A/N: So, here it is, Chapter 4. Not that there's anything too special about it... except 2 more characters are introduced. I'm hoping to update again before Sunday evening, but if I don't make it, then my next update will be at least after the 24th, maybe even later than that. Oh, and thanks for all of the reviews, alerts, and favourites that I've had so far. But no matter how happy I am for all of the reviews, I would still love it if you review again or... for the first time. I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or any of the characters.

Reflection
Chapter 4: Unknowing Bliss

She drew soft, sensual circles on the blond man's strong chest as she waited ever so impatiently for sleep to overcome her. In her widely known opinion it was the worst part about having one of these types of men to sleep with. The waiting to fall asleep as her sex partner for the night slept soundly, completely unknowing and uncaring of what she could be thinking or doing while she waited for sleep. Those few absolutely horrible minutes where she had nothing at all to distract herself with, they were the worst part of her day.

A calloused hand slowly made its way down from where it had been resting on her waist and finally landed moments later right on her bare ass. Her hand stopped moving for barely a second at the dreaded feeling of the exact same hand wandering between her legs. It was rather difficult to ignore, both her disgust at the man, and the wandering hand itself. But there was nothing she could do about it. She was a Kujaku after all, and there were many people from her own family that had done so much better than her… and so much worse.

"Mmm… Mai…" the blond man moaned in his sleep.

It had not been a good idea of hers to actually tell him her real name, but when she had initially met him almost a week and a half ago, she had thought that he wouldn't last for more than a single, harmless night. And what was the harm in giving her name out to a complete stranger who didn't even know who the Kujaku family was, and would never remember the name anyways? But this guy was more stubborn than a mule, never mind any other men she had met before. She knew how stubborn so men could be from experience, but it had never been something like this.

She was the one that had gotten herself into the business though, so it was her own fault that any of this was even happening in the first place. It had been her choice to join the family business, and back then she had been a lot more naïve and had wanted to be just like her older sister and her mother and everyone else before them. Oh well, this sham of a "relationship" would be over in another 2 weeks or so, at the very most. And it wasn't like he was the only one she was seeing… and stealing from.

"Stay strong, Mai, you have to stay strong," she whispered into the night.

And then sleep finally stole her away from the torture that was reality.

The art store that Atemu had told him about was a small, locally owned shop that went by the name of "The Fine Arts". However, just because the store was a smaller one didn't meant that the store wasn't popular, in fact as he looked around, it seemed like it was the opposite that was true. Especially seeming it was about 10 AM on a Thursday, even if it was currently summer break for the schools.

Pencils and paints of all different colours were lined up on the back wall of the shop and it just seemed to make him want to walk over there and then start buying about a dozen of everything. But he was here on a mission today, and there would hopefully be plenty of time for that at another time, possibly with an employee discount too. Unfortunately, that didn't stop the sudden onslaught of ideas flowing through his mind, just thinking about what he could do with one thing or another. They were all tempting him, and calling to him…

"Hello, I'm here for the open position. Um, Atemu said that you knew that I was going to be dropping by sometime today," he explained to the blond man at the register, whose tanned skin and tattooed face certainly stood out.

"Oh, then you must be Atemu's twin, Yugi Mutou. The two of you really do look a lot alike even if you are definitely are the more innocent one, you can just see it in your eyes. Sister wants to talk to you, but don't worry too much, with Atemu's recommendation, it will be rather difficult to not get the job. Especially seeming you actually showed up. She's in the back doing a bit of inventory, don't worry about knocking or anything like that," the blonde told him, with a smile.

Yugi nodded happily and walked through the door that was barely even 10 feet away from the cash register. The room was rather nice for a back room, and it was brightly lit, with lots of different art supplies of the shelves and a dark haired tanned woman standing in the middle of it, facing the shelves.

"Hello? I'm uh, Yugi Mutou, I'm here for the job opening. The person at the cash register, um, your brother, I guess, told me that you were back here," he stuttered.

The tanned woman turned to face him, seemingly unsurprised that he was there, and her brown eyes stared through him like nobody had ever done before. "Hello, Yugi Mutou. My name is Ishizu Ishtar, and I'm the current owner of 'The Fine Arts'. The cashier that you mentioned would be my generally annoying little brother, otherwise known as Malik Ishtar. I've heard quite a bit about you, Yugi, but knowing Atemu, he has probably never even mentioned my name to you. I understand that you want to work here. Why?"

