Heeelllooo, people!
Yay! I'm updating…and I have bad allergies! WHOO!
Anyway, I think I'm just going to stick with Joey in this story. The others, well, they annoy me.
Annnndddd…this chapter has a major plot twist!
Kings Are Blind
The three boys watched Yami stride his way to the restroom. He walked like he had some kind of back problem. It was really beginning to annoy Yugi…
Grandpa decided to spark up some conversation to make Yugi happier (and to prevent a fast-eating Joey from choking on his food).
"Sooo…" He said. "What's going on today?"
Joey stopped eating for a second to answer the old man's question. "Yugi wants us to take Yami out and show him around the city."
Grandpa's eyes wandered slightly and he nodded. "Well…that should be fun, right Yugi?"
Yugi was hunched over the table, his elbow propped up on the table and his head laying limply on it. "Oh, yeah. Having Mr. 'I'm big and rich and important' telling me 'get me this, get me that. Yugi, I need this'. He's so different. I don't know what happened."
Grandpa set his hands down into his lap. "Well, Yugi, he's royalty. And even though he's a nice boy doesn't mean he won't go back to those royal roots and be a little bossy sometimes. But, that shouldn't mean that you have to dislike him for it. It's really not his fault."
"Well, I know…I jus-
Yami walked back into the room, sat in his chair, placed his napkin in his lap and sat up straight and tall. He smiled.
"I love the color theme in your bathroom, Mr. Moto. I find that darker colors, such as navy or emerald, are quite prominent for relaxation."
"…." Grandpa stared at Yami, who continued to smile at him. "…thank you."
Joey was snickering under his breath whilst leaning back in his chair, rubbing his full tummy. "I like to relax in my bathroom, too. Especially when I need to take-
"Okay, Joey." Grandpa cut him off.
Some silence was passed as the four passed glanced at each other, not sure what a follow-up conversation would be.
"Okay!" Grandpa shot up out of his chair and started snatching up the dishes. "You boys go on and get dressed! You have a fun day ahead of you!"
Yami and Joey were smiling, while Yugi's annoyed head was lying face down on the table.
XXX
Yugi fumbled to get his limb through the arm of his jacket, spinning around in circles making angry noises.
A chuckling voice and soft hands tugged it down for him gently. Yugi rubbed the material with his hands while turning around, smiling. "Thanks, Jo-
Yami placed his hands on his hips and smiled smugly.
"Thank you, Yami." He said in a little more stern tone.
"You're quite welcome."
Joey nearly fell down the stairs in his hurry, gripping the railing and yanking himself back up with a grin. "Let's go guys!"
"Alright, alright!" Yugi said, opening the door and leading the other two boys outside before exiting himself.
Yugi watched Yami look around with fascination. The scenery, to Yugi, was really nothing special. But Yami seemed so strangely interested.
Yugi pondered in his thinking wondering what to do first.
"Let's go shopping!" He finally said, his voice squeaking.
Joey frowned. "Ew, why?"
"Well…Yami doesn't have any clothes. Well, he does, but they're not normal. And he can't borrow mine forever."
Joey nodded, then frowned again. "And…how do you suppose we pay for them?"
Yugi sighed. "It's okay. I have money." Inside his mind, Yugi was imagining Disney Land, which he had intended on purchasing all for himself after saving enough money.
Yami smiled. "Yugi. You don't have to waste your money on me."
"No, Yami, really. It's okay."
"Thank you, Yugi. That's very kind."
Yugi smiled back. That was the Yami he remembered!
The three boys headed down the side walk, pointing out random things to Yami that seemed to interest him. The parking meters, seagulls, hot dog stands, storm drains; everything thing that looked relatively normal interested the ancient king.
They stopped in front of a store. It just so happened to be Yugi's favorite. (A/N:Melissa is too lazy to think up or provide a name for the store. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
Yugi pushed the door open, making the little bell ring, which caused Yami to jump.
"What was that?!" He said, instantly stopping and looking around.
"It's just a bell that let's the store know they have a customer." Yugi said, rummaging through all the different racks.
"Of course it is…" Yami said.
Joey was over in the girls department, holding up a pair of red lace panties that read 'naughty' on the back. He snickered and smiled to himself.
He continued to hold up pretty-patterned underpants until Yugi came over and dragged him back to the other side, like a mother to their child.
"Hey!" Joey whined.
"Joey!" Yugi said below his breath "Stop it!"
Yami was too interested in looking at the clothes that he had seen before. And since Yugi owned practically everything in the store, it was easy for him to recognize.
He held up a bright red t-shirt, then held it up to himself and looked in the mirror.
Yugi saw him and scurried over to him, joining Yami as he eyed his reflection in the mirror.
"This is quite flashy, isn't it?" Yami said, adjusting his body so he could see the shirt from different angles.
"You can try it on, if you want." Yugi said.
"Really?" Yami continued to stare at himself, after a while making faces and winking.
Yugi rolled his eyes. "Yami! Come on, the dressing rooms are over here."
Yugi dragged him to the series of doors, opening a free one a shoving the king inside.
Yami spun around in the closed space. He really hated small spaces.
"Yugi!"
Yugi sighed and leaned up against the wall. "Yes?"
"It's too small in here…I don't like it."
Yugi tipped back his head and banged it against the wall in annoyance. "Yami, just put on the shirt, please."
Yami moped and set the shirt on one of the little hangers. Removing his own, he replaced it with the little red garment, carefully eyeing himself in the mirror whilst keeping his arms glued down to his sides in paranoia.
"Let me see!" Yugi called from behind the door.
