What a Wonderful World ( A Yugioh Fanfic)

Chapter Twenty: Red Light

After rinsing out all the conditioner from his fine hair, Yami turned off the shower. His love had been awake for a week and today the pale boy was going to be released from the hospital. The gang planned to meet up at the park for a picnic for the special occasion. The Pharaoh, who had left only twice during the seven day period for bathing purposes, had come home to pick up some clothes for the hikari. After towel drying his multicolored locks and holding it back with ponytail, the dark walked calmly to his room. The bedroom, which had once been a disaster zone, was now neat and clean. During one of his visits to home for a shower, Yami fell on one of his love's notebooks. Annoyed, Yami tidied up the room. He had found many socks that were thought lost. He felt odd being away from his light, but knowing that he would be with him soon cooled him down. Yami pulled out top drawer of his dresser and took out dark plum boxers. The weather wasn't particularly humid so the dark picked out a black pair of jeans that had faded a bit at the knees. They fit loosely for his entire leg, but the fabric was tight at the hips, something Yami wasn't all too sad about. After slinking on a tight, ebony tank, Yami slid his arms into a grayish black shirt that was so thin, the tank underneath could be seen through it. He buttoned only a few of the buttons, one in the wrong hole, and pushed the sleeves up to his elbows. The Pharaoh looked through the fish bowl where he and his love kept their accessories and found some dog tags. As always, he looked extremely hot. The tricolor haired teen, now that he was clothed, searched through his light's dresser for his clothes. Yami chose a pair of navy blue jeans, a white T-shirt and two studded bracelets. As the Pharaoh went through his light's drawer full of underwear, his hand touched some material that wasn't cloth tucked in the back of small compartment. Curious, Yami pulled it out. The strange material turned out to be a plastic bag. Inside, the dark found an eight ounce bottle of lavender hand lotion and a receipt showing that it was bought three months ago, along with a pack of gum. The bottle's seal had not been broken. "Why the hell did he buy lotion if he didn't plan on using it?" It was at that moment that Yami realized that his purposively innocent, little hikari probably was planning on using it, only not in the traditional way. The dark just never gave his love the opportunity to. Yami really hoped he was right. "Didn't know he planned ahead for this." Not feeling the least bit guilty about finding the lotion, Yami carefully put it into the bag and returned it to the back of the drawer. ((((((Space)))))) "Okay, Yugi, one more time, walk from the door to the wall." Leira said softly. She was taking one more quick test before the light changed into his clothes. The pale blue room was empty except for the nurse, Yugi and Yami. The small teen rolled his eyes. "I told you, it doesn't hurt to walk, it just takes more energy." "Love, you haven't been very mobile the past two months and she is just checking to see if everything is fine. There is no need to be rude." Yami said from his chair. "Sorry, Guardian. But I am tired of sitting down in this room." Yugi finally did as the nurse requested. "See." "Well, everything seems to be in order. Before you leave, make sure to check out and leave the hospital clothes at the front desk where they can be properly disposed of... Well, that's all I got to say. I guess then this is good-bye." She ended, frowning. Yami got up from his chair and gave the woman a short peck on the cheek. "Thanks for everything, Leira. Lunchtimes would have be horrible without you. Hope to see you never." Leira smiled. "Hope to see you never." She turned to Yugi. "And Yami, do take good care of your fiancé. He really is a looker." Ignoring the deep blushes coming from the teens, the nurse left. "Why did she think we were fiancés?" Yugi asked. The Pharaoh laughed and wrapped one arm around his light. He grabbed the boy's left hand and brought it in between their faces. "Most people write with their right hand, therefore put the engagement ring on their left, the less dominant hand. People presume that since you have this band on your left, it must mean that you are currently waiting to get married. Silly, almost." Yami smiled again and kissed his love softly. Yami released his light. "Now, go change. It's 9:30. We have to meet everyone in twenty-five minutes." "Where are my clothes?" The Pharaoh walked over to the chair he occupied several minutes ago and picked up his black shoulder bag. He opened it and pulled out his love's clothes. "Here." Yugi grinned and took the pants, tank and boxers. "Thank you." He then turned into the bathroom and locked the door. Yami looked around Room 2.012. The teen spent so much time here. He had also been the most vulnerable at times than any moment before. He was never going to see this room again. Whether this was good or bad, he wasn't sure. In the small enclosure, there was a routine. Everything was more simple. But once Yami left the hospital- A thud from inside Room 2.012's bathroom ripped Yami from his thoughts. Startled, the dark stood his place. "Love, what happened?" After several seconds, the sound of Yugi crying floated from under the bathroom door. Feeling a bit more panicked, the Pharaoh ran up next to the door. "Love, what's wrong?" The light's cries only increased in volume. "Yugi, open the door." But there was no sound of the violet-eyed boy moving to make Yami's request. "Yugi, open the door or I will." When Yami realized that his hikari wasn't getting up, he wrapped his hands around the doorknob. It took more energy to use magic for the Pharaoh then it did for his fellow yami, but after twenty seconds of focusing, Yami heard the door click open. "I'm coming in, Yugi." Yami twisted the knob and pushed the door slowly. In the tiny, blue bathroom, the pale boy's clothes were neatly lain on the side of the sink. In the middle of the floor, the hikari was sitting on his knees, his hands cupped on top of his weeping face. The pants half of his hospital outfit was bundled up into a loose ball near the small teen's feet. The boxers Yami picked out were pulled up to about half way up Yugi's thigh. Thankfully for the dark, the hospital top was long and covered up his love's