Chapter 4-
'thoughts'
"speaking"
A special thanks to Ceara Corey for being my beta- reader and helping me out with this fic
Disclaimer- Why must I keep repeating this? I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh only my sick and twisted ideas
Thank you to my beta- reader Ceara Corey. Go read her fic called After Hours
Ryou and Bakura were taking Yugi home. Yugi stared out the window, thinking over recent events. 'I wonder what Yami would think if Bakura and me were really a couple. Would he be jealous or not even care that I'm happy?' Yugi wondered to himself as the car stopped.
"Well, see you later, Yugi. Call me if you want to talk," Ryou said cheerfully, snapping Yugi out of his thoughts as he realized that they were in front of the game shop.
"Daydreaming about me again, Yugi?" Bakura asked him playfully as he noticed that the boy had been deep in thought until Ryou said something.
Yugi smiled at this and shook his head no as he stepped out of the car and headed inside, watching them drive away.
As Yugi entered the empty game shop, he smiled sadly as he walked towards his room. 'I wonder if Bakura even feels anything toward me besides friendship. I wanted more from him. Then again, who would ever want someone like me around?' he thought to himself sadly.
He grabbed a small wooden box off his dresser and sat on his bed before opening the box slowly. Inside, it had some old pictures of him with his friends and of his grandpa before he died.
Yugi pulled out a small black pocket knife and pulled the blade out. He closed his eyes as the blade made contact with his skin. He made a few small gashes in his left arm above light, faded scars from cuts he had already made.
He sighed as a small wave of comfort overcame him, all his fears and problems were washed away for the time being. He walked into the bathroom and cleaned the small wound on his arm.
He wiped the blood away from his hands and arm as he got into the shower, letting scolding hot water relax him.
((scene change))
Yami and Tea were walking away from the arcade, waving goodbye to the others as they slowly headed toward the movie theater.
'I just hope that Yugi is all right. He seems kind of distant lately,' Yami thought to himself as they reached the movie theater.
"Yami, what's wrong?" Tea asked him in concern, snapping him out of his thoughts.
"Nothing. Why don't you go find us some seats? I'll be right back." Yami said as he walked toward the lobby and took out his cell phone.
He waited for the person to answer, but only got their voice mail. Not knowing what to say, he hung up and went to get Tea and him some drinks and popcorn.
When he found where Tea was sitting at in one of the rows in the back of the theater, handed her the box of popcorn, and set the large soda between them.
((scene change))
Yugi looked away from the bathroom mirror as he heard his cell phone go off. By the time he went back into his room and grabbed his phone out of his messenger bag, the caller had already hung up.
Deciding to shrug it off as nothing, he looked at the number and realized that it belonged to Yami. "Why the hell did he call me? Maybe he did it by mistake and was trying to call someone else," Yugi reasoned with himself.
He decided to walk to the park to clear his mind. He found an empty bench to sit on and closed his eyes as he blocked out everything else around him.
As Yugi was about to fall asleep, feeling at peace, he felt someone approaching him. As the person sat down on the bench beside him, he realized that it was Bakura.
"Hey, Bakura, what are you doing here?" Yugi asked him, confused since he didn't see Ryou with him.
"Just wanted some peace and quiet from Ryou. What about you?" Bakura replied jokingly, looking up at Yugi.
"I was just taking a walk and ended up here," Yugi explained, smiling as he leaned his head on Bakura.
Bakura tensed up at Yugi's sudden movement, but didn't push him away, feeling a small amount of comfort from the smaller teen.
"So, Yugi, why did you hurt yourself?" Bakura asked him in concern, seeing the various white scars.
"Oh, um… I guess I just felt alone and rejected," Yugi explained, closing his eyes and trying to avoid the tears that wanted so badly to fall down his face.
"I know what you mean, but it doesn't give you the right to hurt yourself. You can talk about it with Ryou and me," Bakura said softly, trying to make his voice not sound upset.
"Yeah, I know. I guess I thought it was better this way," Yugi explained quietly.
"You thought we wouldn't understand, or you just didn't trust us enough to confide in us?" Bakura asked in frustration, angered that Yugi had resorted to cutting himself.
"It's not that I don't trust you guys… It's just…," Yugi tried to explain, but Bakura cut him off.
"No, you just thought that we wouldn't understand," Bakura snapped at him as he stood up to leave.
'Why is it so hard to explain it to him?' Yugi thought sadly to himself. As he watched Bakura walk away, Yugi finally allowed the tears to fall freely down his face.
((Bakura's p.o.v))
'Why do I even care that he cut himself? Maybe that's just his way of dealing with things,' Bakura thought to himself as he left the park, feeling guilty for the way to? treated Yugi just then.
'Why does it bother me so much? Usually, I only care what Ryou thinks. I'm just nice to Yugi because he's friends with Ryou and I feel sorry for him,' Bakura thought to himself, ignoring the small voice in the back of his head telling him otherwise.
((scene change))
Tea and Yami exited the movie theater and headed toward the game shop. Yami had told Tea that they would be alone there, but in actuality, he wanted to make sure that Yugi was all right.
