Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Changing Makes a Difference ❯ The Train Ride ( Chapter 8 )

Yami moaned as warm, feather soft kissed were placed on the bare skin of his chest. He shifted under the touches and sighed in satisfaction as the mouth giving him his pleasure rained more hot kisses on him.

He felt his body react faster to the person above him than to anybody else he'd ever been with before.

When the perfect touches moved lower though one thought came to mind and it had nothing to do with his bed.

`Yugi!'

His crimson eyes shot open and his hands held the shoulders of the person hovering over him. Once he blinked away the sleep from his eyes garnet orbs he met amethyst ones in shock. Astonished and surprised at what the innocent little one was doing he could barely find words to form.

"Yugi!?" He asked in disbelief after a minute. "Wh-what are you doing?"

Tears sprang into Yugi's eyes and he backed away in fear. "D-did I do some-something w-wrong, Y-yami." He shivered as though for some reason Yugi thought he would hurt him. "I-I thought you li-liked it."

Yami sat up, causing Yugi to fall into his lap and he wrapped his arms around the younger and held him close. "Yugi, what were you doing? What made you want to do something like this?"

Yugi hid his face in Yami's bare chest and as tears quickly sped down his cheeks. "I wa-was just do-ing wh-what you wan-wanted… wh-what you ex-expec-pected m-me t-to do."

Yami was surprised by his answer but didn't say anything in case he said the wrong thing. He rocked the sophomore back and forth and eventually started whispering things to the younger to get him to calm down and stop crying. "Shh, Yugi, everything will be okay. I'm not upset, I promise. Try to calm down now."

After a few minutes Yugi calmed down. "I heard people talking at the dance," he mumbled sadly, "I heard that you had to do… had to do it with the person who asked you to the dance. They said it was a rule, Yami. I didn't want to disappoint you."

Yami continued to hold and comfort Yugi. He had the slightest suspicion the people knew Yugi was around when they said that and meant for him to act like this. "I don't expect anything like that of you, Yugi; I promise I don't. I don't want you to do anything you aren't ready for. I only expect one thing of you, Yugi, and that's to be Yugi. Do you understand?"

He felt Yugi nod against his skin and he pulled the little one back to look into his eyes. He wiped the stray tears away before he smiled. "Yugi, I want you to be the first to know that I'm going to change… at least try to anyways. I don't like the way things turned out and I've messed my life up so much already but I want to turn it around the best I can."

Yugi looked at him in confusion. "But… I thought you wanted to. I thought you liked it and that's why you did it. Why didn't you stop when you knew you didn't want it?"

Yami shook his head and kissed Yugi on the forehead. "It isn't as easy as that, little one, it really isn't though I wish it were."

"I'm sorry, Yami. I didn't mean to." He laid his head on Yami's hest once more and wrapped his arms around Yami's neck.

"It's okay, Yugi… my Yugi. I know you didn't mean it."

Yugi smiled at what Yami said about being his and snuggled in more. "Will you hold me… please Yami?"

"Of course, Yugi, anything for you."

After a while Yugi remember his promise to his grandfather that he sent in his last email. "Will you come with me today to visit my grandpa with me? He wanted to meet you." He asked sleepily.

"I'd love to Yugi."

"I'm sorry for the short notice. Are you sure you don't want to visit your parents?"

Yami flinched and held back the urge to correct Yugi and tell him he only had a mother, but he knew that would make Yugi feel even worse. "Don't worry about it, Yugi. I wasn't going to go home anyways."

Yugi looked up at him curiously. Yami shook his head though to show he didn't want to talk about it. Yugi understood since he too had things he didn't want to say or tell Yami nor anybody else just yet.

After a few more minutes the couple went back to sleep in each other's arms.

~~

When Yami awoke again in the morning Yugi wasn't there with him like he usually was. He looked around anxiously, afraid that somebody had come in after the fell asleep again and took away, until he saw a note on his desk. He walked over and read it, glad that it was from Yugi.

Yami~

Sorry I wasn't here when you woke up. I needed to pack a few things for my grandpa's before we leave today and I'm sure you need to do the same. I'll come by later though and help you if you want.

~Yugi

Yami thought that was a good idea since the train left at noon and he just got invited a few hours earlier. He hadn't planned on going anywhere this winter break and was glad Yugi asked him to come along so he wouldn't have to spend a week alone.

