Hello, everyone. How are you? I am back with chapter 3. First of all, I want to thank you for your reviews and for being interested in my story. I got many followers so I know you are on board. The fun begins with this chapter.

Chapter 3:

Someone was shaking him softly, but he didn't want to wake up. He knew that as soon as he would open his eyes reality would burst in and erase the last remnants of the dreams he had. The dream was so beautiful that Yugi didn't wish to ever wake up. Cherry blossoms flying around. Children laughing loudly. The air smelling sweetly. A warm arm curled around his body. Yes, the dream was too beautiful for him to wake up. It wasn't just the security he felt in the arms of the faceless person but also the serenity of the environment. Yugi hadn't felt so peaceful in months. However, someone was determined to wake him up.

"Yugi, you need to wake up, or you will be late" an older voice came to accompany the shaking.

Amethyst eyes opened slowly taking in the sunlight that came in from the window. Their owner pulled the blanket closer to his face trying to hide but a chuckle made him jump. He was out of bed in seconds, much to his body dismay. He yawned and looked at the man in front of him.

"Good morning, Yugi" his grandfather greeted him, mirth in his eyes. "You are so hard to wake up, boy." A wrinkled hand ran through the boy's hair. "You better get a quick shower and change if you want to get some breakfast before leaving."

"Grandpa…" Yugi's sleepy voice was barely a whisper, "…why are you waking me up?" His eyes searched for his alarm clock. "Oh, I forgot to buy one." Realization downed on him and he bowed his head towards his grandfather. "Thank you, grandpa. I will take that shower and get dressed."

Grandpa Solomon Muto laughed softly as he went downstairs to finish breakfast. His grandson was always such a polite kid. He would always abuse his alarm clock but he was always on time for school. The old man didn't want that to change. When his grandson walked in the kitchen, he instructed him to eat his breakfast quickly and rush to school. The boy finished his breakfast in five minutes flat, grabbed his lunch bag, and rushed out of the house, wishing his grandfather a good day.

Once outside he was greeted by the clear air, sunlight, and a black limo parked right in front of his grandfather's store. Yugi raised an eyebrow and was about to call for his grandfather when he noticed a familiar figure picking through the open window. Why was Kaiba outside his house?

"I thought you would never come out" Kaiba said, his cold voice up, but the beginning of a smirk apparent on his lips.

"Good morning, Seto." Yugi was one of the few that called Kaiba by his given name when they were alone. "What are you doing here?" The boy was confused, something that was apparent in his innocent eyes.

Kaiba actually smirked. "I am taking you to school today. You are on my way, anyway." Yugi was about to ask more questions but Kaiba stopped him. "Are you coming in, or do you prefer being late?"

Yugi walked inside the limo and shut the door behind him. He didn't know why Seto was giving him a ride but he wouldn't say no, especially since he was running late. Once inside he made an effort to start a conversation but Kaiba was busy typing something on his laptop. Then, he took out a smartphone and proceeded doing something there. When the car stopped in front of the school, Yugi turned and thanked Seto thinking he would just step out of the car and go. So, he was extremely surprised when Kaiba walked out of the car too.

"Do you have some business at school today?" the younger boy asked politely. That would make sense.

"Maybe" Kaiba answered enigmatically.

His eyes were on a couple of students that had stopped to look at them. It wasn't an everyday thing for a limo to stop in front of their school. Furthermore, Yugi Muto had just walked out of the limo with Seto Kaiba on his heels. Yugi wondered if Seto was searching for Joey in the crowd. He was happy seeing Joey and Tristan approaching them.

"Hey, Joey, Tristan! Over here" Yugi said, waving to his friends who walked faster towards his direction.

"Hey, Yug" Tristan and Joey greeted their friend. "Kaiba" they both acknowledged as if they barely knew Seto, something that surprised Yugi.

