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Chapter 26

The next morning Yami woke up glad that it was a Sunday and he didn't have to work. He leaned over and kissed Yugi's temple and chuckled when Yugi batted him away. He just shook his head, climbed out of bed and put on a pair of jeans and a t-shirt before checking on Takara. He found her in her crib staring at him through the bars.

"Dada!"

"Hey precious, have a good sleep?"

Takara clapped her hands and Yami smiled as he picked her up. He kissed her cheek and she put her mouth to his and slobbered all over it.

"Dada, 'Chos."

Yami chuckled, "Yes, honey, I'm gonna give you Cheerios."

Yami walked out of the nursery with Takara in his arms and headed to the kitchen. He placed her in the highchair and placed a handful of Cheerios on the tray. Takara clapped her hands and started putting Cheerio after Cheerio in her mouth. Yami laughed as he got out her yogurt.

"Want some yogurt, honey?"

"Gu! Gu!"

"Okay, okay."

"Why is she so loud?" Yugi grumbled as he walked into the kitchen.

Takara smiled when she saw Yugi, "Papa!"

"Be quiet."

Yami frowned as he paused in feeding Takara the yogurt, "Yugi, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, she's just so loud."

Yami chuckled, "Yugi, she's just happy to see you."

"Whatever," he said walking out of the room.

Takara's smile dropped, "Papa," she whined.

"Don't cry, sweetheart, Papa's not feeling well. He'll be okay," Yami said finishing feeding her the yogurt.

That afternoon wasn't much better Yami had gone to the store and Yugi was home with Takara. Takara was getting sleepy and she wanted her papa to hold her. She crawled over to her papa and raised her arms.

"Papa."

"Takara, papa can't hold you, right now."

Takara shook her head, "Papa!"

Yugi shook his head, "No, Takara, Papa's not gonna hold you right now. Go play with your toys.

Takara whined again but went to play with her toys some more. Soon she started to get really sleepy and wanted her papa. So she started crying. Yami had just entered the house when he heard Takara crying and he heard Yugi blow up at her.

"Will you shut up? I told you I am not holding you. What is the matter with you? Shut up!"

Takara's lip quivered and she looked at her papa full of tears. She may not have understood everything her papa said but he was yelling at her and she hated it when her papa yelled. She burst out crying.

"Papa! Papa!"

Yami was livid. He dropped the bags on the kitchen table and picked up Takara shushing her and giving Yugi a glare as he headed to the nursery with her.

"Shh, princess, it's okay. Daddy's here."

"Papa."

"I know, honey. I know."

He rocked her and hummed to her until she fell asleep in his arms. He laid her in the crib, turned the monitor on, shut off the light, and closed the door so he wouldn't wake her up. He walked back into the living room, snatched up the remote and turned off the television.

"Hey! I was watching that."

"Tough. Yugi, what the hell is the matter with you? Are you out of your mind? Yelling at her like that? All she wanted was you to hold her while she fell asleep. You know how she gets when she's tired."

"Well, maybe I didn't feel like it."

"So what, you don't yell at her like that. Seriously, Yugi, what's the matter? You've been in this funk since you woke up. And it's not just your hormones. Trust me I remember what it was like when you were pregnant."

"Fuck you, Yami. You don't know shit!"

"Well then talk to me. You never talk to me so how the hell am I supposed to know?" Yami pulled the remote back when Yugi tried to reach for it. "You're not watching TV, we're talking."

"Who do you think you are? My parent? You know what Yami? Fuck. You."

Yugi got off the couch to head to the bedroom but Yami grabbed his arm. Yugi looked at Yami and then down at his arm and then punched his boyfriend in the face.

"Let go of me!"

Yami staggered back. Yugi stomped off and headed into the bedroom and slammed the door. Yami looked at the bedroom door confused. What is wrong with him? Why won't he talk to me? Just then the phone rang. He ran into the kitchen to answer it.

"Hello?"

"Yami? It's Joey."

"Hey, Joey, what's up?"

"Not much. Seto said that the six of us where supposed to be hanging out today at your house."

"Oh, yeah. Um, I think we're gonna have to take a rain check. Yugi's not feeling well today."

"Oh. Okay, I'll tell Seto."

Yami hung up the phone and headed toward the bedroom. He needed to figure out what got Yugi so pissed off. He opened the bedroom door slowly and saw Yugi laying on the bed with his back to him.

"Yugi, baby?" He called as he walked over to the bed.

Yugi didn't respond, but Yami knew he wasn't sleep. He sat on the edge of the bed and rubbed Yugi's arm, "Baby, please talk to me? I'm worried about you."

"Well don't."

"Baby, something happened to make you feel this way. Talk to me."

"You're my boyfriend, you figure it out."

