Seto sat in his limousine typing away, as usual, on his laptop. Mokuba was
playing Kirby on his Game Boy.
"I can't wait till it opens!" Mokuba said happily.
Seto glanced at his watch, "Just fifteen minutes." He continued typing.
Mokuba pouted, but when he looked out of the tinted car window and saw the gate rising, revealing the store. He was especially happy when he saw Yugi opening the door.
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Yugi was thunderstruck when he saw the KaibaCorp limo parked right in front the store, 'Wow they made it, and they're EARLY!'
He opened the door and walked towards the limo.
Seto saw him and stepped out.
'He looks kind of like a movie star!' Yugi thought in awe as Seto got out of the car and walked toward him.
"Hey YUGI!!" Mokuba yelled as he ran toward Yugi, breaking Yugi's train of thought.
"I'm glad you guys could make it!!" Hope you know you're early, do you want to come and wait inside?"
"Of course." Seto answered.
"How long can you stay?"
"The whole day, I cleared my schedule for today."
"Wow, thanks!"
"No problem."
Seto and Yugi walked into the store, Mokuba was already inside drooling over all the display cases.
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By the time eleven-thirty rolled around, Joey and Tea arrived at the store, and there were so many people at the grand reopening of the store that people were actually waiting outside. The crowd was HUGE, every child, teen, preteen, and adult, that had caught wind of the shop's reopening by the new greatest Dueler, was there. But then the news was spread like wildfire that the owner of the famous KaibaCorp was to be in attendance and even MORE people showed up. In fact Yugi actually had to ask Seto to have some of his people come to monitor the situation outside and to get more refreshments and he had to get another table set up for all the autographs that he and Seto had to sign. Yugi hadn't expected all of this but he was happy about the turnout and it finally dawned on him just how famous he was. And in that time when he was signing autographs, helping customers and selling more cards than his grandfather could in a year, he forgot about how much he hated himself and those secrets that lay beneath the long sleeves of his shirt.
Joey and Tea fought their way through the crowd. "Wow were all these people waiting outside?!?!" Joey exclaimed when he finally found Yugi.
Yugi was about to say no but then he remembered that he had told Joey that that he was opening later than he actually was. "Yeah!" 'Good morning to you too Dickhead.'
"Hello Joey." Seto said as he came over to them, rubbing his right hand, which was cramping from all the autographs he had been signing.
Joey whipped his head around to look at Seto, "Oh WOW I didn't think you'd be able to make it!"
"Yeah I was here at-"
"Hey where are the others?" Yugi butted in not wanting Joey to find out he had lied.
"Oh Yami and Bakura are on their way and Tristan and Ryou are around here.somewhere." Tea said as she started to look around
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"OKAY OKAY I'd like everyone's attention!" Joey yelled over the din at seven o'clock. It was getting dark out and all of the children had left, only the teens and adults were left and they weren't many. Holding Tea's left hand he went down on bended knee, while he pulled a small black velour box from his jacket pocket, and said.
"Tea, um.I know that there are probably a million better guys out there for you. Men with money, men who could do so much more for you than I know I could but I want to thank you for choosing me. I love you and I want to try my best to make you as happy as possible and know that you dream of a beautiful wedding and.darn I know I'm blabblin, what I really mean to say is, Tea, will you marry me?"
Tea started crying, Joey watched her nervously, Ryou was crying as well, Tristan had his arm over his boyfriend's shoulders, Mokuba was jumping up and down cheering, Seto was looking on, he had a reserved smile on, and Bakura and Yami were in Yami's bed, completely unaware of the proposal. Yugi just stared at the couple.
"YES!!! Of course I'll marry you!!" Tea answered happily. Her words echoed in Yugi's head.
Joey slipped the engagement ring onto her finger and kissed her. Yugi felt his grip on life slip, he watched unable to do anything.
The crowd applauded. It all seemed be much louder in Yugi's head, like his mind was as fragile as glass and their clapping was a series of sonic blasts.
