WOO-HOOOOO!!!!!!! Purple won the M&M's Global Color Vote!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!
^.^
For once, that wasn't sarcasm. Purple was the one I wanted to win!
DISCLAIMER: Don't own YuGiOh...
Okay, this is my first try at a basic romance fic, and the first I've seen of this pairing. Otogi is terribly underwritten, so he might be OOC. I'm stuck with Kids WB, but like any faithful fan, I did my internet research. Although he starts out hating Yugi, he ends up part of the group, right?
Arc: After Battle City, I guess, because that's when Shizuka gets her eyesight back. Plus, I wanted to see how OOC I could make Malik and them before I write about them in my sequel to 'Getting REALLY Lost...'
~*~*~*~
Shizuka trailed faithfully behind a chattering Anzu and Mai. The three were strolling down a busy street in downtown Domino; much to Shizuka's dismay. She'd just wanted to hang out with her brother, but he'd cancelled their plans when the 'guys' decided to practice their dueling...at the beach...where a bikini contest was coincidentally being held that day.
The two older girls had dragged Shizuka out into town, for a 'Girls Day Out'. After she flatly refused to waste her day at the mall, Anzu suggested going for ice cream, but Mai, who was driving, noticed a pair of shoes she wanted to check out...and a skirt...and a 14K gold necklace that she expected _someone_ to buy for her.
'Jou likes her, but not that much...' Shizuka thought to herself as Mai asked the counter lady about a payment plan. Shizuka had been trying to get the two together for a long time, but Jou was, surprisingly, at a loss for words whenever he was around Mai.
As Anzu scrambled over next to Mai to get a good look at the necklace, Shizuka slipped past an old lady peering closely at a jade pendant, and snuck out the door.
Sighing, she thought, 'Finally...' She stuck her hand in the back pocket of her jeans and pulled out a couple of dollar bills. She counted them and smiled. 'Just enough for a vanilla sundae with triple the chocolate toppings.'
She tucked the money back in her pocket and turned to her right down the street, towards the ice cream parlor. She smiled as the warm, afternoon sun flitted across her face and a small breeze picked up her front bangs. 'The guys are probably having a great time at the beach...'
She looked into the open air groceries with vendors screaming out about the freshest fruit. She saw teenagers strolling arm in arm, sipping teas. There were little children, trying desperately to escape from the iron grips of their mothers, looking desperately into the stores hailing the latest shipments of Batz Maru and Duel Monsters.
She smiled and was in very good spirits by the time she swept into the surprisingly nearly-empty ice cream place. But she wasn't paying attention to where she was walking and slammed head-on into someone...
...someone who was carefully transporting an unlidded milkshake over to a small, empty table. The icy drink spilled all over the guy and he jumped back, sputtering.
"Hey, watch it! What are you, blind?! You-" The guy cut off sharply. She looked up, expecting him to continue. He didn't, but she saw a familiar face.
"Otogi!" She gasped. It was Otogi! He was brother's friend, who'd gone to Battle City with them.
She turned around and grabbed a napkin and started to mop up his t-shirt, mumbling her apologies. Meanwhile, he was sputtering again.
"Shizuka! I-I-I'm sorry! I wasn't-I didn't mean to imply-" He put the dripping cup on the table.
"I know. It's okay." She said, calmly.
"No, no, I-I shouldn't have said something like that." He grabbed her hand which was still trying to clean up milkshake goop. She stopped and looked up at him.
They stood frozen like that for a second, before he dropped her hand and she turned to throw the napkin away.
Shizuka stood at the trash can for a second. 'What just happened?' She decided to shake it off. She breathed in and sighed before walking back over to him.
"I'm really sorry; I wasn't watching where I was going." She said.
"And I'm sorry. For making that...comment." His hand moved to the back of his head, the way her brother's did whenever he was embarrassed about something.
"It's okay." She smiled. "I'm not offended or anything. But since I ruined your shake, why don't I split my Sundae with you?"
"You don't have to do-" He shook his head.
"But I want to. I'll feel bad about it." She said pulling out her money.
"O-Okay," He sighed. "Sure, I guess..."
They walked over to the counter and Shizuka called the server over to her.
"Um...I'll have a vanilla sundae..."
"With chocolate sprinkles..." Otogi cut in.
"...and chocolate powder..." she continued.
