Ranko: I'm so happy! I got more reviews than I thought I would get. And a big thanks you for everyone who favorited or followed this story!
Yuugi: Ranko first thought this story would be a flop then all the reviews came in.
Yami: And Ranko is going to answer all the reviews…though, I don't understand why.
Ranko: Shut up, Yami!
xChaoticDawnx: Thanks for the awesome review and making me feel loved!
jgrl68: Thanks for the review! And don't be afraid of pointing out any mistakes I made or if something doesn't make sense, it won't hurt my feelings =). About Degrassi, that was my own personal joke, it's not really going to be like Degrassi. Me and friends joke and say that Degrassi is overdramatized high school, so…sorry -.- Anyway, please continue to review!
Kyo lover with little sanity: Love you penname! . Anyway, thanks for the review! And I think that doing an Anzu redemption arc would be better than just bashing her. Even though I don't like her in the anime and manga, she has those good traits about her too. Thanks for the idea and please continue to review!
SincereJoyy: Thanks for the review! It's not really going to be like Degrassi, I was just joking because me and my friends think that Degrassi is overdramatized high school, and this is kinda what this story is going to be like. Yay, puzzleshipping! Please continue to review!
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FanFicFanGurl101: Awesome penname! Continue to be your wanky self! If anyone questions it, just tell them, "The voices in my head don't like you." Haha, anyway, please continue to review (even though I'm crazy).
SokiKuro: Thanks for the awesome review! I'm glad you like the story so much! And I'm glad I didn't bore you to death with the introduction, I know how that feels. I know, grandpa is mean (not really ^^). And this story, I think I'm going to abuse Yuugi instead of Ryou for a change! Please continue to review!
Yuugi:…What?
Yami: Ranko twin owns nothing!
Yuugi: Did you say you were going to abuse my character, Ranko?
Ranko: Uh…Enjoy!
Yuugi: Damn it…
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Yuugi stood there for what felt like hours, just staring into Yami's eyes; it was about the only thing he could see in this darkness. The man's eyes were slanted and a lot closer than they were a moment ago, as if Yami was leaning his head in…
Yuugi felt his left eye twitch in annoyance. He could feel Yami's breath against his lips; a year ago, he would have been thrilled at this close proximity to Yami, considering he may have had a small crush on him, though Yuugi would rather not acknowledge that. Now that has changed, he didn't faint when he saw Yami smile or get all flustered when he was in the same room as him.
Now, he was just pissed.
Yuugi's hands clenched into fists and punched Yami in the gut. The man doubled over and his arms fell to wrap themselves around his torso. He groaned in pain and dropped to his knees. "Damn…for a little guy you sure know how to fight…"
Yuugi bit his lip to keep from screaming in rage. "Just be lucky I didn't kick you in the crotch like last time," Yuugi nearly hissed out. "What the hell?"
Yami looked up at Yuugi confusedly. "What?"
Yuugi ran his fingers through his hair to keep himself from exploding. "Why did you do it?"
Yami looked more confused as ever. "I could ask you the same thing, why are you so violent?"
Yuugi gaped at the taller man. "I'm not! I mean…" Yuugi sighed. "Why the hell did you drag me in the closest? I swear, if you try to do what you did to me the last time, I will personally make sure that you can never have children."
"And you say you aren't violent," Yami mumbled, he quickly shut up when Yuugi sent him another cold glare. "But do you really think I'm stupid enough to try and do something to you after what happened the last time?" Yuugi gave the man a look. Yami shrugged helplessly. "Okay, maybe I would, but not in such a public spot."
"And the classroom wasn't public?" Yuugi questioned; he couldn't tell whether his cheeks were burning from embarrassment or anger.
"It would have been if it was doing school hours, but everyone had gone home. Everyone goes to the supply closest every day multiple times a day. It is the worst place to have…" Yuugi leveled a glare at Yami. "Relations," the man finished. Yami shrugged helplessly. "But for some reason, all of my dates love coming here."
