Okay I sincerely apologize for the looong wait. I had started working three days a week with my mother at a school. And then on top of that I had a severe case of writer's block.

Another note: Next chapter will be the last.

Chapter 37

The next day Dr. Taylor gave Yami the okay that he could go home with the strict order to take it easy. Yami nodded. He grinned as he slid in the passenger seat of his mother's car.

"Where's Yugi?"

"Home. Akemi has a cold and he didn't want to take him out of the house so he asked me to come get you," Riena replied as she headed toward his house.

Yami nodded. He crossed his arms over his chest and leaned back in the seat. "Mom, how exactly has he been?"

Riena sighed, "Running himself ragged. These three weeks have been hard for him with school, work, and trying to take care of the kids. I mean I've been helping what little bit but he doesn't really allow me to be alone with them for too long. I usually would just keep an eye on them while they slept when he would come and stay with you at the hospital."

Yami frowned, "Why weren't you allowed to really stay with the kids? I mean you're their grandmother."

Riena sighed, "You have to talk to Yugi."

Yami just nodded. The rest of the drive was silent. Yami looked out the window and sighed. He felt a little weird after spending three weeks unconscious not that he really remembered much of it. Riena parked the car in front of the house and Yami climbed out of the car. Riena exited the car as well and together they walked up to the front door. Riena knocked gently on the door, loud enough for someone to hear but not loud enough to wake a sleeping child. A few seconds later Joey, holding Eve, opened the door and smiled.

"Hey, Yami," he said moving aside to let them enter.

"Hey, Joey. What are you doing here?"

"The whole gang came over when Yugi told us that you'd be coming home today."

Yami raised his eyebrow, "Everyone's here?"

Joey nodded, "Yup, We're all in the living room. Well Ryou and Yugi are in the nursery. I believe they're feeding the kids."

Yami nodded as he walked through his house and entered the living room and saw Tristan and Teà whispering something together. Bakura was dozing on the couch and Seto was on his laptop. Tristan was the first to look up when Yami entered the living room.

"Hey, man. Welcome back to the land of the living. Good to see you're okay."

Yami nodded, "Thanks."

Seto closed his laptop and gave Yami a small smile, "Guess this means you're gonna be outta work for a bit."

Yami nodded as Bakura jumped up and hugged him, "Don't you ever do that to me again!" Bakura mock-whined.

Yami chuckled, "Relax, Bakura. I'm fine."

Bakura nodded as Yami headed down the hall toward the nursery where the door was slightly closed. He knocked softly.

"Come in," he heard Yugi's voice.

Yami opened the door. Ryou was sitting in the rocker breastfeeding Luna. Yugi was on the floor cradling a sleeping Akemi in his lap as Takara slept in her crib. Yami waved to Ryou before bending down on the floor and kissing Yugi on the lips.

"Hey, baby."

Yugi grinned, "Hey."

"Nice to see you up and about, Yami," Ryou grinned letting Luna pull away as he sat her up to burp her.

"It's nice to be up and about," Yami replied. "Baby, why don't you put him in the crib?"

Yugi sighed, "He keeps waking up. The minute I lay him down, he starts crying. Ryou said it's just a small cold, but I can't seem to put him down. This is the only way he sleeps."

Yami sat on the floor across Yugi and smiled at his son as he stroked his cheek. Akemi shivered and snuggled up closer to Yugi. Yami chuckled. He looked up to say something to Ryou and noticed that he and Luna had left the room. He shrugged and turned back to Yugi.

"Yugi, can I ask you something?"

Yugi nodded, "Sure."

"On the way here, mom told me that you haven't really let her near the kids too much. I wanna know why? She told me to ask you."

Yugi bit his lip and sighed, "I'm sorry."

Yami stroked his boyfriend's cheek and shook his head, "No, baby, you don't need to be sorry. I just wanna know why."

Yugi nodded, "Well, the day that you had gotten into the accident and Riena and I had come back from seeing you, Rabid and Maxine came to visit and tell me what exactly happened. As they were leaving I walked them to the door leaving Takara and Akemi on the floor in the living room. As I was saying bye Akemi started to cry and then just as soon they left, Takara started to wail. I mean really wail, Yami. I never heard her cry like that. I walked into the living room to find out why the kids were crying."

"Why were they crying?"

"Akemi was flat on his face on the floor and your mother was spanking Takara."

"What?"

Yugi nodded, "Yeah. I asked her why she did it. She said that Takara was being bad. She had snatched her toy away from Akemi causing him to fall on the floor. I told her that she wasn't allowed to touch the kids like that again. You and I are the only ones allowed to discipline Takara."

