Dear journal,
It's finally happening, I've been wanting a big shot like this for two years now. I'm going to be the first to explore the ancient pyramid of king Aknamkanon, the last of the great ancient pharaohs. The whole team is ready to go. It's supposed to be one of the most elaborate tombs in existence. The legend goes that there is a treasure hidden there that has the power to throw all of humanity into total chaos and despair and that whoever holds it shall have power and dominion over all mortal souls for as long as he shall reign as the king over all of humanity and existence. Sounds super interesting. Anyways I should go. The plain is about to board soon. I have a really great feeling about this trip. I don't know what's going to happen but I know it will be bigger than anything I've ever done before in my life.
Yugi closed his journal just as Joey and Ryou walked over. Ryou handed him some candy. "Hey Yugi we couldn't find you any of the chocolates you wanted so we got you these sugar free gummy bears instead."
Yugi got up and accepted the treat from his friend. "Thanks Ryou but I could've sworn I saw the fudge chocolate balls in a shop on the way up here." Just saying the name of his favorite treat made his mouth water.
Joey came up beside him and threw an arm around his shoulder. "And by "couldn't find them" we meant that we didn't want you acting like a sugar high three-year-old on the plane again like last time."
Yugi remembered that plane ride. He had spent and hour going on and onto the lady next to him about pie. Yugi blushed and Ryou nodded his agreement. Before Yugi could say anything he felt his phone buzz in his pocket. "Oh shit, it's Kaiba."
At the sound of his boyfriend's name Joey's mood immediately took a turn. "Kaiba? You tell that jerk I said he can take whatever he's about to say and shove it right up his ass! Probably won't fit with his big head already up there all the damn time. Stupid Kaiba."
Ryou turned to a pissed off Joey while Yugi went to go answer the phone. "What did he do this time?"
"He missed our anniversary dinner to meet with some big shot investor of his. He owes me dinner an apology and at least three rounds of sex when I get back from this trip."
Ryou sat and wondered which shade of red his cheeks were turning.
"Yes Kaiba the team is already there and all set up I just spoke to everyone about it earlier today."
"Good. It goes without saying that this is not only the biggest exploration probably of this century so I want it to go off without a hitch if there's anything missing when you get there let me know and I'll have it sent to you overnight. You have two weeks reserved before anyone else gets to even touch that site so I expect a clean sweep. Anything we can get we're taking I don't care if it's just an interesting looking speck of dust. Grab and bag it up understand?"
"I gotcha I'll make sure we get it all." Yugi had been sitting through Kaiba's rant as he usually did, rolling his eyes and saying I know a bunch of times in his head. He had heard the same speech countless times and instead of sitting through this again he decided it would be best to change topics "Joey says you can shove whatever you have tp say up your ass."
Yugi heard a long sigh over the phone. "He's still pissed about that?"
"Well it was your anniversary dinner and he did spend the entire day cooking it and you did sort of stand him up without any explanation as to why so yeah. He's still pissed about that. You need to do better than that Kaiba."
"I'll talk to him about it tomorrow he still needs another day to calm down a bit more."
"Or you could call today admit you were wrong and next time not miss the dinner your boyfriend slaved over a hot stove to make to meet with a stuffy executive so you can add a few more bucks to your billionaire fortune."
Yugi knew it wasn't his business to pry into other people's relationships but he couldn't help it. Joey had been so upset that night when he called and told Yugi what had happened. He knew Kaiba was trying, he really was and he had improved a lot but he still needed to do a bit better sometimes.
"I'll call tomorrow."
Kaiba hung up and Yugi sighed before putting his phone back in his pocket and going over to his friends who were already in line to board the plane.
"What did that jerk have to say."
"Just all the usual stuff. He says he'll call you tomorrow."
"Oh lucky me I finally get attention from my boyfriend."
Yugi and Ryou shared a glance. Joey was pissed and this wasn't getting fixed until Kaiba actually fixed it himself. Ryou reached up and put a hand on Joey's shoulder. "Hey it's ok you know he means well. He probably just wants to give you a day to cool off that's all. You know he loves you."
"Thanks Ryou I know. I guess I should just accept the fact that I'm dating an asshole." The three boarded the plane and repaired for the long eighteen-hour flight from Los Angeles to Cairo. It was going to be an adventure.
Dear journal,
After countless attempts to bribe the screaming child behind me to get him to shut up, I've finally given up. I will accept the hearing loss and lack of peace that was an inevitability from the start. You would think over the course of ten hours the kid would at least have to go to sleep eventually but no. Apparently he's immune to the effects of exhaustion. It could be worse. I could be Ryou right now. He has to listen to the kid screaming and the kid's brother keeps kicking his seat. Ryou's too nice to ask him to stop although I'm starting to notice that with each passing hour Ryou's niceness is starting to wear down more and more. Joey of course is passed out asleep in the corner. He could sleep through World War Three if it happened in front of his house. Lucky. Ryou and I will continue to suffer without him. Yay us.
