RF: Thank you to Sansi, who gave me the idea for this chapter- I really was
stuffed ^-^ Damn writer's block. Blah.
I'm sorry that this chapter took so long to come out!! But I had school
*shudder* and the exams are coming up... study study study... *shudder*
Warning: yaoi, and I think you should know what that means by now. It means boy+boy. Oh and some Anzu bashing, muhahahaha...
Disclaimer: Of course I own Yu-Gi-Oh!! *smiles brightly and crosses fingers behind back* Why would I lie to you?
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Chapter 4
Sugoroku sighed contentedly as he walked into the Turtle Game Shop. It was good to be back home- no matter where he went, it would never match coming home to his grandson.
He walked up the stairs, wondering where Yugi or Yami was- surely they would've been up by now! It was close to noon, and Sugoroku had asked if Yami could open the shop at 9am every day.
He looked around almost nervously- what if his grandson and his lookalike were hurt? What if they were in trouble?
A crash sounded in Yugi's bedroom, and Sugoroku ran as fast his old legs would carry to him and threw open the door, and stared.
And stared.
And stared.
And stared.
And stared some more.
He stood, unable to say a word, and just stared at his grandson and Yami.
Yami had obviously just had a shower- his hair was damp, and he was dressed in only a towel. Despite his lack of clothes, he had managed to pin the smaller boy to the bed, and was currently planting kisses along Yugi's jawline and down his neck, before moving onto his naked chest- his grandson's shirt was lying, discarded, on the floor- his hands resting on Yugi's waist, occasionally roaming across the other boy's firm midriff.
"Kami sama..." Sugoroku gasped, wishing he had never opened the door- how embarrassing to walk in on his grandson's private life!
Yami paused, frowning slightly, sure that he had heard something.
/What's the matter?/ Yugi asked, pulling his yami towards him, running his hands up and down Yami's bare back, tracing patterns on his slightly damp skin.
//I don't know... I thought I heard something.// Yami hesitantly pulled away and looked around the room. He caught sight of Sugoroku standing at the doorway, still staring, and went bright red. //I think your grandfather saw us...//
Yugi gasped and immediately sat up, pushing Yami to the side of the bed, ignoring the scowl that the ancient spirit sent his way, and ran over to his grandfather and enveloped him in a tight hug.
"You're back!!!" Yugi cried happily, trying his hardest not to blush. What would his grandfather think of him and Yami? Would he care? He felt like someone had punched him in the gut, he was so nervous. What if his grandfather didn't approve?
"You... you're..." Sugoroku stuttered, and Yugi's heart began to drop.
Suddenly, a grin spread across the old man's face. "It's about time! You took long enough to get together."
They stared at him, not sure of what to say. Yami raised his eyebrows at Yugi who gave a mental shrug.
"Oh come on... you two were in love with each other from the very beginning." Yugi's grandfather chuckled. "Well, I don't want to be delaying anything..." he quickly walked out of the room, shutting the door behind him, whistling cheerfully to himself.
Yugi sat down on the bed, shocked. "He knew? He *knew*?!?" Yugi asked in disbelief. "But how??"
Yami laughed, and wrapped his arms around his aibou, and buried his face into his hikari's star shaped hair.
//Don't worry about. Just be glad he approves of us.//
/I *am* glad... but-/ he broke off in a gasp as Yami bit his neck playfully.
//Stop thinking about. Too much thinking is bad for you. Now kiss me.//
Yugi turned around and sat down on his yami's lap, wrapping his lithe legs around the older boy's waist, happily obeying Yami's wishes.
Sitting in the kitchen, Sugoroku sipped a cup of hot chocolate and grinned to himself. He had been wondering when they would finally confess of their love for each other- he had seen their love for each other before they themselves realised that they were in love.
There was a loud banging on the door and the old man sighed. Forcing his creaking muscles to work, he went to the door and opened it. He smiled at Jounouchi and Anzu who grinned at him.
"Hey!!" the blond haired boy grinned at him. "Is Yug' here?"
"Er- he's upstairs. But knock first- I think he's... getting dressed." Sugoroku grinned impishly, wondering how Yugi's friends would react if they saw the pair kissing.
