This week has been a nightmare. Every time I made plans they were rearranged. But not today! Today I shall force my plans to stay the same. Anyway, enough of my ramble, I do not own Yugioh, or Legally Blonde, enjoy!
Chapter 9
Yugi's dream was very weird but very funny that night. He was dreaming of Atem and Yami dressed up in bunny costumes like the one that was in Legally Blonde. It was highly amusing for him, until it shifted to a scene that didn't even make sense.
"There, now he won't he won't even notice it." Yami said backing up from the garden door.
"Don't forget the bathroom window, and try to make that one more permanent." Atem said ripping open a package, before moving towards Yugi who was on the bed.
"Okay." Yami said before moving out of the room.
Yugi hopped onto the bed to see what Atem was going to do. He took a collar, a collar that was only too familiar to him, out of the package, and a needle and thread as well. He sowed in something, which Yugi was going to need a magnifying glass to see, into the top of the collar, before turning to his sleeping form on the bed. Atem fastened it around his neck, before sighing and looking up directly into Yugi's eyes, Atem's widened.
The dream popped like a bubble and he was dreaming about Atem and Yami dressed up as bunnies again. That had just been weird. Not that the dream he was having now wasn't in the least bit strange, but still he preferred his own dreams to stay his own. Which made him wonder, could they see what he was dreaming? Did it work both ways? Oh well, it wasn't like he couldn't enjoy his bunny clad mates and their pole dancing. Yugi snuggled closer to Malik, muttering sexy bunnies in his ear, before falling into a deep sleep again.
[Time skip]
"So tell me Yugi, what is sexy about bunnies?" Malik asked as he petted Koneko. Yugi blushed as bright as a cherry.
"Uh, well, you see, last night I had a dream that Yami and Atem were dressed up in Legally Blonde bunny costumes." Yugi said making swirly patterns into the grass with his finger.
Malik stared at him as he pictured it in his head, before busting out in laughter. They were sitting outside as it was such a lovely day with Kaiba who was typing away at his computer. Even he had cracked a grin at the image, which was as close to him laughing as you got. Jou was resting in bed with a sore back, making Yugi wonder just how hard they had gone last night. Oh, but since he was thinking about it, he supposed he should ask Malik.
"Hey Malik, I was wondering about what we discussed last night, why the sudden urge now?" Yugi asked cautiously.
"Well, you know, cause I feel like everyone is doing it but me." Malik said glancing at Kaiba. He looked up at the two of them. He closed his laptop and went inside where he could see them, but not hear them unless they screamed.
"Yeah, but is it what you want, Malik?" Yugi asked.
"Was it what you wanted, Yugi?" Malik retaliated.
"I made my decision in the heat of a moment, but I don't regret it in the slightest." Yugi said shaking his head.
"And you think I will?" Malik asked offended.
"Malik, are you sure this new urge doesn't come from what happened on Saturday?" Yugi asked getting straight to the point. He opened his mouth, before closing it again and looking down at the grassy lawn.
"Heh, nothing gets past you does it?" he asked pulling at the grass.
"You shouldn't feel obligated to have sex with him, Malik. The decision should come from wanting to." Yugi said sternly.
"You mean like how you felt obligated to become their mates?" Malik asked looking up at him. Yugi looked down as Malik's eyes flicked to the side to something behind him.
"I suppose that was how it felt at first, but after a couple of weeks, I found myself wanting it. I wanted to be their mates, Malik, I'm happy with them. I'm happier with them than I've ever been my entire life." Yugi said looking back up at something Malik couldn't see, a bright smile eclipsing most of his face.
"Sounds like you're in love." Malik teased. Yugi's face immediately became somber.
"But I'm not." He whispered.
"D-do they know that?" Malik asked his eyes flicking over his shoulder again.
"Yes." Yugi said his eyes closed so he didn't see Malik's look.
"Malik, can I share something with you that you won't tell anybody?" Yugi asked leaning towards him.
"Of course." Malik said nodding his eyes flicking over his shoulder again.
"Okay." Yugi said nodding at the ground, not seeing the look yet again.
"I think I…I might be falling for them, but my emotion isn't strong enough to be called actual love." Yugi said nervously.
"I think I'm in the same boat with Marik." Malik said back just as nervously.
