(A/N: YAY! Next chapter was up faster than the previous one! I'm still ashamed for that one... T.T But anyway, someone else appears in this chapter, who does not belong to me! -.-'' Demo!! I think some of you will like this chapter because of that. I wanted the title to be this one, so sorry if it doesn't fit.
Yu-Gi-Oh! and pretty much everything here except Kerii because she's mine belongs to Kazuki Takahashi. Enjoy!)
Shōnen-Ai High School
Chapter 7
Yugi knocked on the door.
"Come in!" He opened the door as he heard Ryou's voice from the inside. Ryou smiled when he saw who was the one who had knocked, only turning his head back to do so. "Yugi-kun, I'm glad you came so soon!" He still had his back to the boy.
"Yeah, well, this is the club I'm most interested in up to now and since I already met you, I thought it would be a little bit easier!" said Yugi returning the smile.
"Oh, that's good!" He heard Ryou apparently looking for some paper sheets. He could easily recognize the sound they made when you were searching between them. "And now that you're here," began the white-haired, "allow me to tell you that your story's one of the bests I've ever seen!" The boy gasped slightly.
"How did you—?"
"Kojiha-sama gave me these before she called you and asked for my opinion," explained the taller as he looked at the paper sheets now on his hands, turning to Yugi. "She also asked if I thought it was good enough or not to guarantee your entrance to the school." The younger tried to hide his surprise.
"So... you're the reason I'm here?" he asked. "You're the one who told Sakiko-san that my story was good enough?" Ryou shut one eye and looked to the ceiling with the other one. Then he looked at Yugi and smiled.
"You could say that." This time, Yugi couldn't hold back his awe and excitement, so the first thing he did was to crush his recently met new friend into a tight hug.
"Arigatou gozaimasu, Ryou!" he yelled, nearly with tears on his eyes. "How could I ever pay you?!"
"Eh... letting go of me w- would be n- nice!" The boy did as he was begged and let go of Ryou, noticing the purple touch fading away from his face.
"Heh, gomen ne, Ryou!" he apologized.
"It's fine, Yugi-kun, don't worry!" said Ryou in an attempt to avoid his friend feeling guilty. "But it was worth it, I've been waiting since yesterday to meet you and I didn't expect meeting you on the first day! This gotta be a hand of destiny!" A smile spread across his face.
"I'm sorry to burst your bubble," began the younger, "but I really don't believe in fate or destiny or whatsoever." The smile on the older one's lips vanished, being replaced by a half-opened mouth filled with shock and disbelief.
"What do you mean? You're a writer, a romance writer!" he pointed out. "You should believe in all of that stuff!"
"Well, I don't," replied Yugi a bit harshly. "You can consider me an exception to the rule or something." The gaze of the white-haired went to the floor.
"I'm sorry if I offended you, Yugi-kun." Oh, great; the boy had just hurt Ryou's feelings, now he felt guilty! He let out a low sigh of frustration and looked at his friend.
"You didn't, Ryou," he told him. "Gomen, I didn't mean to say it like that."
"Oi, daijoubu, Yugi!" said the taller one lifting his gaze from the floor, the smile again on his face. "We just had a little misunderstanding but now everything's fine!" The boy sweat-dropped.
He surely resembles Kerii, ne? Then a sudden thought hit him. What if Ryou is in fact Kerii's brother?
"Is something the matter?"
"I- Iie, Ryou!" answered Yugi quickly. It's not impossible, and they are so alike in personality, he thought. Demo, from what Yami told me, I still have my doubts. Ryou doesn't look like someone who would get into a fight.
"Ryou!" Both teenagers turned their eyes to the door. Yugi gasped as he imagined he was seeing double.
A Ryou look-a-like? he wondered mentally. The guy looked like the white-haired's twin or something like that. They both had white hair in just the same way and were about the same height; just like he and Yami. The guy was leaning half of his body against the door frame.
"'Kura-kun! What brings you here?" asked Ryou grinning.
"Do you have something to do with the sudden disappearance of Yami's sketch that was on the art gallery?" asked his look-a-like.
"Eh? 'Sudden disappearance'? I didn't know about that!"
"Don't play innocent with me, Ryou!"
"I swear it, 'Kura-kun!"
