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I'm really liking this story…

Kings Are Blind

After destroying Yami's bed, Yugi was finally able to show Yami how to do one thing all by himself: make his bed.

Yami seemed awfully proud of himself, as he now sat upon the neatly laid-out sheets with a smile on his face.

"I never thought I would actually have to do that…" he said to himself, gazing up at the ceiling.

"Maybe if you're lucky, grandpa will give you some of my chores!" Yugi said slyly, smirking at Yami who stared down evilly at him.

"Chores? What kind of chores?"

Yugi rubbed his chin and sighed. "All kinds of things! I cook dinner every other night, I do the dishes, take out the trash, clean occasionally, make my bed…" He emphasized the last part.

Yami glared at him. "I'm working on that last part. I'll get the others in no time, too. Well, except maybe for the cooking part. You wouldn't want me to burn down the house now, would you?"

"No, I guess not. But, I can try and teach you. Here, come into my room. Let's see if anything looks familiar…"

Yami stood up off the bed and followed Yugi off to the left side of the hallway. Yugi pushed open his bedroom door and kicked off his shoes, motioning for Yami to do the same.

Yami slid off the sneakers Yugi had leant him and slid them off to the side. He watched as Yugi flicked on the light switch next to the door and sat down on his bed.

"This is your room?" Yami said, taking in the surroundings.

Yugi nodded, laying down flat on the bed with his arms crossed behind his head.

"It's so…" Yami trailed off and looked around the room. "…Orderly…"

Yugi giggled. "Well, I'm just a very neat person, I guess."

"Is that why everyone has to take off their shoes when they come into your room?"

Yugi nodded. "Yep."

"Well, aren't you little Mr. Perfect…" Yami said, looking around the room.

Yugi sat up and frowned. "You're one to talk about being Mr. Perfect."

Yami turned around and glared at him. "You know, it's not my fault I was born into a royal family and got practically everything my heart desired. You don't have to be jealous of me."

Yugi's eyes widened. "Ugh! You think I'm jealous of you? Please! I feel sorry for you! Never experiencing life, not knowing how to take care of yourself! If anything, you should be jealous of me!"

Yami gave Yugi an angry face and sat down in the chair at his desk. "Here we go, arguing again! I thought you said we used to be best friends! Why don't you go hang out with your other best friend! Like that guy Jerry!"

Yugi stopped. "Jerry?"

Yami turned his back to Yugi and folded his arms, gazing up at the moon through the skylight on Yugi's ceiling.

"Yeah, you know the one. The one you're such best buddies with who eats all the donuts!"

Yugi's anger turned into a smile as he realized another memory was coming back to Yami. Joey.

Yugi instantly scurried over to his closet and pulled out a white shoe box. He kept all the goofy pictures he and his friends had taken with the new camera he got for Christmas in there.

Yami turned back towards Yugi upon hearing him scuffling around. He watched as Yugi practically threw the box onto the bed with excitement, tearing off the lid and tossing it aside.

"Come here…" He whispered.

Yami stood off the chair and moved to sit on the side of the bed.

Yugi handed him a picture of the blonde. Joey was smiling like an idiot with his finger up his nose.

Yugi watched the expression on Yami's face change as he tilted the picture into different angles.

Yami eventually smiled. "I know this boy." He said, still smiling. "This is Jerry."

Yugi smiled back and chuckled slightly. "Actually, his name is Joey. But hey, at least you remembered him; and that we're best friends."

"Joey, Jerry. Whatever." Yami said, laughing slightly as he set the picture back down.

A moment of silence elapsed between the two, both boys smiling to themselves.

"I just wonder why he didn't look familiar when you showed me his picture back in Egypt." Yami said.

Yugi shrugged his shoulders. "Maybe it's the atmosphere. Or, just luck. I don't know. All that matters is that we're getting somewhere. That's two you've remembered so far."

