(A/N: SU-MI-MA-SEEEEEEEEEEN!! I didn't mean to delay so much, minna-san!! T.T I'm ashamed of myself! -hides face on a paper bag-

Anyway... I wrote this chapter completely today because I finished my homework earlier and had a lot of free time and I remembered that I was getting late with the next chapter and so I decided to write it and put it up! :P See? Me is not so bad after all! I didn't mean to leave you hanging with the whole Yami and Yugi meeting issue!

Demo!! Here's next chapter! Enjoy! :D I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!, but I do own crazy and hyper Kerii-chan!)

Shōnen-Ai High School

Chapter 6

"So, have you seen any other subject besides art? Or has Kerii not shown you around yet?"

"Not really; I told Kerii that I'd go for a walk and then I'd check out the other classes, but then I saw you and I wanted to know what you were drawing."

"And where's Kerii?"

"Probably still on the room."

"Heh, I doubt that. Kerii's not a person who can stay still on a single place for much time; she has to keep moving."

"Really?"

"Well, if she stayed on the room, she must be pacing around or something."

"Actually, she looks rather an extremely hyper girl, the way she drives! She's a maniac!"

"Ha! If you only knew how many times she convinced me of driving me to school; everyone always asked if I'd been to a party the night before."

"And why were you so easily convinced?"

"She's got a criminal mind, kiddo, so take care."

". . . Yush, I'll have that in mind, arigatou!"

Both Yami and Yugi had gone back to inside of the building and were now walking through the hallway. Yugi had discovered that Yami was a really nice guy; he was smart, creative, and really open when he wanted to.

They'd just begun talking about Kerii, hoping she wouldn't be listening nearby.

"Are you guys close? I mean..." began Yugi.

"Not really," answered Yami. "We used to, anyway. You see, my father and her mother were brothers, and we're almost the same age, so when we were children, the whole family would get together on holidays and sort. We were like hair and bubble gum; you couldn't keep us away from each other." The boy made a grossed out sound.

"You know, I wasn't expecting that comparing," he said before giving out a small chuckle. Yami returned the gesture.

"One way or the other one, as we grew up, school began to separate us, and we eventually became distant. Demo," he made a short pause; as if to remember details; and then continued, "it's ironic how life put us on the same school once again."

Silence surrounded them. Suddenly, the younger burst out laughing.

"What's so funny?" asked the crimson-eyed.

"G- Gomen ne," said Yugi as he wiped his eyes. "It's only that you sound almost as if you two had been a couple or something." The older one smirked.

"Yeah, usually people asked us if we were; only to tease us since we were kids; and Kerii would always get angry and say 'we're only cousins!' and she'd kick anyone who tried to convince her of the contrary, or her brother would." The boy couldn't help to laugh again.

"I'm not impressed," he declared. "Being Kerii who we're talking about, it seems pretty possible."

"You two guys are talking about me, right?" Both teenagers nearly jumped as a female's voice interrupted their conversation. Yugi was the first one to look back.

"K- Kerii-chan!" he said, more because of amazement than because of pointing it out. "W- What are you doing here? I thought you were still at the room...?"

"Etto—" Kerii placed her hands behind her head and grinned. "I was really bored there, and there's not a very big space to move on, so I came here and eventually caught up with you two!"

"Told you," murmured Yami.

"Cous' cooooouuuuuus'!" she sang. "What are you whispering to Yugi-kun?" asked the girl with a mischievous smirk on her face.

"N- Nani?!" He immediately shook his head. "I- Iie, it's nothing! We were just discussing about how weird you are."

"Eh!" replied Kerii, replacing the smirk with a frown. "You're just as meanie as Yugi-kun!"

"K- Kerii-chan, don't get me in-between!" said Yugi quickly.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" yelled the female, fake-crying. "Yami-kun and Yugi-kun are both being meanie to poor little Kerii-chan!"

"You're right in the 'little' part," said Yami evilly.

"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! YAMI-KUN HATES MEEEE!" The boy covered his ears and did the best he could to avoid listening to his friend's fake crying.

"Isn't there something to make her stop?!" he wondered loudly. Of course, he had to yell for Yami to hear him.

