*Yusei*

It was an amazing thing. Loving someone and being loved back. Of course there are many different forms of love. Brothers, for example. I smiled as I thought of Crow and Jack. Having a sister too, I reminded myself as I thought about Akiza. A mother, although not through blood. Martha would always be my mother. Loving someone as your's, however, was completely different.

It was like your heart grew twice it's size. It wasn't like it was filling up a hole or anything, because I was sure that there were many people who were happy without a lover. Instead, imagine your heart as a balloon. It's filled up with all different types of feelings, the positive ones enlarged it while the negative ones deflated it. When you find someone to love, as I loved Star, your heart grows immensely. With it's new size it can be fragile at some points while impenetrable at others. That's what I was feeling at this moment.

"Can I love you too?" she asked me. My eyes widened in realization. She heard me! Panic was flooding my mind before I could even process the meaning of her words. She wanted to love me? She was asking permission to love me, even after I practically confessed to her? I bit my tongue as I thought about what to do. I let go of whatever breath I was holding, forcing me to relax.

I shifted so that I was practically on top of her. I had to make sure. I had to be sure that she wanted to love me as I loved her. I slowly, and as gently as I could, placed my lips onto hers. They were sweet, but also had a small salty flavor to them. I placed a hand on her cheek as I tried to deepen the kiss a little. She wasn't fighting but I was a little scared that she might if I went too far. She didn't.

She broke the kiss and for a second I thought she was done, until I felt her arm wrap itself around my waist. I growled a bit before moving in to kiss her neck and under her chin. I made my way back to her lips, sure of what she wanted. I traced my tongue on her lips, begging for the entrance I desired. She opened her mouth, letting me in, to which I took complete dominance over. My crouch was tightening, needing release, but I couldn't do this to her. Even if it wasn't obvious to her, I knew. She wasn't ready.

I broke the kiss and panted for air. I looked down at her, wanting her. I see her sweating at her neck, and it made me want to moan in frustration. I averted my eyes, "I don't know . . .if I can control myself. I might hurt you." I admitted to myself. I felt the warmness of a kind hand on my cheek, making her look at her. When I did, sweet and salt lips covered my mouth entirely, there was no hesitation, but it was gone in a second. "Alright." she said with a calm, collected voice. "Let's go to breakfast then." She said with a smile on her face. God how I loved that smile.

I turned over and picked her up out of bed. I let her slide down to her feet after a few seconds, but I still had my arm wrapped around her waist. I felt another kiss on my cheek with a whisper in my ear, "I love you, Yusei." I turned around to look at those gray-blue eyes and with my own force I kissed her fully on the mouth. "I love you too."

We shuffled out of the bedroom together, with me keeping an arm around her waist. We reached the living room only to find it empty. I let go of Star in order to pick up a piece of paper that was left on the table.

Dear Yusei,

Don't worry about Star's name, Luna told us. We went out to find some clues about how to get Stardust Dragon back. (without losing Star of course) We knew how tired the two of you were so we decided to just leave you be. Hope you won't be mad!

Rally came by and left some parts for you to fix up your runner with. He brought a lot of stuff but we weren't sure if you'd find it useful or not so we just left it in a box in the garage. Your runners' there too. Sleep well, and take care of Star!

I smiled at Leo's messy handwriting.

P.S. There is some extra bread in the kitchen. Martha went to go check on the kids.

The kids that Leo was referring to were the kids in the orphanage a couple of blocks away. Since the reunification of the Satellite and New Domino City there had been many repairs. One of which had been the old orphanage, where there was a lot more room. I paused for a minute before I smelled the air for Martha's homemade bread.

Star seemed to follow her nose more quickly than me as she went straight to the kitchen. I walked in behind her and watched as she opened the over to where the bread was. She was about to reach inside with her right when I knew I had to stop her. I grabbed her hand with my own right one, before she even made it past the handle of the oven. "Yusei?" she asked as she looked up at me with questioning eyes. Her head was tilted back onto my chest as she hair flowed down her back, revealing more of her neck. The pose itself was so seductive that I couldn't resist pulling her into another kiss.

I pulled away a bit, but didn't stop looking at her. "Don't do that without an oven mitt." I said calmly as I stood behind her and lifted my left hand to stroke her cheek. I leaned in and kissed her forehead, "You could hurt yourself." I said in a quiet whisper. She seemed to be frozen for a minute before she relaxed her back onto my chest. "But, you protected me, right?" she said, I leaned back to get a full view of her face. It was playing with a smile as her eyes expressed her laughter.

I raised an eyebrow at her as I teased, "Did you do that on purpose?" Her smile faced before she started to think about it a little more. "Uh, maybe?" she asked uncertainly, I felt a smirk raise itself on my lips. "Well, I'm just going to have to punish you for that." I was about to move in for another kiss, when a cold laughter rang through the house. I immediately held Star close to my chest as the laughter centered itself right outside the house. "Stay here." I told Star in her hear before opening the door to the outside. I looked around hoping to find some clue as to where the laughter was coming from. My eye's widened as I saw who was laughing. My heart sank as painful memories made their way to the surface. "Yusei, what's wrong?" I heard Star ask behind me. I still hadn't fully stepped outside. I clenched my teeth as I tried to find the words to say what was happening. "The Dark Signers are back." Star looked at me before she averted her eyes to him. "Satisfy me, Yusei." Kiryu said in an amused tone.