HELLO READERS!
So, holy crap! I post the first chapter last night and I never expected it to do so well in such a short amount of time. 2 reviews and a few people added it to their alert lists! Well, the good news is I don't have school next week, so hey. Maybe a few more chapters? Anyway enough of me being flattered, lets get on with this, shall we?
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Chapter 2: I'm Just A Ghost
Yugi woke up the next day feeling groggy. After what happened last night, the last thing he felt like doing was getting up out of his comfy bed and going to school; A place where he would find himself ignored by those who he called his best friends as well as someone who he had shared his body with. He almost felt like a ghost when he was with them, transparent and invisible. But school was school and he decided that he would go for the learning, not for the people.
He swung his legs onto the floor so he was sitting on his bed. He glanced down at his left arm. He actually did it. There were signs of healing, but the damage was there. Four vertical cuts on his arm, one for each of those who left him behind. He traced the cuts with the hand on his other arm. It felt weird, but in a good way. It was almost like he was in some sort of trance that he didn't want to get out of.
Then a loud knock at his bedroom door brought him out of his trance. A knock that could only have come from one other person: Yami. Yami, the one who took everyone away without even realizing it. Yami, the reason there were cuts on Yugi's arm. Every time Yugi thought about the situation, the more he hated it. He couldn't possibly get angry at Yami for wanting to be with his friends while he just got pushed aside. But he couldn't bring it up to him. No, this was a secret for him alone.
"Yugi," Came a baritone voice from the other side that could only belong to his darker half "We need to hurry. School starts in a few hours."
"Coming!" Yugi called back. He quickly changed into some black jeans, but what about the top? He needed something that would cover his cuts but wouldn't seem to suspicious to Yami. He thought about trying something he saw models do on different American clothing websites by wearing a long sleeve shirt under a t-shirt, but that seemed to complicated. In the end, he opted for a t-shirt with a hoodie. He made his way downstairs to see Yami glancing at the paper. He quickly made his way to the toaster on the counter to avoid any kind of eye contact with his other.
"Good morning, Yugi," Yami said, looking up at his light. The gentle just received made Yugi shiver to the core. How could Yami be acting so nice now after it seemed like he threw Yugi away?
"Morning," Yugi said quickly, not turning around. Instead, he pretended to keep himself busy by gathering jam and butter for his toast.
"Thank you for cleaning up those dishes last night, but you really shouldn't have. I would have gotten to them today," Yami said, curious as to why his light was acting different.
"It was nothing. Besides, the last thing I would have wanted was for Grandpa to wake up to a mess." Yugi's toast popped out a lovely golden brown. He began attacking it with butter.
"Yugi, you and I both know Grandpa is away visiting friends in France."
Yugi knew he couldn't really argue there. His grandpa left for Paris last Tuesday. And for the life of him, Yugi would never understand how he made so many friends all over the world. He had friends everywhere while Yugi lost everyone in one fell swoop.
"Well, just forget about it., Yugi said, popping the toast into his mouth.
"Is everything okay? "Yami asked with a puzzled look on his face. Yugi hadn't even made eye contact with him, "You seem a little off today."
Yugi quickly spun around with a knife in one hand and a piece of toast in the other. At that moment, amethyst and crimson collided in a gaze Yugi didn't want to break. It had been forever since Yami gave him a look like that and he cherished it, but he couldn't. It was taken from him once and so easily, he would never be able to regain it.
"I'm fine. Just a test today," Yugi said quickly.
"You'll do fine," Yami chuckled. He always found it amusing when his hikari would stress over school, "Just like you do on every other test."
"HOLY CRAP! HE BOUGHT IT!" Yugi never thought he would be able to trick Yami, but he managed to do it.
"Well, we better hurry or we'll be late," Yami said, breaking Yugi out of his thought process.
"Okay, let's go," Yugi was finally able to break the gaze and go grab his stuff. Soon the two were ready and off to Domino High.
