Apricot Roses
Chapter 3
By Larien Nolatari
Summary: A teenager with a dark side, a cheerleader surrounded by popularity, secretly in love with each other, will their true feelings show?
Genre: Romance/Romance
Pairings: RyouxAnzuxBakuraxYugi??
Yugi wandered restlessly around the game shop. Anzu would be his, wouldn't she? Hopefully she would. Yugi needed something original to give to Anzu, not something all mushy and drippy like flowers, something cool, that Anzu could use and appreciate. Flowers would be wilted, chocolate would be eaten, fruits digested, and cards forgotten. So maybe the card part would work, but he needed something else too. Yugi sat on his bed thinking about Anzu when his mind wandered back to earlier that afternoon.
-Flashback-
Yugi dug out the piece of paper that "Ryou" has "written" after everyone walked out the door.
"C'mon Yugi!" Honda yelled.
"Coming! Just hold on a second." Yugi called back.
Yugi handed the paper to Anzu.
"What you asked me to get Anzu." Said Yugi.
"Thanks Yugi!" Anzu said, "Bye!"
"Bye Anzu!" everyone yelled. "Hope you feel better!"
Yugi walked, smiling to himself. I did it, now Anzu will be sure that Ryou isn't her secret admirer, thought Yugi.
-End Flashback-
Too bad Yugi didn't know that Anzu liked Ryou herself, it wasn't that Ryou just liked Anzu, Anzu liked him back.
Yugi decided on a gift certificate to someplace. Small, useful, and sensible. Short sweet and to the point! Perfect. Yugi glanced at the clock. It was only 7pm. He still had time to hurry someplace to get a gift certificate. Yugi strode out of the house and walked towards the Domino Marketplace. There were lots of ideas there! Yugi passed by Chelriando. It was one of Anzu's favorite restaurants. Maybe he could get her a gift certificate there. Yugi checked his wallet. He had 75 dollars. That would be enough, wouldn't it? Hopefully it would be. Yugi pushed the door open. He strode up to the receptionist guy and asked.
"Hello, do you offer gift certificates?" Yugi asked timidly.
"Yes we do. How much?" the guy asked.
"Seventy five dollars worth." Yugi replied.
"Very well." Said the guy, "I shall be right back."
Yugi handed him his 75 dollars. On the way towards the cash register Yugi caught a glimpse of the guy's name. Rekiyo. Nice name, thought Yugi. Rekiyo walked back and handed Yugi his gift certificate. Score, thought Yugi, now on to part two!
The next day at school Yugi asked Ryou to fill out the form for the gift certificate for him.
"Ryou? Would you write something for me? I hurt my finger and I can't write that well." Yugi asked.
"Sure Yugi, what would you like?" Ryou replied.
"I just want you to write From: Yugi To: Anzu." Yugi replied pointing to the spot where Yugi should write it.
Ryou was a bit puzzled but wrote it anyways, just not in his loopy neat cursive, he wrote it imitating Yugi's writing.
Yugi saw this and burned up. But he let it go, there would be other chances…Yugi thanked Ryou and hurried back to his seat. He erased the writing, after all it was in pencil, and took out the card. The very card the Anzu first took yesterday. She had shown it to Yugi and the crew and carelessly left it on the coffee table. Yugi took that opportunity to snatch it and stuff it in his backpack while Anzu wasn't looking. Yugi looked at the card and started searching for the right letters. He copied them as best as could. Yugi than lifted it up and admired his work. Pretty good. Though it just said:
From: Your Secret Admirer
To: Anzu
Later Yugi might slip in something that would make Anzu draw to conclusions that it was Yugi who sent the first package. Yugi was in between a leather dog collar and some other thing he hadn't thought of yet, hair gel? Too big. A dog collar was too big also. Ah ha! A piece of leather. A piece of leather with the tag sticking on it, a tag that said, Yugi Mouto. Maybe that would get Anzu to notice. Really notice. Ha! Ryou was out, Yugi was in.
Ryou stared puzzled at Yugi. Why had Yugi asked him to write something? And it was for Anzu. Plus he said his finger hurt when here Yugi was, across from Ryou, scribbling away at something. Ryou was definitely puzzled. But in the mean time, Ryou went back to his work. His mind wandered back to yesterday night.
-Flashback-
"RYOU!" Bakura thundered, "GET THE FRICK OUT HERE!!"
"Y-y-y-yes Lord Bakura?" Ryou whimpered, he knew what was coming next.
"Why DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THAT ANZU IS ALLERGIC TO TOFFEE?!" Bakura yelled.
"I forgot?" Ryou asked.
"YOU DARN DIDN'T FORGET, YOU PURPOSELY TOLD ME!! NOW LOOK WHAT HAPPENED!!!" Bakura screamed.
"I guess I did tell you that Anzu was allergic to strawberry chocolate when those were her favorites but I never said that she was allergic to toffee, heck I didn't even know if she likes toffee or not." Said Ryou.
