Hello, everyone! Tora, here! This is my first fanfiction (not my first story, mind you ;D), so please read and review! Please, no flaming, but constructive criticism is welcome.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or any of the characters, but I do own the story line and whatever OC's I put in.

Now enjoy! :D

Yugi Mutou put one hand on the door frame and poked his head into the room, his amethyst eyes sparkling curiously, scanning the room for his teacher. He wanted to talk to her about the math assignment, which he didn't understand. Only one problem: she wasn't there. In her place was a man, his back to Yugi, writing out an assignment on the whiteboard. Yugi watched as this man continued writing, his head slowly turning to the right as the letters extended across the board. Yugi cocked his head in wonder, noticing the man's handsome features. He was wearing leather, which looked very good on him, and had large, tri-colored hair, similar to his own. He caught sight of beautiful, crimson eyes.

Yugi was so preoccupied that he didn't notice his hand slowly slipping down the doorframe. It gave out from under him and he stumbled forward, gasping in shock. He caught himself after taking a few steps and looked up, noticing the teacher has stopped writing in mid-word to stare at the student in fascination. Yugi's face burned a deep red as he stood up straight, fixing his backpack, "Ah, er, e-excuse me," he stared at his feet in embarrassment, "D-do you know where Miss Keen is?" The man smiled kindly, a smile that made Yugi's heart beat ten times faster, "I'm sorry, I'm not sure I follow. Miss Keen?" his deep voice caught Yugi in a trance, "She... she's supposed to teach in this room." The man straightened the stack of papers in his hands, "I suppose she's home sick. I was assigned to teach this class for however long was needed."

Yugi looked down sadly, sighing, "I was afraid of that." He had nothing against the substitute; in fact, Yugi quite liked this handsome new teacher already; but he was close to Miss Keen. She was an understanding teacher who Yugi could talk to, mostly because she was Yugi's cousin. She was the only one who he told his secret to; he was gay.

His friends would understand and accept him, he knew that, but he did not wish to put them in such an awkward situation. His parents would never understand; they would most likely disown him, at best. His cousin was the only person who would understand and accept him for who he is.

Yugi shot the new teacher a reassuring smile, "Ah, well. What's your name, sir?" The teacher seemed to be distracted but blinked it away, "Ah, Mr. Sennen."
Yugi grinned, "My name is Yugi Mutou. Pleased to meet you, Mr. Sennen."
"The pleasure is all mine, Yugi."

The bell over their heads ran three times, announcing for classes to end; Yugi had come in at the end of his lunch to speak with Miss Keen. The pair glanced at the clock and Yugi pushed his backpack further up his shoulder, "Well, I need to get to History; I'll be back here next period," Yugi bowed politely, "It was nice meeting you, sir." With his final words, Yugi Mutou rushed out the door and hurried to his next class.

He ran into his class, finding a group of girls whispering to one another. He sat in his seat, realizing how loud the girls really were.
"Have you seen him?"
"Who, the new substitute Math teacher?"
"Yeah, him!"
"Oh yeah I just saw him!"
"Ohmygoodness! Isn't he, like, soooo cute?"
"Like, totally!"
"I just want to run my hands through his spiky hair!"
"Oh, I know, right? Did you see his leather outfit?"
"Mhm, it's so sexy!"

Yugi tried his best to ignore the frantic whispering of Mr. Sennen's new fangirls, but it was very distracting. His friend, Jonouchi Katsuya, didn't seem to mind; he had tuned it out. "I wish I could do that," Yugi thought with a sigh, "Instead I'm stuck listening to their squealing." Finally, the teacher hushed the girls up with threats of detention. Even without the fangirl-ing, Yugi's mind wandered to the new teacher: he was tall, his eyes piercingly beautiful and his voice melodic and deep; he felt a wave of happiness as Mr. Sennen spoke Yugi's name. The few moments Yugi had spent with Mr. Sennen had seemed like an eternity, yet it was way too short. He wished to be back in the man's presence...

Gah, what was he thinking? Yugi shook his head, attempting to get the image of him out of his mind. A student and a teacher? Illegal! Not to mention they were both males- it's unacceptable! Plus Mr. Sennen would never choose Yugi, not in a million years...

Three bells sounded in his ears, once again, drawing him out of his thoughts. Jonouchi appeared by Yugi's desk, "Come on, Yug; hurry up."
"Sorry!" Yugi apologized as he quickly grabbed his things and rushed out the door with his friend. Jonouchi put his hands behind his head, scoffing, "Can you believe all this fuss with the new teacher? Sometimes I think they're only hiring these guys so girls will want to come to class."
Yugi laughed nervously, "Hahah, yeah..."
"I'm serious! He's only 23, did you know that?" Yugi blushed: that was only seven years older than him! The age difference wasn't that big!

"Really?" Yugi asked, trying to hide his excitement.
"Yeah," Jonouchi nodded, "He'll probably start sexually harassing his students or somethin'..."
"H-he wouldn't do that!" Yugi exclaimed, his face red, "Don't judge him just because he's close in age with his students; you really should get to know him first!" Jonouchi stared at Yugi in surprise; he had not expected his friend to explode on him. Yugi looked away, "S-sorry. I don't know what came over me..." Jonouchi ruffled his friend's hair, "No problem, Yug. In fact, you're right. I shouldn't judge someone before gettin' to know 'em. My bad." He lifted his hand off Yugi's head and stepped away, "Well, time for Science for me. See ya later, Yug." Yugi waved goodbye to Jonouchi and stepped into his math class.

"Welcome back, Yugi." The deep voice came from Yugi's left and he turned, finding Mr. Sennen smiling at him. Yugi tried to keep from stammering as he felt his face grow hot. He swallowed then nodded with a smile, "Thank you, Mr. Sennen." The new teacher was holding a stack of papers, skimming through them, "Yugi, would you mind helping me pass these out? I'm new here and don't know anybody's names."
"You know mine," Yugi said without thinking. He immediately regretted it, feeling stupid. However, Mr. Sennen only laughed, "Indeed I do. So, can you help?" Yugi looked at his feet in shame, taking the papers, "Uh-huh."

Yugi dropped his backpack by his seat and began to place papers on the appropriate desks as people filed into the class right before the bell rang. Yugi handed out the last paper and ran back to his seat as Mr. Sennen began to speak, "Good afternoon, students. As you can see, I'm not the teacher you're used to; I'm afraid Miss Keen is home sick. I do not know how bad it is nor how long she'll be gone, but you're going to have to deal with me until she's back." He flashed a smile, which brought forward giggles from various female students. Mr. Sennen glanced at his notes, "It says here that Miss Keen last left off teaching you how to use Substitution and Elimination to find a point..." It doesn't matter how hot you are a teacher: if you mention math, everyone will groan in despair, especially if you're Yugi Mutou.

Yugi didn't just dislike math, he was bad at it; especially this particular section. Mr. Sennen continued on, telling the students that Miss Keen had only assigned the class to work on problems from the book. He pointed at a section on the board reading 'Page 298 #1-5, 10-12, 13-21 odds'. "I'll be walking around to help, if any of you need it," Mr. Sennen announced and thus began the vigorous work of the students. Yugi obviously needed help with his work, so he raised his hand. Unfortunately, almost every girl in the room had already raised theirs and were yelling, "Mr. Sennen! I need help!"
"Yeah, me too! I need it so badly!"
"This makes no sense! Mr. Sennen!"

Yugi Mutou found this whole ordeal laughable; all these girls crying for help knew how to do it; in fact, some of them had to help him before. Amidst all the squealing girls, Yugi knew he wouldn't be getting any help from Mr. Sennen inside of class.

Yugi stared at the book, scratching out work on a separate sheet of paper. Minutes passed, and Yugi still wasn't getting a correct answer. It wasn't long before the bell was ringing once again and everyone shuffled out, excited to go home, while Yugi still hadn't even gotten a single problem done. Yugi picked up his things and took a deep breath, approaching the new teacher. He smiled, "Hello, Yugi. What can I help you with?" Yugi shuffled his feet nervously, "Well, I, er... I-I'm having trouble with this section. Could I, maybe, stay after school or come before school or something to get help?" Mr. Sennen glanced at his calendar, "Hmm, I actually have a faculty meeting in a couple of minutes, but if you come before school tomorrow, I can help you." Yugi bowed, "Thank you very much, sir!"

