Yes My King

Chapter 27

~Yugi's POV~

I stayed up all night watching Atem to see if he would wake up but he never did. I guess I ended up falling asleep while I was waiting because the next thing I know I'm waking up still in the chair next to his bed. I still had his hand in mine while I was resting my upper body on the bed.

Atem was still asleep, he must have been really tired if he hasn't woken up yet. His dark circles almost seem to be completely gone and he looks more lively. The rays of the sun were casting in from the window, shining light on Atem's face, making his skin glow even more than it already does.

I've been thinking recently and I think I love him. Looking back at everything he does for me and how he makes me feel, I grow more attached each and every day. I've never been in love before seeing as I grew up on the streets, but I've also never felt this before. I want to tell him but I'm afraid it's too soon for him or he'll reject me, I don't know how love works so I don't know when the right time to say it is.

I feel the hand that I was holding tighten its grip on me and the owner of the hand sat up with a groan, holding his head with his free hand.

"Morning Atem." I said with a smile. He yawned loudly, covering his mouth with his hand and opened his tired eyes.

"What happened? All I remember is Seto telling me I had to go somewhere." He ran a hand through his messy bed head that actually looked pretty good on him.

"You passed out, Seto told me it's because you used up too much energy." I said, now holding his hand with both of mine. He finally became conscious of the fact I was touching him and he smiled.

"How long was I out?" He asked, looking at me with those beautiful narrow crimson eyes of his that I always seem to get lost in.

"The rest of the day, it's the next morning." He seemed shocked at first but it didn't seem to phase him that much seeing as how tired he was.

"How long have you been here, little one?"

"All night as well, I was really worried about you." I squeezed his hand in my own, smiling at my lover who frowned at my words.

"You shouldn't sleep in this position, you need to rest and take care of yourself, don't worry about me." He immediately tried to mother hen me, which I thought was both cute and annoying to see how much he cared about me.

"Okay mom." I teased, sticking my tongue out at him. He jokingly glared at me before a smile came upon his lips.

He noticed his hand was in both of mine so he brought his other to join. He played with my fingers slowly, seeing if I would react but I didn't, I just watched him as he fiddled and wrapped his fingers around mine. He brought my hands up and kissed each knuckle, running his lips down the line of bumps on my hand. I blushed at his actions and looked away but made no move to take my hands away from his.

"You're okay with me grabbing your hands?" Atem asked me, glancing up from my hands to peer into my eyes.

"They never really touched my hands so yes, that's why it was easier for me." Ive noticed when someone touched the places they didn't really touch like my hands, feet, and legs it doesn't affect me much from where they did touch me like my sides and hips.

"I'm not going to touch you unless you want me to, you have control in this situation." His voice was stern so I knew he was being serious but I couldn't help but crack a joke.

"So you're finally giving me control." I teased and he rolled his eyes, a groan coming out of his mouth.

"I was trying to be nice." I giggled as he huffed, but a smile took hold on his face as he looked at me with loving eyes.