Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Return To Me ❯ Chapter 2

"No!"

"C'mon, Yami.. You have to eat your veggies too, not just your chicken nuggets," Yugi urged.

"No!!" Yami pouted and turned his head away from the offending piece of broccoli.

The older's voice had a tone of warning, "Yami.. You know you won't get any dessert if you don't finish. And Grandpa bought those popcicles you like."

"NOOO!!!!" the little one shrieked defiantly before knocking his plate to the floor and letting it clatter loudly.

Yugi shot to his feet with a gasp, "Yami!! You clean that up right now!"

Yami proceeded to throw a royal tantrum that included screaming and kicking while he refused to listen to his hikari. He grabbed his spoon from the table and threw it as hard as he could towards the teen. Luckily, Yugi was able to shield himself with his arm.

That was enough, Yugi was fed up now. He plucked Yami from his chair and set him on the floor to clean up the scattered vegetables. The taller stuffed a few paper towels into his little fist.

"I told you to clean up your mess, Yami. You're being a very bad boy. You know not to throw things."

Yami, who now appeared around 5 years old, continued throwing his tantrum until he swiftly kicked his hikari in the leg.

"Ow!.. Alright! That's it, Yami!"

Yugi firmly took the child by the arm and pulled him over his knee before delivering three quick swats upon Yami's little backside. After the spanking, Yugi carried him off to the living room and sat him down on the couch.

"Now you just sit there and think about what you've done to get that spanking. You're in time out, Yami, so I don't want you getting off that couch until I say so, understand me?"

Large tears rolled down from sharp, crimson eyes as the punished darkness looked up and cried. Truthfully, it broke Yugi's heart to do such a thing to his little Yami, be he knew he needed to stay firm.

"I'm very disappointed in your behavior, Yami. I'm going to go clean up your mess and you better stay put," he wagged a finger slightly before heading off.

Solomon emerged from closing the shop part of the Mutou house and looked rather bewildered from the commotion.

"Yugi? Is everything alright in here? Why is Yami crying?"

The short statured duelist gave a sigh as he picked up the last of the ruined dinner, "Yami was throwing a tantrum again, but he started throwing things and he kicked me, so I spanked him and put him in time out... Was I ever like this when I was little, Grandpa?"

Mr. Mutou chuckled softly, "Oh, every child goes through these episodes, Yugi. Yami will grow out of it soon; even sooner than most do."

Another sigh, "I hope it's soon. It's tough to tell Yami he's doing something wrong when he gives me those puppy dog eyes of his.."

"Mmhmm.. Now you know just how I feel when you do that to me."

Yugi chuckled sheepishly while rubbing the back of his neck, "Yeah, I guess you're right."

"And to answer you from before, 'yes'. Even you threw a tantrum from time to time. And you've gotten a spanking before. I think the last time was when you broke your mother's antique vase after I had told you not to run in the house."

Giving his bottom a rub from the recalled memory, the younger Mutou nodded some, "I remember that one, too.."

Solomon gave a satisfied smirk, "That's what it was meant for. Now, why don't you go check up on Yami?"

Yugi nodded again and peeked back into the living room. Yami was still sitting upon the couch while he sniffled and cried. Gently, the teen sat beside his darkness.

The little one started to sob harder and launched himself into the hikari's lap.

"I'm sorry, aibou! Don't be mad at me anymore! I'm sorry! Sorry! Sorry!"

Tenderly, Yugi rubbed Yami's back in soothing circles, "Shh.. I think you've learned your lesson now, right?"

Yami sat up sniffling and rubbed his eyes with a little fist. He hiccupped slightly while he nodded, "I'm sorry, Yugi.."

"You're forgiven. But you still can't have any popcicles for dessert tonight. I'll read you any bedtime story you'd like tonight instead, though. Is that okay?"

Once more, the little head nodded softly before he moved and kissed away the 'boo boo' he had caused on the teen's leg. Yami then gave Yugi a little apology kiss on the lips and hugged onto his light.

