Disclaimer: Still on my Christmas list.

Atemu groggily rolled over in bed, the white sheets rustling crackily-

White sheets? My sheets are black. Am I hallucinating...?

"Where am I?" the ex-pharaoh asked himself, jerking up. His head spun and he was immediately forced back down onto the bed by Yugi's forceful hand on his chest.

"Ow... where are we, Yugi?"

"In the hospital. You fainted."

"I... I did?"

Yugi nodded. "Anzu was so scared she was crying, and Isis had to quiet her down. She was really worried about you, you know."

"I'm sorry, Yugi. I didn't know I was going to faint."

"That's all right. I'm just glad you're better now."

"When is now, exactly?"

"When is now- Oh, you mean what day?"

"Yes! Did we perform? Is Bakura better? What happened? How did Crimson Love do?"

"Whoa! Calm down 'Temu!" Yugi braced himself for the reaction he'd get from Atemu when he told him the news. Of course, he would twist it a little to play with his yami's mind, but...

"Well... you didn't win." He was stunned when the older boy didn't lash out at him, didn't scream, didn't cry. He just sat there.

"'Temu?"

"What?"

"Well... this might not be much of a consolation prize, but... you came in second!"

He received The Glare of all Glares.

"Yugi Mutou, you will be killed! That was NOT funny! So we're in the next round, then?"

"Yup, for our half of Japan!"

"YES!" He began to cough from the sudden outburst, and the younger patted his back.

"All right there 'Temu?"

"Better than just all right! How did they do it?"

"Well, Bakura's flu went away and Ryo wasn't puking or anything, so Ryo was there to at least play his guitar and Bakura could do both, so they got a practice in early Saturday morning and... they went in and kicked butt!"

"Who was the first place band?"

"That one that joined you in that gig once, the all-girl one that's pretty much all rock?"

Atemu grunted in obvious distaste.

"You would've beaten them if everyone was actually there and healthy, but at least you made it to the next round! And there are only two winners in this one!"

"I know. I hope I'm better by then. I haven't been up on a stage in... a while. It feels so odd being in the audience instead of being the one entertaining it."

Yugi laughed. "You're weird-"

"Yugi! Atemu!"

Yugi whirled around as Anzu entered Atemu's room, still in her school uniform. Following her were Sogoroku, Ryo, Bakura, Jou, Shizuka, Honda, Otogi, Mai, Isis, Malik, and Rishid, those who were still in school also in their uniforms, as was Yugi.

"Hey guys. Did school just get out?"

"Yup!" Anzu replied cheerfully. "Yugi just wanted to run ahead."

Yugi smiled. "Yup!"

Everyone in the room chorused, "Yup!" leaving Atemu confused.

"What's with that?"

"Yup!" They all cracked up. Well except for Isis, who smiled as Malik rolled on the floor with laughter. She helped him up.

"Hehehehe... Thanks Isis... hehehehehehehehe..." Malik panted as his older sister just shook her head.

"So what day is it?" Atemu asked.

"Tuesday."

"Have I been asleep since Friday night? Seriously?"

"Yup."

Everyone cracked up again.

"So what are we performing on Saturday?"

Suddenly everyone became serious.

"We haven't decided," said Malik softly.

"Why not?"

"We wanted to wait to see if you'd be able to sing, hun," said Mai, sitting on the end of his bed, which his feet didn't even nearly reach.

"You guys could've gone ahead and at least prepared something."

"We wanted to wait until you woke up."

There was silence in the room for a second.

"You didn't think I was going to, did you?"

Ouch. Poor guy. I put him through so much pain. -cackles evilly-

Sorry about the length guys, well, the lack thereof, but my uncle says that this one's been suffering because my attention's so focused on Christmas Dreams now, so I decided to just do a quickie one here so it doesn't leave my mind completely... sorry 'bout that. Next one will actually have some existent length. As for me, might as well do Christmas Dreams chappie four!

Ah, but, Ninque, what's wrong with fangirls who sit around all day waiting for people to post? I find it quite fun! Indoor or outdoor soccer tournament? I hate the indoor ones, those little unnecessary pieces of fake dirt stick to the bottom of my cleats and they don't come out until you get home, and then there's plastic dirt all over the carpet. Ick. But that has nothing to do with fanfiction, and I have succeeded in drabbling my life away! WOOHOO! Go drabblers!

-random thought now over-

Apparently they DID perform, eh norestar-angel? HOW they did it is my secret... hee hee. But it was a bit of a mistake on Crimson Love's part. And it'll give 'em problems leter. All I'm sayin'. ;)

Who wouldn't have, Black-Caracal?

Queen Insanity, I don't know how anyone wouldn't like a pen name like Queen Insanity'; it just screams, "COOLNESS AHEAD!" NERDS BEWARE! Hehe, there's a little problem with that though, I'm a major nerd... hehe. Ahem, I'm drabbling again. I've stopped.