Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh and its characters aren't mine... I'm hungry...
*anime sweatdrops*
Kaiba: well, that was meaningless...
Nanashi: quiet you... *sticks tongue out*
Warnings: shounen-ai.... *shrugs, grinning* go figure...
Malik: I noticed I have no involvement in these parts anymore...
Nanashi: *points at Malik* I just found out something, courtesy of Taito-kisses
Malik&Kaiba: what?
Nanashi: ...... Malik, your dubbed name's gonna be "Terrance"???
Malik: *jaw drops* WHAAAAAAAAAT!?!?!?
Kaiba: *snickers* how Egyptian...
Malik: HOW COULD THEY DO THAT TO ME!? WHAT'S WRONG WITH MALIK!? IT'S EASY TO PRONOUNCE! 'MAL-EEK'! WHAT'S SO HARD ABOUT THAT?! TERRANCE!?
Nanashi: *hugs Malik* there, there... shhhhh... it'll be okay...
Malik: *sobs* they can't do that...!
Nanashi: *shushes Malik, gently* I'm afraid they can, Malik... they're dubbers...
Malik: *sobs, louder* I LIKE MY NAME! NOW EVERYONE'S GONNA CALL ME 'TERRANCE'!
Nanashi: no, they won't... I discovered you as 'Malik', and that's how you'll stay... I promise... and everyone loves your name...
Malik: *sniffles*
Kaiba: *rolls his eyes* how sappy can you get..?
Nanashi: oh yeah... look what I got ^_^ *holds up her award from Dogma*
Kaiba: *raises an eyebrow* what's it for?
Malik: *reads the plaque* "The Funnyest Fiction Of The Month" *glances at Kaiba*
Kaiba: *shrugs*
Kaiba&Malik: *look at Nanashi* you're kidding, right?
Nanashi: nope! ^_^ yay! *huggles her award, and starts putting it up on the wall* thank you so much, Taito-kisses and Dogma!!! *offers them a truckload Pocky*
Kaiba&Malik: HEY!
Nanashi: *huggles her now-hung award, tears shining in her eyes* I'm so happy they like it!
Kaiba: hoo boy... anyways... let's get this thing started, huh?
Nanashi: *blinks* oh yeah... starting! *snaps her fingers*
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Tea came out of the bathroom, humming cheerfully. Finally, they could get out of this town. She even began to enjoy the rain, that just came out of nowhere. Then Tea froze, seeing a charred pile of metal, where the van used to be.
"Hmmm... I hope no one was in there..." she thought. Then she glanced around. Where was the van? Then she blinked, that charred pile of metal... looked about similar in size to the van. Instantly, she saw red, as she ran to the vehicle. Her purse! It was just a lump of burnt leather in the passenger seat! She spun around, seeing the others.
YamiM was standing behind Malik, who was tapping his fingers, looking upwards, whistling innocently. Yami B was standing behind Kaiba and Yami. The former Pharoah fidgeted slightly, as he stepped closer to Kaiba and held Yugi closer. The CEO grimaced, and tugged Joey in front of him and Yami. All of them were pretty damp, meaning they must've been standing in the rain for a while now.
And no one spoke.
"WHAT HAPPENED?!"
Tea merely yelled.
"N-now, Tea... before you blow your top... y-you gotta understand somethin..!" Joey said, hastily, as he held up his hands, in case he needed to defend himself.
"UNDERSTAND WHAT!?!?!"
"First Bakura, now her... I can't believe this..." Yami B grumbled.
"Well... it-it's kinda hard to-to explain... see, well..." Joey started to say, nervously.
Kaiba smacked him upside the head, "spit it out..!" he hissed.
Joey glared at him, "don't see you sayin nothin!" he shot back.
Yami shook his head, "now's not the time for that..." he said, softly. Both Joey and Kaiba turned back to Tea. Her eyes were slanted and glowing, a backdrop of fire appearing behind her. The classic look of rage.
"Eeps..." they all squeaked, and stepped back.
Tristan and Bakura returned. Bakura calmed down, signifigantly. They both blinked, at the others who were standing in a big clump, all staring at one terrifying creature. Oh, it was Tea.
"That's not a good thing, is it?" Bakura asked, slowly, gesturing at the backdrop of fire.
"Not usually..." Tristan said, with a shake of his head. He sighed and walked forward. Bakura stayed back, not daring to enter the wrath of Tea.
"EXPLAIN! NOW!" Tea commanded.
Tristan walked up to Yami, plucked Yugi from his arms, and brought him over to the slightly moody girl.
"No, Tristan!" Yami cried, in fear that Tea may actually hurt his aibou.
