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Shōnen-Ai High School

Chapter 22

Yugi didn't know where he was going.

He was just following her again, like he had done so many times already.

This wasn't the first time Satori Kerii appeared out of thin air and asked him to follow her… wherever she went, for there were some times in which she'd vanish as mysteriously as she had suddenly materialized.

He really didn't know where he was going. In occasions he'd know where she was leading him, but this was not one of those. Hell, he wasn't even sure if he had control over his body anymore.

Why was it so dark? Where was Kerii taking him to?

"YUGI!" Before he knew it, a pair of arms turned him around and he fell onto his knees. "Yugi, wake up! Please wake up!" Who was calling him? Was that Yami? The boy couldn't make out the face of the one that had just stopped him. "Please, Yugi," whoever it was, he pulled the boy closer. "Please come back… come back to me, Yugi," he pleaded.

Then Yugi recognized that voice.

"Y- Yami?" Yami pulled him slightly apart. "S- She brought me here," he said, but Yami seemed to be confused. "Kerii came to me today… she asked me to follow her here… and then she was gone…" Yugi tried to explain to his older look-a-like, saying things like "I've seen her before" in order to make Yami understand. On the contrary, the crimson-eyed seemed to get angrier by each word he spoke.

And in an instant, he slapped him. The boy fell back to the floor while Yami stood up and talked, his voice shaking with anger.

I look at you, looking at me
Feels like a feeling meant to be

"Don't you understand it?! She's been gone for a month, Yugi! She died, she's never coming back!" Yes, he knew it perfectly well, but still his mind couldn't yet accept it and so played tricks on him. Suddenly his mouth fell open.

Had Yami called him by his name? He'd never called him by his name before; not that he was aware of it, at least. Yami had kept calling him 'kid' for a long time…

"I- I'm sorry," apologized the crimson-eyed, kneeling down and softly placing one of his hands on the cheek he'd slapped, which was still red. The boy couldn't stop the tears from running freely down his skin. He closed his eyes and leaned his face against Yami's hand as if his neck would simply break. He felt so, so hurt—Yami carried him on his arms, holding him so tightly…

And as your body moves with mine
Feels like I'm lifted out of

They were soon back in the room, and the older teenager carefully put Yugi on his bed and went to a small room considered as the kitchen, where he liked to put all sorts of stuff to make drinks and more.

Time and time again
Patiently I've waited
For this moment to arrive

Yugi stared at him when he came back with a cup on his hands, giving it to the younger. The boy took it on his own hands and took a sip. It tasted like melted honey… and maybe some water to make it easier to drink. He noticed that Yami had placed a blanket around his shoulders only when he finished half of the tea.

"I'm sure it'll make you feel better," he said, to which the amethyst-eyed only nodded. Was this really happening? Was Yami really taking care of him as if his life depended on it? Wasn't this just another trick from his mind?

After tonight, will you remember
How sweet and tenderly
You reached for me and pulled me closer?

After you go
Will you return to love me?
After tonight begins to fade

A wet towel was then rubbing softly his reddened cheek. It was changing back to its normal color, but Yugi still felt the slap as if he'd just received it.

I feel your touch caressing me
This feeling's all I'll ever need

Without realizing what was happening, Yami had given his cheek a butterfly kiss, but Yugi didn't react to this. It couldn't be happening, right? This was all an illusion… But then the crimson-eyed took his face with both hands and kissed his forehead. None of them did anything for a while, and the silence was interrupted when Yami again brought Yugi closer, hugging him tightly.

"Stay with me," he said, delivering another kiss to his now-about-healed cheek. "Don't leave." Was Yami crying? Yugi could almost hear the sobs in his voice. The older look-a-like gave a kiss to his other cheek, kissed his forehead again, then his hair, then the bridge of his nose…

With every kiss
From your sweet lips
It's like I'm drifting out of

No, there was no way this could be real. Yami would never do something like what he was doing right now. The boy felt like the pain came back with every time those lips touched his skin—but he wanted more. It wasn't like the pain from the slap, it was a different kind of pain; one that at the same time comforted him—something unbelievable.

Time alone will tell
If you feel the way I feel
When I look in your eyes

He tried to look up to comfort Yami like he was comforting him, but he felt the crimson-eyed's gaze on him, and he was rather afraid of looking straight into his eyes at the moment.

After tonight will you remember
How sweet and tenderly
You reached for me and pulled me closer?

After you go
Will you return to love me?
After the night becomes the day

Yugi utterly saddened when he saw tears falling down Yami's face. Why was he crying? What made his heart ache so much as to let out so many painful tears? He closed his eyes again, hoping that only that would make the older's suffering vanish.

His face was suddenly lifted up, and without any warning, Yami's mouth was soon brought down onto his. It was nothing like those kisses they'd exchanged the first time they kissed, only some months before. This small kiss—it made all of Yugi's fears, all of his pain, fade away…

Time and time and time again
So patiently I've waited
For this moment to arrive

This was all he needed. It was no illusion… this was real. So long he had waited for this moment; this precious moment he wished could last forever.

After tonight will you remember
How sweet and tenderly
You reached for me and pulled me closer?

After you go
Baby, will you return to love me?
After the night becomes the day
After tonight begins to fade

Yami said something that Yugi couldn't decipher before kissing him again. Only when he broke away from him did the boy decide to stop staying still. He brought his hands up so they rested on Yami's shoulders and he leant his head against his chest. He felt so safe with the crimson-eyed holding him so protectively, like he was never gonna let go of him… and Yugi dearly hoped so. He only thought about staying with Yami forever.

How he wished the night would never end.

And how he prayed that Yami would not forget this night, either! His heart would break if everything went back to the way it had been, and how he'd be left brokenhearted if Yami forgot how he'd treated him, as precious as if he, also, had been waiting for that moment… as with much longing as Yugi had.

After tonight
Begins
To fade…

(A/N: This really made me wanna cry! -sniff- I feel so sad for poor Yugi-kuun!!! T//T Oh, and btw, the song is After Tonight by Mariah Carey. I listened to it some months ago and said "this must be on my fanfic!!" It fits perfectly, doesn't it? X3

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