A NEW LOVE
CHARACTERS
CHARACTERS
YUGI MOTO
ATEM/YAMI TOSHIRO
JOEY WHEELER
SETO KAIBA
TRISTAN TAYLOR
DUKE DEVLIN
SERENITY WHEELER
MAI VALENTINE
"ANZU" TEA GARDNER
ALINA TOSHIRO
MALIK ISHTAR
MARIK ISHTAR
RYOU MITCHELL
BAKURA MITCHELL
KAIN BLADE
PAIRS
YUGIXATEM/YAMI
JOEYXSETO
TEAXALINA
MALIKXRYOU
MARIKXBAKURA
DUKEXSERENITY
A NEW LOVE
PROLOGE
-YUGI'S POV-
I stood there silent. The man I had known since I was sixteen was gone. My heart ached because I knew I would never see him again and I never told him how I felt deep in side. I never told him that I love him. Not Tea, but him. It was too late now though. My Aibou was gone forever.
Chapter One
~two years later~
Yugi Moto was sitting in his last class for the day. It was a big day for Yugi because it was his twenty-first birthday and his father was giving him the keys to his brand new motorcycle. all of Yugi's friends were happy for him. Mainly because two years ago that day, he lost someone very dear to him.
Yami had been with Yugi for almost three years. Not as a couple just as friends but they soon found out that he had completed his assignment in Japan where Yugi lived. But that news hurt Yugi more than any of his other friends because Yugi was closer to Yami than anyone could see. Anyone but their three friends Tea, Joey and Tristan. Tea knew that Yugi cared for Yami in more than a friendly way. She knew because she saw it every time she had looked in her love's eyes. She could tell that Yugi had loved Yami.
So when they graduated from high school she suggested that Yugi go to collage in America. Yugi agreed so when he Joey Tea and Tristan left high school they all applied to a collage in Domino City. But no matter where he went Yugi constantly thought of Yami. Besides Joey, Yami was Yugi's best friend. But about a year after Yugi started at the Phoenix Academy something changed Yugi. He met a boy that closely resembled Yami although the boy's name was Atem Toshiro.
Atem Toshiro was the most popular boy in school. Everyone knew that he was gay but every relationship he had just led him to more heartache like he was waiting for someone special to come along. He would always have guys coming at him constantly but he never expressed interest in any of them.
Atem had an older sister by the name of Alina, and she was the most popular among the girls but unlike her brother she was deeply involved with hers and Yugi's best friend Tea. Although Alina held a secret that she knew she wouldn't be able to hid from Tea for long, which proved true when Tea held her girlfriend back one day after everyone else in their dorm had gone to bed.
It was lucky that the two of them were together otherwise Tea knew that Mr. Blade, Alina and Atem's uncle, would have put them all in separate dorms.
"Hey Alina can I ask you something?" asked Tea
"Of course Anzu, what is it?"
Tea hesitated. Alina was the only one that was allowed besides Yugi to used her first name but she still went ahead with her question "What is Atem's first name?" asked the brunette to the beach blonde. It was clear that Alina didn't expect that question.
Alina sighed then said to Tea "Atem's first name is Yami. But when he got back here last year it was like he forgot. He knew his family and stuff but he couldn't remember his first name of what happened in the three years he knew Yugi."
"So Yugi's crush is his real love?"
"Yes."
Tea was thinking about the conversation with her girlfriend when the bell rang. She gathered her books and went outside to meet Yugi and the others. But when she got there she saw that Yugi wasn't there. Nor was Atem. Actually the only person that was there was Duke Devlin, a friend that they made when they first got to the academy.
"Hey Duke. Where's Yugi and Atem?"
"Don't know." said Duke
Yugi was thinking about Yami again when Atem walked up to him. "Hey Yugi you going to leave the others hangin?" he asked and Yugi looked around and saw that everyone was gone. "Class is over?" the smaller teen asked
"Yeah." said Atem worried about the younger teen. Even though Yugi and Atem had been best friends since they became room mates last year he felt as if he had known the younger teen for years.
~flashback~
~ATEM'S POV~
I was sitting in my room waiting for my new roommate to arrive. I was currently writing a new story about Ancient Egypt when there was a knock at my door. "Come in." I said as I finished the page out.
"Um is this room 116?"
"Yes. I'm Atem Toshiro and your Yugi Moto right?" I asked not looking up, for some reason I felt like I knew him.
"Yeah. You know me?" he asked and there was something in his voice but I couldn't quite place it.
I shook my head and said "Not personally. My sister is dating Tea."
"Well that explains why she was shocked when I told her I was rooming with you."
"I'd say so." I said turning around having finished my chapter I was working on. "So is that all you brought?"
"Yeah that's pretty much all I own. I left all my other stuff at my house in Kyoto."
"How come?" I asked curious
"Personal reasons." Yugi said in a tone that I knew that subject was closed
So Yugi and I just talked and found out we had a lot in common. Not just about liking Ancient Egypt as he saw my story, but a lot more. Like bands movies and of course Duel Monsters. But what surprised me the most was that he love Harley Davison's just like I did. We talked well after the light had gone out in the hall.
"Hey Yugi I have a question for you."
"Okay what is it?" asked the teen curiously
"Um. How long have you been here?" I asked wondering why I never seen him before.
"I got here last year. But I didn't like it at first"
"How Come?"
"Well everyone here knows I'm gay and well…" the smaller teen just trailed off.
"I guess that makes things easy, huh?" I asked
"You mean you are as well?" Yugi asked and I could tell that he was shocked.
"You didn't know?" I asked
"Not really but-" suddenly Yugi couldn't finish his sentence because his lips were very busy kissing my own.
~end flashback~
Atem never did shake the feeling that he knew Yugi better than anyone but he never brought it up. He was worried that Yugi would think he was crazy if he told him. So he kept it to him self. Much like they hid their relationship from their friends at first. But what Atem didn't know was that Yugi felt the same way as if he had always known Atem.
"Hey Atem come on."
"Coming." said Atem. He knew that Yugi was excited about today and he wasn't going to spoil it for him. But he couldn't wait till they were alone that night… 'Stop I'm not thinking about that. Not till tonight.'
~YUGI'S POV~
(three days after he arrived)
(in Yugi's diary)
'Atem's hiding something but I don't know what. But that's not what is strange. No when ever I'm around him I feel the same way I did when I was with Yami. Could it be that he is Yami? I don't know but I do know that I love him and I know does too.
Classes are good. Most of them are with Atem and I'm happy about that. But what's crazy is how happy I am with Atem, he's one of my closest friends but I'm happier now than last year.
None of my friends knows what Atem and I did when I first got the room with him. And I asked Atem not to say anything as well.'
I closed my diary and looked at Atem, who was sleeping on his desk again because he was working on his Ancient Egypt story again. I never knew anyone that knew so much about that stuff except for Yami and my grandfather. But as I watched him sleep I saw how much he looked like Yami 'Could that be it? I just don't know any more.'