OMFG, 2 chapters within a week of each other, WHAAAAAT?

Yeah, I couldn't leave you guys hanging like that.

BE WARNED! THIS STORY IS RATED "T"! That's T as in, "Yaoi." So enjoy, and don't say I didn't warn you ;)

I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! High School Musical, or Teenage Dream.

Chapter Ten- Like I'm Living a Teenage Dream

You make me
Feel like I'm living a teenage dream
The way you turn me on
I can't sleep
My heart stops
When you look at me
Just one touch
Now baby I believe this is real
So take a chance
And don't ever look back
~Teenage Dream, Katy Perry

Yugi stalked down the hall, his eyes blazing with anger and his fists clenched. Nobody dared to get in his way- in fact, they all moved aside for him. If his heart wasn't hammering so hard from nerves, Yugi might have laughed- they seemed to be intimidated by him!

But Yugi didn't have time to laugh. It was 3:00 on Thursday afternoon, and the whole school would be watching what was about to go down. Okay, maybe not the whole school- but pretty damn close. And that was what Yugi was counting on right now.

Just down the hall, Atem was standing by his locker, chatting with Marik. Yugi stormed up to them, grabbed Atem by the arm and spun him around.

Atem faced Yugi with a careful look of nonchalance on his face. He showed no signs of shock at Yugi's anger, and he didn't flinch when Yugi raised his phone.

"What the hell is this?" Yugi hissed menacingly.

"Well, it looks like a phone," Marik said snidely. Yugi whirled on him.

"I wasn't talking to you, you basketball obsessed prima."

The crowd of students around Yugi, Atem, and Marik gasped. The three boys ignored them- Yugi wasn't even sure when they'd all started watching in the first place.

Atem stood between Marik and Yugi, as if to keep them from fighting, but he never took his eyes off of Yugi for a second. Yugi was worried that this fact might tip someone off, but at the same time he was grateful. This was hard enough, and somehow just knowing that he had Atem's undivided attention was enough to keep him calm.

Atem spoke slowly, but loudly enough that he could be heard by the gawkers. This was a performance after all, and the audience wanted to hear it all.

"I said everything in the text message, Yugi," Atem's tone was indifferent.

"Like hell," Yugi cried, throwing his hands in the air. "You can't be serious! You're dropping out of the audition? On the last day before? What the fuck am I supposed to do now?"

Once again there were gasps. Nobody had ever heard Yugi curse before!

"I don't know," Atem replied. "And quite frankly I don't care." Then he turned around and started to walk away.

"I thought you were my friend!" Yugi screamed after him. "I thought that this meant something to you!"

Atem turned around. For half a second, Yugi thought he wouldn't say it. He didn't know if that was a good or bad thing, but before he could figure it out the moment passed.

"You were wrong," Atem said frankly. And he continued on his way.

No sooner had he disappeared did Joey and Tristan materialized beside Yugi.

"We told you," Tristan said gently. "We told you he was a jerk, and now look- he's proven it."

Yugi sighed in despair- or he seemed to anyway- and shoved a hand through his hair.

"Yeah," he gasped, as if on the verge of tears. "You were right. I guess I never meant anything to him after all."

Atem didn't ring the doorbell when he got to Yugi's house- he didn't need to anymore, Yugi had given him a key. Mr. Moto wasn't home- he'd gone to a town meeting and wouldn't be back until late that night. So it would just be him and Yugi.

Atem slammed the door shut and raced up the stairs to Yugi's room. His heart was pounding in his chest, and his mouth was dry. He'd hated having to say that stuff to Yugi earlier, and he felt an overwhelming need to apologize.

He flung the door open and at once saw Yugi. He was sitting in the middle of his bed, legs crossed and a Cheshire cat grin on his face.

"So," Yugi said casually, "Do you think they bought it?"

Atem hesitated, then a grin spread slowly across his face, too.

"Without a doubt."

He stepped into the room and shut the door behind him. Why he did, he didn't know- they were alone after all. Actually, he wasn't even sure why they were in Yugi's room to begin with. They had the whole house to themselves after all.

Still, Atem did have other things on his mind at the moment.

He dropped down next to Yugi on the bed, and Yugi turned to him and said, barely able to hold back a laugh as he did, "I can't wait to see their faces tomorrow afternoon!"

Just imagining the looks of shock and horror on their faces was enough to make both boys burst into laughter. Insane laughter. The kind that makes people stop and stare, or hurry off to call an asylum. Yugi fell back onto his pillow and at some point Atem leaned too far sideways and fell over as well, his head landing on Yugi's stomach. Neither boy seemed to mind that, though.

It took them several minutes to calm down, because every time they looked at each other they'd start laughing again. But eventually it just hurt too much to laugh anymore, and they clutched their sides and tried to catch their breath. Atem closed his eyes and sighed, listening to Yugi's uneven gasps turn into rhythmic breaths. Yugi's hand was lying a few inches from his nose, and without really thinking about why he did it Atem reached out and brushed the tips of his fingers along the back of Yugi's hand. He continued this for a while, and soon he felt Yugi's other hand at the back of his head, brushing gently through his hair.

It occurred to Atem around this time that there was something that he should have done a while ago, but he hadn't, and this was the perfect opportunity to remedy the situation.

So, Atem pushed himself up and inched up the mattress until his face was level with Yugi's. He stopped stroking Yugi's hand and instead laced his fingers with Yugi's. He rested his other arm on the pillow and shifted his body so that he hovered slightly over Yugi.

Atem didn't ask for permission this time, and Yugi didn't wait for Atem to do so. Instead Yugi lifted his head up and closed the distance between them, locking their lips in a soft embrace.

And this time, when Yugi kissed him Atem did not freeze and wonder what he should do. Instead, Atem kissed him back. Again, and again, and again.

They never broke apart for longer than a second, even as it got harder for them to breathe. They started off short and gentle and slowly worked their way into longer, more demanding kisses. They let go of each other's hands and instead traced invisible paths along the other's flesh.

Eventually Yugi pushed his hands under Atem's shirt and Atem suddenly wondered if he should stop him. Were they moving too fast? Traditionally- at least, to the best of his knowledge- people waited until after they'd been on a date to…just what was Yugi intending to do anyway?

Atem broke the kiss and held onto Yugi's wrists.

"What-" he began, not even knowing where he was going, just that he needed to say something. He never found out what it was though, because Yugi pulled his wrists free and wrapped his arms around Atem's neck. Surprised by this move Atem offered no resistance as Yugi pulled him down again. Yugi hesitated, his lips a breath away from Atem's. It wasn't because he was nervous, though. No, Yugi hesitated only long enough to look up into Atem's eyes and whisper,

"Just go with it."

And so when Yugi once again pressed his lips to Atem's and continued to inch his fingers along Atem's stomach, Atem moaned softly and thought to himself,

'Screw tradition, this feels too right to be wrong.'

*While trying to stop her nosebleed* Sorry it's so short.

Next up- It's audition time! That means there's only one chapter left, plus an epilogue...so really it's two chapters. And now I have a very serious question, and I want answers! Even if you haven't reviewed before, I still want your input on this.

Who would be interested in a sequel? It would NOT be based on High School Musical 2, it would be an original plot that focuses mostly on Atem's angsting over his sexual orientation/relationship with Yugi. And fluff. There would be fluff. So if you want it, tell me now.

Thanks for reading!

~Angel

PS- NO, I AM NOT GOING TO WRITE A LEMON IN THIS STORY. NOR ARE THEY GOING AT IT RIGHT NOW. You pervs.

XD love you!