Chapter 2- Yugi Finds Out
After talking to Tea and Tristan for a while, Yami headed back to the house. He went in and was surprised to find Yugi sitting in the living room.
"Yugi, I thought that you had to work today." Yami said.
"I was supposed to, but since I already had twelve hours of overtime for this week, my boss gave me the rest of the day off." Yugi answered.
"Oh. That's good." Yami said as he sat down on the couch with Yugi.
"Why are you here on your day off, though?" Yugi asked.
"Well, I decided to come home. I went out for a while and saw Tristan and Tea. I talked to them for a little while before I decided to come back here." Yami answered.
"I thought that you might want to go and see Seto. You usually do that when you don't have to work." Yugi said.
"Yeah, well, Seto and I aren't together anymore." Yami admitted.
"You aren't? What happened?" Yugi asked.
Yami sighed. "I wasn't exactly truthful with you last night. When I went to see Seto, I found him in bed with someone else. I left before he realized it." Yami said.
Yugi turned so that he was facing Yami entirely. "Yami, I'm so sorry. Why didn't you tell me last night?" Yugi asked.
"I'm sorry, Yugi. I just didn't want to talk about it last night." Yami said.
"It's okay, Yami." Yugi said, reaching over to lay his hand on top of Yami's. "I understand. I guess you broke things off with Seto this morning." Yugi said.
"Yeah. I was pretty angry with him. He even had the gall to tell me he was working last night when I asked him. I wanted to give him the chance to come clean, but he just lied to my face again. After I punched him in the face, I left." Yami said.
"Yami, you didn't have to hit him." Yugi said.
"I know, Yugi, but it really made me feel better." Yami said.
"I'm sorry that that happened, Yami." Yugi said.
Yami smiled. "Thanks, Aibou. The truth is that I didn't love Seto. I cared a lot about him, but I didn't love him. It still hurt, though." Yami said.
"I know." Yugi said. He then gave Yami a comforting hug. "You know that I'm here if you want to talk about this." Yugi said.
"I know. Thanks, Yugi." Yami said. A saddened look crossed his face. 'You're going to be needing comfort, too.' Yami thought. He hated that Yugi would be going through this soon, too.
The two broke the hug.
"Since we're both free all day, what do you want to do?" Yugi asked.
"I don't know. I don't have anything special in mind, to be honest." Yami said.
"Well, as much as we both hate this, we could clean the house." Yugi said.
Yami groaned at that. "I really don't want to do that, Aibou." Yami whined.
"Yami, we have been putting off cleaning the house for the last few months. We can't put it off anymore. We both have the day off, so we might as well use our time wisely." Yugi said.
"Oh, all right." Yami finally agreed.
They got up and got the cleaning supplies before they got to cleaning.
Joey and Seto had met at a restaurant to eat lunch together.
"Ouch. Yami got you good, Seto." Joey said when he saw the bruise.
"I know. I put some ice on it, and it helped with the swelling. To be perfectly honest, I deserve it." Seto said.
"Well, if I don't tell Yugi soon, I'll be having a bruise, too." Joey said.
"I know. I just hope that Yami isn't home when you go to see Yugi." Seto said.
"So do I. I'll be in a lot of trouble if he is." Joey agreed.
"When are you telling him?" Seto asked.
"I'm going to go after I get off work. I don't have time right now. I honestly just have enough time to eat and get back." Joey said.
"I'll be glad once this is all out in the open. We won't have to hide anymore." Seto said.
"Yeah. I agree." Joey said.
After the two ate their lunch, they left the restaurant together.
"Joey, after you talk to Yugi, come over to the mansion." Seto said.
"Okay. I'll come." Joey said. He kissed Seto before he walked off.
Seto sighed and then went to his car, heading back to the office.
Yugi and Yami had taken a break from cleaning to relax and eat lunch.
"I really hate cleaning. I don't see a point in it. Everything is just going to dusty again." Yami said. He was sitting at the kitchen table while Yugi was fixing their lunch.
"Yami, the house needs to be cleaned. We can't have people come in and do it like when you were Pharaoh." Yugi said.
"I know. I know." Yami grumbled.
After getting their lunch ready, Yugi walked over and set the plates down on the table before he sat down, too.
The two made a bit of small talk as they ate.
"Yami, if I tell you something, can you promise me that you won't tell anyone?" Yugi asked.
"Of course, Yugi. I would never tell anyone anything that you didn't want them to know." Yami replied, turning his full attention to Yugi.
"Well, the truth is that you're not the only one who has a cheating boyfriend." Yugi said.
"What do you mean?" Yami asked. 'I didn't think that Joey had told him yet.' Yami thought.
Yugi sighed. "I know that for the last few months, Joey has been cheating on me." Yugi said.
"How do you know that?" Yami asked.
"Well, he hasn't had a lot of time to be around me, and when he was out with me on a date, he wasn't really there. It's like his mind was somewhere else. Or on someone else. When I'd ask him what was taking up so much of his time, he got kind of defensive. I just caught some of the signs." Yugi replied.
