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Kibethan: Glad you thought the last chapter was cute, and there's even more fluff for you to look forward to in this chapter.

Yugi-is-my-one-and-only: Yeah, losing is really the only option with Atemu, but I think Yuugi will learn to get over it, 'specially if he's getting' kisses from Atemu.

Liliath: Even more fluff and sweetness for you in this chapter

Yamiseirei: Whether or not this story will have a lemon is a very good question. I'd like for it to, but I've never written a lemon before and I'm not sure if I'm any good at it. So I'll try to write on, and if it sucks then I'll probably just leave it out. But I'll keep my hopes up that I'm able to do it.

Redconvoy: Yeah, this story has been fairly plotless up until this point. But that's all going to change soon…

Hikaris-dark-side: I'm glad you think this chapter is better. It's good to know I'm improving.

Kitsunemajin: Did you manage to wait? This did take me a long time, but then again it wouldn't be me if it didn't.

Atemu Yugi Lover 34: I'm glad you were so happy with my story. Here's your update.

Souldreamer: Yes, I was really happy with the end of that chapter. I'm hoping to have some more little competitive moments between Yuugi and Atemu throughout the story. But competitive in a good way, of course.

Quill Masters: Well, it certainly wasn't what I would consider soon, but here's an update.

Milleniumgrl126: Yeah, losing three games right in a row would be pretty painful for one's pride, 'specially for someone like Yuugi who never loses. But with Atemu around he'll probably have to get used to losing.

Disclaimer: I don't own YGO.

The sun was shining brightly as Yuugi walked down the street. He couldn't help but notice that it had been sunny since the day he met Atemu. Sure, they'd only known each other for a week, and it was summer time, but Yuugi still felt that it was more than just a coincidence.

He was going to meet Jou at the arcade, but for a reason that he could no longer remember he'd taken a different route than normal. Due to this, Yuugi found himself in an area of town he rarely visited, not entirely sure where he was going. But he shrugged it off, reminding himself that it was a beautiful day and that all the walking was good for him anyway.

He was soon sidetracked, however, by a sign reading "Rare Comic Shop." Intrigued by the possibility of increasing his collection, he decided to do a little window-shopping. Walking up to the window and peaking inside, he couldn't believe what he saw. The bronzed skin, the deep, red eyes, the tri-colored hair. There was no question about it; the man standing behind the counter of the shop was Atemu. What were the odds that he would accidentally stumble across the place where Atemu worked? There was no way that this was just a coincidence. Thanking whatever deity had caused him to get "lost," he entered the shop.

Yuugi approached the counter but he kept off to the side, seeing as that Atemu was occupied. Standing in front of him were three girls who looked to still be in high school, giggling happily.

"Please do it again!" One of them asked.

"Alright." Atemu said with exasperation in his voice, though Yuugi could tell he was trying to hide it. Yuugi then noticed for the first time a deck of cards in Atemu's hand, and suddenly he understood. Grinning, he leaned back against a shelf to watch the show.

Atemu cast him a glance, a smirk playing across his lips. Yuugi blushed slightly, recalling the night only a few days earlier when those lips had been pressed against his.

The girls, not seeing whom the smirk had been directed at, giggled again.

Atemu began his card trick, easily playing the three girls right into his hand from the very beginning. It went on for a moment or so until, "Is this your card?" Atemu asked, holding up the ace of hearts. They all squealed in delight.

"Your card tricks are so amazing!" One of them said, earning vigorous nods of agreement from the others.

"I don't know, I think I saw a five-year-old do that trick once." Yuugi commented playfully.

"Oh really?" Atemu asked coolly. The girls, who had no idea what was going on, glared daggers at Yuugi. "Well, if I hope to impress you then I suppose I should stick to duel monsters." He added, embracing Yuugi in a hug and placing a chaste kiss on his forehead. Yuugi nuzzled his face into the crook of Atemu's neck, choosing to ignore Atemu's little reminder of his loss a few nights prior.

The three girls turned to leave, looking rather disappointed. Yuugi heard one of them whisper to her friends "Gay. It figures," and he couldn't help but smile.

"You don't happen to have a weird thing for younger girls I should know about, do you?" Yuugi asked jokingly.

Atemu rolled his eyes. "Hardly. But those three seem to have a thing for me, they come in here everyday asking me to do card trick upon card trick for them. I can't understand why."

Duh. Because you're absolutely gorgeous. Yuugi decided to keep the thought to himself; although he was surprised Atemu wasn't aware of his good looks. Yuugi wouldn't have been surprised if Atemu had been having similar problems his whole life. But on the other hand, his opinion was pretty biased.

