Chapter Title: Let's Eat Spaghetti

Notes: Requested food from AnimeKiwi369.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds

"Aki, are you part Italian or something?" Yusei asked Aki as he twirled some spaghetti around his fork. Yusei, Rua, Ruka, and Aki all were sitting at the dining table in the Izayoi household. They were eating spaghetti and meatballs. Ruka had hers plain, but Rua's had all the works. Aki and Yusei both had theirs with just light spaghetti sauce. Aki had invited all of Team 5Ds for dinner, but Jack, Crow, and Bruno had other things to do. She thought it was probably for the best; her parents wouldn't appreciate a food fight, or something along those lines, if Jack and Crow got in an argument.

Ruka, who was sitting next to Aki, looked around the table. She felt as if she were having dinner with her family; Aki was like an older sister to her, Yusei like an older brother, and, of course, Rua actually was her brother. And it wasn't the absence of her parents that came to her mind, but the absence of the rest of Team 5Ds.

Ruka shook her head slightly, as if to clear her head. Did she really consider her always-there friends more like family than her barely-there parents? Well…she was brought out of her reverie as Aki answered Yusei's question.

"Well, I'm pretty sure I have some Italian on my mom's side." Aki said this as she grated a bit of cheese over her plate of spaghetti. She passed the dried oregano to Rua. Rua sprinkled some on his spaghetti, and then used his fork to put the spaghetti and meatballs between two slices of white bread.

Ruka questioned, "Rua? What are you doing?"

"Making a meatball sandwich, what does it look like?" He asked this as he happily took a bite.

Ruka remembered the last time she and Rua had eaten spaghetti. The maid had handed it to them with a sympathetic smile, leaving to go home to her family after a day of working. The twins had eaten the spaghetti in silence in their penthouse, big, empty, and lonely except for the twin across the table.

Ruka looked around now. Rua devouring his meatball sandwich, Yusei trying to make a sandwich like Rua's, but failing. Aki was chuckling at his attempts. Ruka smiled.

Suddenly, the door burst open. Everybody's heads whipped towards the sound. Jack, Crow, and Bruno had arrived, Jack leading the way.

"We're here!" announced Crow.

"You guys could have knocked, you know," Aki told them a bit irritably. Bruno was looking apologetic.

Jack said defiantly, "Come on, we finished what we needed to do and now we're hungry! We couldn't take it!"

Yusei and Aki sighed. Ruka and Rua looked at each other and laughed. Jack, Crow, and Bruno made themselves at home seated at the table. Crow grabbed the bowl of spaghetti and lifted it slightly. With an impish grin, he told Jack, "I bet I can eat more spaghetti than you in a minute."

Jack lifted his fork in the air and yelled, "Bring it on!"

Aki sighed, "Would you guys cut it out! I knew you two would do something like this." They barely heard her as they started their contest, Bruno frantically starting to time them as he had many contests before.

Ruka smiled again. Rua caught her eye, and she knew they were thinking the same thing.

This was their family. Their other family. One that would always be there for them.

She took another bite of spaghetti, warming her insides. It wasn't the only thing doing so.

Author's Note: My first chapter done with a requested food. This is more Ruka-centric, she is one of my favorite characters :) I think it would be nice if Aki were part Italian, as suggested by AnimeKiwi369. This chapter is fairly short. I hope this is liked, please review!