"So..." Joey looked down uncomfortably. "What do you do around here when your brother isn't home?"
"I'm never here when my brother isn't home. He always takes me with him. Knowing that he actually hired someone to watch me makes me feel kind of...left behind..."
"Me too..." There was a long silence. "Well..."
"I'm going to go play in my room," Mokuba jetted up the stairs before Joey could finish.
"This will be fun," Joey said sarcastically. He looked around the hall trying to decide what to do next. "I wonder if he really expects me to clean the whole house..."
Yugi's House
Duke stopped right below the stairs as he heard voices drifting down from above.
"So since you were the one who made Yami go on this little rampage, YOU can help him clean it up," Yugi was saying. Duke tensed up irritably at the sound of his voice.
"I can't believe I'm going to do this..." he mumbled. He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. "It's okay. I'll just go in, say what I have to say, and leave." He walked up the stairs and knocked lightly on the open door to Yugi's room. All four boys looked over. Yugi's face went a deathly white and Yami stood up from the spot on the floor where he'd been cleaning.
"What do you want?" Yami asked hiding his immediate want to attack the unwanted intruder. Duke put his hands up as if in surrender.
"Don't worry. I don't want any trouble. I just want to apologize to Yugi," he said. Ryou looked from Yugi to Yami for their reaction, anticipation sparkling in his eyes. Yugi stood up and took a step in Duke's direction.
"It's o..." he started.
"No it's not," Yami interrupted. The room went quiet and Yugi looked down shyly, a red flush appearing on his cheeks.
"Yami, it's..."
"Yugi," Yami quieted him again.
"Look. I'm not looking for your forgiveness. I really don't care whether or not you hate me for the rest of your lonely little lives. I just wanted you to know that I was sorry. I let myself get out of hand. It's over with and that's it. You can do whatever you want with that. I just needed to get it out so - I - could get over this whole thing. I'll see you around." Duke said turning his back to them to go.
"Duke wait!" Yugi stopped him. Duke smiled knowing that his plan had worked. He quickly hid his joy and turned back to them. "I'm sorry things ended up like this," Yugi said sadly. Duke looked at Yami, who had crossed his arms and plastered a look that said ' get out now or die' on his face.
"Yeah," he said resentfully, and left. ' That was all too easy,' he thought to himself.
Yami got back down on the floor to pick up the rest of the stuff he'd thrown around the room and Yugi looked down at him, a look of thought on his face. Ryou looked at Bakura, who seemed to be off in his own little world, and then started to help Yami by grabbing the trashcan.
"So what exactly is all this stuff?" he asked. Yugi tossed him the remains of his stuffed bunny.
"Sammy," he said.
The park
"Are you okay? You haven't said anything for like fifteen minutes," Tristan asked worriedly. Serenity looked at him but still didn't say anything. Tristan smiled. "Is it too late to say that I was just kidding?" he said hope lingering in his tone. She took a deep breath.
"I'm okay," she said. "You just took me by surprise."
"You're not the only one," he replied. "He kinda..."
"Let's just talk about something else. So, what'd you do last night after you got home?"
"Well let's see, I..."
"How serious is it?" she interrupted.
"I thought we weren't talking about it," Tristan smiled jokingly.
"We aren't. You were saying."
"Yeah, I..."
"So how serious?" she interrupted again. He just looked at her. "I'm sorry. I don't wanna know." She put her hand up in apology. "Go ahead."
"Well I don't want to now." Tristan leaned back on the bench and folded his hands behind his head as if he were relaxing to take a nap or something. She watched him dumbfounded.
"Tristan," she said sounding disappointed. He smiled and sat up straight again.
"Okay. Last night I saw this really cool movie about..." he rambled on but she wasn't really listening. All she could think about was her brother.
Back at the mansion
"Mokuba? Can I ask you a quick question?" Joey knocked on Mokuba's door. Mokuba didn't answer. "Mokuba?" Joey opened the door. The room was empty. "Oh great, I've been on watch for a total of ten minutes and I've already lost him. Are all Kaiba's out to make my life more complicated?" He walked back toward the stairs. "Mokuba!"
