A/N: Faves, follows and reviews are always appreciated. Even if I can't respond to all of you, I appreciate all the attention you've given me.
Fun Fact: Yuri would like to go into acting one day. He tried out for a school play, but found the production too juvenile to waste his time on.
Description: Yuya, Yuzu, Gongenzaka, Sawatari, Sora and Dennis hang out.
Summer was more than halfway over and, in order to give the students a break, Academia allowed their students to take a week off of their studies.
Sawatari and Sora chose to spend their week in the Pendulum Dimension. And that day, they were joined by Gongenzaka and Dennis. The four of them had planned out a day on the town, enjoying the sights and sounds of downtown Maiami City.
The four of them were sitting on benches just outside of a Burger World. Sawatari had several shopping bags by his feet, Dennis had two bags resting on his lap, Sora had a small gift bag in his arms, and Gongenzaka had a plastic bag full of clothes jammed under his armpit.
"I think today's been a success so far," Sawatari said to them. "I'll call the limo around, we'll drop off our bags, and keep going."
"I want to go to the zoo next!" Sora said.
"Zoo's closed," Gongenzaka told them. "Something about ninjas having an Action Duel against a skunk ape."
"Laaaame."
"We should go see a movie," Dennis offered. "They have good shows, good food, air conditioning..."
"You don't get to pick!" Sawatari scoffed. "You didn't even help us when Academia was invaded."
"Oh, come on," Gongenzaka said gruffly. "He wasn't even in the same dimension as us; he was in Heartland."
"And it's not like we could call him," Sora said.
"I wasn't in Heartland, actually," Dennis said.
The trio looked at him. Dennis merely egao'd at them and shrugged.
"And where were you?" Sora asked.
"Me, Yusho, and a few others had to fight off an alien invasion," Dennis explained. "We ended up going somewhere called the... Beryl-Anne World? Variants World? Anyway, they were after my Performage Utopia card-"
"Yeah, we're not going to fall for that," Sawatari said.
"But it's true! Look, I'll show you the card-"
"I don't know how you fooled the Lancers for so long," Sora said casually. "You're a terrible liar."
Sora pulled out a lollipop from his pocket. He pulled the wrapper off of the top, then stuck the candy in his mouth.
"But it's true," Dennis sighed.
Sora turned to look at Dennis. "First it was that family, then it was Kaito's father. Now it's..."
Sora's jaw hung open, and his candy fell out of his mouth. The color drained from his face as he observed the true horror before him.
Sora shuddered. "G-guys..."
"What is it, Sora?" Gongenzaka asked.
"I-I see them. I see them!"
Everyone turned to look where Sora was looking. And to their nightmarish horror, they could see the most terrifying thing imaginable.
"I thought you said you didn't invite them!" Gongenzaka whispered to Sawatari.
"I didn't!" Sawatari whispered back. "Anyone spill the beans?"
"No," Dennis whispered.
"Hell no," Sora said.
Sawatari groaned. "They must have found us on their own. But maybe we can walk out and pretend we didn't see-"
"Hey, guys!"
Yuya and Yuzu approached the duo, enormous egaos on their faces. Yuya held Yuzu's right hand in his left, while Yuzu held a shopping bag in her in her left. They wore matching floral white shirts, and had English words written in lavender. A picture of a tomato and a yuzu were depicted underneath the words.
"Funny running into you here!" Yuzu said to them.
"Haha, yeah..." Sora said sheepishly. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Oh, we were just in the area."
"We were getting matching shirts!" Yuya told them. "Do you guys like them?"
Dennis looked down at the shirts. Yuzu's shirt said I'm He's, while Yuya's said She's He's. Dennis took a moment to consider telling them that their shirts didn't make any sense, but ultimately decided that he didn't want to ruin their fun.
"They're very lovely!" Dennis lied.
"They're..." Gongenzaka muttered. "Ah..."
"... Huh," was Sora's reaction. "They're very..."
"They're definitely shirts," Sawatari stated.
"Yes, that," Gongenzaka said.
"What Sawatari said," Sora said.
Yuzu clasped her hands together. "Glad you like them!"
"Yuzu picked them out," Yuya said. "She has great tastes, right?"
"Oh, please!" Yuzu responded. "You're the one who helped me. You have even better tastes!"
"I know I have great taste, because I fell in love with the best girl in the universe."
Yuzu gasped. "Yuya..."
"Yuzu..."
The two turned to each other. Yuya put his hands on her waist, while Yuzu put her arms over his shoulder. The two looked deep into each other's eyes, soaking in the brilliant radiance that came from their loved one.