"You're sick," Yuugi said. "And you still haven't answered my question."
Yami shook his head and smiled. "You're sharp, much brighter than other people I have pursued. I guess that's why I like you so much." Yami shrugged.
Yuugi felt his cheeks burn hotter and thanked God that the lights were off. "Don't change the subject," Yuugi said. "And don't tell me about your past relationships either! I don't want to hear about it," Yuugi said, crossing his arms over his chest.
Yami smirked and rose to his feet. "Is someone jealous?"
Yuugi spluttered and backed away as Yami advanced towards him. He felt his back brush against the door and Yami was hovering over him, invading his personal space. Right back where they started. Yuugi gulped as Yami leaned his head in closer.
"Why would I be jealous of you? I rejected you, remember? I bet that's the first time that's happened to you," Yuugi mumbled the last part to himself.
"Yes, you did reject me and then you kicked me and took off. But I don't see that as a sign of you not liking me…" Yuugi could again feel Yami's breath tickling his lips. "I think you were just afraid, I came on too strong."
Yuugi gulped. "You think?"
"But now…" Yami trailed off. He sealed the distance between them, capturing Yuugi's lips and gently kissing him. Yuugi's eyes widened and he grabbed Yami's biceps and tried to shove him away.
"No, stop…!" Yami cut Yuugi off as he leaned in to kiss him harder. Yuugi struggled for a few more moments and then Yami wrapped his arms around Yuugi, imprisoning his arms to his side.
Yami opened Yuugi's mouth with his tongue and began to explore the boy's mouth eagerly, turning the kiss hot as Yami kissed Yuugi desperately, not able to get enough of the boy. The worst part about it was Yuugi found himself getting lost in the sweetness of the kiss.
It wasn't until he felt Yami's hands trail lower, past his hips, did he snap out of it. With all of his strength, Yuugi jerked himself out of Yami's arms and slapped the boy hard across the face, making a loud cracking noise.
Yuugi was breathing harshly, holding his hand against his rabidly beating heart. Yami didn't move, didn't look up to see Yuugi. When Yuugi finally regained his breath, he yelled, "What the hell is your problem? Why do you have to be such an immature playboy? You don't always get what you want and not everyone wants you! Can't you accept that, you conceited jerk? Just leave me alone!" Yuugi felt tears sting the back of his eyes and before he could stop them, they rolled down his cheeks steadily. "I am not just some toy that you can have and use and then thrown away when you're done! I am a person and I have feelings too!"
Yuugi's voice cracked a few times due to his crying. Before Yami could answer, he turned around and ran out of the closet, down the hall, and locked himself in the bathroom to cry his eyes out, not caring if he missed his next class.
After school ~
Yuugi sighed; he couldn't believe his day. 'Great way to kick off a new school year,' he thought dryly. He felt so tired and worn out; his eyes still hurt from crying. He couldn't wait to get home, flop down on his bed, and then just sleep until dinner.
He walked home alone today; Ryou said that he was busy and had to go straight home after school and didn't have the time to walk with Yuugi. The smaller boy felt his shoulders sag ever so slightly; just when he needed Ryou the most. Oh well, he would call him later and then they could talk.
He noticed how long and lonely the walk home was when he didn't have someone to walk with and talk with, especially when he needed to tell someone about his horrible day.
Suddenly, an arm was draped over his eyes and he was pulled back against a lean chest. Yuugi let out a surprised shout and began to struggled when he heard a soft chuckle. He was released and Yuugi whirled around to see the person who had snuck up on him. He came face to face with Katsuya Jounouchi and Seto Kaiba.
Jounouchi held up a hand in greeting and grinned goofily. "Hey," he said cheerfully; Seto nodded, which Yuugi assumed was his way of greeting people.
"Um, hi," Yuugi said, a bit apprehensively.
