Hi!

So, i hear you ask, why doesn't the poor boy talk? Duh! figure it out.

Let's just move on, I'm too tired for this: I don't own the characters of Yugioh or i'd have a lot less friendship speaches and more puzzleshipping.

Enjoy!

"Alright, dear. Everyone! This is Yugi Moto, he'll be studying with us; I want you all to know something before you can ask him questions; He doesn't speak"

Yugi looked at the class of students, his heart heavy. He knew that they would pick on him now, they knew he didn't talk now, he was an easy target. Just like his last school. His shoulders slumped slightly. I'm dead…

The teacher patted his shoulder comfortingly "I forbid anyone from asking him or forcing him to talk about it. When he is ready he'll tell you. You can ask him some questions now, Yugi write on the black board if you want"

Yugi nodded and pointed to a hand that went up. "Hey, where are you from?"

Yugi picked up the chalk. The outskirts of Tokyo.

"Cool, is it busy there?" Yugi nodded and shrugged at the same time, sometimes.

Yugi pointed to another student who had their hand up "Are you mute on purpose or is there something wrong with your voice?"

Yugi winced slightly. I can talk if I want. I just don't. It's complicated. Was the answer he wrote with an apologetic smile.

He pointed to another, a girl this time. "You got a girlfriend?"

Yugi shook his head. No.

The next question "Are you related to Yami at all?"

Yugi blinked. Who was Yami? Everyone looked at Yami, he sat near the back in a corner so he wasn't seen right away. Yugi blinked again at the similarities between them, they did look alike, but they were different. Yami was taller, more muscular and he had sharper more adult features. He was more tan than Yugi had ever been in his life, there was no way they were related.

Yugi shook himself out of the staring, the unusual red eyes that had stared back into his own were mesmerising. Yugi wrote on the board. No, I'm not. My family- the hand hesitated and then dropped, leaving the sentence unfinished. He quickly rubbed it out, he didn't want to finish it.

Yugi sighed and pointed to another "Why have you moved to Domino?"

Yugi flinched. He gripped the chalk and wrote; I'd rather not answer that.

The class was murmuring again. But one last hand went up Yugi pointed to it "How old are ya? No offence or not'ing but ya look twelve"

Yugi's lips twitched in a smile as everyone chuckled. A female batted him with her book, she laughed "Joey! Knock it off, just because he's cuter than you"

Joey, the blond boy was apparently, yelped at the book whack "Jeeze, Anzu, did I really deserve dat one?"

Anzu shrugged "I just like hitting ya"

Yugi shook with silent giggled and wrote on the board I'm seventeen. My birthday was a month ago. The Anzu girl made a noise "Well then! Happy late birthday!" the class laughed again with some joining in the happy birthday calls.

Yugi blushed and smiled. Some of the girls cooed and commented on his cuteness. The teacher was chuckling good naturedly. "Alright, enough questions. Mr Moto-" Yugi wrote on the board quickly; Just call me Yugi if you want. The teacher nodded "Alright, Yugi please sit in the spare seat next to Yami, anything you need just ask"

Yugi nodded and went to sit at the desk near his look alike. Yami smiled at him and Yugi hesitantly smiled back as he dropped into his seat and got out a pen.

Lessons were a blur. Yugi look notes and answered the questions in his book, he had a few annoying stares and comments, he was good at ignoring those though. Then when the break bell went Yami spoke to him for the first time.

"Hello"

Yugi looked up at him, surprised and waved slightly. Oh! Hi…

Yami smiled nicely, his pose one of confidence. "You wanna hang out with us? We'll show you around and stuff"

Yugi thought for a moment then nodded. Yami smiled again, "You probably already know who I am"

A female voice laughed suddenly. Yugi turned to see the Anzu girl sitting on her desk instead of the seat. "After that round of questions, I'd think he has to know. Hey, cutie, I'm Anzu, the mutt over there is Joey, and that's Yami's cousin and Joey's boyfriend Seto Kaiba. But only Joey and Yami are allowed to call him Seto, rich prick"

Everyone chuckled good naturedly apart from Seto who scowled. Anzu smirked "Finally spiky over there's Tristan… who's presently leaving to chase Miho… poor sucker"

Yugi saw the boy just before he went out the door. Yami sighed "The girl's not interested but he doesn't get it"

Yugi's shoulders shook with a half hearted silent laugh. He pulled out a notebook and wrote his answer I'd like to hang out with you, thanks.

Joey read it out from over Yugi's shoulder "Alright! Da little guy's with us!" he slung an arm over Yugi's shoulders "We'll show ya da ropes 'round here"

Anzu snickered "The only ropes you see is when you do bondage" Seto stiffened and Joey blushed madly. Anzu stopped dead in her tracks "Shit! You guys do that!"

Yami laughed, clutching his stomach and leaning on the desk beside him. Seto glared "What we do is none of your business, Anzu. Let's go" he snapped Joey jumped and followed, trying to hide his blushing.

