Author Notes: So here's another chapter that took me no time to write. Right now I'm a bit more interested in my Harry Potter fic: The Bet. Anyway, I hope you like this chapter anyway.

Disclaimer: If I owned Yu-Gi-Oh, would I really be making up crap about it?

"Hey Yami! Great to have you back," cried Joey, clapping his pointy-haired friend on the shoulder. Yami laughed.

"It's good to be back," he said. And he meant it. Now that Marik and Bakura were gone, he could maybe for once have a moment to himself. He might actually be able to have a life. "Especially with the idiots gone."

"Uh, Yami..." Joey took a deep breath. "There's something you have to know..."

Yami figured it out before the blonde said it. He fainted.

"Yami! Yami, are you awake?"

Crimson eyes opened slowly, gazing hazily at a tan boy with a mop of blonde hair. Joey had been waiting anxiously by the bed, while his roommate stood in the corner, watching from a distance.

"He's awake," he said relieved, straightening himself and looking at Seto, who merely nodded and looked away. Although he hid it well, inside he was relieved. Joey turned away from Seto and back to his friend. "You ok?"

Yami blinked, trying to focus. He muttered groggily, "Yeah."

"You passed out back dere," he said, as if Yami really needed to know that. "W-where am I?" Yami asked, glancing around unseeingly.

"Oh, you're in my dorm," Joey answered. Then said nervously, "We didn' take ya to the hospital wing cuz you just got back an' all. An' it didn' seem too serious..."

It took Yami a moment to realize the wisdom of his friend's actions. Naturally, he was upset at not being taken to the hospital, but he understood that if he was taken to the hospital then surely he would have been sent home again, and he sure as hell didn't want that.

"Thanks Joey," he said, blinking. His vision was clearing up so he was able to see his friend's face. Yami sat up and placed a hand to his forehead, still a little woozy. "How long have I been out?"

"Uh, about twenty minutes," Joey replied, glancing at his watch. "We were gonna take ya to the hospital in ten minutes..."

A moment of silence passed between the three males, as if thinking of what to say next. Yami was the one to break the silence.

"They're back?"

Joey nodded, "Yeah."

Yami stared at his knees, anger rising. "How?"

"Well, ya see," he began, "they paid their way out."

"What!" Yami growled. Seto broke in.

"Your roommates have high-priced lawyer," he said monotonously from his corner. "And what their lawyers can't accomplish, money can."

"No," said Yami, refusing to believe it. Just when he had thought he had gotten rid of them, they came right back. Why can't they just leave me in peace? "No, no, no, NO!"

"Look on da bright side," Joey said quickly, "They're not in your room anymore."

"They're not?" Yami said hopefully, gazing up at Joey.

"No, an' dey're not allowed ta go near you," the blonde replied. Yami turned away from his friend and stared at his knees, turning things over in his mind.

They're back, but they're not allowed near me. Well, that's something at least. Maybe I'll still be able to enjoy myself. Maybe...

"Oh, I almos' forgot!" Joey said suddenly, startling Yami out of his thoughts. "Yugi came by look-"

"What? Yugi came by?" Yami jumped off the bed, grabbing Joey by the shoulders; in part because of excitement, in part because of wooziness.

"Whoa, Yami, calm down!" The blonde cried, setting the spiky haired teen back on the bed.

Crimson eyes stared hard at the floor, though they saw nothing. Yami was too excited at the fact that Yugi had come by earlier. Does that mean that he's not upset? Yami certainly hoped so.

"I have to go find him," muttered the teen, jumping off the bed and running out of the room before Joey could stop him.

"Wait, Yami! Oh, fuck it," he gave up, sitting on his own bed on the right side of the room. "Tha' was weird."

Seto nodded.

Yami was racing down the hall, searching for Yugi. Where he'd find him, he did not know. But he would find him, oh yes, he would find him. There were only so many places that boy could go, especially without knowing his way around the school. Yami almost laughed in spite of himself. It was only two weeks into the school year and already Yami had ended up in a hospital, his roommates had been given a restraining order, and he had fallen head-over-heels in love with a pint-sized version of himself. It must be some kind of a record.

Yami was near the lobby now. He was planning on going to the library, hoping that Yugi was an appreciator of the written word. He was just coming into the lobby when he heard a pleasant and familiar voice. Yugi! He scanned the room for the little one and There! by the lobby desk was Yugi, talking to... a girl! Yami stopped, as did his heart. What is she doing here? Who is she? The spiky haired teen backed into the hallway where he had come, watching the two talk.

"It's great that you could come," Yugi said to the girl, "I really missed you, Téa."

"I missed you too," she chirped. Yami cringed at the voice. They hadn't even been formally introduced and already Yami hated the girl. "But as long as we think of each other, we're never truly apart."

Yami nearly puked at the line. But as long as we think of each other, we're never truly apart. What was this girl on? However, Yugi did not find this line cheesy at all. He smiled.

"I know," he said.

"You can do anything with the power of friendship on your side," she said. This was too much for Yami to bear. If he had to listen to that girl talk anymore he would have to scream. He was just about to leave when he saw the girl, Téa, bending over. He had to cup a hand to his mouth to keep from screaming as she placed a kiss on Yugi's cheek. She's moving in on my man! They're not going out, are they? Yami's heart broke in two at that moment. Yugi was taken. He backed away from the scene, and trudged down the hall, a broken man. However, if he had bothered to stay just a little longer he would have seen Yugi ask Téa not to kiss him anymore.

End Notes: So there's the chapter. I didn't spend long on it cuz I don't care that much about it. Anywho, Téa sucks so there's going to be a lot of bashing. Hurrah! I guess that's about it.

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