Flashback, Yuugi's eyes so troubled. Those purple eyes of his, and how long is it going to take before Pegasus stops seeing them the way they were in the Shadow Realm, and they blinked shut… They opened, and blinked shut. …Because he was trying to destroy him…

And the uncomfortable feeling: That's what those looks he kept giving his wife meant, is that Pegasus did that to Kaiba as well. …That he tried to destroy him… But why would he? And what good does it do anyone for him to forget it? Especially a Sennen Spirit?

And the thoughts gnaw at him, and he can't help talking to Kaiba about it (even though he knows robot-boy probably won't be any use at all). "What good would it do them… The Spirits, Kaiba, the Other Yuugi and… What was the other one's name?"

Bakura, it was Bakura. How do you forget the name of the man who tried to kill you?

"Bakura." Little bit of a grunt from robot-boy. Followed by a question: "What the hell do you mean?"

Jesus Christ, how can someone be so smart, and so dumb, at the same time? "Obvious. Yuugi said it was their spirits that did this. I'm just saying, why would they? What possible benefit could they get out of it?"

"Ghosts are ghosts." Little lean forward. One beautiful shoulder (not too disfigured by the tacky white dueling coat he wears), and Kaiba says, "Takahashi, find us a parking spot in front of The Fox." And he looks back at Pegasus (and his chin looks so gorgeous, surrounded by the collar of that ridiculous coat). "Ghosts can't do anything."

And they're parked. The Fox, by the way, turns out to be a ramen shop.

"Seriously, you're going to eat here?"

Kaiba's back keeps going as he talks to him, "You don't want to? Fine, wait in the car. Tell Takahashi to drive you around, it'll save me the meter-fees."

And Pegasus has to trot a little to keep up with pretty-back. "My god, talk about stingy… I suppose you're going to make me pay for my own ramen too?"

Flirt of the duelist-coat, as Kaiba's pretty butt slides onto a stool, and he looks around. "Get the special, that's what I'm having. You buy your own beer, if you want it."

"Oh, so generous, Kaiba-sama." Slide of another billionaire-butt, onto another hard little stool. "By all means, I will pay for my own Sapporo, and perhaps I could get you one too?"

Is that a smile on Kaiba's face? Hurry fast, you'd better notice it, because it's gone about half a second later. "I don't drink." But he doesn't argue, when the drink is in front of him.

And he drinks, and Pegasus drinks. And Pegasus goes back to what he was saying, "You have to know these ghosts can do things. Didn't Yuugi say you fought with him? Something like that? What was that about?"

Shrug of the pretty shoulders. "Not something I'm proud of. It was collective hallucination. …Something like that…" And his voice trails off. "It was…" Blue eyes go cloudy, and he looks at Pegasus. "I don't know what it was..." He takes a drink. Sapporo's gone in two seconds, and he doesn't complain when Pegasus pours him some more.

Pegasus eats slithery ramen. He spears a piece of pretty pink fish paste roll and looks at it. Kaiba drinks some more Sapporo. Are they both lost in their thoughts right now? (Or is Kaiba just having a run-time error?)

After a while, Pegasus looks at the pretty blue-eyed genius in the unforgiveable coat. "You did something on Duelist Kingdom that you're ashamed of, didn't you?"

And Kaiba looks back, and his eyes are just a little bit hazy… From two glasses of Sapporo? Seriously? …"Why would you say that?"

And Pegasus goes totally honest (for once in his misbegotten life): "Because I did."

And he drinks more Sapporo. And Kaiba does (which is probably a mistake).

And Kaiba sounds just a little bit drunk when he says, "Yeah." And, "I've done worse, but …yeah."

Little lift inside his heart. Even now, there's this little lift: He's done worse. Oh god, oh god, are they perfect for each other or what? And Common-Sense-Pegasus says, "You're acting like an idiot." (And he ignores the hell out of Common-Sense-Pegasus.)

And he drinks the rest of his Sapporo. "So did I." And another Sapporo, and another. When you have to confess to somebody that you tried to kill an innocent little kid, just so you could get hold of the gob of gold around his neck, a few extra drinks are definitely in order. Of course if Kaiba hadn't matched him drink for drink, things might have gone a little better. …Or differently, at any rate.

Anyway, after three or four Sapporos, Pegasus manages to get out: "I was after something with that tournament."

"Aren't we all?" Drunken mumble. Followed by something he doesn't totally catch, about Yuugi's jii-chan, and a Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

And it seems like the most reasonable thing in the world to tell Pretty (Drunk)-Kaiba that he'll make him another Blue-Eyes if he likes them so much.

And Pretty (Drunk)-Kaiba says, "You're a wonderful guy, Pegasus." Followed by, "There are only three Blue-Eyes, and there are never going to be more than three Blue-Eyes, not if I can help it." Followed by, "What I really want is the God Cards."

The God Cards… Quick flashback to the moment when he realized exactly how much power he'd just unleashed when he made those things. Christ, if only Ishizu had been better at hiding stuff.

"You couldn't handle the God Cards," says Helpful (Stupid)-Pegasus.

And then Kaiba practically kills him right there.

…And then they make up over another round of Sapporos. And another one.

You know it never occurs to either of them that the God Cards probably don't have any power any more, now that the Final Battle is over and done with? And it's not until the next morning that Pegasus thinks about that…

He thinks about it. And he sits up… It's at this moment that he realizes he's lying in bed with a very asleep, very naked Kaiba Seto next to him. And at first, he wonders how in the hell he got there, and then he remembers The Fox, and how drunk Kaiba got. …And then he realizes that five beers on top of some serious jet lag is probably not the best combination for today's California billionaire-on-the-go.

And he shakes Sleeping (Pretty)-Kaiba. "The God Cards don't have power any more anyway."

Mumble-mumble from Pretty (Sleeping)-Kaiba.

"You should ask Yuugi, I'll bet he'd give them to you. That kid is always about giving anybody whatever they want anyway, isn't he?"

Mumble-mumble: "I asked. He said no." And a snort, and a snore, and, "Said they reminded him of his mou hitori no boku."

"Natch. Why do you want them anyway?"

Yawn from Sleeping-Kaiba. "Use 'em to duel. Why the hell do you think?"

And, pat-pat of his own (slim, very well-manicured) hand, on a pretty naked Kaiba-shoulder. "I'll make you your own ones." And he cuddles a little bit closer (just in case the pretty billionaire wakes up the rest of the way).

(Which he doesn't.) "Yeah." Pleased-sounding mumble, from the naked pretty one. "That'll take the wind out of Yuugi's sails."

And Kaiba goes right back to snoring again, and leaves Pegasus to deal with a tiny hangover, and a lot of big, huge questions. Including, did he just sleep with Pretty-Kaiba last night, or did he sleep with him?