Wow. I can't believe it. This is the last chapter of Untouched. -cries- I had such a fun time writing this and thank you all for the endless support. It really inspires and motivates me. Thank you so much, you guys. Even though this story is shorter than I originally intended, I still hope you guys all enjoyed it. I hope to see you all in my other stories. And for the final time, Enjoy!

Chapter 9: Touched

"I feel so untouched right now
Need you so much, somehow I just can't forget you
I've gone crazy since the moment I met you."

"I can't believe you!" Yuugi screeched, almost tripping down the stairs as he struggled to put his left shoe on, hoping on one foot as he did so. Yami came speeding behind him, buttoning up his pants while at the same time trying to shrug on his dark blue jacket with his shoulders.

"It's not my fault!" Yami shouted, following Yugi down the stairs and into the kitchen, smoothing out the wrinkles in his shirt with his palms.

"Like hell it isn't!" the amethyst-eyed youth retorted, running his fingers through his hair in order to tame its disheveled appearance. He shot Yami a cold glare as the other proceeded to shove his shoes on. "You just had to have me this morning! You couldn't wait till after school, could you?"

Yami looked completely offended. "Me? You're the one who pounced on me!"

Yugi rolled his eyes, throwing two slices of bread in the toaster quickly. "That was only after you started kissing and nipping everywhere on my damn body!"

"What did you expect?! You were naked!" He emphasized the word like Yugi should have expected to be violated by Yami the second he woke up. "What was I supposed to do?!"

Yugi spun around to face the other, his eyes shining with utter annoyance as he placed a hand on his hip and shifting his weight onto one leg. "I don't know, maybe you could have been like 'Hey, Yugi, it's time for school,' not 'Hey, Yugi, let's fuck!"

Yugi released a small grunt when he was forcibly shoved against the wall, two hands holding tightly onto his hips. He snapped his eyes up to see Yami towering over him with a predatory smile. "You say it as if you didn't enjoy it," Yami teased as he began to trail soft kisses down Yugi's exposed neck.

A groan bubbled from Yugi's slightly parted lips. "Oh no, don't you start again."

Yami, however, completely ignored his comment. "Did I ever mention how irresistibly cute you are when you're mad?" he whispered into Yugi's ear, smiling when he felt the boy trapped beneath his hold shudder in anticipation.

"Yami," Yugi whined, already feeling his body react to Yami's possessive touch. "We're already going to be late to school because I didn't bring the car last night. We need to leave!"

Yami chuckled before pressing his lips against Yugi's in a chaste kiss. "Mmm, why don't we just take the day off? You know, celebrate out newfound love."

"Haha, you must think I'm stupid," Yugi muttered in response, still enjoying the way Yami was caressing his sides.

"That wasn't the exact word I was looking for."

Yami laughed when Yugi punched him in the arm in retaliation to the playful insult. "No, baka, we have to go—"

Both tri-colored haired youths turned at the sound of Yami's cell phone ringing and the older immediately searched his pockets until he found the small black device. "Yes?" Yami drawled as he placed the phone to his ear, rather annoyed that someone had interrupted his play time.

"Yo."

Yami pinched the bridge of his nose, instantly recognizing the unwanted voice of his best friend. "What do you want, Bakura?" he snapped angrily.

There was a pause, followed by a wave of laughter. "And I was just starting to get used to your whole 'nice' attitude. Figures."

Yami growled irritably. "If you do tell me what you want in three seconds, I'm—"

"Oh, shove it, Yami," Bakura snorted. "I just called to see if you and the midget needed a ride to school."

This caused Yami to blink a few times, a confused expression washing over his face as he pulled the phone away to stare at it. "How did you know I was with—"

"Well, you weren't home so I just assumed you had finally made a move on the pipsqueak and was at his house or something."

Yami's eye twitched. "Stop calling him that."

"Oh, did I touch a nerve?" Bakura teased. Before Yami could retort, a new voice on Bakura's side of the line stopped him. He shot Yugi a short glance and had to do everything in his will power not to assault the boy who was staring at him with wide, puzzled, adorable eyes. Damn Yugi.

"But Ryou…I know but I…but he…Fine!"

Yami heard Bakura's voice get louder as his attention was shifted back to him. "Anyways, Ryou doesn't want Yugi to be late so we're coming whether you like it or not. You're at the midget's house, right?"

"Yes but—"

"Be there in five."

"But I—"

Yami growled at the sound of the dial tone before closing his phone more harshly than he intended. He forced a smile onto his face as he turned back to look at Yugi. "It appears that Ryou coerced Bakura into giving a ride to school."

Yugi looked momentarily relieved. "Oh, that's good. How long until they get here?"