privates. "Yugi, what's wrong?" Yami whispered as he knelt down next to his love. He placed one hand affectionately on the younger boy's arm. The boy seemed to make an attempt to talk, but chocked on his own tears. Yami brought his free hand up to his light's hands and tugged them away. Then, he tenderly pulled on Yugi's chin until their eyes met. /What's wrong/ Yugi bit his lip. /I... I... I... ha-have scars where he... he used his kn- knife on me.../ Yugi wept through the link. The dark tilted his head slightly. "What?" /On my-my-my-my.../ Yugi's eyes fell down to where his manhood was hidden under the hospital gown. His amethyst orbs clouded over with more crystalline tears. "Oh." Yugi burst into sobs, realizing he had just told the love of his life that he was forever mutilated in the most disgusting of ways. "Love, don't. Please don't cry." Yami breathed as he hugged his light. The dark repeatedly kissed the boy's forehead while rubbing soft circles into the small of his back. "Yugi, don't be ashamed. There is absolutely nothing about you that you should be ashamed about. Well, maybe having such a fool as myself as a yami, but nothing else." The said fool heard his light chuckle slightly, but weeping quickly overtook the room again. Yami felt so... helpless. He couldn't see a way to fix this problem. The Pharaoh hated seeing his love feel so broken and not being able to stop the tears... "Shh. We all love you, no matter what happens. And we shall always, always be there at your side." /Are you sure you will/ Yugi muttered. The dark chuckled. "I promised that I will always protect you, right? How am I going to protect you if I am away from you? Sometimes, love, your logic makes me laugh." /Hardy har har. Glad to see at least one of us is happy./ Yugi was calming down internally, but he couldn't seem to stop his weeping. "Come now, do you think that I can ever be happy when you're sad? Well, in case you do, I can honestly say I can't." /How sweet. Shit, we're going to be late. I need to finish-/ Yami interrupted him. "First, you need to stop crying." Yugi instantly held back any more tears. He pulled his head back and pressed his forehead into his guardian's. He pouted. "Don't tell me what to do." He said playfully. Struggling to hold back a chuckle to how fast his little love was able to change emotions, Yami soften the hug. "What are you going to do if I don't stop?" The hikari pouted again and stuck out his tongue. In a second, Yami had the moist muscle in between his teeth. /What the-/ /I told you never to stick your tongue out to me ever again. And yet, you didn't listen. Guess you will just have to pay for your unfortunate mistake./ Yami said huskily and he softly began to grind his pearly whites over his light's tongue. /Guess I will. Darn./ Yugi replied, wrapping his arms firmly around the crimson-eyed teen's neck. Knowing that he had permission, Yami bit down harder on the tongue, licking the part that he had in his mouth with both upper and lower side of his own. The difference of texture had the desired affect on the boy, as he whimpered openly and at the same time, tried to force more of his tongue into Yami. The dark loosened his tight hold on his love and allowed the boy to have more control. Too engrossed in the kiss, the elder of the couple didn't notice his hands, that were gripping on Yugi's hips, lift and wander carelessly from their position down to the boy's bare, inner thigh. As soon as the hikari felt Yami's velvety smooth hand on his naked skin that was so close to the most poisoned part of his body, he burst into a fit of sobs. Immediately, the dark untangled the two. "I'm sorry, love. I didn't mean to touch you. I'm so sorry." /I know, I know./ Yugi said through his tears. He tried to move away from his guardian so he could pull up the boxers that still hadn't found their way to his waist. But he couldn't move, so frightened by the accidental touch. Instead, he settled for trembling uncontrollably. His heart weighted down by regret, Yami could see that his love wasn't going to be able to dress himself through the tears. The tears he inflicted. Biting his lip, Yami tried his best to ignore his last thought. "You need to finish getting clothed." /I- I- I- I can't./ The light said, shame and embarrassment running thick through his words. He shook even harder. "Um. Okay... Look, if I make you uncomfortable, tell me right away." Yami said, not specifying exactly what he was going to do. /Wha- What are you.../ Yugi felt Yami's fingers slowly wrap around the elastic band of the boxers. His eyes shot to peer into Yami's, but saw that the Pharaoh was looking skyward, his cheeks a tint redder than usual. /Sorry. Should I continue/ /Thank you./ Without once glancing down, Yami pulled up the underwear the rest of the way up. Once he was done, the dark stood up. At first, Yugi thought that his guardian was going to run out of the bathroom. However, the handsome male picked Yugi up and sat him on the toilet seat. Careful not to look directly into his love's eyes, Yami grabbed the pants he had picked out. In order to successfully apply the jeans onto the now blushing boy, the dark had to stand him up. As the older teen zipped the pants close, he felt a wave of lust flow through the link. Yugi tried to play it off like nothing happened. Yami, however, decided to take the opportunity to mess around with his love, and maybe get the boy's true feelings revealed. He put his hand on his hip and raised an eyebrow. "You know, I felt that." Yugi's eyes widened, his blush deepening as well. /Felt what/ "Something along the lines of this." Yami sent his light a pang of lust. This caused Yugi to bow his head. His blond bangs hid most of his face. /Sorry. I think I can handle myself now, so you can-/ Suddenly, Yami twirled the boy around and pulled him into an embrace. He kissed and sucked at the skin next to the hospital gown's collar. The yami pressed his hips into the small of Yugi's back. He was holding back his hard-on that so desperately wanted to be released. /Why did you feel that, love? Answer me correctly and I will let you go./ Yami whispered. This seemed to break the spell of stillness over the light. "Guardian, stop." Normally, Yami would have. However, he didn't. Not because he wanted to continue with his 'investigation,' if you wanted to name it. But because the boy's voice was lined with such desire that even a deaf man