These Feelings

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or the characters

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Malik fell backwards onto the hard tiles, the air in his lungs being forced out as his back made contact with the hallway floor. The student he had bumped into hadn't fallen as well, but stumbled a little.

"A-are you alright?" the figure asked, holding out his hand. Malik, still dazed from falling, took a moment to process what the guy had said, as well as to catch his breathe.

"O-oh, yes. T-thank you."

When Malik's hand slipped into the other's, something in him changed. A feeling he had never felt before rushed through him, making him scared but secure. With one large pull, Malik was standing on his feet again, once again dazed.

His eyes were on his hand, which was left go of, but as his eyes wandered, he saw something that took his breathe away (for the second time that day). Malik was staring into the deepest, bluest eyes he had ever seen.

"Sorry about that!" he said, laughing awkwardly. However, even though it was this guy's fault that he turned a corner without looking if anyone was there, Malik still felt that he needed to apologise.

"N-no, really, it was my fault, s-sorry."

"Crap, why am I stuttering so much?" Malik thought. This sudden encounter shouldn't have made him this flustered.

"That's ok. I'm Katsuya by the way," he said, smiling. Somehow this made that feeling come back, but Malik tried his best to push it away and stop stuttering. "Malik."

"Well then, have a good day Malik." Katsuya put his hand up as to wave goodbye and began walking past him. Malik's instincts told him to turn around and grab his arm, but before he could move Katsuya was gone.

"Just great. Now I'm flustered and late for class," Malik yelled at himself as he rushed down the corridor.

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"Hey, Malik right?" a familiar voice asked. Malik shot his head up, to be met with those sparkling blue eyes again. Knowing that this would probably trigger the same feeling as before, he averted his gaze to the bento he was holding. Just what about this guy made him feel like this?

"Y-yeah?"

"Crap," Malik thought.

"Do you mind if I sit with you?"

"Double crap," he thought again.

"Um, sure. I-if you want, I guess..."

Katsuya had no reason to object, and sat himself beside Malik. The feeling of his arm brushing against Malik's made him shiver a little, and he carefully unfolded his bento, praying to Ra that Katsuya wouldn't have noticed.

"Man, your lunch looks way better than mine! All I got was leftovers."

Malik had to admit, it was pretty gook having Ishizu do all the cooking. Since Malik only had a small bento, half of it was rice. The other half was little bits of cooked vegetables and some tofu. He looked over to Katsuya's, which was considerably less appetising. All that was inside it was a few pieces of pizza and some cooked vegetables.

"That's far from enough for a guy like him!" The thought of Katsuya living off that sort of food everyday was enough to make Malik sick. While it was probably delicious, even he knew Katsuya should be eating more than pizza.

Without thinking twice, Malik slid his bento over a little bit. "Y-you can have some of mine, if you want."

Katsuya blinked a few times, bewildered at the fact such nice food was being offered to him. "What? Won't you be hungry then?" Even though Katsuya would protest if he knew Malik would be left hungry, he still urged him to eat from him bento.