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Chapter 13

Yugi was at his locker when Tristan bumped into him.

"Hey, Yugi."

Yugi shut his locker and turned to Tristan. He hoisted his backpack on his back and smiled.

"Hey, Tristan. What's up?"

The two headed out of the building together. Yugi remembered that Yami was gonna be late so he decided he was gonna walk home.

"Not much. How's Takara and your separation anxiety?"

Yugi giggled, "I'm getting better. Riena's been a great help watching Takara. Takara is doing well. She's definitely getting fat."

Tristan laughed, "So you need a ride?"

Yugi nodded, "Sure, Yami's supposed to be home late. But what about Teá?"

"I have my mom's car today."

"Yugi, Tristan, you boys didn't wait for me?"

Tristan laughed and kissed his girlfriend on the lips, "Sorry, honey. We're gonna give Yugi a ride home, okay?"

Teá smiled, "Sure."

"Well let's get going."

Everyone piled into the car. Tristan got behind the wheel as Yugi got in the backseat, Teá got in the passenger seat. Twenty minutes later Tristan pulled up in front of Yami's house. Yugi exited the car after thanking his friends and unlocked the door.

"Riena?"

"Shh," came Riena's voice as she walked down the hall.

"Sorry," Yugi whispered.

"She just fell asleep again. I swear she knows when her father's coming home."

"Whaddya mean?"

"She gets all excited all of a sudden and tires herself from crying and screaming and bouncing around."

Yugi put his bag down on the table and laughed, "Oh, I don't know if Yami's told you but I told him that I want Takara to call him daddy and she'll call me papa."

"Aw, that's so sweet. Well, I've got to get home before Yori has some type of fit."

Yugi smiled, "I really appreciate this, Riena."

"Of course, Yugi. You and Yami got finish school and I love spending time with Takara."

Yugi walked Riena to the door where she kissed him on the cheek and left. After watching her get into her car, Yugi shut the door. He walked into the kitchen to have a snack and start his homework before Takara woke up. He had finished about half of his homework and he decided to take a break. He put away his school things and went to check on his daughter. He smiled when he saw she was still sleeping. He ran his fingers through her hair and eased her little fist from her mouth.

"Love you, Taki." Taki? Hmm, I like it.

He headed back to the kitchen where he decided to start on dinner. He put a pot of water on to boil for spaghetti and started to cut up the vegetables when he heard Takara's voice over the baby monitor. He put down the knife and washed his hands before heading to the nursery. He smiled and picked her up.

"Hey, honey. Shh, it's okay, papa's here."

Takara stopped crying the minute her papa picked her up. Yugi laid her on the changing table and changed her diaper before strapping on the snugglie that his grandfather had bought him last week and strapped Takara in it.

"I know you want papa to hold you, but I gotta cook," he said bouncing her up and down a few times causing the baby to giggle.

Yugi and Takara headed toward the kitchen where Yugi checked the water. Since it still hadn't boiled yet, he continued to cut up vegetables for the sauce. Once the water started to boil, he placed the spaghetti noodles in the water and started on the meat sauce. An hour later, Yugi and Takara were sitting on the couch. Yugi was feeding her as he watched TV. After making sure to burp Takara, he sat her in his lap and bounced her just to hear her giggle again.

"Who's the most adorable baby? Yes, you are!" He cooed at his daughter when the doorbell rang.

Yugi hoisted Takara onto his hip and opened the door not expecting Joey to be standing on the other side.

"Hi, Yugi."

Yugi said nothing just stared.

"Mind if I come in?"

"Why?"

"I just want to talk to you."

"If I wasn't holding Takara and it wasn't cold, I would've said no."

Yugi moved out of the way and Joey entered and sat on the couch. Yugi sat in the chair across from him with Takara on his lap.

"Your grandfather told me that you had a girl. Is that her? Our daughter?"

"My daughter. What do you want Joey?"

"Yugi, don't be like that. We were the best of friends once."

"That changed when you hurt me."

"Baby, I'm sorry."

"Don't. Ever call me that. I am not your baby."

"Yugi, I really am sorry. I never meant to hurt you."

