Andrea's A/N - Thanks for the wonderful reviews/alerts, guys! (: Much love~

Here's the next chapter! I think this is the fastest I've ever written a chapter haha. I feel like this one (especially) and the last one have been rather poetic. This one has a lot of poetic repetitiveness in it and stuff. The next one will hopefully be more like a story, though this whole collection is going to be filled with more emotions than dialogue.

Enjoy~

Judai loved many things.

First and foremost, he loved fried shrimp.

In fact, what wasn't there to love about it? It was his favorite food, hands down. Everyone knew about his special "ability" of being able to scarf down several platefuls of the delicacy without breaking a sweat.

Whenever Judai thought about when fried shrimp-day would finally arrive to the Osiris Dorm, warmth blossomed in his chest and he felt the excitement and anticipation race through his veins.

Judai loved dueling even more than fried shrimp.

Dueling was practically his life. It was almost like an escape from reality for him; to get lost in the rush of drawing, summoning, attacking, defending, winning. Even losing, though disheartening, was an adventure to him.

Thinking about dueling never failed to bring a confident grin to Judai's face as he thought about the adrenaline rush.

He never really brought the subject up, but he also loved his parents.

Sure, they were never home because of some kind of business event, but they never actually abandoned Judai. They always acknowledged him with love when they were home. When he was little, in between duels, Judai would stare out the window somewhat wistfully, hoping to see the familiar black car roll up the driveway. When it did, he couldn't explain the blistering joy he felt.

But it usually never did.

Every other night he spent alone, he'd look up at the sky, looking to wish on a star. But the night would always be foggy and starless.

He eventually stopped wishing.

When Judai thought about his parents, he felt a bittersweet pang in his heart.

Judai probably couldn't live without his friends.

As corny as it was, his friends completed him. Whenever his parents left that empty void in his life, it would always be filled with his friends.

Because as long as he had his friends, he would never forget how to smile.

Like Sho, who was in every essence his spiritual brother. Like Asuka, who he respected as a powerful duelist and an even stronger friend. Like Manjoume, who would always be his rival and pushed Judai to become even stronger. Like Ryo, who Judai had always looked up to and still hoped to defeat one day.

And there were so many more.

In the Dark World, when all of them had either died or abandoned him he felt so lost. Who else did he have? What was the point in anything?

What did he do wrong?

When he was told that they were not, in fact, dead, he felt the tears well up in his eyes out of sheer relief. The only thought that ran through his head was: They're alive.

Judai felt a sudden appreciation of his life whenever he thought about his friends, and whenever someone would ask about his sudden change of mood, he'd just grin and tell them it was nothing.

Judai loved Yubel.

He and Yubel shared a soul; they were closer than any other two beings could possibly be. Judai always found comfort in the fact that he would never be alone as long as Yubel was there. Yubel would never abandon him.

They were quite literally inseparable.

Judai admitted that for a while, he had hated Yubel. He had despised Yubel so much for taking away everything he had.

But when he remembered his past life; the intense sacrifice Yubel had made for his wellbeing, the mutation Yubel had gone through, their promise of love, and how Yubel had been his favorite card as a child…

He found it easy to forgive Yubel.

When Judai thought of Yubel, he became a little bit more aware of the other's presence, and felt reassured that everything would turn out alright because they'd fight through everything together.

Last, but definitely not least, Judai was in love with an amazing person named Johan Andersen.

The day Judai stopped loving his boyfriend, Johan, was the day that hell froze over.

Johan was Judai's most important person – his lover, his inspiration, and his best friend all wrapped into one. Judai only needed one word to explain his feelings for Johan.

Love.

He loved Johan's piercing eyes, his smooth voice, his loving caresses, and Judai especially loved his sweet kisses. (The make out sessions weren't too bad, either.)

And their relationship wasn't limited to just romance, either. They'd duel and laugh and eat and just talk together.

Even if they couldn't be lovers, they'd always be friends.

When Judai thought about Johan and his breathtaking smile, he felt like he couldn't be touched by the outside world.

Because at that moment, Johan was his world.

"Judai!" The brunette snapped out of his long train of thought as he heard the voice of the very person he was thinking of.

"What's up?" grinned Judai, leaping up into Johan's awaiting arms and nuzzling his head into the warm chest.

Johan's eyes widened comically. "You mean you, Judai Yuki, don't know?"

Judai pulled away from his boyfriend to look confusedly into Johan's eyes. "Huh?"

"It's fried shrimp day," explained the bluenette, raising an eyebrow. "I thought that you, out of everyone, would know that."

"It is?" cried Judai, ignoring Johan's last comment. "What are we still doing here? Come on!" The brunette broke away from Johan completely and began to run to the cafeteria.

"Wha—? Judai!" whined Johan at the loss of contact as he ran after Judai.

"Sorry, Johan! Fried shrimp waits for no one!" Judai laughed as he heard Johan begin to groan mockingly.

I've experienced love in many forms…

But recently,

I've found out that your love is the form that makes me feel like I'm high up in the air.

Andrea's A/N - Credit to Manalio for coming up with this lovely quote. (: (insert hearts here) I feel like I didn't do it justice enough. ;_;

I think I used "Yubel" too much, but I have an excuse for that! DX Because you know, with all the confusion about his/her gender and stuff. I actually consider Yubel a girl but whatever floats your boat I guess.

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