"Of course. Thanks!" the pair ran upstairs, and Jounouchi banged on the door.
"Yug'! Yo Yug'! You there, buddy?"
They heard a stream of curses in Ancient Egyptian, and then the sound of somebody scrambling around, objects being knocked over and clothes being thrown on.
"Yeah! Just a sec, Jou! Hang on!" Yugi's panicked voice floated into the hearing range of Jounouchi and Anzu.
The brown haired girl shrugged, as bewildered as Jou was. She wondered what had been going on in the room before they had arrived.
"Hey, no worries, Yug'! No need to panic. We're not going to go away."
Anzu secretly wondered where Yami was. She had fallen hard for the dark, mysterious Egyptian who had seemingly appeared from nowhere.
She ran her hand through her brown locks, and checked her appearance in the mirror. She quickly reapplied her lipgloss and pulled her miniskirt down a bit lower, so that it revealed more of her midriff.
The door opened, and Yugi stepped out of the room, closely followed by Yami. They both looked dishevelled, and Yami was wearing was a small t- shirt with a smily face on the front that looked suspiciously like Yugi's, and his customary leather trousers.
Anzu sighed dreamily as she took a good, long look at Yami. He was so hot! She smiled brightly, and gave him her most flirtatious look.
Yami blinked several times and confusion crossed his face. //Aibou... why is your friend staring at me like that?//
Yugi glanced at Anzu and felt a surge of jealousy rage through him. How dare that- that *witch* look at his koi like that?
He immediately felt bad about the thought. Anzu had been his friend for many years- she would never hurt him on purpose.
/Don't worry Yami. She likes you, that's all./ Yugi said, and squeezed his hand reassuringly./Should we tell them? About- about -/ he hesitated /about us?/ he asked shyly.
//Do you think it's a wise idea?// Yami asked, and looked at Jounouchi and Anzu who were chatting away to them about something. //What about later?//
Yugi wondered whether Yami was embarrassed by the fact that he was his boyfriend. He immediately put the thought away, and pulled himself into reality. Yami would never do that to him. *Never*.
"...great! So anyway, you wanna come?" the blond boy asked excitedly.
/What is he talking about?/
//Park.//
"Of course! We'd love to go!" Yugi replied and he glanced at Yami's clothes pointedly. /Maybe you want to get changed. My clothes don't really fit you that well./
Yami grinned and disappeared into his bedroom.
"Where's Yami going?" Anzu demanded, wondering why the pharaoh hadn't told her that she looked beautiful, like all the other boys did.
"He's just going to get changed."
"Oh yeah... you guys have that whole 'mind' thing, don't ya?" Jounouchi asked, and shuddered. "That just freaks me out."
They waited for Yami to finish changing then walked to the park and sat down on the swings. Yami watched his aibou who was involved in an animated conversation with Jounouchi.
He resisted the urge to run his hands through Yugi's hair, and kiss him senseless.
"So... Yami..." Anzu sat down next to him, bringing her swing too close to the tri coloured haired boy for his comfort. She smiled playfully at him, and twirled a lock of hair between her fingers.
Yami shifted uncomfortably, but smiled. She was Yugi's friend, and had been nice to him and his aibou so far.
"Yes?" he asked, hoping that he didn't sound too abrupt. All he really wanted to do was to spend some time with his hikari *alone*, yet here they were, on an outing with Yugi's- no, their- friends.
"I was thinking that since you musn't know this town very well, maybe I could show you around?" Anzu suggested, keeping her voice low and seductive.
"Umm.. I-" he was interrupted by Jounouchi and Yugi who stood up and started to move off. "Where are you going?" he asked, turning his crimson eyes to his aibou.
"We're just going to go and look at the playground, Yami." Yugi smiled reassuringly at him. "Do you want to come?"
"No, we'll be fine." Anzu replied for both of them, and laid her hand on Yami's thigh.
He froze, and his muscles tensed. He wanted nothing more than to push Anzu's hand off and go with Yugi and Jounouchi, but the blond boy had already pulled Yugi off with him to the playground, leaving Yami alone with Anzu.
