Chapter 12 - The Movies
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Yugi heard a faint knock at the front door, jumped up, ran out of his room and answered the door before his grandpa had the chance to stand up.
"Hey, Yugi!" Yugi opened the door, and Tea, Tristan, Joey, Ryou and Bakura were all there, smiling down at him.
"Hey guys! What are you doing here? Wasn't there school today?" Yugi smiled up at his friends, his happiness growing every second.
"Well, yeah we had school today, but so many kids were missing from school, who knows why, so they teachers allowed us to go home early!" Ryou replied in his wonderful accent.
"Oh. So why did you drop by?" Yugi couldn't stop smiling.
"We thought maybe you'd like to go with us to the movies? You know, hang out? We're meeting Malik and Marik there." Tristan spoke aloud, and paused before he continued. "Uh, well, Yami can come along too, if you want." Yugi's face brightened considerably.
"I'd love to go! I'll go ask grandpa and Yami!" Yugi turned around, and ran over to his grandpa, who nodded happily at the idea of him going out somewhere with his friends. He ran up to Yami's room, and found him fast asleep on the bed. He didn't really want to disturb him, so he turned to walk out of the room. A voice from behind him made him jump.
"Yugi? That you?" Yami asked sleepily, as he sat up on the bed, rubbing his eyes.
"Yeah, I was just going to ask you if you wanted to go to the movies, but I didn't want to disturb you. Did I wake you up?" Yugi asked him frowning sadly. The last thing he wanted to do was wake him up. Yami must have been exhausted.
"No, it's alright. I've been awake for a while now." Yami sat on the edge of his bed, and stretched. "I'd love to come. Who else is going?"
"Tea, Tristan, Joey, Roy, and Bakura. I think we're meeting Malik and Marik there." Yugi was overjoyed that his Yami would be coming. Yami stretched one final time, and followed Yugi to the front door. They put on their jackets and shoes, and followed the gang outside, while waving to Grandpa.
"What movie are we gonna see?" Joey looked around at his friends, he hadn't even thought of which movies were playing.
"Well, hmm. A few good movies are playing now they have the Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, uh. The Core, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and a few others. I didn't really memorize which movies were playing from last time I went." Tristan scratched his head as they walked along the sidewalk to the movie theatres. Tea laughed as Roy told her a joke, and didn't stop for a few minutes, and she nearly fell down from laughing so hard. Yugi couldn't help but join in laughing, and then he couldn't stop laughing either, and Joey and Tristan laughed at Tea and Yugi because they couldn't stop. And soon even Roy and Bakura were laughing. Yami joined in eventually, laughing at how silly it was that they were all laughing at nothing.
Yugi fell to his knees on the sidewalk, and laughed until he was nearly crying. When he finally calmed down, the others were smiling at him, and laughing on occasion at the silly incident. Yami handed him his hand, smiling happily. Yugi accepted it, and Yami's strong arms pulled him up. They parted hands, and kept on walking to the cinema, still laughing at how hard Yugi had laughed, and at nothing, too. Yami agreed with them, and put his arm around Yugi's shoulder, smiling down at him.
"Finally, we're here!" Joey sighed as they walked into the theatres, and lined up to go watch a movie.
"What movie should we go see, Joey?" Yugi gazed up at his friend who was looking around at the girls who were passing by.
"Hmm. Well, I wanted to see the lord of the rings, but the core is a shorter movie, so I'm gonna see that... How about you guys, what did you wanna see?"
"I was thinking about going to the new Harry Potter movie, it looks so cute!" Tea smiled. She looked at Yami out of the corner of her eye, trying to catch his attention. She obviously hadn't gotten over that fact that Yami wasn't interested in her at all. She sighed when she noticed that Yami probably wouldn't ever look at her. He was too preoccupied with deciding which movie he would see.
"Well, I'm going to watch the Lord of the Rings, I've seen it already, but I really enjoyed it last time. How about you, Bakura?" Ryou smiled at his Yami, who was staring at the ground. He nodded and whispered something to Ryou, which made Ryou blush, and stare straight ahead, his eyes fixated on anything but Bakura.
"I'd like to see that movie, I haven't yet, and I never got the chance." Yugi smiled at his friends. Yami still hadn't decided what he wanted to see, so he stayed at the back of the line with Yugi. He was still standing there deciding on which movie to see when everyone else had their tickets. Yugi sighed and whispered something into his Yami's ear, no one heard what he said, but Yami nodded, and got his ticket.