"I'm never here when my brother isn't home. He always takes me with him. Knowing that he actually hired someone to watch me makes me feel kind of...left behind..."
"Me too..." There was a long silence. "Well..."
"I'm going to go play in my room," Mokuba jetted up the stairs before Joey could finish.
"This will be fun," Joey said sarcastically. He looked around the hall trying to decide what to do next. "I wonder if he really expects me to clean the whole house..."
Yugi's House
Duke stopped right below the stairs as he heard voices drifting down from above.
"So since you were the one who made Yami go on this little rampage, YOU can help him clean it up," Yugi was saying. Duke tensed up irritably at the sound of his voice.
"I can't believe I'm going to do this..." he mumbled. He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. "It's okay. I'll just go in, say what I have to say, and leave." He walked up the stairs and knocked lightly on the open door to Yugi's room. All four boys looked over. Yugi's face went a deathly white and Yami stood up from the spot on the floor where he'd been cleaning.
"What do you want?" Yami asked hiding his immediate want to attack the unwanted intruder. Duke put his hands up as if in surrender.
"Don't worry. I don't want any trouble. I just want to apologize to Yugi," he said. Ryou looked from Yugi to Yami for their reaction, anticipation sparkling in his eyes. Yugi stood up and took a step in Duke's direction.
"It's o..." he started.
"No it's not," Yami interrupted. The room went quiet and Yugi looked down shyly, a red flush appearing on his cheeks.
"Yami, it's..."
"Yugi," Yami quieted him again.
"Look. I'm not looking for your forgiveness. I really don't care whether or not you hate me for the rest of your lonely little lives. I just wanted you to know that I was sorry. I let myself get out of hand. It's over with and that's it. You can do whatever you want with that. I just needed to get it out so - I - could get over this whole thing. I'll see you around." Duke said turning his back to them to go.
"Duke wait!" Yugi stopped him. Duke smiled knowing that his plan had worked. He quickly hid his joy and turned back to them. "I'm sorry things ended up like this," Yugi said sadly. Duke looked at Yami, who had crossed his arms and plastered a look that said ' get out now or die' on his face.
"Yeah," he said resentfully, and left. ' That was all too easy,' he thought to himself.
Yami got back down on the floor to pick up the rest of the stuff he'd thrown around the room and Yugi looked down at him, a look of thought on his face. Ryou looked at Bakura, who seemed to be off in his own little world, and then started to help Yami by grabbing the trashcan.
"So what exactly is all this stuff?" he asked. Yugi tossed him the remains of his stuffed bunny.
"Sammy," he said.
The park
"Are you okay? You haven't said anything for like fifteen minutes," Tristan asked worriedly. Serenity looked at him but still didn't say anything. Tristan smiled. "Is it too late to say that I was just kidding?" he said hope lingering in his tone. She took a deep breath.
"I'm okay," she said. "You just took me by surprise."
"You're not the only one," he replied. "He kinda..."
"Let's just talk about something else. So, what'd you do last night after you got home?"
"Well let's see, I..."
"How serious is it?" she interrupted.
"I thought we weren't talking about it," Tristan smiled jokingly.
"We aren't. You were saying."
"Yeah, I..."
"So how serious?" she interrupted again. He just looked at her. "I'm sorry. I don't wanna know." She put her hand up in apology. "Go ahead."
"Well I don't want to now." Tristan leaned back on the bench and folded his hands behind his head as if he were relaxing to take a nap or something. She watched him dumbfounded.
"Tristan," she said sounding disappointed. He smiled and sat up straight again.
"Okay. Last night I saw this really cool movie about..." he rambled on but she wasn't really listening. All she could think about was her brother.
Back at the mansion
"Mokuba? Can I ask you a quick question?" Joey knocked on Mokuba's door. Mokuba didn't answer. "Mokuba?" Joey opened the door. The room was empty. "Oh great, I've been on watch for a total of ten minutes and I've already lost him. Are all Kaiba's out to make my life more complicated?" He walked back toward the stairs. "Mokuba!"