Chapter 45- Standing Firm
"I can't believe that prom is going to be here in a few weeks." Ryou said.
"I know what you mean. I can't wait until we get to go." Heba agreed.
Yami, Atemu, Marik, Bakura, and Seto all just looked at each other with looks of dread on their faces. None of them liked the thought of going to one of the school dances much less the prom.
"Oh, come on, guys. You only get to go to your senior prom once." Yugi said.
"Yeah, but we hate these dances." Atemu retorted.
"Look at it this way. After this, you won't have to go to anymore of them." Malik said.
"Yeah, but we still have to go to this one." Bakura muttered.
Ryou smirked. "Bakura, you do know what a lot of people who go to prom do after they leave the prom, don't you?" Ryou asked.
Bakura's eyes lit up. "On second thought, I think that going to prom is a great idea." Bakura said.
The others rolled their eyes.
"Mention sex to him, and he's up for doing just about anything." Seto remarked.
"Damn straight!" Bakura said.
"No wonder he does anything you ask him to." Malik said.
Bakura shrugged. "At least he does reward me." Bakura said, smirking.
Ryou turned bright red, regretting bringing it up.
The group laughed.
"In any case, I think that we should get ready for the prom." Yugi said.
The bell rang.
"We can start on that after school." Yami said.
The group got up and headed inside.
Touma was feeding his two-month-old daughter. "Well, you certainly have a big appetite, Trina. You're just like your brother. He ate all the time when he was a baby, too." Touma said.
After Touma finished feeding Trina, he burped her and then got her to sleep.
Touma had just laid Trina in the playpen for her to sleep when the doorbell rang. 'Hmm. Who could that be?' Touma asked himself.
Touma went to the door and opened it to find a man and a woman outside.
The man had graying hair and dark eyes while the woman had light blonde hair and red eyes.
"Can I help you?" Touma asked.
"We were looking for Seiji Date. Does he live here?" the man asked.
"He does, but he's at work at the moment." Touma said.
"Thank you. We'll come back later." the woman said.
The two then left.
Touma frowned. 'What was that about?' Touma asked himself before he shut the door. He felt that he should have known who they were, but he didn't have clue. 'I'll ask Seiji when he gets off work.' Touma thought. He walked back into the living room and sat down to read while Trina slept.
"I'll be glad to get home after today." Jou said as the group headed home.
Seto rolled his eyes. "Puppy, we're seniors, so you know that they're going to pile on the work since we don't have that much time left in school." Seto said.
"Yeah, but I really don't want to have to do all this work." Jou whined.
"Why does it matter? You rarely do all of it anyway." Yami said.
The group arrived back at the house after they got Jun and went inside.
"Papa!" Jun called.
"What is it, Jun?" Touma asked as he walked into the foyer with Trina in his arms.
"Look at what I drew at school." Jun said, showing Touma picture.
"Jun, that's of Trina." Touma said.
"Yeah. The teacher said to draw something important to you, and I drew Trina." Jun said.
"Well, why don't you go and put it on the refrigerator so that your daddy can see it when he comes home." Touma said.
Jun nodded and ran into the kitchen.
"How was your day?" Touma asked.
"It's fine. The teachers are just starting to pile on the work now." Yugi replied.
"Yeah. I remember that when I was a senior. Trust me when I say that college is like that, too." Touma said.
"How's your day been?" Heba asked.
"Well, it's been fine, actually. Trina's not been a lot of trouble." Touma said.
"She never is. She's a good baby." Ryou said.
"Yeah. Unfortunately, good babies usually grow up to be kind of troublesome." Touma said.
"Well, at least you have it easy right now. Not like with Jun." Yugi said.
"I know." Touma said.
"Meaning?" Atemu asked.
"Meaning that while we can put Trina down at ten and she'll sleep until six, Jun would wake up about three." Touma replied.
"I guess Seiji has it easy this time." Seto said.
"Yes, he does." Touma replied.
