Disclaimer: As everybody already knows, I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh. (We would see scenes rated more than PG-13 if I did.) Please R&R! This fic will be a long chaptered one. The rating will go up with the chapters... A bit of TxY and YxY later on... Enjoy!

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A loud alarm noise filled the quiet room, sharply breaking the silence of an early September morning. Going back to school was already tough but having to wake up at 6:30 was even more! It had been years since Yugi Mutou had completed the millenium puzzle. He was now a 16-year-old almost fully grown up man beginning his 11th grade of school. Joey and Tristan, two of his friends, were still in his class but not Tea nor Bakura.

Yugi slammed the alarm to stop the disturbing sound. He curled up on his side, pulling the covers over his head and buried his face in his pillow. A voice from the Millenium item Yugi had left on his nightstand bothered his sleep once more.

"Yugi, Wake up or else you'll be late!"

Yugi let out a deep sigh as he opened his shiny amethyst eyes and pulled the warm covers away from himself. A cold breeze grazed his pyjama-clad body making him shiver. He got out of his bed and walked towards the window to see the black endless sky of the night give in to the pink and orange streaks preceding the dawning of the sun.

As he passed his nightstand, Yugi reached out to grab the Millenium Puzzle. He got dressed in his school uniform hurriedly and put the golden pendant around his neck. He headed to the bathroom, turned the lights on and began to brush his teeth and drag a comb through his tri-colored lustrous hair.

The young boy stopped to stare at his reflection in the mirror. His skin was tanned from summer. It gave him an even more mysterious look...

"Yami, what do you think I should do about Tea? I'm afraid to... to ask her out now that she confided in me that Tristan seems to like her. What if..."

He paused and closed his eyes.

"What if she likes him too?"

He felt the tremolo in his low voice and hoped it wasn't apparent to his invisible conversational partner because it would have proved his fear was even deeper than it seemed.

Yami had, of course, noticed it and he shook his head desperately trying to find the right words to support his friend.

"Yugi!" He growled.

"When will you stop worrying so much? Tea is your best pal if you count me and Joey out and she's pretty lucky to be loved by someone like you!"

Yugi smirked at the friendly compliment his Yami had just made. Were those nice words he often said about Yugi hiding more than friendship? Yugi rapidly sent the thought out of his mind before the spirit of the puzzle had time to intercept it.

The dark soul frowned as he realized Yugi was trying to keep something secret from him. It had never happened before. He was starting to seriously worry about the boy...

The lad went out of the room and grabbed his school bag and vest by the door before exiting his house to go to the bus stop. He was late thus he ran to it. When he was halfway there, a familiar voice from behind caught his attention. He stopped and listened; the female was calling out his name. He spun around to face Tea. They waved at each other.

Deep within his soul room in the Millenium Puzzle, Yami could feel Yugi's anxiety.

"Hi Yugi! How are you doing today? Why didn't you wait for me?" Asked the brown-haired girl obviously more awake than the poor Yugi.

"Fine... I don't know..." He replied abslently.

This was very unusual. Her worried gaze met his distant.

"Are you okay?"

He didn't reply and found himself unable to look away from her deep icy blue eyes. He cleared his throat.

"Tea, I will have to talk to you about something important later today."

She nodded and shrugged in puzzlement. Yugi carefully studied the girl's features; curiosity obviously showed on her face.

Yugi grinned and turned away, just in time to see the bus arriving. Both raced to it. They entered and joined the rest of their friends; Bakura, Joey and Tristan. During all of the bus ride, Tea remained quiet and she kept staring at Yugi. The gold-headed boy could feel she wondered what all that was about.. They arrived at school a few moments later.

"Curiosity kills, Tea." He whispered in her ear and winked at her before getting off the bus.

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Throughout all of the morning classes, Yugi just sat there letting his thoughts drift to Tea. He was maybe there physically but not mentally. Meanwhile, in the boy's pendant, Yami was very attentive to what the teacher said in order to explain it to his light side later.

What wouldn't I do for Yugi... He shook his head, smiling.

The bell indicating the recess rang. Yugi was the first one out of his seat. He completely ignored Tristan and Joey trying to catch up to him. He hurried to the classroom next to his and patiently waited for Tea.

When he saw her, he motioned for her to follow him. Still in a confusion state, she did. They went down the stairs to the main floor of the school. Yugi grabbed her hand and hastily enlanced his fingers in hers. Tea's eyebrows drew together in confusion because of the unusual action. She couldn't deny she liked the special attention Yugi was giving her but it was just too odd from him... Her childhood friend she had known forever...

He dragged her away from the crowd and, when he was sure to be completely unnoticed, he discretely went down the flight of stairs leading to an underground level of the school.

Although no students were allowed to go on that floor, Yugi and his friends often went down there to be left alone. As usual, the long and dark hallway was desert since the only people who had to go at that place were the ones taking care of the heating system of the school and in September... it wasnt needed very much...

He silently walked down the hallway and entered a lateral passage which led to a dead end, still pulling Tea behind him.

He had choosen this place out of a lot of others for its dim lighting and calmness. He sat down on the cold floor, crossed-leg and waited for Tea to sit in front of him. Their gazes locked for what seemed to be an eternity before Yugi began to speak.

"I've wanted to do this for long but I was never able to..."

He looked down, unable to look at her as fear took over him. He continued...

"You know, I feel more than friendship for you and I would just want to ask you if...--

He was interrupted by two hands on his shoulders. He felt himself being pulled foward. His body pressed against Tea's as she leaned foward and claimed his mouth with her moist lips. Yugi lightly hugged her. Their kiss slowly grew from soft and tender to wild and passionate. Tea moved a strand of golden hair away from his face and dragged her finger through the rest of it while her right arm rested on his back gently rubbing it. Yugi's grip tightened as though he never wanted to let go of her. Tea broke the kiss and pulled away. She stared in the half-lidded violet eyes and and brushed her fingertips across the red-colored cheeks of the guy before her.

She rapidly got up and ran away leaving Yugi in complete silence but for her footsteps on the floor.

Why did she flee? What did I do wrong? Wondered Yugi, seemingly to himself but the thought was directed to the ancient soul in the Millenium Puzzle.

Nothing... Let her go, she'll come back to see you after school. I'm sure! That was a nice try to cheer him up although he knew it wouldn't work.

Yugi nodded. Expresionless, dull eyes replaced the content sparkle that lit his amethysts eyes a few seconds ago. He got up, unanswered questions remaining in his mind. Tears began to well up in his eyes as he made his way back to the main floor...