Okay, so I have received quite a bit of love for this story, so I am going to continue it. I have been thinking about where this places in the timeline, and decided that it fits in just before Dark Side of Dimensions, and then the last chapter, or chapters, will be after Yugi/Atem defeats that hideous Ring/Cube/Diva thing. I usually plan out a story in advance, but I'm making this up as I go along, so bear with me as there might sometimes be a gap between postings.

Warnings: most chapters will contain some smut, some hint of sexual desire, or actual sexual content. I tend not to write overly graphic sexual content, but how graphic it is depends on what people want. But in any case, I will rate it adult just to be safe.

Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to Yugiioh.


Thwarted.

It was several days since he and Anzu took those first tentative steps from friends to lovers, and Yugi was still on cloud nine. He almost had to pinch himself to make sure this was real and not a dream!

But it was real! And after struggling through his adolescent insecurities, lack of self esteem and being second best to his other Self, he had finally made her his.

Lately they had been meeting up every day to walk to school together, and as Yugi hurried to their meeting spot, he wondered if Anzu was looking forward to making love again as much as he was.

When he arrived, she was already waiting for him. She looked as beautiful as always, waving at him and smiling brightly.

Waving back, he hurried over.

"Morning Yugi!" she said chirpily.

"Hey! Anzu," he said brightly, elated to be at her side.

She nudged him playfully. "You seem happy Yugi! You can't be looking forward to two hours of maths revision that much!" she teased, giggling.

"It's not that," he said, grinning. "It's seeing you that makes me happy!"

Anzu blushed at the compliment. "Ah, thank you," she said. "I feel the same when I see you." She wanted to give him a kiss, but there were other people around so she refrained.

Instead, they fidgeted awkwardly for a moment, and then started walking to school.

"Anzu!" Yugi said suddenly. "I, erm… was wondering if you wanted to come to my place after school today? Only, Grandpa's closing the shop early to go and play Shogi in the park with the other old men, and my mum's meeting her sister this afternoon."

"Sure!" She replied quickly. "What do you have planned for us to do?"

He blushed. "Well, I thought we could, you know, maybe…." he looked round to ensure no one could hear, "do what we did last Sunday," he whispered, sounding embarrassed.

Even though she had guessed that was what he wanted and had been teasing him when she asked what he had planned, she still blushed. "Yes. I… would like that," she said, a slight hint of apprehension in her voice. Yugi immediately picked up on her hesitancy.

"If you don't want to, that's okay. I understand." he said, feeling deflated. It occurred to him that maybe she preferred him as a friend and was having second thoughts about being in a serious relationship with him, which hurt. But he would deal with it and put on a brave front, just like he had been doing since Atem left.

"Oh! Yugi! No! I do. It's just…" she lowered her voice. "Being in an intimate relationship with you is all so new. I'm still a little scared and….. you know... self conscious," she said, feeling embarrassed at her own admission.

Yugi found it hard to understand how someone who looked so beautiful could be self conscious, when, in his opinion, he had far more reason to be self conscious given his puny stature.

"I feel the same, just a bit," he confessed, blushing.

"Hopefully we'll find being naked together less embarrassing the more we do it, eh?" she said, giggling with embarrassment at her own statement.

Yugi focussed on the hint of teasing in her voice, which not only made him blush, but made him horny as well.

"Definitely!" he said, glad that his trousers were not the ones that had become a little too small for him recently, and that his shirt was untucked and hanging loosely enough to conceal his excitement.

By the time they reached school, their conversation had turned towards to the weather, their exams and preparing for graduation, and Yugi's libido was back under control.

The school day went as expected, and having survived another day without drawing any attention to themselves, the young couple said goodbye to their friends and made their way to Kame Game.

"Do you think anyone suspects?" asked Anzu.

"About us?" Yugi shook his head. "I think our friends have guessed, but they won't say anything. Why, are you worried?"

"No. But when I said I was going back to your place to revise for tomorrow, Jonouchi winked at me. I nearly punched him but managed to stop myself. If that blabbermouth says…." She was cut off when Yugi burst out laughing.

"What?!" she snapped indignantly once his laughter subsided. Yugi shook his head and nudged her gently.

