Really Just a Crush...? Ch.1

"Eh, Yuugi! Did'ya hear about the new student from Egypt?" Joey shouted over a crowd of students to young Yuugi Muto.

Yuugi blinked slightly, watching his hyperactive friend push and shove his way through the crowd a grin of excitement plastered on his face.

"Uh, no, I haven't yet, Joey..." Yuugi mumbled, peering up at the taller male before him. Honestly. Yuugi haven't had much of a choice if he did knew of this 'new student' – once Joey was hyped up about something, you couldn't stop him.

"Tea already befriended him and everything -" Joey said at a quick pace, grabbing Yuugi by the arm and dragging him down the hall. " - and we're going to meet him today at lunch period!"

Even though Yuugi was curious, he wasn't all that sure if he wanted to meet this 'new student'...He wasn't all that well at getting to know new people, nor easily befriending them as the others – but, too him, if everyone else was excited about doing so, he might as well be. It couldn't be all that bad, right? Not like this was going to 'change his life'...

Unbeknownst to Yuugi, Joey was successfully dragging him to their first class of the morning – Gym.

Gym class seemed to be both Yuugi's and Tea's worst class. Instead of easily going, nice actives for something this early in the day, they were 'needed' to do violent 'get-your-face-punched' games, like what they we're suppose to be doing today; Floor Ball.

Of course, there were mumbles and grumbles about this as well...Students complaining about the other classes getting to 'choose' their actives, about the how harsh the teachers were...All which didn't seem to brother them – just the actives.

So, instead of doing what today's 'choice', Yuugi ended up on the benches with Tea, who was going on about what things that would usually interest Yuugi to no end, but not today.

"Tea? Who's this 'new student'...?" Yuugi titled his head slightly, looking at Tea carefully. Yes, he was unusually curious about a person he didn't knew – that was natural, right? But, so was the flush that seem to appear on his face soon after asking that question.

Tea giggled at Yuugi's expression, covering her mouth with her hands to silence them before answering. "He's a new student of course! Why, Yuugi? You jealous?"

Tea tried to stop more giggles from happen when Yuugi founded and his flush darken. He wouldn't be jealous of Tea making a new friend before him – he was just curious!

"Anyway~" Tea continued soon after she stopped giggling and Yuugi's flush cooled down, "I actually don't know much about him – I just officially met him after school yesterday after seeing him around school alone, so I asked him if he wanted to hang out with us at lunch today – he accepted! He had this hot smirk too when he did..."

Yuugi frowned slightly from the last part, but paused and nodded slightly. Why didn't Tea tell him this sooner? They were close friends after all – there's no secrets between them....

The end of class bell rang as both tired and lazy students stopped what they were doing sighing, happily heading towards the Gym's doors. Quickly making his way out, Yuugi sighed slightly, hearing his friends not far behind him.

Art was his next class, and even though it was one out of two classes of the day he was alone, he really didn't mind it – it given him time to think and decide what to do for the day. Once he took one step into the class, the starting bell rang. Glancing up at the clock, Yuugi smiled heading towards an open area in the art room, taking out his little home-made sketch-pad and a pencil.

While Yuugi's passion was puzzles, he did have a little thing for art – especially drawing. When puzzle and game solving didn't seem to cut it for him, drawing always seem to do the trick. Most of his friends knew  about this little hobby, but he never thought of doing anything about it...It was just a hobby after all.

Of course, with every calming experience there's a nerve-racking one just around the corner. And that for Yuugi came as soon as the ending ball rang. The class he had just before lunch was History. Yuugi hated History Class with a passion to spare, but it wasn't the subject itself he hated – he actually loved history – it was the teacher who taught it.

