This is my Secret Santa gift for whiteaxls. Hope you enjoy this.

Snow fluttered to the ground outside of the window, frost clinging to the edges of the frame. Atem hunched over on the leather sofa in the college dorm room. Red and brown blankets wrapped around Atem's shoulders, surrounding him like a warm cocoon.

"Still bothered by the cold?" Yugi teased his boyfriend, handing him a hot cup of tea.

"Hey! I grew up in Egypt!" Atem exclaimed, shivering and sipping his cup of tea. "I'm not used to this sort of thing!"

"I guess…"

Atem told him awhile back that he lived in Egypt with his mother and father before moving to California around a few years ago. He only came up to Oregoen to go to university.

"Does it usually snow like this back in Japan?"

"Not really, unless you go the more northern or mountainous regions. The last time it snowed around Tokyo was 1996…at least from what my mom told me."

Brow shot up. "How are you so used to this, then?"

A shrug. "I used to spend a lot of Christmases here because of my dad's work. And I travel a fair bit because of duelling, too."

"That explains it…"

Yugi plopped down beside his boyfriend, arm draped around his shoulder. "So, what do you want to do after this?"

Atem placed the cup on the countertop in front of him. "Not sure."

Yugi's brow scrunched up for a moment. Wait…

"How about a snowball fight?"

"How about no," Atem said, brows furrowed.

"Why not?"

"Yugi, it's freezing out! I don't want to go out unless I have to."

Face dropped. Ugh. Why was Atem so stubborn about this? He never had one of those before! He could ask Jou or Anzu to go out with him, but still…

Wait…

"Alright then, how about a game?"

Atem blinked. "A game?"

"Yeah. If I beat you in a round Duel Monsters, you have to go out on a winter date outside with me."

Atem slapped on his game face. "Okay, I accept. And if I win, you'd have to do whatever I say."

"I accept, too."

Yugi yanked his Duel Monsters deck from the holder on his side and Atem did the same. As the two shuffled their decks, smirks tugged on their features.

"Let's duel."

-0-

A crowd gathered around the pair. Cells phones towered above them, no doubt filming the game. Sweat dripped down Yugi's face. While he was a duellists, he didn't like being the centre of attention. Privacy in duels like this, unfortunately, was a growing rarity.

With one final move, Yugi's monster sliced the Dark Magician in half.

"Looks like I win," Yugi said.

"What?" Atem said, staring down at his cards in disbelief. How did he lose? He thought he had the game in the bag!

"And now, an extra reward…"

Fingers laced around Atem's cheeks. Lips planted on his, kissing him. Gasps filled the air and a few camera phones went off, but Yugi did not care in the slightest. Atem soon returned it, smiling while doing so.

The two parted. A smile was plastered on Atem's face.

"You still want to go outside?" Yugi asked.

"If you want too, I can suck it up for a bit. It's only fair."

Purple eyes lit up. "Come on. Let's go!"