Broken Chapter Two

Alright, chapter 2 is finally here! Hooray! Before I start, I want to thank everyone who reviewed and/or favorited my story. Well, with nothing more to say enjoy the story~

Disclaimer: I own nothing from Yugioh Zexal. I only own my OC Yuki, and that is all.

Yuki's POV

'Damn it.' I cursed silently in my head. Taking a sip out of my coffee, I twirled the pencil around in my hand in an attempt to calm my nerves down.

I was off work from the library (you'd be surprised how much I could do without speaking) and was in this quiet little cafe called TaiRen where I was finishing off the last of my homework I was assigned and now a migraine was making it's way towards me. Pre-Cal was evil, English was boring me to death, and now history wanted to burn me alive. Miss Shia Fumiko, my history teacher, that sick, horrible woman apparently thought it would be better if I 'interacted with my peers more often and speak more.' What the hell? I'm mute for God's sake!

Anyways, Fumiko-sensei assigned us a group project where we had to work with partners and pick a country and compare it with Japan. The cultural differences and all that jazz. Well, I had the luck being paired with Mihael Arclight, IV's apparent little brother.

Speaking of the two toned haired idiot, we somehow became friends just a few weeks ago. How he became a constant in my ever changing schedule was amazing. Especially how he stuck around with my moodiness. I remembered like it was just yesterday.

Flashback

"Favorite color?" he asked me, voice muffled by the food in his mouth.

"Blue, black, silver, grey, and white." I wrote on my sketchpad.

"Favorite class?"

"None. School is stupid. I like music though."

"Least favorite?"

"Algebra is Satan."

"Ah. Okay. You're not curious about me?"

"Mm'kay. What about you then?"

"IV Arclight, 17. Favorite colors: gold and purple. And school is indeed stupid and we worship Satan."

"Yup." I wrote onto my sketchpad. I chuckled a bit at the lopsided grin he had on his face. I could feel the corners of my lips turn up a bit at his silliness. I felt warm inside, unlike the frigid cold. I was not 'empty' at this instant. I closed my eyes to savor this bit of warmth, before I would once again feel 'cold.'

"So?" IV asked, violet clashing with dull brown.

"Hmm?" I wrote quietly.

"Shouldn't you be asking me something?"

"So is your hair really natural?" I wrote jokingly. He let out a rather unattractive grunt and punched me in arm. This was normal ever since our first 'meeting' here on the roof. He would joke and tease, while I would throw a sarcastic or rude comment here or there. He was just as crude when he came to me. We would spend our lunches with each other like this. It would feel nice.

"Actually it is. Dunno how, but yah." he stated with a small smirk. "Anyways, do you wanna be friends?"

He wanted to be friends with me? Me? How was this even possible? I sat there quietly knowing he was watching me, waiting for my reply.

"..." was what I wrote on my pad. I somehow felt small at this moment. Most people who asked this question would later become bored with my blank stare and rather sarcastic comments. Would IV last? That was the question.

I took a deep breath and silently, gave a tiny nod. I hoped he hadn't seen it and just leave but he did see it. I inwardly groaned and cursed my crappy luck. Why me?

"Friends then." IV said. It was not a question. It was a statement. He extended his hand and I slowly took it. I didn't meet his eyes. All I remembered was the warmth of his hand slipping into my cold one.

End Flashback

I tried not to feel to happy about that one moment. I would not be too alone from now on. I would have his support. I sighed as I payed the waitress for the food and coffee. Slinging my messenger bag over my shoulder, I grabbed my guitar and waked in the direction the Arclight home.

A good ten minutes later, I arrived at the Arclight home. Well more like friggin mansion! It was a huge Victorian style mansion that had a yard filled with pretty flowers and on one side it was large fountain. I walked up the concrete steps up the towering building and rang the doorbell.

After a minute or two, I heard footsteps coming towards the door. A man who liked his was in his early twenties opened door. He was probably the older brother IV had told me about before.

"Who are you?" asked the man. Sheesh. Why the hell was he so damn tall? I cursed inwardly being so short.

I quickly pulled out my sketchpad and scribbled, "Yuki Shiragane. Mihael's classmate."

