Just to warn you, there's a lemon in this chapter.

Chapter 14- Finding Myself

Yugi's POV

I'm sitting in my study doing some work.

It's been a month since Yami and I got together, and I have been keeping my promise to Yami about trying to regain who I was before, but it hasn't been an easy thing to do.

It's still going to take some work, but I'm hoping that I'll get there eventually.

If Yami feels that I've been working too long, he'll usually come in here and drag me out to do something that doesn't involve being the Emperor. He's even gotten me to play games with Ryou, Jou, and Malik. He wants me to reconnect with my cousins.

Oddly enough, it's working. Of course, I have a feeling that Yami roped Seto, Bakura, and Marik into threatening Jou, Malik, and Ryou into.

Now, they are willing to spend time with me without fuss. After our talk, Yami lit into them, and told them that they are as much to blame for the lack of communication between us as I was. It worked.

Ryou, Jou, and Malik decided to start trying.

Heba couldn't be happier about this. I can see that he's thrilled that I'm trying to be who I used dot be. I think Heba knows that I'll never be exactly the same as I was before, but he can see that I'm trying not to be as cold and distant as I was.

I'm still not completely open with anyone.

Well, except for Yami, that is. He's gotten me to open up to him more and more.

I really owe a lot to Yami for all that he has done to help me. Of course, he says that I don't owe him a thing.

I've been getting to know Seth, Crystal, and Inchan. I have to admit that I regret not being a part of their lives sooner. I won't make that mistake anymore. I've made time for my family everyday, and I know that they're glad of that.

At the start, the council wasn't thrilled with the idea of me spending less time on my work. Once they saw that I was starting to lighten up, but still getting my work done, they were happy. I think even the council wanted me to stop seeming so cold.

Rishid is really happy that I'm doing this. He always thought that I spent too much time working and not enough time for myself. I can also tell that he's glad that I have found someone. I am happy with Yami now.

"I am hungry." Jou whined.

"Puppy, you're always hungry." Seto snapped.

"Oh, shut up, Seth!" Jou went back.

"Well, stop complaining then!" Seto retorted.

"It's amazing how they communicate." Atemu said.

"Yeah. They communicate by arguing." Heba added.

"Well, at least it keeps them occupied." Marik said as he moved his chess piece.

"Yeah. They can communicate for hours by arguing." Bakura said, also moving a chess piece.

Malik stretched and said, "You know, I like the change in Yugi."

"Yeah. I like feeling like we're a family again." Ryou agreed.

"Well, you wouldn't have had that problem in the first place if you had actually thought to try and spend time with him instead of always blaming him." Bakura said.

"Okay. We know that we screwed up." Jou said.

"Well, I think that you owe most of that to Yami." Atemu said.

"Yeah. I think that he has been the best thing to happen to Yugi in a long time." Heba said.

"I'm just glad that it happened. It's nice to have Yugi spending time with us and joking again." Ryou said.

"Speaking of Yami, where is he?" Malik asked.

"I think that he went to drag Yugi here for lunch." Heba replied.

The group laughed.

"Yugi the Emperor, and his boyfriend is the one that can bring him to his knees." Ryou said.

Yami walked down the hall of the palace. 'He is not spending all day in that office.' Yami thought. When he reached Yugi's study, he opened the door without knocking. "YUgi." Yami said.

Yugi looked up from his drawer. "I know, Yami. I know. I was just locking up my files and then I was going to come to lunch." Yugi said as he stood up.

"I was just making sure." Yami said.

Yugi rolled his eyes. "I'm not in the habit of breaking my promises, Yami." Yugi said.

Yami smiled. "As I said, I was just making sure. Come on. Jou's complaining that he's hungry." Yami said.

"Jou is always hungry. I swear that his stomach is like a bottomless pit." Yugi said.

"We all think that, Yugi. Come on." Yami said.

Yugi followed Yami out of the room, locking the door in the process. The two walked down the hall and went toward the west wing.

When they arrived, they found that Jou and Malik were in the middle of a shouting match.

"Will you shut up, Malik?!" Jou shouted.

"You first, mutt!" Malik spat.

"What are they fighting about?" Yugi asked.

Heba looked up from the game of chess he was playing with Atemu and said, "Oh, Jou kept complaining about how he was hungry, Malik got sick of it, and then this started."

