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Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh or any other names (I hate legalities!)
"Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday, dear Jounouchi, Happy Birthday to you! Whoo!" The group of teens sang and cheered the time-honored birthday song for the new 17-year old Katsuya Jounouchi. The blond teen smiled widely and blew out the candles on the cake Anzu had made for him. All the teens clapped and gave Jou hugs and affectionate congratulations.
"Okay, it's time for a little entertainment," Yugi called out. "Jou, Atem and I have been practicing a song that I think you'll really like!" Atem stood up and took Yugi's hand. They walked to the bare spot on the floor that housed a drum set and a guitar. Atem took his seat behind the drums and Yugi picked up the guitar, plugging it into the small portable amp he carried with him. The teens gathered around the pair and waited patiently for their performance to begin.
"Okay, this song is called 'Eureka, I've Found Love'," said Atem. He gave Yugi a silent signal and he began to pound the opening chords of the song. Although Yugi was a small teen his fingers moved with speed and strength along the fret board. Atem came in with the drums and Yugi began singing the lyrics.
I study the classics That's where I'm coming from
And you got them classic lines
That make me say 'cogito ergo sum'
Well my Greek might be a little rusty
And my Latin might be dank and musty
But you don't have to be a scholar to know as I holler
Eureka, I found love
Eureka, I found love
Jou and the others started clapping along with the rhythm of the song and swaying.
You came and saw and conquered me
And then you went away
You left me in misery
And in an ipso facto way
Well I gave you all my sympathy
You tore 'em up just like Euripides
But now I'm back and not ashamed to flee you hear me saying
Eureka, I found love
Eureka, I found love
Love
The angels often depicted nudes
in marble cold and white
So why must you be such a prude
When we could carve our love in stone tonight
Well the ancients might have all been fags
Wearing sandals and shopping bags
And chasing after every likely lad
you hear them saying
Eureka, I found love
Eureka, I found love
Eureka, I found love
Eureka, I found love
Love
Yugi broke off into a short little solo and gave a fantastic exit with Atem at the helm. After the final cymbal crash the small group gave the yami and hikari a standing ovation. The pair stood up and bowed.
"You're right!" Jou said. "I did enjoy that!" He walked over to the table and held up a rather large knife. "Okay, so who wants cake?" All the teens bustled around him as he began to cut through the decadent butter-cream icing.
"Make sure you don't cut yourself, Mutt," a voice called from a dark corner of the room. Jou froze as Seto stepped out of the darkness with Coat-tails of Doom rustling gently against his slender legs.
"Who the hell invited Seto Kaiba?" Honda murmured.
"I don't care," his lover, Otogi, responded.
"I invited him," Jou said quietly, the knife still in his shaking hand.
"What the hell, Katsuya!?" Honda and Otogi said in unison.
"I just wanted all my friends here tonight," Jou pointed the knife threateningly at the pair. "If you two can't handle that why don't you do want you really want and just go make out somewhere?" Jou stabbed the knife down into the table and walked away murmuring an impressive string of profanities and curses upon the yaoi lovers.
"You two always do this!" Anzu screeched at them. She gave the lovers a final hate-filled glare and ran off to find Jounouchi. She found him in his cluttered room buried underneath his sheets.
"Why do they always ruin things?" he asked her quietly.
"I don't know, Jou. Maybe their passion for displeasing others is what brought them together in the first place." She sat down on his bed and rubbed his shoulders.
"I'm glad I'm not gay," he lied. Of course he was gay; everybody was…even Anzu had a girlfriend (0_o) and he even had a crush on somebody totally unobtainable…Seto Kaiba.
"Well, that's your own choice, baby," she whispered. She got up and pulled off the sheets. She took Jou's hand and pulled him up. "Come on, Jou, let's go back now…I have a great idea for a game that just might take your mind off Honda and Otogi," she said.
"Okay," he murmured and followed Anzu back to the living room.
"Ah, man, this is just too awesome! Thanks a lot, Atem!" Jou held up his new Duel Disk with pride. He laid it down carefully down beside the other gifts he received: a new sketch book and pencil set from the apologetic Honda and Otogi, imported candy from Yugi, classical Japanese stories from Anzu, and some money from Ryou and Bakura.
"Hold on, the gifts aren't finished yet!" Anzu yelled to grab everybody's attention. She ran to her purse and fetched a large object. She hid it behind her back and ordered for the teens to arrange themselves in a circle and clear some floor space.
"What are you doing, Anzu?" Jou asked suspiciously. She giggled and sat down next to Honda.
"We're playing a game! I think we all know this one!" she laughed and pulled out a large bottle from behind her. Honda looked across at Otogi and grinned evilly. Yugi blushed and Atem smirked. Anzu giggled and Jou's eyes widened with fear.
"Spin the Bottle? Isn't that game a little juvenile, even for you?" Seto looked down on the circle and sniffed.
"We're not asking you to join, Seto. Feel free to exclude yourself if you so choose," Anzu's giggly nature was instantly lost to cold indifference.
"I said it was juvenile, I never said I wasn't in," he commented and took a seat across from Jou.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Jou was nervously playing with his hair and trying to avoid the piercing stare of the boy sitting across from him; his eyes seemed to cut him right down to his very soul.
"Oh, come on, Katsuya! Live a little and maybe you'll get lucky!" Honda winked at him.
"Shut up, Honda, and keep your comments to yourself," Anzu put him in his place. He sniffed angrily and continued to send glances down to Otogi.
"Okay, since Jou is the Birthday Boy I think he should get to spin the bottle first," Anzu handed the bottle to Jou. Jou shook his head vigorously.
"No, no, no…I think somebody else should go before me," he hesitated. Anzu took back the bottle and handed it to the outstretched palm of Atem.
"I'll be the first," he muttered and placed the bottle on the floor, giving it a good spin. It spun in a flurry until it finally slowed and rested on Yugi.
"Gee, what a coinky-dink," Otogi smirked. Atem stood up and took Yugi's hand and brought him out of the room just out of ear-shot. They returned a minute later, Atem smiling with a blushing Yugi beside him. Atem sat down and grabbed the bottle.
"Who's next?" he smiled. Otogi held out his hand and spanned the bottle. It landed between Anzu and Honda.
"Hmmmmmm…who do I pick?" he laughed. "Ah, hell, I'll take the both of you!" Anzu and Honda followed Otogi out of the room and returned a few minutes later. The bottle passed through several more couples; Bakura and Honda, Anzu and Yugi, Atem and Ryou…until the bottle finally came into the hands of Seto.
"Give it a spin already and quit staring at the damned thing!" Bakura yelled. Seto shot him a cold glare and set the bottle down. With a flick of his wrist the bottle was moving in a flurry. The bottle didn't slow quickly which built tension within the group. The bottle finally came to a stop…right in front of…
The whole group spoke as one. "Jounouchi…"
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