Alright! on to chapter 2! For anyone who wanted Heba or Yugi in here, you'll be delighted!
I fell to my hands and knees, coughing up the blood substitute. Thick, red water ran along the ground, running into the glass shards.
"Stupid...Stupid...stupid…" I panted heavily. My body had been continually rejecting the substitute, yet it had never been this bad. Usually, I would just feel extremely nauseous after drinking it, but this time...this time, the second it hit my stomach, I began to vomit it up.
I had to tell Ruby and Saph to stop sending them to me. I needed some other way to substitute blood.
I waited a few moments before I decided to start moving carefully. I gently picked up the large pieces of glass, and threw them out. I gathered a few layers of paper towels, and started to carefully clean up the miniscule shards on the floor, along with the substitute. After it had all been cleaned up, I called Xanthe.
"Hello?" Xanthe answered.
"Hey. It's me," I said, moving to my bedroom, and laying on my bed.
"What's up?" Xanthe asked.
"The blood substitutes. It happened again," I said.
"Again?!" Xanthe exclaimed.
"Yeah. Only, it was much worse this time. Just as it hit my stomach, I started to vomit. I dropped the glass, and fell while I vomited," I said.
"I'll tell Ruby and Sapphire, then," Xanthe said.
"No, don't!" I exclaimed.
"What? Why?" Xanthe asked.
"Because. What if I need to drink when I'm near Yami? I don't….I don't want it to happen again…," I said softly.
"Atem, what happened with Heba-"
"Was my fault. I scared him away. I hadn't drank anything in days, and I was so hungry. I attacked him on accident, and he told everyone what happened. That's why I told you we needed to relocate to Domino City," I said.
"I know. But it won't happen again, which is why-"
"I need to keep getting them," I said, interrupting her yet again.
"Atem, your body can't handle it," Xanthe said.
"I don't care. I want...I want Yami to stay. I don't want to screw up again," I said softly.
"Atem…," Xanthe said softly.
The next day, Yami and I stayed near each other again all day. Hell, we even got in the lunch line together. I silently started to eat my lunch, as did Yami.
"Hey Yami. I...have a question. Do you believe in reincarnation?" I asked. I mentally slapped myself for asking such a stupid question.
"Reincarnation? Yeah. I do. Why?" Yami asked.
"Just...wondering. I mean, I do too. I also believe in love at first sight," I said. Can Xanthe please come up and lock me away in iron? . "Really? I thought I was crazy when I knew I believed in love at first sight," Yami said.
"You...believe too?" I asked.
"Yeah. And, when you believe in love at first sight, you can still spend time with a person, to find out if you really do love them or not," Yami said.
"That's exactly how I feel, too," I smiled.
"Speaking of. Yesterday, I...I heard a lot of people making fun of me because I'm from America. But you...you were really nice to me," Yami said.
"Well, just because you're new, doesn't mean you should get made fun of," I shrugged.
Yami then hugged me. Unsure of what to say, I hugged him back.
"Thank you," Yami said softly.
"You're welcome," I said back, equally as soft. We both let go of each other, and went back to eating.
"By the way, Atem. When I was talking about love at first sight...I...I was talking about you," Yami said, blushing brightly.
"Wh-What..?" I stuttered.
"Y-Yeah. I-I mean, you were really nice to me all day, you even walked me home. Also...You look...really nice," Yami said, his face going brighter, 'With your...tanned skin, and deep crimson eyes. You...You really look nice," Yami said.
"I...I feel the same about you," I said.
"Y-You do?!" Yami squeaked.
"Yeah. When I was talking about love at first sight, I...was talking about you," I said.
"That...That makes me really happy," Yami said. I gently took his hand, and kissed it.
"So. Yami. Would you...like to go out with me?" I asked.
"I'd….love to," Yami smiled.
I walked Yami home again happily. Both of us walked under my umbrella, and I had my free arm around Yami. We walked into the Game Shop, and Solomon was busy with a few customers.
"Hey, Grandpa. I'm home. Atem and I are going to go upstairs and work on our homework, okay?" Yami said.
"Alright. Are you two hungry at all?" Solomon asked, finishing with the customers.
"No. We're fine," Yami smiled. Solomon nodded, and I followed Yami upstairs. We went into his room, which was decorated with a lot of gaming posters, and a few drawings were hung up as well. We sat on his bed, and started our homework. After we were done, Yami got up.
