Chapter 3

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What A Deadly Puppy Dog Eyes

"Welcome back." Akefia nearly jumped when he heard Yugi's voice rang as soon as he entered the oasis, the boy already stood on top of a tree near the entrance of the oasis, still hidden from the outside though, "You are injured." It's not a question, but a statement.

Akefia looked up at the boy, "Yeah, you knew?" he asked curiously as he climbed down his horse.

Yugi nodded before jumping down, he flapped his wings to slowed his fall and landed lightly on the oasis's ground, "I heard you took a sharp intake before, and I can smell your blood, I nearly thought that you get stabbed or something, but I see that you are only gotten yourself a scratch." He commented calmly.

Akefia frowned, "Yugi, you are talking like you are already an adult, it's creepy." He said honestly.

Yugi grinned, "Sister said to me that I was too matured for my age, I guessed it's true then." He said in agreement before walking to the frowning thief, "Knelt down, I will heal it." He ordered with a smile.

Akefia raised an eyebrow before went down on one knee, "You can heal wound?" he asked curiously.

Yugi nodded and raising his hands to Akefia's cut, "I can if it's only a small wound." He explained as his hands started glowing with silver light and Akefia's wound slowly closing itself, "But I couldn't heal a big one, so you have to be careful not to get yourself fatally injured or I wouldn't be able to heal it".

Akefia sighed, "You are talking like you are already an adult, and I already said that it's creepy." He complained, "Please acting as your age." He pleaded, it's really creepy to hear the boy talking like he was as old as Akefia's age already.

Yugi grinned before pulling back his hands, "Sorry." He said with a blush, "I will try to be more childlike then." He said cheerfully.

Akefia smiled, "Good." He said as he pat the boy's head, "Now, get back to sleep, I need to clean my daggers first".

Yugi nodded and ran off to the cave.

Akefia washed the blood away from his daggers before he went to sleep. He woke up early and set off to train right away, he was mastering his fighting skill when he heard some noise from behind him. He looked back to see Yugi standing near a tree and was watching him intently, "What?" he asked.

"Can I get daggers like you too?" Yugi asked with an innocent face, "I want to learn how to fight too." He explained with a pout.

Akefia blinked at the boy before waking a WTF expression, "What?" he asked in disbelief, "Yugi, you are still six, the kids around your age normally asking for some toys and not weapons".

Yugi grinned, "I just want to learn, I want to be as strong as you, Akefia." He said cheerfully.

Akefia smiled and walked closer to the boy, he crouched down in front of the boy, "Really?" he asked, "You really want to be as strong as me?".

Yugi nodded vigorously, "Yes!" he exclaimed, "I want to!" he raised his arms high to the air, "I want to learn so many things from you!".

Akefia grinned, "Then I will teach you everything that I know, just don't become a thief like me, alright?" he asked as he pinched both of the boy's cheek, "You are still pure and untainted, I don't want you to become a thief like me." He released the boy's cheeks and the boy rubbing them right away, "I was born in a village of thieves, so it's already in me to steal. But you are different from me, so don't follow my way of life, alright? It's bad to steal".

Yugi giggled, "You are so strange!" he chirped, "You are the Thief King but telling someone not to steal!".

Akefia smirked, "So what?" he asked, "I already explained the reason to you." He continued before his smirk widened and he tickled the boy, causing the boy to laughed so hard.

"I give! I give!" Yugi yelled as he waving his arms around.

Akefia chuckled and stop tickling the boy, "Now, you understand what I told you?" he asked, Yugi nodded, "Good." He nodded back, "Now, are you thirsty? Of blood I mean".

Yugi shook his head, "With the blood as much as the cows from yesterday, I can last about a month, but that's the limit, so you need to hunt for cow once a month for me." He grinned at Akefia, "But can you steal the old one next time? I feel bad for killing the cow that was as young as that one." He said with a sad face.

Akefia shook his head before chuckling and rubbing Yugi's head, "You are just so adorable, you know that?" he asked with a grin, "Sure, I will get the old one next time." He nodded in agreement. Now he know why he treat the boy with so much kindness even though he was a heartless thief and murderer, he already care for the boy from the time he met the boy, the boy makes him feel as if he had a family once again.

Yugi grinned back at him and nodded, "Thank you." He said happily before looking at Red, "I really want to learn how to ride a horse." He said with a pout.

Akefia laughed out loud, "Boy, Yugi, you are so hungry of knowledge, aren't you?" he asked with a shake of his head, "Don't worry, I will get you a horse today, I need to steal some new clothes for you too, since your current one must be hot for you".

Yugi nodded but frown, "Learn to sew." He said suddenly.

Akefia blinked and his grin faded, it turned into a frown, "What?" he asked in confusion.

Yugi pointed out his finger at Akefia, "You learn how to sew!" he said firmly, "I don't want to wear a stolen clothes, so I want you to learn how to sew!".

