"I know we started it, but how dare he."
I held Kek's hand as we walked to work together. The sunlight had everything bright and beautiful. I wished it were raining. Isn't it suppose to rain in the romance movies during the melancholy scenes? We hadn't meant to be loud in the shower, but it was like we'd been trying to heal some of the heartbreak by clinging harder to each other than usual. It wasn't until I heard Bakura's voice echo from the living room, that I even realized we were being loud, and by then it was too late to tone it down because we were already in the middle of a contest of who could be louder.
"If it makes you feel better, we could turn our little noise match into a wild battle, and I'm sure we'd end up winning." Kek grinned, all teeth and sneaky intentions, and it made me want to kiss him but we were on the street.
"It would be much more fun if we just tied Bakura to the bed and all had a turn at seeing who could make him moan loudest." I was blushing, but I said it anyway.
Why not? I meant it. It'd be incredibly fun to both have my turn, and watch the others take theirs- not to mention watching Bakura's reactions to it all. I bet we could get him to blush straight through his dark complexion. Dammit, this was as bad as that morning I saw Bakura and Kek on the floor together. I wanted to be in the middle of it all, but I didn't know how to ask for what I wanted.
"Well." Kek snickered. "We could dare Marik to try it. Maybe his competitive duelist spirit will win out and he'll agree."
"Those tactics would work against someone like Kaiba, but Marik's not one to nibble at bait unless he has his own agenda behind doing so."
"Well, let's give him reason. Let's seduce him."
"What?" I laughed, like Kek's suggestion was incredulous, but honestly, it felt like Kek had just used the Rod to read my mind. "You're joking, right? I was led to believe that you and Marik hated each other."
"Technically Marik hated himself because I was him- back then- but now…" Kek stopped and raked his fingers through golden spikes of hair that looked like cartoon sunrays. "Look, I can't think of another way to fix this, and I'd rather add Marik than lose Bakura."
"Yeah." I sighed. "I know exactly how you feel."
"So?" He chuckled, but it was a nervous sound and not his usual kekeke. "Wanna try? I mean, we're already getting our hearts broken, so the worst that's going to happen is Marik rejects us and they get a little more broken, but if we pull this off, not only do we keep Bakura, but we have an extra player for Monster World."
"Shhh." I teasingly place a finger against Kek's lips. "You had me at 'extra player for Monster World.' Of course I'm in."
Kek snapped at my finger with his teeth, but I pulled away and grinned at him.
"His favorite food is kushari," Kek said. "We can pick up the ingredients on the way home."
"Sounds good." I held my stomach. "Ugh, I'm nervous now. Kinda excited though."
"Don't worry." Kek squeezed my hand. "Who can resist you? You're gorgeous, and sweet, and the best at cuddling while talking about games even when it's three in the morning."
"Oh stop." I giggled. "I'm going to be blushing for the rest of the day now."
"It's all true, though." Kek gave my hand a final squeeze. "I'll see you after work."
I waved goodbye and continued to work. I spent most my work day biting my bottom lip and trying to think of ways to seduce a former crime ring lord turned humanitarian crusader.
But who was I kidding? I was the ultimate, graceless nerd when it came to flirting. I didn't know how to seduce people. Yugi was the one that asked me out first, and Bakura drafted me into our current triad. Maybe Bakura will see what we're doing and tie up all the loose ends for us. Gods I hoped so, because otherwise this was going to be a long, awkward struggle.