A/N: Hello. Don't be mad at me for this chapter. I hate Yami ba… Wait. I can't say anything now. That will ruin the chapter! Gosh, I can be so silly sometimes. Anyway, enjoy.
Warning: this chapter contains teen cruelty.
Disclaimer: (I don't want to hold up a chapter because I can't think of what will happen in the disclaimers. I'll finish it. Don't worry. I'll write 'continuation' next to 'disclaimer' to let you know it's a continuation)
I don't own Yu-gi-oh. The only things I own are the penny-paid whore, sex-paid hoes and two-penny tramps that work under me. (Not in a sexual matter. Meaning they are just lower in status than me, their pimpette.)
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Woes"Thanks Grandpa." Yugi yawned as his father applied the final bandage to his head wound.
"No need for thanking, son. It is my duty as a parent to do these sorts of things. Now I have to ask-"
"Grandpa, I don't want to talk about it. I may talk to Yami, but I don't feel comfortable telling-"
"It's okay. Go sleep now. You had a long day."
Yugi got up from his chair. The tank top and boxers he was wearing really belonged to Yami, but no one had done the laundry so the light had to borrow his dark's clothes, without telling him, of course. The boy wasn't use to wearing so little. Still, the hikari walked sleepily to his room, waiting to sleep next to his angel.
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"Love, what is wrong?" Yami said from his black bed. Yugi looked a bit disappointed.
"Oh… Just thought we were going to sleep together."
"We still are, but I am tired of sleeping on that half of the room. We have never slept on my bed."
Yugi smiled and jumped over to his guardian. Without a moment's hesitation, he pulled the top blanket around him. He cuddled his dark the second he was done. He stopped when he noticed what his angel was wearing. Instead of his usual, long pajama pants, the Pharaoh wore boxers. Yugi blushed as he realized that this was the least amount of clothes they had on while doing this.
Yami felt the lack of clothes as well. It, well, it excited him. Yami shook most of his naughty thoughts from his head. He grabbed his love and pulled the boy on top of him. Yugi was shocked, to say the least.
"Guardian…" The dark looked at his light. He had a large gash on his temple, which Grandpa bandaged pretty well. His perfect lips were torn badly. Purple circles ran down the left side of his shinny neck.
"I'm so sorry, love. I should have been there for you. Look at what they did to you." Yami said as he touched the bruises. "Who knows what would have happened if I hadn't showed up. Can't believe-"
"Shh. Guardian, I am fine now. Is that not all that matters?"
Lips collided as Yami kissed Yugi softly. It tasted of beer and blood.
"Fine. But about tomorrow… What are we going to do? They probably have told the school by now. When something new comes along, it takes an hour for the news to pass around."
"I don't know. Just, just, ignore it, I guess." Yugi said quietly. He was using all his strength in his body not to get… excited on top of Yami. It was difficult. The Pharaoh smelled so… sweet, like honey.
"I'll keep the link open all day, okay love? If anyone is really bothering you, just tell me." Yami leaned in once again for a more passionate kiss. He ran his fingers through the back of his light's hair. Unsure exactly what he was doing, the dark let his lips flow down his hikari's chin to his neck. Yugi flinched as Yami sucked onto one of the bruises left by Keth. The dark was about to stop when the younger teen brought the dark's kiss to the right side of his neck. Yami accepted the offer and began to nibble at the skin presented to him.
Yugi gasped as Yami sucked on his neck. It was absolutely nothing like Keth. Yami knew the light's limits of pain and pleasure and stood in them nicely. Yugi rubbed his hands over his angel's chest.
Though not wanting to, Yami stopped kissing the neck. A large, pinkish purple circle was left behind. It was probably going to darken by the time the sun rose.
Yugi looked at his guardian. There was only a hint of awkwardness. "Guardian…"
"Yes?"
"I love you."
Yami bit his lip. He had wanted to hear those three words. Those eight letters, two spaces, one period. But he couldn't enjoy it like he had hoped. The way the light had said it. It was as if he was saying it to a very close friend. Someone who you loved, yes. But not in the way Yami wanted. The Pharaoh could only smile and repeat, "I love you too," in the same tone the hikari used. Then, the dark rolled so Yugi slid off him.
"Goodnight, my love."