"So? What do you think? About the town tour?" "I'm fine, really I am. I just draw my knowledge of this town off Yugi's memories." Yami replied, wondering why the brown haired girl was so interested in him. Her hand was still on his thigh, and she was beginning to make him nervous.
She inched closer and closer to him, until their knees were touching. He tried to back off without appearing rude, but his swing was right against a bar, and he couldn't move away.
"Are you busy on Friday night?" Anzu asked eagerly. "Because if you want, you can come over and have dinner, and we could watch a movie or something."
Thinking that she meant him and Yugi, he nodded. "I'll ask Yugi-" he didn't get any further as at that moment Anzu leaned forward completely and captured Yami's lips in a fierce, lust filled kiss (a/n: EWWWWWWW!!!!! Noooooo!!! T_T).
Yami gasped and tried to pull away, but Anzu's grip on his face was so tight, it was almost painful.
Anzu pulled away, however when Yami stepped on her toe. Hard.
Her pretty face (a/n: not really... .) contorted in pain, and she scowled at him.
"What did you do that for?" she remembered who she was talking to, and hastily put on a sweet smile. "I'm sorry Yami. My fault."
She leaned forward and kissed him again (a/n: *choking* why am I writing this? Why?? *writhes in pain* Die evil Anzu!), harder.
Yami pulled away this time, and he resisted the urge to wash his mouth out thoroughly.
He stood up and walked off in a daze, unable to believe that Yugi's supposed *friend* would do that to him... he had to find his hikari, he had to warn him about her...
He bumped into someone and an apology was on the tip of his tongue when he saw the hurt expression on his aibou's face, for that was indeed the person he had crrashed into.
/How could you?/ the pain in Yugi's voice was almost too much for Yami to bear and he grabbed hold of his hikari, but Yugi shrugged off his hands. /I thought you loved me! But you- Anzu-/ crystalline tears ran down his cheeks, and he started to sob brokenly. /How could you do this to me?! How?! I love you- and you just-/
//No, Yugi, it's not what you think! Please, aibou, just listen to me!// Yami pleaded, trying to get his emotions under control, trying to show Yugi how much he loved him through their mind link.
But Yugi shut off their link and ran off, still crying.
Yami gave a yell and tried to run after him, but Jounouchi, who had seen their silent exchange, stopped him.
"Whaddya do to Yug', man?" he demanded, glaring threateningly at him.
"Look, nobody hurts my buddy and gets away with it."
Yami glared back. "He's *my* aibou, and my charge. I can protect him well enough by myself, thank you."
"He didn't look too happy with you." Jounouchi observed.
Yami sighed and visibly sagged. "I know. It's all my fault."
"Why, what happened?"
"Anzu... she kissed me, and Yugi saw." Yami explained, figuring there was no way to get around the question.
"And? Don't tell me the little guy's got a thing for Anzu! 'Cos I mean, she just ain't his type!" Jounouchi exclaimed.
"No. He doesn't like Anzu. I mean, as a friend, yeah, but not as a girlfriend-"
"Alright, alright!" the boy cried. "But why's he so upset, unless..." his brown eyes narrowed, and realisation dawned on him. "You guys are..." he broke off at Yami's hesitant nod. "Wow... I never thought- dude..."
They were silent for a minute, then Jounouchi frowned. "How could Anzu do that? Jeez, I knew she had a thing for you, but I'd never thought that she would make a move without your consent... you *were* against it, weren't you?"
"Of course! I love Yugi more than you'll ever realise." Yami whispered fiercely. He looked around him desperately. "I've got to find him. Please, Jounouchi, you've got to help me."
"Of course. Well, figuring Yug', he'll probably be at the beach."
"The beach?"
"Yeah, he loves the beach- that's why I was surprised when he didn't want to go swimming. Remember? When I invited you to the beach."
"Of course. I'll find him, one way or the other." Yami said determinedly. He started to run off.
"I'll keep her occupied for you!" Jounouchi yelled after him and quickly rushed off.
Inwardly thanking him, Yami ran to the beach that he had been to with Jounouchi, Anzu- he shuddered- and Yugi.
He cast his mind out for his aibou, but Yugi's barriers were up, and he couldn't even get an idea of where his hikari was.