When Kaiba was still at school, Joey and Seto would always argue. Kaiba was always so cold towards others and he demeaned Joey who always came back for more. Tristan was usually amused by those arguments. However, now those two acted as if Kaiba was barely there. Yugi titled his head to the side in confusion. Kaiba grinned at that movement. Before Yugi knew what hit him, Seto grabbed a firm hold of Yugi's chin and made him look up at him. At the same moment, the warning ring rang but no one seemed to move.

"Be a good boy today" Seto said firmly to Yugi, still holding his chin. His cold eyes flashed with an emotion Yugi couldn't recognize. "Now run, or you will be late."

With a last smirk to Yugi, Seto turned and walked back in his limo. He was gone before Yugi could say a thing. Not that the boy knew what to say. He heard voices around him and felt Tristan and Joey dragging him towards the school. Yugi looked up at Joey, his eyes asking his friend what was happening to his boyfriend but Joey acted as if nothing had happened, so Yugi shrugged it off.

Nothing happened until the end of the day, even though Yugi felt like people were watching him when he joined the others for lunch under the Sakura tree. However, no one bothered him so for him the day which was quite good. He just needed to handle one more day and he would have a weekend to relax. Even though he was quite intelligent, he had started working on some projects lately and he wanted them done as soon as possible. Since he was in those projects with Ryou, Malik, Joey, and Tristan, they had decided to meet in Kaiba's mansion and stay there on Saturday, working on homework. His grandfather had no problem with that. Yugi actually thought that Solomon was quite happy his grandson had so many good friends.

Leaving the school building when the last class was over, Ryou and Malik were talking about a new store while Bakura and Marik had stayed behind having something to do. Tristan and Joey were teasing each other as the boys were walking towards the gates. Yugi was startled seeing the black limo outside the gates but he was even more shocked when he saw Kaiba walking out and making his way towards Yugi instead of Joey.

"So, were you a good boy?" Kaiba asked Yugi with a glint in his eyes Yugi hadn't seen before. Was it amusement?

"I…" Yugi started but he didn't know how to proceed. What the hell was happening there?

"Hey, Kaiba." Joey said, his voice casual. "That's Yugi, not your puppy."

Yugi looked at his friend wondering what was going on. What did he mean? Was Joey angry at Yugi? But Joey didn't seem to care that his boyfriend was so close to the smaller boy while ignoring him.

"Not everyone is a mutt like you, Wheeler" Kaiba dismissed him, his eyes never leaving Yugi's. "He does have those damn puppy eyes though…" he whispered, loud enough for the people close to them to hear.

"Ehm, S..S..Seto…?" Yugi silently cursed himself for stuttering.

"Well, if you are done here, we better go. Mokuba is waiting for us" Seto said, a victorious smile on his lips.

"Won't Joey come with us?" Yugi whispered as Seto pulled him towards the limo. He turned to look at his friends for help.

Kaiba sighed a bit. "Hey, mutt." He called for Joey who turned to look at him, an eyebrow up in challenge. "Yugi wants to give you a ride home. Whatever Yugi wants, he gets" he added as if it was as simple as that.

Yugi couldn't help but blush hearing those words. Really what the hell was going on? Why did Kaiba act like that towards him? Was it some kind of prank? He waited to see Joey's reaction.

"Well, sure." Joey walked in the limo hitting Seto on the shoulder when the older boy said something about making sure not to stick his head out of the window like the dog he was.

Yugi followed his best friend in the car, his eyes still lingering on his other friends who simply waved him off. Kaiba joined them in the limo and told the driver to drive. Soon they were on the move. Immediately Joey turned to Kaiba and pecked him on the cheek. Yugi felt his shoulders relaxing. Whatever. He guessed that was some kind of game between the two lovers. He glanced questioningly to Kaiba when they didn't take the way to Yugi's house but rather drove to Kaiba's. Kaiba informed him he had called Solomon Muto and had asked permission for Yugi to stay over.

