"Wait…Wait…" Mai mumbled as she tossed and turned in her bed. "Don't go!" She said sitting up and opening her purple eyes. She sighed when she realized it was just a dream. Mai placed a hand on where she had received her first kiss. It still made her blush after 15 years. She lay back down to find that her pillow was wet. She felt her eyes and wiped away the tears that had escaped when she was asleep.

She had had that dream almost every night since he had moved away. She frowned when she realized that he never did keep his promise. He had called every day for almost two years. His calls kept on becoming fewer and fewer until they stopped coming at all. When the she had stopped receiving calls, she knew he had forgotten about her. But she couldn't forget about him.

She had tried to many times before. When she finally managed to get him out of her head, something would happen to make the memories of him come back. She couldn't remember much about him anymore except for his lopsided grin, but now, he was a nameless shadow. A mere memory that came to haunt her every night.

She rolled over and looked at the alarm clock on her bedside table. She cursed and sat up once more, this time getting completely out of bed. Mai groggily walked across her bedroom. She stopped when she passed her mirror. She looked at herself in disgust. Her face looked so hard and cold. 'Maybe he's the same' she thought. Mai remembered the promise she had made to him all those years ago. She promised to stay happy for him.

She tried smiling, but it didn't seem to fit. It looked like she was wearing a friendly mask to hide her angry, mean face. Had she really become everything she was trying not to be?

Her cell phone rang, snapping her out of her thoughts. She walked over to the bedside table where it was charging. It beeped when she pushed a button. "Hello?" She asked in a sleepy voice.

"Hey, Mai!' said a friendly voice over the phone that she would know anywhere.

She sat down on the side of her bed. "Hey, Yugi. What's up?"

"I was wondering if you wanted to go and get some coffee. You sound like you need it." He said, laughing slightly.

"Yeah. I really could use a coffee. Meet you in half an hour down at that one coffee shop. You know. The one in downtown."

"Yeah. I know what you're talking about. See you in half an hour. And please don't be late this time."

"Hey! That was just one time!"

"Right…"

Mai laughed. "Goodbye, Yugi."

"Bye."

She hung up the phone and slowly stood up. She was almost fully awake now. All she needed was a nice shower. She headed over to the bathroom, grabbing a towel on her way. She took a quick shower and put on her usual outfit. Which was a white belly shirt with a purple coat on top. She also wore a purple skirt with tall brown boots.

She looked in the mirror once more. Her face now looked a little better, but still the same cold face as before. She sighed and brushed her long blonde hair. Once it was brushed, she blow dried it and put on her makeup.

On her way out, she grabbed the keys to her car and a little white purse. She checked the time on her cell phone. The phone was sloppily thrown into her purse and she was out the door. She locked it behind her and walked down the pathway from her house, just hoping there would be no traffic.

Downtown

Mai found a place to park her car a couple blocks away from the coffee shop. She checked the time on her phone once more. Almost out of time. She returned it to her purse and hurriedly walked down the sidewalk that was crowded with people.

Yugi had been her friend for about six years now. Some people said that they looked like a couple, but they tried their best to stop the rumor form spreading. Truth is, they were just really close friends. She shivered at the thought of Yugi being her boyfriend.

A blonde haired man bumped into her and almost knocked her over. "Why don't you watch where your going!" She yelled at him.

"Well, maybe you should pay more attention to where you walk!" He yelled back at her.

"Punk!" She said just loud enough for him to hear.

"Jerk!"

They both turned their backs to each other and walked in the opposite direction. "Good for nothing punk." She mumbled.

"Hey, Mai!" she looked up and saw a boy with spiky blonde hair with purple streaks waving at her. He had a friendly smile and warm purple eyes. Because he was very short for his age, he had to almost jump up to be seen over the crowd of people. He was standing in front of a small brick building. A large sign hung above the door reading 'Karma Café' in large fancy letters. Mai could smell the coffee from here drifting from the door that had just opened when a customer walked out.

She waved back and smiled. "How you doing, Yugi?"

"Fine." He paused. "Are you alright Mai? You look…angry." He pointed out.

"There was this jerk who bumped into me." She said angrily. "What a way to start the morning."

"I'm sorry." He said as they walked into the café. Small bells jingled as the door opened, notifying the employees of their presence.

"Don't apologize. It's not your fault." She said, as she smelled the air. They stood in line and Mai started looking through her purse for her wallet.

"No, that's fine Mai. My treat." He said and smiled up at her.

"Thank you." She said closing her purse again.

The line went by quickly and soon, they were in front.

"Two iced double tall lattes, please." Yugi said.

"That will be Five dollars sixty cents." The lady at the cash register said as she chewed on a piece of gum. Yugi took out his wallet and put the money on the counter. "Please have a seat and we'll send you your lattes."

The pair walked over to a table with two chairs. They sat down and Mai began to laugh quietly.

"Did you see that lady? She reminded me of a cow the way she chewed her gum!" She said quiet enough that no one else could hear.

"I know. That was so annoying. She needs to learn how to chew with her mouth shut." The two laughed together and began to talk about similar experiences. By the time the waitress came with their lattes, they had somehow gotten to the topic of pets. The only time they paused was to occasionally take a sip of their lattes.

Yugi could always cheer Mai up. He just had that kind of personality that cheers up everyone around him. Yugi was Mai's closest friend and always could tell when something was wrong and made her feel better even if he didn't realize it.

Mai almost choked on her drink when the door opened and she saw the man with blonde hair that bumped into her that morning walked. A girl with auburn hair was standing behind him and chatting with a person with pointy dark brown hair.

"Yugi. Look. It's the guy-" She stopped talking when Yugi waved at the group and signaled for him to come over to their table.

He froze when he saw Mai and his face filled with anger. Mai stared right back at him with just as much hate on her face. The people who were behind the man were too busy chatting with each other to notice that he had stopped. The girl with long auburn hair was the first one to crash. She looked like she was about to say something, but stopped when she saw Yugi. She smiled and waved and Yugi waved back.

"Mai, I want you to meet someone."