My goal was to finish this before Christmas, and I have. I hope you hvae enjoyed this. I have had fun writing it.
Here's the last chapter.
Chapter 12- On the Twelfth Day of Christmas
December 25
"Yugi, wake up!"
Yugi groaned and pulled his covers over his head.
"Yugi. Come on. Get up."
Yugi could feel someone shaking him. "Heba, leave me alone." Yugi said, recognizing his brother's voice.
"Yugi, get up. It's Christmas!" Heba said.
Yugi finally threw his covers and said, "If I get up, will you leave me alone?"
"Yes." Heba said.
"Fine. I'll get up then." Yugi said.
"Great!" Heba said before scurrying out of the room.
Yugi sighed and got up out of bed. He glanced at the clock and groaned. It was five-thirty in the morning.
"ATEMU! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU FOR WAKING ME UP AT FIVE-THIRTY IN THE MORNING!" Yami shouted so loud that anyone in the house who was still asleep was certainly awake by now.
Atemu darted out of Yami's room and ran down the stairs.
Yugi peered into Yami's room and saw Yami fuming at being woken up so early. "Yami, you okay?" Yugi asked.
Yami turned and his hard gaze instantly softened at the sight of the younger boy. "Yes, aibou. I'll be fine after I kill my brother." Yami replied.
"Well, can you at least wait until after Christmas to kill him?" Yugi asked.
Yami sighed. "I suppose so. I guess that we'd better go on downstairs before someone comes up to get us." Yami said, grabbing a white shirt and pulling it on.
Yugi and Yami left the room and went downstairs to find that everyone else was already downstairs.
Kyla and Sayora were already in the kitchen making breakfast.
"Yami, calm down." Atemu said, worried that his brother might try to kill him.
"I'm not going to kill you, Atemu." Yami said At Atemu's relieved expression, Yami added, "At least, not today. I promised Yugi I wouldn't kill you until after Christmas." Yami said.
"Well, at least he gets to live for one more day." Heba said.
"You're no help." Atemu muttered.
"I know." Heba replied, smiling brightly.
"Guys! Breakfast is ready." Kyla called.
The group went into the kitchen to find that the girls had made a breakfast of bacon, scrambled eggs, toast, grits, and pancakes.
"Did you fix a big enough breakfast?" Leo asked.
"Well, we weren't exactly sure what everyone would want, so we just mixed a little of everything." Sayora said.
"Well, let's eat." Grandpa said.
The entire group sat down and started to eat their breakfast.
After they finished, everyone went into the living room.
"How about we open presents now?" Heba asked excitedly.
Everyone agreed and started to open the presents that belonged to them.
Kyla and Sayora both wound up with several pieces of jewelry and clothes.
Yugi and Yami ended up having duel monsters cards and a new card game to try out.
Atemu and Heba ended up with clothes, games, and several toys used for the bedroom.
Leo and Yuesei ended with books, clothes, and a few toys for the bedroom as well.
Grandpa ended up with a photo album, several antiques, and a picture of Heba and Yugi from the two.
"Wow. These things are great." Sayora said.
"Yeah. I especially love the necklace. Thanks guys." Kyla said.
"Yeah." Sayora added.
"Oh. Atemu. Heba. This is for you guys." Yugi said, getting a box out from under the tree and handing it to them.
"Oh." Heba said, taking the box.
"Thanks , guys." Atemu added.
Heba unwrapped the box and then opened the box.
Atemu and Heba both gasped at what they saw.
"What is it, guys?" Kyla asked.
Atemu reached in the box and pulled out a statue of him and Heba in ancient Egyptian clothing. Atemu's arms were around Heba in the statue, and Heba had his hands on Atemu's arms.
"How on earth did you do this?" Heba asked.
"You have no idea what you can have made these days." Yugi replied.
"That looks amazing." Yuesei said.
"It's an exact replica of how they looked five thousand years ago." Leo added.
"How did you manage that feat?" Grandpa asked.
"We just had it specially made. We thought that it would make a great gift for you two." Yami added.
"I love it. I can't believe that you two had that made." Heba said.
Leo went to the door to retrieve the morning paper.
Yugi was about to head upstairs.
"Where are you going?" Grandpa asked.
