For the last few chapters of the story, it will be referring to Heba as Yugi now.
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Chapter 19- Return
Atemu, Yami, Yugi, Amara, and Aknankanon arrived at Yami and Atemu's house.
Until they could get a place of their own, Amara and Aknankanon would be staying with them.
Yami turned on the light so that they could see since it was late at night.
"Man. It feels like forever since the last time we were here." Yami said.
"I know what you mean." Atemu said.
"Since it's so late, I think that we should all go upstairs and go to bed." Amara said.
"She's right. We've all had an exhausting time the last few weeks." Aknankanon agreed.
"This way." Atemu said and lead them upstairs.
It was taking Yugi a little bit to get up the stairs since he was still having to use the cane to move around with his leg still so severely injured.
"You okay, Yugi?" Yami asked.
"Yeah. Just going to take me a minute." Yugi replied.
"You can stay in this room." Atemu said, motioning to the room to his right.
Amara and Aknankanon walked into the room that Atemu had pointed out to them.
"Yugi, do you want to stay in our room or a room by yourself?" Yami asked.
As much as he would have liked for Yugi to stay in their room, Yami knew that Yugi might want some space right now.
"Well, until I heal, it might be better for me to stay in a different room." Yugi said.
Yami and Atemu could see the wisdom in that decision.
"All right. You can stay in the room next to us." Atemu said.
Yugi nodded, and Yami and Atemu showed Yugi the other guestroom.
"Thanks, guys." Yugi said.
"Do you need any help?" Yami asked.
"As long as you don't plan on trying anything." Yugi said.
"We won't. Seth would kill us if he found out about it." Atemu said,
"Yeah. You do need to heal." Yami agreed.
Since Yugi was still injured, he needed a little help getting changed into his pajamas.
"We'll see you in the morning, Yugi. Good night." Atemu said, kissing Yugi.
"Yeah. Good night." Yami said, also kissing Yugi.
"Night, guys." Yugi replied.
Yami and Atemu left the room.
Yugi sat down on the bed and set the cane so that he would be able to get it easily the next morning. He lay down and gazed up at the ceiling. 'It's going to take me a while to adjust to this new life. I've never had an easy life. This will be a much easier life compared to the life I used to have.' Yugi thought. He let a slight smile cross his face. 'But it was worth giving up that life to be able to be with Yami and Atemu now.' Yugi thought.
Yugi closed his eyes and slowly drifted off to sleep.
Yami and Atemu had gone into their room and dressed down to T-shirts and boxers.
"It seems like an eternity since we were together in this room." Atemu said.
"Yeah, and when Yugi gets better, it'll be the three of us in this room." Yami said.
"You know, we might want to look into a bigger bed." Atemu said.
"Probably, but it'll take Yugi a while to recover. We have time to find a bigger bed." Yami said.
"Yeah. After all this, I think I just want to sleep." Atemu said.
"Then let's go to bed." Yami said.
"Right behind you." Atemu agreed.
The two crawled into their bed and soon fell asleep, wrapped in each other's arms.
Yami and Atemu got up the next morning later than they normally would.
"Man. We never sleep until ten." Yami said when he saw the clock.
"No kidding. Maybe we should get up." Atemu said.
"Right." Yami said.
"You think we should see if Yugi's up. He's probably going to need help." Yami said.
"You do that. I'll get showered and dressed and head downstairs." Atemu said.
"Okay." Yami agreed. He got out of bed and left the room, heading to Yugi's room.
Atemu took a shower and got dressed in blue jeans and a green T-shirt before he headed downstairs. He was surprised to find Amara in the kitchen cooking. "Was there anything edible?" Atemu asked.
"A few things. You're going to need to go grocery shopping." Amara told him.
"I know. We were about to do that when we had to go into hiding. We'll go some time today." Yami said.
"All right. We'll I was able to fix oatmeal and toast. That was about all I could manage breakfast wise." Amara said.
