Mai AF: HI! The authoress has taken a bad risk to let us write this authors note! Mai AF turns evil JOEY WHEELER IS MINE!!!!! SO IS LINK!!!! Téa (Luff: that's another name they have for me) mad she stir tea with pen! 'Isn't that weird'
Luff: Yugi AF was too lazy to write anything so I'm going to do it for her! Yay! And that's not good for her…heh…
Yugi AF: Yugi had a lovely night with Yami. Yami was not bad but I was better. I must resist temptation to flame Luff. Luff is evil. Luff loves groovy pen. Luff is mad, weird & evil.
Yami: Yami agrees. Remember to flame Luff by order of the pharaoh (Yami). FLAME.
Mai AF: My turn to get in bed with Joey, and Link. Joey Link ; (or :, I'm not sure which it's meant to be)
Luff: Right! Disclaimer now, before they go mad! Unfortunately, I still do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!, but if I had my way…heh…on with the episode!
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Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!, Kazuki Takahashi does.
Key
#Blah#Someone thinking, or talking to someone else through a mind link i.e. Yugi to Yami.
"Blah"Someone talking on the other side of a phone conversation, etc.
Warning
Swearing, sex (male/male relationships), and badness in general. I will put a warning before a chapter if it involves sex. You have been warned.
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Episode 4 – Don't Forget Me"You're going around Seto's on Friday?" Serenity looked thoughtful.
#She knows something… Oh God please say she doesn't know something…# Joey grimaced as he waited for Serenity to speak. "So…what?"
"Yeah…I'm OK with that. It's not like we were planning on going anywhere anyway! You don't have to look so worried, honestly." She smiled sweetly at him and hugged him. #He looks worried…could it be…something to do with Seto? Oh, I don't know, but I will find out.# She walked into the kitchen, leaving Joey alone in the living room.
Joey sighed and walked onto the balcony, staring out at the pale blue sky. Apart from a few small fluffy clouds, the sky was completely clear, and Joey seemed to lose himself in its calmness. He felt his stomach churning in his anxiety. He may have been perfectly happy a couple of hours ago, but now the realness of the whole thing was getting to him. He didn't know what would happen if the others found out about him and Seto, that is if Seto even liked him. Things were just far too complicated, so Joey promised himself that he would stop worrying about it. But there is always that thing, the thing that sits at the back of your thoughts, and comes forward at the most untimely moments. Joey pushed the thought to the very back of his mind, trying to ignore the nagging guilt, the pain in his heart. He leant on the railings and closed his eyes, attempting to enjoy the warm gentle breeze on his face, but he couldn't. Why was he worrying anyway? It was such a beautiful day, so Joey walked back into the house, and out of the front door.
He arrived at the park about ten minutes later and sat down on a bench overlooking the lake. For a long time he just stared at the glittering pool of water, watching with a spite of jealousy at the numerous couples walking around. #I wish that Seto and me were like that…but maybe we will be. I hope we will be like that. Well, I'll probably find out on Friday, won't I? Oh God, I'm doing it again…I'm not going to think about this anymore. I'm not. I'm not.# Joey kept repeating this in his mind until he got thoroughly fed up of saying it.
The sun was now casting long shadows over the ground, and the park was growing quiet. He checked his watch. Seven-thirty. He got up stiffly, stretched, and walked slowly home again, not really wanting to go back to something that almost felt like a prison to him now. Joey had always preferred the outdoors so it was not unusual to find him at the park, or in the town. But his last couple of hours at the park made him appreciate the natural beauty of the world even more. He knew that there was nothing more stunning than it that had ever been created by mankind. The only thing he considered to be more attractive than this, he supposed, was Seto.
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"Seto, you're back!" Mokuba bounded down the stairs just as Seto walked in through the front door, and greeted him with the usual hug.
"Hello, Mokuba." Seto was smiling, which told Mokuba that all had gone well at the cinema. "And before you ask, yes I did invite Joey over. He's coming on Friday."
"And are you going to give him a tour of the house? Or just your bedroom?" He giggled as Seto turned a colour that resembled something like a radish.
"Uh, Mokuba!" He shook his head, and sighed. He suddenly grinned and then said, "Well, he'll see it sooner or later. But I'd prefer sooner to later." Mokuba laughed. He was happy that Seto was in a good enough mood to be able to joke about something so serious.
"Just make sure you actually tell him, okay Seto?" Mokuba grinned. "Otherwise I'll tell him."