"There's a present in my room that I need to get." Yugi replied. He went upstairs and returned with a box.
"Yugi, I think that the twelfth day of Christmas is here." Leo said, returning wit the paper and a long box that had a red ribbon on it.
Yugi put the gift down and took the box from Leo.
"Well. Open it." Heba said impatiently.
Yugi put the box on the table and took the ribbon off before he opened the lid. Yugi gasped when he found twelve red roses. This wouldn't have been so unusual had it not been for the diamond stones that were on the rose. Yugi took the bouquet out of the box and looked at them in awe.
"Are those real diamonds?" Sayora asked, wide-eyes.
"Considering everything else has been, I'd say that chances are that they are real. We could ask a jeweler after Christmas." Leo said.
"These are gorgeous. I wonder who did this." Yugi said.
"Well, read the note. There's been one with every gift so far." Yuesei said.
Yugi put the bouquet on the table and found the note in the box. He took it out.
The note was done differently then the others. There were two different pages.
On the first page, it read:
On the twelfth day of Christmas I gave my true love, twelve diamond roses
Eleven fragrant oils
Ten lotus blossoms
Nine ancient charms
Eight silver letters
Seven bags of chocolate
Six stunning outfits
Five golden pendants
Four Duel Monster plushies
Three amethyst bracelets
Two silver ankhs
And a cartouche with his name on it.
"Well, he's finally finished his poem." Atemu remarked as they all read the poem since Yugi didn't read it aloud this time.
"Yeah, and it's really sweet, too." Kyla added.
Yugi wasn't listening. He was reading the second paper.
The note said:
Dear Yugi,
For the past twelve days, I have sent you gifts to show you that I love you.
I never told you who I was because I was afraid that you wouldn't return my
Feelings, and that you would hate me for the feeling the way that I do about you.
I couldn't stand it anymore, so I decided that this year, I would tell you. I needed you to know.
I love you with all my heart, aibou.
Love,
Yami
Yugi's eyes widened when he saw the word "aibou". He didn't need to see that Yami had signed the note to know that he was the one that had written it because, for one, he was the only one that had ever called him aibou, and the only one that Yugi would ever want to call him that. Second, Yugi recognized Yami's handwriting. Yugi looked up to find Yami watching him intently. Yami seemed calm, but Yugi could see that he was beyond nervous at what Yugi would say.
"Yugi, what does the note say?" Kyla asked.
Yugi didn't answer her. He was watching Yami.
Yami hadn't dared look at Yugi's eyes, but Yami finally dared to look Yugi right in the face and knew from the look on Yugi's face that he wasn't angry.
"It was you, Yami. You were the one sending me all of these gifts along. That's how my admirer knew just what to get me. No one knows me better than you do." Yugi said.
Yami nodded. "Yes, Yugi. I'm the one who's been sending you the gifts." Yami said.
"Why?" Yugi asked.
Yami sighed. "Because I am in love with you, Yugi. I have been for a long time. There are several times that I have wanted to tell you, but I wasn't how, and I was scared that you might not feel the same way, and I feared the it might damage out friendship. But it got to the point that I couldn't live without telling you the truth. I needed you to know how I feel." Yami explained.
Yugi was surprised. He had never known that Yami felt like that toward him.
"I know that you might not feel the same way about me, Yugi, but I wanted you to know. It was killing me that you didn't know, so I thought that this would be the best way." Yami explained.
Truthfully, Yami was trying to see what Yugi's reaction was to each gift to see if it was a good thing or bad thing. When Yugi never reacted badly, Yami decided to follow through with his original plan and give Yugi all of the gifts. Yami just hoped that his friendship with Yugi would not be negatively affected by this.
Yugi hid a smile. Now that he knew how Yami felt, Yugi wasn't worried anymore. Yugi picked up the gift that he had set down and said, "Yami, I think that you had better open this."
Yami blinked, not understanding. "What?" Yami said.
"Just open it, Yami." Yugi said.
Yami took the gift and did as he was told. When Yami opened the box, he found a snow globe inside.
Yami never knew why, but he had liked snow globes and started to collect them a couple of years before. It made is easy for people to buy him gifts.
