AN: This would have been up a LOT earlier, but I was out all day so here it is now! I'm on the third chapter so it's official. I'M NOT DUMPING THIS STORY! YAY :D

Truce

Yami's wakeup call this morning was just as bad if not worse than his wakeup call yesterday. Yugi had taken it upon himself to get nose plugs this time and take the dirtiest, most stinking, piece of laundry that had been sitting in a dank corner for three years and place it over Yami's nose. Well… at least that was the original plan. Yami just happened to open his mouth for a snore, so instead of his nose, Yami got the dirty boxers in his mouth… and they weren't his boxers either.

Once Yami had jumped out of bed, he was hit by another bucket of water, only this one had ice in it that hit him in the face. Yami still hadn't looked to see who did this all but he honestly didn't need to. There was only one person he knew that was so disrespectful. And honestly, between him and the devil, right now Yami would have preferred to see the devil when he looked up.

"Rise and shine sleeping ugly. Get your ass out the bed before I throw the bucket at you again, and this time I won't throw it as lightly as I did yesterday.' With that friendly good morning, Yugi left and Yami got up, not even bothering to tell Yugi to clean up his mess. He knew that would probably make Yugi throw the bucket.

When Yami was dressed and ready, a butler brought him his breakfast to his room, but he stopped him before he could leave. 'The new servant Yugi, what do you know about him?' The man turned to him cautiously and looked like he was about to lie, but one look from Yami ended that idea. The butler sighed and answered.

'All I know about him sir is his last name, but that is a very powerful piece of information about the boy. He didn't even tell it to me really. I just saw it on the application that was filled out. Otherwise I probably wouldn't know it at all sir.' Yami looked at him confused though he knew it must be true since Yugi hadn't told him his last name. Though with Yugi, he could have just done that to be rude. He did a lot of that.

'And why is his last name so important?' The butler looked down as he answered. 'His last name sir is Mouto. He is the son of Damien and Tiara Mouto sir.' Yami quickly dismissed the butler and then smirked at the new information he had just learned. "You want to make my life hell Yugi? Two can play at that game!"

Xxx

Yugi was once again in the hall when Yami appeared in front of him and he was once again talking on the phone about him. 'I can't believe I have to do this either… I know I'm trying to get fired… Well push comes to shove I can always get him in a hospital… Like I give a dman about being sued… Well I can tell his parents are never around so it's not like they can press charges if they don't know anything… Why do I give him such a hard time? Ryou please, he has it so lucky! I'm just trying to teach this bitch that some people in the world won't worship him because of his last name.'

Yami appeared in front of Yugi smirking evilly. 'Hang up the phone Yugi, now.' Yugi kept on talking as if he hadn't heard. This is exactly what Yami expected him to do. 'Maybe you didn't hear me. I said hang up the phone now, Yugi Mouto.' Yugi stared at him wide eyed and then snarled at him. He looked like he was about ready to kill Yami slowly and painfully but he kept his voice very calm as he hung up the phone.

'Nice acting with your voice there. Although, what else do you expect from the son of two world famous actors.' Yugi snarled and then jumped on Yami, pinning him to the floor. He leaned in so his face was inches from Yami's and he was growling. 'How the hell do you know my last name you evil bastard?' Yami rolled the two of them so he was on top of Yugi and then to Yugi's surprise and confusion, Yami stood up.

Yugi looked at him confused and stood up with an untrusting look at Yami. 'Why are you here? And what did you mean by I was LUCKY when you were talking on the phone?' Yugi kept his mouth closed, refusing to answer any questions Yami asked. 'You know I could just call the paparazzi and tell them you are here. Imagine how that would be for your public image.'

Yugi rolled his eyes at Yami. 'Ok let me get something straight! I may have lost my accent, but I'm still from Brooklyn! That means that I don't give a damn about a public image and as I'm sure you of all people know Yami, making me mad will only result in you getting hurt! You LA boys may care what everyone thinks of you, but I'm not that self-conscious. I like myself enough not to need others approval.'

Yami narrowed his eyes. He was determined to find Yugi's weakness, his flaw, the one thing that would break him. And he would find it no matter what! 'So why did you say I was lucky?' Yugi scoffed at the question that he thought was very retarded. 'I said that because you are lucky! You really do not know how good you have it here, now do you?'

Yami had heard a lot from Yugi, but him saying he was LUCKY? That was something Yami would not take. Yami glared at Yugi and his words became angrier and louder by each word he said. 'You think I'm lucky? My parents don't give a damn about me but I'm lucky! MY STEP MOM HATES MY GUTS AND MAKES MY LIFE HELL BUT I'M LUCKY! DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD THAT IS FOR ME, CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE THAT!'

