Chapter 3! Have fun. Don't own anyone.

Chapter 3: Is it wrong to have fallen in love with a person you just met?

"Yami? Are you okay?

At the Crystal Palace in Astoria, Yugi was trying, unsuccessfully, to get to talk to his brother. Yami had been very quiet when they were coming home last night and he wanted to find out if anything was wrong. Suddenly, the door opened, to reveal a slightly confused looking Yami.

"Yeah, Yugi, I'm fine."

"No you're not. You always try to pull that with me, but I can see that you're not. Do you want to talk about it?"

Yami was unsure if he really wanted to talk about this with anyone. However, Yugi already had a girlfriend, maybe he could help him figure out what was up.

Yami nodded and held the door open for him. Yugi stepped inside and he closed the door as fast as he could. Yugi was looking a little confused, he had never seen his brother act like this before. Now was the only time to find out what happened last night. He went over to one of the seats by the fireplace and sat in it, Yugi was right behind him. After they were settled, it was time for the truth.

"Yami, what happened last night?"

Yami looked over at him and sighed. Than he took a deep breath and went on to explain about the conversation between Joey, Tristan, and himself; then onto the meeting of the girl and on. Yugi just listened. Trying hard to believe what his brother was telling him. After Yami was done, they just sat and looked at each other for a long time before Yugi said, "Well, it sounds like you had a really exciting night after all. But why are you so down?"

"Yugi…"

Yami got up and went over to the small balcony outside his room. He could always figure things out out there. It was his own little space where he could think about things peacefully. Yugi followed him, wondering what his brother was going to say.

Yami turned and leant upon the sill and asked, "Yugi, what's it like to fall in love?"

Of all the things his brother could have said or asked, this was not one to be expected coming from him. Yugi just gaped at him for several minutes. He couldn't believe his ears. Had his brother, with his thick wall in letting no girl come near, finally crumbled and is now in love with some girl? He just had to ask again. Just to make sure.

After he had somewhat recovered, Yugi asked, "What?"

"What's it like to fall in love?"

Yup he was right, the wall was down. Yugi just smiled and said, "It's a wonderful feeling. Why? Did you fall in love with this Rose?"

Yami turned a deep shade of red before saying "..Um…" then he hid his face so no one could see it. Namely his brother. Yugi, however, had noticed this and shouted out with happiness. He couldn't believe it, his brother was in love. HIS BROTHER WAS IN LOVE!

"Nice try Yami, but the heat from you blushing is reaching me all the way over hear." Yami smirked, he should have known better. Then he saw Yugi racing out of his room. He knew he was in deep trouble now.

"Sakura, what's wrong?"

Sakura snapped out of her dream to come face to face with Tomoyo.

"It's nothing Tomoyo. Just thinking about the ball tonight."

Tomoyo beamed at her. "Thinking about a certain Prince Yami are we?"

Sakura blushed.

Last night when they got home, Tomoyo filled Sakura in on everything she knew about Prince Yami. "He's supposed to be really hard to get. All of the girls like him, but they just don't like his attitude that he shows them. He's also the crown prince of Astoria. I can't believe it though, you got so close to him last night in that maze. You are so lucky!" And on it went with other little details about him and other little exclamations. Now it was the afternoon, and Sakura was just thinking about the dance they had shared. She had played the night over and over again in her memory while holding onto the rose that he gave her.

"Don't worry. Tonight, you will be just as beautiful as you were last night."

Sakura just looked up at her friend happily. "So long as it's like the one I wore last night. He told me that he loved it." Naturally, her friend just smiled at her with her all knowing smile, and she smiled back.

Yami stayed in his room, most of the time that day. Thinking about the night before. He had enjoyed himself to no ends, he didn't even care about the glares that were being sent his way by the other boys when they were dancing. Just as he was reliving that joyous moment, there came a sudden knock at the door, and Yugi popped into the room with Joey and Tristan. 'Oh no. Just great. Yugi brought along more company to explain my problem.'

Tristan looked on with a huge grin on his face, while Joey,… he couldn't hold it in any longer. He burst out laughing right after he caught sight of Yami.

Tristan just sweat dropped and said, "Yo Yami, Yugi just told us everything."

Yami sent a death glare at Yugi. Then he sighed. Tristan just looked on puzzled at Yami's expression. It was a look of confusion. Soon Tristan had had enough of Joey's laughing and smacked him in the back of the head. That shut him up. When Joey looked over at him, he gave him a look that plainly said, 'shut-up-and-help-me'. Joey looked over at Yami, and had a major sweat drop. He had never seen his friend like this. It just couldn't be. His best friend in love? Man he needed some help. And badly.

He put on a big smile and went right up to him. "Yo buddy, what's the matter? You said that you liked her didn't you? Than why are you so bummed out?"

Yami just looked at him, "Because, I've only just met her. I shouldn't even be feeling this way."

Joey just looked at his friend with confusion. He looked back at the other two, but they too looked confused. He turned back to Yami and asked, "Wanna run that by us again? We didn't really understan-"

"What I'm saying is, is how could I just fall in love with a person like that? It's unnatural. Is it wrong to love somebody you just met and yet have no idea how the other person feels about you?"

With all of this said, Yami looked up at his books. He smirked and said, "Maybe, it is all right after all." He was thinking about the books that he had read. Finally, he looked back at his friends, and looked at them awkwardly at them. They were starring at him with a mixture of confusion and awe. Joey looked really wigged and felt it too. "Yami you're scarring us." The others just nodded in agreement. Yami sweat dropped and said, "Maybe we should just get ready to go to the ball." He left the room really quickly. He had to get something before he forgot.

After he left, the others just looked at each other and burst out laughing. "You're right Yug," Joey said laughing, "he is in love. Only a guy in love can ever make statements like that."

Tristan wondered aloud, "I wonder where he went to."

Yugi just looked at the other two and smiled, "I think I know where." He led them over to the balcony, and they watched from above as Yami went out into the flower garden and picked a flower. A peony and it was fully bloomed.

A/N: Hope you liked. R&R