High School

When he got home he had a minute to spare.

Yuugi and Mai stood infront of the front door.

When they heard the door opening. Mai Kissed

Yuugi to make their phoney relationship look

realistic. Yuugi's mom crossed her arms and

smiled. Something she usually does when she

thinks she got the best of her son.

"I had a great time with you tonight, let's go out

again next friday." She winked at him. Yuugi starred

for a moment at her and eventually smiled.

"Oh, ok, sounds great Mai." He blushed. "Good night then."

"By sweet heart." She said on the way to her car. She dropped

the smile when she got in. "I hope the brawl didn't start without me."

She said as she drove off.

"Well Yuugi, I'm impressed, you have a beautiful girlfriend and your home

on time...But it's still late, it's time for you to go to bed young man." She said.

She noticed that he was clenching his legs alot. "Is there a problem?"

"No my pants are itchy!" Yuugi ran to his room.

Meanwhile at the school, Mai got to brawl too late. Everyone else was gone, Yami

was no where to be found. Cops were all over the place, Seto and his gang were

missing as well.

Mai drove off to 'Make Out' hill. It was in the woods, it was a small hill that you

could see most of the city from. Yami and Jou were chillin' listening to the radio

and checking out their battle scars in the rear veiw mirror.

"Dude you look fucked up." Jou said while whiping the blood from his lip.

"Speak for yourself." Yami picked up a white peice of clothing from the floor and

whiped his mouth with it.

"What's that?" Jou asked. Yami unfolded it.

"Uh oh!" He said. "Yuugi didn't put his underwear back on." Yami was nervous."What

his mom..."

"How is she gonna find out, is she gonna look?" Jou asked.

"She might, she is a sick sick woman.

"Don't wipe your mouth on that." Jou said disqusted. "Are you gonna keep it or add it

to your collection of your girl friends unmentionables.

"He's clean." Yami smiled lustily. "He tastes like 'Ivory Soap'."

"Hehehe, I don't wanta hear that!" Jou leaned to him. "How was he?"

"It's like he's still pure no matter how many times I make love to him."

"Make love?" Jou laughed. "You never say 'Make Love', you are the guy

who always says, I fucked her...him." Jou said.

"This time it's serious........I love him......I miss him already...

I have to let him go.."

"Yami, your talking like he's gone."

"Atemu is, my mom is!" Yami's personality took a u-turn. He was

depressed on moment now was angry at the world.

"Your drunk!" Jou said. Yami looked at him for two minutes pointing at him.

"Yes I am!" His hand dropped in his lap.

"Don't drink anymore tonight, you over do it sometimes, like your trying to

poison yourself.

"Mai's gonna sneak him to Miho's house next week, her parents are out of town."

"I hope Seto stays away, Ushio and Miho used to have a thing going, but he

got possesive." Jou said. "What about you, if you love Yuugi that much, don't

drink next weekend, for him ok."

"FIne." Yami said.

"How much did you drink?"

"I don't know, two or ten?"

That's dangerous man, your gonna drink yourself to death."

"I have to get back to chuck." Yami took a carton of cigarettes out of the glove

capartments. "He has a price I can afford."

"You had to bribe him?"

"This whole city is corrupt, do you honestly think the system will do something for nothing? Yeah right!" Yami handed

Jou his keys. "Don't scratch it, I have to stay in juevy for a few days, I hope I'm out

before the party." Yami got out of the car and left. "See ya."

"Yup." Jou said.

"Don't scratch my fucking car!" Yami shouted back.

"Love you too." Jou jokingly shouted back.

"Your the wings beneath my wings." Yami laughed back.

"Fuck you." Jou laughed as they just kept trading insults back and forth.

Meanwhile back at Yuugi's house, he was laying awake in bed replaying the

night in his head over and over, trying to figure out if he made an ass out of

himself in front of Yami.

"I can't wait for friday." Yuugi yawned.

Friday came faster than expected. (Don't you hate it when time flys?)

Yuugi and Jou were coming out of the building together for the first time,

detention was canceled that day so the cops could investigate the gang fight

the previous night. Like usual Jichan was right there to pick him up.

"Jichan I have a date with Mai tonight, can I go to Jou's house?" Yuugi asked.

"I'm Jou, nice to see you again."

"I don't think I remember you?"

"I'm just gonna give your grandson some grooming tips that's all." He said.

"We aren't monkeys Jou!" Yuugi said.

"Yeah but your hairs always a mess."

"It's a style!"

"Well....Ok, it's friday, you have no homework, and that Yami kid is still locked up

right?"

"Yes he is." Yuugi said.

"Make sure your home by ten alright?"

"Yes I will, thank you Jichan." Yuugi said. After the old man drove off, Yuugi looked at

Jou with a smile and a light punch in the arm.

"What was that for?" Jou asked.

"I don't need grooming tips!"

"I was making up a story doofus." Jou laughed. "Yami was talking about you last week."

"You waited now to tell me?" Yuugi asked.

"Well, keep an eye on him tonight, he's got a drinking problem, if he goes home alone tonight

with out you, he'll drink more and more."

"I have to go home tonight, I just cant..."

"Yuge what scares you more, your mother or losing Yami?"

"Of course losing Yami would be the worst thing in the world." Yuugi said.

"Are you gonna be home tonight?" Yuugi asked.

"You don't want to come over to my house." Jou said.

"I get it." Yuugi said. "I know what that means."

"So come on, let's go to the bike rack, that's were Yami is."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Yuugi ran to the bike rack. Just like he said, he was there smoking

a cigarette. Yami saw Yuugi, looked at his cigarette and hid it behind his back. "Your

doing it again."

"Sorry, I needed a vice." He said throwing the cigarette on the ground and stomping on it.

"What's wrong?" Yuugi asked sincerly.

"I just wanted to be with you." His eyes teared up.

"What are you saying?" Yuugi looked worried.

"Don't worry about it now honey." He whiped a tear from his eye. "I'll talk to you tonight....You

guys can crash at my house today, I'll be there later." Yami said.

"What's going on?" Yuugi asked Jou.

"I don't know pal." Jou put his hand on Yuugi's shoulder as if he knew something he didn't.

When they got to Yami's house, there was no one there. They went to Yami's room to watch tv.

When they got up there, there was an old newspaper on the bed opened to the obituaries.

Also the photograph of Yami and his older brother Atemu. "He's not over it."

"Who get's over the death of a loved one?" Yuugi asked. "Is this why he's acting strange?"

"Yuugi just make sure you go to the party with him tonight." Jou said. Yuugi just looked

at him. He knew something was going on.

That night at Miho's a bad ass party was going down, drinking games, sex, drugs, dancing,

music cranked, and fights breaking out. (I do not believe this a good place to be nor is it cool,

I'm not a narc just practical)

Yuugi was staying extra close to Yami inside the house. Yami didn't do any partying at all, he

talked to some of his happier freinds. Yuugi felt like it was his fault that Yami wasn't having fun.

There was something else bothering him. Yami lead him to Miho's empty room and closed the door.

Despite the loud angry music playing from behind the walls. Yami held Yuugi's hand and sat on

the bed with him.


"You haven't said a word to me all night....What's wrong with you?...Is it about Atemu?" Yuugi asked.

Yami held back tears and squeezed Yuugi close to him. "Answer me."


"I'm breaking up with you." Yami said. Yuugi was about to cry, Yami hugged him and rubbed his back.

"But..w-why? What did I do?" Yuugi cried.

"Nothing." Yami sighed and held him closer. "It's your family...We can't sneak around forever." Yami said.

"Please don't leave me, I love you."

"I love you....but I have to leave you." Yami said. Not even his soothing voice was enough to calm

Yuugi down. "I'm sorry."

"WHAT DID I DO?" Yuugi cried.

"It's your family." Yami could feel Yuugi shaking from his shortened breaths "Sshhhh,Calm down."

"I don't want you to leave me." Yuugi squeaked.

"Hush, everything is gonna be ok, she can't hurt you anymore." Yami sighed. "Just as long as I'm

out of the picture."

"You can't leave me....I love you." Yuugi said to his face. It made it harder for Yami to let him go.

Suddenly Yami pushed Yuugi away. "Yami?" Yuugi felt hurt.

"GET AWAY FROM ME!" Yami towered over him, intimadating him. Yuugi back away from him. "GO ON

GET LOST!" Yami stomped on the floor.

"Yami?" Yuugi said sheepishly. "Stop it."

"LEAVE ME ALONE!" Yami yelled at him scarring him out of the room. It hurt Yuugi that the one he loved

did that to him. But it hurt Yami too, he only shunned him so he would stay away from him, and his parents

will never hurt him for being near him again for being seen with him. "I'm sorry I did that." Yami sat alone

beating himself up over it. Jou saw Yuugi run out of the house and followed him. Mai saw too but went to Yami.

She saw him sitting on the bed crying.

"You had to do it Yami, he needs to go home where his parents can take care of him."

"Everytime I took him to the hospital, his parents are the ones who payed the bill...What can I do for him,

I live in poverty, my house isn't safe for him." Yami sighed.

"If you didn't break it off now, neither of you would get any peace, this way it'll only hurt for a little while."

Mai said.

"I hate myself for yelling at him..." Yami sighed. "He's sensative and I....was mean to him..."

"You weren't being mean, you had to let him go, but that meant he had to let you go."

"He's gonna hate me for a while but he's gotta stay with them just a little longer."

"If he didn't leave do you know what would of happened?"

"What?"

"You and him would of spent the night together, his parents would of worried, then

both of you would of been screwed." Mai said.

Meanwhile in Miho's garage Yuugi was sitting on Yami's car, trying to gather himself. jou

was doing his best to comfort him.

"He didn't mean it." Jou pet Yuugi's hair.

"Yes he did..." Yuugi wimpered.

"Yuge, he just wants what's best for you, and he thinks he's bad, he seems to recall

alot times you two got in trouble together, ran away together, argued with your parents

together....."

"he needs to accept the bad with the good, I'll admit it wasn't perfect, I saw our relationship

as an adventure, I never knew what to expect." Yuugi sniffed. "We had some good..(sob)..

time...(sob)...Together." He fell against Jou.

"When the heat between your family and Yami dies down, he'll take you back." Jou said.

"What my family thinks shouldn't matter! I thought he loved me!"

"He does, that's why he doesn't want to see you right now!" Jou tried to explain.

"That doesn't make any sense!" Yuugi cried.

"You understand soon, bare with him, he's going through..."

"Some shit right, he's always going through some shit, he's putting me through hell right now!"

Yuugi wimpered.

"Wait a little while ok, he'll come back to you."

"This hurts!" He cried softly.

"I'll talk to him ok." Jou said while rocking himwhile they sat on the car hood together.

Back in Miho's room Yami was laying face down on the bed while Mai rubbed his shoulders.

"How long are you gonna wait?" Mai asked.

"Soon, we can't be seen together or...."

"Or what Yami?" Mai asked.

"I don't want them to hurt him...."

TBC......