A/N: This is part of the "Fireflies" series, which is what I've decided to call it. Part 3, enjoy.

Summary: A shared cupcake could constitute a date, couldn't it?

Frosting

They reached for it at the same time. The last cupcake in the bakery before closing, both so concentrated on grabbing the frosting, the cake and a warm cup of coffee. Without seeing one another. Atem's hand bumped Yugi's and their eyes met over the glass plate. The woman at the cash register smiled apologetically.

"Sorry boys, that's the last one." Atem drew his hand back quickly.

"S'okay." Yugi raised an eyebrow and smiled.

"Thanks." A red flush rose up on Atem's neck as he payed for his coffee and quickly went into the corner of the bakery. The sun was setting and rain was slapping the windows quickly and steadily. He sipped the coffee, burning his tongue and cursing quickly.

"It says 'hot' on the cup," Yugi offered, sitting across from him, the previously desired cupcake on a plate, divided neatly in half. Atem blushed again and shrugged, pulling the lid off his drinking and adding more sugar to it. "I wanted you to have this. But then I realized I really wanted some. So I figured we could share it." Atem looked up from his sugaring activities, embarrassed.

"You don't have to. It's just a cupcake."

"No, I wanted to." He pushed the plate forward, already licking the icing off the top of his and chewing the soft cake thoughtfully. "You and I seem to run into one another at the strangest places lately. Here, the park, the grocery store." Atem's eyes widened behind his coffee cup. "Well, we didn't meet, but still. We were - oh, you didn't know I saw you?" Atem shook his head quickly and Yugi laughed happily and loudly, something rich and smooth.

"I...um, well."

"It's okay. I know. I followed you, too, but you didn't see me. You know, you can talk to me. You don't have to follow me everywhere."

"I didn't follow you here."

"Well! That's a start." The comment could have been construed as sarcastic, but Yugi's smile was so real and so wide, Atem knew he was serious.

"I'm sorry."

"It's okay. I told you, I'm flattered. Now, coffee. That's a good start. Coffee and delicious cupcakes." He popped the last bit of his in his mouth and smiled, wiping the chocolate around his mouth with a napkin and finishing off his coffee. Atem smiled and continued to eat his, slower. "Well, I'd love to stay and chat, but I need to get home. I was supposed to get some coffee beans and I got dessert instead." He grabbed his book bag and slung it over his shoulders. "I'll see you in school, okay?" Atem said something along the lines if See you there, but his mouth was full of cake and it came out muffled instead. Yugi smiled and waved, heading to the front to get coffee beans.

Atem watched him leave and looked at the empty plate where the last few crumbs of their dessert remained. He pressed them flat with his fingers and licked them off, suddenly realizing that he and Yugi had, without knowing it, just gone on a date. Sort of. Kind of. Confused, he threw the cups away and set the plate on the counter. The cashier waved goodbye. He returned the gesture absentmindedly.

Had it been a date? They had eaten together. Talked, albeit briefly. His "mission" from the week previously had been revealed, but Yugi hadn't seemed to mind. Sighing, he zipped up his jacket and raised his hood to protect him from the rain. If it wasn't a date, what would he call it?

In the end, he decided on cupdate.

For obvious reasons.