(A/N: Yay! The second half of chapter 18 ISH FINALLY HERE!! I should've had it a while ago... damn it. Sumimasen! T-T But here it is! n.n

I think this has been like the most difficult chapter I've ever done for this fanfic -or at least one of the hardest ones- I had a lot of stuff going on in my mind and Kerii takes an important role in this chapter. For those ones that don't like her, she'll be gone in two or three chapters, I think.

I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!, just my OCs and the plot. Enjoy! :D)

Shōnen-Ai High School

Chapter 18 (Part 2)

A very familiar blue head stood in the door, mouth wide open, looking at the two look-a-likes pressed together against the wall. Both of them turned to her and the blush on Yugi's cheeks increased.

"A- Ano… Y- Yugi-kun? Etto—I'm… gonna steal Yami-kun for a while, n- ne?" said Kerii, quickly moving and grabbing one of her cousin's arms, dragging him outside the room.

Yugi just stayed in his place, face flushed, lips swollen, and mind confused.

Atemu Yami had just kissed him! And he had kissed him back!

The urge he'd had… the feeling, the need of it…

Yugi still couldn't believe how much he'd liked that kiss.

He even wanted Yami to kiss him again.

-

BAM!

"Just what were you thinking?!" yelled Kerii as she crushed her cousin against the wall.

"What are you talking about?" he replied casually.

"Oh, my Ra! Do you realize this?! You guys were practically making out! Oh, God! What if somebody else had entered?! Not that I have anything against it, it was an awesome show, but do you have any idea of what you were doing?!"

Yami raised an eyebrow at her.

"Why are you making such a fuss over this?" he asked.

"Because just half an hour ago, you told me that you didn't feel anything for Yugi-kun, and when I come back, I see you two kissing?!"

"In the first place, my dear cousin, I never said a thing about not feeling anything for the kid." Kerii's eyes widened in response.

"I remember very well that when I said 'you two really look kawaii together' you almost wanted to kill me," she replied.

"That doesn't mean I was telling you 'I don't have feelings for him'."

"Are you saying that you do have feelings for him?"

"I never said that, either."

"Yami, you were kissing him. Don't freaking tell me that you don't at least like him."

"I do like him."

"Cous' cous', I think it's a lot more than just liking him."

"Oh, please—"

"I mean it! If I hadn't interrupted you, I bet you would've—!"

"ENOUGH!" The blue-haired winced at her relative's tone of voice. "Wakarimashita, you don't need to say anything else!" He sighed in desperation and brought a hand up to his eyes.

"Yami-kun," Kerii placed a hand on his shoulder. "You're my cousin, the only family left I have, technically; and Yugi-kun is my very best friend. I don't want any of you to get hurt at the end… onegai." She pleaded him with her eyes. "I'm gonna talk with Yugi-kun right now; demo… think about it, ne?" As she said this, the girl let out a sigh and walked away to the room where her best friend was still waiting. "I'm really glad for you, though." She smiled before finally vanishing from his sight.

Yami moved his hand down to his mouth, feeling the soft touch of Yugi's lips on his own. He had really liked kissing the boy…

And he wanted to do it again.

-

Yugi was afraid. He didn't want to see the crimson-eyed just yet. What would he say? 'I liked when you kissed me, could you do it again?' Iie, definitely not. How would he react? What would Yami say to him? That it had been a mistake? That it was better if they didn't get along anymore?

"Yugi-kun?" The voice of a certain female interrupted his thinking. "May I have a moment with you?"

"Eh? H- Hai, Kerii-chan," he said softly, sitting down on the chair. The girl sat on the place next to his. "Look, if it is about what you saw…"

"Yugi—" she interrupted him. "Listen, I really have no intentions to say bad stuff about what I saw. I have deeply nothing against it, and you know it," she said with a smile.

"Demo?" Kerii sighed slightly.

"I don't know what might've happened to Yami that made him change. When I moved in with him… damn, you should've seen how he was acting. I knew something had happened, but I didn't ask him. If he wanted me to tell me, I would be there for him, though," she told Yugi. "He's always had the amazing ability to sketch whatever the hell he wants, and for the time I lived with him, he did not once touch his notebook. When I saw him drawing again…"

"You were happy," Yugi completed.

"I was—I am—extremely happy, more than I could ever show." The blue-haired smiled wider. "Then I realized that you'd somehow had something to do with his sudden change. I'm very grateful with you, Yugi. And if you feel something for him, that's even more wonderful!" She stopped briefly. The boy waited until she kept talking. "I'm just asking you to be there for him, to stay with him."

"I will, Kerii-chan," assured the boy.

"Yugi, I'm pretty sure that my cousin does feel something for you. He just needs to make up his mind," she said, her smile fading a bit. "You only have to be patient." The boy nodded at her. "Please, just don't leave him. Promise me that you'll always stay here for him. Will you make me that promise?" asked the girl, holding up her pinky finger. Yugi looked at it and smiled.

"I promise it," he said, intertwining his pinky with hers.

"Arigatou, Yugi-kun," finished the blue-haired, standing up to hug the boy, who returned it while smiling widely. Neither of them knew, of course, that Yami was right outside the room, having heard everything the other two had said. A tear slid down his cheek as he smiled to himself.

"Arigatou, Joshua."

(A/N: Aww!! Wasn't that kawaii? n///n

OMG! This is my last update of the year! Holy CRAP! Tomorrow's the last day of 2008! BANZAI!! ("Banzai"="Hurray" or something like that) It's been a very good year! I do hope I have the next chapter for Codename for tomorrow, but if not, oh well! Review, minna-san, onegai! :P)