This is a request fic for Red-Roses 2-chan ^-^;; that she earned through To The Point of Exhaustion.

I hope she enjoys it.

YugiXSerenity.

YugiTéa

Hinted TristianSerenity

Hinted DukeSerenity


I don't own Yu-gi-oh.


BTW, sorry if this turns out a little angsty. I've had a bad day, and I'm listening to a really depressing song my friend wrote today.

EBTW, this is my first story using dub names, so if I slip at all, can someone tell me?

EEBTW, I need to study for my Wellness exam that's next week, so I might be using bone and muscle terms for the body parts. For definitions, refer to the end of the chapter.

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Yugi stared out over the large ocean, watching the sun reflect off of the metallic scales of the fish that swam in the perfectly clear ocean water. He sighed, and rested his head on his arms, which were resting on the steel rail that he was leaning on.

He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he wondered how far exactly was America. How far, exactly, was New York. How far, exactly, was 'St. Catherine's School of Dance.'

The sun was already setting when he heard someone walk up behind him, and then felt their presence lean beside him.

He turned to see Joey leaning against the railing, but, unlike Yugi, his back was facing the ocean.

"You know, you really should go home," Joey sighed, looking at Yugi with a grim, yet concerned expression on his face.

Yugi nodded. "I know I should. But I don't want to. I can't," he said, turning away from the other man and looking at the ocean.

Joey looked at him for a moment, before turning around and mirroring Yugi's position on the rail. "Yugi, she's gone. You really should get over her," Joey said, following Yugi's gaze to the horizon, where the sky met the ocean.

Yugi sighed, and placed his cranium[1] on his brachioradius[2], and stared at the cement which lay under his metatarsals[3].

"I know that Joey. But – if only I had been more..." he bit his lip. "Maybe if I had told her how I feel, she wouldn't have left."

Joey wrapped an arm around Yugi, and pulled him close, hugging him gently. "You know, she's been dreaming of this since she was a child. She might have stayed here if you had said anything, but she would've been miserable, knowing that she could've gone to New York to follow her dream."

Yugi nodded. "I know that, it's just..." he sighed, and focused back on the horizon. "I must seem so selfish right now, right?"

Joey laughed slightly. "Not at all Yug'."

He let his friend go, and Yugi took one last look at the ocean, before turning his back to it and walking away.

Joey walked up beside him, trailing at his heel.

"Are you okay?" He said, lacing his fingers behind his head. Yugi nodded.

Joey chewed on his bottom lip for a moment, before stuffing his hands into his pockets. "Hey, Yug'. Why don't you spend the night tonight?" he proposed.

Yugi smiled, and nodded. "That would be nice," he answered. "I just need to go home and get some of my things, okay?"

Joey nodded, and Yugi ran off towards the subway.

Joey walked home himself, smiling softly, hoping to get Yugi's mind off of Téa. They could stay up all night, eat pizza and junk food and watch some of the 'entertaining' video's he had owned since highschool.

When he walked into the house the phone rang. He blinked, and looked at the phone that was on the other side of his apartment. It rang again.

"DON'T HANG UP!" He cried out, and rushed to the other side of the room. He dived at the phone, knocking it off of the cradle, and fumbled with it, before lifting it to his ear. "Hello?" he asked tentatively.

"Hello, Joey?" a young girls voice asked over the phone.

"Serenity?" he asked, and sat on the ground so her was more comfortable.

"Yeah. Is it okay if I come over tonight?" Serenity asked quietly.

"Tonight? I don't know. I have a friend coming over tonight. Why?" he answered.

She hesitated for a moment. "Mom and I got into a fight tonight, and I don't really want to be here," she replied, her voice dropping again.

"I'm not su –" He stopped when he heard their mother screaming about something-or-another in the background. He bit his lip.

What was the harm in letting her come over. Yugi wasn't Duke or Tristan, he could trust both of them staying over.

"Okay, I'll come pick you up from the subway," he answered.

"Thank you, big brother," Serenity said, and he could hear the relief in her voice.

Quickly, he scrawled down a note, grabbed a piece of tape, and ran outside, tacking the note onto the outside door of the apartment.



Watching the perfectly clear black sky, he walked towards the subway. He knew his sister wouldn't get there for a while, but all the same, he wanted to be there when she was.

When he got to the station, he found it nearly completely empty, with the exception of a man, huddled against one of the glass shelters.

He lay on his back on a bench, that was out of one of the glass shelters. He loved the night. That was when Tristan and him had always gone out to hang out or party or whatever they felt like doing. No rules for either of them. That was before they had met Yugi – before he had changed their lives.

Even before that, he loved the night. Once a year, his family would visit the beach, rent out one of the beach houses, and stay there for a week.

Serenity and he would always go out, nearly every night, and count the stars. They would always loose there count around 200, and would have to start over.

And soon, that's exactly what he found himself doing.

"One... two... three..."

He remembered their days in highschool. Téa, Tristan, Yugi and himself. They were so close. They got into so much trouble, always saving the world or something.

It never really seemed like that's what they were doing though. They always lived in the moment, and it only seemed as big as it was when it was all said and done.

"Four...five...six..."

But, now Téa had gone off to New York to follow her dream. Tristan was now the owner of some company his sister had given him, and never had time for them. Yugi was always sad about Téa.

Nothing was the same anymore.

Well, nearly nothing. It seemed like he was the only one who hadn't changed since those years.

"Seven...eight...nine..."

Even Kaiba was gone, moving to Tokyo for some big business deal. He didn't really tell anyone what it was about, but one day, when Joey was sure he could beat him, Kaiba didn't come to school.

He hadn't been there for a week, and that was when their teacher announced the move. He didn't much care, except for the fact that he was down one rival.

"Ten...eleven....twelve..."

Serenity was going through her teenage angst stage now, and Joey knew he couldn't always be there.

Yugi was mourning over a love that never was.

If only they could find someone to consul them. If only...

"Thirteen...fourteen...fifteen..."

If only they could get together!! He blinked and grinned, only to find that he had lost count.

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[1]: The top part of the skull.

[2]: The muscle that bends the arm. It's on the forearm.

[3]: Foot-bones.


Judging how this chapter went, this fic will be three chapters long, but, I can't be sure ^_^;;


I hope you liked ^___^