Small Note

Sakura: I was impressed with all the great reviews that I decided to update this story again. I also noticed everyone has been asking about Yami's mask and why he hides his face. It doesn't bug me that people are asking, but I wanted to tell everyone that you will find out why he hides his face a few chapters after Yugi and Yami get together. I know everyone is curious, but I would like it if people didn't ask anymore. I'm not trying to be mean, but it will get annoying if people keep asking, not that anyone has been asking a lot.

I'm rambling now so time to start the chapter…


Chapter 7

First Day on the Job

Time to get to work


Monday morning rolled around quickly for Yuugi. He awoke to his alarm clock blaring in his ear at eight o'clock on the dot. Reaching over he pushed the snooze button and sat up in bed. A yawn escaped his mouth and he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. The night before he had been invited to his neighbor's house for supper and they had stayed up late talking.

Mr. and Mrs. Taylor was a respectable couple, both twenty three years old, that lived next door with their three year old son named Andrew. Tea Taylor was a stay at home mom and Tristan Taylor worked as an accountant. Yuugi found out that their great-great-grandparents had bought their families there for a change and it was at a time when the city was still somewhat known about. Tristan and Tea had been friends since they were little and they happened to have been born in the city. The only time they ever left the city was to go to college. However Tea got pregnant her third year and dropped out. Tristan kept going and got his degree before moving him and Tea back to the city. They were a nice family and Yuugi didn't mind having them as neighbors.

Yuugi rolled himself out of bed and went to his bedroom window to open the curtain. Yuugi's bedroom window faced the backyard, while his office window across the hall faced the front yard. Looking out Yuugi noticed the sun was shining and there were no clouds in the sky. "My first day of work and it's a beautiful day." He said to himself as he stretched.

After stretching to wake his body up, Yuugi went to his closet and started looking through his clothes. "I wasn't given a uniform, but I have no idea what to wear." He mumbled to himself. It took five minutes of going through his clothes before Yuugi decided on a pair of white shorts that went to his knee and a baby blue t-shirt. He grabbed a pair of boxers from his dresser before going into the adjoining bathroom.

The bathroom was laid out so that when you walk into the room from the bedroom you were facing the wall that had a wall length counter with two sinks and a wall length mirror. To Yuugi's left was a stand up shower and to his right was hot tub style bathtub with room enough for two. On the other side of the bathtub was the toilet which was hidden by a curtain so if anyone walked into the bathroom the person on the toilet would have privacy.

Taking a quick twenty minute shower, Yuugi dried his hair and dressed before leaving the bathroom to head downstairs. The house was livelier after Yuugi spent his whole Saturday unpacking his boxes and adding his own personal touch to the house. Pictures hung on the walls in the living room and the entertainment center was filled with little items his grandfather gave him from digs and a good amount of Yuugi's DVD collection.

Yuugi fixed himself an omelet with tomatoes and cheese and a tall glass of orange juice before going into the living room to watch the news. It was nice to relax instead of him rushing every morning to get to class on time.

When he was finished with his meal he washed his dishes then put them away. By time all that was done it was around nine so Yuugi decided to go into work an hour early. It would be better to get used to the place before and if any costumers came. So he grabbed his wallet, cell phone, and keys before walking out of the house and locking the door.

As he walked out of the front yard and open his garage to get his truck out, he noticed Tristan was out and opening his own garage. "Morning Tristan," He greeted with a wave.

"Morning Yuugi," Tristan greeted back with a wave. He was a rather tall man coming to six foot with short brown hair that came into a point at the front of his head. His eyes were brown also and he had a rather cream colored complexion. He was wearing some brown shorts and a gray t-shirt with brown scandals. "What are you doing this morning?"

"First day of work today, going in early to get used to the place," Yuugi called back.

"I wish you luck. My boss gave me the day off so we're going into town today to get breakfast then do some shopping."

Just then a tall woman carrying a three year old child came out of the Taylor's house and locked the front door. She turned to Yuugi and smiled. "Morning Yuugi," She greeted.

Yuugi smiled back. "Morning Tea and Andrew," He greeted back.

Tea was a tall woman the same height as her husband with short brown hair that came to just above her shoulders. She had bright blue eyes and a cream color complexion. She was wearing a bright white sun dress that came to her knees with brown flip flops and a yellow sun hat. Andrew looked just like his father except he had soft figures to his face and blue eyes. He was dressed in blue jean shorts and a yellow t-shirt with white tennis shoes.

"Where you headed off to Yuugi?" Tea asked.

"Work," He replied. "Tristan told me you guys were going out today because he has the day off. I hope you all have fun."

Tea flashed him another smile. "Thank you Yuugi. We hope you have a good day."

Once the conversation ended, Yuugi walked into his garage and got into his truck. Driving out of the garage he watched as the garage door closed itself before pulling out of his drive way and into the cove. He waved one more time to the Taylor family who were pulling out of their driveway before driving off down the street.


