(A/N: Whooo!! n.n This chapter was easier to write than I expected... gomen ne!! Sorry that it took so long, but I've been as busy as hell with my damn homework and the stupid tests...!! Baka school! DX Anyway, sorry for not editing the last chapter, but kaa-san got really angry at poor Riku-chan and kicked her out before I could do anything, so I just uploaded it. Demo, here it is the next one! Me hopes minna-san likes it!! :D Enjoy! n.n)

Shōnen-Ai High School

Chapter 16

"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." The boy took quickly his notebook and hugged it to his chest.

"You see, kid, when I was a child, everybody in my family gathered and we had these small 'family reunions.' I loved them because I could be with Kerii and Toko, the only relatives I had around my age. I don't have any siblings, so they were like my older brother and younger sister. However," Yami stopped briefly, looking at the floor.

"What is it?" asked the boy.

"After Kerii's and Toko's father died, the reunions stopped, and I was left alone again. My parents told me that I should try to get along with my classmates in school. The truth is that I did try, but they were the ones that would never even get near me."

"Why?" Yami smiled slightly and looked at Yugi.

"They saw the sketches I liked to do." The smaller look-a-like said no more as Yami's statement had completely answered his question. "Anyway, I didn't really care. I just saw them as some bunch of idiots, actually." He let out a small chuckle. "And then, one day… he came into the picture."

"Stop it, give it back!" The boy in front of Yami pushed him away and he fell down to the floor, tears in his eyes. "I've done nothing to you, please give me back my sketch!"

"Aw, he looks like he's going to cry!" said the bully, taking the sketch in both of his hands, slightly beginning to tear it apart.

"IIE!" cried Yami.

"Stop it!" The bully fell down before any of the two could react. The crimson-eyed blinked and saw a blonde boy standing in front of him. He had his sketch on his right hand. "Leave him alone!"

"Gah, you're no fun!" The blonde made a fierce move and the other boy quickly left the place. He turned around and finally met Yami's eyes with his own brown-green eyes.

"I think this is yours," he said in a soft voice, giving the sketch back to its owner.

"A- Arigatou," replied the crimson-eyed.

"That's a nice drawing," said the other boy.

"You're the first one to say that," answered Yami, wiping his eyes. "Everybody thinks it's something weird."

"I think it's cute." He smiled softly as the blonde did first. "My name is Joshua," said the blonde, holding out his hand.

"Nice to meet you, Joshua. I'm Yami," said Yami, shaking his hand with Joshua's.

"We became friends since that moment," said Yugi's older look-a-like. "After elementary, we started the same middle school, and in some moment, he became the inspiration for all of my sketches."

"Do you mean that you…?" The younger one was afraid of completing his question. He didn't want to hurt Yami's feelings.

"Heh, no. I wasn't in love with him or anything," responded the older, almost as if he had read the little one's mind, letting out another chuckle.

"Then, what happened?" The small smile on Yami's face faded harshly.

"Then, on our last year of middle school, Melanie came along."

Yami sat quietly at an empty table on the cafeteria, adding the last details to a sketch he had just finished.

"Oi, Yami!" He looked up and smiled as the sight of Joshua came into his view.

"Oi, Joshua," he replied, waving at his friend before he sat at the place next to him.

"What are you doing now?"

"Just finishing this…" said the crimson-eyed, hardly focusing on the hair's shade of one of his creations.

"Yush…" Joshua had always respected his best friend's concentration and usually stayed silent when he was doing one of his masterpieces.

"Why, did you want to tell me something?" asked Yami, his attention still on the sketch.

"Actually," replied Joshua. "Remember Melanie? That tall and cute girl from our Biology class?"

"Mh-hm." Yami nodded with his head. "You're always talking about her, how could I possibly forget who she is?" The blonde grinned in response. "What about her?"

"I'm planning on asking her out for tonight."

It felt as if everything and everyone had fallen into a deep silence as Yami's mind finally registered and realized the words his friend had just spoken.

"E- Eh?"

"Huh? Nani?"

"W- What did you say?" The crimson-eyed couldn't believe it. It couldn't be true.

"I'm planning on asking Melanie out for tonight," repeated Joshua, a bit confused by Yami's reaction. "Why, is something wrong about it?"

"I- Iie," said the sketcher. "I was just… surprised."

"Eh? Oi, isn't she such an amazing girl?" Yami bit his lower lip.

He had never really liked Melanie. She had transferred to their school since the middle of their second year from somewhere in America, and he had never thought of her as an "amazing girl" as his friend did. Of course, somehow, she had stolen the boy's heart since the very first day of her staying.

"Hai, she is," he lied, biting again his lip after he finished talking.

"Aw, what's wrong, Yami? You're not usually this tense when doing a sketch!" wondered Joshua, wrapping an arm around his best friend's shoulders.

"Daijoubu," replied Yami. "And I'm not doing it, I'm finishing it," he corrected harshly. "They're two different things, Joshua. Learn to difference them."

"As he said, Joshua did ask Melanie out, and they were an official couple by the next day."

Yugi's eyes saddened when he saw Yami clenching his fists.

"Weren't you happy for him?" he asked nervously.

"Of course I was," answered the crimson-eyed. "But I was still a bit afraid. Like I told you before, I didn't trust her, but I wasn't going to ruin Joshua's relationship just because of my insecurity.

"One way or the other one, they started to spend most of their time together; and even when he was with me, Joshua would never stop talking about his new girlfriend. 'She's so wonderful' or 'she told me that she loves me!' or stuff like that? He always spoke about that. In some way, it hurt me… to know that the only person I had found that could understand me was slowly slipping away from me.

"Demo—Joshua was happy… so was I."

The little one's heart fell deep into his chest. He couldn't help but feel sad for his roommate.

"What happened?" Yami turned to look at him.

"One day, I caught Melanie cheating on Joshua with another guy, and I tried telling him… and we had a massive fight…"

"Why don't you listen to me, Joshua?! This isn't a damn joke!" yelled Yami, following Joshua as he tried to run away from him.

"Why should I listen?! It's obvious that you're jealous because we don't spend as much time together as before, but inventing stories about MY girlfriend is just way too low, Yami!"

"I'm not inventing anything! I'm not lying, Joshua, for heaven's sake, listen to me!" Yami touched his friend's arm.

"Get away from me!" yelled the blonde, shaking the hand away. "I can't believe you got this far just because you're jealous!"

"I'm jealous, that's true, but I'm just trying to protect you! You're my best…!"

"STOP IT!" The crimson-eyed winced at the way Joshua yelled at him. "Don't say that! Don't say that you're trying to protect me, 'cause I can clearly see that you're only trying to break her and me apart!"

"Joshua…"

"Shut up! I should have never told you… we shouldn't have been best friends in the first place!"

Yugi held a hand to his mouth. It was the same scene he had dreamed with a month ago! Now it all made sense! The silhouettes… they were Yami and Joshua fighting!

"Did you ever see him again?"

"Not really," said the older one. "But not because we had fought…" He brought a hand up to his eyes, sniffling as if he wanted to hold tears back. "He eventually found out that I was telling the truth… and that same night…

"He killed himself."

(A/N: -hides under shelter- BEFORE any of you say anything, SUMIMASEN!! U.U This HAD to happen, yush? I had planned this since a long time ago, and it's an important part of the story!
. . . Well, not actually. Still!!! DON'T KILL ME!

Man, Yami's family has been the one to suffer, hasn't it? Poor Yami-kun he needs a hug... but soon, Yugi-kun will heal his big and poor broken heart! n.n Review, minna-san! :D)