Apricot Roses
Chapter 9
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/Humor
Pairings: RyouxAnzu / BakuraxIsis???
Can the world go wrong? I wouldn't think of it, thought Anzu. I just, maybe I should apologize to Yugi, I was kind of hard on him after all, yea, I really should, for Yami, Jou, and Honda's sake. After all we've all been friends for quite awhile, I'm graduating this year, this could be the last I see of him, but not Ryou, mom told me that she and dad liked Ryou a lot, as in, if he were ever my husband, they would be happy! That's a good thing, right? Anzu started scribbling notes down while thinking of her apology to Yugi.
Yugi-
I'm really sorry that…
Nah…to pitiful
Dear Yugi…
NO WAY!
To Yugi:
Sorry that I shrugged you off like that, cuz I really like Ryou, so don't bother chasing me anymore, I've got a boyfriend and I'm perfectly happy, k? So go find your special girl and be happy!
-Anzu
Much better, short sweet and to the point! Now she had to give it to Yugi, she spotted him in the corner, he was wearing a tight leather shirt that had a picture of snake on it, he also had drawn rather badly a deformed Summoned Skull on his upper left arm, his hair wasn't up and pointy, it was actually slicked back and it was slicked with grease? Completing the outfit was a pair of overly baggy blue jeans that sagged way down, plus they showed his boxers? No, correction briefs…weird. Anzu shook her head and buried her face in her arms, what have I done? She looked at Yugi again then glanced at the others to compare what they were wearing, Ryou of course, his cute punkin' outfit, Kaiba, his stupid trenchcoats, Yami, a black sleeveless shirt, blue jeans, and the puzzle, Anzu noticed that Yugi wasn't wearing his puzzle…odd. Jou was wearing a white shirt, green jacket, and blue jeans; Honda was wearing a white hoodie, and khaki pants. Yugi was standing, out, way out…far out. In fact now that Anzu thought about it, literally everyone had been staring at Yugi this morning! Sucks to be him, she thought, but then she erased that thought and was thinking; what have I done? This is my entire fault; I've turned Yugi into a-a-a-a-a man whore! Anzu quickly turned back to her lesson. All thru out the lesson she pondered Yugi, why did I do this? Yugi deserves better, Anzu sighed, this wasn't the way I planned it. But still after class, Anzu slipped the note into Yugi's Locker #347. Later, after all her morning classes Anzu was still left pondering about Yugi, she didn't even notice the Ryou, with his broken arm, had carried lunch for the both of them over to the table.
"Hey Anzu, here's some lunch for us, I didn't know what you liked so I split it double." Ryou said. Anzu smiled gratefully and started eating, meanwhile…
Yugi opened up his locker to find the note that Anzu wrote. An idea formed into his mind as his smile became a smirk. This is a perfect opportunity, thought Yugi. It says on the note, in between the lines, written perfectly, she wants me. Or better yet, she wants me to go get her. Perfect, time to strike a move, Cobra. Yugi pulled up his jeans a bit and went to erase the Summoned Skull "tattoo" and off he went to the dollar store. Why the dollar store? Because they had awesome temporary tattoos! Yugi looked behind the counter and measured up the packs of big tattoos.
Pack 1: 1 striking crocodile, 1 intertwined snake with a rose, 2 freaky cockroaches
Pack 2: 1 butterfly, 1 random twirly black thing, 1 crown of thorns, and 1 pack of alphabet letters
Pack 3: 1 pack of alphabet letters, 1 pack of numbers, and 3 roses
Pack 4: 1 pack of random assorted flowers, 1 cobra, 1 hawk
Pack 5: 1 tiger, 1 eagle, and 1 peace sign
Yugi was torn between pack 3, pack 1, pack 2, and pack 4. Pack 5 wasn't anything to his liking. He wanted pack 1 because of the intertwined snake with a rose, pack 2 because of the crown of thorns and that random twirly black symbol, pack 3 because of everything, and pack 4 because of the cobra. Otherwise, the butterfly, the crocodile, the freaky cockroaches, the random assorted flowers, and the hawk were useless to him. The butterfly was too girly, the crocodile wasn't him, the cockroaches were stupid and would freak Anzu out, the random assorted flowers were also to girly, and the hawk was plain stupid to him…Finally he decided upon a mega mix and match pack, which had all the ones he wanted and a bit more.
