Me: I can't believe people are actually liking this story. It makes me so happy.

Max: What else is new?

Me: Ignore Max and enjoy this ridiculously long chapter!

Chapter 1

3 WEEKS LATER

At twenty five Yami Sennen seemed to being well for himself. He was in college studying business while working at his father's company part time and working at a bar also part time. He had really cool friends, but the one thing that Yami wished for more than anything that he didn't have was a companion. He wanted someone to come home too after work. Someone who would kiss him good morning. Someone who-

"Look at that, Yami. Another homeless person. I swear it's like these people are coming outta nowhere and the city ain't doing a damn thing about it," Bakura said dragging his friend out of his thoughts.

"What?" Yami said clearly unfocused and confused.

Bakura pointed and Yami looked out his window and saw a kid on the side walk holding a sign that read WILL WORK FOR MONEY OR FOOD.

"Bakura, he's just a kid. Why would a kid be on the streets?"

Bakura shrugged and attempted to drive off when Yami stopped him, "Yami, what's the problem?"

"The problem is that there is a fucking kid on the streets who no one cares to even care to give him some money."

Bakura shrugged, "That's not our problem. If that kid wants to sit out there in the freezing winter time than let him."

Yami shook his head and opened the car door. He walked over to the kid and almost gasped aloud. He and this kid could be twins, almost. The only difference was that while Yami had crimson colored eyes, the kid had violet colored ones and plus Yami's skin was a bit darker than the kid's. There was something about this kid that pulled Yami toward him and made him want to help. Yami and the kid stared at each other for a while. Yami clearly didn't know what to say.

"Dude, are you two gonna stare at each other all day? I do have to be home ya know before Ryou gives me an earful."

Yami turned back to the kid to ask him something when the kid suddenly fainted. Yami proposed that it was because of lack of food combined with this cold weather. Yami suddenly picked up the kid and headed back to the car.

"What do you think you're doing? Are you nuts, bringing a homeless person in my car? What are you gonna do with him?"

"Take him to my place," Yami said laying the kid down on the backseat and covered him with his coat before climbing back in the front seat.

The first thing Yugi noticed as he woke up was that he was warm which probably meant he wasn't outside. Yugi sat up and noticed that he was in an unfamiliar room which caused him to start panicking. Suddenly Yugi heard footsteps and in walked a young man who looked a little like him. He was holding a bowl of something that smelled so good that Yugi's stomach immediately started grumbling.

"Oh, good, you're awake. You've been out for quite some time that I was beginning to get worried."

"Wh-where am I?"

"You're at my place. My name is Yami. My friend and I found you on the street and you seemed to have collapsed. Here, this is for you. I suspect you're hungry which was the reason for your collapse," Yami said offering the bowl to Yugi.

Yugi gratefully accepted the food seeing as he hadn't eaten since last week. He ate hungrily and when Yami chuckled he blushed and slowed down.

"Sorry. Just haven't eaten in a while."

Yami laughed, "It's quite alright, I kinda figured. There's plenty more if you want some. So, have you got a name?"

Yugi nodded and swallowed, "Yugi."

"Well it's a pleasure to meet you, Yugi. I am gonna make a call to a friend of mine. He's an assistant at the hospital and I would like for him to check you out."

Yugi nodded and Yami took his bowl to refill it and left the room. After Yami left, Yugi lay back on the pillows and sighed. He rubbed his belly and smiled, "I bet that made you very happy little one."

Yami came back with a fresh bowl of soup for Yugi.

"Thanks."

"Sure. When's the last time you ate, young one?"

"Uh, last week," Yugi said embarrassed.

"I see. Well, my friend should be over shortly. Yugi, may I ask, what were you doing on the street? Why aren't you in school and where are your parents?"

Yugi lowered his head 'til it was practically in the soup, "Long story."

Yami nodded, "Understand."

The doorbell rang and Yami stood to go answer it returning shortly with two boys, "Yugi, this is Ryou; he's going to check you over a bit and this is his boyfriend Bakura. Guys, this is Yugi."

