Disclaimer: "My Love in Quotes" includes the fictional characters from "Yu-
Gi-Oh!" who, I understand, are the rightful property of Kazuki Takahashi.
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-Author's Notes-
1. This fanfic is PRO on Tea *I highly promote the @$$ (excuse my
foul language) kicking of all Tea bashers who flame POT (PRO on Tea)
fanfics.
2. Any and all reviews are welcome (but *beware* Tea bashers!)
3. As the author I need to know what YOU think even if you choose
to review anonymously
4. I dedicate each chapter and answer all reviewers questions
5. I plan to update every Friday
6. Thank you to those who are reading these notes!
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-My Dedication-
~*~Jessica Lynn Pierce~*~
(My inspiration, my best friend, my sister)
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Chapter One: Butter Fingers
Rating: G
Featured Couple: Yugi Mouto & Tea Gardner
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"Whoops!" 15-year-old Yugi Motou cried out in surprise as the ornament he held slipped from his fingers and plummeted to the floor, shattered.
"Careful my grandson, isn't that the third ornament this evening?" Yugi's grandfather Solomon Motou entered the room with an armful of Christmas decorations.
Yugi blushed and apologized profusely. "Sorry grandpa, my fingers are like butter," Yugi said while wiggling his fingers.
"Mmm...butterfingers, that would hit the spot right about now," said Joey Wheeler as he stepped into the cozy game shop, shook the snow out of his golden-blonde hair and pushed wet bangs out of chocolate eyes.
"Ho-ho, you and your stomach," grandpa Motou chortled amused at the young teenager's appetite.
"Hey," said Joey getting defensive, "It's not like I'm hungry all the time."
His stomach gave a tremendous growl and Yugi grinned.
"Leftover pizza's in the fridge, help yourself."
"Thanks Yug, you're a real pal."
Joey opened up the fridge and shifted a few food items before reappearing with a pizza box.
He put the ice cold pepperoni pizza on a plate in the microwave and set the timer before noticing the busted ornament.
"Need some help, Yug?"
"Definitely."
Joey snickered, collected his pizza and walked over his tri-color haired friend.
"I hope the two of you are ready for Christmas," grandpa Motou said.
"We sure are, this Christmas is gonna be the best one ever!" Yugi and Joey exclaimed excitedly.
"And why is that?" asked grandpa Motou suspiciously.
Both Yugi and Joey blushed several shade of red before answering.
"Well... we were just thinking we would have a party this year and invite the gang," Joey said while Yugi nodded his head in agreement.
"The gang includes Tea and Mai does it not?"
Both boys turned, if possibly, even redder and nodded their heads.
Grandpa Motou smiled at the beet red boys and winked. "Ho-ho, I think there's bound to be some Christmas romance in the air."
"Grandpa..." The shorter boy moaned in embarrassment and buried his face in his hands.
"I have to go Yug but I'll see you tomorrow after school, okay man?" Joey called out.
"Sure thing Joey, see you tomorrow." Yugi waved goodbye and stepped back to admire his handy-work.
"What do you think about the tree grandpa?"
The aged Motou stepped forward and clapped a firm hand on his grandson's shoulder.
"Good job my boy," he said offering his approval.
Yugi grinned appreciatively and hugged his grandfather.
"I'm going to work on the party plans now, if it's alright with you, that is?"
His grandfather smiled and shooed Yugi off to his bedroom to work on the plans.
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Sitting at the worn desk in the bedroom he had made his own since kindergarten, his magenta eyes wandered around the all too familiar room.
On the bedside table lay his and Yami's unstoppable deck which was illuminated by the light of their Dark Magician lamp.
The old, wooden and creaky bunk beds where he and Yami slept were placed in the shadowy corner- empty.
Yugi continued to pondered mentally; burying his toes in the plush blue carpet and looked absent mindedly at their clothes closet which stood adjacent to the door.
Many posters of previous tournaments covered the smooth, white surface of the wall.
Finally he looked at the desk at which he sat.
Pencils and pens were strewn across it and a stack of blank paper sat to one side while his computer was stationed directly in front of his face.
He leaned into the dark screen to look at his reflection and knocked over a heavy object with his shoulder.
Yugi bent over and picked up the face down picture frame he had accidentally bumped.
He turned it over and found himself looking into the crystal blue eyes of his childhood best friend Tea Gardner.
He gently traced the delicate features of her perfect face with his finger and smiled.
A knock on the door sounded the arrival of his darker half , the handsome Game King Yami Yugi.
He eased into their bedroom with a cup of hot chocolate and a grin.
Yugi turned around alarmed and put the picture of Tea behind his back.
"Look Yugi, I made us a stocking to hang on the mantle," Yami said producing the knitted socks proudly from behind his back.
"Cool, hey thanks Yami," Yugi said as he examined the stocking which was green and depicted a chibi Dark Magician on it (A/N: My sister knitted me a stocking just like it).
"I made one each for all of our closet friends as my special gift to them."
Yugi laughed before replying. "I'm sure they'll love them."
Yami gestured to the hot chocolate he left on the desk corner.
"Grandpa made it for you because he thought you might be getting thirsty up here."
"That was awfully nice of him," Yugi said quietly.
"How are the Christmas party plans coming along?"
"Oh...oops, I forgot all about them.
I guess my mind was elsewhere, sorry."
"You don't have to apologize Yugi, it happens to everyone."
"Yami?"
"Yes?"
"What do you think about Tea?"
Yami looked deep into Yugi's serious eyes and said, "I want to french Tea like a fry!"
Yami burst out into hysterical laughter while Yugi bit his lower lip.
"Seriously Yami, what do you think about Tea?"
Yugi lowered his eyes to the floor, tucked in his legs and wrapped his arms around his knees.
"Why do you want my opinion anyway Yugi? I love in my own special way just as everyone else does."
Yugi closed his eyes and sighed.
"Well, what if their own special way...isn't the way you want to be loved?"
Yami looked at him, questioningly as shadows danced easily across his face, concealing his confused features.
"What if," he asked, wrapped up in his own thoughts, "A person never found anyone who loved them the way they wanted to be loved?
What if there was never a person like that for them?"
He sighed again.
"Or is it selfish to think that?
A person can't live their life the way you want it...but it seems kind of sad."
Yami didn't know what to say.
There wasn't really anything to be said.
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-Author's Notes-
1. This fanfic is PRO on Tea *I highly promote the @$$ (excuse my
foul language) kicking of all Tea bashers who flame POT (PRO on Tea)
fanfics.
2. Any and all reviews are welcome (but *beware* Tea bashers!)
3. As the author I need to know what YOU think even if you choose
to review anonymously
4. I dedicate each chapter and answer all reviewers questions
5. I plan to update every Friday
6. Thank you to those who are reading these notes!
---
-My Dedication-
~*~Jessica Lynn Pierce~*~
(My inspiration, my best friend, my sister)
---
Chapter One: Butter Fingers
Rating: G
Featured Couple: Yugi Mouto & Tea Gardner
---
"Whoops!" 15-year-old Yugi Motou cried out in surprise as the ornament he held slipped from his fingers and plummeted to the floor, shattered.
"Careful my grandson, isn't that the third ornament this evening?" Yugi's grandfather Solomon Motou entered the room with an armful of Christmas decorations.
Yugi blushed and apologized profusely. "Sorry grandpa, my fingers are like butter," Yugi said while wiggling his fingers.
"Mmm...butterfingers, that would hit the spot right about now," said Joey Wheeler as he stepped into the cozy game shop, shook the snow out of his golden-blonde hair and pushed wet bangs out of chocolate eyes.
"Ho-ho, you and your stomach," grandpa Motou chortled amused at the young teenager's appetite.
"Hey," said Joey getting defensive, "It's not like I'm hungry all the time."
His stomach gave a tremendous growl and Yugi grinned.
"Leftover pizza's in the fridge, help yourself."
"Thanks Yug, you're a real pal."
Joey opened up the fridge and shifted a few food items before reappearing with a pizza box.
He put the ice cold pepperoni pizza on a plate in the microwave and set the timer before noticing the busted ornament.
"Need some help, Yug?"
"Definitely."
Joey snickered, collected his pizza and walked over his tri-color haired friend.
"I hope the two of you are ready for Christmas," grandpa Motou said.
