Chapter 2- Watched
Yugi woke up the next day, feeling sore. Yugi sighed. He forced himself to get out of bed. Yugi got dressed and fixed himself some breakfast.
Simon had already left to go to work.
Yugi sighed before heading to school. He walked alone, and when he arrived at the school, Yugi found that all of his friends were gathered in group.
Yugi felt a sharp pain in his heart when he realized that Yami was holing onto Tea's waist. 'At least one of is happy.' Yugi thought, walking on into the school.
"Look. I know you guys don't think that Leo's right, but he's right. This isn't exactly right." Kyla said.
"Calm down, Kyla. Tea and I are only going to do this for a few more days. Just enough so that every thinks I'm straight." Yami said.
Tea was disappointed. She had hoped that she could get Yami to fall for her. 'He'll never fall for me. Yami's heart already belongs to Yugi, even if Yugi never knows.' Tea thought. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Yugi walking into the school. "Hey. There's Yugi."
Everyone looked to see Yugi walking into school.
"Weird. Wonder why he didn't join us." Tristan said.
"Who cares what the runt does?" Bakura asked.
Yami glared and hit Bakura hard in the head.
"OW! What was that for?' Bakura yelled, glaring at Yami with equal intensity.
"Don't insult Yugi like that." Yami growled.
Bakura rolled his eyes. "Sorry. Didn't mean to insult your boyfriend." Bakura said.
"Yugi is not my boyfriend." Yami said.
"No, but you wish he was." Marik said.
"Listen. Yugi is my Light half, and I don't like you two insulting him, so back off." Yami said.
Kyla noticed the downcast look in Tea's eyes.
Yugi walked down the hall of the school.
"Excuse me." a male voice said, tapping Yugi on the shoulder.
Yugi turned and looked into dark green eyes. The boy also had black hair and wore the school uniform. "May I help you?" Yugi asked.
"My name is Menthos Transey. I just transferred here, and I'm afraid that I don't know the school. Could you help me to my first class?" Menthos asked.
"Uh, sure. Let me see your schedule." Yugi said.
Menthos handed the paper to Yugi.
Yugi looked at it and said, "Your first period is with me. You can follow me there."
Menthos nodded and followed Yugi down the hall. "Have you gone here long?" Menthos asked.
"This is my second year here." Yugi answered.
"So, you could show me around during break, right?' Menthos asked.
"I suppose so." Yugi replied.
Menthos could see the deep, hidden pain in Yugi's aura. 'So, someone is already breaking his will. That will make my job all the easier.' Menthos thought.
"When did you move here?" Yugi asked.
"Just recently. I just got into the school today." Menthos said.
"I hope that you like it here." Yugi said.
"I'm sure I will, Treasure." Menthos said.
Yugi looked at him. "Treasure? Why did you call me that?" Yugi asked.
'Damn it! I slipped up!' Menthos thought angrily. "Forgive me. You just look as beautiful that you remind me of the treasures that are found in ancient Egyptian pharaohs' tombs. If you had lived during the time of ancient Egypt, you surely would have been known as the Pharaoh's greatest treasure." Menthos said.
Yugi blushed. "I wouldn't have." Yugi said.
"You are too modest, young one. I think that you are quite the treasure." Menthos said.
"Thanks you. Do you like studying ancient Egypt?" Yugi asked.
"Yes. Very much. It has always been an interest of mine." Menthos said.
"I like it, too. A couple of friends of mine know a great deal about ancient Egypt, too." Yugi said.
"Really. Could I meet these friends?" Menthos asked.
"I suppose so." Yugi said.
'Good. I need to get rid of all those who might get in my way of capturing my Treasure. I can have no competition when I get him.' Menthos thought.
Tea and Kyla sat in the back of the class during the first class that they had together.
"Tea, are you all right?" Kyla asked.
"Of course I am. Why wouldn't I be?" Tea asked cheerfully.