Yugi nodded as Ryou came over with a huge grin on his face.

"So this is why Bakura was late getting home."

"Yes, I told you that it was all Yami's fault," Bakura said.

Ryou nodded than turned to Yugi, "Yugi, I just want to look you over. Yami said that it looked like you were outside for a long time. Exactly how long were you out on the streets?"

Yugi looked embarrassed. He really didn't want to tell anyone, but he replied, "Three weeks."

Ryou and Yami looked shocked, "Three weeks? In this weather? Not good," Ryou said as he began feeling around Yugi's body a bit. "Is there anything that's stiff?"

Yugi shook his head, but then grimaced, "Uh, I have to…"

Ryou immediately grabbed Yami's trashcan and put it under Yugi's nose as he vomited. Yugi retched for a few minutes before sitting up and wiping his mouth.

"Sorry," he mumbled and Ryou shook his head.

"It's alright, Yugi."

Yugi just nodded and acted like he wasn't going to cry. He was cold and tired. Ryou noticed that his young patient was tired so he finished up quickly.

"Well, everything thing looks good from my point of view. I would like to suggest that you come into the hospital sometime this week so the doctors can check you out better in case I missed something."

Yugi nodded and lay back on the pillows and drifted to sleep. Yami walked Ryou and Bakura to the door.

"Is he really okay?"

Ryou nodded, "Yes, his body is just fatigued and not used to this sort of treatment. My best recommendation? Allow him to sleep as much as he can and make sure he eats. You said that he hasn't eaten anything since last week, but I bet it may have been longer than that."

Yami nodded, "Thanks, Ryou."

Ryou nodded and dragged his boyfriend out the house. Yami shut and locked the door before heading back to his bedroom to check on Yugi. He found Yugi sitting up crying.

"Yugi, are you alright? Did you have a nightmare or something?"

Yugi turned to Yami with tear stained eyes and nodded. Yami walked over and sat next to him and put his arm around Yugi's shoulders and held him close. He really didn't know what to say so he just hushed him. After a minute Yugi stopped crying.

"I'll get out of your way now. Thanks for looking after me," he said and stood up searching for his backpack.

"Where do you think you're going? You're going to stay here and get better."

Yugi shook his head, "I can't. I'll just be a burden to you. Eventually, you'll hate me and wanna kick me out just like my parents."

Yami looked shocked, "Your parents kicked you out? So that's why you were staying on the street. Why would they do something like that?"

Yugi looked away as he felt fresh tears well up in his eyes. Yami tucked his finger under Yugi's chin and turned his face toward Yami's. "Tell me," Yami said.

"They kicked me out because I'm gay. They hated the fact that I was gay and they wanted me to change. I told them no, that I couldn't change who I was," Yugi paused.

"Damn. That just sucks. I mean my parents weren't too thrilled either about me being gay but they didn't kick me out, they just decided to disown me after I left for college."

Yugi nodded, "And they weren't happy when I told them I was pregnant."

"You're pregnant?" Yami asked and Yugi nodded. "Where is the father?"

"He could care less. When I told him, he refused to help me. He acted like it wasn't his problem to deal with."

"Wow, Yugi. I'm sorry."

"It's okay, but I guess I should go, now."

Yami shook his head, "No. You're gonna stay here with me. I don't wanna see you out on the streets again not with an unborn child in this weather. It's the middle of December; I would never forgive myself if something happened to you or your unborn child. Please."

Yugi sighed, "Okay. I'll stay."

Yami smiled, "Good. Now come with me because you need a shower. I can give you some clothes of mine while I wash your other clothes and we'll go out shopping to get you some more. Pretty soon you're gonna need bigger clothes," Yami said as he led Yugi toward the bathroom. "There are towels on the rack along with washcloths and there's also plenty of soap. Feel free to use it. I'll be back with something for you to sleep in."

"Thanks, Yami," Yugi smiled as he got underneath the shower.

