Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Lover's Duel ❯ Misunderstandings ( Chapter 6 )

Misunderstandings

One day Yami told Yugi to wait for him outside in the hall while he dealt with a few of his guards, since it was sure to get pretty scary for the boy to watch and Yami didn't wish for Yugi to be afraid for any reason, for killing a couple of the villagers on the spot without even bringing him to his command only because they had stolen food for their poor family.

Yugi waited for about an hour as he sat in the hall a little from the door so he wouldn't get hit when it opened.

He stood out of respect when he saw the guards come out of the room. They didn't take notice of him as the palace guards led them down to the dungeon.

Yugi looked back to the door and cocked his head in confusion as to why Yami hadn't come out too. `Did Yami get so angry he needed to calm down first?' He thought sadly. He perked up easily though as the doors opened once more and the Pharaoh walked out.

Yami was still really angry with his guards for doing such a thing against him that he didn't even notice that it was Yugi who was trying to hold his hand even though nobody else would really do such a thing.

"Go away!" Yami nearly shouted rather rudely at the boy as he continued to walk off.

Yugi froze in his tracks as Yami kept walking and he felt hot tears that pained his eyes and burned his cheeks as they fell. `What di-did I do wrong? I thought he didn't want me going in there was because it might've gotten loud a-and maybe a little bit of a punishment, but could it ha-have been about me instead?'

Once Yami turned the corner and was out of the boy's view, Yugi turned and fled to the only room that was there in need of fresh air. He ran out of the palace and stopped just dead in front of the gate that led out into the city and further into the village where he had once lived so long ago.

He heard a few of the guards coming and, not in the mood to be seen crying or teased since that's what the guards did since he was a pleasure slave, and he hid behind the wall, and in his fear, failed to realize he had gone outside his limits.

Unfortunately, the guards had seen him and pulled him back in and dragged him to Yami, ignoring his pleas to stop, and tell the king of what the slave had tried to do.

Yami reluctantly answered the door when the knock echoed into the room and was surprised to see two of his guards standing there and holding a whimpering and slightly crying Yugi by the arms.

"What's going on?" He growled through clenched teeth.

"Well, your highness, it seems like your little slave was hiding behind the gates. If you ask me it looked an awful lot like he was trying to get away." One of the smirked while the pulled Yugi into the room and laughed at him as the boy landed at Yami's feet in a shaking heap.

Yami was shocked and looked down at Yugi who was shaking his head against their words, his anger slowly rising as what they told him sunk in. The first thought that crossed his mind was: He betrayed me. "I'll take it from here. You're excused." He waved his hand for them to leave.

To say Yami was pissed would've been too much of an understatement. It didn't help that he still didn't realize what he had done earlier to Yugi as he walked out of his `meeting' or that had still been angry from what the guards had done.

"Well Yugi, I hope you're happy with yourself. You even managed to fool me with your act that you were happy here." He spat out.

Yugi looked at him with wide eyes. "B-but Yami, that's not true! It isn't, that not what hap…"

"Quiet!"

Yugi scooted away from Yami, but the king just picked him up by the front of his shirt.

"Please, Yami I swear that's not what happened." Yugi tried once more.

"I don't want to hear your excuses!"

"But Yami!"

SMACK

In his surprise at what he had done Yami dropped Yugi to the floor and turned his back on him.

Yugi's hand was holding his reddened cheek as he continued to stare at Yami with fright, also not believing what he had done.

"Get out." Yugi backed off at the dangerously calm voice Yami had used.

"Ya…"

"I don't want to see for the rest of the evening. Now get out."

Still cradling his cheek Yugi ran out of the room and off down the hall. He ran so fast and with the tears burning his eyes he didn't pay much attention to where he was going and tripped over some steps and fell a few feet away. That's where he stayed while he cried for all he was worth until a pair of strong arms wrapped around his slim form gently.

Malik held Yugi close as Bakura soothed words into his ear to calm him.

The sandy-haired blonde walked slowly back to his room, carrying the teen and Bakura following beside him.

Meanwhile, with Yami, his hand wouldn't stop burning even a long time after Yugi had run from him. He wasn't stupid, he'd seen the tears and he forced himself to believe the boy deserved what he got. He kept thinking he'd gone too easy since Yugi knew very well the rules. But no matter how he tried to force himself to believe that the hurt from his hand wouldn't leave or even dull even if he tried everything from cold water to steaming hot water or anything else.

Yugi though was having a crying fit and he wouldn't let go of his cheek.

"He'll never forgive me for this. He hates me now. He'll never want to see me again." He whispered through his sore throat.

Malik was trying to calm Yugi the best he could while Bakura finally got Yugi's hand away from his cheek. Kyra took that time to dab cold water on it to at least numb the pain for a while. The was a purple-black tint to his cheek and she that the bruise coming would only get darker in a few hours before it disappeared from his otherwise flawless skin.

When it started getting dark Yugi made to leave, but Malik and Bakura told him no and, after a long time, won and only won because Yugi was drained. The two then left for their own rooms after they placed Yugi softly on Kyra's bed, the girl sleeping beside him in case he needed her.

The next morning, after they'd made sure everything was okay with Yugi, the pair of friends went to Yami to get him to apologize to Yugi.

"Why should I?" Yami asked not looking at them, but out the window. "He got what he deserved. Besides, he should be thankful. It could've been a lot worse and you know it."

"Because that's just it. He didn't deserve what he got, Yami." Malik argued.