More silence came as Yami picked up some other pictures of the blonde. Some were more inappropriate than others, consisting of the blonde putting on a smirking face with his hand on the front of his pants. Others were more silly, with the boy wearing a wig with a large pair of sunglasses sitting upside down on his nose.

Yugi decided to break the silence when another idea popped into his head. He shot off the bed and the grin on his face widened to drastic levels.

"Oh my gosh! Why didn't I think of this before! I know it's late, but…I'll call Joey and ask him to come over!" Yugi threw his arms into the air, satisfied with his idea, and ran downstairs to get the phone.

Yami could hear Yugi's footsteps as he practically tripped his way up the stairs.

Yugi had to dial Joey's number several times, as he kept messing it up through his excitement.

The phone rang a couple of times before a bored Brooklyn voice picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Hey! Joey! It's me! Guess what! Guess what!"

"Hey, Yuge. Uhh…how was that trip to Egypt?"

"It…was…GREAT! You'll never guess who I met!"

"King Tut?"

"…no!"

"Britney Spears?"

"……"

"Okay, who then?"

"YAMI!"

Yugi waited as Joey paused on the other end of the line. "…what? How?"

"It's a long story! I'll tell you when you come over! He came back with us!"

"Come over? …Wait…He's there?...Okay, I'm confused…I'm comin' over, right?"

"Yeah, yeah! Bring your stuff if you want! You can stay at my house! We'll have a sleepover!"

"…Woah, uh…don't get carried away there, Yuge."

"Just come over! I'll see you soon." He heard Joey click off the phone as he did the same.

Yami eyed him suspiciously. "Sleepover? That sounds a bit…sexual…"

Yugi whacked him with his hand. "Sleepovers are not sexual! Friends sleep over each others houses all the time!"

"…If you say so."

Soon after, the doorbell rang. Grandpa answered it, surprised to see Joey, who hurridly told him that Yugi invited him over before taking his bag and running up the stairs.

"Kids." Grandpa said to himself. "They don't tell anybody anything anymore…"

A light knock came at Yugi's door.

"Hey, Yuge. Can I come in?"

Yugi smiled at Yami, who looked a bit nervous. "Sure!"

Joey slowly pushed the door open as he prepared himself for the scene in front of him.

There was Yugi, sitting pretzel-style on his bed. Yami was next to him, sitting in the same fashion with his hands hanging limply in his lap.

Joey cleared his throat and smiled, holding his hand out to Yami.

"It's so nice to see you again, man." He said, smiling. "We all missed ya."

Yami glanced at Yugi, wondering what he should say.

"Well, uh…it's nice to see you too, Jerry…uh, Joey!" He quickly corrected his forgetful brain.

Joey set down his bag and joined the two boys on the bed.

"Well," he said "'Dis is kinda awkward…"

Yami was still staring nervously at Joey, who continued to give him friendly, reassuring smiles.

"I'm not gonna bite ya, if that's what you're thinking…" Joey said, taking in Yami's concerned looks.

"I know," Yami said. "This is just weird."

Joey chuckled slightly. "How is it weird? We're all pals."

Yugi cleared his throat and took Joey by the arm.

"Can we talk somewhere…privately…?" He whispered, glancing at Yami out of the corner of his eye.

Joey leaned down to Yugi's level, also glancing over at Yami.

"Is he…like, okay?"

Yugi sighed. "That's why we need to talk…"

Yugi walked over to Yami for a moment, who kept looking back and forth from him to Joey.

Yugi smiled. "Is it okay if Joey and I talk in the hall for a minute?"

Yami shrugged and smiled. "Sure."

Yugi took Joey by the arm out into the hall, quietly closing the door behind him.

Oh, look at you lucky people! I kept my tired finger typing just to give you a nice, long chapter!

I'm really liking where the story is going. I'm just thinking that's it's going to take me a little while to get through the whole thing. I'm not going to rush through it or anything, I just hope to have it done before school starts back up again; because AP classes are certainly not going to give me much free time, and I don't want to keep you guys waiting!

Anyway, hope you're enjoying it!

R&R!

GK09