Chapter Two: Message in a puzzle

I DON'T OWN YGO!

Serenity Wheeler opens her eyes the next morning as the birds begin to sing outside her window. A smile crosses her sweet lips, before she sits up and pushes back her messy red hair. Memories of the night before floods back to her, and the smile slips from her lips as she walks into the guest bathroom. She smiles as she sees Yugi has bought some of her favorite soaps and shampoos. She only pauses for a minute to wonder how he would know what to buy before taking a hot shower.

Yugi Moto knocks on the door leading to the guest room, while trying to balance a tray, unaware of an amused Yammi watching. Yugi waits for a minute before opening the door slowly. "Serenity?" He looks around and blushes as he notices steam coming from under the bathroom door. He quickly sits down the tray before leaving the room. Serenity opens the door, wrapped in a towel as she cautiously sticks her head outside. "Yugi?" She shrugs but smiles as she finds the tray on the bed. An hour later Serenity walks out into the hall way and smiles as she hears Joey's voice but then frowns as she hears Tristan and Duke.

"I thought you said she was here Joey."

"Yugi?"

Before he can answer Serenity walks down the stairs, causing Yugi to blush and Duke and Tristan to begin their ritual fighting to get to her. Serenity steps toward Yugi only to make him blush, and Joey to grins as his "little buddy" makes no move on his sister. Yugi only glances at Serenity, but had Joey looked closer he would notice that his "little buddy" is blushing just by being near his sister.

"WOULD YOU TWO KNOCK IT OFF ALREADY? THAT'S MY BABY SISTA!"

Tristan and Duke only ignore Joey as they each vie for Serenity's attentions. Yugi sweetly offers her his arm and pulls her into the kitchen. He blushes even, as he feels Yammi probing his mind. 'Ok Yugi, why are you acting like this?' 'Like what?' 'Like you actually like Serenity.' Yugi glances over at Serenity before walking to the fridge to get something for her to drink. 'Would it matter if I did?' 'Yes. If it would make you happy…' Yugi hands Serenity a bottle of water not noticing the faint blush spread across her cheeks.

"Did you sleep good?"

"Alright. I keep having these bad dreams…" Yugi gently lays his hand over Serenity's, blushing at the feel of her small hand in his.

"DO you want to work on a puzzle?" Serenity nods, her eyes lighting up.

"Thank you Yugi." Serenity watches as he blushes and then she looks down with a blush. Does he like me as well? That is Joey's best friend; he probably is only looking out for me.

Yugi stands up and leads her into the small gaming shop to pick out a puzzle. Serenity blushes as she realizes that Yugi is still holding her hand. Yugi suddenly lets go of her hand and blushes furiously. He motions for her to pick out a puzzle unaware that Serenity is sad about losing his hand.

"Take whichever one you want." Yugi looks down at his feet blushing.

'Aibou, why don't you tell her…?' 'No! Joey would kill me, besides why would she feel the same way?' Yammi watches the young girl thoughtfully before regarding his nervous light. 'I think she might. Take the chance.' 'What about you Pharaoh?' 'Stop being selfless. Go talk to her.' Yugi looks up as Serenity shyly walks toward him holding a puzzle box. Yugi takes it from her and then notices that it has his name on it.

"I… uh… Yugi. I wanted to give you this. I bought a couple of weeks ago." Yugi nods and then realizes what kind of puzzle it is.

"When… I mean how?"

"Oh! I told Joey that I wanted to thank you for what you did, and that I was too nervous to do it. So he bought it for me, but I gave him some money that I had saved up." Yugi blushes slightly, but leads her back into the kitchen.

"He told me that you liked puzzles, and that a message puzzle would be good to give you…" Yugi interrupts her gently and smiles.

"Thank you Serenity. Now to see what it says." Serenity blushes and looks down so her hair hides her blushing face, as she nervously wrings her hands in her lap. Yugi glances over at Serenity briefly before finishing the puzzle. He reads her graceful writing and feels himself starting to smile.

Yup it's chapter two! BTW New YGO this Saturday! Who saw last weeks?