Here's the next chapter.
Enjoy!
Chapter 11- First Date
Yami was sitting in his office, planning on what he and Yugi could do on their first date.
'I know that there's going to be a bit of a limit because of Yugi's blindness, so I need to find something that we both are going to be able to enjoy.' Yami thought.
Yami was looking through a list of restaurants, trying to find one that would be perfect for him and Yugi to go to. He didn't want it to be extremely fancy, but he did want it to be somewhat nicer than what Yugi was used to.
'I know that I'll be able to find something. I just want this date to be perfect.' Yami thought.
There was a knock on the door.
"Come in." Yami called, putting the stuff away.
A woman walked into the room and said, "Mr. Sennen asked that you look over these financial reports before the day is over."
"All right. Thank you." Yami said, taking the files from her.
The woman then left the room.
'So much for getting the date planned.' Yami thought, even though he knew he had a few days before they would go out.
Yugi was in his classroom teaching his tenth graders.
"All right. Just from what you've learned in the past and what is general knowledge, tell me what you can about ancient Egyptian society." Yugi said.
"Well, they made the pyramids." a girl said.
"Good. What else?" Yugi asked.
"They were ruled by a pharaoh who was seen as a god." a boy said.
"Very good." Yugi said.
"They believed in a lot of different gods." another boy said.
"That's correct." Yugi said.
"They also had goddesses, too." a girl said.
"They were the ones that built the Great Sphinx." another girl said.
"Is there anything else?" Yugi asked.
"They lasted for several thousand years before they ended up falling entirely." another boy said.
"Excellent. All of these things are factors in the ancient Egyptian society. We'll discuss it in greater detail." Yugi said.
The bell rang then.
"I want you to read the first section in your book on ancient Egypt. You only need to read the first five pages before next class." Yugi said.
The class then headed out the door.
Yugi smiled. 'At least they have some knowledge about ancient Egypt.' Yugi thought. He gathered his things together and got ready to leave since it was the last class of the day.
Yugi walked out of the classroom and headed down the hall to the elevator. He hit the down button.
"How was class today, Yugi?" a female voice asked.
"It was fine, Ms. Holliwell." Yugi replied. He recognized the female teacher's voice from various times of meeting her.
"You're certainly the most well-liked teacher here now. All the students talk about you, especially the ones that have you for a teacher." Ms. Holliwell said.
"I know. I suppose it's because I'm blind and understand their situation better than anyone." Yugi said.
"Probably." Ms. Holliwell said.
The elevator arrived, and the two got on the elevator and headed down.
Yugi wasn't particularly thrilled with having to be on the same elevator with her. He knew that the female teacher had a crush on him, and he didn't want to have to deal with something like that. Yugi didn't even know why the woman proceeded in flirting with since the entire school knew that he was gay and that he was dating someone at the time.
"So, Yugi. Do you have any plans for tonight?" Ms. Holliwell asked.
"No. I do have some papers to grade." Yugi replied.
"Well, I could come and help you." Ms. Holliwell said suggestively.
"No. I don't think so. I can do it on my own. Besides, I teach history, and you teach math. They aren't exactly interchangeable." Yugi said.
"I know history pretty well. I could help." Ms. Holliwell said.
"No. I'm fine on my own." Yugi said.
The elevator arrived on the bottom floor, much to Yugi's relief.
Yugi walked out of the elevator and headed for the door.
Ms. Holliwell was not to be deterred. "You know, I could still come over and keep you company while you do that. I know how tiresome and boring it can be." Ms. Holliwell said.
"I don't find it either. I rather like it. Besides, I live with my brother and my grandfather. If I need someone to keep me company, I would ask one of them." Yugi said.
"But I would make much better company." Ms. Holliwell persisted.
'Not likely.' Yugi thought. Aloud, he said, "No. I'll be fine."
"Well, how about I come over this weekend? We could go back to my place so that we could be alone and-" Ms. Holliwell started.
Yugi stopped walking. He had to put an end to this now. "Ms. Holliwell, I'm sorry, but I don't like what you're insinuating." Yugi said.
"Oh, come on. You know you want to. Other teachers date each other." Ms. Holliwell said, tossing her hair behind her back, not that Yugi could see it.
