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Summary: After Being Ignored For A Year By Yami And His So-Called Friends, Yugi Decides Not To Put Up With It Any More And Goes To America To Live With His Cousin.

Rated M for Sex & Language.

Pairings: Joey/Seto, Yami/Tea, and OC/OC

Chapter 1: Sudden Decision

"Look at him," Tea sneered, "He's pathetic."

"What else would you expect?" Tristan asked, "He's nothing without us."

Yugi grimaced, he could hear them, he heard all the conversations they had, and all the insults they threw his way. The rumors the started. The people he'd called his friends for so long, turned on him without a second thought. He was stronger than the gave him credit for though, normally he could take it, but after Yami, the man he secretly loved, began dating Tea, it was like a knife in his heart.

He tried hard as he could to rise above their childish tactics. So he just sat at his desk pretending to ignore them, looking over a book of historical sites. When Yami entered the room.

"Hey babe." He said grabbing Tea and kissing her hard on the lips.

Joey mock gagged and Seto suppressed laughter, Joey was the only one from the core group who still stood up for Yugi, after all, Joey knew what Yugi was going threw. He too had been in love with some one he didn't think he was good enough for, the only difference was that Joey got his happy ending and he wanted the same for his best friend.

After School…

Yugi walked home, deciding to take his time, since Yami would most certainly be there with Tea.

His mind began to wander, back to a time when he was happy, before he finished the puzzle. He remembered when his cousin used to live with him and Grandpa in the game shop.

When Yugi got home he ignored Yami and Tea, whom sat on the couch 'watching' TV. He ran quickly up the stairs to his room, dropped his book bag, and collapsed on his bed. He reached under his bed and pulled out a scrap book filled with pictures.

Yugi flipped through the pages till he found the ones of him and his cousin, Barlow. He pulled out one picture in particular, it was just the two of them smiling at the camera. He looked at Barlow's straight black hair with blonde and red strikes. She had violet eyes. It was clear to anyone who looked at her, she was gorgeous.

Barlow was his best friend, she was the strongest person he knew, she never bit her tongue or was ever ashamed of who she was. It was no secret that she didn't like men.

She got a scholarship to NYU and left for America.

It struck Yugi then, he could go live with her. She'd always told him he could come visit anytime he wanted, but Grandpa never had enough money. Now that Yugi had been putting his money away(because there were no Duel Monsters tournaments any more) he knew he had enough to get a one way ticket and his passport.

Yugi picked up the house phone from his nightstand and dialed Barlow's number.

"Hello?"

"Hey Barlow, its Yugi."

"Hey cuz, how's it going?"

"Not so good."

"No? What's wrong?"

"Life. Life sucks here, Bar. I hate it."

"Yugi, tell me what happened."

"My friends. They aren't my friends anymore, they hate me."

"Why? Does this have anything to do with-"

"No, they don't know about that. Look, Barlow, I called cause I wanted to know if I could, maybe, come live with you?"

"Oh, yeah, Yugi, of course you can."

"Thank you, Bar. You won't be sorry I promise."

"I know, my man. Let talk to Grandpa and tell him what's going on, ok?"

"Yeah, hold on." Yugi hopped off his bed and ran downstairs to find his grandfather and Yami in the kitchen, "Grandpa?"

Solomon looked toward his grandson, "What is it, Yugi?"

The shorter man held out the phone, "It's Barlow."

"Oh, thank you." He took the phone, "Hello?"

"Hi Granddad."

"It's good to hear your voice, Barlow. How's Manhattan?"

"It's perfect, better than I could have ever imagined. But I wanted to talk to you about Yugi. He sounds miserable, what's going on over there?"

Solomon walked to his bedroom and closed the door so that Yami could not hear him, "Drama, Barlow, so much drama. I don't know why, but every one has turned on him after he stood by them for years."

"Look Granddad, I wanted to run something by you. Would it be alright if Yugi came to live with me, at least until this whatever's going on blows over?"

"Oh Barlow, that's a wonderful idea, of course he can. I trust you completely."

And that was that, the next day Yugi bought a plane ticket and went to the post office with Solomon to get his passport. There was no turning back now, he was leaving and nothing was going to stop him.