Hey! This is short and not really sweet, so please move onto another one-shot of mine if you aren't satisfied. This is mostly stress relief from breaking up with my girlfriend.
Curled up on his bed, Yugi felt pathetic as he clutched his phone. It was hours after school ended, and he knew they would have texted him by now if they wanted to. Still…
He sighed, sitting up. Still holding his phone so that when it vibrated, he would know instantly, the small boy stood. Grabbing a cookie, he sat on the couch, flipping through the channels on TV.
His phone still hadn't vibrated.
Yugi bit his lip. He wasn't going to cry. Not after keeping it in during school.
Of course they picked his picnic table. There were probably a dozen other places they could have gone, but they sat on the picnic table he was on.
He burrowed his head deeper into his jacket arms, knowing they probably just hadn't noticed him. He prayed that they would continue to do just that, talking and laughing loudly, not noticing the small figure on their table. For a while, they didn't notice.
Then he heard, "You know, he's right there."
It was Anzu. She'd always been the more observant of the three. He could hear them shifting to look, and then Jonouchi said dismissively, "Yeah, I know."
He heard Anzu laugh softly, whispering something to the other two.
There was no point in him being there. Yugi got up without looking at them, and left. They didn't even acknowledge him as he did so. It stung in more ways than one.
He ended up staying in the library all day.
Turning off the TV, Yugi stuffed his phone into his pocket, heading back to bed. There was no reason to wait. None of his 'friends' were going to talk to him…
His phone vibrated.
Yugi scrabbled for it in his pocket, flipping it open hastily. It was Ryou, and the text read, So I hear you and Anzu broke up.
His heart fell. Yeah, he texted back.
Do you want to talk about it?
Yugi was about to respond with a no, but then he hesitated. Ryou was a kind soul - which made it sadder he transferred schools - who wouldn't judge him or criticize.
Kind of.
Ryou texted him, I'll call you now then.
Moments later his phone rang. Yugi accepted the call. "How are you doing?" came Ryou's soft voice, worry plain in his tone.
Yugi sighed. "Not… great," he admitted.
A sound of understanding. "I thought you two were doing fine. Did something happen?"
"Yeah… It's just…" Yugi shook his head. After a moment, he said, "You know she was my first girlfriend?"
"I figured," Ryou chuckled softly.
"Shouldn't two people in a relationship… I don't know… be able to trust each other?"
Yugi could practically feel Ryou's confused frown. "I - yes, of course."
"I just…" He exhaled. "Couldn't. Trust her, I mean. After Yami, trusting seemed too hard. I mean…"
"I get it," Ryou told him. Ryou would, of course. Even if he and Bakura hadn't gotten along at all, period, that kind of intimate connection left ordinary relationships feeling lacking. And with how close Yugi and Yami had been… nothing could compare.
Yugi sighed. "...Thanks… that actually helped. A bit."
"Wanna go see a movie?" Ryou offered.
Yugi smiled sadly. "Sure. No romance movies, though."
A chuckle. "That'll be hard to find, but I'm sure we'll manage. It's kind of late, too, but I think we can catch one."
"Thanks," Yugi said, relieved.
