"Dark and Light"
Chapter Three
"Official Introductions"
Cherry: Hey, look at all the lovely reviews! I've never gotten so many reviews for one chapter!
Yami: You're writing skills must be improving. People are enjoying your work more.
Cherry: Yes, they are enjoying it more, that they are! (is talking like Kenshin)
Yugi: Please don't start with the Kenshin speech.
Cherry: I can talk any way I want to, that I can.
Yami: Start the freakin' chapter already. She's just going to drive us nuts.
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That day at lunch, Jounouchi, Ryou, and Anzu watched as the new student who, according to Anzu's gossip, had half of the female population of the school in his hand just from first glance. He was walking with the vastly unpopular Yugi Moto to a table, and he had a friendly (and gorgeous) smile on his face that plainly said that he didn't see anything wrong with sitting with him.
"Do you think that, maybe, we were wrong to not try and be friends with him?" Ryou asked. "I mean, sure, he's a strange kid, and really unpopular and everything, but we could have at least tried."
"You're probably right, Ryou-kun," Anzu sighed. "If I felt bad about him before, it's nothing to now."
"Well, let's go over and introduce ourselves now," Jou said, standing up from the table they were sitting at. "It's not like there's any harm in saying hi."
They three of them got up and made their way across the cafeteria to the two spiky-haired teens.
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Yugi silently led Yami Tomo (A/n: I misspelled that in the last chapter. I meant to make it a play on Yugi's last name.) to an empty table; it was the same table tat he sat at every day, out of the line of sight of a lot of the bullies. He was still too stunned to speak, unable to believe that Yami wanted to get to know him, the quiet, shy, weak, weird outcast of the school.
As they sat down at the table, Yami noted how Yugi hadn't spoken a word. He wanted to hear his voice; he loved the soft sound of the little one's quiet voice.
"Well?" he said simply.
Yugi looked up and answered, "W-well what?"
"Well, aren't you going to say anything?" Yami replied. "I thought that becoming friends included conversation."
Yugi's already pale pink cheeks turned red. Yami smirked. "I-I'm sorry. I'm j-just not used t-to talking to people m-my own age," he stuttered.
Yami almost started snickering, but caught himself when he realized that Yugi might be offended or hurt if he did. Instead, he said, "Why not? You seem like a perfectly nice person. As a matter of fact, why aren't we sitting with your other friends? I'd like to meet them."
Yami knew full well what the reason was, but he had to pretend he didn't have a clue. As he expected, Yugi's face fell.
"I d-don't have any f-friends," he whispered. In the noisy cafeteria, it was almost inaudible.
Yami put a look of shock on his face. "None? That can't be right. Why not?"
Yugi didn't answer. Instead, he picked up his sandwich and took a bite, hoping that he wouldn't seem rude.
Yami decided that he had better not press the subject; he knew, after all, how much it hurt Yugi to think about it.
"Hi there!" a bright and cheerful voice came. Yugi and Yami looked up to see Anzu, Ryou, and Jounouchi standing there with their lunches.
"Mind if we join you? My name's Anzu, this is Ryou, and that's Jounouchi," Anzu said.
Yami looked at Yugi, who just sat there, looking rather terrified. Yami followed his gaze and realized that his eyes were on Jounouchi, who did have a rather bad reputation. Yami looked up at the three teens standing before them. "As long as you promise no funny stuff. I don't know why, but Yugi-chan seems rather nervous around you."
Yugi pulled his gave away from Jou to look at Yami. Yugi-chan?
"Of course," Ryou said as they sat down. "We'd never do anything like that."
"On my honor!" Jounouchi said, holding up his right hand.
Anzu snorted with amusement. "That's not much to swear on," she teased. Jou simply glared at her and turned to Yugi.
"Yugi-sama, I have a confession to make. We all do, in fact," Jounouchi said, looking at his two friends.
"We're sorry Yugi-sama. We've been watching all the bullying you've been going through and we haven't done a thing about it because we were afraid of ruining our reputations," Ryou said.
"We've wanted to, but we didn't," Anzu added.
"We're sorry," Jounouchi finished.
Yugi looked at them in amazement. There had been people other than the bullies that were aware of who he was? This was a complete revelation to Yugi. He never expected this to ever happen.