Mr. Evans wasn't well known for his teaching abilities or his good attitude about learning...He was known for what he did to students behind closed doors. Mr. Evans did many things you'd wouldn't expect a teacher of this teaching status would possibly do. He'd grab students till the point of small, bruises would appear around where his fingers were, he'd failed you for talking about to him – even if you were correcting a mistake he did. Of course, there were many, many other things that he did that even Yuugi didn't knew of, but one thing what made Yuugi hate him so much were the words he said to him on the first day of class. 'I dislike people like you', he told Yuugi, 'if I see you doing anything 'unnatural', I'll see fit that type of punishment you'll get'.

That, in itself, what was the reason and the reason alone why Yuugi hated that man wish a passion.

Entering the class room before the starting bell, Mr. Evans give Yuugi a cold, hard stare before standing up in front of the class.

"Today, we're going to be learning about the end of the ice age, and the start of people settling in the western countries...But -" Yuugi felt a chill go through his spine as Mr. Evans stalked through the class room with a cold, harsh stare. " - first before we begun...I would like to say that if there's any 'sick' people in this calls, I'd like you to leave this class room immediately and come back once you recovered from your 'illness'." For the last part of his 'daily speech', his glaze was dead-set on Yuugi.

While the class went along with their lesson, Yuugi sank back into this chair, a scared-near-dazed expression on his face. Why did this one teacher always need to do this to him? Sure, it wasn't as bad as the other students – but it sure felt just as worst!

After what felt like forever to little Yuugi, the lunch bell rang, and just like that – Yuugi sprung out of his chair and into the hall way, heading towards to 'the Spot'.

'The Spot' was an small area by the two man stairways as the connected to one another, and Yuugi, Tristan, Joey and Tea instantly claimed that area as theirs – for this year. There was a yearly challenges for that one spot each and every year, and Yuugi and the gang always seem lucky enough to win it for two years in a row.

Pushing his way through the crowd of taller students, Yuugi's dullen expression brighten up noticing Joey and Tristan – but not Tea...

Nearing closer, Yuugi called out over to them. "Hey! Where's Tea? She went home again or something?"

Joey blinked, a blank expression on his faced until it quickly filter to a grin.  "Did you forgotten already, Yuugs? I knew you had forgetful mind, but man how did you forget this?"

Yuugi shuffled down to his coroner, raising an eyebrow to what Joey said. "I forgotten...?"

Joey placed an arm on Yuugi's head, ruffing some hairs while he did so. "Forgotten about our new guest!" Right after he said that, he glanced towards the stairway, Yuugi's eyes following him.

Coming up the stair was Tea...And a boy with slightly darker skin then theirs, but with similar golden bangs and hair like Yuugi's.

Glancing around, this boy looked at Tea slightly. "These are...?" His voice was deeper then most of theirs as well – which wasn't to be expected from someone from a different country.

Tea nodded, smiling. "Yup! These are my friends, Joey, Tristan and Yuugi!" She brought a hand out to point to them as she said their names, all but Yuugi giving an obvious reaction.

Yuugi stared at the male in front of him, a feeling rushing through him that he didn't knew of before – something he knew was important...But what? What was it?

"Yuugi? Earth to Yuugi? This is Joey – you seem to be lost in space!" Joey teased, poking Yuugi in the arm to get his attention. Yuugi blinked, snapping out of whatever trance that was on him as he glanced over to Joey.

"W-What?" He stuttered, trying to hide the obvious blush that was on his face.

"Anything you wanna ask our new friend, Atemu?" Joey nudged with a grin – having something up his sleeve for later most likely.

Atemu, the boy from before, glanced over to Yuugi from where he sat on the stairway, his crimson eyes looking straight at Yuugi with curiosity and slightly begging – begging, which Yuugi assumed, was from Joey's and Tristan's questions.

"Uh...N-Nothing at the moment..." Yuugi ducked his head down slightly, finding it hard to open his lunch bag suddenly.

Joey frowned, leaning on Yuugi again. "Aww! You're no fun, Yuugs!"

Tristan nudged Yuugi as well. "Yeah – You could've asked him an awkward question! You can get away with stuff like that man!"

Yuugi sighed, glancing over to Atemu, his expression fully showing sympathy for him these next few months...