Me: "Hiya guys!"

Jay: "Where you been hiding for the past month?"

Me: "Half of my excuse is writers block and the other half is school. Guess what? I graduated a lot of Saturdays ago!"

Jay: "Hallelujah!"

Free: "Enough chit chat you two! Spindle owns nothing!"

The next morning was a little quieter than how it would normally be at the Mutou residents. Yugi actually got up without complaining while Atemu attempted to make breakfast on his own since his leg was stronger despite the pressure he had on it the day before. The brothers were currently sitting at the table munching on scrambled eggs and burnt toast.

"I can never trust you with the toast. You burn it every time." Yugi muttered as he broke the toast in half to watch most of it crumble into pieces on his plate.

Atemu on the other hand just wiggled his eyebrows as he took a large bite of his bread.

"Tastes fine to me."

"Weirdo." Yugi sighed before pushing himself off his chair and putting his plate in the sink.

He then returned to the wooden chair and watched his brother finish off the last of his eggs. Atemu on the other hand was a tad annoyed that Yugi was staring at him. He shifted uncomfortably and grunted hoping Yugi would get the point. The message was received as Yugi sighed again before leaving the kitchen. Atemu smiled sadly. He knew his brother was reluctant to go to school since the incident with his supposed "boyfriend" had made him slightly depressed and very confused. He wished he could allow his brother to stay home with him, but Yugi had to face things sooner or later. Best to get them over with sooner.

The tiny shop bell could be heard ringing and Atemu knew it was either Malik or Ryou. He listened to the sound of the feet on the stairs and instantly knew it was Ryou by the soft and slow movements.

"Yugi! Ryou's here so get your bag and head out!" he yelled loudly to wherever his brother was currently hiding out.

"I'm in the room next to you!" Yugi equally shouted. "No need to yell!"

"Yes mother!" Atemu retorted with a grin as he heard his younger brother growl in annoyance.

Yugi lightly smiled at the albino who had just made his way to the top of the stairs. His cheeks were lightly flushed and his hair seemed untamed, but it was how Ryou usually looked anyways.

"Morning Yugi!" Ryou chirped followed by a slightly worried smile.

He had heard from Malik that something bad happened between Yugi and Yami and he was instantly concerned. He was with Bakura when he had learned the information and the gruffer albino had merely rolled his eyes and told him to forget about it. Of course that was not in Ryou's nature to simply leave a friend in their distress.

"Hey Ryou. Your over a little early." Yugi replied as he stole a glance behind his friend. "No Malik?" he questioned with a knowing look.

Ryou shrugged. "Not much he can do with a possessive Marik." he chuckled nervously as Yugi's eyes glistened

"Right. Uh, ready for school?"

"As ready as I can be." Ryou smiled as he grabbed Yugi's hand and led him back down the stairs, into the Game Shop, and out the door.

The walk to school was mostly silent between them which made it very akward when they had to part to get their books out of their lockers. Yugi rummaged around in his locker, pulling his books out when he noticed his cell phone sitting on one of the shelves. He had forgotten it in his locker! He suddenly felt very nervous as he grasped the device between his fingers and lowered it down so he could look at the screen. The light was dim which meant the phone was low on battery, but what surprised him was how many missed calls and text messages he had. All of them from Yami. Yugi suddenly felt extremely guilty as he opened up the first text message. He opened up all of them and they all contained most of the same words.

Without a second thought he left his backpack, pushed through the crowds of people, and ran up the staircase where more of the older students lockers were located. He saw Duke just getting to his locker and ran up to him.

"Duke!" he practically screamed which made said person snap his head up.

He noticed Yugi and offered a small wave.

"Hey Y-"

"Have you seen Yami?" Yugi asked with wide eyes.

Duke shook his head and quickly eyed Yami's locker.

"Sorry. He's usually here by the time I get here." Duke said as though the small information would help Yugi.

Yugi nodded and took out his phone again. He had a few voice mails and listened to each one carefully. The last one he heard told him everything and he was out of the school building without another thought.

Me: Haha! You still don't know what's going on with Yami!

Jay: Yes but they know that Yami didn't blow Yugi off intentionally!

Me: Oh so true!

Jay: You have finished three chapters in one day. I'm so proud!

Free: I think she's out of her slump! :D