"Fine, I'll believe you runt, but only because, I still need competition. Now go away!" yelled Bakura as he lightly kicked Ryou.
Ryou scrambled away and went back to his homework.
-End Flashback-
Ryou went back to deliberating what to get for Anzu next. Pretty soon class started and Mr. Takusama walked in. Ryou quickly opened up his Science book and pretended to read, just like the stupid little teachers pet everyone thought he was. It was far different from that. Ryou snuck a piece of loose leaf onto the book then took his pen and began deliberating. Flowers would be stupid this time since he already did that, but then again flowers were romantic. Chocolate, no, not wanting to risk another "punishment" Ryou crossed that out, fruit was just for the looks so that was a no no. Gift certificate? Ryou had to think about that. Maybe a stuffed animal plushie would do. Ryou wrote those two things down and added card to it. Cards were always the best. Say it with cards! Mr. Takusama began his boring useless class, Ryou closed his book and began listening halfheartedly, soon dozing off to a light sleep.
Bakura was inside his soul room. He was also thinking of more things to get Anzu. Flowers, check. Card, check. And of course, chocolate, this time he would get it RIGHT. Strawberry Caramel Chocolate. Finally maybe a plushie instead of flowers. A plushie holding a balloon, card, and a jar of chocolate. That seemed creative enough. As soon as school was out Bakura would separate and to buy his gift. Unlike Yami or the imbecile Pharoah, Bakura preferred to stay in his hosts body while Ryou handled the stupid leftover fangirls that weren't chasing after the "Fab Five"
Ryou looked back outside, today he couldn't seem to fall asleep and catch up on much needed sleep like usual, there was just too much on his mind. The most important was Anzu, the lesser were Yugi, gifts, and some other things. Ryou watched as the cherry blossoms bloomed. Well he didn't watch them bloom but he did compare them with each other. He watched the leaves turn greener and pondered Anzu. Anzu seemed perfect for him, perky, fun, beautiful, and all around perfect. Ryou pondered a story he heard awhile ago, sent as some junk email but it really had kept Ryou thinking. Ryou wrote it down.
LOVE
MEANS...
A girl and guy were speeding over 100 mph on the
road...
Girl: Slow down. I'm scared.
Guy: No this is fun.
Girl: No its not. Please, it's too scary!
Guy: Then tell me
you love me.
Girl: Fine, I love you. Slow down!
Guy: Now give
me a BIG hug.
/Girl hugs him/
Guy: Can you take my helmet off
and put it on? It's bugging me.
In the paper the next day: A motorcycle had crashed into a building because of break failure. Two people were on it but only one survived...
The truth was that halfway down the road, the guy realized that his breaks broke, but he didn't want to let the girl know. Instead, he had her say she loved him and felt her hug one last time, then had her wear his helmet so that she would live even though it meant that he would die.
Would he do that for Anzu? Maybe? No, definitely! Anzu was worth it. Anzu deserved to live if that happened. Soon the bell rang, everyone piled out to the next class, Ryou headed towards his locker. He opened it and a pretty blue card caught his eye. He opened it, it was white, his favorite color, and had cats on it, they seemed happy. Inside was written:
I won't put your name in a heart, because a heart can break. I'll put your name in a circle, because a circle can go on forever!
Love,
Your secret Admirer
I have a secret admirer too, thought Ryou. Hmm this is getting interesting. Interesting and tricky. Someone likes me, I like Anzu, Bakura likes Anzu, and I have the faintest idea that Yugi likes Anzu too! But who will win Anzu's heart? Ryou secretly hoped that he would after all he had liked Anzu since Ra knows when. Anzu reminded him of someone he once knew. Someone he once loved. Someone he would never forget. Anzu was like a goddess, her pretty blue eyes, her chestnut hair, and of course her dancer's grace and poise, plus she had CURVES!! Every girl would die for curves like Anzu's.
Just then Anzu walked by, Anzu looked at Ryou and winked, Ryou melted at that. He was gone, kapwing, no more. All melted by Anzu's one little wink. Ryou turned back to the card and slipped it into a small special place in his locker, he turned back to walk to his English Honors class when he spotted something on the ground. It was a piece of paper. It was someone's English composition. It was Anzu's, for on it said, Persuasive Essay Prompt, by Anzu Mazaki. Ryou took the card back out and took the paper with him to English Honors. All during English Honors he was examining the handwriting, so far almost every letter looked the same. Mrs. Sakimosa was droning on and on about something that Ryou could care less about.