With a soft smile, Yugi lifted him up and carried him off to tuck him into bed.

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"Yami! It's bath time!" Yugi called cheerfully from beside the full tub.

There was a soft pattering until a little head peered around the doorframe shyly. He padded into the bathroom in his stocking feet and pulled out a paper he was trying to hide behind his back.

"I drew this for you, aibou," Yami smiled as he showed off his picture. He pointed to one figure with scribbled hair and purple eyes, "That one's you.. and this one's me," he pointed to another figure, this one with reddish eyes.

"Aww, I love it, Yami. I'll hang it right up, but let's get you cleaned first. You've even got marker on your nose," the elder chuckled.

Setting the drawing aside, Yugi took the bottom of Yami's shirt and lifted it up over his tri-colored haired head. He helped the boy step out of his shorts and playfully blew a raspberry on the exposed belly, eliciting a shrill giggle.

"That tickles! Stop it!" the now 10-year-old Yami squealed.

Yugi had to giggle as well, "Okay, okay. Let's get your socks off and you can take off your underwear."

Once the little socks had been pulled off, Yami slipped out of his underpants and crawled into the warm bubble bath his hikari had drawn.

"Can I have my toy boat?"

"Sure, just sit right there and I'll go get it for you. You can start scrubbing while I'm gone."

It was only a second before Yugi returned with the blue, plastic boat in tow and handed it Yami to play with. Taking a seat on the lid of the toilet, he let the little one play by himself.

Not taking his eyes off his current task of navigating the boat through the billowy suds, Yami asked, "When do you think I'll be back to normal, aibou? I miss being older."

Yugi just chuckled to himself, "I bet it won't be too much longer now. You're growing really fast after all and you've started remembering more."

Ruby eyes perked up to look at the teen, "But I don't want to be littler than I already am! I'm shorter than you, Yugi!"

The taller smirked, "Then that means I can make you do whatever I say for a bit more.."

Yami pouted, "That's not fair! You can't boss me around!"

"Hey, just remember who had to change your diapers and feed you," he teased back and wiped some of the bubbles upon Yami's small nose.

The younger boy stuck out his tongue before starting to wash himself up. He scrubbed a soapy washcloth over his skin while Yugi came up behind and started shampooing his spiked hair.

Yami's hair was starting to return to its previous state, but the streaks of blonde were still coming in. His little face was still round like Yugi's, but was clearly starting to grow into its defined sharpness.

"Close your eyes, Yami, I'm going to rinse the shampoo out now."

"Okay, aibou, I'm ready," the boy replied with a scrunched face.

Taking the showerhead down, the elder rinsed the suds off with a gentle spray. He worked his fingertips into the little scalp to make sure all of the shampoo was gone before he started lathering in the conditioner. The process was repeated once more before Yugi left his other to his own devices.

"Just tell me when you're ready to get out. I'll go get your pajamas while you finish up."

Yami nodded, damp locks clinging to his face and neck. He needed to wash himself in his 'personal areas' and had already established that he could do that part himself. It was rather embarrassing to have help bathing, but Yami enjoyed the closeness. That is why he allowed Yugi to wash his hair still.

The boy stood on his knees while he scrubbed his rear, groin, and inner thighs. He swished over to the side of the tub afterwards.

"I'm all done, aibou!"

Yugi returned a moment later with his dark's nightclothes, "Did you rinse off yet?"

The little head shook 'no' and flung droplets of water about, "I was waiting for you.." He began blushing, "No looking!"

Rolling his eyes, the light turned around and crossed his arms while he waited.

"You know, it's not like I haven't seen you before, Yami. And you don't have anything I haven't already seen on myself," he playfully chided.

Yami opened the drain before spraying himself down with the showerhead. He furrowed his brow in a pout.

//You better not be looking..//

//Oh, honestly now. I'm not watching Yami, I'm just waiting just like you wanted me to//

The water stopped.