"I'm going to see the Core, too." Tristan nodded at Joey. Just at that moment, Malik and Marik walked up behind them.
"Hey, guys! We're going to see the Core, there's lots of destruction in it!" Marik said happily, and Malik nodded.
"Hey, us too!" Joey and Tristan walked with them into the theatre just in front of them, and the rest of them split up. Yugi and Yami followed Ryou and Bakura to the theatre, and sat down near the back. Ryou and Bakura sat up at the front, and started their own private conversation.
Yami followed Yugi down the aisle of the very back of the theatre, and sat down beside his Hikari. Yugi yawned a little as the movie started. To their surprise, Ryou, Bakura, and they were the only ones in the theatre.
"This movie's going to be really long. I heard that it's three hours or so long." Yugi sighed, and leaned his head against the wall beside him.
"Did you want to go home?" Yami looked at his Yugi, who shook his head, and sat up straight.
"No, no. I want to see it. It just seems like such a long way from being over." Yugi sighed, and started to watch the movie. After about an hour or so of the movie, his eyelids drooped close, and he fell to his side, and his head leaned against Yami's shoulder. Yami was taken aback by the sudden movement, and smiled down at Yugi. Yugi shivered a few times, so Yami took off his jacket, and put it over Yugi. Yugi immediately stopped shivering, and a smile found its way to his face.
"Yugi." Yami shook Yugi's shoulder, and Yugi's eyes snapped open. He looked around for a few seconds before he realised where he was. "The movie's over, Yugi." Yami chuckled softly as Yugi stretched, and stood up.
"Where're Ryou and Bakura?" Yugi frowned slightly.
"They left in the middle of the movie. I think Bakura was actually pulling Ryou from the theatres. They were both smiling." Yami sighed, and stood up. He walked out of the movie with Yugi, who was looking around with a look of disappointment on his face.
"I really wanted to see the whole movie, not part of it." Yugi sighed, and shoved his hands in his jacket pockets. He stared at the ground as they walked around the move theatres alone. No one else was there.
"Cheer up, Yugi. We can go and see it another time." Yami said simply, and smiled at Yugi. Yugi didn't bother looking up. He was lying to himself again; he knew it wasn't only the movie he had wanted to see today. Yugi sighed again, and they found a few chairs in the front area of the theatres. They sat down, and their gazed remained parted from each other. They looked anywhere but at each other.
"I guess we could go see it another time, but I don't have money to spend on movies. We don't even have enough money to get more food for this month. It's because no one ever comes by the shop anymore." Yugi whispered to himself, but Yami heard, too.
"Have you ever thought of. Advertising?" Yami tried out the word, and nodded. Yugi shook his head sadly.
"We need money to advertise." Yugi sighed again, and leaned back in the chair.
"You're too tense, Yugi, you should relax." Yugi closed his eyes, and felt a wave of relaxation wrap itself around his mind. He felt himself calm down, and sunk deeper into the chair. Whatever was the cause of it was helping Yugi a lot. When he got control of mind back, he opened his eyes. Yami was smirking.
"What was that?" Yugi sat up straight, and felt a little bit weak from whatever it was that had taken over his mind and senses.
"I told you, you need to relax, Yugi. I just thought it would help." Yami shrugged, sighed, and looked away.
"Well, thanks. It-it did a little bit." Yugi watched Yami for a short while before he noticed he was doing so, and looked away, blushing. "How-"
"I learned how to do that as a child. When I was pharaoh." Yami shrugged is shoulders, and glanced at Yugi.
"Oh. Okay." Yugi shrugged, too. "Well. Did the others come out from their movies yet?" Yugi glanced around the cinema, and frowned. "I thought their movies ended right before ours!"
"Maybe they already left?" Yami looked up.
"Yeah. Maybe. I guess we could wait for a little while longer." Yugi closed his eyes again, and felt warmth at the back of his mind. A happiness kind of warmth. He sighed, and relaxed again. It felt good to unwind after everything that had been happening to him.
"Yugi! Yami! There you are!" Yugi's eyes snapped open, and he looked around. He spotted Tea running towards them, waving. Yugi smiled sadly, and looked around uncomfortably.
"Hey, Tea." Yugi smiled.
"Hey. So, how was your movie?" Tea sat down in a chair across from Yugi, and beside Yami.
"Good." Replied Yami without emotion as Tea smiled warmly at the two of them.