Yugi put his journal away and sighed knowing it was going to be a long day. He looked over at Ryou who was in the midst of being kicked yet again. "Alcohol?"
Ryou sighed. "Might help. If we have to sit through all of this the least we can do is not be sober for it. What time do we have to be at the dig site tomorrow?"
"Eight in the morning but we have plenty of time to sleep it off. Besides we can't go to the dig site I the morning if we're in jail for assaulting two kids."
"Point made. Order the alcohol."
Yugi called over one of the smiling flight attendants "Hi we need some alcohol."
The woman looked very confused and concerned. Yugi was starting to wonder if he had said something wrong when the flight attendant finally spoke. "Young man where are your parents?"
Yugi mentally sighed. He had forgotten that he looked like a twelve year old. He smiled politely. "Ma'am, I'm twenty-two. I have my ID if you need to see it."
The woman looked at the passport that was handed to her and immediately began apologizing profusely. "I am so sorry again sir I hope I didn't offend you. What'll you two gentlemen have to drink?"
Ryou suddenly jerked forward. The kicks were getting harder and Ryou's patience was dying slowly but surely. He turned to the flight attendant. "We don't care. Just make it strong and keep them coming."
Yugi looked over at Ryou. He was beginning to worry about him. Ryou was a very patient person but once that patience was gone it was gone for good. Those two little kids were about to be in for a rude awakening.
The flight attendant came over with the first rounds of drinks. Yugi looked at it for a second. "Should we ask what's in it?"
Yugi turned to Ryou just in time to see Ryou throw his back like a pro. "Nope." Ryou said as he quickly called the flight attendant back over and ordered another. Yeah. This was going to be a long flight.
Joey was still laughing his ass off when they reached the hotel. Ryou had finally snapped on the kids in the seats behind them. They almost made it. They almost went the whole flight without it. It was in the last hour of the flight when he lost it. Ryou had finally drowned out the screaming and gotten used to the kicking but then that little kid had to go and grab his hair and pull it and after that it was all over. Ryou snapped on one kid and then the other and then turned to the mother and after a long speech about disciplining children so they won't grow up to become the spawn of Satan, he kindly ended with "Condoms were made so that people like you don't reproduce! Use one next time!" The two kids sat down silently and behaved for the rest of the trip. Every time it seemed like they were about to do something bad Ryou turned and looked at them and they went back to twiddling their thumbs.
"Th- The entire section cheered when you cursed that lady out! I'm so happy I woke up in time for that!" Joey kept laughing while he continued to get them checked into the hotel. Usually checking them in would be Yugi's job but he had always been a bit of a light weight and right now he was definitely drunk. Ryou had the same amount of drinks but he was just buzzed. It was almost eleven o'clock at night and he needed his rest if he was going to get anything productive done at the site tomorrow.
Yugi took his room key and immediately headed towards the elevator. "Hey!" Yugi turned to see Joey and Ryou both looking concerned. "You ok buddy?"
Yugi tried his best at a reassuring smile. "I'm fine I'm just gonna go sleep the drunk away."
Ryou looked satisfied but Joey still looked slightly concerned. "Ok well have a good night. You want us to bring you any dinner?"
"No thanks Joey but thank you. If I get hungry I'll order room service." Yugi went towards the elevator and took the first one up. He was so happy that he got one alone so when the elevator stopped on a lower floor to let someone in he sighed. When the doors opened though he began to think it might not be so bad after all. The man who got in looked to be a few years older and was attractive in all the ways Yugi liked. Strong Jaw, beautiful eyes, athletic build caramel skin all wearing only a pair of sweatpants and some slides. He was a sight for horny eyes. He stood on the wall opposite Yugi staring down at his phone, giving Yugi a perfect view of everything he wanted to see and Yugi enjoyed the view on the way up.
"You know, if you're going to stare you could at least be discrete about it." Yugi should've been mad or offended but the man's voice was just too deep. He desperately wanted him to keep talking. Normally this would be the point when sober Yugi would look away blush and apologize but this wasn't sober Yugi. This was drunk Yugi and drunk Yugi tended to handle these types of situations a bit differently.
"If you don't want to be stared at you could at least put a shirt on." The man finally glanced up at Yugi before doing a double take. Yugi stood there as the man's eyes slowly went down and then back up his form the same way Yugi was doing to him just a second ago. He put his phone in his pocket and crossed his arms over his chest.
"How old are you kid?"
"My name's not kid it's Yugi and I'm twenty-two. What about you old man, you remember how old you are?"
The man was smirking at him now and Yugi could swear that the man learned the look from the devil himself. The more Yugi stood in this man's presence the more things he wanted this man to do to him. "My name is Atem I am twenty-five and you my friend are drunk I can smell the alcohol from here."
Yugi matched the man's smirk and took a few steps towards him. "Oh but I'm not that drunk. I'm sober enough to know what I want."
"And what would that be that you want?"
Just then the elevator doors opened on Yugi's floor. He turned to Atem who was still waiting for an answer to his question. Yugi bit his bottom lip and his hand walking backwards with him in tow. "Come with me to my room and I'll tell you what I want."