"Good, we can confide in each other over this problem of ours." Yugi said lying back against the grass to see Yami standing there his arms crossed over his chest. Yugi shot up, and flung himself at him.
"Yami! What are you doing here, you're supposed to be at the Palace helping Atem." he scolded pulling out of the hug.
"Yes, well, Atem thought it would be better to ask about that dream you had last night of us in person, rather than over the link." Yami said looking down at him and making Yugi blush crimson whilst trying to hide a smile. He was having as much luck as penguin was trying to fly.
"I think I'll go hang out with Kaiba." Malik said getting up and going inside, sliding the door shut behind him.
"Which one? I had two." Yugi said trying to skirt around the subject.
"The one with Atem and I dressed up in pink bunny costumes." Yami said his eyes narrowing.
"Oh, they weren't just any pink bunny costumes." Yugi said already knowing he was digging himself a deeper grave.
"Really?" Yami asked like he was interested.
"Yes, you see they were the pink bunny costumes from the movie Legally Blonde, have you ever seen it before?" Yugi asked backing away from Yami with every word he spoke.
"You know Yugi, I sure hope you didn't mention this dream to anyone else." Yami said disappearing only to reappear right in front of him.
"And what would be the consequence if I did?" Yugi asked nervously.
"Atem and I will cut you off from affection." Yami whispered in his ear.
"Um, for how long?" Yugi asked.
"Until you move back in with us." Yami said kissing his throat.
"But that's like two weeks away." Yugi deadpanned.
"Well, as long as you haven't told anybody, you should be fine." Yami said looking up at him with hooded eyes.
"Of course I have-!" Yugi started but was cut off by Kaiba's extremely untimely interruption.
"Hey Yami, seen any bunnies lately?" Kaiba asked from the house.
Yugi could just about kill the wolf if he didn't know that his friend Jou loved him so much. As it was, he turned a murderous look onto the wolf, which promised worlds of misery for him. Kaiba just smirked and waved before disappearing back into the house.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, how many people have you told, Yugi?" Yami asked stepping back from him whilst shaking his head.
"Technically one, Kaiba just happened to be in the vicinity at the time. But why not make this worse, since I'm being cut off anyway." Yugi said whipping out his phone.
"What are you doing?" Yami asked a sort of scared look crossing his face.
"Hold on." Yugi said as he started to text out a message. He hit send to entire contact list. He put his phone away and just grinned at Yami as his pocket buzzed. He pulled it out, and looked at him before opening the message. His jaw dropped as he read it. Yugi huffed on his fingernails before rubbing them against his shirt.
"Revenge is so sweet." Yugi said.
What Yami was reading was this: Dear world, last night I had dream where Yami and Atem were dressed up in the pink bunny costume from Legally Blonde, and doing pole dances for me as I sat on a throne of furs. I felt rightfully like a King and just wanted to share this insight of my twisted mind with you all. From the KOG.
"You-tch-ah! Yugi!" Yami said unable to form a proper sentence.
"What? If you're going to cut me off, I might as well get some enjoyment out of it." Yugi said seriously.
Yugi! What is with this text message you just sent Marik that has him howling with laughter and rolling on the floor?
Well, Yami already informed me what was my punishment was, so I decided since it's already in effect, why not just tell everyone in my contact list about it?
And how many people are in your contact list?
Enough.
"Nice Yugi! Very nice!" Malik hollered with laughter from the house through an open window.
Yami's phone lit up with another text message that had him groaning in frustration after reading it. He texted back a quick response, and a response to it came back just as quickly. Yami yelled in frustration glaring at Yugi, who just rocked back and forth on the balls of his feet, his hands clasped behind his back, with a big grin on his face.
"You know Yami, if it helps; I found you and Atem to be very sexy bunnies." Yugi said trying to ease the death glare that Yami was giving him even just a little.
"Yugi, those costumes stripped us of our dignity there was nothing sexy about them." Yami said pinching the bridge of his nose.
"Maybe not to you, but I sure liked them." he said edging closer.
Atem you know we won't be able to keep our lips off him for that long.
I'm sure you will when you hear that Marik just sent the text to every member of the council, and they've now sent it to people that they know. I cancelled the meeting for the rest of the day as there is no longer a point to have it when they were all making bunny comments.