He stared me down for a bit before telling me to come in. "I'm Christopher Arclight, though you can call me Chris. I'm Mihael's older brother." he introduced himself to me. I nodded and bowed in respect. He called for Mihael to come down and as I waited, I took to watching the older Arclight. He looked about 6'7 and had the longest silver hair I have ever seen; it reached to his ankles and he had blue eyes. Chris carried an air of elegance and grace unlike his two other brothers who seemed less refined than he was.

I heard footsteps coming from the stairs and I turned to look. The pinkette was walking down the stairs with an aged man with a light brown braid and a monocle over his left eye.

"Hello, Yuki-chan." Mihael greeted me. I nodded at him and he smiled kindly at me. "I see you've met my nii-sama*. This is my father." gesturing from Chris to the older man.

"Hello, Shiragane-san. I'm Byron Arclight, Mihael's and Chris's father." Byron said pulling my hand in a handshake. "I hope you're comfortable here, and if you and Mihael need anything just call me over and I'll see what I can do."

"Thank you both for your hospitality." I wrote and bowed to them both. After that Mihael brought me to the living room where we could work on our project. I sighed. Even though they were treating me so kindly, I had a sort of bad feeling about today. It was gonna be a long day.

IV's POV

I had just finished my shower when I heard laughter and talking downstairs. If I remembered correctly, Mihael did say something about someone coming over for a project. I shrugged on some clothes and went down to get some food.

Walking down the steps, a very familiar person came into my view. What the hell was she doing here? Since I was already down the stairs and I decided to voice my thoughts.

"What are you doing here?" I asked Yuki, waiting for her to reply. I decided that the color black both suited and didn't suit her at the same time. She was wearing long sleeved black hoodie and dark washed skinny jeans. Her feet were bare but I could see the black boots at the doorway. The only thing that could possibly stick out from her presence was the long white ribbon that she always wore in that ponytail of her's.

"Project." was the only word written on her sketchpad. She jerked her thumb to my baby brother and proceeded to sit cross-legged on our carpet.

"You sure?" I said with a smirk playing on my lips. "You didn't miss me at all?'" I finished and I already knew I was gonna get punched for this little act. Her reactions were always so amusing to me.

An angry tick mark appeared on her head and I could see her eye already twitching. How attractive. I quickly turned my laughing fit into a coughing one if I wanted to survive the brunette's unleashed wrath.

She walked up to me, paused, looked at my face and smirked, and knead a place that no man should ever be kicked in. I hissed in pain and grabbed in between my legs. God. Why the bloody hell did she kick so damn hard. I regret that decision so much now. I was currently rocking back and forth like the coward I was and glaring at that evil devil spawn in front of me.

"Don't feel so arrogant now do ya?" She wrote with a smug little smile that I really wanted to wipe off but couldn't because I was such a gentleman. I was about to cuss her out and tell her if I couldn't have children, I would sue her entire family when Chris cut in.

"You guys know each other?" He started slowly with a raised brow. My baby brother and father stood there in the room in wide open mouthed shock and eyes the size of frying pans.

"Long story." I grumbled sourly struggling to find my footing without feeling anymore pain. The she devil just nodded and sat back down on the floor like nothing just happened. I hate her. I narrowed my eyes at her and stomped angrily back to my room. forgetting about my hunger in order to plot her death.

Mihael's POV

I'm sure that I can speak for both my brother and father when we witnessed the scene that unveiled in front us. I hadn't known that Nii-sama would act that way to Yuki-chan and I certainly didn't think that the quiet girl in my class would do such a thing. Well, except that incident Ana. I was shocked.

My brother stomped back to his room and my partner sat back down. Both my brother and father shared a look with me and then walked out of the room leaving only silence. Clearing my throat, I offered an uneasy smile to the bored looking brunette and sat down next to her.

We had already decided after class that I would do the powerpoint of the project while she did storyboard part of it since I wasn't very creative. We decided that we would compare Venice with Japan since it would be semi-easy and we could get this over with.

I was pretty wary with project because it was, well, with Yuki. She wasn't the easiest person to talk to exactly, but I guess since she got along with brother (were they even friends?) she was okay. I watched her for a bit before she turned and cocked an eyebrow in my direction.

"Yes?" she wrote. I wondered if she could really speak. No one really knew since she hung out alone and never really interacted with anyone.

