"You're awake," A baritone voice said softly from his left side. It was strangely familiar to Yugi but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.
"We have a proposition for you," An even deeper baritone voice said from his right. "You can either live as our Donator, or die."
"I don't understand," Yugi said, his voice sounding braver than he felt. "What is a Donator and why do I have to die if I decide not to?"
"Because you saw our original forms," the softer baritone voice replied. "As creatures of the night, we have a law that no human can see our original form unless they are a slave, a Donator, or prey that will soon be dead."
"And you didn't offer me the slave position because…?" Yugi asked curiously. Something about these two voices made him not feel as afraid as he thought he should be.
There was a pause before the deeper baritone voice responded. "We are in love with you, Yugi. As vampires, we can't get close to you unless you are a Donator."
That gave Yugi some food for thought. "So this is more a case of 'if we can't have you no one can'." he sighed. "I really don't want to die…"
"Then you will be our Donator?" the lighter baritone asked, a little too quickly and eagerly for Yugi's comfort. "It will be worth it."
Yugi gave a small, reluctant nod. "As long as I can still do what I normally do. No point in being alive if I can't live."
"Of course…" the voices said in unison.
Yugi felt the weight on his right move. The weight on his left shifted to lay on top of him. A gentle arm wrapped securely around his waist. A hand cupped his head and tilted it to the right to expose the left side of his neck. Yugi gasped as sharp fangs pierced the skin and felt oddly calm as the sensation of his blood being drawn out took over his body.
After a moment, the fangs withdrew and a note of pleasure was heard. "I can taste it in your blood. You're in love with two beings already. I wonder if my partner will be able to see what those feelings are connected to when he takes his fill." Yugi felt him lick the wounds to seal them shut. "Offer me your wrist."
Yugi obediently lifted his left wrist and felt the vampire briefly bite, drink, and lick his wrist before placing a thick cuff on it. He must of looked confused as the deeper baritone voice chuckled at him. "As our Donator, we chose two points of access and mark you to ward off other vampires. Think of it like scent marking that animals do."
The one on his chest moved away and the other laid down on Yugi doing the mirror to what the first did, biting the right side of his neck and his right wrist. Another thick cuff was placed around his wrist and a collar around his neck. "Interesting. Do you want to confess or do you want me to tell all?"
"Confess to what?" Yugi asked curiously as he ran his fingers over the collar thoughtfully. "I don't spill my thoughts to people I don't know."
"Yet I can see it in your blood," the deeper baritone voice said. His voice sounded like he was smirking. "My partner has already said he can taste that you hold two close to your heart and I have a vision of the two."
Yugi sighed. "I don't have a choice?"
"Not in this, Akhu…" The deeper voice said causing Yugi to jump in surprise. "It is for your benefit as well as ours that you say it rather than I."
"Akhu…" Yugi whispered. "Atemu… Is that you?" He sighed and said in a louder voice. "It's been a long time since you called me by that name…" He closed his eyes. "I fell in love with you when you started using that name. More so when Yami joined you and called me aibou. What happened to make you two draw away from me?"
Candles flared to life revealing the two Sennens looked down at Yugi, their lips coated in a faint red from Yugi's blood they had drunk moments ago. They were denied the glance at his large amethyst eyes but waited patiently until Yugi continued to speak.
"I didn't want to burden the both of you with my feelings as I can't be with either of you," A tear slipped down his cheek. "You have each other… You wouldn't want me…"
"What makes you say that, Aibou?" Yami asked causing Yugi to almost jump out of his skin. His eyes flew open to stare up at the two crimson eyed men leaning over him.
"No one wants someone like me," Yugi closed his eyes again to get away from the stares of the two. "I'm weak. I cry and get hurt so easily. I rely on people to rescue me. I'm a burden on everyone who is near me…"
"Don't say that Akhu!" Atemu snapped a bit more forcefully than he intended, causing their new Donator to try and shrink into the bed. He leaned over and gave Yugi a gentle kiss on the lips. A small squeak was all he needed to push his tongue past Yugi's lips to explore thoroughly before breaking the kiss. He pulled away to allow Yami to do the same. "You're strong in your heart. Your compassionate, forgiving, and loving to everyone you meet. We don't think you are a burden. We chose you as our Donator because we are in love with you as well."
"Really?" Yugi asked in surprise once Yami broke his kiss with him. "But then why did you pull away from me before?"
"We were told that you were like us but hiding it," Yami answered in a whisper. "The succubus stated that you was going to kill us once you got close so we pulled back to observe." He nuzzled his head against the left side of Yugi's neck. "A supernatural can't hide what they are past the age of sixteen."
Yugi gave a very nervous laugh that made the two vampires stare down at him once more. "About that… I suppose I'm allowed to talk about it now." The two gave each other worried looks before looking back down at Yugi. "It all started when my Grandpa found an injured angel whilst he was on a dig in Egypt. He took the angel in and cared for her. Eventually they fell in love and she gave birth to my Father. Being part angel, he couldn't go to Heaven for training until he earned his wings on his sixteenth birthday. But he fell in love with a human girl whom waited five long years before he returned from his training. They married and had me…"
"So you are a quarter angel blood," Atemu asked trying to confirm what Yugi was saying. The youngest of the three nodded. "But you turned sixteen and nothing happened?"
"Dad said that because of my quarter blood that I might get my wings late…" Yugi paused noticing the worried looks on the vampires faces. "Or I might not get them at all…" He sighed. "If that is the case, all I will have will be the slight divine aura that caused you," he glanced at Atemu, "to call me Akhu in the first place. Dad said I wasn't allowed to tell anyone this until after my sixteenth just in case dark creatures decided to bypass the holy aspect."
"Bypass the holy aspect?" Yami sounded confused.
Yugi nodded. "Part angels are rare because up until they are sixteen, they are vulnerable to the effects of the dark. For example, in the case of you two, had you bitten me before I turned sixteen and I received my wings; the holy aspect that normally burns and kills dark creatures when they touch a light creature is negated when you touch me. It doesn't translate to other light creatures tho."
"So we would become immune to your light?" Yami asked.
Yugi nodded. "It could still happen tho. If I am a late bloomer, then you will be immune to the effects of my wings because you have both bitten me. I am a part of the both of you and therefore cannot be burned by my light."
"That was what we were worried about," Atemu said softly. "You see Yugi, we aren't just vampires. We are a part of the original eight vampires. The ones who cast the dark magic to transform from being human. We wanted to ensure the safety and security of Egypt. Yami and I were married back then and I was Pharaoh with Yami as my Queen. Little did we know that such a decision would cause us to lose the one person we both loved."
Yugi began to hum softly the Ancient Egyptian tune he remembered. "Me…"
"Correct," Yami took over when Atemu became too teary to respond. "You were called Heba, our personal servant and lover. We always enjoyed listening to you play your flute in the evenings. But one evening, after we performed the ceremony, we became hazed with bloodlust and attacked you."
"You survived but only long enough to show us that you had become too afraid to be near us," Atemu choked before gathering his emotions and holding them tight. "We tried to get you to become more comfortable around us but in the end, you committed suicide with Yami's sai stabbed through your left wrist and my dagger through your right."
"You waited 5000 years to find my soul again to bring it back to your side?" Yugi asked softly. He was amazed at the dedication these two vampires had towards his past self. "I'm truly that same soul?"
"That tune, the scent of your blood minus the divine undertones, and your appearance leads us to believe so," Yami replied with a smile. He snuggled down against Yugi's left side, effectively trapping his arm once more. "And now that we have you, we aren't letting go."
Atemu copied Yami but on Yugi's right side. "Not now or ever!"
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