/Yeah, 'night./ As he heard the angel snore next to him, Yugi began to weep. Why did it come out like that? I know I meant it. I wanted it to come out like I did truly love him. He must have thought I was just saying it. Or… Maybe he knew that I meant it and really did love him, and he doesn't feel the same way as me…
The light brought his fingertips to his new bruise. It stung a bit, but the boy welcomed the pain. Yami had done it. Not some sick-o. Yami. The tricolor haired teen couldn't help but smile as he nuzzled against his guardian angel.
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"Now, everyone. Listen to me. No matter what you hear today, do not ask the Pharaoh or his hikari about anything that happened yesterday. They will come to you if they want. Don't feel offended if they don't tell you at all. You got that, stupid brunette. Do what you did yesterday and I will fucking send your ass to the Shadow Realm." Bakura spat. The gang was assembled on the steps again. The yami had found out about the Yugi/ Keth incident from one of his old smoking buddies who also kicked the habitat. He knew those wannabes Keth and Bob had probably found out Yugi's scars. They would tell the whole school. It was what Bakura would do to get back at Yami. Attack the innocent one in order to get to the one that you're mad at.
"Today is a half day, right? Afternoon periods?" Serenity whispered.
"Yeah." Seto's puppy said just as quietly.
"They're coming." Ryou breathed. The yami had not told him. He couldn't worry his precious hikari like that. Bakura looked around at the gaggle of friends. No one told them what they already knew. Not their other, minor friends… no one. Great friends… Didn't tell their friends about something so important.
Bakura almost smiled as he saw Yami and Yugi, almost. The two were holding hands, their arms touching. Anzu gagged as she saw the two. Yami was wearing a ponytail again. It was much nicer than the one he wore yesterday. He probably actually worked on it today. As the Yugi reached the top stair, he smiled and said, "Hey guys!"
"Hello, little hikari. Was your morning good?" Bakura said politely. Everyone else was staring at the marks covering the boy's neck. The light blushed but continued to grin.
"Yugi-" Anzu started before Bakura shot her a nasty look.
"My morning was fine, Bakura. Thanks." The boy lifted his hand and began to rub the left of his neck.
"Shit. I got to go, love. I have P.E. Ms. Fox hates it when we are late. It is usually after lunch and today we have it first period so it's understandable. Remember, if you need anything-"
"I know, I know. Better get going. The gym is across the school. See you later, guardian."
Bakura had to smile. Name, huh? That is a very good sign for the Pharaoh…
Yami let go of his light's hand and was about to leave when Seto softly said "Guardian?" He talked sweetly to Yugi since last week. The dark blushed.
"Yea. I thought he needed a name. I tried lame ass but that didn't settle too well with Yami." Everyone laughed. Yugi looked brightly at his friends.
"I really have to go. Bye, love." Yami leaned down to kiss his light on the cheek.
"Oh, Yami-" Yugi began as he turned to face the Pharaoh. The older teen didn't know that and their two lips met. However, instead of breaking apart, Bakura saw Yami shrug his shoulders and kiss his light deeply. The group gaped, excluding the tomb robber and, for some reason, the CEO. Serenity gasped, but not because of Yami and Yugi. Bakura had seen from the corner of his eye Honda bring his head to Serenity's. He rubbed his nose into her orange hair. The boy stopped once Yami was done.
"Bye, guardian." Yugi waved as his dark ran inside the school, surprisingly calm and unchanged.
"Could you care to inform us of what just happened?" Anzu said hotly.
"I didn't do anything-" Honda began.
"I wasn't talking to you."
"Oh… Oops." Honda blushed before retreating into the school, a confused Serenity not too far behind.
"I think it was pretty obvious what happened, Anzu." Joey said, trying his best to suppress a grin, but failing dreadfully.
"It was nothing. And it is not that obvious, Joey. It was a simple goodbye kiss." Though the hikari attempted to sound angry with the puppy-faced blonde, Bakura knew he wasn't. There was nothing to be mad at. It was obvious what had happened. All the teens, not including Bakura, kept looking down at Yugi's hickies. "If you want to know, why don't you ask? It will be a lot less rude."
Bakura felt the group's eyes glance at him. "Fine. Ask away."
"Yug, what happened?"
"Bullies." A silence covered the gang like a blanket. The tomb robber knew that was good enough of an answer. People used to terrorize the hikari years ago.
"I would love to talk more but I need to go to class. See you!" The pale teen ran in to the school.
