Disclaimer: If I owned Yu-Gi-Oh do you think I'd be writing a fanfic?
Warning: You already know what I'm gonna tell you...
A/N: You guys really like me?! Wow, I feel so... so... happy! Thanks to all my reviewers! Sorry about the HUGE delay in getting this chapter out. I had wrote half of it in school, and neglected to type it up, then I bought Kingdom Hearts and came up with ideas for that... SORRY! The big question is "When will she get the next chapter out?" because I have so much homework - memorization! The problem is that the next chapter was supposed to be a lemon... and now, I can't put it here. Mediaminer is also being mean to me and I can't log on, so... for now, when chapter 6 comes out, if I have no where to put it, I'll post a chapter saying to e-mail me for it.
Chapter Five: Chocolate Milk and Gummi Worms...
By Jinu-chan
The ride home was agonizingly long. The traffic was horrendous and the pedestrians were standing in the street. Even though the park wasn't far from Yugi's home, it took a good half-hour to get home.
Yami held his aibou as the little one slept, unaware of the conversation going on in the car.
"You have got to tell him," Seto argued.
"I... I know. I have to, but I don't want to push him away from me. I don't want him to be scared of me."
"You should take that risk, in my opinion. He thinks that no one cares, Yami, when it's completely the opposite."
"Well, Seto, when will you talk to him?" Yami asked critically.
"After you. He is so much closer to you. He may actually care for you. His feelings for me, on the other hand..." he trailed off, silently cursing himself.
"Seto..." Yami responded sadly. His light would probably like Seto more than him, anyway. Who would want an ancient pharaoh, when they could have him?
He sighed, looking down at his light. 'At least Yugi's alright,' he thought as he saw him shift positions in his lap. He curled himself up, almost like a puppy, cradled by the larger one's arms. Suddenly a stupid grin appeared on Yami's face. He was content with the world once more.
"After we get home," he said, "I'll tell him then."
Seto smiled to himself after seeing Yami's goofy smirk in his mirror. That one small thing made him very happy. But this wasn't about him, as long as Yugi was happy, it didn't really matter who he chose to be with. The worst thing would be explaining a different relationship.
Finally the car pulled up at Yugi's residence. Yami stepped out of Seto's car, holding his treasure closely. The little one was starting to shuffle his position again, and Yami all but dropped him.
"That was close!" Seto exclaimed, watching Yami trying to regain his composure.
"... yes. Thank you for the ride, Seto."
"Any time. When will I see you next."
"If everything goes well - tonight."
"Don't push him."
"I wouldn't. Ever. You should know that."
"I do. See you."
"Bye," Yami replied, deciding it was best not to wave. He carried the small one in the house and laid him on the couch.
The Game King sat there, staring at his other half, waiting for him to open his eyes. Nothing was happening, though, and Yugi's grandfather would be back within the hour. Deciding that Yugi was best out of sight, he carried him once more, this time to his room. He could always explain that he had gone to take a nap.
"Yugi..." he said quietly, looking at the little one again. He couldn't stop. His color had returned and he looked almost angelic, the way he was sleeping. Yugi sighed in his sleep, and mumbled something inaudible.
Yami almost fell over when he saw his light begin to stir. The little one pushed himself up into a sitting position, and leaned on his hands. He then brought one hand forward for a second to wipe the sleep out of his eyes.
He yawned slightly, smiling. "Good morning."
"Y-yugi! You're okay!" Yami almost screamed.
"... yeah, why wouldn't I be? Why am I here? What happened?" he asked with a questionable look in his eyes.
Yami looked away depressed beyond belief at what he knew would happen. It could happen either one of two ways, either Yugi would never remember what he did, and he would repress the action, or any time now he would remember, feeling crushed and asking himself 'why, why did I do that?' Either way, Yami didn't like it.
Realization hit Yugi, like a ton of bricks. His spirited smile was washed a way by a look of panic and sorrow mixed together. His once colored checks had reverted to a color similar to the one they were at the park earlier, and tears welled up in his big, purple eyes.
"Y-you. You saved me? I-I should be dead right now..." he said holding the tears back.
Yugi stared at the wall angrily. He tried to keep the tears from coming, and was only barely succeeding. He tried to avoid looking at his alter ego because he knew that all the respect the pharaoh may have had for him was gone. Mostly, he was worried that that now Yami hated him. He wouldn't blame him if he did, but he was still worried. He couldn't help shutting his eyes in an attempt to stop his tears, but he didn't expect to hear a voice.
