Daddy for the Weekend
Chapter Two
.i do not own yu-gi-oh!.
Yami glanced at Yuki from the corner of his eye. He could tell that something was up with the tri-colour haired teen, but what exactly it was he wasn't too sure of. A brow irked as he spoke, "Yuki? Something up Bud? You look like you have something on your mind? Wanna talk about it?"
Yuki jumped at the question, almost as if he had been startled by it. He hadn't realized that Yami had been paying that much attention to him. "What? Oh no I'm fine, just thinking is all."
Yami didn't believe that for a second. In the six months that he had spent in the presence of Yūgi and the twins, he picked up on when something was bothering either one of them and could easily tell when they were lying about their feelings. He had gotten Yūgi like that several times now. "You sure, Yuki? If I can be of any help, don't hesitate to let me know. Like I told your sister and your mother before, I'm here for you if you need me."
Yuki smiled, Yami noticed how the gesture didn't quite reach his eyes. "I'm fine Yami, really. I'm just thinking. Thank you for your concern though."
Yami could tell from his answer that whatever was wrong with Yuki, he didn't want to talk about it. So he decided that he would let it be until Yuki actually felt comfortable confiding in him whatever the hell was up, "Alright if you say so. But remember, I'm always available if you ever need to talk, Yuki, guy to guy. And whatever you tell me, I won't tell your mother unless I really have to."
"Thanks Yami," Yuki replied.
This time the smile did reach his eyes.
…
"Hiyori," Kisara called to the tri-colour haired teen, holding out the card to her. "What does this card do?"
"Let's see," Hiyori said as she took the card she was being offered. "Ah, I know this card. It's called "Pot of Greed". This card allows anyone who draws and plays it to draw two more cards from their deck to their hand. My mother has a few of these cards in her deck and it does come in handy in a tight spot."
"If Aunt Yūgi has it in her deck, I want to have it in mine," Kisara said happily taking the card back from Hiyori who offered it. "I wonder if Daddy will let me have one of his Blue Eyes White Dragon cards if I ask him."
"You'd have a pretty powerful deck if you were able to get the card," Hiyori praised. She picked up another two cards and held them out to the young girl, "I'd add these to your deck as well. Time Wizard and Baby Dragon are a great combination. Your Mom has them in her deck too."
"Ooh," Kisara said taking the cards and adding them to the sizeable deck she had already built.
"What about this one Hiyori," Hima asked, holding up another card for Hiyori to examine.
"That is the Polymerization card," Hiyori answered. "It allows you to merge two cards together to create a new monster, like this." She pulled her own deck from the side pouch of her belt and looked through it to find the cards that she was looking for. She pulled out the Gaia the Fierce Knight card and the Curse of Dragon card. "Using that card, I would be able to create Gaia, the Dragon Champion. I learned that trick from my mother."
"Wow," Hima said blinking. "That's really cool. Hey Hiyori? Do you think that after we finish building our decks, you and Hiba can play us in a few games of Duel Monsters?"
"I don't see why not," Hiyori said with a shrug. "I'd love to play you guys in a few games and teach you what I know about the game. How about you, Hiba?"
"I'm in too," Hiba piped. "Now, let's finish getting everyone's decks built and we'll play."
"Okay," the five children chimed before returning their attention to the piles of cards they still had to choose from.
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"Hey Bud, how do you feel about Neapolitan ice cream," Yami asked as he turned to the young male, holding up a party pail sized carton of the tri-flavoured ice cream. His head tilted to the side when he realized Yuki wasn't paying the slightest bit of attention. "Yuki? Everything alright? You're spacing out on me again."
"Huh? Oh yeah I'm fine," Yuki finally answered. "Just thinking again is all."
Yami placed the pail of ice cream in the cart before his arms came to rest over his chest, "Alright, this is the second time you've been distracted like that to the point where you didn't hear a word that I said. Is it something that I can help you with? I don't know how many times I've told you, you can talk to me Yuki."
Yuki sighed, he may as well tell him. There really was no one else that he could talk to about the situation other than Hiyori and he didn't want his sister getting involved with this. He was supposed to protect her as the elder twin, not the other way around. And he definitely couldn't go to his mother. Yūgi would give that girl a piece of her mind then move on to the parents. That woman could be really scary when she wanted to be. Besides, it might be nice to get a guy's prospective on the situation. "It's just issues that your typical teenaged boy goes through."