I'm gonna murder you, Yugi.
See? It can be said with love!
Yugi's phone buzzed and he took it out. He looked and saw that it was Sakura, so he opened it. Yugi cracked up with laughter at the message.
Thanks Yugi, that is an image I am never going to get out of my head. If Grandpa dies of laughter it's your fault. ~Sakura
Okay, but you have to admit the image is pretty amusing, no? ~KOG
Yeah, I would be lying if I didn't say it was amusing. I will be scarred for life, but the image is highly entertaining, and something they're never going to live down. ~Sakura
I have to go, I'm in heaps of trouble. ~KOG
Yugi shut his phone and put it away as Atem came to stand by Yami, to join in the glare at Yugi fest. He teetered back and forth on his feet, biting his lip, before turning to walk over to hammock. Yugi climbed onto it, looking at the two who had yet to say anything, making Yugi more and more nervous by the second.
"So, who wants lunch?" Yugi asked as a way to break the tension. His statement just seemed to add more.
"Certainly not me, because I am so not hungry." Yugi said shaking his head. Their glares worsened.
"How much trouble am I in?" he asked looking down at Koneko who was trying to get up on the hammock. He reached down and pulled her up, laughing when her little paws fell through the netted holes. It was just so cute.
"Loads." Atem growled out.
"Yes, when you move back in, by the time we're done with you, you won't be walking for the entire weekend." Yami added.
"Really?" Yugi asked his eyes lighting up with glee as he looked up at them from his kitten.
"Baka, that's not a punishment." Atem said whacking him upside the back of the head.
"Well, it should be." Yami said rubbing the back of his head as Atem moved closer to Yugi.
"No, you know what would be a punishment? If we stripped him, tied him down, and then…" Atem trailed off.
"Yeah, yeah?" Yugi encouraged already liking where this was headed.
"Had sex in front of him without allowing him to join in in any of the activities." Atem finished smirking.
"No, you don't want to do that. That sounds like a very cruel and mean idea, right Yami?" Yugi said looking around him towards the other vampire.
"No I like it." Yami said nodding coming to stand beside Atem.
"But I don't." Yugi said his eyes starting to enlarge into puppy dog eyes.
"Which makes it the perfect punishment for you." Atem said placing a hand over his eyes before the look could take a full effect on them.
"Ugh, you're cheating." Yugi complained.
"We're cheating?! Every time you really want something you use those eyes of yours and wait for our will to crumble so you can get your way." Yami complained back.
"I'm just using my resources. And it's not like you guys don't use certain tricks to get your way with me too." Yugi said back trying to remove Atem's hand.
"You mean like this?" Atem asked before kissing him.
"Atem!" Yami reprimanded.
You're right; there is no way we can ever keep our lips off something so cute.
Yes, this is one of the techniques you use to get your way.
"And what would the others be?" Yami asked sounding like he was huffing.
Ha! Like you don't already know!
Well, since Yami seems to know, tell me.
Don't be naive; you both already know of all your tricks, you use them on me daily.
"No we don't! Now tell us, Yugi!" Yami yelled. Yami talking out loud gave Yugi an idea.
Are you sure Yami? I thought for sure you both knew all of them, which is why you kept using them.
"No Yugi, we don't know, so just tell us." Yami sighed.
I don't know, if I told you, you might stop doing it.
"Why would we stop doing it?" Yami asked.
Well, you know, to try to find the other ways to get me to do what you want.
"There are other ways to do it?" Yami asked.
Oh yeah, you just haven't found them yet.
"Yeah, well we're going to discover the other ways of doing it, and then you'll be completely at our mercy." Yami said not even catching on to what Yugi was making him do. Atem had pulled away from him and was trying not to laugh, his body shaking with the effort. Yugi's lips were pressed together as he hid his face in Atem's chest.
Mm-hm!
"You are so bad." Atem whispered in his ear.
"What's so funny?" Yami asked.
"Nothing." Atem said shaking his head.
"Of course there is more than one way of doing it, Yami. Don't you remember when Atem and yourself explored all those ways?" Marik asked slinging an arm around Yami's shoulders.
"Marik!" Malik shouted.
WHUMP!
"Oh, hey Malik, I take it you're glad to see me." Marik said like he was surprised.
