It Started with A Kiss

Chapter one: Birthday Boy

"Mom!" fifteen year old Yami Atemu called out to his mother as he ran down the stairs to the kitchen with a backpack on his back.

"What is it, Yami dear?" Hitomi Atemu, Yami's mother, answered, not leaving the curry she was cooking on the stove.

Yami entered the kitchen to Mrs Atemu by the stove. "Mom, may I go to Yugi's tonight? He's invited me to a sleepover."

Yugi was a year younger than Yami, so that makes him fourteen. Yugi has no parents. His parents died in a car crash when he was a baby and his Grandpa, Sugoruko Mutou, took him in. He was the one who raised Yugi to a very smart boy. Yugi wasn't always an Acer in school, but he never got anything lower than a B minus. He was a simple boy, who loves the colour blue and black, he loves the band Simple Plan and Green Day, he loves reading, and of course, the internet and TV. Yami and Yugi were pretty much like each other. They like the same things, they like the same food, band, colour, everything. And they've got something they were about to discover a little later. He didn't have many friends since he was a loner in school. But when Yami came when he was in the first grade, he knew he didn't have to have anymore friends than him.

But Yugi wasn't as normal as other boys. He had a heart problem. His heart isn't as strong as other boys. It started when he was still in his mother. Of course, Mr and Mrs Mutou were scared shit. But they weren't there when he needed them, like now. But Yugi had accepted that it was his life and fate and he can't do anything about it. And at least he was happy that he had Grandpa to raise him and he raised him well!

"A sleepover, eh?" she said, putting some seasoning on the curry that was boiling. "What's the occasion?" she looked at him

"Mom! It's June 4! It's Yugi's birthday!" he said.

"Oh, my!" Mrs Atemu was surprised. She completely forgot, even though '4' on the June page of the calendar to her right was circled bright red and under it, it was said 'YUGI'. "We have to buy him something!" she put the stirrer on the saucer on the counter.

"Mom, I thought you already bought him something! A book, anything! The calendar's right over there!" Yami pointed to the calendar, she turned to it.

"Come on, sweetheart, let's go to the toy store," she took her apron off and tied her hair into pony tail. She put off the fire and put the lid on the pot. She went past Yami and grabbed her wallet on the table where the phone was.

"Toy store?" Yami was confused. Why the toy store? "Why the toy store? You're not thinking of giving Yugi a robot, are you?!"

Mrs Atemu turned around and Yami walked over to him. "I was thinking I'd give Monopoly," she reasoned

"How'd you know he wanted Monopoly game?" Yami raised a brow at his mother.

"There was a note under your bed, and clearly it was your handwriting, that 'Save money to buy Yugi the Monopoly game on his birthday.'" She put her hands on her hips

"Oh," Yami blushed. The money he saved still wasn't enough yet. "I haven't saved enough money yet,"

"That's ok," Mrs Atemu approached her son and put her hands on his shoulders. "Keep it. I'm proud of you. Saving money to give Yugi the game he was dying to buy just so he'd be happy. You really care for him." She kissed his forehead. "And let me guess, you're the only one he invited this weekend, right?"

Yami nodded. "I really care for him." He said. "I mean, everyone in school picks on him. He's just a kid, Mom. He's not like everybody else in school. I mean, look at him, he loves Simple Plan while everybody else loves, who? Beyoncé, Murphy Lee, P. Diddy, Rihanna? Yeah, sure, he's smart, but even the Acer picks on him. Mom, I don't want Yugi to suffer like that. That's why I always fetch him in his classroom after class so he wouldn't get beaten up by Jou and Honda, the bullies in my year. And so he won't get mocked by other people in other years so he won't cry so he won't get an attack. I love his company, really. I love it when he's around. I don't just hang out with him so won't get bullied, so that he won't break down, so he won't feel out of place, so he won't feel he doesn't belong, so that he won't feel he's not understood…I hate it when I see him get picked on. I even got in a fight with Honda because he picked on him."

"You got into a fight?!"

"Yeah, look," he showed her a bruise on his arm. "But it was no big deal; Yugi broke us up ten seconds after we started." He sighed. "Can we go now? I can already see Yugi's face when he opens your gift." He giggled.

Mrs Atemu moved her right hand to Yami's face and her other off his shoulder. "Yami, I'm proud of you. You care for Yugi so much. And even if I bought Yugi's gift for you, it's still your gift to him. It will never be mine. You're so thoughtful, son. Saving almost a third of your allowance just to give Yugi what he wanted. I love you so much, sweetheart," she hugged him and Yami hugged him back.

"I love you, too, Mom," Mrs Atemu let him go.

"Let's go!" they went out the door and Mrs Atemu locked the door.

They got in the car and departed to the toy store. It wasn't a long ride, though it did take them twenty minutes to the store since there was a checkpoint by the other corner. When they got to the store, Yami hurriedly got out of the car and into the store while Mrs Atemu parked the car. When Mrs Atemu entered the store, Yami already had the biggest size of Monopoly in his hands with a big smile on his face.

"Well? What are you waiting for?" Mrs Atemu approached him, also with smile on her face. "Let's go to the counter!" Yami ran to the counter with the least people and Mrs Atemu followed him.

After they paid for it, they went to the corner of the store where they gift wrap. They wrapped it in a blue wrapper that said 'Happy Birthday' with a blue ribbon.

"It's perfect!" Yami mentally danced with joy. His little Yugi would be so happy! "Let's go, Mom! I'll be late! It's already six!" Yami pulled Mrs Atemu's hand out the door.

"Ok, Ok, sweetheart," Mrs Atemu laughed. His son was so happy. It made her happy, too.

