bed.
"That wasn't a bad movie." Atemu said.
"I know you would have preferred horror, but Yugi just got out of the hospital, and I really don't want him scared out of his wits today." Heba said.
Atemu laughed. "Yeah. I can understand that. Why do you two hate horror movies so much, anyway?" Atemu asked.
Heba frowned. "I really don't know, Atemu, but we just don't like it. If we had watched a horror movie, I'm sure that Yugi and I would have wound up in yours and Yami's laps, shaking like a leaf and holding onto you for dear life." Heba said.
"And what would the problem with that be, Heba?" Atemu asked, smirking suggestively.
"Atemu!" Heba exclaimed.
"What? It's the truth. In fact, Yami and I will most likely be looking for an excuse to get you two closer to us." Atemu said.
Heba looked at Atemu. "For some reason, I just got the feeling that I may have given you a new way to get me in your arms." Heba said.
"Now what would give you that idea, Heba?" Atemu asked innocently.
Too innocently.
"Atemu?" Heba growled.
Atemu smirked. "You shouldn't have told me." Atemu said.
Heba sighed. "Me and my big mouth. Yugi's going to kill me fort his." Heba said.
"By the way, don't ever let one of his secrets out again. I don't really want to end up being a single because your brother killed you." Atemu said.
Heba smiled. "I know. I know, and I won't do it. I didn't mean for either of them to slip out, and I know that I shouldn't have, but at least Yugi's with Yami now." Heba said.
"Just like their meant to." Atemu agreed as the two lay back in the bed.
"Hey, Atemu. I never did ask you. Do you mind that I can have children?" Heba asked.
"No. In fact, I'm excited about the fact. I like the idea of having children with you in the future since I didn't get the chance to in Egypt." Atemu said.
Heba frowned and sat up to look Atemu in the face. "What do you mean?" Heba asked, not understanding since his memory of the past was still fuzzy.
Atemu returned Heba's gaze, missing his warmth. "You had the ability to in the past, but we never did have the chance to have any children. With all the raider attacks and Zorc, we just never had the chance to ever have any children. You were killed in a battle with Zorc, and I died less than a week later. I'm just glad that we have the chance to have them now." Atemu explained.
"Well, I'm glad that it doesn't bother you." Heba said.
Atemu wrapped his arms around Heba and pulled his down to lie on top of him. Atemu smirked wickedly and said, " How about we start on having kids now?"
"Atemu, we're only teenagers! Heba exclaimed.
"Doesn't mean that we can't practice for when we do want to have kids." Atemu said suddenly flipping them over so that Heba was below him.
"Atemu!" Heba said, blushing.
"What? I'd rather have some fun right now, and I can't think of anything more fun than being with you at the moment." Atemu said.
Before Heba could protest, Atemu had kissed him, and words were forgotten for some time.
Yami and Yugi were lying on Yugi's bed.
"Sorry about the movie. Heba can be pretty insistent sometimes." Yugi said.
"It doesn't really matter, aibou. Although I think that a horror movie would have had a better effect." Yami said.
"Why's that?" Yugi asked, looking up at Yami curiously.
"Because you would have ended up in my lap." Yami replied, smirking.
Yugi blushed. "Something tells me that you are going to have us watching a lot more horror movies from now on." Yugi said.
"Well, it is an easy way to get you closer to me. When we'd watch horror movies before, you always ended up in my lap, holding onto me for dear life." Yami teased.
"That's because horror movies have always scared me. I'm not sure why, but they always have. I always end up holding onto someone or something." Yugi replied.
Yami frowned. "What do you mean?" Yami asked.
"Well, Mokuba likes horror movies, so I always ended up holding onto a pillow." Yugi said.
"Oh. Seto lets him watch horror movies?" Yami asked.
Yugi nodded. "He only lets him watch the ones Seto's seen first. Seto also doesn't let him watch more than one a day." Yugi explained.
"What did you do while you were there?" Yami asked.
"Played with Mokuba mostly. Poor kid was pretty lonely since he lives in a big mansion while his brother works a lot." Yugi said.
"Joey lives there now, so Mokuba won't be as lonely." Yami said.
"You do realize that Joey will most likely bring him along when he comes over here." Yugi said.
"I can deal with that. I like Mokuba. It's Seto I have a problem with sometimes." Yami said.
"Yami, Seto is my friend, and he did help me a lot." Yugi reminded him.
"I know, aibou, and I don't plan on making any trouble. I guess the arguments he drags me into get to me sometimes." Yami said.
"He's got Joey for that. I don't think that they'll stop arguing just because they're together now." Yugi said.
"I don't think so, either, so Seto will probably argue with him more. I prefer it. At least arguing with Joey keeps him from arguing with me." Yami grumbled.
Yugi couldn't help, but laugh at that.
The two lay in silence for a few moments.
Yugi bit his lip before asking a question that had been bugging him since the party. "Yami, can I ask you a question without making you mad?" Yugi asked.
"Of course you can, Yugi. Ask me anything that you like." Yami replied.
"What do you really think? About me being able to have kids, I mean?" Yugi asked.
