Chapter 13 - School
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About a week later, Yugi was pretty happy about everything, and Yami was even more protective of him. Yami had gotten permission for his grandpa to be allowed to attend school with Yugi. And that was before the bullies had picked Yugi again for bullying. Yugi didn't like to tell anyone about the bullying, and especially because they threatened him with the deaths of his grandpa or one of his friends. His greatest fear was that they would pick Yami. He wasn't scared for Yami, but for the bullies who would go after him. After all, Yami could send them to the shadow realm if he felt like it. Yugi felt a little funny about having Yami going with him to school, but it would probably stop the bullies.
"Yugi, are you ready?" Yami popped his head into Yugi's room. Yugi was sitting on his bed, smiling.
"Yeah." Yugi couldn't stop grinning.
"Well then we should leave, right? We'll be late if we don't go now." Yami disappeared behind Yugi's door, and Yugi ran out to catch up with him.
"Wait up!" Yugi ran down the stairs, only to run right into Yami's stomach, knocking him down.
"You have a habit of running into things, don't you?" Yami helped Yugi get up, and they walked to school together. The rest of the day went pretty smoothly, considering Yami didn't know much about the subjects that they were working on. Except for history, because they had started to work on ancient Egypt. Yugi had to stop him from talking about the pharaohs, because he might let it slip that he was one. He couldn't have that happen. People would think that they were weird, and the bullies would hurt him even more.
"This is what you do for five days every week?" Yami questioned him as they went to Yugi's locker.
"Yeah. Every day." Yugi sighed as he put away his binders and books in his locker.
"Hmm. Well, I guess it isn't that bad." Yami shrugged as they left.
"I'm really, really glad that they let us out early." Yugi sighed with relief.
"Why?"
"Well, it's just that. I like getting off early. I like having more time to myself." Yugi lied quickly, and he was glad that his Yami bought it. At least Yami wasn't trying to pry the answers out of him this time, and he didn't even bother to try their link either. "We should go now." Yugi grabbed Yami's arm, and pulled him out of the school, and onto the school grounds.
"What's the hurry?" Yami pulled away from Yugi's grasp, and stopped in his tracks. "We could walk at a normal speed?" Just as he finished talking, the bell rang, and Yugi froze.
"No? Can we -" Yugi swallowed hard. "Can we just leave now? Please?" Yami watched his distressed hikari fidgeting under his gaze for a few moments, before he caught up with him.
"Very well." Yami followed Yugi with his hands in his jacket pockets, watching as Yugi tried to walk faster and faster. "You could at least tell me why we must hurry." Yami said under his breath, hurt that Yugi wouldn't tell him anything. Students started to file out from the school only one block behind them. Yugi looked back over his shoulder, and walked even faster when he noticed the four bullies standing under an oak tree.
"It's just something I have to deal with on my own." Yugi said as quietly as he could.
"Hmm?" Yami looked over at Yugi, who blushed.
"Nothing. Just remembering something." He blushed even harder. It was really hard to lie to Yami. Especially when his Yami accepted his lies as the truth. Yugi stared at the ground, and didn't dare look back at Yami, in case he confessed everything to him. When they got back home, his grandpa greeted them both with a hug for each of them. Yami looked slightly uncomfortable hugging him, but he smiled at them both, and hugged him anyway. Yugi's grandpa smiled at the two as they sat down at the kitchen table and discussed a few topics from their classes. Yami naturally gave in to Yugi's point of view after much of his persuasion, and his innocent puppy dog eyes. But Yugi accepted their different point of views, they were after all complete opposites. Dark and Light. And opposites can attract, right?
"Neither of you will ever admit it, will you?" Yugi's grandpa interrupted their conversation on Egypt, and Yugi looked at him curiously.
"Admit what, grandpa?" Yugi looked at Yami, then back to his grandpa. Yugi frowned, he was obviously confused.
"Oh, never mind, Yugi. It's nothing." His grandpa smiled at them both, and went up to his room to rest, one single thought on his mind. About how to get them into the right kind of situation, where they could finally admit it. He could see that it would tear them apart until they were together. Yugi and Yami both shrugged at the sudden interruption, and fell silent, both doing their homework for the next day.
