Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, if I did I would be very, very rich and
have a really big mansion with a really cool car.
"" is talking is for thinking and reminiscing ** is for coughs or sighs
CHAPTER THREE - Bullies are Human Too
Yugi walked out of the art room surrounded by about five new friends and beaming like a light bulb. Everyone adored his artwork and wanted to look through his portfolio ('if he had one by any chance?').
Cheerfully, he had agreed to bring it to class the next day.
His next class was Japanese Language (compulsory), fumbling through his pocket he took out his timetable and checked for the room assigned to the class. "Room B88, hmm, Room B88 where are you?" he murmured to himself as he trailed down the corridor.
He was so wrapped up in looking for the room that he failed to look where he was going and bumped head on into Yami who coming out of the physics lab.
"Oh! Sorry I was just.oh!"
Yugi's apology broke off with a squeak when he saw that it was Yami and he stepped back, putting his sketchpad in front of him like a shield.
"I was an accident really! I didn't do that on purpose!"
For a split second Yami's expression was one of deep exhaustion but then he blinked and suddenly Yugi felt like a very tiny mouse under Yami's viper glare.
Yami's thoughts were chaos, all he could think about was that his guardian was going to find out about him and his lies. If it had been anyone else he probably would have ignored them but seeing Yugi grated his last nerve to death.
He was suddenly so angry he almost threw his books at Yugi. "You have a death wish or something?" he growled, towering over Yugi, his eyes glazed over like those of a big cat just about to leap at its prey.
"Dee.eath what?" Yugi squeaked.
"Or is it just because you're exceedingly stupid?" he jabbed Yugi in the gut with his large physics book hard enough for Yugi to gasp in pain.
"I said I was sorry what more do you want!?" Yugi complained.
Suddenly, Yami was pinning him against a locker with his Physics book and pushing it harder and harder into his stomach. It was starting to hurt a lot and Yugi began struggling to push it away.
Yami however was remarkably strong for tall, skinny guy and Yugi only succeeded in getting his fingers stuck between the book and his stomach as well.
"I want you to keep a five mile radius of me, I want you to wash out that hair dye out of your stupid head and if you EVER touch me again, you'll wish you had stayed in your school while it was burning down. Do we UNDERSTAND each other baka?" Yami hissed. He had leaned close enough so that his mouth was only an inch away from Yugi's ear.
"Yes." Yugi grated out, attempting to free his fingers while at the same time wincing as Yami's warm breath tinkled his ear.
Yami's eyes glinted for a second and then slowly, moving like a jungle cat, he glided backwards, neatly jerked the book away as he did so that Yugi lost his balance and once again found himself on the floor.
Not sparing Yugi another glance, Yami strode off, his jacket flowing behind him like a cape.
Feeling very stupid Yugi stood up and brushed off his backside, glaring after Yami.
Maniac needs a physiatrist. growled Yugi to himself. .but. that second before he attacked, why did he look so .sad? Yugi's grandfather had long ago told him that bullies usually had reasons for being bullies, most times to hide their weaknesses. He wondered for a moment what could be wrong with his strange look-alike to make him so angry all the time.
He rubbed his ear that Yami had spoken into, shivering.
Part of him was fascinated with how Yami had talked and moved (the perverse side) like some kind of feral creature. He thought bullies were usually big, sweaty and ugly with as much grace as a crippled giraffe but from what he had seen of Yami so far he was anything BUT those things.
Why am I even thinking that? Yugi asked himself slightly perplexed. He bent to pick up his sketchpad (he had dropped it somewhere along the lines when Yami had tried to gut him with the text book) and still pondering on Yami, asked a teacher where B88 was and was directed to the end of the corridor.
He was dismayed to see that Yami shared the same Japanese Language class with him and thanked the gods that there was a free desk across the room from Yami. He sat down and hurriedly took out his textbooks, pretending to read something.
Yami relaxed a bit in the Language class. Language was hardly a problem and he knew he'd pass it when exams came up. He eyed Yugi who was sitting as far away from him as possible and pulled out his textbook and started an exercise, waiting for the teacher to show up.
His mind worked overtime to try and figure out how to get through this dilemma. He could try forging the signature more carefully this time but he had a feeling that his teacher would know.
He didn't even realise he was writing off his page until he noticed one of the girls beside him giving him an odd look. He threw down the pencil and stared out the window, frowning deeply.
He decided on letting his guardian sign the paper. He'd just change the grade and lie that the teacher had wanted all papers signed regardless of grade. Somewhat satisfied with this decision he picked up his pencil and continued doing the exercise.
Classes managed to progress smoothly until lunchtime where Yugi hurried to the library to do some assignments his Math teacher had kindly given him to make up for missing the 5 previous math classes that he had been unable to attend because of the fire.
He was surprised to see Yami sitting in a corner away from everyone else. He seemed to be working diligently on what seemed to be a crumpled up paper, he had several Physics books around him and had a clouded, frustrated expression on his face.