Yugi was irritated. "Ms. Holliwell, the entire school knows that I am gay and that I have a boyfriend. I would appreciate it if you would stop flirting with me and stop asking me out." Yugi said.
"I'd be much better than any guy." Ms. Holliwell said.
Yugi sighed. "No. I will answer no every time. Stop asking." Yugi said.
"But-" Ms. Holliwell started.
"I said no, and I mean no. I am not going to date you, now stop pestering me. I am sick of it." Yugi said. Despite the fact that he was angry, Yugi was able to keep his voice low so that no one else could hear him.
Ms. Holliwell frowned. "You'd be lucky to have someone like me." Ms. Holliwell said arrogantly.
"Well, then I'm missing out on some chance, aren't I?" Yugi asked sarcastically.
The sarcasm wasn't lost on Ms. Holliwell, who was angry. "Fine. I don't think we'd be that compatible anyway. I don't want to have to care of blind man who can't do anything for himself anyway." Ms. Holliwell said.
"Good. Now, I need to go." Yugi said. He started to walk off before he stopped. "Oh, and I can take care of myself. My brother and grandfathers help me because they want to, not because they have to. I don't know why you teach here if you have that view of blind people." Yugi said before he walked off.
Heba was waiting. He raised an eyebrow. "What was going on with you and that woman?" Heba asked.
"That would be the teacher I told you about." Yugi answered as he got on the car.
"The one with the crush?" Heba asked.
"Yeah. She was at it again today, only she wouldn't' stop. I pretty much told her that I was gay with a boyfriend, and I didn't want to date her. I asked her to stop flirting." Yugi said.
"Let me guess. She said you'd be lucky to have someone like her, right?" Heba asked as he drove out of the school parking lot.
"Yep. I was sarcastic about my answer, and she didn't like it. She tried to upset me by saying that she wouldn't want to have to take care of blind man who couldn't take care of himself anyway." Yugi said.
Heba laughed. "She obviously hasn't bothered to get to know you, or she would have known that those kinds of remarks don't bother you on any level. She also must not realize that you can take care of yourself pretty well." Heba said.
"Well, it was a ploy to try and hurt me. That's all. I very much doubt that she'll bother me again." Yugi said.
"Well, if she doesn't leave you alone, you could always tell Yami. I'm sure that he would set her straight in a heartbeat." Heba said.
"No. I can handle it myself. Of course, if she were to see me with Yami, then I'm sure that it would show her that she never stood a chance." Yugi said.
"Or it would send her into a crying fit." Heba said.
"Hmm. I might need to tell Yami about her." Yugi said.
"Good idea." Heba agreed.
The soon arrived at the house.
"Are you heading back to the shop?" Yugi asked.
"Not today. Grandpa told me not to worry about it. It's been a slow day today." Heba said.
"Oh. So, I guess you're keeping me company then." Yugi said.
"Exactly." Heba replied as the two walked into the house.
"I don't mind it. I know Joey won't be coming over today because Seto took the afternoon, so they'll be spending it together." Yugi said.
"I still don't know how Joey managed to convince him to take the day off. From what I've seen. Seto is a workaholic who never takes time away from his company." Heba said.
"Where did you get that?" Yugi asked as he sat down at the kitchen table.
"From Atemu." Heba answered."You two have been sending a lot of time together." Yugi said.
"Well, we are business partners now, so we have to discuss business a lot, and we get to talking about other things at times." Heba said.
'Except for how you feel about each other.' Yugi thought. He may have been blind, but he could sense the attraction that Heba and Atemu had for each other.
"So, what now?" Heba asked.
"Well, you're going to leave me alone because I have some papers that I need to grade." Yugi replied.
"All right. I get it. I'll be in the living room if you need me." Heba said before he left the kitchen.
Yugi took out the things that needed to be graded and started to grade them class by class.
After finishing with the financial reports that he had been given, Yami had turned his attention back to planning his first date with Yugi.
'I have where we're going to eat, but I don't know what to do afterwards.' Yami thought.
Yami wasn't sure what to do, so he thought that he might have to ask Heba on that.
There was a knock on his door.
"Come in." Yami said.
The door opened, and Atemu looked in. "Hey. You ready to go?" Atemu asked.
Yami glanced at the clock and said, "Now?"
Atemu rolled his eyes. "Yes, now." Atemu said.