"If only my werewolves greeted me like that." Seth said sadly.
"Yes, I was almost scarred for life last night when Seth started to strip Jou and Kaiba in front of Yugi and me so he could have sex with them." Malik said like it was the worst thing in the world.
"WHAT!?" Atem and Marik screeched.
"Uh-oh, I'm just gonna go." Seth said making a bee line for the house, since he knew three out of the five people here couldn't enter it. The angry ones couldn't enter it.
"Not so fast, what does Malik mean, by almost?" Marik asked blocking his way.
"What was so funny, Yugi?" Yami asked glaring at him.
"You know I can't remember." Yugi said scratching his head.
"Liar." Atem said.
"Revenge is ours." Malik said sitting by him and picking up Koneko whose paws had fallen through the net again.
"Oh yeah!" Yugi said giving him a high five.
"Yugi." Yami said forcing him to look at him.
"You, you are what's so funny." Yugi said.
"How am I so funny?" Yami asked.
"Think about what Marik said." Yugi said looking around him towards the show that was going on starring Atem, Marik, and Seth. It should have had Yami in it too, but he seemed to be preoccupied.
"Yeah, but I didn't actually do it." Seth said nervously.
"Really, what stopped you?" Atem asked.
"My common sense." Seth said proudly. Yugi and Malik burst out laughing.
"Try Yugi's common sense, and your agreement to it." Malik said lying down across Yugi's lap earning a confused look from Yami.
"What?" Yugi asked him. Yami pointed to Malik's current position.
"So?" Yugi asked shrugging petting Koneko who was sitting quite contently on Malik's chest. He rolled his eyes, before looking over his shoulder at Atem, who whipped around with a frown on his face.
"No, no, he needs to get up." Atem said coming over and pointing at Malik.
"But I'm comfy here." Malik said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Yeah, why do you want to ruin his comfort?" Yugi asked batting his eyelashes at them.
"Oh that, that's nothing, you should have seen them this morning!" Seth said from across the way. Yugi shook his head at him and mouthed the word no.
"All cuddled up underneath the one blanket on that chair together! Oh, it was adorable!" Seth said before mouthing back revenge is mine.
"He had a bad dream, and who am I to ditch a friend after such a horrible nightmare?" Yugi asked like it broke his heart just thinking about leaving Malik in his time of need.
"Liar." Atem whispered.
"You would know if I hadn't been loyal." Yugi pointed out quickly.
"Would we of?" Atem asked crossing his arms.
"Oh absolutely, my new instincts are telling me that you're being unreasonable because Malik and I are doing nothing wrong. Now, if we were to kiss, that would be a different story, but we haven't so we're not doing anything wrong." Yugi explained.
"Oh I get it, only if you've kissed, okay." Yami said in a way that made it so much better. Yugi rolled his eyes before pushing Malik up off his lap. He then jumped at Yami, pinning the surprised vampire to the ground underneath him.
"Listen here you stubborn vampire, we both know I would never cheat on either one of you, seeing as I would having nothing to gain from my actions, but everything in which to lose. Malik has Marik for physical needs, he doesn't need me too. You'd be right in assuming that we're close though, we are like brothers that will occasionally make out when drunk enough. That is the only time that we will kiss though. Being drunk and around Malik is the only time you and Atem ever have to worry about me being unfaithful." Yugi explained staring down at him.
"And why should we trust your word for it?" Yami asked. Yugi's jaw dropped at how unreasonable he was being, and all because he was comforting Malik last night after he told him what happened. Besides was it really his fault that that happened to be where Atem told him to go to sleep? Well, he supposed he could have moved after Malik fell asleep on him, so he was partially to blame, but still, Yami should know him better than that by now.
"Yami that's enou-Yugi! Get back here!" Atem started to scold before he was shouting after him, seeing as he had hopped off of Yami and started to run away.