Akefia stared at Yugi with open mouth before he glared, "Don't you dare to order me around, Yugi." He hissed, "I'm your caretaker now, don't think that you can order me around".

Yugi lowered his hand and stared at Akefia with a pair of wide Amethyst eyes that started glistening with tears, "What?" he asked with shaky voice, "Are you angry at me?" he asked before his bottom lips start quivering.

Akefia was taken aback, he gaped at the boy, so . . . cute, he thought in shock, cute and so irresistible, he gulped, he look away, and deadly too. "Uh, don't cry, I'm not angry at you." He said in defeat, he cursed himself for being so weak against Yugi, but with the boy wearing that kind of expression, there was nothing he could blame himself for unable to resist.

Yugi wiped his tears, "Really?" he asked happily, Akefia looked at Yugi and nodded, Yugi grinned, "I'm glad!" he exclaimed happily.

Akefia sighed and scratching the back of his head, The boy was really know how to get people listening to his wish, huh? He thought grumpily before looking at the boy again and smiled, "Understand, I will learn how to sew then." He said in the end, causing Yugi's grin to widened, "We will go out tomorrow, I know the place where I can learn how to sew without people laughing at me".

Yugi nodded, "What are you going to do today then?" he asked curiously.

Akefia smirked, "I will steal a Pony for you, so you can learn how to ride soon." He said confidently, "You won't complained if I give you a stolen horse, right?" he challenged.

Yugi pouted, "I want to, because it would be a sad thing to separating a child from it's Mother." He mumbled unhappily, then a thought seemed to entered his head, "There's no need for you to steal, I think I know how I can get a horse without stealing." He said with a smirk, Akefia flinched, a smirk from a child is really creepy for him, even more so from a child with an adorable face like Yugi.

Akefia shrugged, "If you say so." He said casually, "As long as you not stealing it." He said sternly, "As I said, I don't want you to be a thief like me, leave the stealing stuff to me".

Yugi grinned, "Don't worry, I won't steal." He promised cheerfully, "Now, I will go out, I want to get my horse".

Akefia raised an eyebrow, "Where to?" he asked, "I will accompany you since it would be dangerous for you to go alone".

Yugi grinned and winked a him, "To the nearby village, I will have a talk with the owner of the horses." He said confidently.

Akefia was confused, he wondered what the boy was planning to do, but he just shrugged and took the boy with him to the nearby village and to the place where a man owning many horses to be sold. He pointed out the man to the boy before hiding himself, he would watch the boy in secret, so the man wouldn't know that Yugi was with a thief like him, it would bring unnecessary trouble for the boy.

Yugi was walking leisurely to the man with a smiling face, "Hello, Mister." He called out to the man Akefia pointed out to him.

The man was around middle age with a curly short hair and dark skin just like any other Egyptian people, the man noticed him and smiled, "Hello, boy." He answered, "What an adorable boy like you doing here all alone?" he asked warmly.

Yugi grinned at the man before wearing a sad face, it's an easy thing for him to do since he was often gotten what he want with his acts. "Mister, I really want to have a Pony, but I don't have money to buy it." He said in a sad tone and a sad face to the man, "Do you think you can give me a Pony for free?" he asked with his 'Deadly Puppy Dog Eyes' as his Sister once called his technique to make people bent to his wishes.

He remembered that he had a Grandfather, a Sister, a Brother and a Cousin. But sadly he forget where they lives and the rest, he only remember their faces and names. He remembered that his Grandfather was so old that his hair had turned grey, he had the same hair like him, only shorter. His Sister has a pair of Amethyst eyes like him, they got them from his Grandfather, and has a wavy blond hair. Hid brother was also had a blond air, but his hair not wavy like his Sister nor spiky like him, and his eyes was honey brown in color like their Mother. His Cousin was has a white hair that . . . now that he thought about it, his Cousin's hair and face was similar to Akefia, the difference was his hair was more softer looking from Akefia and his eyes was more wider and rounder, so the conclusion is his Cousin was the tamer version of Akefia and Akefia was wilder version of his Cousin. The ultimate difference though, his Cousin was two years older from him only, so there's no way people will mistook them if they ever get together in the same place.

While Yugi was thinking about his family, the man that Yugi was asking the Pony earlier was looking at Yugi with an expression that clearly saying 'Aw! So cute!'. "Now, now, don't be sad." He said with a big smile, "For an adorable child like you, I will give you one of my Ponies for free.' He said with a wink to the boy, "But you have to promise me that you will taking a good care of him, so I will have you to learn how to take care a horse first before I give you your Pony, how about it?" he asked.

Yugi was wearing a surprise face, "Really?" he asked with hopeful eyes.

The man nodded, "Really." He confirmed, "The lesson will be short, so you will have your Pony in less than two hours." He promised.