//Yugi, are you okay?// a concerned Yami asked.
/No... you had to come and rescue me again. I called out to you when I should have fell silent. Why? Why didn't I just die?/ those tears now fell even from his closed eyes, and his sobs could be heard in the depths of his own mind, as well as Yami's.
Yami felt his heart jump into his throat. He wasn't sure of what to do, be he decided to try. //Maybe, you didn't want to die?//
/No, I did. I really did, I'm sure of it./
//Listen Yugi, I've been debating whether or not to tell you this, but I have to. You see, I heard you talking to yourself, and you said you didn't want to die.//
/You... heard me?/
//Yes, I'm sorry, but I don't know how I heard. Wanting to live isn't a selfish thing. Especially when others want you to live also.//
/You would be happier without me, though. You could spend your time with Anzu, instead of your weak other side,/ Yugi said matter-of-factly. He wasn't trying to make Yami feel guilty, he honestly believed what he was saying was true.
"What?" Yami said out loud. Yugi's eyes snapped open, slightly fearful as he saw the pharaoh's eyes turn darker.
"You are still with her. You don't need to hide it," Yugi said sadly, smiling on the outside, but crying on the inside.
"What?" Yami repeated. He was so hurt that the little one would think of him that way. He never doubted Yugi, and he didn't think Yugi should doubt him.
"You... you are!" Yugi said with more confidence, "And if I wasn't around, you could be with her! Then you wouldn't have to feel guilty, either."
"Yugi, I am outraged! For you to think that way about me. It's unbelievable that you lack trust in me. I mean, look at all we've been through together. To think I would lie over something so trivial! When you told me what she said, I broke up with her immediately. She started yelling at me about it, but I didn't care! I wanted what was best for you! I would never, ever hurt you intentionally."
The little one looked down. Yami was telling the truth, and he had been for all that time. However, there was still Juo, Honda and grandpa who didn't care too much about him at all. Jumping was still justified... right?
"... Yami. I am so sorry to have ever doubted you. I was just... what you said to Seto. I just assumed..."
"Ah. So you did follow me to the Kaiba Estate the other night. I am sorry you did that. It was never my intention to keep that from you."
"It's okay, Yami, I shouldn't have followed you," Yugi said smiling again.
Yami smiled back at his light. It was going t be alright.
A few minutes passed of silence. It was a surprisingly comfortable silence, in which dark and light were both perfectly content. The silence may have been longer, but Yugi's stomach decided it was a fine time to interrupt.
He blushed slightly. "Uh, I guess it's time to eat," he said grinning.
"I think so," Yami replied, "Let's go see what there is for you to eat."
They walked to the kitchen quickly and upon arrival, Yugi raided the fridge.
"Aha!" the little one shouted in glee. He held a chocolate syrup bottle up with great satisfaction. "This should be just enough."
Yami grabbed the bottle. "It's half full!"
"So," Yugi said not understanding Yami's distaste. He grabbed the milk and checked the date quickly, making Yami snicker while he watched. Yugi just shook his head and held it back. He poured the milk in his mouth and then unloaded a generous amount of chocolate syrup in it as well. He looked down, with his cheeks bulging and shook his head wildly. After a few seconds he swallowed.
"That was good!" he announced, winking at Yami.
At that, the pharaoh burst out in laughter. He remembered Yugi's last escapade with the milk. He was in such a rush that he hadn't checked the date. He had the milk in his mouth, when he suddenly realized that it was about one day too old. It was hilarious to see the look on his face as he desperately ran to the sink.
He took a deep breath and replied, "I'll bet it was."
Yugi smiled slightly as he, himself, remembered 'the sour day of milk,' as he had entitled it. He looked over on the wall, where he saw a light flashing on the phone.
"Is that the answering machine?" he asked.
"I guess," Yami replied.
"You didn't check it?"
"No, I was more worried about you."
Yugi stuck his tongue out, "Oups... sorry." He felt bad on the inside, but figured he'd be better off taking it well.
Yami shook his head. He knew that Yugi's little antics were designed to make him feel secure, but he couldn't help but worry about his aibou.
Yugi ran over to the answering machine and pushed play.
