Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh is owned by Kazuki Takahashi.

Summary: Yuugi decides to live up to his new nickname and help out Kaiba. His goal, get his best friend and his rival together by White Day! Sequel to Thanks for Trying, Eros.

Random talk: Yay! A sequel I'm really enjoying writing! Sad, isn't it? Wait, didn't I just say that out loud? Oops…

What I do want to say is that I have no clue what year this could be. I had a specific date I wanted White Day to fall on, so I had to tweak the calendar. Because of that, it is now a leap year. Only way to make White Day be on a Sunday and Valentines day on a day they had school.

Warnings: Shonen-ai, future violence, language, OOC, OCs.

Monday February 16

It was very early for one Mouto Yuugi to wake up. His mother thought that some evil entity has taken over her son while his grandfather almost had another heart attack from shock. He just told them there was something he had to do to help someone out. Yuugi then left without an explanation.

After reading more about Greek Mythology, Yuugi started to think about what Kaiba said. When he got to the story about the Narcissus Flower, he decided to help his rival. He was going to play role of Eros and help Kaiba get Jonouchi. Why he wanted to do this was still unknown to the short teen.

Yuugi arrived at the classroom just as Kaiba was putting something in Jonouchi's desk. He had to giggle at the thought of Kaiba acting like a lovesick schoolgirl. Kaiba turned around and glared at Yuugi.

"Sorry," Yuugi said. "It's just your acting like a lovesick school girl."

"Whatever," Kaiba said coolly. There was a faint hint of a blush, but it was barely noticeable. "Just don't tell anyone, especially Jonouchi."

"Okay. But… I do want to help you with your little love problem, Echo."

"What? Did you just call me Echo?"

"Yup!"

"Explain how I'm like that idiotic nymph."

"Um, well, after finding out who Eros was, I went on to look at some other stories. When I read about how the Narcissus flower got its name, you popped into my head. Sure there are differences, but the basics are there. You're admiring Jonouchi from a distance. Jonouchi, on the other hand, is in love with someone else. Maybe he even thinks that these gifts are from that someone."

"One, why would that Kujaku harpy come here just to give the makeinu (1) a present? I highly doubt Jonouchi would be that stupid. Two, that explanation only works if you strip it down enough. For starters, Echo had an affair with Zeus. This made Hera mad for the nth time. So, Hera punished Echo by making her only able to talk after someone said something. Even then she could only repeat what that person said. Hence calling an echo an echo."

"Oh, right."

"Also, Narcissus fell in love with his reflection in a pond of water thanks to Nemesis. He kept talking to it. Echo just happened to be there, and was still in love with Narcissus even after he turned her down. So, all she could do was repeat what Narcissus said. Eventually, Narcissus died by the pond of water."

"And where there was a body, white flowers with the inside streaked purple started to bloom. I know, I read the story. I just thought after what you said yesterday…" That made Kaiba silent.

"I guess I set myself up for that. Look, I have to go. You can help out if you want."

"Great! I won't let anyone know!" This made the teen CEO smirk. Kaiba left the room just as Anzu was about to walk in.

"Yuugi!" Anzu yelled. "There you are! I heard you came to school early to help someone."

"Yup!" Yuugi said. "Everything's okay now."

"Looks like we weren't the only ones who thought about coming early," Jonouchi said, walking up to his two other friends. Honda was following behind. "So, why are you here?"

"I had to help someone," Yuugi said.

"I leave home early enough to get here," Anzu said. "It's Yuugi who is always making us come here at a later time. What about you two?"

"We wanted to see this mystery girl!" Honda said.

"That kind of note left by a girl means she would return!" Jonouchi said. "So, did anyone come by and put something in my desk?"

"No!" Yuugi said rather quickly. Anzu gave him a strange look, but said nothing of it.

"Damn. Well, there might be something there still!"

They rushed to the blonde's desk. Jonouchi opened the lid to see the gift inside. A small Red Eyes Black Dragon plushy with a blue ribbon around its neck sat in the middle.

"How cute!" Anzu yelled. "It looks hand sowed. Must have taken her all night."

"There's another card," Yuugi said, picking it up. "How sweet! 'You once saved me. Now this shall watch over you when I cannot.'"

"That narrows down a lot," Jonouchi said. "I don't remember saving any girl from our school."

"Moshi moshi, (2) Kaiba Manor," a sweet, female voice said.

"Um, is Kaiba-kun there?" Yuugi asked. "This is Mouto Yuugi."

"Ah, Mouto-san! Please wait. I'll go get Mokuba-kun."

"Actually… I wanted to talk to Seto-kun."

"Oh, um, I'll go let him know. Could you please hold on?"

"Sure! Thank you!" Yuugi waited a few minutes, listening to the silence over on the other side of the line. He felt that Kaiba had some explaining to do.

"What is it Yuugi?" Kaiba's voice came through the phone suddenly.

"Oh! Kaiba-kun! I just, um, had some questions. If we are going to work together on this, I need to know more about what's going on."

"Look, I'm letting you help me. I don't have to tell you anything."

"I just thought I might be able to help you out more if I understand more about the situation. The card you left this time was really confusing."

"If I answer one of your questions a day, will you leave me alone for the rest of the day?"

"Sure!"

"Then ask one question."

"Wow, which one to ask… I know! How about where you went to day instead of school. Yesterday you stuck around to see Jonouchi-kun's expression, but not today. Why?"

There was a pause, followed by a sigh. "That is a really random question."

"It would help me understand you better."

"Fine. My otou-san (3) died on February 16 when I was eight. Mokuba and I take the day off from everything and just be together. Does that answer suffice?"

"Um, yeah. Thanks. I'm really sorry about asking that."

"Drop it. I said I would answer a question and I did."

"Right… Oh, about the presents! I think you should alter the time you give Jonouchi-kun his gift."

"I was thinking that as well. I ran into him on my way out. He might figure it out that I'm the one leaving them sooner than I want him to. I was thinking about giving it to the office and have someone deliver it to him during class."

"Perfect! Also, I think you should have some alias to put on the card. That way, he would know it's from you!"

"I must say, that is a good idea. And I have the perfect one. I must go now."

"Okay! I'll see you tomorrow then!"

TBC

(1) makeinu – can be translated as loser or loser dog

(2) moshi moshi – polite way of saying hello over the phone

(3) otou-san – father

Random talk: It's odd how my sequels to one-shots can be read without reading the one-shot first. I really wanted to make this chapter longer, but there is so much I can do in one-day timeframe.

Also, the chapters don't include every day. I had planed out what gift Kaiba was going to give for each day. I kinda ran out of ideas for what to do for one full month, so I don't have gifts for Sunday. That means, I most likely won't have a chapter for Sundays unless something important is suppose to happen. ((Hint, hint))

The tale of Narcissus is really from Greek Mythology. This is just one version of many. So, don't yell at me if you know a different version! This is the version I learned!

Also, if you have read "Thanks for trying, Eros", then you noticed that I didn't mention Aphrodite like I did in that fic. That's because I remembered the myth wrong. It has been ages since I read that myth that I forgot that it was Nemesis that punished Narcissus and not Aphrodite.

Rubi-chan