Light of Fallen Darkness: I am really, really, really sorry I couldn't update earlier! I was busy trying to find an Alphonse plushie for my friend. Yeah, not a really eligible excuse huh?
Ashly: Unfortunately, not even my friend knows the name of the music video...
To my surprise, and gratefulness, Grandpa wasn't as shocked as I thought he would be once I broke the news to him about Yami and Kaiba. He just shrugged his shoulders and said, "I may be old but that doesn't mean I'm blind." Jonouchi, Honda, Anzu and I stared after him like he was an oracle of some sort.
Several phone calls later, the gang decided to sleep over so we can peg Yami for the details of his 'date'. Anzu remained quiet the entire time. In fact, she seemed to space out more, not in an upset way though I don't think.
By midnight, there was a small rapping at the door. I hurried to get it but had to step back once I opened the door. Yami fell on the floor with Kaiba on top, a heavy make out session underway.
I cleared my throat as loudly as I could before Kaiba reluctantly got off of Yami. However, that didn't mean he wasn't going to keep his arms wrapped around him protectively.
"Well, how was your 'date'?" Jonouchi and Honda snickered. Kaiba scowled at them while Yami blushed.
He shrugged nonchalantly and narrated the things he and Kaiba did the past few hours. "Oh, we went to see Beauty and the Beast at Domino Theatre-Seto had a personal booth you know-after hanging around the amusement park. Then we had dinner at the mansion." I could've sworn I saw dreamy stars in his eyes.
"You had dinner at the Kaiba Mansion?" Jonouchi and Honda gasped.
My former other half nodded proudly, "Yeah. Did mention that Seto's an excellent cook?" Kaiba scowled at Honda and Jonouchi as they continued to gape at him.
Yami chuckled and hurried upstairs to the bathroom. "Make yourself at home!" He shouted from the stairs.
Kaiba sighed and plopped down on the couch, seemingly unaware of the rest of us. That was a big mistake. Jonouchi and Honda stepped forward and surrounded Kaiba. He snapped at them, "What do you want?"
Jonouchi whipped out a flashlight (I have no idea where he got it) and shined it on Kaiba's face. He winced at the light and growled at Jonouchi, "What the hell are you doing?"
Honda ignored him and stepped forward, "Kaiba, are you and Yami getting serious?"
"And I should tell you because?"
"We ask the questions, not you." Jonouchi aimed the flashlight closer to Kaiba's eyes, nearly blinding him.
"Stupid mutt." He muttered before turning to Honda and sighing, "I guess we are. How should I know? It's only been about a week since we got together."
Honda seemed to take this into consideration before deciding the answer was acceptable. "Okay, next question: Do you love Yami?"
Kaiba blushed, "Nosy preps, I'd say this is an invasion of privacy." He sighed again, "Yeah, he and Mokuba mean more than the world to me."
"This is your last chance to come clean and say you're just using Yami for whatever sick revenge you have planned before we kick your ass through hell and back."
Kaiba jumped up from his seat and grabbed Jonouchi's collar. "Listen mutt, I told you that I love Yami more than anyone else in the world besides Mokuba. I would kill for him, die for him, do everything in my power to make him smile and keep him happy." He was breathing harshly, his normally emotionless blue eyes now burning with anger.
Jonouchi smirked, as if expecting this answer. He wasn't even taken by surprise by Kaiba's outburst to begin with. "Congratulations asshole, you pass." Kaiba dropped him on the ground with a confused expression written all over his face.
"What happened to rich boy?"
"Not calling you that anymore is Jonouchi's way of saying, 'Welcome to the friendship patrol'." Honda quickly explained.
Kaiba's eye twitched, "Just because you're friends with Yami doesn't mean I have to start hanging out with your silly little dork squad."
"Why you-" It took the combined power of me and Honda to hold Jonouchi back from ripping Kaiba's brains out. Not that he could anyway.
