With You

Yugi awoke the next morning feeling better than he’d ever felt in a long
time, minus a slight sharpness in his lower back




 

 

Yugi awoke the next morning feeling better than he’d ever
felt in a long time, minus a slight sharpness in his lower back. Looking around
we he lay he didn’t notice Yami anywhere in the room, but he wasn’t worried
since he could hear him in the next room.

 

Yami came out a minute later and smiled at seeing Yugi
awake. “Good morning, love. How do you feel?”

 

“Better than ever.” Yugi tried to lean up to go to Yami, but
a sharp pain that suddenly coursed through him and he lay back down. “Maybe not
so good.”

 

“It had been a while since we’ve made love like last night;
I must’ve been too hard for the first time.”

 

Yugi nodded and blushed slightly, turning his newly pierced
ear towards Yami, causing it to sparkle in the rising morning sun. “I still
enjoyed it.”

 

Yami smiled and walked over to the bed, sitting down gentle
so it wouldn’t stir Yugi. He raised his hand and caressed his ear. “I like it
on you, but if you do decide to go back won’t your grandfather be upset?”

 

“No, he’ll understand. I don’t think there’s anything he
won’t believe after the Millennium Items and all the magic that’d been
happening.”

 

Yami nodded. “I suppose you’re right.” He leaned over and
gently kissed the earring. “Hungry, love?”

 

“Starving.”

 

“I’ll be right back. Don’t move; I don’t want you to hurt
yourself.”

 

Yugi nodded and watched Yugi leave. Turning slightly he
packed up a few pillows so he could sit up against them and lay back against
them. ‘Last night had to have been one of the best nights of my life.’ He
thought.

 

Yami returned a few minutes later with a tray full of Yugi’s
favorites as well as four people trailing behind him.

 

“Hey, Yugi. I was a worried about you when I didn’t see you
at all yesterday. Then I saw Yami heading for the kitchens and he told me you
two made up. That’s great!” Ryou told him, sitting gently down on the bed so it
wouldn’t move too much; Yugi was grateful for that.

 

“Heard you had lots of fun too. Shame it hurts to move
though.” Marik smirked, enjoying the embarrassed blush that appeared on the
shorter teen’s slightly tanned cheeks.

 

“Wow, Yugi! Is that real?” Malik suddenly sputtered out as
he dropped to his knees and pulled Yugi closer to look at the earring. “Oh Ra!
It is! Way to go, Yugi! I didn’t think you had the guts to go with something
like that!”

 

Yugi blushed again and nodded. “I had it done yesterday
while I was getting ready to see Yami with some help from a few of some very
helpful girls.” He explained. “They were upset because I didn’t have a pierced
ear so I told them they could make one after seeing how good it looked.”

 

“Well if Ryou didn’t exist I don’t definitely go after you;
no matter if you were with Pharaoh or not. You’re hot with it!” Bakura teased.

 

Yugi blushed for a third time and Ryou looked down at the
ground.

 

“Aw, don’t worry, Ryou.” Bakura knelt beside him and wrapped
his arms around his middle, careful about moving the bed. “I’d never leave you
in infinite years. I love you too much to ever even think about it.”

 

Ryou nodded and wrapped his own arms around Bakura.

 

“Forgive me?”

 

“I forgive you, ‘Kura.” He whispered into his shirt.

 

Bakura felt like killing Malik and Marik when he heard them
holding in their laughter at Ryou’s nickname for him. He left it alone though
since he didn’t want to let go of Ryou.

 

Then Yami spoke up. “Breakfast is going to get cold and Yugi
did say he was starving. As I told you in the hall, you’re welcome to stay for
as long as you want or until Yugi asks you to leave.”

 

The four guests nodded and they tucked into a warm breakfast
before the sun got to high and they wouldn’t be interested in anything warm.

 

~~

 

“Yami?” Yugi asked as he looked out the window from where he
lay on the bed.

 

Their four friends had left shortly after breakfast to leave
the couple alone and they’d been there since. The sun was now almost gone from
the sky to show it was close to sunset, maybe an hour and a half.

 

Yami looked up from a game he’d been working on. “Hmm?”

