With You

Yugi awoke the next morning feeling oddly giddy and he couldn’t pinpoint
a reason why he should be




Yugi awoke the next morning feeling oddly giddy and he
couldn’t pinpoint a reason why he should be. He was in a…fight, you could say,
with Yami and he treated him terribly the day before. He could think of one
reason though, even though that was highly strange how he though it up as well,
but for some reason he knew that that day was going to be a good day.

 

He looked over to Ryou and Bakura to find they were still
deep asleep and curled up against each other. He thanked all the gods he knew
that he slept above the covers though so that way he could leave the room and
he wouldn’t have to have bothered the sleeping couple with trying to untangle
himself from them. Carefully, so the bed wouldn’t bounce, he got of the bed and
quietly opened the door. Once in the safety of the hall he gave out a loud sigh
of relief that he hadn’t disturbed the couple from their sleep. Walking a
couple doors down, Yugi peeked inside Malik and Marik’s room to see if they
were up and he smiled slightly at the way they were a tangle of arms and legs
around each other. How they could sleep like that comfortably, Yugi may never
know.

 

The violet-eyed teen walked around the palace wondering how coulcould’ve awoken so early before everyone else. He knew one thing he had to
do though, he had to find Yami and talk to him, apologize for the way he acted
yesterday and somehow make it up to him. He would’ve slept in their room the
night before, but he just had a weird feeling that Yami would just end up
kissing him and then they’d end doing some other, rather enjoyable, things that
would’ve just defeated the whole purpose of being mad at the Pharaoh.

 

Finding one of thevantvants he went to go ask if they knew
where Yami would be or if he was even up.

 

“Yes, he woke up much earlier than usual this morning.” The
girl explained to him. “He was rather impatient actually, but also very excited
about something too. I’m afraid he’s not here though. He left about an hour ago
to do something important.”

 

“Oh, I see.”

 

“Kira!”

 

Yugi and the girl looked around the corner just in time to
see another of the servants, a blonde girl, prevent from becoming one with wall
before coming to a stop in front of them.

 

“Miko, are you okay? You know you shouldn’t be running the
halls even if Pharaoh isn’t here.”

 

“I know,” the girl jumped up and down, “but…”

 

Yugi interrupted to excuse himself, not wanting to become
part of girls’ daily gossips. ‘Some things never change.’ He told himself. He
looked back just in time to see the second girl, Miko, pull away from whispering
something in the other girl, Kira’s, ear. They took one look back at Yugi
before a blush covered both their faces and they started giggling together
silently and pointing after him.

 

Yugi found himself irritated at their behavior and started
to walk faster and didn’t stop until he rounded another corner. He found he
didn’t escape the giggling though. The second he opened his eyes from resting
against the wall he lent himself against more giggling girls and even some boys
were pointing at them with flushes on their faces. He growled silently to
himself and walked by them, trying his best to ignoring their pointing and
hushed whispers before giggling reached his ears.

 

Reaching the kitchens, where the people obviously knew what
the rest of the servants knew, but at least didn’t do anything embarrassing
about it, Yugi sat down on one of the stools and sighed into his hands.

 

“Yugi,” one of the younger girls asked. Yugi looked up to
acknowledge her. “Are you feeling okay? You look a bit flustered.”

 

“I was barely up for half an hour before girls’ giggling and
gossiping started following me everywhere. I seem to be the top thing to talk
about today.”

 

The girl’s eyes widened. “They didn’t say anything to you,
did they?”

 

Yugi eyed her suspiciously. “No,” he said slowly. “Why?”

 

“I must be getting back to work now, Yugi. Please, excuse
me.” She bowed slightly and then turned around and quickly walked away.

 

The teen knew that she knew something important now and he
wanted to know what. It was only noon and he was cursing himself out for ever
thinking that it could be a good day. He was about to stand and start demanding
answers from the girl when he heard a gruff voice from the entrance call his
name. He looked around and all the kitchen servants were bowing to whoever was
behind him. He turned also and found that one of Yami’s most trusted advisor
was standing there with a smirk on his face.

 

“Yes?” Yugi asked cautiously, not sure why Yami’s advisor
would want anything with him.

 

“Follow me, please.”

 

Curious, Yugi did decide to follow him and they didn’t go
too far before they stopped in front of a few girls Yugi hadn’t seen before.

 

“Yugi, these are our Pharaoh’s special servants that help
him clean up most exceptionally elegantly whenever a special event is to occur.
It has been requested that they help you for tonight.”

 

Yugi raised a suspicious eyebrow. “What’s happening
tonight?”

 

“Our Pharaoh has made it clear that nobody is to tell you
and please forgive us if we confuse you, but it is orders. Just go with the
girls and we promise you will find out what’s going on soon enough.”