"We sure are, this Christmas is gonna be the best one ever!" Yugi and Joey exclaimed excitedly.
"And why is that?" asked grandpa Motou suspiciously.
Both Yugi and Joey blushed several shade of red before answering.
"Well... we were just thinking we would have a party this year and invite the gang," Joey said while Yugi nodded his head in agreement.
"The gang includes Tea and Mai does it not?"
Both boys turned, if possibly, even redder and nodded their heads.
Grandpa Motou smiled at the beet red boys and winked. "Ho-ho, I think there's bound to be some Christmas romance in the air."
"Grandpa..." The shorter boy moaned in embarrassment and buried his face in his hands.
"I have to go Yug but I'll see you tomorrow after school, okay man?" Joey called out.
"Sure thing Joey, see you tomorrow." Yugi waved goodbye and stepped back to admire his handy-work.
"What do you think about the tree grandpa?"
The aged Motou stepped forward and clapped a firm hand on his grandson's shoulder.
"Good job my boy," he said offering his approval.
Yugi grinned appreciatively and hugged his grandfather.
"I'm going to work on the party plans now, if it's alright with you, that is?"
His grandfather smiled and shooed Yugi off to his bedroom to work on the plans.
---
Sitting at the worn desk in the bedroom he had made his own since kindergarten, his magenta eyes wandered around the all too familiar room.
On the bedside table lay his and Yami's unstoppable deck which was illuminated by the light of their Dark Magician lamp.
The old, wooden and creaky bunk beds where he and Yami slept were placed in the shadowy corner- empty.
Yugi continued to pondered mentally; burying his toes in the plush blue carpet and looked absent mindedly at their clothes closet which stood adjacent to the door.
Many posters of previous tournaments covered the smooth, white surface of the wall.
Finally he looked at the desk at which he sat.
Pencils and pens were strewn across it and a stack of blank paper sat to one side while his computer was stationed directly in front of his face.
He leaned into the dark screen to look at his reflection and knocked over a heavy object with his shoulder.
Yugi bent over and picked up the face down picture frame he had accidentally bumped.
He turned it over and found himself looking into the crystal blue eyes of his childhood best friend Tea Gardner.
He gently traced the delicate features of her perfect face with his finger and smiled.
A knock on the door sounded the arrival of his darker half , the handsome Game King Yami Yugi.
He eased into their bedroom with a cup of hot chocolate and a grin.
Yugi turned around alarmed and put the picture of Tea behind his back.
"Look Yugi, I made us a stocking to hang on the mantle," Yami said producing the knitted socks proudly from behind his back.
"Cool, hey thanks Yami," Yugi said as he examined the stocking which was green and depicted a chibi Dark Magician on it (A/N: My sister knitted me a stocking just like it).
"I made one each for all of our closet friends as my special gift to them."
Yugi laughed before replying. "I'm sure they'll love them."
Yami gestured to the hot chocolate he left on the desk corner.
"Grandpa made it for you because he thought you might be getting thirsty up here."
"That was awfully nice of him," Yugi said quietly.
"How are the Christmas party plans coming along?"
"Oh...oops, I forgot all about them.
I guess my mind was elsewhere, sorry."
"You don't have to apologize Yugi, it happens to everyone."
"Yami?"
"Yes?"
"What do you think about Tea?"
Yami looked deep into Yugi's serious eyes and said, "I want to french Tea like a fry!"
Yami burst out into hysterical laughter while Yugi bit his lower lip.
"Seriously Yami, what do you think about Tea?"
Yugi lowered his eyes to the floor, tucked in his legs and wrapped his arms around his knees.
"Why do you want my opinion anyway Yugi? I love in my own special way just as everyone else does."
Yugi closed his eyes and sighed.
"Well, what if their own special way...isn't the way you want to be loved?"
Yami looked at him, questioningly as shadows danced easily across his face, concealing his confused features.
"What if," he asked, wrapped up in his own thoughts, "A person never found anyone who loved them the way they wanted to be loved?
What if there was never a person like that for them?"
He sighed again.
"Or is it selfish to think that?
A person can't live their life the way you want it...but it seems kind of sad."
Yami didn't know what to say.
There wasn't really anything to be said.