Chapter 1 - Bother

Warning: Shounen-ai.

Pairing: Atticus x Zane (mmm… Zane uke)

Disclaimer: This devious pair is not mine, nor are any other of the characters from Yu-Gi-OhGX.

Bother
Zane grimaced as he felt something pointed strike the side of his head; he dared to glance inthe direction of the projectile. Directly on his right sat Atticus, grinning mischievously. Thebrunette pointed downwards.
Zane quickly analyzed the situation; Atticus, with his smile speaking of devious intentions,wanted him to see something. If he did look, it was sure to bring about misfortune (everythingAtticus did with a cheerful expression on his face ended with not-so-pleasant consequences). If,however, Zane didn’t look, the brunette beside him would be upset, and an unhappy Atticus wasa hazard to one’s health. Zane was cornered; caught once again in the brunette’s inescapabletrap.
The blunette sighed inwardly, glanced at the still smiling boy to his right, and then lookedwhere the single finger was showing him. There was a neatly folded note; the words ‘To Zane’written in elaborately scrawled script upon the front. He warily lifted the perfect square; beingcareful in case it tried to bite him. One never knew.
Zane slowly unfolded the paper; if Atticus wanted to bother him, he would torture him aswell. He took much more time than was necessary to flatten the crisply creased note. Then hehad to spend another minute more straightening the corner he had accidentally bent whileunfolding it, and before he could read it, he had to make sure that the professor wasn’twatching… Ouch.
Atticus had grown impatient; hence his hand couldn’t be controlled when it jabbed into thewhite fabric surrounding the other boy’s ribs. He smiled sweetly when Zane sent him a glare thatwould send any student home crying to their mothers, adamant to never duel again. Of course,the Rhodes boy only laughed at the death stare, he had built up a tolerance to the poison dealt bythose navy blue eyes.
Resigned to his unfortunate fate, Zane quickly read the letter held by his long fingers.
One delicate eyebrow rose as his eyes scanned the formally written words.
He met Atticus’s expectant gaze.
“I think that ‘Risk your life to journey in secret to my dormitory bedroom so we mayconsummate our love’ exaggerates the situation a bit, my room is right next to yours-”
“Oh, maybe you should try to use your imagination once in a while? It won’t kill you, youknow.”
“-And I don’t love you.”
“That hurts, darling.”
“Atticus, don’t call me that.”
“But I LOVE you!”
“Ahem, excuse me, Mr. Rhodes.”
Atticus was forced to turn his attention away from the stubborn blunette to face the wrath ofan exasperated Professor Crowler.
“I am trying to teach a very important lesson, do you mind telling me what is so importantthat you must bother everyone, including out number one student, with your interruptivechatter?”
The pleading expression in the brunette’s eyes begged Zane to save him, to be his knight inshining armor.
Zane looked emotionlessly away.
That was it then, Atticus determinedly faced the teacher that was currently angry at him, “I’mawfully sorry Professor Crowler. I just couldn’t keep quiet when Zane told me…” The eyes thatmade contact with the blunette’s had a slightly sadistic shine in them, “how much he enjoyed thelittle game we were playing last night, where he was my do-”
‘That bastard.’ “Excuse me, Professor. This disturbance is my fault. I will rightfully take thepunishment for it.”
“Why Zane, there is no need to sacrifice yourself. I’ll just let Mr. Rhodes off with merely awarning.”
“How generous of you, Professor.”
Atticus flashed Zane a grateful smile, “Thanks, darling.”
“You would think you’d learn.”
“Right back at you, lover-boy.”
“Atticus.”
“Fine, Zane. Will you be visiting tonight?”
“Can I say no?”
“Nope.”
“I forgot. I don’t get a choice with you.”
“Because you’re mine to do whatever I want with!”
Zane cringed.


A/N: Wow, this was a little longer than the others. I guess I just got carried away. It just shows I<3 my readers.

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