A/N: I think that you guys will like this chapter... it has plenty of wonderful, fluffy stuff right in the middle of it. Plus, I've introduced Jono and Seto. So, thanks for those wonderful review, alerts and favourites, I absolutely love them. I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or any of the characters.

Now, I have a question for all of you. What do you think I should name the town that Yugi, and Jonon used to live in?

Reflection
Chapter 9: Silent Wants

Yugi was sitting outside in the park by the apartment building, with a sketchbook open on his lap to a page that had one of his older, half finished drawings that he had had some inspiration to suddenly finish. He had just gotten off of his second day of work about an hour before, after a long day with just him and Malik. Ishizu had taken the day off, and that had only made it worse for him, with all of the questions from the blonde about what had happened after Atemu had taken him away.

That was something that he didn't even want to think about. His heart still beat wildly whenever he thought of the confession that had been made the day before. He had completely frozen up, and then had made some bad excuse about remembering that Jono had asked him to pick up some groceries that afternoon. It only made it even worse because Atemu had gone with him to pick up groceries about 2 days before that. He didn't want to think about that though, not when it could be put off until another time when the thought didn't seem quite as scary. And truthfully, it did seem scary, the thought that his own twin had romantic feelings for him and that… he might actually return them. He wasn't about to tell Atemu that though. Maybe another time.

"Good afternoon, Yugi. You wouldn't mind if I took a quick look at this sketchbook of yours, would you?" someone asked him, the sketchbook disappearing from his hands before he had a chance to respond.

It took him a couple of seconds to clearly see the short brunet hair and the cold blue eyes that were looking over the drawings in his sketchbook, clearly not caring about giving him any sort of privacy. The man looked like he was furious, almost as if the next person that angered him would be burned by the flames of hell. Though, there were probably a few people out there that would consider this man the devil in disguise.

"Good afternoon to you too, Seto. It's surprising to see you here. Now… is there any actual reason to why you just took my sketchbook away from me? Or did you just see me and decide that it would be fun to take my most treasured thing for no reason?" he asked.

"Actually, I do have a legit reason for looking at this. Kaiba Corp has been interested in expanding the business into the arts for the last few months now. I remembered Atemu saying something about your drawings and thought that you might be a good candidate for the job. Not to mention that one of the artists decided to drop off the face of the Earth, and quit his job with us too. Have you ever thought about going into the business?" Seto explained.

He nodded his head up and down, already excited at the idea of his art being in an art gallery or whatever it was that Seto had in mind. That sort of thing would most likely be a once in a lifetime thing and something that he would immediately jump at.

"Of course, my drawings are almost my whole life, why would I not think about making it my career too? People do say to 'do what you love' after all. Was that why you came to this park?" Seto nodded, handing Yugi his sketchbook back, "Wait, just how did you find me then? I got out of work about an hour ago, and I'm certain that nobody had followed me from there," the amethyst eyed twin demanded, suspicious of his cousin.

Seto rolled his blue eyes in annoyance, "I had stopped at that low class store that Atemu works at and he told me that he and Ryou and decided to give you some 'alone time' – don't look at me like that, it was his words not mine – but that you would most likely end up being in some park someplace, if I really wanted to talk to you. He seemed a bit too worried, and I would rather not know why."

Yugi sighed and suggested, "How about we go up to my apartment and talk about this there? It's getting a bit too warm out here in this heat and besides, this would be the perfect opportunity to introduce you to Jono, like I promised that I would."

The older Kaiba brother gave him a nasty glare at the mention of being introduced to someone that he had had no intentions of ever meeting but he still nodded in agreement. It was oddly quiet as they slowly made their way to the building right next to the park, which happened to be the apartment building that Yugi, Jono, and Ryou lived in. Neither of the cousins knew quite what to say to the other one, they had never gotten the chance to be as close to each other before this. And then, before they knew it, they had already made it to the apartment.

"Hey Yugi, what are you doing back already? Both Ryou and Atemu phoned a couple of hours ago to say that you'd most likely go to the park after work, and not to expect you back until this evening. Eh, never mind that, who the hell is this guy? You haven't gone and got yourself a boy toy while you were out, have you?" Jono taunted him, a smirk growing on his face.

Yugi did nothing but roll his eyes and shake his head at Jono as he took his shoes off at the door. However, Seto didn't seem to have the same amount of patience that Yugi had with the blonde.

"I am not some low rated 'boy toy' as you so kindly put it. I am not only a business man of the highest quality, and your best friend's cousin, but you're also my employee, and I have the right fire you if I don't like your attitude. It would be best if you didn't insult me," the brunet sneered.