"Tea, don't lie to me. I saw the look on your face. You're upset about the fact that you know that you and Yami aren't going to be dating anymore, aren't you?" Kyla asked.
Tea looked up at her in surprise.
Normally, Kyla missed things like that.
"I thought so." Kyla said.
Tea sighed. "I have loved Yami so much for so long, Kyla. I asked him about two years ago to go out with me, but he told me that he didn't feel the same way. I found out later that Yami was in love with Yugi." Tea said.
"Were you angry?" Kyla asked.
"At Yugi. No. Yugi's my friend, and I know that he would be lucky to have Yami. It hurt knowing that Yami loved him, but I accepted it. I was startled when Yami asked me to pretend to date him." Tea said.
Kyla sighed. "You were hoping that by doing this, you could get Yami to fall in love with you and get him to stop loving Yugi." Kyla said.
"I know it was wrong. I just love him, and I want him to be with me, but I know that Yami's mind won't be changed. He loves Yugi. I guess I was hoping in a situation where there was no hope at all." Tea said.
"You should have known that when Yami ended this dating thing that you would be hurt. Perhaps that is what Leo meant when he said that someone could get hurt by this." Kyla said.
Tea nodded. "I wanted to help Yami, but mostly, I just wanted to make him fall in love with me. I see now that I was wrong." Tea said.
Kyla sighed. "Yami isn't doing this to prevent anyone at the school from finding out that he is gay. He doesn't want Yugi to know." Kyla said.
"For goodness sakes, why?" Tea asked.
Kyla gave Tea a bittersweet smile. "Tea, Yami has never told Yugi that he loves him because he is afraid that Yugi would hate him for it. He didn't want to chance losing Yugi. He wants Yugi to think that he's straight so that he won't lose his friendship with him." Kyla said.
"Yugi wouldn't do that. Just because Yami is in love with him wouldn't make Yami end their friendship." tea said.
"You know that. I know that. Every one of us know that. Only Yami doesn't know that." Kyla said.
Tea sighed. "I set myself up to feel like this, didn't I?" Tea asked.
"Yes. Unfortunately, you did." Kyla said.
Yugi sat through his first period with the feeling that someone was watching him. 'Please, not now. Please don't let anyone be after me now.' Yugi thought.
He gripped his hands into fists tightly.
'I can't deal with this now.' Yugi started to shake slightly. /Yami, I wish that you would listen to me for once!/
Yami was sitting bored in his first period. He noticed that Seto and Joey were giving each other dreamy looks.
Yami glanced over at Atemu, who merely rolled his eyes at the pair.
/Yami, I wish you would listen to me for once!/
The shout in his mind came so loudly and pain filled that Yami nearly jumped out of his skin and nearly fell out of his chair.
//Yugi.// Yami called through the link, but found it blocked.
The two could block their link, but some strong thoughts still might leak through.
"Yami, what's wrong?" Atemu asked in a low voice.
"It's Yugi. He just yelled out through the link. Something is wring." Yami replied.
"We'll find him at break. You can talk to him then." Atemu said.
Yami nodded, but that didn't stop him from wondering what he meant.
'Yugi was asking why I wouldn't listen to him. I always listen to him.' Yami thought. He frowned. 'Than again, I have been out with Tea a lot lately. Maybe Yugi thought I didn't have time, bit I would always have time for him.' Yami thought.
He was driving himself crazy with wondering, so he tried to listen to the teacher so that he wouldn't drive himself crazy with wondering.
After class, Yugi started to show Menthos around the school.
"It's not very complicated to learn. You should learn the school pretty fast. Most people do." Yugi said.
"How long did it take you?" Menthos asked.
"Only a couple of days. I'd had friends to help me, too." Yugi said.
Menthos noticed that Yugi's aura would be filled with sadness when he would speak of his friends. 'So, his friends make him upset. This should work.' Menthos thought. "You've mentioned these friends a good bit. Who are they?"
Yugi started telling him about all of them, leaving out the parts about the ancient Egyptian past.
