Fic Time! (Gee, I'm inventive today...) It's also Christmas time! So
whether you're Christian, Buddhist, Islam, Jewish, Egyptian-ist, whatever,
I hope you have a fan-tabby-hooby Chrimble!! (Yes, that is from 'the
Hoobs', which I hate, except for the fact one of them is called Hubba
Hubba.)
Ahem... a reviewer asked me how dare I make Yami gay, and pair him with Seto. Well, they just wouldn't let me write them any other way. *Takes reviewer by the hand* See! They're so happy together! *squeezes their cheeks until they make kissy-faces* Can't you just feel the love?
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Chapter 15: Deck the Halls. Well, It's Christmas!
* * *
"You know, that's not what really happened," Anzu said, catching up to the girl.
"It's not? So why'd Mokuba say..?"
"Never mind that. I'll tell you what really happened." By now seven or eight girls had gathered round to hear the gossip. They listened intently as Anzu retold the story, slightly exaggerating parts of it, as one always does when telling a story to an audience.
"Why did Yami try to save the Kaibas? I always thought he hated them, or at least hated Seto?" asked one girl, when Anzu finished.
"Hate him? No. He loves him." Bitterness cursed through her voice. Yami had become an obsession, even more so now he was with Kaiba. What she wouldn't give to...
"What? Yami? He loves *Kaiba*?"
Oh hell, thought Anzu. I hadn't meant to tell them that. Oh well. Serves the little faggot and his playboy right. Anzu, to say the least, was crazy. "Yeah. Kaiba loves him, too. They've been all over each other, ever since Mokuba's party." The audience broke into a babble of horrified noises. Anzu felt guilty again, and knew she didn't belong there. But at least she wasn't being shunned, as she was with her so called 'friends'.
* * *
Bakura and Ryou stood in front of the principal's desk, Bakura looking defiant, Ryou embarrassed.
"...Inappropriate behaviour, completely inappropriate. Even if all this, this 'shadow magic' story is true, and you aren't twins as it says on the school records... I have no choice to suspend you both. Which, Ryou, as you would be aware, would mean the early termination of your home stay course."
Ryou opened his mouth to protest, but Bakura beat him to it. "You can't suspend him! What have we done? We skipped a class! And... someone caught us... many couples have been found kissing, no, doing *worse*, and they've never been suspended! You are just discriminating against us because of our sexuality!"
"Ryou is here as a privilege to study another culture alien to his own. It is not his right. He must abide by school policy. And I will not tolerate any of your queer behaviour in my school," he sneered. The tomb robber looked murderous, enough to scare Ryou into speaking.
"Sir," he began. "I understand Bakura and I have broken school rules, and for that we are sorry. We promise to never put a toe out of line again, if we are given one last chance." Bakura listened to his light's apology, and decided to reinforce the point.
"Sir," he too began, but with a slight sneer to it, as if an insult. "I think you will reconsider your punishment. In today's modern society, it does not do to penalise one too harshly because of one's own prejudices towards their lifestyle. This school cannot afford to take this matter up with us. Do what you will to me. But Ryou stays at the school, no suspension. You do not want me as an enemy."
Normally, such a threat from a student would be laughed at. But the tone the boy had used was so cold, and a power radiated from him that clearly said 'do not mess with me'. Bakura stared down the man, who, defeated, said "Very well. Friday afternoon detention. You are dismissed."
Bakura smirked, and, to emphasise who had won, slipped an arm around Ryou's waist as they left the office.
* * *
"Is it true your brother and Seto Kaiba had sex on a hospital bed?" The girl from lunch stood in front of Yugi, stopping him dead in his tracks. Yugi looked from the girl to her friends, who were standing around waiting for the start of class, listening eagerly. Anzu was standing with them. They locked eyes briefly, then she looked away. He turned back to the girl.
"It isn't any of your business, but no."
"But they're gay, aren't they? And they're going out?" Yugi remained silent, fuming. "Ohmigod, they *are*, that's soooo wrong. You poor thing, having a queer for a brother."
Anzu saw the tiny fire in Yugi's eyes, when the girl put Yami down. Her head firmly told her that it served them both right. But her heart whispered otherwise.
* * *
Yugi walked into the hospital room, only to be knocked over by a small puffball, that launched himself at Yugi's midriff. A miscalculation of height, however, sent it hurtling into the young teen's face. "Kuriboh?" The monster squealed with delight. Yugi groaned with non-delight.
"Seto?" A mumble came from the hospital bed.
"No. Yugi."
"Yugi? How are you?"
"I'm fine, thanks. How are you?"
"I'm good." Yami sat up in bed, brushing blonde hair out of his eyes. He studied his light's face. "You're not, though. What's wrong?"
"Anzu."
"Oh." Yami recalled the subject of their last conversation. "Did she say no?"
"No. She said yes. Then halfway through the movie she told me she was in love with you." There was an awkward pause.
"I'm sorry, Yugi."
"It's not your fault, Yami. She has a problem dealing with the fact you're not interested. Anyway, when we left, she kinda went off and told you to go eff a..." he trailed off, seeing the Kuriboh listening intently. "Then today at school, she told everyone about you and Seto."
"Everyone? As in our friends, or... *everyone*?"
"Everyone."
"Oh. Fuck. That isn't... Well, I guess we'll cross that bridge when we come to it." Yami was not in the mood to worry about school, or Anzu. "Hey Yugi?"
"Yeah?"
"Will you come shopping on Thursday?"
"Why?" Yami blushed. Comprehension dawned on Yugi. "Oh! Your date with the gorgeous Seto Kaiba? Sure, I'll come."
* * *
Are you one of those giving people, who just love to give, especially around Christmas? I'm not. I like to receive. And right now, I would loooove to receive a nice li'l review. If you're not too busy.
Ahem... a reviewer asked me how dare I make Yami gay, and pair him with Seto. Well, they just wouldn't let me write them any other way. *Takes reviewer by the hand* See! They're so happy together! *squeezes their cheeks until they make kissy-faces* Can't you just feel the love?
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Chapter 15: Deck the Halls. Well, It's Christmas!
* * *
"You know, that's not what really happened," Anzu said, catching up to the girl.
"It's not? So why'd Mokuba say..?"
"Never mind that. I'll tell you what really happened." By now seven or eight girls had gathered round to hear the gossip. They listened intently as Anzu retold the story, slightly exaggerating parts of it, as one always does when telling a story to an audience.
"Why did Yami try to save the Kaibas? I always thought he hated them, or at least hated Seto?" asked one girl, when Anzu finished.
"Hate him? No. He loves him." Bitterness cursed through her voice. Yami had become an obsession, even more so now he was with Kaiba. What she wouldn't give to...
"What? Yami? He loves *Kaiba*?"
Oh hell, thought Anzu. I hadn't meant to tell them that. Oh well. Serves the little faggot and his playboy right. Anzu, to say the least, was crazy. "Yeah. Kaiba loves him, too. They've been all over each other, ever since Mokuba's party." The audience broke into a babble of horrified noises. Anzu felt guilty again, and knew she didn't belong there. But at least she wasn't being shunned, as she was with her so called 'friends'.
* * *
Bakura and Ryou stood in front of the principal's desk, Bakura looking defiant, Ryou embarrassed.
"...Inappropriate behaviour, completely inappropriate. Even if all this, this 'shadow magic' story is true, and you aren't twins as it says on the school records... I have no choice to suspend you both. Which, Ryou, as you would be aware, would mean the early termination of your home stay course."
Ryou opened his mouth to protest, but Bakura beat him to it. "You can't suspend him! What have we done? We skipped a class! And... someone caught us... many couples have been found kissing, no, doing *worse*, and they've never been suspended! You are just discriminating against us because of our sexuality!"
"Ryou is here as a privilege to study another culture alien to his own. It is not his right. He must abide by school policy. And I will not tolerate any of your queer behaviour in my school," he sneered. The tomb robber looked murderous, enough to scare Ryou into speaking.
"Sir," he began. "I understand Bakura and I have broken school rules, and for that we are sorry. We promise to never put a toe out of line again, if we are given one last chance." Bakura listened to his light's apology, and decided to reinforce the point.
"Sir," he too began, but with a slight sneer to it, as if an insult. "I think you will reconsider your punishment. In today's modern society, it does not do to penalise one too harshly because of one's own prejudices towards their lifestyle. This school cannot afford to take this matter up with us. Do what you will to me. But Ryou stays at the school, no suspension. You do not want me as an enemy."
Normally, such a threat from a student would be laughed at. But the tone the boy had used was so cold, and a power radiated from him that clearly said 'do not mess with me'. Bakura stared down the man, who, defeated, said "Very well. Friday afternoon detention. You are dismissed."
Bakura smirked, and, to emphasise who had won, slipped an arm around Ryou's waist as they left the office.
* * *
"Is it true your brother and Seto Kaiba had sex on a hospital bed?" The girl from lunch stood in front of Yugi, stopping him dead in his tracks. Yugi looked from the girl to her friends, who were standing around waiting for the start of class, listening eagerly. Anzu was standing with them. They locked eyes briefly, then she looked away. He turned back to the girl.
"It isn't any of your business, but no."
"But they're gay, aren't they? And they're going out?" Yugi remained silent, fuming. "Ohmigod, they *are*, that's soooo wrong. You poor thing, having a queer for a brother."
Anzu saw the tiny fire in Yugi's eyes, when the girl put Yami down. Her head firmly told her that it served them both right. But her heart whispered otherwise.
* * *
Yugi walked into the hospital room, only to be knocked over by a small puffball, that launched himself at Yugi's midriff. A miscalculation of height, however, sent it hurtling into the young teen's face. "Kuriboh?" The monster squealed with delight. Yugi groaned with non-delight.
"Seto?" A mumble came from the hospital bed.
"No. Yugi."
"Yugi? How are you?"
"I'm fine, thanks. How are you?"
"I'm good." Yami sat up in bed, brushing blonde hair out of his eyes. He studied his light's face. "You're not, though. What's wrong?"
"Anzu."
"Oh." Yami recalled the subject of their last conversation. "Did she say no?"
"No. She said yes. Then halfway through the movie she told me she was in love with you." There was an awkward pause.
"I'm sorry, Yugi."
"It's not your fault, Yami. She has a problem dealing with the fact you're not interested. Anyway, when we left, she kinda went off and told you to go eff a..." he trailed off, seeing the Kuriboh listening intently. "Then today at school, she told everyone about you and Seto."
"Everyone? As in our friends, or... *everyone*?"
"Everyone."
"Oh. Fuck. That isn't... Well, I guess we'll cross that bridge when we come to it." Yami was not in the mood to worry about school, or Anzu. "Hey Yugi?"
"Yeah?"
"Will you come shopping on Thursday?"
"Why?" Yami blushed. Comprehension dawned on Yugi. "Oh! Your date with the gorgeous Seto Kaiba? Sure, I'll come."
* * *
Are you one of those giving people, who just love to give, especially around Christmas? I'm not. I like to receive. And right now, I would loooove to receive a nice li'l review. If you're not too busy.