Authors' note: Yu-gi-oh! and its characters belong to Kazuki Takahashi. We own no rights and take no profits from this fanfic. In this universe Yami has a body on his own. He's a 19 years old student whereas Kaiba is 22 and gives special lectures on the university where Yami studies.

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Private Lesson

After a few minutes Yami reached the mansion and thanked Roland, who let him enter, with a node. With the bag around the shoulder he was asked to wait to let 'Mr Kaiba' know that he was here and where he should go. With a nod Yami understood and waited standing where he was. The feeling of excitement flamed up in him - he wanted to see the CEO /now/!

Kaiba had already seen Yami approaching the mansion long before the student entered. But of course he didn't want to let Yami think that he was waiting for him by the window. Nodding to Roland Kaiba entered the hall, noticing Yami and the…determination he saw in the boy's expression and eyes. "Did something happen?" Seto asked casually, moving his hand to encourage Yami to go into the living room.

"No." Yami answered simply, following the gesture and entering the living room. Instantly, crimson eyes studied all surroundings and then went back to watch Kaiba's movements. Like during the lectures: .movement.
"I could you ask the same, though - why do you want to see me?" Yami then said.

The brunette turned his head towards the papers and the laptop which were placed on the desk. "I thought you missed me or better said the material I wanted to cover during that lecture." Kaiba leaned against the desk as he used to do during the lectures. "You're a good student and I don't intent to come back to this topic during the course." He fixed his eyes back on Yami: "You can leave if I'm wasting your time…"

"You're not wasting my time..", Yami mumbled, watching him. "You know I somehow like your lectures, History is one of my favourites." He smiled, but it was somehow more of a grin. Not even a cheeky one, just a normal grin. "And of course I missed you. Ever seen your substitution? He's more of a joke than a lecturer." He shook his head. Of course he wanted to stay. He WANTED to but as well wanted to find out whether Seto knew about his own might. About the strongest light that'd ever existed.

Kaiba felt…flattered. Someone wanted him around. Correction – Yami wanted him around. It was new. People usually were glad when he left a room or dismissed someone from his office. He didn't know what to respond to that so he just cleaned his throat and moved to the subject topic. "History, hm? Why this subject? I'm not a fan of it since for me it's rather boring but you know what they say…it's good to know history to not make the same mistakes…"

"I am interested in ancient Egypt and Greek!" Yami chuckled. "Especially the Gods and what the humans believed in. The cultures and writing like hieroglyphics!" Then he folded his arms. "But .. World War I and II...and Hitler and what-not are not interesting. These are tragically stories but for me, nothing more."

" . I have noticed you're interested in them during that thing with bow, arrow and sword you made me go through. But the only story I'm interested in right now…" He moved from his place, making few steps and standing awkwardly close to Yami, almost whispering to the student's ear. "…is yours."

Yami did not really react to what Seto said first but then felt the urge to step backwards as the lecturer stood close to him. Sadly he didn't. He wanted to know why the CEO would walk that close.
As Seto whispered to him, he just blinked, staring into these azure eyes. They were .. cleaned his throat, finally taking a step backwards. "Mine, eh?" he answered after a bit of a while, closing his eyes for a few moments before he frowned at Seto. "Why would you be interested in it?"

Kaiba sent Yami one of his trademark smirks, not taking his eyes off him. "You started it, so just take it like a man. You messed with me, do you really think I would forget about it? You invited me to the game and it's still on." Kaiba didn't let Yami step back too far, catching the student's both wrists. "And it's interesting because I'm interested in you."

"You should now be squatting in a corner, with the shadows. And never forget it. But because you left the game, i couldn't make you forget what's happened." Yami narrowed his eyes as his wrists were caught by the CEO, and twisted them in the strong grips. "How are you interested in me? This sounds wrong, /Sir/.." He mumbled, staring into these blue diamonds. He had never felt Seto's hands - even if it was only around the wrists what hurt Yami's feel of freedom. He liked his freedom. Still, the grips just let his excitement become bigger.

'So he didn't let me go, I escaped on my own.' Kaiba thought quickly but there was no time to ponder more about it. He tightened the grip, pulling Yami closer. "Interested in every possible way." And not letting Yami answer he kissed him. At first aggressive but later just passionate, waiting for Yami's reaction.