"Why were you in such a hurry? You don't have that much homework, Yugi." Yami said suddenly, and it caught Yugi off guard.
"I - I.. uh, I um. It's just that, well.. And they." Yugi stuttered, and blushed in embarrassment.
"Why is it so hard for you to tell me? If there's something wrong, you can always tell me. You know that." Yami frowned at his hikari's sudden downcast gaze.
"I know, Yami. It's just. It's something that I have to deal with for now." Yugi looked back up at Yami, and met his gaze.
"Well, alright then. But you should tell someone if whatever it is gets out of hand." Yami said simply, and Yugi was a little shocked, he said it as if he was catching on to what he was trying to hide from him.
"I know." Yugi whispered, and they finished their homework in peace. When Yugi finished, he noticed that Yami was reading one of their textbooks. He got up, and picked up the newspaper from the floor. He stood there, and skimmed through every article. Nothing very interesting caught his eye. Except for an advertisement. "Hey, Yami! You want to go to the fair tomorrow?" Yugi said with a smile lighting up his face. Yami looked up from the book, and looked a little confused.
"Uh, sure." Yami frowned a little. "I've never been to a 'fair' before." He stared off into space.
"I bet you'd like it. There are lots of rides that you can go on, and you can play games and win things. It's really fun! And they have cotton candy!" Yugi exclaimed, and sat back down at the table, the newspaper folded up in front of him.
"Okay. I'd love to go, then. But how will we pay for it? Don't you need money to go to a fair?" Yami saw Yugi's shoulders slump, as he held his hand up with his arm.
"Yeah. I forgot about that." Yugi sighed. "Money." He stared at the table for a few minutes, and left Yami to his reading. He lay down on his bed in his room. In the dark. He didn't feel much like turning on the light as it got darker by the minute. Surprisingly, he wasn't tired at all. In fact, he was a little too awake. More than normal.
\\ Yugi. \\ A deep voice filled his mind.
/ Yes, Yami? / Yugi heard his own voice say softly.
\\ I'm going for a walk now. \\
/ Okay. /
\\ Well, I just wanted to know. Do you want to come along? \\ Yami hardly wanted to leave Yugi alone in the house. Even if his grandfather was there, Yami didn't want to leave him there.
/ Oh. Okay. I'll be down in a minute. / Yugi felt something like relief coming from the other side of their link. He couldn't help but smile. He found his way to the door, and went downstairs. It was pretty dark, inside and outside. Yugi smiled at Yami, and followed him outside.
"Wait." Yami looked at Yugi.
"What?" Yugi stopped, and shivered.
"Shouldn't you wear a jacket? It is really cold outside." Yami looked back at their home, and Yugi shrugged. Yami turned back, and all Yugi could do was follow. "Well I'm not letting my hikari freeze to death." They went back and got Yugi's jacket.
"Thanks. Why did you feel like going for a walk?" Yugi folded his arms across his chest, and felt the warmth of the jacket block out the cold wind blowing fiercely against them.
"Just needed to get some fresh air. I felt like I was trapped in there." Yami breathed in the fresh air, and they walked down the street side by side.
"Really?" Yugi felt somewhat hurt. "You know we're not forcing you to stay with us, Yami." Yugi's voice was full of sorrow. "You can leave anytime."
"I would never leave!" Yami was shocked. "I just felt a little cooped up, that's all. I was stuck in a Millennium Puzzle for thousands of years, Yugi, I don't like feeling cooped up. It reminds me of when I was trapped." Yami could feel relief through Yugi's somewhat closed side of the link. He knew there was something Yugi didn't want him to know. But Yami would find out. He always did.
"Well. I just. You'll never leave, right, Yami? Will you promise me you'll always be here?" Yugi stopped in the middle of the road, and Yami stopped a few feet in front of him.