"Five minutes." Yugi's cheeks burned a dark scarlet when a devious grin made its way onto Yami's handsome face. "Which means," Yami continued, approaching the smaller with slow, sensual movements. He reached out to take Yugi by the hips once more, his grin melting into a lustful smirk as he lowered his face enough so that he could place a soft, lingering kiss on the corner of Yugi's lips. "That I have you alone for five more minutes."

...Untouched...

"You two look…ah…," Ryou stopped and instead just flashed the two new occupants in the car a dazzling smile.

"Nice to see you too, Ryou," Yami greeted, making sure to glare at Bakura when he heard the other scoff.

"So…" Bakura smirked, glancing at the two youths in the back seat through the rearview mirror but mainly Yami who was sitting directly behind him. "How was last night? Anything interesting happen?"

"Bakura!" Ryou reprimanded sharply. "I told you not to bring it up."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Bakura said, turning his eyes back to the road. Yami was very impressed to say the least. In the short time that Bakura and Ryou had been 'together', it appeared like they were surprisingly close. Besides, Bakura had never been a pushover when it came to his relationships but with Ryou...it appeared that Bakura had actually taken a real liking to him.

Yami looked over to his right and smiled brightly at the sight of his little one. Yugi, who was currently cutting a piece of paper with a pair of scissors, sensed the other's warm gaze, and turned around to return the loving smile.

"What are you doing, little one?" Yami inquired curiously.

Yugi gazed back down to the paper in his hands and grinned sheepishly. "Oh, nothing, I just remembered that I have to give this permission slip back to my teacher today for the next field trip. She said to make sure only to give her the bottom half."

Yami nodded slowly and was about to say something when the car came to a screeching halt. Out of instinct, Yami reached over and put his hand over Yugi's stomach. However, due to the fact that they were all wearing seatbelts, no one really jerked forward as harshly as they might have. It took a few seconds for Yami to compose himself, quickly scanning Yugi over to make sure that the other was okay. The moment Yugi exhaled a deep breath and offered him a small nod, Yami snapped his head to the front of the car, his eyes narrowing into dark slits.

"What the hell was that about, Bakura?!"

Bakura though didn't answer because he was too busy glaring at something outside the windshield. Yami immediately followed the other's gaze until he spotted a squirrel standing right in front of the car, a small walnut wrapped around his claws as he stood there as if frozen in place.

Bakura's grip on the steering wheel tightened till the knuckles were a sickly white, a snarl etching onto his face. "That little son of a bitch!"

In the next second, the white-haired driver had swung open the his door and stalked in front of the car, not caring in the least that he was holding up traffic. The squirrel still had of yet to move, apparently too terrified to do so.

"Oh, God," Ryou moaned as Bakura started shouting at the top of his lungs at the stunned animal.

Yami, on the other hand, had settled for thumping the side of his head against his window, trying with all his might to block out the endless honking behind him and the harsh shouts resonating from the front of the car. He glanced over to Yugi who seemed to be ignoring the whole situation, busily cutting away at the paper in his hands.

"Hey, little one, pass me those pair of scissors for a second," Yami murmured as he continued to hit his head.

Yugi glanced at Yami suspiciously. "Are you going to try to kill yourself with it?"

"—And if you ever run in front of my car again—!"

Yami groaned as Bakura's words managed to reach his ears. "It's very possible."

"Then no!" Yugi said, sticking his tongue out in response.

Yami opened his mouth to reply but was cut off by Ryou's distressed voice.

"Aww! Bakura, you killed it!"

Yami paused in his attempt to cause himself brain damage to lean forward in his seat and peer out of the window. Sure enough, the squirrel was lying against the pavement lifeless from what Yami could only assume to be a heart attack.

The sound of Bakura getting back into the car brought Yami out of his thoughts, the former snorting at Ryou's comment.

"Good, now I don't have to run him over," he said as he started to drive again, Ryou scolding him mercilessly for what the smaller deemed as animal cruelty.

Yami returned his gaze to Yugi. "So, little one, about those scissors."

...Untouched...

Jou frowned in agitation as he continued to lean against Yugi's locker, waiting for his friend so that he could get a chance to talk to him. There was definitely something wrong. Yugi just hadn't been himself lately. Punching people no matter how annoying they were was never really something Yugi did and, quite honestly, Jou was tired of not knowing what had caused his sudden attitude change. He had intended to talk to Yugi before school but, by the looks of it, Yugi was going to be late. And that was just weird in itself.

"What are you doing, pup?"

Jou didn't even turn his gaze from the floor as he mumbled his reply. "I was waiting for Yugi. But I'm starting to doubt that he's going to show up."

Kaiba shrugged. "Maybe he's just late."

Jou peered at the brunet from underneath his bangs. "Yugi's never late."