"Yeah. I thought your movie ended a while ago?" Yugi looked up from staring at the ground sadly.
"Well, I needed to get myself ready, and fix myself up. You know." The two boys shrugged, and Tea stared at Yami out of the corner of her eyes.
"I wonder when the others are coming out. Their movies must have been shorter than ours." Yugi said suddenly. All three of them shrugged, and frowned.
"Hey guys!" Joey's voice carried over to them from the other side of the theatres, and he and Tristan walked over to them. "So the movies are finally over, huh?"
"Yeah, where were you guys? Wasn't your movie shorter?" Yugi glanced at them for a moment.
"Yeah, it was. But we decided to just walk around for a bit. Well." Tristan checked his watch and continued. "For a half an hour or so." He looked back up, and smiled. Everyone was really happy, or so their smiles said.
"Where are Ryou and Bakura?" Joey suddenly blurted out, breaking the silence.
"Oh, they left some time during the movie. They... Had somewhere to go." Yami said a little too quickly.
"Oh, so that means that they won't be coming with us to the arcades, huh." Joey said a little disappointedly.
"Yeah, I guess so." Yugi whispered only loud enough for himself to hear.
"How about Marik and Malik? Where are they?" Tea looked around for a few moments, trying to feign interest in their whereabouts, still eyeing Yami. "Weren't they with you guys?"
"Yeah, well, they left right at the very end of the movie. Just when the people were getting rescued. They missed a good ending. So I guess it's just us five going, then." Tristan remarked, and checked his watch again.
"Yeah, let's go." Joey had the most enthusiasm out of the five of them, but even he felt a little down.
They walked to the arcades, which was just a few blocks away. Surprisingly, it took them a lot longer than it normally would have. It was really cold out, and the wind was chilling them to the bones. The cloudy sky didn't help at all. It looked like it would either rain or snow; but no one could tell.
Yugi shivered as he folded his arms against his chest. He felt like falling to the ground, and letting the cold win. It was actually warmer when they stopped to cross the roads. Each of them were silent as they were preoccupied by their own thoughts. At one point, Joey stopped in the middle of the sidewalk, and refused to walk any further. Well, that was until Tristan and Yugi both challenged Joey to a few games. Then he kept walking, and had a look of pure determination on his face. When they got to the arcades, Joey was a little too cautious when he walked around, looking around carefully.
"What are you looking for, Joey?" Tea peered over his shoulder, and he jumped. She nearly scared him to death.
"Don't do that, Tea! You could give people heart attacks that way!" Exclaimed a clearly annoyed and irritated Joey. They walked to the booth, and sat down beside Yugi and Yami. Yugi and Yami both kept their distance from each other without really noticing it. Only their friends noticed it, but they didn't say anything about it.
"So." Tristan began awkwardly.
"Yeah." Joey said shortly, and they all looked around uncomfortably.
"Um. I'm going to go get a drink." Yugi got up from the table, and walked away as quickly as he could without anyone getting suspicious.
"Yeah, me too." Joey got up, leaving Yami, Tristan, and Tea alone.
"Hey, buddy." Joey caught up with Yugi, who looked a little relieved to be away from the group. "What's up?"
"Nothing." Yugi said as simply as he could, without it sounding like it mattered. "Just getting a drink. You?"
"Yeah, me too." Joey waited at the back of the line with Yugi. There were four people in front of them. And they were taking along time with each person. "Why do you look so relieved to be away from everyone?"
"No reason. I just needed a little time alone." Yugi looked down at the ground. He knew he was lying to himself, and he knew Joey didn't believe him. He could see it in his eyes.
"You don't mind me being here, do you, pal?" Joey raised his eyebrows.
"Not at all, Joey." Yugi smiled up at Joey, and they waited together in line. Silently.
Back at the booth, Tristan was looking a little uncomfortable. His eyes were darting around everywhere, looking for some way to escape being there. Yami was staring at the same spot the whole time. The wall. And Tea was caught in the middle, staring at the table. They looked really uncomfortable to be around each other.
"No!" Tristan exclaimed, and rested his head on his hand, that was propped up on the table.
"What?" Tea and Yami said simultaneously.
"I forgot to tell Joey what kind of drink I wanted." Tristan stared at the table sadly, and pouted. Tea hit the back of his head, and Yami laughed. At least that lightened up the mood. Tristan stared at Tea for a few minutes, his eyebrows raised as high as they could go, and he finally looked away. They all sighed at the same time, and continued staring off into oblivion.
