Egypt: told you i'd update this again really soon
anyway, this chaps longer, and just to be clear and ecplain something so you understand, this story is not overly dramatic or tragic because i'm trying to make it as realistic as possible becaue most of my stories are fantasy so heres a serious story for a change
and on that note, on with the story
and as youv probably guessed, i DONT OWN YUGIOH
The next day, Yugi and Yami walked in to school together, but like usual, Danny was already at the pupil entrance and was talking to his friends. Yugi shifted on his feet nervously, biting his lip. A gentle hand squeezed his shoulder. Yugi looked to his side to see Yami smiling encouragingly at him.
"Guess I'll see you around Yugi. Just remember to keep calm and talk to him ok?" Yugi nodded and watched as Yami walked right passed the big group unnoticed, walking casually to the Common Room to wait for first period to start.
Taking a deep breath, Yugi walked up to the group. Feeling his fear heighten, he chickened out and poked his friend Tea in the side. The girl yelped and spun around, then giggled when she saw it was only Yugi.
"Hey you, how are you feeling?" She asked cheerfully.
"Ok I guess." Yugi muttered. Hearing his voice, Danny turned around.
"So what you're not going to even say good morning to me?" Yugi looked up and offered a weak smile, but the taller glared at him mockingly, shaking his head softly. I know he's teasing me…but… Yugi looked back to Tea and tried to smile normally.
Tea glared at Danny but smiled softly so her friend. Yugi shifted uncomfortably, knowing that Danny was watching him closely. Finally Yugi sighed and turned to him.
"D-do you want to sit outside and talk?" He asked timidly, eyes flickering to the small yard covered in benches and tables for kids to sit outside, covered by a metal canopy so they could go out in all weathers.
"No way I'm warm right here." Danny stated, voice sounding harsh to Yugi's ears.
"Ok fine." Yugi muttered, turning back to his friends again. After a few minutes, Yugi gathered the courage to talk to Danny who was still staring at him. "You know I gave you a choice as to joining me for lunch, I would have been fine with you saying no."
"Would you really Yugi? You would have been fine eating lunch alone in that park?" Danny asked sarcastically. Yugi frowned.
"Yes I would have because I knew how much you wanted that car! I would have been just fine, but you insisted on joining me." Yugi said, voice sounding a lot stronger than he felt. Danny just continued to stare, but didn't reply. Yugi took a deep breath, preparing himself. "J-just tell me the truth… D-d-do you believe what your mum says…that I'm just using you as a pass time? Or do you just not know?"
"I honestly don't know any more Yugi."And that's the final blow. Yugi hung his head, looking away from the boy standing before him, trying hard not to let the tears that were screaming to be released out of his eyes, but could not ignore the heart crushing pain in his chest.
Danny sighed, taking Yugi's arm and leading him out to the benches, sitting him down. Yugi couldn't hold back any longer, and the tears spilled down his cheeks freely. The boy sniffed.
"Yugi, I am so sorry for taking out all my anger on you yesterday, I didn't mean to but I was just so worked up and how you were acting was just the icing on the cake so I took it out on you. I am so sorry and I didn't mean to-"
"How could you think like that about me? I thought you of all people knew I'm not a user!"
"I'm sorry Yugi but my mum's been making me doubt you ever since we started going out, she's always been making me second guess us-"
"You know its funny cause when my Grandpa tried to do that to me I didn't have a single doubt in my mind about you. I trusted you and I'd stand up for you-"
"I stood up for you that are why I and my mum screamed at each other for most of the night!"
"Then why the hell would you tell me what she says? You know it upsets me! I would never tell you anything like that because I know how much it would hurt you-"
"Because I wasn't thinking." Danny muttered, looking at his hands that were resting on the table. Yugi's tears were still flowing freely.
"I need to get to my form." Yugi muttered, standing up with his bag, but Danny was already in front of him holding him back.
"No Yugi please sit down we need to talk this out! I don't want us to break up but we need to get everything out." Sniffing and whipping his eyes roughly, Yugi sat back down; staring at the wall in front of him like it was the most interesting thing ever.
"You know what the worst part is? This argument all started because of Sarah."
"Sarah?"
"What the hell did she say to you to make you so mad at me yesterday?"
"I was already really wound up then Sarah told me that you were being short with her and I snapped."
"Well how about the fact that she's been using me, just so she has somewhere to go and get free food after school before footy, and that's the only reason she even bothered to text me yesterday, to make sure she could still come over." Danny didn't reply for a few seconds.