"They sound like good people." Menthos said.
"They are." Yugi said.
The sad aura was still there.
'I was right. This will be easy. Now, if I can just break him.' Menthos thought. "You know, Yugi. You are a very beautiful person." Menthos thought.
"You've said that before." Yugi said.
"I mean it." Menthos said, forcing Yugi to look at him.
"I'm not. I mean you know there a lot of people more beautiful that I am." Yugi said.
"No, there's not." Menthos said, leaning in closer.
Yugi backed up. "Please, don't." Yugi said. He was starting to feel scared.
"Why? Do you think I'll hurt you Treasure?" Menthos asked.
"I think I need to go." Yugi started to leave.
Menthos grabbed him by his wrists and slammed him against the wall, pinning him there.
"Menthos, what are you1" Yugi started.
"Now, now, my little Treasure. I can't let you leave." Menthos said.
"Please, ;et me-" Yugi was cut off as Menthos crushed his lips on Yugi's.
Yugi started to panic. He wasn't strong enough to save himself. /YAMI!HELP!/ Yugi screamed loudly in his mind.
Yami and the others were looking for Yugi.
"I wonder what Yugi meant by that." Joey said.
"I don't know, but I think I might have done something to make him upset." Yami said.
"You haven't done anything, though." tea protested. She knew that since Yami ah been with her most of the time the past week.
"Look. We'll find Yugi and ask-him." Atemu said the last word hesitatingly.
Everyone looked to where Menthos had Yugi against the wall, kissing him.
"Whose that?" Tristan asked, stunned.
"His name's Menthos Transey. He's a new student in our class." Sayora said, shocked.
"I guess Yugi took a liking to him." Seto said.
"About time he found someone." Bakura muttered.
Yami felt his heart rip to shreds at seeing the person that he loved kissing someone else. 'Yugi. Did you come to care about this guy in a matter of hours when it took you a little while to trust me?' Yami asked himself.
/YAMI! HELP!/
Yami felt Yugi's panic and fear and knew that Yugi was being forced into that kiss.
Shocking everyone, Yami flew forward and shouted, "Get away form him!" Yami grabbed Menthos and tore him away form Yugi.
Yugi was startled when Menthos suddenly released him and collapsed to floor, shaking and near tears.
Menthos glared. "What are you doing?" Menthos hissed.
"You were kissing him when he didn't want it. I stopped it." Yami growled, barely holding back from sending the guy to the Shadow realm.
"I suggest that you go and leave me with him. He's not your concern." Menthos said, sounding intimated.
Unfortunately for him, Yami didn't intimidate easily.
"Yugi is my friend, and there's no way in hell I'm letting you touch him when he doesn't want you to." Yami said.
Atemu walked forward and said, "I suggest you leave. You don't want to mess with all of us." Atemu said angrily.
Menthos glanced and noticed the group that had gathered. 'Must be his friends. Damn! I thought I had him alone. Oh, well. I'll have to sue a different tactic.' Menthos thought. "Fine. See you around. Treasure." Menthos said as he walked away.
By this time, Yugi was had silent tears falling down his face.
"Bastard! What the hell was his problem?" Joey demanded.
"He's a troublemaker. That's all he is." Seto said.
Kyla noticed Yugi's state and walked over to him, kneeling down beside him. "Yugi. Are you all right?" Kyla asked.
Yugi looked at her only for a moment before he jumped to his feet and dashed down the hall desperate to get away from them. He didn't want to be around them. He didn't want to have to explain what had happened. He didn't want to tell them anything now.
"Yugi! Wait!" Yami called.
Yugi ignored it and kept running.
Just so I make it clear, this is NOT a Tea-bashing fic. Tea does love Yami, but will stand between him and Yugi.
Yugi's going to have even more trouble coming his way in the next chapter. Menthos will cause more trouble, too. Heba might be in the next chapter. I'm not sure yet.
R&R.