Valkyria : Early Update -again- *grin* like I promised. I would post again before my birthday, which is a mere two days away.
Griever : Spoiled girl that she is. She already received a gift last week. She very satisfied with it.
Valkyria : Yep~! Brand new speakers for my computer. They sound so good! In other news, from now on if I post a update time for example : June 25th or something like that. Then count on the next chapter being before that or on that specific date. That should make everyone happy.
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Current Song : Kimochi wa Tstuawaru - BoA
Chapter Twenty-Three : Unseen Changes.
Yugi never thought he would be in a situation like this. Being hounded by a twelve-year old genius and in a complicated relationship with someone like Atemu Ishigami. If he didn't feel Rebecca's tightening grip on his arm then he would have thought this was nothing but a horrible, sick nightmare. Firmly pulling his arm away from the younger girls' he glared at the reporter.
"No, I am not in a relationship with this girl and how in the hell did you find me here?" he turned back to Rebecca and sent an icy glare. "Did you do this? Did you call them here?"
Rebecca didn't flinch from his glare, sending one of her own. She crossed her arms and pulled her lips into a smirk and Yugi forced down a snarl of frustration and anger he wanted to release. "And if I did? What can you do about it?"
There were so many things he wanted to say Rebecca, so many things he wanted to call her and make her hurt. put her through the same hell that she had put him through, but he knew that that wasn't going to work for her. Yugi had to admit that for a twelve-year girl her feelings weren't easily hurt. No, he had to hit a little closer to home.
Yugi's full lips pulled into a dark smirk and his eyes gleamed with unholy satisfaction. He nodded his head to the reporter. "I'm sorry, but I'm not going to answer any questions regarding my relationship with Ishigami Atemu, and I would appreciate it if you would spread to the message to any other reporter that you see on your way out." he shifted his gaze to Rebecca who had gone silent. he gave the blonde haired girl a smile which made her visibly flinch. The smug attitude she seemed to adopt was nowhere in sight and that very fact made Yugi feel elated.
"Rebecca. You have stalked me relentlessly these past weeks, even though you knew I was in a relationship with Atemu. That fact alone should have made you back off but you didn't. So, I'm afraid that I'm going to have to take a different approach in dealing with you."
With those cold words spoken, Yugi re-entered the building and made his way to Professor Hawkins classroom, pulling the door open, he spotted the older man putting papers in his attaché case.
"Professor! Can I spare a moment of your time?" he asked. It was his turn to flinch when the elderly man gave him a disapproving stare. It seemed that it was going to be a long while before he gained the teachers respect again.
"How can I help you Motou-san?"
Ignoring the hurt that he felt from the formal tone. Yugi pressed on. "I would like to talk to you about your granddaughter."
"My granddaughter?" concern flashed through the elderly mans blue eyes. "She is not hurt is she?"
Yugi quickly shook his head and couldn't help but smile when Professor Hawkins shoulders deflated with obvious relief. "No, nothing like that. I know this is going to sound absurd to your ears, but she has, to put it bluntly, stalking me for the past few weeks."
Professor Hawkins eyebrows shot up at his accusation. The man frowned down at him. "You are correct in your assumption Motou-san. It does indeed sound absurd. My granddaughter would never do such a disgraceful thing."
"I mean you no disrespect, but if you do think that then you do you really do not know her. I would not come to you and tell you this unless it was true."
"Your grandfather was an honest and blunt man," Arthur said in a low tone. "I believe he passed those traits down to you. Let say that hypothetically I believe you. Why would she start stalking you? I have never introduced the both of you before."
"Hypothetically. Would you believe that she tried to blackmailed me into going out with her?"
Arthur reached up and rubbed the bridge of his nose. Both of them looked up to see the door to the classroom opening and a familiar head of blonde hair peek in.
"Grandpa-" Rebecca turned pale at an alarming rate when she spotted him next to her grandfather. She quickly rushed down the stairs towards them.
"Grandpa I-" her words were stopped abruptly when Arthur held up his hand, he let his arm fall back to his side before speaking
"Yugi has told me something interesting now Rebecca, and I need to you to verify what he told me; Are you stalking him?"
Rebecca whirled around and sent him a poisonous glare, Yugi calmly stared into her angered eyes. He wasn't going to back down now. He tolerated this long enough.
"Rebecca?" Arthur spoke again, his tone more firm and demanding. "Is what Yugi told me true? Do not lie to me."
Rebecca bit her glossed lips and lowered her gaze to the floor, her body shaking. "Yes. It's true."
Arthur released a sharp, disappointed sigh and gave Yugi an apologetic look. "I must apologize for my granddaughters behavior towards you Yugi. I should've noticed sooner. I can only imagine how frustrating this have been for you, and especially with the rumors going around about you. Rebecca, apologize for what you have done."
Rebecca raised her head, her blue eyes shining with unshed tears. "I-I'm sorry." releasing a shaky sob. She ran out of the classroom.
Watching Rebecca rushing out in tears should have made him feel guilty, he never did like making anyone cry, no matter what they did.
"Please, do not feel sorry for her." Arthur spoke from beside him. "She must know the consequences of her actions. I will make sure to talk with her later on."
"Thank you Professor."
Well. That's one problem solved, though I wish the other one was just as easy.
