10—silver
As he stayed under Kai's roof, Olivier Gaillard continued to polish his skills. Part of his routine was to force Kai to live like the European golden boy that he was. There was no need for Kai to abuse the snooze button now that Gaillard had made his alarm clock obsolete.
"Come on, morning training will be good for you." Gaillard demanded as he pried Kai's comforter away from his sleeping form. "Get up, and let's have one game before you go to school."
Barely thinking, Kai slurred an excuse that he had heard Morikawa use ages ago, "It'll cut into my jacking off time."
"Morning wood doesn't take that long to settle." Gaillard retorted and attempted to pull Kai's pillow from beneath his head. "Go multitask in the shower. Think of it as making good use of a top class player living with you."
Kai was sure that there could be dirty undertones to what Gaillard had said, but he didn't bother to summon the mental energy required to read into it. Heck, he could barely even read the numbers on his cards as he humored Gaillard at the living room table. It took longer than he had expected for Gaillard to throw in the towel and call off their game for later when Kai was at least literate enough for a card game.
By the time Kai returned home, his interest had finally reached the level that Gaillard desired that day. Yet Kai could hardly sense his unwanted roommate's presence when he stepped through the front door. He tossed aside his school blazer, drank a glass of water and waited. Then he heard sniffling sounds from the other side of the bathroom door.
He knocked two quick raps against it and asked, "Are you mad at me or what?"
The reply came after a succession of stifled sobs. "Yes, and also mad at me. I bet you wanted to laugh when I confessed that I've liquidated all my assets."
"I did not find it funny at all." Kai said.
He wanted to admit that he was somewhat burdened in the first few days of putting Gaillard up, but that was useless information.
"I'm a penniless man, okay? I have nothing," Gaillard gasped. "Except this irrational desire of denying you the use of your own sanitation facilities for at least a few hours."
There was no way for Kai to restore Gaillard's rationality through language alone. Silence re-asserted itself in the apartment as Kai leaned against the wall while considering how to communicate. He took a chance, fetched Gaillard's deck from the side table in Kai's room and returned to sit before the closed bathroom door while shifting through the Gold Paladin cards.
Shortly after, Gaillard received Percival when it was slipped through the crevice between the door and the floor.
"You have that." Kai stated.
He heard an awkward squawk from the other end and guessed that Gaillard was trying to laugh.
"Kai Toshiki, how dare you manhandle my cards."
"I dare."
Bit by bit, Kai passed the rest of the Gold Paladin cards in the same manner for Gaillard to use until Gaillard chose to be seen again.
A/N: Maybe some time this week I'll have more energy to tenderize my weird fluff. Believe it or not, I've spent my entire commuting time today thinking about Gaillard with zero earthly resources and Kai as an unwilling teenage sugar daddy. Anyhow, with this, one-third of the challenge is complete!