Here with me
Chapter 2: An Old Friend
'....' thought
Author's note:
I would like to quickly thank everyone who reviewed! Thanks to Kay B. Toyas,Wolfspeaker,Shadow-Specter because of them, this chapter is up now, rather than whenever I found the time! On with the fic!
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"Yugi! Time for school!" Solomon called up to Yugi. Yugi rolled over, clutching the DM plushie and burying himself deeper in the blanket. Solomon waited a minute. After hearing no response, he called upstairs a second time.
"Yugi, are you awake?"
A sleeping Yugi finally stirred, sitting up and rubbing his eyes, before exposing them to the weak light of his room.
"Yes," he mumbled, more to himself then anyone else. He rolled out of bed, and headed over to his bureau to choose out an outfit to wear to school. He grabbed a random shirt and a pair of jeans and just slipped them on, too heartbroken to care about his appearance. He lazily brushed his spiky hair, checked his teeth, and rushed downstairs. His grandpa had made him pancakes, he discovered. He felt guilty for not eating them, but he wasn't in the mood to eat right now. Solomon looked up from the table where he had been sitting, reading the newspaper. Yugi quickly hid his true feelings under a plastered smile.
"Bye Grandpa! I'm gonna be late for school if I don't leave now. C ya later!" he called as he edged toward the Game Shop door. The moment he was out of sight, Yugi dropped his fake grin. He didn't feel like going to school, but since there was no Yami around to distract him, he may as well try to get his grades up. He trudged the rest of the way to school in a stupor, with his head down and staring at his feet.
He was so deep in thought, that he bumped into Joey in the courtyard.
"Hey Yuge!" Jou greeted him, while steadying the shorter boy. "I know ya said that you'd probably bump into me some time today, but I didn't think ya meant it literally!" Jou chuckled. Then noticing that Yugi wasn't smiling, he frowned as he remembered the reason for his friend's unhappiness.
"You mean to tell me that Yami still didn't come back yet?" he questioned.
One look at the younger boy's face told him the answer. Yugi was shaking violently with the burden of trying to conceal his tears. Jou felt bad for him; he had no idea what he would do if Seto left him. He put an arm around the young duelist's shoulders, trying to comfort him or at least let him know that someone still cared about him.
"Come on, buddy. At least crack a smile, I hate to see ya dis upset," Jou coaxed his pal.
Yugi gave his friend a small lopsided grin, but it quickly drooped back into a frown as Jou turned to greet their friends.
"Hey Jou, " Serenity said, giving her older brother a hug. Then she saw Yugi hiding behind him, looking miserable. She gently pushed her brother aside and rushed to Yugi's side. Yugi turned away in silence. If any of his friends saw that his eyes were red from crying and bloodshot from lack of sleep, they would never think of him in the same way again.
'Don't cry. Don't cry.' he willed himself, quickly closing his eyes. Yugi tried to blink the tears away, but now the tears were starting to escape from beneath his closed eyelids.
"Yugi." Tea said softly. She reached for him, but Yugi flinched and then Tea found her hand was gently but firmly being pushed away.
Yugi hugged his knees to his chest, and rested his head on his knees.
"Please, just leave me be," he whispered.
"But Yugi, if there's anything we can do-" Jou started to offer.
"-The best thing for you to do is leave me alone," the freshman snapped. Jou's face smile fell; it was very unlike Yugi to tell off a friend. Yugi noticed and winced at how cruel and mean he had sounded.
"I guess we'll see ya at lunch den, ok buddy?" Jou questioned.
"Yeah," Yugi replied.
He sat there in silence as his friends voices drew farther and farther from him, until he couldn't hear them anymore. He looked at his watch; if he hurried, he could still make it to homeroom on time. Standing up and grabbing his bookbag, he turned to head to class, but something-or someone rather-was blocking his way.
"Well, if it ain't my ol' pal, Yugi. How ya doin' squirt?" a familiar voice questioned.
Yugi started shaking uncontrollably and a shiver crept down his spine.
'I thought he was expelled....'
"I came back for a little visit," the bully voiced an answer to Yugi's unasked question. "Aren't ya glad ta see me?"
Without a word, Yugi tried to run to the safety of his first class, but he tripped over the bully's feet. Suddenly, he was being lifted into the air by his backback and slammed against a nearby tree. Yugi slid down the tree, dazed and unable to dodge the blow to his stomach. He cried out in a hoarse whisper and curled up in a ball, trying to defend himself as blows continued to rain down on him. Just as things were starting to go dark and out of focus, Yugi heard a familiar voice yell, "Hey, what the hell do you think you're doing? Dat's my pal!" Then things when dark.