"Wow that's extremely vague Yuki," Yami grunted. Had he been like that with his father when he was Yuki's age? He made a mental note to ask the next time he spoke with his father which would probably be very soon. "Do your mother or sister know about these "typical teenaged boy issues" you're dealing with or have you not told either of them?"
"Hiyori knows but Mom doesn't and I would like to keep it that way," Yuki immediately begged. "Mom is extremely over protective when it comes to us and I'd rather her not get involved in this mess. It's my issue to deal with and she'd probably only make it even worse than it already is."
"Yuki, what on earth is going on," Yami asked as they continued through the store.
Another sigh escaped the teen, "Just a bullying problem Yami. Like I said, there's nothing to really worry about. Hiyori's aware of the situation and helps me when she can. It's just that she's not always there like this morning when Hizuki Ushio came to the Game Shop."
"What did he do," Yami asked; intrigued by this bit of knowledge. The boy had been the last person he expected to be dealing with a bully.
"She did her usual," Yuki answered. "Stole my money, taunted me, then left as usual."
The elder man paused.
"You know you don't have to put up with that, right," Yami inquired, a brow irked.
"Yeah, I know I don't but I don't want to be rude to a girl. That's not okay," Yuki defended, a blush gracing his features. "My mom always taught me that you should never be rude to a woman, no matter how nasty she is to you…"
"Oh. Oh! I see what's going on here," Yami chuckled. It had clicked almost immediately after his last statement. "You have a crush on this girl, don't you? And by the way, I'm pretty sure that's not what your mother meant by what she said."
"What, Yami, no!"
There was a snort of laughter from the elder tri-colour haired man. Didn't this boy know he had been there and done the exact same thing when he was his age? He did have the world's biggest crush on Yūgi all those years ago, after all. He was all too aware of how these things went. "It's okay Yuki, you can tell me if you do. I won't make fun of you."
"You can't tell anyone about this Yami, please," Yuki begged.
"Don't worry, your secret is safe with me," Yami laughed. "I won't tell a soul. Your mother won't even know about this until you're ready to tell her. You have my word."
"I'm holding you to that," Yuki said glaring at the elder man as they continued to make their way through the grocery store after swapping the melting pail of ice cream out. "I swear Yami if you say anything to anyone I'll never confide in you again."
"Don't fret Yuki, my lips are sealed," Yami chuckled checking his cellphone again to grab the next item on Hiyori's list. Lunch meat. "If you ever need any advice, you know you can always come to me. I've got your back, alright?"
"Thanks."
…
After stopping to grab the pizzas he had promised, Yami and Yuki returned to the Sennen man's home. The sight that they walked into was enough to stop them both dead in their tracks. Hiyori and Hiba had turned his living room into a dueling arena. Furniture had been pushed off to the sides in the spacious living room so that the centre was clear for the girls to stand in, the holograms of the monsters coming to life before their very eyes as all the children crowded around them to watch the duel play out.
"What the hell did we just walk into," Yami asked before he was shushed by his own daughter. Crimson eyes narrowed as he looked down at the tri-colour haired girl who had turned her attention back to the battle that was still in process before them. He couldn't help but notice how much Hiyori looked like her mother in that moment. "Well then."
"Looks like Hiyori's winning," Yuki whispered, having discarded the pizzas on the end table that had been moved towards the door and the grocery bags on the floor by his feet. "She's still sitting at twenty-one hundred life points while Hiba's down to twelve hundred."
"Next," Hiyori said suddenly, "I'll play my Dark Magician Girl. And since we both have a Dark Magician in our graveyards, she gains an extra six hundred attack points."
"Crap," Hiba groaned, glancing at her only monster on the field. The Winged Dragon. And she didn't have any trap or magic cards on the field that could help her get out of this mess. "If she attacks…"
"That'll be the end of your dragon and your life points," Hiyori confirmed. "Now, Dark Magician Girl, attack her Winged Dragon and end the duel with Dark Burning Attack."