He walked into his closet and started rummaging around for things and throwing them out the door to put into a bag later.

~~

Around ten a quiet knock was heard on the door and Yugi was there with his light looking bag.

"Hey Yugi. I'm almost done so you can make yourself comfortable, okay?"

Yugi nodded and sat on the bed and watched as Yami continued stuffing things into his already stuffed back.

~~

Afterwards they went down to the lunchroom for an early lunch like everybody else who as leaving on the train at noon. They ate and then headed down to the train station together after Yami came back from getting something.

They managed to get a compartment to themselves but Yami was convinced that people just didn't want to be near them so they could plot what to do next. Some people might even be scared that Yami would do something to them for their stunt on Yugi at the dance.

The first hour of the train ride was uneventful. The only thing Yami found interesting was how adorable Yugi looked when he was asleep. He'd fallen asleep about half an hour after the train started moving and Yami moved his head into his lap so he'd be more comfortable.

Somewhere in the second hour Yugi had woken up and rubbed his eyes cutely. "How long was I out?" He asked sleeping, yawning adorably afterwards.

"About an hour." Yami responded. He continued to watch Yugi wake himself up more. He couldn't keep his thoughts about how adorably cute Yugi was no matter how hard he tried.

In the third hour Yami had suddenly gotten the urge to hold Yugi and, though it surprised the sophomore when his arm suddenly wrapped around him and warm kissed were placed gently on his neck, he welcome them wholeheartedly. They spent that hour in each other's arms and loving touches.

In the fourth hour it was Yami's turn to fall asleep and he did so with Yugi still laying comfortably in his arms. And their position made it so Yugi couldn't move without disturbing the older, but he didn't care since he was rather comfortably.

In the fifth hour the sky had darkened slightly, but not much. Yami also woke up and noticed easily how stiff Yugi seemed after letting him go.

"I'm sorry Yugi. I didn't mean to fall asleep like that. You could've woken me up if you wanted."

"No it's okay. Don't worry about it." He blushed. "I-I like it anyways; it was comfortable."

Yugi's stomach then growled and he looked down. "I guess I should've taken something to eat in case this happened."

Yami smiled and ruffled his hair before turned standing on the bench and pulling his bag down from the shelf above the bench. He rummaged around in it for a minute before pulling out a brown paper bag. He replaced his bag on the shelf again before sitting back down. He opened the bag and pulled out two sandwiches, handing one to Yugi.

"Eat as much as you can but don't overdo it." Yami told him.

Yugi smiled at him and nodded. "How did you get them?"

"After lunch I went and got them. I knew we'd eventually get hungry along the way."

`Why didn't I think of that too? He must think I'm a scatterbrain.'

"Something wrong?"

"Huh? Oh, no Yami, I'm fine. Thanks for getting them."

"No problem."

Yugi nodded and unwrapped the plastic around his sandwich before taking a bite. "It's really good."

Yami smiled. "I'm just glad they didn't spoil during the ride or anything."

Yugi managed to finish half of his sandwich before his stomach started to protest at the take of food and felt like throwing it up, still not used to the food in his stomach after starving himself for so long.

"I'm going to see if I can find the bathroom." Yugi stated before standing and going for the sliding door of the compartment.

"Little one, there aren't any restrooms on the train." Yugi looked down as he held onto his stomach, wincing slightly at how his stomach continued to churn.

Yami noticed, though he could tell Yugi wasn't trying to make a big deal about it. He put his sandwich down beside him and brought his legs up on the bench so he was laying down on it. He scooted back until he back hit the ball beside the door comfortably. He motioned Yugi to come closer and the younger did. He rested his head on Yami's chest as he settled between Yami's legs completely relaxed and content, also lying on his back so he wouldn't be pressing into his stomach.

"Comfortable?"

Yugi nodded. "I feel a little better too. Thanks Yami."

"I'm glad." He caressed Yugi's cheek for a second before picking Yugi's half-eaten sandwich from his small hands and wrapped it back in the plastic baggy for later. He then picked up his own sandwich and finished it off.

They spent the rest of the hour they had for the train ride in that position; both completely comfortable in each other's arms.