Yami growled as he was pulled closer but his eyes widened at the kiss. 'He..is kissing me?' he thought, eyes half-closing though. Somehow...somehow he liked it. It was- it let the excitement only grow and all the surroundings and the fear Seto could become a dangerous enemy were forgotten. He couldn't really react in the first place to the aggressive kiss but then as it turned passionate, he even kissed back.

When Kaiba's lungs started to scream for air he pulled away, letting go one of Yami's wrists still holding the other. He opened the door intending to go upstairs to his room. "Come." It wasn't his usual tone. It was somehow softer as Yami had shown that aggressive behavior didn't really work on him. 'I swear, I'll make him forget that mambo-jumbo shit.' Kaiba thought.

"You did-" Yami wanted to say but bit his lip not to. He couldn't believe that he had just kissed Seto but it let him feel secure. So he didn't hesitate as he followed the CEO upstairs to his room, leaving the bag with the laptop there.

Almost throwing Yami inside his room, he made the student lean against the wall. While placing quick kisses on the others lips, he worked on his own jacket. Tossing it quickly away he turned to Yami's…whatever he had on. Kaiba didn't really care. He just wanted to get rid of that to free Yami's body from unnecessary clothes. When he was done he repeated the kiss from before, this time even more passionate, forcing his tongue into Yami's mouth, exploring it. He was a curious man after all and his goal was to learn Yami's story. Also the story of his body…

Crimson eyes opened half to look into these bluish ones before Yami turned to lay in his shoulder, nuzzling Seto slightly and using his shoulder as pillow for his head. He was exhausted and tiredness slowly grew on him. Even if he was naked, he was not cold.
"This was beautiful." Yami whispered weakly before he closed his eyes again, and it didn't take him long to fall asleep against his new lover. At least he hoped it was that way…

If Seto wasn't himself, he would reply a thanks but he just nodded. Not that Yami could see it anyway. The adrenaline rush Kaiba felt during the time he was one with Yami slowly left his body. In other circumstances he would be annoyed that he made a pillow but this didn't bother him. Closing his eyes, he tried to think about pleasant things. Finally relaxing, he fell asleep.

Knowing Yami he would sleep for many - if not too many - hours. Sadly he was woken up by his own phone in the trousers ringing. Groaning in annoyance, he rubbed over his eyes and sat up before realizing where he was and ..who was next to him. A few blinks were given before Yami looked back at the phone which flashed up in the pocket. Skillfully he escaped Seto's arm which was around him and hurried to the phone, seeing it was Nicola. Oh well, there were other 10 missed calls and the time showed that it was already ... 5pm?! Well, fuck.

Kaiba's brain, not used to sleep during the day, assumed that it was still night or early morning. He heard the ringtone and tossed in the bed, mumbling: "Five minutes…I'll make breakfast…Mokuba.." But then he felt the lack of clothes and his brain started slowly to process the information. He was naked. Why the heck he was naked? His eyes opened wide and the first thing he saw was Yami's naked ass. "Right…a good perspective is what a man needs."

"SHUT UP." Yami leaned against the wall and collected his clothes, dressing himself and then calling the girl back. "Stop messaging me, Nico-chan.. - No! Just get to a fucking restaurant and whatever. I am home in a few." He rolled his eyes, discussing a bit with the girl before he hung up.

Kaiba sat up and reached for the clock on the night table. 5:10 , fuck. He yawned and got up. "I hope the 'shut up' part wasn't to me." He caught Yami in his rush and kissed him quickly. "I'm in desperate need for coffee…" He stretched his body up. "Any plans for tonight?"

He would like to say 'it was too' but somehow there was a bit too much respect and he didn't want to let the brunette explode right away in the morn- evening, in their case. He shoved the phone into his pocket and then crossed his arms. "Wait - is it Thursday or Friday? If it's Friday I'd have to ask my roommates whether they did plan something for the night. Why?" Then he chuckled, grinning. "I always imagined you to sit at your laptop all the time, working."

"Nothing, just asking." The brunette shrugged, gathering his clothes and throwing them down on a chair. "I do, well, mostly. I stay up until my brain stops to work because of the lack of sleep. But when I do go to bed then I need a lot of time to actually wake up." He headed towards the bathroom, but turned his head a bit to look at Yami. "Shower. Want to join me?" He was in a good mood. It was rare. It even surprised him because he hadn't felt so light for…actually he never did.

