This has nothing to do with my other story: A Fairy Tale. Got the idea from the whole royal wedding thing going on in England. Probably going to be a three shot. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh!

A Modern Fairytale

Just a Normal Teen

Yugi slumped over his desk in his best impression of a wet noodle. He was completely and entirely exhausted after taking over his grandfathers shop while the old man went on an archeological expedition in some obscure South African country. He blinked rapidly when a paper wad landed just in front of his nose.

The small teen glanced to his right, the direction the paper had come from, and noticed his best friend, Joey, watching him. Yugi knew it had to have been the blond who had thrown the paper, no one else in class ever took notice on him. Not that he cared, mind you.

Yugi was perfectly happy and content to be ignored by the majority of the Domino High School population. He had never been very good with people, preferring to play games then chat, and was a disaster waiting to happen on the sports field. Yugi never had been, and knew he never would be, popular and he was fine with that. He wasn't the class clown, or the valedictorian. Yugi was just Yugi. Nothing special or amazing about him. A completely normal person.

The small teen unfolded the paper wad slowly, not wanting to alert the lecturing teacher.

You ok, man? You look exhausted.

Yugi smiled a little. Joey had been his friend ever since Yugi had tried to stop a couple of bullies from beating the taller male black and blue freshman year. Unfortunately, Yugi had been little to no help in the situation and had gotten the same treatment as the blond, but the next day Joey had met Yugi at the front gate the rest was history.

Yugi quickly scribble a response and tossed the paper back. Thank god Joey understood Yugi's lack of throwing ability and had reached up to catch the paper that was about to fly straight over his head. Yugi sent him and apologetic smile and they proceeded to communicate this way until class was over.

I'm fine I guess. Taking care of the shop on my own is just tiring.

Is Gramps gone again!

Yeah. He left a couple of days ago.

Where to?

I have no idea this time. It's some tiny country in Africa.

Not Egypt?

Not this time.

The bell rang before Joey could respond so instead, he met Yugi in the hall.

"Wow. I can' believe Gramps is gone again. It's almost like he's havin' a late midlife crisis or somethin'!"

Yugi laughed. "I think he's just restless. He pretty much stayed home and took care of me until last year. I think he deserves a little fun."

"Hmph. If you call sleepin' in a tent, getting' eaten alive by mosquitoes, and no showers 'fun'."

The smaller teen shook his head at his companion. Joey never ceased to amaze him. "It's not that bad. When I went with Grandpa to Egypt last year I had a good time. And we DID have showers."

"But he's not in Egypt. He's in the jungle, with wild animals and poisonous plants."

"I don't know if he's in the jungle. Not all of Africa is jungle. A lot of it is plains, actually."

Joey gave him a confused look. "But don't lions come from Africa?"

"…Yes…" Yug couldn't see where Joey was going with this.

"And lions are the 'king of the jungle', right?"

"… Joey, that is a misconception. Lions do not live in the jungle. They live on the plains, with zebras and Elephants."

"Yug', I've ridden on a plane before. There are no lions on planes."

Yugi felt like facepalming. He love Joey to pieces, but sometimes the blond teen lived to much up to the 'dumb blond' stereotype for Yugi to handle.

"I'll… I'll explain later. I need to get home and open the shop."

"Ok, Yug'. I'll try and come by around closing time and help you clean up."

"Thanks Joey! I'll buy take out then. You can stay for dinner."

The blond grinned and gave Yugi a noogie before rushing off. The smaller teen sighed as he watched his friend go. Joey was like an older brother to him and Yugi worried about him. The blond didn't have the best home life in the world, with a drunkard father, a mom that was never around, and a sister with a terminal illness. Joey had been in gangs at one time, but dropped out after he met Yugi.

Yugi sighed again and headed home himself. Today was just another normal day in his life, but the small teen secretly wished he could be apart of something amazing and not so ordinary.

-oOOo-

Short, I know, but I plan on the next chapter to be hella long. Probably going to post the last two tomorrow!