Yami searched the entire length of the beach, but there was no sign of the petite, tri coloured haired boy. He kept searching, though it was starting to rain gently. Soon the gentle drops turned into more persistent, larger drops of water which soon soaked his jacket and shirt completely, and wetting his skin as well.
Where was Yugi? Was he cold? His worried thoughts flitted around his mind, and consumed his attention, and he almost missed the small figure huddled underneath a large willow tree, shivering violently. Almost.
He saw Yugi out of the corner of his eyes, and gasped. "Yugi! Aibou, you're freezing!" Yami sprinted to him, and ignored the way that his hikari immediately turned away, a miserable frown on his face.
"I'm fine." He grunted. "I don't want to talk to you. Go away."
Go away? Yami's shoulders drooped, and he let out a shuddering breath. "You don't know what you're talking about."
"Yes I do. You said you loved me."
"I do, aibou, I do." Yami whispered fiercely. "I love you with all my heart (a/n: cheesy, I know). Why can't you understand that?"
"Then why were you kissing Anzu? I saw you, Yami! I'm not blind!" Yugi yelled, and Yami felt his heart wrench when he saw tears streaming down his aibou's face. "You think I'm just some stupid little kid, don't you? I'm not!"
"I have never ever thought of you as a little kid." Yami whispered truthfully, and held Yugi's gaze with his own. "And I did *not* kiss Anzu. I have no interest in Anzu, whatsoever. I love *you*, Yugi. She kissed me, that's all. I swear I don't love her."
"You... You don't?" Yugi asked, looking up at his yami with watery amethyst eyes.
Yami cupped his aibou's face in his hands, and kissed him gently, enjoying Yugi's unique scent of strawberries.
"I love you, and no one else. Just remember that, Yugi."
Yugi fixed his eyes on Yami's shoes. "I'm so sorry Yami. I should never have doubted you."
"You had every right to doubt me." Yami whispered, not letting go of Yugi's face. "Forgive me."
"For what? You didn't do anything." Yugi frowned. "I don't understand how Anzu could do that."
"But she didn't know about us, aibou. She didn't understand." Yami smiled at him. "Shall we go home, hikari?" the suggestive smile on his tanned face made Yugi blush, and grin. "Then I can show you how much I love you."
Yami pulled Yugi up to his feet and let the smaller boy lean against him, keeping a firm, protective arm wrapped around his hikari's narrow shoulders as they walked back to their house.
"Where's Jou?" Yugi asked, looking around the park. He wondered briefly where Anzu was as well,
"Keeping Anzu busy." He hesitated. "I told him about our relationship... do you mind?"
Yugi froze. "You told him? What did he say?"
Yami grinned. "He thought it was great."
"Really?" Yugi asked excitedly, and his eyes lit up. "That's brilliant! I was wondering how he would react... it would be awful if he didn't approve." He shuddered.
They entered Yugi's bedroom, and sat down on his bed. Yami watched as Yugi tried to contact Jounouchi, to talk to him about what had happened earlier that day. He gave a growl of discontent, wanting nothing more than to kiss away Yugi's worries- he could feel them nagging at him through their mind link- then a crafty smile spread across his face.
He inched forward slowly, until he was sitting behind his aibou, and gently placed one hand on his hikari's thigh, and the other on his waist.
He noticed that the tips of Yugi's ears went bright red, and he grinned. He traced the outline of Yugi's neck with one hand, showering light kisses over his aibou.
//I love you, my hikari... Nothing's ever going to come between us.//
/Nothing?/ Yugi asked, twisting around so that he could looking into Yami's crimson eyes.
//Nothing. Not even these clothes.// the ancient spirit replied seriously.
/Yami! I was being serious!/ Yugi wailed, hitting his other half lightly on the head.
//So was I.// he joked, before ruffling his aibou's hair lightly. //I promise that I will let nothing come between us. You look tired, aibou.//
Yugi yawned, and rubbed his eyes. /I *am* tired. Well, Jou's not home, so I guess I'll phone him later.../ he curled up on Yami's lap, and soon fell asleep, his head resting on Yami's chest.
Yami smiled as a stray thought from Yugi drifted into his mind.
