Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Spellbound ❯ Chapter 6

Chapter 6: Epilogue

One month later

Wearily I trudged through the front door and closed it softly behind me, too tired to even muster a frustrated slam. A problem had arisen at Kaiba Land this afternoon, and all of my technicians were too idiotic to fix it on their own, so I'd spent until the wee hours of the morning doing all the work myself. Sometimes I wondered why I even bothered to hire anyone, since all my employees did was make more work for me- and that's when they weren't trying to take over my company.

Plus, tonight they had ruined my plans.

I walked through the living room toward the stairs, only to find the major part of these plans asleep on the couch, wearing one of his most…stimulating leather outfits, and I felt a pang of guilt. Sighing, I silently observed Yami's even breathing and smiled at his snuffling snores. His nose wrinkled so adorably when he did that.

I frowned slightly to myself; ever since Yami and I had been together, I'd gotten so much more sentimental- it was a little embarrassing. But then, who could help being sentimental when they had someone like this? I leaned over Yami's sleeping form and kissed his soft lips, relishing the warmth of his mouth against mine.

Yami's eyes fluttered open. "It's about time you got home," he said croakily. I leaned in and captured his lips again; I hadn't meant to wake him, but I might as well take advantage of the situation.

He wrapped his arms around my neck, fisting his hands in my hair as our tongues slid against each other in a wild rhythm, and I moaned blissfully into his mouth. Reluctantly I pulled away for air, only to begin trailing kisses along his throat and collarbone. "I love you," I whispered against his neck.

"I love you, too, of course, even though you work too much," Yami responded teasingly. "I might just have to let Malik have you if you keep that up!"

I broke away from his throat and gave him an annoyed scowl. "You'd better be joking," I sulked, and Yami burst out laughing at my expression.

"When will you learn to take a joke?" he snickered. "Oh, speaking of Malik, Yugi told me yesterday that Ryou and Malik actually did get together…since they're both living in…Egypt…isn't it strange, because you said once… Stop, Seto, I'm trying to tell you something!"

I had gone back to sucking on Yami's collarbone, moving my mouth just often enough so that Yami wouldn't have a hickey, and needless to say, Yami was a little distracted by my actions.

Not that I cared.

Yami gave up trying to talk to me and began using his mouth for other, more useful purposes. He slid his hands under my shirt, rubbing chilling patterns along my warm torso with his icy fingers, and I gasped. Yami smirked and let his lips follow his fingers' path, causing me to moan in wonder.

Suddenly I grabbed his hands, halting their movement, and used Yami's own seductive tricks on him. When I slipped his shirt over his head, running the pads of my thumbs along his smooth skin, he shivered and matched my moan with a throaty sound of his own.

I captured his lips in one more passionate kiss, and we began moving together as one, in a jumble of hands and heat and soft skin. A whispered "I love you," rang in my ears, and I wasn't sure which one of us uttered the words, but they echoed through my whole being as I gazed at Yami's flushed face below me.

Then, somehow we rolled so that I lay flat on my back across the couch cushions, with Yami's fevered smirk hovering just above my face. "You didn't think I'd make it that easy on you, did you Kaiba?" he whispered huskily. I gave him an answering smirk and rolled again, so that we ended up on the carpet, and I pinned Yami's hands to his sides as I straddled his hips.

"Did you think I'd make things that easy on you?" I teased. I released my hold on him, only to shower him with soft touches that caused him to moan in ecstasy, and he responded in kind; his every move sending shivers of electricity coursing through me. Eventually the two of us were left shaking and quivering, and Yami rested his head in the crook of my shoulder and closed his eyes.

I propped my chin on the top of his head and let my own eyes droop shut as I drew him close into my chest. His breathing slowly evened as he drifted into a light doze, and automatically my lungs breathed in time with the beautiful creature I held against me. Chest to chest, our heartbeats pounded in a perfect, rhythmic pattern; and I had almost fallen asleep as well when a brief thought crossed my mind.

Maybe we really were equals, after all.

A/N: Aww, and we end on a fluffy note! It's about time Seto admitted it… Well, anyhow, here are some of Spellbound's secrets revealed. Maybe you've already picked up on them, but it's fun to talk about, anyway.

The Devil's Sanctuary: One thing you might have wondered about is why this card appeared on Yami's chest, instead of the BEWD, which usually represents Seto. The reason I picked this card is because I wanted it to represent their relationship, not Seto himself; since a relationship with Seto is what Yami needed to break the spell. I dropped major hints on this all throughout the story, but I think they were subtle enough that no one really guessed what was going on. As you can see, the Devil's Sanctuary appears at every stage of Seto and Yami's relationship- when they first meet again, when Yami tells Seto that Seto was his friend (even though they were fighting at the time), at their first kiss (the one on the cheek), and finally, when they confess their love.

Burning Kisses: Heh, and you thought Seto's cheek burned just because he was attracted to Yami! At the end of the story, it's obvious that the spell is being lifted when Seto and Yami kiss and their lips start tingling. But then, why does Seto's cheek tingle when Yami kisses him the first time, and when Yami touches his cheek outside Bakura's apartment? Well, essentially…because Yami is coming on to him. Yami is the one who needs to "accept his equal," (i.e.; be with Seto) so every time he touches Seto with romantic thoughts, it sort of… dissolves a little of the spell. That's why he hadn't already turned back into a spirit- because he kissed Seto on the cheek.

This might have been harder to figure out, though, because it didn't happen every time Yami touched him- just when Yami was thinking romantically (sometimes when Yami kissed Seto's cheek, he was just being the touchy-feely person I made him in this fic…lol) AND when he was the instigator. Nothing happened at the movies because Seto was the one who started the flirting, regardless of what Seto claimed.

Well, those are the major issues, but if you guys think of any other questions, feel free to email me. Now that you have all the spoilers, maybe you can go back and read it again to see if you can pick up the hints. If you want to, that is…