"I know Sarah she wouldn't use you-"
"Well guess what Danny, she is and has been for a long time, but it's only now that I realise it. I've known her for a lot longer than you Danny so I know what she's capable of." Danny seemed speechless. Students then started to fill the yard. Yugi sighed and stood up. "I better get to the library; I have a free first and have a lot of work to do." Danny nodded, standing up to walk with Yugi back inside to walk to the end of the corridor.
"Do I still get my hug?" Yugi turned to see Danny standing with his arms open and pleading eyes. Yugi managed to smile slightly and stop his tears, hugging the tall teen. The two stood there for a while, ignoring the stares of students and glares of teachers.
After a while Yugi looked up. "We're not over; we just need to work things out." Danny smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, I'll see you at break." Yugi nodded and the two parted ways, but not before Danny took of his gold ring and handed it to Yugi. "Wear it until break." He shouted over his shoulder. Yugi smiled and nodded, then hurried off to class.
When Yugi got to the library he found that he couldn't work. His eyes still hurt a lot from crying and he had a headache as well, but his biggest worry was what he was supposed to do about Sarah.
Sighing Yugi rubbed his heavy tired eyes. Why does crying have to drain so much energy? Then Yugi felt someone behind him…leaning over him was a better description actually. Yugi looked up, finding himself breaking into a wide smile.
"Hi." He said, sounding more cheerful already.
"Hey. I told my teacher I needed to print some stuff off so I could see you. Are you ok now?"
"Yeah I feel a lot better now that we talked it out. What about you?"
"I'm alright. Listen, study and work really hard so you come back next year ok? Cause I just want to be with you."
"I will I promise." The two smiled at each other but Yugi could tell Danny was really trying. We're both going through a rough time right now; we're both under a lot of pressure from home and school, so we just need to be patient with each other. Yugi though confidently. Wow Yami was right; talking it all out did make everything better. The taller then left, kicked out by the librarian because he wasn't doing any work.
At break Yugi got the end table and waited for Danny to join him, but Joey and Tea came instead.
"Hey guys! I'm sorry but I'm supposed to be saving these seats."
Joey shrugged. "I'm sure your boy can stand sitting on the last spare seat." Yugi rolled his eyes and went back to reading his text book. The small teen looked up when he heard the library door open but his face fell when he saw Sarah walk in, and frowned at his book angrily when she took the last spare seat. Yugi bit his lip so as not to say anything.
"Oh Yugi, I can't come to yours tonight sorry-"
"That's alright you couldn't come anyway." Yugi replied without looking up from his book.
"Oh, why's that?" Because I'm meagrely pissed at you, you boyfriend stealing-
"Because a friend of mine is staying with me and my Grandfather for a while." Yugi answered, cutting off his thoughts.
"Yugi..." Sarah said, sounding like a question.
"Yes?" Yugi asked, not looking up from his history text book.
"Why are you wearing Danny's ring? That rings from his grandfather..." Yugi finally looked up to see Sarah's face looking like she was trying to hide her anger and frustration. Yugi smirked mentally, but smiled happily instead to her.
"Oh, me and Danny talked things out this morning and he gave me it to wear." Yugi relied happily. Sarah didn't say anything, instead dropped her head to her books. Yugi smiled slightly, looking up top Tea who smiled at him and gave him discreet thumbs up. Yugi bit his lip to hold in his giggles, Tea had never trusted Sarah and always disliked her, so it was no surprise Tea would be proud of him right now. Joey watched this then observed Sarah and frowned.
Yugi looked up as the door to the library opened again, his smile brightening and his heart beating harder when he saw it was Danny and his friend Jack. Yugi smiled and waved at them, but Danny took a chair and sat next to Sarah. Yugi's smile faltered and he looked to his book again. Why did he sit next to her! Especially after what we talked about this morning! How could he!
"Hey Yugi." Yugi looked up to his side and smiled when he saw Jack. Jack was smaller than Danny even though he was in the year above, kind, thoughtful and very funny. He and Yugi had become fast friends since he started dating Danny because Jack and Danny where good friends. "What you reading."
"Revising the Unification of Italy. I'm reading over the notes I made on Napoleonic-Italy."
"That was 1805 right?"
"Actually it technically started in 1792, Napoleon proclaimed himself King in 1805."