'SORRY, I'M TOO BUSY HEARING MY MOM BEING YELLED AT BY MY JEALOUS ATTENTION SEAKING DAD! I'M TOO BUSY BEING ABUSED BY HIM WHEN HE'S DRUNK! I'M TOO BUSY HAVING LAZER SCAR REMOVAL EVERY SATURDAY MORNING! AND TO TOP IT ALL OFF, I'M TOO BUSY TELLING THE PAPARAZZI ABOUT MY HAPPY FAMILY AND MY LOVING PARENTS! DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD THAT IS FOR ME YAMI? DO YOU?'

The words came out of Yugi before he could stop them but what was strange was that he didn't regret it. "I guess I needed someone to vent to, even if it was Yami." Yami was now staring wide eyed and shocked at Yugi who was more enraged now than ever before. Yami honestly thought he saw the fires of hell in Yugi's eyes. Both boys knew that each other's life was messed up now. Yugi looked like he was going to hit something and Yami was really afraid that Yugi's target would be his face. Luckily for Yami though the target was a wall. Sadly, Yugi's fist went through so now someone would have to fix that and… wait a minute…

'How come you can hurt me, punch through a wall so you can obviously fight, and yell at the top of your lungs, but from what you said you can't hurt your father.' Yami watched terrified as Yugi made another hole in the wall beside his first. Yami was curious now. 'How about a deal, you tell me this and I will tell you anything you want to know about me. It doesn't matter how private, embarrassing, or degrading it is.'

Yugi turned and glared at Yami but then sighed and rolled his eyes. He closed his eyes tight and when he opened them he looked so sad and broken that even Yami wanted to help him by any means necessary. He slid down the wall and stopped when he hit the floor. Yami didn't know why but he sat down beside him. 'I won't hurt him. Not because I don't want to, believe me I do. My dad made a threat to me the first time I tried and he follows through on his promises. He told me that if I ever tried to fight back, he would beat the hell out of my mom for it… It's already happened once in front of my very eyes. I'm not willing to watch it happen again.'

Yami watched as silent tears rolled down Yugi's face. He acted so mean and evil but he wasn't mad at Yami, he was just angry at his dad. Even if taking it out on Yami was not the right way to handle it, at least Yami now sort of understood why he did it.

'Well, a promise is a promise, so any questions?' Yami was silently hoping Yugi had none, but if he did Yami would answer truthfully. 'What happened to your real mom?' Yami froze at Yugi question. He held his breath as the memory came back.

Yami took some deep breaths and when he spoke, Yami's voice was slightly shaking. 'She was murdered. When she was walking home one day, someone pushed her in an ally. They were trying to rape her but she screamed. One bullet to the head cut her off… A year later I get this anorexic bitch as a mother who's my age and looks exactly like my mom. I get a reminder of my real mom every time I look at my step mom's face.'

'I guess neither of us have had a happy life exactly.' Yami had another question for Yugi, but he didn't know if he would answer willingly. 'Why do you take your anger out on ME? There are so many other ways to relieve the stress but you just beat me to a pulp!'

Yugi looked away and refused to answer. Yami sighed out of frustration. 'Yugi, what will it take for you to answer the question?' Yugi looked up and stared at Yami. 'I want to be fired. Fire me, and I'll answer any question you ask me.'

Yami sighed knowing he couldn't do that. 'Yugi, don't you think I would have fired you by now if I could? Whoever signed you up for this has you under a contract. I'm not allowed to fire you and you're not allowed to quit.'

Yugi looked away, slowly absorbing the new information. He suddenly took the pack of cigarettes from Yami and lit one. Yami could tell by the coughing that Yugi had never smoked before, but that didn't seem to stop Yugi.

While Yugi was smoking, Yami suddenly took the cigarette and ground it out. 'It's an unhealthy habit.' He muttered when he saw the look on Yugi's face. Yugi sighed and leaned his head back against the wall. Yami could see he was clearly pissed so he didn't say anything. And he definitely didn't expect Yugi to answer his question.

'You remind me of him… my brother. His name was Atemu and he used to protect me from our dad. But then he ran away and left me… I guess I'm still mad about him abandoning me like he did. You look like him except he had a tan.' More silent tears started traveling down Yugi's face. Yami didn't know why but he wiped them away… Why did he do that? They were both asking the question as they looked into each other's eyes.

They were confused. Yugi was confused why he answered the question. Yami was surprised he had wiped away Yugi's tears. And as the two boys looked into each other's eyes, they both wondered why they had the sudden urge to kiss…

AN: First let me say that I am SOOOOO sorry. This was supposed to be up a while ago but my computer decided to stop working… Oh well, it's up now!