Title: Surprise, Surprise – Chapter 2
Author: Erudit
Intro: Atemu has once again left to help Kaiba and Yugi decides to go for a walk.
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Blablabla- Thoughts
/blablabla/- Yami and Yugi talking through mind link
"blablabla"- normal talking
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Atemu had gotten home quite late the last day. Yugi had still been awake when he heard the familiar bell chime. The ex-pharaoh had seemingly stopped for a second to peek into Yugi's room but the little hikari had been too busy trying to fake sleep to really be sure. Maybe he had just imagined it.
The next morning, his yami left once again to help Kaiba after their usual routine of silent breakfast. As Yugi's grandpa was visiting Professor Hopkins in America, the shop stayed closed and Yugi had once again nothing to do. Maybe the shop needs cleaning? Yugi wondered as his head poked in the shop. I mean, I've just cleaned it yesterday, but surely it's once again dusty? He started rummaging around in the shop, cleaning the already sparkling game-boxes and dusting off imaginary filth from some of the cards in display, in an effort to keep himself from thinking about his yami. With a sigh he finally gave up, accepting defeat as tears began to run down his cheeks. He closed the door to the shop and plopped down on the couch in the living room, giving in to his mood and crying with heart-breaking sobs.
Sniffing, he decided that sitting at home was maybe not the best idea, and he got ready to leave the house. He decided against wearing his usual attire as it reminded him of Atemu, and instead wore some faded out jeans and a violet shirt which resembled his eyes. He ignored the fact that it had been Atemu who had bought him that shirt in the first place, and left the house hoping to forget all his problems and maybe meet a new friend. Maybe I should check up on Tea? Yugi looked down the street to the house he knew Tea lived in but when he saw a suspicious-looking man leaning right next to Tea's door, he decided against it and went to the park instead. On the way to the park was a new ice-cream-parlour. He could already see the blinking advertisement on the other end of the street. Maybe he'd go check it out. Joey would be quite jealous to find out that his best buddy went eating ice-cream without him. Maybe he should have spent more time with me, then! Yugi thought angrily, his mind made up. He'd go eat some ice-cream just to spite Joey. He himself was, after all, no big ice-cream-fan. He usually got a stomach-ache from eating too much cold food but right at the moment he didn't care. And maybe Atemu would stay at home by his side when he got sick.
When he was about to enter the parlour, he suddenly saw in the corner of his eyes a person who he very well knew. What's Joey doing here? Yugi stopped dead, and instead of entering the shop, settled for spying through the big windows. And he had been right. His best friend was sitting on one of the comfy looking chairs, drinking a double Chocolate Shake, and talking to none other than Atemu! So that's what working for Kaiba means to him, his mind dryly supplied. He felt tears rising as he also recognized Ryou and Bakura sitting with his yami. Even Seto Kaiba didn't seem to have anything better to do than drinking a coffee next to his boyfriend. Yugi might have been ignorant before but not even he could deny what he was seeing now. A grim expression settled on his face as he suppressed his tears. Slowly, he turned around and continued to go to the Park. His mind seemed to be in a state of shock as no thoughts dared trespass. I hate Yami, he stated, wishing it was true. Hate him, hate him, hate him. No matter what Atemu had done before, the little hikari had always been able to forgive him. But this time the ex-pharaoh had gone too far. Maybe I should run away. Start a new life somewhere else; without them around. He angrily glanced back at the ice-cream-parlour one last time, before turning to the left and entering Domino Central Park.
The park was quiet and empty for a sunny day. The children rather went to the beach than staying in the hot city. As if in trance, Yugi walked to his favourite tree in the middle of the park, and sat down, leaning against the tree. He remembered the time when the gang would come here together. Atemu would always sit on one of the branches, liking to sit higher than everybody else. He would always look around for potential troublemakers, as he hadn't wanted his little light hurt. Yugi would have just laughed about his yami's antics, and talked to Joey about a new game that his grandfather had shown him the day before. The blonde would be sitting right in front of him, an angered expression on his face, as they probably would have run into Seto Kaiba on their way to the park. The CEO always seemed to know where his puppy was at, and made sure to tease him at least once a day. Now, though, their teasing was more of a foreplay, both of them enjoying it thoroughly, and often making Yugi blush with what they were saying. Then, Atemu would throw a tantrum, yelling at them for hurting his light's innocence. Yugi grinned at those happy memories. Atemu had always been so over-protective about him. Now, he doesn't care anymore. Even though Yugi tried to suppress his tears, an anguished sob escape his lips, as he desperately tried to think of another happy memory. He didn't want to cry in public. It would just show how weak he was, and confirm what his yami was so obviously thinking about him.
