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Yuugi's body was lying down on the bed, covered in a milky white blanket that made his skin seem even paler than it already was. His eyes were shut tightly; his mouth open slightly to reveal small, pointed teeth that looked more adorable than harmful. His ears were relaxed and hanging slightly towards the ground, as he was lying on the left side of his body.

Yami could see through the thin blanket that his black tail was curled around his body protectively, as if he were afraid of something. Yami walked over slowly, as if afraid to frighten the young boy. He looked so soft and fragile… Yami just wanted to run and scoop him up into his arms.

He reached out a hand slowly to gently stroke down the side of the boy's face, tensing up when he then moved to stretch his body.

"Ya-Yami." The boy mumbled in his sleep. Yami took a shaky breath, wondering if the boy was awake.

"He says that whenever anybody touches him." Came a shrill voice from behind. Yami whipped around to find a nurse in a short skirt carrying several medical tools with her.

"He-He does?" Yami asked. The nurse shook her head, and Yami felt his affections towards the boy grow. Gods, that was really freaking adorable. "He seems pretty close to waking up." Yami commented.

"No, we have him on some medicine that will make sure that doesn't happen. If it did, he'd be very confused for the next week while his body comes together. He needs to adjust to all the organs before he wakes up." She informed him. "But right now, he can dream. He just keeps mumbling something about getting a hug and this Yami fellow." The nurse said. She approached Yuugi quickly and pulled his arm out of the sheet, grasping it tightly.

He mumbled something that sounded an awful lot like 'ouch', and the nurse strapped on a blood pressure monitor with a sigh. Yami knew that this was necessary for Yuugi's safety, but that didn't make it any less painful for him to watch. He wanted to walk over there right now and comfort him, but he didn't want the nurse to see. It just felt too personal.

"So, he is dreaming as we speak? When someone dreams, don't they subconsciously hear what people are saying to them?" Yami asked. The nurse shook her head yes and Yami smiled a bit. Even if he couldn't comfort Yuugi consciously, it would help him to know that the things he was saying would get through to him.

"Well, his health check is coming back normal." She said with a shrug. Yami smiled a bit, glad to see that things were going according to plan. "I'll leave you now, Mr…?"

"You can call me Yami." He said. Her eyes widened in surprise, unanswered questions written all over her. She shook her head back and forth as if to clear it, and she put her hands up, moving on to the next room without saying anything. When you worked in a place like this, you learned not to question things too often.

Yami turned back to Yuugi once the door was shut, noticing that she'd left his left hand out of the sheets. Looking around for cameras, (and seeing that there were none) he grabbed a chair and pulled it up beside Yuugi's bed, sitting down heavily in it before closing his eyes thoughtfully.

He slowly opened them again and eyed the hand. It's not like anyone was around to make fun of him for it if he were to just…

Yami gave up trying to resist, the temptation being too great. He reached out and gently grasped the other's hand in his own, feeling the smooth texture of skin on skin make him smile. He couldn't believe how softy Yuugi felt; it was like the gods themselves had sculpted every fiber of his being to perfection. Yami's eyes traveled all across his face, memorizing everything that he could. He didn't think that he could ever get enough of looking at Yuugi, no matter how long he did it. His wide eyes that were certain to shine with innocence, his beautiful, slightly mussed up hair, his slightly parted, rose-petal pink lips that just begged to be kissed….

He forced himself to snap out of it, a blush coloring his face. Yuugi was an experiment; he shouldn't be having thoughts like that! He should be remaining professional and keeping his head together, and his mind off of anything along the lines of kissing.

Besides, Yuugi wouldn't want to kiss him. There was no way on this earth that such a beautiful, delicate creature could take interest romantically in someone like Yami. Yami knew that he was attractive, but no matter how you looked at it, Yuugi was WAY out of his league. It didn't matter how much Yami wished otherwise, that was the way things were and it was how they were going to stay, no matter what he tried. Yuugi deserved better, anyways.

"Yuugi, this is Yami. I'm right here for you. You don't have to worry, you'll wake up soon, okay?" Yami said, giving Yuugi's hand a soft squeeze. Yuugi's cat ears twitched ever so slightly, and Yami couldn't help but smile. This adorable beauty wasn't one that he would ever get used to. No, it felt like he could watch Yuugi sleeping for days and days.

Which is, of course, exactly what he did.

