A/N: I now give you chapter 6. You guys give the best reviews! I'm so happy that you all find the characters in their character, which is what I was aiming to hear from you guys. Very proud right now. I've made this chapter shorter from the last. I don't know when I'll make another longer chapter, but I will do it again. Yet again, I hope enjoy the latest chapter. Also, a review is always appreciated.
Chapter 6: Black or Red?
Seems hard to imagine, but…Yugi and Katsuya had fallen out. All of Wednesday, the two of them completely ignored each other. The others didn't really notice at first, but when Honda made one of his inappropriate remarks, involving Anzu who was not actually present at the time, Yugi and Katsuya parted separate ways from the group.
It was now Thursday, and Honda was currently explaining, during break time, a new horror movie which is expected to be good. "I'm telling you guys! It's going to be the next big thing," he explains, way too eagerly.
"I'd like to see this," Ryuji responds, "When does it come out?"
"This weekend! I've already booked tickets to go and see it."
"Hopefully it lives up to its hype," Bakura comments. Bakura looks at the other three, who weren't engaging in the conversation. Yugi was sitting at his desk, peering out of the window, his head resting on his palm. Katsuya was playing on his Gameboy and Anzu was focusing on her phone.
"This is annoying me," Honda says quietly.
"What is?" Ryuji asks. Honda gestures, with his eyes, to the other three. "Oh, I see. It is strange though."
"How so?"
"Jonouchi and Yugi have been like this all yesterday, and I thought by now they would be back to the way they were. Now Anzu is ignoring them…?" He wonders. Anzu then, stood up from her desk and left the classroom. "Did she hear me?"
"I don't think so," Bakura says.
Anzu went to the rooftop, still holding her phone. She walks to the end of the roof. Looking at her phone, making sure she had signal, she dials one of her contacts. It rings for roughly 20 seconds, before the person on the other line spoke. "Hello?"
"Hi Mai, it's me. Anzu."
"Oh, Anzu! Sorry, I didn't have your number saved on my phone. How are you? It's been a while hasn't it."
"Yeah it has…" Anzu trails off.
"Is everything okay? I mean this is the first time you're calling me."
Anzu asks, "Are you free to go shopping? This Saturday?"
"I am actually," she agrees, "But I have to ask. Why the sudden invite?"
"…I need advice. I can't really talk to anyone else."
Mai pauses and thinks for a moment. "You need advice from another girl I gather?"
"Yes."
Mai similes to herself. "I'll be happy to help you. Shall we say…11?"
"Yes, that's fine."
"Well, great! I'll meet you in the centre of the mall, okay?"
"Okay. Thank you, Mai."
"No problem. See you then!"
"See you." Anzu then hangs up the call.
Anzu was now currently walking to the mall. She decided on wearing her denim skirt, and pink/yellow shirt. Arriving at her destination, she sees Mai already waiting for her. Mai sees her and waves. She was wearing her usual outfit, which consisted of a white corset, purple jacket and purple skirt. Anzu walks up to her and they both embrace. "It's good to see you again," Mai state.
"You too," Anzu says, smiling.
Mai points to the left, illustrating a cafe. "How about we talk over coffee?" Anzu nods and they head in that direction. Entering, Mai offers to pay for the drinks. Anzu retaliates but Mai insists. They both settle for cappuccinos and sit down in the corner of the café. Mai takes a sip of her drink before speaking. "So…What can I help you with?"
Anzu hesitates firstly, not sure on where to start from. "Well…um…"
Mai places her cup down. "How about I take a guess at what this is about," she thinks for a moment, "Is it perhaps… to do with Yugi?"
Anzu inaudibly gasps, but nods at her deduction.
Mai smirks a little. "So, what's bothering you?"
Anzu begins explaining her situation. "He seems to be a bit off with me lately…I'm not sure if I've done something wrong to maybe upset him…"
"Off? In what way?"
"He's been avoiding me a little. Since Tuesday, we've hardly spoken at all."
"Did something happen on Tuesday?" She questions, curiously.
Anzu closes her eyes for a moment, then reopens them. "I was kidnapped by a fake student."
Mai's eyes enlarged a little. "Oh my goodness! Are you okay and all?"
"Yes I'm fine. The others came to find me. Well, Yugi was the one who found me locked up."
Mai sighs in relief. "At least you're okay. But…why would Yugi avoid you for that?"