"Hey guys!" Yugi said as he and Joey finally came back with drinks in their arms. Yugi set down one drink in front of Yami, and one in front of himself. He sat down, and started to sip the drink through his straw. Yami thanked him for the drink, and he, too, concentrated on his drink. Joey gave Tristan and Tea both drinks, and sat down with his. They all drank in yet another silence. Yugi would've given anything to be anywhere else but there with his friends.
"Oh no!" Tea jumped up, and found her way around her friends. "I've got to go!" She looked up at the clock on the wall of the arcades. "It's already past seven! I was supposed to be home an hour ago!" She sighed, and started to do up her jacket. Tristan stood up, too.
"I should head home, too." He said, a red colour spreading across his cheeks. "I promised my parents that I would rake the leaves before it got too dark." He knew it sounded lame, but he really did have to. And he wanted to walk Tea home. Yugi got up, and got his jacket, too.
"I should get back before grandpa gets worried about us!" He was almost finished doing up his jacket when he saw Tristan following Tea out from the arcades at a safe distance. He smiled. He knew what Tristan was after. Yami got up, his jacket already done up, and waited a few feet in front of Yugi. Joey was the only one staying.
"You guys are all ditching me?" Joey whined, and picked up his drink.
"I'm really sorry, Joey. Hey, Yami, you could stay if you wanted to." Yugi looked up at his Yami. Yami shook his head, his eyes wide. Luckily Joey didn't see it, he was looking at Yugi. Yugi almost laughed. "Yeah, grandpa would probably worry about you, too." Yugi sighed, and walked over to where Yami was standing.
"Well, I guess I'll see you later, then." Joey stared at the ground, and sighed. He sat back down at the booth, and kept sipping at his drink.
Yugi ran to catch up with Yami, and nearly tripped over a few large rocks. He laughed quietly to himself when it happened.
"What's so funny?" A voice from in front of him forced him to look up.
"Oh, it's nothing." Yugi sighed, and followed close behind his Yami. But halfway back, Yami fell behind, and followed him back. Yugi felt funny having Yami staring at his back the whole time, but he guessed Yami was doing it absentmindedly.
Yugi breathed in the warmth of their home as he walked in from the cold. He didn't bother taking off his jacket, he felt it better to keep it on; it was much warmer. He lay down on the couch, and tried to warm himself up. His grandpa showed up from the game shop entrance, and welcomed them back.
"How was your time?" His grandpa questioned them once he sat down at the kitchen table with his mug of warm tea. Yami sat down across from him, and thanked him, but refused the tea.
"We had fun." Yugi called out from the couch. He closed his eyes, and snuggled into the couch more. The pillow was as warm as if someone had already slept on it. He felt the warmth spread very, very slowly from the tips of his fingers to the rest of his body.
"So I heard." His grandpa smiled over at his grandson.
"Yeah." Yami looked around.
"Well, would you both like something to eat for your supper?" He looked at them both a few times.
"No thanks, grandpa. I'll make something when we're hungry." Yugi called back to him.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. And you just came back from the hospital, Grandpa. I don't want you to overdo yourself." Yugi said as he sat up a little sleepily. He rubbed his eyes, and forced himself to go to the kitchen table. There, he sat down, and sighed. He was content to just be there with his grandpa and his Yami.
"Well I don't want you to overdo yourself, either." His grandpa remarked, but Yugi shrugged it off. "Alright, then. I'm going to head off to my room. I'll see you two later." He waved to them as he walked to his room. When he shut his door, Yugi sighed, and got up.
"You hungry?" Yugi asked from habit. Yami shook his head. "Me neither. I'm kinda tired." Yugi went back to the couch, and Yami followed. "Want to watch a movie?"
Yami shrugged, and they both sat down beside each other. Yugi turned on the television, and snuggled up beside his Yami without realising it. Yami smiled, and chuckled. Yugi nearly fell asleep there, but he managed to stay awake. Though he could barely concentrate hard enough on the t.v. By the time Yami was finally falling asleep, Yugi was really drowsy. Yami managed to turn off the television, and Drag Yugi up.
"Come on, Yugi." Yami wrapped an arm around Yugi's waist, and helped him up to his room. Yugi dropped himself onto his bed, and fell asleep without changing. Yami did the same thing. He fell asleep as soon as he hit the bed.
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Yugi heard a faint knock at the front door, jumped up, ran out of his room and answered the door before his grandpa had the chance to stand up.