"Don't you dare." Seto seemed for the first time to realise how hard it was all going to be. His face fell and he drew himself in, closing his mind out from the curiosity of the world. Mokuba sighed and pulled Seto into a tight hug.
"Just relax, Seto. Working yourself up isn't going to help."
"I know…" A single, solitary tear ran down Seto's cheek, an inkling of the pain he was feeling. Mokuba cast his eyes to the floor, not sure of what he could do. After a moment of uncomfortable silence, Seto flounced up the stairs, and closed his bedroom door loudly behind him.
Mokuba shook his head, walked through the living room and out of the back door. He started to walk slowly round the path that ran around the edges of their garden, kicking a stone as he went. #Maybe I should say something about this to Joey, or his sister, Serenity. It should at least make Joey a bit more comfortable with the situation. Or maybe I should just ask him if he likes Seto…then I can be sure that Joey does love him. It might not turn out to be such a good idea though, Joey could freak out when he's here and screw everything up. It's probably better if I just ask Serenity. But Seto would kill me if he knew about this…so I'll just have to keep it a secret.#
Mokuba turned around and walked back into the house. He took the phone from its holder, checked that the room was empty, and proceeded to punch in Joey's number. He pressed the dial button and brought the phone up to his ear. Mokuba listened to the phone ring, and then click.
"Hello, Serenity speaking."
"Hi Serenity, it's Mokuba."
"Oh hi Mokuba. Did you want to speak to Joey?"
"Um…" He paused.
"Well, if you did want to speak to him, he's gone out. I think he's gone to the park." Mokuba sighed in relief.
"No, I kinda wanted to talk to you, actually." He just hoped that Serenity had already figured out what was going on between Joey and his brother.
"Is it…about your brother?" She asked cautiously.
"Yeah… Do you think that…there's something going on between those two? Seto and Joey?" Mokuba bit his lip, worried about how Serenity might react to his question.
"Err…" There was silence for moment, and then, "Yes. I do think so."
"Oh, good. I at least wanted to make sure that you knew."
"OK. Well, be sure to let me know if anything happens on Friday."
"Sure. Well…I guess I'll be seeing you, then."
"Yeah, see you. Bye!"
"Bye…" Mokuba heard the phone click and he put it back into its holder. #Well, at least I've done it now…it would have been worse if Serenity didn't know about this. Now I have someone I can talk to about it, without getting totally embarrassed. And if it doesn't all work out on Friday… Well, then me and Serenity can do something about it.#
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"Hey, Yugi! Take a look at this!" Yami and Yugi had invited Ryou and Bakura round to their house after they had been to the cinema. Ryou had been reading the local newspaper, when an interesting advert had caught his eye.
"What is it, Ryou?" Yugi sat down next to him on the sofa and took the newspaper Ryou was offering him. He pointed his finger at an advert that took up nearly the whole page, and Yugi then proceeded to read it aloud.
"'Come to the Domino Natural History Museum this summer to see the new Ancient Egyptian exhibition.'" Yami peered over Yugi's shoulder and read the article for himself.
"A new exhibition, eh? Well, maybe we should go see it."
"Yeah, any excuse for you to start going on about what it was like in our day…" Bakura said, who had been listening to them from his position in front of the T.V.
"Well it's not like you don't either!" Ryou tutted. At that moment Bakura decided to turn up the volume of the T.V., and knowing him and his bad timing, he turned it up just as the Curry's advert (AN: you know, the 'Curry's, always cutting prices!' thing) came on the T.V. "And turn that fucking thing down! Or if not, turn it off!" Bakura's face fell as he reached his finger over to the power button and switched the T.V. off. He got up and walked around the back of the sofa, hugging Ryou from behind.
"I'm sorry, Ryou." He kissed his cheek. "Are you mad at me?" Ryou shook his head, blushing slightly. He rested his head against Bakura's chest and closed his eyes, sighing gently. Yugi stared at Ryou, not really knowing why he was doing it. He just couldn't stop himself…Ryou seemed to radiate with warmth and beauty, easily seducing Yugi into a zombie-like state. Unfortunately for him, Yami noticed Yugi's adoring face, so he took him by the shoulders and shook him.
"Yugi! What are you doing?!" Ryou and Bakura came back to the real world with a start, and saw Yami shaking Yugi.
"Yami, don't! You're hurting me!" Yami stopped shaking Yugi, but held onto him with a death-like grip, Yugi desperately trying to escape.
"Yami! What's going on? Let go of Yugi!" Ryou shouted, only making things worse.
