Title: It had to be You

Inspiration: "It had to be You" by Motion City Soundtrack. This is what happens when a song amuses me too much.

Summary: Because it had always been Yuugi.

Pairings: YamixYuugi (Suprise!)

Disclaimer: I own neither YuGiOh or the song.

Honestly this has been sitting in my documents for months. I've been refusing to post it because something about it just seems off to me. I especially don't like the end. But yesterday I fixed the last bit a little. And today I finally went 'screw it, I'm not working on it anyways'. So you get this. What do you think?

It had always been a problem, his need to be around people. He could barely function when he was alone. He forced food down simply because he knew he should eat, not because he actually felt hungry. It took him hours to fall asleep if there wasn't someone right there. He'd solved this problem most of the time with one relationship or another.

But seeing as his last girlfriend had left him two weeks ago he was currently staring at the ceiling of his room for the fourth straight night of no sleep. He'd slept a grand total of three hours in the past two weeks.

It was 3:12 AM.

He glanced at his phone of the nightstand for a moment, contemplating calling his best friend. Yuugi was the only person he'd ever told about his problem. There was something embarassing about being so dependent on people and his pride never let him share that small fact.

Except with Yuugi. It just felt right with Yuugi. But then, everything felt right with Yuugi.

But he wouldn't call him. Another pride thing. Or maybe it was more about feeling guilty bothering him so much. He wasn't really sure anymore.

But it didn't really matter. What mattered was that he wasn't calling Yuugi and he wasn't going to fall asleep either. He stared apathetically at the wall. It didn't matter.

He was sure he was supposed to feel bad for things like this. For not going to work and not so much as contacting Yuugi who still didn't know his girlfriend was gone.

Because if he'd told him then Yuugi would be here right now. No matter how much he protested Yuugi would be here and his warm breath would be fanning over his kneck and he would be asleep.

He'd be asleep.

It was 3:56 AM.

Sighing he pulled himself out of bed and over to his desk where he turned on his laptop and waited for it to load. Opening up facebook he read through status updates in the vain hope that it would serve as enough human contact to help him sleep.

It didn't. It never did.

His computer pinged and wincing he turned the volume down. He glanced towards the bottom of the screen at the instant messanger.

Yuugi Mouto: You still up? :(

It was so like Yuugi, leaving him alone if he thought he wanted to be alone, but still worrying and giving him opportunites to talk.

Atemu 'Yami'Sennen: Yes.

If he wasn't half dead he'd probably have felt bad for his short responce but looking at text on a screen wasn't the same as having someone there. Even a phone would have been better than this. He couldn't count how many times Yuugi had stayed on the phone with him until he fell asleep when they'd first met.

Atemu 'Yami'Sennen: What are you doing up?

He added after a moment in an attempt to sound interested.

He stared at the screen waiting for a reply, then jumped when his phone rang. He scrambled for it, not even having to look at the callerId.

"Hey."

"I'm watching late-night infomercials again. What if they have the perfect blender or a nonstick pan that actually works, you know?" He relaxed at the sound of his friend's voice. Allowing himself to smile as Yuugi jumped into the conversation from facebook.

"Still? I thought you were over those after that crap steak knife you bought?"

"But that's just it! I was! Oh Temmy, I'm hopelessly addicted and you must help me! Because every time I tell myself it's a dumb scam and I'm not going to buy the stuff anymore, but then I think 'this one will be different' and buy it anyways!"

"And I thought you loved your blender?"

"I do! I bought it from Target for $40, it has like a hundred settings, and it hasn't given me problems once! But the one they're advertising can apparently survive encounters with hammers and crap, and you just never know what might end up in there!"

He wasn't sure whether to laugh or sigh. "Yuugi, you're being ridiculous again. What really is the probability of you dropping a large hunk of metal in your blender and turning it on?"

"And you just don't get it. You never know."

"Yuugi."

He laughed. "All right, all right, I'll shut it off." The background noise is suddenly gone and he moved to go lay down on his bed.

"Good."

There wasn't really any noise, no sigh or abnormal breathing, but he knew Yuugi well enough to know exactly what his expression was at the moment. Knowing him, Yuugi was probably in his room (or walking to said room, but for whatever reason he liked to imagine him laying on his bed and staring at the ceiling having been watching the small TV on his dresser) with that warm soft smile on his face.

"So what about you, what are you doing up so late?"

He shrugged, not even bothering to lie. "Couldn't sleep."

He could practically hear the frown in Yuugi's voice. "Where's your girlfriend?"

