Hey readers. This fiction is not to be taken seriously. As in, it's just for laughs, and maybe you will start to see an underlying message if I can't help it. Otherwise, it was written just for fun and to be funny. I have two more chapters to post if I feel I get enough reviews. So, if you are interested in reading more, then review please, or I'll never know!

I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!

"So, do you want to hang out tonight Joey?" Yugi asked, looking up at his best friend. The two were walking home and Joey was trying to figure out how to word his answer.

"Uh...I can't.", was his anything but remarkable reply. "I'm busy."

"Doing what?"

"Just busy-that's all."

Yugi asked no further questions, only because he was thinking.

They arrive at Yugi's house and say goodbye while Yugi goes inside and Joey keeps walking home.

As Yugi enters the living room, his initial instinct is to plop on the couch, knowing that his only companion tonight will be the TV.

A couple hours pass with nothing accomplished but learning about a knife-set that includes 6 knives for twenty dollars and comes with a free blender. He searches the guide for something else to watch and sees a movie that's going to be on that his mother would enjoy. Him, not so much, but he'd rather watch a chick-flick with his mom than sit on the couch alone. He asked himself, chick-flick with mom, or infomercials about how "it slides right off the blade."?

And so, he found himself walking into the kitchen to find his mom...with no luck. And so, into the laundry room to find his mom...with no more luck than before. And so, outside, into the garden to find his mom...with-well-no luck. He walks back inside, wandering why his mom would be gardening anyways. It was pretty late in the day and close to sundown. She wouldn't be gardening, but then , where would she be at this time of the day?

And so, up the stairs, into her bedroom...and finally, he finds her! She's wearing a very nice evening dress and putting an earring on. Yugi doesn't really take this image into mind.

"Mom, do you want to watch a Lifetime movie tonight? There's one on and it-looks...interesting... I think." Yugi stopped for a moment, confused. He wasn't really sure if it was interesting because he really didn't think chick-flicks were interesting. His mom caught that, and gave him a look confusion as well. He just shrugged and she had no further questions.

"Sorry, I can't. I'm going out tonight." Looking in the mirror, she checked the make-up on both of her eyes on more time, then stepped back to get a final look at herself.

Yugi went blank and replied, "Oh, you're going out." He watched her nod as she fixed her hair. "Out where?"

She froze, as if swallowing a fast-acting poison that would kill her faster if she moved. She thought on how to word her answer, " Ummmm...out."

"Okay, drive safely." Yugi walked downstairs. He was a little disappointed. He was making his way to the couch-not! The phone rang, which changed his plans of sitting down. Yugi begins walking away from the couch and toward the kitchen to answer the phone. "Hello, Muto residence, Yugi Muto speaking."

"Hey Yug!"

"Hey Joey."

"My plans fell through, I'm free tonight."

"That's great Joey, I thought I was going to be completely bored tonight."

"I can meet at the arcade in an hour."

"Okay. Ummm..." Yugi paused, " I hope you don't mind me asking, but what were you originally planning to do? You just didn't say much about it, so I didn't ask." Yugi thought about the logic behind his reasoning, only because now it didn't make sense.

Joey sighed, I didn't really want to talk about it, but my mom is in town and she was going to take me shopping. Then we were going to hang out and catch up. I just thought it was kind of lame to hang out with your mom. Don't you think so?"

Yugi's eyes widened, "Heh, I guess it would be kind of lame...hanging out with your mom-"

"I mean, what kind of loser is so lonely, so bored, so pathetic, and has so little of a life that they would want to spend a Friday night with their own mo-"

"Okay Joey, I get it!"

"Anyways, I thought it was pretty embarrassing, so I didn't tell you. I mean, even you are cool enough to not have to hang out with your mom! Right?"

"Uhhh...right." Yugi nodded to no one except herself. He caught himself in his mistake, and would have to convince himself later that he's not crazy. "Well then...uh..I'll talk to you later-when I get there. You know, when I get to the arcade." Yugi nodded again without thinking about it.

"K', later Yugi."

"Bye." Yugi set the phone back down in the charger. He looked at the clock hanging on the wall. As he stared at the clock, somewhat in a trance, he watched a minute slowly go by. For the first time ever, he realized the value of an hour. It's a lot more than he ever thought.

Then he remembered someone who wasn't typically forgotten. "Yami!", he exclaimed-to himself. Again he wandered if he was crazy. "Just maybe." He told himself. Yugi knows he should invite Yami. If he remembered, he would have talked to Yami a lot earlier about hanging out. Yami was just so quiet up in his bedroom. Yugi imagined that Yami must be bored while Yugi is at school all day long. After all, he was alone with Yugi's mom all day! He must be bored, right? So Yugi figured he should ask Yami.

Yugi went back upstairs. He knocked, then opened Yami's bedroom door.

Yami stopped buttoning his shirt half way and looked toward Yugi and away from the mirror he was using. "Come in." He said sarcastically. He then turned back toward the mirror and continued buttoning.

"Heh, sorry."

"It's fine." He never looked away from the mirror.

"So, me and Joey are going-to-the... arcade." Yugi slowed down his sentence toward the end, this time noticing that Yami already seemed to be dressed for an occasion.

"Sorry. I can't. I'm going," Yami paused, "out." His face turned bright red.

Yugi thought for a minute, as if this sounded familiar. "Out where?"

"Just" He paused again, looking for the best way to word his sentence, "out." was his much less than remarkable and definitely heard-of reply. "You know, just out.", because too vague just wasn't vague enough.

"Hmm..." Yugi started trying to connect some dots, mentally. He blinked, "You know, it seems like everyone else is busy. Joey was busy, but then his plans fell through. My mom is, 'just going out', and now you're 'just going out'-" Yugi stopped and looked at Yami, who's face was as red as a firetruck. Then his face turned as white as an ambulance.

Yami took a deep breath. He turned to Yugi and said, "Now Yugi, I can explain."

"What?" Yugi was bright at times, but it would take him some time to shine some light on this one. "Yami, I completely understand. It's okay if you have plans without me. I'm not mad."

Yami's expression fell, and he just had a look of, 'Are you kidding me?' He decided to try again. "No Yugi, I'm not sure if you understand-"

"I do understand. It's fine Yami."

Yami wandered if Yugi really got it, "Really Yugi? Do you really get it?"

"Yes, have fun..." Yugi smiled. Yami sighed of relief, until Yugi finished, "...without me."

This caused Yami to fall a little hopeless and just slightly frustrated. "Yugi-"

"Are you ready to go?" Yugi's mom asked. She was standing in the doorway behind Yugi. So Yugi immediately jumped a little, surprised. He turned around and took a good look at his mom. They were both taking a good look at his mom- however, both had completely different thoughts in mind.

Yami smiled and replied, "Yes, I'm ready."

"Ok then, let's go." she said, waiting for him to respond. Finally, Yami walked past Yugi and held out his arm. Yugi's mom took it and they walked down the stairs together.

Yugi could hear his mom say, "Call me if there's an emergency." as they walked out the door- together. They were probably walking to the car- together. They were probably getting in the car- together. They were out for the night- together.

Only when all of these details registered in Yugi's mind could one say, 'and then there was light' because Yugi could finally see: "Yami just went out...with my mom!"

It was a trick! I didn't say that Joey was going out with Yugi's mom. I said his best friend was after I briefly mentioned that Joey was busy. I hope everyone enjoyed it.

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