"That's fine." Atemu said.
"Where are Yami and Heba at?" Aknankanon asked.
"Yami was going to see if Yugi needed help. With his injuries, it's a little harder for him." Atemu said. He thought a moment and said, "You're also going to have to get used to calling him Yugi. He'll be going by that name now."
"You're right. That might take some time to get used to." Aknankanon said.
"Well, you two sit on down and eat." Amara told him.
Atemu and Aknankanon did as they were told and sat down to eat.
Yami knocked on the door to Yugi's room and said, "Yugi, are awake?"
There as no answer.
Yami opened the door to the room and walked in to find that Yugi was sound asleep. He smiled and walked over, gently shaking Yugi. "Yugi, wake up." Yami said.
Yugi groaned and opened his eyes. "Yami, what is it?" Yugi asked.
"Well, I thought that you might want to get up. It's after ten." Yami said.
Yugi's eyes widened. "After ten?" Yugi asked.
Yami nodded.
"Wow. I can't tell you the last time I slept that late." Yugi said.
"Well, get on up. I came in here because I didn't know if you needed help getting a shower." Yami said.
"Well, I do because I have limited movement with my arm in a sling and my leg banged up." Yugi said.
"I'm here to help you then." Yami said.
Yugi nodded.
With Yami's help. Yugi showered and dressed.
"Thanks, Yami." Yugi said.
"No problem. I understand." Yami said. He smiled and said, "But we are going to have to go shopping for some more clothes for you."
"That can wait until after I heal." Yugi said.
"Yeah. Okay. Think you can make it downstairs?" Yami asked.
Yugi glared at him. "Yami, I am not disabled. I can make it downstairs just fine." Yugi said.
Yami held his hands up in surrender. "Okay. Just asking. Go on downstairs, and I'll be down in a little bit." Yami said.
Yugi nodded and headed downstairs.
Yami then walked into his and Atemu's room to shower and get dressed.
"Morning, Yugi." Atemu said.
"Morning." Yugi replied as he walked into the dining room.
"Did you sleep well?" Amara asked.
"Yes, I did. I couldn't tell you the last time that I slept this late, though." Yugi said.
Atemu laughed. "Yami and I couldn't either. We don't sleep this late normally." Atemu said.
"Well, I'm sure you'll back to normal." Amara said.
"Speaking of normal, Yami and I will be having to go back to our jobs pretty soon." Atemu said.
"We knew that it was coming, Atemu." Yami said as he walked into the dining room.
"I know." Atemu replied.
"As I told Atemu, you have to go grocery shopping. There's not much here." Amara said.
"Yeah. We'll do that today." Amara said.
"And while you do that, Amara and I are going to go ahead and start looking for a house. You three young people don't need us hanging around all the time." Aknankanon said.
"All right." Yami said.
After breakfast, Amara and Aknankanon went ahead and left to start looking around for a house.
"Well, we had better go and get groceries." Atemu said.
"Right. Do you want to go, Yugi?" Yami asked.
Yugi looked at Yami from where he sat on the couch. "Yami, given my injuries, I think that it would be better for him if I stayed here and rested." Yugi said.
"Probably not a bad idea.' Atemu agreed.
The doorbell suddenly rang.
Atemu frowned. "Other than our friends, no one knows that we're back. Any of our friends would have used a key they had. Who could be at the door?" Atemu asked.
Yami went and opened the door to find a man in a suit.
"Yami, where have you been?!" the man demanded.
"Mr. Hendrix, what are you doing here?" Yami asked, surprised to see his boss there.
"You've been gone for two weeks without much notice. I have been swamped in the last few hours because the police got evidence to bring in most of the members of the Gates." Hendrix said.
"Um, maybe you should come in." Atemu said.
Hendrix walked into the house, and Yami shut the door.
"Yami, I really needed more notice if you were going to be gone for so long." Hendrix said.