Jounouchi laughed whole-heartedly and rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "I'm sorry that I snuck up on you and startled you like that. You looked so lonely and sad; I thought you could use something to cheer you up."
"Apparently cheering people up means giving them heart attacks," Seto cut in smoothly.
Jounouchi's left eyes twitched. "Shut up, rich boy!"
Yuugi laughed; if he didn't know any better he would have thought those two were bitter rivals. "Well, thank you for thinking of me, but I'm fine really, just tired. Today has been a long day." It wasn't a total lie, he just happened to leave out a few key details.
Jounouchi nodded in understanding, ignoring Seto as he tugged on the blond's jacket impatiently, like a child waiting for his mother to quit talking so they could leave. "Hey, where's your little buddy? Ryou, right?" Jounouchi questioned.
Yuugi internally deflated at the mention of Ryou's name. "Yeah, it's Ryou. He said that he had things to do right after school and he didn't have time to walk with me today; it's no problem though."
Jounouchi and Seto exchanged looks, a silent conversation passing between the two; Yuugi felt left out and self-conscious. Finally, Jounouchi shrugged and smiled back at Yuugi. "Alright, well be careful, Yuugi. We'll see you tomorrow at lunch!" Jounouchi called as Seto dragged him away, down the opposite street Yuugi was taking.
Yuugi sighed. 'And I'm alone again,' he thought depressingly.
Yuugi made it home without any trouble and he hoped that he would be able to just sleep for an hour. He went to the back door and unlocked it. Halfway up the stairs he heard yelling and fighting; once in a while he could hear his grandpa's voice cut in.
Yuugi sighed, his parents were here; he recognized the sound of their voices, after all the times he had witnessed them get into a verbal battle he had nearly become immune to the yelling. But it still hurt when he saw the plain hate on both of their faces when they saw each other. Grandpa didn't want Yuugi to stay in a house like that so he took the boy in until custody was taken care of; currently he was fighting for Yuugi to stay with him permanently.
Yuugi trekked the rest of the way up the stairs and the first thing he saw were his parents, nose to nose, their faces red from anger. He saw his grandfather's small form between the two, trying to break them up. Yuugi vaguely wondered why his mother and father was even in the same room together, it was a rare occurrence.
Yuugi hoped to make it past them to his room without being noticed, but his mother's sharp eyes caught him. "Yuugi Motou!" she cried. "Come here!"
Yuugi flinched; he turned on his heel and walked towards his parents silently, looking at the floor the whole time; he couldn't see his mother's face and how her anger was now directed at him.
"Would you care to explain to me why I got a call from your homeroom teacher saying that you were late this morning and that you had missed your sixth period?" his mother cried in outrage.
Suguroku held up a hand at this. "That was my fault, I didn't wake the boy up this morning, there is no reason to get upset at him, Kyoko!"
Kyoko went on, as if she didn't even hear her father-in-law. "I was with a client at the time! Do you know how embarrassing that was for me? I lost that client and the sale I was trying to make, Yuugi, do you understand how severe the situation is?"
Yuugi clenched his hands into fists and squeezed his eyes shut. "I'm—"
"You're in your third year of high school, Yuugi," his father said, just as harshly. "Why don't you begin to take a little responsibility?"
Suguroku gaped at his son. "Megumi, Yuugi helps out at the Game Shop during all his free time, I say that that is very responsible!"
Again, the elderly man was ignored. "Let's face it Yuugi," Megumi continued. "Your grades are horrible and don't even get me started on your tardiness. Maybe if you paid a little more attention on your school work than those stupid games!"
"I—" Yuugi tried again, but was cut off.
"This is not how I raised my son to be, I am very disappointed in you," Megumi said.
Yuugi finally snapped. "You didn't raise me at all! Neither of you did! You were too busy arguing and only caring about yourselves and your jobs! You don't care about me at all!" Yuugi ran to his room and slammed the door, locking it and leaned against it heavily.