Bakura turned to Anzu, letting go of Ryou. She was fuming. "Look here, windbag. You better stop that-" He said as calmly as possible. It was hard, he was pissed with the girl.
"Windbag! I am no windbag. And what do you mean, 'stop it'?"
"Stop trying to get with Yami and stop trying to upset his hikari. He is as gay as I am and you know it. You can't change that. No matter much you try he will always be homosexual, you get that? Just leave it be."
It took Anzu about a minute to recover, faster than the boys around her. "You little, pot smoking bitch. Don't tell me what to do, you nasty ass druggie. I can-" Out of nowhere, a hand came and snapped the girl.
Ryou's grey eyes burned with a fury Bakura had only seen glow in the Pharaoh's eyes. Bakura's eyes widened as he froze, watching his angry hikari. "How dare you! He has stopped and you know it! I can't believe you said that, you fucking tramp." Bakura's little light raised his hand again, only to be stopped by Joey. The two eldest teens of the five only watched.
"Calm down, Ryou. Let's go inside." Seto's puppy half dragged, half carried his weeping friend in school.
This is going to be a long day. Bakura thought as he followed Seto after their two boyfriends.
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The class was silent. Ms. Garnica was rambling on about something on checks and balances. Yugi picked up every word. The class, however, did not. They all were looking at the pale teen in the front row. They all heard the rumors.
After the first fifteen minutes, Yugi noticed the two-dozen pairs of eyes staring at him. He felt uncomfortable but didn't do anything. After another five, the hikari was nervous. He didn't like it.
Ms Garnica grew frustrated with the lack of attention coming from the class. "What is wrong? Why are you not paying attention? I know it is first period but this is going to be on your test. If you don't tell me what this is all about, I'll make sure that the test is not open-book."
Everyone continued to stare at the light. Goosebumps rose on his neck.
"Oh… Well, no matter what is going around about Mr. Mouto, we shouldn't take time from our class. Well, now can anyone tell me how the government balances…" Yugi stopped listening after that. Great, even the teachers know. No wonder why she didn't look at me the entire period.
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Yami limped into the extremely steamy shower room from the locker room. He would hardly see a thing below the waist, which was probably good. That day, they had played basketball. Yami was really good at the game. It was one of his favorites. He would have joined the team, like Ms. Fox said, but he felt like he was too short. During the game, his teammates were acting strangely. They wouldn't pass the ball to him even if he were open. They didn't acknowledge the orange ball if Yami threw it to them. They didn't cheer when Yami got the game winning points. And the other team was just as bad. They didn't try to block the Pharaoh at all. Instead, they tripped or hit him many times. When he tried to call for a foul, Ms. Fox didn't seem to hear him. He didn't understand.
The first stall he came to was empty. The teen began to strip down to wash himself. He placed his book bag, towel, gym clothes and the clothes he wore to school on the bench in front of the showers. Yami had begun to lather his stomach with his honey soap when he heard people snicker behind him. He turned around to see a group of his fellow classmates at the doorless frame of the stall, towels wrapped around their waists.
"Yeah. Can you guys not watch me taking a bath, it is freaking me out."
"You liar. Wasn't it be your dream to have a bunch of half naked guys look at you, you disgusting ass fucker… I mean, homo." A guy named Jonathan said. He was the leader of the prep jocks.
"What?" A nasty feeling began to fill his body. Fear.
"Oh, come on, ass fucker. We all know you're gay. Do we excite you?" Another prep, Lonya, said beside Jonathan.
"N… No."
"Don't lie to us. Or are we not as hot as that little bitch you rape daily." Pearson, head of the fencing and basketball teams, sneered. Laughter of about fifteen preps rung through the shower room. Yami bit down on his lip.
"Can I get my clothes?" Yami whispered. He couldn't upset them. He was outnumbered and naked.
The Pharaoh regretted asking for his clothing. The first basemen for the school's baseball team named Horus, or maybe Robert, grabbed Yami's pile of things and threw them into the shower. "There you go, ass fucker." Yami quickly bended, pushing all his things away from the falling water. He grabbed his soaked towel and wrapped himself up.
"Aren't you the dude that asked me out last month?" Yami asked.
Horus/ Robert flushed. "Why would I ask you out, you gay nigger. I like girls."
"No. I'm sure it was you."
