Okay, here's Chapter 3! I'm having too much fun with this story, lol. As always, please read and review!

Chapter 3

Aki's POV

I threw my bag to the floor, not even caring that some of the books fell out. I just left them there. How dare Yusei embarrass me like that? And in f ront of everyone. That arrogant, selfish, no good, dirty…

"Akiza? That you?" Dad's voice called out to me. I was surprised. Daddy was actually home.

"Hey, daddy." I called out, walking to the study where I knew he would be.

"Akiza." He said, smiling at me, as he put his book down and enfolding me in a warm embrace. "How are you, sweetie?"

I hugged him tightly back.

"I'm fine, Daddy."

"That's good. How was school?" He asked, pulling away.

"School was fine. But I have tons of homework to do, so I need to get started."

"Of course, honey."

I walked to my bedroom, feeling my stomach roll. I slammed my door shut when I started to feel like heaving, and rushed to my bathroom. "Dear God," I moaned under my breath. "Don't let me be sick." I shut my eyes in a long blink, hoping the light wouldn't hurt so much when I opened them again. Someone had brought in doughnuts and the smell of frosting made my stomach roll more.

Tugging open the medicine drawer, I searched for some Ibuprofen, groaning when I found none. My forehead hit the edge of the sink, and I fell to the floor, gasping for air. God, I felt crappy. What could have possibly made me feel this sick? I hadn't eaten anything, so that wasn't it. Though I admit, it was stupid to not eat in the first place. I doubted that I could handle a duel right now. I rested my head in between my knees, and I took deep breaths slowly until I felt the nausea go down. I tried standing back up, but quickly crumbled to the floor. Forget about dueling, I couldn't even stand!

"I hate this!" I mumbled under my breath. Slowly, I managed to crawl to my room, gripping the walls like they were a life preserver. I climbed on top of the bed, and lay there, breathing hard. I couldn't miss school tomorrow. Yes, it would be lovely if I did. I wouldn't have to deal with Yusei. But I was going to have to deal with him sooner or later, and it was probably best that I dealt with him when I didn't have loads of make up work to do.

I was running late the next day, so naturally my arms were filled with papers and books. I was feeling a lot better than I did yesterday, for which I was glad, but I was grumbling because I still had to come to school.

I crashed into someone, typical me, not paying attention, and my papers went everywhere. My friend, and neighbor, Colin Turner, rushed to pick them up. Even though we lived next to each other, I didn't really talk to him. I bent to the ground to retrieve my papers.

"Oops, sorry, Aki." Aki. Only one person called me that. I looked up and me cobalt eyes laughing at me. "Here" He said, handing me the papers.

"Thanks." I said, back, feeling a little red.

"Come on, Akiza." Colin said, taking my arm. "Let's get you to class. No need to talk to the Satellite." He pulled me away, but now before I turned to Yusei and gave him an apologetic smile.

Yusei's POV

That stupid jerk, Colin Turner. I hated guys like him. Putting people down just because they were born in a certain place. I was still fuming as I walked to the library for Mrs. Petersons class. She wanted us looking up information and Aki had already gotten us a spot. I laughed to myself when I saw that the spot she had chosen wasn't at a table, but rather, she had chosen the floor. Her books and papers were spilled out all around her. I took a second to watch her. She was concentrating very hard, and she chewed the end of her pencil.

I grinned at her as I sat down in front of her.

"Hey." I said.

She glanced up, giving the barest of smiles, before turning back to her work.

"So, what? Are you not going to talk to me today?"

"We have work to do, Yusei. You could help."

She tossed me a book without even looking up. Dang, she had skills.

"How about a bet, instead?" I asked, grinning.

"I don't do that type of thing."

"Well, I think you'll like this one. If you win, I can't bother you anymore, and I'll do the work."

I had her interest now. She looked up at me and titled her head.

"And if I lose?"

I grinned again, leaning back on my hands. "I you lose, then you owe me a kiss."

She raised an eyebrow.

"Seriously?"

"No joke. How about it?"

She nodded. "What do I have to do?"

"Fill this out before me. Your such a smarty pants, I figured you would like this." I handed her the paper filled with different cards, and lines to write down which ones goes where. I picked up a pen. "Okay, on your mark, get set…go." I started filling in, not caring if my handwriting was messy. Aki was already passed me. Dang it, I wanted that kiss.

"Done." I said, showing her my paper.

She looked at it critically. "Dang, Yusei. Your handwriting sucks."

I laughed.

"Yeah, probably. So, you owe me a kiss. Better do it now." Hey, I was a guy. And she was definitely female. I wanted that kiss. So sue me.

"Okay," She said, leaning in closer. My heart started racing faster as she neared, smiling. I lifted my hand to touch her cheek and she grabbed it, kissing my palm. "There." She said, grinning wickedly. "There's your kiss."

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