Yugi didn't realise he was staring until Yami suddenly looked up, saw Yugi staring at him and went stiff. His face was a mask of fury as he hurriedly moved the paper behind a large stack of physics books.
"What the hell are you looking at?" Yami mouthed, breaking a pencil with one hand. Yugi blinked rapidly and pretending not to see Yami, pulled out a math book from the shelf and becoming massively engrossed in Vector diagrams.
Yami glared at Yugi suspiciously, his face a slight crimson from embarrassment. Most likely Yugi hadn't been looking at him but he was changing his physics grade and was panicked someone would see him. He rapidly finished adjusting the question answers and changing the teachers grade then swept out of the Library.
Yugi watched him leave, wondering what Yami had been up to.
The meeting after school was really only to tell the entire school about the other students who had transferred to Domino high because of the fire and also to inform the students when the Final Mock Exams would be (it was in exactly one month).
The principle thanked everyone for coming and dismissed all the students for the day. Yugi picked up his things and headed for the front steps, running into some new friends as he did so. He chatted happily with them while waiting for the school bus to come.
He noticed Yami come out of the school with a preoccupied (even, worried?) look on his face and stand under a tree away from everyone else. Yugi suddenly realised that he looked horribly miserable and lonely.
He found himself taking a step towards Yami before he caught himself, remembering that this was the same guy who had squished his intestines with a physics book. Instead, he watched Yami from the corner of his eye.
Yami looked almost normal when he wasn't scowling and Yugi was sure he was a nice person somewhere DEEP inside. He needed to ask Grandpa his opinion.
A black car pulled up beside Yami and almost heavily Yami climbed in, the tinted window rolled up blocking Yami from view.
"How was school?" His guardian asked seriously as they drove past the front steps.
"Fine." Yami answered bluntly, glaring at Yugi who stood on the front steps, surrounded by friends. Yugi was staring at their car with serious, pondering eyes. What the hell was he looking at anyway?
To be continued
AN: Stories where Yugi and Yami hit it off immediately don't always make sense to me. If your gonna read this prepare for a bumpy ride.
Characters to appear later: Seto, Pegasus and Bakura/Ryou. I don't think Mai or Tea is going to be very prominent in the story.
Please remember that this is an alternate world therefore it's gonna end strangely and won't wrap up neatly into the 'real' story. ------------------------------------------------- Japanese Vocabulary
Baka - idiot
"" is talking is for thinking and reminiscing ** is for coughs or sighs
CHAPTER THREE - Bullies are Human Too
Yugi walked out of the art room surrounded by about five new friends and beaming like a light bulb. Everyone adored his artwork and wanted to look through his portfolio ('if he had one by any chance?').
Cheerfully, he had agreed to bring it to class the next day.
His next class was Japanese Language (compulsory), fumbling through his pocket he took out his timetable and checked for the room assigned to the class. "Room B88, hmm, Room B88 where are you?" he murmured to himself as he trailed down the corridor.
He was so wrapped up in looking for the room that he failed to look where he was going and bumped head on into Yami who coming out of the physics lab.
"Oh! Sorry I was just.oh!"
Yugi's apology broke off with a squeak when he saw that it was Yami and he stepped back, putting his sketchpad in front of him like a shield.
"I was an accident really! I didn't do that on purpose!"
For a split second Yami's expression was one of deep exhaustion but then he blinked and suddenly Yugi felt like a very tiny mouse under Yami's viper glare.
Yami's thoughts were chaos, all he could think about was that his guardian was going to find out about him and his lies. If it had been anyone else he probably would have ignored them but seeing Yugi grated his last nerve to death.
He was suddenly so angry he almost threw his books at Yugi. "You have a death wish or something?" he growled, towering over Yugi, his eyes glazed over like those of a big cat just about to leap at its prey.
"Dee.eath what?" Yugi squeaked.
"Or is it just because you're exceedingly stupid?" he jabbed Yugi in the gut with his large physics book hard enough for Yugi to gasp in pain.
"I said I was sorry what more do you want!?" Yugi complained.
Suddenly, Yami was pinning him against a locker with his Physics book and pushing it harder and harder into his stomach. It was starting to hurt a lot and Yugi began struggling to push it away.
Yami however was remarkably strong for tall, skinny guy and Yugi only succeeded in getting his fingers stuck between the book and his stomach as well.
"I want you to keep a five mile radius of me, I want you to wash out that hair dye out of your stupid head and if you EVER touch me again, you'll wish you had stayed in your school while it was burning down. Do we UNDERSTAND each other baka?" Yami hissed. He had leaned close enough so that his mouth was only an inch away from Yugi's ear.
"Yes." Yugi grated out, attempting to free his fingers while at the same time wincing as Yami's warm breath tinkled his ear.