"I don't know…but…" She stops and takes a quick sip of her cappuccino. Mai raises her eyebrow. Suddenly, Anzu starts blurting out her events, which involved Yugi. "Before that! I decided that I wanted to partner up with him, for this assignment that we have to do and then we found ourselves in a carnal position! Then! On Tuesday, I invited him into my house and hugged him because! Because I just wanted to! Then…he got up and left! That's probably why he's avoiding me because I made him uneasy! I'm such an idiot…"
Mai was shocked at Anzu's big outburst. Mai then starts laughing. "What's so funny?" Anzu asks her, confused.
Mai takes another sip of her drink, to try and calm herself down. "Oh, honey. How you survive with just guy friends, I'll never know." Anzu just blinks at her. Mai raises a finger. "I can tell you that…Yugi is avoiding you because…he must like you like 'that.'"
Anzu face turns pinks. "What?! That can't be it! Yugi doesn't like me that way."
"How do you know?" She debates.
"Well…he doesn't see me as a girl."
"Do you like him?" This catches Anzu off guard. Did she like him? "Because the way you're acting shows that. I mean, remember when I told you that you had a crush on him?"
"Yes…" is all she says.
"Is it more than a crush now?"
"I…really…like him…" she says with her head down. Mai smiles sweetly at her response.
"I think I can help you now." She explains, finishing the remainder of her cappuccino. Anzu raises her head to look at her, her cheeks slightly pink. "Try being more direct with him. You said you hugged him right? Well, maybe he thought you did it because he saved you. So, he's receiving the wrong signals."
"I never thought about it…"
"Yugi's not the type to try anything funny. He's a trusting and caring boy. But, he can also be a bit shy." Anzu nods to show she's comprehending. "The next time you see him, ask him out. Just to a casual place like bowling."
"I suppose I can try."
"That's the spirit!" She then grabs Anzu's hands. "Come on. You invited me to go shopping after all." Mai then drags Anzu out of the coffee shop. They visit nearly every shop, from clothing to bazaars. Mai explains that there's one more place that she wants to visit. "Here we are!" Anzu looks at her uneasily. She had stopped in front of the most provocative lingerie store.
"W-Why do you want to go in there?" Anzu says nervously.
Mai grabs her hands. "Because every girl needs sexy underwear. I'll treat you to a set!" She winks at her.
"Huh?!"
"Wow! Look at all the cute underwear!" Mai exclaims happily to herself. She starts picking out colourful sets.
"I'll just wait outside." Anzu says. She begins walking but Mai jumps on her from behind. "Hey! Mai!"
"Don't be silly. We're getting something for you!"
"But I don't need…"
Mai interrupts her. She holds up two sets for her. "What do you think? The black one says just do me. Or the red one which says, I like to play before we get into it."
"Mai!" Mai then holds up the red one next to Anzu.
"It's perfect for your skin tone! I'll buy you this one. I'm guessing you're an E?"
"Mai!"
Why did she buy me this…? Anzu and Mai were heading back to the centre of the mall. They were both carrying big bags of shopping. Anzu hid the small shopping bag, she got from the lingerie store, so that her mother won't see it when she comes home. "Thank you for coming Mai. I'm glad we talked."
"You're welcome. Thank you for inviting me." Mai looks at her phone, for the time. "I have to go now. I won't be able to meet up anytime soon. I'm travelling you see."
"Oh, okay."
"But, if you need someone to talk to. I'm only a call or text away."
"Okay. Thank you again," Anzu smiles at her.
Mai starts leaving and waves back to Anzu. "Bye-bye! Oh! I forgot to tell you. I left another present in your bag."
Anzu waves back and says goodbye. Curious, she looks in the little bag, to find a pair of white thigh high socks. Huh? She turns over the packet to see that Mai left a note. "Wear these to school instead. Much more your style." Anzu sighs to herself. Seriously Mai…
Okay Anzu…you're just going over to help…no big deal. But what do I wear?! It was already Sunday and Anzu was having a hard time getting ready. She had various outfits placed on her bed. "Maybe…this with…" she says to herself, whilst grabbing the new pair of denim shorts that she bought yesterday. "Okay, done!" Satisfied with her look, she settles for her denim shorts with black tights, and a peached coloured shirt with a white collar. Looking at her wall clock, she grabs a small shoulder bag and leaves her room. As she grabbed the door handle to the front door, her mother interrupts her.
"Where are you going darling?" she queries. Anzu turns her head slightly.
"To help a friend with something," Anzu replies, calmly.
Her mother thinks for a moment, but then smiles. "Okay. Have fun with Yugi." She then quickly dashes away from Anzu, to avoid her protest. Anzu just shakes her head and leaves out of the door.