"What? You haven't even heard of a joke before? You must have a stick stuck 6 inches up your ass. Besides, it's not like Yugi is the type of person to bring a guy home anyways, so the thing I could have been doing was teasing him," Jono retaliated.

"Maybe if you were more than an idiotic moron who only knows how to make jokes, then I would believe that."

"Okay, that is way more than enough. I know that both of you absolutely love getting in arguments with complete strangers but I really don't want to deal with two adults who are acting like they're 5 years old," Yugi stepped in, glaring at both of them.

The blonde huffed and walked into the kitchen area, seemingly not too happy with being called both an idiotic moron and a 5 year old. Yugi knew that Jono tended to be a bit overdramatic when it came to things like this, and would most likely pretend to mope about it for the next few days until both him and Seto swallowed up their pride and apologized. And that wasn't something that was going to happen, at least not in the near future… or maybe not in the distant future either, when he thought about just how stubborn his cousin was.

"Just ignore him and come inside. Would you like anything to drink?" he asked Seto, politely.

"Thank you, Yugi, but I'm fine at the moment. Was that truly the person that both you and Mokuba wanted to introduce me to? Honestly, I don't see the appeal, he's just your normal moronic teenager who will never grow out of being a troublemaker," his cousin noted.

Yugi just laughed, completely confusing the older Kaiba brother. There was no point in trying to explain just how obvious it was to him that they were almost made for each other. They were both more than just a bit stubborn and loved a good argument. So, instead, he just walked into the kitchen area without another word, Seto closely following him. From the couch in the living part, Jono tried to pretend that he wasn't interested in what they were about to talk about, but only managed to fail at doing so.

"Jono, you might as well get over here and be a part of this. Besides, the two of you need to be formally introduced, whether or not you actually give a shit at the moment," Yugi called over to the man on the couch.

The blonde grumbled something about just getting comfortable (which had to be a lie, seeming he had only sat down 30 seconds prior) before getting off the couch and walking over to where they were in the kitchen. It seemed that Jono's curiosity was making him ignore any anger that he felt towards either of them at the moment.

"Hello, I'm Katsuya Jonouichi. I've been Yugi's best friend since he was about 8 and I am currently his roommate. And you would happen to be?" the blonde asked, a smirk appearing on his face.

"I'm Seto Kaiba, Yugi's cousin, and according to my younger brother, I am also your boss. It's definitely… nice to meet you, Jonouichi," Seto responded, holding out his hand.

Jono grabbed his hand in a handshake. "It's nice to finally meet you… Seto. Oh, and call me 'Jono', would you? Everyone else does that."

Yugi's cousin raised a single eyebrow and Yugi tried not to laugh at the situation that Jono had just unknowingly gotten himself wrapped up in. Seto wasn't the type of person to use any sort of nickname, no matter what the circumstance. Nor did he overly enjoy being called Seto by anyone other than his own family, to him, it seemed way too informal. Yugi wouldn't have been surprised if the two got into yet another fight over that too.

"Very well, you may call me Seto, but don't you go and expect me to use that ridiculous nickname of yours, Katsuya," Yugi stood there, in shock over what had just happened, while Jono just stuck his tongue out at the other man, "Now, Yugi, did you invite me over here to discuss the details of what we talked about earlier or to talk to this idiot?"

"I – I invited you up here to talk about the details."

"And you're positive that Seto is actually letting him call him by 'Seto' instead of 'Kaiba'? Did some sort of miracle happen while I was out at work?" Atemu asked, almost completely amazed.

"I'm fairly certain that nothing extraordinary happened outside of that little event. Well, as far as I know anyways. It was a miracle though, because when I first met up with Seto in the park, it looked like he was about to bite someone's head off for some reason. I just think that he like Jono better than he does the average person," Yugi answered, trying his best to completely wipe any traitorous thoughts from his mind.

Atemu shook his head in amazement, before taking another bite of his bowl of pasta. Both him and Yugi were sitting on the couch in the living room, eating their dinner despite it being about 8 PM. The television was on but neither of them were paying attention to whatever show was on. Both of them were way too busy trying to forget about what had happened the previous day. Yugi's bowl was put onto the coffee table moments later, not even a bit of sauce left in the bottom of it. Atemu had always been the slower eater of the two of them.

"Yugi… we really have to talk about this. We can't just leave things the way that they are right now. That… that would be way too difficult for me to attempt to do," the elder of the two admitted.

"I – I'm so sorry, mou hitori no boku, but I really, truly don't know what to do. This is all so confusing to me," Yugi answered, biting his lip.

"What's so confusing about it? You know that I have feelings for you… what's so hard to understand?" Atemu questioned the other.