Every day when he got there, he'd march upstairs and put down his things, fending off questions from his retarded little scientist fan club, and he'd come straight down here to hold Yuugi's hand and watch him sleep. It probably wasn't healthy for him to be so thoroughly obsessed, but he could care less at this point. He just wanted Yuugi to wake up already!

Then, after the longest week of Yami's life, the day Yuugi would wake up finally came. He stood in the crowded room, (having lost the argument on whether or not the mutations researchers were allowed to come) and eagerly watched as the medicine line that kept Yuugi asleep was removed, allowing him to wake up at any moment. He stood closest to the bed, hardly listening to the various buzzes of conversation.

"Why does he look so much like RT-57?" He heard whispered behind him.

"Our designer had a crush on him last year. She thinks he's gay now because he never pays attention to any of us." Came the whispered response. He had to hold back a chuckle at that one. The designer for Yuugi, Tea Gardner, had flirted with him and generally made a nuisance of herself for a full six months after she'd developed her pitiful little crush. It was amusing, actually.

"How much longer will it be, Pegasus?" Yami asked, annoyance evident in his voice. He didn't want to wait any longer than necessary to see him; he'd waited long enough.

"Patience, dear boy." Pegasus chuckled. "He should be awakening any second now."

True to Pegasus's words, Yuugi stirred in his sleep. The entire room went silent with anticipation as the young boy's eyes fluttered, but he made a small noise of unrest and stretched. His face turned peaceful again and he gave a yawn, his mouth forming a perfect 'o'. Then, finally, he lazily and slowly opened up his eyes.

Yami and Yuugi's eyes locked immediately. It was like fate; some invisible string that connected them had finally pulled their gazes together, and Yami felt his heart get stolen by those beautiful, round orbs that swam with confusion.

Yuugi was overwhelmed. He could… feel something soft on his skin, he could hear silence, he could taste the very dust in the air! It was light and there were people all around and—and- IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH!

Until, of course, his eyes locked with Yami's. In those eyes, he felt something he didn't know the name of. It was like love, but this seemed to somehow go so much deeper, straight to the very core of his being. He opened his mouth slightly, surprise radiating through him.

"Yuugi?" Came a question from a tall man with silver hair down to his shoulders. Besides him was standing a woman of about the same height with long, big blonde hair and gentle, blue eyes. She was looking at him intently, as was the man. He hated to tear his eyes away from those large red ones that captivated him, but the voice sounded urgent.

"Are you okay? You're crying." He asked, looking concerned. Yuugi's hands reached up to find that the man's words were true; his eyes were producing some kind of a salty liquid. Emotions were flowing through him faster than he could keep up with them. He searched his new 'data banks', which seemed to be much easier to access, though much smaller in comparison.

"Overwhelmed. Want… People… gone." He said, struggling to get the words out. The change was instantaneous. People started to walk out the door, all but the two kind people at the end. "WAIT!" He cried. Everyone in the room froze, waiting for what Yuugi was going to say. His eyes trained on the man with the beautiful ruby orbs, and he pointed. "You… stay."

Yami slowly turned around to find that Yuugi was pointing at him, and relief crashed over his form like a tidal wave. He'd been worried that Yuugi would be too overwhelmed to have any visitors for a while, and he hadn't wanted to be forced to wait and see him, especially not when he'd put all that effort into saving creating him in the first place.

It had hurt that Yuugi had commanded everyone out, especially when they'd already made eye contact. He'd felt like his world itself clicked together in that moment, and thinking that it had been one-sided had hurt a little.

Everyone else slowly filed out, reluctant to when they saw how cute the little guy was. Yuugi's eyes wouldn't stop producing salty tears, and Yuugi had no way to stop it.

"Yuugi, is there anything we can do to make you feel better?" Pegasus asked. Yuugi shook his head yes and closed his eyes, searching his memory banks. He remembered he had a name stored there, he just wasn't quite sure how to retrieve it…

"Ya… Ya-mi?" He struggled to get out.

"I'm right here, little one." Came a smooth, thundering voice from behind him. It sounded like music and candy and laughter and everything else good in the world to Yuugi. If he'd known the word, he would've described it as 'velvet'. He closed his eyes again, relishing in the smooth sound.

"Speak… more." He said, melting. Yami gave a low chuckle, which Yuugi absolutely adored, and he walked a little bit closer, up near Yuugi.