"Stay over? Why?" Seto said Mokuba was kind of lonely. "I have no clothes. I need to go back to my house."

He had missed spending time with Mokuba. Most of his homework was done anyway. The younger boy was like a little brother to Yugi so it was fine. He had stayed over to Kaiba's a couple of times to keep Mokuba company when Seto was out of the city for business. However, it was the first time Kaiba asked him to stay like that. Yugi had thought that the day would be a peaceful one but he was in for more surprises as it seemed.

"No need for that. We are going to the mall as soon as we pick Mokuba" Kaiba said, his smartphone in his hand once again.

The guy was busy for sure. Running a whole company at the age of seventeen couldn't be easy. Mokuba was often lonely but Seto always made sure to spend time with his brother whenever he had free time. After all, part of the reason why he worked so hard was to make sure Mokuba would be safe and never need for anything. Yugi respected Seto even more for that.

When they reached the mansion, Mokuba was already waiting for them. As soon as the car stopped, he opened the door and walked in, immediately hugging Yugi. Then he proceeded to greet the rest of the boys smiling sheepishly. Yugi chuckled. He spent the rest of the ride talking to Mokuba who wanted to share his day with the boy he loved as a brother. Kaiba was busy talking to Joey in whispers. For once, they seemed like they had a serious conversation without teasing each other. Yugi was still perplexed about the reason why he was invited out and at the mansion tonight but he knew that if Kaiba didn't want to say more, he wouldn't get more.

Just before they reached the mall, Kaiba asked the driver to pull over. Joey opened the door and said he would join them later since he needed to do something. Without another explanation he was lost among the crowd. Yugi was used to Joey's odd behavior so he didn't say anything. He waited until they were at the mall and proceeded to go around, enjoying his time with Mokuba. Kaiba was behind them taking in the exchange between the two boys. Mokuba was always so alive and happy around Yugi.

After going through some stores and getting Mokuba some games he wanted, the three boys decided to grab something to eat. Kaiba took out his smartphone and called someone prompting the boys to go ahead and order whatever they wanted. Mokuba was really excited. Yugi chuckled running his hand through the boy's black hair with affection. They had already decided on their choice of dinner when Seto joined them. He picked his choice too and paid for everything. Yugi protested but a look from Kaiba silenced him.

They grabbed their food and found a place to eat. Kaiba slipped on the chair by Yugi, making sure his chair was close to Yugi, but Yugi was too happy eating his burger to care. He only looked up from his food when he heard a familiar voice calling for me. It wasn't Joey but rather Malik. The boy wasn't surprised. After all Malik and Ryou were talking about checking a new store before Yugi left with Kaiba.

"Hey, guys. What's up?" Yugi asked cheerfully.

"We came to check this new store" Malik said, pointing to the bags they were holding. "Well, I guess we checked it quite thoroughly."

"We are searching for Bakura and Marik. They said to meet them here, but we can't find them." Malik said with a sweet smile that made Yugi almost suspicious. Ryou seemed to avoid Yugi's eyes.

"We didn't see them anywhere but I am sure they will appear soon" Mokuba said sipping his soda, all too happy.

Speaking of the devil, Bakura and Marik walked towards them. However, they weren't alone. To Yugi's dismay, Tea and Yami were walking behind them. Yugi couldn't help but look away. The way Tea clung on Yami was breaking his heart. How he wished he was the one by Yami's side. All of his friends were together with the ones they loved, officially or unofficially, but he couldn't get the love of the one person he ever fell in love with. A sad sigh escaped his lips. He thought no one heard it, but Kaiba did.

As soon as Tea spotted Yugi, she pulled Yami closer to her and walked faster towards them. Marik joined Malik and placed his arms around his boyfriend whispering something to him. Tea's expression looking at the couple was one of disgust.

"That's what we needed, more people" Kaiba said loud enough for everyone to hear. Kaiba didn't care about being rude. "Do we expect more to appear? Maybe the mutt and his friend? Maybe the rest of the school?"