/Everything's so perfect./
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RF: Ok. That was a BAD ending. Very bad. Very very very very bad. Oh well- read and review!! Please please please please please review!!!
Warning: yaoi, and I think you should know what that means by now. It means boy+boy. Oh and some Anzu bashing, muhahahaha...
Disclaimer: Of course I own Yu-Gi-Oh!! *smiles brightly and crosses fingers behind back* Why would I lie to you?
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Chapter 4
Sugoroku sighed contentedly as he walked into the Turtle Game Shop. It was good to be back home- no matter where he went, it would never match coming home to his grandson.
He walked up the stairs, wondering where Yugi or Yami was- surely they would've been up by now! It was close to noon, and Sugoroku had asked if Yami could open the shop at 9am every day.
He looked around almost nervously- what if his grandson and his lookalike were hurt? What if they were in trouble?
A crash sounded in Yugi's bedroom, and Sugoroku ran as fast his old legs would carry to him and threw open the door, and stared.
And stared.
And stared.
And stared.
And stared some more.
He stood, unable to say a word, and just stared at his grandson and Yami.
Yami had obviously just had a shower- his hair was damp, and he was dressed in only a towel. Despite his lack of clothes, he had managed to pin the smaller boy to the bed, and was currently planting kisses along Yugi's jawline and down his neck, before moving onto his naked chest- his grandson's shirt was lying, discarded, on the floor- his hands resting on Yugi's waist, occasionally roaming across the other boy's firm midriff.
"Kami sama..." Sugoroku gasped, wishing he had never opened the door- how embarrassing to walk in on his grandson's private life!
Yami paused, frowning slightly, sure that he had heard something.
/What's the matter?/ Yugi asked, pulling his yami towards him, running his hands up and down Yami's bare back, tracing patterns on his slightly damp skin.
//I don't know... I thought I heard something.// Yami hesitantly pulled away and looked around the room. He caught sight of Sugoroku standing at the doorway, still staring, and went bright red. //I think your grandfather saw us...//
Yugi gasped and immediately sat up, pushing Yami to the side of the bed, ignoring the scowl that the ancient spirit sent his way, and ran over to his grandfather and enveloped him in a tight hug.
"You're back!!!" Yugi cried happily, trying his hardest not to blush. What would his grandfather think of him and Yami? Would he care? He felt like someone had punched him in the gut, he was so nervous. What if his grandfather didn't approve?
"You... you're..." Sugoroku stuttered, and Yugi's heart began to drop.
Suddenly, a grin spread across the old man's face. "It's about time! You took long enough to get together."
They stared at him, not sure of what to say. Yami raised his eyebrows at Yugi who gave a mental shrug.
"Oh come on... you two were in love with each other from the very beginning." Yugi's grandfather chuckled. "Well, I don't want to be delaying anything..." he quickly walked out of the room, shutting the door behind him, whistling cheerfully to himself.
Yugi sat down on the bed, shocked. "He knew? He *knew*?!?" Yugi asked in disbelief. "But how??"
Yami laughed, and wrapped his arms around his aibou, and buried his face into his hikari's star shaped hair.
//Don't worry about. Just be glad he approves of us.//
/I *am* glad... but-/ he broke off in a gasp as Yami bit his neck playfully.
//Stop thinking about. Too much thinking is bad for you. Now kiss me.//
Yugi turned around and sat down on his yami's lap, wrapping his lithe legs around the older boy's waist, happily obeying Yami's wishes.
Sitting in the kitchen, Sugoroku sipped a cup of hot chocolate and grinned to himself. He had been wondering when they would finally confess of their love for each other- he had seen their love for each other before they themselves realised that they were in love.
There was a loud banging on the door and the old man sighed. Forcing his creaking muscles to work, he went to the door and opened it. He smiled at Jounouchi and Anzu who grinned at him.
"Hey!!" the blond haired boy grinned at him. "Is Yug' here?"
"Er- he's upstairs. But knock first- I think he's... getting dressed." Sugoroku grinned impishly, wondering how Yugi's friends would react if they saw the pair kissing.
"Of course. Thanks!" the pair ran upstairs, and Jounouchi banged on the door.
"Yug'! Yo Yug'! You there, buddy?"