Yugi gasped in happiness before he shot the man with his biggest smile, "Thank you, Mister!" he said cheerfully, "Then, can I take a look at my Pony first?" he asked hopefully.

The man smiled, "Sure, this way." He said and leading Yugi to the barn, "Do you want a female or a male one?" he asked.

Yugi hummed in thought, "I would like it if you can give me a male one, but do you have one that didn't have family, I don't want to take him if he had a family here." He said with blinking eyes to the man.

The man was chuckling when he heard Yugi's words, "You are a cute boy." He said as he opened the fence, "I have one, the Mother was unfortunately died yesterday from sickness, you want him?".

Yugi looked at the man and nodded, "Yes, I want him!" he said cheerfully.

The man nodded, he walked to one of the Ponies and patting it before leading the Pony to Yugi, "Here he is." He told Yugi with a smile, "He is six months old, I didn't get to name him yet, so you can named him".

Yugi was so happy when he heard that, he looked at his Pony fully. His Pony was black and had a pair of piercing black eyes, but they also felt like they are longing for love. Yugi smiled and patting his horse's face, earning a soft whine from him, "Kurobara (Black Rose)." He decided, the horse was black but beautiful like rose.

The man blinked at Yugi, "What kind of language is that?" he asked curiously, "From your pale skin, you are a foreigner, right? But from where?".

Yugi smiled sadly at the man, "I don't remember, I know the language but I don't know what language it is." He answered, "I kind of forget about it due to an accident".

The man looked at Yugi sadly before clearing his throat, "Well, bow that you had chosen a name for your Pony, it's time for you to learn how to take tace of him." he smiled at Yugi, "Ready?" he asked.

Yugi grinned, "Ready!" he chirped happily.

Akefia shook his head from his hidden spot, he had seen and heard everything. He knew that Yugi was so adorable that makes people to like him right after they saw him, he was one of the victim of Yugi's charm, but to have a random man giving him a Pony for free? His puppy eyes was so deadly then, Akefia concluded in his head, he looked up to Yugi's direction to see the boy had start learning how to take care of his horse, so he decided that he will wait until the boy finished.

"Alright, you had learned everything." The man said when Yugi finished washing his Pony, he need to make sure that his Pony was clean so he wouldn't get sick, "The Pony is yours." He smiled at Yugi.

Yugi grinned, "Thank you, Mister." He said honestly, he then looked at his Pony and patting his face, his hand was licked by his Pony, making him giggled, "It's tickle." He said happily.

"Your Pony already love you, it's a good sign." The man said, then looking at the boy, "Are you going to ride him?" he asked curiously.

Yugi nodded, "Yes, I want to learn how to ride." He answered cheerfully.

The man grinned, "Then I will give you a saddle that will be good for your Pony." He said with a warm smile, "Take good care of this kid, since the more love you gave him, the more loyal he become".

Yugi grinned, "Sure!" he chirped happily.

The man gave Yugi a small sized saddle for his Pony before Yugi took off with his Pony, he went to where he smelt Akefia's scent after turning a corner, "Akefia! I got him!" he chirped happily.

Akefia smiled at Yugi, "I know, I saw everything." He answered before picking Yugi up, "You are a really dangerous kid, you know that?" he asked in humor, "Not only you managed to make me listen to you, you were able to get the man giving you a pony for free".

Yugi giggled, "It's called Deadly Puppy Dog Eyes by my Sister, since no one able to resist my puppy eyes." He explained cheerfully.

Akefia nodded, "Very deadly indeed." He agreed as he lowered Yugi to the ground, "Let's get back, I will teach you how to ride, I'm sure you will be able to ride by tomorrow." He grinned.

Yugi grinned back and nodded, "Thank you." He said softly with a warm smile and eyes, "Do you mind if I call you Papa?" he asked.

Akefia blinked and stared at Yugi with wide eyes, "Papa?" he asked in disbelief, "You want a thief like me to be your Papa?".

Yugi nodded, "Yup, Papa." He said with a grin, "I want you to be my Papa".

Akefia felt like his eyes become hot, he blinked them to chase away the strange feeling, he gulped down the lump in his throat and smiled as Yugi, "Thank you, Yugi." He answered softly, "You don't know just how much you make me happy just by hearing that".

Yugi grinned, "I'm glad if I can make you happy, Papa." He said as he hugged Akefia's legs, "I'm sure Father and Mother in Heaven won't get angry if I called you my Papa".

Akefia smiled at Yugi, "I wouldn't know about that, Yugi, I'm a Thief and a murderer after all." He said a bit sadly.

Yugi frowned, he look up at Akefia, "But I'm sure you have a reason of why you become a like this." he said in confusion, "What happened to you?".

Akefia looked at Yugi with a sad eyes, "You will know tomorrow." He answered, Yugi was staring at him for a moment before nodding his head, they went back to the oasis together after that.

To be continued . . .

Froim : Okay, that's for this chapter. I hope you like it.

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