could hear how insincere that plea was. Yugi raised his hands backwards and grabbed onto Yami's sides, pulling them closer together. /Tell me why./ Yami left a trail of hot, fluttering kisses on the hikari's skin until his lips touched the back of the boy's neck. He sucked at the porcelain skin until he felt yet another sense of lust from the link. /There you go. You did it again. Tell me why or I will not let you go. It is as simple as that./ "I don't know what you are talking about." Yami gave out a hearty laugh. /Oh, really. So even if I did this-/ The ruby-eyed teen removed his hands from his love's waist and to the top knot of the hospital top. He untied it in a second. /-you still wouldn't know, hmm/ The Pharaoh went down to undo the second knot, still sucking madly at Yugi's neck. "Yami?" The tone wasn't harsh, annoyed or upset. It was absolutely wrapped with passion. /Yes/ The older teen had just finished untying the last knot. "Are you sure you want to know?" /Of course./ As soon as he was done with his sentence, Yami felt his body being pushed onto the toilet. Yugi had whipped around and basically tackled the elder down. Surprised, Yami sat still, allowing his light to climb onto his lap and begin to straddle him, rubbing the arousal he had from the very beginning of Yami's 'investigation' into Yami's newfound one roughly. The light nibbled on his other half's ear while yanking off the top half of the hospital outfit and tossing it onto backwards. /Yuuuugi./ Yami moaned as the said person used the under side of his tongue to outline his jaw. Totally lost in the moment, Yugi ran his fingers down his guardian's chest until he reached the top of the dark's pants. The light brought his mouth to Yami's. Without another moment of hesitation, he stuck his hand into the other's boxers. The Pharaoh's scream of utmost pleasure was muffled by the kiss. Yugi had his guardian's hardening manhood clasped inside his fist and was softly tapping it with his fingertips. Every five or six seconds, he could pump it quickly. His eyes fighting the urge to roll to the back of his head, the dark began to unzip his jeans. The hikari teased Yami by placing his thumb on his entrance. The dark moaned, half because of the actions of his light, half because he had gotten his pants undone and his arousal was released from its cotton prison. /Yami. Hurry. My jeans./ Yugi said between pants. As he was unbuttoning his love's pants, Yami froze. What the hell was he doing? Well, it was obvious what they was doing. But they couldn't do it here. Yes, it thrilled him greatly that Yugi was willing to go all the way, right then and there. But there was a complication. The problem was the 'right then and there.' The two were in some hospital bathroom, sitting on a somewhat dirty toilet. They had no lube or lotion, so they would have to use saliva, which, from what Bakura told him, isn't as good. Even worst, Yami and his love still hadn't even revealed how they felt. Sure, they knew the feelings were there, but still... Though he felt a bit selfish for thinking it, the dark was not going to lose his precious virginity, that he had been so careful to save, under those conditions. /Yugi, we have to stop./ Yami whispered. His love yanked his head back and frowned. He let go of Yami's length, tears forming in his violet eyes. "What? Wh- why? Did I do something wrong? I am sorry. I can't believe I did this. I-" Yami smiled wearily. "You did nothing wrong. I just don't want my first- I mean, our first time to be in a bathroom. Not very romantic." The boy on top blushed. "Oh." There was an awkward silence. Yugi climbed off, reached over to the sink and wrapped his fingers around he folded shirt. Yami stood up, fixing himself as the other teen pulled on his tee. It took only a couple of minutes for the dark's length to relax. However, Yugi, who was farther along than Yami, couldn't calm down the humiliating bulge in his pants. Smiling, the yami broke the silence and said, "Should I leave you two alone?" Yugi glared at his guardian, but then sighed and nodded. The taller of the two planted a kiss on the light's forehead. "Think of me and have fun." "You can be such an ass hole." Yugi sneered as Yami walked under the door frame. The dark turned his head so the hikari could see the right side of his face. "Really? Do ass holes make you horny, love? Obviously, they do, or else we wouldn't be having this conversation. If you love them so much, maybe we should do it the naughty way instead of face-to-face." The pale boy let out something that sounded like a growl and a laugh. "You have been hanging around Bakura too much. Only he could be so vulgar." Thinking it over for a moment, Yami nodded. "Guess you're right. But you really should be, ah, solving your problem right now. We are going to late. Normally, I wouldn't care, but we are meeting up with Anzu, Duke and Serenity. Those three are the most impatient people I have ever met. Surely, they have our heads once we arrive." ((((((Space)))))) The emerald trees shook daintily as the warm breeze past. The two teens with identically colored hair were strolling over to the place where they were to meet their friends. Yugi held Yami's hand, their fingers intertwined, and let his head rest on the older boy's shoulder. The meeting spot was near the largest weeping willow in the very green park, next to the pond. The couple could see their friends sitting around on the grass, much like they had done at school, about five yards away. "Hey!" Yugi called, not parting with his dark. The gang turned their heads to the hikari. Mokuba, Seto, Joey, Honda and Ryou either smiled or waved. Anzu and Duke were too, umm, occupied to notice. The orange-haired girl and, for some reason, Bakura were frowning. Serenity shot up from her boyfriend's lap when Yami and Yugi reached them. "Where have you been? We have been waiting for, what, twenty minutes? Thank God all the food is supposed to be eaten cold." She looked down. There were paper plates with set out. The gang had started to lay out the food. "Where have you been?" Yugi laughed as he plopped down. "Ra, it is only twenty minutes. Most people can's even finish in that small amount of time. Seto forgot to complete one of my papers. It took a hell lot of convincing, and some flirting on Yami's part, to get the hospital to release me. Thanks a lot, Seto." He lied. Yami was surprised that he sounded