I'm back from vacation, so I'll be updating again now.

I was able to use my uncle's computer (that's who I stayed with on vacation) to log on and read and review the stories I read.

I know I said that this chapter would be blindshipping, but that'll come later. This is more of a filler chapter for the next couple of chapters.

Enjoy!


Chapter 35- Talks

Yugi woke up the following morning, feeling rather sore. He sat up and immediately regretted it as a sharp pain made its way up his back, drawing a groan from Yugi.

Yami, although still half asleep, heard Yugi and immediately opened his eyes. He saw Yugi wincing in pain and sat up. "Yugi, are you all right?" Yami asked his boyfriend.

"Yeah. I'm okay. I'm just really sore." Yugi answered.

"Sorry, Little One. I didn't want that to happen." Yami apologized.

Yugi smiled at Yami. "It's nothing that can be helped. I think that a nice, hot bath could do wonders for me, though." Yugi said.

"You think that I can join you?" Yami asked.

"Well, since the bathroom is connected to my room only, I suppose that you can as long as you promise not to try anything with me." Yugi said.

"I won't try anything." Yami said.

"All right. Just know that if you do, no sex for a month." Yugi said.

Yami nodded quickly. "I'll go and get the water ready. You stay in here and relax." Yami said.

"Okay, Yami." Yugi agreed.

Yami got out of the bed and headed into the bathroom.

Yugi smirked. 'Yami has a nice ass.' Yugi thought. He lay there and thought about how wonderful the night before had been with Yami. He knew that it wouldn't be long before he ended up making love with Yami again.

A kiss surprised Yugi and brought him out of his thought.

Yami broke the gentle kiss.

"I thought you weren't trying anything." Yugi said.

Yami rolled his eyes. "You said in the bath, not the bed. Besides, I called your name like five times, and you never answered, so I thought that kissing you might bring you out of your thoughts." Yami answered,

"Oh." Yugi answered, blushing.

Yami then picked Yugi up bridal style.

"Yami! What are you doing?!" Yugi exclaimed.

"Well, your back is sore, so I thought that I would stop you from having to walk so much." Yami answered as he walked into the bathroom.

"It's not like you broke me, Yami." Yugi said.

"Well, better to be safe than sorry." Yami answered.

"Yeah. I guess so." Yugi agreed.

Yami put Yugi down into the water before he joined him.

"Hmm. This is nice." Yugi said, closing his eyes.

"Can I take it that you like this then?" Yami asked.

"Yes, I do." Yugi replied.

"Good. I was hoping that it would help relieve some of the pain." Yami said.

"It will." Yugi said.

Yami smiled and kissed the top of Yugi's head. "Glad to hear it." Yami said.


"Where the hell are those two?! I'm hungry and want to eat!" Bakura growled.

"Kura! Stop that! Yami and Yugi will get up when they want to get up." Ryou said sharply.

"They're usually the first ones up. I wonder why they're sleeping so late." Atemu murmured.

"Well, I know that I heard bathwater running upstairs, so at least one of them is up." Malik said.

"Good. The other one needs to get their ass up then." Marik grumbled.

Seto sighed. "Why don't we just go ahead and get breakfast ready, and then when those two come down, they can heat it up." Seto said.

"Hey! That's a great idea!" Bakura agreed.

"Then I guess I'm the one doing the cooking." Ryou said.

"What are we having?' Jou asked.

"I don't know. What do you guys want?' Ryou asked.

"Waffles." Jou said.

"Pancakes." Bakura said.

"Omelets." Marik said.

"Oatmeal." Malik said.

"Um, okay." Ryou said.

"We need to pick something and agree on it." Seto snapped.

"That, or everyone fixes their own." Atemu added.

"Well, we could always go out for breakfast, and then everyone could get what they want." Heba suggested.

"Yeah, and what about the lazy asses upstairs?" Bakura asked.

"I heard that Bakura!"

The others looked to see that Yami and Yugi were headed down the stairs.

"About time you got up!" Bakura barked.

