-1Malik Malik Malik...MALIK マリク you wrote it over and over, different fonts, dotting the i's with hearts, capital letters and even other languages. This was normal behavior for you though. Being a student at domino high, and having a high school crush was just to be expected of a 15 year old student.

Malik Ishtar the object of my desires, my love my prince. Well only in my dreams anyway.
I quickly put my scribble paper away as the teacher passed my desk, and pretended to work on my test that I already finished. Teacher hates it when kids rushed through tests. I was confident though, that I would pass with an A+ I needed it to get into the sophomore math class. My reason: to get closer to marik. I only saw him at lunch and passing through the halls between classes. I always dreamed of running into him walking by himself but he's always with his guy, uh what was his name again? Bakura-San I think. The only time he seems to not be around him is when malik is running errands for the main office during study hall period.

Kin kang Kong*. The sound of the lunch bell rang sending the students into a frenzy. "Turn in your test here and- wait are you kids even listening to me!" sensei's blabbering was muted out by the sound of kids running to and from classes to get to their friends, the cafeteria and their lockers. "RAAAAAAAAANIIIIII!" the sound echoed along the halls from every classroom to even the restrooms. The door was hastily shoved aside causing it to fall at a crooked angle. The teacher gave the tall red head a look. "Rani! I've been looking EVERYWHERE for you!" "You know where I am 4th period hiku." I responded. Hiromi kuromi. You could call her my best friend but well, were not that close. She kneeled down putting her long lanky elbows on my desk. "Let's have lunch together!" she said. Even kneeling down she was still taller than me. "We have lunch everyday. You don't really need to ask." I said "don't be silly rani-chama*! I know that! I just want to
make shure you already knew!" I bit into my sandwich with the ferocity of an angry mouse. well that's what she compared me to anyway. "Check it out! I got this new card from the kaibaCorp game shop for 1500*!" "Hiku you know I have know idea what you're talking about, I don't play children's card games" I added with a hint of annoyance in my voice. "You also shouldn't spend so much money on the stuff to. I mean come on! how is this stuff really going to help you get anywhere in life anyway."
"weeeeeeeeel...THERE'S A TOURNAMENT BEING HELD THIS WEEKEND IN THE KAIBA CORP STADIUM AND THE PRIZE IS 160,000 YEN!" she squealed getting up and doing a little dance making a complete spaz of herself, once again. the teacher sighed and said, "hiromi-kun, if your going to yell do it outside, if your going to dance than go learn how To. But if your going to do any of these things than don't do them in my classroom. Most of the student body contained in the room was staring at her, some with a dreamy like quality for her love of duel monsters and others in sheer irritation. "HAAAAAAAAI SENSEI! Come on ran, let's go outside" she said and grabbed my arm dragging me away from my lunch and bag.

"Ohmygod there he is!" a tall tan figure passed me, hands in pockets, chin up, and golden jewelry on his slender neck. I blushed and looked away hoping he wouldn't notice, but once again, too late. "RAAAAAAAAAANIIIIII! WHY ARE YOU LAGGING BEHIND! DID YOU DROP YOUR CONTACT AGAIN!" "SHIT" I thought and turned around. Shure enough, his eyes were moving from kuromi to me. "Did you drop something?" he asked, "let me help you look" "" I bent down next to him. "Uh...Malik right?..um 't-she was just kiding..I..I really didn't drop anything uh...she just wanted to know wh..why I was lagging behind...I trailed off as I felt his lavender eyes staring at me intently. I must have been oggling because he said "um are you ok?" "WUH! Yeah! I'm just fine!" I stood up abruptly. "So you didn't drop anything?" "Oh no! s..she was just being hypothetical!"
I said. "Well ok, your names rani right? I'm malik" he held his hand out expectantly. "y..yeah and Im rani" I mumbled grasping his hand. His skin was soft and his dark skin contrasted with my pale hand. I pulled away just as hiku came from behind and grabbed my shoulder. "RAAAAANI! I TOLD YOU TO HURRY UP!" she yelled in my ear, dragging me off. "Um ok by Malik!" he waved at me before turning around and heading off

* the sound that the japanese school bell makes

*1 cuter way of saying chan and sama

*2 a ridiculous amount to spend on a choldrens trading card