Well that's this chapter finally done. Wow it wasn't as easy as I thought But what the heck here you go, chapter 8. Hope you enjoy ;)

Domino High presents: Romeo and Juliet

Chapter 8

So it seemed that everything might be getting back on track with the two. They had been talking more- well only slightly. What also made Yami annoyed was that whenever they had private rehearsals together Yugi wouldn't utter a word.

"So are we just going to sit here in silence and not talk like idiots?" sighed Yami for the umpteenth time during the period. Yugi shook his head as he busied himself with flicking through his script.

"Well technically… we have been talking…" he shrugged.

"In Shakespearian. OK… um… can't I talketh with art Yugi?" he teased. He was pleased when he saw a grin appear on Yugi's face. "Common aibou…"

"Don't call me that!" snapped Yugi. He noticed Yami flinch which made him bite his lip in guilt. Yami looked up at Yugi again feeling hurt.

"Fine. Yugi. Why must it be like this?" There was no reply. "Look, I swear I never wrote those let…"

"Yami just leave it will you? Just forget it. Forget about everything…"

"But… but how can I? You were my life, my soul," he paused, "… and my heart still belongs to you… only you. Forgetting about all of that would be like losing my sanity."

"Well… I… you…"

"Would it make a difference if I told you that no one else could love you the same way that I do?" continued Yami. Yugi looked up at him and their eyes met. He noticed the glimmer of tears forming in Yami's eyes.

"Yami I … I don't know… no one has ever said anything like this to me…" he hesitated, "… but I can't… I don't know how or…" Finally Yami's tears silently rolled down his cheeks.

"Don't you see what you mean to me? I've never shed tears for anyone in my life. Doesn't that prove that I care about you?"

"Yami, please just stop putting me on the spot like this. You realise this is hard for me as much as it is for you…"

"Hard!? It's worse than that! What I feel Yugi is pain, anguish, fear-the whole lot!" he croaked slightly as his voice began to grow louder.

"Yami if you'd only listen to what I've got to say. If you would just let me finish you'll get the better picture!" shouted Yugi, throwing his script to the floor.

"Listen to what!? More lies?! No I can't stand anymore lies from people! I never knew that losing someone so close to my heart would result in fear!"

"Well if you'd just shut the fuck up then it wouldn't seem so bad! It's not just you who feels…"

"I want everything back to normal. I want no more fighting… no more torment…"

"Just listen to me! You're not listening!" he yelled, storming over to him so he stood inches from him. "Listen! That's what you're not doing!"

"… you and me…"

"YAMI!"

"… together…"

"BLOODY HELL! JUST LISTEN!!" screamed Yugi, swiping the script out of Yami's hands. He breathed heavily to calm himself down as Yami just stared at him. He eventually sighed before kneeling down and picking up the scattered paper of the script.

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Tea stood at the door looking through the open crack.

"Excellent… I bet Yami has never seen that side of his precious little Yugi…" she sneered to herself, as she watched the pair shouting at each other.

"Hard!? This is more… what I feel is pain Yugi…" Tea raised an eyebrow.

"Yamikins still likes this twerp?! Even after all of this? After all the time Yugi has completely ignored him? Fucking idiot!" she hissed.

"YAMI!" she watched Yugi storm up to Yami with his fists clenched.

"…together…"

"BLOODY HELL! JUST LISTEN!!" Tea breathed in as she watched Yugi knock the script from Yami's hands. Tea rubbed her hands together with glee as she hungrily waited for more action. The two were just staring at one another until Yugi knelt down and began picking up the script.

"HA! True love never dies indeed! Well it's dead and buried now by the look of things. There's nothing to worry about now." She flicked her hair back over her shoulder before turning away from the door. She stopped in her tracks when she heard Yugi's voice. Tea huffed before she turned back to her spy hole. "What the hell is the worm saying now!!?" she grumbled.

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"Yami… I… I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me." Yami silently joined him on the floor to gather the sheets. He wiped away a tear before bundling a few sheets together. Yami sighed after a few moments of silence and summoned up the courage to look at Yugi. When he did he was surprised to see a concerned face looking back at him. He gave a half hearted smile before sitting down where he knelt. "Yami, I'm truly sorry… please… just say something to me." Yami raised an eyebrow at the sound of longing in Yugi's voice.