"...and LOTS of chocolate syrup..."
"Ooh, don't forget the extra-large cherry on top!"
Ice cream guy nodded and pulled out a large plastic bowl from behind the counter. "Coming right up!"
After a short awkward silence, she said to Otogi, "So, why aren't you at the beach with all the other guys?"
He opened his mouth to answer, but just then, the door flew open with the tinkling of the bell and in stepped Mai and Anzu.
"Come on, little one, Jou just called and said to come home, he's got a surprise for us." Mai said.
"Oh, okay, um, I'm sorry, Otogi." She said. "But I have to go. Here." She held out the money. "You don't have to get me the change."
He pushed her hand back. "The deal was you split it with me. As of now, you owe me a half a sundae and your presence to go with it." He smiled at her.
She started to blush, but forced it back and nodded. "Okay, then. I owe you."
Mai started tapping her foot impatiently and Shizuka waved to Otogi. "I'll see you around!"
As she pushed out the door and headed towards the car, Anzu and Mai followed, giving her funny looks and coming up with a devious idea.
~*~At the Katsuya Residence~*~
Shizuka blinked. "That's your surprise?!"
Jou had come back with a trophy and a large color photo of himself...in a bikini.
"Can you believe I won?" He smiled broadly.
"I still can't..." Seto muttered behind him.
"That was just about the nastiest thing I ever saw." Malik shook his head. "...Jou coming out of the bathroom...in a thong."
Anzu visibly twitched and Shizuka looked away from the photo.
"It's way worse live, ladies." Honda said. "Poor Yugi and Ryou, they were eating..."
Mai's jaw dropped and she looked behind Jou to the couch. The two smaller boys were lying there, smiling weakly and looking a little green.
"No more hot dogs..." Ryou said quietly.
Shizuka sighed as Jou proudly placed the trophy on the mantle and started to nail the picture up.
"Wait a minute, is that my suit?!" Anzu screeched.
~*~*~*~
SGL: What do you think? Not too cheesy, I hope, I'm afraid of cheese...
Ryou #5: That came out a little weird.
SGL: Whoops!
***Ryou #5 is my own clone of Ryou...I won him off of Macavity's Telethon ^.^ ...***
For once, that wasn't sarcasm. Purple was the one I wanted to win!
DISCLAIMER: Don't own YuGiOh...
Okay, this is my first try at a basic romance fic, and the first I've seen of this pairing. Otogi is terribly underwritten, so he might be OOC. I'm stuck with Kids WB, but like any faithful fan, I did my internet research. Although he starts out hating Yugi, he ends up part of the group, right?
Arc: After Battle City, I guess, because that's when Shizuka gets her eyesight back. Plus, I wanted to see how OOC I could make Malik and them before I write about them in my sequel to 'Getting REALLY Lost...'
~*~*~*~
Shizuka trailed faithfully behind a chattering Anzu and Mai. The three were strolling down a busy street in downtown Domino; much to Shizuka's dismay. She'd just wanted to hang out with her brother, but he'd cancelled their plans when the 'guys' decided to practice their dueling...at the beach...where a bikini contest was coincidentally being held that day.
The two older girls had dragged Shizuka out into town, for a 'Girls Day Out'. After she flatly refused to waste her day at the mall, Anzu suggested going for ice cream, but Mai, who was driving, noticed a pair of shoes she wanted to check out...and a skirt...and a 14K gold necklace that she expected _someone_ to buy for her.
'Jou likes her, but not that much...' Shizuka thought to herself as Mai asked the counter lady about a payment plan. Shizuka had been trying to get the two together for a long time, but Jou was, surprisingly, at a loss for words whenever he was around Mai.
As Anzu scrambled over next to Mai to get a good look at the necklace, Shizuka slipped past an old lady peering closely at a jade pendant, and snuck out the door.
Sighing, she thought, 'Finally...' She stuck her hand in the back pocket of her jeans and pulled out a couple of dollar bills. She counted them and smiled. 'Just enough for a vanilla sundae with triple the chocolate toppings.'
She tucked the money back in her pocket and turned to her right down the street, towards the ice cream parlor. She smiled as the warm, afternoon sun flitted across her face and a small breeze picked up her front bangs. 'The guys are probably having a great time at the beach...'