"No, that's not that part that… confusing me, trust me on that. It's this part of me that feels so… happy whenever I think about what happened yesterday, and all I can think is about how wrong this all is."

Atemu put his bowl down beside Yugi's, and turned so that he was facing Yugi, neither of them were even pretending to be paying attention to the television by now. Yugi was nervous, that much Atemu could tell by just a single glance. His twin's knees were pulled closed to his chest, and he seemed to want to look absolutely anywhere but his face. As if this confession was physically hurting him.

"I don't care what other people think about any of this, Aibou. To me, none of this could ever be wrong," he blurted out.

His younger brother finally looked him in the eye, and he could see the other's eyes slowly fill with some unknown hope. In that moment, both of them felt that it might be able to work out if they truly didn't care what anyone thought about them being together. That brief connection was lost though, the moment that Yugi's eyes left his own. However, while he had lost the eye contact, he had gained something else. Yugi had moved his hand over his own.

"Everything… everything's going to turn out okay, alright Aibou? Just please don't do something like what you did yesterday afternoon. When… when you left me at the restaurant, I thought that you didn't care and that you never would, and it just… hurt so badly," he tried to explain.

"O – okay, I won't do that again. Can we try going there again sometime? So… so I can make up for the mistake that I made?" Yugi asked, hesitantly.

He nodded, smiling sweetly at the younger brother. If only he could sweep the younger into his arms and then never let go again, at least not for a million years. He couldn't do that though, especially not in a place like this. It may have been Yugi's and Jono's apartment but almost anyone could barge in at any time, and the only one of those people who would definitely not freak out was Bakura. Not that that would have been much better.

The elder let out a small sigh and closed his eyes, losing himself in the feeling of Yugi's hand over top of his own. However, the snapped open seconds later when Yugi climbed over onto his lap, the amethyst eyed twin's arms wrapping around his waist. He mentally laughed to himself. They were twins after all, so they did know what the other was usually feeling – to an extent.

"Aibou… please, I need to hear you say it out loud. Do – do you actually return my feelings or do you not?" he asked, cautiously wrapping his arms around Yugi.

"I do, mou hitori no boku. I do like you more than just a twin, or even a friend. You're the most important person in the world to me, and there's no way something like that will change any time soon, or even at all. It's just that I… I don't think I would be able to handle it if we were if um, jump right into bed or anything like that. I'm not ready for that," Yugi quietly admitted to him.

"That's absolutely fine. I would never push you into anything that you're not ready for."

Yugi sighed lightly and leaned his head against Atemu's chest. It was absolutely perfect the way that they were now laying on the couch. Atemu had leaned back, unable to support all of Yugi weight while sitting up, and having nothing to lean on. His hands were now on Yugi's lower back, intertwined with each other. It felt completely natural to be that way, unlike how two normal siblings would have felt in this sort of situation.

"Oi, Yugi and Atemu, you two better be decent when I get in there or else I won't be very happy. Besides, it's an emergency!" an all too annoying voice yelled from the front door.

Yugi slowly lifted his head off of Atemu's shoulder and they shared a quick look. What sort of 'emergency' would make Bakura of all people yell at their doorstep, almost begging to be let inside? However, much to Atemu's surprise, Yugi stayed where he was in Atemu's arms and let Bakura enter the apartment by himself, not even bothering to greet him at the doorstep.

"Ha, I knew this would happen one day! You two are completely predictable," Bakura informed them as he walked inside.

"What do you want, Bakura?" the eldest demanded.

"I can't find Ryou anywhere. I checked all of the places where he's usually at but he was nowhere in sight, and his car isn't even in the parking lot. That's not everything either. I just checked his apartment and it looks like somebody has broken into it. So, don't you start getting pissy with me, Atemu."

The sun had just set a few minutes ago, leaving a few reds and oranges left in the sky from said event. And he barely even noticed the couple of small clouds in the sky that were just barely reflecting a bit of light from the earlier sunset. All of his surroundings were completely beautiful, but he didn't have the heart to take it all in at the moment. It was just a little farther until he got to the next town over, probably only about a half an hour drive or so.

Being alone right now, it felt like it was the best idea for the time being, and one of the better ones that he had ever come up with. All he had really needed was a bit of time to be able to properly sort through his thoughts, away from everything that was causing the chaos in his mind. Now, he just had to sort through his feeling and figure out just what he wanted. It wasn't like he hadn't somewhat forgiven Bakura for what he had done a few nights ago. Mostly because he couldn't completely blame anything but the alcohol for what happened. Bakura had been completely wasted, and nobody was usually accountable for their actions in that state of mind.

The longer he spent time away from Bakura, the harder it became to not go and run into the other's arms. He was scared because of the control Bakura had over him.