Small Note

Sakura: It's time to get this story rolling again… I'm getting ready to start another semester of college so it's only right for Yuugi to start her first semester of college. Time to see how well the young adult handles college life…

Chapter 16: Complicated

The end of August came faster than anyone wanted it to. College students were now starting their first day of school and for freshmen it could be a little nerve racking. Yuugi was starting to get fidgety during breakfast and barely ate anything. Her bag was already packed and waiting at the door for her. Amun had agreed to drive her that morning since she didn't want to be dropped off by the limo.

The only thing Yuugi had to look forward to was hanging out with Atemu after classes at Sennen Records. She would meet up with him around noon for lunch, then until three she would spend time in the CEOs office. It had been a while since she went to work with Atemu and his father so she was looking forward to seeing what they had done to the place.

Currently Atemu and Amun were sitting across from her at the dining table eating their own breakfast. The clock on the wall said five minutes until seven so she had five more minutes before her and Amun would need to leave. There was no way she was going to be late for her first class no matter how nervous she was. The classes she figured would be no problem it just was the students she was worried about.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Atemu asked as he saw Yuugi picking at her food.

Yuugi looked up startled out of her thoughts. She put a smile on for him. "I'll be fine I just get nerves on the first day. This will be a new environment for me."

"I bet you're more worried about what people will think about you." Amun stated the obvious.

Sometimes Yuugi hated how easy she was to read. "I'll admit I'm a little nervous about them, but you can't blame me since I'm considered a celebrity being the daughter of two well-known celebrities and engaged to a future CEO."

Atemu chuckled. "I bet the students will be more shocked that someone like you is even gracing your presence on their campus."

"Oh I could see the boys drooling over her now." Amun gave a smirk when his brother glared at him. "What she is a beautiful woman?"

Atemu had to agree with his brother on that one. "Yeah I think I'm the luckiest man alive."

Yuugi blushed. "Stop it you two! I don't want to go to school with a red face." She drank some of her milk to calm herself down so the blush would go away.

Amun face then grew serious as he addressed Yuugi again. "Still no word on your other friends?"

Yuugi put her drink down and looked down at her plate. "No, Ryou and Malik said they would try and talk with them once they got back to Domino. However they returned a while back and the two of them have had no luck so far." She stood up from the table and pushed her chair in. "Besides I'm not keeping my hopes up. They'll come around or they won't. I'm not going to put my life on pause waiting for a phone call."

Amun and Atemu both wouldn't admit it openly to Yuugi, but they could see the hurt look she always got when thinking of her friends. It was eating her up inside that she hadn't heard from them. They just wished they could do something to make things right.

"Well if we want to make it there on time we better leave Amun."

As Amun got up from the table, Yuugi went to Atemu and gave him a kiss. "I'll see you later sweetheart."

"I'll be waiting." Atemu replied as he watched his lover and brother leave.

Tokyo University had a huge campus with many buildings spread over a certain area. All the buildings had two or three stories to them and beautiful landscapes around them. In the early mornings the campus was quiet with few students walking around. Yuugi figured it would be like this because not many people wanted to take early morning classes. She wasn't like this, she rather get her classes over with and have the rest of the day to herself.

Amun dropped her off at the front of the campus close to where her first class would be. He wished her luck before he drove off. Yuugi took a quick look at her classes than the map her advisor gave her. The building for her first class was in was a short walk from the front.

The young adult pulled the strap of her bag up higher on her shoulder before heading to the building. She took a look at all that was around her and enjoyed the peaceful quiet. This was a whole new environment for her and so far she liked it. Sure each of her classes was not all in the same building, but on nice days such as that day she didn't mind walking outside.

Her first class of the day was World Civilizations from the beginning to the 1800. It was located in the History building, which as Yuugi walked in the building looked like an abandoned house. She still had ten minutes before class but the place was so eerie quiet and empty it was creepy. Yuugi had no trouble finding the stairs and headed up to the next floor where her schedule said her class was located. The room number was easy to find too and as she took a quick look into the room she found five people sitting at desks. Two girls were hanging out near the door chatting away while texting on their phones. There were two guys sitting in the back listening to their iPods ignoring everything around them. Then there was a quiet girl sitting in the middle all organized and ready for class.

Yuugi took a deep breath before entering the room. She headed straight for the front seat by the window not looking at anyone. Her bag was placed beside her desk and she pulled out her notebook and pen. Then she grabbed her phone and sent a quick text to Atemu, before putting her phone on vibrate.