Yugi was blushing at the outburst, Yami was still snickering while Anzu seemed a little dazed. "Blimey… Sorry, you guys really wanted to know that"

Yami wiped his eyes with a grin "It's alright" his voice was deeper, richer than the others, Yugi noted, deeper than his own… or at least he thought it was. He hadn't spoken in so long he had forgotten what his own voice sounded like.

They went outside and sat on a wall. Anzu apologising to Joey as soon as she saw him. Joey shrugged it off "Na, who doesn't do dat in dare lifetime"

Anzu frowned "I needed that mental image…"

Yami sighed. Yugi handed him another note. Are they always like this?

Yami chuckled slightly. Moving up the bench so the smaller teen could sit beside him "Yeah, it's good entertainment but you do end up with very little secrets with Anzu around" Yugi looked nervous. Yami patted his shoulders "Stop looking so scared, she knows where her nose isn't wanted"

Anzu leaned over them, holding her hair out of the way with a hand "You talkin' about me down there shorties?"

Yami frowned "I'm not that much shorter than you"

Anzu rolled her eyes "Hair height doesn't count… you know, you two do look quite alike. But you couldn't pass for twins or anything-" she looked up then cursed "Speak of the ass faced devil" she growled and jumped down in front of Yami, her arms crossed.

A pair of girls approached. Yugi blinked. The short brown haired girl looked like Anzu. They were identical twins. They only differed in hair and clothing, and makeup.

There was a blond beside Anzu's twin. She had blue eyes and long blond hair that was in a high ponytail, she had blue flower clips in her hair and a sweet face that was zoned out as if there wasn't anything worth concentrating on at this moment in time. The girl snapped out of her dreaming when Anzu jumped down before her, she blinked and then smiled "Anzu… how are you this morning?" she asked, her voice sweet too but it sounded dazed.

Anzu nodded at the girl once "Good thanks, Miho. What do you want Teá?"

Teá, as her twin was called, matched Anzu's glare perfectly. She sneered a little more and then said "Get out of my way. I want to sit with Yami" she made a move to get around her but Anzu blocked her with determination.

"I'm sorry, he's not interested. Can I leave a message?" the tension between the twins rose and Yugi was frightened that they'd start hitting each other.

Miho must have thought the same thing "Teá, we can come back later" she said, trying to break the icy stalemate.

Teá shot her a glare. "Fine" she agreed a last, as soon as she realised that her twin wasn't going to back down anytime soon. "See you at lunch, Yami" she said, sounding nice and pretty and then she left.

Anzu muttered a few choice curses then turned and punched the wall angrily "Bitch!" she growled. Yami watched in sympathy then felt a tugging on his shirt.

Yugi handed him his notebook. Are they sisters? Why do they hate each other? Are you dating that Teá or something?

Yami cringed slightly "I'd never date that whore. She acts nice to people, but she's just sucking up to them to get into their good books"

Joey listened in "Talkin' 'bout da witch?" Yami nodded and Joey groaned "She's a nasty one. Two faced lair and she makes Anzu's life hell just cause she's dating my sister"

Yugi gasped and looked sad. Yami nodded "Teá's been after me for years, she wants to date me. But I don't like her, not a bit. She's a bitch"

Yugi nodded after a pause. Poor Anzu, I think she's the nicer twin.

Anzu hit the wall again then calmed down. She slumped against the bench and blew a stray strand of hair out of her eyes. "Sorry about that"

Yugi patted her on the shoulder. It's alright. Anzu smiled "Thanks Yugi. You're a nice guy aren't you?" she grinned at his nervous bush. Then the bell went. "No! Now I've got crappy physics" she whined.

Yami laughed "Lets just get it over with"

Joey nodded sourly "Da entire subject can just go ta hell!" Seto put an arm around him briefly then went ahead, not liking to be late. "See ya Seto!" Joey called. Yami looked behind him, Yugi was lost in the crowd…

Yugi was moved along the corridors by the mass of students. He was smaller then they were, he got lost and then shoved over. He was knocked by a random student and he landed on his hands and knees with a grunt, that hurt.

He was just resigning himself to wait on the floor until the corridor cleared when a tan hand came into view. Yugi looked up and saw Yami kneeling in front of him, smiling gently. "These halls can get rather dangerous. Stand by me" he said as Yugi stared amazed.

Wasn't he meant to hate him? Wasn't he going to make fun of his silence? Why didn't he leave him here on the ground? Could… could he want to be my friend? Yugi's eyes sparkled as he took Yami's offering hand.

Stand by me.

Yami smiled as he helped Yugi up, not letting his hand go until they got outside the classroom.

Ha ha ha! that made me laugh, I'm shocked at myself for putting that in there, but Anzu's newly altered character mixed with Joey... it just seemed the most likely thing that would happen.

Reviews are welcome.