"You have three new messages," the female voice said. "Hey, Yugi, it's me!" his friend said from the phone. It was Juo. "Honda and I are really sorry about not talking to you over the summer, but Anzu told us not to 'cause you called her a b--, er bad name. She told us that if we did, she'd show everyone the picture of 'the incident,' so we decided -"
"Th incident?" Yami asked, interrupting.
Yugi chuckled and pushed the pause button. "We were all playing truth or dare, and on Juo's turn, Mai dared him to kiss Honda. Not being one to back down from a dare he did, and Anzu took a picture."
Yami laughed at Yugi's friends as he pushed play again.
"-to keep our mouths shut. Well, we found out what happened between you and her, and don't care what she does, so-" He was suddenly interrupted by the machine, "End of first message." There was a slight pause and then the machine started up once more.
"-I hate when that happens!" Juo said, laughing a bit, "Any way, we were wondering if you wanted to go out and catch a movie or something. We're both sorry about this stupid misunderstanding! Please call me back soon, you know my number!"
"End of second message."
Yugi sighed slightly. 'Maybe I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions... They are my friends after all. I should have given them more credit. It's only human to act like that sometimes, anyway. I was such a fool.' The final message began to play.
"You have received a collect call from the federal penitentiary from," the voice changed, "Koharu Kaishute," the voice returned to the computerized one, "If you would like to accept charges please say yes or press 'one' on your phone now." There was a pause. "If you would like to accept charges please say yes or press 'one' on your phone now."
"End of final message."
Yugi's mouth fell open. He couldn't believe it. She was nailed. She was in jail, but why? Yami wondered the same thing as he checked the clock.
"You're grandfather will be home soon, Yugi, alright?"
"Okay."
As if on cue, his grandfather walked in, less than a minute after the warning.
"I'm back," the old man said.
"Grandpa!" Yugi said cheerily.
"Aren't you supposed to be in your room?"
"But, I wanted to see you."
His grandfather rolled his eyes. "Go on to your room, I'll call you down for dinner."
"But!"
"No buts! Go."
Yugi sighed sadly. 'I guess I couldn't expect everyone to show me why I was acting dumb today. Maybe, then, what I did was okay, for grandpa, at least.' He walked to the stairs
"Wait, Yugi, don't you have to tell your grandpa something..." Yami said, calling him back.
"Oh yeah! Your girlfriend is a criminal!" Yugi said angrily.
"Don't you dare start lying to me, young man!"
"He isn't, and I can prove it. Listen to this," Yami said. He walked to the phone and calling the two over, he played back the last message.
"What is the meaning of this?" the silver-haired man asked puzzled.
"I'm not completely sure," Yami replied, "but you had better go check it out."
"Yes, I should," he answered vacantly.
"Um, may I ask something of you," the game king said.
"hmm?"
"Yugi and I are expected somewhere tonight, may we go?"
"Um... sure," he replied. He was completely crushed. The violet-eyed man had honestly believed her over his own grandson.
"Wha-" Yugi started to ask.
Yami cut him off, "We may need to sleep over."
"You can." He paused, thinking. "Yugi, I am sorry, I appeared to have misjudged you. If she is in jail, I am sure that she may have lied, while you, on the other hand have never lied to me before. Can you ever forgive me."
"Sure, grandpa. Why not?"
The older man nodded with a few tears in his eyes. He went to the door. "Thank you, and I'll see you tomorrow."
"Yeah!" Yugi replied, and his grandfather left.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"You will see soon enough," was the only reply given.
"If you don't tell me, I'm not going."
"Oh you aren't, are you?" the larger one asked skeptically.
"Nope, not a chance."
"Will you except bribes?"
"It depends."
"How about this. I promise you that you will find out something about me. Something that you probably don't already know."
"eh... I'm listening."
"You drive a hard bargain," Yami said jokingly, "How about... a cup for your chocolate milk!"
"Don't need it," Yugi said.
"Hmm. That only leaves one thing..." Yami said thinking. Then he remembered something that always worked, "Gummi worms!"
"You have some?!" Yugi cried. "I love those!"
"I know."
"Okay, I'll go."
"Now, I can't show you where I hide them, so go upstairs, and I'll have them out in a minute."
Yugi quickly complied, and bolted for his room. Yami went into the pantry, and checked inside of the cookie jar marked almond deluxe, a flavor Yugi thoroughly hated. Empty. He shook his head sadly, but then spotted a piece of paper with a picture on it. It was a face with its tongue sticking out. 'Yugi,' he noted, 'is getting better at finding my hiding spots.' He went for Yugi's other arch-nemesis in the world of foodstuffs - pork rinds. Inside was a note that read, "Nice try."
