Hello to all readers who are either angry or satisfied with the last chapter. But like I said at the end of the last chapter, you can't have a story without a plot, and you can't have a plot without a conflict. And/or an evil plot twist. Don't worry, after this, there are only two chapters left. And there is a heat wave up here, so I haven't been able to get to the library to update more.

Y.Aurora: You know you're having fun torturing them!

Aurora: Shut up. Perhaps it is a little fun, as long as they don't kill me. If they do, we'll never reach the ending.

Y.Aurora: Torture in the form of plot twists!

Aurora: …Again, sorry if you're unhappy, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Go ahead and read now.

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Yami sat on the bed, his head in his hands. He couldn't bear to just stare at the bars in front of him. Pacing wouldn't help either. The only thing to do was to sit and wallow. He'd just seen the judge after waiting for two days. She had lowered the original sentence when he provided enough evidence that he never even knew that his former mistresses had even been pregnant in the first place. She explained that that was enough to send him free, but also said that the two women wanted money out of this one way or another.

His sentence was $50,000 in bail.

He groaned as the thought came back to him. He was trapped. He would never get that kind of money unless he worked at the burger joint for a few years. Along with the stress of the bail, he hadn't had one visitor. And there was only one possible person who would visit him, if he hadn't screwed up, literally.

Yami pounded the thin mattress with his fist and laid down, his back towards the barred door. He squeezed his eyes closed, trying to get rid of the nightmare all over again. He opened hi eyes to see a white brick wall in front of him. It didn't work again.

Footsteps echoed in the narrow hallway. Yami covered his head with the pillow. He couldn't bear to watch the officers escorting another visitor down the hallway. A visitor for someone else.

A bang came to Yami's ears and he jumped. The officer had banged something on someone's cell bars.

"Atemu, get up!" he scolded. Yami quickly followed the order and sat up on the bed.

"You got a visitor, are you willing to see him?"

Yami's eyes widened. "O-of course!" he stammered.

The officer disappeared from sight. He was replaced by Yugi, who sat on the small bench across the hall from Yami's cell.

"Yugi…" Yami started, but his voice wouldn't let him say anything further.

Yugi's eyes were downcast and he stared at the floor, not letting his eyes meet Yami's.

"How long will you be here?" he asked quietly.

"Until I can pay bail," Yami said, the tone of his voice matching Yugi's.

"How much is that?"

"50 grand."

Yugi nodded slowly. "You have that much?"

Yami shook his head. A long lull followed that, neither man knowing what to say.

Yugi sighed and finally spoke after what seemed like an eternity. "Thank you for saving me…"

Yami looked up to see that Yugi's eyes were looking up at him. He nodded.

"I couldn't just stand there and let him hurt you Yugi," Yami said quietly. "You're too important to me."

Yugi shook his head. "You still believe in love at first sight?" he asked.

Yami nodded. "As myself as a witness, I do believe in it. And deep down, you believe in it too."

"This is the real world Yami. I grew up in a Japanese family too. Growing up, my parents always taught me to believe in spirits who protect me." Yugi shook his head. "I stopped believing in spirits and other things like that after my first love betrayed me."

"I'm here Yugi. You can believe again. I saved you in two ways as far as I know."

Yugi raised an eyebrow. "What's the second way?"

Yami smiled. "You opened up to me Yugi. You took me to your valley. You took me into your home. You took your first step towards healing from your first man!"

Yugi shuffled his feet nervously.

"But, you are a liar you know." Yami pointed out.

Yugi's head snapped up, a glare sat on his face, making his nose crinkle a little. Yami thought it was another cute feature of Yugi's.

"Excuse me?" Yugi snapped.

"You say you don't believe in unworldly things and anything spiritual? At the valley you did. The look I saw in your eyes… You were talking to your parents weren't you? You ask them for forgiveness too."

"Shut up! You don't know what's going on in my mind there!"

Yami scoffed. "You told me up front what you do there. See, you opened up to me more than you care to admit."

Yugi shook his head furiously. "What about you? You can't say that you haven't lied to me!"

Yami's eyes softened and he looked at the floor himself. "You know you're right. I haven't been totally honest about the women I've been with."

Yugi crossed his arms over his chest. "You don't say," he said sarcastically. "The two women who had your children and who got you here in the first place?"

Yami nodded. "Only two of the women I've been with. I never bothered to count how many I've slept with since I arrived in America. I stop in the towns for a job to get gas money. Women then throw themselves on me. I keep them waiting until I know I have enough money to go on, I quit, and then stop their waiting. I give them one night and then go on."

Yugi's eyes narrowed and he shook his head. "How could you do that?!" he cried. "Those poor women! Waking up and finding out that you left."

"I know it's horrible of me to do that. But did you notice a difference between what I did to those women, and what I've done with you?"

Yugi threw his arms up. "Let's see, you came, you got a job, you banged me... Yeah, I don't see a difference."

"You're the first person I've ever pursued Yugi. Usually, the women are the ones who are falling all over me, but this time, I'm not being pursued. Yugi, I'm the pursuer."

Yugi looked up.

"And I didn't leave you in the middle of the night Yugi. That alone should say something!"

Yugi opened his mouth to speak, but he soon found that he had no clue what to say.

"I'm serious about you Yugi. But I can't do anything from inside here. You don't know how much I want to hold you, to kiss you again, and make love to you. And I'd be there in the morning to kiss you and be with you even more. I promise that Yugi."

Yugi stood up.

Tears threatened to fall from Yami's eyes. "I make that promise for the day I get out of here. If that day ever comes…" his voice drifted off. "Until then, the only thing I can do to comfort myself is to say your name to myself."

Yugi walked up to Yami and held his hand up to the bars. Yami reached out and touched his fingers to Yugi's.

"Yugi…" Yami whispered.

"I still don't know if I believe Yami. But maybe one day I will."

Yami shook his head. "Yugi."

"Come on Muuto, time's up," an officer ordered, beckoning Yugi towards the hallway door.

Yami's eyes widened and desperation to keep his koi close to him ran through his body as a strong adrenaline that personified itself as a sudden pain that went shooting through his body.

"Yugi!" he screamed.

Yugi removed his fingers from Yami's and walked to the door without looking back, leaving Yami screaming out his name over and over. This time, it didn't comfort him.

THANKGODTHISMOMENTSNOTHELASTTHERESONLYUS

Yeah, I know what you're thinking. 'What the hell is going on here? What's she thinking?' But never fear, I have it all planned out.

But the bad news is that it's summertime. Also known as, summer vacation. And I'm going on vacation. Originally, I was going to Florida, but my stupid parents waited til the last second to plan so we're only driving around the state we live in. Either way, I'm leaving this weekend and the heat is keeping me inside. It's like, 95 F/38 C here! Anywho, please review and I'll try to get a chapter in before band camp! Thankies!