So yes, this is the end! I'm actually kind of proud for even finishing this... though it did take a lot of pushing. I'd like to thank those pushers right now, including all who favorited, reviewed, or alerted this story because that made me feel like I had to finish. This chapter actually did take a lot of work as much of the old stuff was trashed so I'm actually kind of happy with it... Sorry any Honda lovers but he gets mentioned like twice in this chapter because I basically forgot about him, realized, 'yes, he's in this story' and added in his name. Don't think I have anything else to say, enjoy!

I can feel your sorrow (I sacrifice) You won't forgive me (...) But I know you'll be alright (...) It tears me apart that you will never know. But I have to let go. [Frozen by Within Temptation]

It wasn't fair, Yami decided. It was completely unfair that he was fated to break Yuugi's heart and he hoped that at least the gods were enjoying themselves.

The thought made Yami laugh lightly, thinking of Yuugi's shock if he'd told him that. His Aibou had never understood how even the gods could enjoy seeing people unhappy. He'd obviously never watched a soap opera.

"Hey, Yami!"

Yami swore mentally and kept walking, pretending he didn't hear the voice calling out to him. Carefully making sure not to speed up and alert them that something was wrong.

"Pharaoh?" And then they were in front of him, Yuugi's friends, forcing him to stop. He had no idea what to say, though the words 'fuck' and 'shit' did come to mind, so he stayed silent. "Where are you going?"

He looked away, watching a few cars drive by, ignoring the teens in front of him and instead memorizing the colors. White. Black. Green. Red.

"Pharaoh?"

Silver. Teal. Black. Red. Blue. Black.

"Are you okay?"

Black, or was it dark blue, hard to tell in this light. Blue. Black. White.

Jou stepped into his line of sight "You could at least answer."

Yami gave up on the cars and instead counted the stripes on Jou's shirt. One. Umm… one. It wasn't hard as there was only one stripe on the shirt. Which didn't make it the best distraction really.

Jou was getting frustrated and eventually just pushed Yami against the wall of the nearest building. "Damn it Yami!"

One. Still just one.

"I'm not going to let you do this to Yuugi again."

Counting the same stripe over and over was getting really old really fast.

"Yami."

Finally Yami sighed. "I don't have a choice Jou."

"Yes, you do. You could stay." Jou said the words slowly, as if Yami wouldn't understand him otherwise.

"No I can't. I tried and I… I just can't." He tried to pull away but Jou had him pinned firmly to the wall.

"Yes, you can."

"Damn it Jou!" Yami shouted, frustrated. "I want to but-"

'There's always a 'but' in these situations. A stupid, idiotic but that no one else understands because it doesn't actually make sense!'

"But-"He could feel the tears running down his face.

'because they're never actually reasons they're just stupid stupid excuses and a way to run away! They never actually make people happy!'

"Pharaoh?" It was Anzu. "Are you… okay?" She sounded worried.

"Mou hitori no boku? Are you okay?"

"No." He found himself saying. "No, I'm not."

"What's wrong?"

"I'll be alright, as long as you're here."

"I can't-"

"Almost all of these boards are 'squeaky'."

"Huh. Would you look at that? This floor really sucks."

A scrunched up nose and a tongue sticking out. "I hope you fall through."

"I can't say, just trust me. I have to leave."

"And what about us?!" Anzu again. "What about Yuugi?! You're just going to let him waste the rest of his life trying to find you?!"

"Yep. You would definitely make a good Simba."

"Because I sure love to prance around and sing, don't I Aibou?"

"Tell us what's wrong!"

"And you'd do anything to make me happy, right?"

Yami hadn't so much as moved and Anzu was starting to get really frustrated. "We can fix it if you just tell us what's wrong!"

"Can you please just tell me what's wrong so we can fix it?"

"This time… it can't be fixed. You can't beat fate Anzu."

"Pharaoh-"

"Now let me go before Yuugi comes looking for me."

"No, I'm not letting you go Yami." It was Jou who spoke this time, fierce determination in his voice.

"You don't understand!" Yami was starting to freak out; they were too close to the game shop. Yuugi would notice he was missing soon.

"Then tell us so we can!" It was still Jou; Anzu had shrunk back, leaving the 'beat it out of him' part of it to Jou.

"I can-"

"Don't you dare say you can't!" Anzu had stepped closer again, tears running down her face. "Something is wrong, and you need to tell us so we can fix it just like we always do!"

"You just don't get it!" Yami was far too upset to care that she was crying. "You can't fix this!"

"Just-"

"I love him alright!" The entire group froze before Yami swore, pushing away a shocked Jou and taking off towards the game shop.

"W-What?" Anzu finally asked before realizing that Yami wasn't even there anymore.

"What the hell?" Jou asked, staring after him.

Honda blinked. "I have no idea." And they took off after him, trying to piece together even the faintest idea of what was going on.

XxXx

Yami didn't stop running until he was outside of Yuugi's locked door. He had two choices, get the key from Yuugi's grandpa, or use his shadow magic to just blast the door off. The first was less destructive but it also took more time. He chose the second.

