Love Among Friends

Chapter 1: Sweet Misery

Before I start the story, I just want to point out a couple things:

/…./ is Yugi speaking to Yami

//…//Yami speaking to Yugi

Okay, enjoy!

Yami smiled as he watched his sleeping aibou.

He looks so adorable when he's sleeping… he thought. I hate to wake him up, but he'll be late for school.…

He gently walked over to the sleeping boy and gently shook him.

/Just a couple more minutes....please?/ Yugi asked sleepily.

//Sorry, Aibou. You've already overslept, you're going to be late for school....not that that will be different from any other day...//

Yami chuckled and his baritone laugh rang in Yugi's head.

Yugi rolled over, reaching blindly for Yami, so he could smack him playfully, but only succeeded in falling off the bed. Luckily, Yami had quick reflexes and he caught Yugi before he hit the floor although the impact knocked them both over. Yugi ended up in Yami's lap instead of his arms. Yugi noticed that his Yami was acting quite strangely, but decided it would probably wear off soon. He laid his head on his Yami's shoulder.



While he was thinking, his eyes had unconciously traveled to Yami's face to look him in the eyes, questioning his behavior. Yami leaned closer to Yugi and was about tell him his secret, but then there was a knock at Yugi's bedroom door and before either of them could move, Solomon Motou walked in. He saw Yugi sitting in Yami's lap, Yugi's head on his Yami's shoulder. It might be safer not to ask, he considered. He made a quick exit before he was noticed.

Yami stopped short of telling Yugi his secret and hugged him protectively. No one would ever take his aibou, no one! Suddenly their moment of bonding was ruined by a loud voice outside the Game Shop.

"Hey Yuge!" Joey yelled. "Come on! We're gonna be late for school, don't worry about how your hair looks!"

He tapped his foot impatiently on the sidewalk. He was soon joined by Tea, Tristan, Bakura,and Serenity. Joey jumped in his car and honked the horn a couple times.

//I guess you'd better go then, since your fan club is anxiously waiting your presence//Yami chuckled.

/Alright./ Yugi replied.

He threw open his closet door and picked out a black tank top and jeans, his favorite outfit. He grabbed his school uniform and buttoned his jacket as he ran down the stairs. As Yugi entered the kitchen, his grandfather held out a brown paper bag containing his lunch and a blueberry muffin. Yugi was so hungry that he bit into the muffin before he exited the Game Shop.

"Fanks, Gampa!"(translation: thanks grandpa) he mumbled around the muffin, "see you later." He jumped into the car with his friends.

Yugi's grandpa watched from the Game Shop door until the car was out of sight. Then he went into the Game Shop and prepared it for opening a few hours later. Meanwhile, Yami was sitting on the windowsill watching his aidou's departure.

//I miss him the most right after he leaves, but should I tell him how I feel? It's not normal for a yami to develop feelings like this toward their aibou.//

He continued to sit on the window ledge, pondering if he should reveal his secret to Yugi.

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At school, Yugi sat in Algebra , the last class of the day, thinking about his Yami. I wish I could tell him that I love him....but what if he hates me then? What if he never speaks to me again? His mind jolted him back to reality. The te had drawn a graph on the board and drawn many dots and lines on it.



"This is a point." Mr. Henzal said, while pointing to one of the dots.



"No! Really?" Ryou's Yami, Bakura said sarcastically. Everyone chuckled, Bakura thought math class was a complete waste of time, but stayed to keep his aibou company. He made every class fun with his little quips and comments.



Maybe he should bring in his Yami…It was pretty lonely at school. True, he had all of his friends here beside him, but there were certain times, when the kind of comfort or friendship he wanted could only be found in the arms and wise words of his Yami. From the moment he departed in the morning to the minute he walked through the Game Shop door after school, he missed his Yami with a fierce passion that he had never realized that he could feel for anyone.

This isn't normal, he realized. Should I tell Yami? What if he can't stand to be near me anymore?

"Yes, it is...now this is a...." Mr. Henzal droned on, oblivious to Bakura's sarcasm. That class seemed to last forever. Yugi pondered if he should tell Yami his feelings for the rest of class and finally decided he could hide his feelings no longer.

Now that he had the courage, Yugi just wanted to get home to his Yami and reveal his secret, but all he could do was wait until the bell rang.

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That's all for now! Please R/R!