"Should someone stop then?" Yami asked.

"Don't look at us." Seto said.

Beside Seto, Marik added, "We like our faces, and getting in the middle of that is a death wish."

Yugi sighed and snapped his fingers. A flash of red was seen before Jou and Malik froze in place. "All right, you two, knock it off. Don't force me to leave you frozen for a few hours, and you know that I would do it." YUgi said. He snapped his fingers again, and the two unfroze.

"Then tell him to stop complaining about how hungry he is." Malik said.

"I can't help it that I'm always hungry." Jou snapped back.

Yugi cleared his throat and said, "You do know that I'll keep my threat."

The two looked at Yugi before glaring at each other and walking to opposite sides of the room.

"Those two beat all I have ever seen." Yami said.

"They've always been like that." Yugi said.

"Always?" Atemu asked.

Heba, Ryou, and Yugi all nodded.

"Well, I guess we get to look forward to this for the rest of our lives." Seto muttered like it was a bad thing.

"And he's looking forward to it." Bakura mumbled.

"I never said I was." Seto growled.

Marik smirked. "You didn't have to say it for us to know that." Marik said.

It was then that lunch arrived.

Yugi was silently thankful because it stopped all arguments.

The group sat down to eat.

Yugi's POV

I'm back in my office again, but my mind's not on my work. It hasn't been for awhile.

I can't stop thinking about Yami. I've been in a relationship with him for over a month now. He's done a lot of good for me. He's helped me when no one else wanted to or cared to.

I sigh. Yami's done more for me than anyone has, and I'm not sure how to repay him. I can see that he's happy being with me, and he has told me that I don't need to repay him,, but I still feel like I need to.

Finally, I put my papers up and look them in my desk.

I know that I'm not going to be able to work right now.

I'm way ahead of all my work, so it's not going to hurt.

It's early, and I know that Yami won't be in our room yet.

I leave the room.

Normal POV

"Emperor."

Yugi turned to find himself facing Rishid. "Yes, Rishid?" Yugi asked.

"Are you done with your work?" Rishid asked.

"No, but I couldn't concentrate, and I knew that there wasn't a chance of getting any work done, so I decided to quit early. I'm ahead of everything, anyway." Yugi said.

"Yes. You are very ahead. Taking an afternoon off will not hurt anyone." Rishid agreed.

"Was there something you needed?" Yugi asked.

"I was going to suggest that you take the day off, but I see that you have already decided to do that." Rishid answered.

Yugi nodded. "All right, Rishid. I'll be going." Yugi said. He turned and walked off.

Rishid smiled. He was glad that Yugi had finally started to lighten up.

Yugi walked into the lounge and was surprised to find that the room was empty. He went to his room and found that Yami was sitting on the bed, reading a book.

"Interesting book?" Yugi asked.

Yami looked up in surprise. "Yugi, what are you doing here?" Yami asked.

"I decided that I would take the afternoon off." Yugi answered.

"Why? Can you really afford to take it off?" Yami asked.

"I'm very far ahead, Yami. It's not going to hurt me to take an afternoon off." Yugi assured him.

Yami set the book down and said, "Well, all of the others are spending time in their rooms."

"Do I even want to know?" Yugi asked.

"Probably not." Yami replied. 'Although I wish that we could do what the others are doing.' Yami thought.

"Well, I guess it'll just be us for awhile." Yugi said, going over and sitting on the bed.

"Yeah." Yami agreed. He averted his gaze so that Yugi wouldn't see the lust in his eyes.

Yugi reached out and took Yami's chin in his hand, forcing Yami to look at him. Yugi leaned in and kissed Yami.

Yami was startled, but closed his eyes and started to kiss back.

Yugi ran his tongue over Yami's bottom lip, asking for entrance. Yami obliged and opened his mouth, letting Yugi slip his tongue inside. Yugi roamed the inside of Yami's mouth, memorizing the moist cavern with his tongue. Yami let out a moan as he wrapped his arms around Yugi. Slowly, Yami began to lay down on the bed with Yugi still kissing him.

Yugi was forced to break the kiss from the lack of air.

Yami and Yugi were both panting. After a moment, they started to kiss each other again.

THE LEMON STARTS HERE!

Yugi let his hands slid down Yami's body until he reached the rim of his shirt. Yugi pulled the shirt up and broke the kiss long enough to pull Yami's shirt over his head. Yugi threw the shirt to the ground before he leaned down to kiss Yami again. Yugi started to trail kisses down Yami's jaw to his neck. Yugi started to lick and nip at Yami's neck. Yami moaned when Yugi started to nip at his pulse point. Yugi smirked at the pleasure spot and started to suck at the spot. Yami moaned even louder at that. Yugi moved down from the neck and bit down on Yami's collarbone. Yami yelped at the sudden bite and jumped slightly. Yugi started to lick the bite. Yugi made his way down Yami's chest until he reached one of Yami's semi-erect nipples. Yugi pulled the nipples into his mouth and started suck on it. Yami gasped at the sudden suckling on his sensitive nipple. Yugi bit down lightly on the nipple before he pulled away and blew on the now red skin. Yami shivered at the feeling. Yugi gave the same treatment to the other nipple and brought his right hand up to play with the abandoned one. When Yugi finished that, he moved on down to Yami's naval and dipped his tongue in several times.

"Yugi." Yami moaned.

Yugi raised up and undid Yami's pants before he pulled Yami's leather pants along with his boxers off and threw them to floor.

Yami shivered as the cool air hit his member.

Yugi smirked and placed his hands on Yami's hips before leaned down and licked up Yami's length.

Yami moaned at the feel of Yugi's tongue on him. Yami tried to buck up, but his hips were held down by Yugi's hands. Yugi continued to run his tongue along the outside of Yami's member, teasing him.

Yami started to whimper as he was becoming painfully hard. "Yugi, please." Yami begged.

Yugi, deciding to be merciful, leaned down and took Yami's member all the way into his mouth.

Yami let out a scream as he was suddenly engulfed in the warm heat.

Yugi smirked around Yami's member as he started to run his tongue all over Yami's member. Yugi then stopped to start sucking on Yami's member and then go back to licking.

Yami's tightened his hands into the bed sheets as he tossed his head from side-to-side and continued to try and bucked up into the warm heat. He could feel himself reaching his climax. "Yu-Yugi, I-I'm clo-close." Yami finally managed to gasp out.

Yugi didn't seem to care about that and continued with his actions.

Yami felt himself reach his climax and released into Yugi's mouth with a scream. Yugi drank every drop before he finally released Yami's member.

Yugi sat up and started to take off his clothes while Yami recovered from his climax.

Yami was sweating and panting as he tried to regain his breath. By the time he was calm enough, Yami found himself looking at Yugi's naked body. Yami blushed lightly.

"I think that we're going to have to work on your blushing." Yugi said.

Yami's blush deepened. "Could you stop talking like that?" Yami asked.

"Why? I like seeing you blush." Yugi said.

That only made Yami blush even more.

Yugi smirked, but reached over to his nightstand and pulled out a bottle of oil.

Yami frowned in confusion upon seeing the bottle of oil.

Yugi smiled and said, "This is something that we're going to need." He parted Yami's legs and settled himself between them. He opened the oil and coated three fingers in it. "Yami, this is going to hurt a little, but you need to relax." Yugi told him.

Yami nodded in understanding.

Yugi leaned down and kissed Yami. While he had Yami distracted, Yugi started to rub at the ring of muscles at Yami entrance. Since he was still distracted by the kiss, Yami wasn't aware of the movement until he felt one finger slip inside him.

Yami gasped at that.

"Shh. Just relax." Yugi told him.

"It just feels odd." Yami said,

Yugi continued to move the finger inside of Yami. When he was satisfied with the one finger, he slid a second one into Yami.

This finger stung a little. Yami let out a pained gasp as he tensed up.

"Yami, you need to relax. It'll be easier that way." Yugi said.

Yami nodded and forced his body to relax.

Yugi started to scissor his two fingers to stretch Yami's entrance. When he was satisfied with the two, he added a third.

Yami let out a pained gasp as tears started to leak out. His entrance stung twice as much.

Yugi leaned down and kissed the tears away. "Relax, Yami." Yugi said soothingly.

Yami had to force his body to relax again.

Yugi started to scissor all three fingers, and his fingers brushed against a bundle of nerves that sent a shock of pleasure down Yami's back, making him gasp in pleasure.

"What was that?" Yami asked.

"What this?" Yugi asked and thrust his fingers into that spot again.

