※ Part Thirty Five: Bed Time!
※ Warnings - None - just remember that this is the unrevised version.
※ Disclaimer - I obviously don't own it.
Seto gently tucked Joey into the large bed. He sat down beside the boy and just watched him sleep. He watched as Joey cuddled up to Ba and sighed happily. The CEO smiled softly as he gently brushed strands of hair out of the relaxed face, before lightly kissing the chibi’s forehead. Joey stirred and amber eyes opened. “Eto!” He grinned happily.
Seto couldn’t help but smile back. “Hey Jo-Jo.” He lay down beside the chibi. “You’re going to turn back to normal tomorrow.” He sighed as he hugged the small boy to his chest. “I truly hope you remember something.” He yawned. Joey, who didn’t know what Seto was saying, giggled and curled up against the older boy’s chest. “Night Jo-Jo.” Seto slowly fell asleep.
“Wuv ‘oo Eto.” Joey settled down and fell asleep too.
***
“It’s you or Seto tomorrow.” Yugi said as he crawled onto the bed and settled on the edge. He was careful of the four other bodies in the bed. Marik and Malik, who didn’t want to sleep in the guestroom tonight, were cuddled up together between Yami and Yugi, while Yami lay on his back with Ryou fast asleep and sucking on his thumb, resting across the pharaoh’s chest. The small chibi had gotten sicker as the night had progressed and he was running a slight fever. Yugi relaxed and pulled a still slightly conscious Yami Bakura into his arms.
Yami sighed; he was not looking forward to being a kid again. He looked at Yugi and suddenly muttered, “Please still love me after this.”
Yugi snorted as he tried not to laugh. Chibi Yami Bakura had just slipped off into dreamland and he didn’t want to wake the chibi up again. “You couldn’t have been that bad Yami.”
“You don’t know that.” Yami mumbled. “Just keep me away from anything alive or valuable.” He shook his head as he gently pulled Ryou’s thumb out of his mouth. The chibi made a protesting sound but then settled down again.
“I bet you’ll be really cute.” Yugi grinned, “And of course I’ll still love you! We do have a promise to keep to Bakura you know.” He smiled down at the chibi sleeping beside him.
“Oh?” Yami looked confused, “What’d we promise him? Aside from not hurting him I mean.”
Yugi rolled his eyes. “That picture you painted for me…” He began quietly, “What did the hieroglyphs mean?” He wondered.
Yami grinned as he glanced over at the picture that hung on the wall across the room. He also remembered the promise of marriage he’d made, much later in their future of course. He figured he could tell Yugi that much. “They mean: ‘Without you my soul would not be complete’.” He recalled.
Yugi was silent and Yami looked over to see that the boy was smiling. Yugi then carefully sat up without disturbing Yami Bakura and turned off the lamp on the nightstand. “Good night my dark.”
“Good night my light.”
***
The next morning at 9:00 AM Joey Wheeler yawned and opened his eyes. The first thing he noticed was that he was naked. The second was that he was in a strange room. And finally the third, was the body beside his. He looked down at the innocently sleeping face of the CEO and grinned. With that he grabbed ‘Ba’ and tucked it underneath one of Seto’s arms and then cuddled close to the other boy.
With that, he went to sleep again.