:Hi everyone how are you?! I'm doing pretty decent, this chapter was surprisingly easy to write...in a sense. The only problem I had was that my A button is messing up and won't type sometimes, so that was annoying, but hey what can I do? I hope you guys enjoy this chapter, please review!:
Yugi stepped into the cooking class, taking a quick look around the room, he was surprised when he saw that only half of the class had shown up. He released Anzu's hand, smiling in apology as he walked to one of the nearby cooking lab tables, a mini kitchen. The room was a bright white color, the floors a shining blue tile, mini kitchens were stationed amongst the room near a fridge, making it easier for students to grab ingredients, and a large chalkboard was stationed at the front of the room, it laid bare of any words. The room contained a friendly vibe and would keep anyone at peace and focused, but as Yugi darted his eyes around the room, he only had that one Royal on his mind, he had felt someone watching him, and no one else sprung to his mind when he thought of that. Surely Royals would sleep in, they had free roam, they could do whatever they wanted in this place!
He stood at his station, not taking in Anzu's presence as she took her place as his partner beside him, she looked at him and sighed. Couldn't he relax for just a second? She placed a concerned hand on his shoulder, gaining his attention. Yugi jumped and turned his eyes to her, feeling relieved when he saw that it was only her. She shook her head and smacked him playfully on the shoulder.
"Calm down, Yugi." She whispered, "He's not going to just suddenly appear out of nowhere." Yugi nodded, sighing as he looked down at the table and noticed a light blue sheet of paper. He took hold of it, scanning the page quickly.
As soon as you are at your station, prepare to make standard sugar cookies, as you can recall (or so I hope), it is the easiest item we have made this year. If you do not make these, I will hold you back after class to make ten more batches of them. Measure correctly and remember to work with your partner.
Yugi smiled in relief, but felt a bit sad by the note. Sure, they had an easy day today, but he wanted to practice making his cake. He sighed and looked to Anzu, who was scanning the note over his shoulder.
"Cookies, huh?" She giggled. "Mr. Tsunami is such a silly teacher, why would he make us prepare cookies?" She giggled more, kneeling down and opening some cabinets to retrieve a cookie sheet and mixing bowl. Yugi opened the drawer at their station, taking out the necessary measuring cups and spoons. He heard the door open, his eyes darting to it immediately, only to find a fellow classmate coming through the door. He shook his head, he needed to take Anzu's advice and calm down...
"I'll go get the ingredients, Anzu." Yugi told her, she nodded in response as she preheated the oven to 350 degrees. He walked to the nearest fridge, the color was silver and light was bouncing off of the shiny metal door. He opened it, collecting eggs, milk, butter...He smiled, holding the items carefully in his arms, and pulled away from the fridge, bumping it shut with his hip. Yugi sat the ingredients on the counter, looking at Anzu who had put on an apron, she smiled at Yugi and gestured to the counter. He looked down at it, blinking in surprise when he found that Anzu had gathered the dry ingredients while he had gathered the wet ones.
"I told you that I would get the ingredients, Anzu." Yugi pouted with humor in his voice. She giggled and shrugged, putting some flour in the bowl.
"Well, you weren't fast enough." She teased with a wink, putting more ingredients into the bowl. Anzu knew what to do when it came to baking cookies, but anything else and she would send the place up in flames. Yugi, however, when it came to cookies, he wasn't that good, he'd always mix something up and prepare it wrong, but when it came to something else, he was amazing. So, it was obvious as to why he and Anzu had become partners in their cooking class, not only because they were friends, but because of how their cooking skills went hand in hand and filled up the spots they couldn't fill themselves.
"Hey Anzu," Yugi said, watching her as she stirred the cookie dough. She rose her eyes to him in question. "Do you like the prince?" Anzu's face turned a slight rose color, she darted her eyes back to the dough, beginning to stir faster.
"I-I don't know what you're talking about," She stuttered out. "I haven't even talked to him, why would I like him when I don't even know him?" She smiled awkwardly, Yugi looked at the dough, seeing it clump together in a horrid way. He felt bad for the poor mixture, it was obvious that she had some sort of affection toward the prince, even if it was only for the fact the guy had a handsome face. Handsome face? Yugi found himself questioning, he didn't have a handsome face, he had an annoying, stupid looking one that needed to be punched. He tapped Anzu's shoulder, making her realize what she was doing the dough. She blushed in shame and began to remake the cookie dough, Yugi chuckled as he watched this, ignoring the sound of the door being opened.
"It really is an honor for you to visit my classroom first, Your Highness!" A tanned man with spiked black hair and ocean blue eyes said, excitedly shaking Atemu's hand. The man's hair was pulled back in a pony tail, and on his forehead was a headband that had the design of ocean waves, he wore long blue pants, a long blue shirt, and white apron with ocean designs and white tennis shoes, on his shirt was a name tag that read; Mr. Tsunami. Atemu smiled at the man, being polite as he let go of the man's hand and was led in. The man made a wide gesture with his arms.