"Uhhh...Umm. Howdoyouknowmybrother?" I stuttered out. I inwardly face-palmed at my stupidity. She probably thought I was an idiot.

"Circumstances." she wrote easily. She glanced at me again before writing, "I don't bite y'know."

I blinked. I guess she wasn't bad at all. "So you guys are friends?" I smiled at her. She nodded and glued a picture onto the cardboard.

I continued asking her questions like this and slowly, I became less nervous and confident in my questions. I learned that her parent's were divorced like mine and that she used to speak but because something happened to her when she was younger. Yuki was actually very polite and we actually had fun together doing the project. I was a bit sad when we both finished our parts and she said she was leaving.

"Yuki-chan, would you like to stay for an early dinner?" my father asked poking his head through the doorway. The brunette looked flustered and answered that she didn't want to impose any longer then should while my father dragged her to our kitchen not really caring for her answer.

"So Yuki-chan what does your step-father do for work?" Father asked the bored looking brunette.

"Yes. I would like to know as well." Chris chimed in with a smile.

"Um. He fixes locks and stuff." she wrote simply. Her eyes told another story though. They looked wary and guarded all of a sudden.

"And what do you do for work, Byron-san?" Yuki asked directing the attention away from herself. I think IV nii-sama also knew what she was doing because he stopped shoveling food into his mouth (Even with guests here, he couldn't have manners) to look at her.

And that was how dinner dinner went for about the rest of the hour. Whenever my father or Chris nii-sama would ask something about her going mute or her family she would immediately turn the attention back to someone else in the room. I found it rather odd.

"I'm glad you're here today, Yuki-chan. It's so rare to have guests over and our dinner's are never so lively." Chris nii-sama smiled serenely.

"Umm...Thank you Chris-san. What time is it exactly anyways?" Yuki wrote suddenly.

My brother's brow suddenly creased in worry when he responded, "It's 5:34. Why do you ask?" he stated.

Instead of answering she quickly shot up from her seat and ran to get her bags. My brothers and father were quite surprised when she did that.

"I'm sorry, but I have to get home." she wrote in a messy scrawl. She looked pale as a ghost and wore a look of complete dread; what was wrong?.

"I'll walk you out." IV suddenly said, standing up from his seat.

She shook her head no and quickly ran out the kitchen to get her shoes before bowing and running out of the house. My family stood there all in stunned silence. We all wondered what could have possibly spooked her so much that she had to get home in such a hurry.

The next morning, I saw her again, standing in the middle of the hallway looking very flustered.

Juggling my bookbag and our storyboard from yesterday, I walked up to her to ask her if she was alright and if she got home properly. We were all worried about her sudden need to get home and if something had happened to her.

"Yuki-chan are you alright? You left in such a hurry." I voiced my thoughts with worry evident in my eyes. I made sure to look her in the eyes so that I could tell if she was lying or not.

She did not respond but only pulled out a large book from her bag. "Here. Give it to your older brother and father. They wanted this book, didn't they?" she wrote with her lips pursed in a thin line. She did not meet my eyes. "I'm sorry for leaving all of a sudden. I had things to take care of." she continued on vaguely.

"Of course." I said simply giving her a false smile while I took the book from her hands. She was hiding something, that I was sure. You don't just run out of someone's house with a terrified look to just take care of something. I had only known her a day but I felt like Yuki was a person who did get scared very easily and I also wanted to be her friend even if no else would.

"Yuki-chan, is something the matter?" I said politely. I was determined to unravel the mystery of Yuki Shiragane and get to bottom of why she was just so afraid. What was she so terrified of?

Something flickered in her eyes before she turned and walked away. She never answered my question, but I have plenty of chances to ask her again. In the back of my mind, I realized I never noticed how she was limping and cradled her shoulder until it was too late.

Nii-sama- formal way of saying elder/older brother in Japanese

Okay, chapter 2 is done and I'm tired as hell. Summer school is horrible and 6 hours of health is just bloody hell. Sigh...Well, at least I have you strawberry Sunkist. *looks at inanimate object lovingly* Yeah, this is me tired and a bit loopey without coffee. Anyways, hoped you liked that chapter and clicked that pretty little favorite button. If anyone has any questions/comments/advice, just tell me and I'll respond to you in a PM or something. No flames please. See ya!

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