"Eh, gomen ne, Kerii-chan!" said the older one, not completely apologizing, as he wrapped an arm around his cousin's shoulders. "I didn't mean to offend you, you know I pretty much love you!" The female stopped at these words, looking at him.

"I love you too, Yami-kun!" Yami smiled. "Demo..." the fake-tears formed at her eyes. "Sometimes you're just a meanie! A very evil meanie!"

"It won't happen again, yush?" he asked her. "Well, I promise I'll try to avoid doing that, ne?" Kerii sniffled.

"Yush, yush, don't apologize anymore, you suck at apologizing." Yami's eyes widened as he realized what she'd just done.

"You little...!" She then let out her laughter.

"I can't believe you fell for that one!" Her laughter stopped at once when her cousin's face changed from anger to fury; pure fury.

"SATORI KERII, PREPARE YOUR WILL BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO DIE!"

"AAAAHHHHH! Yugi-kun, HELP ME!" she yelled before running away from sight, Yami behind her.

"I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU YET, COME BACK HERE!"

As both relatives disappeared from sight, Yugi laughed to himself. It was really nice those two were his friends. At least he was sure Kerii was. Yami... he still wasn't actually convinced. Then he felt poor for his roommate's cousin.

It must take guts to make Yami apologize, I guess, he thought.

"What was that about?" The boy turned his head back and saw a white-haired guy about Yami's height or probably a bit smaller looking in the direction of the two family members. His eyes were big and his face resembled that one of a child. "Yami isn't the type of guy to suddenly get angry and start chasing people around. I thought she was getting killed or something like that. Why did they make so much noise?"

"Kerii 'forced' him to apologize without any effort, and Yami didn't figure it out until he had already apologized." The white-haired laughed softly.

"That's not impossible to do if you're Kerii. If you're any other person, he won't fall as badly as he does with her." This time it was Yugi who laughed. "By the way, my name's Ryou," said the taller one holding out his hand. "You must be the new student, ne?"

"Hai! Nice to meet you, Ryou, I'm Yugi!" answered the boy shaking his hand with the older's.

"I'm in the Romance Writers Club, and I heard you're a writer, so it'd be really nice if you checked it out whenever you get the chance!"

"Sure, I will!"

"Then see you later, Yugi-kun!" waved Ryou as he was lost from sight.

"See you later, Ryou!" Yugi waved back when the white-haired was already gone. In an instant, he suddenly remembered when he and the crimson-eyed were talking about the girl.

Her brother.

The words rang so loudly that the boy wondered if the bell had rung already. He didn't remember Kerii saying she had a brother. Not that it was his business or something, but it made everything harder to understand.

Kerii had a stepfather that didn't agree with her on the issue of staying in the Shōnen-Ai High School, at least not all the time. She'd have to come back home every weekend against her will.

It seemed to Yugi that her stepfather was just overprotective of her, but now hearing that she had a brother didn't fit in the picture. With what Yami had mentioned about him, even if it was something short, he could see that this guy was also protective of Kerii, or just wanted to protect her from bad people. It didn't make sense that he wouldn't help her convince their father to give her more time to be on campus.

But what if something had happened to him? What if that was why Kerii hadn't mentioned him yet? Yugi then stopped then "what if's," they weren't actually good for him to think about. That was what the experience of being a writer had taught him. Never question the "what if's," that can only mean a bad sign.

I'll just have to ask her when I see her, if Yami hasn't killed her by then, he decided with a chuckle before slowly walking away once again, motivated even more to check out the rest of the classrooms, starting; of course; with the Romance Writers Club.

(A/N: Yay, Ryou-kun was introduced in this chapter! n.n -kudos, kudos- Review, minna! But before you do, please check Kerii-chan's drawing I made -cough-the link is on my profile-cough- and tell me what you think! I'd really like your opinions, minna! They're very important for the fanfic! Oh, and also the Shōnen-Ai High School logo!

Other than that, I hoped you enjoyed this chapter! Review and tell me your thoughts about the drawings! n.n Of course, you don't have to if you don't want to, but me would really like it! :D)