Yuugi decided to change the subject. "This is pretty shady, you know. Working in some random comic shop in the back streets of town." Yuugi laughed.

"You just happen to walk into the random comic shop in the back streets of town that I work in, right in the middle of my shift, and you're calling me shady?"

Great. Now Atemu thought he was a stalker. Real smooth Yuugi, real smooth.

Atemu saw the worried look on his face. "I was just kidding, aibou," he said, wrapping his arms around Yuugi once again. "But how exactly did you find me here?"

Yuugi blushed at the name Atemu had called him, 'partner.' "Well, I sort of got lost, and when I saw this shop I decided to peek into the window to see what kind of stuff they had, and just happened to see you in here."

Atemu chuckled, "How, may I ask, do you get lost in the city you live in?"

Yuugi decided to ignore the comment, "Well, I decided to go a different way than normal today and ended up in a part of town I'm not really familiar with. I was on my way to the arcade-Oh no! I was supposed to meet Jou at the arcade and I totally forgot! And that was probably an hour or so ago."

"I'm sure Jou won't mind. You can't help that you got lost." Atemu replied, stifling laughter.

Yuugi glared at him. He was about to reply, but the door the back room opened. A middle aged man stuck his head out, "Come on, Zahur, I pay you to sell comics, not to stand around and flirt. Back to work."

Atemu glared at the now closed door for a moment before turning back to Yuugi. "That was my manager, so I guess I need to get back to work now." He said sounding very disappointed.

"Yeah, and I have to get to the arcade before Jounouchi gives up on me a leaves. As soon as I find it."

"You really aren't far from it, actually. Just follow this street down to the end, skip like three turns and then take a left onto 9th street. That is the street the arcade is on." Atemu added the last bit with a laugh.

"I know that!" Yuugi exclaimed angrily. He had the feeling Atemu wouldn't let him live down getting lost for a very long time.

"Good bye, aibou." Atemu said, kissing Yuugi gently on the lips.

"Good bye, Atemu." Yuugi replied once they had broken off the kiss, which wasn't until quite a few moments after. But as far as Yuugi was concerned, it still wasn't long enough.

With one last quick hug he turned to leave. He'd only gotten half way to the door, however, when a pair of strong arms wrapping around his waist stopped him, pulling him into an embrace from behind.

"Would you like to come over my place for dinner tonight?" Atemu whispered into his ear. Yuugi's face turned a dark shade of scarlet as he felt Atemu's hot breath running down the side of his face and neck. The only response he could muster was a nod. "How does 6:30 sound?" Another nod from Yuugi. "I'll see you later then." Placing a chaste kiss just behind Yuugi's ear, he pulled his arms away and returned to his post behind the counter of the shop.

When Yuugi left the shop he was still as red as a stop sign. One thing was for sure, that was the most seductive dinner invitation he'd ever received.

"Wow, Yuge. Dat Atemu guy must really like ya. Good for you." Jounouchi replied, not even bothering to look up from the game he was playing. Yuugi had expected Jou to be shocked when he recapped the day's previous events, but he didn't seem that surprised. He thought that what Atemu had done was a little, outrageous. But maybe it wasn't? He decided not to dwell on it too much; after all, it wasn't as if he hadn't enjoyed it…

"Just be careful he's not using you." Kaiba said. Yuugi glared at him, he knew there was absolutely no way Atemu was capable of such an atrocity. Sure, Kaiba had known Atemu much longer, but Yuugi still knew that he was right.

"He would never do something like that," Yuugi defended, "Besides, he invited me over to his house for dinner, if he wanted to mooch off of me, then he would have-"

"I don't mean for money, Yuugi." Kaiba cut him off. Yuugi was fairly shocked. Kaiba couldn't mean what he thought he meant, right?

"You mean for…for…"

"Yes, Yuugi, I mean for sex."

Yuugi felt the blood quickly rising to his cheeks, and he was sure that his face had turned an unprecedented shade of red. The thought of sex had never even occurred to him, let alone the possibility that it was the only thing Atemu wanted him for.

"Awe, Seto, ya shouldn't scare people like dat." Jou reprimanded. He turned to Yuugi, putting a reassuring hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry 'bout it, pal. Atemu seemed like a good guy, I'm sure he's not tryin' to use ya. Besides, if all he wanted was ta sleep wit ya, he would've already tried it by now."

Yuugi rolled his eyes. He'd given up trying to understand Jounouchi's logic a long time ago. "Thanks, I think."