Yuugi arrived at the shop fifteen minutes later and parked right in front of it. He got out and walked up to the door, waving to Sara on the way since she was out of her shop. Opening the door and going in, he closed it back and locked it so no one would think the shop was open yet.

Looking around he decided to get behind the counter and see if there was any money in the register. He had to make sure he had change if anyone came in and bought something. It was an old fashion register so Yuugi just had to hit one button and it opened right up. Inside was a pile of twenties, tens, and fives, along with some little coin change. It appeared the City used American currency.

Closing the register back up, Yuugi decided to walk around the shop and see where everything was before he had to open the shop up. He found some nice Egyptian artifacts which really held his interest. It was amazing how much history was in that one store.

When ten o'clock rolled around Yuugi opened the door and flipped the closed sign to open.


When one o'clock came around Yuugi had never been more bored in his entire life. He sat behind the counter on a stool he found upstairs with his elbows resting on the counter. He had his head rested in his hands with a bored look on his face. Not one costumer had come in and Yuugi was beginning to think he wouldn't see one.

The door to the shop opened and Yuugi thought he was about to get his first costumer, but then he sighed when it was only Taylor and Ethan walking in. Being the twins they were they were dressed in the same type of blue jeans and white and black sneakers, but there t-shirts were different colors. Taylor wore a brown shirt and Ethan wore a black one.

"Lookie here Ethan, Yuugi came into to work." Taylor teased as they walked up to the counter.

Yuugi pouted and put his hands on his hips. "I was given this job so I need to come into work if I want to get paid."

Ethan chuckled. "Let me guess no customers yet?"

"What do you think?" Yuugi asked with sarcasm. "You guys used to work here."

Taylor leaned against the counter. "We figured you would have been bored, so we decided to drop by and see if you wanted to eat lunch with us. There is this great hamburger joint up the street within walking distance."

Yuugi shrugged. "Fine by me I don't think I'll see a customer anytime soon. I was planning to take a lunch break about two if no one had come in. Let me lock up and we can head out."

They all headed toward the door and Yuugi took the time to flip the sign back to closed before they all walked out. He locked the door and then they were able to start walking down the street.

Taylor was right when he said it was within walking distance because they only passed about six stores before they came to the hamburger place. Ethan held open the door for them and as they walked in Yuugi noticed they weren't that busy. He guessed the lunch rush had already come and gone.

They placed their orders at the register and Taylor paid for it before they found a table to wait for their order to be cooked and bought to them.

Small talk was passed around the table until their orders came and then they started to eat. Yuugi was impressed by how good his burger was. He hadn't had anything that good since he was home in Japan. "This is quite a good hamburger place here."

"It's one of the best." Ethan explained. "Taylor and I like to come here from time to time when we don't' have to take care of our siblings."

"So what is the real reason you guys came to get me for lunch?" Yuugi couldn't help but ask. It didn't seem like they did this for everyone who was new to the city.

Taylor and Ethan exchanged a look that Yuugi knew they were going to try and hide the real reason.

Yuugi crossed his arms and just looked at them. "The truth would be nice."

Taylor took a sighed and decided to go with the truth. "Ethan thinks our father likes you."

"Likes me?"

Ethan rolled his eyes. "As in likes you and may even want to go on a date."

It took no time for Yuugi's face to light up to a bright red. The King of the City liking him? It just didn't seem real to him. "How can you be so sure?"

"He was the one who told us to come have lunch with you. He has been taking extra measures to make sure you are happy in this city. We have never seen him act like this with anyone else." Ethan told him with a serious look on his face so Yuugi knew he was telling the truth.

"We think it's a love at first sight thing. As far as we know our father has never been married and we are not sure if he has ever loved anyone before." Taylor explained. "This may be why he is taking extra measures to make sure you are happy. He doesn't know what to do to express his feelings."

Yuugi sat there at a loss for words. He couldn't even begin to understand why Yami would have an interest in him. Heck, Yuugi didn't even know if he could like the King in that way. They barely knew each other.

"So what does he expect?" This was Yuugi's next question, because he seriously hoped Yami wasn't expecting a date.

Taylor twirled his straw around in his drink. "I think he expects us to find out if we find any hints that you might like him back. If we tell him he might have a chance… well he probably would be on your door step asking you on a date."

Yuugi looked down at his food. Most of it was gone except a few fries. "I really don't know your father that well. I honestly couldn't tell you if I have feelings or not."

Ethan smiled at Yuugi as he looked back up. "It's alright Yuugi, but if you would could you get to know him and maybe give him a chance. We're not forcing you to date our father, but he needs to get out."

"If you don't want to do this we understand and won't ask again." Taylor added in.

Yuugi looked uncertain and he couldn't just tell them his decision within a few minutes. "I'll need some time to think over this. If you want you can come back tomorrow and I'll give you my decision."

Taylor and Ethan agreed to that and were glad they were able to at least get Yuugi to think it over.