"Ah that's right I remember now. You're a good little historian Yugi." Yugi giggled, peeking at Danny and Sarah from the corner of his eyes to see them talking quietly to themselves. Yugi looked away, feeling the sting of tears. Jack didn't miss this and rubbed his shoulder, giving him a reassuring smile. Yugi smiled meekly at the older boy.
Break was ending and it was only Danny, Sarah, Yugi and Jack left. Jack was helping Yugi put his things away again when Danny came to stand by Yugi's side.
"Why didn't you talk to me?" He asked with a frown.
"You were sat next to Sarah and seemed to be talking about something important." Yugi stated, feeling Sarah's eyes on him and Danny.
"We were talking about what we were going to do at lunch. She has football but I was thinking it would be nice for us to go out with our friends for lunch." Danny explained.
"Sure. Hey do you want this ring back yet?" Yugi asked, holding his hand up. Danny shook his head.
"No I want you to wear it today." Yugi smiled and nodded, turning back to his bag. "Thanks for your help Jack. Hey have you got a car yet?"
"No, I can't find one I really like." Yugi hummed and smirked.
"I know what you mean. You know, if I had the money I'd buy the newest Ferrari in cheery red. Now that's a car... Or even that Atom! The second fastest car in the world and in my opinion, the best looking." Yugi smirked when Jack, Danny, and Sarah was staring at him. Jack looked up at Danny.
"Am I the only one who finds it weird that he knows more about cars than us?" Yugi giggled as Jack and Danny had a passion for cars. Sarah then walked off, leaving Yugi feeling a little smug.
"I'll see you at the pupil entrance for lunch Yugi." Yugi smiled and nodded.
The next two hours were too slow for Yugi's liking, but eventually lunch came by and Yugi was feeling a little brighter about things. At break Danny was late getting there but everyone else had gathered. Joey, Tea, her twin Anza who was equally as nice and friendly only a lot more protective with her friends- Yugi no exception leading to quite a few arguments between her and Sarah- Jack and Rebecca, another old friend of Yugi's who he had known since the very beginning of High School and was a pretty nice person a lot of the time despite her fiery personality.
Once Danny finally joined them, the group set off, only Yugi, Jack and Rebecca were at the back. Danny had run off to the front and seemed to be trying very hard to make conversation with everyone. This saddened Yugi but he wouldn't let it get to him, so instead focused on talking to Jack and Rebecca. The three had some good laughs as they walked up to the shops up the road from school. Once they got there, Danny just walked right passed Yugi without so much of a glance. Yugi hung his head, fighting the tears.
"Is it just me or is Danny ignoring you?" Jack asked suddenly outside the shop.
"So I'm not the only one who's noticed." Yugi muttered. Jack gave him a sad smile and nodded to the shop.
"Come on let's go and look around." Yugi nodded and followed him in.
"Hey guys look!" Rebecca cheered, skipping to a stop in front of them and show them £3. "Danny gave me it after I told him that I didn't have any lunch! Here!" She gave the two a pound each. "Now we can all buy something!" She smiled, then skipped off to see what she wanted. Yugi rolled his eyes at his friend then skimmed the shelves.
"So what's going on with you two anyway? Did you fight or something?" Jack asked. Sighing, Yugi gave his older friend a summary of what happened. "I have to ask...did you two...you know..." Yugi looked up at Jack, biting his lip. He knew he could trust him, but still, admitting to it. Yugi hung his head and nodded. Jack sighed.
"You think he used me?" Yugi asked in a small voice.
"It's possible...I've known Danny since the beginning of the year but even I don't trust him." He replied seriously. Yugi bit his lip, feeling his eyes sting again. Taking a jagged breath, Yugi put on his brightest smile.
"Come on, help me find something I can buy with this quid." Jack smiled at the smallers efforts to brighten up and nodded, following Yugi's lead and changing the subject.
After Yugi had paid for a packet of salted Hooler Hops, he and Jack left the store to see Danny following the group who were already heading back. Yugi sighed and hung his head.
"Hey!" Yugi's head snapped up to see Danny taking his hand. "Come on slow-poke. Do you want to put those in my bag?" Yugi looked down at the chirps.
"No I've already opened them. I'll eat them as we walk down." Danny shrugged and dropped Yugi's hand, heading to the front again. Yugi sighed as he fell back to walk beside Jack again. "And there he goes ignoring me." Jack rubbed his shoulders comfortingly.
"Just let things play out. Who knows, there might be a good explanation for all of this and things may work out. Yugi nodded and looked at Danny again, seeing him smiling and laughing with his friends.
I hope you're right Jack, I really do.