Pairing: Puzzleshipping
Genre: Humor

X-x-o-o—Grooming—o-o-x-X

"What do you mean dog?!" Screamed Jounouchi.

Yami shrugged his shoulders uncaringly. "You're scruffy, hyperactive and can be gullible at times. Besides, we all agreed." Their friends nodded. "And don't you like dressing up like one?" The Game King said, throwing a smirk at the blond's direction.

Jounouchi huffed and glared at his small circle of friends. He, Yami, Yuugi, Anzu, Honda and Ryou had gathered at Burger World. Somehow their conversation twisted and turned and they were discussing what their spirit animal would be. He of course, was unanimously given the animal dog.

"Okay, next up, Anzu."

"A cat?" Yuugi suggested, sipping his drink.

Jounouchi shook his head. "While Anzu may be able to move elegantly like a cat," he started, "she has nowhere near the… seduction of a cat." This earned him blank stares from the other boys in the booth and a balled up napkin in the face from Anzu.

"What is that supposed to mean?" She snarled at him. Jounouchi shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly. "You don't have the sex appeal a cat has."

"I so am sexy!" The girl said a little too loudly, earning amused stares from her friends and weird stares from the other occupants of the fast food restaurant. She flushed and sat down quietly. "Idiot." She muttered under her breath.

"I think squirrel." Honda said to get the conversation going again.

"Why squirrel?" Yami asked, looking Anzu over.

This time Honda shrugged. "She is a brunette. So are squirrels."

Yuugi sighed. "Honda, we are not looking at appearances, we are looking at traits and personality." The shortest of the bunch explained.

"How about a swan?" Ryou suggested, having been quiet till this point. "They possess the same grace and beauty."

"Yeah, I can see that happening." Yami approved. Yuugi nodded in agreement as well.

"Next up, Yami." Jounouchi announced. The duelist could not help but smirk. They would probably say lion, him being the king. His smile faded though when his friends came up with suggestions.

"I think hedgehog."

"Honda, you're basing on appearance again."

"Porucpine."

"Honda…." A warning tone.

"I was joking!"

It was silent for a minute or two as the friends decided what animal represents Yami. "A rat!" Jounouchi exclaimed. "Yami is sneaky and could probably fit in through smallest holes." He explained.

"I think that would fit Yuugi more." Ryou said with a small smile.

"Hey!" The shortest yelled indignantly. "I am not a rat!"

Ryou laughed softly. "Maybe not rat but rather mouse. You are quite small and shy."

Yuugi crossed his arms over his chest and pouted. "I am not small and shy. I am manly as hell." He pouted slumping slightly in his chair. Yami, who sat next to him wrapped his arm around the smaller boy's shoulder and pulled him to his chest.

"Don't worry Aibou, no matter what animal you are, I will always love you." The duel king assured, planting a small kiss on top of the spiky hair.

"I know!" Jounouchi suddenly exclaimed, successfully grabbing the attention of all their friends. "Monkeys!" Jounouchi exclaimed, pointing at both Yami and Yuugi.

The Kings of Games looked at each other and back at their friend. "Please elaborate."

"You two groom each other." Jounouchi told. "I mean, you do each other's hair…."

-o-o-o-o-o-

"Ooh, Yami. Your bangs are a little crooked. Here, lemme fix 'em." Yuugi scooped up a goop of hair gel and started messing with his lover's hair. After he was done, he leaned back and checked it out with a critical eye. A small graced his face once he was pleased with the results. "All done." He announced.

"Thank you Aibou." Yami gave Yuugi a quick smooch.

-o-o-o-o-o-

"You two do each other's make up…."

-o-o-o-o-o-

"Yuugi stop blinking!"

"I can't help it! The sharp edges hurt!" Yami moved the pencil away from Yuugi's eyes so the smaller boy could blink the tears away. "Why did you even buy a pencil? I told you to always buy a stick or liquid eyeliner."

"This brand is good and it was on sale. They didn't have liquid or stick anymore."

"Then do something about the sharp edges!" Yami sighed and turned the eye pencil through the pencil sharpener some more. "Happy?" Yuugi nodded his consent. "Yami pulled Yuugi's eye down and started applying the black color.

-o-o-o-o-o-

"And other… stuff."

-o-o-o-o-o-

"Has it melted yet?" Yami pulled the small bar out of the contraption.

"Yep, it's done." Yuugi had changed in to really short shorts and a plain tank top. Yami was in similar attire.

"Great!" Yuugi said, plopping down in front of Yami. He stuck out one leg, leaning to the back, resting on his arms. "Go ahead."

Yami nodded, he pushed the bar back in and started rolling the roller on top of it over Yuugi's leg. It was hot and sticky. Just the way they liked it. When Yami was pleased with the amount he smeared on Yuugi's legs, he patted a plain white strip of paper on top of the sticky substance.

"Ready?" Yami asked. Yuugi nodded. Yami yanked the strip of paper off with no mercy, effectively tearing out all those blasted leg hairs. Yuugi's gripped at the carpet underneath him for a couple minutes before his legs numbed. He relaxed and let Yami clean his legs. Afterwards came arms and armpits.

Yuugi was sticky but soft like a baby!

"Kay, my turn." Yami said, handing the device to Yuugi. The smaller one took it and started smearing the wax on Yami's legs.

-o-o-o-o-o-

Yami and Yuugi were both blushing as their friends just stared at them. When had Jounouchi seen that?!

"Hence, why you are monkeys." Jounouchi finished with a smirk. The table was silent, the only noise that was audible were the other occupants of the fast food joint. Jounouchi blinked a couple of times. What was that blackish aura around Yami?

"Uhm… Jounouchi… I think you better start running." Anzu said eyeing the spiky haired teen. Yuugi was blushing and hid his face away in his hands. Yami had his head bowed low, his expression unreadable.

Jounouchi shot out of his chair, Yami hot on his heels. Again, all the eyes were on their table. Yuugi sighed, glancing at the empty space beside him. Then something hit him. He shot out of his seat as well.

"Yami! Wait! You have to pay for our meal!" And gone was the other spiky haired teen. Anzu and Honda looked at each other before looking at the confused white haired boy.

"I-I-I just remembered something!" Anzu announced as she stood up, pushing her chair back with the force. "I have dancing practice." She said a little too quickly and left the restaurant. Honda gulped, glancing at the white haired boy who was sitting with in the other side with his hands on his lap. Could he really do this to the innocent boy?

He quickly checked his wallet. Crap, it was near empty.

"I'm gonna go to the bathroom real quick!" Honda announced, leaving for the men's room. He knew that there was a window there where he could hopefully squeeze through.

Ryou blinked. His friends had all gone…. He was alone. The waitress came and placed the bill in front of him. Ryou laughed sheepishly as he accepted it. The waitress kept on watching him suspiciously, not that Ryou could do an eat-and-run. He was not raised that way.

He gave her the money, already conjuring up plans to take revenge on his traitorous friends.

They were going to regret the day they left Ryou alone.


Author's Note: Beta credits go to xfallenangel13x!

I had this on my mind for a while now. I can totally picture those two grooming each other. This came to mind when my mother was waxing my legs. She has no mercy but that is good, if you rip those things too slowly it hurts like hell, which is why I let my mom do it for me xD She does it so fast that my legs are numb before the pain even starts.

And if you use pencils and haven´t sharpened it, the edges will stab your eyes and it hurtls like hell!

Poor Ryou, love you babu~