Bittersweet ~by dark_oBsessiOn

Hey, minnasan! It's nice to see you again! ^_^ I apologize if I took too much time to anyways, I'm back and I'm here with the long-awaited next chapter of Bittersweet! But before anything else, I'd like to give my responses to the following reviewers.

YumeTakato - Thanks for the comment! Yugi sure ain't lucky back there, wasn't it? (evil snicker) Oh 't worry, I'll keep his mishaps ongoing! Muwahahaha! (Yugi: *groans*) Thanks for reviewing!

Meiharu - My deepest apologies for not updating so case of writer's block. (sticks out her tongue at herself). It seems that writing two fanfics at the same time wasn't such a good . if y'all check my profile, you'll see that I'm also writing a Beyblade fanfiction. (bows down) I'm terribly sorry! Aniweiz, I'm glad you liked that one! ^_^ Nice comments like that always make my . ^_^ I've been smiling way too much! Thanks for reviewing, Meiharu-sama!

Angel - I won't keep you waiting for long! Here's the next chapter, I hope y'all enjoy it! Thanks for reviewin'!

Scarlet Letter Pearl - Waii! A new reviewer again! ^_^ Thanks for reviewing, Scarlet-sama! Hope you enjoy this one!

Well, that wraps up my responses! I hope you guys like this one! Standard disclaimers apply, and that is I don't own Yugioh! If I did, I'd have Yami Bakura tied up in my room forever! (evil laughter) See how scary it is if I do own it? (winks) Enjoy!

Chapter 4: A Perfect Picture

"Ow..my head.." That was the only statement that I rambled on and on as Yugi, Yami and I were walking to school the next day. "That alcohol must've got me big time."

"No drank the whole bottle back there, Dev." Yugi snickered.

"Yeah, and that leaves us two to carry you home," Yami was looking at his reflection at the window of a shop (no, not their shop) while talking. I stopped to a halt upon hearing that.

"YOU CARRIED ME HOME?" I shrieked, scaring the hell out of the two boys. What if my mom was already home? Shit everything!

"As if we have the heart to leave you snoozing on the dance floor for the rest of the night. You should've seen Keith's face while you were down there," Yugi filled in the rest of the details. "He was looking at you like you were some really scrumptious meal on a buffet table. He can't take his eyes off you!"

"Yeah, and he's literally drooling over you! Who knows what he had done if we never carried you home!" His cousin cut in.

I smiled sheepishly. " ? Oh." All of a sudden, I fixed my attention to the strand of hair that was resting on my shoulders. I mentally slapped myself for giving the two look-a-likes such trouble. Then, I found myself saying.

"I'm sorry."

The boys stopped walking. "Huh?"

"I must've caused you a lot of inconvenience. I'm really sorry."

Yami was the first one to respond. "No, it's nothing," and shook his head. "We just did what any other good friend of yours would do. You sure enjoyed yourself last night, that you exhausted yourself."

"I guess ." I never thought that Domino's most popular guy would be . Maybe that's the reason why many girls are so enamored of him. He's a total gentleman.

"Well, are you two just going to stand there?" Yugi, who was ahead of us now, pouted and placed his hands on his hips. I find these cute. "We're going to be late!"

Both of us nodded and pretty soon, all of us raced towards the gates like we usually do.

Yami went ahead of us, leaving me and Yugi in the shoe-changing room. "So, how did it go?" I asked the little boy.

"Hm?"

"Don't play dumb, Yugi Mutou. What happened with you and Tea?"

He blushed a bit. "Tea?" He slipped his shoes into his locker and put on the white rubber ones. (A/N: If this got u confused, kindly refer to the first chapter. ^_^) "Well, went ."

Of course, since I was asleep when those even took place, I absolutely was clueless. I held Yugi's shoulders, excited to hear the details. "Really? What did you said to her? Have you finally told her how you feel about her? Well?"

"Whoa! One at a time!" Yugi took a step back. "First, I - " He stopped talking when he saw the person that we were taking about, standing behind him and looking at us. "T-Tea! Y-yikes!"

~CRASH~

Now, she was looking down on him, who was completely dazed. "Good morning Tea. Um."

I narrowed my eyes. Pa. The. Tic. It was then that the girl fixed her attention to me that I snapped out of my current state. " ," I greeted.

Luckily, she was clueless as to what we're talking about earlier. "Morning, Yugi!" she chirped. This made him wonder, wasn't she supposed to be mad about yesterday? The boy just looked at her, confused. Deep in my mind, I figured that this will be the best chance for him to talk with her heart to heart. "Uh, I should get going now." I waved to them and dashed out of the room. The couple just looked at the dust cloud that I left as a souvenir - or more like the indication that I was once there.

"She' ," Yugi just mumbled. That was when he realized that Dev did that on purpose..

.for they were totally alone in the room now.

"Stupid girl!" Yugi was now getting nervous. What's he going to say? Well, better go for broke, it's now or never. " ?"

She was fixing her shoes when he called her. Looking up from her half-kneeling position, she said, "What is it?"

Yugi fidgeted with his fingers, and tried his best not to stutter. Unfortunately, that means looking at the ground so that he'd say things steadily. "I - regarding last know, back at the club.I'm.I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to crash into that." His face was now crimson, remembering how he "crashed" into her.

Tea thought for a while. "Oh.that!" She placed her hands on her hips, and he knew what's next.a long lecture. "You sure surprised me back I know that you never meant it. It's okay." She smiled her sweetest, meaning that she meant what she said. Yugi looked up, and felt his heart skip a beat; that was the same smile that he fell in love with.

"You mean it?"

She nodded. "Yes, I do. Now let's get to class before our sensei makes us stand in the hall." Tea cringed a bit. "I hate it when that happens. I don't want to hold a bucket out there ever again!"

He laughed cutely and nodded. "Yeah, I know what you mean."

It just felt so good, like a large thorn was removed from his chest. Tea had accepted his apology. and what's more is that she wasn't mad at him at all.

"Great, just great." I muttered as I was standing outside the classroom with a bucket of water in both hands. The moment I arrived at the classroom, the teacher was already there, and accused me of being . Before I could explain myself, he already ordered me to stand in the hall. Next time, try to come a bit earlier, Ms. Jean! That's what she said to me.

Damn old hag. I bet she's already in her menopausal period. That, or the possibility that she woke up on the wrong side of the bed. That always happens to me.

No wait, screw the two options. Maybe it wasn't just my day, that's why.aw, shit.

"Devlon? What are you doing there?"

I turned to my left and saw Yugi and Tea looking at me; the latter looking rather nervous. "Well duh, I'm standing here in this godforsaken, pathetic excuse for a school hall holding a bucket in my hands and making a total fool out of myself!" I literally spat. He took a few steps back, after realizing that I was really in a rage. Boy, will that old hag just wait! After I graduated from this school I'll literally hire an assassin to hunt her down and shoot holes through her!

Tea tapped his shoulder. "Uh think we shouldn't go inside now? I bet the teacher's in there too. And like I said earlier, I don't want to stand in the hall!"

He shrugged his shoulders. "We wouldn't know until we see for ourselves," he casually replied. It always amazes me that he could talk so maturely despite his age. Not that I'm taunting him or whatever; but if you'll just take a look at him you'd mistake him for an elementary student!

"I agree," I joined in. "You should go check it out for yourselves. If you're lucky the teacher might be a little bit nicer to ya than mine." After I told them who was our first teacher, the two paled a bit. It seems that they know her much better than me. They took in deep breaths before pushing the sliding door open, very slowly.

Sweet silence.

5 minutes later.

"I told you that we shouldn't go inside," Tea scolded Yugi for the 30th time. They were now in the hallway, holding two buckets each. "I told you so, Yugi! Mou!" By the tone of her voice, it sounded like she was about to burst any second. The shorter boy, however, just looked at the ground blushing fiercely, and he was saying: "I'm sorry, Tea!" over and over again.

I observed them at the corner of my eye as they continued to fight. Man, they look like a bickering couple...

Little did I know that I said that part a bit it was when they both hushed and stared at me. "What?" (O.o) "Oops."

The rest of the time was spent with them not saying a word to each other. Unfortunately, I didn't saw the rest of the events for our stupid teacher's time was only 1 hour long. Yugi's still has another 30 minutes to go.

And the school bell chimed several hours later.

"But they do look like a bickering couple," I said to myself that lunch, as I stared at my ham-and cheese sandwich. Separating the two loaves of bread apart, I studied the fillings and snorted in disgust. Their canteen sure can make the ickiest stuff, and still had the nerve calling it as 'something to eat'? "Geez, what a waste of money."

All of a sudden, another sandwich was showed at me, and slowly, I looked up to see who gave it to me.

"You want mine, then?"

I was completely blown away. "It' ."

The guy known as Bakura Ryou. Yep, the one and only. Yugi's other senior and Yami's sort-of competition when it comes to popularity. (A/N: This guy's Yami Bakura, so you won't get confused. I gave him and his hikari two separate bodies, so that we can tackle into their own personal lives without one controlling the other! ^_^ Isn't that totally kewl?)

"Don't worry, it's not from the canteen. This is a homemade one." He shoved it closer to my face, urging me to take it.

" you." I took the food from his hands and just when I was about to eat it, I remembered. "How about you?"

