Yugi sat up in his bed and stretched. He looked around his room with tired eyes. Things had been so quiet for the past six months, and it just didn't feel right to him. He brought his knees up to his chin and sat in silence.
He felt empty and alone. He didn't want to move or make contact with other people, he couldn't stand it anymore. Luckily, it was the weekend, so hopefully his grandpa would let him sleep in for a while.
"Yugi!" Solomon called from downstairs. "Wake up, your friend's here!"
Yugi moaned.
"You're kidding me..." He grumpily walked downstairs in his PJs. "Hello?"
"'Ey, Yuug!" a familiar Brooklyn accent called. "It's finally the weekend, whaddya say we go some where fun?"
Yugi didn't feel like doing anything, especially not with a human being, even his best friend. Using the most polite tone he could fake he said,
"Uh, sorry, Joey, I'm not feeling too great. Maybe next ti-"
"Come on, Yugi," Solomon interrupted. "You've been cramped up in that room of yours for ages. Go get some fresh air with your buddy."
Yugi sighed.
"Alright, let me get dressed."
He got dressed in his usual uniform and walked out of his house with Joey. The entire time they were walking, Yugi was hunched over while having a dull and angry look on his face, and never made eye contact with his friend. Joey caught on that something was wrong and quickly came up with ways to cheer him up.
"Ya wanna go to Boi-ger world? Tea just got her job back, and her outfit... Heh heh."
"Sure, whatever."
Joey grew determined to make him smile. He quickly got in front of him and pointed at the ground.
"'Ay look! A penny!" He bent down to grab it, then he purposefully tripped causing his head to hit the sidewalk. "OW!"
No matter how funny Joey was being, Yugi couldn't smile. Nothing just seemed to make him happy. However, he wanted to be polite, so he applauded for a few seconds to praise his friend's comedy act. When he was done, he began to walk away. Joey grabbed Yugi's waste.
"Please! Yugi, would it kill ya to lighten up a bit!?"
"I'm sorry, Joey, I just have a headache."
Joey lightly punched Yugi's head repeatedly. "You've had a headache for six months now! Get better already, I'm bored!"
Yugi shook him off.
"I'm sorry, I'm just not in the mood!"
"... Are you still upset about the Pharoah?" Yugi felt like someone was squeezing his heart. "Thought so. You wanna talk about it?"
Yugi faked a smile and forced a laugh.
"Of course it's not about Pharoah. I'm happy for him, he's living a life with his own body now. Don't worry about me, Joey, I'm just a little tired, that's all."
Joey stood up.
"Yuug, if you ever wanna talk to me, I'm here."
"Thanks, but I'm fine. Really." He turned around, not even trying to put on a happy face anymore. "I... need to be alone. I'll catch ya later, pal."
Joey looked around in thought, hoping his best friend would be okay. What caught his eye was an advetisement on a wall for women's swimsuits. He snickered and held up his phone to take a picture. A sports car drove by, and he took at least seventy pictures of it. He leaned forward towards it, and ending up falling on his face.
"Come back!" he whined.
Yugi continued to walk forward, looking at the ground the whole time. He knew Joey was trying to help, but he just couldn't stay with him. Ever since Yami left, he couldn't stand being around other people, it pained him.
He sat down on a bench and sighed, looking at a card.
"You're the only thing keeping me sane now, Dark Magician." The card was swiped from his hands. "Huh? H-hey!"
"Are you talking to your Duel Monsters card?" the strange woman asked. "Children have such wild imaginations, don't they?"
"Hey, give that back! And I'm not a kid, I'm eighteen!"
The woman examined the card. "This card looks like you've used it a lot."
"Yeah, it's my favorite card, so give it back!"
The woman handed Yugi back his card and smiled gently. "It's nice to meet you, kid. My name's Minny."
Yugi swiped the card out of her hands.
"My name's Yugi Muto-" Minny's eyes narrowed. "-and I'm not a kid! I'm a high school student!"
"Ha ha ha! Children like to play pretend a lot these days."
"I'M NOT SOME DUMB KID!"
Minny giggled and patted his head.
"You're pretty cute. Say, I need some help around my house, would you mind stopping by?"
Yugi was skeptical.
"If you think I'm a kid, which I'm not, then how do you know my parents would let me go?"
"I was just teasing, I don't think you're a kid. If you're eighteen years old, then I assume you're looking for a job, right? How would you like to work around my house for a while?"
"Hmm..." I guess I could use a job. But I really don't wanna be around any people right now. "I'm sorry, miss, but I don't do too well around people-"
"Oh don't worry, hon, you won't have to ever say a word to me. I just need you to clean my floors and do my laundry is all, you can go back home right afterwards."
"... Alright, I guess. Let me call my Grandpa and let him know first."
Yugi and Minny came walking up to a large mansion. Yugi got an unnerving feeling from the place, and everything in his gut was telling him to get out of there.
"Um, n-now that I think about it, I don't need a job at the moment. Thanks for the offer, though, but I've gotta go. So, I'll catch ya later, miss Min-"
"Guards!"
Two large men grabbed Yugi by the arms and held him up. The teen kicked and flailed, trying to get out of their grasps, but to no avail.
"Hey! What's the big idea!?"
"You're not getting away from me," Minny said, "my son."
"Your son!?"
"Uh-huh. I assume Solomon told you how you came to be in his care; your father died and your mother abandoned you. Well, of course she'd abandoned you. Who would wanna take care of a toddler without their father? But now I've re-married, and you're the King of Games, who wouldn't want to be the parent of someone like that?"
"So you're just kidnapping me then!? My Grandpa will come looking f-"
"I'm not kidnapping you, Solomon already signed the rights for me to take care of you until you graduate this morning."
"What!?"
-Flashback-
Solomon opened the door to see Minny in tight clothing and wearing a wig holding up a clipboard with paper and a pen.
"Hey there, sir. This is a paper contract to help save the rain forest, would you mind signing?"
"Anything for a beautiful woman."
Minny giggled. "Thanks. By the way, do you have any children here at the moment?"
"Oh, I do, but you just missed him. He's out with his friend at the moment. Why-"
"Thanks anyway, bye-bye!"
-End of flashback-
"Curses, Grandpa..."
"So, by legal standards, I own you now, Yugi. Let him go, men." After they did, Minny grabbed Yugi and started cuddling him. "Now I'm the mommy of the King of Games! Or, your daddy will be so happy that we've finally find you!"
"Help me..."
This story will get intense later, and I'll try to make future chapters longer. I'll update soon. Please review!