"Oh! There's something I've been working on for a while. I...I love drawing, and I've been working on this one for a while. Mind if I go and get my sketchbook?" Yami asked.
"No. Not at all," I smiled. Yami left the room, and I stretched, yawning. I hadn't got back to my apartment until midnight, so, in the past two days, I've gotten very little sleep.
That's when I heard Yami scream.
"Oh my God! You're here!" he cried out. I left the room, and went to the living room, where Yami was hugging someone very familiar.
"Oh my God! I can't believe you're here!" he said happily.
"Hey, when I heard my baby bro was moving to Grandpa's shop, I had to come see you! You've gotten so big since the last time I saw you," the person said.
"Well, people do grow when years pass by, Heba," Yami said, letting go of him.
Heba.
Heba looked up, and looked straight at me.
"You…," I said softly.
"You…," Heba growled, and pulled Yami closer.
"Um, Heba…? What's going on? Why are you mad at my boyfriend? You hav-"
"Your BOYFRIEND?! Yami, don't get him!" Heba exclaimed.
"It was an accident!" I yelled.
"Yeah, an accident that nearly killed me!" Heba yelled.
"Oh, I didn't almost kill you!" I yelled
"Heba! What's going on?" Yami asked.
"Remember my phone call a few years ago? Where I told you my boyfriend was a vampire, and he attacked me?" Heba asked.
"Yeah….why?" Yami asked.
"He's the one, Yami. This asshole is the vampire that almost killed me," Heba growled. Yami looked at me.
"Atem...is that true?" Yami asked.
"Yami, it was an accident. Honest! I didn't mean to. I...I hadn't drank anything a few days, and, I was….desperate. But, he's lying about one thing. I did not almost kill him. I drank maybe two sips before I realized what I had done. And Ra knows how much I've apologized to him, telling him it was an accident, but he won't believe me. And I still feel guilt for it," I said.
"Yami, he's ly-"
"No. No, I'm not. I'm not lying. Heba, I cared about you immensely. I didn't do it on purpose," I said.
"You….You're a vampire?" Yami asked softly. I nodded, took a deep breath, and bared my fangs slightly.
"I told you, Yami. He's dangerous," Heba glared. Yami didn't say anything. I looked away, closing my eyes. My chance with someone new was ruined by his older brother. I sighed softly.
"I'll...I'll go get my stuff out of your room and leave, okay, Yami?" I said softly. I turned to the stairs, but I felt a hand on my wrist. Turning my head, I saw Yami was grabbing me. He had managed to get away from Heba, and was now slowly walking to me.
"Don't...Don't go, Atem…," he said cautiously.
"Yami. Let go of him, and get back over here. Now," Heba said warningly. Yami ignored him, and stopped walking when he was a few feet in front of me.
"Can I...Can I see your fangs again?" Yami asked. I raised my eyebrows questioningly, but bared my fangs again. Yami reached out to touch one, and I recoiled a bit.
"S-Sorry. You might not want to touch them," I said.
"You...you won't hurt me, right?" Yami asked.
"No. I..I wouldn't even dream of it," I said.
"Then, maybe...maybe you were wrong, Heba," Yami said, turning to him.
"Yami, he attacked me," Heba said.
"On accident," Yami said.
"Whatever spell you put on my brother, take it off. Now," Heba growled.
"I didn't do anything of the sort," I said.
"Yami. He's dangerous. And he will hurt you. I will get my brother away from you, Atem," Heba glared. He stormed out of the house. Yami and I were both silent. Then, we heard the door open again.
"Well. That was a lot that just happened. What do you say we sit down and talk?" Solomon asked.
For starters, no. Heba is not, and will not become, a hunter. I feel like that'd be copying lilyflower666 way too much, and I respect her writing and her as an author, so no. Heba will not become a hunter. Heba is not a hunter.
Second, SHAMELESS SU REFERENCING! XD
Question of Chapter: Same as chapter 1, along with 'if yes, should I include a scene with Jou and Seto?
One last thing, here. TG #4: Human food tastes slimy and disgusting to ghouls. I kind of made that work with Atem's body rejecting the tablets.
Also, FUN FUN VAMPIRE STORY TIME NEXT CHAPTER! WOO! XD
And, as a reminder: I leave for college in 4 days. I start classes on 22nd. After that, updates will be whenever I can get around to typing and uploading, okay?
AND! NEVER FEAR! I plan on updating MNSHM soon! The next chapter is in the works and almost done! promise!