"Like you don't sleep late from time to time!" Yami snapped.

"What were you all arguing about?" Yugi asked.

"What to ear for-Yugi, why are you limping?" Heba asked, noticing his brother couldn't walk straight.

"Well, um-" Yugi trailed off, not sure what to say,

Bakura burst out laughing. "What do you know. These two had sex last night." Bakura said.

"Shut up, Bakura!" Yami growled, ready to kill him.

"Well, it looks like you are the only ones in this house not having sex." Marik said, looking at Atemu and Heba.

"All of you are!" Yami exclaimed.

Bakura and Marik nodded smugly while Ryou, Malik, and Jou blushed.

"Since when?" Atemu asked.

"Oh. A few weeks of dating. We couldn't wait." Bakura said.

Ryou buried his hands in his face, embarrassed.

"What's surprising is Malik made the first move." Marik added.

"MARIK!" Malik shouted.

Seto rolled his eyes. "Please. It's a part of life. Not everyone is as sex-crazed as you two." Seto snapped.

"Oh. And when, pray tell, did you and Jou start having sex?" Bakura asked.

"If you must know, only a week before we all moved in here." Seto answered.

"Wow. That wasn't long ago." Bakura said.

"Okay! Can we get off the topic of sex and back to the original topic?" Atemu asked, wanting to get the focus off of their sex lives. He could see that Yugi and Heba were thoroughly embarrassed by the conversation that was taking place.

"Oh. Right. We were discussing what we wanted for breakfast." Marik said.

"Well, Heba's suggestion was a good one." Jou said.

"What was that?" Yugi asked, still fighting his blush.

"Well, I just thought that since no one could agree on what to eat, I thought that we would all go out and just eat what we wanted at one of the restaurants." Heba said.

"Not a bad idea. Everyone is happy that way." Yugi agreed.

"Well, let's go out and eat." Yami said.

"Everyone needs to get ready first." Yami said.

The group headed upstairs.

"YAMI! NO SCREWING YOUR BOYFRIEND NOW EITHER!" Bakura shouted.

"SAME TO YOU, BAKURA!" Yami shouted back.

"BAKURA!" Ryou exclaimed.

"YAMI!" Yugi scolded.


After breakfast, the groups decided to split up and do their own things.

Yugi and Yami headed back to the house because Yugi just wanted to rest.

Jou wanted to go to a new comic book store that had just opened, and he had dragged Seto along with him.

Bakura and Ryou had decided to go to their favorite make-out spot.

Marik wanted to see the new dagger and knives store that had opened up, and Malik went with him to see.

That left Atemu and Heba.

"So, what do you want to do?" Atemu asked.

"I don't know." Heba said a little distractedly.

Atemu frowned. "Heba, are you okay?" Atemu asked.

Heba sighed. "I don't know." Heba said.

"Come on." Atemu said, taking Heba by the hand. He led them into the park and walked to an area that had no one around before sitting down on one of the benches, having Heba sit down besides. "Now, tell me what's wrong?" Atemu asked.

"Well, Atemu, you're not mad, are you?" Heba asked.

Atemu blinked, surprised. "He hadn't expected that question. "Heba, why on Earth would I be mad at you?" Atemu asked.

"Well, everyone else is sleeping together, so I thought that, well-" Heba trailed off.

"Heba, I'm not mad about that. There's nor reason to be." Atemu said.

"Doesn't it bother you that we're not like the others?" Heba asked.

"Not in the least. Heba, I don't want to just have sex with you. It's more than that. It making love, meaning that we know that we're the right ones for each other. " Atemu said.

"But-" Heba started.

"Heba, tell me, are you honestly ready to go all the way with me?" Atemu asked.

"No. I'm not." Heba admitted.

"Then stop worrying about it. I'm not going to leave you just because we aren't active. Heba, when you're ready, then we'll take the next step. If we wait until we're both ready, then it will make the experience all the more special for us. I am not going to force you to go any further than you want to." Atemu said.

"Then, it doesn't make you mad?" Heba asked.