She looked into the open air groceries with vendors screaming out about the freshest fruit. She saw teenagers strolling arm in arm, sipping teas. There were little children, trying desperately to escape from the iron grips of their mothers, looking desperately into the stores hailing the latest shipments of Batz Maru and Duel Monsters.
She smiled and was in very good spirits by the time she swept into the surprisingly nearly-empty ice cream place. But she wasn't paying attention to where she was walking and slammed head-on into someone...
...someone who was carefully transporting an unlidded milkshake over to a small, empty table. The icy drink spilled all over the guy and he jumped back, sputtering.
"Hey, watch it! What are you, blind?! You-" The guy cut off sharply. She looked up, expecting him to continue. He didn't, but she saw a familiar face.
"Otogi!" She gasped. It was Otogi! He was brother's friend, who'd gone to Battle City with them.
She turned around and grabbed a napkin and started to mop up his t-shirt, mumbling her apologies. Meanwhile, he was sputtering again.
"Shizuka! I-I-I'm sorry! I wasn't-I didn't mean to imply-" He put the dripping cup on the table.
"I know. It's okay." She said, calmly.
"No, no, I-I shouldn't have said something like that." He grabbed her hand which was still trying to clean up milkshake goop. She stopped and looked up at him.
They stood frozen like that for a second, before he dropped her hand and she turned to throw the napkin away.
Shizuka stood at the trash can for a second. 'What just happened?' She decided to shake it off. She breathed in and sighed before walking back over to him.
"I'm really sorry; I wasn't watching where I was going." She said.
"And I'm sorry. For making that...comment." His hand moved to the back of his head, the way her brother's did whenever he was embarrassed about something.
"It's okay." She smiled. "I'm not offended or anything. But since I ruined your shake, why don't I split my Sundae with you?"
"You don't have to do-" He shook his head.
"But I want to. I'll feel bad about it." She said pulling out her money.
"O-Okay," He sighed. "Sure, I guess..."
They walked over to the counter and Shizuka called the server over to her.
"Um...I'll have a vanilla sundae..."
"With chocolate sprinkles..." Otogi cut in.
"...and chocolate powder..." she continued.
"...and LOTS of chocolate syrup..."
"Ooh, don't forget the extra-large cherry on top!"
Ice cream guy nodded and pulled out a large plastic bowl from behind the counter. "Coming right up!"
After a short awkward silence, she said to Otogi, "So, why aren't you at the beach with all the other guys?"
He opened his mouth to answer, but just then, the door flew open with the tinkling of the bell and in stepped Mai and Anzu.
"Come on, little one, Jou just called and said to come home, he's got a surprise for us." Mai said.
"Oh, okay, um, I'm sorry, Otogi." She said. "But I have to go. Here." She held out the money. "You don't have to get me the change."
He pushed her hand back. "The deal was you split it with me. As of now, you owe me a half a sundae and your presence to go with it." He smiled at her.
She started to blush, but forced it back and nodded. "Okay, then. I owe you."
Mai started tapping her foot impatiently and Shizuka waved to Otogi. "I'll see you around!"
As she pushed out the door and headed towards the car, Anzu and Mai followed, giving her funny looks and coming up with a devious idea.
~*~At the Katsuya Residence~*~
Shizuka blinked. "That's your surprise?!"
Jou had come back with a trophy and a large color photo of himself...in a bikini.
"Can you believe I won?" He smiled broadly.
"I still can't..." Seto muttered behind him.
"That was just about the nastiest thing I ever saw." Malik shook his head. "...Jou coming out of the bathroom...in a thong."
Anzu visibly twitched and Shizuka looked away from the photo.
"It's way worse live, ladies." Honda said. "Poor Yugi and Ryou, they were eating..."
Mai's jaw dropped and she looked behind Jou to the couch. The two smaller boys were lying there, smiling weakly and looking a little green.
"No more hot dogs..." Ryou said quietly.
Shizuka sighed as Jou proudly placed the trophy on the mantle and started to nail the picture up.
"Wait a minute, is that my suit?!" Anzu screeched.
~*~*~*~
SGL: What do you think? Not too cheesy, I hope, I'm afraid of cheese...
Ryou #5: That came out a little weird.
SGL: Whoops!
***Ryou #5 is my own clone of Ryou...I won him off of Macavity's Telethon ^.^ ...***