"So, I guess your day was the same as always." Malik said.
"Pretty much. There was a man and woman that came here looking for Seiji, but they just said that they would come back since he was at work." Touma said.
"Did you get their names?" Bakura asked.
"No. I didn't. They left before I could ask." Touma replied.
"Well, if they want to get him, they'll come back." Yugi said.
"I know." Touma said.
Seiji walked into the house after a long day at work. "Is anyone here?" Seiji asked.
"In the kitchen." Touma replied.
Seiji walked into the kitchen to find Touma fixing dinner. "Hey." Seiji said, walking into the kitchen and kissing Touma.
"Hey yourself. How was your day?" Touma asked.
"It was fine. Not as bad as it could have been. How about you?" Seiji asked.
"Same as always." Touma replied.
"Where's Trina at?" Seiji asked.
"Ryou and Malik are watching her for me. You know that those two love to baby-sit her." Touma said.
"Yeah. I know. I expect that they'll want kids of their own one day." Seiji said.
"How will Bakura and Marik react to that?" Touma asked.
"I don't know." Seiji replied.
The doorbell then rang.
"I'll ge it." Yami called.
"All right." Touma said.
Yami went to the door and opened the door to find that the same couple that had come by earlier were there.
"Hello, Yami." the woman said.
"What are you doing here?" Yami asked, none-too-kindly.
"That's no way to speak to your parents, boy." the man said.
"What parents? You disowned us and kicked us out several years ago." Atemu said from behind Yami.
Yugi and Heba were there as well, and they looked at each other nervously.
"Can't we come and see you?" the woman asked.
Yami and Atemu weren't sure what to say, but they knew that they weren't going to like them being there.
Seiji, having heard what was going on, walked out and over to Atemu and Yami. "What are you doing here?" Seiji asked.
"We came here to our sons. I don't see how that is your concern." the man snapped.
Seiji's eyes narrowed. "Well, Kourin, if I remember correctly, you said that you never wanted to see your sons again." Seiji said.
"People can change their mind." the woman said.
Touma stood at the entrance to the kitchen. He wasn't sure what to say about this. 'So that's who they are. If I had known that, I would have told them not to come here.' Touma thought.
"How do I know that you have changed your views, Katina?" Seiji asked.
"Well, let us show you." Katina said.
Yami and Atemu were wary about trusting their parents, but decided to see.
"Let us talk to them, Seiji." Atemu said.
Seiji looked uncertain, but relented since he knew that Atemu wanted to.
Kourin and Katina thought that their sons wanted to get to know them and walked on in.
Touma showed them to the study so that Atemu and Yami could talk to them in private.
"Are you sure about this?" Heba asked.
"Yeah. I doubt that they have changed their views." Atemu said.
"Then why are you talking to them?" Seiji asked.
"Mainly, because I want to know if they came here to see if we had given up dating guys or if they're here because they heard that we have rich boyfriends." Atemu said.
"I agree." Yami said.
"All right. Just be careful." Yugi said.
Yami and Atemu went to the study.
Touma walked over to Seiji. "Seiji, I don't want to offer anything bad, but could they force Atemu and Yami to leave?" Touma asked.
"No. When they kicked Yami and Atemu out, I went to court and got full custody of them. My lawyer made sure of that. They willingly signed over custody to me in front of a judge as well as my lawyer. It's airtight." Seiji said.
"I think they're here for the money." Heba said.
"Not like they could get anything." Touma said.
"We'll wait and see." Seiji said.
Yami and Atemu walked into the study to find that their parents were sitting on the couch rather comfortably.
"Mother. Father. What is it you wanted?" Atemu asked, crossing his arms.
"Now, dear. You don't need to be so formal. We are your parents." Katina said.
"Mother, you kicked us out years ago. We're not exactly comfortable with that." Atemu said.
"We wanted to come and see how you were." Kourin said.
"Why?" Yami asked.