"Hey, Yugi!" Yugi opened the door, and Tea, Tristan, Joey, Ryou and Bakura were all there, smiling down at him.
"Hey guys! What are you doing here? Wasn't there school today?" Yugi smiled up at his friends, his happiness growing every second.
"Well, yeah we had school today, but so many kids were missing from school, who knows why, so they teachers allowed us to go home early!" Ryou replied in his wonderful accent.
"Oh. So why did you drop by?" Yugi couldn't stop smiling.
"We thought maybe you'd like to go with us to the movies? You know, hang out? We're meeting Malik and Marik there." Tristan spoke aloud, and paused before he continued. "Uh, well, Yami can come along too, if you want." Yugi's face brightened considerably.
"I'd love to go! I'll go ask grandpa and Yami!" Yugi turned around, and ran over to his grandpa, who nodded happily at the idea of him going out somewhere with his friends. He ran up to Yami's room, and found him fast asleep on the bed. He didn't really want to disturb him, so he turned to walk out of the room. A voice from behind him made him jump.
"Yugi? That you?" Yami asked sleepily, as he sat up on the bed, rubbing his eyes.
"Yeah, I was just going to ask you if you wanted to go to the movies, but I didn't want to disturb you. Did I wake you up?" Yugi asked him frowning sadly. The last thing he wanted to do was wake him up. Yami must have been exhausted.
"No, it's alright. I've been awake for a while now." Yami sat on the edge of his bed, and stretched. "I'd love to come. Who else is going?"
"Tea, Tristan, Joey, Roy, and Bakura. I think we're meeting Malik and Marik there." Yugi was overjoyed that his Yami would be coming. Yami stretched one final time, and followed Yugi to the front door. They put on their jackets and shoes, and followed the gang outside, while waving to Grandpa.
"What movie are we gonna see?" Joey looked around at his friends, he hadn't even thought of which movies were playing.
"Well, hmm. A few good movies are playing now they have the Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, uh. The Core, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, and a few others. I didn't really memorize which movies were playing from last time I went." Tristan scratched his head as they walked along the sidewalk to the movie theatres. Tea laughed as Roy told her a joke, and didn't stop for a few minutes, and she nearly fell down from laughing so hard. Yugi couldn't help but join in laughing, and then he couldn't stop laughing either, and Joey and Tristan laughed at Tea and Yugi because they couldn't stop. And soon even Roy and Bakura were laughing. Yami joined in eventually, laughing at how silly it was that they were all laughing at nothing.
Yugi fell to his knees on the sidewalk, and laughed until he was nearly crying. When he finally calmed down, the others were smiling at him, and laughing on occasion at the silly incident. Yami handed him his hand, smiling happily. Yugi accepted it, and Yami's strong arms pulled him up. They parted hands, and kept on walking to the cinema, still laughing at how hard Yugi had laughed, and at nothing, too. Yami agreed with them, and put his arm around Yugi's shoulder, smiling down at him.
"Finally, we're here!" Joey sighed as they walked into the theatres, and lined up to go watch a movie.
"What movie should we go see, Joey?" Yugi gazed up at his friend who was looking around at the girls who were passing by.
"Hmm. Well, I wanted to see the lord of the rings, but the core is a shorter movie, so I'm gonna see that... How about you guys, what did you wanna see?"
"I was thinking about going to the new Harry Potter movie, it looks so cute!" Tea smiled. She looked at Yami out of the corner of her eye, trying to catch his attention. She obviously hadn't gotten over that fact that Yami wasn't interested in her at all. She sighed when she noticed that Yami probably wouldn't ever look at her. He was too preoccupied with deciding which movie he would see.
"Well, I'm going to watch the Lord of the Rings, I've seen it already, but I really enjoyed it last time. How about you, Bakura?" Ryou smiled at his Yami, who was staring at the ground. He nodded and whispered something to Ryou, which made Ryou blush, and stare straight ahead, his eyes fixated on anything but Bakura.
"I'd like to see that movie, I haven't yet, and I never got the chance." Yugi smiled at his friends. Yami still hadn't decided what he wanted to see, so he stayed at the back of the line with Yugi. He was still standing there deciding on which movie to see when everyone else had their tickets. Yugi sighed and whispered something into his Yami's ear, no one heard what he said, but Yami nodded, and got his ticket.
"I'm going to see the Core, too." Tristan nodded at Joey. Just at that moment, Malik and Marik walked up behind them.
"Hey, guys! We're going to see the Core, there's lots of destruction in it!" Marik said happily, and Malik nodded.
"Hey, us too!" Joey and Tristan walked with them into the theatre just in front of them, and the rest of them split up. Yugi and Yami followed Ryou and Bakura to the theatre, and sat down near the back. Ryou and Bakura sat up at the front, and started their own private conversation.
Yami followed Yugi down the aisle of the very back of the theatre, and sat down beside his Hikari. Yugi yawned a little as the movie started. To their surprise, Ryou, Bakura, and they were the only ones in the theatre.
"This movie's going to be really long. I heard that it's three hours or so long." Yugi sighed, and leaned his head against the wall beside him.
"Did you want to go home?" Yami looked at his Yugi, who shook his head, and sat up straight.
"No, no. I want to see it. It just seems like such a long way from being over." Yugi sighed, and started to watch the movie. After about an hour or so of the movie, his eyelids drooped close, and he fell to his side, and his head leaned against Yami's shoulder. Yami was taken aback by the sudden movement, and smiled down at Yugi. Yugi shivered a few times, so Yami took off his jacket, and put it over Yugi. Yugi immediately stopped shivering, and a smile found its way to his face.
"Yugi." Yami shook Yugi's shoulder, and Yugi's eyes snapped open. He looked around for a few seconds before he realised where he was. "The movie's over, Yugi." Yami chuckled softly as Yugi stretched, and stood up.
"Where're Ryou and Bakura?" Yugi frowned slightly.
"They left in the middle of the movie. I think Bakura was actually pulling Ryou from the theatres. They were both smiling." Yami sighed, and stood up. He walked out of the movie with Yugi, who was looking around with a look of disappointment on his face.
"I really wanted to see the whole movie, not part of it." Yugi sighed, and shoved his hands in his jacket pockets. He stared at the ground as they walked around the move theatres alone. No one else was there.
"Cheer up, Yugi. We can go and see it another time." Yami said simply, and smiled at Yugi. Yugi didn't bother looking up. He was lying to himself again; he knew it wasn't only the movie he had wanted to see today. Yugi sighed again, and they found a few chairs in the front area of the theatres. They sat down, and their gazed remained parted from each other. They looked anywhere but at each other.
"I guess we could go see it another time, but I don't have money to spend on movies. We don't even have enough money to get more food for this month. It's because no one ever comes by the shop anymore." Yugi whispered to himself, but Yami heard, too.
"Have you ever thought of. Advertising?" Yami tried out the word, and nodded. Yugi shook his head sadly.
"We need money to advertise." Yugi sighed again, and leaned back in the chair.
"You're too tense, Yugi, you should relax." Yugi closed his eyes, and felt a wave of relaxation wrap itself around his mind. He felt himself calm down, and sunk deeper into the chair. Whatever was the cause of it was helping Yugi a lot. When he got control of mind back, he opened his eyes. Yami was smirking.
"What was that?" Yugi sat up straight, and felt a little bit weak from whatever it was that had taken over his mind and senses.
"I told you, you need to relax, Yugi. I just thought it would help." Yami shrugged, sighed, and looked away.
"Well, thanks. It-it did a little bit." Yugi watched Yami for a short while before he noticed he was doing so, and looked away, blushing. "How-"
"I learned how to do that as a child. When I was pharaoh." Yami shrugged is shoulders, and glanced at Yugi.
"Oh. Okay." Yugi shrugged, too. "Well. Did the others come out from their movies yet?" Yugi glanced around the cinema, and frowned. "I thought their movies ended right before ours!"
"Maybe they already left?" Yami looked up.
"Yeah. Maybe. I guess we could wait for a little while longer." Yugi closed his eyes again, and felt warmth at the back of his mind. A happiness kind of warmth. He sighed, and relaxed again. It felt good to unwind after everything that had been happening to him.
"Yugi! Yami! There you are!" Yugi's eyes snapped open, and he looked around. He spotted Tea running towards them, waving. Yugi smiled sadly, and looked around uncomfortably.
"Hey, Tea." Yugi smiled.
"Hey. So, how was your movie?" Tea sat down in a chair across from Yugi, and beside Yami.
"Good." Replied Yami without emotion as Tea smiled warmly at the two of them.
"Yeah. I thought your movie ended a while ago?" Yugi looked up from staring at the ground sadly.
"Well, I needed to get myself ready, and fix myself up. You know." The two boys shrugged, and Tea stared at Yami out of the corner of her eyes.
"I wonder when the others are coming out. Their movies must have been shorter than ours." Yugi said suddenly. All three of them shrugged, and frowned.
"Hey guys!" Joey's voice carried over to them from the other side of the theatres, and he and Tristan walked over to them. "So the movies are finally over, huh?"
"Yeah, where were you guys? Wasn't your movie shorter?" Yugi glanced at them for a moment.
"Yeah, it was. But we decided to just walk around for a bit. Well." Tristan checked his watch and continued. "For a half an hour or so." He looked back up, and smiled. Everyone was really happy, or so their smiles said.
"Where are Ryou and Bakura?" Joey suddenly blurted out, breaking the silence.
"Oh, they left some time during the movie. They... Had somewhere to go." Yami said a little too quickly.
"Oh, so that means that they won't be coming with us to the arcades, huh." Joey said a little disappointedly.
"Yeah, I guess so." Yugi whispered only loud enough for himself to hear.
"How about Marik and Malik? Where are they?" Tea looked around for a few moments, trying to feign interest in their whereabouts, still eyeing Yami. "Weren't they with you guys?"
"Yeah, well, they left right at the very end of the movie. Just when the people were getting rescued. They missed a good ending. So I guess it's just us five going, then." Tristan remarked, and checked his watch again.
"Yeah, let's go." Joey had the most enthusiasm out of the five of them, but even he felt a little down.
They walked to the arcades, which was just a few blocks away. Surprisingly, it took them a lot longer than it normally would have. It was really cold out, and the wind was chilling them to the bones. The cloudy sky didn't help at all. It looked like it would either rain or snow; but no one could tell.
Yugi shivered as he folded his arms against his chest. He felt like falling to the ground, and letting the cold win. It was actually warmer when they stopped to cross the roads. Each of them were silent as they were preoccupied by their own thoughts. At one point, Joey stopped in the middle of the sidewalk, and refused to walk any further. Well, that was until Tristan and Yugi both challenged Joey to a few games. Then he kept walking, and had a look of pure determination on his face. When they got to the arcades, Joey was a little too cautious when he walked around, looking around carefully.
"What are you looking for, Joey?" Tea peered over his shoulder, and he jumped. She nearly scared him to death.
"Don't do that, Tea! You could give people heart attacks that way!" Exclaimed a clearly annoyed and irritated Joey. They walked to the booth, and sat down beside Yugi and Yami. Yugi and Yami both kept their distance from each other without really noticing it. Only their friends noticed it, but they didn't say anything about it.
"So." Tristan began awkwardly.
"Yeah." Joey said shortly, and they all looked around uncomfortably.
"Um. I'm going to go get a drink." Yugi got up from the table, and walked away as quickly as he could without anyone getting suspicious.
"Yeah, me too." Joey got up, leaving Yami, Tristan, and Tea alone.
"Hey, buddy." Joey caught up with Yugi, who looked a little relieved to be away from the group. "What's up?"
"Nothing." Yugi said as simply as he could, without it sounding like it mattered. "Just getting a drink. You?"
"Yeah, me too." Joey waited at the back of the line with Yugi. There were four people in front of them. And they were taking along time with each person. "Why do you look so relieved to be away from everyone?"
"No reason. I just needed a little time alone." Yugi looked down at the ground. He knew he was lying to himself, and he knew Joey didn't believe him. He could see it in his eyes.
"You don't mind me being here, do you, pal?" Joey raised his eyebrows.
"Not at all, Joey." Yugi smiled up at Joey, and they waited together in line. Silently.
Back at the booth, Tristan was looking a little uncomfortable. His eyes were darting around everywhere, looking for some way to escape being there. Yami was staring at the same spot the whole time. The wall. And Tea was caught in the middle, staring at the table. They looked really uncomfortable to be around each other.
"No!" Tristan exclaimed, and rested his head on his hand, that was propped up on the table.
"What?" Tea and Yami said simultaneously.
"I forgot to tell Joey what kind of drink I wanted." Tristan stared at the table sadly, and pouted. Tea hit the back of his head, and Yami laughed. At least that lightened up the mood. Tristan stared at Tea for a few minutes, his eyebrows raised as high as they could go, and he finally looked away. They all sighed at the same time, and continued staring off into oblivion.