Yugi scoffed, "You never meant to hurt me? Yeah, right. You never cared about me."

"Please, I can be better. Just give me another chance."

"Sorry, Joey. I refuse to fall for it this time. I have moved on from you. I am in love with Yami."

At the mention of Yami's name Yugi turned to the door when he heard a key enter the lock.

"That's my daughter, too! You can't keep me from her."

"I can and I will. You don't deserve any part of her life."

"Yugi?"

"Hey, Yami."

"Wheeler, what are you doing here?"

"Minding my own fucking business!"

"Don't talk to him like that!"

"Why not? He stole you from me."

Yugi shook his head, "You dumped me. I had no one until he came along. Yami didn't steal me away from you. You let me go."

"Wheeler, I suggest you leave."

Joey grumbled but stood up and stalked out of the house. Yami shut the door and locked it. He walked over to Yugi and Takara and kissed his boyfriend on the lips before kissing Takara on the forehead.

"How are my two favorite people?"

Yugi sighed, "Fine."

"Baby, what's the matter?" Yami asked as he took Takara from Yugi's arms and swung her around.

"Nothing. I just wish Joey will leave me alone."

I know baby."

"Anyway, how was your day? Are you hungry? I made spaghetti."

"Mm, sounds good. Sure, just let me change alright?"

Yugi nodded and took Takara back from Yami as he headed into the bedroom.

That night after Yami did the dishes and Yugi bathed, changed, and fed Takara, the three of them sat on the couch watching television until Takara fell asleep. Yami had an arm around Yugi's waist while he held Takara in his lap rocking her gently.

"So, what did Joey want?"

"To apologize in hopes I'd go back with him."

Yami snorted and Yugi nodded with a small chuckle. Soon Takara had her small fist in her mouth and Yugi knew she was finally asleep. Yugi stood up carefully and walked down the hall and placed her in the crib.

"Sweet dreams, honey," he said kissing her forehead.

After checking the monitor, Yugi headed to the bedroom where Yami was laying on the bed waiting for him. He crawled on top of his boyfriend and kissed him deeply. Yami moaned and deepened the kiss. Yugi chuckled and opened his mouth more allowing Yami to explore more of his mouth. The two lay kissing for what seemed like a long time. Yami gripped Yugi and flipped them over so he was on top and placed kisses along Yugi's neck and collarbone. Yugi moaned louder and angled his neck so that he could give Yami more access.

"Yami, please."

"Please, what, baby?"

"Just fuck me already."

"That's what you want? You sure? I could suck your cock or lick your tight asshole."

Yugi moaned, "Please."

"Nuh-uh, baby, you wanted me to fuck you. That's what I'm gonna do."

Yami removed his and Yugi's shirts and proceeded to unbutton Yugi's pants. Just as he was getting ready to take them off Takara's voice came over the monitor. Yami groaned and shifted off of Yugi.

"Stay put, I'll get her."

Yami padded down the hall to the nursery. You just had to wake up when I was about to ravish your daddy, didn't you? Takara was wailing shaking her fists in the air.

"Hey, sweetie. Wow, someone sure does have a set of lungs. What's the matter?" He asked picking her up. "Whew, someone has a full diaper. Is that's what's wrong? Don't worry, daddy will change your diaper."

Yami laid Takara on the changing table and made quick work of changing her and then rocked her and hummed to her as she fell back asleep. Once she was totally down for the count, Yami placed her back into the crib and all but ran back to the bedroom where he stopped cold. Yugi was laying on his back completely naked stroking his cock. He glanced over.

"Is Taki, okay?"

Yami couldn't speak for a minute as he was mesmerized by Yugi's hand on his cock. His mouth watered with the thought of putting in his mouth.

"Yami?"

Yami realized that Yugi was talking to him, "Sorry, what?"

"I asked if Taki was okay."

"Taki?"

"Yeah, its Takara's new nickname."

"Yeah, she just needed to be changed," he said and climbed back on top of Yugi. "Now where were we?"

Yami removed Yugi's hand from around his cock and took the sweet member into his mouth and suckled gently. Yugi gasped and let his head fall back against the pillows. Yami pulled back so that only the head was in his mouth and he ran the tip of his tongue in circles just under the head and then on top of the head.

