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.: The Key :.
It had all started when a few of the other students cornered Bakura Ryou and were giving him trouble. Jyounouchi Katsuya had been standing where it was a clear shot to see, and all it took was a quick lecture (which Ryou saw only as a thinly veiled threat) and they left pretty efficiently. Ryou had thanked Jyounouchi several times over the course of the first three class periods and when he saw that the blonde didn't have a lunch, he offered some of his own. It had only been a one-time thing, but Ryou had noticed more and more that Jyounouchi didn't bring much food for himself.
If it hadn't been for the fact that Ryou tended to cook just barely too much for himself, he wouldn't have bothered (yes, that was a cold thing to say, wasn't it?). But it just so happened to pan out this way.
Jyounouchi began to spend more time with Ryou after school – walking, offering to go to the arcade; whatever sounded good that day – and the slighter male could easily admit that he was enjoying the attention. No, he wasn't exactly an outcast, but it was hard to balance being a little off in the head and having a normal social life. Said social life mostly revolved around Duel Monsters and RPGs.
He knew that it was because of the food that Jyounouchi was playing his favor, but Ryou didn't mind. The ex-thug had a lot of interesting stories to tell, and Ryou honestly enjoyed listening to them. It never got too dark, even though it was obvious more was there, but neither pushed the issue. Aside from fact that Ryou was more into RPGs than he was Duel Monsters and had a taste for cheesy horror films for Ryou, and an odd obsession with shoes for Jyounouchi, they seemed to have more in common than either realized. One such thing was action films.
While Ryou thought they were fun and amusing to watch, Jyounouchi apparently got really into them. The kind with secret agents and super heroes and what have you. So Ryou suggested they watch some together.
That was what lead up to now, where the two of them (and sometimes Honda) would have a movie night together at Ryou's house. They'd settle down to watch and after it was over, Ryou would cook dinner. It was nice being able to cook for someone else, he realized. Suddenly, overcooking for himself wasn't the reason Jyounouchi got a boxed lunch from him every day.
"Hey Bakura," the blonde called, and Ryou focused his gaze on the other. "Thanks for the evening. It was awesome."
They both smiled at each other and agreed on it before they waved and said their goodbyes.
Ryou had always thought the dirty blonde teen was attractive, he just had never really looked to look before. He now thought that he was probably getting an actual crush on Jyounouchi Katsuya. That goofy grin was endearing, even though he was generally rude. Ryou didn't mind that much.
If he wanted more of Jyounouchi's attention, he decided, he would just start making breakfast for him, too.
.: end :.