Converging Wishes
Author's Note: Enjoy the story and R&R.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to or of the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's series.
Pairing: Established Rua x Rally.
Summary:
The world beyond Neo Domino City is pure sensory overload for Rally Dawson.
It was Rally's first trip outside Neo Domino, and he had no hint of what to expect. Initially getting mixed up at the rear of the aircraft in regards to where he was supposed to sit, Rally was pulled from the aisle by Rua as other passengers struck deals to shuffle placements after they reached cruising altitude.
Nonsensically to Rally, seating family members next to one another wasn't the default.
What if the pilot and co-pilot were rendered unconscious or worse? Did that mean A STEWARDESS WOULD BE FLYING THE PLANE?
Rally survived the flight squeezing Rua's arm.
Rua survived the flight feeling relief they weren't stuck behind the plane's token crying baby, waking up the folks in coach once the tears started pouring. Rua and Ruka's parents were among Tops' top earners, so of course their son and their son's boyfriend could travel business rather than economy.
Everything wound Rally up. Turbulence. The preponderance of lesbian couples exiting the gate. Going through customs and immigration (and insisting to the gruff agent his documents were in order and he wasn't a girl). Waiting forever for their baggage. Long taxi lines. The hotel lobby's waxed, super shiny floor. A doorman needed for a revolving door. Lobster Thermidor for lunch and drunken shrimp for dinner ("Rich-sounding food," Rally commented). Illegal superhero knockoffs advertising cold coffee. A city of sheeple wearing the same shirts sold by the same clothing chain. A distinct lack of benches. A fat orange cat touting celebrity status. Internal heating set too hot. Frequent escalator maintenance.
Rally saw an elderly woman drop her scarf without noticing.
A second woman with a mole screamed at a kid and his mother and father, alleging the boy had stepped on her shoe and broken it, then made a scene when she failed to swindle a fancier pair with a bigger price tag from the mom and dad.
Holy crap! This lady should have thanked the god of gods that Crow wasn't around to blast her character. It'd hurt a lot if he found out she'd been mistreating a child. Standing in the path of a whirlwind kind of hurt!
But crazier than the crazy lady, crazier than her marks offering to replace her damaged footwear at all, Rally saw more than one random individual spontaneously faint in the street.
Too much to drink? Bad breakups? Unanticipated/unwelcome marriage proposals spinning embarrassingly off-road or crashing in a ditch?
Rally let it sink in. 'cause all of it seemed shockingly normal to Rua.
At least gangsters weren't chasing them with machetes in broad daylight like in the police drama Rua was watching on the plane. Or, you know, cornering them into handin' over everything they've got like they did in Satellite before the Daedalus Bridge was completed and the majority of Satellite stopped committing crimes for a living.
Overstimulated by all of this, Rally hit a boiling point, hit the mattress, and hoped Rua would help him out of this joint.
Sweet escape.
"You can't be lying here in the dark for the rest of our vacation! Think about what you're missing! The harbour! The ocean! Don't you wanna run on the beach? Tick-tick-tock! We're on the clock!" Rua considered it worth the fight, and tried looking for some common ground.
The brief resuscitation of Rua's habit of peppering his sentences with sound effects was nothing less than annoying. Rally forced himself off his back (but not the bed), if only so Rua wouldn't have an excuse to keep doing it.
"Can we go to the mall?"
"The mall? Sure! We'll pick you out a new dress or two! A medium and a large!"
"That's not fair!" Rally turned frowny and mad. "Don't laugh!"
"You are the only person I know who'd convince me to buy you two different sizes!" Rua giggled, hands at his hips.
"Sometimes I like it tighter. Sometimes I like it loose," Rally justified. His current attire wasn't like Satellite pre-Dark Signers. Then, he wore whatever was available. Literally the contributions donated to goodwill or the rags which he scooped from the trash.
If this were a Duel, Yusei's Stardust Dragon would've been great about now. Opponent destroying stuff? Activate Victim Sanctuary! Seriously…Why hadn't Rally asked Yusei to loan him Stardust?
Rua joined his fingers behind his head. "I know you do."
"I have a confession, though," Rally admitted.
"What?"
"I lost my phone again last night. Maybe on the walk back from the station, near the highway."
"Again? We're changing your plan to the lowest option! You've got me staying up till 4 in the morning because of your texting, anyway! Where did I – oh! – leave the receipt? Oh! The desk drawer, hehehe!"
'cause apparently, Rally and Patty had gobs to gab over! For example, why Aki put Crystal Rose Angel in her Deck despite virtually no synergy with her Plant cards or Black Rose Dragon, and whether Rua really owned a Level 5 or higher Deformer that could be equipped with Double Tool D&C.
The answer to the latter uncracked mystery, as far as either Rally or Patty could tell: No!
It was really only out of a really true love that Rua didn't permanently smash the phone he bought for Rally.
"Just try and make me give it up!" Rally defended his misplaced mobile from harm.
"Hehe! Are you worried you'll be lonely, not being able to call me while we're apart?"
"Hmmff! Many contacts in there besides you!"
"Who? Your manager?" Rua joked. "Hook me up! We can form a pop rock duo and name ourselves Hi Hi Puffy RuaRally!"
Rally shoved a pillow in his face. "Don't tell me you're becoming one of those nerds on their knees in the street for the girls they can't live without."
"Cha-ching! Till love do us lie!" Rua hooted. "Deformers, roll out! The shuttle bus takes off in five!"
Rally rolled his eyes, allowing himself to be dragged.
"Right on time. It's gonna be right on time. I know."