"What do you expect me to say?" He asked, reaching out to brush his hand against Yuugi's. Yuugi gasped out and his eyes snapped open at the skin-on-skin contact, feeling goose bumps rise on his arms.

"A'gin." He said, his eyes pleading as he looked up at Yami. He raised up his arm closer to Yami to display what he meant, and Yami chuckled, reaching out to grab his hand.

"Feels… good…" Yuugi sighed, grasping Yami's hand tightly. He was crying again now, and Yami had to fight the urge to lean down and kiss his tears away, but he knew that it would only overwhelm him more.

"Why thank you. I use hand lotion." Yami said teasingly. Yuugi didn't get the joke, but he giggled anyways. Yami said some odd things.

"You're… Pretty." Yuugi said, looking at Yami in wonder.

"Not as pretty as you." Yami said genuinely. He wanted so badly to hug the boy, but he didn't want it to be in front of other people. He could just feel that Yuugi would be so soft and warm, and it felt personal, almost.

"Yuugi-boy, I'd appreciate it if you'd answer a couple of questions real quick, and then we can let you and Yami have some time alone, if you'd like."

"Alone?" Yuugi asked, tilting his head to the side.

"Just you two, without anyone else." Pegasus clarified. Yuugi shook his head slowly.

"Okay. I… think? I think I can." Yuugi said, not being sure that his choice of words was appropriate. Pegasus shook his head yes with a smile, confirming that he had, in fact been right., That was relieving to Yuugi; he was starting to speak more clearly already.

"Okay, what was it like being a computer program?" Pegasus asked. Yuugi's smile faded into a look of terror and sadness.

"Never wanna go back. Dark, nobody else, boring. All alone." Yuugi said. Pegasus shook his head and Yami gave his hand a gentle squeeze in reassurance. "It… I was sad, all the time, waiting. Hoping I could come out. Only thing good that happened was when Yami talked."

"That sounds awful." Pegasus said, pity shining in his eyes. He felt a little bad about creating Yuugi such a long time before he got the body, but he couldn't help it, he hadn't known. He wasn't going to blame himself for making that mistake, he was going to move on and not make the same one again. "Now, how is your body working? Can you move everything?"

Yuugi held out his hand that was free and proceeded to wiggle his fingers, slowly working his way along his body, flexing his muscles one by one to get a feeling for how they worked. When he got to the tail, the thin thing twitched out of the blankets and started to playfully swish in the air.

"That's your tail." Yami informed him, smiling. "Cute, isn't it?"

"I like it!" Yuugi declared after a moment, letting out a purr of happiness.

Yami's eyes widened. So he did purr. That could be interesting, certainly. He wondered if Yuugi would purr when his ears were rubbed? He'd have to try that later.

"Can you please walk for us?" Cecelia asked gently, smiling. Yuugi shook his head yes tentatively, uncertainty swimming in his eyes. He sat up slowly, bringing his feet to the side of the bed and letting them dangle off the edge. He tentatively touched his left foot to the floor, stepping up. He gained confidence and put his other foot down, standing up on wobbly legs. His hands were clutching the side of the bed like it was a lifeline.

The sheet fell off of him, revealing that he'd been put into a pair of tight leather pants and a leather tank top that showed off his lithe frame. He'd been left barefooted, but apparently someone thought it was cute to give him a little leather choker that resembled a collar, but had a belt buckle on it instead. He had a couple of bracelets on his pale arms, and all the black had great contrast against the white of his skin.

Yami rushed forward to help him stand, placing an arm around his waist. Which apparently wasn't the best idea, because Yuugi promptly lost concentration and leaned against Yami with his eyes half closed, purring loudly.

"I think you'll need to let him go, Yami." Pegasus said, giving a light chuckle of his own. Yami shook his head yes, slowly letting go of Yuugi so that he could stand. Once Yami had fully separated himself from Yuugi, he stood on trembling legs, trying to concentrate. Yami stayed close by to make sure that he wouldn't fall.

Yuugi took a couple of tentative steps, and Cecelia shook her head.

"Very good, that was what we needed. You should get full use of your legs in a couple of hours, but for now I'd recommend that you stay off of them." Cecelia said gently. Yuugi shook his head, struggling to step back and hop onto the bed. He managed, though.