"Atemu. For the love of God, please do something about those mob of reporters outside the building! The employees are starting to complain that they can't get out. They have all of the entrances covered."
Atemu groaned and buried his face into his hands. "Did you call security on them?"
He couldn't help but smile when he heard Mai's exasperated sigh. "Of course I did. The only thing they can do is tell them to leave."
He raised his head and gave the blonde-haired vice president a grin. "Pepper spray?" he wasn't surprised in the least when Mai smacked him on the head with a rolled up newspaper for his comment.
"Don't be a smartass," Mai smacked him again. "I think it would be best if you held a conference downstairs-"
"For what?" Atemu leaned back against his chair and crossed his arms over his chest. "I don't have to tell anyone anything. My personal life is no ones business but my own."
"You made your personal life the media's business when you released that tape." she held up a manicured hand when he opened his mouth to protest. "Don't even try to lie about that. I know it was either you or Bakura. Ishizu told me her brother was visiting and Bakura and his husband Ryou were here as well." she lowered her hand and gave him displeased look. "Poor Yugi. He has to put up with all of this too."
"You don't have to worry about Yugi. He's strong enough to handle this." thinking about his little one made his insides melt and a goofy grin appear on his face which didn't go unnoticed by Mai.
"Judging by that love sick look on your face I take it everything is going well between the both of you?"
Atemu shrugged one shoulder casually. "Despite the media frenzy everything between us is going is fine."
"Conference?" Mai tried again, she smirked when Atemu gave a disgruntled look. He rolled his eyes and nodded his head. "Yeah, Conference. Please have Ishizu to tell those flies down there that a conference will be held tomorrow afternoon."
"Sure-" the door to his office flew open and Atemu frowned when he saw his cousin standing in the doorway with an enraged expression. He gave a bored one in return to the icy glare that he was at the end of. He waved his cousin in. "Before you start yelling yourself hoarse Seto. Why don't come in and sit down while I explain to you what you heard."
"I'll stand thanks," Seto said coldly, striding into the room. "I don't want one of those long-winded explanations that you love giving. Just the short version if you don't mind."
"We -Bakura, Malik and I- got Vivian to confess she wasn't pregnant with my child and Yugi, unfortunately, slipped into the conversation."
"And does Yugi know about this?" Seto pressed.
Oh, he knows.
"Yes, and we've discussed this already. So there was no need for you to rush in here like a raging bull."
"This is what you meant when you said that the other day." Seto ran a hand through his hair. "You're impossible sometimes you know that?"
"So I've been told. By the way, how did you get in? Mai said that all the entrances were covered by reporters."
Seto merely gave him smirk before turning to walk out the office. "Bodyguards come in handy in these situations. You should look into getting some. If you did then maybe Vivian wouldn't have sunk her claws into you."
The Crescent Café was a quiet spot in the business district. That was why Honda enjoyed it so much. It didn't get much attention but made enough money to survive. He cradled the chilling coffee in his hands. He had finally gathered the courage to leave Jou's apartment, he had left the blond a note so he wouldn't worry about where he was. He knew that he should start attending classes again and soon. He would never catch up if he missed too many days.
His date with Otogi was still fresh in his mind, the anger in those mesmerizing emerald eyes and the cold voice telling him good-bye, all of it. Honda reached up to stop the tears that were threatening to fall. He so so stupid! Jou had warned him not to go, but he didn't listen. He was irritated at first when Otogi had backed him into a corner about the date, but as the days passed by he grew more and more excited about the idea of seeing the raven-haired man again. In the end, the entire date had turned into a disaster. Honda knew that confessing the truth about how they met was the right thing to do and telling the older man that he loved him was beneficial to him, because his chest felt just a little bit lighter. Honda didn't now if he was ever going to see Otogi again and if he did. He would apologize and confess again. He picked up his now lukewarm coffee and sipped it. It would take a while, but he would feel better and pick himself up again.
Hearing the bell ring throughout the café, Honda looked up to see a young brunet haired woman walking in. she was wearing a Domino High School uniform. When she turned around, her olive eyes lit up when she spotted him.
"Honda-san? Do you remember me? It's Shizuka! Jou's little sister."
Honda rose from his chair and wrapped the girl in a bear hug. "Shizuka! Oh wow, look at you! The last time I saw you, you were in junior high. How are you?" he pulled out a chair and mentioned for the girl to sit down.
"I'm doing okay. I'm thinking of attending Domino University like big brother is…" Shizuka frowned, she clasped his hand. "Are you okay..? You look so sad."
He flashed the girl a full-toothed grin. "I'm doing okay. It's been a very long week."
"Has it?" Shizuka waved the waitress over, before continuing. "Do you want to talk about it? I always found it better to talk to someone about my problems."
The thought of talking to someone who didn't know of the situation between himself and Otogi was too tempting to pass up, but he didn't want to burden Shizuka with his problem. As he opened his mouth to tell her that it was okay. She gave him a stern stare. "Don't tell me no. I'm not a little girl anymore Honda-san." her eyes softened. "Whatever you have to tell me won't leave this café."
"Okay. I'll tell you everything."
A/N : A short chapter, but I'm happy with it. Yugi has gotten rid of Rebecca! So she's out of the running and Atemu will be holding a news conference to satisfy those nasty reporters. I hope you guys enjoyed reading. See you soon.
Next Update : June 27th