Little Bitty Pretty One
Chapter Eight
After Returning from shopping Yugi and Atem collapsed on the couch. "Did you have fun?" Atem smiled lazily.
"Yes. Thank you." Yugi smiled as he snuggled into Atem's chest and let out a small sigh of happiness. "So where are we going exactly?" he looked up at him.
"Well it's just a little gathering, business mingling I guess you could say." He sighed. "You can meet Bakura and Kaiba will be there as well. You don't have to dress up too fancy."
"Oh good." Yugi smiled. "You don't think someone will know where I am from do you?"
"It's not likely." Atem smiled. "I don't think they stray into back alleys for a little fun, if you know what I mean."
"Well you did."
"That was by accident and you know it. It's not like I was looking for someone like you." He said unthinkingly. Yugi blinked and sat up slowly pulling away from the businessman.
"Someone like me?" He tried to hold back his anger. "What exactly are you implying by saying that?"
"Oh it's not that, it's just people in your… line of work. Aren't the kind of people we business men go looking for."
"Oh, so you think you are so much better than I am because of my occupation!" he stood up and stormed away as Atem was about to speak.
"Get back here! I am not done talking to you." He ordered.
"Leave me alone. And you know what! You can go to that "gathering" without me. I mean a filthy whore like me shouldn't be seen around you hotshot business types." He walked into the bathroom and slammed the door.
"Yugi! You are coming with me. You have no choice. You are in my employ and you will do as you are told. Now come out of there." Atem jiggled the door handle and pounded on the door. "FINE! Stay in there. But don't expect me to wait around for you." Atem grimaced and stormed out of the room and down to Keith. "Let's go."
"And the young man that was with you?" he arched an eyebrow.
"He isn't feeling well and will not be joining me. Let's get going before I am late." He stormed passed him and toward the car. On the trip to the club, as he played the conversation over, he became angrier. He scowled as he got out of the limo and walked into the club. Some day with turned out to be.
"Ah, there he is right now." Bakura smirked as Atem walked in. "Whoa, you okay?"
"Yes, fine."
"And how did dinner go?"
"Well that went rather well. Actually I have him right where I want him." Atem smirked "Soon the both of us will be rolling in it."
"Well it's not like you need it, being Kaiba's number one." Bakura said with just a hint of jealousy behind it.
"What can I say, I'm the best." Atem smirked.
"And where is this date you have told me so much about." Bakura smirked, "and does he have a brother?"
"He's not feeling too well today and I decided it would be best if he stayed back at the hotel." Atem sat down on the couch alongside Bakura.
"Well then, tell me more about him. Where did you two meet? Because you know, he could be working for Solomon. These things happen you know."
"Shut up. Yugi is not a spy."
"And how can you be so sure?" Bakura inquired. "I, Of course, wouldn't want Kaiba having to fire you for something like that."
"Of course not." He glared slightly at his white haired friend. If ravens had white feathers, Bakura would be the symbol of all they stood for. "I know because I found him in an alley behind the Flamingo."
Bakura's eyes lit up instantly at the juicy flavor the news brought to his mouth. "Are you fucking serious? He's a Prostitute!"
"Shh, be quiet about it." Atem smiled, "Yes, he is but there is something about him."
"I see." He tried to hold back his laugh.
"I knew I shouldn't have told you. Laugh, but keep it to yourself." Atem stood up and walked toward the bar to get an early start. It was at that moment that he felt he had hurt Yugi in a way he really shouldn't have. It wasn't easy for him to apologize and it seemed harder to tell himself that all he needed to do was call up Yugi and say he was sorry. He sighed when he caught a glimpse of yellow cheese in the shape of a star and somehow it reminded him of Yugi. "Oh Yugi, I'm sorry." He whispered.
He heard someone clear their throat above him and he looked up slowly seeing a small person in grey slacks and a black cotton T-shirt. "I forgive you." Yugi smiled down at him and smiled as he picked up the cheese and popped it into his mouth.
"Yugi." Atem smiled at him and reached over the table and hugged him. "I didn't mean for what I said to come out that way, I was only trying to say that-" his words were halted by a finger to his lips.
"Don't make it worse." Yugi said simply and walked to the other end of the table for more tasty snacks.
"Atem," A strong voice from behind him spoke and tore his smiling eyes from Yugi. "How are things going?"
"Kaiba. Everything is well. Solomon is down to his lasts drops of hope." He smirked.
"Very well. I meant, how are you? Something about you has changed. I can't have my partner going all soft on me. I would hate to have to let you go. Only because I know that when I do you will plot and start your own business. I can't have that."
"Ah, I know. I am too good and we would be in constant competition." Atem smiled. "As fun as that sounds, I like this mellow partnership we share."
"As do I but I will do whatever need be done. So tell me how you are?"
"Same as always." Atem smiled and turned his head back toward Yugi.
"You know there is no room for love in this business." Kaiba eyed him knowingly. "They always leave, you know that."
"I know Anzu left me and the other girls but the thing is, I finally know why. And it too Yugi to show me that. Don't you worry, Yugi is only a temporary boyfriend and we are not in love but if I do find love it will not interfere with work."
"So how could you not have known that you we gay?"
"I don't…"
"Don't worry. I mean no one can tell well except for me of course."
"You could tell? How?" Atem blinked. "Are you…" Kaiba nodded and walked off, "nice talk."
"Y-Yeah. Nice talk." He stood there completely flabbergasted and felt a shiver run up his spine as he felt someone behind him. He turned around quickly. "Bakura?"
"So Kaiba is one of us. I knew it. Maybe I should go for him. He is hot. Or maybe you could tell me where you picked up Yugi."
"Shut up!" Atem walked off to find Yugi who was mingling with a few highly renowned people. Yugi was a treasure, he saw the world in a different way and Atem wished for just a glimpse through those innocent eyes, to see what Yugi saw. He made his way over to him as Yugi waved for him to join them.