Yami slowly creaked the door open and walked out, sighing.
"I feel ridiculous."
Yugi smiled. "No, no. I think you look great."
Yami's head perked up and he smiled back. "Really?"
Yugi nodded. "Yeah. Red looks good on you. It looks pretty good on me, too, if I do say so-hey, wait a minute!"
Yugi strolled up to Yami and grabbed the material of the shirt.
"I have this exact same shirt!" He exclaimed.
"I know."
"Wh-what do you mean 'you know'?"
"You have a lot of this stuff. I recognize it from when you bought it. I was with you, you know. And thank goodness! Who else could help you accessorize like this, hmm?" He said to a shocked Yugi, grabbing the boy's wrist and modeling the bangle he wore there.
"Wait a minute! Wait a minute!" Yugi said, pulling Yami aside.
Yami looked surprised as he began stroking the edge of the shirt with his fingers. "What?"
"What is going on? These random things just pop into your head like this? Come on, Yami. Admit it, you know more than you're letting on!"
Yami frowned. "Maybe."
"Maybe? Yami I'm serious! You…you remember everything…!"
Yami tried to push back tears as he straightened himself up. "So what if I do?"
"Well if you do, then why are you pretending like you don't?!"
"Because I have to!"
"Because you have to? Who's making you?"
"Myself! Okay! You don't understand! You never understood! All you think I am is some bratty son of a bitch that likes to boss you around! You have no idea what my life has been like!"
Yugi's eyes flashed. "You have no idea what my life has been like either."
"Yes I do!" Yami yelled, pressing his index finger into his chest. "I was there! Without me, you wouldn't have anyone! You wouldn't be so safe and happy all the time! Those bullies would still be on you all the time! What about Joey? Huh? Where would he be right now if you were still that lost little child?"
Joey poked his head in slightly, placing his hands on each of their shoulders and giving a stifled laugh. "How about we leave Joey out of it, huh?"
Yami grabbed Joey by the arm and yanked him back over. "No. NO! You stay right here!"
Joey rubbed his arm. "Pssh. Yes, mom!"
The two boys continued to yell, occasionally a profanity or two coming out resulting in some mothers having to cover their child's ears.
Joey looked around, embarrassed. "Say, uh…guys? Could we…you know, take this conversation somewhere more, uh…private?"
Yugi and Yami were looking into each other's eyes, glaring fire.
XXX
Joey was walking in the middle of the two boys, humming to himself. The three boys were now walking down the boardwalk at the beach, the wind blowing gracefully, and the noise of the beautiful crashing waves in the background.
Joey began to skip slightly, looking on either side of himself to each of the two boys and giving them a big smile.
"Hey! Whooooo's hungry? Oh! I know! Joey is! Hey! How about some…(gasp) ice cream!!!" Joey stopped and threw his hands up into the air.
Yami continued to look straight ahead, only to look over to his left to glare at Yugi, who immediately turned his head to the opposite site, avoiding it.
Joey put his hands on his hips. "Seriously, guys, I want some ice cream…"
Silence.
"Heeellllooo…???" Joey said in a sing-song voice.
More silence.
"HEY?!" His Brooklyn voice echoed, resulting in a flock of seagulls to become frightened and scurry away.
"Yami…?"
No answer.
"Yugi…?"
No answer.
"Joey…? Haha! I'm just kiddin'! 'Cause I'm…Joey…yeah. Guys, come on, this seriously sucks."
Yami turned to Joey. "Joey?"
Joey clasped his hands together. "Yesss?"
"Tell Yugi that I would be more than happy to go and fetch some ice cream with you, being you are my new best friend."
Joey turned to Yugi. "Yugi, Yami says he would be more than happy to go fetch some icea cream with me because I'm his new best friend."
Yugi remained still, his arms crossed and narrowed eyes closed.
"Tell Yami that I would be even more happy than him to go get you some ice cream because you were my best friend first."
Joey sighed. "Yami, Yugi says that he would be even more happier than you to go get me some ice cream because I was his best friend first."
Yami was now standing in the same position as Yugi. "Tell Yugi that you wouldn't be his best friend if it weren't for me."
Joey rolled his eyes. "Yugi, I wouldn't be your best friend if it weren't for Yami."
"Tell Yami that you and I are best friends no matter what he says because he doesn't have any friends and you came to all my birthday parties and never went to any of his. And we have tons of fun together, and we laugh a lot, and we have a stronger bond of friendship than anyone in the entire world."
"Uhh…Yami, Yugi says that we have fun, and…uh…laugh…and James Bond comes over our house so he can help save the entire world…uh…happy birthday! I'm sorry Yuge, could you repeat that?"
Yami cracked an eye open. "Tell Yugi that I don't need friends because I have you, Joey."
Joey whined, his tired feet aching. "Oh, for the love of Jesus!"
He turned to Yugi. "Yugi, Yami says that he doesn't need friends because he has me."
"Tell Yami to kiss my ass."
Joey's eyes widened. "Uhh…"
Yami spun around. "How about I kick yours?!"
Joey put his arms on each of the boys' chests, holding them apart. (Which was kind of awkward for the blonde due to the height difference.)
"Woahhh! Woah, woah, woah!" Joey said. "There will be no ass-kicking today, boys! Mud wrestling, possibly…"
Yami stormed off in a separate direction, leaving Joey and Yugi alone.
"Hey, Yuge?"
"What."
"Can I get that ice cream now?"
Yaaaay! There it is!
I thought this would be interesting….I came up with it last night during the power outage!
Hope you all enjoy the drama! Because there's more!
(And of course, Joey's comic relief.)
R&R!
GK09