"If you would've let him explain instead of listening to your two dorks that pick on him all the time for something he can't help than you would know what we're talking about. " Bakura added, Malik nodded beside him in agreement. "After you came out of the hall yesterday after yelling at those two who killed the three villagers, do you know where Yugi was?"

"No."

Malik rolled his eyes. "Let's fill you in then. Yugi was waiting outside the hall for you. When you came out he tried to hold your hand but you pushed him away and told him go away."

"What? I didn't do anything like that." Yami argued, his voice starting to rise.

"Yugi has never lied before so why would he start now?"

"Yugi told you that?"

Bakura nodded. "Yeah. So anyways, he did go away just like you said. He went outside to get some fresh air and heard those two flunkies of yours coming. He wasn't exactly in the best mood to be teased, but then again I wouldn't be either so he didn't realize he was hiding behind the gate to get away from them. He didn't have any intentions of doing it and he was going to go back to afterwards to see if you had calmed down any."

"But he didn't even come back last night like he was supposed to."

"That's our doing. He did try coming back here but we told him not to and since he was worn out anyways he eventually fell asleep so he stayed the night with Kyra in her room."

"He did try and come back?"

"Yeah, he did. Now go apologize to him! He thinks you hate him and will never forgive him for this, even when he didn't even mean it." Bakura tried to state calmly, remembering how terrible Yugi looked the night before while he cried.

Yami felt terrible for not even attempting to listen to what Yugi had been trying to tell him, and all he had done was slap him in the face, and his hand was still throbbing in pain from it.

`If my hand still hurts from it, just think of how his cheek must feel. It was be bruised up and everything.' "I ca-can't, you guys. I won't. He should've been paying attention. He shouldn't have gone outside if he knew the guards were out there anyways." `That and Yugi has such a soft heart and he's so easy to hurt. He's probably still crying, or at least he will be if he hasn't woken up yet. Yugi must be terrified of me anyways.'

"What? Don't even want to apologize for hitting him. He's got a bruise that's covering his whole cheek!" Malik yelled at the stubborn Pharaoh.

Yami flinched inwardly. `I knew it. How can I ever face him now?'

Out of Malik's frustration and Bakura's hard-to-believe-patience, the white haired teen dragged the other out before he could cause any damage.

A few days later the same pair were walking once more from Yami's room in failure.

"I can't believe him! Why's he so stubborn? Everyone knows that he wants Yugi back except Yugi and everyone knows Yugi wants Yami back including Yami! Why won't he do anything!? And how can you be smirking at all of this?! Is this really just a game for you!?"

"No." The other answer calmly and sensing the coming question he answered it before it came. "I just came up with an idea that'll get those two together again. And if they don't I'll throw myself in the Nile and let myself be eaten by whatever comes by, even if it were to be a simple fish."

Malik looked at him like he was crazy fool before smiling. "I always thought you to be the best thinker out of all three of us. What did you have in mind?"

"You'll see. We'll need Kyra's help or else this won't work. We'll move Yugi to your room since it's the closest to Yami's, it might make him feel a little better than being that far away from him. Then I'll tell you along with Kyra and go from there.

After Yugi was easily moved to Malik's room, Bakura told Malik and Kyra of his idea. Kyra agreed to it and Malik thought he was hopeless romantic for coming with such idea; he loved it.

The next night was the perfect night since it was a new moon and the three set up the candles all around the room, lighting a few near the window.

Kyra took her place on one the statues and watched, amused, when Malik led Yami into the room while covering his eyes.

Yami had a bored look on his face and she easily guessed Malik had to come up with a lame excuse so Yami let him do this.

On the other side of the room Bakura was doing the same with Yugi, but Yugi seemed to be his normal shaken self, which was his normal self since the incident, and she guessed that Bakura just told him there was surprise waiting for him.

They gave her the signal and she started to sing a slow song as the other two stepped quickly from the two look-a-likes and melted into the shadows of the room.

Yami and Yugi only looked at each other sadly before looking away.

Kyra kept singing, determined not to give up on them since she knew the two boys needed the other in his life.

Annoyed and just as determined, Malik and Bakura gave a push to the two boys. Bakura accidentally forgot that Yugi wasn't as strong as Yami was and pushed too hard making the boy fall over, but Yami caught him before he could get hurt on the hard floor.

Both quickly realized how much they missed the other and Yami swayed with the music.

The Pharaoh leaned down and placed a small kiss in Yugi's ear. "I'm sorry for slapping you and telling you to go away. I should've listened to you instead of just assuming things. I'll talk to my guards for you as well and if they give you anymore trouble about you who or what you are just tell me and I'll take care of them myself."

Yugi nodded. "I'm sorry too. I didn't mean to go outside the gate, but I should've been paying more attention to it." The boy leaned up and placed a quick butterfly kiss on Yami's cheek.

After the song Malik and Bakura lit up the rest of the candles eliminating the hall.

"Thank you, all three of you, for everything." Yugi and Yami both smiled at the friends. "We couldn't have done this without you."

Yami then picked up Yugi and hurried off to their room.

The three just shook their heads at the two before laughing at the whole situation they just helped in and said their goodnights a few minutes later.

Once back in the room, Yugi and Yami were kissing frantically.

Yami placed his hand on Yugi's cheek and was pushed away with hands on his bare chest and a loud squeak come from his partner.

Upon closer look Yami found the purple-black bruise he had inflicted on the perfect skin and apologized a million times over for putting it there.

Yugi told him it didn't hurt anymore unless it was touched.

Yami smiled and it was returned with loving, bright smile his lover always could put on as they continued with their much-missed playtime.