"Mmm, so good!"

Yami inwardly chuckled and dove completely down on Yugi's cock so that he was deep throating him.

"Yami, m'gonna…" that was all the warning Yugi gave as he came down his boyfriend's throat.

Yami happily drank it all down and sucked his boyfriend dry. Yugi whimpered when he pulled off of him.

"Its not fair."

"What, baby?"

"I'm the only one naked."

"I think we can fix that," Yami grinned as he undressed.

Yami grabbed the bottle of lube before climbing on top of the bed again and leaned in front of Yugi. He bent Yugi's legs and placed a pillow under his hips for easy access. He quickly lubed up three of his fingers and stuck one inside Yugi. Yugi whimpered.

"Fuck, Yugi, so damn tight."

Yami stroked and plundered with the one finger letting Yugi get used to the feeling of his fingers in his ass again.

"Yami, more."

Yami nodded and removed his finger and added more lube and then stuck two fingers in Yugi's ass. He stroked searching for Yugi's prostate.

"Fuck, do that again," Yugi bucked his hips as Yami found it.

Yami ran his fingers over the prostate again.

"Shit!"

Yami added a third finger and continued to stretch his boyfriend until Yugi started humping his fingers. Yami chuckled.

"Yami, c'mon, m'ready."

"Okay, baby."

Yami removed his fingers earning a whine from Yugi. He slicked up his cock and pushed inside stopping every few seconds to let Yugi adjust. Once he was fully seated he latched onto Yugi's hips and withdrew and slammed back. Yugi screamed.

"Again."

Yami raised an eyebrow but did just that. Yugi screamed again. Yami kept up the fast pace gripping Yugi's hips. It wasn't long before he felt that feeling that he got when he was gonna come. He released one of Yugi's hips and gripped his cock and pumped him hard and fast.

"Yami!" Yugi screamed as he came again all over Yami's hand and his chest.

Yami followed not one second after, "Yugi!"

Yami eased out of Yugi and laid on his back, "God, I missed doing that."

Yugi chuckled, "Me too."

Yugi got off the bed and headed to the bathroom and returned with a wet washcloth and proceeded to clean Yami up and then himself. Afterward he threw the cloth in the hamper and just as he was about to lay down Takara started crying. Yugi glanced at the clock. 12:00 am. He sighed and grabbed his pants.

"Baby, where you goin'?"

"Takara's crying again. You can go to sleep, I bet she's just hungry."

"I'll wait, hurry back."

Yugi ran to the nursery and found his daughter screaming. He picked her up and rocked her.

"Shh, Taki, papa's here. You hungry?"

He sat in the chair and latched Taki on his nipple. She fed for a few seconds but screamed again. Yugi stood up and walked back and forth whispering soothing words in her ear. Nothing worked. He ran his fingers through her hair and when his hand passed her forehead, he noticed she was warm. He was worried.

"Yami!"

Yami came running, "What's wrong, babe?"

"I don't know. She won't stop crying, she won't eat, and she's very warm."

"Let me try," Yami said holding his arms out.

Yugi passed Takara over to Yami. Yami rocked her and hummed. Takara didn't calm down. She screeched flailing her tiny fists.

"C'mon, Taki, its okay. What's the matter?" Yugi said.

"Babe, look in the basement. I have a fan down there. Maybe she's just hot."

Yugi nodded and ran to the basement to grab the fan. While Yugi did that, Yami stripped the girl from her clothes and left her in her diaper. He carried her to the bathroom where he wet a washcloth with cool water and placed it on her face. Yami sat in the chair and wiped her body down with the cloth. Yugi came back yielding the fan and plugged in turning it on low. Yami placed Takara back in the crib making sure the fan was hitting her skin. Takara calmed down.

"See? She was just hot."

Yugi nodded and followed Yami back into the bedroom.

4:00am

Yugi and Yami were running ragged. They didn't know why Takara wouldn't calm down. She wasn't hungry, she didn't need to be changed, she was just crying nonstop.

"Thanks, Mom."

Yugi who was rocking Takara back and forth looked up, "What did she say?"