"She left a few weeks ago."

"What?" And there it was again, that same shocked and disbelieving question as every other time. He would have thought Yuugi would be used to it by now.

"She just packed up and left awhile ago. Don't know where she went, just gone."

"Fuck." Yuugi barely ever swore. In fact, when he thought about it, the only times he could come up with were during these conversations. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"I didn't want to bother you. Beside, it wasn't that big a deal. Me and her? We weren't going to work out anyways."

"But still, I can't believe she just left. People suck."

"Hm. Just remember, there are three good things in life you can always rely on."

"Oh? And those would be?"

"The Taj Mahal, sex, and poptarts."

Yuugi laughed. "Of course. Why didn't I think of that? Well then I guess we'll just have to get wrecked on poptarts and sex and see the Taj Mahal. You free tomorrow?"

Yuugi was a teacher. He worked all weekdays and hated skipping. It was a Tuesday night. "Yep, let's go!"

"Alright then, I'll be over in a bit. It will be easier, you know, if I just stay over tonight."

"Of course."

XxXx

He'd considered dating Yuugi once, back when they'd first met. Back when they were young and he wasn't yet positive he was straight. He'd known Yuugi for a grand total of three weeks when he decided that they were wrong. It wouldn't work. It wasn't worth it. It was the most rediculous idea ever.

XxXx

He'd never actually thought they were going to see the Taj Mahal. He had assumed it to be one of the many things they'd joked they'd do but never did. Like their epic plot to fight crime with mangos and limes.

But apparently it wasn't.

Because Yuugi showed up at his house not two hours later with plane tickets (Yuugi's grandfather had been an archeologist and though he was long retired he still had connections). They'd rushed to pack everything they'd needed and just got to the airport in time.

Which was how he found himself in a small hotel room in Agra with Yuugi and four boxes of poptarts.

Now all that was missing was the sex...

"Pizza alright with you?"

He looked over to see Yuugi with phone in hand watching him.

"I managed to find a pizza place that delivers. Harder than you would think really, with all the tourists and all."

Now that he was no longer alone he realized how little he'd been eating lately. "Yeah, pizza's fine." He would have agreed to anything.

He watched as Yuugi bounced across the room and flopped on the bed. "Hi, I'd like to order a large cheese pizza."

He followed Yuugi and collapsed next to him on the bed, allowing his eyes to slip close. He'd sleep just fine now. As long as Yuugi was with him, everything would be good again.

XxXx

If there was ever proof that he would follow Yuugi anywhere, it was this. He was currently standing with Yuugi inside an old antique shop. He'd never understood Yuugi's facination with old things. The vase he was currently staring at wasn't at all interesting to him but Yuugi had pulled him into this store with the most excited look on his face and he couldn't bring himself to deny Yuugi this. Even if it was boring and dirty and the dust made him sneeze.

He picked up an old cracked photo frame and dusted it off.

'When looking for happiness, look no further than right in front of you.'

He snorted and set it back down. Boring, dirty, and cheesy.

"Hey." He looked over to see Yuugi standing next to him, giving him an apologetic smile. "Sorry about that." Yuugi slipped his hand into his and led him back out the door. "I know you don't like antiques like I do."

"It's fine." Yuugi's hand was warm in his and he found himself hoping he'd keep it there.

Why had the idea of dating Yuugi been so weird again?

"What did you get?" There was a small bag in Yuugi's other hand. He regreted asking when Yuugi pulled his hand away to pull open the bag excitedly.

"It's a puzzle!" From out of the bag came a golden box. "It's supposed to be almost impossible to do. But, I figured, if we did it together it should be easy."

"Of course."

What was it?

He honestly couldn't think of anything. Not one thing.

And maybe he never could.

The entire time, it'd always been Yuugi.

And here in this foreign place with Yuugi giving him that smile like he was the best thing in the world, he suddenly wasn't scared anymore.

Because it had always been him.

"Hey, Yuugi? Have you ever though about the idea of us being more than friends?"

And on that day, all those years ago, when he'd decided that he and Yuugi were wrong, well, that must have been a momentary lapse in judgement.

Because the look on Yuugi's face clearly said, 'Well, it took you long enough'.

So yes. Sorry I don't post things much. I've just now gotten writing again after basically stopping for a few months. I've lost most of my interest in my current story ideas. :(

Oh, and is it pathetic that I actually went and looked up blenders at Target and picked one out for Yuugi? I didn't want to make something up... They had a very nice (red I think) one for $40, it honestly had a lot of settings, and all the customer reviews were positive. :D