"So, if you're willing to let bygones be bygones, how about we all just try to be friends?" Anzu asked, holding out her hand.
Yugi sat there trembling, looking frightened out of his mind. Anzu was not insulted when he didn't shake her hand; in fact, she would have been surprised if he had. They all knew fully well how shy and withdrawn the boy was thanks to the lifelong torture. Instead, she took the initiative for herself and pulled Yugi's hand into her own.
This seemed to snap Yugi out of his trance-like state. He was still shaking, but at least he gripped Anzu's hand, if rather gently. She smiled. She had to admit, she liked the feel of his small hand. His skin was as soft and delicate as silk and his hand was tiny, like a child's. Anzu put his hand down as Ryou extended his hand towards the quaking youth. After Yugi had shaken hands with Ryou and Jounouchi, his shivering seemed to reduce a little. It didn't stop though.
Yami had to smile. "Come on, Yugi-chan. Why are you so afraid? These are just some people who are trying to be your friends. You could at least say something to them," he said softly.
Yugi looked at the four of them with sheer amazement. This was, undoubtedly, the most bizarre thing that had ever happened to him. Yesterday, he had been bullied all day, and that was the only attention he got from his peers. Today, there were four teens wanting to be his friends, one of them extremely hot and sexy. (A/n: I'll say! Can I have Yami served medium or well done please? [animal growling noises])
His already red face deepened to a dark crimson, a shade that none of the others had thought was humanly possible to reach. He looked up and whispered, "You d-don't want a-anything from-m me d-do you?"
Not a one of them was insulted by the question. "Of course not," Jou said. "Well, not unless you count friendship." He smirked at his own joke.
Yugi large, innocent, trusting eyes suddenly filled with tears. He put his head down on the table and began to cry very softly, catching them all off guard. Even Yami hadn't seen this reaction coming.
"What's the matter, Yugi-sama?" Ryou asked. "Did we upset you in some way?"
"I-iie," Yugi mumbled through his tears. "I've j-just never h-had anyone ever be n-nice to me before, or w-want to b-be my f-f-friend."
Yami looked at Yugi sadly. He wanted to kiss Yugi's tears away, and ensure that the little one would never cry again, but since he had just met Yugi that day, he didn't think it would be a good idea. Instead, he rubbed Yugi's shoulder gently with his hand, causing Yugi to look up.
"Don't cry anymore, Yugi-chan," Yami said to him. "You have friends in us now."
"And in Honda Hiroto too, when he comes back to school tomorrow," Jou said.
Yugi looked at them all, then the smallest of small smiles creeped onto his face. As he wiped his tears away, he whispered, "A-arigato minna. You have n-no idea how much th-this means to m-me."
"Well, actually we do, considering you just burst into tears," Yami said lightly. Everyone looked at him for a moment, then all of them, even Yugi, started to crack up. Sensing the mood lighten around the table, Yami said, "Now I don't think that I've been properly introduced. My name's Yami Tomo."
"You're new here, right?" Anzu asked.
"Hai," he answered.
"Where'd you move from?" Ryou asked.
Yami had been prepared for that question. He answered, "I used to live in Tokyo."
"Why give up the flashy lights of Tokyo to come the smaller city of Domino?" Anzu asked incredibly.
"Well, mostly because I didn't want to live in such a big city. I like the city, but I guess that Tokyo was just too much for me. Domino's more my speed."
Yugi looked at the young man sitting next to him. More his speed? Yami was wearing silver and black leather, not to mention his whole self-confidence aura was screaming that Yami would have been very at home in a place like Tokyo. It was about then that Yugi remembered what had happened the day before. It made him wonder about Yami, but being as extremely shy as he was, he didn't have the courage to say anything. He decided that he'd wait until he got to know Yami a little better before he asked him about it.
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Yami: This was a good chapter! I don't care what the readers think, this was good!
Cherry: Thank you Yami! I'm glad you appreciate good writing. Unlike you, however, I do care what the readers think. That's why I always wait for reviews!
Yugi: It's good policy to make sure you're not wasting you time writing something that nobody's reading.
Yami: Hai, I know.
Yugi: Well, as always, remember to review! The sooner you review, the sooner she puts up more chapters, the sooner she finishes the story, and the sooner she lets us out! (is still locked in)
Cherry: We'll see. (insert evil laugh here)
Chapter Three
"Official Introductions"
Cherry: Hey, look at all the lovely reviews! I've never gotten so many reviews for one chapter!
