Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The glass is half-empty ❯ a little play ( Chapter 1 )

Ok, this is an idea I got while I was dozing off during math. I immediatly scribbled the idea on my hand so that I wouldn't forget it, and now...here is the ficcie, I hope you'll all like the idea as much as I do.

!//..."blabla" ...//! = flashback

The glass is half-empty

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Jou closed the wooden door behind him and quikly stumbled down the stairs. He wanted to get away from his house as fast as possible. Jou sighed as he walked away with tears in his eyes, partially because he remembered every beating so clearly and partially because his legs felt as if they could break in a million pieces any minut now, they weren't really able to carry him but what choice did he have? He didn't have money for the bus, he didn't have a bike, his father would never take him to school, and just staying home would make matters worse.

His father would allways do this, the bastard would get home drunk every night and he would immediatly take a swing at his punching back. It became daily routine, he would punch Jou allmost to death, break some ribs, sometimes an arm or a leg and once in the week, he would rape his beloved son, usually, this would happen on fridays but for once he did it on sunday and now, Jou had even mor eproblems walking to school. He just hoped that no one would really notice.

When Jou saw Tristan wave at him across the street he put on his daily fake smile and blinked the tears away, pretending to be the happy, careless teen that had no worry's what so ever. Soon, he walked next to Tristan wich was even harder to do because Tristan allways moved as quik as possible. Jou gritted his teeth but this was unnoticed. Tristan just kept telling about what happened yesterday and what he had for lunch and something about a dog but Jou didn't really hear it at all, he was doing his best to concuer the urge to scream out loud in pain.

"Look what we have here" suddenly said another voice. "It's the mutt again" Jou didn't even hear it, he just walked further, not even noticing that tristan stopped to defend his best friend. When Jou suddenly noticed that it was really quiet all of a suddenn he stopped and turned around to see Tristan and Kaiba looking at him. Kaiba was looking a bit mocking and he was smirking while Tristan was talking to Kaiba, not taking his eyes off of his best friend.

"What's wrong mutt?" asked Kaiba in a mocking tone. "Not able to defend yourself? Need your little friends to help you?" the brunnette asked with his most evil grin on his face. He didn't even listen to Tristan, and when he tried to hit him, kaiba just stepped aside, making Tristan fall over. He laughed even harder and walked over to Jou. "bye mutt" he said and walked away laughing hard. Tristan got up from the ground and growled a little. "Just ignore him Jou" said Tristan, rubbing his arm.

Jou blinked a few times, trying to avoid tears from coming up in his eyes. He was glad tha Tristan didn't notice this, he just continued his way to school with Jou by his side, continueing his story over dogs and his lunch. Jou did his best not to limp, even though he knew that his friend didn't pay much attention to him when he was telling one of his famous story's and for now, he didn't really care, he was glad that the attention wasn't coming his way, he hated to much attention.

Soon enough, the two friends arrived at school just in time to hear the bell ring. They were able to say hi to Yugi before the teacher guided them to their class, trying to keep everyone quiet. Jou sighed when they took their seats, he was glad that he didn't have to torment his legs that much anymore for the next two hours. Even though his whole body was still aching, he didn't let anyone notice. He was in the back of the class and no one had to look at him, no one even heared him hiss once in a while because one of his wounds would sting occasionally.

When the lesson began, the teacher said that they were going to do a little play to proove her point. No one knew what she was talking about but she called two students to the front. Jou was one of them. His legs were so tired and so pained, Jou just wanted to lay down and die but instead of doing that, he put up a big smile and lifted himself from his seat. He smiled at the other student who had brownish hair and immediatly smiled back. He looked quite friendly.

"Okay" began the teacher "We are going to perform a little play" Everyone payed attention while the teacher explained everything. "Zion here is going to be a drunk and abusive father while Jounouchi will play the abused child." Everyone started to giggle, everyone but jou. It was hard enough that he had to do this at home but to act like being abused at school was the drup. "Ma'am" he said with a big and gentle smile. "I can't act." The teacher just smiled back at him and patted him on his shoulders. "No worry's, it'll be fine." She turned to Zion who stared at Jou. He was much taller then him. "Listen Zion" she said. "You're smaller but you'll have to try to intimidate him. You're not allowed to hit him for real though." Zion nodded and smiled nervously at Jou who didn't have the force to smile back anymore.

"Okay begin" said the teacher and she sat herself on Zion's seat to watch the play. Zion was doubting for a second but then he took a step forward and raised his hand. "You good for nothing mutt!" he yelled and brought his hand quikly to Jou's cheek, not really hitting him, but doing enough to make Jou flinch and back away from him. Zion didn't realize what he was doing and was happy that he was doing so well. "Everything is your fault" he screamed again and pretended to kick Jou.

!//... Jou's father came closer, snorting a bit. He kicked his son in the ribbs and was satisfied when he heard a little crack. After that, he hit his son in the face a few times and pulled him up by his hair, just to slam him in the nearby wall. "You stupid mutt" he yelled! "You are good for nothing! You are worthless." He made Jou scream by biting in his arm hard, ripping off some flesh and making the blood fall onto the ground. Jou watche din pain and horror how his father swallowed his flesh and fell how tears blurred his sight...//!

Zion was clearly enjoying himself and yelled some more. "You are completely worthless" he pretended to slep him again and then grabbed Jou's arm, making him scream in pain. His entire body was still sore. Zion just though that Jou was performing too and grabbed his other arm too, pretending to twist them. When he assisted his own play with sound effects, he released Jou who laid still on the ground, staring at the desks.

!//... Jou's father twisted his arms quikly, making him scream in even more pain. He felt how his entire body was becoming numb but he could still feel the pain very clearly. Jou's father looked at him pretty satisfied. "Well mutt?" had enough?" he kicked him in his stomach again and walked away to get another beerbottle...//!

Zion grinned and took his pencil, pretending it to be a knife. He hit Jou's stomach with it, pretty hard and Jou let out another yelp. His stomach was black and blue even though no one could see it and because of that everyone just started to think that Jou was a great actor. Jou raised his trembling hands and stared at them in awe.

!//... Jou stared at his hands. They were covere din red blood, that was dripping on the carpet. It was his own blood, his own blood that was still coming from the wound in his side, still flowing on the ground. In the background, Jou could hear his father laugh while his sight became blurry and soon, he collapsed into the arms of darkness...//!

Jou started to cry and Zion doubted a bit, not really knowing if Jou was acting anymore. Suddenly, everyone started to clap. The teacher rised from her seat and ran over to Jou and Zion, lifting Jou up from the ground, grinning like mad. "Didn't you say you were bad at acting Jou?" she said as she saw a tear his the ground. Jou grinned back at her, not really meaning it but not wanting people to find out. "I'm not." He said, not even lying. The teacher sighed and made him go back to his seat. Zion stood there, amazed because of Jou. He allmost thought everything was real. He smiled and walked back to his seat, taking notes of the teacher's conclusion.

Jou sad silently in his seat, not even noticing that kaiba was staring at him with a confused look. He didn't knew that Jou could act like that, but he didn't really believe it anyways. Something else should be going on...but what?

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this is supposed to be chappie 1, enjoy ^^

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