Author's Notes: Alright, before starting off with the story I want to make something clear. This story has five chapters in total and they have all been written before hand, so I'm not neglecting any of my other fanfics in order to write this one.
If You Want Him, Stalk Him
Chapter 1
A Crazy Valentines Day
It was Valentines Day, the most useless day in the entire year. That was how Yugi felt about the matter, at least. The small boy had only gotten one piece of chocolate and the school day was already half-way through. To make matters worse that single piece of chocolate had been a home-made chocolate heart from Anzu, which had not been made with any romantic intent whatsoever. It had been a palm-sized piece of chocolate, with white decorating. Yami's own had had pink decorations but Yugi had brushed that off as Anzu simply not wanting then all to look the same.
That view had changed pretty quickly when Yugi saw the chocolates Anzu gave Jounouchi, Honda, Bakura and Otogi. They had all had white decorations, like Yugi's. Well, it was not like it had been all that surprising of a revelation that Anzu would place Yami above her other friends, since had had a huge crush on Yami for ages now. It did not hurt Yugi as much as it had hurt before and even the current hurt was completely different form the previous one. Yugi had long ago come to the conclusion that he was finally over the crush he had had on Anzu.
Still, it seemed that everyone but Yugi got Valentines chocolates, or everyone else was at least offered chocolate. Honda had gotten some chocolate from a girl who was on her first year in Domino High. Honda had been the one to show her around on her first day and she had had a huge crush on the brunet since then.
Bakura, of course, would never be abandoned by his fan girls, who gave him vast amounts of chocolate that filled the white-haired teen's bag during the first five minutes of school. Yugi knew that Bakura would spend ages picking out small gifts for each and every girl for White Day, because that was just the kind of guy that Bakura was.
Otogi had gotten even more chocolates than Bakura. It was no wonder really, since many of Bakura's fan girls were Otogi's fan girls as well. Otogi would probably get all the girls something very expensive for White Day, simply because he had the money to do so.
Yugi was not actually sure if Jounouchi had gotten any chocolates offered to him. What the amethyst-eyed boy was certain of was that the blond had not accepted chocolates from anyone, since Yugi had not been the blond put any packages into his bag.
Kaiba had, of course, also gotten many offers of Valentines chocolate. But, as was in the brunet's nature, Kaiba refused them all, saying that he hated sweets and giggling girls. Yugi had seen some girls who had yet to offer their chocolate quickly scuffle away when Kaiba snapped this at the large crowd of girls that had been harassing him.
Yugi did not think Yami had gotten any more chocolates than the one heart from Anzu and his darker side had spent the entire day loyally by Yugi's side. Even at that moment the crimson-eyed ex-pharaoh was trailing after Yugi in the school hallways.
"Aibou?" the spirit in question asked suddenly, stepping up right next to Yugi as the two walked. "Anzu said that today is something called a 'Valentines Day'. What is that? Is it some kind of a holiday?"
"It's the day of love", Yugi replied with his cheeks burning at the topic. "At least, that's what all the girls seem to think."
"Are there some kinds of rituals that have to do with this celebration?" Yami continued on with his questions. "Are we supposed to pursuit a romantic interest today?"
"No!" Yugi quickly exclaimed in panic. He most certainly did not want Yami chasing after anyone. He was jealous enough when Anzu even looked at his darker half.
Yes, Yugi was very much in love with Yami. He had probably been for a long time without realizing it. The wake up call had come during the Ceremonial Duel when Yugi had thought he would win and therefore send Yami away for good. He had been unable to believe what he was doing and through his tears he saw Yami in a new light, as the person he loved more than anyone else. Then, as if the heaven itself had heard Yugi's plea, Yami had played a card that ended the duel in his favour.
'Last Defence' had been the name of the trap card and it could only be played when the player had no monsters on their field. The card had sent Yugi's supposed-to-be final attack back at the boy. When Yugi's life points dropped to zero his desperate tears turned into ones of relief as he collapsed on the floor of the chamber. Yami had walked up to him, wrapping his arms around Yugi, and spoken in that tone of voice that Yugi had only then realized that he loved: "I guess it's not time for me to go yet."
It had taken a lot of work to enrol Yami in Domino High and convince the principal that Yami was not Yugi's older brother, but a distant cousin from Egypt. They would never have gotten that far without Kaiba's help, though, and at the moment Yami owed the brunet seven rematches. The original count had been ten but Yami and Kaiba had been on a roll.
"Valentines Day is a day for girls to confess their love", Yugi explained as he turned a corner with Yami right behind him. "Or then they simply wish to show that they care. The usual Valentines Day gift is homemade chocolate."
"I see…" Yami mumbled thoughtfully. Then the crimson-eyed teen questioned: "Is there something like that for boys too?"
"Yea, White Day", Yugi replied. "It's when boy's give the girls something in return for their Valentines gifts."