Kaiba nodded slowly before directing his attention to the entrance of the school, his eyebrows knitting together in confusion as he observed the four new arrivals, two of which immediately disappeared into a classroom. "Well, it seems that you're right about that."

"Huh?" Jou said, pushing himself off the locker before spotting his best friend walking towards him, with a cheerful smile on his face…hand in hand with Yami…

Wait a minute, what?

"This definitely rates like an 8 on my weird shit-o-meter," Jou muttered to himself, clueless to Kaiba's curious gaze.

"Hi Jou!" Yugi greeted, his voice as high-pitched as ever. "Morning, Kaiba."

"Ah…hi, Yugi." Jou blinked a few times at their conjoined hands before looking back up. "Hey there…Yami."

Yami flashed Jou a friendly smile. After all, they had spent the last week together and Yami had actually grown to like the blond. "Kaiba," Yami nodded at his cousin as a greeting.

"Yami," Kaiba said, still slightly puzzled. It wasn't so much that Yugi and Yami were obviously together but more the fact that they had both been acting so weird lately and, now…everything seemed back to normal. Well, with the exception of the Yami and Yugi being together part.

"So, Yugi," Jou said slowly. "What's…ah, I don't know…going on?" he finished lamely, gesturing to their hands with a meek smile.

Yugi followed Jou's gaze, a smile highlighting his face when he figured out what exactly Jou was asking. "Oh, you know," Yugi grinned, raising Yami's and his interlaced hands. "I just love him."

If Jou had been drinking anything then this would be the part where he'd spit it out onto his friend's face. "What?" Jou choked though Kaiba had remained relatively indifferent.

Yami was the one to answer him this time. "We love each other." He smiled at Yugi, making a pink hue tint the other's otherwise flawless face. "Very much actually. And though I know you don't exactly like me that much, I was hoping we could start over, get to know each other."

Jou could not hide his bewildered expression. "Wait, you two are serious? What happened to hating each other?"

Yugi squeezed Yami's hand a little tighter. "Jou, we never really hated each other. We were just being…"

"Stubborn," Kaiba finished.

"Yes," Yami assented. "Stubborn."

Jou shot a surprised look in Kaiba's direction before returning to the two in front of him. Though it was true that he didn't like Yami that much, he couldn't deny how…happy they looked. How happy they were just…to be together.

Jou must have been silent for quite a long time because Kaiba had evidently cleared his throat to regain his attention. After a moment longer, Jou began to nod his head slowly, a small smile forming on his lips. "I can't say that I'm exactly elastic about this but," he winked at Yugi, "as long as you're happy, I'm happy."

Yugi was embracing Jou within a second, practically squeezing the life out of him. "Oh, thank you, Jou. I'm glad you're okay with this!" He lowered his voice down to a whisper so that only Jou could hear. "I really do love him."

Jou smiled as Yugi released him and immediately returned by Yami's side. "Well, we should get to class," Yami said, pulling Yugi along down the corridor after giving the other two a small wave.

"Hey Yami!" Jou called out suddenly, causing both Yugi and Yami to turn and stare at him expectedly. "Maybe you should come with all of us to grab something to eat after school. You know, to get to know each other better."

Yami looked down at the ground for a moment before gazing back up to Jou, a wide smile on his face. "I'd like that."

Jou nodded and grinned when Yugi mouthed a silent 'thank you.' It was then that something outside caught his attention, his eyes widening minutely before he realized what it was.

"Oh my God, it's snowing outside!"

"What?" Kaiba said, his eyes snapping to the window beside them only to widen in surprise as well. "Well, what do you know?" he mused, ignoring the excited crowd that had gathered around them to stare out at the white snowflakes falling from the sky in bundles.

It didn't take long for the majority of the students to run back outside, coats closed tight as they basked in the year's first bit of snow, an exciting sign of the approaching holidays to spend with their loved ones.

Jou and Kaiba, however, stayed where they stood, content in each other's presence as they continued to gaze at the restless students who had engaged in a civil snowball fight. Soon, Jou noticed two familiar figures chasing each other around in circles.

"Do you think they'll be okay, Seto?" Jou asked, leaning back into his boyfriend's comforting chest as he watched Yugi throw a snowball right in Yami's face.

Kaiba's face softened at the blonde's affectionate gesture, wrapping his arms around Jou's waist and placing his chin on top of his head. He broke out into a small smile when he saw Yami pounce on top of Yugi sending both of them to the snow-covered ground in a laughing and tangled heap. "Yeah," the brunet whispered quietly. "Something tells me they'll be just fine."

"I feel so untouched right now
Need you so much, somehow I just can't forget you
I've gone crazy since the moment I met you."

End

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