"I'll always be here Yugi. What would make you think that I'd leave?" Yami could see that Yugi felt uncomfortable in their situation. "Of course I promise, Aibou." Yami frowned, and Yugi finally got walking again. They walked down to the park, where Yugi was a little uneasy, and jumped at the slightest sounds. "You're a little jumpy tonight. Why?"
"N-No reason." He said looking over his shoulder. Yami shrugged, and sat down on a nearby bench. They sat in silence for a while. A really loud 'crack' behind them made Yugi jump, and he grabbed Yami's arm. "What was that?" Yugi panicked, and was trembling slightly.
" 'That' was a branch. I think that car over there ran over it." Yami pointed with his free hand to some kind of golf cart driving along a path in the park. Yami chuckled as he saw his hikari relax somewhat. But Yugi didn't relax his tight grip on Yami's arm.
"Maybe we should go back?" Yugi whispered.
"Alright, if you want." Yami got up, and Yugi followed beside him, his hand still grasping Yami's arm.
"Thanks."
"Don't mention it." Yami said slowly as he watched his Aibou's eyes dart around from noise to noise.
They walked back in silence, the cool breeze embracing them, and cooling them down to the core. When they got inside, Yugi was still a little scared.
"Yugi?" Yami asked from behind him.
"Yeah?" Yugi turned around to face him.
"Can I have my arm back?" Yami smiled one of his rare smiles. Yugi laughed nervously, and let go slowly. He sat down on the couch, and hugged a pillow tight to his chest. "Is there a reason why you've been uptight ever since we went on that walk?" Yami sat down next to his Hikari, and peered down deep into his violet eyes. Yugi stared back, and sighed.
"Sort of. We passed by the alley way where. Well where you found me. I really don't like to go out this late." Yugi shook his head and shivered.
"Well you could have told me so, and we would not have gone on the walk." Yami sighed at his Yugi.
"No, it's okay. You should be able to have fun, too." Yugi leaned back and closed his eyes. He just wished that everything was back to normal, and none of this had ever happened. He felt something wrap itself around him, and he opened his eyes to see Yami drawing him into an embrace. He stayed there, shocked and unable to move. They stayed that way for a few minutes before Yami drew back, and smiled at Yugi.
"You should tell me things instead of thinking them, Yugi. Have things changed that much?" Yami pointed to Yugi's head, and ruffled his hair playfully.
"Yeah, they sort of have. It's just that, well. I don't think that things can go back to the way they were a year ago." Yugi frowned sadly, and hugged Yami with all his might. He smiled into his Yami's chest, and breathed in his intoxicating smell. He felt as though he could fall asleep there, even when he wasn't really tired. He leaned back, and smiled. Maybe things wouldn't be so bad anymore, and maybe they'd get better instead of worse. It couldn't possibly get worse. right?
"We'll find a way to go to the fair, Yugi. I'm sure it would be really fun if we went. So don't worry, alright, Aibou?" Yami got up as Yugi nodded.
"Goodnight, Yugi." Yami said cheerfully, and felt as though he was floating upstairs on a large cloud.
"Goodnight, Yami!" Yugi called up to him, and sighed. He wondered if Yami was right about what he said, and decided to think about the next day instead. The fair was right after school, and tomorrow was Friday, so Yugi could stay out late. As long as he was with Yami. He sighed contentedly as he made his way to his bedroom to sleep.
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Sorry for this chapter being shorter than the other ones. I hope you liked it, and I'll have the next chapter up tomorrow! ^-^ Yay, I'm kinda hyper right now! And yay! I love your reviews!
And yeah, Oblivion IS fun to stare out into! ^-^ I do it all the time! : ) Thanks for you reviews, fantasymichelle14! I love them! You reviewed so much! I'm glad you like this story!(
Oh, and Megan, thanks for your review, don't worry. The time will come soon enough! : )
Thanks to EVERYONE who ever reviews this story, I LOVE you guys! ^-^ Good night everyone! (Or is it good morning to good afternoon?) lol, thanks for reading!