The preps looked at Horus/ Robert, except Jonathan, who flushed. There were rumors flying around that he was dating Horus/ Robert. The first baseman shook his head. The group immediately snapped back to Yami.
"How dare you lie like that, ass fucker." Jonathan yelled. He grabbed Yami by his ponytail. Yami felt breathless as his back slammed against the bench. A couple of the preps gasped shortly. The ones that did had snickering faces like everyone else in one second. The Pharaoh tried to get up, but tingling shot through his body as he did.
Yami felt someone breathe into his ear. "Don't you ever lie about my boyfriend, ass fucker." Jonathan hissed.
"Let's go. Don't want to be late for next period. Oh, ass fucker, hope your bitch has fun tonight when you slice him up. And don't make such a public display of your repulsive feelings for your bitch ever again. That kiss in the morning nearly made me vomit."
As the jocks left, each kicked Yami in the stomach. Soon, the taste of blood filled Yami's mouth. That episode had taken all of seven minutes. Yami had eight minutes to get ready and leave. He tried to get up, but couldn't. He heard a rustling in the stall at the end of the row of showers as someone exited it. It turned out to be Thomas, a wimpy kid. Yugi had to tutor him in math at the beginning of the school year, though he was two years younger than Thomas. Mr. Cedars had confidence in Yugi. Yami knew him mostly because he saved the poor kid from beatings from the preps almost every gym class.
"Thomas…" It hurt Yami to talk. "Can you help me out?"
Thomas turned to Yami. Though he standing was seven stalls down, Yami saw the expression of hatred and disgust under the kid's mousy hair. "How dare you hurt Yugi. He was always so nice to you. How could you hurt him?"
Yami could only stare as Thomas rapidly got ready and left.
Yami was left alone, tingling throughout his body.
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11:09:47. 11:09:55. 11:10:08. Yugi watched as the red hands on the clock curved around and around. Five minutes until he would be released from all the stares and whispers. No one had particularly bothered him, so there was no need to use the mind link. Everyone treated him the same, like he wasn't there. Even the teachers. Mr. Towber was now in the front of the room, trying his best to enlighten the class on the fine art of collage. It was definitely a waste of time. The rumor everyone already knew buzzed around the room.
"Hey, that is what I heard. Poor Yugi." Yugi turned to his left to see a red haired girl, Rochelle, talking about him to a blonde. The light had blocked out all of the talk about him since the beginning of the day. He was just curious, however, of what they were exactly talking about.
"I know, Rochelle. How did he, like, get those scars again?" the blonde asked.
The hikari knew of Rochelle through small talk with her. She was pretty sweet. "Duh. That bastard Yami did them after he did it on himself. He wanted to mark Yugi as his own." Confusion filled the male teen.
"Really? Damn, that must be rough. Okay, now that makes sense. I heard that Yami and Yugi are, like, dating and Yami rapes the boy in the night but Yugi is too in love with the dude to tell." The hikari couldn't feel his heart.
"Did you guys hear what happened to that fucker, Yami?" A brunette in a pink shirt behind the two got into the conversation.
"What did you hear, Mary Lou?" Rochelle asked.
"Yami was beaten up in the showers. He was so bad they had to sent him home with some old dude and the druggie."
"What?" Yugi said before thinking. The three girls, as well as everyone else in the room, looked at Yugi.
"Oh, Yugi…" Mary Lou started.
"Look Yugi, we are, like, so sorry for you. It must be horrible loving a weirdo."
"What did you say about Yami?" Yugi said, ignoring the blonde.
"Mr. Yugi Mouto, Miss Mary Lou Kibbles. Please. I have trying to tell you how to collage correctly for the last-"
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"Damn, it. You're all dismissed."
"Come on, Yugi. You didn't know that poor excuse for a person went home?" Mary Lou said.
Panic filled Yugi as he grabbed his stuff and left the classroom. He went to the bathrooms. There was a kid, Thomas, in there. But as soon as he saw Yugi, he zippered up and exited the room.
/Guardian! Guardian! Guardian!/ Yugi said desperately through the link. There was no response. /Guardian! Guardian! Yami!/
"Don't hurt yourself, little hikari." Yugi whirled around to see Bakura enter the lavatory.
"Bakura! There is something wrong with Yami and-"
"Relax. Relax, hikari." Bakura said softly as he drew nearer to Yugi. "He is just sleeping."
