(Prompt: Imagine that Person A of your OTP has a special nickname or term of endearment for Person B. They have never called Person B this name in front of people, as they haven't gone public with their relationship yet, but one night, at a party or event where lots of their friends and peers are present, Person A slips, and calls Person B the special name by accident. Person B blushes and hides their face when they realize that everybody has heard, but Person A grabs Person B by the hand and boldly announces to everybody present that the two of them are together. Everybody present applauds and hollers their congratulation as Person A pulls Person B into a passionate kiss.)

(Ship: Peachshipping)

. . .

"You did not, Jonouchi."

"I did! I did! I wouldn't lie to ya!"

"Oh come off it, you lunkhead! There's no way!"

"Geez, leggo of me, Mai!"

Yugi hid his laugh behind his hand as the tall blonde woman snagged Jonouchi into a good-natured headlock and proceeded to noogie him.

"Gaaah," Jonouchi said. "Yugi, help!"

Yugi just grinned, sticking his tongue out playfully.

"Payback, Jou-kun, you did that to me plenty back in high school," he said.

"Agh, no, karma's come back to bite me!" Jonouchi said, finally wriggling out of Mai's grasp. "Darn it, Yug, I'd get you back, too, but you're too tall for me to snag ya easily!"

"You've caught on to my plan, have you?"

He paused to reach back towards the table behind him to grab another dinner roll. He was going to fill himself up before dinner, but he didn't really care. He'd probably be too busy talking to people to actually eat much anyway – there were so many people in the room that he hadn't even talked to yet!

They had gotten lucky – Seto had actually agreed to let them use his mansion for the big old reunion after they had gotten rained out at the ark. He claimed that it was just because Mokuba wanted to do it, but the CEO wasn't really fooling anyone. He was certainly not going to be anyone's cuddly teddy bear anytime soon, but he was at least grudgingly admitting that he didn't really mean it when he complained about not really being everyone's friend.

Jonouchi started telling another wild story, this one about wrestling a bear in Canada, at which point Honda called bullshit because Jonouchi hadn't been to Canada, he had only stopped by in America to meet up with Valon before going to Europe for a few weeks. Jonouchi told him to hush and let him finish his story.

"I can't tell, has Jonouchi been drinking some of this stuff, or is he just drunk on the fact that Mai is standing next to him?" Anzu whispered beside Yugi, shaking her wine glass lightly.

Yugi chuckled.

"Definitely Mai. Jonouchi hasn't touched the wine."

Anzu's laugh was soft and musical. He sighed softly as she leaned a bit closer to him, her shoulder brushing against his. He wanted to lean right into her and feel her warmth against him, to put his arm across her shoulders and pulled her close, catch the scent of that fruity kid shampoo she liked to use because it was cheap. But...well...

He grinned as Mai shoved Jonouchi with her elbow. Ishizu wandered over as Honda started talking about the work at the construction company, the new buildings they were putting in and the bets they were taking on what companies would grab the new ones first.

"So, Anzu, hun, what have you been up to?" Mai asked, leaning a bit away from the other conversation. She obviously did not find buildings very interesting.

"Oh! Well I just rented a small place down on Plum Street...yeah, not far from Yugi's game shop – oh, you haven't been there yet? You really have to stop by sometime, it's a great place! Anyway, yeah, I rented a small studio and I'm trying to get a dance class started...no, for now I'm working at Burger World again; not glamorous, but it gets the bills paid, right?"

"Apricot-chan, careful there," Yugi said, grabbing her wine glass before she accidentally spilled it all down her front in her absent gesture.

He almost didn't realize what he had said until Mai's eyes wandered over to him, her perfectly painted lips in a slight O.

"Apricot-chan?"

Yugi flushed a deep, deep red.

"Oh, I, uh, it just –"

"That is the cutest thing I have ever heard!" Mai said, grinning widely. "Jou, listen to this, Yugi calls Anzu Apricot-chan! Isn't that adorable?"

"Whaaat? Yugi, you've given Anzu a pet name?" Jonouchi said. "What's that supposed to mean, huh?"

Suddenly the entire group was staring at him with huge grins and Yugi felt the heat running all across his cheeks and down into his neck and he could not get his tongue to work.

"I...well, you see..."

Anzu's hand slipped into his, cool and firm. She smiled.

"Oh, we've been meaning to tell you," she said. "Yugi and I...well..."

She lifted up her free hand and wiggled her fingers, letting the light catch across the ring she wore.

Instantly, the group erupted.

"About stinking time, Yug!"

"Congratulations, Anzu-chan!"

"I'm so happy for you two!"

"Wow, when's the wedding?"

"I was wondering how long it was going to take!"

"Nice job, Anzu!"

Yugi's blush receded mostly, but he still rubbed the back of his neck and only mumbled in responses to all the well-wishing and slaps on the back. He glanced sidelong at Anzu.

"That wasn't exactly how I wanted to tell everyone," he said.

"I took initiative," Anzu said, laughing.

She leaned in and kissed him. He closed his eyes and leaned into the kiss, not even caring about appearances anymore because all he wanted was to press into her and taste her chapstick and smell her fruity hair.

He heard Jonouchi and Honda letting out long "ooooooooo's" and the sound of someone – probably Mai – smacking them upside the heads.

He didn't care. It was a good night.

. . .

A/N: well, that's a pretty good start to this series of random oneshots, don't you think? :3 Just to be clear, Yugi's nickname is in the middle of these things because he's using the word in English. Anzu's name is spelled with the kanji for apricot, so he started calling her Apricot, using the English word. :) I think the next oneshot will be Trustshipping, so yeah. Hope you liked it!