The stranger followed Yugi to his room and as soon as they got in the doors it started. Their mouths didn't come apart for more than ten seconds at a time. The stranger had Yugi pressed against the door before Yugi changed their positions. They finally separated for a second and the stranger looked down at Yugi "You sure you want this."
Yugi stared at the stranger before getting to his knees. "Like I said, I'm sober enough to know what I want."
Dear Journal,
I SLEPT WITH HIM! A COMPLETE STRANGER! I CAN'T BELIEVE MYSELF WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME! Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh. He probably thinks I'm some type of slut! What if he tells somebody! What if he tells everybody! Damnit I don't care how amazing the sex was I cannot go doing that! On the other hand the sex was REALLY amazing. But it doesn't matter! That's not who I am that's not the type of thing I do! At least he left before I woke up this morning. If I had to face him after what just happened! I just need to put it out of my mind I'm going to be ok just need to focus on my work and if I see him today I need to explain that that's not me. That's not how I usually act. I was drunk! Oh my gosh I SLEPT WITH HIM!
Yugi definitely would've written more but the knock on his door made him stop his mental rampage. He went to the door and opened it to see Joey and Ryou ready to go. "You all set Yug?"
Yugi considered telling them about his night but decided it would have to wait until later. Today was too important. "Yeah let me just go grab my pack and my waters I'll be out in just a second. Yugi decided to put the man out of his head. It was an exciting day, the first day of the dig. He was going to make a point to enjoy himself. He would think about his drunken activities later. With that thought in his head Yugi left his room and went to start his day in the beautiful deserts of Egypt.
While Yugi was still far off he could see the crew from the jeep and he was happy they were all up and working on time. Then, as they got closer he realized that the group was too big to be all his crew.
He took a few deep breaths as his inner voice started telling him all the things that could go wrong today as they got closer and closer to the site. He got out and went over to the second group, Ryou and Joey following closely behind, thinking that there was just some type of mistake. After all his team was the only one approved and he was promised two weeks on the site before anyone else could touch it.
"Excuse me my name is Yugi Mouto I think there must be some sort of mistake. This is my site I'm supposed to have two weeks here I was told that no one else was approved."
The man shrugged his shoulders not giving a care in the world. "Boss man told us to have our asses here this morning. I don't really know much about it all we weren't really told and we just got here so I'm not sure how much I can help you."
Yugi wanted to scream at several people. He wasn't prepared to compete with someone on this trip. He was going to take it easy on this trip and go slow but that was looking like less and less of an option. "Ok well can you get whoever is in charge and bring him here so I can speak to them about this."
"Sure thing."
The guy left and as soon as he did Ryou and Joey immediately started on him. "Deep breaths Yugi it's ok even if we do have to share the site we'll still make sure our team gets all the best artifacts."
But that was just the problem. Yugi didn't want the best artifacts. He wanted all of the artifacts good bad and otherwise. He took a deep breath promising himself he'd be civil and respect the situation at hand.
And then Yugi saw who was in charge of the second team. He felt the color drain from his face which was impressive considering the fact that there wasn't much color there to begin with, pale as he was. "Well well well. What brings you here Yugi?"
Ryou and Joey looked at the stranger confused. "Yugi you know this guy?"
Yugi didn't even turn to look at Joey. "We've met." Yugi took a deep breath reminded himself to be an adult and put on his best business smile. "Good morning Atem. There must be some sort of mistake I was supposed to have this site reserved for two weeks nobody else is supposed to be here so I need you guys to pack up so I can get to work."
"Unfortunately for you, those plans have changed. We just got approved this morning to come dig on the site so I guess you're going to have to share."
Yugi's eyes were becoming a lot more hostile with each passing word but to his credit his smile hadn't moved an inch. He didn't share. That's not something Yugi was good at. If it was his, it was his alone and no one was taking it. "I don't share sites if I'm promised that I'm not going to have to. It's mine you can come back in two weeks when I'm done with it."
"Sorry no can do. In two weeks time I'll have taken everything worth anything here but if I find a fun looking rock I'll send it over your way." Atem took the time to look Yugi up and down again the same way he did last night only this time Yugi was not in the mood. "You look good for a hangover though I gotta say, I prefer the way you were acting last night."
"I was drunk."
"Yes I remember. Drunk but still sober enough to know what you want." Atem looked his body over one last time before staring him straight in the eyes. "Maybe whatever was in you last night we should get back in you again. Ya know. To loosen you up."
Yugi couldn't tell if his face was red from furry or embarrassment. At that point Joey started getting protective and stepped forward. "I'm sorry how does my friend know your name?"
"He should know it he was moaning it pretty loud last night." Atem saw the looks on Joey and Ryou's faces and he mentally patted himself on the back at seeing Yugi's face get even redder "Oh, your friends didn't know. Oops. So sorry. See ya Yugi and have fun with your little dig. Stay out of the way of the… real professionals if you could. Thanks"
With that Atem walked off and left Yugi standing there ready to rip his and Atem's hair out. This was going to be a long two weeks.