so... honest. Even he believed Yugi, though he knew exactly what happened. Serenity pouted and sat down, glaring at the CEO, scolding him for being so careless and not double-checking every document he got. Seto rolled his eyes. "Serenity, I did check over every paper. Ask the pup." "Yeah, sis. He did. He even had me look through them." "Well, you are both blind. I am hungry. I didn't have breakfast." All the teens nodded in agreement and began to open the tupperware full of foods such as salad, cold cuts, fruits, chips and all the things usually found at a picnic. /Didn't know you could lie so well. And why did I need to be a flirt/ Yami said as he bent his knees. /Because, they couldn't believe me if I told them I was flirting. I am just way too innocent for that./ Yugi smiled devilishly. /Innocent! Innocent! If they only knew how much you aren't in-/ Yami stopped as he felt someone put their hand on his shoulder. He looked up to meet Bakura's gray eyes. The white-haired teen leaned down and whispered into the dark's ear. "We need to talk, Pharaoh." With that, the tomb robber stood straight up and walked over to a bench ten yards away. "I'll be right back." Yami got up and went over to sit next to the grave raider, who had seated himself on the bench. Bakura looked a bit upset, but overall, he seemed to be more nervous and wary. "Okay, what did I do now?" Bakura looked straight into Yami's crimson rubies. "Tell me you didn't lose your virginity in a bathroom." The dark blushed and shook his head. "Are you lying?" "No. How did you-" "Ryou and I came early and found that the whore was already here. Her boy toy was going on about some shit with that dice game he created. I was bored so I decided to look over you two. I only saw about three seconds, but I had the decency to stop when I realized what the fuck you two were doing." Yami wondered why the tomb robber, who had been calm for the last two months, sounded impatient. "What we were about to do. Did you really think that I was going to have my first time on a toilet? It really does sound romantic, doesn't it?" Bakura sighed and crossed his arms. "Well, much more romantic than what I am planning to do." He muttered. "What?" Yami asked. Bakura knitted his eyebrows. "Hmm?" "What did you just say?" The grave raider blushed. "Nothing." Yami frowned. "Come on. You force me to reveal every detail of my personal life and you can't even answer a simple question." "It's nothing, Yami." Bakura made to stand up but the Pharaoh grabbed his shoulder. "Tell me or I will tell Ryou that you kissed me outside the hospital. I am sure he will love that." The dark teased. Of course, he could never really do something so cruel. Bakura would do anything in his stubborn impatience. And Yami couldn't blame him for kissing him. If he were Bakura, he would have probably done the same thing to get his attention. The white-haired yami, however, didn't know that. The tomb robber hissed. "That is one of the most unfair things you have done yet, Pharaoh." But he still sighed and relaxed. He put his hand into his pant pocket and pulled out a small, black cube. It took a moment for the shorter yami to realize what it was. "Bakura... That isn't a..." The tomb robber nodded. Slowly, Yami reached out and took the box. He looked up to meet the grave raider's eyes before returning his gaze back to the cube. He flipped the lid open. The tricolor haired teen's suspensions were proved true as he saw what was inside. A thin, silver ring was placed elegantly in the center. It was plain, except for a beautiful, gray stone set inside the band. The area around the stone was smoothed, so the rock just seemed to be part of the ring. Yami gingerly pulled the ring out. On the inside of the band, someone had inscribed, 'To my innocent half,' in tiny, richly delicate letters. "How long have you had this?" Yami whispered, putting the engagement ring back in its small case. "I have started saving up for it after our week anniversary. Bought it a month afterwards." Yami handed over the box to its owner. "A week?" Bakura shyly stuffed the black cube into his pocket, blushing. "Yeah." "If you bought that a month after you got with him, then you would have had this-" "For about a year and a half." The two sat in silence for a moment. "Why haven't you asked him yet?" "Because, Pharaoh, I didn't want him to be a junior with his entire future planned out." Yami had to laugh at this. "You know, he probably has already planned to send the rest of his waking days with you. That ring isn't a new promise. It means nothing and you know that as well as I do. And plus, next month, he'll be a senior. If he wants, he'll be going off to some college. What college he wants to go to, what job he wants to work, what kind of life he wants... He will have to plan out everything this year. I think it would be nice to have at least one part of his life have a solid answer, don't you?" Bakura blinked several times, absorbing all that the dark told him. "You are one to talk. Don't you think Yugi needs something absolute too?" "I will have to tell him soon. After what we did, we have to tell each other. Anyway, do you carry that thing everywhere?" Bakura nodded. "And he hasn't seen it?" "Nope. One time, he was about to put his hand in my pocket, to get my keys, of course. I told him not to do that ever again and he didn't." "You have to tell him." "I could wait it out a little longer. Even if I did ask him, we will have to wait a over a year for him to turn eighteen." "Ah, but from what I have heard, engagement sex is spectacular. The more of that, the better." ((((((Space)))))) /Guardian, why are you keep on looking at Bakura? What are you hiding/ Yugi asked. His dark had been stealing glances with the white-haired teen sitting next to him throughout the entire meal. The Pharaoh smiled and put a fork full of salad into his mouth. /I guess you should be the first to know. Bakura and I have been having hot, passionate sexual intercourse together since we got our bodies. Occasionally, Ryou comes in as a third. Now that you know, I could convince the others to have you join in for a foursome. Ryou has been wanting one for a while now./ Yugi frowned. /Yami, like I said before, you have been sending too much time with Bakura. Now what's up/ /It's a secret, love./ The dark kissed his hikari, to show that the conversation was over. He turned his attention back to the