A/N: So this is a new story I just wrote a couple days ago. And I know I have two other stories to do and write up for but this story is short and won't take as long. Hopefully.

Thanks to nightcrawlerlover for convincing me (without knowing) that I should put it up.

The title, I got from the song 'The Pretender' by Foo Fighters. They kick ass man.

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Chapter 1: The Pretender

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He never understood what she was thinking when she was around him or what she felt for him.

At a first look it would seem she felt what friends usually felt. Of course, at first he didn't see it all. He knew it was only because he kept comparing how she was with Yugi then how she was with him. It was different is what he noticed. When he came out she was quieter, if that's what he could call her personality. Maybe shy. It made more sense and it had him thinking how close were they? She didn't know him at first, only as the 'other Yugi'. She was better friends to Yugi and Joey than to him. That was no one's fault. Later on Yami remembered her smiling at him. Just only to him. He wasn't sure if he smiled back at her but he did remember how her eyes glowed.

It was during his beginning battles that he noticed her cheering for him more than the others. It had him thinking that maybe he was more important at a different level. It was a nice thought, he couldn't disagree with it. To him, if felt good that he was important to someone that you would consider close to. And as the battles came and go he was proven right and everyone was closer than ever.

Still, she stood out to him many times before. Maybe the reason behind it was because she was the only girl in the group or as he noticed her more, she could be vulnerable when no one was looking.

He had to wonder why sometimes. She had a strong front as long as she had friends with her but when she was the only one it would feel like she was in her own world. He came up with a couple more reasons but it just didn't seem to fit. Yet here, as he noticed her once again looking out at the heavy rain, he supposes it was his chance to find out.

Yami waited until it was almost the end of class. Yugi's teacher usually let them have the last few minutes for them to talk among themselves. He opened his mind link.

"Yugi?" Yami called out to his partner. Yugi sat up, startled from his companion's deep voice.

"Yeah Yami?" It was a fact that Yugi was perhaps the only one to call him that. To everyone else Yami was Yugi.

"May I borrow your body for a minute?" Yami asked politely as ever.

"Hmm? What for?"

"There is something I must do," was Yami's vague answer. Yugi tilt his head and shrugged.

"Go ahead," at that they switched places. Yami cracked his neck to make sure it was his body and then looked over at her. She was still in her seat with that blank expression. Why is she so quiet? Yami wondered. He looked at his friends Joey and Tristan while they laugh at Bakura, who was attempting to make a conversation with a girl. It didn't look like they notice Yami and Yugi switch places or that she was not herself.

'She hasn't been herself for a while,' Yami thought keeping his thoughts private so Yugi wouldn't hear. If she was so obvious why did it looked as if no one else noticed? Was he the only one who could see her? Yami tilt his head to the left, he was already at her desk and still she hadn't come out of her daze.

"Anzu?" he called out to her softly. He had to admit he was getting worried as she jumped and put her hand to her heart. She must've been so deep in thought to be that shook up.

"Yugi," she gasps.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to give you a fright," he apologizes with a slight bow. He looked out the window but in the corner of his eyes he could see her cheeks reddening.

"No, no don't apologize," she said in a rush, waving her hands in front of her. She shook her head, "it's totally my fault I didn't even hear you come,"

It was nice to know that she still had her politeness intact. She always insisted that between them she was less valuable. Maybe she was right? Maybe not. Yami didn't like to think like that, everyone was valuable in their own way. He had to remind her that a couple of times.

Finally after a while he sat down and looked at her. She glance back, her eyes curious and she still had that blush on her cheeks.

"You've been awfully quiet these couple of days, Anzu," he stated. Her eyes widened for a fraction as she realized that he took notice of her. She had to avoid his eyes as they obviously shown some concern over her. She grows flustered when he sent her looks like that.

"Its nothing Yugi," Anzu told him. As if that would stop his caring. He always cares about his friends. Just the thought of him protecting them almost made her smile.

Yami took a good look at her. Another thing he didn't understand about her was; why did she call him by Yugi if she treated them differently? If he listened to himself he would had to question himself as to why it even bothered him? Like he said, Yugi was the only one to call him by a name Yami calls his own. Did it make a difference if Anzu calls him by Yugi? It did.

Maybe she was more special than he thought.

"Why have you been avoiding us then?" again he was merely stating what he obviously saw from these couple of days.

She looked trouble, was the question that difficult? 'Something must be bothering her,' Yami concluded.

"Please don't think anything bad Yugi," she whispered. There it was again. That name. Yami shrugged it off, listening to her next words. "I've been busy that's all."

"How come?" Just because the answer didn't seem enough, doesn't mean Yami should push her. Maybe it wasn't none of his business but then that wouldn't be in the lines of 'being friends'.

She opened her mouth and at first it seemed like she wouldn't say anything, until she opened it for the second time. She wasn't making eye contact either. "Please Yugi, it's nothing important,"

Why was she like this all of a sudden? If it was nothing, there shouldn't be any problems of them talking about it. "Anzu," her name rolls of so smoothly from his tongue. "I'm just worried," There isn't anything wrong with that right, Anzu?

There were color returning to her cheeks again and without warning she got up and walked out of the class. Yami stood there, stuck for a second. What just went wrong?

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"What was that?" Yugi had to ask as he packed his things. He didn't know exactly what he witness but he could feel a sort of depressed aura from Anzu. Something was wrong with her and it surprised him that Yami was the first to catch on.

Yugi left the class. "I don't know," Yami answered. He could see her walking down the hallway no doubt heading to her next class. Its okay, he tells himself. Yugi had two more classes with her before school ended. It meant that he'll get another chance.

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A/N: So what do you guys think?

Review please. It'll be interesting to hear (or read) what you guys think is up with Tea.