"I know, Mr. Hendrix, and I am really sorry. It just came up last minute." Yami said.
"Yami, you know how we work. I really needed you the last two weeks." Hendrix said.
Yami got the feeling that he was about to get fired.
"Mr. Hendrix."
All three men looked to see Yugi limping into the room with the use of the cane.
"I'm afraid that I'm the reason that Yami had to miss work the last few weeks." Yugi said.
Hendrix frowned. "What do you mean? And who are you?" Hendrix asked.
"Mr. Hendrix, my name is Yugi Mutou. Yami, Atemu, and I went to high school together. I was in a serious accident a few weeks ago, and I needed a lot of help. Atemu and Yami were kind enough to come and help me out. Since I'm not going to recover for a few months, they suggested that I come and stay with them. Yami just came to help me out." Yugi said.
"Oh. I see. That's understandable. I would have understood if you just told me." Hendrix said.
"Well, it was a last minute deal. We didn't know what condition Yugi was in when we got the call. I just wanted to make sure that he was all right." Yami said.
"Well, I can let it slide this time. Just be at work at six in the morning. We have a lot that we need to do." Hendrix said.
"Yes, Mr. Hendrix." Yami said. He walked Hendrix to the door and shut the door behind him. Yami leaned against it and let out a sigh of relief. "That was close. I thought that I was about to lose my job." Yami said.
"Yugi, that was a good lie." Atemu said.
"Well, I didn't exactly lie. You were gone because of me, and I was in an "accident" when I got injured. You two did ask me to come and live with you. I just bended the truth a little." Yugi said.
Yami and Atemu just looked at Yugi.
"Okay. I lied through my teeth. Being an assassin, well, a former assassin, it's something that I mastered rather quickly. I can come up with lies on the spot if necessary. Of course, that won't be as necessary now." Yugi said.
"Well, I'm glad. It saved my job." Yami said.
"Yeah, but you'll be busy for a while with all the arrests that have been made." Atemu said.
Yami shrugged. "Just a part of my job." Yami said.
"Well, weren't you two going to go grocery shopping?" Yugi asked.
"Yeah. We'll be back in a while. Is there anything special that you want?" Atemu asked.
"No. Go on." Yugi said.
Yami and Atemu left the house, and Yugi went back into the living room to sit back down. He flipped on the TV and started flipping through the channels, trying to find something to watch.
That night, everyone met at the Kaiba mansion for dinner.
"I figured that dinner would be the best way to celebrate our first night back home." Seto said.
Seth rolled his eyes. "I thought of that, Seto." Seth said.
"It doesn't matter. It was a great idea." Amara said.
The group was in the middle of eating.
"Sounds like you'll be busy, Yami. I heard that there were a lot of arrests made on the members of the Gate." Bakura said.
"Yeah. I know that I'm going to be swamped for a while." Yami said.
"Would you rather that they be out on the streets?" Ryou asked before he sipped his wine.
"No. I would rather put them behind bars." Yami said.
"It'll put the taxpayers' money to good use for a change." Atemu said.
"True." Mariku agreed.
"What is going to happen to Industrial Illusions now that Pegasus is dead?" Aknankanon asked.
"That's up to all the shareholders, actually. Since al of Pegasus's activates were on the disk sent to the police, I would imagine that that would become public knowledge pretty soon." Seto said.
"Once all the shareholders in Industrial Illusions find out about his illegal activates, they'll most likely pull out. My guess is that Industrial Illusions will be going under very soon." Atemu said.
"Well, it was Pegasus's own fault." Akefia said.
"Well, I would say that it's poetic justice." Yugi said.
"How do you figure that, Heba?" Joey asked.
"Joey, you're going to have to get used to calling me Yugi." Yugi reminded him.