"She doesn't know."

"She doesn't know? She's a mother! How can she not know?"

"Easy baby, take it easy. She doesn't remember anything like this happening with me, which is why she doesn't know."

Yugi let out a frustrated sigh, "I'm going to the bathroom," he said handing Takara to Yami.

Yami walked back and forth humming and talking soothingly, "Taki, what's the matter, honey?"

Yugi walked back into the nursery with the phone in his hand, "I'm gonna call Ryou."

Yami looked up and nodded. Yugi dialed his friend's number.

"Hello?" Came a hoarse voice.

"Bakura?"

"Yugi, do you know what time it is?"

"Yeah, and I'm sorry, but can I please talk to Ryou?"

Yugi heard Bakura sigh, "Yeah, hold on."

There was a few minutes before Yugi heard Ryou's sleepy voice, "Yugi?"

"Ryou, I am sorry for waking you, but I don't have any idea what to do."

"Calm down, Yugi. Tell me what's wrong."

"It's Takara. She won't stop crying and she's very hot. At first we thought it was just that she needed her diaper changed, then we thought she was hungry but she wouldn't eat, and I noticed that she was warm. So Yami and I put a fan in her room and that seemed to calm her down for a minute, but then she started again and she won't stop. I don't know what's wrong."

"Okay, Yugi, breathe. Takara is gonna be fine. Did you take her temperature?"

"Uh, no. I didn't know you could."

"Yeah. So I want you to do that for me, okay? Get the thermometer and put it her rectum for five seconds."

Yugi nodded forgetting that Ryou couldn't see him, "Okay, hang on."

Yugi ran to the bathroom and grabbed the first aid kit. When he came back he set the kit on the table and rummaged through it 'til he found the thermometer. He looked up at Yami who was still walking back and forth with the screaming baby.

"Ryou told me to put the thermometer in her behind to take her temperature."

Yami nodded and set Takara down and Yugi stuck the thermometer for five seconds like told. When he took it out he glanced at LED screen. It read 102.2. Yugi picked up the phone.

"Ryou, are you still there?"

"Yeah, Yugi, I'm still here."

"Okay, I did what you asked. Her temperature is one hundred two point two. Ryou, what's wrong with her?"

"Yugi, calm down. My best guess is that Takara has an ear infection. Listen, you, and Yami take her down to the hospital and I'll meet you guys there."

"An ear infection? Ryou, she's only four months old."

"I know, but babies as young as four months can get ear infections sometimes it starts younger. Just head to the hospital and I'll be there shortly."

Yugi nodded, "Alright, Ryou," he said and hung up the phone and turned to Yami. "Ryou thinks that Taki has an ear infection. He said for us to take her to the hospital and he'll meet us there."

Yami nodded and got Takara dressed. Yugi headed to the bedroom to get dressed and when he was done, took Takara while Yami got dressed. The three of them headed to Yami's car. The drive to the hospital was silent except for Takara's cries.

"Yeah, it was what I expected. It's just a small ear infection. What I'm gonna do is prescribe some drops to put in her ears twice a day."

"How long will it last?" Yami asked.

"A couple days at the most. Most ear infections in babies don't last more than several days," Ryou explained.

Yugi rocked the now sleeping girl and looked worried. Ryou saw this and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Yugi, don't worry, it's perfectly normal. Everyone gets ear infections once in a while. If not as a baby then when they're older. This doesn't mean something is wrong with Takara."

Yugi looked up, "Sure?"

Ryou smiled, "Yup, and as long as you put these drops in her ear it'll be gone in no time."

Yugi nodded, "Okay."

Ryou wrote out a prescription that Yami went to fill as Yugi waited in the car. Once they got home, Yugi placed Takara gently in her crib and walked back to the bedroom where Yami was sprawled out on. He flopped down next to his boyfriend and sighed.

"I am officially bushed."

"Yeah, me too. At least Takara's okay though."

"Yeah."

"Baby, she'll be okay. Get some sleep."

Yugi nodded and cuddled close to Yami and closed his eyes and fell asleep.

TBC...

Max: Poor Taki

Me: I know, but she's gonna get better

Max: I hope so