Chapter One: The Incident and The Savior
"Order up on table five!" The cook called from the semi concealed kitchen. Yugi turned his head away from the table he had been serving after jotting down their orders to dash to the newly prepared dishes behind the diner counter. It was on of those busy afternoons in the Shuttle Stop diner where being a waiter was not one of the most rewarding things in the world, especially if your family owned the diner and you had to work there for squat. Yugi held in an annoyed sigh as he deposited the two orders of overly greasy cheese burgers and French fries. There was only one perk of working for a fast food restaurant: it convinced one that you never wanted to eat at one.
Yugi went back behind the counter to wait for the next order to come up, and watched his friend Malik arrange some sticky sweet rolls atop a clear plastic container before placing back its cover. Malik's eyes shifted slightly around to glance at the diner atmosphere before turning his attention to Yugi.
"You know, Atem is staring at you again," He smiled a slightly wicked grin at Yugi.
"He is not," Yugi said defensively, taking a quick look for himself only to see Atem's strange red eyes changed their gaze back to Marik, who was sitting across from him in the both they were sharing.
"He is too, you scardy cat," Malik teased, moving to clean off the counter that had a few crumbs dirtying it.
"I'm not a scardy cat, meanie," Yugi said under his breath as he poked Malik in his side, causing Malik to jump slightly, "But I can see the way you were staring at Marik," Yugi decided to tease back.
Malik was too surprised from the poke to cover his blush over Yugi's comment. "Shut up," he growled embarrassingly. In order to make sure that they didn't stray too far from their work, Malik picked up a semi hot coffee jug and hurriedly went to refill some customers cups at a table further back into the diner. Yugi giggled lightly at his friend's attempt to escape the teasing game he had provoked.
He was so occupied with thoughts of their high school crushes that he didn't really notice the growing argument near the front of the diner, which had just begun to get physical. Two bulky men darted from their chairs and began to wrestle with one another, growling in frustration. Yugi turned to face them just in time to see the gun that they were fighting over, point at him, and fire.
The pain was an explosion that hit so fast, Yugi didn't even realize that he had fallen to the ground until he felt the air suddenly whoosh out of his body at the impact. He heard indistinct shouts and several voices call his name at once. But he only saw crimson eyes looking down at him when his vision cleared some, and instantly recognized them as his. Atem's.
"Look at me," Yugi heard his voice call, but was unable to say anything back, though he desperately wished to. His dark teal work shirt was ripped open exposing the wound in Yugi's abdomen. Atem's hand supported Yugi's head, so he could maintain eye contact with him. His other hand flattened over the gunshot wound, pressing enough to make Yugi gasp and cough softly.
And then there was warmth and comfort surrounding Yugi's body and mind. He could feel no more pain, only the haze that had overtaken him…
And then he was back, staring into Atem's eyes, that were frantic and uncharacteristically frightened. Yugi watched as he grasped a nearby ketchup bottle and broke it against the counter, spilling its contents over Yugi's stomach before standing shakily and saying:
"You got scared and tripped when you saw the gun, you spilled ketchup and that's all that happened," It was all that Atem was able to say before Marik pulled on him roughly, practically throwing him out of the establishment.
Moments later Malik was at his side, asking questions and babbling something that Yugi couldn't hear as he lay there trying to figure out what happened, why there was no more pain or why he was even still alive. But all his mind would let him do was focus on that one subject he spent most days trying to convince himself not to think about:
Yami Atem…
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