Yugi was nervous, Jaden was excited, Yusei and Jack didn't look like they cared. The four of them were like this their entire first and second day and by the end of the week, they were comfortable in the environment that was college.
"Geez! This is the last few years of school, and we have to do more work than ever!" Jaden whined, dropping his head onto the pillow. They were all sitting in Jaden and Jack's room.
"You'll only get more work from here, Jaden." Yusei said, glancing up from his paper on what he learned about physics in high school. The four of them had to do the same paper in almost every class, thought it varied between mathematics, physics, biology, English, and just general things learned. They were all silently relieved that it was only a one page paper.
"Yeah I know..." Jaden pouted, tapping the back of his pen on his notebook. He was only halfway done when his mind decided to blank.
Jack stretched. "It's a good thing this is due on Monday." he said. He was only done with a fourth of his paper. Yugi and Yusei were practically almost done with theirs.
"Yeah that's a good thing." Yugi said softly. He was only paying half attention. Everyone was silently for another 20 minutes before Jaden got restless. He only managed to write another few sentences while Jack had gone on to complete almost three-quarters of his assignment. Yugi and Yusei were finished.
"Ugh! I hate writing!" Jaden protested before rolling over onto his side, refusing to write anymore for the day. Jack, Yugi and Yusei all laughed.
"It's a Friday night, guys. Let's do something! Come on it'll be fun!" Jaden said suddenly, standing on his knees towards the others. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
"I'll get it." Jack said, standing and walking over to the door. When he opened it, he saw Ryou and Bakura standing hand in hand on the other side.
"Hey guys! Come in! Have a seat!" Jaden yelled happily over to them. Jack stepped aside to let them in.
"What's up?" Yugi asked, smiling.
"We heard about this homecoming party the some kids are having. All dorms are invited!" Ryou said excitedly.
"We came to see if you guys wanted to tag along." Bakura finished. Jaden's eyes went wide.
"Can we go? Pleasepleaseplease?" he asked excitedly, all but jumping on his bed. This was just the something the he wanted to do on a Friday night and he didn't want to go to the party alone; wasn't going to the party alone. Yugi laughed, Jack sighed, and Yusei smiled. They all agreed to go, since there was nothing to do anyway.
"We'll meet in the hall in five." Yugi said to Jack, Jaden, Bakura, and Ryou as he and Yusei went back to their room. Once there, they changed into new clothes and headed back out into the hall to meet up with everyone else.
"Yeah! Let's do this!" Jaden shouted happily as they walked to the gym. Once inside, all they saw were bright, colorful moving lights and tons of people. Over the speakers, a DJ was currently playing 'Like a G6'. Along the left side of the gym were tables of assorted food and drinks. Up on the stage the DJ and all of his equipment stood while possibly 95% of the student body was on the floor, their bodies pulsing and moving with the rhythm of the music.
"This is so AWESOME!" Jaden shouted, throwing up his hands.
"Just don't drink anything that's not in a closed container!" Jack yelled.
"Why?" Ryou yelled back.
"They probably spiked the punch." Yusei told Ryou. He gave a disapproving look toward the punch bowl at Yusei's comment. Weren't kids supposed to grow up once they hit college? Apparently not.
"Let's go dance!" Yugi suggested brightly. Maybe they'd meet some new friends. Everyone was in agreement as they moved to the dance floor. 'Cupid Shuffle' had come on and everyone danced along. Yugi laughed as Jaden tripped over himself. Thankfully, he caught his balance and started laughing along with Yugi. Yusei and Jack had it down, and Bakura was helping Ryou who got it after the first time they went through it. After a few more songs, Yusei told Yugi and Jaden that he was going to go get a drink. He walked over one of the tables and asked for a bottle of water. Meanwhile, 'Punk Bitch' had come on. He noticed a lot of guys trying to be gangster, some succeeding, others failing. But they didn't care. They were still laughing and having fun. He smiled. The song soon faded into 'Just The Way You Are'. There were friends dancing together without a care. Some in a circle, some just by themselves but being crazy and laughing at one another. Yusei also noticed that there were a lot of couples dancing out on the floor. He felt a stab in his heart, wishing him and the person he loved could be like that too. He was pulled out of his thoughts when a rather good looking girl with long brown hair, a spaghetti strap shirt and shorts came walking over to him. Her brown eyes scanned him over, obviously hoping to possibly get him into her bed, or vice versa, before the night was over.
"Hi. I'm Kayla. I don't think we've met before." she said, holding out her hand and giving him a sugar-sweet smile. It kind of made him sick, but he decided to be nice anyway.
"Yusei." he told her, shaking her hand. She held onto it a few moments longer than necessary and looked up at him through her eyelashes, obviously flirting. Yusei wasn't fazed in the slightest. She talked with him for a while about little things like where he was from and whatnot.
"So how do you feel about homecoming?" she asked.
"It's entertaining." he said, shrugging. Though he wasn't having much fun just standing around talking to Kayla.
"I know something else that's entertaining too..." she said, stepping closer to Yusei. He sighed in annoyance and decided to end the conversation.
