Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh.
Yami woke up again a couple of hours later and was pleasantly surprised to see that his head was still resting in Atemu's lap. Atemu had been stroking the side of Yami's face until Yami had blinked his eyes open, which prompted him to stop.
Yami smiled slightly at him and said, "You know you didn't need to stop."
Atemu looked at Yami for a moment and said, "Yes, I did."
Yami sighed, he may not have known Atemu very well but for some reason he could still tell that Atemu was hurting over what he and Yugi had done earlier.
"Atemu, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you, that wasn't my intention." Yami said.
Atemu sighed before he just shook his head, "Don't worry about it Yami. What's done is done; I'll just have to get over it."
Yami opened his mouth to try and say something that would make Atemu feel better but no words came to mind, so he just closed his mouth again. He had no idea why but for some reason seeing Atemu hurt and upset was almost as painful as seeing Yugi upset. Maybe he just didn't like seeing anyone sad.
"Yami, can I ask you a question?" Atemu suddenly asked.
"Yeah, you can ask me anything you want." Yami said.
"Do you think you'll ever be able to learn to love me?" Atemu asked.
Yami nodded, "Yes Atemu, from what little I've gotten to know of you I've seen that you are a kind person. I don't think I'll have any problem in learning to love you. Not to say it will happen over night because that's not the way these things work but I know it'll happen."
Atemu's eyes seemed to lighten with hope before he quickly blinked and looked away.
A breeze blew through the oasis and Atemu felt how Yami shivered slightly, so Atemu mumbled a few words under his breath and created a blanket which he wrapped around them both.
"It's getting late." Atemu commented as he watched the sun begin to sink below the horizon.
"That it is." Yami agreed.
Atemu maneuvered his body so he was able to lie down beside Yami, who rested his head on Atemu's chest. Atemu wrapped one arm around Yami's shoulders and the other he rested under his head as a makeshift pillow.
"Good night Yami." Atemu said.
"Night Atemu." Yami replied and the two drifted off to sleep.
Yami awoke later that night when he felt Atemu moving. "Atemu wha?"
"Shh, Yami!" Atemu whispered. "Someone's coming." He added.
Yami did as Atemu had requested and fell silent, watching as Atemu listened carefully for whatever had woken him up as well as pick up the dagger that Yami had used earlier.
Yami could barely make out Atemu's face through the moonlight however he was able to see Atemu's eyes narrow before he quickly sheathed his dagger and quickly scooped Yami and the blanket up into his arms and began to run.
"Atemu, what's going on?" Yami whispered.
"Badits. At least 5 of them. I need to get you somewhere safe before I go deal with them." Atemu said as he quickly ran to a rocky outcrop with an abandoned animal den. Atemu set Yami inside and said, "Stay here. And please don't make a sound until I come back for you Yami."
"But…"Yami said.
Atemu's eyes narrowed, "No buts Yami, you're hurt not to mention unarmed. Those bandits would kill you without so much as a second thought. Though I have little doubt that they would defile you first just to torture me. You need to stay here. I'll be back as soon as I can." Atemu said before he turned and headed back towards the Oasis, his dagger drawn.
Atemu quickly ran back to the Oasis just in time for the Bandits to come over the sand dune that blocked the Oasis from view.
"Well, well well what do we have here?" One of the bandits said, smirking.
Atemu stood firm, his hand clenching his dagger tightly. "Leave this place or face the wrath of not only the Pharaoh but the gods themselves."
The bandits all laughed.
"Are you crazy Pharaoh? There's only one of you and five of us. You must have a death wish." The ring leader said.
No, I don't have a death wish. I just have something to protect. Yami may have hurt me but that doesn't change the fact that he is still my god chosen and that I would die for him without a second thought. "You five are no match for me." Atemu said he mumbled a few words under his breath and the dagger clenched in his hand grew into a sword.
The bandits once they noticed the sword all drew there own weapons. "You're on Pharaoh."
Then they charged.
Yami listened horrified to the fight in the distance until he just couldn't take it anymore. Every cry of pain his mind told him might have been Atemu.
I've got to go make sure he's alright. It's my fault we're even in this mess. Yami thought before he crawled slowly out of the cave since his torso was still killing him.
Yami neared the battleground, only stopping once he was able to actually see what was going on.
So far it looked like Atemu was doing pretty well. Two of the bandits were dead and Atemu was locked in a headed fight with the remaining three.
Yami watched as Atemu quickly struck out knocking a third bandit to the ground before quickly parrying an attack from the others. How he was able to do that without getting himself killed Yami didn't know.
