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Puzzleshipping Fluff 3/7

Cuddle Therapy

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Yugi wasn't a very good cook. In fact, even he himself relented his own cooking. But tonight, the young teen tried extra hard.

Yami would be home any minute now, and Yugi was planning on surprising him with a cooked meal. Yugi was concerned for Yami; he had been working almost non-stop the past few weeks while Yugi was trying to find a job, and every night he came home tired and yet he still found the strength to cook for them both.

The boy let out a hearty sigh, his eyes carefully scanning the colourful cook-book for the next line. Yugi was greateful that Yami actually had these books - Yami was really enthusiastic about his cooking, which was why it tasted so damn good.

Despite Yugi's efforts, his skills at actually reading the book and understanding the book were both completely different. His eyebrows furrowed as he became frustrated with it. Its instructions were supposed to be simple, not near impossble to get a grip of! Yugi regretted dropping Home Ec now.

He was snapped out of his regret when he heard the front door slam open, and then gently shut closed. That was Yami entering the house - and Yugi was positively terrified that he'd find out of his special gift early. He didn't want Yami to find out just yet that he had decided to cook for him, so Yugi quickly turned the heating down on his 'creation' and peeked out from the kitchen.

Yami was sitting on the couch, looking too stressed to even bother with standing up. Yugi let out a soft whimper for his partner - he really was overworking himself, and that wasn't good on his body.

Hesitantly, Yugi stepped back into the kitchen to check on his food. It was going...well. He could leave it for a couple of minutes, couldn't he? After all, I'm sure Yami wouldn't mind if he burnt something and they had to order food since Yugi was absolutely not going to let him cook tonight - not after seeing how stressed Yami was.

He took off his apron and washed his hands, drying them quickly and making sure that nothing was on him before walking into the living room and plonking down beside the other male.

"Yami, are you alright? You don't look so good..." Yugi asked.

Yami gave a small glance at Yugi before nodding, "I'll be fine."

Yugi frowned, "You look like you need a nap..."

"I do..." Yami murmured.

Yugi let out a small sigh of dissatisfaction before rubbing Yami's back, and then realising that the male was almost half asleep already. Yugi slowly got up and went to the kitchen, turning off everything that was on and discarding the meal he was preparing. He decided that he would attempt cooking another day - ordering food wasn't too bad every so often, right?

The teen then quickly went to the old storage cupboard in the hallway. It was where towels and blankets where kept, and Yugi had decided he would need a blanket. He picked the fluffiest one, closing the cupboard and walking back into the living room. He smiled softly when he found that Yami had fallen asleep on the couch.

Yugi approached him, silently covering the blanket over Yami and then sneakily edging his way beside him. He gave the elder a hug after making sure the fluffy blanket was adjusted, nuzzling himself under Yami's arm.

Learning how to cook can wait - Yami needed a cuddle.