"Allow me to present my cooking class! Everyone, say hi to the nice gentleman!" Mr. Tsunami spoke, smiling proudly at his classroom. None of his students lifted their heads, for they were used to their teacher's loud mouth and never paid attention to him unless he was directing a recipe or assigning an assignment. Mr. Tsunami pouted in response to this and placed his hands on his hips as he shrugged.
"Ah well," Mr. Tsunami. "I hope you don't mind my classes rudeness, they don't talk much." Atemu rose an eyebrow at this, every teacher in the world would be happy to have a class that hardly ever talked! Isn't that the teacher's dream, to teach and never be interrupted? This school really is weird...
"It is fine," Atemu spoke with a smile. "I am sure I will enjoy observing your class, Mr. Tsunami." Mr. Tsunami threw his head back, placing his hand on the back of his head, and letting out a throaty laugh.
"Please, don't be so formal!" He laughed, throwing his arm around Atemu's shoulder. "Call me Mako." he smiled and let go of Atemu, who stumbled back in surprise. "Make yourself at home." Mako winked, waving at him as he headed off to a door at the end of the room, and exited the building. Atemu blinked at this, the teacher can leave whenever he want? Okay, again, this school is weird...
He darted his eyes around, looking at the faces of every student in the small building, until his eyes finally rested upon the one face he wanted to see. That pure, beautiful, angelic face. Atemu couldn't hide his smile as he walked across the room, ignoring the people who shot a glance his way, and headed straight for the person he wanted to see.
"Yugi, you forgot an extra egg." Anzu said, pouting as she noticed that something was missing from the dough. Yugi looked up at her and nodded, retreating back to the fridge, not hearing the footsteps that were coming up behind him, nor did he hear Anzu's gasp as the footsteps drew even closer. Yugi reached in and grabbed a white egg, holding it carefully in his palm. He turned around, bumping into a hard chest, and gasped as he fell backwards and dropped the egg. He didn't hear the egg hit the ground, and he didn't feel his back get smacked by the cold fridge.
Instead, he felt a warm arm wrap itself around his back, forcing Yugi's instincts to grab the nearest item in reach, which happened to be a silk smooth shirt, he gripped it in his fists, closing his eyes as this all happened in seconds. Yugi opened his eyes after a moment, feeling his eyes widen as he stared up into crimson orbs that looked directly into his own amethyst ones that rested safely in his skull.
"W-Wha..." Yugi gasped out, trying to collect what had happened. The person was holding him with one arm around his back, and he held his hand out, the egg he had dropped rested in his tanned palm. The room was silent, the whole class staring at the two people near the fridge. The crimson eyed person smirked at him.
"You dropped something, Princess." He purred. Yugi recognized the person immediately, his face glowing red in anger and embarrassment. Yugi straightened himself up and pushed the prince away, grabbing the egg, and sending a harsh glare the Royal's way. He stomped over to his station, ignoring the surprised expression on Atemu's face. Yugi looked to Anzu, whose mouth was gaped in surprise, her actions paused as if by a remote, she wasn't the only one in the class with that expression either...Almost everyone had that expression. Yugi sent a glare at the classes, it snapped the students out of their gaze immediately, and they resumed their work as if nothing had happened.
"Yugi, you're not going to thank him?" Anzu whispered, accepting the egg given to her and cracked it, placing the yolk in the bowl. Yugi grumbled a response and narrowed his eyes at the mixing bowl, as if blaming the egg for seeing him again. He jumped in shock as he felt a warm hand on his shoulder, he jerked his head to the side, seeing the prince stand next to him, arm around him, and hand resting comfortably on his shoulder.
"No thank you?" Atemu chuckled, not seeming to care about Yugi's harsh glare. Yugi shoved off his hand, crossing his arms and resuming to watch Anzu stir. Atemu rose an eyebrow, his princess was a feisty one. He wondered what was wrong with her, did something happen, was she on her...Atemu shivered and shook his head.
"What is your group making?" Atemu questioned with a smile, Yugi shot him a glance and mumbled a response. "I apologize, I didn't catch that." Yugi kept his mouth shut, refusing to respond to him.
"We're making sugar cookies." Anzu answered for him, feeling bad for both Yugi and the prince. Perhaps if she could get Atemu to talk to her, and maybe, just maybe, even begin to like her, she could make it easier for Yugi. It would be killing two birds with one stone, make Yugi happy, and get a husband.
"I see." Atemu mused, he had eaten a few cookies before in his lifetime, they were always made by the servants though. Anzu tried to speak, only to find that the prince wasn't looking at her, nor was he paying any attention to her, she sighed and rested her eyes back onto the dough. He looked at his princess, who really didn't seem happy at all. Really, what was wrong with her?
