The Witness and the Guardian Part 2
IceAngelDarkMoon
Sorry it has taken so long to get the next part to the story. Blame it all on my Social Studies teacher. Ugh!
Thanks for all the reviews. To clear up something, Yugi's parents and Grandpa are dead. The murder is still loose and Yugi and Yami live together, and Yami runs the Game shop. And for anyone who missed it the first time, THIS IS A SHONEN-AI STORY!!! IT'S A BOY/BOY ROMANCE!!! If you don't like that type of thing, DON'T READ!
Yugi woke early the next morning and sat on his bed trying to figure out if the night before had really happened. He wondered if he hadn't just dreamed it all up, dreamed that Yami had come and comforted him in his misery. Maybe Yami saying he would always protect Yugi and be there was all just what he had made up. But deep in his heart he knew that everything that he thought had happened did. He got ready for school and went down the stairs to where Yami was making breakfast for him. He found Yami making pancakes for Yugi; Yami didn't eat anything because he didn't need to. He was also packing Yugi's lunch. Cooking was something Yami picked up when Grandpa got sick the year before and he had been cooking ever since. The only thing was that since he didn't eat anything he cooked, Yugi was often the guinea pig. Maybe when Yugi was old enough to take over the shop Yami could go to a culinary school, but that was just a thought Yugi had for Yami. Yugi wolfed down his breakfast as soon as it was on his plate, he wanted to leave before Tea made it to their house and he would have to walk to school with her. For years now Tea had been overly protective and possessive. And every day she seemed to get even more annoying. But of course Yugi didn't want to tell her to just buzz off, she had been his first friend after his parents were killed and she never asked why he lived with his grandpa. He just couldn't tell her to get lost. As he was chewing the last bite Yami spoke to him for the first time that morning.
"Do you have anything after school today?" Yami asked while he tidied up the kitchen.
"I'm going to play soccer with Ryou, Joey, and Tristan. If it doesn't rain, it's supposed to storm. Why do you ask?" Why do you ask?" Yugi was curious why Yami asked; Yami didn't usually ask those types of questions.
"So I know where you are, of course. Is there anything wrong with that?" Yami even did a headshake to make Yugi laugh, which he did.
"No, but you sound just like a worrying mother. Next thing you know you'll be saying 'don't forget your lunch now sweetie' as you kiss me goodbye." Yugi added an eye roll to his statement, but deep down he wished Yami would kiss him.
That statement surprised Yami, he wished he could be brave and tell Yugi that's exactly what he wanted. But he decided to ask a question really wanted to know the answer to but he could still hide behind a joke. In his best-worried mother hen voice he asked, "Well, did you want me to kiss you goodbye when you leave, shnukums?"
Although his tone was obviously joking Yami really wanted to know Yugi's reaction. Yugi was think whether he should tell Yami the truth or pretend it was just a joke. Yugi wanted Yami to kiss him so bad he felt dirty. He had never been in love before and didn't know what to do. He didn't want to ruin the friendship if it was a joke, he couldn't lose Yami now or he would die. But before too much time could pass to make Yami uncomfortable, and before Yugi could respond an ear shattering screech broke into their house.
"Yuuuuuuugggggiiiiiii!!" An annoying voice almost broke the windows and mirrors, with that Tea bounded into the house banging the door into the wall as she entered. Yami muttered a few choice words in Egyptian under his breath. It always seemed that that vixen would pop into their house whenever there was a chance for Yami to tell Yugi his feelings. Yugi could tell Yami got tense around Tea but didn't know how much Yami didn't like Tea. Yugi just sighed at a missed opportunity to tell Yami the truth. Yugi just began to grab his books and Tea began to jabber.
"Hurry up Yugi! We can't be late; if we're late we're going to get in trouble. And getting in trouble is bad. Bu tour friends will always be there for us even if we do get in trouble." And so on she just kept going and going. Yugi rolled his eyes and swung his book bag on his back. Yami was severely tempted to smack her up side the head and tell her to shut up and stop being a vain little witch. "Yugi you look really handsome today, did you do something special?" Tea asked while trying to flirt with Yugi. Yami wished it could have been him telling Yugi that, and not sound totally perverted. Yugi, who is shy, turned a bright red, even though he wished it had been Yami and not Tea who had complimented him.
"N...N...No, nothing special." he stammered, while he thought about all that time he had spent in front of the mirror trying to get his hair to do anything but what it was. His hair liked defying gravity and reality for some strange reason. The only comfort for Yugi was that Yami's was just as wild, and his looked cool.