He ran out the door, scanning the mass of students that was crowding the hallway. Thankfully, Yugi was short; thus, he was able to maneuver through the crowd with no problem. As he was almost out the door, he ran into a pair of legs. "Sorry!" he instinctively said, then realized he knew who it was.

The brunette blinked down in surprise, "Yugi?"
"Anzu! Good afternoon," Yugi smiled, "Sorry for running into you."
"No, Yugi; it's fine," she took his wrist, "Come on, let's get outside where there's more room." Yugi nodded. The two friends walked out of the building and the school gates, walking side-by-side down the sidewalk. "It's been a while since we've talked, huh, Yugi?" Anzu pointed out. Yugi nodded, remembering that he'd avoided talking to her after she started questioning his sexuality a couple days ago. Due to that, Yugi was weary, "Yeah; sorry. It's my fault, really." Anzu shook her head, "No one needs to take the blame."

The two walked in silence for a little before Anzu took a deep breath and spoke again, "Listen, Yugi, why don't we visit your grandfather's stop? It's been a while since we've visited him, right?" Yugi thought for a moment, knowing how mad his mom and dad would be if he came home late. However, he might get away without a punishment if he told them he was visiting grandpa... Yugi nodded, "Well, why not? Grandpa likes the company. I can imagine it gets lonely in that shop."

The small bell tinkled as Yugi pushed open the door and a voice called out, "Welcome!"
Yugi and Anzu scanned the shop for the old man, only to find him dusting a shelf around the corner. "Ah, Yugi and Anzu. How nice of you to stop by. Do your parents know you're here, Yugi?" Yugi shook his head.
Grandpa tsked, "That's no good. I'll go give them a quick call. You two wait here."

Yugi and Anzu walked out of the shop, only a few hours later, talking like old friends again. There were no awkward questions about Yugi's sexuality, thank goodness; Anzu seemed to have forgotten about that. Anzu glanced at her watch, "I better get home. I still have homework to finish."
Yugi nodded, "Alright. I'll see you tomorrow, Anzu."
She smiled, "Okay. Bye, Yugi, it was fun hanging out in your grandfather's shop with you!" Yugi watched her disappear around the corner before walking home; if he still had a crush on her, that last line would've made him melt.

Yugi's walk home was lonely, but he was grinning the whole way as Mr. Sennen arrived back in his mind. He hadn't a care in the world, and he found himself whistling happily as he walked through his front door, calling out, "Mom, Dad, I'm home—"
Yugi's mom came dashing down the stairs, her hair a mess, and ran to Yugi, putting her hands on his shoulders, "Yugi! Where have you been?"

Yugi blinked in surprise, "Uh, I was at grandpa's shop."
She let out a sigh of relief, "For two hours? I was worried sick when you didn't come home on time!"
"Didn't grandpa call you?" Yugi asked, turning his head towards the kitchen, where the phone was located.
"Oh," his mom wrinkled her brows in frustration, "Maybe that's who was calling." She released her hands, "I'm sorry, honey. I just… I don't know. You're lucky your father isn't home; he'd be furious, even though grandpa did call."

Yugi glanced around stiffly, forcing out the words, "Dad's not home?"
His mom shook her head, "He left for a business trip this morning. He won't be back until Friday night."
Yugi relaxed a little, "I see." His gaze shifted to the stairs, "I better go finish my homework, now." He ran up the stairs without waiting for an answer.

The door shut behind him and Yugi let out a large sigh of relief; the start of this week was promising already. He dropped his bag on the floor and stretched, wincing at the pain in his back. He rubbed it slowly, remembering solemnly when the bruise was inflicted upon him. It wouldn't be long before another one joined. Yugi shook his head, "I shouldn't worry about it; he can't touch me where he is now."

Yet another thing to make him smile: he, Yugi Mutou, would be untouched for the rest of the week.

Review! Tell me if this is worthy of a chapter two :P
Oh, also! I got the idea of using "Sennen" as a last name from another author. I'm pretty sure it was LuvlyLady (who is an amazing authoress, by the way, so go read her stories), so I give her credit for the idea! xD