"Are you alright?" He questioned, concerned for Yugi. Yugi glared at him, oh if only he knew. He shook his head at the prince, causing Atemu to internally gasp, she responded for once!
"What's wrong?" He asked, deciding to see if she would respond to him once more. Yugi looked to him, trying to pull his most innocent face at the Royal.
"Nothing," Yugi whispered, trying to hide his hatred as he spoke, he was doing a fairly good job. "It's just...well..." Atemu took this chance to grab Yugi's hand, causing Yugi's eyes to widen and his face turn a light pink color, that wasn't part of the plan.
"If it's anything I can help with, tell me." Atemu whispered, wanting to make this princess happy, he would do anything to make her happy, to win her heart, to let her become his. Yugi rose his eyes to the mindless Prince, faking a saddened expression.
"Well..." Yugi whispered, allowing fake tears to form in his eyelashes. Anzu stopped what she was doing and watched, trying not to notice Yugi's act, why must he show off his Drama skills here to a prince? Couldn't he just forgive and forget? Anzu remembered the time when Joey said she looked like a boy and she didn't speak to him for a week, she took back her thought and understood Yugi's feelings right away.
His princess was crying? Atemu blinked in surprise as he watched the tears form and rest themselves in his princess's lashes, what had happened to her? What could have been so bad that it forced her to cry, Atemu vowed, at that moment, to never leave her side until he solved her sorrow. He removed his hand from Yugi's, to instead place them on Yugi's small shoulders, feeling her small bones underneath the male uniform she wore. He looked down at her, his concern welling up in his chest. Yugi lowered his gaze to the floor, his bangs covering his eyes, his expression unreadable behind them.
"Princess, please tell-" Atemu gasped in shock as he felt a sharp pain erupt throughout his face, a loud smack resounded throughout the room. Yugi's hand was raised, Atemu's left cheek began to turn red. Yugi smirked at this, his head now risen, he had just slapped a prince. Anzu dropped her spoon in shock, and other students of the class stopped what they were doing once more and gasped at the event that had taken place.
"A few things," Yugi spoke, his voice loud with anger, his eyes now completely dry and hard with rage. "For one; Do not, and I mean, do not touch me! Two; My name is not princess, it's Yugi! And Three; I am not a girl dammit!" Yugi screamed this to the rooftop of the small building, stomping past the stunned Royal, who had fallen to his knees in shock of the slap, and exited the building.
What? Atemu thought, raising a hand to his cheek, the cheek now stinging due to the force of the slap. He kept his widened eyes on the ground, not able to process the information that was given to him. His princess didn't like to be touched...His princess was not...He gulped, that was impossible. She had to be a girl, he wouldn't have felt so attracted to her if she wasn't! But, she's wearing the male uniform, and Mana did hint toward this if you think about it. Atemu shook his head, trying to will himself into thinking that he had heard wrong. He let out a soft inaudible gasp as he saw a delicate hand reach out in front of him, he looked up and found sky blue eyes smiling sadly at him.
"Sorry about Yugi." A girl spoke to him, the same girl that was trying to speak to him before. He took the hand, allowing the girl to help him up. "You hurt his feelings, his pride, you know?" The girl smiled at him as she released his hand, trying to get him to understand. Atemu nodded at her, understanding what she was saying. Hurt his pride...His princess was a boy, and he had hurt his pride as a male. He could understand that greatly, for he had been forced to wear something that looked like a dress back in Egypt. What was the boy's name? Yugi, the girl had said it and so had Yugi himself. Atemu narrowed his eyes down at the station, seeing in the corner of his eye, the girl reaching into the dough to pull out clumps of it.
Atemu thought of Yugi's face, it didn't matter if he was a boy or a girl, the face was still beautiful none the less, same with the voice, how the voice had tricked him, but still contained that mesmerizing sound to it. Yugi had fit perfectly in his arms when he had caught him, despite it all, despite his princess being a male, he couldn't find Yugi to be unattractive, Atemu never thought himself as gay but...He closed his eyes.
"Yugi," Atemu whispered, testing the taste of the name on his tongue. Anzu looked to him in confusion, somewhat shocked to hear Yugi's name come out of his mouth, shouldn't he be infuriated with him?
"Your High-"
"You!" Atemu suddenly yelled, making Anzu gasp as he suddenly grabbed her hand with both of his. She blushed as Atemu stared into her eyes, forcing her still.
"You are partners with Yugi in this class, are you not?" Atemu questioned her, Anzu nodded quickly. "And I believe you were standing with him when I arrived yesterday, correct?" She nodded once more. Atemu inhaled through his nose, clearing his mind. "Then I ask you, no, I beg you!" Anzu's eyes widened as Atemu voiced his request.
"Please, tell me everything you know about Yugi!"
:Atemu just admitted he's gay, lovely...Yugi, you're in trouble, big trouble, and Anzu's not exactly gonna help you either. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Please review!: