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Chapter 10: Another Job and Jealousy
After jumping down from the floating Mansion, Yugi lead Yami towards a building not far from the wall.
It took a good five minutes to get around the wall and through the crowd of people that were in the way. Once in front of the building Yugi opened the doors, a cloud of dust blowing out them as the wind entered it.
Yugi covered his face with his arm, preventing himself from inhaling the dust.
Yami, being a ways back, blinked in shock. What was Yugi planning on him to do with this building besides clean it for him.
Turning around "Alright, here is what I want you to do." Yugi handed him the clipboard "This has all the things that I want you to look for and keep some place on the second floor. Everything is labeled to some extent. Dusting, sweeping and mopping I'll leave up to you. I'm sure that you know how to do those things. After everything is sorted, you may find some holes around. In the back or upstairs there is wood some place, as well as nails and a hammer. Go around and fix them. As for paint, just ask for it and I'll bring it here." Yugi explained.
Looking through the pages as he listened to Yugi. Once finished "What is this place?"
"Oh, I guess not many people would know of this place since Atemu and I used it before the Mansion was built."
Surprised "You two lived here a long time ago!?"
Nodding, leaning against the door "We had to live underneath something."
Shaking his head "It's not that. I'm surprised that the building is in good shape. The outside at least." Yami remarked looking all around the outside, stepping forwards and poking his head inside, seeing how dark and dusty it was.
Smirking Yugi pushed off the door, slapping Yami on the shoulder, grasping it tightly "Good luck. I suggest you start upstairs. Also, don't go overboard in one day. Save some for days you don't have anything to do." He said grabbing Yami's hand, placing the rusty key into his hand, walking off.
"Wait, where are you going!" Yami shouted after him.
Yugi waved him off walking away "I've got people to look around for. I'm running out of time, and you'll be busy for some weeks. Don't worry your head off, I won't find anyone that you don't like." Yugi laughed.
Sighing 'That is not the problem. You're just trying to make me jealous since I'm still under twenty, or in your case a kid.' He thought turning back towards the open building, entering it and shut the doors behind him. Finding the windows he opened them to air out the room more, making his way upstairs to open those windows.
Looking around he found a bucket, some rags and a mop. Yami could not find a broom in the entire building.
Entering the building was a medium sized living room, wood flooring, a kitchen off to the far right that was partly walled off, steps straight ahead of the entrance way. Upstairs there was one bathroom and two bedrooms, and one small closet in the hallway besides the bathroom.
Starting upstairs, Yami went and turned the water on in the basement, returning to the second floor to begin cleaning. In one of the rooms the bed had been folded up and had been leaning against the wall. The mattress had a sheet cover all the way around it to protect it from dust and dirt. The curtains were covered in dust and cobwebs, as well as the dressers and mirrors behind those.
Grabbing the bucket Yami filled it with hot water before going back to the room, taking a rag and began cleaning the dresser, window, the door and the headboard set since that had gotten dusty over the years. Once that was done he grabbed the mop, cleaning the floor, moving the dresser and bed set to get behind those. Getting clean water he cleaned the ceiling and walls while he was at it.
Since the dust was caked into the floor and walls, cleaning it was a hassle, taking a good hour or more for one room.
Taking the curtains down Yami placed them downstairs until he cleaned the bathroom and found something ruff to help clean the fabric.
Doing the same thing to the other room, curtain's taken downstairs, dresser, window, ceiling, bed set, door and floor cleaned.
After that room was finished Yami looked out the window. At that point it began down pouring, Heba messaging him /Where are you. Come home and help me study a little bit./
Releasing a breath Yami shut the windows upstairs as he was already there, dumping the dirty was into the sink in the bathroom, setting the mop in the tub so it would dry out on its own, the same for the rags in the sink, yet washed them out and hung them at the edge of the sink.
Making his way downstairs Yami closed those windows, rain already getting into the room. Yami left the clipboard inside a drawer in the kitchen so next time he could grab it and start going through the pile of stuff littering the downstairs floor and basement.
Grabbing the key from the table he went out and locked the doors, remembering where the place was located for when he came back another day, running on home to help Heba study, trying not to get too wet so he didn't have to change when he got there.