Yugi couldn't understand why Kaiba seemed so angry. It's not like the others were interrupting anything. Plus Joey would join them at some point, right? Of course, maybe it had something to do with Yami and Tea. Seto had never really liked Tea, thinking her friendship speeches were extremely irritating. As for Yami, the two boys were barely civil to each other. Yugi couldn't understand why.

"We are here for Ryou and Malik, Kaiba" Yami said, his voice calm but heavy. His eyes seemed to be focused on the small distance between Yugi and Kaiba's seats. "How comes you are here anyway? You don't seem like the type to eat on a mall."

Kaiba raised an eyebrow in challenge. "How would you know what I do or not do, Sennen? It's not your business, but I brought Yugi and Mokuba here for a relaxing evening. Of course I didn't expect such a crowd to join us. Maybe we should return home."

Mokuba finished his drink and pouted. "You said we would go shopping. Yugi needs new clothes. He can't sleep naked tonight, can he?"

"He could always wear some of my clothes" Kaiba didn't miss a beat.

"Your pajamas would flood around him" Mokuba giggled.

Tea jumped on the conversation like a shark on a bloody body. "Why would he sleep naked? Why would Kaiba need to give him his clothes? Doesn't he have any clothes at his place?"

"But Yugi isn't staying at his place today. He is staying with us" Mokuba innocently delivered his line. "Seto is going to get me new clothes since I got taller and Yugi is getting new clothes too. Seto promised."

Tea's eyes narrowed. Her sky blue eyes shone with a feeling Yugi couldn't identify. It seemed like anger but not exactly. Her hand that was holding Yami trembled. "And since when does Seto buy clothes for Yugi?" she asked almost sweetly, but the voice was a poor imitation of Mokuba's.

"First of all only the people I consider close to me call me Seto so refrain from using my name like that, Mrs. Gardner. Second, as I said before it's not your business what I do or don't buy for Yugi." Kaiba's words came out of his mouth slowly and coldly. Each word was a statement.

Yugi's voice broke the silence that followed. "Can we please leave now?"

Kaiba pulled the chair for Yugi and helped him up even if Yugi didn't need the help. The gesture wasn't lost to the rest of the group. Yugi was too confused by what was going on but all he cared about was leaving Tea behind. He always felt extremely uncomfortable being close to her. He didn't like the way she was looking at him. She didn't like the way she was clinging to Yami. He just wanted out.

For a moment the young boy dared to look at the direction of Yami only to find crimson eyes focused on Kaiba's ice blue ones. Yami's lips were tight. Kaiba's were forming a smirk. Yami seemed to be displeased with Kaiba but Yugi couldn't understand why. Maybe he didn't like how Kaiba had talked to his girlfriend. Not that Tea didn't deserve it. Even if Yugi had no clue what was going on, it wasn't her business what Yugi did or did not do. She had spent the last months doing everything she could to make Yugi and his friends miserable. She had pretended to be his friend and had ended up stealing the one person Yugi loved the most when she knew he would confess to him. Yugi also knew that it had to be Tea behind the rumors about Malik and Marik as well as behind the messages he was receiving. Why was she so interested in what Yugi was doing all of the sudden?

"Whatever Yugi wants, he gets" Kaiba repeated the words he had said outside the school gates, but Yugi was already walking away with Mokuba and didn't hear them.

Everyone else did, though. Their eyes were on the older boy's back as he walked towards the younger boys leaving the rest of them behind. Tea couldn't take her eyes away from them. Yami's crimson eyes were also on them. Therefore, they missed Malik's grin that could rival that of the devil.

I admit that Rivalshipping kind of makes sense. Yugi is cute and he can for sure bring some light to Kaiba's life. Plus, he would be a perfect companion for Mokuba. I think I enjoyed writing this a little bit too much. I hope I can hear from you soon. I enjoy reading what you think about the story. Things are starting to get interesting, right?