gang. "What do you mean Dungeon Dice has no point?" Duke asked. He wasn't angry, more like curious. "Well," Seto said. "It makes no sense at all. The monsters called have no order to them, so one could summon any monster one wishes. There is hardly any room for creativity. Once you have a pretty good strategy, you can repeat it as you wish. Instead of relying on talent, the game is played through utter luck. Even you, the creator of the game, lost to a person who never played it in his life. Which I will never forgive you for." "Why does the fact that he lost to Yugi-" Honda started "Actually, he lost to Yami." Yugi interrupted. "-Yami, make you upset? You have been beaten by him many more times than Duke." Seto flashed a grin. Serenity laughed at her boyfriend. "Isn't it obvious, sweetie? Seto is mad because Joey had to get out of that adorable puppy costume due to Duke's little bet." Everyone, except Bakura, laughed. The tomb robber was chewing silently at his lip, twiddling his thumbs carelessly. The dark frowned. "Seth, I am so sorry I disrupted your perverted and disturbing fantasies." Yami said, earning a glare from Seto and a laugh from the younger teens. The grave raider still gave no response. The crimson-eyed teen sighed and said loudly said in Egyptian, "Yugi and I have been fucking like bunnies since the day we met." The gang looked up, including Bakura. "What did you say?" Mokuba asked. The gaggle of friends all held the same confused look on their face. "If you wanted to know if they understood Egyptian, you could have asked." Bakura said in his mother tongue. "This way was more fun. Look, it's obvious you're going nuts over this. Ask him." Yami replied, turning to him. "Guys, what are you two talking about?" Anzu said. "Nothing." Bakura answered in English. He faced the Pharaoh and frowned. "I don't know..." "Pull him aside and ask. I will make sure no one disturbs you." Bakura thought it over for a second. "Promise?" Yami smiled. "Good luck." Bakura grinned and stood up. He looked down at his light, who did the same, slightly confused. The tomb robber grabbed his hikari's hand and began to walk off in the direction of the weeping willow. "What did you tell him?" Joey asked. "Shh." Yami said. Bakura tugged Ryou under the branches of the green tree and pushed him against the trunk. "What-" Anzu started. "I said be quiet. Watch. Don't dare move from your spots until those two come back. If you do, I won't hold Bakura back as he sends you to the Shadow Realm." Yami told his friends and nodded in the direction of the white-haired couple. The tomb robber was talking. As he did, he pulled out the ring box from his pocket. Bakura stopped moving his lips and held the ring between them. "He didn't get down on one knee." Yami said, still watching his fellow yami. "Wait, why would he need to get down on one-" Someone started, but the question was muffled out by Ryou. "Oh, my Ra!" The albino boy screamed. The yami said something. The younger teen laughed and yelled, "Of course I can wait a year!" Ryou wrapped his arms around his dark and kissed at him deeply. Yami heard several gasps come from the gang as they realized what was happening. After several moments, the gray-eyed hikari broke the kiss and embraced him tightly. Bakura leaned down and whispered. Ryou smiled and exclaimed, "Yes!" The tomb robber wiggled away from his light and opened the black cube still in his hand, taking out the ring shortly afterward. He placed it on the younger boy's finger. "Did he just..." Joey tried to ask. The Pharaoh faced the blonde, as well as the rest of his friends. He inhaled several things, trying his best to hold his regal demeanor. "Yes. Our little tomb robber just asked his hikari to marry him." "And Ryou..." Mokuba stuttered, in awe. "Said yes." The newly proposed teen squealed. Bakura had his arm resting comfortably on his light's shoulder. The second they saw the couple, everyone, except Yami and Seto, jumped up and began to congratulate the two. "Please, if you hug him anymore, you will kill my little wife." Bakura said, trying to sound annoyed. The gang sat back down, the tomb robber and his light with them. "Wife? Who said I was the girl? What makes me the wife?" Ryou snapped, taking a drink of his orange soda. Bakura was about to say something when Yugi cut in. "That question can easily be answered, Ryou. Who's on top?" The gray-eyed hikari smiled. "Is that what determines it?" "Wait, Bakura, does that mean-" Honda started. The grave raider blushed. "Don't act so smug, Ryou. You're the seme just as much as I am. And if I was the seme all the time, you wouldn't be able to ever leave the bed for weeks." "Please! You are corrupting my brother with your crazy humor." Seto rubbed his forehead dramatically. "Seth, if he has spent even one night with both you and Joey under the same roof, I think that your brother has been corrupted enough." Yami said, his voice calm, as he lifted his own drink to his lips. Everyone else laughed, except Joey, Seto and Mokuba. When the blue-eyed CEO noticed that his sibling was blushing instead of giggling, he realized that what Yami said was true. "Uh... Sorry, Mokuba." "Seto, you are so lucky to have so much money. You're going to spend most of it on your little brother's therapy bills. God only knows he will need it after what he heard." Anzu chuckled. Yugi watched his friends' twisted antics intently. Though the humor was a bit more... adult than before, they were all together, laughing and bickering happily. Like nothing happened. Like everything was normal again. Like Yugi wasn't disgusting- /Love/ Yami cooed. /Yeah/ /Are you okay/ /Just thinking. Nothing to worry about./ Yami sighed. /If you say so.../ The Pharaoh brought his arms around his light and tugged, encouraging the light onto his lap. The pale boy shyly climbed on the dark, crossing his legs the second he did. The crimson-eyed teen used his thumbs to rub into his love's jeans, half way up the thigh. Yami slowly put his lips to his hikari's neck, where a hickey was developing from when the dark was untying his gown, and sucked at it, licking or nibbling it occasionally. The gang seemed to notice, but didn't say anything about it. Though Yugi wanted to, more than anything, make some sort of noise to show the pleasure he was feeling aloud, he didn't want everyone to embarrass him. So instead, the light keep up a straight face. The conversation