Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! or any of it's characters nor gain any profit from it. Both belong to Kazuki Takahashi. I'm just a dedicated fan. My fanfiction isn't and hasn't been beta'd by anyone.

Contains: AU(Alternate Universe), a bit of angst, humor which totally sucks by my opinion. ^^; yaoi boyxboy, Puzzleshipping - Yami Yugi(Atemu) x Yugi Mutou some OC's that were made in the spur of the moment. Since this is an AU setting, it seems appropriate right? ^^

Warning: OC's, language, a possible shonen ai moment.

*Yugi's POV*

After lunch, Yami and myself walked to class together, still talking but mostly about random stuff. People stared at us with disbelief as they seen us walking into the classroom. It was awkward seeing that I was not as popular as the person next to me. They still stared as I stood next to his desk while he sat in it. I tried to ignore them in order to immerse myself in the conversation I was having with someone I was starting to like a lot. Since we were assigned to different seats, Yami went to the middle row while I sat three rows away from him towards the front. Class began shortly after we were seated. I was overly anxious and wanted school to end so I can talk to him more.

The end of the day finally came. School was over and I couldn't wait to talk to Yami some more. He was the first friend besides Anzu who found me interesting. I gathered my books then crammed them into my school bag and walked over to Yami's desk, eager to talk to him again. He was already surrounded by his friends, five guys whose names I barely knew. They looked as cool as Yami too. Tall, slightly muscular but not as attractive as him. Their hair was kind of unusual too, despite mine and Yami's hairstyle. Different array of colors. Upon noticing me, Yami smiled and stood up.

"Hey Yugi. These are my friends: Yasushi Chono, Kazuki Takemoto, Yuta Shiraki, Keisuke Tsuchiya and Nobuo Yakushi. Guys, this is Yugi Motou." said Yami as he gestured to each of his friends. Yasu's hair was deep burgundy, slightly unkempt with streaks of purple in the strands. Kazuki's hair was platinum blonde, cropped short and spiked up with hair gel. Yuta had jet black hair that framed his face but was spiked up in the back. Keisuke's hair was also black but it was unkempt to the point where it actually suited him. Nobu had bright orange hair, obviously dyed and it was past his shoulders slightly.

"Hello." I murmured shyly, bowing.

"Hey." said Yami's five friends collectively, staring at me apprehensively.

"So I was thinking that we all go to the arcade. Yugi likes to game too." Yami suggested. His friends glanced over at me with doubtful looks.

"Does he like DDR?" Yasu asked Yami.

"Ask him, Yasu." beckoned Yami.

"Sorry. So Yugi, do you like DDR?" Yasu finally asked me.

"Yes. But I like all games in general." I answered him.

"Oh cool. Now that makes seven of us."

"So Yugi, want to come with us?" Yami asked. I nodded.

"Okay."

"Great. Now it's settled. We hit the arcade!" Everyone cheered loudly. I just smiled but I know I was screaming for joy on the inside. It's my first time out with Yami and it involves gaming. This is going to be a good evening.

We left the school grounds after I called Grandpa and told him that I might be late to dinner. Then we proceeded to the arcade, Dave & Buster's. D&B's isn't far from my house either but I did walk past my street in order to get there. I love Dave & Buster's because they've got good food, awesome games and a bar. Even though I don't drink. I live for this place. The atmosphere there is amazing. We arrived shortly after 4:30 and entered the building. And I was practically bouncing with excitement. I sighed when we'd entered. I'm at my real home. Yami heard me and asked, "You really must like being here. I guess this must be your second home, right?"

I nodded and replied with a smile, "Yeah. I love it here." Yami smiled at my answer.

The greeter welcomed us in and told us to enjoy ourselves. I knew the greeter of course. He said 'hi' to me since I frequent here a lot. I basically spend my allowance on this place every week. I probably shelled out over $6000 here so far. That is sort of depressing if you think about it but it's so totally worth it.

After supercharging our D&B cards, we got some sodas and headed to the DDR game. Keisuke and Yuta were the first ones to go up on the machine. The lights lit up after they slid their cards. They chose the Difficult setting on the game then chose their song. The lights grew even brighter as the song began. It was a classical techno type of song. It sounded weird yet it was catchy. I found myself humming to the song shortly after it began. I look over and noticed Yami dancing to the arrows on the screen like his friends were. But unlike them, he was in sync with the beat. Seeing him so focused, and so in sync with the music got me a little excited to get up there.

