:Hi everyone! I hope your day is going well, oh! Guess what everyone! I have 2 kinds of news for you, one is good one is bad. The good is I'm finally used to my A key now and also my family got a notice that we can move into an apartment in about a month, isn't that great?! I can get back to updating like I used to then, and believe me I don't think this fic will be done before I get there, Just trust me. The bad is, since my grandmother is now out of rehap I cannot use the internet that often, which means this fic will be on hold for a week or two, I will try to update, I'm very sorry and I hope you understand. But don't worry, once everything is alright I will update regularly because I have plenty of ideas for this fic and I bet you'll like them, Now, Here's the chapter you all have been waiting patiently for! I hope you like it, please review!:

Mana sighed as she sat next to Seto in a large, velvet and black colored theater, it looked as if it could more than two thousand people. Soft, wine colored seats were circled around the stage, which stood at the front of the area with bright yellow lights on, illuminating the stage. The only reason Mana was here was because after her and Seto had checked the cooking class, they had seen Joey walking to this place, and Seto had followed, basically forcing her to come along. On the stage were students, practicing lines for a play that was scheduled to perform in about 2 weeks, amongst the students was Joey, playing the male lead.

The scene was one that showed Joey bending over a table, looking at sheets of paper laying out, his eyes scanning over them in a hurry. Mana and Seto had been there for a good thirty minutes, and she was overjoyed when she had figured out the name of the play. It was called The Red Nile, a play that her and Atemu used to act out for their parents, after Malik and Seto had become their true friends, they had acted this out with them as well. The four of them knew the play by heart, and Mana knew that she couldn't miss the play if they were present for it. Mana sighed, they had a spectacular view of the actors due to being at the very top, but she was bored because the play kept getting interrupted by the director, telling them to redo the same scene over and over again, as if they were waiting for something. What were they waiting for?

"So," Mana spoke, breaking the silence that had taken over the two friends. "Why don't you go down there and say hi?" Seto glared at her from the corner of his eye, his arms crossed with a blank expression on his face.

"I do not wish to disturb their practice." He responded, a harsh tone taking over his voice as his eyes focused on the stage, mainly on that blond that captured his attention. He was adorable, his honey colored eyes sparkled as if the eyes actually were made of fresh honey, his blond hair was swept back into a small pony tail, a small strand of hair going down the middle of his eyes, laying on the bridge of his nose, his skin and brow glistened with sweat as he wiped his forehead, a bright and stunning smile rested itself on his face as he let out his friendly and yet excited voice to respond to his director. Seto gulped, uncrossing his arms and placing an elbow on one of the arm rests, placing his chin in his now open palm. He jumped when he felt Mana tap on his shoulder, a shy smile on her face.

"You got it bad." She teased, giggling as she rose a hand to her lips. Seto allowed a faint blush to appear on his cheeks and grunted in response. He didn't understand it, how could he like someone like that? Surely it was only attraction to a face, wait, no...That is all it was! He hadn't seen how he acted, he doesn't know him! He shouldn't have to worry at all, he would stop this stupid childish crush soon after he-.

"Hey up there!" A voice yelled from the stage. Seto darted his eyes back to the stage, returning from the land of his thoughts and sucked in some air at what he saw. Joey was waving at them, smiling brightly, he looked like an angel...Seto put up a hand in response, causing Joey to close his eyes and smile wider, this made his heart stop for a fraction of a second. Joey reopened his eyes, cupping a hand to his mouth.

"Enjoy yourselves up there! We'll sing something for ya!" He laughed as he yelled this up to the royals, feeling happy that someone had come to watch his Drama class practice. Mana clapped her hands happily, she knew exactly what song they were going to sing, it was the only song in the whole play! Seto nodded, a faint smile sneaking itself onto his face, his face now a light pink color. Mana turned her eyes back to Seto, her shy smile coming back.

"Bad." She sung out, making Seto snap out of his trance and turn his eyes away from the stage as Joey walked to the back. Seto sighed, leaning back, removing his arm from the arm rest, he placed a hand on his forehead.

"That is hardly likely, Mana."

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Yugi couldn't be more embarrassed, did the idiot have to land on him?! God, couldn't the royal leave him alone?! He was just fine hanging out with Bakura and Malik, heck all the other royals were fine! It was just him that ticked him off! If Atemu had become interested in, maybe, Anzu, he wouldn't mind as much, but himself? He wanted to die! The prince had landed on him, questioned him if he was a guy again, practically molested him in public, what kind of prince is that?! He burst through the back door of a large blue circular looking building, entering a bright silver area with mirrors and dressers everywhere, he was in the central dressing room. He walked to a mirror, looking at his clothes and dusting them off, he still had sand on him.