"Etto, excuse me?" Both white-haired teenagers' gazes went back to Yugi, who had been left aside for a moment. He had to interfere, seeing as they were talking about the sketch Yami had given him maybe an hour or so ago.
"You're the new kid, aren't you?" Damn, even his voice sounded a bit like Ryou's! "What is it?"
"Ore wa..." Yugi got over his brief surprise and talked. "It didn't disappear at all," he said. "I found it and Yami gave it to me." This didn't seem to convince the Ryou look-a-like.
"See? I told you, 'Kura, you have to trust me!" said mentioned white-haired. "Oh, by the way, Yugi, this is 'Kura-kun! 'Kura-kun, he's Yugi!" He motioned towards each of them as he said their names.
"My name's Bakura, Ryou!" said Bakura.
"Demo, 'Kura sounds so much cuter!" replied Ryou.
"Demo, that's not my name! My name's Bakura! BA-KU-RA!" He turned to the door and stopped shortly. "It was nice to meet you, kid." Before Yugi could say the same, Bakura was gone.
"He's got a heart of gold, you know?" The boy turned to his white-haired friend. "He's just afraid of showing it. However, I can assure you that underneath that 'tough-guy' appearance, he's just like the rest of us." Yugi noticed the sound on Ryou's voice.
"You love him, am I right?" he asked, a small smile appearing on his lips. Ryou sighed happily.
"I think 'in love with him' is the term I'd use, Yugi-kun," he answered.
"Does he know or have any idea at the least?"
"Iie." The older one shook his head sadly. "Why, am I obvious?"
"To me, you are," Yugi honestly told him. "The tone of voice you use when you talk about him, it kinda shows you feel something for the guy." He turned to the door. "Well, I gotta go now. Still have a lot of classes to check out, so..."
"In fact, you have like 4 or 5 more only."
"You get what I mean, Ryou."
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Bakura must really have something if Ryou's so in love with him, thought Yugi. I'd like to get to know him better, just to see if he's what Ryou thinks he is.
"YUGI-KUUUUUUUN!" The boy turned around his back only to be almost pushed down to the floor.
"Nani ko--?!" He had no time to finish as a familiar female clamped a hand over his mouth.
"SHH! Be quiet, Yugi-kun!" she whispered. "I could barely run away from Yami-kun! He's still chasing me and I'm looking for somewhere safe to hide in!"
"Well, that's your own fault, Kerii-chan!"
"Yugi, onegai!" pleaded Kerii. Yugi thought for a moment.
"If I help you, will you answer some questions?"
"Hai, of course, but PLEASE!" He sighed and turned his head around. Silently, he pulled Kerii behind the curtain of one of the windows along the hallway. "You know, Yugi, not to be offensive, but don't you think Yami'll find us here?"
"SHH!" Yugi mentally thanked Ra that they both weren't really tall and that the curtains were long enough to hit the floor.
"SATORI KERII! Where in the world are you?!" Kerii shut his mouth tightly as she heard the voice of her cousin on the hallway. After hearing Yami kinda growl in frustration, they both waited until Yugi decided it was safe to come out.
"See? I told you we'd be safe!"
"Arigatou gozaimasu, Yugi!" she said, crushing the male into a hug, letting him go not long afterwards.
"Now, you must keep your part of the bargain!" The blue-haired girl tilted her head to one side, her face showing confusion.
"What do you wanna ask me?"
"Who's your brother?" Yugi raised an eyebrow when he heard Kerii gasp. "I don't think you've quite mentioned him before."
"I- I didn't? I could swear I did... Anyway, that's not really important, is it?" She started walking away; "Thanks again, Yugi-kun!"; but Yugi didn't let her.
"I believe that you said you'd answer my questions if I helped you. I did as I say and I expect the same from you!"
"That does not concern you." Yugi nearly winced at the angry tone on her voice. "I highly recommend you to stick only to your business, Yugi, because, believe me..." She looked at him with half-closed eyes. "You really don't wanna see me angry." In less than 3 seconds, she was gone.
(A/N: O.o What was that?! Oh, I know but you guys don't -evil laugh MWAHAHAHA!! -Ahem!- Gomen! :D Review, minna, onegai! I might give you a cookie if you do so! XD Naw, just kidding, but please review!
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