Yami: You're writing skills must be improving. People are enjoying your work more.
Cherry: Yes, they are enjoying it more, that they are! (is talking like Kenshin)
Yugi: Please don't start with the Kenshin speech.
Cherry: I can talk any way I want to, that I can.
Yami: Start the freakin' chapter already. She's just going to drive us nuts.
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That day at lunch, Jounouchi, Ryou, and Anzu watched as the new student who, according to Anzu's gossip, had half of the female population of the school in his hand just from first glance. He was walking with the vastly unpopular Yugi Moto to a table, and he had a friendly (and gorgeous) smile on his face that plainly said that he didn't see anything wrong with sitting with him.
"Do you think that, maybe, we were wrong to not try and be friends with him?" Ryou asked. "I mean, sure, he's a strange kid, and really unpopular and everything, but we could have at least tried."
"You're probably right, Ryou-kun," Anzu sighed. "If I felt bad about him before, it's nothing to now."
"Well, let's go over and introduce ourselves now," Jou said, standing up from the table they were sitting at. "It's not like there's any harm in saying hi."
They three of them got up and made their way across the cafeteria to the two spiky-haired teens.
~*~*~
Yugi silently led Yami Tomo (A/n: I misspelled that in the last chapter. I meant to make it a play on Yugi's last name.) to an empty table; it was the same table tat he sat at every day, out of the line of sight of a lot of the bullies. He was still too stunned to speak, unable to believe that Yami wanted to get to know him, the quiet, shy, weak, weird outcast of the school.
As they sat down at the table, Yami noted how Yugi hadn't spoken a word. He wanted to hear his voice; he loved the soft sound of the little one's quiet voice.
"Well?" he said simply.
Yugi looked up and answered, "W-well what?"
"Well, aren't you going to say anything?" Yami replied. "I thought that becoming friends included conversation."
Yugi's already pale pink cheeks turned red. Yami smirked. "I-I'm sorry. I'm j-just not used t-to talking to people m-my own age," he stuttered.
Yami almost started snickering, but caught himself when he realized that Yugi might be offended or hurt if he did. Instead, he said, "Why not? You seem like a perfectly nice person. As a matter of fact, why aren't we sitting with your other friends? I'd like to meet them."
Yami knew full well what the reason was, but he had to pretend he didn't have a clue. As he expected, Yugi's face fell.
"I d-don't have any f-friends," he whispered. In the noisy cafeteria, it was almost inaudible.
Yami put a look of shock on his face. "None? That can't be right. Why not?"
Yugi didn't answer. Instead, he picked up his sandwich and took a bite, hoping that he wouldn't seem rude.
Yami decided that he had better not press the subject; he knew, after all, how much it hurt Yugi to think about it.
"Hi there!" a bright and cheerful voice came. Yugi and Yami looked up to see Anzu, Ryou, and Jounouchi standing there with their lunches.
"Mind if we join you? My name's Anzu, this is Ryou, and that's Jounouchi," Anzu said.
Yami looked at Yugi, who just sat there, looking rather terrified. Yami followed his gaze and realized that his eyes were on Jounouchi, who did have a rather bad reputation. Yami looked up at the three teens standing before them. "As long as you promise no funny stuff. I don't know why, but Yugi-chan seems rather nervous around you."
Yugi pulled his gave away from Jou to look at Yami. Yugi-chan?
"Of course," Ryou said as they sat down. "We'd never do anything like that."
"On my honor!" Jounouchi said, holding up his right hand.
Anzu snorted with amusement. "That's not much to swear on," she teased. Jou simply glared at her and turned to Yugi.
"Yugi-sama, I have a confession to make. We all do, in fact," Jounouchi said, looking at his two friends.
"We're sorry Yugi-sama. We've been watching all the bullying you've been going through and we haven't done a thing about it because we were afraid of ruining our reputations," Ryou said.
"We've wanted to, but we didn't," Anzu added.
"We're sorry," Jounouchi finished.
Yugi looked at them in amazement. There had been people other than the bullies that were aware of who he was? This was a complete revelation to Yugi. He never expected this to ever happen.
"So, if you're willing to let bygones be bygones, how about we all just try to be friends?" Anzu asked, holding out her hand.
Yugi sat there trembling, looking frightened out of his mind. Anzu was not insulted when he didn't shake her hand; in fact, she would have been surprised if he had. They all knew fully well how shy and withdrawn the boy was thanks to the lifelong torture. Instead, she took the initiative for herself and pulled Yugi's hand into her own.
This seemed to snap Yugi out of his trance-like state. He was still shaking, but at least he gripped Anzu's hand, if rather gently. She smiled. She had to admit, she liked the feel of his small hand. His skin was as soft and delicate as silk and his hand was tiny, like a child's. Anzu put his hand down as Ryou extended his hand towards the quaking youth. After Yugi had shaken hands with Ryou and Jounouchi, his shivering seemed to reduce a little. It didn't stop though.
Yami had to smile. "Come on, Yugi-chan. Why are you so afraid? These are just some people who are trying to be your friends. You could at least say something to them," he said softly.
Yugi looked at the four of them with sheer amazement. This was, undoubtedly, the most bizarre thing that had ever happened to him. Yesterday, he had been bullied all day, and that was the only attention he got from his peers. Today, there were four teens wanting to be his friends, one of them extremely hot and sexy. (A/n: I'll say! Can I have Yami served medium or well done please? [animal growling noises])
His already red face deepened to a dark crimson, a shade that none of the others had thought was humanly possible to reach. He looked up and whispered, "You d-don't want a-anything from-m me d-do you?"
Not a one of them was insulted by the question. "Of course not," Jou said. "Well, not unless you count friendship." He smirked at his own joke.
Yugi large, innocent, trusting eyes suddenly filled with tears. He put his head down on the table and began to cry very softly, catching them all off guard. Even Yami hadn't seen this reaction coming.
"What's the matter, Yugi-sama?" Ryou asked. "Did we upset you in some way?"
"I-iie," Yugi mumbled through his tears. "I've j-just never h-had anyone ever be n-nice to me before, or w-want to b-be my f-f-friend."
Yami looked at Yugi sadly. He wanted to kiss Yugi's tears away, and ensure that the little one would never cry again, but since he had just met Yugi that day, he didn't think it would be a good idea. Instead, he rubbed Yugi's shoulder gently with his hand, causing Yugi to look up.
"Don't cry anymore, Yugi-chan," Yami said to him. "You have friends in us now."
"And in Honda Hiroto too, when he comes back to school tomorrow," Jou said.
Yugi looked at them all, then the smallest of small smiles creeped onto his face. As he wiped his tears away, he whispered, "A-arigato minna. You have n-no idea how much th-this means to m-me."
"Well, actually we do, considering you just burst into tears," Yami said lightly. Everyone looked at him for a moment, then all of them, even Yugi, started to crack up. Sensing the mood lighten around the table, Yami said, "Now I don't think that I've been properly introduced. My name's Yami Tomo."
"You're new here, right?" Anzu asked.
"Hai," he answered.
"Where'd you move from?" Ryou asked.
Yami had been prepared for that question. He answered, "I used to live in Tokyo."
"Why give up the flashy lights of Tokyo to come the smaller city of Domino?" Anzu asked incredibly.
"Well, mostly because I didn't want to live in such a big city. I like the city, but I guess that Tokyo was just too much for me. Domino's more my speed."
Yugi looked at the young man sitting next to him. More his speed? Yami was wearing silver and black leather, not to mention his whole self-confidence aura was screaming that Yami would have been very at home in a place like Tokyo. It was about then that Yugi remembered what had happened the day before. It made him wonder about Yami, but being as extremely shy as he was, he didn't have the courage to say anything. He decided that he'd wait until he got to know Yami a little better before he asked him about it.
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Yami: This was a good chapter! I don't care what the readers think, this was good!
Cherry: Thank you Yami! I'm glad you appreciate good writing. Unlike you, however, I do care what the readers think. That's why I always wait for reviews!
Yugi: It's good policy to make sure you're not wasting you time writing something that nobody's reading.
Yami: Hai, I know.
Yugi: Well, as always, remember to review! The sooner you review, the sooner she puts up more chapters, the sooner she finishes the story, and the sooner she lets us out! (is still locked in)
Cherry: We'll see. (insert evil laugh here)