"Atemu, it's only four o'clock. You never want to leave this early unless there's something that you need to do." Yami said.
"I just felt like leaving early today. There's no law against it. I know you got through all of those financial reports since I just saw them on my desk, so let's go." Atemu said.
"Okay. Give me a minute." Yami said. He gathered everything that he planned to take home and put them in his briefcase before he followed Atemu out the door.
The two headed down the hall to the elevator and took it down to the parking garage before the two left the building.
"So, what made you decide to go home early?" Yami asked.
"I just wanted to." Atemu answered.
Yami raised an eyebrow. "There has to be a reason." Yami said.
Atemu sighed. "I spent all morning signing anything and everything, and I spent my entire afternoon, including my lunch hour, listening to the problems that various people were having." Atemu said.
"Uh, you weren't having a problem with the project, were you?" Yami asked.
"No. I was listening to problems they were having with various employees." Atemu answered.
"Oh." Yami said. He then realized something. "You didn't eat lunch!" Yami exclaimed.
"No, which is why the moment we get home, I am eating me something." Atemu replied.
"No wonder you want to get home early. You wanted to get out of there before you killed the next person that walked into your office." Yami said.
"Exactly." Atemu said.
It wasn't long before the two arrived at the mansion.
The moment Atemu walked into the house, he set his briefcase down and headed into the kitchen.
'He must be hungry.' Yami thought. He headed in the living room and sat down. He opened his briefcase and took out the things that he had been looking at that he and Yugi could do on their date.
Atemu walked into the room with a sandwich in his hand. "Since when do you do work when you get home? You never bring work home." Atemu said.
"This isn't work. I'm trying to plan out my date with Yugi this weekend." Yami said.
"What are you doing?" Atemu asked.
"Well, I've already made reservations for the restaurant we're going to. I just don't know what else to do." Yami said. He sighed. "It's a little more difficult." Yami said.
Atemu sat down. "Well, Yugi likes simple things, Yami. I've learned that about both him and Heba. I honestly think that if you took Yugi somewhere you two could just walk alone or talk privately, he'd be happy." Atemu said.
"Yeah. I guess I need to talk to Heba to find out what else we can do together for other dates." Yami said.
"Well, something I know that you can do is take Yugi to a music concert." Atemu said.
"A music concert?" Yami asked.
"Yeah. Yugi's blind, not deaf. I'm sure that he listens to music. If a band that Yugi likes is having a concert, than you can take him there." Atemu said.
"You know, that's a great idea." Yami said.
"Well, you just have to think. I'm sure that Heba can give you other ideas, too." Atemu said.
"Yeah. You're right. Thanks, Atemu." Yami said.
Atemu shrugged. "What are brothers for?" Atemu asked.
Yami smirked. "When are you planning to ask Heba out?" Yami asked.
Atemu blushed. "I have no intention of asking him out. Why would you ask that?" Atemu asked, not looking at his brother.
"Because I know that you like him." Yami said.
"I do not like him, Yami! Heba and I have a business relation. We are also friends. Nothing more." Atemu said.
"Yeah. I believe that." Yami said before he stood up and left the room.
Atemu watched his brother go. 'He can be so irritating at times.' Atemu thought.
After he finished grading papers, Yugi put them all up and took them up to his room so that they were out of his way. He then walked into the living room where he knew Heba still was. "All right. I'm done grading papers." Yugi said.
Heba smiled. "Good. I figured that I had better be quiet so that you could grade them." Heba said as he looked up from his book.
"Heba, it wouldn't have bothered me, and you know it." Yugi said as he sat down in the recliner.
"Okay. I know. I just had this book I hadn't been able to read, so I thought that I'd start it. Helping run the Game Shop really takes up a lot of time." Heba said.
Yugi laughed. "Well, you had to do something, so this was it." Yugi said.
"I know. I don't mind it, actually. It's rather fun doing this." Heba said.
"At least you are happy with the job." Yugi said.
"By the way, what are you and Yami doing on your date this weekend?" Heba asked.
"I don't know. Yami said that he would plan out everything, and I agreed." Yugi said.
"Okay. I guess we'll both be surprised to learn what he has in mind." Heba said.
Yugi shook his head. "Why do you care so much? I'm the one going on the date, not you." Yugi said.