"Hey guys!" Yugi said as he and Joey finally came back with drinks in their arms. Yugi set down one drink in front of Yami, and one in front of himself. He sat down, and started to sip the drink through his straw. Yami thanked him for the drink, and he, too, concentrated on his drink. Joey gave Tristan and Tea both drinks, and sat down with his. They all drank in yet another silence. Yugi would've given anything to be anywhere else but there with his friends.
"Oh no!" Tea jumped up, and found her way around her friends. "I've got to go!" She looked up at the clock on the wall of the arcades. "It's already past seven! I was supposed to be home an hour ago!" She sighed, and started to do up her jacket. Tristan stood up, too.
"I should head home, too." He said, a red colour spreading across his cheeks. "I promised my parents that I would rake the leaves before it got too dark." He knew it sounded lame, but he really did have to. And he wanted to walk Tea home. Yugi got up, and got his jacket, too.
"I should get back before grandpa gets worried about us!" He was almost finished doing up his jacket when he saw Tristan following Tea out from the arcades at a safe distance. He smiled. He knew what Tristan was after. Yami got up, his jacket already done up, and waited a few feet in front of Yugi. Joey was the only one staying.
"You guys are all ditching me?" Joey whined, and picked up his drink.
"I'm really sorry, Joey. Hey, Yami, you could stay if you wanted to." Yugi looked up at his Yami. Yami shook his head, his eyes wide. Luckily Joey didn't see it, he was looking at Yugi. Yugi almost laughed. "Yeah, grandpa would probably worry about you, too." Yugi sighed, and walked over to where Yami was standing.
"Well, I guess I'll see you later, then." Joey stared at the ground, and sighed. He sat back down at the booth, and kept sipping at his drink.
Yugi ran to catch up with Yami, and nearly tripped over a few large rocks. He laughed quietly to himself when it happened.
"What's so funny?" A voice from in front of him forced him to look up.
"Oh, it's nothing." Yugi sighed, and followed close behind his Yami. But halfway back, Yami fell behind, and followed him back. Yugi felt funny having Yami staring at his back the whole time, but he guessed Yami was doing it absentmindedly.
Yugi breathed in the warmth of their home as he walked in from the cold. He didn't bother taking off his jacket, he felt it better to keep it on; it was much warmer. He lay down on the couch, and tried to warm himself up. His grandpa showed up from the game shop entrance, and welcomed them back.
"How was your time?" His grandpa questioned them once he sat down at the kitchen table with his mug of warm tea. Yami sat down across from him, and thanked him, but refused the tea.
"We had fun." Yugi called out from the couch. He closed his eyes, and snuggled into the couch more. The pillow was as warm as if someone had already slept on it. He felt the warmth spread very, very slowly from the tips of his fingers to the rest of his body.
"So I heard." His grandpa smiled over at his grandson.
"Yeah." Yami looked around.
"Well, would you both like something to eat for your supper?" He looked at them both a few times.
"No thanks, grandpa. I'll make something when we're hungry." Yugi called back to him.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. And you just came back from the hospital, Grandpa. I don't want you to overdo yourself." Yugi said as he sat up a little sleepily. He rubbed his eyes, and forced himself to go to the kitchen table. There, he sat down, and sighed. He was content to just be there with his grandpa and his Yami.
"Well I don't want you to overdo yourself, either." His grandpa remarked, but Yugi shrugged it off. "Alright, then. I'm going to head off to my room. I'll see you two later." He waved to them as he walked to his room. When he shut his door, Yugi sighed, and got up.
"You hungry?" Yugi asked from habit. Yami shook his head. "Me neither. I'm kinda tired." Yugi went back to the couch, and Yami followed. "Want to watch a movie?"
Yami shrugged, and they both sat down beside each other. Yugi turned on the television, and snuggled up beside his Yami without realising it. Yami smiled, and chuckled. Yugi nearly fell asleep there, but he managed to stay awake. Though he could barely concentrate hard enough on the t.v. By the time Yami was finally falling asleep, Yugi was really drowsy. Yami managed to turn off the television, and Drag Yugi up.
"Come on, Yugi." Yami wrapped an arm around Yugi's waist, and helped him up to his room. Yugi dropped himself onto his bed, and fell asleep without changing. Yami did the same thing. He fell asleep as soon as he hit the bed.
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Hey everyone! Thanks for reading this chapter, and thanks fro all the reviews! ^-^ I love them! Brrr, it's cold here now. Oh well, I'll try to have the next chapter up sooner! I have a day off this week, so it shouldn't be too hard. Bye, and I hope you guys have/had a great day today! ^-^
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