Thinking about it, Yami could now see those signs in Seto for the last few months.
"I'm sorry, Yugi. Do you know who?" Yami asked.
"No. I don't have the slightest clue. It doesn't matter. Cheating is cheating." Yugi said.
"Yeah. It is. Why are you still with him if you know that he's cheating on you?" Yami asked.
"I wanted him to come to me and tell me the truth. I guess like everyone else, Joey just thought that I was too naïve and innocent to see what he saw doing. I can see things like that." Yugi said.
"You sure can. I didn't even think that Seto was cheating on me when I found out." Yami said.
"Well, I'm going to give Joey the chance to come clean, but if he doesn't soon, I am telling him that I know." Yugi said.
Yami smiled. "I guess we both deserve better." Yami said.
"Yeah. We do." Yugi agreed.
After he got off work, Joey decided to go to his apartment before he went to see Yugi.
Joey took a shower and changed clothes.
The doorbell rang.
'Who could that be?' Joey asked himself. He went to the door and opened it to find Tristan standing on the other side of the door. "Hey, Tris. What are you doing here?" Joey asked.
"I was wondering if we could talk." Tristan replied.
"Yeah. Sure thing." Joey said.
Tristan walked in, and Joey shit the door.
"I'm afraid that we can't talk long. I'm going to see Yugi." Joey said.
"This won't take long." Tristan said.
"Okay. What is it?" Joey asked.
Tristan then grabbed Joey by the shirt and slammed him against the wall.
"Tristan! What the hell are you doing?!" Joey exclaimed.
"Joey, I cannot believe that you would be so selfish and heartless that you would do this!" Tristan growled.
"What are you talking about?" Joey asked, shoving Tristan away.
"Tea and I ran into Yami this morning. He told us about you and Seto cheating on him and Yugi with each other." Tristan said,
"Tristan, look. I can explain." Joey said.
"I don't want to hear your excuses, Joey. What you two did was wrong. You hurt not only Yugi, but Yami as well. You both did. Neither of them deserved this." Tristan said.
"I know, Tristan. Seto and I didn't mean for this to happen. Our getting together was a spur of the moment thing." Joey said.
"How long ago?" Tristan asked, folding his arms.
"Um, two months." Joey said nervously.
"Two months?! Joey, you two should have come clean from the start. Instead, you both go behind Yami and Yugi's backs and were screwing each other. Joey, if you loved Seto, you should have broken up with Yugi, and Seto should have broken up with Yami first. Yami had to find out by walking in on you two having sex last night. I'm certain that he's hurting, and I know Yugi will be." Tristan said.
"Tristan, I didn't mean for things to get this out of hand. They just did." Joey said.
"Joey, I am really disappointed in you. I thought that you were better than that. I guess I was wrong." Tristan said before he left the apartment.
Joey sighed. "I really screwed things up." Joey muttered. He then left the apartment, deciding to go and see Yugi and get it over with.
Yugi was rummaging around through the refrigerator.
"Yugi, what are you doing?" Yami asked from the doorway.
"Well, I noticed that we were getting low on some things, so I'm making a grocery list. I'm going to go to the store." Yugi said.
"Oh. Okay." Yami said.
Yugi closed the refrigerator and looked at his list. "Is there anything in particular that you want?" Yugi asked.
"Hmm. Yeah. Pick up some strawberries and chocolate syrup." Yami said.
"Okay." Yugi said, writing it down on the list. "I'll go into the pantry and see what we need from their. He then went to the pantry to see what they needed.
The doorbell rang.
"Yami, can you get that?" Yugi asked.
"Sure thing, Aibou." Yami replied. He went to the door and opened it, only to find the last person that he wanted to see at the moment.
Joey gulped when he found that Yami had opened the door. 'I am so dead.' Joey thought.
"What are you doing here, Wheeler?" Yami asked.
Joey could tell from the coldness in his voice that Yami wasn't happy to see him. "I, um, wanted to talk to Yugi." Joey said nervously.
Yami motioned him to come in.
Joey did, wondering if he would make it out alive.
"Yugi, it's Joey." Yami said.
Yugi walked out. "Oh. Hi, Joey. I didn't know that you were coming." Yugi said.
"Yeah. I was wanting to talk to you." Joey said.
"Okay." Yugi said.
"Yugi, if you've got the list finished, I'll go and get the groceries while you two talk." Yami said.
"Okay, Yami." Yugi said, handing Yami the list.
"I'll be going." Yami said.
One look from Yami told Joey that he had better be gone by the time that Yami got back.
After Yami left, Yugi turned to Joey and said, "Come on."
The two went into the living room and sat on the couch.
"Listen, Yugi. There's something that I need to tell you." Joey said.
"What's that?" Yugi asked.
"Well, um, this isn't easy for me to say, Yugi." Joey said, getting uncomfortable.
Yugi had a feeling he knew what this was about. "Who is it, Joey?" Yugi asked.
"Who's what?' Joey asked, confused.
"Who have you been cheating on me with?" Yugi asked.
