Melvin wasn't quite sure just how he had gotten himself wrapped up in his current situation. Apparently, Atem had to attend a business meeting with his cousin, Seto Kaiba but had promised his boyfriend, Yuugi, that they'd spend the day together. What confused Melvin was the fact that somehow he had gotten stuck entertaining Yuugi for the day. He tried to think back to when he would have agreed to such a ludicrous thing, but he couldn't quite remember. Although, his hangover might've had something to do with that.
At that moment, Yuugi was talking animatedly about the new set of Duel Monster cards that just came out last week. In truth, Melvin couldn't give a rat's ass about the stupid card game, and he would've said so but didn't want to risk making Yuugi upset. Should Atem catch wind of Melvin's abrupt rudeness, there would no doubt be hell to pay. Melvin sighed in resignation. He should've dragged Bakura along but the damned thief had left him high in dry in favor of spending time with Ryou, his boyfriend. Whatever happened to bros before hoes? And why was he the only one of the three that was single?
It wasn't until a couple minutes later did Melvin realize that Yuugi was being awfully quiet. He glanced down to his left expecting to see the boy immersed in his phone or something only to find the space empty. Melvin froze where he stood, and his eyes widened. The only thing he was able to hear for a brief moment was his pounding headache. Just a second ago, Yuugi had been yammering on beside him and now he was gone. He looked around the mall frantically but couldn't find the boy with the obnoxious star-shaped hair.
"Uh, oh," he mumbled as he turned in a complete circle. Worry and panic rose within him. "Pharaoh's gonna kill me."
"Why would he do that?" a familiar voice suddenly asked from behind him. Melvin spun around to see Yuugi standing there with a box of pocky. The relief that washed over him was greatly welcomed and the following sigh only emphasized that point.
"Tell me the next time ya want to wander off," Melvin berated him with a scowl. Yuugi blinked innocently at him while chewing on one of the pocky sticks he had just bought
"I did tell you," he replied with another innocent blink. "You were off in your own thoughts."
Melvin grumbled unhappily as he trailed after Yuugi. He kept window shopping and would occasionally venture into one of the stores. The boy was practically a ball of energy and he didn't know how Atem could fall for such a childish boy. A childish girl would've been cuter, but Melvin contributed that crazy thought to the fact that the bright lights were burning his eyes which only caused his headache to worsen. Of course, that led to his hangover royally pissing him off.
"Want one?" Yuugi asked suddenly while offering him the pocky box. Melvin took one and popped it into his mouth. He grumbled his thanks and Yuugi giggled. "You're very welcome."
They continued walking around the mall a while longer when a yawn escaped Melvin's lips. Great, now he was tired. This day cannot get any fuckin' worse, he thought grumpily. He had yawned a few more times when Yuugi lifted something up to his face. His one opened eye stared at the drink incomprehensibly while the other rested lazily behind his eyelid. He was about to ask what the fuck it was but Yuugi beat him to it.
"It's an energy drink," Yuugi explained. "You seem kind of tired so I figured you'd want it to keep you awake for a while longer."
Melvin stared at the drink for a bit before taking it from Yuugi's tiny hand. He grumbled yet another thank you before opening the can with a pop and chugging half of it immediately. Yuugi beamed happily and said, "You're very welcome," before skipping on ahead. Yuugi was definitely a strange kid in Melvin's mind, but he thought no further on the topic lest he say something he shouldn't.
So, the entire day passed like that. They had traversed the mall up and down, munched on pocky, drank soda and energy drinks, looked at the pets in the overly-sanitized pet store, and talked (or more like listened in Melvin's case). Melvin and Yuugi were on their way out from the now closing mall and the boy was still talking happily beside Melvin.
Melvin regretted allowing him to have soda in place of water especially when Yuugi said that Atem would be okay with it. The Pharaoh would undoubtedly be up the entire night with the hyperactive Yuugi but Melvin couldn't help but smirk at the thought. At least it could be a form of payback for the day. Although, if Melvin was to speak honestly it wasn't all that bad. Save for the brief moment he thought he had lost Yuugi; that was just awful.
They slid into Atem's fiery red mustang, simply because the damned over-protective Pharaoh wouldn't allow Yuugi to ride Melvin's motorcycle, and Melvin was so ready to give Yuugi back to Atem. He figured that he'd need another drink to fall asleep that night and wasn't looking forward to the hangover he'd have the next morning. Who knew? He might go to one of the strip clubs and pick a hooker up for the night.
Melvin had put the car into drive and was pulling out of the parking lot when Yuugi said, "Thanks for hanging out with me today, Melvin." His voice was soft, and his tone was grateful. His feet were being kicked back and forth childishly since his short legs didn't allow for his feet to touch the ground. Melvin simply grunted. "I know you didn't exactly have fun, but I won't tell Atem how boring you were. I actually had fun lugging you around the entire day!" Yuugi's cheery smile brought Melvin's dark lavender eyes over to the boy for a second before they returned to the road.
"If you keep him up all night with your yammering, I'll be happy," Melvin replied gruffly only to have Yuugi laugh. Melvin was glad the boy did so. He didn't exactly want to get chewed out by Atem, but he was so over the day that he couldn't bring himself to give a damn.
"Actually," his tone was sadder as he spoke, "Atem hasn't been spending much time with me at all. Even at night." This took Melvin by surprise, and when he had to stop at a red light, he turned to face Yuugi. His head was leaned up against the window and he had a downcast look about him. "I get it that he has to work and all, and I'm glad he does, don't get me wrong. It's just… I wish he'd come home at least every once in awhile. It gets lonely without him or my friends around and it's not like he allows me to work or anything."
"When did it start?" Melvin asked curiously. He began driving again, saying "Fuck red lights," in his head. It wasn't like there was anybody on the two-laned street anyway.
"Right before he started working with Seto at Kaiba Corp." Yuugi added quietly after a moment, "That's why I try to be so happy. I'm sorry you found it so annoying."
The car was silent, and Melvin would take it to his grave but he felt bad for Yuugi. While the boy was annoying, he was also very caring and kind. It was a rarity in Melvin's eyes since he himself wouldn't mind watching the world burn. Atem was controlling and an asshole and sooo didn't deserve Yuugi. He didn't know why he said what he did next, but the happy and excited gleam that lit up Yuugi's light violet eyes because of it was so worth the upcoming annoyance.
"Call me whenever you're bored. I'm never doing anything really important anyway."
Okay, so I have more than a dozen 1-shot ideas left and if I'm lucky, most will be posted tonight or tomorrow depending on when I fall over in exhaustion lol. For the When I Series, I have nine more ideas for it, so I'm gonna work on that too. Now, I don't exactly like crosshipping simply because I think it's weird but I couldn't resist that picture (check the cover image). It's so adorable and I love it lol. Until the next posting, my beautiful readers~! :)
