A/N: Ughhh... procrastination sucks! I'm trying to finish Breaking The Rules before next weekend since I'll be going camping (haha, if my camping trips were like this story, I would be looking forward to it every year.) I did not realize how much work it was to finish all my stories... (what have I walked myself into...?) BUT! Never the less, I will try to push through and hopefully know more about my update schedule soon! :)
Everyone's wonderful reviews really help me with my little dilemma of the p-word. I'm so happy to know how many people like my stories! :D
Much love to everyone and I hope you all enjoy this chapter! (and I would really appreciate reviews since they make me so happy!) =)
After the early incident of being pushed into a fern, Yugi had gone back to camp separately from Kaiba so there was no suspicion. As soon as he got back, he didn't see anyone else, though a moment later he was surprise attacked by Atem who began pushing him towards his tent.
"Atem! What are you doing!" Yugi cried.
"Go change into your swim shorts! We're going swimming again!" Atem stated hurriedly.
"Do I have a say in this?" he asked. In front of the tent Atem unzipped it and pushed him inside.
Atem smiled. "No."
Yugi rolled his eyes. "Thanks. I'll be out in a second." Yugi disappeared into his side of the tent. Finding his shorts he quickly changed into them and grabbed a purple towel to wrap around himself. Yugi then crawled over to the side of his little area to poke his head on the other side where Kaiba was. He looked to be on some kind of small computer. "Seto? Do you want to come swimming?"
"I don't swim." he replied simply.
Yugi frowned. "Alright… I really wish you would though." he said before backing up and exiting the tent where Atem waited for him.
As soon as Atem saw him, he grabbed his wrist and began running a different way than they had last time.
"Are we not swimming at the same place?" Yugi asked curiously. Trying to keep up with Atem but he was pretty fast.
"We are." Atem replied. It was impossible to not detect the smirk he had on his face from the tone of his voice. This made Yugi a little uncertain, was Atem planning something that he wasn't going to tell him about?
Yugi trailed after him for a few more minutes, wondering the whole time if Atem was taking him where he thought he was. Yugi gazed past Atem and saw a clearing coming up in his view, and past that was a cliff.
"Your not scared of heights, right?" Atem asked curiously.
"Kind of… why?" Yugi asked. Feeling as though he would completely regret asking this.
"Oh… we're just going to take a small jump…" Atem murmured nonchalantly.
Yugi's eyes widened. "Atem!"
Atem glanced back at him, that smirk Yugi knew he had on his face. "What? It'll be fun!"
"Are you trying to kill me!" Yugi cried. Now he began trying to get away, trashing his wrist around and trying to stop running. How could Atem do this to him? He should know he wouldn't want to jump off a cliff with him.
"Relax, Joey and Tristan did it! So it's safe!" Atem tried to reassure as they got closer.
"That doesn't mean it's safe! That just means they're extremely lucky!" Yugi stated seriously. This was the last time he ever went anywhere with Atem, and especially swimming.
"Yugi, you need to learn to live a little!" Atem stated.
Yugi had a feeling that this may just be a stunt to get Seth's attention, but he didn't say anything in case it offended Atem. He just had to hope that this didn't kill him, he didn't want to die now so young! Especially after finally getting the chance to date Kaiba.
"Ready?" Atem questioned. Seeming to run faster as they closed up the gap between them and the cliff. Obviously water on the other side.
"No. I don't understand why I need to do this too! And I wish you would let go of me!" Yugi said hurriedly. Like his words would actually stop Atem from making him do this. He still didn't understand why Atem couldn't just do this by himself.
"Because I figured it would be more fun with the both of us!" Atem said. As soon as they were a few inches from the edge Atem shouted. "Jump!"