"Isn't that..torture, actually?" Yami asked, narrowing his eyebrows at the brunette and listening to his words. As he was asked to join the shower, Yami just chuckled. "Sure. Why not?"And walked up to the CEO towards the bathroom.

"Nah. I got used to it. Besides, it depends next to whom I wake up." Seto smirked and they stopped in the middle of the quite big bathroom.

Yami had to chuckled. "I feel special~" With a slight grin on his lips he followed into said bathroom, tilting his head at its size. In the apartment Yami and his two friends had to share one damn bathroom which was only half of this here and had a shower, two wash-bases with mirrors and closets. So, he was very impressed.

It was poorly lighten to create an intimate atmosphere, they could choose between the bathtub or shower but Kaiba thought that they didn't have too much time so the shower stayed. He was curious to see how Yami's hair would react to water and how the student would look with to look at the other he groaned because Yami was dressed again and he had to take his clothes off again. Not wasting any more minutes he got down to it, his hands working while he nuzzled Yami's neck.

The ten just wanted to study everything as Seto wasted no moments to move to take off Yami's clothes again. As he nuzzled his neck, Yami growled slightly, "Seto-san, wait.." But before he could end his sentence, he felt how the shadows reacted to the brunette and the Puzzle appeared around his neck. A low growl escaped Yami's throat and he watched how Seto accidentally touched it. Instantly its might wanted to burn his screamed in pain, holding his right wrist with his left hand, his body violently shivering. He looked down at his hand, feeling as if it was burning but in fact nothing changed about it. He saw and experienced an unknown to him woman's memory who was about to commit suicide. Although no harm was done to him it felt as if he was dying with her. And so he screamed again…

Hearing the scream, Yami faced the brunette. "Seto-san! Are you alright?! Look at me!" But Kaiba seemed to be in shock or something. Staring at his hand and not listening at all. "Calm down, damn it! Please! Just don't think of what you're seeing right now!" What was either an illusion or something that had to do with Seto'spast. Yami was not sure.

Kaiba couldn't do anything, couldn't stop the woman. She killed herself or better said them, dragging Seto with her to the shadows. Down an abyss. Maybe thanks to the Soul of Light or just thanks to his will to live, Kaiba freed himself from her grip. The man panted heavily as the vision slowly faded away. He blinked and looked around, stopping his gaze at Yami, waiting for an explanation. Who was that woman? Why did she commit suicide? Was it because of him? After all his step father killed himself because of his actions. He believed that Yami controlled it and was the one who showed it to him.

"Are you alright?" Yami asked, letting the Puzzle disappear instantly. And with it the dark aura of the shadows stretched out a hand, moving to stroke over Seto's cheek. He was sure that what he had seen was terrible. But now he had to stay calm.

"I'm fine." Kaiba stood up and reached for a robe, escaping Yami's touch. The feeling of vulnerability and impotence to help the woman made him angry. Glaring at his reflection in the mirror, he rested his hands on the sides of the wash basin. "Why did you do that to me? Another game of yours? Do you have fun?"

"Why did I do what? What did you see?" Yami mumbled, watching him with a confused expression on the face. "I am not playing any games with you."

Kaiba growled. He would be already yelling at Yami and throwing random objects but the vision, especially freeing himself from it, made him tired and he answered as calmly as he could: "A woman. But it was more as if I was her and she...her thoughts were chaotic, I heard some of them, but I didn't understand…there was something about being cursed and giving birth to…the destruction or something like that. And then…she killed us…" He turned, hissing: "I escaped for the second time. And I'll escape again. Do you understand?!"

"/I/ have NOTHING do to with what you just saw! Maybe the shadows but I didn't do anything," Yami snarled, then lowered his voice and cleaned his throat. Actually, he could not really say something to the vision Seto had, but then he had a bit of an idea. "Was ... the woman blonde?" And now just add the green eyes and it was Marie - his mother who'd given him away. "And I assure you - there's no game."

"Because I look at the hair colour when somebody is dying inside me!" Seto froze, thinking over what he had said. It sounded ridiculous! The rational Kaiba was taking over with all the theories about drugs, sects and mind plays. "No fucking way…" He let the water flow and washed his face. He had to stay cool. It was just an illusion. Heck! He even didn't know the woman. He shouldn't give a damn…what had changed? Why did he change so much?"It doesn't matter anyway…" He mumbled. "You should go now."

