I know, I know. Me—sucking. Well, I got a bad writer's block for this story and kind of sort of gave up. Heh. Thank Neptune's Heart for giving me a good enough idea for me to start this story up again.

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Footsteps.

They were slow and barely audible, but his large rabbit ears were more than enough to hear them stomping his way. Yuck quickly dashed into a conveniently placed closet and watched as silently as possible as Herman came into view. He was dragging an unconscious Carl behind him.

Herman was intent on just passing by the closet, paying it no mind, but was forced to stop in his tracks. Yuck gulped, even though there was no doubt in his mind that he could handle the accented ant. Herman's 'nose' crinkled in disgust.

"What in the world is that awful smell?" he gagged. Yuck mentally hit himself and fought the urge to yell 'it isn't that bad!".

Herman sniffed the air some more. His eyes locked on the closet. Yuck took a step back for fear of being seen through the slits in the door. Herman's hand paused on the doorknob.

"Urrg…" He spun around quickly and glared at his slightly stirring brother.

"Oh, shut up Carl. I barely tapped you," he growled before picking up his brother and walking off past the closet again, smell completely forgotten.

Yuck waited an extra few minutes before finally, cautiously, stepping out of the closet. He looked both ways before moving down the hall Herman came from. He shrugged and figured that was the best chance of a place he could find Yin. Maybe Yang, but definitely hopefully Yin.

"Herman get back here!!"

Yuck's eyes widened and a smile spread across his face at the recognized voice. He jolted forward to the nearest barred door and stood on his tip-toes to peer inside. Sure enough, inside sat a furious Yin tied to a chair, struggling to get free. Man, she looked pretty when she was angry. Back on flat feet, he tested the door. It was laced with a thin layer of weak magic.

Carl must've done this, Yuck scoffed to himself, His magic sucks.

Yuck rubbed his hands together, then stood back and blasted a fire-filled WooFoo magic at the door. It blew inside and slid to a stop at Yin's feet. She looked up in surprise to see a smirking Yuck walking casually up to her.

The frame of the door was still smoking, and the lava was giving an odd glow to the room. Yin's heart beat faster as she waited silently for Yuck to walk up to her.

He couldn't have looked any hotter.

She snapped out of it once her feet hit the ground after being untied. Yin took a step forward to gain better balance away from the chair, but ended up stepping on the still-hot steal door.

Yin yelped in surprise and jumped back. Since the chair was still there, if she fell back, she would've slammed her head on it. She waved her arms, but lost her balance anyway. As she was falling backwards, just before she hit the chair, she shut her eyes and…nothing.

Slowly, Yin opened her eyes and realized she was staring back up into orange ones. Yuck was looking her over with a worried expression. "Are you alright, Yin?" he asked.

Yin nodded. "Yes, I'm fine."

Yuck smiled and stared at her for another moment before coughing and standing her carefully back onto her feet away from the door. "You should, uh, be more careful. …Not that I care about your stupid health," he grumbled and turned around. "Come on, let's—"

"Yuck." Yin said softly.

Yuck looked over his shoulder. "Wha—" Was all he got out before he was spun all the way around, Yin's lips pressed against his own, with her hands holding his face in place.

It felt more right than she though it would. Yin had been so unsure all those other times. But this—this was perfect. This was right and she knew it. She had wanted this for far longer than she realized. And now she had it.

Her lips are soft… Yuck thought as he pressed into the kiss. His mind was a dull blank. His heart was pulsing, in sync with Yin's; and it seemed like they were the only ones in the universe right now.

He finally had what he wanted for so long.

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So sorry for the really short chapter. I could've added more, but I wanted this to end it instead. The next chapters (yes, I shall keep going this time, haha) will be longer.