EgyptMotou- Sorry couldn't leave it on a sad note so here it is " The Alternate Ending" Enjoy!
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Yugi sighed as he put his hands out before him, warming the limbs up as he gazed at the blazing fire that now kept him and his darkness warm and sheltered from the cold that was starting to fill the house.
The two of them had started the fire a while ago, and were now sitting before it, a warm cover wrapped around the two of them as they sat, the sound of the wind and the crackling and popping of the fire the only sounds that filled the room.
"I'm sorry this isn't turning out to the best Christmas ever Yami," Yugi suddenly whispered, turning sad amethyst to shinning crimson.
"I told you aibou, I don't need all those things to have a great Christmas, as long as I get to spend it with you I'm happy," Yami smiled, pulling the cover that was wrapped around them closer, causing Yugi to sigh in content.
Smiling up at his darkness, Yugi blushed, noticing how the firelight from the fireplace seemed to shimmer and shine off his others eyes, making them look liquid like, like swirling blood.
"Hey Yami," Yugi whispered, turning his head to watch the fire once more. "What do you want for Christmas?'
Yami arched an eyebrow in shock and confusion, looking at his light like he had just grown two heads. What on earth was Yugi talking about?
"Uh, aibou, don't you think it is late for you to be going to go buy Christmas presents?"
Giggling Yugi shuck his head, giggling at how silly his other could be sometimes, but never took his eyes off the fire.
"Not material things Yami, what do you really want, like for example, one year grandpa was gone on an expedition during Christmas, and the only thing I truly wanted was for him to come home, see, not a material thing," Yugi smiled, hoping he wasn't confusing his other half too much.
This kind of question startled Yami, what did he really want for Christmas. He already had everything he could ever want, his memories, friends, a body, what else could he possibility want."I have all that I want aibou, I couldn't ask for anything else," Yami smiled, looking down at his little light who was watching the fire with intense eyes.
Yami could tell something was bothering his smaller partner, he could feel it through their connect, and trough Yugi may not have been very good at hiding his thoughts, he was an expert at hiding his feelings, unlike his darker half, who was the exact opposite.
"What is troubling you mou hitori no ore?" Yami asked, using the old nickname he had used for the younger boy when they had shared a body.
Still Yugi did not look at him, only the fire, the flames flickering off the younger teens face, making him glow in the otherwise dark basement.
"Yami do you know what I really, really want for Christmas?" Yugi asked, turning his burning amethyst eyes to confused crimson.
Yami didn't understand what was going on, why was Yugi looking at him like that? He had never seen Yugi's eyes look that intense, so full of emotion. Something was seriously wrong.
"Aibou what's-"
"Don't worry Yami, you'll understand soon," Yugi giggled, but the noise sounded sad, almost dead, and that caused Yami to suddenly feel uncomfortable and ill.
Shifting slightly, Yugi rearranged his body so that he was looking directly into Yami's eyes, holding his darkness' gaze as he began to speak once more.
"Do you know what I want for Christmas Yami?" Yugi asked once more, but this time, the way he said it made Yami tremble with something he couldn't descried.
Was it fear, no, it felt good, really, really good, and it made his stomach knot up in a surprisingly pleasing way, which confused the pharaoh even more.
"What do you wish for Christmas aibou?" Yami asked, his voice a hushed whisper, for he could not speak any louder even if he wanted to, not with Yugi looking at him like that and holding him captive with his shimmering amethyst eyes.
"You," Yugi whispered, before Yami found soft silken lips on his, luring him and coaxing him into a deep trance, whether he wanted to go or not, but to be honest, Yami wasn't complaining.
(I love you Yami)
But suddenly the warm lips were gone, and Yami was staring into tearful and horrified amethyst eyes.
"Yami... I... I didn't mean to... I... I," Yugi stammered, before he quickly stood and bolted up the stairs, crying as he ran as far away from his darkness as the house would allow.
Yami sat there in silence, stunned. Yugi... loved him? But the question was, did he love Yugi?
Yami knew he loved his little light, how could he not. Yugi was smart and sweet, and good hearted, and cute, and if it wasn't for the small bundle of light he'd still be stuck in the puzzle, or much, much worse, but… did he love Yugi the way Yugi loved him.
The more he thought about it, the more Yami realized, he did. He did love his little aibou, and he found that the one thing he wanted for Christmas was Yugi as well.
Standing, Yami made his way upstairs, making sure to grab one of the candles off the table they were resting on. He didn't need light to see, but it was still nice to have.
Starting to climb the stairs that led to the second floor where Yugi's bedroom was located, Yami found that Yugi was crying, and this caused Yami's heart to ache and his stomach to turn and twist.
Coming onto the landing of the room, Yami gripped the door handle to Yugi's closed door and took a deep breath, before he slowly pushed the door open.
"Aibou?"
Yami winced at what he saw when he entered. There was Yugi, his little light curled up on his bed crying his eyes out as he trembled and shuck from his sobs.
Placing the lit candle on the bedside table Yami took a seat on Yugi's bed, and gently ran his fingers through Yugi's soft silken hair.
"Aibou I-,"He began but was cut off as Yugi began to sob harder, making Yami's heart wrench.
(I'm so sorry Yami, I… I don't know what came over me. I'm sorry, so sorry,) Yugi cried through the link, and it took all Yami's will power not to cry as well.
"Aibou please don't cry, please," Yami whispered, pulling Yugi out of his curled position and into his arms, holding the boy's body tightly to his form as he cried.
"I'm…s...s…sorry...Ya... Yami," Yugi cried, burying his face into his pharaoh's chest.
(Please, please don't leave me, please…. we can just forget this whole thing happened… please… please Atemu… don't go) Yugi sobbed through their link, sounding so broken and sad and this caused Yami to cry himself.
((Oh aibou I would never leave you, you know this, and nothing could ever make me leave)) Yami soothed, not trusting his voice at the moment.
Placing his hand under Yugi's chin, Yami gently lifted the tear stained face, as he gazed into sad and broken amethyst eyes.
"I'm so sorry Yami, please forgive me," Yugi hiccupped, tears falling freely from his eyes. He just couldn't make them stop.
"No," Yami whispered, and Yugi quickly ducked his head, his trembling picking up to near violent as he cried harder, sobs racking his tiny frame.
How could he expect Yami to forgive him honestly? He deserved this, he really did.
Trying to dislodge himself from Yami's arms, Yugi found that he couldn't, for he was being held tightly.
"Let me finish aibou, no I won't forgive you, for there is nothing to forgive," Yami whispered, before he pulled Yugi's head up, and sealed their lips together.
((I love you too my little aibou, and who said you can't get everything you want for Christmas))
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