Yes. This story is VERY OOC. Please don't kill me.
Disclaimer: I don't own YuGiOh, and I don't own paper cranes either. (
It was nighttime, after the group of friends had eaten in that restaurant. Yugi was fast asleep in his bed while Yami was sitting on the desk that was beside the bed. Yami was staring off into space, reflecting on his past in ancient Egypt, and reflecting on the events that happened here, in present time. As Yami browsed past numerous amounts of memories, many of them causing him to wince in pain or embarrassment, one of memories just kept getting back at him, so Yami decided to sit back and let the memory wash over him.
This memory was so vivid, that Yami could remember every detail, yet he didn't understand why. It was nothing but a duel...with Seto. There wasn't anything at risk in this game. It was just for fun, but then again, Seto was always trying to figure out a way to beat Yami at that game. Yami remembered the cards that were played, the way Seto moved, the way Seto's eyes showed so many different emotions, yet his face held one grave face. As Yami kept thinking about it, this was probably around the time when he started thinking about Seto a lot. When he finished the memory, he thought about it for a moment, and went on to another memory. This one caused Yami a lot of pain. It happened after the duel, and Yami was feeling very sad and depressed. He couldn't figure out why, but he just was, and remembered himself thinking about Seto always seeming to be around when Yami was in mental or physical pain, but in this memory, Seto was no where to be found. This was probably the time when Yami realized his feelings for Seto, but being so proud, even now, Yami has always studies Seto from afar.
"Enough of these memories," Yami declared to himself quietly. He turned to look at his aibou sleeping soundly. Then he turned off the lights and went into the bed next to Yugi's own bed.
The next morning, Yami and Yugi headed towards school with Anzu. Yugi and Anzu were engulfed in a discussion about some topic, but Yami wasn't paying attention. Instead, a book in the bookstore display they were passing by caught his attention... "Sadako and the thousand paper cranes," it was called. Yami stared at the book on the window display, and then his eyes shifted towards Anzu and Yugi.
"Hey Yugi and Anzu, I'm going to catch up with you guys later, okay? I... have to go and do something." Yami said.
Yugi looked at Yami with his huge eyes. "Uh, sure, Yami. No problem," and they walked ahead. When Yami made sure that the two were well ahead and not paying any attention to him, he ran in the bookstore and a few seconds later, came out with a flat brown paper bag in his hands. Looking satisfied, Yami headed towards school.
Once in class, he walked towards his group of friends, who greeted him happily. Only Yugi noticed the brown paper bag that Yami was holding onto... well, Yugi thought he was the only one, but Seto, who was sitting a couple of seats away, noticed it too. He was studying Yami and his group of friends at the corner of his eyes, pretending to be engrossed in an interesting book.
"Hey Yami, what's that book that you're holding?" Yugi asked curiously. Yami, who had been talking, stopped and looked at Yugi in surprise. After a few seconds, Yami looked down at his hands and realized that he was still holding on to the book that he had recently bought. Yami flustered a little and said something like "Oh nothing important. Just had to get something..." as he tried to put the book into his bag as fast as possible. He had held the bag upside down, and the book slipped out. Yami quickly picked it up, although still trying to look calm and reposed, but he wasn't quick enough. Yugi had seen what it was. Yugi looked at Yami for a long time. It wasn't like Yami to hide things from his aibou. Yugi knew something was up, but he didn't bother to say anything. Instead, he reverted his attention back to the conversation that the group was engrossed in. Seto had been looking the other way when all this had happened.
Jonouchi seemed to be talking about Duel Monsters game rather loudly. He also seemed to have mentioned Yami/Yugi as the king of Games rather loudly, because everyone was staring at them, even though they already knew the news. Seto, who was among those who were staring at them openly, got an idea in his head.
"That's it! I can ask him to duel me again! That way I can spend more time with Yami! It's the BEST excuse!!" Seto thought. He laughed evilly inside his head, praising excellent idea.