Yuugi knocked on the door to Atemu's apartment apprehensively. He knew that he was being stupid, but he couldn't help but worry about what Kaiba had said to him earlier. After all, Atemu had seemed too good to be true from the very start. What if this relationship really wasn't anything that special to him at all? It already meant almost everything to Yuugi.

He was jarred from his thoughts by the doorknob beginning to turn. The door opened, and Atemu stood before him in all his beautiful, leather-clad glory.

"Hello, Yuugi." Atemu smiled at him warmly, and all of Yuugi's fears were instantly erased. The look on Atemu's face showed nothing short of the purest sincerity, he felt awful that he had doubted him even for a second. He embraced Atemu in a firm hug. Atemu returned the gesture, nuzzling his face into Yuugi's hair. For a moment, Yuugi thought he heard Atemu purring, but he soon realized it was just his cat, which was rubbing against Yuugi's leg.

"Well, we don't have to stand in the hallway all night," Atemu said after they'd broken apart from the hug, "Come on in." He took Yuugi's hand and gently guided him into the apartment.

Although Yuugi had been in Atemu's apartment once before, he hadn't taken the time to really observe his surroundings. It was by no means an extravagant place, but it was also far from run-down. He had a green shag carpet, which covered everything except the kitchen. The couch was green as well, and it looked to Yuugi like the kind of couch that you sank into when you sat down. Across from the couch was a T.V., and in the back of the room there was a desk with a computer on it. The walls were a light beige color, and were adorned with various pictures.

One picture in particular caught Yuugi's eye. It was on the wall to his right, just as he walked through the door. There was a woman in the picture, probably in her mid-twenties. She had long black hair, which had faint red highlights in it. Her skin was bronze, her eyes were a sparkling ruby color and she wore an absolutely beautiful smile on her face. Standing next to her was a man of about the same age. The man was quite tall, he had a strong build, and his hair was short, black and well kept. His eyes were an icy blue shade that Yuugi found extremely familiar. He had his right arm wrapped around the woman's waist, holding her close to him in a loving manner. His left arm was holding onto the leg of the little boy who was sitting on his shoulders. The boy looked to be about four and he was waving to the camera. He had bright crimson eyes, and gravity-defying hair…

Yuugi smiled. It was a picture of Atemu and his parents. "Wow Atemu, you-"

"Look just like my mother?" Yuugi nodded and Atemu chuckled, "Yeah, I get that a lot. Well, I used to at least. Anyway, are you hungry?" Atemu started to head towards the kitchen and Yuugi followed suite. "starved." He replied.

"Well, I made spaghetti. I know it's not very romantic, but I'm not a very good cook, so it's the best I can do."

"Spaghetti's great." Yuugi replied. In his opinion it was romantic too, but, he thought, maybe Atemu had never seen the movie Lady and the Tramp before. He began to envision himself and Atemu sharing a plate of spaghetti and accidentally eating the same piece. The dream was quickly shattered, however, by Atemu placing two plates of spaghetti onto the table. They sat down and began to eat.

"You know," Yuugi said, taking another bite of his spaghetti, "for being made by someone who supposedly can't cook, this is very good."

"I'm glad you like it. Well, Yuugi, what do you say that after dinner we have a duel monsters rematch?"

"Alright, but only on one condition."

Atemu arched a brow, "Alright, let's hear it."

"If I win, you have to kiss me again."

"Ok by me, but if I win then I get to kiss you again."

"It's a deal."

"I think we may have finally located the boy, sir."

"Good. Do you have the information on him I requested?"

"Of course, sir." He pulled a folder out of his robe, handing it to his master. A tanned hand reached out to grab it. He opened it up and looked through it's contents.

"This is not right. I told you that the boy you were looking for would be a Kaiba. This boy's name is Moutou Yuugi."

"We tried searching for a boy by the name Kaiba, sir, but the only one we were able to located was a one Kaiba Seto. He did not fit the criteria at all, but we watched him for a while, just to be safe. While we were, we saw this boy, and he seemed to be the one you were looking for."

The master seemed to look at the file contemplatively. "He does seem to be a lot like the boy we were searching for."

"Just like you described, sir. Twenty two-year-old male, two deceased parents and he fits the physical description perfectly. The name may be an alias. After all, he has been able to keep himself hidden for ten years now, maybe that's why."

"Yes, that seems right. Well done, I do believe you're going to have to pay little Moutou Yuugi a visit tonight," he paused, looking done at the file once again to find the information he was seeking. "A visit to the Kame Game Shop."

"Yes, master Malik." The servant promptly left.

A/N: I should probably point out that I don't own lady and the tramp either. Well, other than that please R&R and I'll see you next chapter.