To Want Love

P.S. Okay this is it. This chapter and then it is two weeks tell the next one comes out so you all have fun with this one and look forward to reading chapter 13 on 14th on this mouth. I well put it out then because of what day it is here in the USA. Sorry again for the wait you well all have to go though but Darth made it a little less of what I was going to do. She also did a wonderful job on this chapter as she always dose. So review and thank her for her hard work. Again, thank you all for putting up with this.


Chapter Twelve: A Look Into Yugi’s Thoughts

After the demon had left Yugi got up from the floor and walked over to the tray of food to look at what had been brought to him this time. There was some bread, a couple of different fruits, and a glass of milk but nothing else.

‘Well, that tells me who left the food last night’, Yugi thought, crossing his arms in the process. ‘But did that demon put me to bed too? And if so, then why didn’t he eat me when he had the chance? Maybe he is waiting for the right time. Maybe it’s going to be some kind of an evil ceremony?’ As Yugi thought about these things, he took some food off the tray while looking around the room he was in.

It was a big bedroom with a loveseat stationed at one side, two regular chairs, a coffee table and a soft-looking rug stationed in front of a fireplace. There were three doors in the room, one on each side of the fireplace and then one right across from the windows. The windows in question were on the left of the huge bed and the door to the right. On each side of the bed was a small bedside table, hinting that the bed was made for two.

The two doors by the fireplace led to a closet and a bathroom. Yugi had looked into the closet earlier, and had found out that it was the large, walk in kind with some clothes hanging in there that looked like they would fit Yugi. The bathroom had a huge tube on one end and two counters, a yet another hint for this being a two-person suite. There was also a big rack for towels and on the bathtub’s left side there was a sink.

All in all, the room was huge and warm. It was very comfortable and cosy, and also bigger than any other bedroom Yugi had ever seen in his life. The room and the bathroom together made the boy feel like he was a guest in a really fancy hotel.

‘I wonder if the demons I saw last night are rich or something…’ Yugi thought in passing. ‘But what is with that one demon that keeps coming in here? I mean, he looks like an older me.’ Yugi took a big bite off an apple. ‘This place is so bizarre. And big, very big indeed.’

While Yugi had been completely focused on eating and thinking he almost missed the sound of the door opening up. But when the sound reached his ears, he became very scared very quickly as he thought frantically: ‘What is going to happen this time? Why is he back so soon?’ Turning around quickly Yugi was expecting to see the familiar demon enter the room. But as soon as the door opened up a little more it became clear that the demon from before was not back, after all, but that it was a human male that entered the room.

“Hello there”, came a friendly tone from the blond-haired youth. “Yami said you were up. My name is Joey, but most call me Jou. And Yami has already told me your name, it’s Yugi, right?” The human, known as Jou, walked further into the room as he talked. The blond paused, looking around the room for a moment, before finally stepping up to the side of the bed and sitting down on the edge, next to Yugi.

Yugi simply watched the blond silently and soon enough Jou continued to speak, his tone becoming softer without losing the friendly edge: “So, Yami asked me to talk to you and see if you need anything.” The blond gave Yugi a reassuring smile. “I know you don’t trust him but he is a nice guy and really does like you. He wouldn’t hurt you even if his life depended on it.” Jou grinned again. “In fact, Yami is the demon that took you up here last night and, from what I see, has also been the one that has been getting you food.”

“Where is this place and why am I here?” were the first words out of Yugi’s mouth to Jou. To the small boy, Jou seemed like a nice and trustworthy guy and like the sort that would not hurt him. So, Yugi had decided to toss his fear away and talk to the blond.

“Well, here, as in where in the country I’m not really sure. But this room you’re in is one of rooms that is stationed just above the masters’ rooms”, Jou explained and Yugi was rather startled to notice that the blond did not seem too bothered by not knowing how far he was from home. Jou had not lost his careless tone as he continued: “As to why you are here, well, that is something I think Yami has already explained to you. What I think is your top concern now is sort out how you feel about Yami. He doesn’t want to hurt you in any way, and he even refused to eat last night just to save you from those who would have made you their dinner.”

“But don’t the demons just eat humans like you and me?” Yugi exclaimed in fear. “I mean, we aren’t really more then food to them, are we?” Yugi looked down at his hands as he spoke those last words.

“Well, most of the time that is true”, Jou replied and lifted Yugi’s face back up to him with a gentle touch before continuing: “But there are exceptions like us. You see, every demon has a time in their life that they want a life mate and then it doesn’t matter to them if that mate is human or demon. I, for one, have been here for weeks now, all because one of the masters of this house wanted me as his mate.” Jou smiled at those words, unbeknownst to Yugi that he was remembering the night before and how it changed many things for the better.

Yugi managed to actually completely miss the deliriously happy expression on the other human’s face as he hurried to question: “You said that you were wanted, as in past tense. So does that mean that he no longer wants you as his life mate?” Yugi’s words were coming out quicker with each moment that passed, telling of his rising panic. “Why did he stop wanting you and what is going to happen to you now?” It was frightening to think that the first person Yugi had met in his entire life who had been friendly enough to him for them to become friends was going to get eaten. Thinking that made Yugi want to just cry right there and then.

“Hold up there”, Jou spoke out sternly and calmly. “Yes I said ‘wanted’ because I meant that the need or feeling that he has been experiencing has passed after I agreed.” A gentle smile brought the blond’s lips curling upwards. “Right now Seto, he is the demon that took me here, is working on making it as easy as he can for me to become his life mate. Being human makes it hard for us to mate but that does not affect our love for each other. Just like Yami loves you. And you can’t say the guy is lacking in manners or looks, now can you?” A wholehearted laugh came from Jou at that part as the blond gave Yugi a playful wink.

“No, I can’t really say that he looks bad or has been mean to me in any way”, Yugi admitted quietly. “If anything, he has been nothing but nice to me. Maybe I could at least start talking to him if nothing else.” Yugi paused to think about it for a moment before continuing: “Yea, the least I can do is talk to him. After all, he has been very patient with me even when I tried to hit him.”

There was another laugh from Jou after Yugi’s words, followed by the blond speaking out: “Sorry about that, Yugi, but it’s rather funny to imagine someone like you trying to hit Yami. It’s likely that he let you get away with it because he didn’t want to hurt you. He is very strong so your blows couldn’t possibly hurt anything other than his feelings. But nonetheless, that just calls for an apology and after that I’m sure he will be able to forgive and forget.” The blond grinned to himself as he snickered some more. “Hehehe. You hit Yami…”

”Don’t tell him that I told you about that”, Yugi spoke hurriedly. “Please. I don’t want him to get mad at me because of that.” Yugi looked so worried about the matter that his eyes actually seemed larger to Jou, making his pleading look all the more effectively. It was with a gentle smile that Jou replied: “How about I give you a promise about that? I didn’t hear anything that should be told to Yami.” Those words brought such relief to Yugi that the only thing Yugi could say was a sincere thank you.

Just then there was a knock on the door and a voice called out: “Hey, pup, are you in there? Yami said you were going to talk to his future mate. I hope you’re almost finished, because we have some moving to do and you need to down that formula I have prepared for you after that.”

There was a fond look in Jou’s dark brown eyes as he shouted back through the door: “I will be out in a moment Seto, so don’t go anywhere. We were just about to finish up our little talk.” Jou turned to Yugi then and continued in a softer tone: “I really got to go now but I will be back tomorrow to talk with you some more, okay?” The blond reached out a hand an ruffled Yugi’s hair. “And Yugi; try to talk to Yami a little. The poor guy has a lot on his hands right now and having you talking to him would make him feel a lot better.” The blond rose off the bed then. “Okay, well bye for now then.” And with that Jou moved over to the door to open it and slip out to whoever was on the other side waiting for him.

Yugi sat on the bed in silence for a while before getting up and going over to look out the windows to check out the surroundings and maybe find out if there were any houses nearby. But Yugi was in for a disappointment when all he could see was some of the outside of the house he was in. There was a yard that seemed to go all the way around the house with a stone wall around it. Yugi could see a metal gate in the wall but it was closed. And beyond that wall there was nothing but forest, as far as Yugi could see.

‘Well, I might as well make the best of things and check the reading material that is available for now.’ Yugi thought as he wandered to the bookcase. ‘I wonder when Yami is going to come back and see me again?’ With that thought Yugi grabbed a random book from the self before taking in to the loveseat and sitting down to read it.


A.N. I hope you all like it and are going to be looking forward to the next chapter on the 14th. Thank you for the wait you had to do for this chapter and the witting you well have to do for the chapters to come.