Yami jerked back, "Oh, so what I'm supposed to be a mind reader? Just cause you're my boyfriend doesn't mean I'm supposed to automatically know everything that's wrong with you. You never talk to me."

Yugi sat up and glared at him, "Oh, so I'm supposed to talk to you about every fucking thing? Is that it?"

Yami sighed and shook his head, "No, Yugi, but it would be nice if you talked to me when something's bothering you."

Just then there was a knock on the door. Yami sighed as Yugi turned his back to him once more. He got off the bed to answer the door and was surprised to see the gang outside the door.

"What are you all doing here?"

"Time to hang out. Where's Yugi?" Bakura asked pushing past Yami. Yami groaned.

"Guys, can we do this another time?"

"Why what's wrong?" Tristan asked.

"Yugi's not feeling well."

"Don't worry, I'll cheer him up," Joey said heading to the bedroom.

"Joey! That's a bad idea!" Yami yelled running after him.

"GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME!" Everyone heard Yugi scream at Joey. Yami cringed.

Joey ran out of the bedroom staring wide eyed at Yami, "What the heck is wrong with him?"

Yami sighed and shrugged, "I don't know. He won't talk to me. He was in a bad mood since this morning and even screamed at Taki this afternoon. Something's wrong, but he won't tell me."

"Maybe you should let me try?" Ryou asked. Yami shook his head.

"I don't think that's such a great idea. I don't think any pregnant person should be near a pregnant Yugi. It's dangerous."

Ryou shrugged, "Let me at least try."

Yami sighed, "Fine."

Ryou walked into the bedroom slowly, "Yugi? It's Ryou. Can we talk?"

"What the fuck do you want?"

"I just want to know what's wrong. Yami's worried about you."

"Well that's his problem ain't it?"

"Yugi, I know that you most likely won't talk to me, but please talk to Yami. He's here for you to talk to. You know he loves you and cares about you, right?"

Yugi sighed, "Yeah, but it's hard."

Ryou patted his arm, "Just try. This stress isn't good for the baby."

Yugi sat up and nodded, "Okay."

Ryou smiled and walked out of the room. "Yami, he said he'll talk to you."

Yami raised an eyebrow, "How'd you get him to agree to talk to me?"

Ryou winked, "My little secret. Now go in there and listen to your boyfriend. Don't get angry."

Yami nodded and headed into the bedroom shutting the door behind him. "Baby?"

Yugi wiped his eyes and bit his lip, "Yami, I'm sorry."

Yami walked over and sat next to Yugi on the bed, "There's no need to be sorry but I just wanna know what caused this."

"I was thinking."

"About what, baby?"

"About how much my life sucks."

"Baby…"

Yugi shook his head, "It's true. I mean so much bad shit's happened to me. My boyfriend broke up with me, I get pregnant, and then because I'm pregnant and gay, my parents kick me out. I don't hear from my family in a long time and then months later my grandfather comes and tells me that they're dead. I wasn't even sad, Yami. Then if that's not enough, I've had my daughter kidnapped by my ex boyfriend, I've been raped, twice, and then kidnapped and held at knife point. Why is my life so fucking bad?"

Yami pulled Yugi into his arms, "Baby, you're life wasn't all that bad. I mean look at the good things that happened. You have an eight month old beautiful daughter, and honestly if you hadn't been kicked out you and I would never had met. Not to mention that you have an amazing group of friends who care about you."

"Its so hard, Yami. I mean I miss my parents. I never said goodbye to them. I mean I know that because they kicked me out and stuff I should hate them, but I never did. Yes, I was mad at what they did to me, but I never hated them."

"I know it get's hard, baby, but don't push me away. You gotta let me help. That's what I'm here for. And no one expected you to hate your parents just cause they kicked you out. I mean never once did I hate my parents. I may have been hurt by the things they did and said but never hated them. I mean even now, I don't hate my dad. I'm angry at the things he did and said but I don't hate him."

"I just feel like everyone is leaving me. My parents are gone, grandpa's gone. Who's gonna be next?"

"You still have me, and Taki. Of course you still have your friends, but even if you lose your friends you'll still have me and your daughter."

"I really upset her didn't I?"

Yami nodded, "She was so hurt, baby. You know how she feels about you yelling. She hates it when we yell. Baby, you should've seen her face. I tried to tell her that it's gonna be okay."

"I'll make it up to her, I promise. I'm sorry, Yami."

"Baby, I told you this before. If you're upset about something you've gotta come and talk to me."

Yugi sighed, "I know. I'll try to remember from now on."

Yami nodded. The two of them got off the bed and headed out of the room and into the living room where everyone was sitting around talking about babies. Ryou looked up at the two and smiled. He knew that no matter what trials they were gonna face, they'd always be alright.

TBC...