Their faces were blushing red, and they could feel themselves overcome with their love for the other. But they continued gazing into each other's eyes, so they could take in every bit of their lover as they could.
"I really mean it," Yuya told her. "You're just... so amazing. And you mean so much to me."
"Yuya, I know," Yuzu responded. "I just feel your love, in everything I do. I think about you all the time, and I know how much you mean to me."
"It's impossible for me to love you more than I do now, but..."
"... We somehow love to love each other more and more..."
"... With each passing second."
"Nanosecond."
"Microsecond!"
"Our love, it's growing faster than the speed of time itself!"
The others just stood there, watching this display with various levels of discomfort. Simultaneously, they all stepped away from the couple and started moonwalking away.
But alas, they couldn't escape. The couple broke their focus to turn and face their friends.
"Where are you going?" Yuzu asked them.
"W-we won't disturb you two anymore!" Sora said. "We know when we're being third wheels!"
"That's crazy!" Yuya responded.
"That's right!" Yuzu agreed. "We're friends; we'd never leave you all out."
"I have an idea!" exclaimed. "How about we all go and get lunch together?"
"I think that's a great idea."
"I think you're great."
"You~"
"You~"
The boys just looked at them, now more visibly disgusted. But they put up their best attempts at egaos and raised their fists.
"Yaaay..." they sighed.
Naturally, the place the couple picked out was not a fun place like Burger World. Instead, Yuya and Yuzu lead their friends to a quaint, simple cafe two blocks away: the Cafe du Washog.
The six of them were guided to their seat by a waitress. She lead them to the outside patio, and directed them to one of the long tables. Luckily, there was enough room for everyone to sit, three on each side.
But that's when the trouble began.
Yuya ran ahead of Yuzu and pulled out her chair for her. And after a bit of appreciative flirting and banter between them, Yuzu took to her seat and pushed herself in.
But then she got up to pull out Yuya's chair for him. And then Yuya decided that he should push Yuzu in for her, as thanks. And when he offered to do that, she offered to do the same. This lead to the duo flirting and offering to help the other constantly.
It would have likely gone on forever, if Gongenzaka didn't put his arms around their waists and hoist them up. While Gongenzaka lifted them up, Sora ran towards the chairs and pulled them both out. Gongenzaka dropped the two kids in their seats, and Sora pushed them in.
Yuya and Yuzu stared at each other, dumbfounded. And then, they started to laugh at their own little mistake. And laughing turned into compliments about the other's laugh, followed by more flirting, and more banter.
Meanwhile, the four boys squeezed themselves together on the other side of the table. It was a tight fit, but none of them wanted to sit next to Yuya and Yuzu.
And then the waitress returned, asking for their orders. And if you guessed that this lead to even more problems, you'd be correct.
Yuzu turned to Yuya. "What should I get?"
"Whatever you want," he told her. "What should I get?"
"You get whatever you want!" she told him. "But I need to watch my weight."
"Nonsense, you're perfect!" he said to her. "In fact, I'd love you no matter how you looked."
"Aww, you're so sweet! But I can't."
"You should. You deserve everything in the world."
"You must be confusing myself with you, because you're the one who's totally amazing."
"This might be the only time you're ever wrong, because I was definitely talking about you."
Yuzu egao'd. "You're right. You're always right, because you're so smart!"
Yuya egao'd. "If you said it, then it must be true, because you're even smarter!"
The two of them blushed. They looked away from each other and started to laugh nervously. But their faces were beaming with happiness and positivity.
The waitress cringed and took a step back. She looked to the others of the group, looking for orders. She tried her best to hide her utter confusion and revulsion, but her eyes betrayed her.
"Just get the girl a latte and fudge pastries," Sora told the lady.
"Get the boy some croquembouche and ice cream," Sawatari added.
"Thanks," the lady sighed. And then she power-walked away as fast as she could.
It took about twenty long, slow, frustrating, slow, agonizing, painful, agonizing, slow minutes before another waitress showed up with their food. And during those twenty minutes, the others had to watch in horror as Yuya and Yuzu continued to flirt.
They would try to break their talking up by changing the subject. For example, Sawatari told everyone about how he had bought a few toys for his pet skunk ape...
"Oh, I love skunk apes!" Yuzu said in response. "Almost as much as I love Yuya."
"Oh, Yuzu!" Yuya responded, blushing. "I love you way more than I love skunk apes."