Her eyes searched him demandingly, and it was all that he could do to spit out an answer. "Well, at first I only came here for a job because Atemu suggested it to me, and he knew that it would be the type of job that I would enjoy. But once I actually got here, I realized that this place was a perfect place to mix what I love to do and a job together."

There was a tense silence for a few moments as they held eye contact, Yugi trying with everything he had to not look away from her piercing stare. For some reason, he was shocked that she was actually taking some time to contemplate the answer he had given her because it seemed like she had already known what he was about to say.

"It would be my pleasure to hire you, Yugi. Be back here at 7 AM Monday morning. Now, go tell Malik the news he's probably dying to hear before you leave, but hurry because I'm sure that Atemu's getting rather impatient waiting for you outside," she informed him, moments later.

"Thank you Ishizu, um, I mean, Miss Ishtar. I will see you on Monday morning," he answered before taking his leave.

Atemu was waiting for him outside? He had initially come to the art store by himself, mostly because nobody had been available to come with him for some reason or another, such as work, or in Jono's case, a date. Ishizu kind of freaked him out with how she seemed to know so much about him but whether or not she did freak him out didn't mean that he wasn't grateful to her for hiring him. Already he was able to tell that this job was going to be a good one, and he was happy that he was able to find a place that finally thought he was suitable for the job.

Malik was staring at him from the cash register, obviously eagerly waiting for Yugi to walk over, he reminded him somewhat of a dog waiting for its master. "So, Yugi, did you get the job?"

"Yeah, I did get the job, even without your sister looking at my resume or anything like that. Does she really trust Atemu's opinion so much to actually hire me with only asking me a single question?"

His new acquaintance randomly started laughing, as if he had just said something that was really funny, instead of a serious question. "I-I'm sorry about that, Yugi. It's just that I forgot that you have never seen how Sister and Atemu act when they're even in the same room with each other. She doesn't actually trust a word that comes out of that guy's mouth. So when he mentioned that he had a twin brother that had just moved into town and was looking for a job and also loved art, she demanded that he bring this person to her as proof. And her actually hiring you and all that just a few moments was because she's an excellent judge of character."

"I see. Well then, I had better get going. Ishizu had also mentioned to me that Atemu was getting a bit impatient while he was waiting for me. I guess that I'll be seeing you sometime on Monday."

Malik waved to him as he walked out the front door of the small shop, obviously glad for the conversation, even if it was a bit brief. And as Yugi walked outside, he was only somewhat surprised when he realized that Ishizu's prediction had actually come true. Atemu was waiting for him outside of the building, trying not to look too worried or impatient. Instead of thinking about it, he laughed softly, and succeeded in directing his twin's eyes from the ground and to himself.

"Hey Yugi, did you get the job?" his crimson eyed brother asked.

"Yeah, she wants me to come back on Monday morning for my first day. The interview only ended up being about 5 minutes long though, and it was a bit different but I got the job," Atemu smiled softly and nodded, happy for his younger brother, "What are you doing here, though? I thought that you had to work this afternoon, or at least that's what you told me last night on the phone," Yugi asked, curiously.

Atemu shrugged half-heartedly and the two of them started to walk in the direction of the small café him and Bakura worked at. "I actually am working today. It's just that Bakura was bored so he told me to take an extra 20 minutes on my break, but only if I could bring back a customer or two to the shop. So, would you like to be my customer for the day and maybe share a piece of cake or two with me?"

The younger laughed at both his brother's and Bakura's antics and nodded. "Of course I will. There's no other way that I would like to spend the rest of my afternoon. On a different topic, uh, would it surprise you at all to know that Miss Ishtar knew that you were going to be here, and that you were getting impatient?"

"You mean Ishizu? No, I can't say that that surprises me at all. Is there any particular reason why you asked that?"

Yugi shook his head back and forth, not bothering to inform his older brother of what exactly had happened at his interview. So, the two of them walked the rest of the way to the café in almost complete silence, just happy to be in each other's presence for once. With Atemu working almost all the time, it wasn't that often that they got to be by themselves, though Yugi would have much preferred it if they had gone to either Atemu's house or his apartment.

