SORRY SORRY SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING! I was at camp, then I started working on a story that I will upload in the near future! This IS the last chapter, so enjoy! (And don't rage on me at the end if you're not satisfied, cuz I am pretty proud of this story. Thanks.)
He found them sitting at the dinner table with Grandpa eating the food he had prepared for them. "Ah, Yugi! The soup you made is excellent!" Grandpa said, waving his spoon in the air, beckoning Yugi to come and sit. Yami glanced up from where he sat across the table, but returned to his soup. Yugi took a deep breath and cleared his throat, grabbing the attention of all the occupants of the table.
"I…I'd like to clear up anything that I left up in the air with you three. What with the situation that I was in." He said.
Atem and Grandpa raised their heads and looked expectantly at Yugi. Yami faced Yugi head on. "Alright then, I have a question." Yami said, voice low. Yugi gulped and nodded for Yami to continue. "Why didn't you tell us earlier? We could have helped you."
Yugi sighed. He had been expecting this question, and even though he had an answer, he didn't want to give it to them. "I didn't tell you because…I didn't want you to worry about me. I wanted everything to stay the same, even if I wasn't the same."
Grandpa spoke. "Yugi, we worry about you because we love you. In my case, if I wasn't worrying about you, I wouldn't be loving you!" he laughed and Yugi smiled.
Atem grinned. "I have a question too. Who exactly did this to you?" He said it in a light tone, but he was dead serious. He wanted to know because he would undoubtedly find the boys then kick the crap out of them. I don't want that to happen. I'm not cruel. "It doesn't matter. It's all over now." Yugi answered.
"Yugi, I don't care. I want to know who did this to you. They need to face the consequences of their actions."
"No Atem. I don't want them to go through the same thing that I did. I wouldn't wish that on anyone." Yugi spoke with an almost stern voice so that he could get his point across that the case was closed. "Haven't you ever heard of 'forgive and forget'?" Grandpa asked Atem. Atem hung his head and nodded in defeat. "Good! Then it's all settled! Yugi, will you be going to school tomorrow?"
"I probably should, I'm already pretty behind in my schoolwork, I don't want to have to take summer school!" Yugi said with a grin on his face. "Then you had better get done with supper and start working on your homework!" Grandpa said. Yugi nodded and finished up his soup. He got up from the table and headed up to his room, feeling lighter than he had ever felt before.
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ack in the kitchen, Grandpa had Atem and Yami doing the dishes while he cleared the table. "This is going to be hard to get used to," Yami said, scrubbing a pot.
"What? Doing the dishes? If you think that's hard, I'll give you a better job to do!" Grandpa said.
"No! I mean Yugi. I don't think that I've ever seen him this happy or talkative, it's like a whole new person."
"Well, isn't that better than the super quiet Yugi?" Atem asked handing Yami another bowl.
"I guess, but it's just a huge change in a short amount of time. It'll take a bit of work for us to all feel normal again."
"I suppose you're right." Atem agreed but looked at Yami the same time Yami looked at him. A silent message passed between the two of them. Sorry, Yugi but we'll have to break a promise just one last time.
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t school the next day, everyone was very excited to see Yugi again. He was glad to be back at school, even if he had to do his math homework. Sometime in the middle of history though, Yugi left the classroom to go to the bathroom and Yami and Atem decided to follow. Atem said he needed to get a drink, and Yami said that he left his homework in his locker, which was only half a lie.
The boys met up and quietly followed Yugi down the halls. They were beginning to think that nothing would happen when a group of about seven boys appeared out of a bend in the hallway. "Ah so he finally returns," one boy said while the others surrounded Yugi. "Yuuuuuugi…" one boy taunted in a whining voice. "We were sooooooo bored without our favorite toy out cold in the hospital." The other boys laughed. Yami just about raced towards the boy to wring his neck, but Atem held him back. He wanted to watch how Yugi handled himself.
When Yugi was silent for a time, a boy taunted, "What, too scared to talk back?" The other boys snickered. "Of course not." Yugi said. "It's just that nothing you say gets to me anymore." The boys all took a step back. Yami and Atem grinned. "Is that right? Well maybe our fists can get through your thick skull!"
The boy who spoke launched himself at Yugi but at the last second, he sidestepped and the boy fell on his face. The rest of the boys including Yami and Atem's jaws dropped. "So you see, you won't be able to have too much fun anymore, not by bullying me anyway. Have a nice day." Yugi stepped over the boy's body and down the hall. The boys didn't know what to do, so they just left. The boy on the floor, who was the group of boys' leader, sat up embarrassed. Yami and Atem stood up and returned to their class. It looks like we didn't have to break our promise after all. I'm proud of you Yugi, Yami and Atem thought. Yugi returned to class a few minutes later, a huge smile on his face.
He sat down in his seat next to Yami and Atem and looked over. And he saw two giant smiles to rival his own.
~ Fin ~
*sniffle*Imma cry now. I hope you all loved this story! It's getting officially published in real life tomorrow, so I's excited! :3 Well, lovelies, I'll see you next story!