The time on the clock slowly ticked by but most of the class didn't start to show up until one minute until class was to start. Yuugi already took note that no one was sitting near her. She wasn't sure if that was a good or bad sign. There was talking among the room, but as far as she heard none of it was about her or her boyfriend.

When the clock hit eight o'clock on the dot, the professor finally walked in and shut the door.

"Welcome to your first day and if you are not a freshman I welcome you back to school for another semester." He went behind his desk and stood behind it. The man was not old, but he also wasn't super young. He wore jeans and a white button down shirt with a black bazar. "I'm Professor Smith and I'll be teaching you World Civilizations from the beginning to the 1800. We may not be able to go over all the material before finals, but we will get as far as we can."

The professor moved to the white board and started to write some dates on the board. "First off I would like to inform you that my class will not be hard so long as you do the work, but it also will not be a walk in the park. I do not require a text book for this class, but you may buy the book the University picked if you feel you need it. So long as you take good notes you should do fine on my test." Once he was done he turned back around. "The dates on the board will be when your tests will be. There will be at least three different test before the finals over all the material we will cover also I have written a date for when you will turn in a five page paper. That paper will serve as your midterm so it would be wise to do it."

He then moved over to the computer in the room. "I will email all of you weekly with things to remember so please be sure to check your University email as much as possible so you do not miss out on anything. Also I will email you all the night before if I am to cancel class."

The door to the room then reopened and two more students walked in. They quickly found seats, but again no one was sitting next to Yuugi.

"Attendance is very important." The professor stated as he looked over his glasses at the two that walked in, "That door will close at eight on the dot and if you are even five minutes late you will be marked absent unless you have a very good excuse. This class starts at eight and you can miss so much in only just five minutes. However this rule will not start for another week as I know some people may or may not have had a hard time finding this classroom."

As the professor started to type on the computer, the two that walked in talked quietly to their classmates to find out what they missed out on. Yuugi kept her head down and continued to draw on the first page of her notebook.

"Another thing I will point out is that the University requires me to take attendance for the first month to see who is coming to class, so unless you drop this class you should be here to get your money's worth." He pulled up his class list on the computer before he started to call off names.

It wasn't until about twenty students in that he finally got to Yuugi. "Yuugi Mutou?"

Yuugi raised her hand. "I'm here…" All eyes were on her, so she continued to ignore them and look at her professor.

The professor smiled. "It's good to see you Ms. Mutou. Also congratulations are in order on your engagement."

She smiled back and thanked him before looking back at her notebook. The professor continued with calling the roll before he started his lecture.

When the professor dismissed the class, no one stuck around as they all grabbed their bags and got out of there. Even the professor didn't stay as he headed to his next class. Yuugi took her time putting her things in her bag waiting until class was really over before packing it. She stood up once she was done and headed out, surprised again to find the halls empty. As she walked toward the stairs she could hear other classes just starting and some already deep into lectures.

Yuugi was just thankful her first class went smoothly and she only had two more to go before she was done for the day. Once she made it back outside, she took a quick look at her map again before heading in the direction of the next building her next class was at. They were a good distance apart, but as long as she walked and didn't stop it would only take about four to five minutes. It was a moment like this Yuugi wished she had spaced her classes a little more apart, but she would rather get all her classes quickly finished before lunch.

As she walked she took notice of all the students on campus now and watched out for the bike riders. Some of them were careful while some were riding rather reckless. There were also some students on skateboards, but most of the student body walked. Another thing she made a quick note of was some of the stares she was getting.

There were some shocked looks, while she was confused by some of the glares. Most of the glares were from the girls, but that could just be because their celebrity crush was taken. Honestly some of the girls could go all their lives thinking they would grow up and marry someone like Atemu, but none of them stood a chance at getting her lover. Atem and Yuugi wanted to marry for love. It would not have mattered about money or fame, so long as they loved each other and were happy with the relationship.

Three minutes into her walk she finally saw the next building she was headed to not much farther. However before she got to the building a male bike rider rode pass her, nearly knocking her on her butt and had the nerve to wolf whistle at her.

