April 29, 2005 - Edits. Many edits. Good lord, I was an awful little fangirl.

Yugi's Miracle Boredom Cure Scene One: Sunglasses and Fruit of the Loom

Joey: In addition…Scylla does not own Ra-Ban or Fruit of 'da Loom

Tristan: ...Thanks for pointing that out. chases Joey back into the ficcie

Note: If this had been a part of the story…which we're all thanking God it's not…this would have taken place the afternoon after Kaiba's soul was sealed into a card. Don't attack me for making the characters a little less bothered than they should be about that…we all know they rarely ever react to situations that they should be worried by…for instance, Yugi's drastic change in appearance…and that nice glowing pyramid…and being forced to attack monsters in the Shadow Realm…

"Joey, are you as bored as I am?" A small voice asked. Joey nodded and stretched, sprawled across the opposite couch. "Bored as it gets. Got something planned?"

"No, that's why I asked you."

"Do I look like I got something planned?"

"No."

"Hmph." Joey turned over onto his back and thought he'd go to sleep...for the fourth time that afternoon. Instead, he heard socks padding across the hardwood floor of the common room at Pegasus's castle. Then, something small and hard flew through the air and landed with a metallic 'click' on his chest. He picked it up and examined it with one hand, rubbing the spot where it landed with the other. A pair of sunglasses. "What 'da...?"

In answer, there was only a chuckle. Yugi walked up and stood over him, a pair of wraparound Ra-Bans perched on his small nose. "Ever seen Risky Business?"

"Yeah. Why? Oh...no. Not in a million years."

"You said you were bored. Now take your pants off."

"Are you insane!" Being locked in this stupid castle has finally cost the poor kid what was left of his brain...

"No. This is going to be fun." The last word almost came out as a snarl. Adorable violet eyes narrowed and tiny brow furrowed menacingly.

I guess you don't handle boredom well? "Okay, okay, just tell me what I hafta do."

Tea looked up from her magazine in surprise at the thumping from outside her bedroom. She rolled over onto her stomach and hung her head over the edge of the bed, trying to peer through the cracked door. Nothing. She leaned over a little more and flicked out a hand to tug the door open further...

Music blasted Tea's face at nearly the same time as Tristan and Bakura galloped into her room through the hall entry. Caught off guard, Tea lost her balance and thudded onto the floor. The boys looked down at her with identical surprised grins.

"Problems?" Sarcasm was heavy in Tristan's voice as one eyebrow quirked.

"No." Tea shot back in an irritated whisper, and leaped to her feet, motioning toward the common room.

"Ahhh, I see you're wondering the same thing we were." Ryou crossed his arms. "Any idea what's going on in there?"

"Well, I was about to find out when you two losers knocked me off the bed."

"We didn't knock you off...you fell off!" Tristan had yet to lower his voice. Tea shushed him, but it was too late...he'd already given the game away. The music cut dead, and the thumping stopped. Tristan crept toward the door and peeked out, while Tea and Bakura climbed onto the bed and pressed their ears against the wall.

Still nothing. Tristan sighed and pulled his head back into the bedroom. "Well...I guess whatever it was--"

All of a sudden familiar piano chords rang from the sound system on the other side of the wall. Tea and Tristan exchanged glances. What on Earth...?

WHAM! The door crashed into the side of Tristan's head and threw him backward, as two teenage boys in white shirts, briefs, and sunglasses slid into Tea's bedroom in their socks. The taller one played an imaginary guitar, while the smaller of the two frantically ran his fingers over an air-piano. They sang along to the vocals screaming from the speakers at the top of their lungs, and stood back-to-back, posturing like a pair of platinum superstars.

The Tea and Tristan on the bed could only sit and watch, stunned. Tristan sat on the floor, nursing a sore cheek and glaring up at them.

When the song ended, there was a moment of silence. Joey and Yugi lifted their sunglasses and grinned.
"WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

All at once, Tea was pounding on Bakura's back and laughing fit to kill--the ice blond bent double and clutching his sides desperately as the rest of him shook. Satisfied, Joey and Yugi joined in the laughter and dropped to the floor, still back-to-back, helpless with mirth. Tristan continued to glare. Eventually, Joey wiped away the tears and noticed his best friend only a few feet away. "What's wrong, Tristan?"

"I have one question for you two."

"What?" Yugi plucked the sunglasses off of his face and whacked Bakura with them, who was still giggling.

Tristan smirked. "Why didn't you tell us?" And with that, he hurdled the pair on the floor and lunged for the door to the commons.