"After all this time, you still don't trust him, do you? He won't say anything, trust me."

"You know what he's like Yugi! He might not mean to blab, but he just can't stop himself sometimes!"

"Well, I trust him not to blab. And in a few weeks time we'll reach graduation and it won't matter; the Wicked Witch of Expel won't be able to get us suspended." It was disappointing that Ms Chono was still a witch, even after Yami Yugi subjected her to a penalty game.

Anzu giggled at a thought that popped into her head. "You know, after we graduate, I'm going to tell the whole country about us, and I can't wait to see that battle-axe's face."

Yugi chuckled. "I want to tell the whole world about us."

"The King of Games and his Queen," said Anzu proudly.

"Hmm… I like that," he said thoughtfully.

Anzu linked their arms and pulled him along. "C'mon, we're walking too slowly, which means less time together."

Nodding, Yugi picked up the pace a little.

When they reached the store, the lights were dimmed and the closed sign showing. "Looks like we have the place to ourselves," said Yugi, grinning. He rubbed his hands together gleefully. "We'll go round the back."

He lead Anzu to a door that opened into the small living area at the rear of the shop. From there they could also access stairs to the upstairs accommodation. Yugi did not bother to turn on the lights as they stepped inside. He noticed that the door through to the shopfront was closed, probably locked.

Closing the rear door, he locked it again and turned to Anzu. He had been suppressing his desire for her all day and could not wait a moment longer. He wanted her now!

He shrugged off his backpack and reached out for her. She dropped her own bag and embraced him. The kissed, gently at first, but quickly the desire and lust intensified.

After a few moments, they parted for air. "I've been wanting to do that all day," he said.

Anzu rubbed noses with him and giggled. "Same."

They started to kiss again, and this time their hands began to roam and fumble for buttons.

Yugi was already rock hard and moaned when Anzu pressed her pelvis against his and made a contented little humming sound.

He reached under her skirt and pressed his fingers between her legs, but she stopped him. "Not here. It doesn't feel right," she said. He nodded and picked up his backpack.

"My room."

Full of horny excitement, they held hands and hurried up the stairs to the main living area. They were just taking off their shoes when they heard a voice.

"Yugi, is that you?" His heart dropped into his stomach and he froze. His shirt buttons were undone and he had a huge tent in his trousers, while Anzu's clothing was dishevelled and Yugi had somehow managed to undo the catch on her bra, letting her breasts bounce free. They both had pink faces and tingling lips from their heated kisses.

Yugi gulped. He cleared his throat so as not to sound like he was guilty of something. "Y. Yes Mum!"

Fearing Mrs Muto was about to come out into the hallway and catch them, they hastily rearranged themselves. Yugi could already feel that the disappointment was starting to have a shrivelling effect on his erection, but it was still looked a bit obvious.

"I thought you were seeing Aunty Himari?" he called out.

"She cancelled. Mayumi was sick and she had to go and pick her up from school," his mother called back, sounding disappointed. Mayumi was Yugi's cousin.

Not wanting to be rude and shout from the hall, Yugi went over and poked his head round the kitchen door "I hope Mayumi's okay?"

His mother looked up from rolling the dough she was rolling and smiled sweetly at him. "I don't think it's anything too serious." She rolled her eyes. "Himari thinks she just wanted the afternoon off."

Yugi laughed mirthlessly. "Sounds like Mayumi." Trust his annoying little cousin to stick a spanner in his plans for this afternoon. "I brought Anzu home with me. We were hoping to get some revision done for our exam tomorrow."

Anzu peered around Yugi's shoulder and waved. "Hello Mrs Muto," she said innocently. Hana Muto liked Anzu, and hoped that one day she would make an honest man of her game obsessed son, but given the youth of today she held out little hope.

"Hello My dear. And I thank you for ensuring my son is actually doing some studying!" It was said as a joke, but Yugi knew how his mother felt about him putting more effort into playing Duel Monsters these last couple of years than he did into his school work.

Yugi rolled his eyes. "Mum!" he whined.

Anzu poked him in the side, making him flinch and squeak. "It's no trouble Mrs Muto," she said, trying to keep a straight face. "Yugi's actually a very good student when he puts his mind to it."