The snow globe had the Dark Magician and the Dark Magician Girl inside. They were Yami's two favorite monsters. On the base of the snow globe was an engraving. It said: I LOVE YOU, YAMI.
Yami's eyes widened and looked up at Yugi. "You mean-" Yami started, not daring to finish the statement.
Yugi nodded. "I hid that so that you wouldn't find it. You didn't have to be so scared, Yami. I love you, too." Yugi said.
"You do?" Yami asked.
"Read my lips." Yugi replied and kissed Yami gently, surprising the older teen.
"Finally!" Atemu exclaimed.
Yugi and Yami came out of the trance they had been in to finally realize that everyone had bared witness to what had just happened.
"I knew that Yugi was going to confess when he got that snow globe at the carnival." Heba said.
"The carnival? When did you get it? I was with you the whole time." Yami said.
"Um, no, you weren't, Yami. You remember how Heba and I ran off when you and Atemu went to sign up for the Duel Monsters contest?" Yugi asked.
Yami nodded.
"Well, Heba and I actually went to the stand that was selling them. We did that and since the sign up for the ice skating contest was near it, we decided to sign up for the contest to explain why we left." Yugi said.
"You didn't tell me this why, Heba?" Atemu asked.
"Because Yugi made me promise not to tell anyone, even you." Heba replied.
"If Yami was the one doing it, why did he have them sent to the house?" sayora asked.
"Because Yugi would have known it was someone in the house, and since Yami is the only one in this house that doesn't have someone, it would have been easy to figure out who was sending the gifts to him." Leo replied.
"I do have one question, Yami?" Yugi said.
"What's that, aibou?" Yami asked.
"How in the name of Ra did you afford all of those gifts? Some of them were really expensive." Yugi said.
Yami smiled sheepishly. "Well, I've been planning to do this for awhile, actually. I got the gifts gradually since February." Yami replied.
"But how did you afford it?" Yugi asked.
"Well, there might be a little something that we never mentioned." Atemu said.
"What's that?" Heba asked.
"Well, it turns out that when Ishizu and Malik were guarding my tomb, there was a lot of gold there. Their family has been guarding it for all these years. After Yami and I were brought here, they thought that it should go to us since it was technically ours. We traded it for money, and we split the money up into two bank accounts, one for me and one for Yami." Atemu explained.
"Why didn't you ever mention it before?" Kyla asked.
Atemu shrugged. "Neither Yami nor I cared too much for money, so we decided not to mention it or use without talking to the other." Atemu replied.
"Then you knew about Yami's scheme all along." Yuesei sated.
"Yeah. Yami and I took turns putting the gifts on the front porch. It's a miracle that we were never caught." Atemu said.
"You sure did a good job of that. I never suspected a thing." grandpa said.
"Yeah. How did you manage to sneak around like that so much?" Leo asked.
"We just had good timing. Honestly, it shocked us that we were never caught by anyone." Yami replied.
"I'm guessing that you disguised your handwriting then. I would have recognized yours, Yami, and Heba would have recognized Atemu's." Yugi said.
"Actually, Seto was the one who wrote everything, except for the last one today." Yami said.
"He knew, too? How did you know Joey wouldn't blab?" Sayora asked.
"Sayora!" Leo scolded.
"Sorry, but we all know that Joey tends to say things he doesn't mean. How did you know he wouldn't let it slip?' Sayora asked.
"Simple. Like Atemu promised not to tell Heba, Seto promised not to tell Joey." Yami replied.
"And why wasn't I told?" Heba asked.
"Because you would have told Yugi." Atemu said simply.
Yami looked at Yugi. "Sorry about deceiving you, but I thought that this would be the easiest way to tell you." Yami said.
"I'm not mad, Yami. In fact, I find it rather sweet." Yugi said.
Yami grinned at that.
"Well, now that that is settled, perhaps we can get back to Christmas." Leo said.
The group laughed.
Grandpa sighed. "Three couples in this house. You are going to give this old man a heart attack." Grandpa said playfully.
"Grandpa, you're not going anywhere anytime soon, and you know that." Yugi said.
Grandpa smiled. "Yes, and I am glad that you two are finally together. Honestly, you two have been tiptoeing around each other far too much." Grandpa said.