The song was done a minute later Yami offered to go next. I was gonna stand back and watch since I didn't want my dancing to bring down his but Yami wasn't having it. Since I was the new addition to his group, he made me dance with him. I know I'm not bad at DDR but Yami's dancing looked so good that my dancing looks like absolute shit compared to his. Yami saw how worried I was about getting up there and took my hand. I gasped lightly and pulled away quickly. It wasn't because he grabbed it so suddenly. When he touched me, it felt as if an electric current passed through us. It was a strange feeling.

"Sorry." he said as he pulled his hand back as well. We got up on the dance platforms, scanned our cards and Yami chose the difficulty and I chose the song. 'Twilight Zone' on Expert. It's one of my favorite songs and to my surprise Yami's too. The lights grew bright and the song began Yami and I were on point with the arrows as we stomped down on the dance pad hitting the arrows with exact timing. At one point, he told me, "Follow my lead." I didn't get what he meant until he took my hand again then flipped me over his body strategically to when the arrows came up on the screen, I hit them perfectly when I'd landed. What Yami did was so awesome. I never thought you could do that on DDR. The song ended right there after our stunt.

I didn't notice that semi large a crowd gathered behind us until we turned around. They cheered for us and Yami took my hand again then bowed to the crowd together. That static electricity feeling came back again. I flushed. Yami thought I was slightly exhausted from the gameplay and made me sit out while he played against Yasu and Nobu for four rounds. He looked so awesome dancing up there, moving gracefully as his feet hit the arrows with remarkable timing. Soon, the song was done and he had won by a few grades. His face was completely flushed and covered in a sheen of sweat when he returned to me.

"So, you having fun?" he asked while trying to catch his breath.

"A blast." I answered smiling.

"That's good."

"Oh, uh here." I handed him a refill of his soda.

"Thanks." Yami gulped the whole thing down within seconds and I went to fetch him his 6th refill while I get my 2nd. I returned with both of our glasses and handed him his.

"Thanks Yugi."

"Anytime." I said as I smiled lightly.

Yami didn't look like he was spent but he did show it. I could see his legs buckling as we stood and watched his friends in a dance battle against each other. Well he did play for two straight hours without resting his legs. I took him to one of the booths to sit down and rest his legs.

"Man, my legs feel like heavy weights being attached to them." he laughed.

"You should rest some before going home, Yami." I told him.

"Yeah, You're like almost a head shorter than I am so I would just pull you down to the ground if you even try carry me home."

"Shut up." I flushed.

"You know it's true, Little One and you know it." I scoffed and Yami smiled. His smile made my heart skip a beat.

"Don't call me 'Little One.'" My cheeks burned even hotter and Yami laughed. I let out an exasperated sigh. "How are your legs?" I finally asked him after he was done with his laughing fit.

"Fine. Do you want to dance with me again?"

"Okay." Yami seems so nonchalant when he takes my hand, still sending off electric signals through my body, and pulls me off to the DDR game again. We ended up drawing a bigger crowd than before when Yami and I did a series of stunts on the game again (after setting the difficulty lower this time.) I had fun even more this time around especially since Yami is my dance partner again on this game. And we did even more thrilling stunts that would've sent me into cardiac arrest when he swung me a couple of times. We ended up giving two more encores because the crowd loved our dancing on the game.

Now my legs are throbbing. Once we were outside of Dave & Buster's ten minutes later, Yami and I said goodbye to now my new friends and went home together. He's the one who had to help me walk a little since DDR ruined whatever chance I had of walking properly tonight. The pain and somewhat numbness was totally worth it since I got to hang out with the first friend I've made in a while all in the same day. Yami had my left arm over his shoulder and one of his is on my waist trying to hold me up. The closeness was making my face burn wildly. Luckily for me it's dark enough to the point where he can't see my face clearly.

We closed in on my house soon enough and my face was still hot. The streetlights were bright as day and I'm positive that Yami will see my the color of my face is like that of a tomato. I tried several times to shove myself away from Yami, but he was adamant about keeping me close to him for some reason. This made my cheeks even redder than before. I didn't think that was possible. Yami finally let go of me when we were in front of my house/game shop. He looked at me like he just figured something out about me.

"So you live in a game shop?" he asked.

"In a sense." I answered.

"You must be happy."

