And here it is...the final chapter! I promised myself I wouldn't cry, but I think I nearly did at the end. Prepare for some fluff at the end, did it to please the yaoi shonenai fans. And myself to see if I could write fluff, and I think it came out nicely. So...

I don't own Yugioh or Heartshipping. This might be the last time I ever say that...

A Walk In The Dawn

Confusion Meets Clarity

Yugi Mutou was once an average, ordinary high school student who liked puzzles. Then he met Ryou Bakura, the first person to ever make him feel things that he had never felt before. Ryou made him feel serene, peaceful, and most importantly, in love. He loved the way he talked, the way he hugged him, the way his soft lips seemed to be able to perfectly fit over his own...

Life just couldn't get better for him now. Sure, he still had high school problems and he still got picked on by other people (the number of times that he had been jumped after school decreased significantly since his relationship with Ryou had started) but he had found love in someone who loved him as well, and friends and family who gratefully accepted it. The relationship itself wasn't completely public, just known to his friends and family. Ryou still had not managed to tell his dad about the relationship, and Yugi decided that it was fine that his father didn't really know too much about it, after all, he sympathized with him about having fathers that keep you in the dark.

Yugi looked down at what he was currently doing. A few years ago, his grandfather had given him a puzzle box that supposedly came from the tomb of a pharaoh in Egypt. He had spent the past years trying to put it together after completing his homework, but ever since his meeting with Ryou, the quantity of time spent working on the puzzle decreased less and less until it became once in a blue moon. That night, he couldn't sleep, so he figured that he should try to work on it. He had a few pieces connected together, but oddly enough, it felt like he could now put it together. That it had suddenly become easier and that someone was whispering the instructions to it in his ear.

He soon got close to the end, just a few pieces away from completing it. But as he looked out the window, he noticed the dawn arriving. He had stayed up until the extremely early morning hours. Yugi yawned as he walked over to his window, looking outside. Throwing open his window, he leaned on the sill, feeling attracted to the way that sun and night connected into a stunning dawn. He couldn't help but laugh at that thought, especially since he could imagine Ryou saying something similar to that. His eye then caught something on the streets. For a brief second, he was sure that he had seen a flash of white disappear around the corner.

Bakura?

Yugi quickly dressed and started heading for the door, but then his eyes rested on his almost finished puzzle. He picked up the golden eye, looking at it as if it was staring at him. After a moment, he put both the eye piece and the rest of the puzzle back in the box.

It could wait.

Ryou Bakura was once an average, ordinary English high school student who enjoyed board games. Then he met Yugi Mutou, the first person to ever make him feel things that he had never felt before. Yugi made him feel cheerful, calm, and most importantly, in love. He loved the way he laughed, the way he ran his fingers through Ryou's long hair, the way he would press closely to him...

Life just couldn't get better for him. Sure, he still had family problems and such, but his current relationship with his father was getting better, with his father promising to come home sooner. Ryou wasn't alone anymore now that he had Yugi, and he was happy for Yugi that his family and friends had accepted their relationship. Otherwise he would have felt guilty if they didn't. But they had both agreed early on, it didn't matter if they had not accepted it, the important thing was that he had found love in someone who loved him as well. As long as they had each other, nobody else mattered to Ryou.

That particular night, he had trouble sleeping, so he read a few books to pass the time. Ryou now sighed before turning to the box lying on his table. His father had just recently sent it as a gift, something he had bought in a bazaar in Egypt. Curiously, he pulled the lid off, revealing a gold ring with an eye in the center. He wasn't sure what to make of it, as he felt slightly put off by it, since his father only sent gifts when it meant that he wouldn't be seeing him for another month or so. He rubbed a finger over the eye, as if to knock off the feeling that the eye was staring at him. He was tempted to pick up and put it around his neck.

He glanced out the window, realizing that he had stayed up to dawn. He walked over to his apartment window, throwing it open, relishing the quiet air about him. He felt serenity wash over his heart, as he watched the sun and night connect into a stunning dawn. He couldn't help but laugh at that thought, especially since he could imagine Yugi's inquisitive amethyst eyes watching him as if listening to him in awe. His eye then caught something on the streets. For a brief second, he was sure that he had seen a flash of tri-colored spikes disappear around the corner.