"You knew?!" Joey exclaimed.
"Yes. I knew. I had a feeling you've been seeing someone behind my back for about two months. Who is it?" Yugi asked.
Joey was getting more and more nervous by the second. "Well, it's Seto." Joey said.
"Seto? Seto Kaiba?!" Yugi exclaimed.
Joey nodded.
Yugi realized that Yami had known. He stood up and started walking around the room. "Joey, don't you get what you did? You didn't just cheat on me! You helped Seto cheat on Yami! Don't you care that you hurt us both?" Yugi demanded.
"Of course I do, Yugi. I never wanted you to get hurt, or for Yami to get hurt. Falling for Seto was something that just happened." Joey said, getting up.
"Joey, all you two had to do was tell us that you had fallen for each other and wanted to be together. All you had to do was break up with us." Yugi said.
"I know, Yugi. You have no idea how sorry I am." Joey said.
"In this case, sorry isn't enough, Joey. Please leave." Yugi said.
Joey sighed. "Sure thing, Yugi." Joey said. He started out of the room and turned to face Yugi. "For what it's worth, I am sorry." Joey said before he left the house.
Yugi sat down and covered his face as he started to cry. He knew that, deep down, he hadn't loved Joey, but the fact that Joey was willing to cheat on him made him feel even worse.
Yami had gotten back with all of the groceries. "Yugi, I'm back!" Yami called.
Yugi walked into the kitchen. "Did you get everything?" Yugi asked.
"Everything that was on the list, yes." Yami answered. He looked up and noticed that Yugi's cheeks were stained with tears. "Yugi, are you okay?" Yami asked.
"You knew that it was Seto Joey was sleeping with." Yugi said. It was a statement, not a question.
"Yes, Aibou. I did. I didn't tell you because I was giving Joey the chance to come clean. If he hadn't I would have told you." Yami said.
"I know you would have. I just didn't think that either one of them would do this." Yugi said.
"I know." Yami agreed.
"Well, we had better get all of this put up." Yugi said.
The two put all of the groceries up in their respective places.
"Yugi, I'm sorry about everything that happened." Yami said.
"I know, Yami. I guess Seto and Joey just weren't the ones for us." Yugi said.
"I know, and I agree." Yami said.
"What should we do now?" Yugi asked.
"I say go into the living room and watch a movie." Yami said.
"We did that last night." Yugi said.
"You're right. How about a board game?" Yami suggested.
"I think that's a good idea." Yugi agreed.
Yami got out the monopoly game, and the two started to play.
"Yami, did anyone else know about what happened?" Yugi asked.
"I told Tristan and Tea. They won't tell anyone." Yami replied.
"No. I suppose they won't." Yugi agreed.
"Are you going to be okay?" Yami asked.
"Yeah. I know that I didn't love Joey, but the fact that he cheated on me is what hurts." Yugi said.
"I know what you mean. It doesn't matter the reason. It still hurts." Yami said.
"I'm surprised you didn't punch Joey when he was here." Yugi said.
"I would have, but you didn't know why at the time. If he had still been there when I got back, I might have dine that. I'm still liable to do it if I see him." Yami said.
"Let it go, Yami. It's done." Yugi said.
"I'll try." Yami said.
"The best thing that we can do is get past this, and move on with our lives." Yugi said.
"You're right. We will find someone at some point. We just haven't found the one for us, yet." Yami said.
"You know, when you think about it, Seto and Joey are kind of perfect for each other." Yugi said.
"How do you figure that? For years, they acted like they hate each other." Yami said.
"There's a thin line between love and hate. Besides, the way they act, they are kind of light and dark of each other." Yugi said.
"Yeah. I guess so. At some point, I'll get past this. I just need time." Yami said.
"We both do." Yugi replied.
The game ended with Yami winning.
"Oh, well. Better luck next time, Aibou." Yami said.
"I know. It's getting kind of late. I guess we should go to bed." Yugi said.
"Right. Good night, Aibou." Yami said.
"Night, Yami." Yugi said.
The two then went to their separate rooms.
"So, how did it go?" Seto asked Joey when he arrived at the mansion.
"Okay, I guess. Yugi was upset. The worst thing was that he knew I was cheating on him." Joey said.
"What?! He knew about us the entire time!" Seto exclaimed.
"Not us specifically. He knew that I was cheating on him. He didn't know with who. Yami didn't tell him, as it turns out." Joey said.
"If you hadn't, he would have." Seto said.
"I know, but it doesn't make me feel any better." Joey said.
"I know, but we brought this on ourselves. We should have broken up with them from the start." Seto said.
"I know. I probably lost my friendship with the both of them all because we didn't break up with them. Plus, Tristan and Tea know what I did, so they're going to be angry at me." Joey said.
"Well, you've got me, Puppy, and I'm not going anywhere." Seto said, wrapping his arms around Joey.
Joey leaned his head against Seto's chest. "Thanks, Dragon." Joey replied.
Hope you liked it.
Next: Yugi and Yami get together most likely.
R&R.