Small Note

Sakura: So last time Atemu was able to talk to Joey and get her to come to Tokyo with him. Let's find out Yuugi's feelings about Joey being around.

Chapter 19: Not Enough

"What are you doing here?" Yuugi shouted out in shock to find her ex-friend enjoying breakfast with her boyfriend.

Joey blushed and stared at her food in guilt. "I know I'm the last person you want to see, but Atemu told me that you and I really need to move past all this nonsense."

As quick as lightening Yuugi's attention turned to Atemu, although instead of being happy to see him she had a scowl on her face. "Atemu, may I have a word with you?" She said through gritted teeth.

Atemu shook his head. "Oh no, we can talk right here with a witness."

"Well you can either come here or I will drag your ass out," She said and sadly Atemu knew she would drag him out. Yuugi was not as weak as everyone thought her to be.

Taking a deep breath, Atemu wheeled himself out of the room and cringed when the door was slammed behind him and he was left in the hallway with Yuugi. Before he could do anything else, Yuugi grabbed the handles on the back of his wheelchair and wheeled him down the hall and into the living room.

"I really should have taken up dad's offer to get me a motor chair," Atemu mumbled under his breath at the harsh treatment of his chair.

Yuugi rolled her eyes at the comment and closed the living room doors so they would not be disturbed. She then turned on him with her arms crossed and the frown still on her face. "What's the big idea bringing her here?"

Atemu sighed and folded his arms across his chest. "You have been miserable since school started. Ryou and Malik are overseas going to school and the only few friends you do have left are in Domino. Joey seemed like the best choice since you two were so close so I brought her here so you could make things right."

"Why would I want to make things right with them?" Yugi shouted. "Ryou and Malik were the only ones who stood by me before leaving for college. They listened to what I had to say while the others took off back home!"

"Well weren't you just saying at the beginning of the week you were waiting for them to apologize and listen to you?" Atemu argued back. "Joey has come to listen and see if you girls can fix the problems between the two of you."

Yuugi stomped her foot in anger. "That is only because YOU bought her here! She did not come of her own free will."

The two glared at each other before Atemu gave up not willing to fight with his girlfriend any longer. "Fine, if you don't want to make things right while Joey is here, then I will send her back home. I'm not going to fight with you over this. You need to decide what you want so I don't make another stupid mistake."

Tears of frustrated rolled down Yuugi face as she ripped open the living room door almost hitting Joey in the face. She glared at her ex-friend before taking off down the hall back to her room.

Joey looked into the living room to see Atemu almost in tears. She had been worried about the two so had come to see how things were going. With the way they were yelling and shouting the whole manor probably heard them. "Is everything alright?"

"No, things are not alright," Atemu said before angrily rolling out of the room.

The only thing Joey could do was watch. It was sad to see the two of them fight over something so stupid, but then she remembered it was mostly her fault they were in this mess. If only she had listened to her friend to begin with none of this would be happening. Joey knew that she couldn't leave them like this, even if Yuugi did not wish to be her friend anymore.

The manor that Sunday was filled with nothing, but silence as the day wore on. Neither Yuugi nor Atemu left their rooms for lunch as they both wanted their space from everyone. The rest of the Sennen family had tried to get them out of their rooms to talk, but the two were being stubborn.

However it was still Joey's goal to get the two out of their rooms by supper time so they could get things settled. Joey may have hurt Yuugi in the past, but she was not going to mess things up this time. Thankfully over lunch, she had been able to get help from Amun, Kek, and Yumi to work the plans out. It was amazing how well the siblings came together when another was in trouble or hurt. Although, it did not surprise Joey too much after she learned about Atemu's accident, she learned from the siblings that Atemu relied on his siblings more than anyone thought.

So together the four put operation get Yuugi and Atemu out of their rooms in action. It was Yumi and Kek's job to get Yuugi out of her room, while Amun and Joey worked on Atemu. Joey knew she was the last person Yuugi wanted to see at the moment, so she would have to hold off talking to her friend for later.

They were all hoping after tonight things would start to look up for the young couple.

Yumi knocked on Yuugi's door, but got no response. "Yuugi are you in here?"

"GO AWAY!"

"Listen, I know you don't want to come out, but we can't find Atemu."

It was quiet for a minute, before the door opened just a crack. "He's not in his room?" As much as Yuugi was mad at Atemu, she worried about him all the time. It had driven her nuts over the weekend when he went off to Domino with only his brother.