 

Yugi hesitated long enough for the three girls and the
advisor to get nervous into thinking he wasn’t going to let this happen, but he
nodded and turned to the girls.

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The advisor clapped his hands together excitedly.
“Excellent. Don’t worry, Yugi, you are in the best of hands.”

 

The girls smiled at him and gestured for him to follow them,
which he did.

 

Yugi was led into a part of the palace he never bothered to
go into before, now he wished he had. The hall leading to it looked boring
enough but once you passed the simple doors it was decorated beautifully with
flowers covering nearly the entirety of the floor making it smell elegant no
matter where you were.

 

“Is this part of the palace decorated for a special reason?”
Yugi asked, looking around at the flower ropes that stringed across the walls
like banners.

 

“This part of the palace is always looking like this,” one
of the girls told him.

 

“Why?”

 

“Our Pharaoh Yami believes that wherever beauty is made it
should look beautiful there too. That’s why none of the older men work here,
because they’d only make things look manly.” The second girl giggled. “There
are a few younger boys here that help us and the other women that work back here.”

 

“Oh.” Yugi looked around before glancing back at the three
girls. “I never got your names.”

 

The girls smiled back at him before slowing down so he could
walk next to them rather than behind.

 

The girl who hadn’t spoken up since Yugi had seen her introduced
herself first. “I’m Alicia.” She had short blonde hair and bright blue eyes.

 

“I’m Miaki.” The straight, longhaired brunette on the left
of Yugi smiled and him and rubbed his spiky hair playfully, her brown eyes
glittering happily.

 

“And last, but not least, I’m Kido.” The longhaired,
curly-haired redhead on the right side of Yugi smiled down at him, her jade
colored eyes sparkled joyously.

 

Yugi nodded and repeated their names to himself so he
wouldn’t forget them.

 

It wasn’t long before the three girls paused in front of a
large oak door and pushed it open for Yugi.

 

“Why don’t he undress behind that curtain over there while
we got get the water ready.” Kido told him.

 

Yugi blushed and nodded, backing away slowly towards the
curtain. Looking at the curtain he found it was really nothing more than a
white sheet pinned against the wall and then pinned to a pillar to make it look
like a curtain. Walking behind it he found a towel sitting on a chair and he
guessed that was what he had to wrap around himself when he was undressed.

 

Walking out a couple minutes later his nose was assaulted
with an elegant scent of flowers and he followed it all the way to a built in
bathtub with rose petals floating on the surface of the steaming hot water.

 

“Ah, Yugi, just in time.” The brunette giggled and led him
to the water.

 

Yugi blushed as he asked the girls if they would mind
looking away while he was getting in. The girls only laughed at him, but turned
around much to Yugi’s gratefulness. He removed the towel and placed it at the
edge of the tub and settled in the steaming water.

 

“Comfortable?” The blonde asked.

 

Yugi nodded and squirmed slightly as Miaki slid a finger
down his cheek, causing it to tickle.

 

“Good. Just relax.” Alicia told him.

 

Yugi did so and found it very easy to stay that way even
with the three girls in the room with and he closed his eyes and sighed deeply.


 

The girls dropped a few oils into the water and rubbed them
against Yugi’s skin almost like his skin were made of the most fragile of
glass.

 

When they were finished Yugi felt a million times more
relaxed than he’d ever felt before after taking a relaxing, warm bath. They
helped him out of the water and wrapped the towel around his waist. Instead of
leading him back to where his clothes were left they led him out the door and
around the corner.

 

Yugi finally realized what was going on when the girls
started measuring him and calling out for a few items of clothing that Yugi
noticed young boys and girls were bringing in as they were called for.

 

It seemed like hours of standing on the pedestal and having
the girls bringing clothes up to him to see what they would look like before
they finally told him to go try one particular outfit on. He held it tightly in
his hands as the girls ushered him behind another curtain.

 

Yugi dropped the towel and carefully put on the expensive
looking clothing. He walked back out to show the girls what it looked like and
he found the girls gaping at him.

 

“What’s wrong?” He asked quietly.

 

“Wow Yugi! I think this is our best work yet!” Miaki shouted
excitedly and scrambled over to hug him tightly.

 

“Except for this.” Kido stepped forward and undid some of
the buttons on his shirt before backing up and nodding with a large smile on
her face. “We’ve outdone ourselves.”

 

“Follow us, Yugi. You can see what it looks like.” Alicia
gestured and he followed her and the two other girls to an adjoining room and
in front of a large mirror.

 

He gasped and couldn’t believe what he was seeing. He never
would have thought he’d see him wearing something like this, but even he had to
admit that he looked good – no; definitely something else. He couldn’t even
find words for it.

 

He wasn’t wearing any shoes, but it didn’t seem to bother
him like it mostly would’ve other times, not overly bagging pants that were an
off white colored tied up with a dark blue cord, A slightly loose long-sleeved
off white shirt that was buttoned up minus three of the buttons at the top, a
dark blue vest with white trimming that was pulled over the shirt.

 

“Well, what do you think, Yugi?”

 

Yugi turned back to the girls. “I – I don’t know what to
say.” He admitted.

 

The three girls’ smiles could only widen before they took
his hands and led him out of the room and into another where all types of jewelry
in all different colors covered the walls.

 

Yugi sat down in the chair Miaki indicated before the three
girls disappeared. They returned a minute later with a dark blue, thin choker
and wrapped it around his neck.

 

“No, I don’t think so.” Alicia took it away as Miaki held up
a pair of earrings to his ears before a frown covered her face and she gasped,
a look of horror crossed her face.

 

“What’s wrong?”

 

Miaki looked back the two girls with a frown. “One earring
would be perfect, but he doesn’t have any holes.”

 

Yugi paled and raised a hand to his ear and rubbed it with
his forefinger and thumb. ‘Me? With a pierced ear? What would grandpa say?’ He
tried to imagine it and ended up taking one of the earrings in Miaki’s hand and
held it up to his ear. He was surprised to see that he actually liked the way
it looked. He turned in his chair with a shy smile. “You could make a piercing
if you really want me to have the earring.”

 

The girls’ frowns were quickly erased with excited smiles
and all three asking if he was really sure. Yugi only closed his eyes tightly
and nodded.

 

“This is much too perfect for words!” Kido exclaimed
happily. She hugged Yugi tightly. “Oh thank you, Yugi! You won’t regret this!”
She turned back to the other two girls. “Okay, Alicia you go get the needle and
Miaki go get some cold water and a washrag.”

 

The two girls nodded and hurried away. Yugi didn’t think
they took long enough to go retrieve the wanted items and he started shaking
nervously.

 

Kido seemed to understand and pulled him out of the chair
and she took the seat instead, pulling him into her lap and wrapping her arms
lovingly around him. “Don’t worry, Yugi. We’ll make this as painless as
possible.”

 

Yugi could only nod his head and hold onto her tighter.

 

Alicia brought over a candle and placed it in a closer
holder. She held the long, thin needle up to the heart of flame and kept it
there.

 

Miaki brought over the water bowl and placed it on a table
nearby. After soaking the rag in it for a few minutes she brought it over and
waited for Kido to finish wrapping a rag around Yugi so he wouldn’t get his
clothes wet. Kido nodded and Miaki held the soft skin in the rag, causing Yugi
to shiver slightly from how cold it was.

 

After a few minutes of having the cold rag held to his ear
he found it felt slightly numb. The rag was pulled away and the earring was
handed to Kido, who continued to hold him tightly.

 

“Just hold to me, Yugi. As tightly as you want, okay
sweetie.” Kido told him and only signaled Alicia over once Yugi nodded.

 

Yugi clenched his eyes shut tight when he felt Alicia come
closer and then suddenly something hot and sharp made a hole in his ear and he
couldn’t help the loud shriek and a followed sob after his ear started to pulse
with a painful sting continuing to throb. The needle was quickly taken out and
the earring placed with a click in it.

 

“Shh. Don’t worry Yugi. It’s all over now.” Kido rocked the
teen back and forth in her lap before he finally started to calm down.

 

Yugi looked up with reddened eyes before he smiled at the
three girls. Miaki was holding the cold rag back over his ear and it helped
immensely.

 

“Want to see?” Alicia asked him.

 

Yugi nodded and he followed the blonde over to a small
mirror and he looked and found it looked even better than he thought.

 

“It’ll be red still for a few minutes so just be careful
until then. By tonight I’ll doubt you’ll even remember it’s there it’ll feel so
natural. Just don’t take it out before then.”

 

Yugi nodded and followed the three girls out of the room and
into another room where he had to sit out. He was surprised to see that the sky
was slightly darkened and he couldn’t believe how long he’d been with the
girls.

 

This time it didn’t take very long at all for them to finish
since all they did were getting rid of the few tangles that were in his hair
and dried it up a bit from the water that still wanted to cling to his strands.


 

“I’ll be right back.” Kido told them before she disappeared.

 

A few minutes she returned with Yami’s advisor and even he looked
completely surprised at how gorgeous Yugi looked.

 

“I must say girls this is most definitely your best work.
Kido, you weren’t kidding when you said he nearly looked like he could be
Pharaoh himself.”

 

Yugi blushed but stood when he was motioned to follow the
advisor.

 

“See you later, Yugi.” The three girls called after him as
he was led back out the doors he first entered through hours again. “Have fun!”

 

Yugi didn’t know what they meant, but he had a fleeting idea
that it had something to do with whatever was going on tonight that everybody
except him seemed to know about. He followed the advisor towards Yami’s rooms
and he blushed in embarrassed that he hadn’t figured out this had something to
do with Yami. He was surprised though when the advisor passed Yami’s chambers
all together and he felt a bit down that maybe it wasn’t Yami’s idea after all
and somebody else’s. ‘Maybe Bakura and the others in an attempt to cheer me up.
They must’ve done something major to the staff to get them to follow their
orders though.’

 

Yugi was so deep in his thoughts that he barely registered
that the advisor had stopped and almost bumped into him.

 

“You’ve been awaited quite anxiously all day, Yugi. Do do
what the girls say and have fun.” That was all the advisor said before leaving
him back the way they came.

 

Taking a deep breath to calm whatever nerves that seemed to
have risen in him Yugi knocked on the door and was surprised when it seemed to
open of its own accord. He took a step in and immediately gasped.

 

Candles were lit up on the walls causing ethical glows to
form on the walls and other candles were also placed randomly over the floor.
Looking up he was even more taken away by the thousands of fireflies that were
flying around the room completing the look. It also didn’t pass Yugi that an
elegant scent was wafting through the room from the corners of the room.

 

Yugi jumped slightly when a deep voice from directly behind
him. “Do you like it, Yugi?”

 

“It’s beautiful.” The teen whispered. He wasn’t surprised when
two arms wrapped around his waist and the voice replied directly next to his
newly pierced ear.

 

“Almost as much as you, love.” The person dipped down and
picked Yugi up bridal style and carried him over to a circle of candles that
was more noticeable now that he looked more closely at them.

 

He was surprised when he placed down that he wasn’t met with
the hard floor but instead soft, cushioned pillows. The person behind finally
moved in front of him and Yugi gasped when he got a better look under the dim
light of the candle flame.

 

“Yami, you look – wow.”

 

Yami smiled lightly and nodded. “You look much to beautiful
for words, Yugi. I think I recall a line from your literature book a few years
ago that drew my attention that would be perfect for you. ‘If words were made
of breath, and breath of life, then I have no life to breathe.’ (1).”

 

Yugi blushed and nodded a thank you.

 

“Yugi?”

 

The teen looked up and was surprised to find that somehow
the lights seemed to have somehow lightened and he could seem Yami clearly. He
was even more surprised when he noticed Yami was holding to roses, a red and
white one, in his hand and was holding them up to him. Yugi took them
hesitantly and brought them up to his nose to smell them.

 

“The red for your unmatchable beauty. I love you, Yugi, and,
even though I have no idea how somebody as perfect as you would ever end up
with me and stay with me when I’ve already you in more ways than I ever
would’ve liked and never wanted to anyway, I always want to be able to be with
you. The yellow is for forgiveness. I never meant to make it sound like I
didn’t want you here, Yugi. I would never ever want that, especially when you
came back to me. That only proves your love to me and I’ve only been, as Bakura
and Marik plain and clearly put it, a complete and utter bastard. I may have
wanted what was best for you, but I still shouldn’t have made it seem like I
was ordering you to go back to your time. may may leave whenever you wish and I
promise, with all my heart, Yugi, that I will never treat you like a child
again. Will you please forgive me, love of my life?” (2)

 

Tears had started in Yugi’s eyes as soon as he started to
explain about the red rose, but now they were streaming down his face and he
tried to find it in himself to nod, but he just somehow couldn’t. Instead he
stood and placed the roses on his pillow.

 

Yami thought he was refusing him though and he looked down
at the floor so he wouldn’t see Yugi leave. He was surprised out of his mind
though when Yugi crawled into his lap though and nuzzled his cheek into his
mahogany vest and sighed in contentment. “Does – does this mean you forgive me,
Yugi?”

 

“Yami,” Yugi started without looking up at him, “just by
saying what you did I think I’ve fallen in love with you all over again.”

 

The ruby-eyed Pharaoh wasn’t expecting such a response and
in reply he wrapped his arms around Yugi and held him tightly, kissing him on
the forehead before resting his own cheek in his lover’s soft hair.

 

“And Yami?”

 

“Yes, love?”

 

“I will sleep with you tonight.”

 

Yami chuckled lightly as it seemed like Yugi had read his
mind to his next request.

 

 

~~

 

(1)  
Okay I thought this would be the perfect line and I found it
in an email I got. It’s from Shakespeare’s: Hamlet.

(2)  
And I know that the red and white roses don’t mean that, but
it’s my story and I wanted them to mean that since the red and white roses are
my favorite colored roses. Don’t even ask how they had roses in Egypt because,
like I said, it’s my story and if I want roses in Egypt I will have roses in
Egypt.