Yugi took a deep breath, trying to keep calm, it was fine, he could forget all about it, right now he had to practice! He grabbed a nearby brush, grabbing one of his spikes and began to brush it down, making it into a straight line of highlighted hair. He cringed at the remembrance of what he was in the play, noticing how it related to the situation at hand in strange way, he shook his head, returning to brush his hair. His hair was naturally spiked, but after it was brushed down, it would take around ten to twenty minutes for it to re-spike. Yugi looked at himself in the mirror, finding himself to look very much like his part in the play. He grabbed his bangs, trying to frame it around his face to make the effect of his character more...

"There you are!" A voice erupted in surprise, causing Yugi to gasp and spin around, he smiled in relief as he saw the person.

"Joey," Yugi chuckled. "Don't scare me like that." Joey nodded in apology and took a step to Yugi, bowing formally, causing him to giggle.

"Milady," Joey spoke in an abnormally formal voice, he grabbed Yugi's small hand, placing a chaste kiss on his knuckles. Yugi pouted at this and snapped his hand back, remembering back to when the prince kissed his knuckles. Joey chuckled and straightened up with a smile.

"Lighten up Yugi," Joey grabbed Yugi's wrist and began to lead him to the stage. "He's not here, so let's just have fun at practice." Yugi nodded at his friend, sighing as he walked to the stage, feeling everyone stare at him, he had to look odd. He was in the male uniform, with his hair combed down and laying down on his back in a feminine look.

"Can we please put you in a dress?" A female student whined as she observed Yugi. He rolled his eyes and shook his head.

"I told you," He said. "I'll wear a dress in dress rehearsals and the actual play, that's it." He gasped as he felt another girl come from behind and grab his arm.

"But this is so not your part, Yugi." She cried. "Please? At least a skirt?" Yugi rolled his eyes and shook his head, he could risk his hair being down around him, but he wasn't going to risk wearing a dress. Yugi looked up at the audience, which he would have expected to be empty, to find Mana and Seto sitting at the top, both were staring at him. Yugi blushed a light pink and waved at the onlookers.

"Well," Mana hummed. "Will you look at that?" Seto couldn't believe what he was seeing, Yugi looked like a girl! A real girl, and he only had his hair down! Was he playing a girl in the play? A villager, the mother of the main character perhaps?

"Yugi," Joey spoke, smiling as Yugi turned to face him. He gestured to a new scenery that had been set up, a garden in front of a small wooden house. "We have to sing, remember?" Half of the scene was in a garden, the other half was behind a tent in the desert, it had been split due to the song being a duet. Yugi nodded happily, he loved this song! He walked over to the garden half of the stage and stood at the edge of the garden, pretending to cry as he placed his hands over his eyes.

Joey smiled brightly and gave a thumbs up to the director.

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"Are you sure this is his next class?" Atemu questioned, scowling as he observed the walls of the theater, it was quite big he had to admit. Anzu nodded, walking beside him and entering with a sigh. She was tired and she had missed one, and now two of her classes just to help her new-found crush get to know her best friend, what a day...

"Yugi likes Drama, Joey likes it too, they've been in Drama together ever since I met them." She explained, leading him to the edge of the door, allowing them to see the side of the stage. She analyzed the stage, surprised when she saw Yugi standing there with his hair down. Oh, come on! Atemu looked convinced when you left, and now you made yourself look like a girl, god why did practice have to be today? Atemu followed her gaze, his eyes widening when he saw Yugi, he looked so pretty! Yugi had uncovered his face and was showing fake, tear strained cheeks with a red tint to them, his emotions expressing sadness and disbelief, oh what a goddess...Is this person really and truly a boy? Yugi could fool anyone, he had felt the lump in Yugi's pants, but was it really for real? Couldn't you stick something down your pants to indicate you had one of those things?

"Why does he look like that?" Atemu whispered, trying to get his mind off of Yugi's body. Anzu's eyes widened happily, as if she was overjoyed by the sudden question, she couldn't help it, she loved this play!

"He looks like that because he's playing the female lead of the play!" She spoke excitedly, holding her hands together and looking up at the stage, admiring Yugi's posture and facial expression, as if she had forgotten all about Atemu and helping him with Yugi. "And he's doing a fantastic job! That posture, that facial expression, oh I already know that this is the song scene!" She squealed, a twinkle of happiness in her eyes. Atemu blinked at her, did she just change moods on him? He looked to the stage, it reminded him of something, that posture, the way Yugi looked at that moment and where the scene was placed, and what was with the other boy standing in the other part of the scenery, he looked familiar...

Yugi took a deep breath, okay, just breathe. He hated that he had to play the girl, but he was the only one who was willing to sing a solo in front of other people, the girls in their theater hated to sing solos, sometimes he doubted that they should even be in the class. He closed his eyes, listening to the sound of their pianist starting out the song.