"No. That is something that is really only between the two people involved, which means it would be just between me and you." Atemu said.

"I just thought that it might bother you." Heba said.

"No. It doesn't. I don't care what the others do. The only thing that makes me mad is when Bakura and Marik talk about it like they do." Atemu said.

Heba laughed "Atemu, this is Marik and Bakura we're talking about. You know that things won't be easy with them." Heba said.

"I know, but I can always dream." Atemu said. He turned serious and said, "Really, Heba, don't worry about this. You'll know when the time is right. Until then, we can just do the simple things that go along with dating." Atemu said.

Heba smiled. "Thanks, Atemu." Heba said.

"Anything for you." Atemu said before he leaned in and kissed Heba.


"So, you and Yami are now, huh?" Heba asked. He was in his room with Yugi playing cards.

"Yeah, although I wish Bakura hadn't said that." Yugi said.

Heba laughed. "Well, you know Bakura. Blunt is his middle name." Heba said.

"I know. I know." Yugi said.

"Anyway, I guess it had me a little worried." Heba said.

"Why?" Yugi asked.

Heba sighed. "Well, I was worried that Atemu felt upset that he and I were the only ones not, well, you know." Heba said.

"Heba, you should know that Atemu doesn't care about when you two do start. He's going to wait for you." Yugi said.

"I know he will. He told me so, and he's right. It actually just between me and him." Heba said.

"I wish that it had stayed between me and Yami." Yugi said as he placed a card down and picked up another one.

"In any case, Touma's going to have a fit when you and Yami move into the same room." Heba said.

"Well, we aren't right now. We know that we're not ready to stay in the same room yet." Yugi said.

"Oh." Heba said.

"Touma won't know about this unless Marik and Bakura open their big mouths." Yugi said.

"When are they supposed to be getting back anyway?" Heba asked.

"Sometime tonight is all I know." Yugi answered.

"Yugi, can I ask you something?" Heba asked.

"Sure. What is it?" Yugi asked.

"How long have you and Yami been, well-" Heba trailed off.

Yugi laughed. "Last night was the first. Before that, neither one of us were ready, and we knew that." Yugi said.

"How did you know when you were ready?' Heba asked.

"I don't know, to be honest. I just did." Yugi said. He smiled and said, "Heba. Trust me. You'll know when you're ready."

"Okay. If you say so." Heba said.

"And Heba?" Yugi asked.

"Yeah." Heba replied.

Yugi laid his cards down. "Gin." Yugi said.

Heba threw his cards up. "I give up. That's six games in a row that you've beaten me." Heba said.

"Which means that you do the dishes for me my next six turns." Yugi said.

"Yeah. Yeah. I know." Heba said.


Seiji, Touma, and Jun walked into the house after being gone.

"I am so glad to be home." Touma said.

Jun dashed upstairs.

"You okay, Tou?" Seiji asked.

"Yeah. My back is just a little sore." Touma replied.

"Well, get used to it. We'll be in Sendai in a few more days." Seiji said.

"I know." Touma replied.


At dinner that night, the group

"How was the dance?" Touma asked.

"It was fine. We all had a good time." Yugi said.

"That's good to know." Seiji said.

"You all do realize that we're heading to Sendai in a few days." Touma said.

"We know. it's that concert there." Yugi said.

"What will we do while they're gone?" Marik asked.

"Did we not tell you that we're all going?" Seiji asked.

"We are?!" Yami, Atemu, Seto, Marik, and Bakura exclaimed.

"Yes. We are. Since it's Christmas vacation, we figured that there was no harm." Touma said.

"That's great!" Bakura said.

"Yeah. It'll be fun to go." Marik agreed.

"Just behave. I don't need you two destroying all of Sendai." Seiji said.

The group couldn't wait to go to Sendai now.


Hope you liked it. I wanted to make Heba the one that was the most cautious about the final step. Not sure if this chapter was very good, but it is just a filler chapter.

Next: The group goes to Sendai.

R&R.