The song ended, the dancing arrows on the large screen stopped appearing and a loud happy voice announced the winner of the dancing battle; player one has the moves!, it said and a big shiny 'S' showed on a side of the screen, the perfect score.

Yugi stood in the same place panting and resting his hands on his knees, Yami kept watching him fascinated and totally lost in his thoughts.

"Did you like it?"

"huh?" the question caught Yami off guard, Yugi could almost catch a glimpse of how Yami was looking at him; blushed and with shiny eyes.

The smaller duelist laughed tenderly after seeing how his partner hadn´t been able to step on the arrows correctly not even once.

"Did you like the game?" asked he again with a big smile and closing his eyes, he seemed to be quite tired.

Yami briefly turned to the other side to avoid looking at his aibou in the eyes.

"Uh…no, this is not my kind of game"

"I know" he answered with a resigned smile "I´d have liked to see you dancing…or at least trying to haha"

"Yeah very funny aibou"

"Haha you must have looked adorable"

The ancient spirit slightly blushed again and felt the need to change the subject.

"B-b-by…by the way aibou, where did you learn to play this game like that? I don´t remember seeing you near this thing"

"Oh…I just have a console version" Yami looked at him confused "You know, like a home edition with a small mat, this is actually the first time I step on this"

"Why? Looks like you do like this thing"

"Well…" he rolled his big amethyst eyes "It´s usually crowded by popular girls and their boyfriends…"

Yami looked at him with questioning eyes, he knew there was more to that story.

"And…once…I tried to play, I waited for my turn and all…but some guys pushed me out of here"

"They did what?"

"It´s not a big deal, I inserted my coin and they pushed me, I tripped and almost fell, some girls laughed at me and…" he saw how Yami was getting angrier and angrier "I guess I was scared of returning here and just forgot about it"

"Who are those guys? I will mind cru-"

"It´s okay mou hitori no boku" interrupted he laughing and trying to calm his other self.

"But I can´t let anyone hurt you aibou!"

"I know I know…" reassured Yugi putting his hands on Yami´s arms, a small sweat drop rolled down the back of his head "It happened way before I knew you and…"

But Yami wasn´t paying attention anymore, Yugi was touching him again, he knew that was his cue.

"…And I don´t even remember them so it woul-"

"Yugi I must tell you something" interrupted he

"Uhm…" Yugi became nervous and avoided Yami´s sight "What is it mou hitori no boku?"

"You´re the most imp-"

BRRRRL

Perhaps the mind of the ancient spirit had forgotten about his new need of food but his stomach definitely hadn´t

"Yami you´re hungry! That´s right, I forgot we didn´t even have breakfast, haha we left home rather suddenly didn´t we?"

Yami crossed his arms over his stomach feeling like it had betrayed him, he blushed again but in a different way.

"Yeah…"

"Now that you mention it I´m also hungry…and I know the perfect place! c´mon mou hitori no boku we don´t have all the time of the world!" exclaimed he, excited again and grabbing his partner by the hand.

…

…

…

Burger world, although a bit childish it was Yugi´s favorite place to eat, according to him they served the best burgers in the city and that was an experience Yami just couldn´t avoid.

"I´m not that hungry aibou…" commented Yami seeing the size of his hamburger

"Nonsense! You´ll never have this chance again, you must taste it!"

Yami took off the top bread of his meal to discover its insights; a lot of meat with something that seemed to be cheese, a bunch of vegetables and more things Yugi had ordered for him.

"I´m ok with that" said Yami still looking hesitantly at his lunch "Because I think this will kill me"

Yugi burst out laughing so hard he almost spat his soda.

"I´m serious, I can´t even eat this"

"Haha of course you can, watch!" The smaller duelist took a big bite of his hamburger while Yami watched him with worry in his eyes.

"How can someone so small eat something this big?"

"Oh shut up Yami I´m not small"

"Yes you are" teased Yami smiling

"Whatever, I beat you at the arcade"

The smile on Yami´s face faded, he began eating his burger.

"Yay! I finally won at something against you"

"Just because it was the first time I played it"

"Don´t be a sore loser mou hitori no boku"

"I´m not" answered Yami pouting "and what is this other thing anyways?" asked he suddenly trying to change the subject, pointing at a plastic cup.

"A milkshake, taste it you´ll like it"

Yami drank some of that weird looking beverage hesitantly.

"How is it?" asked his partner almost finishing his meal.

"I…actually like it"

"Seriously?"

