Yugi was walking up the steps towards his apartment, he got off work early today and was going to surprise his boyfriend with an amazing dinner. Yugi put the key into the lock and twisted it. When he opened the door, he heard talking coming from the bedroom and walked down the hallway. When he opened the door, his heart sank. "Yami…" Yugi began, his voice breaking. Yami and Tea gasped and turned to the doorway to see Yugi there, tears running down his face.
"Yugi…it's not-" Yami began.
"How could you?!" Yugi screamed and ran towards the door.
He ran out of the apartment building into the street, tears running down his face. He went to his car and called Duke.
'Hello?' Duke answered.
"Duke, can I come over?" Yugi cried.
'Yugi, what's wrong? Are you okay?" Duke asked, worried. He could hear Yugi crying.
"Please, I just need to come over. I'll explain when I get there." Yugi pleaded.
'My door is open.' Duke stated.
Yugi pulled into Duke's driveway and ran into his house. "Yugi, what happened?!" Duke asked. "Yami cheated on me…with Tea." Yugi cried, he broke down right there on the floor. Duke couldn't believe it; they had been together for the last two years. Tristan had walked in the door at that moment. Tristan just looked from Yugi to Duke and back to Yugi. "What happened?!" Tristan asked, frantic. "Yami cheated on Yugi, Tristan." Duke said, trying to comfort Yugi. "I'll kill him!" Tristan yelled. "Stop! What's important right now is that we are here for Yugi." Duke said, trying to calm down his boyfriend.
The two boys put Yugi on the couch and tried to get him to calm down. "Yugi, please, we need to come up with a plan to get your things from the apartment." Tristan pleaded. "I'm moving back to Domino City." Yugi stated. "What? But Yugi, your job is here. You moved to California to get away from card games after your grandfather died." Duke said. "I can't afford an apartment here, plus I know someone who will give me a job back home and I have the game shop that grandpa left me. I'm booking my flight home tonight." Yugi said. "Are you sure this is what you want?" Tristan asked. "Yes, I can't be anywhere near him…I need to get away from here, from him." Yugi said, tears building back up in his eyes. "When does he go to work tomorrow?" Duke asked. "Eight." Yugi stated, staring at the ground. "We will go get all of your things. You can stay here until your flight leaves." Tristan said. "Thank you." Yugi said.
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Duke drove Yugi to his apartment, Yami's car was gone. "He didn't try to contact me through the mind link last night…" Yugi whispered. "Good, he better not talk to you again." Tristan said. Yugi unlocked the door and he began to cry. He was leaving and his heart was completely broken. He loved Yami with his whole heart and Yami just tossed him to the side, like he was nothing.
Yugi gathered all of his clothes and personal items from their room, he couldn't even look at the bed. While he collected his things, he saw the picture of him and Yami on the dresser. He took it and shoved it in his bag, he knew he would regret it later.
Yugi took the key off of his key ring and set it on the table, he walked out the door. "Are you ready? Do you have everything?" Duke asked. "Yeah…just one more thing." Yugi said. He removed the center piece of the millennium puzzle and placed it on the welcome mat.
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Yami closed his car door and walked into his apartment building, he was going to contact Yugi tonight. He wanted to give Yugi time to calm down and to let the whole situation simmer down. The moment he saw Yugi in that doorway, he regretted it all. He knew that he didn't deserve Yugi back.
Yami walked up to his apartment and looked down, he saw the piece of the puzzle on his doorstep. He picked it up and looked at him. "I've lost him." Yami whispered and punched the door.
He walked inside and saw that all of Yugi's things were gone, tears collected in his eyes as he felt the total absence of Yugi around him. He saw the apartment key on the table and fell to the floor, clutching it. "I'm sorry Yugi…please…I need you." Yami cried. He knew that Yugi wasn't going to come back, and he knew he deserved it.
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'Flight 720 to Domino City is now boarding.'
"That's me." Yugi said, looking up at Duke and Tristan.
"Are you sure you wanna do this?" Tristan asked.
"I have to. Besides, Kaiba already gave me a job at his dueling academy." Yugi said.
"Pretty nice of him to just give you the job." Duke said.
"I knew I'd get it. Kaiba would do anything for Joey, including giving me a job." Yugi smiled.
"Who would have thought that Kaiba would ever let Joey call the shots?" Tristan laughed.
They all laughed and hugged each other.
"Come visit me, okay?" Yugi said, turning to go to his gate.
"We will be home for the holidays!" Duke exclaimed.
"Take care of my car." Yugi said.
"Don't worry, we got it." Tristan said, wrapping his arm around Duke.
Yugi turned and walked towards his gate. He handed the flight attendant his ticket and walked through the gate. He forced himself not to look back. 'Goodbye, Yami.' Yugi thought to himself and let a single tear run down his cheek.