Yuugi turned to glare at the guy, but he was long gone. "The nerve of some men!" She growled to herself and went on her way. Atemu told her all the time she was attractive, but looks shouldn't be everything a guy loves about a woman. Yuugi had dated a few men from her high school back in Domino, before she got back with Atemu, but at least those individuals had been gentlemen. Well there was that one jerk that stood her up on their first date to get back with his ex-girlfriend, but she never really counted him because they never made it pass the first date.

Just as Atemu only eyes for Yuugi, Yuugi only had eyes for Atemu and no guy was going to tear them apart. They could look all they want, but Yuugi was off the dating market for good.

Music appreciation was Yuugi's final class for the day and then she would be free. Her second class of day hadn't gone as planned just like the first one. No one sat next to her again, however before the teacher came she had at least three people from that class give her their phone numbers and asking if her future husband could get them a record deal. It was like there was a sign on Yuugi's back saying she was a talent scout because on the way to her final class she had at least five people give her demo cds.

The young adult had tried to turn them down and give them the cds back, but they gave them to her then smiled and walked off. It's like they knew she wanted to give them back, because they were leaving before she could maybe in hopes she would give them to Atemu or his father. Well they had another thing coming if they thought Yuugi was going to give Atemu or his father the cds. She was there for a college education not to be a talent scout for Sennen Records.

The day had started out rotten, but she hoped her music appreciation class would end up turning out better. Sadly her dreams were quickly shut down when she walked into the theater type room. The class was supposed to be huge of over a hundred students that was why there was the need for a huge classroom. About more than half the class looked to already be there and they were all in the back and the middle. No one was seated on the front row, so Yuugi lowered her head and made a dash down the stairs for the front row seats.

All chatter seemed to stop when she was in the room and was replaced with whispers. She wasn't some freaking museum piece to be stared at. No one seemed to understand that she wasn't that big of a deal, just her boyfriend was. He was the one with a huge career ahead of him. Yuugi just wanted to graduation with a degree and get a small job.

After a minute or so the class started to get loud again as students began to talk about something else. Not long after Yuugi walked in three girls came into the room and took up seats behind Yuugi in the second row. They giggled and gossiped about something before one of them lean forward and smiled at Yuugi.

"I heard rumors that someone famous was coming to our campus. You are Yuugi Mutou correct?"

Yuugi couldn't believe someone was talking to her. "Uh… yeah that's me, but I'm not that famous it's just my parents."

"It's not just your parents. You're also engaged to one of the hottest Sennen siblings." The other girl continued. "I don't see why you would bother coming to college when you have a wealthy partner."

"Well I want to be able to support myself too. Atemu doesn't have to spoil me to make me happy." Yuugi explained to the girl.

"So is he really paralyzed?"

Yuugi nodded. "I figured some people wouldn't believe it. He is paralyzed and it's just something he has to live with now."

The girl then looked Yuugi up and down. "You know, I really don't see what Atemu sees in you."

Those words really threw Yuugi off. "What?"

"I mean you want to waste your time with college when Atemu can give you everything you want and more. Plus you are not famous with probably no talent and no fashion sense." The girl smirked at Yuugi. "I bet you won't even make it to the alter with Atemu, before he dumps you like the last girl he was dating."

Yuugi's saw red as the girl lean back and started to laugh with her friends. The woman or girl whatever she was had no right to talk to Yuugi that way. However before Yuugi could turn and tell the girl off, the teacher walked in and called the class to order.

The only thing Yuugi could do was take deep breaths and try to concentrate on what her teacher was trying to say. Thankfully that teacher didn't hold them for very long and allowed class to end early.

As soon as she was free to go, Yuugi grabbed her things and followed the crowd out of the building. Once outside, she headed to the front of campus where Amun was going to pick her up. When she got there she was happy to see he had come early and was sitting in his car watching people passing by who would stop and take pictures.

She pushed passed a few people to get into the car, but once she was in she felt only slightly better.

Amun grinned and started the car. "So how was the first day?"

"Just drive…"

The older male took note of how down Yuugi sounded, but did as told and started to drive headed toward Sennen Records main building. "It was that bad huh?"

Yuugi continued to ignore Amun in favor of staring out the window as the scenery went by. Her eyes started to burn from holding back the unshed tears and she just wanted to be with Atemu. As if her life wasn't already complicated enough college looked like it was going to be hell for her too.

Sakura: So Yuugi's first day didn't go as planned… My very first day of college didn't go as planned either, but it wasn't as bad as Yuugi's day. I'm sorry for putting Yuugi through all this pain, but I promise things will look up for her soon.

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