Thing's never seem to work out the way you want them too. Yami had to change clothes once he got home.
At the end of February Yugi showed up to check on Yami's progress. Arriving he opened the doors, finding no one inside as he heard footsteps upstairs. Walking upstairs Yugi found Yami working on the hallway, scrubbing the floor with the mop he had forgotten about.
Whistling, Yami jumping in place before spinning around "Never seen this place as clean in a long time." Yugi commented.
"Has it now. I took you for the guy who always cleans his home and keeps it clean, like what you told Heba last month."
Smiling "I am. The others and I did clean the place last month, Marik wasn't so fortunate in getting away after you two left. Anyways, I brought some paint for the bedrooms before you start bringing stuff up here."
"Speaking of the stuff downstairs. Where do you want the stuff that isn't on the list. You never said anything about that?" Yami asked.
Entering the closest room, Yugi set the four jugs of paint down "Just put that stuff in the basement, I'll deal with it all when you're done." Leaning against the door frame "If you are still board once you are done on the inside, the outside needs a coat of paint and some cleaning."
Understanding "I'll keep that in mind when I get to that point." Turning around, continuing to scrub "So, how's your lady friend treating you so far?" Yami wondered, though not very interested in the subject.
Smirking "She's been alright, though I doubt that she'll keep her act up much longer...you see she's a bit no-"
"Yugi, are you in here!" A woman called from downstairs.
"Nosy" Mumbling lowly enough for Yami to hear "I can't do anything with her always looking for me." Calling down the steps "I told you I'd get you later." Towards Yami "I'll see you later, come over some time whenever you have time." Yugi said going downstairs.
"I was worried that you'd forget, so I looked for you." She said, not hiding her seducing looks within her smile.
Yugi rolled his eyes, not caring if she saw them or not, walking out the door with her. Getting a good forty feet away from the building they came out of "So, you are saying that I am too old to remember my own dates."
Shaking her head "Not at all. I was just making it easier on you and your health."
Exhaling mumbling "This is not working out at all."
"Hmm, what did you say."
Stopping, placing a hand to his head, running it through his hair and landing at his neck "I said that this is not working out at all."
She became shocked "But, why not!"
Walking forwards, turning to face her "The truth is the moment you started looking for me after I said I would be the one to decide these dates, that it started to not work out. Truthfully, you are too nosy for your own good. You always want to know where I am and what I am doing every hour. I am Emperor, I have a job to do and you are preventing me from doing it. Since we started dating two weeks ago I have yet to look over my paperwork. That has piled up and will take weeks to look over. If I knew that it would become this bad, I would have moved on to someone else." Turning around "I think the only thing you are worried about is me cheating on someone else before a wedding takes place. Well, I'll tell you this now, there is not going to be a wedding. We're done. Stop chasing after me and call me formally once again." He declared walking away, leaving her standing there, thankfully that nobody was walking around that area at the time. He didn't want to embarrass the woman and then have her come screaming at him later on throughout the next few months.
A month passed, the month being the first week of April.
Like Yugi had said to Yami, he had stopped by whenever he had free time, putting the cleaning on hold till after he had taken Yugi out to some places outside the territory.
Some places Yugi had loved a great deal, hanging out at those places and just talking with each other.
Some places were a bust, yet they walked around those areas either way, returning after a few weeks, ignoring the looks they got from the others as they returned, Yami going back to cleaning for a couple days before staying to help Amara the entire day, running into tons of orders from other territories.
Those orders needed to be delivered instantly that same day to keep the freshness in everything.
About a week ago Yugi had found another woman to his interest. From what Yugi could tell from her was she was very careful with what words she used in front of him as well as her mood, until a certain day happened.
~Present Day~
Today Yami did not have to help Amara in the shop as no crowds of people showed up at the same time, so Yami went and worked on the house, finishing up sorting and cleaning off the layer of dust on everything, looking to the clipboard of papers to figure out where the items went.
After that was finished was when he cleaned off the ceiling, walls, the kitchen and the floor, as well as anything else that happened to be in that area.
