"Yami, c'mon! I wanna get there before it starts!" Yuugi called from the street.

"Yuugi, I can't find the umbrella."

"You won't need it Yami." Yuugi pouted as he walked up behind the man with his head in the closet.

"But we'll get wet." Yami said as he pulled his head out.

"I'll keep you dry." Yuugi replied, wrapping his arms around the taller man.

"But then you'll get wet." Yami picked up his smaller love.

"I'll be fine." Yuugi snuggled into Yami's chest.

"If you insist." Yami smiled.

"I do." Yuugi giggled.

"Let's go then." Yami set Yuugi down and Yuugi took his hand.

"Onward!" Yuugi laughed as he led Yami down the street.

"Yuugi…this is beautiful."

"It's one of my favorite places, especially with the pre-rain mists. It's even better when it's raining."

"That's why you brought me here, isn't it." Yami held the boy in his lap as he snuggled up closer, comfortable and safe in Yami's arms.

"That's one of the reasons."

"What's the other?"

"I want to show you my wings…if you can see them."

"Wings?"

"Watch." Yuugi pulled out of Yami's arms, but remained on his lap, hands resting on Yami's shoulders. Yuugi's muscles clenched, as if trying to force something from his body, and his hands clenched causing Yami to flinch. Wings of pure white burst from Yuugi's back and he all but collapsed into Yami.

"Does it always hurt this much?"

"nn…yeah. You can… see them, right?"

"Yeah." Yami wrapped his arms around Yuugi's waist, avoiding the wings, and pulled him closer. He looked so adorable like that, his head on Yami's shoulder, breathing heavily. The first drops of rain fell on the couple, and it soon turned into a downpour. "Aibou, this place is not as beautiful as you." He whispered into Yuugi's ear.

He laughed at that. "Really Yami, did you have to go and insult one oh my favorite places?"

They were both laughing now, but were stopped by the flash of lightning, followed mere seconds later by a loud boom of thunder.

"We should probably start heading back now…"

"Before we get fried?"

"Yeah."

"Only if you carry me." Yuugi giggled.

"Alright" Yami relented, laughing. "Let's go"

Yuugi nodded and took Yami's hand. They had no way of knowing what lay ahead.

"Yuugi no!" Yami watched, almost in slow motion, as Yuugi turned and spread his wings to protect those on the crosswalk, to protect Yami. Time stopped for Yami when the car coming down the street impacted with Yuugi's back. Yami tripped in his haste to get to Yuugi, scraping several parts of his body. To the world, the car had stopped just before the crosswalk, nobody had been hurt, and nobody had been in danger. They recovered from the shock and moved on. Yami's world sped back up as he picked himself up and ran the rest of the way to Yuugi, catching him before he crumpled to the ground. He picked up Yuugi's small frame, smoothing some of the ruffled feathers, ignoring the scrapes on his hands, and carried him home.

Yami gently laid Yuugi on the bed, on his stomach so he could clean the wounds and fix any broken bones.

"Yami"

"Yes?"

"There's blood on my wings, isn't there?"

"Yeah." Yami whispered as he gently washed Yuugi's back.

"Whose?"

"Yours…and probably mine…"

"Damnit"

"What?"

"Call Seto Kaiba, I'm going to be in a lot of pain in a few minutes, and he's the only one I know who might be able to help."

bwaha! there's chapter 4.

I've got up to chapter 7 written out, so I'll post them when I get enough reviews :P

How are you liking the backwardsness? I admit, it's kindof hard to write like this...I don't think I'll be trying it again anytime soon...meh...

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