Yugi face palmed. "Aghh…! Now you're both ganging up on me!" he whined. Both women giggled. "I'm going up to my room!" he said indignantly. "Coming Anzu?"

"Do you want some refreshments first?" Hana Muto asked. Yugi stopped, turned around and nodded.

"Yes please. Is it okay if we take it up to my room to have while we study?" he asked, emphasising study.

"Of course! Just don't get crumbs on the floor. I've swept this afternoon."

Yugi grinned. "We won't."

He made two cups of green tea, grabbed a couple of Kit-kat bars, and he and Anzu went upstairs.

"Sorry about ganging up on you," said Anzu, hiding her smirk. "It was too good to resist."

He smiled and put his arms around her. "You're right, I am very good at anything I put my mind to when it's enjoyable," he cooed huskily.

"Yugi!" Anzu slapped pulled away. "Your mum's downstairs!"

He pouted at her. "It's okay. She won't hear from the kitchen."

"But…!"

"It'll be okay. She thinks we're studying."

Anzu sighed. "Okay, but just a kiss and cuddle. We're keeping our clothes on."

"I can lock the door!"

"You don't have a lock on it!"

"I'll wedge a chair under the handle."

"Promise we won't get caught?"

"She never comes to my room, except to hurry me up for school or to tell me dinner's ready, or to let me know my friends are here. If my door's closed, she knocks."

Anzu huffed. He wanted it. She wanted it. "Fine!"

They climbed onto the bed and started to kiss. Clothing was rapidly undone and pushed aside, while their tea sat on the side going cold.

And then his phone rang.

Yugi hesitated, wanting to see who it was.

"Ignore it. It's probably Jonouchi wanting to be annoying," said Anzu.

Yugi could not ignore it and went over to the desk to look. "It's Grandpa!" he said, answering it.

Anzu sat on the bed, listening to Yugi's end of the conversation. "Yes. I'm home. What time? Sure, I'll deal with it for you. Yep! Enjoy your evening."

He came off the phone with an apologetic frown. "There's a delivery coming in about ten minutes. It was supposed to be here first thing tomorrow, but the driver wants to deliver it tonight."

Anzu groaned. "Sure. I'll help you."

"Sorry!" Yugi said in a small voice.

"It's not your fault," she said. "C'mon. We had better get dressed."

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By the time they had waited twenty minutes for the delivery lorry to turn up, unloaded and put the boxes in the store room, their libido had wilted somewhat and dinner was ready.

"Will you be staying for dinner, Anzu?" Hana Muto asked.

The offer was tempting. Mrs Muto was a good cook (much better than her mum) and it was home made gyoza, with a soy dipping sauce sprinkled with toasted sesame seeds, a cucumber pickle, plus rice and chicken skewers. "I'd love to. I just need to let my mum know, in case she's expecting me home."

Her mother did not mind at all, so Anzu stayed for dinner. Yugi's grandfather came home just after eight. He thanked Yugi for taking in the order and was happy that there were no problems with it. They chatted a while longer, and Anzu decided to go home at eight thirty.

"I'll walk you home," Yugi offered.

"No. It's okay. I'll get my dad to pick me up." It would save Yugi a thirty minute trek in the drizzle that had started at some point.

"No need to trouble your dad. I'll run you home," Grandpa Muto told her.

Anzu gave Yugi a pleading look, hoping that he would come too. It was not that she did not trust Yugi's grandfather, but he kept dropping hints about her and Yugi getting together, so she just felt more comfortable with Yugi there to deal with it.

Yugi smiled knowingly and winked at her. "I'll come as well," he said.

Thankfully, Yugi's grandfather was on his best behaviour. Until that is, he pulled up outside Anzu's house. "I'm sure you would like to walk Anzu to her door, and say goodnight properly Yugi, so I'll wait here." There was a huge hint of suggestiveness in his voice that made Anzu cringe.

But Yugi brushed it aside with a nonchalant, "I'll try not to keep you waiting too long, Grandpa!"

Anzu wanted to slap them both.


Thank you for reading. Short chapter, but hopefully enjoyable.