Yami headed toward his room and grabbed a pair of pajamas for Yugi to sleep in. He knocked on the bathroom door and entered it and put the clothes on the toilet seat.

"Here's some of my pajamas for you. They may be a little big though. When you're done I will show you where you can sleep."

After his relaxing shower, Yugi dried himself off and put on the clothes that Yami left for him and walked out the bathroom. He found Yami in the kitchen on the phone. Yami saw him and held out one finger telling him he would be a minute. After he finished his phone call, Yami walked over to Yugi.

"How was your shower?"

"Good, thanks."

"Good. Here, you can put your clothes here," Yami said and showed Yugi where to put the dirty clothes. "I'm gonna throw a wash in soon. Let me show you where you can sleep."

Yugi followed Yami to a room that was next to Yami's. "Here is your room, Yugi."

"Thanks, but, um, what about your boyfriend or whatever?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean won't he be angry or something with me staying here?"

Yami laughed, "Yugi, I don't have a boyfriend. I live here alone."

Yugi sat on the bed, he was suddenly feeling very tired, "You live in this big house alone?"

Yami sat on the bed next to him, "Yes. That's one of the reasons I didn't want you to leave. It would be great to finally have some company."

Yugi yawned and laid down, "But how come you don't have a boyfriend?"

Yami tucked Yugi under the covers, "Because I guess I haven't found the right person yet. Now get some sleep, Yugi, you've had a long day."

"Kay," Yugi mumbled sleepily. Yami chuckled and turned out the light and headed toward his bedroom.

Yami's alarm went off at 8 the next morning. Yami groaned, he so didn't want to go to class today. As he got dressed he thought about Yugi. He didn't want to leave him here alone but he needed to go to class. After having a quick breakfast consisting of cereal and milk, he went to check on Yugi only to find him still sleeping peacefully. Yami grabbed some clothes for Yugi to wear and headed back to the bedroom. He placed the outfit on the chair and wrote a small note and placed it on top of the clothes. He grabbed his backpack and headed out the door.

When Yugi woke it took him a minute to realize where he was. "Yami?" he called out. He got no answer and sat up only to find an outfit and a note on the chair by his bed. He picked up the note and read.

Yugi,

Sorry, I didn't want to leave you alone, but I had to get to class. Here's something for you to wear. I have class then work so I should be back around five. Feel free to have whatever you want. Please make sure you eat and get plenty of rest. Hopefully when I get back we can go to the store. I will be calling later to check on you. My name will show up on the caller id as SENNEN, Y. Other than that, you don't have to worry about answering the phone. Have a good day.

Yami.

Yugi put down the note and picked up the clothes that Yami left for him. After putting them on he noticed that the pants were a little big for him and he had to roll them up. He padded into the kitchen and found some cereal and had a small bowl. He was very happy to find that he didn't throw it up. After washing out his bowl he started to make his way to the living room just as the phone rang. He went over to it and after checking the caller id, picked it up.

"Hi, Yami."

"Hey, Yugi. How are you this morning?"

"I'm good. Thanks for the clothes."

"No problem. I had forgotten to throw your clothes in the wash last night so I did it this morning before I left. Did you eat?"

"Yeah, just had a bowl of cereal."

"Good. Feel free to use and have whatever you want."

"Thanks. What are you doing?"

"Nothing right now. Just got outta my first class and my next one doesn't start 'til twelve. So just sitting here killing time thinking about you."

Yugi blushed, "Really?"

Yami blushed on his end. He hadn't really meant to say that out loud, "Uh, yeah. Was kinda worried about you being alone in the house."

"Oh. Well, I'm fine, Yami thanks."

The two talked for another half an hour before Yami got off the phone saying that he'll see Yugi later. Yugi hung up the phone and rummaged around for something to eat. He found some popcorn in the cabinet and after popping it in the microwave, poured it in a bowl and went to the living room and turned on the television and watched TV and ate the popcorn as he waited for Yami to come home.

TBC...