XxXx

Yuugi woke up to the sound of a door falling over and a hysterical Anzu shrieking. "Pharaoh, what is going on?!"

Yuugi sighed, swinging himself up and around so he was sitting on the side of the bed before going to the door and peaking his head out, staring at his room from Yami's. He'd moved there awhile ago, waiting for Yami to come upstairs so they could talk. He winced slightly at the sight of the poor door lying on the floor. "Mou hitori no boku?" He questioned. "What is going on?"

"Aibou!" Yami immediately pulled the smaller boy into a hug. "You're alive!"

Yuugi blinked, pulling away slightly to stare at Yami in confusion. "Of course I am. I mean, I was upset that we fought and stuff, but I wasn't about to go kill myself over it."

Yami ignored that, pushing Yuugi even further away and looking him up and down. "Do you feel okay? You don't feel sick or anything?"

The way Yami was looking at him as if expecting him to drop dead any second was starting to make Yuugi uncomfortable. "No, why? What's going on?"

"We wouldn't mind hearing that either." Yuugi looked past Yami to see his friends standing at the top of the steps looking about as confused as he was. "One minute I'm pushing the guy up against a wall and refusing to let him run away again, the next he's shouting he loves you and running back here as if his life depended on it." Jou stated, looking at Yami as if he was a very interesting bug their science teacher was showing them.

"Not mine." Yami corrected. "His." He nodded toward Yuugi who was staring at him in shock. "You sure you feel okay Aibou?" He felt his fear rise up when Yuugi didn't answer. "Aibou?!" He grabbed him by the shoulders. "Aibou!"

Yuugi blinked. "You… love me?"

Yami waved it off, still concerned about his health. "Of course I do, how could I not? Are you sure you feel okay."

"I love you too! And I'm fine." Yuugi grinned, leaning up and giving Yami a quick kiss on the lips. "A little confused, but perfectly fine."

"You're sure?"

Yuugi groaned and pulled away to glare at Yami. "Yes I'm sure. I'm fine, why wouldn't I be?"

Yami shrugged, feeling a little embarrassed now that he knew Yuugi was okay. "I had this… dream."

Yuugi frowned. "A dream?"

Yami nodded. "This creepy guy in a cloak, the guy from the Go Fish game, basically told me that if I told anyone I loved you, or you told me you loved me, you would die."

Yuugi blinked. "I would die?" He asked.

Yami nodded. "And I obviously didn't want you to die, so I figured it would be best if I just left."

Yuugi, to his surprise, started laughing. "I understand." He finally managed to say when he stopped.

Yami frowned. "You do?"

"I understand you're an idiot. You beat her Yami. Isn't that like the most basic rule of evil curses? Once you defeat the one who cursed you, they're gone? If," and here he snickered again in amusement. "There was ever actually a curse in the first place."

Yami stared at him. "Really?"

Yuugi rolled his eyes. "Really."

"And you're sure?"

Yuugi sighed. "Yes I'm sure. Are you sure you used to actually rule Egypt? I mean, don't you think this entire thing is slightly ridiculous?"

Yami shrugged, leaning in to kiss Yuugi. "Maybe."

Yuugi laughed when they separated. "You really are an idiot."

"True." Yami agreed, pulling Yuugi closer and wrapping his arms around his waist. "But I'm your idiot."

"Damn straight." Yuugi muttered before Yami kissed him again.

Someone made a gagging noise and Yuugi blushed, pushing himself out of Yami's arms. "Err… sorry guys. Forgot you were here…" He trailed off, face a bright red.

Jou rolled his eyes. "Obviously."

Anzu smiled at the couple. "Oh don't worry about us; we were just leaving, weren't we?" She started practically shoving Jou and Honda down the stairs. "See you at school in a few hours, though I'm starting to wonder why we even bother to show up anymore…"

"Lunch!" Was the enthusiastic reply from the two boys halfway down the stairs. "The school's lunch isn't half bad."

This was followed by an argument between the two about what the best school lunch was before it was cut off by the slamming of the door.

Yami laughed. "You have weird friends."

Yuugi shrugged. "Hey, they're yours too. They go well with our weird life."

Yami laughed again, putting his arms back around Yuugi's waist. "True."

XxXx

Yuugi woke up an hour later to the beeping of Yami's alarm clock. Frowning he reached over and shut is off, cracking open his eyes to stare at the time. His own alarm would be going off in five minutes. Realizing something he blinked, turning over to stare and the equally tired Yami next to him. "Squeaky floorboards indeed."

Yami just shrugged, pulling Yuugi back down next to him, not bothering to try and deny it. "You're too damn tired to go to school today."

Yuugi smiled sleepily, curling himself back into Yami and closing his eyes. "Damn straight."

[A/N] The End. Hope this chapter didn't dissapoint you at all... ^.^

Yes, Yami is an idiot, Yuugi finds this entire thing ammusing, and the others would rather not see them kissing thank you very much.

I would like to thank anyone who simply read this, even that fact make me feel good. It wasn't so terrible you couldn't get past the first chapter... So really, review-wise, just a 'I read it all the way through.' would be nice...