madone13: Reviews YAY!

Yugi: She seems happy.

Ryou: She's happy because her reviewers want a lemon.

Yami: YES! -grabs Yugi-

Bakura: Save it for the chapter, pharaoh.

Ryou: Speaking of which, Malik should be showing up any minute.

Yugi: What does Malik have to do with the chapter?

madone13: He's doing my disclaimer...

Bakura: WHAT?! I thought that was MY job?!

Yami: What's wrong tomb robber? I thought you didn't want to do the disclaimer. -smirk-

Malik: Hey guys!

Bakura: GET OUT!

Malik: That wasn't very nice now was it?

Bakura: -bitch slaps Malik- mad doesn't own YuGiOh! Kazuki Takahashi does for those of you who don't know. And I OWN this job. So every one of you just BACK OFF!

Yugi: 2 words Bakura...Anger management.

Yami: -giggle-

Warning: Yaoi! Don't like, don't read.

Reunion Confessional

Chapter 2: A Little Help and a Little Mess

//Blah//-Yami to hikari through mind link

/Blah/-hikari to yami through mind link

"Blah"-speech

'Blah'- thinking

Yami's POV

"WHAT?!"

"Uh...Is Ryou there?" I asked tentatively, obviously Bakura was not in a very good mood, so I decided to be as polite as possible.

"He' s busy!"

"Bakura? Is the phone for me?"

"No. It's the wrong number."

"Ryou? Is that you, it's Yami..."

"SHUT UP PHARAOH I SAID HE WAS BUSY!" Damn, Bakura could be such a gripe sometimes, scratch that, most of the time.

"Bakura! That's no way to talk to people! Give me the phone, please?"

"Fine, but you owe me."

"Don't worry i'll make it up to you later, I promise." I roll my eyes, considering how late it's getting, I think I have a pretty good idea of why Bakura was pissed that I called. I hadn't considered that possibility before I had called, which was a fault on my part.

"Hey Yami. What's up?"

"Nothing I...Something..."

"Care to talk about it?"

"Um...Well. I need some help-"

"With Yugi?"

"How did you know?!"

"I had a feeling, i'd be hearing from you soon."

"Awwww! Pharaoh can't even woo his hikari how sad..."

"Get off the phone tomb robber!"

"No. Wait Yami. I think Bakura can help." My eyes widened in shock, Bakura help me? He'd rather swallow a milk jug's worth of nails for breakfast.

"I can?"

"Yes Bakura, you can."

"..."

"..."

"How?"

"You guys are SO thick! Bakura! I'm your hikari!"

"Um, yeah I knew that."

"GRRR! Bakura, I'm your hikari and you got me right? You can help Yami get his hikari!"

"..."

"Why would I want to do that?"

"Nevermind Bakura just get off the phone if you don't want to help."

"But-"

"Bakura, please?" There was a resounding click and then silence, when I was sure Bakura was definetely off the line I spoke.

"How did you know?"

"It's plain that Yugi's been avoiding you for awhile-"

"Do you know why? Did I do something wrong?"

"Yami. Yugi's scared-"

"Scared?! Why would he be scared I-"

"Would you let me finish?"

"Sorry."

"Yugi...Has a thing for you, but he thinks that he's not...what's the word i'm looking for? 'worthy' I geuss is the only way to put it. He thinks that if you ever found out about it you would leave again. Normally I wouldn't be telling you something like this, but I think since Yugi's so withdrawn he needs that extra push, you know what I mean?"

"Why would he think he's not worthy of me?" That statement shocked me. How could my Yugi, think that about himself? He was perfect, so innocent, with that doe like demeanor. He was positively angelic!

"Think about it Yami, your confident. Your a natural born leader, your well-built, you are desirable like it or not. For Yugi, it's hard for him to be able to rest with the fact that you could have just about anybody you want."

"But I don't want anybody! I want him!"

"He doesn't know that though."

"How do I tell him?"