somehow flipped over to soap and shampoos. How or why... somethings not important to these teens. After Anzu, Serenity, Ryou and Seto stopped arguing about which soap is better for delicate skin, Joey began to talk about perfumed soap. Everyone seemed to have their favorite smell, not for them self, but for their girl/ boyfriend. After Bakura said that he liked Ryou using some from this Sabon place, Yugi finally decided to give input. "Personally, I love Yami's honey soap. It smells almost as good as his skin tastes..." Sweet laughter filled the air. "Really..." Yami said before licking the fold behind his love's ear. "Get a room, you two." Duke exclaimed before hypocritically beginning to French his girlfriend. "Okay. Do you know the nearest motel?" Yugi asked. "Why not just do it in the car, love? That would save us a few bucks." The Pharaoh said, momentarily stopping his licking. /I figured it wasn't romantic enough./ Yugi whispered. Yami couldn't tell if the boy was joking or not. "How about you, Mokuba? I'll be sure to send a bar of whatever smell you like to Rebecca." "No, I don't think you will, Yugi. I don't need my brother to like how she smells." "And why is that?" The smaller Kaiba brother asked, looking a bit offended. "Um... No reason." Seto responded. Just as the raven haired teen was about to go off about how Seto doesn't trust him, Serenity picked up a white box behind Honda and held it out, ending Mokuba's ranting. "Anyone for Junior's famous cheesecake?" ((((((Space)))))) :that was a bad ending.: "Bye, guys. Congratulations, again." Yugi said, hugging Ryou. The two hikaris and yamis were the only members of the gang still at the park. After the cake, they all hung around for a bit. Seto, Joey and Mokuba were the first to leave since the CEO needed to go to a meeting. Honda's grandmother was in town and the male was taking Serenity to meet his family. Duke and Anzu... well, they just wanted to be alone, for reasons evident by the hungry looks they were giving each other, though they just ate. The four remaining decided to call it a day and part their ways. "Thanks, Yugi. We'll come over tomorrow to help out at the Game Shop." "Have fun tonight, Bakura. And be the seme. I'll ask your hikari if you were." Yami said in Egyptian. "I can say the same for you, Pharaoh." The crimson-eyed teen blushed. "Don't rush me, grave raider. Things will happen when they happen." "Whatever. I can only say that I won't check in on you too until I am certain you both have your pants on." Bakura put his hand on his fiance's waist. "Let us depart, dear wife of mine." The older white-haired boy said playfully. "Didn't we go over this? I am not the girl!" "Yami, is Ryou the girl?" The dark nodded. "Yugi?" The light nodded. "That is three against one, my little wife." The said wife frowned and looked at Yami's love. "You know, hikaris are supposed to stick together." Yugi smiled. "Must of slipped my mind, Mrs. Bakura Arukab." Ryou pouted. "Arukab. I can't believe they actually believe that's my last name. Shouldn't school officials realize that it is just my first name spelled backwards?" "Well, you make amazing fake documents, tomb robber. Not even the CIA could tell the difference." "Umm. True. But I will leave you at that, because I really want to go home..." Bakura said, causing his light to giggle. "Before we do, Yugi, did you know that yamis are always the more sensual ones?" Ryou said, watching his yami's reaction from the corner of his eye with an evil grin. "What do you mean?" The violet-eyed hikari asked. Bakura blushed and tried to put his hand over his lighter half's mouth. "Don't you dare tell him! I will stop calling you the wife, just don't ruin my precious pride!" "What pride do you have, grave raider?" Yami joked. He had understood what the albino boy had clearly stated. Now that he thought of it, there was much truth to what the white-haired hikari said. "Well, my fellow hikari," The tomb robber was now trying desperately to shut Ryou up, his cheeks a lot pinker than usual, but the shorter of the couple wiggled out of his grasp. "The yamis... always... he, he... want to... touch and kiss... more than we do. They're... soooo gentle too." With that, Ryou stopped struggling. It was too late for Bakura to stop him, the boy had already destroyed his dignity. The defeated tomb robber frowned and sighed, the blush on his cheeks deepening. "Really..." Yugi said, raising his eyebrow toward his dark. "Interesting to know." "Are you happy now, my dear wife." Bakura hissed the last word. "If you want, I can tell Yugi a lot more things about you. I am not afraid." Ryou added, seeing the glare his fiancé was giving him. "And what do these things include, Ryou?" The Pharaoh asked, eyeing the other yami. "A month before we got together, Bakura had a wet dream about-" The boy started, but was cut off but Bakura's palm. "Fuck this. I will stop calling you my wife if you stop right now." The tomb robber's hikari rolled his eyes. Bakura let him go. "About you, Yugi. Didn't know you could bend so far." Yugi and the Pharaoh laughed. Ryou smiled at his flushed yami. "Oh, Yami, I wasn't the only one with the dreams. Tomorrow, I will tell you, in detail, one my sweetheart had of you. It was quite fun to watch-" /These two have the strangest idea of revenge. First, break their pride, then tell a friend they had a dirty dream about you./ Yugi whispered quickly to his guardian as Bakura went on. "-And Ryou, you said that yamis are always gentle, right? Well you don't know how wrong you are." Bakura said as he advanced on his light. The younger, gray-eyed teen stuck his tongue out, much like Yugi did, and began to sprint off down the pebbled path. "Bye!" Yugi yelled as the couple ran around a corner, earning a backwards wave from both. "Interesting. Never seen those two like that before. Ryou dirty and Bakura playful. It's almost scary. Well then, should we go home?" Yami asked wrapping his slender limbs around his love's waist, pressing his chest into the boy's shoulder blades. "No, let's relax a bit. I always loved this park." Yugi repositioned Yami and himself so they were side to side. They walked over to the weeping willow Bakura proposed under. The Pharaoh pulled aside some of the long, sinewy branches and held it for his light. It was extremely breathtaking underneath the tree. Rays of light shone through where the pale khaki leaves parted. A