They heard a stream of curses in Ancient Egyptian, and then the sound of somebody scrambling around, objects being knocked over and clothes being thrown on.
"Yeah! Just a sec, Jou! Hang on!" Yugi's panicked voice floated into the hearing range of Jounouchi and Anzu.
The brown haired girl shrugged, as bewildered as Jou was. She wondered what had been going on in the room before they had arrived.
"Hey, no worries, Yug'! No need to panic. We're not going to go away."
Anzu secretly wondered where Yami was. She had fallen hard for the dark, mysterious Egyptian who had seemingly appeared from nowhere.
She ran her hand through her brown locks, and checked her appearance in the mirror. She quickly reapplied her lipgloss and pulled her miniskirt down a bit lower, so that it revealed more of her midriff.
The door opened, and Yugi stepped out of the room, closely followed by Yami. They both looked dishevelled, and Yami was wearing was a small t- shirt with a smily face on the front that looked suspiciously like Yugi's, and his customary leather trousers.
Anzu sighed dreamily as she took a good, long look at Yami. He was so hot! She smiled brightly, and gave him her most flirtatious look.
Yami blinked several times and confusion crossed his face. //Aibou... why is your friend staring at me like that?//
Yugi glanced at Anzu and felt a surge of jealousy rage through him. How dare that- that *witch* look at his koi like that?
He immediately felt bad about the thought. Anzu had been his friend for many years- she would never hurt him on purpose.
/Don't worry Yami. She likes you, that's all./ Yugi said, and squeezed his hand reassuringly./Should we tell them? About- about -/ he hesitated /about us?/ he asked shyly.
//Do you think it's a wise idea?// Yami asked, and looked at Jounouchi and Anzu who were chatting away to them about something. //What about later?//
Yugi wondered whether Yami was embarrassed by the fact that he was his boyfriend. He immediately put the thought away, and pulled himself into reality. Yami would never do that to him. *Never*.
"...great! So anyway, you wanna come?" the blond boy asked excitedly.
/What is he talking about?/
//Park.//
"Of course! We'd love to go!" Yugi replied and he glanced at Yami's clothes pointedly. /Maybe you want to get changed. My clothes don't really fit you that well./
Yami grinned and disappeared into his bedroom.
"Where's Yami going?" Anzu demanded, wondering why the pharaoh hadn't told her that she looked beautiful, like all the other boys did.
"He's just going to get changed."
"Oh yeah... you guys have that whole 'mind' thing, don't ya?" Jounouchi asked, and shuddered. "That just freaks me out."
They waited for Yami to finish changing then walked to the park and sat down on the swings. Yami watched his aibou who was involved in an animated conversation with Jounouchi.
He resisted the urge to run his hands through Yugi's hair, and kiss him senseless.
"So... Yami..." Anzu sat down next to him, bringing her swing too close to the tri coloured haired boy for his comfort. She smiled playfully at him, and twirled a lock of hair between her fingers.
Yami shifted uncomfortably, but smiled. She was Yugi's friend, and had been nice to him and his aibou so far.
"Yes?" he asked, hoping that he didn't sound too abrupt. All he really wanted to do was to spend some time with his hikari *alone*, yet here they were, on an outing with Yugi's- no, their- friends.
"I was thinking that since you musn't know this town very well, maybe I could show you around?" Anzu suggested, keeping her voice low and seductive.
"Umm.. I-" he was interrupted by Jounouchi and Yugi who stood up and started to move off. "Where are you going?" he asked, turning his crimson eyes to his aibou.
"We're just going to go and look at the playground, Yami." Yugi smiled reassuringly at him. "Do you want to come?"
"No, we'll be fine." Anzu replied for both of them, and laid her hand on Yami's thigh.
He froze, and his muscles tensed. He wanted nothing more than to push Anzu's hand off and go with Yugi and Jounouchi, but the blond boy had already pulled Yugi off with him to the playground, leaving Yami alone with Anzu.
"So? What do you think? About the town tour?" "I'm fine, really I am. I just draw my knowledge of this town off Yugi's memories." Yami replied, wondering why the brown haired girl was so interested in him. Her hand was still on his thigh, and she was beginning to make him nervous.
