On My Own
Its been a month since Yugi told Atem that he was leaving, surprising everyone that he didn't even say goodbye to the others.
One day, everyone was gone at work and that was the perfect opportunity for Yugi to pack up and leave, Taking only what he needed like; money, clothes and a few snacks to hold him over till he got to his destination.
Walking to the bus stop with his Ipod blasting in his ears, he thought long and hard about where to go, "I can go to Florida, I hear it's nice there, and there are beaches, girls and warm weather…nah..I cant make anything of myself in Florida…knowing my luck I'd get myself into trouble and have nobody to help me out." Yugi made a face, thinking hard about where he'd go. Waiting there at the bus stop, he saw another kid with a guitar, then on the corner he saw street performers beating on various empty 10 gallon buckets making a beat. Then he thought of a conversation he had with Joey and Tristan once, they were talking about what their dreams were, Yugi had told them he wanted to go to Hollywood and be discovered for his musical talents. His face lit up as he decided that Hollywood would be his next stop.
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Atem came home from work that evening, knowing Tea was still at her studio, he called out, "Yugi, I'm home.." he waited for him to answer with one of his famous happy 'hellos', or something but the house was silent. He called out something that he thought would get the boys attention, "I brought pizza for dinner!" he listened but no answer. Getting worried he set the pizza on the table and headed upstairs to find Yugi. "Yugi, I swear if your still sleeping I'm going to…" he stopped mid-sentence as he walked into Yugi's room, drawers were open, wallet, phone, ipod and backpack missing…whispering his name one last time to make sure he was really gone, "Yugi?…" then he found a note on a suspiciously well made bed,
Dear Atem & Tea,
I am truly sorry, but I left Domino, and like I told you before Atem, I have no clue where I will end up but I'll be okay, I promise, I will call you when I find a place to stay. Thank you for letting me stay with you and Tea for as long as you have, I'll repay you somehow someday, I love all of you and hope you can forgive me for just up and leaving.
Good-Bye Everyone,
-Yugi
Atem lowered the note as his jaw dropped, "He did it…he actually did it…" - "Did what Atem?" he turned and saw Tea, "Tea, I…I didn't hear you come in..sigh..Tea, it's Yugi.." -"Yugi..is he alright?" Atem lowered his head and handed the note over to Tea, "I wish I knew, he's gone.." Tea covered her mouth as she read the note. "Where could he have gone Atem?" Atem just shook his head and shrugged, "I don't know Tea.."
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After a few days jumping from bus to bus, Yugi had finally made it to Hollywood, He stepped off the bus and just looked around in awe, "Finally, I'm here.." a wide smile grew on his face as he made his way through the city, taking in the beach, all the people, side street musicians, all the stores, he wasn't able to get out of the way of a girl on rollerblades as she ran into him, both falling to the ground with a groan. Assuming she'd be mad, he looked up and saw a smile on her face, she had a beautiful smile, along with beautiful light blue eyes and bouncy, shiny blonde hair up in a pony tail, it was dyed pink underneath, he bangs parted to the side framing her pretty face. "We'll…hello there!" she was rather chipper for a person who just fell. "I'm Charlotte!"
Yugi sat up as she sat back on her butt, not caring if she was in peoples way or not, "I'm Yugi.." she eyed him and saw that he had a bag with him and nothing else,"Hmm…you new in town?" Yugi followed her gaze and nodded, "Uhh.. Yeah I just got here." She thought for a moment, "You'll need a place to stay then, huh?" he nodded, "Well, you'll stay with me and my friends, we've been looking for a fourth person to move in with us. Come on, I'll show you." Not really leaving room for argument Charlotte got up and started rolling away. "Well…I do need a place to stay…ehh, I have nothing to loose." he smiled and started following his new friend, "Well…looks like I'm home"
-E.O.C
Till next time! Thanks for reading!