Six o'clock came along and Yuugi was a little worn out. After he got back from his lunch break he got about five costumers, two of which bought something, one wanted to sell, and the last two just wanted to look around. The one that wanted to sell was an elderly lady and she needed some money so she wanted to sell a vase that had been her in her family for generations. It was a pretty good size vase and she would have loved to keep it, but she had no more use for it and it was taking up space.

Yuugi got the lady's contact information and her name and let her know he would get back to her on how much he could give her for it. The lady was happy with that and left the vase with Yuugi.

The vase was to Yuugi's waist in height and weight a ton because he couldn't even pick it up to take it upstairs. Yuugi realized that they lady's son who had come in with her, must have been strong or a vampire to carry this vase. He decided to leave it behind the counter and put a not for sale sign on it.

Once the work day was over, Yuugi counted up the money he got from the two items he sold and put it in an envelope. Taylor had told Yuugi during lunch that if he sold anything he could put the money in an envelope and take it upstairs. There was a safe up there that held all the money they earned until someone could take it all to the bank.

After that was taken care of Yuugi made sure everything was in its place before turning off the lights, flipping the sign closed, and then leaving the store. He locked the door behind him and then went and got in his truck.


When Yuugi got home he went upstairs to get on some more comfortable clothes after a long day of work. He put on a pair of black sweat pants and a black muscle shirt. Going back downstairs in his sock feet, Yuugi decided to go ahead and get dinner started so he could eat then get to bed.

He made some ramen noodles and a grilled cheese sandwich with a glass of coca-cola. Going into the living room with his meal, he got comfortable on the couch and turned the TV on. It took a while, but he finally found a movie on that he had seen before and really liked.

As the minutes passed and he got more into the movie, Yuugi decided to take his dirty dinner dishes to the sink when commercials came on. Once that was done, he grabbed a blanket off the back of the couch and lay down. The day's work must have gotten to him, because not long after he lay down and the movie was finishing up, Yuugi fell asleep.


Moonlight reflected off the fountain which stood out beautifully in the middle of the enormous garden filled with flowers of all kinds. Yuugi sat peacefully beside the fountain looking at his reflection. He was dressed in a long white robe with long sleeves and white slippers. Underneath the robe he wore no shirt, but only a pair of white sleep pants.

Everything was calm and quiet as Yuugi sat in thought. It seemed liked Yuugi was in his own world because he didn't hear the approaching footsteps of someone behind him. He did jump a little when he felt someone sit behind him and wrap their arms around his waist.

Yuugi turned his head to see the bandaged face of King Yami.

Yami pulled Yuugi closer and placed his chin on Yuugi's shoulder. "I was wondering where you wondered off to this late at night. What are you doing out here?"

A sigh escaped Yuugi's mouth as he got himself comfortable in Yami's lap. "I couldn't sleep and I didn't want to disturb your sleep so I came out here for a walk." He answered as he lean back into the strong arms holding him.

"If you wanted to talk you could have woke me up. I don't like it when you wonder off Yuugi." Lips grazed his neck before butterfly kisses were laid up and down it.

The shiver that went through Yuugi couldn't be held back. It was a feeling he enjoyed and wouldn't trade it for anything. There was nothing but love in those kisses. A happy sigh escaped Yuugi's mouth this time as he turned in Yami's arms and smashed their lips together.

The kiss was heated and heavy. By the time they broke for air, Yuugi was on his back with Yami over him. Yami ran his fingers through Yuugi's hair before going right back in for more kisses.


Yuugi sat up quickly and put a hand over his heart to calm its racing. He hadn't had a dream like that for while and it bugged him at how real it seemed. Untangling himself from his blanket, he went to the kitchen to splash some water on his face. After he was calmed down he went back to the living room and picked up his cell phone. It was one in the morning. "I need to get to bed." He mumbled to himself as he turned off the TV and headed for the stairs.

Once he was in bed and settled down, Yuugi stared up at the canopy above his head. The dream he just had still fresh in his mind. "Why in the world am I having dreams like that?" He asked himself. "I don't even have any romantic feelings for the guy!"

That didn't help Yuugi believe less of the dream because he started to think of what Ethan and Taylor had asked him earlier that day. With a heavy sigh Yuugi rolled over and stared at his wall. "I've got to do something or these dreams will never end."

Again the same request that Ethan and Taylor asked him crept to the front of his mind. The idea wasn't half bad, but Yuugi didn't want to have to turn down the King if he couldn't return his feelings. He didn't think Yami would kick him out of the city if he didn't go out with him… would he?

The only way to know for sure was to get to know the King and then take it from there. If Yuugi realized that he had no romantic feelings for Yami, then he was just going to have to tell him. It would at least get things out in the open and hopefully Yami would understand and if not… well Yuugi could always move back home to Japan.

It was decided that Yuugi would get to know the King.


Sakura: I didn't know how much fun it would be to have Yuugi in denial!

Yugi: It's mean!

Sakura: Oh you'll get over it. Next chapter we will see if Yuugi is willing to give Yami a chance.

Yumi: Review!