chorus of hidden birds chirped merrily together. The dark sat down on the soft grass ringing the trunk, leaning against the peeling bark. He straighten one of his legs, bending the other into a right angle carelessly. His love slowly, in an almost seductive way, fell down to his knees and crawled onto the Pharaoh. The boy laid back on the dark, putting his legs between the elder's. Yami could feel his other half's body heat flow through his clothing to brush against his skin. The young boy put his hands on the dark's knees and Yami put his on his love's. "So, guardian... what soap do you think I should use?" Yugi asked as the red-eyed male rested his head on his shoulder. "Why do you want to know?" Yami muttered. Having his love so close was messing with his head. "Well, everyone said what they liked, except Mokuba and you. I only think it is fair that, since you were too busy to answer then, you answer now." Yami turned his head lazily so his nose was pressed up against his love's neck. He began to think, but stopped as he inhaled. "What do you use now?" "Irish Springs." "Are you sure?" "Of course I'm sure. I usually was the one who bought it. Why?" "Well, you never smelled like it. Not even now, when the hospital used their own soap, you still smell the same." "Really?" Yami chuckled. This was such an odd, yet sensual conversation. "Yes. You smell of orange and lemon zest. And you taste of lemon and lime." The dark ended by kissing the boy's delicate flesh, flicking his tongue as he returned to resting his head on his love's shoulder. Sighing peacefully, Yugi looked up to the low canopy of the willow. He watched as two birds flew from branch to branch, chirping a rich tune that they only knew the words to. Beside him, the light heard Yami hum the lullaby that he sung the day he woke up. The light's eyelids grew heavy, drooping close. The dark felt his love breathing relax. It was so... blissful to have the boy so near. The light's hands moved over from Yami's knees to be on top of the Pharaoh's, clasping it tightly. The older teen couldn't stand it. All the secrets. He needed to say it. And the sooner, the better. "Yugi, my love, I need to tell you something..." This was it. All Yami had to do was say it. This was it. "Hmm?" This was it. Just say it. "Umm..." Just say it. Come on. "I... I..." Don't chicken out! "I love you." Yami waited for any sign of surprise, acceptance or denial. But there was none. The male in the Pharaoh's arms sat still. A bit horrified by the lack of a response, the dark whispered/Yugi, say something./ But there was something blocking the communication. It didn't feel like the hikari was holding the link close. It was more like... "Fuck it." Yami muttered, small tears rolled down his face, onto the sleeping boy's shoulder. The one time that the Pharaoh had the courage to tell his light he truth, the boy was sleeping. "Fuck it. Fuck it. Fuck it." The awake half took fifteen minutes to calm down. Once he was sure that he looked like he wasn't crying, Yami decided to wake his light up. "Love, wake up. Wake up..." The dark cooed for another minute until Yugi's eyes drifted open. "Hmm? What happening?" The violet-eyed teen drawled. 'You fell asleep, love. You could have told me I bore you so much." The light blushed. "Oh, sorry. You just make such a great pillow. I couldn't help myself." "Very funny." Yami pecked the pale boy's warm cheek. Yugi yawned. "Do you want to go home now?" "Umm. A bed. Though you make a good pillow, you suck at being a bed. But I would like my mattress to be as warm as you." Yami slipped out from behind his love. He stood up in front of the teen. "Well, that is why you have me next to you. To keep you warm." He held out his hand. The hikari smiled and took it. Yugi pulled and the dark yanked harder, getting the light onto his feet. But as soon as he was standing, the light's legs twitched. He was going to fall, but the Pharaoh quickly had him in an embrace, supporting him. "My legs are still asleep." Yugi admitted, his cheeks turning rosy. His dark laughed and turned around in the hug. The light had his arms around his guardian's neck. As he made to remove them, the yami shook his head. "Care for a ride?" The dark asked lightly. "Are you sure you won't collapse on me?" "Love, you are shorter than a jockey and weight less than an anorexic. I think Ryou can carry you for several street blocks without getting tired." "I could have sworn those were the same words Romeo said to Juliet. And how sweet they are." Nevertheless, Yugi hopped onto his dark, who hardly seemed to notice the excess weight. With amazing ease and grace, Yami was able to walk with Yugi piggyback. The couple received a few stares, but most seemed to think that the Pharaoh was just the hikari's older brother fooling around with his younger sibling. If only they knew, if only they knew. They reached the edge of the park when the light felt his legs again. "Guardian, you can put me down. I think I will be able to walk." Yami stopped at the side of the path and let the light unleash himself. As soon as he did, the Pharaoh put his arms around the light's waist, bringing him close. "Oh, but I loved carrying you. It is a good work out, you know." "Don't lie to me. The only reason you liked me to carry me was because you got to feel me grind into your back." The dark chuckled. "Who's the vulgar one now?" Yami said, leaning so his nose touched his love's. "Still you." The dark captured his hikari's lips, tilting his head to heat up the kiss. His hands fell down to the seat of Yugi's pants when he felt something hit his back. He broke the kiss, his spine tingling with a passion. He turned to the direction the attack came from. The aggressor was an old lady with what seemed to be a powder blue wig, covered in many flowered shawls. Her weapon, a tweed purse. "What the hell?" Yami said, looking straight into the woman's blue eyes. "Don't you dare speak to me with that tone, you, you pedophile!" Her voice was raspy and surprisingly high-pitched. "What?" Yugi asked. "Now sonny, don't be afraid. Come with me, I can help you. You'll need to say what your brother has done to you, but for now, let the adults talk." Yugi felt his cheeks burn and his mouth hang agape. He could clearly see how hard it was for the Pharaoh to stifle his laughter. "Look, miss. We aren't at all related. We both dyed our hair last spring, hence the similar