Everyone watched on in astonishment as the female Duel Monster attacked, wiping out the dragon that stood on the other side of the room and effectively demolishing Hiba's life points. When everything settled and their duel disks had been deactivated, the younger children all cheered before crowding around Hiyori, asking all kinds of questions that ran together. Yami was pretty sure that if he didn't intervene and soon, the poor girl would get overwhelmed from all the attention.
"Alright guys, she can't answer all of you at once," Yami called out to the children. "So how about this, everyone takes turns asking Hiyori your question while we take the groceries in the kitchen then sit down with pizza and get ready to watch a movie?"
"Okay Daddy," Hikari readily agreed before waving the others to grab the groceries. "C'mon guys, let's put this stuff up then we can ask Hiyori questions before we watch a movie!"
There were nods of four other heads before they each grabbed bags then headed for the kitchen to quickly put everything away. Hiyori blew out a breath of relief, "Thanks Yami. My head was starting to hurt with all their voices running together. And I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have been able to answer any of the ten million questions that they asked me because I couldn't make out what they were saying."
Yami chuckled before picking up the four boxes of pizzas he had bought for dinner before gesturing for them to head into the kitchen as well to check on the five younger ones, "I figured that's what was happening. Glad I could help you out."
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Several hours later, Yami was startled awake by his cellphone ringing in his ear. Picking up the Galaxy Note 3, he glanced at the name of the caller. Rubbing sleep from ruby red eyes, he slid the answer button before placing the phone to his ear. "Hello?"
"Wow, those kids must have worn you out," the voice of his girlfriend giggled over the line. "I hope they haven't been giving you too much trouble?"
Yami shifted, finding it slightly hard to move easily. It wasn't until he glanced down that he noticed Hiyori was asleep on his left, her head resting on his shoulder and sometime while he was asleep Hikari had crawled into his lap and made herself comfortable. Yuki and Hiba were asleep by his feet with Hima and Ryuu resting between them. And Kisara had made herself comfortable by snuggling into Hiyori's arms. Keiko was found asleep in his favourite recliner. Yami had to wonder just when all of them had fallen out. "Well, just to start things off, Hiyori had the idea to teach all the kids how to play Duel Monsters to keep them occupied while Yuki and I headed to the store. When I got back, she and Hiba had turned my living room into a duel arena. And now, I'm covered in children with the ending credits of Aladdin playing in the background. I take it you all made it to where you were going safely?"
"The only mishap we encountered was when Malik managed to take a wrong turn and get off the highway a bit too soon," Yūgi laughed.
Yami could hear the platinum blonde woman in the background saying something about her being distracted because Marik had pocket dialed her and she could hear really loud music and the sound of women in the background. Yami was almost certain he knew where those two had escaped to.
"Well, I'm glad you all made it safe," Yami said before he yawned heavily, trying to muffle the sound with his hand.
"You sound tired, go and get some sleep," Yūgi offered. "I'll call you tomorrow morning and check up on things. Besides, you're going to need all the rest that you can get dealing with a gaggle of children."
"You are enjoying this, aren't you," Yami demanded as he gently moved Hiyori (and Kisara) before carefully standing with Hikari in his arms. "Yack it up while you have the chance."
Yūgi laughed on the other end of the line, "Oh don't be such a grouch. Go get some sleep, I'll talk to you later alright?"
"Goodnight Yūgi," Yami chuckled as he carefully stepped over the children. "I'll talk to you tomorrow."
"Alright," was her last reply before the line went dead.
Maneuvering Hikari so that he was able to grab his phone, he slipped it in his pocket before readjusting the young girl over his shoulder and making his way up the stairs. After putting her to bed, he made his way back downstairs and headed for the blanket closet. Pulling several thick comforters from the closet, he resituated the kids that remained in the living room before covering them with the blankets. Turning off the power to the TV and Blu-Ray player, he hit the lights before heading up to his bedroom and flopping down on his bed. Exhaustion immediately claimed him and he was lulled into a peaceful sleep; mentally preparing himself for the day to come. Yūgi was right. He was definitely going to need all the sleep that he could get.
Poor Yami. Poor, poor Yami. He doesn't have it easy lmao. Anyways, reviews are love. Let me know how you're enjoying the story. The next update will come next week. Until then, ciao!
