Longing

A/N: Yes, I know, it took me a while. But considering that my life is EXTREMELY busy and that I want to read stories too, AND that I'm lazy as hell... it's hard, people!
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I don't own Yu-gi-Oh

/Yugi's telepathic speech/
//Yami's telepathic speech//

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"Yugi."

I look into my Yami's deep crimson eyes... they're full of worry. Dammit, he shouldn't have to feel this way, they’re my feelings, not his. I can't look anymore so I turn away. rentrently, he has other ideas, because he gently moves my face towards his and cradles it.

"No matter what, Yugi, you can tell me what it is. I won't get mad. I won't hate you. Please, it hurts me to see you like this."

I manage somehow to find my voice.

"I know; I'm sorry. You don't deserve this, I-"

Yami places a finger to my lips, then runs the same hand through my hair. Just to have him this close is liell ell and heaven at the exact same time. Exhilarating and excruciating, I can barely trust my own thoughts at this point.

"You have nothing to be sorry for. Just tell me."

By now my mouth is dry, my heart is flooding but my eyes have no more tears.

/I... I'm in love./

//Why in Ra's name would you think that I'd be mad at you for falling in love?//

/Well, the person is... well, you don't like them too much./

//It doesn't matter who it is. I promise I won't be mad at you.//

/What if I told you it was Pegasus?/

Just seeing his face pale in shock… his expression is enough to make me laugh, if only for two seconds. Yami sighs with relief, then pulls me closer to him.

//That laugh better have been because you were joking.//

/I was! Being in love with... that's just damn nasty./

//I agree whole-heartedly.//

We share a small mental chuckle, and then I become bold and rest my head on Yami's chest. I notice that his breath changes, only slightly, but it was longer and deeper. I'm not sure if that's good or bad, but considering that he's running his hands through my hair again, I think I can assume that it's positive.

//So, who is it? I mean, come on, you can't get much worse than Pegasus.//

/No, you can't./

Silence fills the room, I'm swimming in it, almost drowning in it. Just as I was about to tell Yami everything, the door opens to reveal Grandpa, laden with a tray of hot chicken noodle soup. He already knew Yami, so his surprised face was not one of Yami's presence, but probably more of WHERE he was at that point and what he was doing.

"Yugi, I brought up some soup for you. You should know better than to go outdoors when it's stormy out. I swear, that fetish you have for rain is going to kill you one of these days."

"Thanks Grandpa. It smells really tasty."

"Did I interrupt something?" Grandpa asked, shifting his gaze more to Yami than myself. Feeling a sense of uneasiness in his mind, I answered my grandfather, lifting my head from Yami's chest.

"We were just talking, sharing secrets and all."

"Something you can't tell ol' gramps right now, eh?"

"He hasn't even told ME yet."

"Quit complaining Yami, this is really hard."

My dark half let out a sigh and pulled me back down to my previous position, once again stroking my hair and sending an apology through our link. Grandpa's eyebrows raised a tad at the sign of affection, but he said nothing, choosing instead to go out the door. Upon turning the handle, the door fell forward into the hallway.

"Did Tea do THAT?"

"Yeah Grandpa, she was pretty upset when she left."

"I'll have to get that fixed at some point. It's too late at night; the neighbours would rant and rave until they couldn't even understand themselves anymore. Make sure you get a good night's rest, Yugi."

"Sure thing."

Grandpa walked out of sight, and to my utmost surprise, Yami lifted my head off his chest and pulled me on top of him, giving me a truly wonderful view of his gorgeous body at this point. It was then that MY breathing became hitched, as my dark side started placing butterfly kisses on my neck, lightly draping his fingers up and down my spine at the same time.

"Y-Yami."

He stopped his ministrations and looked at me right in the eyes. I thought I would keel over in lust right about there.

"Yes, Aibou?"

That damn smirk he wears on his face right now... very sexy. It takes me a good amount of time to be able to formulate my question, still being on a high from his previous actions.

"Is this an attempt to seduce me in order to get the information you're looking for?"

His smirk gets even wider as he starts to massage my lower back, and I swear he's hitting every possible place that could possibly arouse me in that area.

"Why of course... is it working?"

I blush profusely and turn my head; I hear my Yami chuckling below me. It's so tempting just to forget everything and just make love to him now...

"Fine! Go ahead then! Why don't you just make sweet love to your PRECIOUS light? Then again, who's to say you haven't?"

Tea's hate-filled words echo in my mind, and I turn from being horny to just depressed once again. Yami immediately notices the change and shifts so I'm beside him once more. Draping his arms around me, he brings me in close, so close that I don't think I could possibly be any closer.

"I know it's hard for you; take all the time you need. I only have one question."

"What's that?"

"Is it... me?"

"No."

His face becomes downcast, and I realize the grave error I just made.

"Not like that! I'm sorry, I... Here. I'll try to explain better. I've loved you for a while, dammit... even before you started going out with Tea. It's just the person... the other person I've fallen in love with... it's really, really hard to tell you."

Yami looks up, tears of relief in his eyes. How much pain have I caused him already? I'm guessing that the same saline streams are running down my face even faster than that of my dark side's, but placing my hand to my cheek, I feel nothing. I guess it's all in my head.

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