"I'm done now, aibou."

The teen turned back around and grabbed the towel off the rack to wrap around the dripping boy. Yami was standing, holding himself shyly until he was enveloped in the fluffy softness of the towel.

Yugi dried him off before helping his dark get changed and ready for bed. They brushed their teeth together, hung up Yami's picture, then crawled into Yugi's bed.

Yami snuggled up close and hugged his little arms around his hikari with a smile. Yugi leaned in and gave the darkness a goodnight kiss on the forehead.

"Mmm, yummy Yami."

The younger started giggling and nestled his head deeper into Yugi's chest.

"I love you, aibou," he whispered in a happy, sleepy voice.

"Sweet dreams, Yami.. I love you too."

Pulling the covers up around them both, the two fell into a contented slumber.

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'Now where in the world could he have gotten to? I know he hasn't left the house again.'

The petite duelist was busy searching for his other, who had seemed to vanish. Truthfully, Yugi was on edge right now since Yami had grown again and was now just about 13 years old.

The younger teen had hit quite the wonderful awkwardness of out-of-control hormones and squeaky voices. This often led to shouting matches or Yami simply locking himself away somewhere for a while.

Yami couldn't take it! His body was acting crazy for him and he wanted to cry because his voice sounded so terrible. He was confused and frustrated and.. well.. horny constantly.

Solomon had gone to send out some more orders for the new Duel Monsters Booster Packs that had finally been issued. Mostly though, he wanted to get out of the house for a while and away from the sea of newly raging testosterone, that was Yami.

Yugi finished probing the downstairs of the Mutou residence and came up with nothing. He head upstairs to continue his search in the bedrooms. Mr. Mutou's was empty, so was the attic, and so was the boys' bedroom.

The only places left were the hall closet and the bathroom, but the closet was hardly big enough to fit extra towels let alone a human body.

'I'm going to start wondering if he's figured out a way to get up on the roof if he's not in the bathroom.'

The door to the bathroom was closed and the steady sound of water running could be heard. Upon further inspection, the door was locked.

Yugi called out softly, "Yami? Are you in there?.. Everything okay?"

When he did not receive an answer, the elder began to worry. Horrible thoughts of the possibility of Yami being hurt inside ran through his head. He even tried the link, but found himself shut out on Yami's side.

Yugi broke off into a run to find something to unlock the door with. He grabbed his student ID card from his room and rushed back, fiddling with the lock. Joey had shown him how to do this trick before and it was the best solution as opposed to breaking the door down.

With a soft click, the lock opened and Yugi threw open the door, ready to save his darkness from danger. Danger, however, was not the position he had found him.

Ruby eyes snapped open into a 'deer in the headlights' stare upon the intruder before the younger scrabbled for anything to cover himself. His face was still flushed and brow beaded with sweat as he sat with his pants and underwear pooled around his ankles. The color of Yami's face only grew darker as he screamed in a cracking voice.

"Yugi!-No!-Shut-the-door!-Get-out!-It's-not-what-it-looks-like! "

Without hesitating another millisecond, Yugi whirled upon his heel to exit and slam the door behind him. He leaned against the wooden barrier with wide eyes and burning cheeks. The teen panted slightly, his adrenaline pumping hard.

'Oh my god.. I just walked in on him.. I just caught Yami mas.. Oh god! I can't even think the word!'

Still recovering from his shocking discovery, Yugi scuttled quickly back downstairs and turned on the TV as if nothing had happened.

There was the sound of a toilet flushing and soft footfalls coming towards the stairs, then pounding rapidly in retreat before a bedroom door was slammed shut.

Yugi sat alone for a good 20 minutes before his grandfather returned and found him staring at the screen like a zombie.

".. Yugi?.. Is something wrong?.. You look a little pale.. Is Yami okay?"

The young hikari make a slight squeaking sound in reply, but could not seem to form any words.

