Exhaustion
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Continuing on!
The next day
Yugi had finally gotten to sit down for the first time in four hours of work. The last few days had been stressful on him, with his friends blowing up at each other over a stupid misplaced draft, helping sort it out, and with Seto busy with that project, that left Yugi and Mokuba in charge of a lot of things.
It wasn't until he actually sat down that he realized just how tired he really was. He could feel his feet throbbing a little from all the walking he had done. Just as he began to get comfortable his phone rang. Looking at the extension, it was a call from customer services. Fantastic. Yugi mentally groans as he answers the phone.
"Yugi Moto speaking." Yugi says in his business tone.
"Hello Mister Moto, there seems to be a disgruntled retailer on the line and they wanted to speak to Mister Kaiba, but I told him he wasn't in, and that his brother was unavailable." The lady on the other end says.
"Put them through." Yugi says.
"Yes sir." The woman says before putting the angry retailer on. Yugi swore his ear nearly fell off because of how loud and obnoxious this person was being.
"…and I want it handled now!" the men yells on the other end after going into full detail about what was wrong. Yugi barely manages to even catch what the problem was, something about the duel discs not being delivered. Yugi checks the delivery truck that was intended for his store and saw that they were about a day away from delivering and that the man had signed the paper saying it would be about a week. The man was complaining four days into it.
"Sir, they did not get lost, they're on schedule, it takes about a week to deliver to your area, every retailer knows that and makes sure to order the devices when they have about two weeks stock left." Yugi deadpans.
"Well I want my packages delivered first!" the man orders.
"Your shop is on the opposite side of town from where the trucks usually enter." Yugi points out.
"Your point?" The man growls.
"My point is that lack of planning on your end does not constitute an emergency on my end. You'll get your delivery at the set time and order." Yugi states.
"But the set time is when my shop closes." The man whines.
"It's that way for everyone sir." Yugi says.
"Can't you work with me here?" The man says.
"And what give you privileges?" Yugi gawks.
"Precisely." The man states.
"You're talking to your supplier, it's not our problem that you didn't read the fine print or that you ordered when you were out of merchandise, that only what a novice in the business industry does. So no, I will not give you certain privileges and you will learn from this mistake or go out of business." Yugi says. The man hangs up, saying Yugi has no idea what it was like to support a family, before slamming the phone down. Yugi calmly places his phone back on its cradle and rubs his temples in an effort to relax. The man was right, but that didn't mean Yugi needed to show the man any sort of special treatment, that would just start a vicious cycle of this game the man would start. There was already enough craziness going on at Kaiba Corp. and Yugi didn't want to catch any flak from Seto, especially when he was this stressed.
Yugi calms down after ten or so minutes before getting up and walking around the building, checking everything over and the progress of the machines. They had finished one late last night and were half way done with another and had started a fourth one. Marik was currently testing the complete one and on his phone, most likely to Seto, and keeping him informed.
As chaotic as this thing was to start, everything is going smoothly. Yugi chuckles mentally. The day seems to go by without any other problems and soon enough it was closing time and Yugi was almost tempted to leave ten minutes early, but he waited for the clock. Just before it was time Yugi received a text from Téa saying she would be going to his home. Smiling as he left he looks forward to getting home now even more than before. He parks in front of the Kami game shop, got out and set his alarm before entering the shop and going up the stairs to his home.
"Téa is in your room already." Solomon says with a tired kind smile. Yugi walks to his room and enters, smiling at Téa who was sitting on his bed. She pats the spot next to her and after closing his door he joins her on the bed.
"You look exhausted." Téa says.
"I feel exhausted too." Yugi replies.
"How's work been?" Téa asks. Yugi couldn't hold back the pent up frustration and annoyance and how draining work had been. It was like a the floodgates had failed and before he could stop himself he was telling Téa everything, the initial problems, the almost cost of the project, the toll it had taken on him, Seto, and everyone else involved with the project, the idiots he had to deal with on the phone who didn't understand the concept of timing. He vented all of this to Téa and she sat there, listening and talking to him. After about thirty minutes Yugi finally stopped and then blushed.
"I can't believe I just did that." Yugi grumbles.
"Yugi, it's not good for anyone to keep it all bottled up. The stress can cause physical ailments that can cause even more stress. I won't tell anyone, I swear." Téa says. Yugi smiles at her, knowing she would keep her word.
"Want me to stay?" Téa asks.
"Only if you want to." Yugi says. Téa rolls her eyes and kisses his cheek.
"Always the gentleman. I guess work did drain you this last week." Téa giggles.
"And what is that supposed to mean?" Yugi asks tiredly.
"It means that where you would usually say yes or no you just let me choose what to do instead of voicing your opinion." Téa says casually.
"I do that for eight hours on a daily basis." Yugi says.
"True, but I guess the increase of work has made you slightly delirious." Téa giggles.
"Yeah. I've wanted you to stay for a while, but I've been too tired to ask." Yugi says.
"Understood. Good thing I brought some clothes over just in case." Téa snickers before leaving the room to change. When she returns she finds Yugi, changed and in his pajamas and already crashed out on his bed. Téa rolls her eyes and smiles at him as she crosses the room and gently shakes him awake.
"Hmm…" Yugi says half dazed.
"Scoot over." Téa says. Yugi scoots a little, glad that he had gotten a larger bed, and Téa crawls in and snuggles next to him.
"Night Yugi." Téa yawns before sleep takes her.
"Night Téa." Yugi slurs before going back to sleep. He smiles at the warmth her small frame produces and knew that he would get some quality sleep tonight instead of the usual fitful sleep he had been plagued with these last few days, and knowing that and that he had finally vented some frustration to someone, he felt much better than he had this morning.
Hope you're all enjoying this story so far.