'That leaves one place,' he told himself. He went into the medicine cabinet and checked the Ex-Lax box. Inside was a big bag of gummi worms. Jackpot. 'Yugi can try all he wants, but he'll never find this one.'
"OK, you can come down now," he announced triumphantly.
Yugi flew down the stairs, almost falling over. Yami noticed that the millennium puzzle was once again adorning his neck.
"I knew something was missing," he said, smiling up at Yami. Yami looked at him, a slight smile on his lips.
"Do you have the goods?" Yugi asked in a suspicious voice. He pretended he was talking to a drug dealer or something like that.
Yami decided to play along, "Yeah, I got the stuff, but you gotta do something for me if I'm gonna give it to you."
Yugi laughed at his other half, and grabbed the bag greedily. "Where do you hide these?" he asked shocked that Yami had more.
"Where would the fun be if I told you that?"
"But, I found some of them!"
"Yes, and now I know where not to hide your treats."
Yugi sighed playfully and smiled. "Oh well, I got what I wanted."
"Now, can we go, it's getting dark."
"Sure."
The two went to the door, Yami edging his lighter half on. Yugi wondered where Yami was taking him, but he wasn't worried. Yami wouldn't hurt him. Everything seemed to be a misunderstanding after all. 'Yami is so great,' he thought to himself, making sure that his other half couldn't hear, 'he always knows how to make me smile, he's very smart... but most off all... he has gummi worms!'
***~***
There we go, that was nice and long, ne? Sorry for the delay in the story again. Remember the gummi worms, I may use them again. I wanted something original for my story, and gummi bears aren't... that flexible... Now, like I said before there's supposed to be a lemon coming up next chapter, so if I can hold it off, I will, but if not, I'll have some way for you avid readers to get your daily dose of smut!
Oh yeah! That milk thing was something I got from "Boy Meets World" (Shawn did it), "Step by Step" (Cody did it) and a 'Got Milk' Commercial. I saw it somewhere else, but I can't remember where that was. Can't you just imagine Yugi with a milk mustache? (or some other white liquid... never mind...)
That's all for now, bye!
~J
Warning: You already know what I'm gonna tell you...
A/N: You guys really like me?! Wow, I feel so... so... happy! Thanks to all my reviewers! Sorry about the HUGE delay in getting this chapter out. I had wrote half of it in school, and neglected to type it up, then I bought Kingdom Hearts and came up with ideas for that... SORRY! The big question is "When will she get the next chapter out?" because I have so much homework - memorization! The problem is that the next chapter was supposed to be a lemon... and now, I can't put it here. Mediaminer is also being mean to me and I can't log on, so... for now, when chapter 6 comes out, if I have no where to put it, I'll post a chapter saying to e-mail me for it.
Chapter Five: Chocolate Milk and Gummi Worms...
By Jinu-chan
The ride home was agonizingly long. The traffic was horrendous and the pedestrians were standing in the street. Even though the park wasn't far from Yugi's home, it took a good half-hour to get home.
Yami held his aibou as the little one slept, unaware of the conversation going on in the car.
"You have got to tell him," Seto argued.
"I... I know. I have to, but I don't want to push him away from me. I don't want him to be scared of me."
"You should take that risk, in my opinion. He thinks that no one cares, Yami, when it's completely the opposite."
"Well, Seto, when will you talk to him?" Yami asked critically.
"After you. He is so much closer to you. He may actually care for you. His feelings for me, on the other hand..." he trailed off, silently cursing himself.
"Seto..." Yami responded sadly. His light would probably like Seto more than him, anyway. Who would want an ancient pharaoh, when they could have him?
He sighed, looking down at his light. 'At least Yugi's alright,' he thought as he saw him shift positions in his lap. He curled himself up, almost like a puppy, cradled by the larger one's arms. Suddenly a stupid grin appeared on Yami's face. He was content with the world once more.
"After we get home," he said, "I'll tell him then."
Seto smiled to himself after seeing Yami's goofy smirk in his mirror. That one small thing made him very happy. But this wasn't about him, as long as Yugi was happy, it didn't really matter who he chose to be with. The worst thing would be explaining a different relationship.
Finally the car pulled up at Yugi's residence. Yami stepped out of Seto's car, holding his treasure closely. The little one was starting to shuffle his position again, and Yami all but dropped him.