Anzu arrives at the game shop for 10am. She gently knocks on the door and waits. She begins fidgeting uneasily, as she realises that they'll be alone until 2pm. Well, if you exclude the customers of course. A moment later, Yugi answers the door. He hesitates for an instant, "Good morning," he greets her in.
"Morning," she says as she steps into the shop. "How are you?"
He closes the door behind him. "Good...you?"
"I'm fine…" She thinks of what to say, "So! Have you had many customers yet?"
Yugi blinks confusingly at her. "The shop doesn't open until 11 today. My grandpa wants us to put some deliveries on display."
"Oh, I didn't realise! Of course it opens later," she tries to say without looking awkward. Agh! We're alone for an hour!
"I've already bought out the stock," he points behind the cash desk. He starts placing the boxes upon the desk. Unravelling the tape, on the boxes, he finds that there are new duel monster cards and figurines for specific monsters. "Wow. These are awesome! Look there's…" He stops to gaze at Anzu. She was looking at one of the shelfs, not paying attention. He admires her figure, noting that she had become much more curvaceous lately. "Anzu…" he says almost inaudibly.
She stops looking at the merchandise and focuses her attention on Yugi. "Did you say something?"
Yugi quickly shakes his head. "No. I was just looking at the new duel monster cards that we've got."
"Oh," is all she says. She makes her way over to the cash desk, and stands behind it so that she is side by side with Yugi. She begins taking out the card packs. "Is there anywhere in particular that your grandpa wants these displayed?"
"Yes. He wants them placed on the left hand side of the store. He plans on making the whole left side dedicated to duel monsters and other merchandise related to it." He explains.
"What's wrong with you and Jonouchi?" She asks unexpectedly.
"What?" He turns to face her. "What do you mean?"
"You two haven't spoken to each other since Tuesday."
"Oh…" Yugi scratches the back of his head. "We just had a little argument, that's all."
"About what?"
You… Yugi smiles slightly. "It's nothing for you to worry about. Just guy things."
Anzu raises her eyebrows at him, and then she folds her arms. "It's obviously something I should worry about. I mean, you two have never fallen out."
"Honesty Anzu it's no big deal."
"Can you at least try and talk it out with him? You're best friends after all."
Yugi sighs faintly. "I'll try."
Anzu unfolds her arms and smiles. "Good. That's more like the Yugi I know." She then continues to take out the duel monsters merchandise.
30 minutes had passed, and the two had hardly exchanged words. Anzu began worrying to herself. She hoped the awkwardness, that seemed to have dwelled upon them, would have gone by now. She thinks back to her previous conversation with Mai. "Try being more direct with him. The next time you see him, ask him out. Just to a casual place like bowling." Easier said than done. She looks at Yugi, seeing him rearranging one of the middle shelfs. Just ask him already! "Yugi!" Yugi jumped back at Anzu's sudden loud tone. You went with yelling Anzu? Way to go… Not!
"What's wrong?" He asks her, slightly worried.
"A-are you free after school on Monday or Tuesday?" She asks hesitantly.
Since Yugi had now decided to regularly attend the gym every Monday and Wednesday, which he obviously wasn't going to tell Anzu, he had to go with Tuesday. "I'm free Tuesday. Why?"
She starts twiddling her thumbs. "D-do you maybe want to go bowling?" I sound like an idiot right now!
"Bowling? Sure. Are the others coming as well?"
"Umm…I meant just us two."
Yugi's eyes widened a little, so that Anzu wouldn't notice. She just wants us to go together? I mean that's great, but…why? It seems like, a date…
"If you'd rather not that's fine…"
"No!" He quickly stops her. "I'd like to go with you."
Anzu's heart sped up a bit. I wonder if Mai was right. Does Yugi like me that way? "Okay, great."
Yugi's grandpa returned a 2pm, on the dot to be exact. "Welcome home grandpa!" Yugi welcomes him back, walking up to him and giving him a quick hug.
"Did you two do okay without me?"
"Yes. We've had quite a few customers."
Sugoroku happily laughs, whilst ruffling his grandson's spiky hair. "Excellent. Thank you for looking after it. You too Anzu."
"You're welcome Mr. Mutou," she lightly bows to him. She next grabs her shoulder bag. "I'll be going now Yugi."
"Okay. I'll see you tomorrow" Yugi walks Anzu out of the shop and waves her goodbye. Once he closed the door, he turns to find his grandpa grinning stupidly at him.
"So…how did things go?" He asks immaturely. Yugi animatedly sweat drops.