Yugi continued sitting under the tree for the entire day, ignoring his stomach's need for food. The first time he actually thought about going home was when he realized that it got dark already. And when it started raining as well, he hurriedly got up and made his way home.
Somebody is following me. Yugi turned around again but couldn't see anybody. The feeling that he was followed never left, though. He started walking faster, but then his follower seemed to walk faster as well. Yugi shivered. He was cold. It had stopped raining a few minutes ago but the short time it had rained had been enough to drench him completely. He was soaking wet. Yugi turned around a corner, hoping to see somebody else walking through the streets but he and his mysterious follower were completely alone. Hurriedly, he started to speed up once again. He was almost running now, but his follower didn't seem to mind. He kept up easily. A short squeaking noise was the only warning he got before somebody roughly pushed him against the nearest wall.
"Hello, pretty one." Somebody sighed against his ear. Yugi could feel the man's arousal as his attacker pressed himself against the hikari. He tried to push the man away but he was too weak. The man was much stronger and only was turned on by his actions.
"Oh, yes." His attacker moaned in his ear, licking it in the process. "You're good, pretty. This will be nice. Keep on going." The voice was teasing him, showing him the reasons for Atemu hating him. He couldn't do anything to keep himself from harm. He always needed the ex-pharaoh's help. He was too weak.
/Yami, help/ he yelled through the mind link, panicked. The man was beginning to remove his clothes, ripping his pants in the process. /Yami/ he yelled again but no response came. Atemu didn't hear his hikari. /Help! Yami, help/ The little one yelled again. Nothing happened. He was all alone.
The man had finally succeeded in pulling off Yugi's jeans. Yugi could feel that his attacker himself was already naked. A hand sneaked under his shirt and roughly pinched his skin. Yugi tried to wriggle free but the man's grip was too strong.
"Yes, pretty, keep going!" the man's hoarse voice once again cut through the air, and he could feel the erection pressing against his naked skin. Only his underwear still kept the man from doing what he came to him for.
"Please leave me alone!" Yugi whimpered but it had no effect on his attacker. /YAMI/
Suddenly, a window above them opened, and a woman yelled: "What's going on down there?" The man let go of him immediately, and was gone in a flash, leaving Yugi alone. Yugi collapsed, sobbing relieved that nothing really had happened, not noticing how the woman rushed to his aid.
Yugi flinched when somebody touched his arm, and looked up, expecting once again his attacker.
It wasn't. "It's alright. I won't hurt you." The woman coaxed him gently and Yugi let himself be led into the woman's apartment. "Let's get you cleaned up a little. Do you want to take a shower?" Yugi nodded, still dazed, and not really noticing what was going on around him. "Good. Just put your clothes on the floor. I'll give you some of mine to wear. They should fit." Yugi nodded once again and stepped into the shower.
Hot drops of water ran over Yugi's skin as he tried to rid himself of his pursuers smell. He seemed to reek of it, no matter how many times he cleaned himself. Then, the curtain was drawn back and somebody slowly pulled him out of the shower. He could feel a towel being wrapped around him.
"I think you were in there long enough." The woman told him softly, as she pulled him into her living room. There, on a chair, she had placed some comfortable clothes. "Why don't you put them on? I'll make us some hot coco." Yugi nodded once again, and did as he had been told. Once again fully dressed, he sat down on the woman's couch and blankly stared at the turned off TV in front of him. He registered relieved that the woman's clothes were scented. He couldn't smell the man anymore.
The reality of what could have happened hit Yugi hard. Atemu hadn't come. He had yelled for his help, begged him through the mind link but the ex-pharaoh had made no appearance. /You promised to protect me./ Yugi whimpered through the mind link but Atemu didn't hear it. He had sealed his side of the link and was therefore cut of from all of Yugi's thoughts. He broke out in sobs once again. But this time his tears weren't that of relief but those of disappointment and final realization. Atemu really didn't care anymore.