"I have to go. My friends are expecting me back." he told her bluntly, pushing her aside gently and walking back into the crowd. Kayla just stood there dumbfounded for a minute and stalked off in another direction, angry that he turned her away.
"Hey where were you? You missed Jack almost biff it!" Jaden laughed, a bit crazy. It was apparent that he had not listened to Jack, and went and drank the punch. He had a cup of it in his right hand, which was attached to the arm that he slung around Yusei's shoulders, almost spilling punch all over him.
"Jaden! Careful!" he told the tipsy brunette, helping to steady him. Jaden just laughed.
"Chill bro! I'm cool, I'm cool. Ain't that right, Yugi?" he asked, slinging his other arm around Yugi's shoulders. Yusei hadn't noticed him.
"Uh.. yeah okay." Yugi said with a confused smile. 'Just Lose It' came on over the speakers then, and Jaden did almost lose his drink all over Yusei, again, when he tried to let go of him.
"Hey man! Let go!" Jaden slurred. He was more drunk than anyone realized. Jack sighed and helped them.
"I think Jaden needs to go to bed." Jack said, slinging Jaden's arm over his neck to help him stand.
"Do not! Your just... jealous." Jaden giggled. Yugi chuckled.
"Goodnight Jaden." he said.
"Good morning to you to!" Jaden replied, trying to walk away, forgetting that Jack had a hold of him. He almost lost his balance again and would have if it weren't for his blond friend.
"Goodnight guys. Hope you get a better sleep than I will." he sighed, walking to the exit of the gym, half dragging Jaden with him. He took Jaden's drink and threw it in the trash on their way out. Jaden was more focused on the lights bouncing off the walls. It made Yusei wonder what the hell they had put in the drinks.
"Later!" Yusei called. He looked around, suddenly noticing they were missing a few other people.
"Where did Bakura and Ryou go?" he asked, looking over to Yugi. Yugi was looking off in another direction.
"They went back to Bakura's room." Yugi said without looking over. 'My Lips Like Sugar' faded in from 'What's My Age Again?' and everyone started dancing like they were in a club instead of a college gymnasium.
"Should we probably go back to our room then?" he asked Yugi.
"Sure." he said, turning and walking to the exit. Yusei followed after the shorter teen, wondering what was wrong. Once they were in their room, Yusei closed the door and flicked on the light by his bed. He took off his shirt to change into his sleepwear and suddenly felt hands run up his sides and around to his chest. He quickly turned around to find Yugi looking up at him with a peculiar smile. His eyes told Yusei that he was indeed intoxicated, and quite heavily from the looks of it. He took Yugi's arms and put them at his sides.
"Yugi..." Yusei warned. Yugi just smiled and leaned into Yusei, nuzzling against the underside of his jaw. Yusei suppressed a shiver and tried to push Yugi off of him. Sure he had feelings for him, but he didn't want anything to happen while Yugi was like this.
"Come on, Yuseiii~!" Yugi whined playfully, leaning further into Yusei. He hadn't expected someone as small as Yugi to be so heavy, and lost his balance. As soon as Yusei's back hit the bed, Yugi was on top of him, nipping lightly at his jawline. Yusei bit his tongue to keep any sounds from coming out.
"Yugi! Ah... no!" he said, flipping them over so Yugi was lying underneath him. Yugi looked up with a drunk pout.
"Please Yusei...! I'm so hot...!" Yugi whined, playing with the hem of his shirt. Yusei shook his head firmly.
"Yugi. You need to sleep off whatever is in your system. Your... acting different. And not in a good way." he told the shorter teen softly. Yugi frowned and roll onto his side.
"Fine." he grumbled, closing his eyes. Yusei watched Yugi as he fell asleep in a matter of minutes, his breathing slowing to a steady pace. Yusei sighed and rolled off of him. He stared up at the ceiling as thoughts of 'what if' surged through his mind. He sat up, looking over at Yugi before kicking off his shoes and yawning. He took Yugi's shoes off for him and moved him gently until his head was resting on the pillow, then pulled the blankets up over him. He didn't doubt Yugi wouldn't remember anything that happened in the morning.
"You'd probably hate me if you knew that I liked you..." Yusei whispered softly after he had turned off the lights and crawled over Yugi to lay down. The coolness of the wall against his back actually felt nice after being in the crowded gym all night. He watched Yugi sleep; watched as his eyes moved slightly under his eyelids in a dream and watched his pink lips as they drew air in and out, occasionally –but barely– moving as if he were talking. Yusei moved a few blond bangs out of Yugi's face, tucking then tenderly behind his ear.
"Goodnight, Yugi. Sweet dreams..." Yusei said, silently stroking Yugi's cheek then resting his hand against the pillow. As his eyes closed, he wasn't sure, but he thought he saw Yugi softly smile in his sleep.
Like a G6 - Far East Movement
Cupid Shuffle - Cupid
Punk Bitch - 3Oh!3
Just The Way You Are - Bruno Mars
Just Lose It - Eminem