"Well, I want you to have a good time since you are going on a date with a guy that you really care about." Heba stated.
Yugi nodded. "I suppose so." Yugi agreed.
Yugi's cell phone rang then.
Yugi took it out and said, "Hello?"
"Hi, Yugi." Yami said.
"Oh. Hi, Yami. What's going on?" Yugi asked.
"Not much. I thought that I would call and let you know that I'll pick you up at six on Saturday night." Yami said.
"Okay, Yami. Can I assume that you have everything planned out?" Yugi asked.
"Yes, I do. Don't worry. I've taken care of everything." Yami said.
"All right, Yami. I suppose that I'll see you on Saturday." Yugi said.
"Well, you might see me before that. I don't know." Yami said.
"I suppose so." Yugi agreed.
"Anyway, I'll talk to you later. Bye." Yami said.
"All right, Yami. Bye." Yugi said before he hung up.
"What was that about?" Heba asked.
"Yami was letting me know that he's going to pick me up at six on Saturday for our date." Yugi answered.
"Ah. Did he say what you were doing?" Heba asked.
"No. You'll just have to wait and find out when I do." Yugi answered.
"Spoiled sport." Heba said.
Yugi laughed. "It's not that big of a deal, Heba." Yugi said.
"Maybe not for you." Heba muttered.
Yugi shook his head. "You're unbelievable." Yugi said.
"I know." Heba replied.
~Saturday~
Yami was in his room getting ready for his date that night. He was wearing a pair of black slacks with a dark blue shirt on. He also had on black shoes. There was a coat laying on the bed that he would wear as well.
There was a knock on his bedroom door.
"What is it, Atemu?" Yami asked.
The door opened, and Atemu walked into the room. "I wanted to make sure that you were almost ready. You need to be leaving to get Yugi soon." Atemu said.
"I know, Atemu. I was just finishing getting ready." Yami said.
"Well, get going. You don't need to be late getting Yugi on your first date." Atemu said.
"I know that, Atemu. I haven't been out of the dating game for two years like you have been." Yami retorted.
Atemu rolled his eyes. "I'm not the one going on the date, so I'm not the one that will be in the doghouse if you're late." Atemu said.
"I'm going." Yami said. He grabbed his coat, wallet, phone, and keys before he left the room with Atemu behind him.
"I won't wait up." Atemu said with a smirk.
"Atemu! Don't start with that! Nothing like that is going to happen on this date." Yami said, glaring at his older brother.
"Well, I'm supposed to tease you. Now, get going." Atemu said.
"Yes, Mother." Yami said as he walked out of the door.
"Smartass." Atemu muttered before he walked into the living room and turned on the TV.
Yugi had just finished getting ready for his date with Yami that night. He was wearing a pair of tan slacks with a lavender shirt. He also had on brown shoes.
The door to his room opened, and Heba walked in. "You look nice." Heba said.
"Well, you're supposed to look nice when you go out on a date. Besides, you were the one that picked out what I would wear." Yugi said.
"You asked me to." Heba pointed out.
"That's because I would like to match on my date with Yami, so I need your help with that." Yugi replied.
"You look fine, Yugi. You don't need to worry about that. Yami won't be able to keep his eyes off you." Heba said.
"Heba, you say that Yami can't keep his eyes off of me regardless." Yugi said.
"I know." Heba said.
Yugi shook his head. He got his wallet, keys, and phone before he headed out of the room with Heba behind hi.
Solomon smiled. "You certainly look nice, Yugi." Solomon said.
"Heba's the one who picked it out." Yugi said.
"Well, you did a good job, Heba." Solomon said.
"Thanks, Grandpa. I wanted Yugi to look nice for his first date with Yami." Heba replied.
The doorbell rang.
"I believe that that's for you." Heba said.
Yugi walked to the front door and opened the door.
"Hi, Yugi." Yami said.
"Hi, Yami." Yugi said, smiling.
"Well, these are for you, Yugi." Yami said, handing Yugi a bouquet of red roses.
Yugi felt the flowers and said, "Roses."
"Yeah." Yami said.
Yugi smiled. "Thanks, Yami." Yugi said.
"Well, you two go on and have fun." Heba said.
"Yes, Dad." Yugi said sarcastically.
Heba rolled his eyes. "Will you go!" Heba said.