"That was close!" Seto exclaimed, watching Yami trying to regain his composure.
"... yes. Thank you for the ride, Seto."
"Any time. When will I see you next."
"If everything goes well - tonight."
"Don't push him."
"I wouldn't. Ever. You should know that."
"I do. See you."
"Bye," Yami replied, deciding it was best not to wave. He carried the small one in the house and laid him on the couch.
The Game King sat there, staring at his other half, waiting for him to open his eyes. Nothing was happening, though, and Yugi's grandfather would be back within the hour. Deciding that Yugi was best out of sight, he carried him once more, this time to his room. He could always explain that he had gone to take a nap.
"Yugi..." he said quietly, looking at the little one again. He couldn't stop. His color had returned and he looked almost angelic, the way he was sleeping. Yugi sighed in his sleep, and mumbled something inaudible.
Yami almost fell over when he saw his light begin to stir. The little one pushed himself up into a sitting position, and leaned on his hands. He then brought one hand forward for a second to wipe the sleep out of his eyes.
He yawned slightly, smiling. "Good morning."
"Y-yugi! You're okay!" Yami almost screamed.
"... yeah, why wouldn't I be? Why am I here? What happened?" he asked with a questionable look in his eyes.
Yami looked away depressed beyond belief at what he knew would happen. It could happen either one of two ways, either Yugi would never remember what he did, and he would repress the action, or any time now he would remember, feeling crushed and asking himself 'why, why did I do that?' Either way, Yami didn't like it.
Realization hit Yugi, like a ton of bricks. His spirited smile was washed a way by a look of panic and sorrow mixed together. His once colored checks had reverted to a color similar to the one they were at the park earlier, and tears welled up in his big, purple eyes.
"Y-you. You saved me? I-I should be dead right now..." he said holding the tears back.
Yugi stared at the wall angrily. He tried to keep the tears from coming, and was only barely succeeding. He tried to avoid looking at his alter ego because he knew that all the respect the pharaoh may have had for him was gone. Mostly, he was worried that that now Yami hated him. He wouldn't blame him if he did, but he was still worried. He couldn't help shutting his eyes in an attempt to stop his tears, but he didn't expect to hear a voice.
//Yugi, are you okay?// a concerned Yami asked.
/No... you had to come and rescue me again. I called out to you when I should have fell silent. Why? Why didn't I just die?/ those tears now fell even from his closed eyes, and his sobs could be heard in the depths of his own mind, as well as Yami's.
Yami felt his heart jump into his throat. He wasn't sure of what to do, be he decided to try. //Maybe, you didn't want to die?//
/No, I did. I really did, I'm sure of it./
//Listen Yugi, I've been debating whether or not to tell you this, but I have to. You see, I heard you talking to yourself, and you said you didn't want to die.//
/You... heard me?/
//Yes, I'm sorry, but I don't know how I heard. Wanting to live isn't a selfish thing. Especially when others want you to live also.//
/You would be happier without me, though. You could spend your time with Anzu, instead of your weak other side,/ Yugi said matter-of-factly. He wasn't trying to make Yami feel guilty, he honestly believed what he was saying was true.
"What?" Yami said out loud. Yugi's eyes snapped open, slightly fearful as he saw the pharaoh's eyes turn darker.
"You are still with her. You don't need to hide it," Yugi said sadly, smiling on the outside, but crying on the inside.
"What?" Yami repeated. He was so hurt that the little one would think of him that way. He never doubted Yugi, and he didn't think Yugi should doubt him.
"You... you are!" Yugi said with more confidence, "And if I wasn't around, you could be with her! Then you wouldn't have to feel guilty, either."
"Yugi, I am outraged! For you to think that way about me. It's unbelievable that you lack trust in me. I mean, look at all we've been through together. To think I would lie over something so trivial! When you told me what she said, I broke up with her immediately. She started yelling at me about it, but I didn't care! I wanted what was best for you! I would never, ever hurt you intentionally."
The little one looked down. Yami was telling the truth, and he had been for all that time. However, there was still Juo, Honda and grandpa who didn't care too much about him at all. Jumping was still justified... right?
"... Yami. I am so sorry to have ever doubted you. I was just... what you said to Seto. I just assumed..."
"Ah. So you did follow me to the Kaiba Estate the other night. I am sorry you did that. It was never my intention to keep that from you."
