"How do we decide who goes first?" I asked after Ryou and Bakura explained the modifications they had made to the classic kissing game.
"Let's roll dice." Ryou suggested. "Highest two numbers go first."
"Who brings dice to the beach?" Marik chuckled.
"I do." Bakura's nose scrunched up as he grinned and dug through one of his duffle bags. He pulled out a tin full of random dice, selecting four six-sided ones and handing them off to each of us.
"Let's do this on a table so there are no disputes." Ryou cleared away the table near the window of its collection of flower vases, and we each tossed our die.
I rolled a two, Marik a three, Bakura a four, and Ryou rolled a five. We stared at the dice for a moment.
"Did we just roll a straight?" I asked.
Bakura smacked the table. "Not good enough, team. Next time we go for the Yahtzee."
"Had we done that would we have all gotten to shower at the same time?" I grinned at the thought.
"Bingo."
"No, Bakura, that's a completely different game." Ryou laughed.
"I swear if this turns into gaming puns, I'm canceling the vacation." Marik gave Bakura's shoulder a playful shove. "Hurry up and entertain us."
"Impatient?" Bakura grabbed Marik's hand and kissed it. "It's too bad, though, because this is a slow game, so you're going to have to wait until we're ready."
"It's a slow game, but you only get seven minutes." I brought up the timer on my phone and hit start, displaying the screen so Bakura knew the clock was ticking.
The gesture didn't phase Bakura. He smiled before turning to Ryou and taking him by the hand. Bakura led Ryou into the bathroom, and Marik and I dragged a blanket to the floor in front of the glass so we could cuddle side by side as we watched. I rested my head on his shoulder, grazing my thumb across his knee.
Hey, no one said we couldn't touch as we watched the other two shower, right?
Bakura turned the shower and adjusted the temperature. Marik and I both leaned forward, waiting to see what they'd do. I licked my lips, far too eager to watch Ryou and Bakura touching each other. Marik growled in frustration. They were just washing themselves, as if it were any other everyday shower- well, not any other shower Ryou and I have ever had since shower sex was our morning favorite, but any other shower a normalperson would have taken.
"Those bastards." Marik grit his teeth. "If that's how they want to play, then that's how we can play."