Yugi rested against Yami while the junior held him and caressed his stomach to ease it down further.

When the train stopped stop Yami grumbled. "Baka train ride. It stopped too soon and I was really comfortable."

Yugi giggled and stood up, holding his hand out for Yami. Yami took it, still grumbling about how everything gets ruined when he starts to enjoy himself.

He took down his bag and replaced the half-eaten sandwich into the brown bag and then placed it back into his own bag. He then pulled Yugi's smaller bag down from the shelf. When Yugi tried to take it though he smirked and put it out of his reach.

"I'll carry it for you. That way you can look for you grandfather without worrying about it."

"Ok Yami, thanks."

They slid open the door and out into the narrow hall, heading for the main door like the other students pushing and shoving to get out. Yami rolled his eyes at how impatient some people could be.

Stepping out onto the platform Yugi's violet eyes instantly started darting around for a familiar face he'd been anxious to see since the train left the school's station. Yami followed his little love while carrying the two bags. He would've helped but he didn't know what Yugi's grandfather even looked like; another reason he carried Yugi's bag for him so he wouldn't rude.

"Yugi!" A joyful call from a little ways away yelled a few minutes later.

Yugi turned around in excitement and a large smile instantly grew on his face. "Grandpa!" He burst into a run and into the old man's arms.

Yami turned and watched Yugi happily as he hugged who he guessed was Yugi's grandpa since Yugi called that out before he ran to him. His garnet eyes turned to the two other people beside the old man, a taller old man and a blonde girl about Yugi's height, thought Yami guessed she was younger than Yugi.

It was then that the blonde girl noticed him and her eyes widened. "You look like Yugi!" Her voice was a little high and it strangely reminded Yami of Tea's voice, which annoyed him greatly.

The two older men looked up at him too and he felt uncomfortable under their stares, but he didn't let it show. Yugi looked over at him too with a big smile plastered on his face and he wriggled out of his grandpa's hold to run over to him and give him a big hug too.

Yami placed the bags on the ground before wrapping his arms around him as well, a content and relaxed look on his face.

The three others walked over. The man that Yugi hugged was the first to speak.

"You must be Yami, Yugi's boyfriend. I've heard a lot about you. I'm glad you could come."

Yugi nodded and Yugi looked, still gleaming excitedly. "Everybody this Yami, my boyfriend. Yami that's my grandpa, my grandpa's friend, Author, and his granddaughter, Rebecca." He told him while still rubbing his cheek against Yami's leather vest lovingly.

`So I was right. He was Yugi's grandpa.' Yami thought in satisfaction at having guessed right. He squeezed Yugi for a second at feeling the younger's hold around him squeeze as well.

"Why don't we get going so you two can put your things away? Then we could get something to eat." Yugi's grandpa suggested.

Yugi looked up at Yami and the older smiled back down, giving him a look that said `do the best you can, even if it's just a bite.'

Yugi nodded and let go, the couple following the other three after Yami picked up their bags. Yugi walked in between his boyfriend and his grandpa holding each of their hands and repeating how much fun he was going to have this week.

Yami stayed silent the whole time, which wasn't unusual for him, but he was fairly surprised when Yugi's grandfather held him back from the car.

"You three go ahead and get in. We'll be there in a minute, I just want to speak with Yami."

He seemed to be studying Yami up and down before he actually began speaking to him. "I'm glad that Yugi found someone who makes him very happy. If you ever hurt him or do something he doesn't want you'll be paying for it very dearly. Do I make myself clear?"

Yami didn't seem fazed by his threat but the teen nodded nonetheless. "I have no intention of hurting Yugi in any way. I'm trying to actually change from the person I'd been. I want to get away from my obsession." He turned his head to look at Yugi with sad eyes, which were looking back at him worriedly, his eyes clearly showing that he was scared about what his grandpa was saying to him. He gave a reassuring smile to his koi before he started to speak again, still looking at Yugi. "I don't like how any of it turned out and I've tried to get rid of it, but I couldn't. I admit that I have a problem but I'd love nothing more than to get rid of it." He then turned back to the old man, his red eyes gleaming with unshed tears but he refused to let them fall. Yugi's been helping me very much so, even if he doesn't realize he is sometimes." He lowered his voice to a whisper. "I love him."

