Shōnen-Ai High School

Chapter 15

"Mutou-san?" The five workers turned their heads to the door, where the principal could be seen.

"H- Hai, Sakiko-san?" asked Yugi, standing up from the chair where he was sitting.

"You have a call," she answered, "from… a friend of yours? He said his name is Katsuya Jounouchi," said the elder, putting on a nervous smile. A very not-nervous one formed on the boy's face.

"Jou-kun!" he called excitedly, following Sakiko out of the door. He hadn't talked to his friend in such a long time…

"Here you go," said the headmaster as she handled Yugi the phone and left the office.

"Moshi moshi?"

"Oi, Yuge!"

"Jou-kun, what's up?"

"Whoo! Long time no talking with ya!"

"I know, Jou, I've really missed you and jii-chan!" replied Yugi. "How did you get the school's number?"

"I made up some research, and Shizuka 'elped me, y'know."

"Oh, yeah, I would've guessed… how are you two guys?"

"Just fine, Yuge. Anythin' interesting over ther'?" The boy blushed slightly as the first thought that came up to his mind had to do with a certain person who looked a lot like him.

"N- Not really," he answered.

"Ho? Dat doesn't soun' like nothin'!" argued Jounouchi. Too bad for Yugi that his friend could see right through his best efforts. "C'mon, man, tell me every single d'tail 'f it!"

"There's… this person…"

"Guy or girl?" He hesitated before answering.

". . . Guy."

"Oh, right. Keep goin'."

"So, this guy… he was very mean with me when we first met. And after two bad moments, well, we started again, you know what I mean?"

"Yuge, if I get stuck som'where, you'll be da first one ta know."

"Yush; anyway, we're also roommates, and we're working together with other two guys to make a play that will be presented in about three months and a half."

"So?"

"The thing is that… etto… how to explain…"

"Oh, I get dat. You like 'im, don't ya?" Yugi felt his head burning with the blood going to his cheeks.

"I don't really know if I like him," he said. "I mean, we've gotten just along this past month, and he doesn't seem to have anything against me or something."

"Should take da chance, man," said Jounouchi.

"Demo, I'm afraid that he will hate me or never talk to me again…"

"Yuge, pal, listen up. If the guy weren't a homo, I'm sure he woulda never entered da school."

Yugi thought about Jounouchi's statement for a moment.

"W- Wait, I don't even know if I like him or not in the first place!"

"Man, you're's easy ta read's an open book." The boy blushed even more, hoping that Sakiko-san wasn't somewhere nearby.

"I'll see what I do about that, ne?"

"All right, Yuge. Better do dat, got it?"

"Hai, Jou-kun."

"By the way, when you comin' ta visit? Shizuka's been wonderin' when we're seein' ya again, and your jii-chan too."

"Etto… I don't know, Jou. I really want to see you guys too. But I'm kinda busy at the moment. I'll call you, yush?"

"Hai, just don't let it be dat long, got it? See ya!"

"See you, Jou-kun!" And finally, Yugi hang up the phone.

That talk had really been exhausting, even if it lasted no more than 5 minutes. It annoyed him how frustrated he was with himself right now.

Yugi was gay, of course. He had never had any interest in girls, and the shōnen-ai stories he wrote just supported that first fact.

But Yami couldn't be, could he? Jou had been right in some part, but that Yami drew and also supported love between two males didn't mean that he was a homo too, right?

So many questions and no answer to any of them. Now Yugi was even more frustrated than before, so he decided to just go back to the room where he and his companions were working.

"THE HELL?!" The boy stopped at the door. That was Yami's voice…

"What?" That was Kerii's… Yugi sighed at the thought of the two relatives fighting again.

"What do you mean 'what'?! Have you gone insane?!" Why was his look-a-like yelling that way? What in the world were both of them talking about?

"There's nothing wrong with that." He held back a gasp. Nothing wrong?

He quickly made a mental list of everything he might consider wrong and that Kerii might not, and one in particular stood at the top of said list.

"I'm not saying it's wrong, but…!"

"What isn't wrong?" The girl turned to the door as soon as Yugi's voice was heard. He felt bad for intruding all of a sudden, but he couldn't stand it anymore.

"N- Nothing, it's nothing, kid," answered Yami, standing with his back to the boy.

"I think Yami-kun has problems while making up his mind," said the girl with a very squeaky voice, resting her arms on the back of her (stolen, as Yugi noticed) chair like a child.

"Shut up, you little demon!" ordered the crimson-eyed angrily.

"Just what were you two guys talking about?" asked his smaller look-a-like. He suddenly felt tension in the atmosphere.

"Never mind." The girl stood up from her stolen place. "Now, I'll go and bring Bakura and Ryou-kun back so you can all get back to work. Demo, you guys don't have to wait for them! You can continue in the meantime!" Huh? Yugi hadn't even noticed that his other two companions had gone missing.

Before any of the two look-a-likes could say a thing, the female teenager had already walked away.

"So, what were you going to say about not saying it was wrong or—?" The boy cursed himself for being so stubborn, but he wanted to know! Yami seemed to freeze for a while until finally facing Yugi.

"That girl was only bothering," he said hesitantly, sitting again as Yugi took his place beside him. "I say we should get back to work." The boy just nodded, not saying anything else for fear of breaking the atmosphere. "Now," he continued, stretching his hand to grab the boy's notebook from the table in front of them. "I don't remember what happens after they fight." Yugi did, also.

"Oh, I have it written down in…" And just then, both of their hands met. Their respective owners looked at each other for what seemed like an eternity. When they finally reacted, they pulled their hands back and stared at the opposite side.

The boy didn't know what to do or say. He tried thinking about something to speak of when a question fell on his mind.

"Y- Yami-san?"

"H- Hai?"

"Etto… w- why were you so mean to me when we first met?" His older look-a-like sighed and looked at Yugi.

"I guess it's been killing you since that first day, ne?" Yugi nodded. "Well, then… it's a very long story… but here it is."