"Stay out of this!" Yami snapped back, still resisting Yugi's attempts of escape.
"Don't you shout at my Hikari!" Bakura shouted. He and Yami may have been on speaking terms, but they had never really liked each other all that much, and they were only being civil because Yugi and Ryou forced them to be. Yami turned his head slowly towards him, his face contorted with rage. In his anger he let go of Yugi, allowing him to run out of the room and up the stairs. Yami watched Yugi go, but did not move to try and catch him. Ryou gave Yami a horrified look before fleeing up the stairs after Yugi, wanting to give him all the comfort he could. Yami turned his attention back to Bakura and pushed him so that he fell backwards over the sofa and onto the floor on the other side. "Yami, what the fuck are you doing?! I didn't do anything to you!" Yami picked Bakura up by the collar and threw him onto the sofa.
"Do you know what Yugi was doing?!" He spat. Bakura looked- and was- surprised. He looked at Yami questioningly, raising an eyebrow. This just made Yami even madder. He drew back his fist and aimed at Bakura's face, but he was prepared this time and grabbed it just as it was an inch from his face. Bakura twisted Yami's arm round his back and pushed him onto the ground so he was lying on his front, and then proceeded to kneel on him so as to stop any attempt of another attack.
"Now tell me," Bakura growled, his voice barely more than a whisper, "What is going on?" Yami struggled against his grip, but Bakura pulled his arm further up his back, Yami screaming in pain.
"Alright, for Ra's sake! Just let go!" Yami cried. He shuddered as Bakura loosened his grip, but this time Yami did not try to move, knowing that Bakura, quite literally had the upper hand. "Thank you." #I can't believe I'm saying thank you to this Baka tomb-robber…he'll pay for that…# "Yugi…was…" Yami took a deep breath, and continued, "HewaseyeingupRyou!" Bakura's expression darkened.
"Well, you had better keep your little Yugi away from Ryou…because if you don't… Well, we'll just see what happens." He let go of Yami and stood up, backing slowly away from him. He may not have liked Yami, but he never underestimated him…the last time he did that it was fatal to him. Yami twitched slightly before getting up, and he walked straight out of the room, not once looking at Bakura. He heard him stomp away up the stairs, probably to tell Ryou to get lost.
-This starts from when Yugi ran up the stairs-
Yugi ran into his bedroom and slammed the door behind him, his heart racing, his mind in chaos.
#Why the fuck did I stare at him?! I'm in deep shit now! Fuck fuck fuck!# Yugi turned around and banged his head on the door, causing little stars to start popping in front of his eyes. He flung himself onto his bed, and buried his face into his pillow. He tried to keep down the sick feeling he was getting from his stomach, his throat burning from the acidic taste of the bile. Suddenly his bedroom door burst open, and after a moment shut again. He heard footsteps coming towards his bed, but Yugi did not look to see whom it was. He felt the mattress sink as the person sat down on it, and almost choked when he heard the owner's voice.
"Yugi?" Ryou said quietly, placing a hand on his shoulder. Yugi shuddered slightly, but other than that he remained perfectly still. Ryou lifted Yugi up into a sitting position, from which he vomited on the floor. Ryou's eyes widened in fear as Yugi groaned and fell backwards on his bed, breathing heavily and sweating. He started as he heard a scream emit from down the stairs, but soon recovered form the shock and turned his attention back to Yugi. Ryou felt his forehead and immediately pulled it back, as if he had just touched a hot iron. "You're burning up…" He looked around for a glass of water and found one on Yugi's desk. He grabbed it, spilling some of the water onto the floor, and went back to Yugi. He sat back down on his bed, and once again pulled Yugi into sitting position. Yugi was not feeling particularly co-operative, though, and let his head fall limply against Ryou's chest.
Ryou knew that Yugi wasn't going to cooperate, so he rather forcefully pushed the glass against Yugi's mouth and poured the water down his throat. Yugi coughed and spluttered, spraying the room with the liquid. Ryou once again poured the water down Yugi's throat, but this time he drank it. After a moment of this Yugi sat up properly, shaking violently. Ryou put the glass back onto the table and started to rub Yugi's back, trying his best to calm him down. "Yugi…what were you doing that made Yami mad?" Yugi shook his head, not wanting Ryou to know what he had felt, what he was still feeling. "Yugi, you can tell me."