"We're going." Yami said.
"How about putting these in water for me and putting them on my desk in my room?" Yugi asked, handing the flowers to Heba.
"Sure thing." Heba said, taking them.
"We'll be going." Yami said. He took Yugi by the arm and led him to the car.
Once the two were in the car, Yami left.
"Well, I suppose Yugi really is exercising his independence now." Solomon said.
"Yeah. I know he is. I can tell that Yugi is happy, so that's what matters." Heba said as he put the roses in a vase of water before he headed up the stairs to put the roses in Yugi's room.
At the restaurant, Yugi and Yami were shown right to their table and sat down.
"What can I get you to drink?" the waiter asked.
"I'll take a coke." Yami said.
"I'll have Sprite." Yugi said.
The waiter walked off to get the drinks.
Yami opened his menu to look it over.
"You're going to have to help me out with this, Yami." Yugi said.
Yami smiled. "No, I don't. This restaurant caters to those with disabilities. The menu you have is done in Braille." Yami explained.
Yugi found that Yami was right. "Thanks, Yami. I wouldn't have known otherwise." Yugi said, looking over the menu.
"No, problem." Yami said.
The two kept on looking over the menu, deciding what they wanted.
The waiter returned with their drinks as well as some dinner rolls and set them down.
"Are you ready to order?" the waiter asked.
"Yugi?" Yami asked.
"I'm ready." Yugi said.
"Well, we both are then." Yami said.
The waiter got ready to write down the orders.
"I'd like a steak medium rare with a baked potato with no sour cream and extra butter." Yami said.
"What kind of dressing on your salad?" the waiter asked.
"Ranch." Yami answered.
The waiter wrote it down and said, "And for you, sir?"
"I'd like spaghetti with meatballs." Yugi said.
"What kind if dressing on your salad?" the waiter asked.
"Thousand Island." Yugi answered.
The waiter wrote it down before he walked off.
"I hope that this place is all right with you, Yugi." Yami said as he got a dinner roll and started to eat it.
"It's fine, Yami. I don't mind. We do eat at places like this sometimes. I just usually have to get Heba and Grandpa help me with what I eat." Yugi said.
"Well, when I was looking at what restaurant we should eat at, I saw that it had Braille menus, so I figured it would be easier on us." Yami said.
"Well, I don't mind." Yugi said.
It wasn't long before they were brought their salads.
"How has your week been?" Yami asked.
"It's been fine except for another teacher at school." Yugi said.
"Not giving you trouble, is he?" Yami asked, getting a little protective.
"One, it's a she. Two, she's not giving me trouble with teaching. She has a crush on me, and she isn't as subtle in flirting as she thinks she is." Yugi said.
"Does she know about me?" Yami asked.
"Everyone in the school knows that I am gay, and they also know that I have boyfriend. I have said that it's you, but I guess she either doesn't care who you are or she doesn't know who I'm dating." Yugi said.
"I could easily set her straight." Yami said.
"Don't worry about it, Yami. I set her straight, and she hasn't bothered me this week since I told her, but that doesn't mean that it won't happen again. I'll keep telling her, too." Yugi said.
"Is she one of those that thinks you'd be lucky to have her?" Yami asked.
"Uh-huh. I honestly don't think that she likes teaching the blind." Yugi said.
"Why is she there then?" Yami asked.
"I have no idea. I wonder that, too." Yugi said.
"Well, if she gives you too much trouble, let me know. I'll make sure she understand that you are with me." Yami said.
"Why do I get the feeling that you are the jealous type?" Yugi asked.
"Because I am." Yami answered.
"Well, at least you admit it." Yugi said.
"I'm very honest." Yami said.
"That's something I like in a person." Yugi said.
"Me and you both." Yami agreed.
The waiter soon came and took their salad bowls before bringing out their dinner.
"We've talked about my week. What about yours?" Yugi asked.
"It's been fine. I don't have the headache job that Atemu does. All I've had to do is go over different financial reports for the different departments of the company." Yami said.
"Well, at least you don't have a headache all the time. I'm sure Atemu keeps one." Yugi said.
"Not all the time. Normally, if it gets too bad, Atemu will call it quits for a while and leave for the day." Yami said.
"Probably the best thing for him." Yugi said.