Mega Mix and Match Pack : 1 intertwined snake with rose, 5 random twirly black symbols, 3 Chinese symbols, 1 Hebrew symbol, 2 crowns of thorns, 1 pack of alphabet letters, 1 pack of numbers, 5 roses, 2 cobras, 3 hearts with arrows, and 1 flame of fire.
Perfect, thought Yugi, even if it's going to put a big hold in my wallet, it's worth it. Yugi bought the mega pack for $35 and left. He hurried towards the Burger Palace where some high school students were eating lunch and dashed into the bathroom. He picked what else? The cobra and tattooed it on his arm, then he put the Chinese symbol for love above his ankle. Finally he tattooed a heart and the letters A N Z U on his arm. Perfect for now, Yugi thought as he waltzed back into school. Definitely. This was hot. Burning hot. As Yugi marched into the double doors of school and received many weird stares from students, especially Jou, when he saw Yugi. Yugi didn't care, he just waltzed all the way to the lunch room and scanned the place for Anzu. Finally Yugi spotted Anzu at a table in the corner with Ryou, Bakura, Isis, Malik, Marik, and Honda. Yugi silently walked over to Anzu and crept behind her, whereas only Honda, Bakura, Isis, and Marik could see him, but weirdly they didn't notice him. So Yugi crawled behind Anzu and snaked his arms around her waste and started nipping on her ear.
"AHH!!! PERVERT!" Anzu suddenly jumped up and yelled. Ryou shot up and looked around. Anzu twirled around and saw Yugi.
"Yugi? What are you doing, if you wanted to talk just say so." Anzu said calming down a bit.
"I'm just here about your note, Anzu." Yugi said.
"Well what about it?"
"You told me to go find the special woman."
"Yes??"
"That woman is you." Yugi said lowly.
"Yugi! We've been over this before. I don't like you as a boyfriend, only a friend okay? So stop it already! Why don't you go hit on Selina or someone else?"
"No…" Yugi replied as he edged closer between Anzu and Ryou.
"Get away Yugi! You are really annoying me now! Just stop it!" Anzu yelled.
The whole lunch room turned their heads, and faced Yugi.
"You heard her man! Stop it!" Some random person yelled.
Soon the whole lunchroom was in uproars for Yugi to stop it. Finally Yugi was left with no choice but to stop it, but not before he turned around and pulled up his sleeve to show his ANZU tattoo.
Later at home, Anzu was still contemplating why Yugi would have done something so demeaning and stupid. So Anzu went to Yugi's weblog and checked for some updates, she did find a few concerning her.
Subject: New Years, Anzu, and Ryou
Mood: Downhearted
Song: None Currently
January 1st
It's new years already, I was hoping for a better year, but it got worse, I found out today that Anzu is in love with Ryou, why not me? I can't see how not. After all I'm much better than that jerk, and much cuter. How can she not like me, I love her! I've loved her since kindergarten! But who does she go with in the end? Ryou Bakura, some stupid freaky albino who has a demented Yami! That's just plain wrong, I wish that Anzu were mine, maybe I can change her heart before Valentines day and the masquerade!
Subject: Playing Secret Admirer
Mood: Loved
Music: Ballababy
January 7th
I'm convinced that I can make Anzu love me, after all, yesterday night, I went out and purchased a gift certificate to her favorite restaurant for her. This morning I saw her take it out of her locker and smile! I still have a chance! This is great news! I can still seduce her! Great! This is the best news in my life! So how do I plan on doing that? Easy, when you're in love with your best friend, that'll be a cinch!