Yugi and Yami were laying on Yugi's bed. Yami had his arms wrapped around Yugi, who had his head resting on Yami's chest.
"Yami, can I ask you something else about those gifts?" Yugi asked.
"Of course, aibou." Yami replied.
"How did you get those specially made items done?" Yugi asked.
"Well, I had help from Seto. Since he is a powerful CEO, he had connections. I paid for it, but he got me what I needed." Yami replied.
"Well, I certainly didn't mind all the attention, but promise that you will not get me anymore expensive gifts." Yugi said.
"Why not? I like getting you things." Yami said.
Yugi reposition himself so that he was laying on Yami's chest looking at his face. "Yami, all I need is you. I don't need all of the expensive gifts." Yugi said.
Yami smiled and ran his hands threw Yugi's hair. "That's all I need, too. However, I can't promise that I'll cut out the expensive gifts when it's Valentine's Day, Christmas, or your birthday." Yami said.
"Yami." Yugi said, whining a little.
"I could get you something expensive everyday." Yami reminded him.
Yugi let out a sigh. "Fine. Those times, but only then." Yugi said.
"Oh, and Yugi. I think that the snow globe you gave me is my favorite." Yami said.
"Really?" Yugi asked.
Yami nodded. "I love it. I just wish you hadn't lied at the carnival." Yami said.
"Um, Yami. Technically, I didn't lie. I did sign up for the ice skating contest. I just didn't tell you the other reason I left." Yugi said.
"Hmm. I guess that's true." Yami agreed.
Yugi glanced at the clock and said, "We had better get ready for the Christmas party."
Yami groaned. "Do we have to?" Yami asked.
"Yes." Yugi replied.
"I was rather happy being right here." Yami said.
"You'll just have to feel happy later." Yugi said.
"Oh. Wait a minute. I'll be right back." Yami said. He left the room and returned a moment later with a box. "This was originally going to the sixth outfit, but since I got you the ice skating outfit, I think I should give this it you now." Yami said.
Yugi opened the box to find another leather outfit. "Yami." Yugi groaned.
"Well, you look hit when you wear leather, You have no idea how turned on that made me." Yami said.
Yugi sighed. "All right. I'll wear it." Yugi agreed.
Seto greeted the Moto group when they arrived at the mansion. He looked at Yugi and Yami's entwined hands an said, "I see that everything worked out like you wanted it to."
"Yes, it did." Yami replied as they walked on in.
"THEY'RE TOGETEHR!" Joey suddenly screamed, startling everyone in the house.
"What the-" Yugi started, turning.
Joey flew into the room and grabbed Yugi in a tight hug. "I'm glad that you two are finally together." Joey said.
Tea squealed. "You mean you and Yami finally got together, Yugi?" Tea asked.
"Joey, can't-breathe." Yugi said.
"Sorry." Joey said, letting go.
"And yes, Tea, Yami and I are together." Yugi replied.
"What about your secret admirer?" Tristan asked.
"That was Yami." Yugi replied.
"Huh?" Duke said, not understanding.
"You mean, Yami was your secret admirer all along?" Mokuba asked.
Yugi nodded.
"That's such a sweet way to confess." Ryou said dreamily.
"What a sap." Bakura said.
"Oh, shut up, Bakura!" Yami snapped.
"Okay. Let's not fight today." Yugi said.
The party got into full swing.
After dinner, Yami pulled Yugi to the side. "You know, Yugi. I think that this is the best Christmas yet." Yami said.
"I agree. I couldn't have asked for anything better." Yugi said.
Yami glanced up and said, "Look. We're under the mistletoe."
Yugi glared at him. "You planned that didn't you?" Yugi asked.
"Maybe, but the tradition is that the under the mistletoe have to kiss." Yami reminded him.
"And earlier, you got angry because Heba and Atemu were kissing under it." Yugi said.
"At that time, I didn't have someone to kiss." Yami replied.
Yugi smiled at that remark.
Yami leaned down and captured Yugi's lip in a kiss.
It was the best Christmas for the two of them, and the first of many more to come as a couple.
THE END
That's it for "The Twelve Days of CHristmas for You, My Love". I hope you liked it.
I have several ideas for stories that I'll start soon.
R&R.