"I don't know if I want to…" He drew in a deep shuddering breath. "I'm not sure that you'll react the way… I don't even know why I did it…"
"Did what, Yugi?" Yugi shook his head again, concentrating all his efforts on trying to stop the bile that was threatening to come up again. Ryou's heart was racing. He didn't know why, but he felt strangely…attracted to Yugi. He always had. At first he thought it was because of the millennium items, but now…now he wasn't so sure. He hadn't felt attracted to anyone else that was in possession of one of the items, least of all Pegasus. He wondered whether Yugi felt this attraction as well, and if he did, was this attraction towards him? Well, whatever it was, if they had never got their millennium items he was sure that they would never have become as close to each other as they were. Perhaps the cause of the attraction was the items, but it had grown into something more than that, something that Ryou didn't fully comprehend… And anyway, he couldn't be with two people at the same time. He shook his head and looked back at Yugi, who was now bending over the edge of the bed.
Ryou put his arms around Yugi and embraced him, murmuring words of comfort in his ear. He rocked him back and forth like a child, Yugi curled up in a tight ball. He soon calmed down, and silently cried into Ryou's chest. Yugi was dreading the moment when Yami came into his room and found them like this, but that was the least of his cares right then.
Yami burst into Yugi's room to find him and Ryou huddled up together on his bed, Yugi being rocked back and forth by Ryou. He looked down to find that there was a pool of vomit on the floor. Yami looked back and forth between the floor and Yugi before he put two and two together and realised what must have happened. He walked slowly over to the pair on the bed, making a mental note not to step in the vomit, and knelt down in front of them. Yugi looked up at Yami's face, and Yami saw the fear in his eyes. He was so pale and fragile, like a china doll that was teetering off the edge of a shelf, just waiting to be broken and smashed. Yami felt the guilt boil up inside him, angry with himself for hurting Yugi, so much so that Yugi was frightened of him…although he knew that this wasn't the first time it had happened.
"Yugi…?" Yami said quietly. The smaller boy buried his face into Ryou's chest, shivering with fright.
"Why did you do that to him?" Ryou's voice was barely more than a whisper, but it came clear and cold into Yami's mind. "You love him, don't you?" Yami slowly nodded his head, never taking his eyes off of Yugi. "Well, maybe you should learn to control your emotions. You've hurt him badly, and I'm not about to sort this out for you." He looked up into Ryou's eyes and saw the anger in them…Yami knew he shouldn't have been surprised by this, but he was.
"I don't want to lose him to somebody else..." (AN: Think back to the title of the episode, folks!) He whispered, his eyes stinging with tears.
"What do you mean?" Ryou looked quizzically at him, but Yami just shook his head.
"I don't think I should say…at least not yet."
#What does he mean?# Ryou frowned. He started a little as he felt Yugi stir inside the safety of his arms, and loosened his grip so Yugi could sit up properly. He stared into Yami's eyes, and he could feel the guilt in his heart, the sorrow, and more importantly the love. Yami wiped away Yugi's tears, gently caressing his face with his fingers. Ryou smiled and stood up, knowing that he should leave the two of them alone together. He opened the door of the bedroom and closed it gently behind him. He stood for a moment with his hand still on the handle, before turning around and finding Bakura leaning against the wall. He had a bruise on his head, and he looked annoyed, to say the least.
"How did you get that bruise on your head?" Ryou asked quietly, not wanting Bakura to get mad at him.
"Oh, it was nothing really. I mean, Yami just pushed me over the back of the sofa and tried to kill me, but hey, that's just normal, isn't it?" He said sarcastically. "Come on, let's get out of here. This house stinks of Pharaohs."
(AN: I am so sorry about the whole of the last scene being completely out of place and over exaggerated, but it sounded good when I wrote it. And anyway I can't get rid of it because it's a necessary part of the plot.)
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Luff: Yay! Finished at last!
Yugi: Hurrah…
Luff: Hey, don't blame me for the randomness of the last scene; I had a cold while I was writing this! In fact I still have my cold. Obviously.
Yami: #Snorts# Duh.
Luff: Oh yeah, I just remembered I've learnt how to spell Chihauha right now! Well, that's how it was spelt in this magazine I was reading, anyway… and I've also just discovered that spell checker thinks that is wrong and that it's spelt Chihuahua. Argh! Someone save me!
Seto: Oh wow, how exciting.
Luff: Sutty uppy! Anyways, I'll finish this now seeing as I am about to watch a film, and my nose is starting to piss me off. So… Don't forget to R&R my lovely reviewers! Byesy!