Hello again and I'm back after clearing my mind and being angry at a flame that I received a awhile back. The real reason was from that review and I just couldn't bring myself to finishing this chapter. I hate flames because I get comments from my brother that I can't do anything and calls me slut names all the time when he knows that I only went out with one guy...I'm finished, I just don't like flames about my grammar and my school that I'm finally graduated from a month ago. So if you don't like a chapter, just don't say anything because I know I suck at grammar and I'm trying to get better at it, I'm even going back to edit all of these chapters in about a month for you guys so chill out for me, thanks.
Attention: I am yet not in college so I wouldn't really know how long a year in college would be, so I'm taking a gamble with where it ends. Reviews are acceptable, but no flames please or I'm done with this story and moving on to bigger and better things as I have tones of things to do during the summer that I would like to start.
About 8-10 to 12 chapters left in this story. Three for the graduation and then a time skip that starts the real story behind the title which means, I'm not going to tell you, you'll have to find out for yourselves :3
Warnings: Fowl language so you are warned
Chapter 14: Atem's Problem
It was early morning, Atem slowly opened his eyes, pushing himself up and stretched lightly as he was sore from the night before.
Glancing down Atem watched Yugi sleep soundly, watching him breath in and out. Smirking, Atem brushed Yugi's bangs from his face before climbing out of bed and headed for the bathroom to take a warm bath and relieve some of his soreness before getting breakfast cooking. In fact, it was Atem's day to cook.
Later Atem had finished cooking everything, setting the plates out on the table. Once that had happened Atem heard feet creaking across the floor boards before they made their way into the kitchen.
Yami stepped into the room, tiredness visible under his eyes.
"Morning, you look tiered" Atem said.
"Morning" Yami replied back sitting down at the table "I thought that I would like sleeping in my bed last night, but I was wrong. I couldn't get to sleep until two this morning"
Atem was baffled "What's gotten into you? I thought that you wouldn't want to speak with me for at least a few weeks after what happened between me and Yugi last night, you changed quickly some how" Atem questioned, confused on how this could have happened in such a short time.
Yami shrugged "I was out last night and talked with a few people from work. Nothing changed, just that I'm tiered and Yugi's standing right outside the kitchen" Yami said in a half lie as he was right about Yugi standing close by.
Atem reverted his gaze to the now present Yugi standing in the frame "How did you know I was standing there?" He questioned.
"The floor creaked a little and if it was anyone else, they would have entered the kitchen to start eating." Yami stated taking a bite of his food.
"The rookie is getting smarter" Yugi teased, which Yami ignored. Yugi sat down right when Joey, Malik and Ryo entered the kitchen.
Atem sat down to join them. Later both Yugi and Atem would have to think of something for Monday's break up plan so Yami would have to wait until after Monday to confront Atem about the real problem with Atem liking Yugi and how he handled it from Yugi already knowing it. After that Yami would go looking for a new phone.
About fifteen minutes away from the college, in an abandoned run down building. Men were gathered around as one man sat on top of old crates. Very few lights were flickering on and off above the ceiling, yet no one said anything.
The man who sat on top of the creates growled in anger at three men down below "You three should have come back with grins on your faces, but you are not grinning and I can tell that your Ex's have beaten you by a long run. You three asked me to help you get them back for you and I have, and you failed in learning my ways in returning that favor" The man snapped.
"It would have been easy excepts that his friends were in the house. That Yugi person taught him how to fight and take pain" Quinton, Joey's Ex spoke.
"That's besides the point, you don't just break into someone's house to talk with them after they see you in their house" The man spoke again.
Issac nodded in agreement "Personally, in my opinion, you should have asked him nicely to come talk with you like I did" Neil remarked.
"And your talking, why" Neil stated, knowing that he failed as well as he did a few months ago.
The unknown man sighed in frustration "All of you just shut up. I gave you ways in getting them back and they denied you from ever coming back into their lives. Unless you have money to pay for my assistance then I have nothing to do with you anymore. I have my own problems to take care of and that includes taking revenge from that Yugi guy who nearly killed me" Growling in anger "Get out, all of you. I have better things to think of" The man pointed to the forth guy who was on the ground with the other three men "I expect you to get him back from your stupidity of getting rid of him from the start. You should have thought this stuff through before you kicked him out of your life like an idiot you are" He snapped jumping down from the crates lost in though 'That asshole will pay for beating the shit out of me when he doesn't know who he's messing with. I could have him kill for hurting me, but I'd rather do it myself and blame it on someone else if I really wanted to' He breathed a relaxed sigh 'If anything I could kill him right in front of those roommates or the entire school and still get away with it' The man thought again as he thought about who this Yugi person really was. His attitude and characteristics described him as someone who had a tough childhood and family deaths. Shrugging at the thought he decided to go to the library to gather some information on the guy, hoping that he could find something about him.