Yugi's grandfather was surprised by those last three words said so quietly but smiled and nodded to Yami. "I apologize if I seemed to forward just now. He's been hurt so much already and I don't want that to happen to him again." He then turned to head back to the car. He looked over his shoulder. "I am glad that you came. Yugi's very happy you did." As an afterthought he added. "You can call me Solomon if you want."

Yami nodded and watched as the aged man walked to the car and climbed into the passenger seat. He then turned his attention to the sky for a minute to clear his head, a solitary tear sliding down his cheek. He wiped it away, ashamed that Keith could still hurt him after so much time and even being with the one he loved.

He looked back to Yugi's still worried gaze in the window before whispering to himself with full determination. "I refuse to be his plaything this summer like he was the last." He started to walk towards the car. As he walked his whispered to himself further. "I promise I'll never sleep with anyone beside my love ever again. I'll never tell him about mine and Joey's stupid bet." And just before he opened the door he made his most meaningful promise that he'd ever made in his life. "I swear I'll never let him go."

He then climbed into the car and closed the door, Yugi instantly sliding in beside him and wrapping his arms around him and hiding his face in Yami's chest. "What happened? You had tears in your eyes?"

Yami wrapped his arms around Yugi as well and held him closer as the car started and Author drove out of the parking lot. "It wasn't anything to worry about."

Yugi let it drop even though he was sure his grandpa had said something to upset his older koibito.

The junior closed his eyes and relaxed in Yugi's arms and rubbed his fingers up and down Yugi's spine before his eyes opened and widened. `What the…?' He pressed his fingers in harder, but not so much that it would hurt Yugi or make it seem uncomfortable. `I can still feel his vertebrae just as clearly as before. It's like he hasn't been eating at all.' He lifted himself up to test Yugi's weight, but made it seem like he was shifting himself. He held in a gasp. `He's lighter too it seems. But how? He's been eating, I've seen him. How can he eat and lose more weight.'

~~

About half an hour later the car parker in front of a small shop and everybody got out. Yugi bounced in through the doors and looked around excitedly like a four year old in a candy store that was just told he could have as much as he wanted.

When Yami walked in and glanced around to get a feel for the place Yugi turned around to look at him before laughing and running over and giving him another big hug, rubbing his face into the leather vest once more before running outside again.

Yami would've laughed at his boyfriend's antics had other people he barely knew not been around to hear it. He didn't want to give them an impression of somebody he wasn't.

The blonde girl, Rebecca Yami remembered proudly, walked over a gave him a pat on the back that he wasn't very fond of receiving. "Loosen up, will you? We're all family here now."

He rolled his eyes and walked outside to find Yugi by the trunk trying to yank his bag out. Yugi smiled when he saw him and waved him over, asking for help. He did so and pulled his and Yugi's bags out and carried them into the game shop, following Yugi. He was led through the back, behind the counter, and past the living room. They were now in the house half of the game shop. He trailed after Yugi up the stairs and into what he supposed was Yugi's bedroom.

"This is my room." Yami smirked at another correct guess. "We'll be sharing it since I'm sure you don't want to sleep with Rebecca or Author in the guest room downstairs or on the couch either."

Yami nodded and looked around to get a feel for it like he did with the game shop. It wasn't anything special like his mother did to his room but it worked. It defiantly seemed more cozy than his room already. It had a large bed by the window, a closet on the opposite wall, a side-table beside the bed with a lamp on top of it, and another door that showed it lead to a bathroom.

He looked back down at Yugi and the younger smiled back at him. "What do you think? It's nothing special but… "

"No, it's fine Yugi. Don't worry about it."

"But everyone at school says that you room is filled with expensive stuff." Yugi looked down. "I was afraid you wouldn't like knowing that I can't fill my room with all that kind of stuff."

"Hey," Yami knelt down and looking up into Yugi's amethyst eyes, "I said don't worry about, okay. I don't do anything with that stuff anyways. It's just my mom's way of saying sorry she can't be around a lot."

"What about your dad?"

Yami stiffened. He avoided it the first time by keeping his mouth shut but this time he set himself up. "My dad died when I was little. My mom had to work overtime afterwards because of everything that happened. She got so use to working so much that she started to like it and now she works so much I barely see her when I'm at home."

