New story from me, -gasp!- So, yeah. Anyone who's seen 'Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog' may notice that this is based loosely off of that. Don't expect it to follow exactly though... Especially the characters. Yuugi worked as Penny but Yami just can't be Dr. Horrible and Seto is the opposite of Captain Hammer. Umm... let's see... I plan to update every two days or sooner if I feel like it, it kinda depends. It's finished (and for once I mean in a notebook, I'm too tired to type the rest right now). There are a total of three chapters and they're all pretty much this length (which is sadly shorter than I would like, but that's the way is worked).
Disclaimer: I own nothing. The words at the start of each chapter (between the Xx's) are words from Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog.
Pairings: YamixYuugi, YuugixSeto mentions (for plot purposes only)
And if you haven't seen it, I suggest watching Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog at some point, just because it's amazing. It can be found at wwwdothuludotcom and takes all of 40 minutes. Best 40 minutes ever, I swear.
And without further ado, happy new year! Have an angsty story!
Xx Laundry day, see you there, under things, tumbling. Wanna say, love your hair. Here I go, mumbling Xx
Fridays, Yami decided, were officially the worst day of the week.
Getting up in the morning he had no Yuugi to look forward to and the depressing knowledge that he wouldn't see him until Tuesday.
Because almost without fail Yuugi did his laundry on Tuesdays and Thursdays at almost exactly five o clock. He said almost because Yuugi hasn't shown up at all last week which was especially disappointing because he'd been so sure when he walked in on Tuesday that he'd finally speak to him. Which, of course, would have worked better if he'd been there.
He sighed, looking over at his clock. It was almost noon. Sighing again he pulled himself out of bed. He really needed to get to work if he wanted to beat Seto with the new duel disk idea they were both coming out with.
Seto Kaiba was his cousin who owned a large company while Yami worked independently from home. The two competed over everything but not in a friendly way. The two felt nothing but hate for each other. Yami considered Seto the definition of bastard. He'd do anything to get what he wanted, and often did. And yet, for some reason Yami couldn't fathom, the public loved him. He was considered some sort of hero for doing nothing more than having a lot of money.
Releasing his tight grip on the blankets Yami finally pulled himself out of bed, shaking thoughts of his cousin out of his head. He needed to focus on finishing the duel disk before Seto did. And he needed his to be better. Because this would be a big win, if he could do this then maybe, just maybe, he could get Yuugi to agree to go out with him.
Xx Will you lend a caring hand, to shelter those who need it? Only have to sign your name, don't even have to read it. Xx
Yuugi sighed for the hundredth time that day. 'This isn't going well at all…' He'd been out all morning trying to get signatures for his petition and so far he had a grand total of… well… zero. People seemed to just ignore him and walk right past as he tried desperately to get them to stay still long enough to just sign their name.
Taking a deep breath to calm himself down (because if he continued down that rather depressing train of thought he was sure to go back home and curl up in bed to sleep for the rest of the day) he set his sights on a nice looking lady who was coming towards him.
"Hello." The lady didn't even acknowledge his presence but he pushed on. "I'm trying to get signatures to help the homeless. Do you think you..." She kept walking and he trailed off. He sighed again. "Damn."
Casting his gaze around again he spotted a man leaning up against a building a little ways ahead, back towards him and texting from the looks of it. He didn't have to make him stop if he was already standing still…
With that thought as an encouragement he took another deep breath, clutched his clipboard tightly, and walked forward.
Xx A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. Don't plan the plan if you can't follow through. Xx
Yami groaned, staring down at the text he'd just received.
More delays.
Groaning he started a reply text to his partner. He couldn't afford any more delays. They were running out of time and he just had to beat Seto.
Sighing he pushed away from the wall, ready to start back home. This would mean hours of extra work. Work he didn't have time for. Screw going out for lunch, he'd have to find something at home to eat while he worked; it was going to be an all-nighter as it was.
"Umm… excuse me."
Recognizing the voice he turned around in shock to come face-to-face with Yuugi.
The man smiled lightly. "Hey, I know you. The Laundromat, right?"
Yami shifted awkwardly at having Yuugi here and talking to him so suddenly and answered without thinking. "Yeah, every Tuesday and Thursday at five except last week when you didn't go. If," he hurriedly corrected, horrified at the words coming out of his mouth, "that was you. It could have been someone else…" He winced at how badly that had come out but Yuugi just smiled.
"Yeah, that's me. Umm… do you think you could spare a minute?"
Yami glanced down at his phone which was blinking with a new text message, probably more information about the delay, and then back up to Yuugi's hopeful face. "Okay, go."
Yuugi grinned, sighing slightly in relief. "Okay. So I'm working with a committee and we're trying to cut down on the homelessness problem in our city. You see, there's a perfectly good building that the city is just going to knock down and turn into a parking lot. But I thought that maybe if I could get enough signatures we could get the city to donate it to our cause."