Yami blew out a breath, "Shit."

Yugi put his head down, "I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't have reacted like that. I mean she's your mother and all."

"No, babe, you did the right thing. Those are your kids, not hers. She has no right to put her hands on them like that."

"Dada!"

Yami looked up and saw Takara standing up in her crib and stood up, "Hey, cutie, have a good nap?"

Takara nodded and lifted her arms. Yami chuckled and picked her up.

"Oof! You're getting so big. You'll be needing a big girl bed soon."

"I think she needs one now. She somehow knows how to get out of her crib," Yugi said standing up.

Takara hugged Yami tight and kissed his cheek, "Dada!"

"I guess you missed me, huh?"

Takara nodded. Yami kissed her forehead and put her down. Takara ran off to the living room. Yami frowned a bit.

"Yugi, I was wondering if you plan on ever telling Takara that Joey is her father and Eve is her sister."

Yugi looked at Yami wide, "W-what? Are you saying you don't wanna be her daddy anymore?"

Yami turned to Yugi and gently gripped his shoulders shaking his head, "Whoa, baby, that's not what I'm saying. I was just wondering if you were gonna tell her the truth about Joey or keep lying to her."

Yugi sighed, "Yami, she's a year old. Maybe when she's a bit older, I will but right now, I'm not gonna worry about it."

Yami nodded and the two of them walked out of the nursery and joined the others. Yugi looked at Tristan and Teà who were sitting extremely close together and whispering.

"Alright you two, out with it," he said sitting on the loveseat with Yami.

"What are you talking about?" Tristan asked.

"You've been whispering since you all have arrived, so out with it."

Tristan and Teà looked at each with huge grins on their faces and nodded. "Well, Teà and I have really big and exciting news."

"Duh," Bakura rolled his eyes, "We wanna know what."

Teà bit her lip and grinned, "I'm having a baby."

"I knew it! I knew it!" Bakura jumped up screaming.

Ryou sat up and slapped his boyfriend's arm, "Bakura, shut up! We have three sleeping children. One with a cold."

"Sorry," Bakura said before he walked over and hugged the couple, "Congrats."

Everyone got up and gave them hugs and congrats. Yugi really couldn't hug them with Akemi in his arms but he did give them his congrats.

"Thanks, everyone," Teà grinned.

Ryou looked over at Yugi, "Would you mind if I take his temperature again? It should be a bit lower than before."

Yugi nodded, "Sure."

Ryou handed Luna to Bakura as he grabbed the first aid kit from his baby bag and retrieved the thermometer. He got off the couch and walked over to Yugi. Yugi turned Akemi over and Ryou pulled down his pants and his diaper a little bit before sticking the thermometer in the rear. He held it until it beeped and glanced it. He smiled.

"It's going down," he said showing the reading to Yugi. "When he wakes up again you should give him a little bit more of the baby Tylenol."

Yugi nodded.

Joey cooed at Eve before looking up and speaking, "Say what's everyone's plans tomorrow?"

Both Seto and Bakura explained that they were working.

"But its Saturday," Joey whined.

"Why, Joey, what did you have in mind?" Yami asked.

"I dunno, I was thinking like we could all take the kids for a walk to the park or something."

"That sounds lovely. Luna loves the swings, don't you precious?" Ryou cooed.

"Well, the rest of us can go, while the lame asses can work," Tristan teased.

"Tristan," Teà punched him.

"Sorry, forgot we have young ears here," he said looking at Takara.

Yugi nodded, "That would be great. Akemi and Takara haven't been out in a long time."

"So it's settled, "Park date tomorrow."

Several hours later the gang all left and Yami was playing with Takara while Yugi was feeding Akemi. Takara had this huge grin on her face.

"Dada!"

Yami chuckled and ruffled her hair, "Nice job, Taki. Okay so we got red and yellow which one you want?" he said holding the two blocks out to her.

Takara thought hard and Yami laughed at her hard thinking face. Takara smiled and pointed to the yellow. Yami smiled and put the block on top. Takara giggled and clapped. She then hit the blocks and sent them tumbling down on the floor. She cracked up laughing kicking her little feet around on the floor. Yami couldn't help himself, he burst out laughing.

"Can Akemi and I play?"

Both Takara and Yami looked up and saw Akemi and Yugi. Takara nodded and Yugi sat down with Akemi in his lap. They continued to play with the blocks until Riena called them for dinner.

TBC...