Two weeks went by and Atem, Malik, Ryo and Joey returned back to the house after going out to watch a movie together with Seto, Marik and Bakura for the night. Seto, Marik and Bakura were invited over to hang out with Yugi and Yami since the two were suppose to be spending time together, but once Atem opened the door to the house, all you could hear was Yami's shouts of "HELP! Get this creep off me"
Atem sweat dropped walking into the house, letting the others let themselves in. Walking into the living room Atem commented "If you were going to rape my brother then you could have told me ahead of time" He said seeing Yugi sitting on Yami's back, Yami's shirt laying at Atem's feet as he could see Yami's scars still covering his skin.
Yugi pushed on Yami's back to stop him from struggling as much as he was. Glancing over Yugi sort of glared at Atem, which clearly stated that he wouldn't do something like that without feeling some kind of guilt later on.
Yami continued to struggle underneath Yugi, nails digging into the floor boards before dragging them back, repeating the process until he got free. Yugi shifted his weight more onto Yami's back before retching for the container of cream that he had given Yami to use for awhile. Awhile ago Yugi had noticed that Yami's scars were not vanishing as he wasn't applying it everyday like he should have been. Instead Yami was applying it every other day which accomplished nothing.
The others entered behind Atem, eyes widening before Marik and Bakura erupted into a fit of laughter, not caring that Yami was still struggling to get loose. Seto rolled his eyes, thankful that this had nothing to do with their little talk two weeks ago.
Joey and Ryo shook their heads at the scene in front of them, heading back over to the door to remove their shoes and jackets before heading up to their rooms to change into something a little more comfortable, returning back downstairs once finished.
Yugi finished applying the cream to Yami's back, turning him around to apply it to the front. The problem with the front was that Yugi had to deal with the occasional swipes from Yami's nails hitting his face. After a few seconds of that Yugi had enough "Atem, throw me his shirt"
Atem obeyed, bending down and tossing Yami's shirt at Yugi, who in turn removed his belt, wrapping the cloth around Yami's wrists and pulling his belt tight around them, making sure that the shirt stayed around Yami's wrists so Yugi could finish with applying the scar healer.
Malik snickered to himself, helping Yugi hold Yami's arms back to finish up.
Seto pushed Marik and Bakura into the living room as they were mostly done with their laughing fit. A few chuckles escaped from their mouths now and then, yet that was to be expected from those two.
"So what brings you three here. It's late and we have practice in the morning." Yugi said.
"We know in fact we were invited to hang out with you two for awhile since you've been stuck in the house all day" Marik replied, receiving a surprised glance from Yugi, who in turn stopped his movement with placing the cream over Yami's scars on his chest.
Yami also stopped his movements, turning to stare at Marik on the couch.
Seconds passed before anybody did anything, that person was Yami who rolled himself and Yugi over, some how with hidden strength that no one knew about, Yugi laying on the floor and Yami on top of him. Malik's grip was long lost at this point.
Yami stood up, releasing the belt over his wrists and pulled his shirt back on. A blush was evident on his face as he scurried out of the room without another word.
Bakura blinked in confusion "What was that all about?" He questioned glancing back at the hallway to the front door and stairs.
Yugi slowly got up from the floor, an annoyed glare staring back at Bakura "Do you seriously have to ask me such an obvious answer"
"Yes" Was Bakura's simple answer "We all know that you and Yami have a hard time talking about what happened with old memories and your childhood. It time that you both come clean to everyone here" Bakura added and everyone who already knew Yugi's start of his past agreed, along with Yami who they barely knew about since they met.
Yugi sighed "I guess you all are never going to know because I'm not not saying anything anymore about what happened. You four I have told everything to, and you ask more from me when I have nothing to give. What am I to you guys, stupid" Yugi pointed the last sentence to Seto, Marik and Bakura "That's the last thing you would think about before we part ways in two weeks" Yugi stated making his way to the front door, slamming the door slightly from some anger building up inside him.
