Third chapter. Thank you, Chromefox; I'm going to finish this fanfiction.
Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh! can't be owned by me. Why not, you ask? Well, how the hell should I know?! Go ask my lawyer.
The Year Before...
Mai's POV.
I walked around the parking lot looking for my car when a chilly wind blew, causing me to nearly lose grip of my purchases.
'Oops,' I thought, as I grabbed the handles harder 'Don't want to break these.' It was three days before Christmas, and I had finished getting gifts for everyone of my friends. Everyone, except Jounouchi. I looked up and something cold hit my nose. I brushed it off as more came down. I smiled as the sky was soon filled with little white fluffs of snow.
I got into my car and put the roof up so that I could turn on the heat. I backed out then started onto to the freeway. My thoughts turned the fast-falling snow, and the fact that Jounouchi and his friends were probably noticed also. Speaking of Jounouchi, I still haven't figured out what to get Jounouchi for Christmas.
I got Yugi and Yami a dueling cover pack that had a carving of the Dark Magician. No doubt, he'd like that. Anzu gets two tickets to the biggest ballet performance in all of Japan. Actually, I was supposed to go, but since I hate ballet and I figured it was a good excuse for Anzu and Yugi to date, its pretty much ok. Honda is getting a "quote and quote" leather jacket. Well, it's a real leather jacket, but it was bought at a thrift store for under fifteen bucks. I tell you, he's not going to care either way, just as long as Honda has his jacket. Jounouchi getting... well nothing right now. Jounouchi has got to the hardest person I have ever shopped for.
I continued down the road, switched lanes now and then, to keep from drifting into La-La land. I started to think of something that would mean something to Jounouchi. Then, I started thinking about our relationship. Well, not so much boyfriend/girlfriend kind of thing. Just a close friend relationship; but that's not what I wanted. I wanted to be more to Jounouchi than a friend. I wanted to be his love. That's right, I love Jounouchi.
Now, that I finally admitted it to myself; how can I, to Jounouchi? That's when I saw the store. It was a small gift store that was guaranteed to the thing your looking for. And, that's exactly what I need to see. So, I stopped the car, literally on the road, and found the one thing I wanted to give Jounouchi.
* * *
I got home around three in the afternoon, as the snow started to clear up, but the roads where still slick. I ran up stairs and dug out the silver and blue wrapping paper that I have always used to wrap presents. I started on Yugi's presents, then to Anzu's, Honda's, then to Jounouchi's. I happily wrote a note and placed it carefully in position, so that when he opened the gift, he would be sure to notice both the note and the actual gift.
I glanced at the time and saw it was already passed four. Knowing that I might not have a chance to give their presents until after Christmas, I decided to drive to each of their houses, and deliver the gifts personally. I started with Yugi's house since it was the closest.
I got out of the car, and crunched my way though the snow to Yugi's house and his grandpa's game shop. DING!!! DONG!!! DING!!! DONG!!! I held the bag that contained all of their presents while the door swung opened, letting the in the cold air.
"Mai?"
"Jounouchi?"
It wasn't Yugi, but Jounouchi, the one person I didn't except to see so soon.
"What are you doing here?"
I blushed furiously, as he let me in. "I got presents for you all," I said, digging into the bag I held, "But I didn't realize that you were going to be here-
"Hey, Mai what are you doing here?" asked Anzu, as she, Honda, Yugi and his grandpa came in from the kitchen.
"Well, apparently there's a party going on here. One I didn't try to host." said Yugi jokingly. I blushed even more when Jounouchi touched my shoulders to take my coat.
"Mai, you're just in time for some hot chocolate and a movie. Care to join us?" Yugi's grandpa said, smiling.
I couldn't help but smile back. "Sure, why not?"
* * *
After two movies, a popcorn fight ending with Honda sticky with soda, and a debate about dueling monsters that ended with Jounouchi on the floor with me and Anzu tickling him to death, it was time to go home. Of course, even though the streets were cleared, the snow was falling fast, I couldn't drive home so Jounouchi offered to take me home.
We were taking a longer way home, and even though the snow was thick, we could still see just fine.
"Here, Mai," Jounouchi said, taking my hand, "So, you don't get lost."
I smiled, and blushed for the probably eighth time today. His hand, despite the gloves, where warm and relaxing. I looked up at the trees covered in snow and awed in beauty, but that's when it happened.
A car, spinning out of control, came barreling toward us. I don't know what I was exactly thinking, but what I did was pushed Jounouchi forward into the snow, when the car glanced a tree and hit me straight in the chest.
"Mai!!"
For while I didn't feel anything. I knew I was on the snow, and I was bleeding probably all over the place. I opened my eyes to find Jounouchi kneeling next to me, trying to support my head.
"M- Mai, are you all right?" Jounouchi stuttered.
I tried to say something, anything, but my throat was filled with blood, and it was getting harder and harder to breath. All I could do was give Jounouchi my smile.
He shook his head and said, "Mai, you're going to be fine. The driver called the ambulance. They're coming as fast as they can. You are going to be fine!"
It was hard to make sense in what Jounouchi was saying. I raised my hand, still smiling, and touched his arm. He looked at me in surprise, and I continued to smile. I wanted to tell Jounouchi how I felt just now. I wanted to scream it, but of course, I couldn't. My breathe is shortening, my vision; blurry. I wanted to tell him... I wanted to tell him... Just my Jounouchi... can't... hear me...
Chapter three done. Fourth and final chapter up soon. Review.