Yugi almost feeling his life flash before his eyes as he jumped with his counterpart, looking down to see the blue water below. The cliff actually wasn't that far from the water, but that didn't stop him from practically screaming as he fell. His heart pumping in over drive, and adrenaline quickly flowing through him. Once he hit the water, he instantly submerged and within a few seconds was up at the surface. He scanned around for Atem, and was worried when he didn't see him. But a few seconds later he also came up next to him.
Atem look to Yugi and laughed. "That was fun! We should do it again!"
Yugi frowned and splashed water in his face. "No it wasn't! I thought I was seriously going to die!"
Atem wiped the water from his face and waded after Yugi who began swimming away from him and towards his friends who were closer to shore. It looked as though everyone but Kaiba was here. Yugi still wished he had came.
"Come on, Yugi. You gotta admit that it was pretty fun." Atem stated.
Yugi glanced to him. "No, it was not fun. Did you not hear my scream?"
Atem laughed again. Causing Yugi to splash his face and swim faster.
"Alright I'm sorry, I thought you'd like it!" Atem remarked after rebounding from getting more water in his face.
"You act like you don't know me! You know I don't like doing crazy things like that! I'm not exactly someone who enjoys jumping off a cliff for entertainment. Why didn't you ask Seth? I'm sure he would have." Yugi said.
Atem slowed swimming for a moment like in thought before patting Yugi on the back to make water splash up behind him. "Thanks Aibou! I should have thought of that!" he then came to be next to Yugi. A smirk on his face. "How about we race back to shore?" he questioned while glancing over.
Yugi smiled and got a head start over his counterpart. Stroking his arms as fast as he could.
"You're a total cheater Yugi!" Atem called from somewhere behind him.
Yugi laughed. "I deserve a head start after you tried to kill me!" Yugi then began kicking his legs over the water so if Atem was behind him, he'd get even more water in his face.
Swimming for a good three minutes, Yugi really thought he was going to beat Atem. He was so close to shore and most of his friends had turned to watch the race. Yugi's leg was suddenly grabbed and he was pulled underwater. A second later he sprang up and saw that Atem was standing at shore, smirking viciously.
"I win!" he called.
Yugi frowned at him. Once the water was shallow enough he was able to start walking, he went up to Atem and frowned. "By cheating."
"Yes, so we're even!" Atem stated happily. He then gazed over to Seth and walked over to him.
Yugi sighed. He would have won too If Atem hadn't of grabbed his leg. When against his counterpart, he never seemed to win at anything. He either always cheated or Yugi wasn't good enough, but normally when Atem cheated it was out of good sport. Though today had not been one of those days.
"You were close Yuge! If only you had gotten out of the water fast enough." Joey stated.
Yugi approached him with a slight glare. "Yeah, and Atem hadn't cheated."
Joey laughed. "Oh yeah, everyone saw your jump. I gotta admit, I never thought Yami would actually get you to do that. Glad I didn't make a bet on it."
Yugi kept his glare as he spoke. "He forced me!"
"Haha, well if that's what it takes! You looked pretty funny too! Flailing like that and screaming." Joey admitted.
Yugi turned his glare into a frown. "Thanks." he muttered dryly.
"You know I was just kidding!" he said. Patting Yugi on the back.
"I know." Yugi said.
A moment passed before Joey's eyes scanned Yugi's neck. "What's wrong with your neck? Did you fall or something?"
Yugi's heart could have stopped. He completely forgot about the marks on his neck that Kaiba had given him. He tried to stay calm while replying. "Actually… while I was walking around earlier, I ran into a few branches. They scraped me and I guess I got bruises from it."
"Oh, well you should really be more careful." Joey stated.
Yugi was amazed that Joey actually believe him, either that or he was faking it. His wrist was then grabbed and was tugged the other direction. Yugi glanced behind him to see Mokuba leading him away from his friends. When they were far enough away from them, he stopped. Yugi turned towards him and rose an eyebrow.
"Do any of your friends know about you and Seto?" he questioned.
Yugi shook his head. "He didn't want any of them to know, so I haven't told anyone."
