The Missing Locket (Yugi x Reader)

Téa's Birthday

Yugi shouldn't have spoken so harshly to (Y/N). But, he was just angry (Y/N) took his gift for Téa, and he didn't want to talk to her until he calmed down. Right now, Yugi just wanted to focus on giving Téa the locket 

As the minutes ticked by, he tried forming the words in his mind he would say to Téa.

'For your birthday, I wanted to give you this locket to show you my affection... that I care for you? I've got feelings for you?' Yugi thought to himself as he rubbed the back of his neck with his hand and bit his cheek. 'No, those aren't the right words...'

Time Skip

"Alright, lunch time. I'm starving!" Joey says outloud. 

Yugi's heart pounded in his chest. Téa was standing by her locker. 

She glanced up while filling her books and smiled at him. His nerves flared up like a signal fire. "Hey, Téa."

"Hey! Ready to eat?" Téa greeted him. "My mom packed me a special lunch."

"Yeah‐‐ uh, I found what I was looking for earlier. Here." Yugi pulled the locket out by its chain. It caught the light like a camera lens swinging from a neck strap.

Téa smiled. "It's beautiful, Yugi. Thank you. "

Yugi dropped the locket in the palms of her outstretched hands. This was the moment. She was looking right at him. But Yugi felt his throat seize up, and instead he gritted: 

"Would you like to go to the arcade later, with me?"

Téa nodded. "Sure, Right after school?"

"Yeah, we could walk there together."

"Alright."

Yugi relaxed. He did it, sort of.  Téa was going to the arcade with him. That was a start.

Téa pulled out her phone and started typing. "I'll text (Y/N) and the guys and see if they want to come."

"Huh--- wait..."

"There. All taken care of." Téa pocketed her phone. "Ready to go to lunch?"

Apparently Téa hadn't understood what he meant. Yugi didn't want to be around (Y/N) for the rest of the day, but it was too late now. He nodded and they went to lunch.

Time Skip

It wasn't ideal, but Yugi could still make the arcade work. (Y/N) didn't come. She said she had to work, but the real reason was that Yugi was still upset with her. He and the others were told that she went home early. Yami had to go to work at his part time job, so he couldn't hang out with them. The arcade was nearly deserted this time of day. It would fill up in the next hour or so, but for now, the four of them had their choice in games.

Tristan and Joey peeled off for the single-shooter games.

Téa went to the DDR mats. Yugi didn't like DDR. He was about as coordinated as a foosball in a pinball machine. Téa glided on air. She stepped up to the mat and began to dance. He watched her, mesmerized. The machine gave her a fantastic score.

She noticed him watching her. "Come take the other mat, Yugi!"

Yugi's eyes widened. "Me? Uh, no. I'm terrible at DDR..."

"C'mon, it's not that hard!"

Yugi reluctantly joined her. The game started and Yugi already missed a step. "Wuh! Oof, I missed that one..."

"Just follow the directions on the screen!" Téa explains as she plays the game without missing a single step. Yugi was horrible at this. But, for Téa's sake, he tried to keep up.