"Oh, Right. I forgot." Joey said,
"Well, I consider it poetic justice because Pegasus was killing all of these innocent people to make his company the only gaming company in Japan. I just think that if Industrial Illusions goes under, it will have mean that Pegasus really lost at everything. After all, that company was his life. I just think that it would be perfect justice if the company went under." Yugi said.
"He makes a good point." Marik said.
"Not to mention a valid one." Aknankanon agreed.
"Well, we'll have to wait and see what happens with this." Amara said.
After everyone finished eating dinner, the entire group talked for a while before they all headed to their own homes.
Yugi, Aknankanon, and Amara were all watching the news the next morning.
The female news anchor was talking about Pegasus. "Police have confirmed that through a disk that was sent to them anonymously that every member of the assassin organization known as the Gate have been arrested and are awaited fro prosecution for numerous murders along with other criminal charges. In a related story, this same disk have brought to light that Maxamillion Pegasus, the billionaire who recently died when his private island exploded, was involved in the deaths of many businessmen. Although Mr. Pegasus did not kill the people himself, he hired the Gate to kill them." the news anchor said.
"Well, it was bound to come out." Yugi said.
"I think that the public deserves to know what that monster did." Amara said.
"Yes. And stock prices for Industrial Illusions are already dropping." Aknankanon said.
"I think that Atemu was right about the stockholders pulling out." Yugi added.
"They don't want to be associated with Pegasus anymore because of what everyone knows he did." Aknankanon said.
"As I said, poetic justice." Yugi said.
~One Month Later~
"Are you sure that this is the last of it?" Yami asked as he carried a box into Amara and Aknankanon new house.
"Yes, Yami. That is the last of it." Amara assured him.
"This is a nice little place." Yugi said. Although Yugi was still limping, he didn't have to use the cane anymore to get around.
"There are only two people living in this house, so we didn't need anything big and fancy." Aknankanon said.
"We really appreciate you boys helping us get moved." Amara said.
"It's not problem. We were glad to do it." Atemu assured them.
"I thought that you would have still been busy, Yami." Amara said.
"We are still swamped with cases, but it's not quite as bad. Today was just my regular day off, anyway." Yami said.
"Well, we do appreciate you three taking the time to help us." Aknankanon said.
"We were just glad to do it." Yami said.
Yami, Atemu, and Yugi had all gone back to their house after helping Yami's parents.
"Well, as much as I love my parents and as much I'm glad to have them back, I am glad that they're out of this house." Yami said.
"Anyone would understand that, Yami." Atemu said.
"I think that your parents wanted out as much we wanted them out." Atemu said.
"Well, I don't think that they want to hear you two." Yugi said.
"We haven't done anything." Yami protested.
"I know, but I think that anyone could tell that you two are getting sexually frustrated." Yugi said.
Atemu gulped. "Was it that obvious?" Atemu asked.
"Afraid so." Yugi said.
"Well, I didn't like the idea of my parents hearing us." Yami said.
"Neither did I. Besides, we really don't want to do anything until you are able to." Atemu added.
Yugi shrugged. "It doesn't matter to me." Yugi said.
"Well, that's how we want it." Atemu said.
"If you say do." Yugi replied.
"Any clue when that will be?" Yami asked.
"No, I don't, and please don't bother asking me again. I need to recover from these injuries first." Yugi said.
"We can understand that." Atemu said.
Yugi smirked. "Doesn't mean that we can't pleasure each other in other ways." Yugi said.
The two caught onto Yugi's train of thought.
"Never thought that you could be so naughty." Atemu said.
"Atemu, I can be just as bad as either one of you can." Yugi replied.
"That might not be such a good thing." Yami said.
"Oh, come on. I may look cute and innocent, but I'm far from it." Yugi said.
"Yes. We know that from experience." Atemu said.
"Good. Now, stop acting like it." Yugi said.
"But you're so cute, we just can't help it." Yami said before he grabbed Yugi and pulled him into a heated kiss.
Yugi soon melted into the kiss and opened his mouth, letting Yami in his mouth.