"Okay", Yami muttered with a nod. Then he grinned at Yugi widely. "You have some odd customs."
"I'm sure that many ancient Egyptian customs seem odd to people of this day", Yugi spoke. Just then the two boys appeared at the doors that led to the school auditorium. One of the doors was being held open by Jounouchi who had apparently been waiting for the two.
"There you are", the blond said with a wide grin. "Honda, Bakura and Otogi are already inside. They're making sure that we all have seats." Jounouchi tilted his head towards the inside of the auditorium. "Let's get going then."
Yugi and Yami followed Jounouchi into the auditorium and turned behind the blond to a row of seats that was close to being in the middle of the audience. The blond dropped himself down in the seat next to Honda and Yugi sat down next to his best friend, pulling Yami into the seat on his other side.
"So, did Anzu tell you what the point of this gathering is?" Yugi questioned from Jounouchi as the last seats got filled by students. Jounouchi turned to grin playfully at Yugi as he replied: "Do you honestly think Anzu would tell me something she wouldn't even tell you? I'm the last person she would ever share a secret with."
"I guess you're right, Jounouchi-kun", Yugi said with an amused smile. "I guess it's meant to be a surprise to us as well."
A sudden high-pitched sound stopped all conversation going on in the auditorium. Yugi turned his gaze to the stage and saw Anzu there with a microphone. The girl had apparently adjusted the sound on the thing.
"Okay then, I will be brief so that everyone will get to attend classes as soon as possible", Anzu started and there was a groan from Jounouchi, who clearly was not interested in going to class after the girl's speech.
"As everyone knows, today is Valentines Day", Anzu spoke out. "Many of you have probably received gifts and are wondering what to give your special person back on White Day." The girl's voice became excited then. "I will inform you all of a contest that will open today. The first prize is two tickets to a Blazer concert, for the winner of the contest and their sweetheart."
That statement caught everyone's attention and some murmured conversation followed as Anzu paused in her speech to allow the people to discuss the prize. Blazer was one of the most popular bands at the moment; even Yugi had their latest CD. It was no wonder that everyone got excited about getting tickets into a concert where they would be performing.
"I will go into contest details now", Anzu started again and everyone quieted down to hear what the contest would be. "The point of the contest is to find the perfect gift for White Day. The competition will kick into gear today and I will be accepting registrations to the contest today from three o'clock forward in class 305. You will have to give your name and also the name of the person who you will be getting a present for. Each contestant will have a month to stalk their special someone and get the perfect gift for that person. The first prize will go to the person who finds the best-suited, and also most original present. The contest will start today after everyone willing to participate has registered and will end on White Day. In the end of the school dance everyone will give their present to their chosen person. All means of finding out information are accepted, except approaching the person directly. There are many judges who will supervise the contestants and if preaches of this rule are noticed the pair will be immediately disqualified. That'll be that, then." And with that the brunette walked off the stage and the students began to file out of the auditorium, all the while chatting excitedly about the contest.
"Are any of you guys thinking about participating?" Honda asked as soon as the group had made it out of the auditorium and away from the loud thundering of dozens of students talking at once.
"And who would I get a present for?" Jounouchi grumbled in distaste. "Forget it. I don't have anyone who I would want to stalk for four weeks straight."
"Same here", Yugi piped in. Honda merely shrugged as he commented: "I was wondering that maybe I could get Miho something. It would be really cool to win the tickets. But I'm not really sure if I will have the patience to spend a month seeking out a gift."
"Don't waste your time", Otogi cut in suddenly, a bit too forcefully for the comment to be completely natural. "We all know you're not cut out for that stuff."
"What about you, then?" Honda snapped with a growl at the raven-haired youth. "Are you planning to participate?"
"Of course", Otogi answered with a self-satisfied grin. "And I'm going to win."
"I don't think I will take part", Bakura spoke out in his soft tones. "I'm not really into rock so the prize isn't very appealing to me."
"What about you, Yami?" Honda asked from the former spirit in question. "Are you going to get something special for Anzu for White Day? I know she got you some Valentines chocolates."
There was a laugh from Yami before the crimson-eyed teen spoke out: "Most definitely not. I know nothing about this custom so I don't think I would stand much of a chance in the contest."
"What is this? The King of Games is backing down from a challenge?" drawled a very familiar voice suddenly and the group turned their heads as one to look at one Seto Kaiba.
Kaiba had actually been a lot more tolerable after all the Shadow Game business had come to an end. Apparently all the magic stressed the brunet out. Still, there were some occasions when Kaiba would come hounding Yami for a duel or the brunet would simply throw a few insults around for old times' sake.
"This is hardly a duel, Kaiba", Yami growled back at the tall brunet and Yugi immediately from Kaiba's challenging smirk that soon Yami would be feeling differently about the matter. And just then the brunet spoke out: "So you're admitting that you really can't do anything other than duel?"