Marik winced slightly, turning his body around to stare at the door and mumbled "I swear that Yugi and Yami have the same problems and would make an interesting couple"
This caught Atem's attention and asked "What did you say"
Malik jumped at the unexpected reply to his mumbles "Nothing, its just that Yugi and Yami have sort of the same problems and would make an interesting couple if they do some how magically get together and get over their weird enemy contract with one another in the future" Malik replied, shoulders and arms shrugging with each other as he stood up and headed to the bathroom.
Atem's heart skipped when Marik had said that. Atem hadn't thought of his brother and Yugi having any kind of relationship with their rivalry so he didn't think of that possibility happening. Shaking the thought out of his head Atem glanced at the ceiling and thought 'Yami has Yugi on his to kill list once graduation is finished, so how could those two make an interesting couple...I think I'm just a little bit jealous of them'
"Atem, are you still with us or have you gone some place else" Joey questioned.
Atem snapped out from his thoughts "Hm, just thinking that's all"
"Well lets not go off into space" Ryo said "The problem with Yugi and Yami ever getting together is very slim. From what Yami had said two weeks ago with starting the three month relationship with Yugi, there is very little that Yugi can do to help Yami out with his problem judging that he doesn't want to be in a relationship with anyone since he arrived here" Ryo stated.
Seto became surprised "He said that. From what we saw the night of Neil's punch in the face, Yami wanted to learn more about Yugi than he had ever did with anyone else"
Atem perked up at Seto's words, but Malik beat him to the question "So your saying that Yami, the Yami upstairs has some kind of feelings for Yugi, yet he wont say anything" Malik said in a half shout.
Seto nodded "That's exactly what I'm saying, every time we came over during the weekend and you guys were out of the house, we see him blushing half the time when Yugi was talking about random things from class"
Joey sat down "That defiantly sends up a red flag..."
~Yami~
Upstairs Yami was getting ready to leave the house. He had before grabbed his coat from downstairs before returning to his room. Yami had another pair of shoes in his room already so he was all ready to go. Opening up his window, Yami climbed out it. Once out he closed the window back up so the snow and cold wouldn't get inside his room. After that Yami slowly turned around and made his way down a small latter that was attached to the side of the house.
Once at the bottom Yami was on his way from the house and away from everybody in it. Sighing Yami disappeared from sight as he cleared his mind and went on a late night walk where very few cars were driving through the streets.
Unknown to Yami was that Yugi had been sitting on the front porch, smoking a cigarette, watching him from afar. A few minutes later Yugi went back inside, alerting Atem about this.
At least fifteen minutes passed since Yami had snuck out of his room. He finally stopped to look around and see where he had ended up.
A building that looked abandoned stood to Yami's right and a few other small buildings following beside it and across the street. Somehow Yami had ended up on the other side of town where no one dared to go as gangs hung out there many times.
It was quiet, too quiet to be exact. During the night there was some kind of sound echoing from the allyways with screams or other torturer methods, but there was nothing to be heard this night.
Minutes later faint foot steps could be heard off in the distance. Small breathes of breathing reached around a corner close by.
Yami panicked, spinning around and running back towards the house, but he never made it that far from another guy running out another corner and knocking them both down to the ground.
Both groaned and the steps and breathes disappeared along with their groans of pain.
Yami slowly got up from the ground, shaking his head clear before looking at the other guy who had ran into him just know. Raising a brow "You alright" Yami asked retching a hand out for him to grab.
The man shook his head to clear his thoughts before glancing up at his so called Atem, which was not really Atem. The guy had seen the real Atem walking around at night before as never dared to enter this place.
The darkness blinded him from seeing Atem's face so the guy couldn't make sure if it really was his Atem or not.
Nodding "Yeah I'm fine, my head is a little messed up but I'll be okay" He said just as he practiced on saying. He took the hand that was held out to him, pulling himself up with the help of Yami.
"What were you running from, I've never seen you around before. What's your name by the way" Yami asked in wonder.
Raising a brow "Zeke is the name, as to what I was running from...life, but I though you already knew that about me Atem" Zeke replied.
Yami was surprised "This is my first time meeting you yet you know my brother. How is that possible" Yami questioned him, eyes narrowing towards Zeke.