Kek appeared beside Yumi. "We've already checked his room and most of the house. We don't know where he went."

Fear she did not even know existed swelled up inside her as Yuugi opened the door fully and stepped out of her room. "He couldn't have gotten far. Did you call his cell?"

"We called him but he isn't answering," Yumi told her. "We even checked with some of the maids and they haven't seen him."

"I'll help you look. He has to be here somewhere," As Yuugi took off for the stairs, behind her back Yumi and Kek both high fived each other with grins on their faces.

Atemu made his way into the living room to see if he had somehow missed his fiancée. He remembered Amun and Joey coming to his room a few minutes ago saying that Yuugi was missing and they had no idea where she was. He knew she was upset over what he did, but he didn't think she would run away because of it. The two had said they searched the house, but Atemu wanted to be sure they hadn't just missed her.

Just as he called out Yuugi's name, he heard Yuugi call out his name. Surprised he turned around to see Yuugi walking into the living room. She quickly rushed to his side and hugged him.

"Atemu! I was so worried…"

Atemu was taken aback by that. He didn't think he did anything to warrant her worry. "I'm fine Yuugi, has something happened?"

Yuugi pulled back from Atemu with a confused look on her face. "Yumi and Kek said that you were missing and no one could find you. I thought maybe something had happened."

"Amun and Joey came and told me you were the one that was missing…" Atemu told her. "I've been in my room the whole time."

"Then…" Realization dawned on Yuugi that she had been set up. It was too late however to leave and go back to her room, because as they both looked toward the doorway they found the doors closed and a grinning Joey standing there.

"How about we sit down and talk this over now…"

Joey sighed for the umpteenth time that day as he looked at both Yuugi and Atemu. Yuugi was sitting on the love seat refusing to talk to anyone, while Atemu sat across from her messing with his phone. It had been like this for over ten minutes and the silence was starting to get to Joey. If anyone, they should be mad at her for what she did, but here they were mad at each other over something so trivial.

Finally Joey cleared her throat and got both their attention. She was standing in front of the door so they had no way out. They were not going to leave this room until Atemu and Yuugi were on normal speaking terms. "I'm going to be plain blunt about this whole situation and say that I'm the one you are supposed to be mad at. There is no reason for either of you to be fighting."

Yuugi's glare that had been directed at the floor turned on Joey in a heartbeat. "None of this is your business Joey!" She spat. "I don't know why you even returned here after a month of wanting nothing to do with me. Am I too good for you to talk to anymore?"

Joey took a deep breath to keep her anger down; because she knew she deserved that. Yuugi was not thinking straight at the moment, but hopefully that will change. "I know and I do not deserve your forgiveness because of how I treated you. You have every right to be mad at me. It took me far too long to realize that I may have forever lost one of my best friends over something so stupid."

Yuugi remained silent so Joey continued. "If you will hear me out, I'll be happy to hear you out. I know things can't return to the way they were, but I want to reach an understanding so that we can put this behind us. It will make the both of us feel better in the long run." She turned her attention to Atemu who put his phone away. "But first I want you and Atemu to be on speaking terms again. I've seen first-hand how much he cares for you."

The young couple both looked at each other before looking away in embarrassment.

Joey smiled at that. "Atemu came all the way to Domino just to talk to me because he wants you to be happy. Not many boyfriends that I know would do that for their lover. He told me he wanted to see you smile again and be able to enjoy going to college."

"I guess I was being a little foolish." Yuugi admitted.

"I should have also told you the truth that way I would not have upset you so much." Atemu admitted back to her.

They finally smiled at each other and it warmed Joey's heart to witness it. However the moment had to be cut short, because Joey needed to talk to Yuugi. "Alright, you two can kiss and make up later. Atemu, if you wouldn't mind I would like to talk to Yuugi alone."

Atemu agreed and kindly left the room so the two could have their privacy. Joey had to bite back a laugh as she saw all three of his siblings' jump him as soon as he was out of the room to hear what had happened. She quickly closed the door so they wouldn't hear anything, before going to sit on a chair opposite her friend.

It was quiet for a minute as Joey thought of the best way to start things off, but the only way she could think was to apologize. "I'm sorry and I know that no matter how many times I say it, it will probably never be enough. I was a jerk who hurt her friend over something stupid. It took me a month to realize that and I never even once thought about calling or trying to contact you until Atemu came to Domino."

"I want to know is why you did not hear me out during the party." Yuugi confessed to Joey. It had been haunting her since the party. Malik had come back the next day to make things right with Yuugi while the others left for Domino.