"I can win in any game, Kaiba", Yami shot back, his tone turning vicious. Kaiba's smirk widened as the brunet said: "Then let's make it into a game. The winner is the one who scores higher in this Valentines Challenge that your friend cooked up."
Yugi knew what Yami was going to say even before his darker half replied to the challenge. Because of that Yugi was already rolling his eyes as Yami exclaimed loudly: "You're on, Kaiba!" And with that the brunet flashed his rival one last confident smirk before striding off.
"Oh dear lord, the only positions those two are going to be fighting over is the second last position", Jounouchi grumbled from Yugi's side. The small boy lifted a questioning gaze to the blond, who immediately defended his views: "Come on, Yami's an ancient pharaoh and Kaiba is an emotionally deprived hermit who sits in his office all day long. Those two know nothing about being romantic."
The blond did actually have a point, Yugi realized with a sigh. There was really no point in arguing with the truth and Jounouchi spoke only the painful truth at the moment.
"Hey, look on the bright side", Jounouchi said cheerfully as he patted Yugi on the shoulder, apparently having noticed the forlorn expression on the short boy's face. "At least we aren't the ones getting their presents."
'Yeah…' Yugi thought, not really feeling better at all even as he gave Jounouchi a weak smile in gratitude. 'But what if I want to be the one to get Yami's present?'
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After the last lesson Yami and Kaiba rushed into class 305 as quickly as they could without actually running. The two were competitive but they were still both aware that it would not look good if they ran around in the school hallway like three-year-olds, or like Jounouchi and Honda on Fridays.
Anzu actually looked surprised to see the two males enter the classroom at once. Yami's arm was rather sore from the way Kaiba had dug his sharp elbow into the muscle but the star-haired teen took satisfaction in knowing that he had done the same to Kaiba's side.
"Hello, Yami, Kaiba", Anzu greeted in a slightly unsure manner. "Are you two here to register?"
"Uh… Yeah", Yami replied with an embarrassed blush rising on his cheeks. "Is that okay?"
"Sure it is", Anzu assured with a bright smile. "I just wondered who you two would want to get gifts for. Especially Kaiba." Then brunette turned her eyes to Kaiba then.
It was something that Yami had not thought about yet. Who would Kaiba get a present for? He hated everyone. Yami himself knew whom he was going to get a present for, even though it would probably ask a lot of courage of him to actually give the gift to that person. Well, this was a yet another game so he would do it, no matter what.
"I'll be getting a present for Yugi", Yami said and Anzu instantly wrote the name down, her cheerful expression disappearing then. Yami wondered what had gotten into the girl to make her seem so disappointed suddenly.
There was a snicker from Kaiba, probably at the person who Yami had chosen, but the former pharaoh did not let the sound bother him as he struck: "Who will you be getting a gift for, Kaiba?"
Anzu looked at Kaiba curiously again and Yami also turned to look at his rival. There was a rather lost look on the brunet's face and Yami questioned in a really smug manner: "You do have someone, don't you Kaiba?"
"Of course I do!" Kaiba snapped angrily before focusing the glare of his blue eyes solely on Anzu. "Write down Katsuya Jounouchi."
Yami did not really take the brunet seriously and wondered why Anzu giggled and did as she was told. But then the crimson-eyed teen looked at Kaiba more closely and saw the faintest change in the tall brunet's skin tone.
"Are you blushing, Kaiba?" Yami gasped out, not really able to understand what he was seeing as he gaped at the brunet. Kaiba only glared at him and Yami snapped his mouth shut. Yes, the brunet was definitely blushing. And not only that, Kaiba was also very serious about the person who he was going to get a White Day present for.
It was really too bad that Yami could not reveal his fellow contestants. It would be fun to bet with Honda how hard Jounouchi was going to punch Kaiba when the brunet handed him his present at the dance. Hopefully it would be hard enough to knock a tooth or two out.
"That's it then", Yami said as he turned around to leave. "We will be waiting for you when you finally get to leave, Anzu."
"Wait just a moment", Anzu spoke then, her tone of voice suddenly extremely cold. Both Yami and Kaiba stared at the brunette in shock as the girl stated to speak: "Now you two had better not hurt my boys or I will make sure you never boink anyone in your life." The glare that the girl directed at the two rivals held darkness that not even the Shadow Realm could compete with. "I will have you know that Mai got me these beautiful needle-heeled shoes for last Christmas." Anzu's full lips turned into a sinister smirk. "Did I make myself clear?"
"Definitely", Yami uttered, swallowing a dry lump in this throat. From beside the former spirit Kaiba grumbled in a surprisingly compliant tone: "Crystal."
To be continued...
Ending Notes: I decided to post it a day early since I will be too busy to get online tomorrow. So, happy early Valentines Day!