"You don't have a brother, you never told me about having a brother so you're obviously lying to me so you can get away when I want to talk about what happened back then"
Yami's phone vibrated when Zeke was going on and on about what he had to go through after Atem was lost that night those men came into the house and grabbed him.
The real Atem had text Yami /Where did you go, I'm coming to get you/
\\Your Ex thinks that I am you and does not believe that you have a brother. He hasn't seen my skin color as he is going on and on about you being dragged out of the house by those Ushiro members that night\\ Yami text Atem back, still unseen by Zeke who still gabbed on and on. Zeke's talk was pissing Yami off as he added on to the text \\If you don't hear from me again after this then I'm probably going to snap at him in a few seconds. I know he is your problem an all, but people who talk like they own someone after a break up, I just want to kick them in that spot multiple times that they piss blood for weeks\\ Yami snapped through the phone and he flipped it shut and slipped it back into his pocket, clearing his throat.
Zeke stopped talking and gave his attention to Atem.
"Listen Zeke or whatever your real name is. I have no idea how or what you did to my brother that made him break up with you back then, or why you decided to tell somebody to grab him and throw him into the ocean. But let me tell you a few things before you fully understand that I am not Atem. I am his younger twin brother who has enough shit going on in my life as it is and you're telling me who I am suppose to be. I hate people who try telling me what I can and can't be as they think they know everything and own everyone around them. Newsflash, everybody has there own mind and there is nothing that you can do to change that fact" Yami snapped at Zeke.
Zeke's eyes were widened in surprise as he though 'This is not my Atem, he was much nicer than then this'
Yami grabbed his phone from his pocket, noticing that Atem had text him again but Yami ignored the text and turned on his flashlight and shinned it onto his own face for Zeke to see.
Zeke's eyes widened even wider than what they were before as he stumbled backwards. 'He was telling the truth, he does look like Atem yet he does not have his tan skin. I can't believe that I made a simple mistake such as this' Zeke lowered his head down to the ground 'But I could use him to lure Atem out and force him to get back together with me' Zeke schemed with himself.
"I see know you've seen your mistake. I will be on my way now, so if you'd excuse me" Yami said walking past Zeke, but before Yami had the chance to put his phone away Zeke had retched for Yami's jacket collar, pulling him into a headlock. Yami's phone fell to the ground while Zeke kicked it away from the both of them.
Yami screamed as he was pulled into a headlock. Yami hadn't expected anything coming from Zeke once he realized that he made a mistake with the person he was looking for with someone else.
Zeke chuckled "You think that you could leave so easily. Know that I know that you are Atem's twin brother, you're going to do something for me and that's call him up so I can speak with him in private"
"I would never do something as stupid as that, considering that all you want is to have him so you can do whatever you want with him, almost like having a trained dog in letting you do anything to him without complaint. Is that it, I doubt Atem will ever agree with your hands touching him like you did back then" Yami snapped, receiving a hand over his mouth to silence him.
"God you have a dirty mouth on you that will not shut up" Zeke informed, annoyed that he has to deal with all this before he could talk with Atem.
Yami became annoyed, pulling his mouth free from the hand and biting that same hand before ramming his head back into Zeke's nose, breaking free from Zeke's hold.
Zeke cursed at his broken nose "What is wrong with you" He spat.
Yami rubbed the back of his head from the collision "What do you mean what is wrong with me. What's wrong with you, grabbing somebody that you do not even know from behind. What you're doing is an act of assault and I could have you arrested by continuing this nonsense.(A/N: Not sure if this is true or not, too lazy to look anything up)
Zeke shook his head "It is not nonsense, if I do not succeed with Atem then my boss with have a talking with me that whatever he taught me was a waste of his time."
"You mean that gang leader that also helped my other three friends Ex's out with getting their Ex-boyfriends back. How did their talking go considering that you look so desperate in wanting me to call my brother up just so you could talk with him, and then be turned down a second time from the same person who dumped you about a year ago from now" Yami stated, hiding a smirk with his shoulder.
Yami had gotten to Zeke somehow, making him agitated with what happened back than. "That was different, I was always confused...I didn't care for other people like I do know"
Lights from a car filled the open area as the car sliding to a stop from the snow covered roads. The two males standing in the street shielded their eyes from the light before the light turned off and someone stepped out of the car, glaring at one specific person.
