To Want Love

P.S. Okay thank you all for those that reviewed for me and Darth. The told was 79 between the two of us. Not bad people but now I want to see the number get all the way up to 87 before the I put out chapter Seventeen. Chapter fiveteen and sixteen are a set and you all well see why soon. Anyway I hope you all like it and do thank Darth for her great help even when she had testing to do. I hope you enjoy. Oh and the AN well be at the on the next chapter.


Chapter Fiveteen: A Heart To Heart Between Humans

Wandering the hallways of the large mansion Yugi was constantly turning around in an effort to see everything. He would need to find his way back into his room after his private tour, after all, and all the hallways looked suspiciously alike.

Yugi was so focused on memorizing the topic of a painting that looked exactly like one of the paintings in the upper floor, that he ran right into a human shape. When Yugi jumped back and blinked up at the person that was now peering down at him. When glancing into those inhumanly flashing eyes Yugi immediately knew that this was not a human, but one of the demons.

Wild, platinum blond hair rose up in all directions and the demon himself had dark skin and a well-built body. Everything about the creature gave an impression of strength and Yugi was intimidated by both the other’s stature but also the unnerving, fanged grin the other was aiming at him. The demon looked absolutely insane.

“Hello there, little human”, the demon spoke out in a falsely sweet tone. “I am Marik, just in case you’re wondering…” The demon, now known as Marik, bowed down to be closer to eye-level with Yugi. “What are you doing wandering here all by yourself?”

“I was just looking around”, Yugi insisted and took a step back, away from the threatening-looking demons. “I should probably head on back to my room, just in case Yami comes looking for me.” Yugi hoped that the mention of the other demon would make Marik back down.

Yugi was in for a disappointment when Marik actually looked even more interested than a moment ago. The tan demon grinned widely as he spoke: “Any friend of Yami’s is a friend of mine too.” A hand was placed on Yugi’s shoulder, giving it a firm squeeze. “How would you feel about having something to eat with me?”

Knowing very well how demons thought about eating, Yugi was instantly overcome by a wave of panic. The human wrenched himself out of the demons grip and whirled around, starting to run down the hallway in a desperate attempt to get away from Marik. Yugi thought he heard the demon’s steps behind him and started to scream desperately: “Yami! Help! Jou!”

The sound of Marik’s sinister laughter rang in Yugi’s ears as the boy ran further into the labyrinth of identical hallways, constantly calling the names of the two people he thought were the only ones he could trust.

Right then Yugi ran into another person for the second time within a short period of time. Thinking he had somehow managed to run into Marik again Yugi jumped away from the body but instead of Marik’s rough hand, a smaller and gentler one came to grasp his upper arm. This notion immediately brought Yugi’s eyes up and the small boy was relieved to see Jou looking at him in a worried manner.

“Yugi?” the blond questioned in a bewildered tone of voice. “What’s up Yugi? Why are you freaking out like this?”

“Hide me!” Yugi cried out desperately and Jou frowned deeply at him. The blond still turned his head to the slightly before pulling open a door right next to him. Yugi briefly noticed that the door had been slightly ajar, and assumed that Jou had been inside the room before he had come out to see what Yugi had been screaming out. The blond pulled Yugi into the room and closed the door behind them with a metallic click.

Glancing quickly around the room Yugi recognized it to be a bedroom. It was richly furnished and clearly lived in, which was visible from the way there was a shirt thrown over the back of one of the chairs. There were also a couple of books on a table on the side, one of them having a paper marker sticking out from between the pages.

Not wanting to intrude on someone else’s territory Yugi stood near the doorway as he watched Jou make his way to the large, king-sized bed and crawling on top of it. Only then Yugi noticed that the blond was wearing a pair of pajamas, a clear sign that he had been sleeping before he had come check up on Yugi. As the blond curled up on the sheets Yugi noticed that there was someone else in the bed, someone who was sleeping very deeply.

“Come on closer, Yugi, and tell me what’s wrong”, Jou spoke gently before yawning widely. Yugi did as he was told, all the while keeping his wary gaze fixed on the person lying in bed with the blond. When Yugi was standing next to the bed he saw that the other person was a young man with exceptionally neat brown hair.

“Come on, Yugi”, Jou told the smaller human again. “Sit down.”

“But what about…” Yugi started, giving a pointed look to the sleeping brunet. There was no doubt about who he was. Judging from the way Jou had curled up on his chest, the man had to be Seto, the demon Jou had agreed to mate.

“Seto can be a really heavy sleeper once he falls asleep”, Jou assured the shorter boy. “He won’t wake up if you sit down right there next to him. I’m too comfortable to just leave this spot unless you have a big problem.”

Yugi shrugged his shoulders after a short moment, finally climbing down on top of the mattress and crossing his legs as he sat down. The small boy looked over to Jou to see the brown eyes looking at him expectantly, like a big friendly dog.

“I ran into a really scary demon in the hallway”, Yugi started and Jou’s expression seemed to gain an understanding tone to it. “His name was Marik and he really freaked me out. He said he was going to eat me.”

“Marik is like that”, Jou replied simply and somehow Yugi got the impression that the blond knew what he was talking about. “I don’t think he was really going to eat you, he just wanted to scare you. He likes it when people scream and run away at the sight of him.” The blond grimaced with distaste. “I should know. He really freaked out when I first came. I was really scared about the supernatural to begin with and then he came and almost gave me a heart attack.”

“But you were brought here as a demon’s mate”, Yugi spoke out in wonderment. “Does that mean you were scared of Seto as well?” It was a comforting thought, if Jou had found love in his fear for Seto. It gave him hope in his own apprehension towards Yami.

Jou only shook his head, causing Yugi to become slightly disappointed, and then replied: “I couldn’t really fear Seto at any point. Of course his strength intimidated me at first but when I was faced with a demon like Marik I actually ran to him right away.”

As soon as Jou spoke that last sentence Yugi remembered how he had also called for Yami. The demon’s name had been the first one to come into his mind in his time of need. Perhaps, Yugi was not as afraid of Yami as he had thought.

“I have to wonder”, Yugi muttered thoughtfully. “How did you come to meet Seto if you were so apprehensive about the supernatural? Were you also caught as dinner?”

A strange look came on Jou’s face then, like the blond wanted to correct Yugi’s statement in some manner. The look disappeared quickly, however, as the blond started to speak: “It’s a rather peculiar story, I guess…”

“Would you care to share it?” Yugi questioned and Jou grinned at him brightly before replying: “Of course.” Yugi moved around a bit to make sure he was sitting comfortably and then Jou began his tale.