'Something tells me that there's something more than what he's telling me,' Tea thought to herself,
As they reached the game shop, it seemed quite and empty. "Looks like Yugi's not here," Tea said quietly as they headed up to Yami's room.
'I wonder where he went. I just hope that he's not with Bakura,' Yami thought to himself, still upset by the idea that they were a couple.
"Hey, Yami, why are you so upset about Yugi and Bakura anyway? You should just let the two freaks be together," Tea said, realizing what was bothering Yami.
"You call Yugi a freak as though you despise him, yet you two were once as close as siblings," Yami said to her, confused by her anger towards Yugi.
"Yeah, we used to be close, but not any more. Remember, he choose to abandon us, not the other way around," Tea snapped at him in anger.
'Why does he care? Anyway, it's not like Yugi wants anything to do with any of us, so why be bothered by it?' Tea thought to herself as she sat next to him on the bed kissing him passionately.
((Yugi's p.o.v))
'Why is Bakura acting like I did something wrong?' Yugi thought to himself as he weakly stood up and started walking back toward the game shop. When he saw that it the door was already unlocked, he realized that Yami was there, probably with Tea.
'Great, just what I wanted. Another reason to show me that I'm alone and rejected by everyone I used to care about,' Yugi thought to himself bitterly as he entered the game shop and headed to his room.
Yami heard the door slam downstairs, figured that Yugi had returned from wherever he was, and realized that Tea and Yami were already there.
'He must be thrilled about that. I wonder if he wants anything to do with me. Probably not after what his friends and I put him through,' Yami thought to himself as he excused himself and headed downstairs.
As Yami passed Yugi's room, he looked through the crack in the doorway and saw the room empty. Yami entered the room to and looked around to make sure that Yugi wasn't inside.
The sight that welcomed him shocked him as he noticed a bloody knife laying on top of the dresser.
'Why would Yugi want to hurt himself like that?' Yami thought to himself. His thoughts were interrupted as someone cleared their throat behind him.
"Looking for something, Yami?" Yugi asked, giving him a dirty look as he spat his name out like it was something dirty in his mouth.
"Hey, Yugi, I didn't think you were in here...," Yami started to explain, though Yugi cut him off as he approached him.
"I guess you found what you were looking for, though I still don't get why you even care in the first place," Yugi snapped, indicating the knife on his dresser that Yami was still staring at.
"Yugi, no matter what you might think, I still care about you. and You shouldn't hurt yourself like that," Yami explained as he looked at Yugi in concern.
"Well, that's too bad, because I don't want nor need your pity. So, just do me a favor and leave me alone like everyone already has," Yugi spat as he pushed Yami out of the room, slamming the door behind him.
'That went well. I still can't believe what I saw in there. I just wish that there was something I could do to make things better between us,' Yami thought to himself as he shook his head sadly, returning to his own room.
((scene change))
Seto and Serenity were finally leaving the arcade. "Why can't you just let it go?" Serenity pleaded with him.
"Because he shouldn't have hit you, no matter what you said to him," Seto snapped as he looked out the window.
"I still can't believe that I kissed you in front of everyone like that," Serenity said quietly.
"Yeah, the mutt and the geek squad weren't too happy when they realized what was going on between us," Seto said, smirking ignoring the look that Serenity had gave him for calling her brother a mutt.
"I wish you wouldn't refer to my brother as a mutt. He cares about me, and is just very protective of me," Serenity explained quietly as they finally reached Kaiba mansion.
Seto didn't say anything as they stepped out of the limo and headed inside the mansion. He headed straight towards his office, though he was surprised when he noticed Serenity follow him inside.
"What are you doing? I have a lot of work to do," Seto said, sighing as he looked over at the stack of paper work that he still had to complete.
"Keeping you company and making sure that you don't overwork yourself," Serenity explained, smiling as she sat down in the chair beside him.
"Okay but if I don't get any of this done by tonight, I'll only be even more stressed out," he explained to her softly.
"Okay, well, if you need anything, I'll be downstairs," Serenity said gently as she left the room, shutting the door behind her.
'Damn it! It's not like I enjoy doing any of this, but I need to do it since no one else in this company can do anything right,' he thought to himself angrily as he stared at the door.
'Though...now I can think of a way to repay Yami for treating Serenity poorly,' Seto thought to himself as an evil smirk crossed his face.
((Yugi's p.o.v))
'Why does Yami feel sorry for me? I don't want nor need his sympathy,' Yugi thought to himself bitterly as he stared intently at the knife, wondering why Yami had went in his room to begin with.
'Maybe he was looking for something to use against me. Or proof that Bakura and I are really a couple,' Yugi thought to himself, thinking back to when he went to the park.
End of this chapter. Yay! Another one where Yugi cuts himself. Hehehehehe Anyway, please read and review!
Yami- Why do i have to look like a jerk in this chapter?
Yugi- Beause no one likes you. (runs away from Yami)
Bakura- You're just pissed because you're precious Hikari likes me and not you. (walks away laughing manically)