"Pharaoh, I think I have an idea."

"Bakura, I thought I told you t-"

"You said to get off if I wasn't going to help."

"So what's your suggestion then?"

"Well, he's uncomfortable right now right? You just have to get him in a situation where he's in control, let him know that he can do something you can't sometimes. Once he gets comfortable, make your move." I can't believe I actually heard something smart coming from Bakura of all people. It was surprising, yet somehow it fit in a sneaky way with Bakura saying it. I found myself thinking that it might work. It made sense after all, if Yugi felt insecure around me then it was only fitting that I degrade myself a little to make him feel more comfortable around me, and if he felt more comfortable around me, he might just fall for me! It could happen!

"Wow. Bakura that was actually a good idea..."

"Really? You think so Ryou?"

"Yeah, I do!"

"Good, because you're gonna owe me for it later."

Good ole Bakura, knew he couldn't change that much, always has to be something in it for him.

"You know what? I think your right for once tomb robber. Oh, and thanks..." -click- That isn't such a bad idea, and it could quite possibly work.

-3 Days Later-

Everything is perfect. Yugi's grandfather left this morning for something or other, what it was didn't matter the only thing I was concerned about was how long he would be gone; as it so happened it would only be me and Yugi for the next week and a half. I've been talking to Ryou in the past couple of days while trying to get Yugi to lighten up around me, and he thinks we're doing better. He said he's spoken to Yugi, but he won't tell me exactly what they said which makes me think it wasn't something particularly pg-rated. Bakura even chipped in and told me that if I didn't make my move or as he put it 'pounce' before Yugi's grandfather got back then he would personally tell him himself, saying that our 'tennis match' had gone on for too long and he was getting tired of it. I took that as an affirmative to go ahead with my plan. I have been making really good progress lately. Every once in a while I would even get him to burst out laughing with something that I did, after a while though he would get tense and run off as if he knew he shouldn't get comfortable with me. Tonight though, tonight is going to be different. I don't know exactly how i'm going to do this, but I know it can be done. I won't openly try anything with him until I think he's completely comfortable though, I don't want to try to push him into doing something he doesn't want to.

/Yami?/

//Yeah?//

/Dinner's ready./

//I'm coming.//

I walk towards the kitchen a pleasant smell meeting me halfway down the stairs. I smile, one thing I knew was that Yugi wasn't a bad cook. I reach the kitchen and see Yugi over by the counter, shaking generous amounts of light yellow powder out of a container. I went over to him and saw that he was pouring the powder onto a plate of snakelike ribbons with a deep red sauce over it.

"What're we having?" He jumped around and dropped the container on the floor. I reached down and picked it up, I couldn't read the label very well, english in a written form still confused me sometimes.

"We're having spaghetti and that says 'parmesan' Yami." He smiled lightly when he said it, he was in a good mood, perfect.

"What's a parmesan?" Yugi giggled. I love it when he does that, his lips twitch when he giggles, which makes me want to press mine against them all the more.

"It's just cheese only ground up, it's good on spaghetti." At this he takes his plate and steers himself into the next room and sits down on the couch. I follow him and sit myself down next to him and realize he's eating his spageter or whatever it is with chopsticks. I could never get the hang of those things, I stare at my plate dumbfounded.

/Something wrong Yami?/ I look over at him with his mouth full of noodles and his head titled to the side staring at me. He looks adorable, I always found myself admiring how he could look so innocent when he needed to.

"I just remembered that I don't know how to eat with chopsticks." He struggled through the rest of his mouthful.

"Oh! It's easy Yami! Here, watch me." I watched as he explained how to hold them and as he took another bite of his pasta to demonstrate, but was unprepared when he handed them to me.

"You try." If he insists. I try to position them between my thumb and forefinger but they just don't stay, Yugi watches me struggle and I know he can hardly restrain his laughter. Smirking to myself I give the chopsticks back.