"Yeah. I just wish he's admit who he likes." Yami said.
"You mean Heba." Yugi said.
Yami blinked, startled. "You know that?" Yami asked.
Yugi laughed. "Yami, I can tell that Heba and Atemu are attracted to each other, but neither of them are willing to admit it." Yugi said.
"I know what you mean. Atemu will admit it when Heba starts dating someone else, and he gets jealous." Yami said.
"Not likely. Heba doesn't date that often. He has to really like the guy to go out with him." Yugi said.
"Maybe they'll figure it out." Yami said.
"I know what you mean." Yugi said.
When the two finished dinner, Yami paid the bill, and they left.
After the restaurant, Yami took Yugi to the park.
"Yami, where are we now?" Yugi asked as he got out of the car.
"We're at a park." Yami answered.
"Why are we here?" Yugi asked.
"Well, I thought that we could come here and walk around." Yami answered.
Yugi smiled. "All right." Yugi agreed.
About an hour later, Yami pulled his car into the driveway of the Mutou house. He got out and walked up to the front steps.
"I had a good time tonight, Yami." Yugi said.
"Thanks, Yugi. I was hoping you would enjoy the date." Yami said.
"I did, Yami." Yugi said.
"Well, I'll see you later, Yami." Yugi said.
"All right, Yugi." Yami said. He leaned forward and kissed Yugi. "Bye." Yami said.
"Bye." Yugi said. He went into the house, and Yami left the house.
"How was it?" Heba and Solomon asked at the same time.
Yugi jumped. "What are you two doing? Lying in wait?" Yugi asked.
"Yes. Now, how was it?" Heba asked.
"It was fine. Yami took me out to dinner and then we went to the park and walked around for a while." Yugi said.
"Nice and simple. Just the way you like it." Solomon said.
"Yes. I had a good time. Now, if you excuse me, I'll be going upstairs now." Yugi said.
"Yugi, I set the flowers on the right side of your desk near the wall." Heba said so that Yugi didn't knock them over by accident.
"All right, Heba." Yugi said as he walked up the stairs.
"Well, I believe that Yami is a good thing for Yugi." Solomon said.
"Yeah. I think so, too." Heba agreed.
Yami walked into his house after he got home from the date.
"How did it go?" Atemu asked, walking into the room.
Yami raised an eyebrow. "Were you waiting for me?" Yami asked.
Atemu rolled his eyes. "Yami, it's just nine at night. I don't go to bed this early." Atemu said.
"If you must know, the date was fine. Yugi had a good time, too." Yami said.
"That's good to know." Atemu said.
"Yeah. Now, if only you'd date Heba, things would be great." Yami said before he dashed out of the room at top speed.
"YAMI!" Atemu shouted.
Yugi was off from work the following Friday, so Yami had met him for lunch.
"How has your day been?" Yugi asked.
"Boring. I haven't had anything to do all day." Yami said.
Yugi smiled. "I suppose you can't do much if Atemu doesn't give you anything." Yugi said.
"Nope. Anything knew with you?" Yami asked.
"Yes, actually. You remember that women I told you that tried to come onto me?" Yugi asked.
"Tat teacher?" Yami asked.
"Yeah. I thought that you'd like to know that she was fired." Yugi said.
"Really? What for?" Yami asked.
"Well, some other teachers have heard her talking about how stupid blind people are. She also said that it's pointless to give them an education since they are useless and have to depend on others to do everything for them. Needless to say, the board wasn't happy and fired her." Yugi said.
"I say that she deserved it." Yami said.
"So do I. She didn't want to be there, and I don't even know why she was there." Yugi said.
"Well, at least you don't have to worry about her now." Yami said.
"I know, and you don't have to worry about being jealous now." Yugi said.
Yami smiled. "I wasn't worried about you leaving me. I just hate that she was flirting with you when you're dating me." Yami said.
"Well, you don't have to worry about that." Yugi assured him.
"Glad to hear it." Yami said. He leaned forward and kissed Yugi.
"Just try not to act jealous." Yugi said.
"I won't. I promise." Yami said.
Yugi smiled. He had a feeling that Yami would get jealous again, but it just made Yugi know that Yami did care about him.
Hope you liked it. The woman from this chapter won't be back.
Next: Probably will focus on Atemu and Heba with this one.
R&R.