 

“I thought Ancient Egypt was supposed to have Duel Monsters
running free from the Shadow Realm, but I haven’t seen even a footprint of a
monster since I got here.”

 

Yami smiled and stood up, taking a seat on the bed and
taking Yugi’s hand. “You want to see one?”

 

Yugi smiled at him and nodded. “It’s a once in a lifetime
opportunity to meet one in person, Yami. If I ever do decide to leave then at
least I took all opportunities I could, and meeting a Duel Monster would be a
great highlight.”

 

Yami laughed and nodded. “Yes, I must agree with that.” He
stood and held out his arms for Yugi to hold. “Come on then, I’ll take you to
show you where they are.”

 

Yugi smiled and pulled back the sheets.

 

“Does it still hurt?”

 

“No, just a dull throbbing now.”

 

Yami nodded and he led them to his closet. Yugi was confused
until surprise cut him off from asking when Yami muttered something in Egyptian
and a secret door appeared. They walked through and it disappeared behind them
as they walked past, leaving them in complete darkness.

 

It seemed to Yugi like they were walking for several hours
before he felt Yami stop and then mutter another something in Egyptian and a
dull light poured into the hall.

 

Stepping through the small passage that was now open Yugi
was surprised at what he saw. It was obvious they were in a deep part of the
castle if not nearly underground altogether. Near the top the sun shone through
large windows where the only barricades were magic blocking the way through the
windows.

 

“Back when we had to contain them and they became too hard
to control the strongest mages we had cast spells on the windows so no monster
could pass by the windows during the day. An hour after the sun sets though the
spells fade and the monsters are free to roam about. An hour before the sun
starts to rise the monsters, especially so when we don’t trust the monsters to
come back here on their own, like Blue Eyes and the more powerful monsters,
they go under a trance so they do come back. Other monsters that we do trust
like Dark Magician come back on their own, but he usually just wanders the
palace.”

 

Yugi started jumping up and down excitedly and pointing down
below. “There he his, Yami; I see him! Can you introduce me, Yami? Please?”

 

Yami shook his head and pointed to the windows that the
magic was now showing to fade. A few seconds later they disappeared and most of
the monsters headed out of them and took to the skies. Others that couldn’t fly
started to climb the stairs to get to the large windows.

 

“What about outside, Yami? Don’t people see the monsters
through the windows?”

 

Yami shook his head. “Another brilliance of the mages magic.
To the outside people who don’t know of it, which is everybody except for the
pharaoh, the mages, and the high priest, nobody sees it only see it to be just
another brink in the palace.”

 

Yugi nodded and watched the Dark Magician jumped out the
window with Dark Magician Girl right behind him. “Maybe some other time them.
From the sound of it they don’t get much time to themselves and I’m sure they
will whenever they can.”

 

It was Yami’s turn to nod. “Yes, it’s better to leave them
alone at night. That’s why I’ve placed a strict rule to be indoors during the
time the monsters are out so nobody will run into them.”

 

“That’s a good idea.” Yugi yawned.

 

Yami smiled and thought he looked adorable when tired. “Come
on. Let’s get some sleep.”

 

Yugi nodded and let himself be led back the way they came.

 

~~

 

Yugi only woke up once in the night after a strange dream of
walking through what seemed like water but a lot thicker. When he looked over
to see Yami still asleep he also saw another shadow and stiffened, thinking it
was a tomb robber or somebody else out to get the Pharaoh’s life. He was about
to start shouting for help when he looked up towards where the person’s face
was supposed to be and his fear was quickly shared in with surprise. The Dark
Magician was watching him with very careful eyes.

 

When the mage saw Yugi watching him though he took a step
back and faded out of the room.

 

Rubbing his eyes to get the sleep out he concluded that the
Duel Monster really was in the room and that for some reason the mage was
watching him carefully, almost with a concerned expression on his face.

 

‘Has he always done that at night: come in here and watch
Yami and me sleep?’ He thought. He laid his head back down on the pillow to
think, but instead fell asleep a few minutes later; now dreaming of two sharp
blue eyes watching him carefully.