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Yugi screamed and continued to slash his arm. "OF COURSE!!!! OF FUCKING COURSE!!! But why at the shop!?!?!"
Blood poured out of him and fell like a monsoon to the ground, making a small sea of crimson. But Yugi neither noticed nor cared. He didn't care about ANYTHING anymore. "WHAT THE HELL!? I hate my life!! When will it end?! Why won't it end already!?!"
Then the world got dim, like the ending of a movie, slowly the edges became black then it spread towards the middle then there was a pinprick of light then total darkness came and Yugi collapsed, a single piece of the mirror still clutched in each of his hands.
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"Seto, do you know where Yugi is?" Joey asked Seto after school on Monday, the day after the party.
"No. I thought you guys knew where he was." He replied perplexed.
"We thought he might've told you." Tea said worried.
"I'll go over and see if everything is alright." Seto decided.
"Okay." Joey said and walked off with Tea.
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When Seto arrived at Yugi's house he had to use the spare key Yugi had given him in case of emergencies, because when he rang the bell there was no answer. "Hello? Yugi?" he called into the house, but he got no answer. He heard his voice echo through the empty house. He yelled louder, calling for Yugi, he couldn't understand why there was no answer to his calls, it just wasn't like Yugi. He walked through the house checking all the rooms. Until he got to Yugi's bedroom, where he saw the bathroom which was attached to it.
The bathroom door was cracked open slightly, he knocked and it opened a bit more and then he saw a fleck of crimson on the ground. Just a small drop of blood, curious he moved the door an inch more and followed, with his eyes, a trail of flecks that led to a little stream. He was helpless, his eyes moved on their own, a sort of morbid curiosity. He followed that stream to a little lake and then saw the sea in which Yugi was lying in. It was only a large puddle but before Seto's ever widening eyes it could have been the Atlantic.
He ran to Yugi's side. He knelt down beside the unconscious teen, and shook him, to no avail, trying to rouse him. Then his senses returned to him and he took his cell phone out and called 911.
"I can't wait till it opens!" Mokuba said happily.
Seto glanced at his watch, "Just fifteen minutes." He continued typing.
Mokuba pouted, but when he looked out of the tinted car window and saw the gate rising, revealing the store. He was especially happy when he saw Yugi opening the door.
[][]
Yugi was thunderstruck when he saw the KaibaCorp limo parked right in front the store, 'Wow they made it, and they're EARLY!'
He opened the door and walked towards the limo.
Seto saw him and stepped out.
'He looks kind of like a movie star!' Yugi thought in awe as Seto got out of the car and walked toward him.
"Hey YUGI!!" Mokuba yelled as he ran toward Yugi, breaking Yugi's train of thought.
"I'm glad you guys could make it!!" Hope you know you're early, do you want to come and wait inside?"
"Of course." Seto answered.
"How long can you stay?"
"The whole day, I cleared my schedule for today."
"Wow, thanks!"
"No problem."
Seto and Yugi walked into the store, Mokuba was already inside drooling over all the display cases.
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By the time eleven-thirty rolled around, Joey and Tea arrived at the store, and there were so many people at the grand reopening of the store that people were actually waiting outside. The crowd was HUGE, every child, teen, preteen, and adult, that had caught wind of the shop's reopening by the new greatest Dueler, was there. But then the news was spread like wildfire that the owner of the famous KaibaCorp was to be in attendance and even MORE people showed up. In fact Yugi actually had to ask Seto to have some of his people come to monitor the situation outside and to get more refreshments and he had to get another table set up for all the autographs that he and Seto had to sign. Yugi hadn't expected all of this but he was happy about the turnout and it finally dawned on him just how famous he was. And in that time when he was signing autographs, helping customers and selling more cards than his grandfather could in a year, he forgot about how much he hated himself and those secrets that lay beneath the long sleeves of his shirt.