"How doesn't it matter?" Yami folded his arms, ignoring the other sentence. "What if Sara showed you that?! You can't just say 'it does not matter' only because you don't believe in anything like magic."

"SAY WHAT?!" Kaiba yelled hearing his mother's name. So Yami knew about her too! He probably already knew about everything. The notebook, Soul of Light, his visit to the graveyard. But Kaiba had to made sure how far the other's data reached, so he simply played dumb. "What has my mother to do with it?!"

"Please stop yelling," Yami mumbled. "We both are aware of the fact Sara gave her might to you during her death. And I know you talked to Yugi's grandfather. So do not play dumb."

Kaiba rolled his eyes, yelling was his second favourite activity, right after breathing, so there were little chances that he would stop. "An A in gathering intel. The queen is impressed. So, now when we cleared things up, what are we going to do about it?"

Yami leaned back against the wall, crossing his arms. These crimson eyes stayed on Seto all the while. If he controlled the light, Yami would have to destroy it. But then a part of this person would vanish as well - and harming Seto was the last thing he wanted. He just wished he'd seen the vision as well... What could the shadows have shown him any why? Just to threaten him, probably. But ...

Kaiba gave an impatient growl, seeing that Yami didn't know the answer to his question or simply just didn't want to respond. He didn't understand the big deal anyway. The problem was caused by some sort of illusion because he touched a toy pyramid on a string. Next time he would be more cautious. Problem solved. He didn't have time to stand and stare, so he took off the robe and went towards the shower, turning on the tap.

"You need some time alone", Yami mumbled, watching the CEO walking towards the shower. "So if there's nothing left, I see you in the UNI." He was not willing to fight with the brunette over this and he was sure - even if Seto wouldn't do that in the first place - that he would at least waste a few thoughts about what he'd seen and gone through. So the student just pushed himself off the wall and moved to leave. He would run after Kaiba sooner or later anyway. Because things couldn't stay undiscussed for a too long while.

'No shit Sherlock.' Kaiba thought as he entered the shower. He turned the cold water on to cool his hot body. The water was falling on Seto as he was standing there for a good while not doing anything, just thinking and enjoying the coldness. He could enjoy that time even more, with Yami, but it all got messed up. Yami was long gone. He could only blame himself.

Yami packed his stuff and left the mansion as fast as possible. Out then he even ran along the pavement and as soon as the mansion was out of sight he stopped at a bus stop. Slightly panting, Yami sat on a bench and put the bag with the laptop next to him, sighing. It was his fault - clear as fuck. If he had kept the shadows away, they wouldn't have shown Seto this illusion and then there wouldn't be a little of a fight now. They both knew now what the other knew and nobody could say it was very of a good thing.

Yami drove a hand through his blonde bangs before he closed his eyes for a moment. Then he grabbed his bag again and moved towards his and his friends' apartment. They surely were missing him and the police searching for him was the last thing he needed right now. Of course he wanted to stay with the CEO but they both needed time to think. Why was this all so complicated? But sooner or later Yami would talk to the brunette if said lecturer won't start a conversation after a lesson or something.

As soon as he arrived in his apartment, he plopped onto the couch and yawned. Not answering the questions of his two friends, he just started to prepare a lunch for tomorrow and then decided to learn for the UNI. It would distract him a bit from what'd happened. And if Kaiba wanted to discuss it, he knew how to contact the student.

Throwing himself back on the bed, having just his robe on, Kaiba was still thinking. His thoughts were disturbed by the aroma of the bed where he and Yami shared a beautiful "night" together. It didn't help him think at all but he was too exhausted to move, so he stayed with the memories. Good and bad ones. His and…the woman' course he had seen her hair. His step father taught him to pay attention, even during a time of great pain. So the woman was Yami's mother. But what had Kaiba to do with it? Another problem was that Yami knew about Sara. "I don't know why but it probably changes everything…" He mumbled to himself. The coldness started to be a burden and he covered himself. He didn't want a change, it was good as it was.

"Why is it always like this?!" He asked, looking at the dragon plushie he had brought from his previous home. But it didn't answer. "At the end it always hurts…"