He ran right through Kaiba's black iron gates and took a shortcut to the park that they used to visit when they were little. It was an out of the way place, that not many people went to, which made it perfect for them when they were little. That was how they met the Kaiba and later Mokuba. Him, Malik, Ryou, Anzu, and Rebecca. The five of them had fit together quite well, Yugi with the teasing for his odd hair colors, Ryou being called snow white for his hair color and albino complexion, Malik for being from a different country, Anzu for hanging out with the boys all the time, and Rebecca for being a vampire in a school full of humans. Seto was going to be friends with their group whether he wanted to be or not. Soon after him and Mokuba became orphans and moved in with their Uncle Gozaburo Kaiba. Kaiba had known Yugi when he was cute and innocent, but he also saw that innocence rub away the more time he spent with Malik, which is why he was blamed by most of Yugi's friends for corrupting him. It wasn't long after they forced the Kaiba brothers to become friends with them, that they met Jou and his little sister Shizuka. Jou and Kaiba had butted head almost immediately, but tolerated each other's presence for everyone else's sakes.
Yugi slowed down as he reached the gate to the park and opened it. He walked over to the merry go round and sat down on it, scooting to the middle before lying down. He knew it had been wrong of him to run away, especially after promising he wouldn't leave Kaiba's until it was safe. Back to thinking about how he met all of his friends.
Okay, after they included Jou and Shizuka, they met Honda and Otogi who at the time came as a packaged deal. Otogi was a vampire, and Honda was being raised to be his blood bag. They still have that connection to this day. Then they met Penny who was this shy little thing, barely able to get a sentence out of her. They drew her out of that phase real quick, now you could barely get her to shut up. Soon after Penny joined they kicked Anzu out. They were tired of her hitting on all of them. So their friend group was formed, at least until they all hit high school. That's where things had gotten complicated.
Honda was a Junior, so he gave them a heads up on all their teachers and which people to avoid at school. They soaked up the information like sponges. Here, Mana was added to their group. A Junior human, Rebecca easily took her as a blood bag. Ryou had acquired shadows in the form of Akeifa and Bakura, near the middle of the year, and couldn't for the life of him shake them. Six months later and they were officially inserted into the group. Next to be added was Sarugaki, though he didn't stick around for long. Marik was introduced to them a little after Sarugaki's inclusion, who wouldn't leave Malik alone so they all shrugged and let him join their group. Then there were his mates, who had forced their way in, and last Seth who had done the same. So ends the history of his friends group.
Yugi sat up and went over to the swings where he sat down and began to swing higher and higher into the sky, until the swing set rocked with the pressure. Then he let go, soaring through the air, to land on his feet. He went back to the swings to do it again. The swing set rocked, and he let go just as Yami and Atem crossed the gate and into the park. Yugi landed on his feet and turned to them.
"Ta da! See, I'm unhurt." Yugi said grinning.
"Another sacred place of yours?" Atem asked looking around.
"Not really, it's just a park I came to as a kid with my friends." Yugi said going to sit down on the teeter totter. He sat in the middle so he could influence its balance.
"You promised you would stay there." Atem sighed.
"I know." Yugi said kicking his feet to scuff the dirt underneath them with his shoe.
"I thought we were done with all of this." Atem whispered.
Yugi looked away from them up towards the cloudless sky. He knew that he was talking about him running away, but how could he stop something that felt so good? He liked running, it felt so exhilarating to feel the wind rushing through his hair, the brief contact of the sidewalk against his feet in every stride he took, the way his legs propelled him forwards, his mind urging him to go faster even when he was at his limits, but most of all he found it so relaxing. The more steps he took the more relaxed and calmer he felt. Besides he always thought through his more difficult problems when he was running, and when he could think through them running, he went to see his parents' graves. Even if it didn't seem that way to them, he had a sort of roundabout way of thinking. Yet with them always running after him, he never really got any thinking done, because he was more concerned of when they were going to catch up. He turned back to them.
"What's wrong with running?" Yugi asked.
"Nothing, it's just the way you do it, that we disapprove of." Atem said.
"Come on back to Kaiba's." Yami said as he and Atem turned around.
"No." Yugi said firmly. They stopped and turned back to him.
"What did you just say?" Yami asked in disbelief.
"No. We are going to solve our problems right here, right now." Yugi said firmly.
"Really? Go to sleep, Yugi." Atem said smirking at him.
"Make me." Yugi said watching in satisfaction as the smirk slipped off his face.
"Uh-oh." Yami muttered. Atem scowled.
