Hello everyone! Writertainer here! For those of you who have read my other story and were waiting for more, I'm sorry it took so long. I had to go see my cousin's wedding in Ontario back in October and during the drive there, while working on other short stories, my computer's drive broke so I couldn't use it. Luckily, I was able to save my stories on a USB and my cousin's brother gave me his old one. Combine that with my schoolwork and I didn't have much time on my hands. On the plus side, I won the Garter throw!

Anyway, welcome to a collection of one-shots which will focus on the Yu-Boys (maybe their dragons) and Bracelet Girls, as well as Zarc and Ray later, which I call The Fruit Basket!

By the way, I am super proud of that name and nothing you say will change that.

The Basket will contain stories of many flavors, meaning the genre will vary from story to story, and each story will be appropriately tagged in the Author's Note. Other characters may make appearances, but the focus will always be on any combination of Yu's and Girls and most will either be silly, romantic, and/or slice-of-life stories. So no AUs or tragedies.

The pairings are one of the only things that will remain consistent. In other words it's only going to be Fruitshipping, Fallenangelshipping (or Egaoshipping if you prefer), Appleshipping, Predatorshipping and Genesis/Fusedshipping (AKA Zarcray), though they will not appear in all stories.

With that out of the way, ENJOY!

Characters: The Yu-Boys, mostly Yuri centric.

Pairings: None.

Genre: Humor, Friendship, Family (kinda).

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V, its characters or the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG/OCG. This story is non-profit.

When they heard that ribs was what they would eat for dinner, or supper if you prefer, both Yuya and Yuto expressed their joy with a fist pump, followed by a fist bump. It had been so long since they'd last eaten ribs.

"You guys have never eaten ribs!?"

Only for that joy to turn into shock when Yugo asked what ribs were and Yuri adding that "it didn't sound like anything special."

"I can understand Yugo not having eaten any because of his rough life, but you?" Yuto said to Yuri, who was looking with a rather disinterested look at a list of Maiami's Duel Schools for some reason, "You've really never had ribs?"

"Why would I?" was Yuri's response, "Academia only serves the best dishes to the elite, and ribs weren't among their selections. I don't think it was even served to the lowest-ranking soldiers."

"Just when I thought I had heard about all the ways Leo screwed things up, I learn that he didn't even put ribs on Academia's menu," Yuya said, "You have no idea what you've been missing."

"Well, if it's your mom's cooking, I'm sure it will be great!" Yugo said to Yuya.

Yuri said nothing and went back to looking at the list.

"What are you even reading?" Yuto asked.

"Nothing. Just a list of potential preys."

"Oh my god, Yuri."

At that moment, three young boys with the same face collectively face palmed.

Once Yoko finished the meal, she left with Yusho to a restaurant so they could enjoy some alone time together, leaving the four boys alone to their meal.

Heading over to the dining room, the four boys' nostrils caught the wonderful scent of the freshly-cooked pork covered in barbecue sauce, appeasing and enticing their stomachs with the promise of a most delicious meal. The boys took their respective seat at the table and that was when Yuri noticed something.

"Hold on, your mother forgot the utensils," Yuri said as he stood up to go get the appropriate silverware.

"Huh?" was Yuya's confused reply.

Yuri stopped and looked back at him. "The utensils. You know, the fork and knife."

"We don't eat ribs with those," Yuto said for his Standard counterpart.

"Then what do you use?" the former Academia student asked, annoyed. Yuto answered him nonchalantly, making it sound as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Your hands."

For one moment, Yuri's brain basically flat-lined.

"Excuse me? I think I misheard you."

"You didn't. We eat ribs with our hands."

He was dumbfounded.

"You must be joking."

"I'm not."

Now, he just felt offended.

"Are you seriously expecting me to lower myself to the level of a mindless barbarian and eat with my hands!?" His voice got louder along with his irritation. He would have said something else had Yugo not decided to speak up.

"You seriously need to chill out if you're getting this angry over food," he said, taking the meat by the bone in his ungloved, and washed, hand, "Food's food, it doesn't matter how you eat it as long as it's good. Take it from someone who's lived his life not knowing what tomorrow's meal would be." The young Synchro user then took his very first bite.

"It's not a matter of food, it's a matter of standards. Something that you clearly do not have, Fusion," Yuri taunted, closing his eyes. He then waited for the inevitable reaction that would follow.

...

...

...Wait a minute, something's wrong.

"IT'S SO GOOD!"

'Wait, WHAT!?'

Yuri's eyes shot open and he looked at Yugo to find him joyously eating a mouthful of pork meat.

"IT'S DELICIOUS! OH MAN, I CAN'T GET ENOUGH!"

Yuri could not believe something so ludicrous had just occurred. He could not believe Yugo had not responded to his taunt. That he did not respond "IT'S NOT FUSION, IT'S YUGO!" in anger. Had he not heard him? Had he grown immune to it?

Or was it the ribs? Were ribs really so good, that it completely overrode any frustration Yugo had upon being called Fusion, causing him to ignore Yuri?

Looking back at his two other counterparts, Yuri found that the topic had been dropped and the two were pleasantly enjoying their meal. 'Are they really that good?' he pondered, 'Is it really worth getting my hands dirty?' He went back to his seat and looked at the admittedly tasty-looking dish. 'I'll just have one bite. Just. One.' Taking one by the bone and scowling slightly at the feeling of the sauce on his fingers, he brought the meat to his mouth for a small, quick bite.

'...Huh. This is not bad at all.' He was still uncertain however, so he took a second, bigger bite.

'My god, this is... this taste is...'

"Amazing..." Yuri found himself saying aloud.

The spiciness of the sauce, which carried a hint of sweetness, worked in perfect harmony with the tender feeling of the pork. Every time he swallowed, he found himself longing for more, and he was more than happy to satisfy that urge. So he satisfied it again, and again, and again.

Yuya looked at Yuri for a moment and saw him eating with much less manners than usual. A small, unnoticed smile crept on his face before he went back to eating.

After washing the dishes, and their hands, the boys were in the living room, all filled with the pleasant feeling of content, and the food they just ate obviously.

"That was one of the best things I've ever eaten!" Yugo said.

"You say that for almost all of my mom's cooking," the entertainer argued.

"Or Rin's for that matter," his Xyz counterpart added.

"I know, but I'm serious about ribs! They were magical!"

"Normally, I'd say that's a stupid thing to say, but I'm actually inclined to believe that statement." Yuri's words shocked everyone. He was actually agreeing, or was at least considering, Yugo's childish claim.

"Why's that?" the Riding Duelist asked.

"I called you Fusion back there and you didn't even notice."

"IT'S NOT FU-Wait, really?"

"Oh, yeah! He totally did!" Yuya remembered.

"It's the truth," Yuto confirmed.

"Wow, ribs really are magical!" Yugo confirmed with a big smile.

"No, you're just an idiot," Yuri taunted with a smirk.

"DON'T CALL ME AN IDIOT, SCUMBAG!"

"Oh, here we go again."

"AND FOR THE RECORD, IT'S YUGO, NOT FUSION!"

Yuri laughed before saying something that had been on his mind for the remainder of meal.

"But seriously, how could the Professor not put ribs on the menu!?"

"I told you he screwed up."

"Maybe he wanted to keep them all for himself," Yuto theorized.

"That bastard! I can't believe I used to work for him!"

Everyone had a good laugh at that.

As he lay on the couch, talking with his counterparts, Yuri thought that maybe a life with them won't be so bad after all. Maybe there was more to life then carding your defeated enemies. Maybe, just maybe, he could come to care for these guys.

'Did I just change my view on life just because of a few mouth-watering, delicious ribs? ...Seems legit.'

The idea for this story came from a random thought I had after I had ribs for the first time in my life the day before the wedding. I found the idea cute and silly enough that I wanted to write it. It was harder than expected.

You probably won't see me post anything for a while. I'll occasionally leave a review, but most of my time will be dedicated to working on my college projects. That and Pokemon Moon.

If anyone asks, my starter was Popplio. Obviously. Gotta spread that Egao! No, seriously, I loved it the moment I saw it and yes, it was because of Arc-V and Yuya.

Also, punctuations and capitalization with quotations are a pain to get right.

Reviews, constructive criticism and identifying my spelling/writing errors are all welcome and appreciated.

-Writertainer