"What is it, Yugi? Did something happen while I was gone?"

Yugi could feel the heat in his cheeks once more as he nodded, still coming out of his shock.

"Well, what was it, Yugi? Did something bad happen to Yami?"

At last, the boy found his voice, but it had yet to catch up with his brain, "I caught Yami masturbating in the bathroom!"

As soon as he had blurted it all out, he slapped his hands over his mouth and turned a deeper shade of crimson.

Solomon's eyes went wider. He didn't know if he should let his jaw drop or laugh at the situation. Regaining himself, the elder Mutou gave a cough to clear his throat.

"Well, perhaps you had better go speak with him.. about.. that... I'm sure Yami's feeling much worse embarrassment than you at the moment."

"I can't go talk to him! I don't even think I can look him in the face at the moment!"

The older man gave his grandson a soft push to get him to stand and walked him towards the stairs.

"I don't think Yami would like to make eye contact with you either, but you should at least go talk with him. He's probably very upset over what happened and what you think of him."

Yugi started upstairs slowly, feeling his stomach doing a few flips as he tried to think of what he was going to say. Before he knew it, his feet had brought him to their shared bedroom. He knocked softly before trying the door again. This time, the door was unlocked.

".. Yami?.. Can I come in?" he asked softly while he opened the door.

There was a mass huddled under the covers of the bed that shook softly and was making some muffled sobs.

The cocoon shifted slightly before there was an irritated voice, "You're already in.."

Taking this as a positive sign, Yugi shut the door behind him and came over to the bed. He took a seat on the edge, careful to avoid sitting on any part of the one underneath.

The teen gave a soft sigh and rested his elbows upon his knees, letting his hands hang in his lap. His tri-colored haired head drooped a bit.

".. Yami.. I know you're embarrassed about what happened earlier, but.. um.. do you want to talk about it?.."

"The door was locked for a reason you know!"

"Hey! I called for you and when you didn't answer me, I thought you were hurt or something!.." Yugi started in defense, but then tried to calm down, "Okay, I shouldn't have burst in like that. But I was just worried about you is all."

"I'm old enough to take care of myself now, Yugi! I don't need you babysitting me all the time!" Yami's voice sounded on the verge of fresh tears.

Listening to this broke Yugi's heart though as he tried to hold back his own tears.

"Yami?.. You don't really mean that, do you?.." he began to sniff.

Clearly, by the sudden flood of emotions, the younger was thrown off guard and began to feel guilty. He started sniffling himself as he curled up in a tighter ball.

".. You think I'm disgusting now, don't you?.. I didn't mean to do it, I just couldn't make it go down and I couldn't help myself.. I know you've done it before too because I remember back when you first solved the puzzle and started our bond. You didn't know that I was there or that I could tell what you were doing.."

Yugi's tears had stopped at least, but now he had to fight back his blush. At least he could understand how Yami felt now.

"Yami, I don't think you're disgusting.. I just got taken by surprise.. We all do it.. apparently.. But try to understand that I went from having you older than me to raising you from just a baby. I'm not used to seeing you any way than before we first met.. You're a teenager now, like me, and there's changes you're going through."

It was silent for a few moments before Yami peaked his head out slightly from the covers. His eyes were still swollen and moist from crying.

"You don't think I'm disgusting?.."

Yugi shook his head and reached over to stroke the boy's forehead and hair.

"I never think you're disgusting.." he broke into a soft grin, ".. At least I don't have to change your diapers anymore. That wasn't always a pleasant experience."

Yami tried to force an angry pout, but it was clear he was feeling better now. He moved closer and rested his head upon his hikari's thigh. Closing his eyes, he let Yugi comb his fingers through his soft tresses.

".. I'm still mad at you," he mumbled in a subdued voice.

"I could have sent Grandpa up here to talk to you, you know. Isn't having me here much better instead?"

An irritated 'hrmf' was the only answer.