Yami could hear the slight fear in his boyfriend's voice and understood what it meant.
Yugi was afraid that because Yugi could have children that Yami might not want to stay with him, and that was something that Yugi wasn't sure he could handle if it did happened.
Yami sat up, leaned over Yugi, and kissed him deeply.
This sudden move startled Yugi, but he started to melt into the kiss.
Yami broke the kiss and looked directly in Yugi's eyes. "Yugi, while it might not be an everyday thing to find that a man can have children, I am not bothered by that fact. I fell in love with you before I found that out, and if it had bothered me, I wouldn't have told you that I love you. It doesn't bother me, Yugi, because it does not change who you are. I don't care what happens. I'll love you just the same." Yami smiled at Yugi. "Not to mention the fact that I rather like the idea of being able to have children with you. I don't mind it at all." Yami told him.
Yugi was rather shocked by Yami's short speech and started to tear up at it.
Yami frowned and took Yugi's face in his hands, wiping the tears away. "Yugi, I'm sorry if I upset you." Yami told him.
Yugi shook his head. "I'm not upset, Yami. I'm just happy that you feel that way. I was worried you wouldn't like the thought." Yugi said.
Yami smiled. "I do like the idea, Yugi. Believe me." Yami explained.
Yugi smiled back. "I'm glad."
Yami leaned down and kissed Yugi again.
This kiss lasted a little longer and was much deeper than the last one.
When they finally broke apart, Yugi said something that shocked Yami. "Yami, make love to me."
Yami looked down at him in shock. "Yugi, are you sure?" he asked.
"Yes, I am. I know this might seem fast, but I've been in love with you for a long time and have wanted this for a long time." Yugi said.
"That makes two of us." Yami said. Seeing the certainty in Yugi's eyes, Yami said, "Let me know if you want to stop."
Yugi nodded, and Yami leaned down, kissing Yugi deeply.
The next few hours were lost in passion.
The next morning, Yami woke up to find Yugi in his arms. He couldn't help, but smile at how cute and innocent Yugi looked, even after last night. 'Like an angel.' Yami thought. He raised a hand and ran it lightly through Yugi's hair.
Yugi stirred and opened his amethyst eyes to look right at Yami. "Morning." Yugi siad.
"Morning." Yami replied. "Sleep well?" he asked.
Yugi nodded. "What about you?" Yugi asked.
"How could I not sleep well when I have an angel beside me?" Yami asked.
Yugi blushed. "I'm not an angel, Yami." Yugi said, looking away.
Yami took Yugi's chin gently in his hand and said, "I have to disagree. You're the most beautiful angel I ever laid my eyes on." Yami replied.
Yugi blushed a little more. "What time is it?" Yugi asked.
Yami glanced at the clock and said, "Nine-thirty."
"The others are probably up. We should probably go downstairs." Yugi said.
Yami pouted. "I'd much rather stay in bed with you." Yami replied.
Yugi thought that Yami looked cute when he pouted. "Yami, you'll have me with you every night, considering I don't think that you'll let me sleep alone anymore." Yugi said.
"You're right there." Yami agreed.
"Then get up. We should get a shower and then go downstairs." Yugi said.
Yami groaned unhappily and finally got himself out of bed.
The two took a joint shower and then headed downstairs.
"Hey, you two. Glad you're up." Leo said as he set a plate full of pancakes on the table. "Sit down. I'll have the eggs, bacon, and toast on the table in a minute." Leo said.
"Where's everyone else?" Yami asked.
"Oh. Sayora and Kyla left early to go shopping with Tea, and Yuesei's getting Atemu and Heba up." Leo replied, bringing a plate of eggs and bacon over.
Yuesei walked in and said, "They'll be down to eat as soon as they have a shower."
Leo nodded, and the four started eating.
Five minutes later, Atemu and Heba walked into the room.
"Leo, why did you cook so much food?" Atemu asked.
"Well, considering all four of you had an active night, I thought you could sue a good breakfast." Leo replied, a knowing smile on his face.
Yugi, Yami, Heba, and Atemu all blushed lightly at that comment.
Yuesei laughed softly. "It's nothing to be embarrassed about. Just a part of life." Yuesei said.
"Must you mention it then?' Atemu asked.
"Yes. I can't pass up a good chance to tease you all." Leo said.
The group resumed eating.
"What are you all going to do today?" Yuesei asked.
"Haven't really thought about it." Atemu admitted.
"Considering how long I've been out, I'd like to go out and do something." Yugi said.
"The four of us could go see a movie." Yami suggested.
"Hey. I like that idea, but no horror." Heba said.
"You take all of the fun out of it." Atemu muttered.
After they finished eating, the four left the house.
"You think that they'll all make it, Leo?" Yuesei asked, sitting in Leo's lap.
"Yes, I do. They'll come across their little problems, like all couples do, but I think that they'll be just fine." Leo replied.
Yuesei snuggled up next to Leo. "That's good." Yuesei said.
And it was good.
Life was good for them all.
Don't worry. There's one more chapter, which will be the epilouge.
R&R.