"So here are our problems today. Yami has issues with Malik lying across my lap, and you have issues with me running. Which do you want to solve first?" Yugi asked standing up and crossing his arms. Atem rolled his eyes, before he was standing right in front of him.
"You not doing as you're told." Atem said looking down at him.
"Maybe I find your suggestion to be unreasonable." Yugi said looking up at him.
"I don't care how you find it, go to sleep." Atem growled down at him.
"No." Yugi said confidently looking up at him. Atem threw up his arms and moved away from him.
You try.
"You're right, I don't like it when Malik lies across your lap, nor did I like that story that Seth told of you two cuddled together all night. I feel like Malik is trying to make a claim on something that has already been claimed." Yami said looking at him directly.
That's not what I meant!
"Talking about feelings and problems comes with the territory of relationships; now get over your aversion to it!" Yami yelled at him. Atem looked much taken aback at Yami's outburst.
"Okay, so how would you suggest we handle the problem, and death is not an option." Yugi asked before adding the last part on quickly. Yami closed his mouth again, as he had to actually think of a way to handle the situation.
"I guess for him to just not do it anymore." Yami said.
"Okay, I'll let him know of your discomfort. He'll probably see it as a challenging way to get a rise out of you, but I will inform him of it." Yugi said nodding.
"Okay." Yami agreed.
"Now, running is something I like to do on occasion. It is something that I find to be enjoyable. However, I do not like it when you guys assume that me running is me running away all the time. So if I inform you guys when I'm going for a run, may I do it more often?" Yugi explained and then asked.
"Absolutely not." Atem said.
"Okay." Yami said at the same time.
"What?" Atem asked.
"However, we ask that you don't start running off on your own until our foreign guests are gone, deal?" Yami asked.
"Deal!" Yugi said grinning and holding out this hand. Yami appeared in front of him to shake it.
"Now for the last problem that has been brought up. Some of your commands I find to be unreasonable, Atem. Like going to sleep in the middle of the day, I only do that after having my blood drunk, we roll around under the sheets, or I'm bored out of my mind." Yugi said.
"Or when I tell you to." Atem said sternly.
"No, I refuse to go to sleep during the day anymore because you tell me to. I'm sick of it!" Yugi said shaking his head.
"It's for your own good." Atem said his eyes narrowing.
"Is it? Or is it just so you don't have to go through a confrontation?" Yugi asked.
"That has nothing to do with this!" Atem said turning and walking back towards the gate.
"How many people have ever contradicted you in your entire life, Atem?" Yugi asked making him freeze in steps.
"What does-?" Yami started to ask.
"Shh, well Atem? How many?" Yugi asked.
"Three." He ground out.
"You don't like being contradicted, do you?" Yugi asked quietly.
"No, I don't." Atem said.
"Then why do you set yourself up for it?" Yugi asked in that still quiet and gentle voice.
"I don't! If people would just listen-!" Atem started to say but Yugi cut him off quietly.
"Atem, you're not a Pharaoh anymore, you're just King of the vampires. People like me, who aren't vampires aren't going to listen to you without opposing your ideas every now and then. I mean I wouldn't expect you to listen to Akeifa if he gave you an order to do something. So you shouldn't expect me to just bend to your will. I'm not going to do it. I am your mate, not your subject. Right now, I think you're having a difficult time distinguishing the two. Let me know when you do, I'll be at Kaiba's." Yugi explained softly moving past him and out through the gate.
He walked back alone, and let them sort it out. Perhaps he should have let him finish his sentence, that was quickly turning into a tirade. But he had been slightly frightened, when he remembered the last time the three of them had been in an argument like that. Yugi looked down at his wrist, as he held it in his hand. Things were different, and besides every relationship had its ups and downs right? Or was it just theirs? He hated to think so, though lately they were more down than up.
Yugi turned the corner and saw a group of vampires walking towards him; his hand automatically went up to his throat where he felt his collar. Feeling more at ease, he made to walk past them. They didn't even bother him, just kept walking on by, smart vampires. He passed several more groups of vampires and they did the same, they kept walking, not even looking in his direction. Yugi slipped in between Kaiba's gates and headed straight inside.
Once he was inside, he peered through the peephole, and saw the real reason for why they had just kept moving. Atem and Yami came to a stop outside the gates; they looked like they were arguing, before they both walked away, back towards the Stone Palace.
