Chapter 2

Author's Notes...

Sorry for just not posting chapters to this. I have had them. I recently went through some things and found the chapters :) So...here you go!

Yuugi gave a look of disbelief, "Are you serious?"

Yami tried to smile warmly, like the office secretaries do when they have to confiscate or discipline. Their faces look like they might even take pity. Yuugi wasn't exactly sure why the man who once shared a soul with him didn't just coax it out of him. After all, he was weak, defenseless, and easily manipulated. Being so close in the past made him wonder why he didn't pull him into a serious conversation about keeping secrets from your friends—especially if that friend shared a body with you.

Yuugi sighed and handed him the phone. The text inbox was half full. He didn't delete his texts from today yet. He had talked to Anzu earlier about the testing coming up. He talked to Jii-Chan a few times, just checking up on things since his grandfather learned how to use a cell phone. And then there was that conversation with Jou. Its not like Yuugi said that he liked Yami, but Jou had to open his mouth about what he thought.

"You can go back to class if you want now, Yuugi." Yami noticed his other half's hesitance and assumed he had zoned out.

"Is-Is it okay if I just stay here for the rest of the period?" Yuugi thought about the rest of the class and what the text said. As Jou or Honda would put it, he didn't 'have the balls' to face them. Oh, the ridicule. The embarrassment. The horror of his reputation getting flushed down the toilet. Oh wait—he didn't have a reputation. Or...not a good one at least. After all, maybe if they bonded in the office for a while then Yami wouldn't hate him so much later.

"I suppose thats alright as long as you don't make being in the office a habit." Yami shrugged, "You don't need to have your first detention in your junior year" He laughed a little.

"Hey, um, how long have you been in the office?" Yuugi asked.

"Since the beginning of the year"

""Today is the first day of school...I mean how long have you been in the office today?" Yuugi thought about how Jou had walked out of the office with a detention. Had Yami given him that?

"Since after I beat up Keith for you" No change in his voice.

"So...so Jou was here already?"Yuugi wondered as he asked his 'other half'.

"Well...yes" Yami turned his head a little the opposite way. A guilty look was evident on his face, "I gave him a detention"

"I know..." Yuugi frowned, "You have the authority to do that as an intern?"

"Pretty much. They trust me."

"Aren't you going to give me a detention too then?"Yuugi backed up.

"...No." Yami got up and went behind the counter once more and laid his head down. He sighed and thought back to minutes before Yuugi had gotten there.

Jou walked in with his hands in his pocket, grumbling swear words and he strutted into the office like the badass he thought he was. He stopped in his tracks when he saw Yami behind the desk with paperwork.

"Hey, where are all the secretaries?" Jou put the smile back on his face.

"They're on break" Yami chuckled, "An hour into school and you're already here. What did you do?"

"Was texting in class in class"Jou shrugged with his phone in his hand.

"Huh? You're usually good at hiding that kind of stuff" Yami shuffled through papers.

"Eh, the kid behind me is a snitch." Jou sat down on a nearby chair and made himself comfortable, "Damn those ridiculously smart sophomores in my Pre-Calc class!"

"Watch it" A playfully defensive Yami smirked, "I took Pre-Calc as a sophomore!"

"Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Whatever." Jou waved his hand in Yami's face, ignoring his mostly, "I'm just surprised I of all people was caught and little Yuugi wasn't!"

At the mention of the younger boy's name, Yami's head shot up from the papers he was sorting through, "You guys were texting?"

"Well yeah" Jou spoke nonchalantly.

"Anything interesting?" Yami tried to keep a low profile, you know, he seemed a little too interested.

"Not really"

"Can I see?"

Katsuya was naturally a good liar and brushed it off like the situation was nothing, "Like I said, it's nothing you'd find interesting"

"Well technically, Jou, I'm supposed to-" Yami was cut off by the office phone ringing, "Office" He answered.

"Hi, I'm sending Yuugi Moutou down to the office. Expect him shortly" The professor spoke swiftly and promptly.

"Anything specific you want me to do?"

"Oh, just take his phone or something. Hes gone through enough already." And with that, the teacher hung up. Slowly, Yami hung up the phone.

"What was up with that?" Jou rested his elbows on the front desk.

"You got Yuugi in trouble" Yami glared at his blonde friend.

"Aw. Thats too bad. Poor kid" Jou brushed it off.

Yami pulled out some papers and took out a specific yellow paper and began filling it out quickly. Jou gave him a puzzled look and pulled his elbows off the desk.

"What are you doing there?" Jou looked.

"Giving you a detention" Yami finished the paper and handed his friend the paper.

"What? But why?" Jou stood up, angry.

"Just go back to class" Yami turned away from him and proceeded to go to the back room to get some papers and envelopes.

"So..I guess you're not gunna answer me." Yuugi turned to leave, but Yami jumped over the desk, put his hand on Yuugi's cheek and pressed him lips firmly against the shorter male. It was a simple kiss. Yami pulled away and just looked at Yuugi. Looked into his confused eyes...and turned away.

"I'm sorry...I" Yami jumped back over the desk and went into the back room...leaving Yuugi standing there in awe.

"He just...kissed me" Yuugi fell backwards into the chair.