"Don't forget your lunch." Yami reminded Yugi as he handed the lunch to Yugi. Yami knew that to continue the joke would make Yugi smile, and Yami loved that smile that light everything around it with an angelic light. Then unable to resist it he added, "Have a nice day, sweetie! And be home by 6:30 for dinner." Yugi smiled and started laughing. Tea looked at Yami like he had grown a second, or even third head! Yami couldn't help but laugh with Yugi at the total absurdity of his statements. Yugi loved to hear that low rumbling laugh Yami had, it was a very comforting sound. Yugi who was very mad at the idea of walking to school with Tea left with a smile.
Yami was thinking about how much he loved Yugi's smile as he opened up the game shop for the day. Yugi was thinking about how he love Yami's laugh as he walked to school with mindless babble coming from Tea. Yugi wished something; anything would happen that would give him the courage to tell Yami what he felt for Yami. Yugi was still tuning out another friendship garbage lecture from Tea when they got to school. Yugi was relieved he saw his friends all in a group and he ran over to them leaving Tea in mid sentence. Joey, Tristan, and Ryou were all talking out in the middle of the school courtyard.
"Hey guys, are we still on for our soccer game this afternoon?" Yugi asked as he reached his friends.
Joey nodded but added, "It is suppose to thunder storm this afternoon, and even I don't feel like getting fried by some lightning. So we'll have to play it by ear on whether or not we really have a game tonight."
"If it does storm I have to go home and make sure Bakura is O.K., he doesn't like thunder storms!" Ryou added looking pained from the thought of the storm.
"Oh come on Joey, getting fried won't hurt that much!" Tristan jeered and the two started to fight. Ryou and Yugi just looked at each other and smiled at the other twos antics, they did something like it every day. They all would have kept talking but the warning bell rang and they started to go their own ways to classes. The day passed with nothing-extraordinary happening. But by the time the last bell had rung the weather was looking very nasty, it was going to be some storm. The guys canceled the game and decided to go home right after school before the storm got too bad. But before Joey left Yugi had to ask him something very important.
"Joey, do you have a minuet?" Yugi asked shyly. He was embarrassed by what he was going to ask, and not quit sure how to phrase his questions.
"Yeah sure Yugi. What's on your mind? But how long do you think we'll be here, there is someone I was going to visit." He blushed at the last part.
"Thanks, it won't take long." Yugi said then took a deep breath and continued, "How did you and Seto get together?" It had been a guess, but he knew he was right when he saw Joey's bright red face.
"H...H...How did you know? We've been trying to keep it a secret." His face had gotten a little pale at the thought of being found out.
"Don't worry I'm the only one who's noticed. You should have been offended if I didn't guess; you're my best friend. But you still haven't answered my question." Yugi was getting nervous he knew Tea would be looking for him, and it was only a matter of time before she found him (scary huh?).
"It was an accident. You remember that project he and I had to work on together? The one everyone but the teacher thought would get one of us killed?"
"Yeah, everyone was placing bets on how long both of you would still be breathing."
"That's the one. Well, we were at Seto's house working on the project. We started arguing like we so often did. I pushed him, he pushed back and it continued into a full out wrestling match. Seto is a much better wrestler than me and in a few moments he was sitting on my chest pinning me." Joey was turning extremely red in the face. "We were only inches apart, and the distances just kinda disappeared and we were kissing." Joey was redder than a tomato by the time he had said that last bit. But Yugi pretty much could guess the last part of the story and would not intrude that much into his best friends private life.
"How did you know you where in love?" Yugi thought he knew the feeling but he wanted Joey's advice.
"Aw, Lil' Yugi has a crush on someone." Joey teased, as his face turned back to normal and to answer the question Yugi turned into a tomato. But then Yugi heard the sound he had been dreading the whole time.
"There you are Yugi! I've been looking all over for you, are you ready to take me home?" Tea interrupted.
"Almost Tea, Joey was just answering a question for me."
"What question? I'm sure I could help more than Joey!" Tea exclaimed.
"Yugi asked me how I knew I was in love. I was just about to tell him before you interrupted. I was going to say you just do, and you know here." He said and pointed to Yugi's heart. "You feel like you aren't complete without them, and never understand how you live without them." He added and his cheeks burned red again.
"I didn't know you were capable of being in love, or smart enough to ever realize what you where feeling. But I guess miracles happen." Tea said while wrinkling her nose in Joey's direction. "I think you know you're in love when you are willing to do anything to get that person to feel the same!" Tea stated with an air of all-important one.