"Can't a parent worry about their children?" Katina asked.
'Not ones that kick their children out because they are gay.' Yami thought bitterly. Aloud, Yami said, "You haven't shown your faces or tried to contact us in three years. It's kind of odd that you show up now."
"Well, we finally calmed down and accepted the fact that you're dating guys." Katina said. She said dating guys with disdain that she had tried to mask.
"Really? And what do you say to the fact that we are both dating guys?" Atemu asked.
Kourin's eyes flashed. "Nothing. It's fine." Kourin ground out.
"Please. You came here because you think you can get money because of our rich boyfriends." Atemu said.
"We don't need money. We have our own." Kourin snapped.
"Then why did you come here? We know it wasn't because you got over the fact that we are gay. You've already proven you still loath that fact." Yami said.
"Fine! We came here to see if you had gotten over this silly notion that you are only into guys." Katina finally said angrily.
"Well, given that I'm sure you've seen on the news that Yami and I are both dating a member of a band, I would say that you have your answer there." Atemu said.
"It's wrong!" Kourin snapped.
"Maybe in your eyes, but we're perfectly happy like this. We don't need your approval." Yami stated.
"Then you'll be disowned for life." Kourin said.
"So be it. I'd rather be happy with someone I love than be something I'm not just because my parents think that it's wrong." Atemu said.
Both looked at them.
"You'll never see a dime of the money we have." Katina threatened.
"Do we care? We can get jobs after we go to college and make our own money." Atemu said.
"You're both fools. Do you think Seiji will out up with a couple of fags forever?" Kourin demanded.
"Actually, I will." Seiji said.
The four looked to see that Seiji had entered the room.
"Seiji, what are you doing here?" Yami asked.
"You were getting loud, and I wanted to make sure that you were okay.' Seiji answered.
"You can't possible put up with that behavior forever." Katina insisted.
"Katina, the man who you saw before is my fiancé. I prefer guys, too, so I would be a hypocrite to have a problem with it." Seiji said.
"Then you're a fag, too." Kourin snapped.
"You're entitled to your own opinion, but those things don't bother me." Seiji said.
"Humph. I told you it was a waste of time to come here. These bastards don't appreciate anything we did for them." Kourin said.
"Please. You were never around when we did live with you, and Mother was so busy shopping that we never saw her, either. The housekeeper, the butler, and the maids took care of us." Atemu said.
"You'll never see us again, then." Kourin said.
"Better then." Yami said.
Katina's eyes narrowed. "We could get custody back and force you to leave those sluts." Katina said.
This made Yami, Atemu, and Seiji all angry.
"Yugi and Heba aren't sluts. They're anything but. The real sluts are probably the girls you had in mind to fix us up with." Yami said.
"You can't get custody back, and you know it. When the custody agreement was made, you signed over full custody. I'm sure you remember the judge, my lawyer, and your own lawyer saying that you couldn't custody back." Seiji said.
Kourin glared at him.
"Besides, we'll be eighteen in two months. It wouldn't make much of a difference." Yami said.
"Then you can stay with those bastards! Just don't ever come to us again." Kourin spat.
"You won't hear from us ever again." Yami said.
Kourin and Katina had wanted things to go differently, but they left, not wanting to stay there.
"It's funny that you actually could lie so well." Touma said from the doorway of the kitchen.
"What are you talking about?! You know nothing!" Kourin shouted.
"Really? Well, I have a friend that told me your business went bad and you two lost everything. You don't have a dime to your name." Touma said.
Katina glared at him.
"So, you did come here hoping to get money." Atemu said.
"Well, I suggest that you leave now." Seiji said.
"It's immoral what you people are doing!" Kourin shouted.
"In your eyes, maybe, but I couldn't care less." Touma said.
"You couldn't have gotten money, anyway. It doesn't belong to us. It belongs to Yugi and Heba." Atemu said.
"And we can't touch that money until we're eighteen." Yugi added.