She inched closer and closer to him, until their knees were touching. He tried to back off without appearing rude, but his swing was right against a bar, and he couldn't move away.
"Are you busy on Friday night?" Anzu asked eagerly. "Because if you want, you can come over and have dinner, and we could watch a movie or something."
Thinking that she meant him and Yugi, he nodded. "I'll ask Yugi-" he didn't get any further as at that moment Anzu leaned forward completely and captured Yami's lips in a fierce, lust filled kiss (a/n: EWWWWWWW!!!!! Noooooo!!! T_T).
Yami gasped and tried to pull away, but Anzu's grip on his face was so tight, it was almost painful.
Anzu pulled away, however when Yami stepped on her toe. Hard.
Her pretty face (a/n: not really... .) contorted in pain, and she scowled at him.
"What did you do that for?" she remembered who she was talking to, and hastily put on a sweet smile. "I'm sorry Yami. My fault."
She leaned forward and kissed him again (a/n: *choking* why am I writing this? Why?? *writhes in pain* Die evil Anzu!), harder.
Yami pulled away this time, and he resisted the urge to wash his mouth out thoroughly.
He stood up and walked off in a daze, unable to believe that Yugi's supposed *friend* would do that to him... he had to find his hikari, he had to warn him about her...
He bumped into someone and an apology was on the tip of his tongue when he saw the hurt expression on his aibou's face, for that was indeed the person he had crrashed into.
/How could you?/ the pain in Yugi's voice was almost too much for Yami to bear and he grabbed hold of his hikari, but Yugi shrugged off his hands. /I thought you loved me! But you- Anzu-/ crystalline tears ran down his cheeks, and he started to sob brokenly. /How could you do this to me?! How?! I love you- and you just-/
//No, Yugi, it's not what you think! Please, aibou, just listen to me!// Yami pleaded, trying to get his emotions under control, trying to show Yugi how much he loved him through their mind link.
But Yugi shut off their link and ran off, still crying.
Yami gave a yell and tried to run after him, but Jounouchi, who had seen their silent exchange, stopped him.
"Whaddya do to Yug', man?" he demanded, glaring threateningly at him.
"Look, nobody hurts my buddy and gets away with it."
Yami glared back. "He's *my* aibou, and my charge. I can protect him well enough by myself, thank you."
"He didn't look too happy with you." Jounouchi observed.
Yami sighed and visibly sagged. "I know. It's all my fault."
"Why, what happened?"
"Anzu... she kissed me, and Yugi saw." Yami explained, figuring there was no way to get around the question.
"And? Don't tell me the little guy's got a thing for Anzu! 'Cos I mean, she just ain't his type!" Jounouchi exclaimed.
"No. He doesn't like Anzu. I mean, as a friend, yeah, but not as a girlfriend-"
"Alright, alright!" the boy cried. "But why's he so upset, unless..." his brown eyes narrowed, and realisation dawned on him. "You guys are..." he broke off at Yami's hesitant nod. "Wow... I never thought- dude..."
They were silent for a minute, then Jounouchi frowned. "How could Anzu do that? Jeez, I knew she had a thing for you, but I'd never thought that she would make a move without your consent... you *were* against it, weren't you?"
"Of course! I love Yugi more than you'll ever realise." Yami whispered fiercely. He looked around him desperately. "I've got to find him. Please, Jounouchi, you've got to help me."
"Of course. Well, figuring Yug', he'll probably be at the beach."
"The beach?"
"Yeah, he loves the beach- that's why I was surprised when he didn't want to go swimming. Remember? When I invited you to the beach."
"Of course. I'll find him, one way or the other." Yami said determinedly. He started to run off.
"I'll keep her occupied for you!" Jounouchi yelled after him and quickly rushed off.
Inwardly thanking him, Yami ran to the beach that he had been to with Jounouchi, Anzu- he shuddered- and Yugi.
He cast his mind out for his aibou, but Yugi's barriers were up, and he couldn't even get an idea of where his hikari was.
Yami searched the entire length of the beach, but there was no sign of the petite, tri coloured haired boy. He kept searching, though it was starting to rain gently. Soon the gentle drops turned into more persistent, larger drops of water which soon soaked his jacket and shirt completely, and wetting his skin as well.