Chapter 2: An Old Friend
'....' thought
Author's note:
I would like to quickly thank everyone who reviewed! Thanks to Kay B. Toyas,Wolfspeaker,Shadow-Specter because of them, this chapter is up now, rather than whenever I found the time! On with the fic!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Yugi! Time for school!" Solomon called up to Yugi. Yugi rolled over, clutching the DM plushie and burying himself deeper in the blanket. Solomon waited a minute. After hearing no response, he called upstairs a second time.
"Yugi, are you awake?"
A sleeping Yugi finally stirred, sitting up and rubbing his eyes, before exposing them to the weak light of his room.
"Yes," he mumbled, more to himself then anyone else. He rolled out of bed, and headed over to his bureau to choose out an outfit to wear to school. He grabbed a random shirt and a pair of jeans and just slipped them on, too heartbroken to care about his appearance. He lazily brushed his spiky hair, checked his teeth, and rushed downstairs. His grandpa had made him pancakes, he discovered. He felt guilty for not eating them, but he wasn't in the mood to eat right now. Solomon looked up from the table where he had been sitting, reading the newspaper. Yugi quickly hid his true feelings under a plastered smile.
"Bye Grandpa! I'm gonna be late for school if I don't leave now. C ya later!" he called as he edged toward the Game Shop door. The moment he was out of sight, Yugi dropped his fake grin. He didn't feel like going to school, but since there was no Yami around to distract him, he may as well try to get his grades up. He trudged the rest of the way to school in a stupor, with his head down and staring at his feet.
He was so deep in thought, that he bumped into Joey in the courtyard.
"Hey Yuge!" Jou greeted him, while steadying the shorter boy. "I know ya said that you'd probably bump into me some time today, but I didn't think ya meant it literally!" Jou chuckled. Then noticing that Yugi wasn't smiling, he frowned as he remembered the reason for his friend's unhappiness.
"You mean to tell me that Yami still didn't come back yet?" he questioned.
One look at the younger boy's face told him the answer. Yugi was shaking violently with the burden of trying to conceal his tears. Jou felt bad for him; he had no idea what he would do if Seto left him. He put an arm around the young duelist's shoulders, trying to comfort him or at least let him know that someone still cared about him.
"Come on, buddy. At least crack a smile, I hate to see ya dis upset," Jou coaxed his pal.
Yugi gave his friend a small lopsided grin, but it quickly drooped back into a frown as Jou turned to greet their friends.
"Hey Jou, " Serenity said, giving her older brother a hug. Then she saw Yugi hiding behind him, looking miserable. She gently pushed her brother aside and rushed to Yugi's side. Yugi turned away in silence. If any of his friends saw that his eyes were red from crying and bloodshot from lack of sleep, they would never think of him in the same way again.
'Don't cry. Don't cry.' he willed himself, quickly closing his eyes. Yugi tried to blink the tears away, but now the tears were starting to escape from beneath his closed eyelids.
"Yugi." Tea said softly. She reached for him, but Yugi flinched and then Tea found her hand was gently but firmly being pushed away.
Yugi hugged his knees to his chest, and rested his head on his knees.
"Please, just leave me be," he whispered.
"But Yugi, if there's anything we can do-" Jou started to offer.
"-The best thing for you to do is leave me alone," the freshman snapped. Jou's face smile fell; it was very unlike Yugi to tell off a friend. Yugi noticed and winced at how cruel and mean he had sounded.
"I guess we'll see ya at lunch den, ok buddy?" Jou questioned.
"Yeah," Yugi replied.
He sat there in silence as his friends voices drew farther and farther from him, until he couldn't hear them anymore. He looked at his watch; if he hurried, he could still make it to homeroom on time. Standing up and grabbing his bookbag, he turned to head to class, but something-or someone rather-was blocking his way.
"Well, if it ain't my ol' pal, Yugi. How ya doin' squirt?" a familiar voice questioned.
Yugi started shaking uncontrollably and a shiver crept down his spine.
'I thought he was expelled....'
"I came back for a little visit," the bully voiced an answer to Yugi's unasked question. "Aren't ya glad ta see me?"
Without a word, Yugi tried to run to the safety of his first class, but he tripped over the bully's feet. Suddenly, he was being lifted into the air by his backback and slammed against a nearby tree. Yugi slid down the tree, dazed and unable to dodge the blow to his stomach. He cried out in a hoarse whisper and curled up in a ball, trying to defend himself as blows continued to rain down on him. Just as things were starting to go dark and out of focus, Yugi heard a familiar voice yell, "Hey, what the hell do you think you're doing? Dat's my pal!" Then things when dark.