"I think that you should leave, and don't come back." Seiji said.
Kourin and Katina left the house angry.
Yugi shut the door behind them. "That was interesting." Yugi said.
"Well, it's obvious that they came here wanting money." Atemu said.
"And wanted to try and get us to date girls as well." Yami said.
"Well, it didn't work." Seiji said.
"Yeah. I'm glad of that." Heba said.
"They never would have gotten me to leave you." Atemu said, putting an arm around Heba.
"I'm glad to hear that." Heba said.
"Well, we don't have to worry about them now. I doubt that they'll be back." Seiji said.
"Come on. We need to eat dinner." Touma said.
Everyone gathered in the dining room to eat.
"Well, that was unexpected." Bakura said.
"Yeah, but I'm not sure that they'll want to give up just yet." Atemu said.
"Well, if they don't have much money, they won't be able to get a good lawyer to try and get custody of you back. Besides, a judge and two lawyers witnessed it." Seiji said.
"True. Plus, we have one of the best lawyers in the world on retainer just in case we need him. We don't have anything to worry about." Touma said.
"It's pointless, really. I mean, we turn eighteen in two months, so it's not like they're going to get anything." Yami said.
"I don't know what they're thinking, but don't worry about it." Seiji said.
~One Week Later~
Touma was sitting with Trina when he heard the front door opened.
Katina and Kourin Sennen had tried to get custody of their sons back, and Seiji had had to go to court that day to deal with it.
"Seiji, is that you?" Touma asked.
"Yes." Seiji said, walking into the room.
"How did it go today?" Touma asked.
"It went fine. The boys stay with me with the option to see their parents and go with them if they want to." Seiji said.
"Meaning they don't have to." Touma said.
"Pretty much. I don't think they will." Seiji said.
"What ended up happening in court?" Touma asked.
"Well, when the judge saw that they had willingly signed custody over to me with a judge and two lawyers as witnesses, he said that unless it could be proven that I was an unfit guardian, they would stay with me." Seiji said.
"I'm guessing they tried." Touma said.
"Oh, yeah. Their lawyer couldn't find anything to use against me. It was a pointless case." Seiji said.
"That's a good thing." Touma said.
"I think that the fact that boys were only two months from eighteen also helped in the decision. It was rather pointless." Seiji said.
"At least it's over and settled." Touma said.
"I know." Seiji said.
A few moments later, the teenagers came in.
"Seiji, what happened?" Atemu asked.
"Calm down. You stay with me. You can see them or live with them if you want, though." Seiji said.
"We'll stay." Yami and Atemu said at the same time.
"I know. It's fine. Go on upstairs." Seiji said.
The group then left, relieved that everything had worked out for their benefit.
"Well, I hope that things will go easier now." Touma said.
"Well, I doubt that Kourin and Katina will be back." Seiji said.
"I don't think so, either. I think they know that it's over." Touma said.
"Besides, we won't have to worry about it once Atemu and Yami are eighteen." Seiji said.
"Which isn't that far off." Touma agreed.
The next day, Yami and Atemu had gotten a letter in the mail.
"Well, that was nice of them." Atemu said sarcastically.
"What?" Heba asked.
"Our parents left a touching letter to tell us that they are leaving the country." Atemu said.
Yami, Heba, and Yugi all read the latter.
Ungrateful brats,
Just telling you that we're leaving the country and you'll never see us again since you want to be immoral with those rich whores of yours. We hope you end up miserable.
Kourin and Katina
"Well, at least it was to the point." Yugi said.
"I say good riddance. They don't want us around, so I don't see why we should be around them." Yami said.
"We can stop worrying about it now. They're gone, and I don't think that we should worry about them now." Atemu said.
"Then we can worry about prom now." Heba said.
Yami and Atemu groaned.
Yugi and Heba laughed and grabbed their boyfriends, dragging them out of the house.
Hope you liked it.
Next: The prom.
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