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Yami sighed as he glanced up at the ceiling from his bed. What am I supposed to say to Yugi? How am I supposed to tell him I'm leaving without breaking his heart? How can I get him to forget about me and stop trying to find a way for us to be together?

Sadly, Yami couldn't find an answer to any of his questions. He was drawn from his thoughts by a light, hesitant knock on his bedroom door.

"Come in." Yami called.

The door slowly opened to reveal Yugi, wearing that fake smile on his face and his eyes had a slight red tinge to them which told Yami that Yugi had been crying. His gut twisted painfully at that realization.

"You wanted to see me Yami?" Yugi asked as he came over to sit on the bed beside Yami, clearly with the intention of cuddling up with him. Yami subtly moved away from Yugi.

"Yes, Yugi I needed to talk to you. You see, I'm leaving Domino tomorrow." Yami said, trying to get straight to the point, this was painful enough without trying to drag it out.

"But why?" Yugi asked.

"Because Atemu asked me to go back to the capital with him and I told him yes." Yami replied, forcing his voice to remain even. It wasn't easy.

Yugi looked crushed for a second before he looked back up once more this time with a determined expression on his face. "He's making you go isn't he?"

Yami fought against the urge to cringe. Yugi had that look in his eye, like he was planning something. And Yami had a really REALLY bad feeling about this. He needed to do something to stop Yugi before he ended up getting himself killed.

Even if it killed him to do it.

"Listen Yugi, when I agreed to go with Atemu I knew you and I were going to have to break up, which is fine with me. I'm with Atemu now and that's who I'm going to be with for the rest of my life. He is an amazing guy. So, what I'm trying to tell you is that you need to move on and find happiness with your own god chosen once you meet them and let me continue to be happy with my god chosen." Yami said.

Yugi got really quiet when Yami finished speaking and after what to Yami seemed like an eternity he finally spoke, "What really happened between you and the Pharaoh after you left my house yesterday?" Yugi asked, his question coming out barely above a whisper.

I have to lie to him, or at least stretch the truth a bit. "Well, Atemu and I talked some, kissed and we slept together." Yami said, though not in the way you are going to think.

"What? You, no no you couldn't have…" Yugi said, tears beginning to gather in the corners of his eyes as he shook his head back and forth.

Yami fought hard against the urge to wrap his arms around Yugi and tell him that it was just a lie and instead said, "Yes Yugi, I did." How he managed to keep his voice firm when all he wanted was to cry was beyond him.

"But, you love me." Yugi whispered, his voice sounding so broken. It was killing Yami to do this to him, but he couldn't leave Yugi with any hope of something still happening between them.

Yami sighed, "Yugi, what happened between us was two people who THOUGHT they were in love. But, quite honestly neither of us even understood what that meant. I've realized that since I meant Atemu. When I'm with him I feel complete in a way that I never did when I was with you. When I kiss him it's the most amazing feeling in the world…" He trailed off.

Yugi buried his head in his hands and began to cry.

Again Yami fought hard against the urge to comfort him. Even if Yami had been lying through his teeth doesn't mean that he could let Yugi know that.

"But I love you." Yugi whispered.

Yami shook his head, "No, Yugi you don't. And in time you'll come to agree with me. All that was between us was a strong friendship. We made it something more in our minds when it really wasn't."

"Why are you doing this?" Yugi asked.

Because I love you and I don't want you to get hurt. Yami thought, though aloud he said, "Because you need to know that things are over. Move on."

"But you kissed me." Yugi whispered.

"And that was a mistake. That was when I knew that I didn't love you. And I regret taking your first kiss from the one who was meant to have it." Yami said.

Yugi sighed before he slowly got to his feet, "Well, then I guess this is good-bye. I hope you really are happy with him."

I'm not but I will grow to be. "I am. Good bye Yugi. I'll miss our friendship." Yami said.

Yugi nodded and gave Yami a watery smile before he walked out of Yami's room, pulling his bedroom door closed behind him.

Once Yugi was gone Yami allowed the tears he had been holding in the entire conversation to fall silently down his face. He had just broken the heart of the person he loved. And worse yet been horribly cruel about it.

But, if that was what it takes for Yugi to stop looking for a way out and to stop trying to break the law then that was what he needed to do. No matter how much it hurt now, at least Yugi would live.

Yami didn't know how long he had laid there crying before he felt a gentle hand resting on his shoulder. He slowly glanced up and wasn't really that surprised to see Atemu standing there.

Atemu didn't say anything but instead just lightly wiped the tears off Yami's face.

It was strangely comforting.

"You okay?" Atemu asked, his voice was gentle, like he genuinely wanted to know if Yami was okay or not. Not that Yami deserved that, it was still nice.

"Yeah, I am." Yami said. He wasn't, but he would be in time.

Atemu nodded before he carefully crawled in bed beside Yami, wrapping his arms around him pulling Yami close, "You can cry some more if you need to." Atemu whispered as he stroked the side of Yami's face.

Yami just gave Atemu a watery smile before he rested his head against Atemu's chest. He didn't want to cry anymore. But, he still did let tears of pain slide down his face while Atemu stroked his back and held him close making soothing noises.

This continued until Yami cried himself to sleep in Atemu's arms.

Never knowing that Yugi had watched Yami crying from the tree outside his window. I knew Yami didn't mean it. Yugi thought as he brought his hand up to rest lightly on the glass.

Don't worry Yami, I'll find a way for us to be together. The gods were wrong and I'll find a way to make it right no matter what it takes. Yugi thought before he slowly descended the tree and headed home. He had a lot of planning to do.

A/N: Yes, I know it's been awhile; unfortunately life does get in the way. However, on the bright side I did get this done and hopefully I'll be able to get another chapter written here soon. As always please leave a review I love to hear what you think of this.