Here's the second chapter. I hope you all enjoy. I'm not necessarily happy with this fic XP. And I have no idea where I'm going with it. I better figure that out soon, because I do plan to finish this by next week ^_^;;....
I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh.
Exams are over, so I won't be using technical body terms anymore.
This is my first and only fic in which I have used dub names, so if I end up slipping at all, I hope that someone will catch it and tell me about it ^_^.
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When Yugi had gotten to Joey's apartments, he rang the door and waited. It wasn't until a few minutes later that he had noticed the messily written note hanging on the door.
Hey Yug',
Something came up. I should be home soon, but until then just let yourself in and make yourself comfortable.
Later,
Joey.
Yugi sighed, and went back to his car. He unlocked the passenger door, and opened his glove compartment, searching around, until he found the set of keys he was looking for.
He and Joey had exchanged keys along time ago. Way back when Joey had first moved out. He used to have Téa's keys before. . . before. . . . He sighed, and leaned back, closing his eyes for a brief moment.
Téa, Joey, Tristan and him had been such great friends. All of them had keys to each other's houses.
That was before Tristan moved into a bigger house, and distanced himself from the other three. He wouldn't let them have his keys then. Something about keeping the 'company secrets' well... secret.
Back then, Joey had joked about how he had sounded just like Kaiba when he said that. They all thought that soon he'd become his usual self.
Then again, whenever he set his mind to a job, he always took it to the extremes. It was like that when he was class cleaner before.
Then Téa had left them, to follow her dream. He still had her key, Tristan's also. He got out of his car, sighing when the four keys clanked together. Four keys. Four friends. Only two still worked, just like there were only two friends who were still together.
He inserted Joey's key in the slot, twisted it, and opened the door, then made his way to Joey's apartment.
He twisted the handle, only to find that the door was locked. Of course. Joey didn't exactly live in the best area of Domino, and the only other people who lived in these apartments were the people who couldn't afford to live any where else.
He grabbed a different key on the ring, and unlocked Joey's suit, before walking in, kicking off his shoes, and making his way to the living room.
He grabbed the remote, and flung himself on Joey's couch, flipping through the whole three channels Joey received.
He kept this up for a good half an hour, when he finally got bored of it. He sat up, stretched and headed towards the kitchen, when he heard Joey's door open.
"Hey Yug'?" Joey called into the room. "You here?"
"Yeah!" Yugi answered from the kitchen. "I'm in here. Where were you?" He stepped out of the kitchen, and his eyes widened when he found that Serenity was standing right beside Joey.
"I hope you don't mind, Yug'," Joey grinned sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head. "Serenity's going to be spending the night as well."
He looked from Yugi to Serenity, then lead Serenity over to the couch, and made her sit down. Then he made Yugi sit beside her.
"I'm gonna go pick up some pizza for supper tonight, 'kay?" he said, grinning.
"Why don't you just order in?" Serenity asked, but Joey seemed to not hear her.
"You two get to know each other, bye," he said, smiling widely.
"Joey! We already know each other!" Yugi exclaimed, but Joey was already out the door.
Yugi sighed, and ran his hand through his hair, and Serenity just smiled softly. "I'm sorry about him, Yugi. He gets ... weird sometimes," she tried to explain.
"I know it," Yugi smiled softly, putting his elbow on the arm of the couch, and resting his chin in his palm.
She looked up at Joey's grimy ceiling, and sighed, making Yugi look over at her. "Why are you here, anyway?" Yugi asked quietly.
Serenity smiled slightly, but, Yugi noticed, it look a little forced. "My mother and I got into a fight. I asked Joey if I could stay here for the night, until my mother cooled down some, and he agreed. So, here I am," she answered, her smile growing a little.
Yugi bit his lip. "What were you and your mother fighting about?" he asked, and then saw her face. "I mean, if you don't mind me asking at all."
Serenity shook her head. "No, I don't mind," she said. "I got a D on my report card. She wasn't to happy about that, and we got into a fight."
Yugi sighed, then pursed his lips. He hardly had ever seen his mother, let alone be scolded by her, and Grandpa scarcely cared for his grades, and now he had no idea what to say.
An awkward silence followed, before Serenity smiled once again. "He, wanna play some of Joey's old video games?" She asked, and Yugi nodded.
It was times like this when he wished that Atemu was still with him, but he knew what he had had before, he would never have again. Not an advisor, or someone to talk to when there was no one else. He didn't have his protector with him any more, but at least in the time that he had had Atemu with him, he had learned to gain respect for himself.
He smiled. "Sure," he answered, and Serenity ventured into her older brothers room to get the gaming consol, while Yugi got the cords to hook up said gaming consol, and flipped around the VCR so it would be easier to hook them up.
Soon, the had the system hooked up, had decided on a game, and were talking about every day stuff, while exchanging challenges.
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