"Yugi, you're back." Seth said.
"Uh yeah." Yugi said looking up at him.
"Where are the King and Queen?" he asked curiously.
"Uh, they're going back home." Yugi said forlornly walking past him or trying to.
"Hey, what's wrong?" he asked grabbing his arm. Yugi twitched and he immediately let go.
"Sorry, sorry, I forgot, I can't touch you." Seth apologized.
"It's okay, we got into a fight." Yugi said shuffling his feet.
"And you feel like it was your fault?" Seth asked.
"I don't know, a little, I guess." Yugi said looking away while rubbing the spot on his arm where Seth had grabbed him.
"You know what? It probably wasn't." Seth said quietly.
"What?" Yugi asked looking back at him.
"It was most likely my stubborn cousin Atem's fault. Whenever Yami and he get into a fight, he is usually the one to blame. He'll eventually come crawling back apologizing, he always does." Seth said before walking away.
Yugi smiled slightly before heading towards his room, just wanting to be alone. Someone had put Koneko back in his room, and he picked her up, placing her on the bed with him. He put her on the right pillow, and she sniffed at it. Climbing down, she went over to the left pillow, smelling that one too. She got back off the left pillow and climbed back onto the right one, smelling it again, every inch of it. When she was done, she sat down and looked at him questioningly.
"They're back home, they've never been here." Yugi tried to explain to his kitten. She pawed at the pillow.
"I miss their scent too." Yugi said plucking her off of it and holding her close.
She purred, rubbing her head against his chin before struggling to get loose. Yugi released her, and she jumped off the bed which gave him quite the fright. She landed on her feet though like every good feline knew how to do. Yugi patted his chest to get his heart moving again. She trotted over to the suitcase and pawed at it. Yugi climbed off his bed and went over to it opening it. She hopped inside and started to look for something through the disarray of his clothing. Finally she came back up with a piece of paper in her mouth. Yugi took it and opened it, reading the message inside.
Hey Yugi,
You probably won't be very understanding at first as to why we had to send you away, but I assure you our intentions for doing so are pure. You probably won't find this without that little rascal of a kitten's help. So if you're reading this that means she felt you needed it. There are things going on in the Palace that we aren't very proud of, but are trying to control. I guess we find it easier to do this, without having to worry about if you're safe all the time. We are only looking out for you; as we have been since we first kidnapped you. We love you very much, and it will pain us as much as you to be away for the next 11 days. We promise to make it up to you tenfold when you get back on September 10th. We've also probably lied to you by this point and told you we'll see you at school. Yugi…we won't be attending school until the 11th of September. We can't afford to leave the Palace, under any circumstances. Every second we're with you outside of the Palace, is one where one of our foreign guests could be attacking a random human out somewhere in Domino. We know you can be selfless, and we need you to show that side of your heart now more than ever. I promise Yugi, we will make up for what will seem like neglect to you. We love you so much, please, please try to understand.
Atem and Yami
A tear drop fell down onto the paper smudging the ink slightly, and Koneko crawled into his lap. He held her close, crying into her fur. He set the letter aside, and got up carrying Koneko back to his bed. He cuddled with her, since Malik was no longer an option.
Yugi? What's wrong?
Just stay…stay there. Just…stay. Even his thoughts were coming out in choked sobs.
Yugi, come on talk to us, what's wrong?
Staaaay.
Yugi, please just tell us what's wrong. Why are you crying?
I don't want…to see either…of you until…the 10th…okay?
You found the note. It wasn't a question it was a statement. A statement that rang too clearly in his head.
Leave me alone!
We can't do that. You're our mate, and it's our fault that you're upset.
Go…away!
No Yugi, we won't.
"Yugi? Are you okay? Seth just got an upsetting text from Yami; actually I'm more surprised that those two can text." Malik said from outside of his door.
"Go away, I want to be left alone!" Yugi screamed at him.
"No you don't. Every time you say that, that is the last thing that you want. Come on, we've known each other for years. You may be able to pull that on your mates, but you can't on me, I'm calling Ryou." Malik said opening his door and stepping inside.
Is Malik there yet?
Yeah…he's calling…Ryou.
I give you permission to hug him.