Yugi?

Ryou quickly dressed and started heading for the door, but then his eyes rested on the opened box of his father's present. He walked over, picking up the ring in his hands for a moment, as if staring at the eye. After a moment, he put the ring back in the box and closed the lid on top of it.

It could wait.

Yugi calmly walked, ignoring the thumping in his chest as he walked in the direction that he thought he saw Bakura go into. What would Bakura be doing out here at a time like this? As he walked, he saw a few stores opening their doors and a few lights on here and there. He soon realized that he was approaching the Domino Gardens. His most favorite place ever since he had started dating Ryou. As he approached the gates, he saw someone running toward him as well, the familiar flash of white.

Ryou also noticed the familiar flash of tri-colored spikes running toward him as he neared the garden gates. What was Yugi doing here? And for that matter, hadn't he been chasing after Yugi a moment ago, not the other way around? It like as if something else had leaded him here, knew that Yugi would also be here. Unbeknownst to him, Yugi was also thinking along the same lines, wondering if someone else had lead him there, knowing that Ryou would also be there.

"Ryou?" Yugi asked.

"Yugi-kun?"

"Heh, how ironic to see you here." Yugi said with a sheepish laugh.

Ryou had the feeling that it was fate, not irony that had brought them both there. Ryou took Yugi's hand into his own.

"Let's go inside then." he offered. The two walked in, hand in hand, until they found their favorite spot in the garden, the ring of trees that Ryou had shown him those many months ago. They stood for a moment under the trees, looking either up or at each other.

"So what brought you out this lovely morning Yugi-kun?" Ryou asked.

"I don't know. I just had this feeling to come here." Yugi said quietly.

"What a coincidence..." Ryou said as their faces become closer, their lips brushing against each others. "I had the exact same feeling." Ryou whispered as their lips connected into a passionate kiss. Their arms wrapped around one another possessively, hugging each other closely as their bodies pressed against one another. Yugi gasped as he suddenly felt a pair of hands draw closer to his pants buckle. Before they both knew it, they were now on the ground; Yugi felt a trail of kisses down his neck, which made him moan with pleasure. He returned the kisses to Ryou's neck, who emitted an equal moan as well in turn. He felt the way their bodies pressed into every space of his body, their hands trailing over each others chests and kisses that would stay connected for what felt like forever. They just couldn't help but feel how soft the other was.

It felt like he had lost track of time. Yugi had never felt this comfort and pleasure before, and he didn't want it to end. As they laid on top of one other, hugged so close together, they breathed in each others scent, Ryou's peppermint and as Ryou discovered, Yugi had this peculiar cinnamon scent about him. Ryou lowered his lips to Yugi's ear, his lips brushing slightly.

"I love you, Yugi." he whispered. Yugi leaned his lips closer to Ryou's ear.

"I love you, Ryou." he whispered as well as their lips connected once more, just as the dawn had broken into bright sunlight. Unknown to them both at first, a drizzle of rain washed down on top of them. Ryou didn't notice until he saw how Yugi's colorful spikes were drooping slightly. Yugi noticed it too from the way Ryou's hair was standing.

"It's raining..." Yugi said as he looked up at the sky.

"Do you remember how it was raining the day we met?" Ryou asked him. How could Yugi forget?

"Of course I do. I still think of an orchestra every time I hear a storm thanks to you." Yugi giggled. Yugi looked up at the sky. "Why do you think that it's raining right now, Ryou-kun?"

Ryou blushed slightly before looking up as well. "It's like...it's like heaven's crying."

Yugi looked startled for a moment. "Crying?"

Ryou wrapped his arms tighter around Yugi, thankful that they were sheltered by the trees from the rain. Yugi in turn did the same, watching as tears seemed to be forming in Ryou's chocolate eyes as well. Yugi couldn't help but feel tears forming in his own eyes. Yugi smiled before laying his head on Ryou's shoulder, who was smiling now as well as they suddenly felt even closer than before.

"They're tears of joy, not pain, Yugi."