Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Changing Makes a Difference ❯ Question and Problems ( Chapter 3 )

Yami walked into his dorm after dinner and threw his bag on the ground.

`I did all my homework from yesterday and didn't realize it. That's kinda strange." He thought as he picked up his towel from off the floor and a something to sleep in from his closet before walking out down the hall into the boys' bathroom.

He turned the water on and turned the knob to the left and watched as steam floated around him after a minute. He stripped down and walked under the hot spray, letting his frustrations and confusions of the day wash away.

He closed his eyes and tried to relax his muscles and enjoy his quiet moment. He tensed though s he felt two arms wrap around his shoulders and kisses starting to trail down his neck.

Growling he threw the arms off him and turned to see the familiar lithe form of Rex Raptor.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Yami asked in a dangerously low tone.

Rex smiled seductively at him and wrapped his slick, wet arms around Yami's waist and pressed himself to the muscular form, kissing along the slightly taller forms shoulder.

"You never objected before." Rex whispered after a moment.

Before the other student could continue Yami pushed him against the wall forcefully and held him there tightly, his eyes flickering in anger. "I'm not interested." He growled low in his throat.

"You're not really with that shrimp loner, are you Yami? You can't be serious!" Rex yelled back, trying to return his lips to the spicy taste that was Yami's skin.

Yami stepped away and pushed Rex towards the door. "I'm not backing out on Yugi. Get that through your thick skull before I have to make you remember." Yami threatened before shoving Rex out of the stall and locking the door so nobody else could sneak in.

Unfortunately for him he could still hear Rex yelling after him. "You can't stay with that loner forever, Yami! You'll get tired soon enough and you'll come crawling back for more! Just wait and see!"

Yami just ignored him and tuned him and everybody else in the bathroom until he finished his shower. He dried off and dressed before going to his door and going to sleep.

~~

Yami walked down the stairs to the first floor, heading for the front hall. He felt a little nervous about what he was going to ask Yugi, but he had no idea why.

`It's just a bet and you're not going to lose it, Yami. It's not like you care about him or anything, right? Right.'

He stepped outside and over to the rosebush growing just off to the side of the front doors of the building. He was going to clip a rose that had fully bloomed but in the cold air they had all seem to have died.

Going back inside he went to the vase by the stairs and clipped a rose that hadn't died since it was inside. He did his best to cut the thorns before continued to the cafeteria.

As he walked by a few people mumbling about Yugi and saying a few bad things about him. He ignored what they said and continued thinking to himself.

`If those people are any indication of what others feel as well than this might not work as well as I thought it would. I don't want people to get to Yugi and hurt him. I hate it when people get hurt because of me.' Yami shook his head tried to get the emotions from his thoughts. `Suck it up, Yami! You're strong and you don't have feelings for anybody! You're going to ask Yugi to be yours, win the bet, break up with him, and go back to that way things used to be and completely forget this ever happened.'

Yami looked around the cafeteria and immediately noticed Yugi sitting by himself engrossed in another book. He also noticed that Yugi didn't have a plate or anything on the table, which meant he hadn't eaten.

Sighing to himself he walked over to a crowded table. The occupants of the table saw him coming towards them, a rose in his hand, and they became hushed in their conversations and started batting their eyelashes at him, both guys and girls alike, and made nerve-breaking kissing noises at him. All of them were wondering whom he was going to pick to have another memorable and pleasure filled night with the sex god teen.

When Yami just picked up two plates of uneaten, warm food and walked away they scowled past him at the person their Yami was walking towards before going back to their own meals.

Yami set one plate down in front of Yugi and another in front of an empty chair and sat down.

Yugi looked up from his book a delicious smell wafted through his senses and looked farther up, blushing at the sight of Yami smiling at him.

"You're much too skinny to be sitting around waiting for classes when you could be getting more meat on your bones." Yami told him.

Yugi flushed once more, this time out of embarrassment, and nodded. He opened his bag and placed his book inside before he began eating.

A few minutes before the bell to signal the start of classes Yami pulled out the rose and held it out to Yugi who stared at it in awe.

"I-It's beautiful, Yami. What's it for?" He asked as he continued to look at it and admiring its magnificence and capturing magic.

Yami smiled. "I'm glad you like it, Yugi. It's for you."

Surprised, Yugi absently reached out his hand and took the soft stem in his slender fingers. He lifted his other hand reached up and made feather soft touches against the velvet like red petals.

"You e-even took the thorns off?" Yugi noticed, realizing finally that the stem from absent of the sharp thorns.

"All for you, Yugi. I didn't want you to get hurt by them."

"B-but why would you do all this for… for me?" Yugi asked, still unable to comprehend any of this.

"Yugi, I know that my reputation isn't the best thing in the world right now and I'd understand if you didn't want to but…" He stopped out of nervousness. `What's wrong with me? I thought I already dealt with this just before I came in here. Besides, Joey will kill me and never let it down if I don't do this.' "Would you be my boyfriend and go out with me?"

To say Yugi was surprised would be a poor understatement. `Why would someone like Yami want to go out with a loser like me when he could have anybody in the entire school? I'm just quiet and shy and wouldn't be any good to him.'

Yugi looked into Yami's crimson eyes and melted instantly. They looked so pleading and honest to him.

"Please, Yugi, it would mean so much to me if you would." Yami told him in a hushed voice.

Yugi was about to answer when the bell interrupted him and he jumped, nearly falling out of his chair if Yami hadn't rushed to his side and held him up.

"Are you okay, Yugi?" Yami asked, helping Yugi to his feet.

"I'm sorry, Yami. I don't want to be late for class. I need to get going. Maybe we'll talk later." Yugi rushed out before grabbing his bag and walking quickly out of the cafeteria. Close to his heart he held the rose, clutching it closer to him as the question ran threw his mind once more. `Would you please be my boyfriend and go out with me? Please, Yugi, it would mean so much to me.'

~~

All through morning classes Yugi for once couldn't pay attention. For the first time in his educational life he wanted to get out of the classroom so he could find Yami and talk to him.

He thought about Yami's question for the first two classes and this was his last class before lunch and then he would see Yami.

Yugi, usually last to leave in hopes of not getting picked on, was the first to leave as he ran to the cafeteria after dumping his things in his room and grabbing two books he would need after lunch.

Looking around the quickly filling lunchroom and after a few minutes started to believe Yami decided to sit somewhere else. His high hopes that had filled him all morning quickly diminished as he continued to look around the room hopelessly.

He was about to leave when a deep, familiar and warming voice flooded throughout him. A whispering in his ear making all his hopes come flying back to him.

"Are you waiting for anybody?" The whisper asked him gently.

Yugi smiled and nodded slightly. He turned around slowly and smiled back at Yami shyly. The younger teen wrapped his arms around Yami's middle and hugged him tightly. "Can I talk to you?"

Yami held Yugi to him, hugging him back gently. "Of course you can. You always could, Yugi, whenever you wanted?" `It's so nice to have Yugi in my arms. He fits so well.' Yami thought as Yugi hugged him tighter at his response. He didn't mind, it wasn't like it hurt. Yugi's touches were very gentle no matter how tight he held him.

After a minute Yugi pulled back and Yami pushed him gently in the direction of the table they sat at for breakfast. "I'll be there in a minute, Yugi. Wait for me and I'll get us something to eat."

Yugi nodded and walked quickly towards the table, mostly in anticipation.

After making sure nobody would bother Yugi, Yami headed over to where Joey was sitting. "I asked Yugi this morning but he didn't get the change to answer." He whispered in Joey's ear.

Joey nodded and kept eating, not wanting to look too suspicious about the whole thing.

Tea though, who was determined more than ever to get in Yami's bed again, watched the whispered exchange between the friends curiously. `They usually don't care what they say in front of people no matter what it is. I wonder what's so special about it this time.'

Before leaving, Yami grabbed two plates and started walking away when somebody grabbed his shirt to hold him back.

Sighing with annoyance he turned and glared at Tea, who was giving him a would-be sexy look, what she thought was one anyway. In what she thought was a seductive and lust-filled voice, "Why don't you sit with is today, Yami, and then maybe tonight," her free hand that wasn't holding onto Yami's shirt moved to cup the juncture between his legs, "we could get together and play? What do you say, Yami?"

His hand grabbed her wrist before it could any closer to his pants and touch him and pulled her other hand away from his shirt. He leaned towards Tea's face, making it seem like he would kiss her, and she closed her eyes to accept it, puffing her lips out to meet his.

"Nothing in this entire world would make me want you to get your skinny ass into my pants. You never did give any pleasure back, only accepted it for yourself."

Tea gasped and glared at him after opening her eyes again. "How dare you!"

"You're a spoiled bitch and I was stupid to have you as many times as I did. It makes me sick to my stomach to believe you were the one I fucked the most and was even one of my firsts. So stop puckering your nauseating lips and try closing your repulsive eyes so nobody else gets sick off them."

Tea stood and stormed out of the cafeteria, people who heard the exchange between the two and laughed.

Before Yami left the table he noticed the smirk on Joey's lips as the blonde finished his breakfast. He smirked back and headed over to Yugi's table.

Yami approached the table Yugi was sitting at and smiled as he saw a smile on Yugi's lips as he twirled the rose he had given the sophomore at breakfast in his nimble and gentle fingers.

"Do you like it?" He asked setting the pizza slice in front of Yugi.

"I love it, Yami. It really is very beautiful." Yami nodded and sat down beside him. "I'm sorry for leaving so quickly earlier."

Yami brushed the apology away carelessly. "Don't worry about it, Yugi. I understand you didn't want to be late."

Yugi nodded and looked up at him, amethyst met ruby and he blushed lightly as he stared into them. "Yami, I… I don't really care about your reputation as long as you don't do anything while we're together."

"Yugi, I would never hurt you like that. I couldn't or I wouldn't deserve to live." Yami brushed the sophomore's bangs away from his eyes.

"I meant with other people while we're together." Yugi blushed and looked away.

The junior looked at Yugi, startled. "What do you mean?" Yami asked, hoping deep inside that this is what he thought it was.

Yugi looked at him and smiled sweetly, giggling lightly. "I thought about what you asked me at breakfast and I… I want to be your… your boyfriend." The sophomore finished quietly.

Yami smiled and hugged Yugi gently, letting out a breath he didn't know he was holding. They would have stayed like that a while longer with how perfect it felt to be in the other's arms had the bell for afternoon classes not rung. The new couple separated after a minute longer of being in the other's embrace.

"I'll meet you at dinner and then we can watch a movie in my room later. Is that okay with you?"

"I'd like that, Yami. Thank you."

"Anything for you, Yugi. Meet me at the stairs around six and I'll take you to my dorm, okay?"

"Okay Yami. We should better go to our classes now so we're not late and get in trouble."

The two stood and went their separate ways, Yugi outside for gym and Yami around the corner for history.

~~

Joey looked across the classroom and glanced at Yami for a minute before scribbling something down on a piece of paper. He handed it to Marik and pointed towards Yami. The Egyptian nodded and passed it to another student and nodded towards Yami.

The note passed through two more students before it reached Yami. He looked around the classroom and saw Joey nodding at him. He nodded back and unfolded the note.

Yami~

We need to talk about our bet now that you've asked Yugi to be your boyfriend. We'll talk on our way to the next class.

Yami sighed and nodded his head in the direction of the blonde. He didn't like the way they were just using Yugi for some stupid bet.

`It isn't right. He's too innocent for this and I don't want to hurt him if he ever finds out. Why did Joey pick him of all people?' Yami thought sadly before scolding himself for letting himself think such emotional things.

~~

Meanwhile, outside, Yugi wasn't having the easiest time with his class either. Someone tripped him on his way out of the locker room and all they did was snicker and walk away with their friends and everybody seemed to be angry with him for some reason whenever he looked over at someone.

"Okay class, we're going to have some fun today. One lap around the track and then I'll tell you what we'll do." The teacher announced cheerfully.

Yugi groaned inwardly. He wasn't one to complain but he hated running. It always reminded him of being chased by bullies before he came to this school.

Yugi was shoved away from the group as they ran and made him fall behind. Tripping in the dirt didn't help either and he tried his best to catch up so his sensei wouldn't be upset with him too.

"Yugi, you okay?" the teacher asked as Yugi made his way over after finishing the run. Yugi nodded. "Well, try and work on going a little faster, okay?"

"Yes, Mr. Ase, I'll try."

"Okay, that's settled." He turned back to the rest of the class. "Alright everyone, you have choices today. You can play basketball, knockout, volleyball, tennis, jump rope, soccer, or you can run the track. Have fun!" He blew his whistle and everybody ran to where they wanted to go.

Yugi walked over to the jump ropes.

As soon as everybody jumping rope saw him coming over they picked up the last rope and used it to play double ditch.

Yugi, not being very good at that game and didn't want to fall on the asphalt, turned and walked over to the where people were playing knockout.

"Hey, can I play too?" He asked some of the players already out.

"We don't want to many players so the line doesn't get long. Go somewhere else." They sneered and turned back to the game.

Yugi turned around sadly and walked over to where they were playing basketball. "Can I play?"

"Sorry shorty," they laughed, "you have to be this high to play." One of them rose their hand a few inches above Yugi and continued to laugh as he walked away sadly.

He went over to where some students were throwing the volleyball around. "Can I play with you too?" He asked hopefully.

"We've already gotten into a game and we don't want any other players." The three girls told him.

"Okay then." Yugi turned and walked to the tennis courts. "Can I play?"

"No way, you'll just keep dropping the ball. You actually have to have some skill to play you know."

Yugi nodded and walked down to the soccer fields. "Whose team can I be on?"

"How bout nobody's, loner." They told him snootily. "We don't want you to play."

Yugi turned and walked back up the steps once more. He glanced over at the track and saw nobody was running it. He sighed and walked sadly towards it.

"Hey, Motou!"

Yugi looked up hopefully, thinking somebody was going to ask him to join their game, but fell again as he saw Mr. Ase coming over to him.

"Yugi, you aren't doing anything. Are you feeling okay?"

"Yes, sensei, I'm feeling fine. I'm just going to run the track."

"All by yourself? Yugi, it isn't healthy to be by yourself all the time. Why don't you play with the other students today?"

"No thanks, sensei. I… I'd rather get faster so I don't hold anybody up next time." Yugi told him before walking towards the track again.

Ten minutes before the bell rang Ase called everybody in and told them to go wash up and change.

Yugi walked gratefully towards the sink before anybody else came in the locker rooms, the other students putting the equipment they used away. He washed the grime off his face that had stuck to his face from running. His skin burned slightly from the dirt that flew at him from the wind and his eyes stung with dust.

He walked over to his locker and quickly changed into his loose blue pants and black sleeveless shirt as the other students began to file into the locker room. He put his neck buckle and jacket on, quickly making his way outside so he wouldn't hear other rude comments thrown at him.

~~

The bell rang and Yami cheered silently, now free from the drawling voice of their history teacher.

He waited for Joey and they walked together to their final class.

"We need to make a few things clear now that things are getting on their way with this bet." Joey told Yami. "Did he answer you yet?"

Yami hesitated. `If I lie and tell him he said no than the bet will be over and I won't get it rubbed in my face that I lost and Yugi won't be hurt. But if Joey finds out he'll kill me and make sure I don't have sex with anybody for the rest of the year."

"Yami! Earth to Yami!"

"What?"

"What did Yugi say?"

"He… he said yes." Yami inwardly scolded himself. `I'm such an ass. How could I do this to Yugi just so I can have sex? Did Joey mean for this to happen when he set me up with him?' Yami wondered.

"He did?"

`He sounded surprised.'

"Well… that's good then. Now to cover a few things." Yami nodded and waited for the blonde to continue. "You have to go on a date with once a week unless you have a very good reason for not doing so."

Yami nodded. "Is that all?"

"And you have to spend an evening with him as well and that doesn't count as a date. Like a night together sort of thing in one of your dorms and that doesn't mean sleep with him."

"I know, I know." Yami said, irritated that Joey kept repeating that part of the bet. "Anything else?"

"One more thing. No physical body contact except for hugs, kisses, and hand holding."

"I already knew all this stuff, Joey." Yami told him as they walked to their seats and sat down.

Joey rolled his eyes and listened as the teacher started talking about Japanese art.

Yami nearly fell asleep as he listened to the teacher go on and on about the wonders and many magnificent things to do with it. Though he was a very good artist when he actually wanted to do the assignment, he chose to do it less often than not.

~~

While walking down to the cafeteria for dinner and meet Yugi, something caught his ruby eyes and he red the notice on the bulletin announcing a dance coming up the next weekend for Christmas.

An idea sparked in Yami as he continued on his way. He stopped when he heard a few sniffles from around the corner. Looking around it he saw Yugi wiping a few tears from his eyes.

Feeling like he was going to kill somebody if anybody hurt Yugi Yami wrapped his arms around Yugi and held him close. Yugi jumped at the sudden contact and, in finding it was Yami holding him, wrapped his arms tightly around the junior and let a few more tears leak from his eyes.

"What's wrong, Yugi?" Yami asked when Yugi stopped crying after a few minutes.

"N-nothing."

Yami knelt in front of Yugi and held his hands. He brought them to his lips and kissed them gently. "Yugi, please, I don't want to see you cry and tell me it's for no reason. Did somebody say something?"

"I'm sorry, Yami. I just didn't want to bother you with it."

"You'll never bother me with it, Yugi. Please, will you tell me?"

"Nobody would let me play with them in PE. The teacher said we could do whatever we wanted and I asked everybody if I could play with them but they were all mean and said they didn't want me to. So I ran the track by myself." He showed Yami his arms that were still slightly red from getting hit by a few small rocks.

Yami kissed the red spots and stood. "Ignore them, Yugi. They don't know how stupid they're being by treating you like that when they have no right." `Just like I feared they would.' He added to himself. "Are you hungry?"

Yugi shook his head. "I'm sorry, Yami. I lost my appetite."

"That's okay, Yugi, I understand. Do you still want to watch the movie in my room?"

Yugi nodded. "Yeah, I'd like that. I'm going to go start my homework so I won't have to worry about it later."

"Okay, try and feel better." Yami called after him.

~~

After finished his homework, Yugi put his books away neatly and turned his computer on. He entered his password and logged into his email account. He deleted some of the junk mail that was advertised to him and opened the address OldGamer@yahoo.com.

Greetings Yugi,

Hope everything is doing well with you. I'm very proud of your grades, they seem to be a little higher than last years.

Everything is well here in the shop, but I haven't been able to tend it for a while now. My illness seems to have gotten worse I'm afraid and I spent the afternoon in the hospital yesterday getting checked over. I don't want you to worry about it though.

Love,

Grandpa

Worriedly, he glanced at the clock in hopes he had time to right a response in case he forgot when he came back after the movie.

Grandpa-

I'm sorry you're still not feeling well. Have the doctors been able to do anything else with it? I hope they do soon.

I have great news though! I've made a new friend! Actually, he's more than that now. I didn't tell you before because I didn't think it would last very long, but he's been hanging with me for a few days now, since Saturday. Today he asked me to be his boyfriend and I said yes. I wish you could meet him; he's amazing and really nice even if he doesn't have the greatest reputation here.

I love you too,

Yugi

He clicked send and waited for the screen to refresh before shutting the computer down once more and headed down to meet Yami.

~~

Yami led Yugi down the stairs and through one of the halls. He pointed to a door as they past it.

"That's Joey's room. He told me to show you which one it was in case you needed him for anything."

"Okay."

Yami led Yugi through his own door with the number 530 painted on it.

"And this is my room. You're welcome here whenever you want or need me. I don't want you to hesitate if you do, even if it's late, or early, however you want to put it."

Yugi giggled and nodded. "Okay, but does that mean you want me to wake you up?"

"Whenever you need me. Even if you think it's something little. Promise me?"

"I promise."

"And even if I'm not here you can come in if you need to."

"Okay. So what movie are we going to watch?" Yugi asked as Yami placed him on the bed.

"One of my favorites."

He popped the tape in the VCR.

30 minutes into the movie Yugi was shaking with fear. He found it too scary but didn't want to ruin it for Yami and tried to hide his tears.

Yami noticed a few minutes later though and quickly turned the tape off. "I'm sorry, Yugi." He apologized as he covered Yugi in a blanket. "Nothing's going to get you get you, everything will be okay."

Yugi nodded and let his head be eased into Yami's lap by the gentle touches.

"Maybe Night of the Living Dead isn't the best movie to watch, especially at night. Huh?"

Yugi laughed lightly, but shook his head all the same.

Yami pet his hair and helped him fall into an easy sleep. Not wanting to wake him, Yami laid Yugi's head on his pillow and lay down beside him to give him some of his body heat as he eventually fell asleep as well.

~~

Didja like it? Hope so! Don't you just hate Tea? I do with a passion! She's so irritating and I hate how she does those stupid and annoying friendship speeches all the time. Especially the one where she's dueling with Mai. Ick!

I'm open for suggestions and reviews 24/7. Pwease send as many as you like.

Idea inspired by Darkness (Changing of a Slut)