(A/M: AAHH!! Gomenasai, minna!! TT-TT I know, this chapter lasted longer than the rest, but I've been in such a crappy mood this week!! I'd been tyring to work on this chapter on school, but then I never had any idea as to what would happen next, and I've been so depressed lately! T.T Believe me, I had to get happier or I could make Yami totally hate Yugi for the rest of the story and it would ruin everything.
But now here's next chapter! FINALLY! Sorry again, I didn't mean to keep you waiting! I hope you like it! :D)
Shōnen-Ai High School
Chapter 10
"So, how long have you been one of the privileged guys to be a student of the Shōnen-Ai High School?" asked Yugi.
"Not a long time, actually," answered Yami as he and the younger looked for an empty table at the cafeteria. "Well, if you don't consider two years a long time, that is." Yugi let out a small chuckle. He turned his head around to 'examine' the place and couldn't help but to notice that some other students, both male and female, were staring at him as if he was the most notorious person in the world.
"Um, Yami-san?"
"What is it?"
"Why is almost everybody staring at me that way?" Yami frowned and gazed fiercely at every student in the cafeteria. They all gasped and turned back to their own business.
"Wow," said the boy amazed. "How did you do that?"
"Don't let them intimidate you, kid," he replied. "They always act like this towards the new student. Demo, if you show that you're afraid of them, they won't leave you alone."
"And how do I... not do that?" asked Yugi.
"Show them who rules the place." He swallowed.
"I don't think I can do that," he said honestly. Yami laughed.
"Then it's a good thing I'm here, ne?" The younger looked at him with a 'what do you mean?' face.
"Are you like the one everyone fears or something?"
"Iie, not really. I just know how to deal with anyone who messes up with me." Yugi swallowed harder this time.
"Should I be afraid of you then?"
"Of course not, kid!" laughed the crimson-eyed. "But remember, Kerii's not the only one you shouldn't anger." He smirked and laughed again. "I'm not trying to scare you or anything!"
"Let me tell you that you're doing quite the opposite," replied Yugi, a scared look on his eyes.
"Yugi-kun, I finally found you!" Both look-a-likes turned back and Yugi was the first one to see Ryou calling him.
"Ryou-kun, what is it? Is something wrong?" he asked with a concerned tone on his voice.
"Iie," answered the white-haired once he'd caught up with them. "Demo, Kerii's been like crazy saying she urgently needs to talk with us and I couldn't find you and she suddenly started to yell and I've been looking everywhere for you!"
Yami glanced between the boy and his friend few times before sighing.
"I wonder what that girl's up to now," he added, putting his hand over one of his eyes.
"Yami-san, mind if I steal Yugi-kun for a while?" asked Ryou grabbing the boy's arm. "You know how Kerii gets, and I really wouldn't like to be there when that happens, so, onegai?"
"Yush, yush, just don't do the puppy eyes on me!"
"Arigatou, Yami!" The white-haired grinned and pulled Yugi out of the cafeteria before he could say another word.
"Help me!" mouthed the boy. The crimson-eyed smiled.
"See you later, kid," said Yami after both were gone. He then sighed and walked away.
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"Oi, Ryou, Ryou, RYOU!" yelled the boy as the other one pulled him through the building. "Ryou, I can't run so fast!"
"We're almost there, Yugi-kun, come on!"
Is everybody in this school just as crazy? wondered Yugi to himself. Finally, and without warning, Ryou stopped inside the Romance Writers Club room, which caused Yugi to fall flat on his face.
"Ryou, you found Yugi!"
"Kerii-chan, mind explaining why did you make Ryou look for and bring me here?!" demanded the younger male as he stood up from the floor.
"Well, I have to tell you guys some really good news!" said the blue-haired girl smiling. "Sakiko-san told me personally that she wanted you two..." she stopped, pointing at each of the boys in front of her, "you two to write the story for this year's play!"
Both of them looked at each other, and then back at Kerii.
"Are you serious?!" they yelled at unison and full of excitement.
"More than 100 percent serious!" she smiled.
Yugi looked down at the floor, a giant grin placed upon his face. He hadn't been the new student for more than one day and Sakiko-san had already asked him and Ryou to be the writers of a play! It couldn't possibly be any better.
"Demo, Kerii, shouldn't there be also someone who does the sketches?" asked the white-haired.
"Oi, Ryou, I'm not finished yet!" replied Kerii. Yugi looked up from the floor.
"Did Sakiko-san tell you who'd be doing the sketches?"
"Of course, hai!" she said. "You're the best writers in the whole school, according to her, and she chose the two guys she thinks are the best artists."
The boy could've sworn he heard a drumming beginning right after the girl had mentioned the words 'best artists.'
"You'll be working with Yami and Bakura to make the final story!" Both Yugi and Ryou blushed and looked down at the floor. Ryou started to play with his hands, but Yugi had more important thoughts in mind.
Maybe I was wrong when I thought it couldn't be any better...
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"Wow, that really took me by surprise," said Ryou after he and Yugi had left Kerii.
"Yeah, I didn't see that one coming, either." Yugi had been looking down ever since they'd gone out of the room. He couldn't understand what made him so happy when he thought he was gonna write a play with Yami sketching everything he thought of.
"Do you like him?"
"Eh?" He glanced up at the taller, who was smiling softly at him.
"I mean Yami. Do you like him?"
"N- N- Nani?!" questioned Yugi, blushing. "I- I- Iie, of course not! I just met him, it's not like I already know him!"
"Then why are you so defensive about it?" asked Ryou, raising an eyebrow.
"It's not my fault that you didn't when I asked you about Bakura!"
"Because I know and I admit that I have feelings for him," he replied.
"Well, not everybody can talk so easily about the person they're in love with!" Both of them gasped at this statement. Ryou did because it surprised him, and Yugi did because he didn't want to say that. "Wait, that came out wrong..."
"Okay, yush, I believe you, Yugi-kun," Ryou told him, smiling again. "I think I got a bit carried away, gomen ne."
"It wasn't your fault," interrupted Yugi. "I shouldn't have gotten so angry," he apologized.
"Daijoubu," assured the taller one, grinning. The boy couldn't help returning the gesture.
"Changing the subject," he began, "how do you feel knowing that you'll work so close to Bakura?" The question made Ryou go as red as a cherry.
"I don't know," he answered. "I mean, I feel happy because I'll be more time with him. Demo..." he looked down. "At the same time, I'm afraid that he'll get sick of me and never wanna talk to me again."
"Come on, don't say nonsense!" said the younger. "I doubt that will ever happen, nobody could possibly get sick of you!" His friend smiled tenderly.
"Arigatou, Yugi-kun, that made me feel better." He turned to the clock on the wall. "Gomen ne, I have to leave you now, I have to check a story someone left for me to read it. See you later!"
"See you, Ryou-kun!" Yugi waved goodbye and started walking back to his dorm.
"It's not like you've ever cared, so why start now?!" He stopped in the very instant he heard Kerii's voice. He saw her, still on the writers' club room, talking on her cell phone, and hid beside the door frame. "You don't have to worry anymore, BECAUSE YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME AGAIN!" She hung up and harshly smashed the device against the wall. Yugi was surprised that she hadn't broken it. Before he could ask what had happened, the girl started coughing, sliding down to her knees, her head resting on the wall.
"C- Calm down, Kerii..." she told herself. "C- Calm down," the girl coughed again. "You don't want it to come back... calm down." She breathed deeply and Yugi could hear as she started to sob. "You don't want it to happen again!" Scared as he was already, the boy ran away without thinking it twice.
(A/N: Not much to say, besides that I pretty much liked this chapter. Because there was a cute scene between Yami and Yugi at the beginning and Yugi almost made Ryou think he likes Yami! Hahahaha! :P
I'm sorry if the ending's a bit crappy, but that needed to happen and I had to put it now or the story would be too long and senseless in further chapters. And sorry that Yugi didn't help Kerii, but what would you have done in his place? . . . Okay, don't answer that. REVIEW!! Onegai! :D)