This one didn't turn out like I thought. I hope you like it anyway. Sorry for the shortness. I'm hoping that the next one will be longer.
Chapter 28- Thunderstorm
"So, she actually tried to kiss you?" Yuugi asked.
"Yes." Yami growled, angry. "You'd think that all these girls would get that I am engaged to you, and that they no longer stand a chance with me!" Yami exclaimed.
Yuugi couldn't help but giggle.
"It's not funny." Yami snapped.
"Yami, all these woman think that they are going to change your mind on marrying me so that one of them can marry you. I know that you're not going to leave me, you know that you're not going to leave, so there is nothing that we need to be worried about at the moment." Yuugi said.
Yami sighed. "I guess so. I just wish that all these women would stop cornering me and leave me alone. I am not leaving you. I just wish that they would realize that." Yami said.
Yuugi leaned forward and kissed him. "Yami, if you want, you could always tell them that you're on your way to see your fiancée. It's true most of the time." Yuugi said.
Yami sighed. "I wonder why you don't have this problem." Yami grumbled.
"I'm not the one that the women want." Yuugi answered teasingly.
"You know what I mean." Yami said as he laid down on Yuugi's bed.
"Yami, there isn't a man in the kingdom that is going to try and come onto me because they know that I am engaged to the Crown Prince of Egypt, and they don't want to risk dying because they thought that they would try to come onto me. Let's face it, Yami. Everyone knows that you are jealous and possessive, and that anyone who even flirted lightly with me would die." Yuugi said.
"True." Yami agreed.
"Tell you what. If I'm ever around when a woman's coming onto you, I'll get you out of it." Yuugi said.
"That'll be because you are irritated." Yami said.
"True, but I thought that that would make you happy." Yuugi said.
Yami smirked and grabbed Yuugi, pulling her down into a kiss. "It sure does." Yami answered.
Yami was walking down the halls of the palace. He had just gotten out of a meeting with his father and was on his way back to his chambers.
"Prince Yami." a voice said.
Yami turned to find one of the harem girls approaching him. "What is it?" Yami asked, irritated.
"I was wondering if you would like my company, my lord." the girl said with a seductive smile.
"No. I do not require anyone's company." Yami answered curtly.
The girl was startled by his rude answer, but not put off. "I would gladly accompany you, Prince. After all, once you are married, you will be unable to have the pleasure of my service." the girl said.
Yami rounded around to face her. "I have no need for your services or any other harem girls. I have never been with a harem girl, and I do not intend to be. I am going to marry Lady Yuugi, and I will not betray her in such a way." Yami said.
The girl was persistent. "You would not betray her. She would never even know. You are not bound to her until the marriage anyway." the girl said haughtily.
Yami was angered by this blatant disrespect her Yuugi. "Do not forget that Yuugi is your future queen, and speaking of her in such a disrespectful way does not look favorable for you." Yami growled.
The girl still wasn't frightened. "You can still have a harem girl in your rooms. I am the most skilled of us, and I am certain that I could show you a good time." the girl said. Her goal was to either make Yami fall in love with her or get pregnant by him so that she could marry him.
"Girl, get out of my sight before I have you arrested." Yami snapped.
"My Prince-" the girl started.
"You might want to leave my fiancé alone." a cold voice said.
The girl whirled around to find herself facing Yuugi.
"Or perhaps you would like to share the same fate that Mia did. I am certain that you remember what happened to her." Yuugi said.
The girl instantly paled, remembering Mia's fate for her actions.
"I would suggest that you leave and tell all other harem girls that if they persist in trying to come onto Yami, they may share in Mia's face or face humiliation." Yuugi said.
The girl realized that Yuugi was not joking and quickly left.
Yami sighed. "Thank you, Yuugi. That girl would not give up. I was one step away from having her arrested." Yami said.
"That girl was getting on my nerves. I heard most of it. She wanted in your bed." Yuugi said.
"She wouldn't have been. Trust me on that." Yami said.
"I do. I think she was trying to get in your bed so that she could get pregnant and be the queen." Yuugi said.
"You saw the wheels turning in her mind, too?" Yami asked.
Yuugi nodded. "She thought that getting pregnant by you would ensure the queen-ship, but I guess she didn't know that harem girls are forbidden from becoming queen." Yuugi said.
Yami shook his head. "Come on, Yuugi. Let's go." Yami said.
Yuugi followed Yami as he walked down the hall.
"You know that the harem girls will be talking about what you said." Yami said.
"Yes, and they will also know that I have the power to do just what I said." Yuugi answered.
Yami smiled. "I doubt that I will have any problem with any of the harem girls from now on." Yami said.
The two walked into Yami's room, who shut the door.
"This room, and yours are the only places that I have been able to find solitude in lately." Yami said.
"Once word gets around about my threat, I doubt you'll have anymore problems." Yuugi said.
Yami sighed. "I am just so sick of all this. I thought that the women would have backed off when they learned of my engagement to you, but it seems to have only gotten worse." Yami said as he laid down on the bed.
"Well, of course it has. Your engagement means that once you are married, they have no chance of gaining your favor, so they're going to use this engagement time to hope that they can change your mind about marrying me." Yuugi explained.
Yami smirked at her. "Yuugi, there isn't a force in this kingdom that would force me to break off my engagement to you." Yami said.
"I know. Come on. Let's play a game." Yuugi said.
"Okay." Yami agreed. He got out the cards and the two started to play.
After playing cards for a few hours, Yuugi had won a total of five games and Yami had won one.
"I am never going to beat you." Yami said.
Yuugi smiled. "Well, you should pay more attention to the game. Watching me won't help you win." Yuugi scolded.
Yami smiled. "I know, but you're so beautiful that I just can't resist." Yami replied.
"Another game?" Yuugi asked.
"Sure." Yami answered.
Both saw a sudden flash of lightening and looked out the balcony. It was raining.
"I guess we're getting rain." Yami said.
"Like I didn't notice that." Yuugi answered. She hadn't told Yami, but she was terrified of storms. 'As long as there's no thunder, I'll be fine.' Yuugi thought.
The two started to play another game cards.
"We'll need to go to bed after this game. It's getting rather late." Yami said.
"I agree." Yuugi said.
The continued to play the game.
Yuugi lay down her cards and said, "I win."
"Damn it! I was actually concentrating that time." Yami complained.
Yuugi laughed lightly.
It was then that there was a loud crack of thunder.
Yuugi's body tensed at the sound.
The wind was howling, the rain was coming down in torrents, and lightening was flashing.
"Well, we'd better get to bed." Yami said, putting the cards up.
"Uh-huh." Yuugi agreed., looking outside.
Yami turned and noticed how tense Yuugi was. "Yuugi, are you okay?" Yami asked.
"I'm fine, Yami. Really. I had better go on." Yuugi said. She stood up to leave.
Yami reached out and grabbed Yuugi by the arm. "Yuugi, are you sure that you're all right?" Yami asked.
"I'm fine, Yami." Yuugi replied.
"Then why are you so tense?" Yami asked.
"Yami, there's nothing to worry about. Honest." Yuugi said.
Yami wasn't convinced, but decided not to push the issue. "All right. If you say so." Yami agreed. He let Yuugi go.
Yuugi started to walk past Yami when there was a sudden loud crack of thunder. Yuugi jumped with a yelp and ended up crashing into Yami, knocking them both to the floor. Yuugi ended up on top pf Yami. She blushed and got off of him, saying. "Sorry, Yami."
Yami stood up and said, "Okay. What's wrong? Something isn't right with you."
"Um, well, you see, the truth is that I don't-" Yuugi was cut off by another very loud crack of thunder. She yelped again and latched onto Yami out of fear.
Yami was unprepared for this and lost his balance, falling backwards onto the bed. He noticed how tight Yuugi's grip was and knew that she was playing. "Yuugi, care to explain what exactly is going on?" Yami asked, surprised by the normally confident girl's behavior.
"I don't like the thunderstorms." Yuugi said lowly.
"What?" Yami asked, having not heard her.
"I don't like thunderstorms." Yuugi answered.
"You don't?" Yami asked.
Another blast of thunder, and Yuugi started shaking, tightening her grip on Yami.
"Okay. I'll take that as you don't like thunderstorms." Yami said.
"Sorry." Yuugi murmured.
"For what?" Yami asked.
"You must think that I'm a coward." Yuugi said.
"No, I don't. Yuugi, I don't care that you're afraid of thunderstorms. I just wish that you had told me before." Yami said.
"Honestly, I didn't think to tell you." Yuugi answered.
The thunder sounded again, causing Yuugi to start shaking even harder.
Yami wrapped his arms around Yuugi and said, "Yuugi, how afraid of thunderstorms are you?"
"Really afraid. I usually end up cowering under the covers, hoping it'll pass soon." Yuugi answered.
Yami frowned. He didn't like the thought of Yuugi being afraid, even if it was of storms. "Yuugi, would you rather stay in here tonight?"
"What?" Yuugi asked, slightly startled at the sudden statement.
"Yuugi, you obviously are terrified of storms, and it's usually not a good thing to be alone when you're scared, so you can stay in here with me for the night." Yami said.
"Are you sure?" Yuugi asked, slightly unsure.
"Of course. You know that I'm not going to try anything." Yami said.
"No because you'll end up with a broken jaw." Yuugi said.
"Exactly. Just stay in here." Yami said.
Yuugi sighed. She really did hate to be alone in the middle of thunderstorms, and she knew that she'd feel safer staying with Yami. "Okay, Yami. You win. I'll stay in here with you." Yuugi agreed.
"See. That wasn't so hard, was it?" Yami asked.
Yami stayed in the room while Yuugi went into the bathing area to change.
Once they were changed, Yuugi and Yami climbed into bed.
A clash of thunder had Yuugi holding onto Yami.
"It's okay, Yuugi. I'm right here." Yami said soothingly, gently stroking her hair as he held Yuugi tightly.
Yuugi started to relax in his embrace. "Sorry to bother you like this." Yuugi mumbled.
"Yuugi, you're not bothering me. It's fine." Yami assured her. He continued to hold Yuugi and speak soothingly to her.
Yuugi was slowly lulled to sleep by Yami's voice and the stroking of her hair.
Yami smiled when he heard Yuugi's breaths even out. 'She probably wouldn't have gone to sleep so easily otherwise.' Yami thought.
Yami was startled by how right it felt to have Yuugi in his arms. Sure, he'd held her before, but not like this. He hadn't expected it to feel so right. 'Well, I do love her, so I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise that I feel so right with her.' Yami thought. He placed a light kiss on top of Yuugi's head before he settled down and fell asleep.
The next morning, Yami woke up rather groggy. He didn't really want to get up yet, so he snuggled back down, intent on going back to sleep. It was then that it registered that something was warms, and it couldn't have been the blankets. Feeling the warmth move, Yami realized that it was a person. 'What the hell?!' Yami mentally shouted. He looked and saw that who it was.
Yuugi was still sound asleep, snuggled up against Yami with a content smile on her face.
Yami let out a low sigh. 'That about gave me a heart attack. For a minute, I thought that I had betrayed Yuugi.' Yami thought. He looked back down and smiled at the content look on Yuugi's face. 'She does look cute when she's sleeping, though.' Yami thought.
It wasn't long before Yuugi woke. She was startled to find a smirking Yami looking at her.
"Sleep well?" Yami asked.
Yuugi blushed, knowing why she was in his bed. "Yes, I did." Yuugi answered.
"You're going to have to sleep in here more often." Yami said.
"Yami!" Yuugi exclaimed, whacking him in the arm.
"Ow! That hurt, Yuugi." Yami whined.
"Well, stop with those kinds of remarks then." Yuugi retorted.
Yami groaned. "Fine." Yami said.
"Come on. We should get ready and then go to breakfast." Yuugi said.
"All right." Yami agreed.
Yuugi left the room, leaving Yami alone.
Yami smirked. 'I can't wait to be married because it means that I'll have her by my side at night and wake up to her in the morning.' Yami thought. He then got up and started to get ready.
Yuugi and Yami found Bakura, Ryou, Marik, Malik, Heba, Atemu, Jou, and Seth at the breakfast table.
Within seconds, Bakura was at Yami and grabbed him by his tunic. "All right. You're a dead man." Bakura growled.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Yami exclaimed.
"Bakura, stop this." Yuugi cried.
"You really think that we don't know." Bakura growled.
"Know what?" Yami asked. He was confused.
"We know about last night." Marik put in.
"You've lost me." Yami said, jerking himself out of Bakura's grasps.
"We know you and Yuugi were your room all night." Marik said.
Yuugi realized what they were thinking. Yuugi walked over and put a hand on Bakura's shoulders. "Bakura, it's not what you think." Yuugi said.
"You weren't in his room, Yuugi?" Heba asked.
"No. I was in Yami's room, but I didn't sleep with him like you think." Yuugi said.
"IS that what this about?" Yami asked.
Yuugi nodded. "Bakura, you know that there was a bad thunderstorm last night. I'm terrified of thunderstorms. I was in Yami's room playing a game of cards with him when the storm started. He saw that I was scared of the storm and told me stay with him for comfort. Nothing happened." Yuugi said.
"It didn't?" Atemu asked.
"No. We slept. That's all." Yami said. 'Although I would have liked more.' Yami thought.
"Oh. Sorry. I'm just a little protective of her." Bakura said.
"I know. Can I eat breakfast without being killed now?" Yami asked.
"Sure." Bakura answered.
Yuugi look at Yami apologetically.
Yami just shrugged.
The group sat down to finish breakfast.
Yuugi was thankful that Bakura didn't kill Yami. 'I didn't realize that just sleeping in Yami's room would cause all these problems. I shouldn't do it too often.' Yuugi realized.
Breakfast continued like normal, and when it was finished, they all went to do their normal, everyday routine.
I hope you liked it.
Isis will have the baby next chapter. Probably a little Yami/Yuugi fluff in there, too.
R&R.