Atemu's eyes widened at the tune that was starting to play, a gentle, haunting melody that remained in everyone's head throughout the night, one that could make one sad in a blink of an eye, one that could allow people to see what was happening, one that could connect with the audience. He knew this song that was starting, but didn't the girl sing first? He saw Yugi open his eyes, a sorrowful expression on their face, but a hint of hope connected in his eyes. Is he really acting?

"A desert of peace..." Yugi began, his voice mixing and flowing with the gentle tune playing. "A Nile of hope...A dream of desire, my heart of pain. How I crave to hear you speak to me..." He closed his eyes, holding his hands together and placed them on his chest. "I need your soul, right here by my side, to hold me throughout the night." The tune began to slow, Yugi opened his eyes, reaching his hand out as he began to sing the final line of the first verse. "But now you are gone...and out across the sand..." He closed his eyes, smiling peacefully as he listened to the tune, waiting for Joey to begin his part.

Atemu was stunned, his voice was beautiful! When he sang, he became the character, the emotion that the song was supposed to give off. Atemu knew this song by heart, and he wanted, needed, to sing along with him. He loved this song, he knew it very well and the way Yugi sang it was mesmerizing. He walked to the edge of the stage, leaving Anzu in a captured state of mind as she listened to the tune that was sounding throughout the theater.

"He's good..." Mana breathed out, her heart clenching, she felt like she was about to cry! Yugi's voice and emotion flowed through the song so beautifully, even when she had sang the song, she was never able to put so much emotion into the piece. Truly, Yugi had a talent for singing...She narrowed her eyes in confusion, watching as she saw a familiar figure tap on Joey's shoulder and whisper something in his ear.

"Atemu!" Seto whispered out in shock, what was he doing there? And what was he doing with Joey? Joey looked at Atemu, nodding and smiling as he gave him a friendly pat on the back, Seto felt a tinge of jealously at the thought that Joey touched someone else, but he cast it aside, that was being overprotective and he hadn't even talked to the adorable blond yet. He rose from his chair, only to feel Mana place a gentle hand on his arm.

"No, I want to see what he's doing." Mana said softly, dragging him gently back into his chair. Seto nodded reluctantly, he was curious but he didn't want the young prince to get in trouble, what could he be doing?

"I think I know what he's about to do." Mana voiced. "I think it's a stupid idea, but it might be fun to watch." Seto looked at her confused, turning his eyes to the stage, the prince appeared to be taking a breath. His eyes widened, don't tell me...

"A battle of peace..." Atemu began, shocking many people in the process. Yugi scrunched his face up for a second, wondering who was singing but fixed his face quickly. It didn't matter who was singing it, as long as they were practicing, Joey might have had to go to the bathroom or something, and at any rate, the person singing wasn't doing bad. "A land of hope...A cry of desire, my heart of pain. How I long," Atemu broke off, turning his eyes to Yugi, who had his eyes closed and was listening intently, trying to figure out who was singing. Atemu smiled and rose a hand, continuing the song. "To have you in my arms. I need your soul, standing by my side, to help me throughout the fight." Atemu closed his eyes sadly. "But I am at war...and you're across the sand."

People began to applaud the person who had sung, confusing Yugi, no one ever clapped after someone sang a verse, it was disruptive to practice. He opened his eyes and turned his head to the side to see who was in Joey's place, he let out a gasp. Atemu was smiling and bowing left and right to people around him, he turned his eyes to Yugi and winked at him. Yugi felt his blood boil in rage, what was he doing here?! And why did he sing the part?! He admitted that Atemu had sang it wonderfully, but the fact that it was him pissed him off! Yugi glared at the royal, stomping over to him and grabbing him by his shirt, shocking everyone around him.

"Why do you keep doing this?!" Yugi yelled in his face, making Atemu cringe. "I told you to leave me alone! I hate you, I want nothing to do with you! So stop following me, dammit!" He screamed this in the prince's ears, pushing him and knocking the prince down onto the floor. Atemu grunted as he landed on his bottom, feeling angered at the person he liked, couldn't he take a chill pill? He looked at Yugi's angered face, hating himself for thinking that he looked even more amazing when he was pissed. Yugi jerked his head to the side, causing some of his hair to go over his shoulder and lay on his chest, he glanced at Atemu, glaring fiercely and did what he did best. He ran away, pushing past people and running backstage.

"Hey..." Joey spoke, taking a step toward the royal. "I'm sorry that-" Atemu jumped to his feet and glared in the direction Yugi took off running to, he curled his hands into fists.

"I've had enough of this." He hissed, taking off in a sprint to where Yugi went. Joey's eyes widened, his expression copying one of Mana, Seto's, and Anzu's, all their thoughts were alike, they were all the same...

Atemu was chasing him?!

:Atemu, what are you doing, you're going to hurt yourself. Dude, just, you're gonna get your ass kicked. I hope you all liked this chapter! Please review and please wait patiently for the next chapter!: