Love is Unexplainable

Gomen, that took so long to update




Gomen, that took so long to update. I meant to have it up on
Wednesday, but I didn’t get home until really late because it was my birthday
and I was really tired. I was going to try again on Friday but I had to clean
my room or my mom would’ve killed me and then she wanted to go shopping. I
would’ve done it on Saturday, but that’s the day I got my permit and my dad
wanted to celebrate and I got hooked on my new gameboy game I got, Sunday I was
still playing the game and I had it beat at 1 in the morning. So now here’s
Monday. No school and I’m determined to have it updated. Sorry about the long
wait too!

 

~~

 

The year given to the Jikiros came and went much too quickly
for their liking for they were unable to meet their needed requirements for the
return of their Yugi. Many tears were shed over the loss of their youngest son
and they felt so ashamed of themselves they decided to never go see their
little Yugi or tell Yami of his own twin brother. They would only hope they
would be able to keep living with themselves the longer they went on hiding the
truth. Luckily though they were able to prove themselves capable and met their
requirements for keeping the eldest of their twins.

 

Years then past and before anybody really realized it
birthday candles were being lit with fifteen candles.

 

Yami took in a deep breath and blew all the candles out
together, allowing his mother to rub his hair affectionately even when he
continuously told her how much he hated it.

 

“Well done, Yami. I hope you remembered to make a wish.” She
told him as she started to cut a slice of the cake with chocolate covered
strawberries on top.

 

“Yeah,” Yami grumbled, remembering his wish, “I did. I
wished that I didn’t have to go to a different school where I’ll know
absolutely nobody at all.”

 

“Don’t worry, Yami. Everybody will be very nice, you’ll see.
Besides, you should be happy. We finally got enough of our expenses covered
that we could move out of that filthy apartment we were living in and into a
beautiful home of our own.”

 

“Our apartment wasn’t filthy.” The red-eyed teen argued.

 

His parents didn’t argue either. The truth was that they
actually moved out of the apartment at the first chance given to them because
they blamed their neighbor, Mrs. Johnson, for the loss of their youngest. After
their time limit of a year had ended they cut all contacts with the women who
used to be their dearest friend and juouldouldn’t find it in themselves to try
and forgive her.

 

“Well, maybe you’ll be able to meet a nice boy at this
school. You were always complaining about your other school and how all the
boys there weren’t anything close to what type you were looking for.”

 

Yami blushed and looked away from his mother to hide his
embarrassment. He only grumbled out an incoherent reply and continued to stare
at one of the walls.

 

Trying to lighten the mood, Mrs. Jikiro smiled and started
talking about letting Yami open his gifts after they finished with the cake.

 

Just as promised they sat in their new living room, moving
boxes piled around the perimeter of the room, with presents in a small pile in
front of the couch. Yami sat on the couch and took the small box his father
handed to him. It went like that for a few minutes until they reached the last
present. It was a movie he’d been wanting for the longest time: My Little Home.
It was an interesting story about a family who stuck together no matter what
and, even though it had a sad ending with the kids dying from a deadly disease,
Yami loved it and wished he could have a family. He tried to tell himself over
the years that he did have a family, but it wouldn’t desert his mind that
something was missing.

 

He stood from the couch and headed for the hall leading to
his new bedroom, stopping just before turning the corner. “Mom, dad, you want
to know what I really should’ve wished for?”

 

“What’s that, sweetie?” His mother asked.

 

“I should’ve wished for a sister or a brother. Then I
wouldn’t feel so alone. No matter how I try I can’t help to think that
something’s missing. By the way, thank you for the gifts. I love all of them.”
He started down the hall.

 

When he was out of sight and the sound of Yami’s door
closing was heard Mrs. Jikiro looked at her husband with a pained expression.
“He doesn’t even know about Yugi and he still feels something missing. I wish
we could’ve gotten him back.” She cried into his chest.

 

“Me too, sweetheart. Me too.” He held her closely.

 

“Happy birthday, my sweet little Yugi. I wish we could be
wherever you are right now to celebrate with you.” Mrs. Jikiro wept.

 

~~

 

“Blow out the candles and make a wish, Yugi.” Solomon Mouto
laughed joyously.

 

Yugi nodded and took a big breath, thinking of a good wish.
However, when he blew he missed a few candles and tried again. “That’s not
fair!” He cried. “They’re trick candles, grandpa. I told you I don’t like
these!”

 

Solomon could only laugh at his grandson’s adorable pouting
face and motioned for him to keep trying. Finally, after five more tries, Yugi
got his trick candles extinguished and he waited impatiently as his grandfather
cut his chocolate covered strawberry cake; his favorite.

 

“Do I get to open my presents when we’re done, grandpa?” He
asked eagerly.

 

“Whenever you want, my grandson.”

 

“Yes!” He laughed happily. He looked over his shoulder at
his father and mother’s wedding picture behind him and a small smile came over
his face. “It’s like they’ll always be looking over me now, now that they’re in
heaven. Right, grandpa?”

 

“That’s right, Yugi. I’m sorry it had to be so close to your
birthday though.”

 

“It’s okay, I guess.” He stated sadly. “It couldn’t really
be helped.” He closed his eyes to think over what he’d been told at the
hospital. His mother had been terribly sick and his father had caught it from
hanging around her so much when she was most contagious. He missed them
awfully, but he also knew that the doctors had tried all they could to save
them but in the end their souls were lifted to the stars. “It was just their
time to go.”

 

Just then the phone rang and Yugi ran over to answer it,
thinking it was one of his friends calling to wish him happy birthday.

 

“Hello?”

 

“Hello, is Yugi Mouto there?” A deep voice asked. “This is
his principal, Dai-Ichi.”

 

“Hai, this is he. Can I help you, Dai-Ichi Sensei?”

 

“Yes, you signed up to help new students around the school,
correct.”

 

“Hai, that’s right. Do you need me?”

 

“A student in your grade is transferring to our school and
you seem like the perfect person to be able to show him around.”

 

“That’s great. I’d be happy to show them around.” Yugi
answered excitedly.

 

“Perfect, thank you, Yugi. Come to my office on Monday
morning then.”

 

“Hai, arigatou.”

 

“Sayonara.” The phone clicked.

 

Yugi hung up the phone and hurried back to his grandpa. “A
new student is coming to our school and I’m going to show him around on
Monday.”

 

“That’s good, Yugi.” Solomon smiled at his grandson. “Maybe
you’ll become good friends. You could even introduce them to your own friends
too, make them feel welcome.”

 

“That’s an awesome idea, grandpa.” He turned and headed for
the stairs before he froze in place. “I forgot about my presents!” He ran
towards the living room and called impatiently for his grandpa so he could
start opening them.

 

Solomon could only laugh at Yugi’s innocent and childlike
nature as he made his way into the living room.

 

~~

 

Yugi walked up to the school, excited about meeting the new
student and seeing what they’re like. He was so caught up in his thoughts of
what the person would look like though that he didn’t notice when he walked
straight into someone else.

 

“Watch it, punk!” A husky voice growled as Yugi fell on the
ground and straight onto his bottom.

 

“Sorry about that. I was caught up in something and I –
Seru!!” Yugi gasped as he saw whom he’d run into. “I’m so sorry. It’s all my
fault. I shouldn’t have gotten in your way!” He panicked as he tried to back
up.

 

Seru, the worst school bully you could ever run into in your
entire life and even worse when he just got back from a long suspension,
sneered down at little Yugi with complete and utter disgust. “Yugi Motou, what
an unpleasant surprise. I should thank you for saving me the trouble of coming
to look for you. I told you I would pay you back for the suspension you gave
me.” He growled.

 

“I had no doubt you would forget, Seru, but please I really
must be…”

 

With no attention of hearing his pleas, Seru threw Yugi onto
the ground and he and his gang of tasteless brutes laughed as he rolled right
in a wall. “You’re just running into everything today aren’t you, shrimp!” He
laughed, causing his cronies to also erupt in cruel chuckles behind him.

 

The bully leader walked over and picked Yugi up by the
scruff of his shirt. “You should really pay attention to what you’re doing.” He
tossed Yugi onto the ground and kicked him so hard he rolled a few feet until
he stopped at a pair of laced up boots.

 

“What’s going on here?” A deep voice asked

 

This voice washed gently over Yugi as he lay at whoever
spoke’s feet. He didn’t know why, but this voice seemed to calm him greatly and
he wallowed in it, hoping with all his being this person would help him and
care for him. The aura and scent also coming off the person seemed so familiar
to Yugi, a complete opposite to what people said about him, and yet so
completely attracting to his very soul.

 

“How could you beat up such a poor guy?” Yami asked as he
knelt beside the boy at his feet. “I’ll teach you to mess with such innocent
people.” He dashed forward and made sure those bullies would be feeling their
bruises long after the boy they were beating up had been long since healed.

 

After the pathetic excuse for a gang had left Yami walked
back over to the boy still lying where he had left him and helped him up to his
feet. He was surprised at their amazing similarities, but more worried about
the boy’s own health then their alike appearances. “Are you alright?” He asked.
“Can you stand on your own?”

 

The most
breathtaking amethyst eyes opened wearily and seemed to sparkle into his own
crimson eyes. He was so captured by the intensity of the emotions within those
jewel like eyes he almost didn’t see the boy’s nod.

 

“Yes, I’m fine.” He took a second to steady himself onto his
feet and bowed his head in respect. “Domo arigatou.” He told him in a quiet
voice. “I’m Yugi Motou.”

 

“Don’t worry about it. I used to help people who got in
trouble with bullies all the time, but they never said thank you so I stopped.
It made me feel like they were so ungrateful towards me for helping them. Oh
and by the way, my name’s Yami Jikiro.”

 

“It’s nice to meet you.” Yugi gasped and glanced down at his
watch, his eyes widening in horror. “Kami! I’m late!” He turned back to Yami.
“Gomen nasai, I must go.” He started half-running half-limping down the walkway
and disappeared into the school.

 

“Poor guy; he’s probably one of those people who don’t have
any friends, main target for jerks like those beating up on him, and almost
always has his nose in a book and not worrying about his grades. A straight A
student I’ll bet. He sure was cute though.” Yami mused to himself as he picked
up his bag and walked into the building. He had no intention of being around
when more people would be arriving at the school, especially the girls. He
always had the trouble of attracting them.

 

~~

 

Yugi knocked on the principal’s door urgently, praying he
wouldn’t be angry with him for being so late.

 

“Come in.” A voice called from inside.

 

“I’m very sorry, Dai-Ichi sensei. I ran into some trouble
and I…” Yugi cut off when he didn’t see anybody in the principal’s office
except the principal himself. Worry immediately spread through Yugi’s being as
the thought of someone else taking his job because he was late.

 

“Ah, Yugi, I was beginning to worry. I’m afraid the student
you’re to show around and help out has yet to arrive. Take a seat and we’ll
wait together. My that’s a rather large cut you have on you’re face. What
happened, my boy?”

 

A hand came up and Yugi flinched when it stung something on
his face. Glancing at his hand he saw a small streak of blood on it and sighed.
“I ran into some trouble with Seru again, sensei. That’s why I’m late too, but
thankfully somebody came just in time to stop him.”

 

“Well that’s good. Why don’t you stop at the nurse’s office
after your charge comes and get it cleaned up.”

 

“I will, sir. Arigatou.” Yugi smiled, nearly jumping when a
knock rapped on the door.

 

“That must be them now.” The principal smiled. “Come in.”

 

“Sir, I’m the new student.” A crimson-eyed teen entered the
room and his eyes fell on a familiar set of violet eyes. “Yugi?”

 

“You know each other?” The principal looked back and forth
from the two.

 

“Uh, yes sir.” Yugi jumped up and looked at the older man.
“He’s the one who helped me with Seru.”

 

“Ah, yes. Well then, thank you for taking the time.”

 

“Anytime, sir. I was happy to help.”

 

“Yes well, these are the books you’ll be needing.” The
principal stood and brought a few books onto the desk. “You’re allowed to keep
them at home, all teachers have their own class sets that students may use any
time during school hours. And this is you’re schedule. Is everything as you
wanted?”

 

Yami looked over the piece of paper and nodded. “Yes, it is.
Arigatou, sir.” He turned to the slightly shorter teen. “Shall we then, Yugi?”

 

Amethyst eyes blinked and Yugi nodded. “Sure. If you don’t
mind though, could we stop at the nurse’s so I can get this cleaned out? I was
afraid I was very late to this meeting and didn’t want to stop there before.”

 

“That’s no problem. I wouldn’t want it to get infected on my
behalf.”

 

~~

 

The two boys were walking down the deserted hallway of the
school. The dismissal bell had already rung and the students long cleared out
from the dreadful Monday school day, but Yami had requested one last
walkthrough of the school to learn where everything was once more; Yugi had
only been more than happy to help and had called his grandpa with his cell
phone to tell him before lending it to Yami so he could call his own parents.

 

They were walking in silence however, Yami only speaking
when he asked where a particular door led and Yugi only speaking to answer said
question. Finally, Yami spoke and the question didn’t have anything to do with
the school. “Doesn’t it freak you out?”

 

Yugi looked at the slightly taller one curiously. “About
what?” He finally asked.

 

“How much the two of us look alike? Save for our eye color,
height, and my own more blonde locks we could pass as identical twins. You have
to admit that they aren’t big difference at all.”

 

“I don’t know.” Yugi answered after a moment of silence. “I
didn’t really pay attention to it all day I suppose. Now that you brought it up
though I guess we do have many things in common.”

 

Somehow knowing the topic was making Yugi a bit
uncomfortable, he chanced the subject of the conversation. “So you’re grandpa
lives with your parents?”

 

“No.” Yugi answered quietly. “My parents died of a terrible
disease. The doctors tried everything they could to save them but in the end
they didn’t make it. I moved in with my grandpa. He owns and lives in the game
shop just a few blocks from here.”

 

“Cool, you live in a game shop? How does that all work out?”

 

“Simple really. The shop’s on the bottom and then upstairs
and on the second half of downstairs is the house.”

 

“That’d be nice to live in a place as unique as that.” Then
a thought occurred to Yami. “Aren’t you afraid you’ve got the disease that
killed your parents too?”

 

Yugi shook his head and stared at the ground intently.
“I’m…I’m adopted actually. I don’t know what happened to my real family though;
no one would tell me if they did know so I never found out. Just that I’d been
with my parents only as a week old.”

 

“A week? You’re real parents must not have cared very much
for you if they didn’t keep you very long.”

 

The smaller boy glared up at Yami and the older stepped back
with unease. That sort of expression didn’t suit well for Yugi’s personality.
“What’s wrong?”

 

“You’re wrong, that’s what. My parents loved me very much,
my mom and dad always told me that. They said when they adopted me that my
biological parents couldn’t keep me because of some reason I wasn’t told and
had to give me up. That’s what I’ve been living with and I’m going to find them
someday!”

 

Yami held up his hands in surrender. “Okay, I’m sorry, Yugi.
I guess it didn’t really sink in much that things as bad as that really happen
to people.”

 

“That’s okay, Yami. Do you think you have everything okay
for tomorrow then or would you like to meet up in the morning and go over
everything once more? It’s getting kind of late after all.”

 

“Yeah, that’d be great Yugi.” They headed for the exit. “Oh
and Yugi,” Yami finally spoke up again after the quiet walk to the game shop.
“You’re friends were really great. Arigatou for introducing me and letting me
hang with you at lunch.”

 

“No problem, Yami. You’re welcome into our group anytime.”

 

Yami nodded and waved goodbye before heading down the street
alone. Yugi also waved before heading into the game shop, calling out that he
was home.

 

~~

 

“I’m back!” Yami called throughout the house.

 

“How’d everything go, Yami?” His mother called from the
kitchen. “Really great, I think I’ve even got some friends. They seemed really
great when I hung out with them at lunch with my student-helper.”

 

“That’s wonderful, dear.” Just as she was about to ask the
name of his student helper though the door to Yami’s room was heard opening and
closing. She shook her head and continued making dinner.