"How do you know?"
"I was the one that found him. I took him to the office. They allowed me to skip second period to bring the Pharaoh home with Grandpa. I had to come back. They saw my school attendance."
"What happened?"
"Have you heard what is going around about Yami and what he purposively did to you?"
"Yes."
"Well, a group of fucking preps decided they would beat on Yami a bit now that they had a reason. Never did like them. Yami had too much fate in them. He didn't know that their ringleader had it in for him."
"He's hurt because of my secret, then?" Yugi shook and began to cry.
"No. Were you the one that hit him? No." Bakura said. Yugi suddenly felt Bakura's thin but powerful arms bring him into a hug. Yugi had only seen Bakura be so gentle around Ryou. Yugi stopped crying.
"There you go. My little whore is going over to Seto's puppy's house. They'll be taking the rich boy's car. Yami made sure to ask me to take you home before he fell asleep or he would send my hikari to the Shadow Realm. Might as well take you home. Can't lose my whore. How else will I release my sexual tension?" Yugi laughed, which was probably what Bakura was going for.
"Do you two yamis always use me and Ryou when you are threatening each other?"
"Of course. There's just one more thing before we go… The kiss this morning. We both know that was no simple goodbye kiss."
"The kiss…" Yugi felt his face get hot.
"Look, we don't have to talk about it. I just want to know about it."
"Where should I begin?"
"Anywhere you like."
"After the party Saturday, Yami almost kissed me. but then Joey came and Yami stopped. Later on, I asked him about it. He almost kissed me then but then he jumped out of the room-"
"How many almost kisses were there?"
"One more. Yesterday. When we were saying our good mornings, he went in for my mouth but ended up kissing my nose. Then, he tried to kiss me on the nose again. I had lifted my head a little and we started to make out. He was taking off my shirt when the alarm clock went off. He ran into the bathroom. Then today, he suddenly kissed me once, not a long one but sweet. And then, he did it kissed me again five seconds later. He gave me this in the process." Yugi pointed to the bruise on the right side of his neck. "Then he kissed me in front of you guys." The light finally took in a breath. It had been talking abnormally fast. He realized what he just said a minute after he was done. "Why did I say that? Did you use some of your magic-"
"Nope, not this time."
"So, why did I just vomit out my guts to you?"
"Because you had no one else to talk to. First opportunity you had to talk about it, you took it."
"You aren't going to tell him, are you?
"Yami? Nah. Though you may hear differently, I have changed Yugi. Thanks to you guys. I am not a pot-smoking bitch anymore. And… There is one more thing I need to ask you."
"What?"
"Do you love him?" Yugi felt Bakura's warm grey eyes peer into him.
"Like I told Seto, yes."
"You told Seto? No wonder why he has been acting so nice lately."
"He's like you, Bakura. He may look mean but he's really nice."
"I'll take your word on that, hikari. Now we really have to go. We can't have Yami waking up without you there. He'll think I crashed the motorcycle or something."
The hikari felt Bakura put his arm on his shoulders. Little known to them, in the last stall, behind the locked door, there were two people who had listened in on the conversation. The male with his pants and boxers halfway down his knees, Pearson, didn't understand a lot of what was said, except Yami is still a little ass fucker for playing with Yugi's feelings and Bakura is just as much as a butt sucker as Yami. The other person, however, understood every word. She quickly pulled up her panties and super tight miniskirt. She was losing her precious Yami fast.
"Same thing, afternoon tomorrow?" Pearson asked as he wiped lipstick from his erection.
"No. First, you know that Lonya has Thursdays. Second, I have something to do tomorrow. And if I hear that you or one of your preps hurt Yami again, I will tell that virgin Mary Lou of yours about what you do after school." Anzu said before slamming the door open.
"Yo!" The fencer/ basketball player yelled as he closed the door and finished pulling up his pants.
Anzu ran out. She was not going to lose Yami to that puny piece of shit.
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A/N: Now that was fun to write, the ending anyway. Sorry about Yami. I hated hurting him. Much more than when I hurt Joey. Don't worry, he's not that hurt. There isn't a lot of fluff in the next couple of chapter, or is there? For you reviewers who wanted one of the lovebirds to say "I love you" to the other one, there you go. Yugi said it. I know it may not have been the way you expected but whatever.
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