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Ch 3: My Thoughts of You

Yami slowly crept back into the classroom. When he felt the eyes of everyone in the room shift over his mussed hair, bleeding lip, stretched out collar and wrinkled clothes, he knew he would have been better off just leaving the building.

"I, uh, fell down the stairs," he muttered not daring to look up at his teacher and his classmates, especially his friends sitting in the corner. A soft roar of giggles and whispers escaped from the room. Yami felt a blush rising in his cheeks.

"That is enough. Sit down Mr. Motou," Yami stumbled to his seat and buried his flushed face into his textbook, which was upside down.

Yami. It was Yugi. What happened? You completely blocked me out. Yugi's voice was full of concern, making Yami sink even lower into his seat.

Something… There was something I had to deal with…Yami didn't want to lie to Yugi—they were closer than any brothers could ever be, two parts of a whole—but how could you explain to someone, anyone, something that you yourself didn't understand? Just give me some time to think, okay Yugi?

Yugi felt their connection close off and he was sitting against the stone walls of their soul chamber. He sighed. It was Kaiba. He knew from the way Yami looked at his rival, he sensed the emotions the pharaoh felt. And judging by the pharaoh's physical and mental state a few minutes ago, Seto Kaiba must feel the same way. Yugi played with the chains on his millennium puzzle. He can tell me everything. He couldn't always tell me everything. Yugi mused for a little bit, but he couldn't stifle a giggle. Imagine, The Great Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt, of all people, likes boys. He immediately scolded himself for doing so. See? This is probably why he didn't tell you.

Yami sighed in relief when the bell signaling the end of the school day rang. He hurried to his locker only to be stopped by Joey, Tristan and Tea.

"Hookin' up with chicks between classes eh Yami?" Joey was being his usually dorky self.

"What?" Yami went scarlet.

"How badass!"

"Stop it you two, Yami doesn't haveto tell you anything he doesn't want to," but Tea was smiling as well. "I wonder where Kaiba went, he just disappeared."

"Uh, I gotta go guys," and before they knew it, Yami had escaped to the Motou house.

He collapsed on the bed and tried to get to sleep. But all he ended up doing was thinking about Kaiba, and what happened today. Yami buried his spiky head beneath the pillow. "Kaiba…" a whisper escaped him. What did I do? Why? Why did he kiss me? Yami moaned, Since when did I like boys? Why Kaiba? These thoughts swirled around the young pharaoh's head and tormented him until he drifted into an uneasy sleep, where they reappeared in his dreams.

Kaiba however, hardly thought of Yami as he lay in bed at night. He tried his very best to just think about everything, except Yami. When the caretaker yelled he suddenly realized what he was doing and fled. He buried himself in his work for the rest of the day. I am a coward he thought and turned away, thinking jointedly about things that weren't Yami. Shhh, don't say his name…

Author's note: sorry for the bland chapter guys, promise the next one will be better! I had to describe Yami's head as "spiky". It was a need. And Microsoft word told me "jointedly" isn't a word, but it is now! P.