He heard his parents' voices through the door; now they were blaming each other for him being so upset, when it was clearly both of their faults. Yuugi was near tears, he was shaking and all he wanted to do now was crawl in a hole and never come out.
"I want you two to leave my house right now," he heard his grandpa say. "Both of you have hurt Yuugi enough, now leave! That boy doesn't deserve any of this, now stop fighting, at least around him."
"You aren't going to take my son away from me, Suguroku," he heard his mom say. "He is going to live with me and I'm going to raise him properly, unlike you."
"Oh, shut up, Kyoko!" That was his dad's voice.
Yuugi choked on a sob. He slid down to the floor and hugged his legs close to his chest, hiding his face in his knees. The fighting went on for a few more minutes, who is fit to take care of Yuugi and child custody, like he was an object. Finally, his mother and father left.
A moment later, his grandpa knocked on the door. "Yuugi, do you want to come out?"
Yuugi shook his head and then he realized his grandfather couldn't see him. "No," he choked out. He began to cry again.
"I'm sorry you had to see that, a child doesn't deserve to see his or her parents fight like that," his grandfather said. Finally, the old man sighed. "Come out whenever you feel like it, dinner will be ready whenever you're hungry."
Yuugi didn't answer; his grandfather's steps faded away.
Yuugi sat there for a few more minutes, his brain still trying to process what had just happened. But it was a hard thing to accept, one could never imagine seeing their parents fight.
He contemplated whether or not he wanted to call Ryou, but then his phone buzzed in his pocket. He pulled out and saw the caller I.D.—Ryou.
He answered it immediately. "Hi Ryou, I'm so glad that you called. Listen, I need—"
"Hey Yuugi," Ryou said cheerfully through the phone, as if he never heard Yuugi say anything.
Yuugi was taken aback by this. "Uh…hey, listen…"
"You will never guess this but, guess what?"
Yuugi sighed. "What?" he asked lifelessly.
Ryou obviously couldn't hear the depressed tone in his friend's voice, because he went on excitedly. "Bakura and I are dating!"
This made Yuugi sit up with interest. He gaped and sputtered a few moments; he finally got out, "What?"
"Yeah, he asked me out this morning, during our first period together! I'm sorry that I couldn't tell you right away, but I was still so shocked and happy. Bakura said that I should wait to tell you in private, you're not mad are you?"
Yuugi thought back earlier that day when Ryou was blushing and how he needed to do something immediately after school; now, Yuugi didn't want to know what that something was.
He felt a pain in his chest because his friend wasn't listening to him when he needed him, but he needed to be happy for Ryou; this was so special to the boy, it was his first relationship and he always liked Bakura. "Of course I'm not mad, Ryou," Yuugi said, trying to sound as happy as possible. "I'm happy for you, you deserve this."
"Thank you, Yuugi; I'm so glad you're not mad. This doesn't change anything between us, you're still my best friend and nothing can change that! If you don't mind, we're going to be eating with Bakura's friends during lunch now, do you mind?"
Yuugi thought of Yami and cringed, but he said, "No, I don't mind."
"I'm sorry, Yuugi, I have to go. I'll see you tomorrow!"
"Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow," Yuugi said, but Ryou had already hung up.
Yuugi looked at the phone in his hand and stuffed it back in his pocket. He rested his forehead on his knees and cried again.
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Ranko: Great, now I'm sad.
Yuugi: You definitely abused my character in this chapter.
Yami: Ryou was so horrible in this chapter!
Ranko: I don't think so, he was just happy. I sympathized with Yuugi in this chapter. My parents fight too and when I try to tell my friends about it, they need me more than I need them at that moment, but we're all really good friends.
Yuugi: (hugs Ranko) Oh, so sad!
Ranko: (laughs) Aw, you're so sweet to me, Yuugi!
Yami: Make sure to leave nice, long reviews!