"Here." A cup of hot coco was held under his nose. He sniffed and looked up. The woman smiled at him encouragingly. "You'll see, once you've gotten something warm into your system you'll feel a little bit better." Yugi nodded, and gratefully took the cup she had offered him. "I'll call the police now." The woman announced. "The sooner we tell them, the bigger the chance is that they'll find that asshole." Yugi nodded once again. Somehow he didn't seem to be able to say anything.
A few minutes later, the woman once again entered her living-room, balancing a hot coco on her left hand and some peanut-butter-sandwiches in her other hand. She sat down next to Yugi, who was curled up on the couch, gripping his hot coco with both his hands, and staring in his cup as if he wanted to read his future in it. "They are coming over. I hope you don't mind being asked a few questions." The woman stated. "Do you want me to call your family? They might want to know where you are at." Yugi shook his head.
"Don't you think that it might be easier if your parents were here with you?" The woman inquired, tilting her head in a confused manner.
"My parents are dead." Yugi mumbled, his lips moving hardly at all. The only one who could be notified was his yami, and he didn't want Atemu to know what had happened.
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"Don't be. It happened a long time ago." Yugi finally looked up. "My grandfather is in America right now. There is no one to notify." No one who cares at least, his mind added.
The woman nodded in understanding. "Do you want to spend your night here? I have a guest room. It might be more comfortable for you to not be alone tonight." Yugi nodded gratefully. "My name is Lisa, by the way." The woman added and offered her hand.
Yugi smiled his first real smile for a long time, and gently shook the offered hand. "Yugi." At least he had made a new friend.
"Are you hungry? I made us some peanut-butter-sandwiches. They are my favourites." Yugi smiled again, slowly getting over what had just happened. The man had after all not really done anything bad. He had been saved once again.
"Thank you." He grabbed one of the sandwiches, took a bite and slowly started chewing. "I hope I'm no bother to you." He added after swallowing.
"No, none at all. In fact, I'm quite lonely. I live all alone, you know." Lisa smiled, took a sandwich, and began eating as well.
They had just finished their food, as the door-bell rang, announcing the presence of the police. "You must be strong now. Just for a few minutes. Don't worry. I'll not let them stay long. You need to rest, after all." Lisa said encouragingly, before going to answer the door.
Finally, they have left. Yugi sighed, and leaned his head back on the couch. He was exhausted. They had questioned him for two hours. He didn't even know what took them so long. He hadn't really been able to tell them too much about his attacker. And Lisa hadn't seen him either. At least Yami doesn't know. Yugi sighed once again at the thought of Atemu. For the last two hours he had completely forgotten how the ex-pharaoh had been acting the last few weeks. He hasn't even asked me where I am at. Hasn't he noticed that I'm not home yet? Doesn't he care at all? If he hadn't been too tired to even think about crying, he surely would have broken down in sobs again, but as it was, he was too tired to do anything.
"I've prepared the guestroom." Lisa entered the living-room, smiling at Yugi. "You can go to sleep now, if you-" She was interrupted by somebody ringing the bell in a very aggressive manner. "Who could that be?" Lisa frowned and went to answer it. Yugi regarded the clock that was hanging to his left. It was already eleven thirty. Nobody should be ringing at that hour.
Yugi's thoughts were interrupted by Lisa yelling: "Hey, you can't just enter!"
"Where is he? I know he is here!" a deep baritone voice demanded. Yugi sat up straight. He would recognize this voice anywhere. What is Yami doing here? In that minute a very angry looking ex-pharaoh entered the living-room.
Lisa followed. "Yugi, do you know him?"
Atemu had stopped and was looking at Yugi in a confused manner. Do you really think I tell everybody about you? Then, a thought came to Yugi, and he slowly answered: "No."
Atemu's eyes widened. "Y-yugi?" Yugi continued staring at his dark half as if he was a complete stranger. For once his face was showing no emotion at all. It's the easiest way to end it once and for all. You don't want to be my friend anymore. This is the easiest way to show you that you don't have to lie to me to achieve what you want. It's over once and for all, Yami. Though his resolution was made, he couldn't bare voicing it through their mind-link. It would surely break him.
"See!" Lisa yelled at Atemu, and pulled the still shocked ex-pharaoh out of the living room.
"But, but-" Atemu didn't seem to be able to utter a simple sentence.
He is so glad to finally get rid of me. He can't even hide his happiness. And really, the former pharaoh was grinning widely, looking absolutely thrilled to having finally lost his hikari.
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