Joey and Tea fought their way through the crowd. "Wow were all these people waiting outside?!?!" Joey exclaimed when he finally found Yugi.
Yugi was about to say no but then he remembered that he had told Joey that that he was opening later than he actually was. "Yeah!" 'Good morning to you too Dickhead.'
"Hello Joey." Seto said as he came over to them, rubbing his right hand, which was cramping from all the autographs he had been signing.
Joey whipped his head around to look at Seto, "Oh WOW I didn't think you'd be able to make it!"
"Yeah I was here at-"
"Hey where are the others?" Yugi butted in not wanting Joey to find out he had lied.
"Oh Yami and Bakura are on their way and Tristan and Ryou are around here.somewhere." Tea said as she started to look around
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"OKAY OKAY I'd like everyone's attention!" Joey yelled over the din at seven o'clock. It was getting dark out and all of the children had left, only the teens and adults were left and they weren't many. Holding Tea's left hand he went down on bended knee, while he pulled a small black velour box from his jacket pocket, and said.
"Tea, um.I know that there are probably a million better guys out there for you. Men with money, men who could do so much more for you than I know I could but I want to thank you for choosing me. I love you and I want to try my best to make you as happy as possible and know that you dream of a beautiful wedding and.darn I know I'm blabblin, what I really mean to say is, Tea, will you marry me?"
Tea started crying, Joey watched her nervously, Ryou was crying as well, Tristan had his arm over his boyfriend's shoulders, Mokuba was jumping up and down cheering, Seto was looking on, he had a reserved smile on, and Bakura and Yami were in Yami's bed, completely unaware of the proposal. Yugi just stared at the couple.
"YES!!! Of course I'll marry you!!" Tea answered happily. Her words echoed in Yugi's head.
Joey slipped the engagement ring onto her finger and kissed her. Yugi felt his grip on life slip, he watched unable to do anything.
The crowd applauded. It all seemed be much louder in Yugi's head, like his mind was as fragile as glass and their clapping was a series of sonic blasts.
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Yugi screamed and continued to slash his arm. "OF COURSE!!!! OF FUCKING COURSE!!! But why at the shop!?!?!"
Blood poured out of him and fell like a monsoon to the ground, making a small sea of crimson. But Yugi neither noticed nor cared. He didn't care about ANYTHING anymore. "WHAT THE HELL!? I hate my life!! When will it end?! Why won't it end already!?!"
Then the world got dim, like the ending of a movie, slowly the edges became black then it spread towards the middle then there was a pinprick of light then total darkness came and Yugi collapsed, a single piece of the mirror still clutched in each of his hands.
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"Seto, do you know where Yugi is?" Joey asked Seto after school on Monday, the day after the party.
"No. I thought you guys knew where he was." He replied perplexed.
"We thought he might've told you." Tea said worried.
"I'll go over and see if everything is alright." Seto decided.
"Okay." Joey said and walked off with Tea.
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When Seto arrived at Yugi's house he had to use the spare key Yugi had given him in case of emergencies, because when he rang the bell there was no answer. "Hello? Yugi?" he called into the house, but he got no answer. He heard his voice echo through the empty house. He yelled louder, calling for Yugi, he couldn't understand why there was no answer to his calls, it just wasn't like Yugi. He walked through the house checking all the rooms. Until he got to Yugi's bedroom, where he saw the bathroom which was attached to it.
The bathroom door was cracked open slightly, he knocked and it opened a bit more and then he saw a fleck of crimson on the ground. Just a small drop of blood, curious he moved the door an inch more and followed, with his eyes, a trail of flecks that led to a little stream. He was helpless, his eyes moved on their own, a sort of morbid curiosity. He followed that stream to a little lake and then saw the sea in which Yugi was lying in. It was only a large puddle but before Seto's ever widening eyes it could have been the Atlantic.
He ran to Yugi's side. He knelt down beside the unconscious teen, and shook him, to no avail, trying to rouse him. Then his senses returned to him and he took his cell phone out and called 911.