"Yeah."

We stared at each other for a bit. Yami's crimson eyes looked slightly brighter for some reason. They looked so beautiful even though most people would consider them menacing. I could get lost in them forever. Then I remembered what I was going to say to him.

"Thanks for today. I needed it." I said.

"Don't mention it. You did need that for a while, Yugi. Friends, I mean." said Yami.

"Mm-hm." Then I looked away from Yami's brilliant crimson eyes, trying to deny the

I couldn't look him in them now. I couldn't look at his perfect face and his perfect eyes. If I looked into them just once, I would've done something drastic. I'm sure my face is as red as his eyes right now.

"Your face is beet red." Yami noted as he laughed. He leaned in towards me then whispered in my ear, "Don't worry. It's cute."

Wait, cute? Did he just say I'm— I lost my train of thought when he kissed my cheek.

"Sweet dreams, Yugi. I'll see you tomorrow." My heart stopped. I'm like, Holy hell! Did Yami just kiss me on my cheek?

It took me several minutes to get my brain working right before I entered my house. I'm sure Grandpa was just fixing dinner when he heard me slam the door and shout, "Grandpa, tadaima!" He peered out of the kitchen.

"Oh, okeri Yugi! I've just finished cooking dinner. Wash your hands." He said then ducked back into the kitchen. I walked upstairs to the bathroom in a daze still. I headed to my bedroom, which was further down the hall, to drop off my school bag. Then I headed to the bathroom to wash my hands. I'm still in a daze from that kiss on the cheek from Yami earlier. I didn't expect that to happen. It was out of the blue. I first washed my hands after entering the bathroom and peed. Guess I had too much to drink at D&B earlier. Then splashed cold water on my face to cool it down. It sort of worked but I was still noticeably red. So I tried to put Yami's kissing my cheek out of my mind for now.

I walked down stairs and sat at the dining room table and thanked Grandpa for the food. I immediately wolfed my food down not realizing how famished I was. Grandpa asked how my day was. I just told him that I made a new friend and went to the arcade after school today nothing more. Of course I left out the part where Yami kissed me on the cheek. That part would've freaked him out. I thanked Grandpa for cooking dinner again then went up to my room. I did my homework before going to take a shower.

After changing out of my clothes, I wrapped a large white towel around my waist then walked towards the bathroom. After entering and locking the door, I let the tub fill with water. After that, I unwrap my towel and let it pool at my feet as I head over to the dangling showerhead and grab it off the hook. Then I turned the water on warm to mildly hot. The way I like it and relax under the soothing heat while scrubbing myself clean. After I finished scrubbing, I rinsed then decided to soak in the tub. The heat of the water feels good to my aching legs so I let out an relaxed sigh.

I start replaying the events of my day in my head again. The time I met Yami and we talked for a while. When we went to Dave & Buster's with his friends and played DDR together. Then the kiss he gave me on the cheek... My head spun when I thought of everything we done simultaneously. After ten or fifteen minutes in the tub, I was getting a little pruned so I got out of the tub and toweled off. I changed into my pajamas after getting back to my room then combed my now damp hair. Then I plopped face down into my pillow and got under my comforter. As I began slipping into unconsciousness, there were a few things I might've realized. I know I've gained a friend, a best friend. That friend happens to be an obsessive gamer like me. He's gorgeous and has the most beautiful crimson eyes. And I'm falling in love with my best friend.

A/N: Yes, I am very aware Japan doesn't have a Dave & Buster's. They're too awesome for that. :D

So, I guess everyone is wondering about the whole D&B thing. ^^; Well to put it simply, Dave & Buster's is an arcade with all sorts of awesome games including DDR. They have awesome food. Even if the selection is limited. There is a bar there too. I spotted some pool tables the first time I'd went there but found no interest in them. There are three in Georgia (the state I currently live in.) and I think Texas as well. I'm not exactly sure. If you're curious about D&B, look it up on the internet. It should explain it a lot more better to all of you than I did…^^; Pfft, fail.

Dave & Buster's, to me, is the best place in the world. I love going there even though it's a great distance from where I live. It's always a rarity to go there and I always, always wanted to go there more often. So whenever I go, I always become very happy. It's probably the happiest I ever been in my life. I haven't been there in almost two years and I'm greatly saddened because of it. :(

Well, I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter. :3 Reviews are appreciated!~^_^