Yugi's tears started to flow faster, as his sobbing became louder. Malik flinched and dropped his phone, before picking it back up and placing it at his ear. He looked over at Yugi warily, before speaking into the receiver.
Great, you just made things worse!
"Hey, Ryou! You're probably wondering if I'm torturing somebody." Malik said cheerfully.
I didn't mean to!
"Oh, well, if I heard such noises in your background that's what I would think you were doing." Malik said back.
Well you did!
"Oh, that would be Yugi, I'm unsure as to what's going on, but he's a mess and I need your help. You are way better at coaxing things out of people than I am." Malik said sheepishly looking over at Yugi.
Stop it! Stop fighting!
"Great we're at Kaiba's for safety reasons." Malik said walking over to the bed and rubbing Yugi's back.
Okay, okay, we're stopping.
"Yeah, I'll explain the gist of it when you get here." Malik grumbled.
I don't like it when we fight.
"Kay, see you soon." Malik said hanging up.
We've stopped Yugi, we've stopped.
"Geez, what did they say to make you so upset?" Malik asked. Yugi pointed to the piece of paper on the ground next to his suitcase.
Malik blinked before walking over to pick it up. His eyes travelled across the paper, as he read what was supposed to be meant for his eyes only. He couldn't explain it though, it had to be seen. Malik would be able to put two and two together much more quickly than his mates were doing. Malik looked up at him over the paper, an understanding look in his eyes.
"It was their choice, they chose to come. You told me this morning that we shouldn't expect Yami, because you had told him he didn't have to come. They made the choice, now they have to live with the consequences if what they said in this letter could happen did." Malik said.
"Okay, I'm here, what's up?" Ryou asked breathing heavily in the doorway.
"Here." Malik said simply handing him the paper. Ryou took it with confusion etched all over his face. He read it before looking back up, still confused.
"I don't get what the problem is." Ryou said shaking his head.
"Something you should know is that they showed up here today, both of them. Now read it again." Malik said nodding at the paper. Ryou bit his lip before doing so, understanding cleared in his eyes, as he looked back up.
"Oh Yugi, you have bakas for mates. Have they caught on yet?" Ryou asked. Yugi shook his head.
"Right, I'm going to go downstairs to do damage control, you stay here, Ryou." Malik said leaving the room.
Ryou walked into the room more and set a bag down, before shutting the door, and walking over to climb onto the bed with him. He pulled Yugi into a hug, and just held him as he cried. Kind of like how he had done for Malik last night.
Yugi, that was our choice, ours.
That may be, but did you ever think about how it would make me feel? When I finally read that letter you gave me? Someone could have died today and it would be my entire fault because of how bratty and needy I am.
Yugi, it is not your fault.
Oh Kami, someone did die! He let go of Koneko to clasp his hands over his mouth.
No, no, no one died. Every human in Domino is safe.
Every human you know about is safe.
He has a point.
Shut up, you're not helping! No, Yugi I know for a fact that every human is safe because we've just made a new rule that all visiting vampires must stay in the Palace, on its grounds, or on the half of the beach that is closet to our woods. Akeifa was complaining about our kind getting too close to his borders.
Well, what about the ones we passed on the way back to Kaiba's?
Oh, this is their home. They're a lot more vampires in Domino than you're aware of Yugi. Since we've made this place our home, a lot of vampires have travelled here just to be closer to us.
You're still to stay at the Palace.
Are you ordering us to stay?
I didn't have to, you put it upon yourself.
I see, then we will stay here.
Kay.
Are you sure that's what you want?
It doesn't matter what I want. It's what needs to be done.
Spoken like a true ruler.
Alright, we'll stay here.
I can handle it.
Are you sure?
I will handle it.
Okay.
We'll be over the link if you ever want to talk.
I know, you guys have always been there, from day one, you've been there.
Always.
Yugi looked up from his lap to see that Malik had come back. Koneko was rubbing her head against his knee, begging for attention. He smiled sadly, and picked her up, he wondered if that was what he was like when he wanted attention, too cute for words.
Another roller coaster chapter, guess I was a having a roller coaster day when I wrote it. Questions? Oooo, none! So, I'd like to thank everyone who are/have follwoing/favorited this story. Also, thanks to everyone who reviewed Guest and User alike. Please review. Midnight ;p