"No thanks. Think i'll go about it the old fashioned way." With that I select a few noodles with plenty of sauce on them, tilt my head back and drop them in, succeeding in making as much pasta splat on my face as possible. I hear Yugi's laughter and it fed my ego a little bit. I lick some of the sauce off my lip and turn to him.

//Pray tell, what are you laughing about hikari?// I tilt my head to the side in mockery of him earlier and widen my eyes, this had the desired effect as he laughs harder still, without noticing me slip closer to him on the couch.

Yugi's POV

I watched as Yami tried to eat the spaghetti without the help of kitchen utensils. He looked like a little boy does when their caught putting on their mothers make-up in the bathroom or something. Then he grinned, it made me feel nervous all of a sudden.

"I said what do you think you're laughing about?!" He said still grinning and a second later I figured out why. Too bad I didn't think to duck. He stuck his hand in my plate of spaghetti and then shoved his palm in my face. I fell back, but he didn't stop trying to get his fingers every where he could reach, all over my face and on my neck. I grabbed some spaghetti off of his plate and threw it on his head. His eyes widened in momentary shock before smirking and grabbing two big handfulls of the pasta. Taking advantage of his couple seconds of absence I rose from the couch and ran into the kitchen. A few seconds later he appeared in the doorway with two gargantuan handfulls of spaghetti. I was ready, I dug my hand into the cooling pot on the stove and threw the largest amount of noodles i could. It lost momentum fairly quickly but managed to hit him in the leg. He laughed and threw one of the handfulls off dripping pasta at me. I ducked but it hit me in the face. I bent over and I heard Yami making his way across the linoleum and the 'plop' as he let the extra spaghetti fall to the floor.

"Yugi you okay?" I burst out laughing and collapsed on the floor against the cabinets under the sink. He slid down next to me and as my laughter subsided I looked up at his smiling face, oddly contrasted by the pasta sauce. Before I could move or anything he leaned down and pressed his lips against mine. They were soft and without thinking I pressed harder into the contact, feeling his arm slip around my waist. He broke away and looked down at me, man I really hope that wasn't a spur of the moment thing...I look down at my knees and turn away from him, how could I have let that happen? He did kiss me though, but did that mean that he cares about me too or-

//Aibou...Look at me please.//

I turn my head to look at him and he smiled lightly, the arm around my waist tightened as I feel him pull me closer into his side.

"Yugi...I want you to know, that I kissed you because I love you." He loves me? Me? He does love me after all!

"I love you too, Yami." I put my arms around him i'm so happy now, I have like this elated feeling in my chest now, or is that just the endorphins talking? He cups his hand under my chin again and lifts my face up to meet his. The kiss was deeper this time. I felt his tongue rake my bottom lip and I part slightly and let him take dominance over my mouth, it was a wonderful feeling. My head spun and I know I was shaking, but Yami held me fast as he pressed into me. I couldn't hold back a moan any longer and I can practicly feel him smirk into our kiss. He pulls away after a while, breathing heavily and grinning like no tomorrow.

//Aibou?//

/Yes?/

//We're kissing in a pile of pasta sauce, you realize this right?//

OMG! It just hit me what a terrible mess we made. There's got to be spaghetti everywhere! Oh shit, we have to clean it- Oh, who am I kidding? I don't give a damn about the spaghetti. This was clearly what he had been waiting for.

"We can clean it up later." He smiles at me and we pick up where we left off.

Yami: No lemon?

madone13: Next chappie I promise.

Ryou: Have any of you seen Bakura?

Yugi: I haven't seen him since the beginning of the chapter...

Ryou: Oh CRAP!

madone13: Come to think of it, I haven't seen Malik either.

Yami: Bet you anything, Bakura's getting his ass kicked by Marik for slapping Malik.

Ryou: I have to find him!

madone13: I need reviews.

Yami: Yup. 3 reviews and she's doing a lemon, right?

madone13: Yup.

Yami: YES!

Yugi: -blush-