[don't be so impatient, he says, but it's too late for that. kaiba pulls him down anyway, drawing him flush to his lap.]

If you said the word, I'd stay all night with you.

[and he seems to mean it. as far as he knew, the celebration would last for days and days. but time with yugi was precious. he butts at his forehead and skims the edge of a horn along his cheek, a telltale sign that he was relaxed and oh so very fond. he even purrs a little, the softest of rumbles in his throat.]

And it doesn't matter what we do. Or don't do.

[kaiba will never love him; he'll never love anyone, outside mokuba. but even so...]

I just want to be with you. For as long as I can.