First sight

Chapter One (part 2)

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I walk down the corridor knowing I'm late for class but I can't help it, I'll have to come up with a lie. It's not like I can say that my big bro Seto had been crying most of the morning. I pick up my pace as I jog down the corridor trying to juggle different school books. I turn the corner and slip over my shoelace. Everything seems to go in slow motion as I watch some of my books fall out of the emergency exit and begin to be destroyed by the rain. Listen to the rain, it sounds calming. I slide across the floor to try and salvage the still readable parts of my books. After I pick up 2 and drop the other destroyed ones in the bin just in front of the door I shake my hair back into the small blue spikes and look down the corridor to see Yugi? Or is it Yami? Sitting with his head in his hands. 

I wander over. Craning my neck to see if I can see which one of them it is. I then see the crimson eyes and looking up see my brother watching him from the opposite end of the corridor although I don't think Yami has noticed him yet. 

"Hey, dude are-" I break off mid sentance to see the blood collecting on his shirt "-OH MY GOSH! ARE YOU OK?!" I scream. 

"Yeh, I'm fine" he says, looking at me, eyes vacant, his thoughts clearly somewhere else.

I quickly grab the tissue paper I keep in my pocket and press it to his forearm hoping to slow down the flow of blood as even though he is pale, he looks paler than usual. 

"H-h-ey, you d-d-don't have t-to d-do tha-a-t" he stutters and I know he's not ok so I just stare and raise my eyebrows at him.

"It's ok, I'd do anything for someone who can make my big bro as happy as you do" I reply, beaming at him to show I mean it. "But, but that's the problem, Mokuba" he says, his voice barley a whisper, so I press the paper harder on his arm, squeezing out more of the blood.

"Wait, what?!" I ask, realising what he just said. 

We sat there for a moment, just staring at each other, listening the the rain outside. 

"What do you mean not any more?" I say, using the floating quotation marks.

"Well...differences sort of made us...drift apart" he says, pausing to find the right words. There's something he's not telling me, and I'm determined to find out what.

"What kind of...differences?" I quiz, hoping for a better answer.

"Well, it's just, ermm-" he pauses, staring at the celing, probably hoping for someone to give him the answer "-we just drifted apart, that's all" he finished, using a small smile, hoping that his answer is good enough. Well guess what? It's not. 

"Come on, you can tell little ol' me" I say, battering my eyelashes and using the 'puppy dog' eyes. 

He smiles and streches his arms out in front toward me. "Come here and I'll tell you" he says. 

I crawl onto his lap and rest my head on his shoulder, I wish Seto would be this close to me. He wraps one arm around me and lets the cut one fall to the floor. I feel his chest expand as he takes a breathe, and then he begins his tale.

"Well, basically Seto accused me of...looking at someone else. It was the harshest thing to be told and it hurt a lot. It happened this morning in the car park." He finshes, his voice dropping a tad toward the end. 

"Really? Who were you 'looking at?'" I ask, using my floaty quotation marks again. 

"Well, it was Yugi" he says "But not in that way!" he jumps in before I can say anything. 

I ponder this thought for a moment and then recall what happened earlier, just before the bell. 

"Hey wait!" I exclaim, snapping my fingers. 

"What?" Yami asks, startled. 

"I spoke to Yugi earlier, I asked him why he wasn't speaking to you and he said I don't know anyone called Yami. What's that about?" I ask, staring him in the face. 

"Well, it has something to do with me coming back to this world after the Ceremonial Duel, but what, well, I'll tell you another time as we're late enough for class as it is" he says, sliding me off of his knee as he uses the row of lockers to brace himself on as he stands. 

"Are you going to be ok with that injury?" I ask. 

"Yeh" he replies, pulling his long sleeve down as if that erases it and hides all the pain. 

"Ok, but just one thing"

"What?" he asks.

"Does this mean my brother's quick to judge? I mean, he did mistake what you did when really you only look wishing he would remember you. I know this because I know you" I say, beaming as I walk away. 

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"I know this because I know you" I hear my younger brother say as I watch, arms crossed over chest as he walks away from that...that monster. 

I watch him walk my way and when he meets my eyes, it looks as though he doesn't know me anymore, or he hates me, which I'm sure he would never. Although with that look in his eyes who knows? 

"Hey little bro" I say, rushing forward to grab his arm and try to talk to him.

"Morning Mr.Kabia" he says and walks away. 

I bring my arm back and widen my eyes in pure horror. No-one calls me that other than those who work for me. I swing round to watch his petite figure recede down the corridor. What just happened?!

I sink down to my knees on the floor, my trademark sleeveless silver coat spreading around me on the floor in a half circle. I clutch my sides and hang my head letting my mess of brown hair fall around my face. It feels like someone just stabbed me a thousand times with a knife. I just stay there, longing for the rain to somehow break down the walls and wash away my pain. 

I only lift my head slightly when I hear footsteps across the floor and that's when I begin to think that someone is going to use this against me at some point. But instead of someone shouting in my face all I feel is someone gently rubbing my shoulder blades. 

"Hey, it will be ok" I hear a deep baritone voice whisper in my ear. 

I lift my head to meet the deep crimson eyes of my ex. Wow, someone could get lost in those eyes. He passes me two pieces of ripped paper. Using shaking hands I piece them together and see a picture of me and Mokuba hugging and smiling at one another. I remember this photo. It was an amazing day. 

"That boy loves you with all his little heart and he looks up to you as a role model" he says, smiling at me, although he doesn't look stable on his own two feet. 

"You really think so?" I ask.

"Yeh" he replies. "Also th-"

Then his words suddenly cut off and I see him fall, I toss the photo to the side and lean forward to catch him. 

"YAMI!" I scream as I hold him in my arms, then I feel the blood run through my fingertips. 

I lift his arm and look at the cross just above the wrist. Looking at it closely I can see it's quite deep and it could have broke a vein. 

"What was that shout about?" one of the teachers shouts down the corridor and then stops and stares, looking at two teenage boys together in each others arms and me crying. 

"I'll call 911" the teacher says and runs off, then all I'm left with are the secrets of the rain's words. 

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 Seto: Please tell me he's going to be ok!!!!

Yami: Wait, didn't she just make your brother hate you?!?!

Seto: Oh yeh, I'm gunna kill you for that!

*chase around the room*

Mokuba: anyways please read and review for me :D Thanks, cookies for all *holds out plate*

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The song for this chapter is Listen to the Rain which was composed by Amy Lee from the band Evanescence :D Enjoy.