Disclaimer: I don't own YuGiOh! Or any of their characters. But I do own the idea for the story! ^-^
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About a week later, Yugi was pretty happy about everything, and Yami was even more protective of him. Yami had gotten permission for his grandpa to be allowed to attend school with Yugi. And that was before the bullies had picked Yugi again for bullying. Yugi didn't like to tell anyone about the bullying, and especially because they threatened him with the deaths of his grandpa or one of his friends. His greatest fear was that they would pick Yami. He wasn't scared for Yami, but for the bullies who would go after him. After all, Yami could send them to the shadow realm if he felt like it. Yugi felt a little funny about having Yami going with him to school, but it would probably stop the bullies.
"Yugi, are you ready?" Yami popped his head into Yugi's room. Yugi was sitting on his bed, smiling.
"Yeah." Yugi couldn't stop grinning.
"Well then we should leave, right? We'll be late if we don't go now." Yami disappeared behind Yugi's door, and Yugi ran out to catch up with him.
"Wait up!" Yugi ran down the stairs, only to run right into Yami's stomach, knocking him down.
"You have a habit of running into things, don't you?" Yami helped Yugi get up, and they walked to school together. The rest of the day went pretty smoothly, considering Yami didn't know much about the subjects that they were working on. Except for history, because they had started to work on ancient Egypt. Yugi had to stop him from talking about the pharaohs, because he might let it slip that he was one. He couldn't have that happen. People would think that they were weird, and the bullies would hurt him even more.
"This is what you do for five days every week?" Yami questioned him as they went to Yugi's locker.
"Yeah. Every day." Yugi sighed as he put away his binders and books in his locker.
"Hmm. Well, I guess it isn't that bad." Yami shrugged as they left.
"I'm really, really glad that they let us out early." Yugi sighed with relief.
"Why?"
"Well, it's just that. I like getting off early. I like having more time to myself." Yugi lied quickly, and he was glad that his Yami bought it. At least Yami wasn't trying to pry the answers out of him this time, and he didn't even bother to try their link either. "We should go now." Yugi grabbed Yami's arm, and pulled him out of the school, and onto the school grounds.
"What's the hurry?" Yami pulled away from Yugi's grasp, and stopped in his tracks. "We could walk at a normal speed?" Just as he finished talking, the bell rang, and Yugi froze.
"No? Can we -" Yugi swallowed hard. "Can we just leave now? Please?" Yami watched his distressed hikari fidgeting under his gaze for a few moments, before he caught up with him.
"Very well." Yami followed Yugi with his hands in his jacket pockets, watching as Yugi tried to walk faster and faster. "You could at least tell me why we must hurry." Yami said under his breath, hurt that Yugi wouldn't tell him anything. Students started to file out from the school only one block behind them. Yugi looked back over his shoulder, and walked even faster when he noticed the four bullies standing under an oak tree.
"It's just something I have to deal with on my own." Yugi said as quietly as he could.
"Hmm?" Yami looked over at Yugi, who blushed.
"Nothing. Just remembering something." He blushed even harder. It was really hard to lie to Yami. Especially when his Yami accepted his lies as the truth. Yugi stared at the ground, and didn't dare look back at Yami, in case he confessed everything to him. When they got back home, his grandpa greeted them both with a hug for each of them. Yami looked slightly uncomfortable hugging him, but he smiled at them both, and hugged him anyway. Yugi's grandpa smiled at the two as they sat down at the kitchen table and discussed a few topics from their classes. Yami naturally gave in to Yugi's point of view after much of his persuasion, and his innocent puppy dog eyes. But Yugi accepted their different point of views, they were after all complete opposites. Dark and Light. And opposites can attract, right?
"Neither of you will ever admit it, will you?" Yugi's grandpa interrupted their conversation on Egypt, and Yugi looked at him curiously.
"Admit what, grandpa?" Yugi looked at Yami, then back to his grandpa. Yugi frowned, he was obviously confused.
"Oh, never mind, Yugi. It's nothing." His grandpa smiled at them both, and went up to his room to rest, one single thought on his mind. About how to get them into the right kind of situation, where they could finally admit it. He could see that it would tear them apart until they were together. Yugi and Yami both shrugged at the sudden interruption, and fell silent, both doing their homework for the next day.
