Rain slapped against the ground, soaking the soft cotton weave of the young man in the blue blazer who clutched the straps of his backpack with white knuckles, staring warily into the distance at the large, rather ominous and shadowy building.
The first day.
His first day of High School.
It made him nervous, weak in the knees, more than anything else, to face that building. He hated that he was so afraid, that he didn't want to walk in there, but he was always bullied. He was nothing more than a the typical short, weak guy that always seemed to get beat up in TV sitcoms. Except, for him, it was worse, because he didn't even have the advantage of being smart like those guys.
All he was good at was games.
Games were all he had.
Really, it's not like he was stupid. Yugi Mouto knew that Tea only pitied him because he was always alone, but that didn't stop him from being grateful to her. It was something, at least, better than always being alone, with only his games to keep him company.
With another heavy sigh, the young man shuffled his feet and began to trudge through the rain toward the school building, staring at his toes.
At least... He had his treasure. The item he would sure would grant him his wish.
One day he would solve that puzzle, fit the pieces together, and then his life would come together, too, and he would finally have friends.
It was his last ditch effort to find happiness.
He only prayed that he would succeed this time, because on his own he wasn't strong enough...
And he never would be.
Author's Note:
Hello, everyone, this is Soul. I put my author's notes after the fact to avoid pulling you from the story so much. That being said, I'd like you to give me feedback on what you just read. I'm not quite sure if he's in character, but I'm fairly certain he his. Any tips and tricks the writers in this community could give me would be useful.
This little piece... I wrote it as practice for Yugi's PoV. It's something I pan to expand on one day. Expect more from me.
In two days this fic will also be available under the joint account YGOHetShippersFTW.