They got in the car got to Yugi's place faster because they took the other way around the city so they wouldn't go past the checkpoint. Yami had such a big smile on his face. Yugi didn't know what he was going to have on his fourteenth birthday. When they got there, again, Yami hurriedly got out of the car. Mrs Atemu parked out Kame Game Shop and Yami rang the doorbell.

"Grandpa!" he called out.

Yugi jolted from his study, ok, not study, from his drawing board, where he was drawing nature, and ran downstairs. "Grandpa! Grandpa! Yami's here!" he chirped happily. When he got to the foot of the stairs, Yami was already in the living room, let in by Grandpa. "YAMI!" he ran to him

Yami put the gift on the sofa and caught Yugi in his arms. "Yugi!" Mrs Atemu and Grandpa could help but smile at the two

"I thought you can't come!" Yugi looked up at him

"You did?" he tapped Yugi's nose using his finger. "That will never happen. Happy Birthday, Yugi,"

"Thanks!" he let go and smiled at Yami

"Oh, I, I mean, Mom and I bought you something." Yami got the big blue paper wrapped box from the sofa and gave it to Yugi.

"I hope you like it, Yugi, dear," said Mrs Atemu

"Thank you Yami!" Yugi turned to Mrs Atemu. "Thank you, Mrs Atemu!"

Grandpa gave him a sign to open the gift as he smiled. Yugi nodded in return. He sat on the sofa and put the box on his lap and tore the wrapper and it revealed his gift, which he's been eyeing for ages: Monopoly. Yami sat beside him.

Yugi squealed with joy. "Oh my Ra! Yami! Mrs Atemu! Thank you!" he hugged Yami and Yami hugged him back

"I knew you'd like it," Yami hugged him tighter. "Happy birthday," he whispered then he let go.

Yugi stood up and hugged Mrs Atemu. "Thank you so much!"

"Happy Birthday, dear." She kissed Yugi's cheek. Yugi smiled up at her then got back to Yami and put the game on the sofa.

Yugi turned to Grandpa. "Is it time for cake?" he asked like a little boy

"No, Yugi," he went to Yugi and led him to the dining room/kitchen. "It's time for us to eat dinner, and then we'll eat cake,"

"Ok!" he chirped. "Let's eat. Yami, Mrs Atemu!" the two followed them.

"Oh, Mr Mutou, may I please use the phone?" Mrs Atemu asked him before she followed them. "I have to call Yami's father so I could tell him I'm here,"

"Yes, Hitomi," he said, Mrs Atemu turned around. "And Hitomi!"

"Yes?" she looked back.

"Call me Grandpa,"

"Oh, Ok!" she used the phone as Yami helped Grandpa prepare the food.

"Are you happy, Yugi?" Yami asked as he tied a hand towel on Yugi's neck, he smiled at the smaller boy before him.

"Of course I am, Yami!" he smiled back. "I'm always happy when you're around!" Yami sat on the chair beside him

"Thank you, Yugi,"

Oh how Yami loved that smile. He only got to see that oh so cute and lovely smile when he was with him here in Kame game shop. It was like, that smile was to die for. Only he, Grandpa, his mom and his dad saw Yugi smile. Everybody else was just making him cry, which was totally bad for him, or else he'd get a heart attack. Yami had never seen Yugi have an attack before. So, maybe, when Yugi gets an attack, he might be crying and panicking. But he totally knew that Yugi gets a shot when he gets an attack, then CPR is done. That was what he was afraid of. Seeing his little Yugi have an attack. He swore to himself that he wouldn't provoke one of his attacks, not that he wanted Yugi to have one.

"So who's hungry?" Grandpa laid the food on the table

"I am!" said Yugi

"Yugi, you're always hungry." Yami mused as he turned over his plate and so did Yugi.

Grandpa laughed as Mrs Atemu entered the dining room/kitchen.

"I can't help it!" Yugi and Yami raised their spoons and dug in the food, serving themselves. "It's those stupid pills I take. They always keep me hungry, and yet I don't gain any weight!" everybody laughed

"Are you enjoying yourself, Yami dear?" Mrs Atemu asked Yami as she sat down on one of the chairs. Then she served herself with the delicious food Grandpa made.

Yami swallowed the food that was in his mouth. "Of course I'm enjoying especially when Yugi's around," he looked at Yugi

"You're just saying that!" said Yugi. Grandpa and Mrs Atemu started chuckling

"No! It's true!" Yami took a drink of water. "If I didn't enjoy being with you, why would I quit the basketball team just so they wouldn't pick on you?"

Yugi stopped eating. He gave a smile to Yami. "Oh yeah…thanks Yami,"

"No big." He resumed eating. "I never enjoyed playing basketballs with those dumb asses," he giggled.

"After we eat, what are we going to do?" Yugi asked everyone.

"I won't be here that long, Granpa, Yugi, Yami's dad could be home around seven, so I better be home by then," she finished up her food. "I'll leave now, dear," she kissed Yami on the cheek and waved goodbye to Grandpa and Yugi.

"Bye, Mrs Atemu!"

"Bye, Hitomi!"

"Bye, Yugi! Bye Grandpa!" she went out the door and left.

"So, you wanna play Monopoly upstairs?" said Yugi after he took his pills and the last of his drink

"Beat you two outta three games?"

"You're on!" he and Yami raced upstairs.

"Have fun, children!" Grandpa cleaned up the table and washed the dishes.

Oh, Yami and Yugi weren't gonna play Monopoly. It was another game. And it doesn't include money. they were playing…playing. What were they playing? You'll find out later.

"C'mon, Yami!" Yugi sat on the floor as he opened the box and opened the board, putting it on the floor.

Yami smiled as he locked the door. He sat opposite Yugi and they played. Then later, another game.

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