"It's okay, Yami, I shouldn't have followed you," Yugi said smiling again.
Yami smiled back at his light. It was going t be alright.
A few minutes passed of silence. It was a surprisingly comfortable silence, in which dark and light were both perfectly content. The silence may have been longer, but Yugi's stomach decided it was a fine time to interrupt.
He blushed slightly. "Uh, I guess it's time to eat," he said grinning.
"I think so," Yami replied, "Let's go see what there is for you to eat."
They walked to the kitchen quickly and upon arrival, Yugi raided the fridge.
"Aha!" the little one shouted in glee. He held a chocolate syrup bottle up with great satisfaction. "This should be just enough."
Yami grabbed the bottle. "It's half full!"
"So," Yugi said not understanding Yami's distaste. He grabbed the milk and checked the date quickly, making Yami snicker while he watched. Yugi just shook his head and held it back. He poured the milk in his mouth and then unloaded a generous amount of chocolate syrup in it as well. He looked down, with his cheeks bulging and shook his head wildly. After a few seconds he swallowed.
"That was good!" he announced, winking at Yami.
At that, the pharaoh burst out in laughter. He remembered Yugi's last escapade with the milk. He was in such a rush that he hadn't checked the date. He had the milk in his mouth, when he suddenly realized that it was about one day too old. It was hilarious to see the look on his face as he desperately ran to the sink.
He took a deep breath and replied, "I'll bet it was."
Yugi smiled slightly as he, himself, remembered 'the sour day of milk,' as he had entitled it. He looked over on the wall, where he saw a light flashing on the phone.
"Is that the answering machine?" he asked.
"I guess," Yami replied.
"You didn't check it?"
"No, I was more worried about you."
Yugi stuck his tongue out, "Oups... sorry." He felt bad on the inside, but figured he'd be better off taking it well.
Yami shook his head. He knew that Yugi's little antics were designed to make him feel secure, but he couldn't help but worry about his aibou.
Yugi ran over to the answering machine and pushed play.
"You have three new messages," the female voice said. "Hey, Yugi, it's me!" his friend said from the phone. It was Juo. "Honda and I are really sorry about not talking to you over the summer, but Anzu told us not to 'cause you called her a b--, er bad name. She told us that if we did, she'd show everyone the picture of 'the incident,' so we decided -"
"Th incident?" Yami asked, interrupting.
Yugi chuckled and pushed the pause button. "We were all playing truth or dare, and on Juo's turn, Mai dared him to kiss Honda. Not being one to back down from a dare he did, and Anzu took a picture."
Yami laughed at Yugi's friends as he pushed play again.
"-to keep our mouths shut. Well, we found out what happened between you and her, and don't care what she does, so-" He was suddenly interrupted by the machine, "End of first message." There was a slight pause and then the machine started up once more.
"-I hate when that happens!" Juo said, laughing a bit, "Any way, we were wondering if you wanted to go out and catch a movie or something. We're both sorry about this stupid misunderstanding! Please call me back soon, you know my number!"
"End of second message."
Yugi sighed slightly. 'Maybe I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions... They are my friends after all. I should have given them more credit. It's only human to act like that sometimes, anyway. I was such a fool.' The final message began to play.
"You have received a collect call from the federal penitentiary from," the voice changed, "Koharu Kaishute," the voice returned to the computerized one, "If you would like to accept charges please say yes or press 'one' on your phone now." There was a pause. "If you would like to accept charges please say yes or press 'one' on your phone now."
"End of final message."
Yugi's mouth fell open. He couldn't believe it. She was nailed. She was in jail, but why? Yami wondered the same thing as he checked the clock.
"You're grandfather will be home soon, Yugi, alright?"
"Okay."
As if on cue, his grandfather walked in, less than a minute after the warning.
"I'm back," the old man said.
"Grandpa!" Yugi said cheerily.
"Aren't you supposed to be in your room?"
"But, I wanted to see you."
His grandfather rolled his eyes. "Go on to your room, I'll call you down for dinner."
"But!"
"No buts! Go."
Yugi sighed sadly. 'I guess I couldn't expect everyone to show me why I was acting dumb today. Maybe, then, what I did was okay, for grandpa, at least.' He walked to the stairs
"Wait, Yugi, don't you have to tell your grandpa something..." Yami said, calling him back.
"Oh yeah! Your girlfriend is a criminal!" Yugi said angrily.