"Okay. Yami and I can be alone now?" He asked, his tail twitching in excitement. Yami blushed a bit, laying his head in his hands. When he said it like that, it sounded like they were waiting to make out or something. Which, of course, was ridiculous.

Right?

"Of course." Pegasus said, shaking his head. He took Cecelia's hand and led her outside the room, blushing lightly as they shut the door behind them. Yami could hear faintly Pegasus's order to the waiting crowd that nobody was to come in unless given strict orders to do so by himself or Cecelia.

"Sooo…" Yami said awkwardly, giving a small smile. Yuugi silently held out his hands, and Yami could tell exactly what he wanted. He hesitated, though. He didn't want to overwhelm the young boy, and he knew that Yuugi was sensitive to touch.

"Hug?" Yuugi whimpered, and his eyes showed just how badly he wanted it. Yami felt his resolve falter as he looked into Yuugi's overly adorable eyes.

"Are you sure? I don't want to overwhelm you." Yami said tentatively. Yuugi shook his head up and down vigorously, hoping that he was right about the action's meaning.

"Waited… long enough. Please?" He asked. Yami gave up and walked forward, until he was just inches from Yuugi. Yuugi could feel Yami's body heat coming off of him in waves and he melted, wanting more than anything for Yami to touch him. Yami reached up a hand to stroke gently down the side of Yuugi's face, making the young boy half close his eyes and give a small shiver.

He leaned in slowly, almost afraid that if he moved too fast, Yuugi would somehow disappear from right in front of him. Their necks touched as Yami's hands wrapped themselves around Yuugi's waist and pulled him close, scooting Yuugi off of the bed in the process.

Yuugi completely went limp from the touch, unable to control the shivers that were going up his body right now. He relaxed into Yami's arms, closing his eyes and just feeling. He honestly couldn't bring himself to move any at all for the first few seconds. After that, though, he wrapped his arms around Yami tightly and squeezed, holding on to him like a lifeline.

Yami really was his lifeline. He'd made all of his wishes come true, and he'd been there for him no matter what. He was the only reason he was here right now, living, breathing, feeling right now, and Yuugi couldn't be more grateful if he tried.

Yami, on the other hand, was in absolute heaven. Yuugi was so warm and soft, and it seemed like he'd fit perfectly in his arms. Yami honestly couldn't have been happier, had never been happier in his life. Especially when he felt Yuugi begin to squeeze him back.

"I love you." Yuugi whispered, without even realizing that he'd done it. Yami felt like he was going to explode with joy.

Neither one knew exactly how long the hug went on for, only that it was full of emotion and love and want and warmth. Eventually, like all good things, it had to come to an end.

Yami slowly let Yuugi down, trying to ignore the loud, adorable purring in his ear that was coming from Yuugi. It was hard to though when as soon as he set him down he was greeted with a pair of those adorable little ears that promised fluff and warmth.

He fully let Yuugi out of his arms and down onto the ground, and Yuugi's legs wobbled slightly. He made eye contact with Yami again, this time holding it completely.

"I love you too." Yami said sheepishly. Yuugi broke out in a wide grin, and he jumped back up onto the bed again.

"So, I'm going to have to stay here, right? And people are going to come in and check on me?" He asked. His language skills were adjusting rapidly, so now his sentences had pauses that were just slightly longer than normal.

"Yes, and I'll come and visit you every day." Yami promised him, smiling.

"And give me a hug?" Yuugi suggested, his eyes sparkling. Yami chuckled and shook his head yes, but his smile faded when he checked the clock. It was time for his shift to be over, and he couldn't overwhelm Yuugi by staying any longer.

"I have to go home now. I'll be back tomorrow, though." Yami promised. Yuugi felt his eyes fill with tears, and Yami felt like someone pierced an arrow through his heart. "I'm sorry."

"O-Okay." Yuugi said, his voice shaking. "I'll see you then." He said, giving a weak smile.

"Will you be okay without me?"

"Yes, I'll be fine. You don't have to worry about me." He lied smoothly. He didn't want to bother Yami with having to look after him; he knew that Yami was a very busy guy and he wasn't going to get in his way.

"Okay then." Yami said, reluctantly backing out of the room.

Over the next little while, the same routine continued. He'd come and see Yuugi, they'd talk for a little while about how Yuugi's adjusting, they'd have a mind blowing hug and then Yami would have to go back home.