Yami moaned at the feeling.

"That's what makes all of this worthwhile." Yugi said. When he was sure that Yami was sufficiently prepared, Yugi removed his fingers.

Yami whimpered at the loss of the feeling.

"We're not done yet, Yami." Yugi said. He reached for a condom, but Yami stopped him.

"Could we not use that?" Yami asked.

Yugi frowned. "You know that we use them to prevent pregnancy, Yami." Yugi said.

"I know, but I've always believed in letting fate decide things." Yami said.

"So, if you get pregnant, it was meant to be?" Yugi asked.

Yami nodded.

"Okay." Yugi agreed. He took the oil again and spread some on his heated member. Yugi bit back a moan at the feeling. He cast the bottle aside and positioned himself at Yami's entrance. "Are you ready?" Yugi asked.

Yami nodded.

Yugi started to slowly push into Yami. He gasped at the warmth that suddenly surrounded his member.

Yami let out a cry of pain as more tears fell. His entrance stung painfully, and he was really uncomfortable as a sharp pain started to form in his lower back.

Yugi stopped and said, "We can stop if you want."

Yami shook his head. "No. I want this, Yugi. Don't stop." Yami said.

Yugi nodded and continued to push into Yami until he was all the way in. He stopped to give Yami the time to adjust to the new feeling.

Yami was starting to get used to the feeling, and the pain was beginning to subside. He nudged his hips forward a little, experimenting.

When Yami nudged, Yugi knew that he was ready. Yugi pulled out until only the tip was left in and then pushed back in slowly.

Yami gasped at the feeling.

Yugi continued with this slow pace.

Yami grew tired of the slowness and said, "Yugi, please! Go faster!"

Hearing his lover beg, Yugi began to go at a faster pace. He started to thrust in different directions as if he was searching for something.

"YUGI!" Yami suddenly shouted.

Yugi had found it. HE started to thrust right into that spot, hitting Yami's sweet spot with every thrust.

Yami cried out as he reached up to grasp Yugi's shoulders. His nails dug into the skin of Yugi's shoulders.

Yugi reached between their sweating bodies and started to pump Yami in time with his thrusts.

Soon, Yami reached his end and came, shouting, "YUGI!" His release coated their chests and stomachs.

Yugi felt Yami clenched down on him. Yugi thrust in a few more time. "YAMI!" Yugi shouted as he released into Yami, coating Yami's walls warmly.

LEMON ENDS HERE!

Yugi collapsed on top of Yami, his strength depleted.

Both were panting and sweating as they recovered.

Yugi raised up and removed himself from Yami.

Yami winced slightly when Yugi pulled out.

"Yami, are you okay?" Yugi asked, stroking Yami's arm.

"Yeah." Yami said. He snuggled up against Yugi and rested his head on Yugi's chest.

Yugi wrapped his arms around Yami.

"What are we going to do about dinner?" Yami asked.

"We'll have it brought up." Yugi answered.

"Oh. Okay." Yami replied.

"Hey. Where are Yugi and Yami?" Jou asked.

"I think they had dinner brought up to their room." Heba replied.

Atemu was busy stuffing his face.

"Geez, Atemu. Slow down." Bakura said.

"I'm eating for two, remember." Atemu replied.

"Wonder why they're eating in their room." Bakura said.

"It doesn't matter." Ryou said.

The group continued eating.

The next morning, Yugi was the first one to wake up. He woke up to find that Yami was still asleep in his arms. Yugi smiled, feeling content for the first time in years.

Yami woke up and looked up at Yugi. "Morning." Yami said.

"Morning. Sleep well?" Yugi asked.

"Well, considering we made love three times last night, I was too exhausted to do anything else." Yami replied.

Yugi smiled. "Come on. We need to get on up." Yugi said.

"I'd rather not." Yami said, who was quite comfortable laying on Yugi.

"Well, I do have work to do, Yami. Besides, we need a bath." Yugi said.

Yami sighed. "Fine." Yami agreed.

Yugi smirked devilishly. "Of course, we can always take one together." Yugi said.

Yami's eyes lightened up. "Then what are we waiting for?" Yami asked.

The two got out of bed and went to take a bath together.

That's this chapter. I hope you liked the lemon.

The next chapter has an attack on the palace, and the group will have to use their Elemental powers.

R&R.