"I wish I could rangle up a bunch the skunk apes, and teach them to sing your name."
"Oh, that's so niiiice! That's so romantic."
"You deserve it, Yuya!"
Yuya blushed. "Honestly, though? You deserve it. You deserve all the skunk apes."
... And every attempt at changing the subject would somehow end in Yuya and Yuzu talking about how much they loved the other. Every single time. Every single time.
But the food came, and the boys were finally free from the couples' constant verbal terrorism. The couple were forced to sit quietly and enjoy their food.
Or rather, enjoy the other one's food. Both Yuya and Yuzu took turns taking a spoonful of their meal, then feeding it to the other.
The others just looked at them. Only Dennis was able to eat; the others lost their appetite.
"It's like a train wreck, and you can't look away," Sora said.
"Sora, be a little quieter!" Gongenzaka whispered. "They can hear you."
"No they can't. They're so into each other's butts, they won't notice."
"Maybe we can ask them to stop?" Dennis asked. "Hey! Guys! Guys!"
Yuya and Yuzu broke their focus. They simultaneously turned to look at the others.
"Guys, I think we need to address something," Gongenzaka said.
"How perfect Yuzu is?" Yuya asked. "If it's that, I agree."
Yuzu shook her head. "No, they clearly want to talk about how great you look in that sweater."
"I only look good because you bring the best out of me-"
"But it-"
"Enough!" Gongenzaka barked. "I'm glad you two found love, really. But you two should cut down on the flirting. A little retraint would be appreciated. We don't want to see it all the time. "
Yuya and Yuzu looked to each other. And for what felt like forever, there was an uncomfortable silence between them. Between everybody at the table. They were all silent, waiting to see where this would lead next.
Finally, the couple turned back to Gongenzaka.
"Gongenzaka, I didn't know you felt that way," Yuzu said. "And look, we understand-"
"Thank you!" Gongenzaka sighed.
"... That you're jealous."
"What?"
"We know this must be hard for you guys," Yuya told them. "Yuzu and I are dating, so you all might be jealous."
"Or might feel a little left out."
"But you shouldn't feel that way!"
"That's right!" Yuzu said, clasping her hands together. "We'll always be your friends, and that won't change."
Sora and Dennis both started to chuckle. They both looked at Gongenzaka with devious little egaos.
"Yeah, Gonny," Sora said to him. "No need to be jealous."
"I'm not jealous!" Gongenzaka snapped.
"If you say so," Dennis said with a wink.
"I don't need you guys encouraging them!"
Dennis winked again. "It's fine, Gongenzaka. No need to be jealous when you have us."
Yuya nodded. "We'll always make time to hang out with you guys, don't worry."
"You can't get rid of us that easily!"
Yuya chuckled. "Ha! Good one, Yuzu!"
Yuzu lifted up her spoon of fudge, then brought it up to her face.
"Thanks!" she said to Yuya.
"No problem, my sweet."
Yuzu blushed, and her hand trembled. And it was that one moment of weakness that made the fudge fall out of her spoon, right into her chest.
Yuzu realized her mistake and picked off the fudge. But to her sadness, the elegant English writing was now stained with brown. "My shirt!"
"I'll get it!" Yuya said.
Yuya reached across the table to grab a napkin. His hand was immediately met with the hands of the other boys, who grabbed onto him and held his arm down.
"Inappropriate!" they said in unison.
Yuya blushed. "O-oh. I wasn't thinking."
He turned to look at Yuzu, who seemed confused. But once she understood what they boys meant, she also started blushing.
This was followed by twelve minutes of awkward apologizing from both parties. And luckily, there were no more incidents.
... Until the bill came.
Everyone stared at the bill before them. It was a sizable bill, since they bought meals for six people. But since each meal's price was listed, the crew were able to pay for their meals individually.
Yuya dug into his pants pocket, then produced a wallet with Performapal monsters on the sides. Opening it up revealed not only a lot of coins and bills, but also pictures of his family, forty eight of his pets, and many, many pictures of Yuzu.
"Hold on, Yuya," Yuzu said to him. "I'll pay for the both of us."
Yuya shook his head. "No, don't worry about it. I'll take care of this."
Yuzu put her hand on his. Instantly, the duo returned to egao-ing and blushing. They turned their heads away from each other, but would coyly peek at their partner.
After a moment, Yuzu said, "It's fine! I got this, sweetie."
"No, you don't worry," Yuya told her. "Save your money for something special."
"I am: you."
"Yuzu!"
"Yuya!"
"Why don't you two split the bill?" Sora asked.