He "tch"ed, in a cute kind of way, something that you'll only find in tough looking guys. "I'm not really hungry and besides, my auntie forced me to bring that thing to school." Bakura walked towards the sakura tree that I was seeking shade under and rested his back on it, arms crossed. His eyebrows were almost near each other, and he looked totally mysterious.

Seeing that he was comfortable that way, I never asked him to sit down beside me. Besides, he looked much cooler in that pose. No wonder the girls love him. And speaking of girls.

"Eek! Look Izumi, it's Bakura of the Shadow Realm! He's here! I think I'm gonna faint!"

I glared at them, my head bowed low. So what if he's here?

"I'm gonna ask for his autograph!"

"Hey, hey! Do I look alright?" The one who said that suddenly took a comb out of nowhere and started fixing herself.

Before the girls could make any move, he stepped away from the tree and glanced at me. "I shall be going now. Enjoy the sandwich, miss." His coat's sleeve brushed past my left cheek, bringing to my senses the scent that came along with it. Nothing special, yet I found it intoxicating.

"Thanks, Bakura." I turned my head in his direction, the cold breeze blowing against my golden brown locks. My eyes widened at the sight that I saw.

.what I witnessed next was absolutely breathtaking.

His blue coat hoisted over his shoulders, his one hand in his pocket, and his long silky white hair tossed gracefully in the wind. They blended so well with the petals of sakura that were raining gently at the background, along with the sweet scent of the day that would simply catch your breath in your throat.

"Beautiful." I found myself saying softly. The cries of agony of his fans never attracted my attention at all. Nor the chime of the school clock, signaling that lunch was already over. All of it was fixed on the gentle afternoon picture in front of me, and I found it hard to tear my gaze away from it - even with Bakura out of it, I still found the view absolutely perfect..

"Now this is the only thing my former city doesn't have."

Things progressed slowly after that fateful incident, including another series of events like me standing in the hall for two consecutive subjects (I slept in the middle of both), and tons of nonsense group discussions which I never bothered to listen to. I still wasn't wearing the prescribed school uniform by the way, and that was referred to me (more like nagged) by the professors a thousand times. It looked so cute to watch all of my classmates' stoked faces as me and my professors exchanged witty answers and questions, all of which led to the result of us not taking our lesson for the rest of the period. Boy, can I get cranky at times.

But after being made to stand in the hall for 3 subjects, who wouldn't be?

Yugi and his cousin just stared at me, dumbfounded when they heard my story that dismissal.

"Wow! I never thought that you can do that!" Yami exclaimed. "You sure got some guts, Devlon! Luckily the teachers never gave you any serious punishment for that!"

His little look-a-like was chewing on his choco bar while listening. "You should've been there in my classroom, cuz. They were bickering nonstop that all of us had to step out of the classroom to stop them from arguing!"

"Well it's their fault for making me stand outside in the first place," I said smugly.

"But still," Yami cut in. "It was rather impolite. Next time, try not to lose your temper, okay? You shouldn't push their patience to the limit. The last time Bakura did that, he was suspended from the school for a whole semester - "

"Bakura?"

"Yeah. Bakura, my classmate and band member. For him to pass that said semester, he had to retake all of his subjects."

"And I heard that it was hell for him," Yugi chimed in. "Right now he's finishing all off them, then after that he'll have to take the subjects that Yami took."

"Sounds like a lot of work. Bu why did Bakura lost his temper like that?"

Yami shrugged. "It's in his nature to be so temperamental. Even for no reason at all, he's always pissed off at something or someone."

But that's not how I met him earlier.I thought, thinking about the event where we talked briefly. Wait, on second he was pissed. By the way he reacted when his fangirls started screaming his name, and by the way he referred to his sandwich. I chuckled a bit at the thought.

The boys looked at me with curious expressions. "Are you alright?" Yugi asked, throwing his choco wrapped in a nearby trash can, shooting it basketball-style. He then glanced back at me. Yami did the same.

"I'm 's not like I've gone insane or anything. Don't worry."

" you sure you're not insane yet?"

Yami only sweatdropped, as I chased after his cousin waving my fist in the air. "YOU'RE SO GONNA GET IT, YUGI MUTOU!" The latter screamed and dashed towards the game shop.

"YAMI, HELP ME!"

*snicker* "You're on your own, Yugi. In fact, you deserve it!" his cousin yelled.

Wai! There goes chapter four! Hope you liked it; and I know that it's not that great yet! But please be patient, soon all of the good stuff will come one by one! Until then, I hope you leave a review and tell me what you think! You have every right to get mad at me (considering that I haven't updated in a long ). ^^; Hope to see ya all in the next chapter! Ja ne! ^_^