Once Zeke had gotten his sight back he glared in anger at the person driving the car in anger before realizing that the person was the guy he was looking for.
Zeke calmed, expression reverting back to his calm face before walking over to Atem.
Atem slammed the car door shut, waiting for Zeke to get closer. Atem could see right through Zeke's fake smile, which made him angry to his core. Before Zeke could do anything once close, Atem had popped him one right between his eyes, sending him back and to the ground.
Atem sat down on top of Zeke's chest, gripping his collar firmly "What did you fill my brothers head with as he was getting ready to murder you that badly" Atem snapped.
Zeke was disbelieved, rolling his head to the side to stare at Yami but was forced to keep eye contact with Atem "What does my brother have to do with you. Your business is with me and nobody else" Atem stated clearly.
Clearing his head Zeke thought 'He must have done something when I was rambling before. At least Atem's here now' Zeke smiled once again "It's good to see that you're alive Atem. It was weird how those men just broke in and dragged you away like that. I was worried that they might have killed you"
Atem's eye twitched in anger as he growled "You knew"
"What do you mean?" Zeke asked in confusion, not really knowing what Atem meant.
Growling once again "You knew those men, you were the one who paid them to come and take me away. I figured that much out from you not even getting off your ass to stop them, then again we were not a couple anymore by that point so that pretty much stays why you did it in the first place" Atem spat raising Zeke's shoulders off the ground before slamming him back down into it.
Zeke's eyes widened "I seriously do not know what you mean" He proclaimed, lying of course.
"Don't lie to me, you know damn well enough to what I am saying. The way you're acting now is a lie, you were never this calm when around people you never met, heck you would throw the first punch at them before you got to know them. When you met me you would never smile like you did moments ago, you never did jack shit unless you came back drunk. That is why I dumped you and it still is the reason I hate you now" Atem roared, smashing Zeke's shoulders into the concrete below "You never gave a rats ass about me as whenever you drank you would talk shit about me when I was still in the room, you didn't look around to make sure if I was there or not. Get over it already, when happened in the past should stay in the past and forgotten. I don't want anything to do with you or your kind ever again" Atem added on.
"It's not f-" Zeke spoke being cut off.
"What, it's not fair that I became this. A person who will never take someone back, well too bad you made me like this and there is nothing that you can do to change me back. If I see you again I will take a rifle and blow your face off. I don't care if I go to prison for it either, at least I'll be happy with you gone" Atem proclaimed, releasing his hold around Zeke's collar and stood up, walking back to the car and shouted "Yami, get in the car right now. I do not care where you were planning on going at midnight!"
Without arguing Yami ran for the passenger seat after picking up his phone from the ground as he didn't want to get on his brothers final nerve tonight. As Atem pulled away from Zeke's struggling body to get up, Yami thought that it was strange with how Atem's Ex-boyfriend had shown up two weeks after Yugi had finished with him, not like Joey's, Ryo's and Malik's Ex-boyfriends waited about a month after Yugi was finished with them.
Letting out a silent breath, Yami turned his eyes from the road ahead to his right, glancing out the side window and trapped in his thoughts. From what Seto had mumbled from beneath the floor boards was somewhat true. Yami had begun understanding Yugi much better from what he was like day one. He understood that he and Yugi were suffering from the loss of parents while Yugi himself was suffering from much more than that. He had lost someone dear to him and he would not let anybody else get close to him the way he did with his first lover. Atem wasn't really sure if Yugi would ever be cured from something like that and if he did he wouldn't want to bare something like that again as he would ruin it for the other.
There was two weeks of college left, including exams on the last day of class. The Professors mentioned something that would be announced on that day, but didn't say what it was just yet. It was only a matter of time before that something would be known.
Hope you enjoyed. Don't forget to Review on anything that interested you considering that it had to do with Atem's Ex showing up again and putting in no fight to get Atem back. Zeke will be getting yelled at from that mysterious guy from earlier.
Chapter 15: Graduation Part 1 (Upload on Saturday, August 1st, or the Saturday before depending on my mood and if I can remember)
Chapter 16: " Part 2 (Upload on Saturday, August 15th, or the Saturday before if I can remember)
Chapter 17: " Part 3 (Upload on Saturday, August 29th, or the Saturday before if I can remember)