Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ House of Cards ❯ Epilogue ( Chapter 15 )

Yugi sat up in bed in a cold sweat. Yami was beside him in an instant. "Another nightmare?"

Yugi sighed, "Yeah. Yami, will these ever stop?"

Yami looked at his partner. "I don't know, love. I don't know. Do you want to talk about it?"

"No. But..."

"But what?"

"Can you hold me?"

"Of course."

They went to Yugi's soul room, and Yugi crawled into Yami's lap. Yami rubbed Yugi's back until the smaller man's heart was no longer pounding against his chest.

"Yami..."

"Shhh... love, you don't need to speak if you aren't ready."

"Yami, am I going to Hell?"

"A place of eternal fire and brimstone? Why would you go there?" Yami pulled back to look at his partner.

"The...the man, who hurt me..."

"Oh, what he said on the stand, has that been bothering you?"]

"Yami, I like you, I _love_ you. Am I bad?"

"Yugi..."

"Yami. Am. I. Bad?'

Yami sighed and looked into Yugi's violet eyes.

"Yugi, this world is very different from the world I left. Everything needs to be categorized. Good. Bad. West. East. One group hates another because of the color of their skin, while a different group hates another group because of who they want to sleep with.

That creature on the stand killed and tortured people to teach them how they should feel. In Egypt we didn't categorize people. Humans weren't homosexual, or heterosexual, or bisexual. We were sexual. It seems that man wanted you to express that you were sexual, but only with females. What difference does it make? If you want to love me, if you want to make love to me, why shouldn't you? I have consented- you wouldn't be harming me.

Yugi, we love each other. How can that be bad if no one is getting hurt? What that...monster did to you, that was evil. That was wrong. I can feel it in my bones. It harms another person for some sick, twisted sense of justice. To show that you are a sexual being, with thoughts and desires...that is not bad. At least not to me, my love, at least not to me."

Yugi looked at Yami with watery eyes and Yami pulled him back into his embrace.

"Yami...will you be with me? Always?"

"Of course, aibou."

"I know you said that we're sexual, but, I...I can't..."

"You do not have to do anything with me until you feel you are ready. Even then, when you want to stop, you can. I will never harm you. You are my soul mate, I never will hurt you."

"You aren't upset?"

"No, never will I be upset with you for not being ready for this. This is entirely your decision."

"What if I never am ready?"

"I doubt that will be the case, but if so, then so be it. I will be content knowing that you are happy and having you in my arms, where I can keep you safe."

"I...I came...during the...the rape..."

"I know."

"You don't hate me for it?"

"Why would I?"

"Because a part of me liked it, even when I wasn't with you."

"Yugi, your body reacted to stimulation and fear. It wasn't you who wanted that to happen."

"But..."

"No buts. Aibou, your body reacted to stimulation and fear. Don't ever forget that."

"Promise?"

"Promise."

"I love you."

"I love you too."

Yami tightened his grip on Yugi and the two stayed in the tight cuddle until Yugi had fallen asleep. Yami carefully repositioned them, and soon was asleep as well.

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AN: I tried to keep this as realistic as possible. One thing I couldn't find accurate information on was the trial. I'm not sure how a situation like the one proposed in this story would be dealt with by the U.S. Military. I do know how civilian court cases are tried in the U.S. and so I wrote it like that, only truncated (a real U.S trial would have taken far longer than one day *sigh*. If anyone would be willing to tell me how the real case would have been dealt with, I'll see if I can re-write that scene. (Pretty much all of chapter 12.)

Thank you to everyone who reviewed, both with praise and constructive criticism. I like knowing how to make things better, and typos bug me, so when people find them, I'm glad to know/fix them!

"Male Rape as an Act of Anti-Gay Violence

Unfortunately, incidents of anti-gay violence also include forcible rape, either oral or anal. Attackers frequently use verbal harassment and name-calling during such a sexual assault. Given the context of coercion, however, such technically homosexual acts seem to imply no homosexuality on the part of the offenders. The victim serves, both physically and symbolically, as a "vehicle for the sexual status needs of the offenders in the course of recreational violence" " Just an FYI that what happened in the story does happen as I described it. From here:

www. ncvc. org/gethelp/malerape/

I think that's all.