Well, here we go! This continues from the previous one, Light. Wow, another 6 reviews?! Thanks, everyone, it's nice that less of you are staying silent ^^

This one includes some mentions of Peachshipping, but the main pairing is Puzzleshipping. Oh, and this is pro!Anzu, so Anzu bashers, this one isn't for you. Ah, I love using YaoiFangirl!Anzu... Oh, and it's set post-canon, sometime before Light.

Anyway, enjoy! ^^

#10 - Run Away

Words - 500

Where the hell was he?!

Kami, she needed to find him. It was her fault he'd been brought into this mess, and she would fix it. Or try to, anyway. Either way, she needed his help.

"Yuugi!"

Anzu let out a relieved breath as she noticed the object of her thoughts walking past the game shop. He turned around in surprise.

"Anzu?!"

"Please, you have to help me!" She begged. "Look, me and Miho got attacked by some jerks, and then Miho just had to say that I was the King of Games' girlfriend! Now they think we're dating, the rumor's somehow got everywhere, and I'm scared of what they'll do to us if they find out it's a lie! Fuck!" Anzu was panicking, now. Yuugi placed his hands on her shoulders in an attempt to calm her down.

"Anzu," he said seriously, looking her in the eye with a raised eyebrow. "Are you asking me out?" Anzu spluttered at his words.

"N-no! ...Unless you want to..." she took extra care to ensure that she didn't sound like she was forcing him into it. After all, she'd rather have his friendship than force him to pretend to enjoy a relationship.

"Sorry, Anzu. I'm seeing someone already... He winked. "Can you keep a secret?"

Now, this was interesting. Anzu's interest was immediately gained. Just who was his mystery girlfriend? "Of course!" She giggled, worries temporarily forgotten. "Cross my heart. So, who's the lucky lady?" To her surprise, he blushed slightly.

"Umm... There isn't one."

"...Huh? But you just said-"

"It isn't a girl..." He scanned her eyes for a reaction. She was taken aback slightly, but she wasn't disgusted by him. He breathed out a sigh of relief, and she smiled. "I knew I made the right choice of who to tell," he giggled, "You're the best!"

"Hey, I've always wanted a gay best friend," she joked, before giving him an impatient look. "Tell me the guy, dammit!" She practically whined. What he was about to say shocked her to no end.

"...It's... Mou Hitori No Boku..."

...Well, that was the least that she expected.

"...Atem?!" So he returned because he fell in love? They suited, when she thought about it. She almost giggled when her thoughts trailed off-course.

'Damn, I have to cut down on the yaoi fanfiction... Hmm, or maybe not. That new fanfiction site is pretty damn good...'

She brought herself back to earth with a small gasp as she remembered her situation. "Oh, shit, I forgot! Yuugi, will you be my pretend boyfriend? Just in front of prying eyes? I'm not asking for dates, affection, nothing like that. Just that if anyone asks, you're dating Anzu Mazaki?" The pleading look in her eyes, mixed with his not-quite-yet vanished affection for the girl made up his mind. He nodded.

"...Okay. I'll help you! But make sure Mou Hitori No Boku knows that me and you are not together. Kami knows what he'd do..." She noded earnestly and began to walk away.

"Thanks, Yuugi! And congrats to you two!" She ran off with a smirk as she heard her best friend splutter behind her.

Ah, I love making depressing-sounding prompts cheerful and humorous... XD Although I don't do it all the time. Trust me, I wrote one for later... I love it, but hate it at the same time . I won't spoil which!

Oh, and Anzu calls Yami 'Atem' in all my post-canon/post memory arc stories. This one's still Puzzleshipping. And I had one guest review, so...

Guest Review Response

Onigiri Chibi: Thanks! ^^ And yeah, I'll agree with you there, fem!Yuugi is almost always WAAAAAAAY too innocent. That always puts me off reading those stories, sadly. There's some good ones though, but that's when they keep her freaking in character. Those ones where Yuugi starts out as a guy like normal but then something happens regarding magic (A duel gone wrong, inconvenient magic, ect.) are okay though; people are more likely to remember to stay true to her personality. Anyway, I hope you continue to read this collection! ^^

And thank you to everyone else who reviewed! I'll try and reply as soon as I can ^^ Remember to follow this story if you're reading it and haven't followed it already; it makes it much easier to keep track of updates. ^.~

Oh, and I have a couple of questions for you guys:

• Should I increase the word cap to 600?

• Should I add Monarchshipping to the pairing list?

The majority vote for each will be the deciding vote. I think I'll leave this up for a few chapters, to give anyone else time to have their say. See you soon! x3

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