The wood, nails and hammer were left near the back wall for when Yami went around fixing a few big holes that happened to be there.
Soon after Yami had started fixing those holes, Yugi showed up wondering how far he had gotten as he heard from Aknamkanon in the meeting that Amara did not need Yami this morning, Aknamkanon knowing that Yugi gave Yami something to do the day of February fourteenth.
Once told, Yugi had gone there to see how far he was since Yugi had not gone there since they got back from their trip.
"This place is looking better every time I come see it." Yugi remarked.
Across the street from the house Yugi and Yami were in, sat a woman named Violet, sipping at her Ice Tea. There was a few others in the shop with her, though they payed no mind to her, as well as the shopkeeper.
"Who does that kid think he is. He is getting in the way of my relationship." Violet mumbled lowly to herself, sipping more of her tea.
Behind her she heard laughter, spinning herself around "What are you laughing about!" She snapped, annoyed that someone would laugh at her.
Calming his laughter, smirking "I wouldn't let what Emperor Yugi does get to you. He is the oldest Vampire alive, let alone you, a woman who is not even a thousand years old, become jealous of what he does when he has free time." Picking up another glass to clean "I know that you are the new woman dating Emperor Yugi right now but, you do remember what he said last year on his birthday right."
Annoyed yet understood what the man was saying "Yes, something about being like that man trying to kill him. I understand that much but you got to look at it from my perspective. He is obviously flirting with my mate. I can't stand it and it bugs me so much." Turning back around Violet saw Yugi laughing at something Yami did inside the building.
Flushing deep red Violet stood up, chair clattering to the floor.
"Whatever you are thinking, don't go out there and bark orders." The man behind the counter said.
"Why not!"
"Have you or anybody else seen Emperor Yugi this happy before. I sure haven't, and I doubt that he would want you yelling at him for having fun. You would be the next woman that he will dump, so if you don't want that to become true, then ignore him or go home. I don't need you destroying my shop because you are jealous that you can't get Emperor Yugi to laugh like that with you."
Growling she stepped through a portal, annoyed that she could not do anything. Stepping into her house Violet then thought of something, smirking to herself. She would go see Yugi as soon as he headed on home.
After hanging around with Yami at the house for a few hours, Yugi headed back to the Mansion, grabbing a stack of papers from the hidden room and the book he was writing in with the pen that was in there, walking out he shut the door and sat down at the table, beginning to write into the book.
Yugi had been writing for the past hour, some of the Lords returned from town, sitting in the living room, talking with Yugi and a few others that did not go anywhere a couple hours in advance.
After an hour more the doors opened, Violet standing in the middle of them.
"Yugi, we need to talk." She called, walking straight towards him, stopping on the other side of the table.
Exhaling "What is it, Violet." Yugi asked still writing in his book.
"Please look at me when I say this. It is important that you do."
Rolling his eyes "Are you going to tell me that you found somebody else that you like. If not then I don't need to look at you. As you can see I'm doing something of my own that is important. Now, what is on your mind."
Earning an annoyed low growl, though Violet answered anyways "That kid that you hang around with from time to time. I want you to stay away from him."
Yugi snapped his eyes open wider than they already were, slowly lowering his pen down, setting it down.
In the living room Bakura, Marik, Seto, Joey and Atemu who came down from the stairs all burst into laughter, Atemu stating clearly "She has finally shown her true colors. This one did not last long."
Violet glared Atemu's way.
Yugi stood up leaning against the table and stared intensely at her "My brother is right." Yugi answered earning Violet's attention "Every person has their secret colors when it comes to jealousy. The last one thought that I would cheat on her because the kid you are worried about was always my first priority."
"He is the problem! How am I supposed to try when you laugh around him like he has been your friend for as long as you can remember!" Violet snapped.
This comment stopped everyone from laughing and moving. The entire building was silent. A few moments passed, Violet thinking that she had finally gotten to Yugi, though she was not expecting a comeback "That is because he is a friend of mine."
Violet was shocked, confusion written all over her face "I was sixteen when I was still human back on Earth, I met him. He was sealed away inside an object that I pieced together. He was a spirit and I helped him pass on." Standing up straight "So yeah, I do have fun around him more than you. That is because he was my best friend before any of the Lord's human selves showed up into my life. So if you don't have a problem with me hanging out with my old friend, then you can go. I'm busy right now."
Huffing Violet left the Mansion, doors slamming shut.
Huffing himself Yugi sat back down "Great, they all have to get jealous of Yami when I start dating."
Ryo chuckled "Well they have noticed that you are more happier around him than them. It's natural to think that." He admitted with a shrug. The others agreed with Ryo on that one.
"Ha ha, very funny guys. I'm not falling for your nonsense even when I know something as obvious as that." Yugi remarked.
"So, you aren't going to deny that you like him." Seto stated.
"Even after he said that he was available and wanted to repay you for helping him pass on." Bakura clarified.
Sighing making his way into the living room "I'm not denying that I do have feelings for him, but I am not going to cave in and go along with what Yami said. I do remember that he was still a kid and my time is almost up. December is it unless I ask for more time to decide. I feel as if Immor is laughing at me for being in this predicament that so happened to create itself somehow, though he is just going along with what has happened." Shrugging "Whatever, I'll have to see what goes on in the next nine months of being here. I have a feeling that Violet is going to do something in order for me to back off of Yami. That or try something against him to get her point across. The other reason why I never wanted to date people here. They become jealous easily and don't know how to keep their noses out of peoples business. The people who really understand me is you guys, Aknamkanon since he was King himself, and Yami, knowing what it feels like to be king a little bit."
Yugi headed back into the kitchen to finish writing the pile of papers he had grabbed, leaving the others to talk for sometime till Seto had to get Evan up from his mid morning nap.
A few days later, in the midst of the night Violet ran through town, making her way to a certain house.
The next morning around 10Am. Bakura, Ryo, Marik and Malik entered Amara's shop, hoping to find Yami working this morning.
"Good morning my Lord's." Amara called "Sit wherever you'd like, I'll be there in a moment."
The four nodded, sitting at two tables though close enough to each other to still talk with one another.
Looking over the list of thing's that were listed on a two sided menu, Amara came over moments later. The four told her what they wanted as she wrote those on a pad of paper, going to make those things for them.
Minutes after that Heba sprinted out of the house that connected to the shop. Two seconds later Yami came sprinting after him, anger clearly evident in his eyes. Stopping outside the door "You better run!"
Heba laughed as he ran towards the school, going to be late if he didn't move any faster.
Angered walking back passed the Lord's "I swear I'm going to kill him before he can even remember his past death."
Amara chuckled with a smirk "Well you are very obvious. You will just have to deal with being picked on till you get over them."
Growling "I am not obvious. Why does everyone say that." Yami said entering back into the house, door shutting.
"Says the guy who is jealous that he's dating other people." Amara mumbled to herself, finishing up with the Lord's orders, taking those orders to them once finished.
A couple hours passed with Bakura, Ryo, Marik and Malik talking with each other and Yami whenever they called for him, though he stayed behind the counter as they talked to him, sitting at the counter minutes before leaving.
Ryo warned Yami that Atemu, Joey and Seto might be visiting the shop in a few days to see what it looked like. Yami understood, getting back to work before somebody else he knew decided to show up.
Later that afternoon Yami finally got off of work, instantly going to the building to finally finish up the inside today. All he had to do was finish a few more items that were to be sorted, the kitchen as well as the floor and windows before being able to paint the walls which he already had inside the building to use. Yugi had told him that he had brought it there and set them near the bottom of the stairs.
Stepping in front of the doors Yami stepped in something. Something wet and sticky, almost paint like to him since he knew what that felt like. Looking to his feet he saw what it was. A gloppy orange yellow as well as dark blue seeped out from underneath the door.
Panicking he quickly opened the door, swinging them open, jaw hanging open in complete shock "What the hell!" He said walking in half way, not caring that his shoes were getting paint all over them.
Scanning the room he found paint on everything, the walls, floor, stairs, the ceiling, the kitchen fridge that was not even in use, and even the lights. The kitchen counter was completely busted, smashed to pieces. The wall railing leading upstairs was broken. The items he was to still clean and sort were broken as well. There was also a bunch of holes kicked through every wall.