Atemu watched the two with heated interest. The sight of his lovers kissing each other was arousing.
When Yami finally broke the kiss, he said, "Though I will admit that you're very far from innocent."
"Very." Atemu said before kissing as well.
"You two are too much." Yugi said as he tried to catch his breath.
Atemu and Yami both smirked.
"Just wait until we can get you into the bedroom again." Yami said.
~Two Months Later~
Yugi was wandering around town since Yami and Atemu were both at work. He didn't have much to do at the moment.
"Hey, Yugi!"
Yugi turned to see that Joey, Ryou, and Malik were running up to him.
"What are you guys doing here?" Yugi asked.
"We were just out enjoying life. What about you?" Ryou asked.
"I was going out of my mind being alone in the house. I'm thinking of putting in for a job." Yugi said.
"Where?" Joey asked.
"Well, I thought about Domino University. I can teach Egyptology there." Yugi said.
"I think that would be a great idea." Malik said.
"Yeah. I'll be working for a computer software company starting next Monday. I couldn't handle sitting around doing nothing." Ryou said.
"I'm just going to be working at a small sports store." Joey said.
"I'll be joining the police academy." Malik said.
"Sounds like we're all planning to get jobs." Yugi said.
"Yeah. It's not like our lovers can stop us. After all, they are working all the time, too." Malik said.
"I don't think that they would try to." Yugi said.
Yami and Atemu arrived at home at the same time that night.
"Hey, Yami. How was your day?" Atemu asked.
"Tiring. Yours?" Yami asked.
"The same. Come on. Let's go inside." Atemu said.
The two walked into the house only to find that the house was dark.
"That's odd. I wonder where Yugi is." Atemu murmured.
"Um, Atemu." Yami said, looking at a note.
"What?" Atemu asked, reading over Yami's shoulder.
Yami and Atemu,
If you're wondering, I'm on the back porch. Come and meet me.
Yugi
The two looked at each other.
"Might as well." Atemu said.
The two set their briefcases on the side table and walked out on the back porch.
Their jaws dropped.
The table had dinner set out on it with candles on the table along with a bottle of wine. It was a romantic dinner.
"Do you like it?"
The two turned to find their smaller lover behind them.
"Yugi, what is this?" Yami asked.
"Well, I decided that you two deserved a little time for romance since we haven't had that much chance in a while." Yugi said.
"Yugi, you have certainly surprised us. I didn't think that you would have done something like this." Atemu said.
"Well, I decided that you both deserved it. You've been working really hard recently, and you haven't had that much time to yourselves." Yugi said.
Atemu and Yami decided not to question it, and they sat down with Yugi to enjoy the dinner.
"Yugi, did you cook this?" Yami asked.
"Yes. I did." Yugi said.
"This is excellent." Atemu said.
"Well, I'm glad that you both think so." Yugi said.
The three started to eat their dinner.
"Yugi, have you heard anything about that job at Domino University?" Yami asked.
"Yes. I got the job. I'll be getting everything I need, and I'll start teaching at the next semester." Yugi replied.
"That's great!" Atemu said.
"Yeah. We're glad that you got the job." Yami agreed.
"Thanks." Yugi said.
After eating, Yami and Atemu said that they would do the dishes.
"That can wait." Yugi said.
"Why?" Atemu asked.
"Well, I thought that you would want dessert first." Yugi said,
"What's for dessert?" Yami asked.
Yugi smirked and said, "Me."
"You?!" Atemu and Yami exclaimed.
"Yes. And just so you know, there's chocolate, whipped cream, and strawberries in the room." Yugi said before he dashed upstairs.
Yami and Atemu looked at each other before they dashed upstairs after Yugi.
The hell with the dishes. They were having dessert.
Hope you liked it. I didn't really want to do a lemon here, so I'll leave what happened in the bedroom to your imagination.
Next: A time skip. There's probably only two chapters left.
R&R.