"Why were you in such a hurry? You don't have that much homework, Yugi." Yami said suddenly, and it caught Yugi off guard.
"I - I.. uh, I um. It's just that, well.. And they." Yugi stuttered, and blushed in embarrassment.
"Why is it so hard for you to tell me? If there's something wrong, you can always tell me. You know that." Yami frowned at his hikari's sudden downcast gaze.
"I know, Yami. It's just. It's something that I have to deal with for now." Yugi looked back up at Yami, and met his gaze.
"Well, alright then. But you should tell someone if whatever it is gets out of hand." Yami said simply, and Yugi was a little shocked, he said it as if he was catching on to what he was trying to hide from him.
"I know." Yugi whispered, and they finished their homework in peace. When Yugi finished, he noticed that Yami was reading one of their textbooks. He got up, and picked up the newspaper from the floor. He stood there, and skimmed through every article. Nothing very interesting caught his eye. Except for an advertisement. "Hey, Yami! You want to go to the fair tomorrow?" Yugi said with a smile lighting up his face. Yami looked up from the book, and looked a little confused.
"Uh, sure." Yami frowned a little. "I've never been to a 'fair' before." He stared off into space.
"I bet you'd like it. There are lots of rides that you can go on, and you can play games and win things. It's really fun! And they have cotton candy!" Yugi exclaimed, and sat back down at the table, the newspaper folded up in front of him.
"Okay. I'd love to go, then. But how will we pay for it? Don't you need money to go to a fair?" Yami saw Yugi's shoulders slump, as he held his hand up with his arm.
"Yeah. I forgot about that." Yugi sighed. "Money." He stared at the table for a few minutes, and left Yami to his reading. He lay down on his bed in his room. In the dark. He didn't feel much like turning on the light as it got darker by the minute. Surprisingly, he wasn't tired at all. In fact, he was a little too awake. More than normal.
\\ Yugi. \\ A deep voice filled his mind.
/ Yes, Yami? / Yugi heard his own voice say softly.
\\ I'm going for a walk now. \\
/ Okay. /
\\ Well, I just wanted to know. Do you want to come along? \\ Yami hardly wanted to leave Yugi alone in the house. Even if his grandfather was there, Yami didn't want to leave him there.
/ Oh. Okay. I'll be down in a minute. / Yugi felt something like relief coming from the other side of their link. He couldn't help but smile. He found his way to the door, and went downstairs. It was pretty dark, inside and outside. Yugi smiled at Yami, and followed him outside.
"Wait." Yami looked at Yugi.
"What?" Yugi stopped, and shivered.
"Shouldn't you wear a jacket? It is really cold outside." Yami looked back at their home, and Yugi shrugged. Yami turned back, and all Yugi could do was follow. "Well I'm not letting my hikari freeze to death." They went back and got Yugi's jacket.
"Thanks. Why did you feel like going for a walk?" Yugi folded his arms across his chest, and felt the warmth of the jacket block out the cold wind blowing fiercely against them.
"Just needed to get some fresh air. I felt like I was trapped in there." Yami breathed in the fresh air, and they walked down the street side by side.
"Really?" Yugi felt somewhat hurt. "You know we're not forcing you to stay with us, Yami." Yugi's voice was full of sorrow. "You can leave anytime."
"I would never leave!" Yami was shocked. "I just felt a little cooped up, that's all. I was stuck in a Millennium Puzzle for thousands of years, Yugi, I don't like feeling cooped up. It reminds me of when I was trapped." Yami could feel relief through Yugi's somewhat closed side of the link. He knew there was something Yugi didn't want him to know. But Yami would find out. He always did.
"Well. I just. You'll never leave, right, Yami? Will you promise me you'll always be here?" Yugi stopped in the middle of the road, and Yami stopped a few feet in front of him.