Slowly, Yuugi was getting more and more curious. He could walk just fine now, despite being a little clumsy, and he'd learned that his tail could really help him balance when it was used properly. More than anything, though, he adored Yami.

One day, though, something changed. Yami was on his way down to the room, eager to see his little Yuugi, when Pegasus stopped him.

"Yami, I want to ask you about something." Pegasus said, looking a bit embarrassed.

"What is it, sir?" Yami asked. Pegasus smiled a bit.

"Well, you see, Cecelia's company needs to know how Yuugi's body functions in an everyday environment…" He said. Yami narrowed his eyes at Pegasus.

"I'm not letting him go anywhere without supervision. If you're planning on putting him anywhere near danger Pegasus…" Yami growled threateningly.

"Oh, no no no no! I… I was merely suggesting that he come to your house and spend some time with you?" Pegasus said. Yami froze completely. Yuugi… coming to his house? As in, living with him? He honestly couldn't think of anything that sounded better.

"I'd be honored." Yami said honestly, shaking his head.

"Brilliant! I was hoping that you'd accept!" Pegasus said, clapping his hands together in a way that practically screamed ambiguously gay!

"So, what exactly am I supposed to do?" Yami asked. Pegasus pulled from behind his back a checklist, giving Yami his best smile.

"You have to see how he reacts to these things in specific, answer a couple of these questions…" Pegasus said, shoving the list into Yami's hands. Yami almost dropped it, and he saw that sitting neatly on top was a small leash.

"What's this?" He asked, eyeing a small bag of cat nip. Were they expecting him to drug Yuugi? That seemed a bit inhumane, no matter how you looked at it.

"Well, we need you to find out exactly how much of him is cat and how much is human." Pegasus said warily, "And you'll need to cross off everything on that checklist before you bring him back, so be sure to grab the credit card beneath the papers, since some of it will cost money."

Yami was overwhelmed, but he couldn't exactly complain about it. He would get to take Yuugi back to his place!

"Fine, but I'm not doing anything inhumane." He grumbled. "The only reason I'm okay with the cat nip is because it doesn't kill any brain cells."

"I knew you'd cooperate! Now, why don't you go get him now, and I'll have someone carry everything out to your car?" He suggested, grabbing the armload out from Yami's hands. Yami shook his head yes eagerly, beginning to walk away before he heard Pegasus call out for him. He turned around and caught the thing that was thrown at him in midair, not being able to tell what it was until it was firmly situated in his hands.

"Do I really have to use a leash?" He asked, looking at the thing in pure disgust. It just seemed wrong to put a leash on him, especially with how fragile and delicate he seemed. He was honestly afraid that if he put it on Yuugi, he could tug on it too hard and choke himself.

"If you don't, he might get startled and run away." Pegasus said with a small frown, "It would really be a shame if we lost him. Plus, he'd probably end up starving to death."

Yami felt a shiver go through him at the words. He never wanted Yuugi to experience that kind of pain. So, on a leash he was going.

"Okay." He mumbled dejectedly, opening the door. He felt a soft bump and heard a yelp, and he peaked his head around the corner to see Yuugi rubbing his head. "What were you-" Was all he got out before he was tackle-hugged.

"I get to live with you!" He cried out excitedly, his tail twitching behind him in excitement. Yami chuckled over the loud purring before he scowled at Yuugi.

"Yuugi, you shouldn't listen in on other people's conversations. And you could've gotten hurt sitting behind that door like that." Yami scolded.

"Sorry." Yuugi said, but you could barely hear it over the massive amount of purring that was being produced.

"Now get off of me so that we can go to my house." Yami said. Yuugi quickly obeyed, giving Yami a sheepish look as he crawled off of him and sat patiently. Yami got up and bent down, tilting Yuugi's head to the side to get a good look at his choker. Yuugi's eyes fluttered shut and his purr started up again from the skin on skin contact as Yami searched for someplace to attach the collar.

Yami found a small metal clasp attached to the collar and hooked it on, pulling his hand away so that Yuugi could concentrate enough to stand up.

Yuugi stood with Yami, practically bouncing in excitement.

"I'm gonna go with Yami! I'm gonna go with Yami!" He cried happily. Yami couldn't help but smile at his overenthusiastic joy.

"Come on, let's get going, aibou." Yami said.