Where was Yugi? Was he cold? His worried thoughts flitted around his mind, and consumed his attention, and he almost missed the small figure huddled underneath a large willow tree, shivering violently. Almost.
He saw Yugi out of the corner of his eyes, and gasped. "Yugi! Aibou, you're freezing!" Yami sprinted to him, and ignored the way that his hikari immediately turned away, a miserable frown on his face.
"I'm fine." He grunted. "I don't want to talk to you. Go away."
Go away? Yami's shoulders drooped, and he let out a shuddering breath. "You don't know what you're talking about."
"Yes I do. You said you loved me."
"I do, aibou, I do." Yami whispered fiercely. "I love you with all my heart (a/n: cheesy, I know). Why can't you understand that?"
"Then why were you kissing Anzu? I saw you, Yami! I'm not blind!" Yugi yelled, and Yami felt his heart wrench when he saw tears streaming down his aibou's face. "You think I'm just some stupid little kid, don't you? I'm not!"
"I have never ever thought of you as a little kid." Yami whispered truthfully, and held Yugi's gaze with his own. "And I did *not* kiss Anzu. I have no interest in Anzu, whatsoever. I love *you*, Yugi. She kissed me, that's all. I swear I don't love her."
"You... You don't?" Yugi asked, looking up at his yami with watery amethyst eyes.
Yami cupped his aibou's face in his hands, and kissed him gently, enjoying Yugi's unique scent of strawberries.
"I love you, and no one else. Just remember that, Yugi."
Yugi fixed his eyes on Yami's shoes. "I'm so sorry Yami. I should never have doubted you."
"You had every right to doubt me." Yami whispered, not letting go of Yugi's face. "Forgive me."
"For what? You didn't do anything." Yugi frowned. "I don't understand how Anzu could do that."
"But she didn't know about us, aibou. She didn't understand." Yami smiled at him. "Shall we go home, hikari?" the suggestive smile on his tanned face made Yugi blush, and grin. "Then I can show you how much I love you."
Yami pulled Yugi up to his feet and let the smaller boy lean against him, keeping a firm, protective arm wrapped around his hikari's narrow shoulders as they walked back to their house.
"Where's Jou?" Yugi asked, looking around the park. He wondered briefly where Anzu was as well,
"Keeping Anzu busy." He hesitated. "I told him about our relationship... do you mind?"
Yugi froze. "You told him? What did he say?"
Yami grinned. "He thought it was great."
"Really?" Yugi asked excitedly, and his eyes lit up. "That's brilliant! I was wondering how he would react... it would be awful if he didn't approve." He shuddered.
They entered Yugi's bedroom, and sat down on his bed. Yami watched as Yugi tried to contact Jounouchi, to talk to him about what had happened earlier that day. He gave a growl of discontent, wanting nothing more than to kiss away Yugi's worries- he could feel them nagging at him through their mind link- then a crafty smile spread across his face.
He inched forward slowly, until he was sitting behind his aibou, and gently placed one hand on his hikari's thigh, and the other on his waist.
He noticed that the tips of Yugi's ears went bright red, and he grinned. He traced the outline of Yugi's neck with one hand, showering light kisses over his aibou.
//I love you, my hikari... Nothing's ever going to come between us.//
/Nothing?/ Yugi asked, twisting around so that he could looking into Yami's crimson eyes.
//Nothing. Not even these clothes.// the ancient spirit replied seriously.
/Yami! I was being serious!/ Yugi wailed, hitting his other half lightly on the head.
//So was I.// he joked, before ruffling his aibou's hair lightly. //I promise that I will let nothing come between us. You look tired, aibou.//
Yugi yawned, and rubbed his eyes. /I *am* tired. Well, Jou's not home, so I guess I'll phone him later.../ he curled up on Yami's lap, and soon fell asleep, his head resting on Yami's chest.
Yami smiled as a stray thought from Yugi drifted into his mind.
/Everything's so perfect./
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ fini *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
RF: Ok. That was a BAD ending. Very bad. Very very very very bad. Oh well- read and review!! Please please please please please review!!!