Subject: Rejection
Mood: Rejected
Music: Some Girl Moaning while This Guy is toying with her
January 10th
I got rejected today, Anzu sent me this really long note in which in short said, I don't like you and I'll never fall in love with you! So now all she has left is Ryou. Stupid, after all I did, oh well, I don't care anymore, good bye Anzu! You bitch, you'll be sorry that you ever rejected Yugi Mouto the king of games!
Anzu gasped in horror! He called me a bitch?! I can't believe him!
Subject: Deeper Rejection
Mood: Rejected
Music: None
January 11th
I found out today that Anzu is going out with Albino…the wimpy one. It'll be much easier to take her away now! After all, he and his yami are separated, so he's even weaker than before! I doubt Bakura's old temper and beatings did anything to him, they probably just made him even more scared! Thank you Bakura, ha! Now Anzu will be mine…
Subject: Rebellion
Mood: Rebellious
Music: Hardcore Rap
January 17th
I've changed, to rebellious, I'm gone, I'm new, I'm old, I'm faded. Thanks to you, I've changed. Maybe for the worse, maybe for the better. Porno is good.
OH MY GOSH!! What have I done to Yugi?! Anzu thought in horror. I really did something bad didn't I? Oh well, be that way!
Just then Anzu heard a knock on her door.
"Dear! You received some mail." Her mother called out.
Anzu opened the door to find a frilly pink envelope from Ryou's address. He had gone home today. But he sent something. Anzu opened it and took the card out. Outside were different people. Different careers. Outside it said:
If I could be anything…
Inside it said:
I would be your valentine
Happy Valentines Anzu.
Ashiteru
Will you go to the masquerade with me?
-Ryou
Anzu sighed. Ryou was perfect, well she couldn't say perfect because no one was perfect, so let's just say that he was perfect for her. She quickly scribbled a reply on a sheet of paper and was about to send it but decided not. After all this was Ryou…it had to be well…of course, perfect.
Authoress Notes
I am so bloody sorry that I didn't give this to you earlier but it's been really busy in middle school, especially with the FCAT's coming up in Florida. For those of you who don't know that, that's like end of the year exams for us, only their in March. This year though I have writing and science, not just math and reading so I have to put in extra practice. Well enough of my babbling. I just wanted to tell you guys that I've decided to put up two endings, a happy one and a tragic one. They'll be marked but I'll most likely put the tragic one up first. The tragic one, for your information is based on a true story. It's about a guy I knew while I was in the hospital. Somehow that story just keeps playing over and over again in my head. But yes, it's a true story, and I never knew his name. But still. Anyways on to the review responses.
Review Responses
Eve-Of-Misery – Thank you! You put me on your author alerts! Thankies!
LoneGothic – Thank you! Oh well now that the stories is in a C2 Community you can find it! After all there are only 90 C2s…Thank you for putting it there!
fatlazikat – No problem! It was my pleasure!
Meroki – Thank you, I will definitely think about a RyouAnzuMalik love triangle…and it's updated!
DojomistressAmbyChan – Lol…yes Malik does have a nice chunk of tan doesn't he? It's updated! I agree it does need a fluff section…lol…you did notice that this is my first ever fluffy fic?
To Nour: Ha! You requested it…here it is…Chapter 9!!! Lol…talk to you later!
Those of you who don't know, my story is in the Albino's Kiss and Apricot's Scent C2 Community! Ooohhh…I've really gotten into James/Lily Harry Potter Fluffiness…does anyone know any good stories about them?? Thanks!
Does anyone want to beta read for me?! I would really appreciate it if anyone actually would...because I've been wanting a beta for a long time! Oh, and who wants a dip of Bakura/Isis in here too? If anyone ever wants to catch me online on AIM...the screen name is AznGangstaGirl77 or on MSN: hyperangelgirl529 (at) hotmail (.) com
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