"Yeah…" he took one more drink just to be sure about the initial taste and his expression changed to a happier one "I like it"

"Good, just don´t smash it against the floor"

"Huh?"

"Nothing" answered he with a mischievous smile.

They spent lunch time talking and joking, Yami ended up liking that weird modern food, although he confessed he wouldn´t eat it more than once a month.

"I love this!" said Yugi finishing Yami´s hamburger, he hadn´t been able to eat the whole thing.

"clearly"

Both of them laughed.

"Yugi I can barely move but I want to talk to you about something" started he more relaxed and in a good mood.

"Do you want more milkshake?" asked he, innocently.

"Haha perhaps, but…you see I´ll go straight to the point" his tone of voice changed to a serious one "Since the Orichalcos incident…I´ve felt that your attitude towards me has changed somewhat, I know the whole mess was all my fault…"

He took a pause, Yugi kept listening with attention.

"It´s just that I…I´ve felt how you close our mind link and don´t let me hear your thoughts, we don´t talk at nights anymore, you´ve even forgotten the puzzle in your room"

The expression on Yugi´s face changed a little, he rolled his eyes like a student who was being scolded.

"I´m not blaming you or anything, I´m not mad …I…just want you to forgive me, I want things to be like before that happened"

Yugi took one last drink of his milkshake, breathed deeply, messed his hair a little and began talking.

"You don´t need to apolog-"

"But I have to!" interrupted he abruptly surprising his partner who looked at him with his big astonished eyes.

"n-n-no really…you don´t need to apologize…you did that because…you had to"

"Because I was an idiot, and put your life at stake!" said the ancient spirit looking at the floor, remembering the moment the seal took Yugi´s soul, he truly regretted that.

"I offered my soul because I wanted to Yami, I know you want to protect me…from everything"

"Of course! And I´ll always prot-"

"But the thing is…that you won´t be here for me all the time"

The spirit remained silent, his aibou was sadly right.

"You´ve given me so much…thanks to you I´m now strong enough to protect myself"

"B-b-but…don´t you want me to take care of you anymore?" asked he a bit sad and afraid.

"Don´t take it like that mou hitori no boku…I want you to take care of me, just like I want to take care of you"

Yami didn´t say anything, he was thinking about how fast the time had passed, when he first met Yugi he was a weak shy boy who was afraid of talking to other people, but now, he was a strong young man who understood things even better than him.

"And I wouldn´t have it other way" said Yami placing a hand over Yugi´s fingers.

"I´m not going to lie Yami, at first I was angry at you, I thought you only cared about me because I was …just, well…you know…your host"

"No aibou I woul-"

"Let me finish, when I was just surrounded by darkness I thought about a lot of things and understood that…all that happened helped us to achieve a greater goal and that you carry a heavy duty on your back."

"I still regret what happened to you because of me"

"It doesn´t matter anymore, we´re here, safe and having a good time, aren´t we?" said he with a big smile, he really meant those words.

"Thank you aibou, I don´t deserve your forgiveness"

"Besides, everyone told me how hard it was for you to get over it"

"You have no idea….I just wanted to save you"

"It´s okay…I´m glad we finally could talk about this"

Another tender smile lighted his innocent face, the late noon sunrays made it look more beautiful and Yami understood that it was getting late, he didn´t have much time, if he really wanted to be in peace he had to speak.

He took a very deep breath, his heart began beating quickly, his hands were shaking and his mind was trying to stop him but his mouth fought against all the odds.

"Yugi I want to be with you"

"Me too always…"

"No, I really want to be with you, I need you, when you smile I feel relieved, when we talk I can be myself without worrying about my memories or the fate of the world… you just…make me happy, I was supposed to be the one to protect you but…"

Yami took Yugi´s hands tightly and looked him in the eyes, the smaller duelist was starting to shake and look nervous but the spirit just couldn´t stop.

"but…in the end…it is you who protects me and gives me strength" he closed his eyes and held the hands of his aibou even tighter "I love you Yugi"

When he opened his eyes he saw an image he never imagined his confession would cause; Yugi was crying and looking at him afraid, his hands were shaking.

"…Aibou?"

He didn´t answer, just looked down and his hair covered his face, a couple of seconds passed and he abruptly released his hands from Yami´s hold and ran out of the place so quickly the spirit couldn´t react.

To be continued…

a/n:

another cliffhanger yay, I love you all and thank you for your reviews, I´ll try to update soon very soon at least once a week.

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