Atemu ran through another one leaving only the ringleader standing.
Yami could see Atemu was tiring but he didn't so much as pause before he and the bandit were locked in battle.
However, Yami's eyes widened in horror when he saw something Atemu hadn't. The third bandit he'd dealt with had only been wounded, not killed and he was getting up with his sword. No.
Yami quickly got to his feet and began to run, his stomach protesting heavily but that didn't matter his pumping adrenaline was numbing the pain enough to allow him to run.
However, just before Yami was close enough to do something, what he didn't quite know the man struck, his blade slicing Atemu's side.
Atemu screamed, though his body reacted instinctually and he swung out, beheading the man who'd wounded him.
However, the ringleader took his opportunity to knock Atemu to the ground and kick his blade away.
The bandit held his sword to Atemu's neck and said, "Too bad Pharaoh…you came so close too."
"NO!" Yami shouted before he scooped up Atemu's sword and parried the blow before Atemu had been killed.
Both Atemu and the bandit were shocked.
"Stupid brat." The bandit snapped swinging his sword quickly while Yami did his best to parry. He backed up but it wasn't long before the bandit had managed to knock Yami to the ground.
"This will teach you to interfere…" The man said holding his sword above Yami clearly with the intention of running him through. Yami gulped.
However, before the man could begin to lower his sword Atemu ran the bandit through, stabbing him from the back with a sword he'd grabbed from one of the dead bandits.
Yami quickly rolled to the side to avoid being impaled when the bandit fell.
Atemu yanked the sword out of the man's back before throwing it to the side and dropping to his knees beside Yami. "You're not hurt are you?" Atemu asked.
For a second Yami just gaped at him before he started laughing, "YOU almost get yourself killed and you're worried about if I'M hurt?" Yami said.
Atemu frowned, "Yami you could have gotten yourself killed. What in the world were you thinking? I told you to stay put." Atemu said.
Yami rolled his eyes, "I was thinking that if I didn't do something to help you would have been killed." Yami said.
Atemu snorted, "I fail to see why my death would have even bothered you. No doubt me getting killed would have given you your all clear to go be with Yugi." Atemu said.
Yami quickly sat up and got right in Atemu's face, "Look. Just because I'm in love with Yugi doesn't mean I want you dead."
Again Atemu snorted however that stopped when Yami did something that surprised them both.
He kissed Atemu.
Atemu hardly hesitated before he pressed his lips back against Yami's, his tongue flicking out, asking for entrance which Yami allowed. Yami's arms wound themselves around Atemu's neck pulling him closer until he overbalanced and fell back onto the sand with Atemu laying on top of him.
Atemu was the one to break the kiss once both were overwhelmed by the need to breath.
Atemu noticed he was lying on top of Yami before he quickly rolled off. "I'm sorry." He mumbled.
Yami chuckled, before he remembered that Atemu had been hurt. He sat back up and turned so he was facing Atemu and began to examine the wound.
"Don't worry about it Yami, it's just a flesh wound." Atemu said.
Yami just shook his head before he got to his feet and jogged back to the den Atemu had carried him to earlier and retrieved the blanket.
He headed back to where Atemu was at a much slower pace because his adrenaline was beginning to wear off and he was again feeling the pain in his stomach.
Once he'd gotten back to Atemu he picked up the sword he'd used and cut a long strip off the blanket and wrapped it around Atemu's side.
Atemu looked at Yami for a few moments before he asked again, "You weren't hurt were you?"
Yami shook his head, "No I wasn't. You killed him before that bandit was able to do anything." Yami said.
"I didn't hurt you either, right?" Atemu asked.
Yami chuckled a bit but shook his head, "No, you didn't hurt me. But even if you had it would have been my own fault seeing as how I pulled you on top of me."
For a moment Atemu was quiet before he asked, "Why did you do that by the way?"
"Do what?" Yami asked.
"Kiss me?" Atemu asked.
Yami shrugged his reason for kissing Atemu made no sense at all. "I just did okay. I don't know why I did it." Yami said after a few seconds thought.
"Oh." Atemu said.
Yami sighed before he laid back down beside Atemu, resting his head on Atemu's chest, pulling the blanket over them both. Again, Atemu wrapped an arm around Yami.
"Good night Yami." Atemu said.
Yami turned his head and lightly pecked Atemu on the lips before he rested his head back on Atemu's chest and replied, "Good night Atemu."
Atemu laid awake for quite awhile and once he was absolutely certain Yami was asleep he leaned down and pressed his lips to Yami's forehead and whispered, "I love you Yami." Before sleep claimed him as well.