Joey hung her head and stared at her shoes. "If you want to know the truth, I was angry at you for keeping secrets from me. I thought I could trust you with anything and I always came to you if I needed help. You had always been there for me when my mother wasn't and Serenity couldn't be. You were like the little sister I always wanted, but then I had to find out about your engagement during that party. It torn me up inside that you did not trust me enough to tell me." She could feel her eyes burn from unshed tears but tried her best to hold them back. "I was betrayed once by my mother when she left and only took my sister. It was like she knew I would turn out rotten and that I wasn't worth her time. I saw it in her eyes when she left and that it why I probably will never have a good relationship with her."

"So because I didn't tell you about my parents and Atemu, you felt as if I betrayed you?" Yuugi asked. "You believed I didn't trust you enough?"

Joey nodded. "It sounds kind of stupid now. I mean Atemu and Ryou kept trying to tell me you had your reason for keeping it a secret. I was hurt and I took my anger out on you by pushing you away before I could get hurt."

Yuugi looked at Joey and saw how truly sorry she looked. It was written all over her face and in her eyes. This was the first time Joey had ever broken down in front of her before. "I did have my reasons. I was worried you guys would only like me because of who my parents were. I wanted true friends and I could have told you all later after we all got to know each other, but I still had that fear you would turn on me. I had trust issues, but it was wrong on my part for not believing in any of you." She took a breath and sighed. "I was hurt once by Atemu after his accident so I went to Domino to start over. I had no idea that when I returned here to make things right with him that I would become engaged. We both still had deep feelings for each other and I know we both have that fear we will lose each other again. It was Amun's idea for the party because of the rumors that were about to come out. He didn't want to see his baby brother suffer any longer. I wasn't happy about the party because I knew what it would do, but I went along with it to get everything out in the light and over with."

"Would you have told us even if the party did not happen?" Joey had to ask. She had to know if Yuugi had even planned on telling them. "I really should have listened to you because I had no idea you were just recently engaged."

Yuugi gave Joey a serious look to show she meant what she was saying. "I never wanted to hide anything from you all, but some of my life needed to be private. My name is all over the place again because of who Atemu is, but he can't help it. I might have come clean about it soon with you all, but I can't be sure now that you already know."

Joey surprised Yuugi by getting up and going over to sit by Yuugi. She faced Yuugi and bravely looked into her eyes. "I have to know if there is anything else you wish to tell me. I will understand if you are not ready, but I have to ask this."

Yuugi shook her head and finally smiled at Joey. "I can honestly say I'm not hiding anything else."

The blond let out a sigh of relief and relaxed. "That's good to hear."

The quiet started to settle in again as the two thought over what their next move would be. Yuugi was not ready to just up and forgive Joey just yet, but she was willing to work things out enough to at least have another friend back.

"Do you think you would be okay if we tried to start over fresh and build back up our friendship?" Yuugi asked almost scared of Joey's answer. "It would be nice to have a friend to talk to that still lives nearby."

Joey agreed with that. "It sounds good to me. I miss having you around in Domino. The only people left are Serenity, Tristan, and Duke. It would be nice to talk to my best friend again."

"How are the three doing?"

Joey shrugged. "I don't hear much from Tristan and Duke now that college has started, but I think they left with the rest of us because they were not as close to you and were just following everyone else. Serenity on the other hand did not want to make me mad by staying. She has been upset over it all, but is afraid to call you."

"I'll have to call her later and work things out with her." Yuugi said. She may have not been as close to Serenity as she was to Joey, but Serenity was still a friend.

"Hey Yuugi…"

Yuugi looked up at Joey. "What?"

"Can I be honest about one more thing?"

Yuugi wasn't sure what else Joey wanted to say, but decided to hear her out. "Sure, if you want to tell me go ahead…"

Before Yuugi knew what to do Joey had pulled her into a hug. "I was scared…" She sobbed out. "I didn't want to be left forgotten now that you have a celebrity boyfriend."

Yuugi smiled and hugged Joey back. She left her friend cry knowing that it would make her feel better in the end. A few tears leaked out of Yuugi's eyes, but she made no move to wipe them away. The talk was not enough to fully repair their friendship, but at least they were going in the right direction.

Sakura: Yuugi has gained another friend back! There was no way I could leave Joey out of the loop for long. I did promise in chapter one some puppyshipping later on in the story. It wouldn't work out if Yuugi and Joey didn't make up, which you will see why later on in the story.

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