Title: U(h)NO
Characters/Pairing(s): Ben/Kevin
Word count: We're suppose to count these things? Damn.
Rating: First part is totally Teen, after that, I'm in MATURE ONLY, FOOS!
Summary: Just a friendly game of Uno....

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"So what do I get when I win?" Kevin Levin took off his muddy boots at the base of the stairs that lead to the interior of the Rustbucket.

"What do you mean? We're just playing Uno, Kevin--And HEY! Who said you're gonna win?" Ben Tennyson yelled as he pulled down a box from one of the higher cabinets in the kitchenette, filled with various card games, dice, and other assorted game pieces.

"Whatever, Tennyson. Just plain Uno is boring. What are we playing for?" The pale boy ascended the steps and stood behind the shorter boy.

"It's not worth playing if I can't win anything good from it."

Fumbling through the box, Ben pulled out the slightly battered stack of cards. "I dunno. I have some Sumo Slammer cards and some candy I think..."

Kevin quirked an eyebrow at the brunette. "If I wanted Sumo Slammer cards, I would just steal them. Same goes for candy. How about we play for something worth me coming all the way out to B.F.E."

Ben led the way back to the sleeping area and sat down on the bottom bunk, "What do you wanna play for?"

Kevin sat down across from him, resting his head on his palms, "I think it should be something important."

The younger boy cut the deck and started shuffling the cards. "And that would be..."

The mutant just smiled. "You'll see."

The cards were dealt with that.

"Draw twelve, runt."

"WHAT? You can't do that! You can't put another Draw Four on mine!"

The raven-haired boy laughed heartily. God, he was having fun smoking the young hero at this game. "Yes, I can. Stop being such a frickin wuss and draw the damn cards."

Ben begrudgingly drew the large amount of cards. "You're an ass, Levin. A serious ass."

"Well, I do what I can."

The game continued on like that for a while, Kevin forcing Ben to draw lots of cards, just barely reaching Uno before Ben hitting him with a few Draw Twos. The stack of cards ended up being recycled a couple of times even.

Finally, it was down to five cards in each player's hand. Droplets of sweat glistened on each boy's face as he stared into the other's equally piercing eyes. It was Ben's turn. Staring down at the cards in his hand, the very fate of the game held in the multicolored paper harbingers of doom. Finally selecting one, he laid it down on top the small mountain in front of them. A yellow seven. Safe.

Kevin smiled as he nonchalantly placed his last yellow, a five down on the pile and sat up a little straighter.

Ben's fingers toyed with the cards as he planned out his next move. He could change the color with his green five or lay down his last Wild card. Floundering between the decision for a few moments, the brunette played the green five.

"Oh, you're so boned now, Tennyson!" Kevin roared with laughter as he played his combo: a green Skip card, then a red skip card, and finally his last card in the turn, a Draw Four Wild before shouting, "UNO, BENJI! COLOR IS GREEN."

All the young Tennyson could do was gape at his frienemy. "Buh, buh, how? I mean, how? YOU'VE BEEN HOLDING OUT!!! ASSHOLE!"

Regretfully abandoning his victory cabbage patch, Kevin laughed at the ten-year old. "I'm just better at this game than you, Tiny. Now play your damn card."

After thinking for a moment, a smile broke out across Ben's face. Dramatically, he slammed down his card, a Wild. "I want the color to be BLUE!"

At that moment, Ben knew somehow that he had made the gravest mistake in his short, short life.