'He really thinks signatures are going to help?' Yami tried to keep the disbelief from his face but must have failed because Yuugi slumped down and looked away.
"And you don't really care, do you?"
"No, no!" Yami shook his head frantically. "I do! I just don't really think that signatures are going to help any."
"Oh." Yuugi's voice still sounded defeated and Yami mentally smacked himself.
"But I'd love to sign, just in case."
Yuugi blinked and looked up at him hopefully. "Really?"
"Yeah."
He gave a sigh of relief as a grinning Yuugi handed him the clipboard and pen. Giving the man a small smile he signed his name on the otherwise blank sheet before handing it back to Yuugi.
Yuugi grinned as he took it back, looking down at the name then back up at Yami. "Yami, huh? Thank you so much. I'm Yuugi, by the way." He stuck out the hand that wasn't once again clutching the clipboard to his chest.
Yami probably felt more excited then he should as he took it. "Yeah, no problem."
"So… I'll see you Tuesday?"
"Yeah." Yami nodded. "I-" He was interrupted by his phone ringing and frowning he looked down at the screen before scowling and pushing the talk button. "What now Ryou?" He practically growled in frustration.
There was a surprised 'eep!' from the other end of the line before Ryou's hesitant voice answered. "I was just calling to make sure you got my text. You never called so…"
"Yeah." Yami sighed irritably. "I got your text, I just haven't had the chance to look at it yet."
"Oh, well I just wanted to let you know that everything is fine now. We figured everything out and we're back on track."
"Alright. I'll talk to you later, okay? Bye." He hung up the phone and looked up to where he'd left Yuugi. "Sorry, I-" He stopped and frowned when he noticed Yuugi wasn't there. He sighed. "Damn." He looked up and down the street hoping to catch sight of him but didn't. "Damn, damn, damn." Of all the times Yuugi could have chosen to talk to him…
Sighing again he continued his walk back towards his house.
He was interrupted from his musing by shouts up ahead and curious he looked up. The sight had barely registered in his mind before he took off at a run. There was a limo heading for a frozen Yuugi and he'd be damned before he let the man be hit. Somewhere in the back of his mind he knew he would never be able to get there on time but he refused to acknowledge that fact.
Still running he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw someone push Yuugi out of the way. Though he was still worried as he couldn't tell how hard Yuugi had hit the pavement.
"Yuugi!" He shouted when he was close enough, slowing down a little. "Yuugi!"
But the man didn't appear to hear him as he didn't turn around.
Something caught his eye and he looked past Yuugi to a bit down the street where the limo had parked to lock eyes with his cousin. Growling in frustration now he nearly pulled his hair out when Seto reached Yuugi before he could.
And maybe he was imaging things but he could have sworn he saw Seto smirk before leaning down to talk to Yuugi.
He sped up again slightly but still by the time he got to where Yuugi had been the shorter man was already being helped into the limo by his cousin.
He kicked the ground in frustration when the limo pulled away. He had no way of making sure Yuugi was alright…
Xx So please give me a sec to catch my breath Xx
"Hey." Blue eyes entered his vision and Yuugi blinked from his place on the ground and focused on the face in front of him. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah." Yuugi found himself saying with a nod. "I'm fine."
Suddenly aware of the weight missing from his arms he looked down to find his clipboard missing. Frowning he looked around for it, the only thing he was aware of at the moment in his dazed mind was that it was important and he had to find it.
"Come on." The man from before was speaking again but Yuugi didn't even look up, still searching the ground frantically for his missing item. It was important, he knew it was. He couldn't remember why, just that it was more important than the way his head was spinning and his vision was starting to blur.
He had to find it.
"I'll drive you home." The voice continued.
"No." Yuugi found himself protesting though he still didn't look up. "I have to find-"
"No." The man interrupted him, taking his arm and pulling him up. "You need to go lay down."
Standing up made his head spin more and he found himself unable to do much more than lean on the man and follow him.
He could barely see anything anymore.
"I'm Seto, by the way." The voice sounded distorted and Yuugi heard his own answer back in an almost detached way like he was a spectator watching the scene.
"Yuugi."
His foot hit something and jolted him back to his body. Looking down he made out a rectangular shape and bent down, his fingers meeting the side of a wood clipboard. He smiled and clutched the familiar item to his chest. He looked down at it fondly after he was helped into a car. Distantly he could make out the singular signature scrawled across the top line in messy writing.
'Yami'
He traced the name lazily with his finger even as the world around his swirled and blurred until it all finally went blank.
[A/N] So yeah, probably not my best, but I hope it didn't suck too bad anyway. Please Review!