"Don't you dare start lying to me, young man!"
"He isn't, and I can prove it. Listen to this," Yami said. He walked to the phone and calling the two over, he played back the last message.
"What is the meaning of this?" the silver-haired man asked puzzled.
"I'm not completely sure," Yami replied, "but you had better go check it out."
"Yes, I should," he answered vacantly.
"Um, may I ask something of you," the game king said.
"hmm?"
"Yugi and I are expected somewhere tonight, may we go?"
"Um... sure," he replied. He was completely crushed. The violet-eyed man had honestly believed her over his own grandson.
"Wha-" Yugi started to ask.
Yami cut him off, "We may need to sleep over."
"You can." He paused, thinking. "Yugi, I am sorry, I appeared to have misjudged you. If she is in jail, I am sure that she may have lied, while you, on the other hand have never lied to me before. Can you ever forgive me."
"Sure, grandpa. Why not?"
The older man nodded with a few tears in his eyes. He went to the door. "Thank you, and I'll see you tomorrow."
"Yeah!" Yugi replied, and his grandfather left.
"What's going on?" he asked.
"You will see soon enough," was the only reply given.
"If you don't tell me, I'm not going."
"Oh you aren't, are you?" the larger one asked skeptically.
"Nope, not a chance."
"Will you except bribes?"
"It depends."
"How about this. I promise you that you will find out something about me. Something that you probably don't already know."
"eh... I'm listening."
"You drive a hard bargain," Yami said jokingly, "How about... a cup for your chocolate milk!"
"Don't need it," Yugi said.
"Hmm. That only leaves one thing..." Yami said thinking. Then he remembered something that always worked, "Gummi worms!"
"You have some?!" Yugi cried. "I love those!"
"I know."
"Okay, I'll go."
"Now, I can't show you where I hide them, so go upstairs, and I'll have them out in a minute."
Yugi quickly complied, and bolted for his room. Yami went into the pantry, and checked inside of the cookie jar marked almond deluxe, a flavor Yugi thoroughly hated. Empty. He shook his head sadly, but then spotted a piece of paper with a picture on it. It was a face with its tongue sticking out. 'Yugi,' he noted, 'is getting better at finding my hiding spots.' He went for Yugi's other arch-nemesis in the world of foodstuffs - pork rinds. Inside was a note that read, "Nice try."
'That leaves one place,' he told himself. He went into the medicine cabinet and checked the Ex-Lax box. Inside was a big bag of gummi worms. Jackpot. 'Yugi can try all he wants, but he'll never find this one.'
"OK, you can come down now," he announced triumphantly.
Yugi flew down the stairs, almost falling over. Yami noticed that the millennium puzzle was once again adorning his neck.
"I knew something was missing," he said, smiling up at Yami. Yami looked at him, a slight smile on his lips.
"Do you have the goods?" Yugi asked in a suspicious voice. He pretended he was talking to a drug dealer or something like that.
Yami decided to play along, "Yeah, I got the stuff, but you gotta do something for me if I'm gonna give it to you."
Yugi laughed at his other half, and grabbed the bag greedily. "Where do you hide these?" he asked shocked that Yami had more.
"Where would the fun be if I told you that?"
"But, I found some of them!"
"Yes, and now I know where not to hide your treats."
Yugi sighed playfully and smiled. "Oh well, I got what I wanted."
"Now, can we go, it's getting dark."
"Sure."
The two went to the door, Yami edging his lighter half on. Yugi wondered where Yami was taking him, but he wasn't worried. Yami wouldn't hurt him. Everything seemed to be a misunderstanding after all. 'Yami is so great,' he thought to himself, making sure that his other half couldn't hear, 'he always knows how to make me smile, he's very smart... but most off all... he has gummi worms!'
***~***
There we go, that was nice and long, ne? Sorry for the delay in the story again. Remember the gummi worms, I may use them again. I wanted something original for my story, and gummi bears aren't... that flexible... Now, like I said before there's supposed to be a lemon coming up next chapter, so if I can hold it off, I will, but if not, I'll have some way for you avid readers to get your daily dose of smut!
Oh yeah! That milk thing was something I got from "Boy Meets World" (Shawn did it), "Step by Step" (Cody did it) and a 'Got Milk' Commercial. I saw it somewhere else, but I can't remember where that was. Can't you just imagine Yugi with a milk mustache? (or some other white liquid... never mind...)
That's all for now, bye!
~J