Play Your Part, Yugi

Chapter 28

Reality Check

It was not difficult for Katsuya to guess who was behind Otomya's injuring tumble. The culprit was most likely a girl, since laying a booby trap for someone was not in the style of any of the boys in their class. The blond even had a suspicion on the method used. After all, he had pointed out that the girls in their class had had home economics earlier that day.

After leaving Otomya and Yugi in the nurse's office, Katsuya and Bakura made their way back to the auditorium. During the walk there the blond told his companion about his suspicions and also asked the other for a favour that Bakura seemed to have no problem helping with. As soon as Katsuya had opened the door to the auditorium, Bakura was making his way towards the side of the stage, where everyone had left their schoolbags. Katsuya, on the other hand, walked over to the chattering cluster the students had formed.

"How is Otomya-kun?" Anzu questioned as soon as Katsuya made his way to the group. "Was his leg really broken?"

"It's definitely broken", Katsuya replied with a sigh. "The nurse said so too. Otomya's medical file said that the same leg had been broken before a few months back and that's the reason it happened so easily." The blond ran a hand through his hair. "She said that Otomya's going to have to be really careful with it for a longer while this time to make sure it heals properly. So, he won't be well soon enough to act in the play."

"So he won't be acting with Yugi-kun then?" a feminine voice asked and Katsuya looked at the almost gleeful expression on Misa's face. Honestly, could that girl be any more obvious?

"No, he won't", Katsuya replied. "And Yugi won't be acting either." The blond took pleasure in giving the girl that bit of unfortunate news.

"I got it, Jou", Bakura spoke out suddenly and at that instant the teen in question was by Katsuya's side, lifting up a brown schoolbag with a small pig good luck charm.

"Hey! What are you doing with my bag?" Misa snapped suddenly and Katsuya grabbed the item in question before replying: "Remember that you confessed to it being yours." And with that he flipped the bag open and instantly laid eyes on a rolled up ball of tissue paper, which he pulled out of the bag with flourish.

"What's that?" Anzu asked and Katsuya handed it over to the girl to inspect as he spoke: "It's the proof that little Misa-chan here caused Otomya's accident. She took a piece of butter from home economics class and rubbed it onto the stage before practise."

As Katsuya explained, Anzu had opened up the package and revealed a mostly used up piece of butter inside. The brunette was blinking at the item in dumbfounded surprise, while a new voice commented: "Very good, Katsuya. I checked the stage and it really is smeared with butter in one spot."

Katsuya whirled around to meet Seto's gaze and gave the brunet a thankful nod before turning back to Misa and speaking out: "So, now that we have you cornered, are you going to tell us your motive like a TV show villain?"

"I didn't want them to kiss!" Misa shrieked out. The girl had been growing steadily redder during the time Katsuya had spent talking to Anzu and now her temper flared. "If they had kissed in front of a whole crowd, they would have fallen in love and become a couple!"

"The hell?" Bakura snarled from beside Katsuya but the blond elbowed the other teen into the side and spoke out: "It's a play! A bunch of make-belief that has no connection to real life." He released a huff. "What kind of bad chick comics have you been reading? They've kissed plenty during practise. Not to mention they are a couple already."

The look on Misa's face at that final part was priceless; it was twisting mess between disgust, anger and sadness. Katsuya was not a cruel person by nature but the blond doubted that Yugi would have been able to feel sympathy for the girl when she started to sob and scream about the injustice of all.

A sigh came from Katsuya while Bakura muttered quite the few unflattering things about Misa. Sure, the play had brought Otomya and Yugi close, but that did not have as much to do with them kissing as them spending time together. Forcing the two to kiss had only served to make the unstoppable process quicker.

"I don't think you should act in the play, Misa-chan", Anzu spoke out then and Bakura instantly joined in: "Yeah, we don't want a crazy bitch around causing more accidents."

When no one said anything to scold Bakura for his choice of words, it became obvious that nobody disagreed with the statement. It was clear that the girl was going to be reported to a teacher as soon as possible. Katsuya trusted Anzu to be the one to do it.

"Maid B", Katsuya spoke out suddenly, turning to the black-haired girl he remembered to have the part in question. "You've been in most of the scenes with the princess, so you should know some of the lines already. Consider the part yours."

"You can't do that!" Misa shrieked. "I'm the best actress here!"

"Yeah, you acted like you were a normal person well enough", Bakura snarled and Katsuya added in: "And school plays really are such high class theatre, aren't they?" And with that it was settled; Misa was out of the play for good.

Next Saturday

"I have to say…" Yugi spoke out from his seat curled up against Yami's side. "Jou makes a lot better princess than I would have."

The play was currently in full swing and Yugi watched how his blond-haired friend with strange familiarity in the long dress. The girls had done an amazing job with the make up; Yugi really would have been surprised in anyone in the audience would have realized that one of the princesses was really a boy.

"I'm not sure about that", Yami grumbled. The crimson-eyed teen's right leg was now in a cast and was currently perched on top of the chair in front of them. The reason Yugi had suggested that they sit in the back had been so that Yami could rest his leg in one of the chairs in the row in front of them. Yami had agreed to the suggestion when Yugi had pointed out that if they sat in the back row they could cuddle all they wanted. Yami had been too proud to agree to agree to the seating arrangements otherwise.

"What's wrong, Yami?" Yugi asked from his boyfriend, who scoffed before answering: "I just think that you look about ten times better in a dress; it's such a shame that I can't see any more of that now."

"Y-Yami!" Yugi hissed with a bright red blush. "You're not saying I look girly, are you?"

"No, I'm saying you're beautiful", Yami corrected easily with a shrug. "As far as I'm concerned, there's a big difference."

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Behind all the people watching the play stood a lone teenage boy. He was not interested in the play in the least and only had eyes for the two boys sitting closely together in the last row. The two boys looked exactly the same from behind but the teen knew that the taller one of the two was the person he had been looking for during the last three months.

'Finally, Yami…' the teenager thought with a smirk. 'Finally I found you.'

Just then someone pushed past the teen rudely, marching into the room like he owned the place. The impression was broken, however, when the young man's steps led him to the side, indicating a wish to hide in the sidelines to avoid being noticed. The teen in the doorway continued to observe the newcomer and noticed that his fists were clenched tightly as he watched the stage without blinking.

Curious on the other's reasons for such close scrutiny, the teen also directed his gaze to the stage for what was probably the first time and saw a tall, brown-haired boy lean down to kiss a very flat-chested girl.

Once again the teen smirked when he realized that the other actor was not a girl at all. A chuckle escaped from between his lips as he conducted in an amused manner: "I guess school plays don't all suck." And another short chuckle erupted from between lips that still wore a sadistic smirk.

The End

Ending Notes: Sorry about leaving you guys hanging. I've been really busy with exams at the university for the last month.

Now, I think it's apparent to all of you people that this is not exactly the end, but a yet another marker of where one part begins and another begins. This is correct. The next part is probably going to be the shortest one of the bunch; I'm aiming for about eight chapters, and it's main function is going to be to help time pass by in the characters' world as well as to introduce a new character and something this story has not had much yet: plot. I'll reveal more information in the author's notes for the next part so that this message won't grow to be longer than the chapter itself. So, without further ado, a summary of the next part:

Seto is under the belief that he isn't as good of a boyfriend as he could be, which results in the brunet getting some not-so-brilliant ideas. In the meantime Katsuya receives a visit from a couple of old 'friends' while Yami is in for a rude awakening: starting over is a difficult task to accomplish, especially when your past runs after you faster than you can escape.

See you next time for "Play Your Part, Seto", and find out the identity of the two lurkers!