"Kaiba!" Anzu cried, startling even Kaiba from the potential third World War. She walked up to him, straightening to her full height. "Like you, Yami is the one I love the most." She hesitated before continuing in a softer tone, "But I knew he would never return my feelings. When he's with you, there's a glow in his eyes that I never see unless you're there. All I want is for that glow in his eyes to never go away."
Suddenly, the air conditioner seemed to turn on by itself. Right now Anzu's face could be mistaken for a she devil. Though Kaiba hid it well, I could still see that he was frightened by the sudden change in attitude. If there's one thing I learned from growing up with Anzu, it's that girls are scary.
"That means if you hurt Yami even the slightest bit, I will kill you slowly and painfully." When she heard Yami ambling down the stairs, she smiled and leaned back. It was almost as if she had that look of innocence on her face the entire time. "So take good care of him!"
Kaiba nodded dumbly, probably still scared out of his wits. If he was someone else, he'd most likely need some mental therapy.
"What have you guys been talking about?" Yami asked curiously.
"Nothing." Anzu answered in her usual perky voice. Jonouchi, Honda and I nodded in agreement.
"I should go." Kaiba murmured and dashed toward the door, giving Yami a quick goodbye kiss on the way out. The next thing we knew, the Ferrari was screeching through the road faster than the speed of light.
Could we really blame him?
Less than a month later, the world finally learned to accept Kaiba and Yami's relationship. In fact, there's even a fan club dedicated to them! To my utter surprise, Anzu joined it and started looking at some of the boys in our class a little differently. What really scared me, Jonouchi and Honda was how she sometimes wore this shirt with the picture of Kaiba kissing Yami in the amusement park saying, 'I love boys who love boys'.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Jonouchi demanded once.
Anzu gave him an evil, mysterious smirk, "It means what it says."
"You like gays?" Jonouchi drawled slowly.
"Shonen-ai, get used to it. It's hot and not going away for a long time."
Honda and I proceeded to follow Jonouchi to the bathroom where he barfed out all the contents of his breakfast in the toilet. As I said, girls are scary.
Slowly but surely, bits of Yami's personal belongings began to disappear from the house and wind up at the Kaiba Mansion. "Are you moving out or something? I mean, Grandpa and I wouldn't mind since you have your own body now and all." I once joked.
"Shut up Aibou." He had retorted, but dropped the subject and didn't argue back. However, other possessions of his continued disappearing and Yami's time spent at the Kaiba Mansion increased.
Only days later, did an invisible shadow of fate seem to cast over our lives. We didn't know it at that time, but Yami and Kaiba's relationship was going to take a big U turn for the worst.
It all started on an uneventful Sunday when Grandpa was out and I was given the torturous duty of looking after the shop. The shop can be busy as hell on the weekends but today seemed to be an exception.
The phone rang and I lazily reached for it from the counter. "Kame Game-"
Loud sobbing sounded from the other side. I started at the receiver for a moment in wonder. "H-hello?" I asked.
"Yugi! Oh my God, you have to get to Domino Hospital now!" Though cracked and hoarse, it was obviously Mokuba's voice.
"Mokuba? What's going on?" I said with worry in my voice.
He sniffed, "B-big Brother, they were…" Mokuba broke into a sob.
I placed the receiver next to my other ear, "Mokuba, calm down. Tell me exactly what happened to Kaiba."
Mokuba inhaled deeply and I waited patiently for him to continue. Dread grew in my heart with every second passing, though I didn't know why yet.
How I wish I never found out the truth.
"S-Seto and Yami were developing some pictures they took the other day… They were in Big Brother's room and…" He stopped for a moment but was still determined to continue.
"Y-Yami went to go get some Acetic Acid from the shelf to help develop the pictures but it was too high for him. He fell and accidentally knocked the bottle over…"
My breath hitched, "And?"
The long pause on the other line was deafening. "It spilled all over his eyes."
I immediately hung up and raced to the door.
Light of Fallen Darkness: Um, please don't kill me or else I won't update? Please review! Constructive criticisms are encouraged and flames will be laughed at.