Bakura's back was facing towards the door when they walked into the small store, with one hand holding his cell phone up to his ear while the other hand was absently tracing figures into the counter. It seemed like the person that was on the other side of the phone line was the one doing all of the talking at the moment, Bakura only muttering the occasional "mhmm" or "yeah". Finally he actually spoke, still not noticing the twins that were now standing almost right behind him, who were both sharing the exact same look with each other, along with some of the same thoughts to go with it.

"Well, I guess that I'll just have to talk to you later then, won't I, beautiful?" Bakura practically purred into the phone, before shutting it.

"So, Bakura, how did Ryou's dentist appointment go this morning?" Yugi asked, as innocently as he could manage.

Their white haired childhood friend turned around in almost less than a second, and the look of shock that was on his face was almost enough to make both of the twins burst out laughing on the spot. Yugi knew that he couldn't do that though, it would completely ruin the plan that he had begun to formulate in the past 30 seconds.

"What do you mean 'dentist appointment'? Ryou never had a dentist appointment this morning that was yesterday, and then he went out shopping today because he only had a couple of t-shirts and a few pairs of jeans. What makes you think that I was talking to him anyways, kid?" Bakura carelessly demanded.

The elder twin was quick to pick up on the little game that Yugi had just started. "We never did mention anything about you talking to him, Bakura. How did you even know that he didn't have a dentist appointment this morning, or that he was going shopping today?" he didn't wait for an answer, "Are the two of you in some sort of secret relationship that you don't want anyone else knowing about for some reason?" he interrogated, with a smirk.

"Or you know if you guys aren't quite in a relationship yet, then you do know that he really is gay, right? And also that he has the tendency to go for the guys that have a bit more of a bad boy image going on?" the younger added.

Bakura quickly looked back and forth between the two of them, not exactly sure of how to react to the claims and the tiny bit of advice. "Here's the rest of the special of the day, Chocolate Supreme Cake. Now, I better not hear another fucking word about me being into Ryou, actually how about you guys don't even speak to me again for the rest of the day? That is, unless you know other things like that he's into bad boys or anything else that would be rather nice to know."

Atemu and Yugi took the delicious cake that was being offered to them, along with a couple of forks, to one of the many, many empty tables that were in the shop. They both silently laughed to themselves as Bakura once again pulled out his phone, though this time it seemed like he was texting someone instead of phoning someone. And that someone was most likely Ryou.

"The two of them are really going to be cute together when they finally do get together, aren't they? Every morning Ryou has been asking me absolutely everything question under the moon about Bakura. Though truthfully, it does make me quite a bit jealous that they both have someone that they can love and care for in that way. I've never really had someone like that," Yugi mentioned, softly.

"Aibou, that's not something that you of all people need to worry about. It's more than definite that there's someone out there, just for you, and I'm sure that there will be many jealous people out there once you do find that person, no matter who they are," Atemu contradicted him.

"But At-."

"No, but nothing. There is absolutely nothing that you can say that will change my mind about this."

He placed one of his hands on top of Yugi's hand that was resting on the table, and he took a slight guilty pleasure in the blush that appeared on the other's face, glad that it was because of his actions. Which part of what he had just said had been more true, though? That there was definitely somebody out that that was right for Yugi, and would make him happy or that people would be jealous when he found that person? The people that would get jealous meaning him.

"Thank you for that, mou hitori no boku, I really needed that. I'm sure that there's someone out there for you too. After all, how could one of us stay single while the other one is in a relationship?" Yugi teased, obviously in a better mood.

Yugi gave him a soft smile, absently wondering about the brief flash of sadness that had passed through the other's eyes as he had mentioned that there had to be someone for the other too. Did Atemu truly not believe that there was someone out there for him, or had something happened in the past few years? There was no chance of that being true though, Atemu had always seemed so confident in himself, and Yugi used to be jealous of that. When they were younger Bakura had even had the habit of calling the elder of the twins "Pharaoh" and he wouldn't be surprised if the white haired trouble maker still occasionally called him that.

A couple of moments later, the hand was removed and they continued to eat the free delicious cake in front of them, but the feeling of Atemu's hand on his still lingered for about an hour. The feeling that something was wrong with Atemu though, that didn't leave him until several days later, when it was quickly replaced by the horror of having to eat an actual meal with his mother after all of these years.