Yugi was looking towards his right. He saw Ryou looking at some card. Yugi had seen it earlier. Yugi had seen Anzu drop something into Ryou's locker before the day started. Anzu had told them that she needed to drop something there. Yugi thought it was just some note or something but it wasn't, right about now it looked like a card. A white one. Ryou's favorite color. Why couldn't Anzu like me instead? Why? Yugi's mind was abuzz with different reasons of why Anzu liked Ryou and not him. There are so many reasons why I am better than Ryou, thought Yugi. I'm a better duelist, I'm cuter, I'm nicer, I've known Anzu longer. But why did she pick Ryou?! Why? Yugi stopped in the middle. Maybe, just maybe, that card that Ryou was holding was not from Anzu! It could've been from some one else!! Maybe Selina? She had been admiring Ryou for awhile. Ha! So maybe I still have a chance, thought Yugi. Maybe I still do. Yugi had already slipped that gift certificate into Anzu's locker. He had sprayed it with his hairspray, so it smelled like him and Anzu knew what that smelled like. Yugi's mind turned back to English. I feel so much more confident now that I know I still have a chance. There are so many more good things about me than Ryou.
Yugi (Me)
Better Duelist
Cute
Nice
Known Anzu since kindergarten
Likes Anzu so much I would die for her
I love Anzu
Ryou
Second rate duelist (worse than Jou I bet)
Has evil yami
Has only known Anzu since beginning of high school
Ha! There were more reasons!! Yugi really really wanted Anzu to be his, just in time for the Valentine Masquerade. Hopefully by then he would win Anzu's heart.
Anzu searched frantically for her English composition. English was her next class; if she didn't have it she'd be doomed. She also realized that her card was gone. Her card that was sent to her by her admirer, the first one. Someone must have took it, thought Anzu. But who? The only people at her house yesterday were Yugi, Jou, Honda, Ryou, Bakura, and Yami. Ryou couldn't have took it because he's too nice to do that, Bakura was an option after all he had been a thief. Yami wasn't likely since he already had a girlfriend. Jounouchi could have after all he was a little angry about the whole allergic reaction thing. Honda, maybe, he was just as mad as Jou. Yugi wasn't likely after all he was about as innocent as Ryou! But then again, he might've found out about the whole I like Ryou thing and gotten jealous. After all Yugi had had a crush on her since who knows when? Anzu sighed and just continued listening to her stupid History class.
Later after English Ryou stayed at the door hoping to bump into Anzu and give her back her composition. Soon enough Anzu walked by.
"Hey Anzu!" Ryou called out. "I think you dropped your English composition when we bumped into each other at the lockers!"
"Really? Do you have it?" Anzu asked.
Ryou handed Anzu her paper.
"Thanks Ryou." Anzu said taking the paper, she was about to walk away but Ryou grabbed her arm.
"Did you send me this card?" he asked showing her the card he found in her locker.
Anzu seemed to blush a little
"Ummm, no…I haven't seen it before." She stuttered.
"Oh, okay." Ryou said walking away.
Anzu was about to go sit down when she saw Yugi coming towards her.
"Hi Yugi!" Anzu said.
"Hi Anzu, I wanna give you back this." Said Yugi handing her the first card.
"H-h-how did you get it?" asked Anzu looking slightly shocked at the idea Yugi could've stolen it.
"Well maybe yesterday when we came over it accidently slipped into my backpack when I got up." Yugi said, "I just found it this morning and I forgot to give it too you before school started so here."
Yugi laid the card on Anzu's desk and walked away.
"Thanks Yugi." Anzu said.
"No problem." Yugi replied and walked out to Science.
Anzu looked at the card, it was slightly bent and the envelope was torn. Or rather cut. Could Yugi have purposely cut it? Nah, Yugi wouldn't do that. Anzu placed the card under her heavy English book to press it straight. Anzu walked up front and placed her composition on the teacher's desk. It was for extra credit. Anzu walked to her desk and took out her gift certificate. It was from Yugi. It had his hair spray smell on it. At least she was sure it was from Yugi. Now she had three secret admirers? Great, now what? The principal is going to ask me out to dinner?
Authoress Notes:
Sorry this took so long to update, I was soo busy cuz it's almost winter break so that means finals…anyways expect more updates during winter break…I hope
Review Responses
Eve-Of-Misery – I'm allergic to Mexican food…almonds…yummy…mayhem!! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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LoneGothic – I know…Yugi is soo evil…well he is acting a bit OOC isn't he? Kodak moments…dun dun dun dun!!! Yugi acting evil…I need to go process these…I have a little tape that I taped secretly of Yugi doing this evil way out of character laugh he's like this:
Yugi: /sounds like Hades, Sauron, and Ursula combined/ MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Me: /taping/ O.o o.O --;;
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To all you people out there!! Come review!!!
I wanna thank my faithful reviewers who have been reviewing all three of my chapters…/starts bawling/ you guys are soo nice!!! WAHH!!! TT
Faithful Reviewer:
Eve-Of-Misery
She has reviewed every chapter!!
Thank you!!! Thank you so much Eve-Of-Misery!!! Big huggles to you and plushies too!! /hands out random assorted plushies/