"What about Seth?" Mokuba asked.
"He doesn't know either." Yugi admitted.
"Ok, I just wanted to make sure. I didn't want to say anything in front of anyone and get you or Seto angry." Mokuba stated. Smiling at him.
Yugi smiled back. "Thanks."
"Hey, did you want to race?" he asked. "I won't cheat! I promise."
"Alright, but if you do I'll never forgive you!" Yugi teased.
Mokuba flashed a smile before they both ran into the water.
xXxXx
By the time they got back to the campsite it was almost completely dark. They ate dinner together, actually everyone laughing at least once or twice. No one seemed to be in a bad mood on their last night in the woods, and Yugi was glad that he'd come, he had so much fun and so much had happened. He actually wished he wouldn't be leaving, he knew he'd have to come camping with his friends more often.
Once dinner was finished and after an hour or two of talking and Joey threatening to push Duke into the fire, a few at a time headed off for bed. All tired from the swimming. Yugi went inside the tent with Mokuba after Joey started talking about how he swore he saw a kelpie. When he was inside the tent, he changed into his pajama's then crawled over to Kaiba's side, who appeared to just be putting away the computer.
"Don't you ever get tired of working?" Yugi asked curiously. Cuddling up into Kaiba.
"Not often, but I overheard you jumped off a cliff. Why exactly?" Kaiba questioned. Seeming very disapproving of it.
Yugi looked up to him and frowned. "Atem forced me! After I left the tent we ran there and he forced me to jump off!" Yugi moved closer to him. "I really thought I was going to die."
Kaiba glared. "How stupid is he?" he muttered mostly to himself.
Yugi chose to ignore what he said about Atem, and change the subject to something else. "I also raced Mokuba!" a smile came over his lips. "And won!" he said just loud enough for the other boy to hear.
Mokuba was over on their side in less than a second. Glaring at Yugi. "You liar! Don't believe him Seto! I won that race!"
Yugi sat up on his elbows to laugh. "I'm pretty sure I won."
Mokuba crawled over to sit on Yugi's feet and stick his tongue out at him.
"Oh, playing that game I see?" he then sprung up and tackled him to the ground playfully.
"Hey!" Mokuba cried. Pushing Yugi up off of him and pinning him down.
They rolled and tumbled over each other for a minute or two before Kaiba got annoyed with it and separated the two. Bringing Yugi down next to him and glancing to Mokuba. "Go to bed."
"Alright… night Seto, night Yugi!" Mokuba said before disappearing into his side. Zipping the section closed.
Now that Mokuba was gone, Yugi suddenly found himself pinned down again. Hands over his wrists and a smirk above him.
"I think we should continue where we left off earlier." Kaiba said. Kissing the boy below him.
That made him remember what had happened with Joey. Causing him to frown. "Joey noticed the marks on my neck! If you don't want anyone to know, then we need to be more careful."
"What did you tell him happened?" Kaiba asked. Moving off of Yugi.
He sat up and rubbed the spots on his neck. "I told him I ran into branches, but I don't know if he really believed me."
Kaiba stared at him for a few moments, a rugged sigh eventually heard from the brunette as he laid down next to Yugi again. "As long as he doesn't know. Tomorrow this stupid trip will be over with anyways."
Yugi then frowned at him while he reached out and played with one of the brown strands of hair that covered Kaiba's forehead. "I really wish you knew how to have fun." Yugi then smiled. "Maybe I could teach you!"
Kaiba grabbed the hand that was playing with his hair. He kissed the back of it, letting his lips linger against it even after the kiss to see Yugi turn pink. "And maybe you could get to sleep. I'm sure your tired."
Yugi didn't want to admit it, but he was getting really tired. Especially being so warm. "Ok… goodnight, Seto." Yugi mumbled. Closing his eyes.
Kaiba let go of his hand to kiss his forehead. "Goodnight, Yugi."