Yuya looked to him. "Because I want to pay for both of our meals."
"It's too bad, because I will," Yuzu giggled.
Yuya giggled in return. "Oh yeah? We'll see about that."
"I may be busy seeing you, but I'll still pay attention. I'll stop you if you try to pay."
"I'll gladly stop you, because that means I get to reach out and hold your hand."
"Yuya!"
"Yuzu!"
Sora looked at the others, terrified. "They're trapped in an infinite loop of flirting!"
Sawatari dug into his pocket. "Aaah! Forget it, let's just pay for them. We don't have all day to watch them make goo-goo eyes at each other."
As Sawatari threw some money onto the table, Dennis reclined in his chair. He placed his hand on his chin, and his eyes drifted to the floor. Now, it was time to think of a plan.
"Maybe we can go to a theater?" Dennis said. "Where we can watch a nice movie? In silence?"
Yuya looked to him. "We can't."
Gongenzaka took in a deep breath. Oh boy, he knew something asinine was about to be said.
"We're banned from the theater," Yuzu explained.
"We were making too much noise and kept talking," Yuya added.
"Which is understandable."
Gongenzaka sighed. Yep, there it was.
"Maybe we can duel at my dojo?" he proposed.
"Oh, great!" Yuya said. "Then we can show you guys our partner's act-"
"Never mind!" the other four said in unison.
Yuya egao'd. "Well, I guess we need practice before we can show it off."
"You're already perfect," Yuzu said as she put a hand on his shoulder. "But it's nice that you choose to help me improve so much."
"No! You make me better and better all the time, you're so inspirational!"
"I think you're confusing me with yourself again, because you inspire me!"
"You~"
"You~"
"You~"
"You~"
The two once again entered an infinite loop of flirtation. This made Sora turn away from the table and vomit into a potted plant.
Gongenzaka, Sawatari and Dennis looked at each other nervously. They wondered if they could sneak away from the duo, or if they were doomed to be forever trapped by their smothering love. This wasn't as scary as facing Zarc, but it was sure up there.
"What do we do?!" Sawatari asked them. "They're too oblivious to stop, they can't be reasoned with, and they'll probably find us if we run."
"I think I have an idea!" Dennis said. He slammed his fist into his open palm.
"What?" Gongenzaka asked. "Please, anything that could save us would be great."
"Anything!" Sawatari insisted.
"Anything."
"Yuzu is Ruri, right?" Dennis asked. "They share a body, right? So they're like sisters."
"Right."
"And that makes who Yuzu's brother?"
"... Reiji?" Sawatari asked.
"Shun," Gongenzaka corrected. "And he's always spying on his sisters, so he must be nearby."
Dennis turned his head to a nearby patio table. He waved to the person sitting there, whose face was covertly hidden behind a menu.
"Shun! Shun!" Dennis called out.
The menu lowered, revealing Shun's face. His angry, angry face. "How did you know I was here?"
"I can sense your rage," Dennis explained. "Now, would you be able to help us separate Yuya and Yuzu?"
"Or at least make them stop flirting," Sora groaned, lifting his head up from the plant.
Shun shook his head. "No."
"No?" Sawatari asked.
"No," Shun confirmed. "I... I can't. I can't split them up, or make them stop."
"Did you do what you do for Yuto and Ruri?" Gongenzaka asked. "Try to intimidate Yuya? Or... ?"
"Everything..." Shun said quietly. "I tried everything I had, and it wasn't enough to stop them. They... they know no fear, or remorse, or shame."
They turned to look at Yuya and Yuzu. The two continued their infinite look of "you's," but now planted a kiss on the other's cheek each time they spoke.
Sora threw up again.
"Maybe we can try running," Sawatari said. "If we split up, or we use the limo-"
"No," Shun said. "You can't escape them. Once they find you, they won't stop. They're completely unaware of how much trouble they cause."
"We're stuck with them forever, then" Gongenzaka said.
Shun nodded. "Until they decide to call it a day and go home. But even then, they still stay up all night to talk on the phone."
"They don't sleep?!" Dennis asked. "Wow!"
"They don't sleep. I don't know why, but they seem to be unstoppable when they're together. And we have to live with it."
"I don't want to live anymore," said a sad, broken Sawatari.
A/N: For anyone asking about Gongenzaka not being in Academia: he decided to go home shortly after the whole parasite incident. Since Yuya and Yuzu weren't there, and he didn't care about learning Fusion Summoning, he just decided to drop out and head back to the Pendulum Dimension.