"No Yugi. It's not your fault. I'm sorry for putting you on the spot like that. That just wasn't right. Forgive me? If you don't I'll understand…" he lay down on his back and put his arms behind his head, "… and if I could I'd apologise for those letters. But I can't because I didn't write them."

"I just… I just miss the laughs we used to have… and how we could tell each other anything," he replied as he continued to pick up the paper.

"Hmm… I know. I miss that too. But shit like this happens when people meddle in others' lives." 'Stupid bitch Tea!!!' he growled to himself. Yugi nodded slightly as he organised the pages into their original order.

"Well nothing lasts forever…" said Yugi sadly as he handed the script to Yami who sat up.

"Thanks. Well I thought that we would last forever. But I guess that forever is shorter than I thought…" He looked over to Yugi and noticed his sad expression. "Well this will have to do then. But it's nice…"

"What do you mean?" asked Yugi confused.

"Well one thing that I fear is that we stop talking. So I've at least got one good thing for me…" Yugi smiled.

"Yeah… I can't imagine me without you… I mean… I couldn't imagine us never talking…"

"What did you say?"

"Erm… I couldn't imagine us never talking?" blushed Yugi. Yami grinned.

"No… before that…" he nudged Yugi playfully making him to topple over onto his side.

"Nothing!" he giggled as Yami began to tickle him.

"How I've missed that laugh!" he chuckled. He stopped tickling Yugi and sat back down on the floor. Suddenly Yugi pounced on him, causing him to topple backwards onto the floor. Winded, he looked up at Yugi who was leaning over him, his cheeks flushed pink. He blinked his eyes several times before smiling dreamily up at Yugi, who returned the gesture. The pounding sensation of his heart which Yugi hadn't felt in a while had returned. That magical feeling when their skin touched tingled throughout his whole body. So could all of the things that had happened over the past few weeks all be because of jealous meddling? So Yami could be telling the truth. It could be Tea who had taken advantage of him. But even though positive thoughts were finally flooding back to him, the possibility that this could be a sudden rush of bottled up hormones weighed him down inside. If only he could have that care free feeling back once again.

"Yami… I… think that… I…"

"Yamikins!!" The door burst open to reveal Tea. Yami scowled.

'What the hell does this bitch want now?' he grumbled to himself.

"Ms Williams wants us to do our scene together- privately," she said, glancing down at the two on the floor.

"Right now? We were… were in the middle of the…um… death scene…" lied Yami, as Yugi quickly got off him and sat on the floor.

"Yeah… I know…" her eyes glinted, "… but we must perfect our scene or the whole play is ruined!" she replied dramatically.

"Oh aye… most important…" sniggered Yugi. Tea scowled at him before twisting her face into a smile.

"Well I'm shocked at your behaviour Yugi. After all I've helped you with," she sighed, sounding sickly sweet. Yugi fell silent.

'I think I'm gonna be sick…' thought Yami.

"And anyway I don't see why two people who don't like each other should be forced to work together for ages,"

"Uh… yeah… suffer…" frowned Yugi.

"Anyway I'll gladly have Yamikins for the rest of the period," she giggled, flicking her hair over her shoulder.

'I otta cut that dumb hair off…' "You make me sick,"he said through gritted teeth.

"What was that Yamikins?" she asked turning back to him.

"I said… well let's be quick. We'll have to be if we want a rehearsal before the end of class," he huffed as he stood up. She smiled at him before making her way out of the room. "Yeah common-common bitch… er… Tea…" Yugi sniggered as he watched the pair leave and close the door. When they had gone he stared blankly at the floor and sighed. He heard the door open again which made him look up. Yami appeared round the side of the door.

"Ohhh… Just to tell you that I can't imagine me without you either Yugi," he winked before closing the door again. Yugi shook his head as he gave a broad smile.

TBC…

Well that took time! Well again sorry for the delay. Writer's block is the worst thing to have when writing something like this. I apologise if it's not as good as you expected, I've just got back into the way of things. But please leave your comments on the chapter while I get my ideas sorted for the next one. Hope you enjoyed it. Thanks again!