hairstyles. Second, I'll be eighteen next month and he will be turning seventeen come November. Third, we are happily together. Lastly, we haven't done anything. Well, not anything that concerns you. Thank you for caring about the youth of our nation, but please, the next time you hit someone with your bag, know all the facts. Come on, love, before someone else decides to hit me." With that, Yami put an arm around his light, who buried his cherry red face into his gray shirt, and walked off to the yami's car. When they got to the vehicle, Yugi pulled open the passenger door and flopped down into the seat, instantly putting his face in his hands. Baffled by his love's actions, Yami went up to his light's side of the car and bent his knees. He grabbed the hikari's biceps softly. "Love?" /Who knows how many more times that would happen if we... Would you really want that? People will think we are trailer-trash junkies because we look like brothers that are screwing each other senseless. People will think that we are disgusting and will-/ "Yugi! Stop it. Like I said before, I don't care what other people think. And at least one person will have a problem with every single relationship out there. Take Joey and Seto. But do you know how many employees Seto had to fire because they were homophobic freaks when he came out with Joey? People was against them being together even if they are soul mates, which Seto said himself. And Anzu. Her sister hates that she is with Duke, mostly because she is the vice president of his fan club, but still..." Yami climbed into the car, closing the door behind him. He got into the position they were in inside the bathroom, except Yami was on Yugi. And instead of grinding into the boy, the Pharaoh hugged him, running his finger through the boys soft tresses. "Love, I will always be there with you, even through an army of purses." "I know, I know." Yugi droned. Yami frowned and brought his face up so his eyes alined with that of the light. "Promise me you understand." "What?" "Promise me you understand that I will always be there for you. Promise me." Yugi bit his tongue. The dark's crimson rubies grew wide and glassy. "Love, you can't even trust me on that? That I'll be there for you no matter what? One of two things that I positive about and want you to know. And now that I told you this one, you can't even acknowledge that it is how I feel?" Yami crawled off the light and onto the driver's seat, rubbing fiercely into his eyebrow. Using his other hand, he fished through his pocket until found his keys. The Pharaoh started up the car and turned to face the light. "Well? What do you have to say?" The hikari's eyes widened. His guardian hardly ever spoke to him in such a rude, blunt tone. /What, what was the other thing you are positive about and want me to know/ "Promise me you know that I will stick with you through anything and I will tell you. It is important for me to have you understand I won't leave you before I tell you the other thing." There was a thick pause. /Fine. Don't tell me. Watch me give a shit./ Yugi growled. He snapped the link close and curled up into a ball, his back to the Pharaoh. Yami put his mouth in his palm to keep from weeping. He had just been rejected. His obscene amounts of compassion for the boy had been rejected. His kindness. His caring. His love. And how ironic; his love rejected by his love. Gulping silently for air, Yami started up the car and began to drive. ((((((Space)))))) Red lights. Some of the most evil things in the world. They force you to stop, halting your world and all your problems with it. In those endless seconds of waiting, all those little things bothering you sprang in front of your mind and ring loudly in your ear. They pause you in your normal, semi-happy routine to be bugged by life's difficulties. And then- Green light. How the dark loved them. They brought life back. Yami smiled and pressed down on the acceleration peddle gently. He slowed down to allow a green Toyota to go in front of him. The Toyota took the invitation. The Pharaoh turned his right blinker on half way down the street. Once on the corner of Metropolitan Avenue, he rotated the wheel clockwise. The crimson-eyed teen was about to past the lamp post when- Red light. (Damn.) Yami thought. The lights on this street took forever to change. Mumbling Egyptian profanities under his breath, his red eyes wandered over the dashboard, to the direction of the passenger seat. The Pharaoh hadn't looked away from the road since he started the ride to the Game Shop. He was shamefully afraid of seeing his light's back. But it was a red light, therefore the little problems of his life must erupt. Of course, his light wasn't the problem. It was his love's distrust in the Pharaoh. The dark wanted it more badly than ever before. Not that he actually deserved it. The one time that Yugi needed Yami, he was too busy fucking cutting himself up, watching the blood ooze out, in an almost seductive way... All thoughts of his blood pouring out of his tanned skin ended as Yami's orbs of supreme beauty landed on his light. He was no longer curled up. Yugi must have been extremely tired, as he had fallen back to sleep. He did say that walking used more energy, so the Pharaoh shouldn't have been so surprised. The boy's limp body was crouching in the squashy seat. The sight made Yami fall in love once again. Yugi's porcelain chin was resting on his thin shoulder. A soft smile grazed his rosy lips. The hikari's lids fluttered, his lashes following each moment with a delicate twitch. Shadows outlined each bump and dip of the light's face. The many scars that now adorned the pale male's flesh faded in and out with unmarked skin wondrously. Yami wanted to deserve Yugi's trust again. He now knew that he would do anything to have it. Even if it meant losing his virginity in a port-o-potty. The light's trust meant more than anything to him. The same, rogue bang that laid on top of the light's breathing mask two months ago was now covering his left cheek, the cheek that was a bit more hollow than the other. The Pharaoh reached out to remove the blond lock from the beauty that was Yugi's face when a car honk woke him up from his trance. Yami instinctually looked up to the lamp post. (Damn.) Green light. For the first time, the dark hated that color. Mumbling Egyptian curses again, the Pharaoh put his foot down on the acceleration peddle.