"I'll always be here Yugi. What would make you think that I'd leave?" Yami could see that Yugi felt uncomfortable in their situation. "Of course I promise, Aibou." Yami frowned, and Yugi finally got walking again. They walked down to the park, where Yugi was a little uneasy, and jumped at the slightest sounds. "You're a little jumpy tonight. Why?"
"N-No reason." He said looking over his shoulder. Yami shrugged, and sat down on a nearby bench. They sat in silence for a while. A really loud 'crack' behind them made Yugi jump, and he grabbed Yami's arm. "What was that?" Yugi panicked, and was trembling slightly.
" 'That' was a branch. I think that car over there ran over it." Yami pointed with his free hand to some kind of golf cart driving along a path in the park. Yami chuckled as he saw his hikari relax somewhat. But Yugi didn't relax his tight grip on Yami's arm.
"Maybe we should go back?" Yugi whispered.
"Alright, if you want." Yami got up, and Yugi followed beside him, his hand still grasping Yami's arm.
"Thanks."
"Don't mention it." Yami said slowly as he watched his Aibou's eyes dart around from noise to noise.
They walked back in silence, the cool breeze embracing them, and cooling them down to the core. When they got inside, Yugi was still a little scared.
"Yugi?" Yami asked from behind him.
"Yeah?" Yugi turned around to face him.
"Can I have my arm back?" Yami smiled one of his rare smiles. Yugi laughed nervously, and let go slowly. He sat down on the couch, and hugged a pillow tight to his chest. "Is there a reason why you've been uptight ever since we went on that walk?" Yami sat down next to his Hikari, and peered down deep into his violet eyes. Yugi stared back, and sighed.
"Sort of. We passed by the alley way where. Well where you found me. I really don't like to go out this late." Yugi shook his head and shivered.
"Well you could have told me so, and we would not have gone on the walk." Yami sighed at his Yugi.
"No, it's okay. You should be able to have fun, too." Yugi leaned back and closed his eyes. He just wished that everything was back to normal, and none of this had ever happened. He felt something wrap itself around him, and he opened his eyes to see Yami drawing him into an embrace. He stayed there, shocked and unable to move. They stayed that way for a few minutes before Yami drew back, and smiled at Yugi.
"You should tell me things instead of thinking them, Yugi. Have things changed that much?" Yami pointed to Yugi's head, and ruffled his hair playfully.
"Yeah, they sort of have. It's just that, well. I don't think that things can go back to the way they were a year ago." Yugi frowned sadly, and hugged Yami with all his might. He smiled into his Yami's chest, and breathed in his intoxicating smell. He felt as though he could fall asleep there, even when he wasn't really tired. He leaned back, and smiled. Maybe things wouldn't be so bad anymore, and maybe they'd get better instead of worse. It couldn't possibly get worse. right?
"We'll find a way to go to the fair, Yugi. I'm sure it would be really fun if we went. So don't worry, alright, Aibou?" Yami got up as Yugi nodded.
"Goodnight, Yugi." Yami said cheerfully, and felt as though he was floating upstairs on a large cloud.
"Goodnight, Yami!" Yugi called up to him, and sighed. He wondered if Yami was right about what he said, and decided to think about the next day instead. The fair was right after school, and tomorrow was Friday, so Yugi could stay out late. As long as he was with Yami. He sighed contentedly as he made his way to his bedroom to sleep.
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Sorry for this chapter being shorter than the other ones. I hope you liked it, and I'll have the next chapter up tomorrow! ^-^ Yay, I'm kinda hyper right now! And yay! I love your reviews!
And yeah, Oblivion IS fun to stare out into! ^-^ I do it all the time! : ) Thanks for you reviews, fantasymichelle14! I love them! You reviewed so much! I'm glad you like this story!(
Oh, and Megan, thanks for your review, don't worry. The time will come soon enough! : )
Thanks to EVERYONE who ever reviews this story, I LOVE you guys! ^-^ Good night everyone! (Or is it good morning to good afternoon?) lol, thanks for reading!
Disclaimer: I don't own YuGiOh! Or any of their characters. But I do own the idea for the story! ^-^