Yami's eyes glinted for a second and then slowly, moving like a jungle cat, he glided backwards, neatly jerked the book away as he did so that Yugi lost his balance and once again found himself on the floor.
Not sparing Yugi another glance, Yami strode off, his jacket flowing behind him like a cape.
Feeling very stupid Yugi stood up and brushed off his backside, glaring after Yami.
Maniac needs a physiatrist. growled Yugi to himself. .but. that second before he attacked, why did he look so .sad? Yugi's grandfather had long ago told him that bullies usually had reasons for being bullies, most times to hide their weaknesses. He wondered for a moment what could be wrong with his strange look-alike to make him so angry all the time.
He rubbed his ear that Yami had spoken into, shivering.
Part of him was fascinated with how Yami had talked and moved (the perverse side) like some kind of feral creature. He thought bullies were usually big, sweaty and ugly with as much grace as a crippled giraffe but from what he had seen of Yami so far he was anything BUT those things.
Why am I even thinking that? Yugi asked himself slightly perplexed. He bent to pick up his sketchpad (he had dropped it somewhere along the lines when Yami had tried to gut him with the text book) and still pondering on Yami, asked a teacher where B88 was and was directed to the end of the corridor.
He was dismayed to see that Yami shared the same Japanese Language class with him and thanked the gods that there was a free desk across the room from Yami. He sat down and hurriedly took out his textbooks, pretending to read something.
Yami relaxed a bit in the Language class. Language was hardly a problem and he knew he'd pass it when exams came up. He eyed Yugi who was sitting as far away from him as possible and pulled out his textbook and started an exercise, waiting for the teacher to show up.
His mind worked overtime to try and figure out how to get through this dilemma. He could try forging the signature more carefully this time but he had a feeling that his teacher would know.
He didn't even realise he was writing off his page until he noticed one of the girls beside him giving him an odd look. He threw down the pencil and stared out the window, frowning deeply.
He decided on letting his guardian sign the paper. He'd just change the grade and lie that the teacher had wanted all papers signed regardless of grade. Somewhat satisfied with this decision he picked up his pencil and continued doing the exercise.
Classes managed to progress smoothly until lunchtime where Yugi hurried to the library to do some assignments his Math teacher had kindly given him to make up for missing the 5 previous math classes that he had been unable to attend because of the fire.
He was surprised to see Yami sitting in a corner away from everyone else. He seemed to be working diligently on what seemed to be a crumpled up paper, he had several Physics books around him and had a clouded, frustrated expression on his face.
Yugi didn't realise he was staring until Yami suddenly looked up, saw Yugi staring at him and went stiff. His face was a mask of fury as he hurriedly moved the paper behind a large stack of physics books.
"What the hell are you looking at?" Yami mouthed, breaking a pencil with one hand. Yugi blinked rapidly and pretending not to see Yami, pulled out a math book from the shelf and becoming massively engrossed in Vector diagrams.
Yami glared at Yugi suspiciously, his face a slight crimson from embarrassment. Most likely Yugi hadn't been looking at him but he was changing his physics grade and was panicked someone would see him. He rapidly finished adjusting the question answers and changing the teachers grade then swept out of the Library.
Yugi watched him leave, wondering what Yami had been up to.
The meeting after school was really only to tell the entire school about the other students who had transferred to Domino high because of the fire and also to inform the students when the Final Mock Exams would be (it was in exactly one month).
The principle thanked everyone for coming and dismissed all the students for the day. Yugi picked up his things and headed for the front steps, running into some new friends as he did so. He chatted happily with them while waiting for the school bus to come.
He noticed Yami come out of the school with a preoccupied (even, worried?) look on his face and stand under a tree away from everyone else. Yugi suddenly realised that he looked horribly miserable and lonely.
He found himself taking a step towards Yami before he caught himself, remembering that this was the same guy who had squished his intestines with a physics book. Instead, he watched Yami from the corner of his eye.
Yami looked almost normal when he wasn't scowling and Yugi was sure he was a nice person somewhere DEEP inside. He needed to ask Grandpa his opinion.
A black car pulled up beside Yami and almost heavily Yami climbed in, the tinted window rolled up blocking Yami from view.
"How was school?" His guardian asked seriously as they drove past the front steps.
"Fine." Yami answered bluntly, glaring at Yugi who stood on the front steps, surrounded by friends. Yugi was staring at their car with serious, pondering eyes. What the hell was he looking at anyway?
To be continued
AN: Stories where Yugi and Yami hit it off immediately don't always make sense to me. If your gonna read this prepare for a bumpy ride.
Characters to appear later: Seto, Pegasus and Bakura/Ryou. I don't think Mai or Tea is going to be very prominent in the story.
Please remember that this is an alternate world therefore it's gonna end strangely and won't wrap up neatly into the 'real' story. ------------------------------------------------- Japanese Vocabulary
Baka - idiot