Footsteps at the door "Serves you right kid." Yami spun around "You brought this on yourself."
"How so!" Yami demanded, pissed since he knew this woman.
Violet snarled "You being around my mate while he is dating me. You have no business being around my future husband. He is mine and you can't have him." Growling "I have no idea what you two had in common in the past on Earth, but you are not that same person from then. You never will be, so I'm saying this once more. Stay away from my mate!"
This outburst had everybody walking in the street, wondering what Violet was screaming on about and at who.
A few houses away stood Yugi and Atemu. Atemu wanted to see what the place looked like clean and uncluttered since the last time he was there, so he tagged along with Yugi since Yami had the key. Yugi had a feeling that Yami would soon be finishing the inside soon, so he would be there today, yet not in this position and being confronted by Violet.
Annoyed, growling loudly enough for Atemu to sweatdrop. Atemu knew when to stay back.
Walking towards the house, shouting in annoyance "VIOLET!"
Violet jumped in place, beads of sweat running down the back of her neck, slowly turning towards the source of the voice she heard tons of times "Yes Yugi, is there a problem." She answered in a calm manner.
The people around entered a few shops and or walked off far away, not wanting to get in the middle of the Emperor's rage.
"You bet there is a problem. I told you a few days ago when you showed up that this kid is no ordinary kid. I explained to you about him, thinking that this jealousy thing of yours would go away. Basicly what you are doing is that you are trying to pry away the people who make me happy. Are you planning on getting rid of my brother and all of the Lords from my life as well." Stopping in front of the door, glancing inside, eyes growing to the size of baseballs "What did you do Violet!" Yugi snapped.
"How do you know that I did this. It could have been somebody else or he could have done it."
Yami glared at Violet, Yugi snapping back "Why would Yami destroy something he has been cleaning for months whenever he had time to get to cleaning. Why would he decide to do something like this after I asked him nicely to clean my house for me."
Shocked stepping backwards a few steps "What do you mean your house."
"Yes, my house. This building is Lord Atemu and my property. You being shocked by this means that you did not know this. Not surprising though, nobody these days knows about that information. Anyways, you're the one who did this, I can see the lies you hold behind your eyes. This being said." Stepping forwards, leaning down "Nobody owns me. You will never be my Queen nor my mate in the future. We. Are. Through. I will not tolerate jealousy to this extent behind my back."
Without any words of anger, Violet ran off, tears running down her face.
Atemu came over, peering into the house. Yugi could see the jaw drop from Atemu, face gone pale in shock and sadness.
Stepping over the paint at the door Yugi placed a hand on Yami's shoulder "I was almost finished and this had to have happened right before that could happen." Yami pondered out loud.
"Don't worry about it too much. I'll help you clean this up another day." Yugi said.
Raising a brow "Why another day?"
"Paint is easier to scrape up when it's dry. I don't know if you have noticed this but, you are standing in wet paint. You'll need some new shoes if you don't move soon."
Looking down Yami saw that Yugi was right, lifting his foot to find paint beginning to stick to his shoe "Awe man, these are new shoes. Mom is going to have a fit when she sees this."
Yugi pushed Yami towards the doors, Atemu finally snapping out of it. Yugi took the key from Yami, handing it over to Atemu "You want to see how bad the upstairs is. I don't even want to look at the mess that could be up there."
Shrugging "Sure, I wanted to see how clean this place was, not how messy it has become again." Atemu remarked, jumping over the paint on the floor till he made it upstairs.
Yugi chuckled, sending Yami through a portal to the Mansion, hopefully he will be able to clean his shoes before Amara needed him again today, or Heba at that. Yugi waited for Atemu to return down to him, locking the doors before also going back to the Mansion.
One thing is for sure, Yugi was done dating people if they were to only become jealous of the people Yugi hung around with. He did not want another outburst like this one to happen to Yami or anyone else that he asked to do something for him.
Hope you all enjoyed :) I just had to have put some kind of Jealousy in this chapter, after all, dating an Emperor will cause some people to go insane when it involves another person.