Yugi's eyes widened. "I'm sorry, Yami. Why didn't you tell me last night when I… "

"I told you not to worry about. This is supposed to be our fun week together without having to worry about school or jealous classmates."

"Okay Yami."

Yami was about to ask Yugi what he discovered in the car to see if he knew anything but the annoying blonde girl was back.

"Yugi, Yami, we're going to go to Hamburger World for dinner! We're leaving now!" She screamed excitedly at them even though she was standing right there in front of them.

Yugi smiled and nodded. "Okay Rebecca. Yami, you're going to love this place. It has the best burgers you've ever tasted." Yugi told him enlivened, leading him down the stairs once more by his hand.

Yami didn't feel much like eating with the gnawing feeling in the back of his mind that alarmed him about Yugi. `I wonder if Yugi's ribs are the same way as his vertebrae too. I'll to check somehow later. If Yugi knows about it though he might try to hurt him and I don't want to force him into showing me.'

He took his seat beside Yugi once more and Yugi snuggled up into him once more.

`I wonder if Solomon knows about Yugi's condition as well. Yugi said something about his grandpa knowing about it when they couldn't afford much but then he started thinking he started eating again once the game shop got more into business.' He looked down at Yugi and another thought entered his mind. `I wonder if Solomon cares about how we act around each other. It's better to be on the safe side though not to do as much as I would at school. I don't care what those people at school think but I don't want Yugi's grandfather to get grossed out or something like that.

The car parked in the parking lot of Hamburger World and they entered the fast-food restaurant. Yami felt irritation towards the many kids running around and screaming in the place like they had gone wild upon entering.

Yugi took his hand and led him up to the counter and pointing to the menu since it was his first time being there. He decided on a regular hamburger and a soda before he realized he hadn't brought and cash with him, not having the need to at school, and it was all back in his room at home safely hidden. He was about to start hitting himself when it seemed as though Yugi had read his mind.

"Don't worry about money, Yami. My grandpa will take care of it for you."

"Yes, just enjoy yourself. And if you really want to you can pay me back, but it doesn't matter to me either way."

Yami nodded and they continued to order for the themselves. "Thank you, Solomon. This is very kind of you."

"Don't worry about it, Yami."

They sat down in the booth that Author and Rebecca had been saving for them.

When the food arrived Yugi seemed to get much quieter than he was back at the game shop as he looked at him nervously, his hands absently coming up and holding onto his stomach. He continued to stare at the burger as though it was suddenly come to life and eat him instead. The expression on his face clearing showing that he was deciding upon making himself sick by eating it or not eat it at all and having everyone except Yami asking him if he was well.

Yami wanted to hold and comfort his younger koi but since he was on the opposite side of the table the best he could do was wrap his legs around Yugi's. Yugi looked up and smiled at him. The smaller of the couple picked up his strawberry shake and took a small sip out of it. Yami smiled back and gave a slight nod before taking a sip of his own soda.

~~

As Rebecca and Author took their trays to the trash bin, Solomon turned to Yugi and felt his forehead. "Yugi, do you feel well? You hardly ate anything at all."

Seeing the looked on his koibito's face Yami's question he wondered about in the car earlier was then answered: Solomon didn't know that Yugi had continued to not eat even after be able to afford more than he enough once the business picked up. He took Yugi's hand in his own and turned his gaze to the old man. "Don't worry, Solomon, I'm sure Yugi's still a bit full from earlier. You see, we had a big lunch before we left and then we also had something to eat about an hour before the train ported in the station."

A look of relief passed over the old man's aged face. "Thank you, Yami. I wouldn't want Yugi to be getting sick during his Christmas break off."

Yami nodded at him before turning to look back at Yugi after the old man stood and headed off in another direction. Yugi was giving him a grateful look before they too stood up and left for the car, following the other three.

Yugi cuddled into Yami's side to let his complete trust flow into his boyfriend. "I love you, Yami." He whispered.

Yami froze but quickly recovered. Still not used to such emotions coursing through him for just one person. He shook it off though and looked back down at Yugi's softly smiling face. "I know, Yugi. I love you too."

Yugi smile widened before he closed his eyes and rested his head against Yami's chest to relax during the drive back to the game shop.