"That sounds like you're obsessed, not in love." Joey stated while glaring at Tea. "Goodbye Yugi, see you Monday." Joey turned and left. Yugi sighed and went with Tea out the door to walk home. As soon as they stepped out of the building it began to pour. That was almost a blessing for Yugi, it meant they had to run and Tea couldn't lecture. The Yugi's house and game shop were closer so they headed for it first. Yugi only hoped Yami wouldn't take the mother hen thing too far and not let Tea go home until the storm was over. But he didn't think Yami himself would be too thrilled with that. When Yugi and Tea burst through the door of the game shop Yugi felt his heart speed up at the sight of his darker side. Yami was just glad that the smaller boy was all right, except for being soaked. Yami quickly took Yugi's bag from him and threw a thick, fuzzy towel around his lithe form.
"Then he said, "Go upstairs and put on some dry clothes, and by the time you come back down, I'll have hot chocolate for you." Yugi beamed at the thought of hot chocolate, he loved how Yami made the drink. He was also glad to get away from Tea. Yugi raced up the stairs to change as fast as he could so that he could spend as much time as possible with Yami.
"Hot chocolate sounds good, may I have some?" Tea asked none too politely.
It took all of Yami's willpower not to smack Tea at being so rude and greedy. Then in a very sarcastic voice he said, "I'm sure you have some at your house. I'd walk you home, but someone needs to watch the shop. Here's an umbrella you can use, just give it back to Yugi on Monday." Yami handed her the umbrella and headed for the cash register to prove his point.
"Couldn't Yugi walk me home?" Tea pouted and stamped her foot.
"No, he just got dry, and I'm not going to let him catch a death of cold walking you home." Tea turned haughtily and stalked out of the store holding onto the umbrella as hard as she could as the storm assaulted her. Yami hope she would catch the death of cold on her way home. Yami gave a sigh of relief when he knew she had walked too far to come back to the store. Then he went into the kitchen to make Yugi's hot chocolate. He would have made some for himself as well, but chocolate and sugar made him extremely hyper. And he defiantly did not want that at this moment. Yugi came pounding down the stairs as Yami was adding the marshmallows and whipped cream to the beverage.
"Thanks for the hot chocolate and getting rid of Tea for me!" Yugi said sheepishly as he began to drink his hot chocolate, Yami just grinned.
"She is one persistent pest, isn't she? Would you like to watch a movie tonight?" Yami asked, and Yugi nodded. Yami noticed then that his light was starting to pick up his fashion sense. Pretty soon the girls would be all over his little light. Yugi had on a tight black t-shirt and some tight black pants. The pants weren't leather, like Yami's would've been, but they had buckles all over them. And of course he had on the millennium puzzle still on a cord around his neck. Yami finally stopped staring at his other half to check the fridge for what he could cook for dinner that night. He turned around to ask Yugi, but his light had fallen asleep at the table. It wasn't really a surprise considering how little sleep he had gotten, since his grandpa's death, with all the nightmares that had been plaguing him. Yami didn't want Yugi sleeping at the table so he would wake up all sore, but he didn't want to wake his light up. So very carefully he picked up Yugi and carried him to the couch. He was surprised at how light Yugi was in his arms. He was also pleasantly surprised at how warm it was to have someone else that close to you. Unconsciously Yugi snuggled closer to Yami, and then he mumbled something that sounded a lot like 'Yami'. Yami was glad Yugi snuggled closer but refused to believe it was his name Yugi had muttered; it probable was really 'Mommy'.
Yami sat on the couch still holding Yugi and just let Yugi sleep in his arms. He was very content to watch his light's breathing and feel his heart beat. But before he realized it an hour had passed, and he needed to make some dinner for Yugi. He carefully slipped out from under Yugi and stood up. As soon as he had left the couch Yugi began to shiver from the cold. Yami always thinking of his other half decided to get a blanket from upstairs for Yugi. As he passed a window on his way up the stairs, he looked out the window and saw how dark it was and how bad the storm had gotten.
Yugi had woken up as soon as Yami had left the room stood and stretched lazily and headed for where Yami had gone. But just as he was passing the door he heard a knock and then the door fell off it's hinges and fell to the floor in the house. There silhouetted by the storm was some extremely ugly thing holding a gun pointed straight at Yugi.
TBC
Cliffhanger, guess you'll just have to wait and read the next chapter to find out what happens to Yugi. And what happens to Yugi and Yami's feelings for each other. Please review; tell me what you think. I know that this story hasn't been very exciting, but it has all been leading up to the next chapter! IADM ~_~