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Egyptian Ratscrew huh?

"Fine by me, what rules?" Shizuo asked.

"You can only slap the tens, the sum of tens, doubles, and sandwiches. Also, we have the royals and aces rule."

"Okay, let's start."

"Are you sure? Can a protozoan like you even add?"

"Shut up flea! Let's start!"

"Okay, okay, control your temper Shizu-chan. "

The two of them sat on either side of the low table in the middle of the living room.

Izaya dealt out the deck in to two piles and neatly piled the cards.

He pushed one towards Shizuo.

"Don't break the table trying to slap, Shizu-chan," Izaya smirked.

Shizuo growled and muttered under his breath, "Like hell I will."

Izaya began. He quickly flipped the top card of his pile into the center—a nine.

With a matched speed, Shizuo flipped his top card on as well—a seven.

Izaya continued.

Even after some time, no one placed anything that can be slapped.

Then, Shizuo flipped a ten.

With lightning speed, before Shizuo could react, Izaya slapped.

Izaya looked at Shizuo, his crimson eyes glinting with victory. "My pile."

Shizuo glared at Izaya and let him take it without whining.

"Be careful Shizu-chan, or you may lose all your tens." Izaya started the new pile, his deck twice as big as Shizuo's now.

"Whatever, just play." Shizuo seemed to be really getting into the game. He didn't want to lose miserably to Izaya.

Izaya continued. Then Shizuo played.

The pile grew larger til there was about twenty cards or so.

Then, Shizuo flipped a jack.

There was a pause before Izaya played. Please be an ace or royal.

Not going happen.

Shut up Shizu-chan.

Make me.

Izaya flipped the card on to the pile.

"No!"

It was a six.

Slightly grinning, Shizuo took in the pile.

"Heh, this is kind of fun."

The game continued.

The cards were again played.

Six. Seven. Five. Nine. Two. Four. Five.

It continued.

Then,

Six. Eight. Nine. Eight.

Shizuo saw it. He saw the sandwich.

Izaya did too.

Their hands shot out, wanting to be the first to slap the pile.

Izaya's landed first. Shizuo's landed on Izaya's hand a millisecond later.

Forutunately, Shizuo didn't slap hard (surprisingly) so there were only mild stings on both Izaya's and Shizuo's hand from the impact and the shared injuries.

They stared at their hands on top of each other for a moment, before quickly pulling away. A pale rose-color tinted their cheeks.

They stared at the pile, unmoving. No thoughts were shared between them.

Shizuo coughed, "A-are you going to take the pile or not?"

"Huh?" Izaya looked up, then it processed. "Oh, yeah."

He brought the pile towards them and added it to the bottom of his deck.

They were silent for a moment longer, then Izaya played again.

Their game continued with no sign of stopping for awhile.

The person who gained the pile alternated for the most part.

It was rather amazing that two people could play one game of Egyptian Ratscrew for so long without anyone winning.

Time to them, didn't exist. They continued playing, not wanting to lose to the other.

The end appeared to be approaching.

Much to Izaya's dismay, Shizuo was getting better at slapping and had a good majority of the royals that Izaya fell prey to.

After awhile, they got back to having equal cards (with Izaya doing his best to slap the proper cards) and continued.

In this pile, none of the combinations of cards were deemed slappable. The pile contained about 4/5 of all the cards.

Then Izaya flipped a ten, slapped it, and gained the immense pile.

With only a few cards left, Shizuo was nervous.

Izaya grinned, knowing that Shizuo will lose to him.

"GRAR!" Shizuo flipped his last card on the pile—a jack.

Izaya stared at it but knew that Shizuo wouldn't be able to rise again.

His flipped the top card of his deck onto the pile—a king.

"Dammit!" Shizuo stood up.

Izaya leaned far forward by his sudden movement.

Shizuo sat back down with a frown.

"Now, now Shizu-chan, don't be a sore loser. Get used to the fact that you lost." Izaya smirked, amused by the Shizuo's expression. "I'm rather amazed you lasted this long."

Shizuo glared at Izaya.

"What? Do you want me to chuck cookies at you for consolation?" Izaya asked sarcastically.

Shizuo straightened up. His expression turned to one of slight shock and surprise.

Izaya noticed the change in Shizuo. He looked at the blonde's face.

"Huh?"


Chapter Nine Complete

I love the game Egyptian Ratscrew. You guys should look at the rules and try playing it with friends and family.

Any Predictions?

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