"Yugi... maybe you can explain things..." Tristan said, calmly. Then he held Yugi up to Tea.
Yugi blinked a few times, "we're sorry, Tea... it was an accident... Joey had to go to the bathroom, so he asked YamiM and Yami B to gas up the van..." he paused, and bit his lip. "And you know how those two are..."
"HEY!" YamiM and Yami B protested.
Tea slowly began to soften.
"And... we understand completely that you're angry..." Yugi blinked, cutely, "I just hope you can find it in your heart to forgive us... we are all friends, after all..."
Tea instantly turned to mush. "Awww, Yugi..!" she swiped Yugi from Tristan, and hugged him. "You're so cute when you apologize! Of course I forgive you!"
Everyone sighed in relief.
After a moment, Yami finally pulled Yugi from Tea's arms, and held the small boy, protectively. Or possessively.
Tea scowled, slightly, then she placed her hands on her hips. "Okay... we're all getting drenched... so, what're we doing now?"
Joey removed his jacket, and wrung it out, resulting in Joey in a slightly clingy t-shirt [A/N:*cackles and hands out buckets* ^_~] "Well... we were gonna start walkin... but the..." he started to explain, as he pushed his soaked blonde hair out of his eyes.
"Wait, wait, wait... excuse me?" Tea said, cupping her hand behind her ear. "I thought you said we were gonna start 'walking'..."
Joey gulped, and looked at the others for help.
Everyone looked away.
"Some friends..." he grumbled. "Well, yeah... but since it's raining, we should just stay here the night..."
Tea nodded, finding that acceptable.
"Some trip..." Kaiba muttered, as he looked around. "There's a motel..."
"Any pub?" YamiM asked, with a grin.
"No drinking..." Bakura said, with a slight frown.
"Er, that's why I was asking... let's NOT stay at a place with a pub, right, Yami B?" YamiM said, cheerfully. Yami B stepped back.
"Do not involve me... my aibou's scarier than he lets on..."
"Let's get going already..." Yami said, holding Yugi close, "aibou's close to freezing..."
Everyone turned to Yugi, sure enough, the smallest teenager was shivering in the arms of his self-appointed guardian. And he looked awfully tired. Actually, now that they thought about it, it had been a long day. They nodded, and started to troop over to the motel.
"Let's talk sleeping arrangements..." Tea suggested.
"Why?" Tristan asked, perplexed.
"Well... we want an early start in the morning, since we're 'walking'... right?"
Everyone shrugged.
"Why should it matter, anyways?" Kaiba asked, with a frown.
"Easy... we need pairs that WON'T try anything... and won't keep us up all night..." Tea said, simply. The guys had anime sweatdrops form on the sides of their heads.
Once they got to the front of the motel, Tea took on the roll of a drill sergent. "Line up..." she commanded.
They obeyed. Well, sort of. Yugi managed to fall asleep in Yami's arms. So he couldn't line up. But since he looked so cute, Tea let it slide.
She started to walk back and forth in front of them, trying very hard not to drool. It was nine soaked bishounen, their hair matted down, and had their clothes clinging to their 'wet sculpted bodies'[1]. Tapping her chin, watching them each, carefully. Feeling out the vibes each were putting off.
"This is ridiculous, Tea..." Bakura said, with a shake of his head.
"Say that now... but if I don't do this, you'll be hearing a lot of things going bump in the night!" Tea declared.
"'Bump in the night'...?" Yami B echoed, looking confused. Which is a pretty adorable look on him.
Yami M smirked and whispered the meaning to him. Then, Yami B instantly leaned his head back, getting a nosebleed. "Didn't need to be so graphic..." he snapped. YamiM snickered and handed his friend some tissue.
Bakura blinked, then sighed. Did it really honestly matter?
"Alright! I got it!" the girl declared. They all stared at her, blankly.
"Bakura, you and Malik..."
"WHAAT!?" Tristan hollered. "NO! NO WAY IS MALIK SLEEPING IN THE SAME BED WITH BAKURA!"
Malik snickered, while Bakura blushed. "Tristan... calm down..." he whispered, and held Tristan by his arm.
"Eeps..." Tea gulped. Bad idea. "Okay, okay... I'm sorry I suggested it."
"Why don't we figure it out when we're inside?" Joey asked, impatiently.
The others nodded, and headed inside.
Yami gently smoothed his light's blonde bangs back, as he followed them. Yugi snuggled closer to Yami, sleeping soundly. The Pharoah smiled, tenderly.
Tea stared after them, her mouth agape (weird word, ne? ^_^). Then followed them, grudgedly.
***
"So five rooms... one bed in each..." the owner said, as he tapped in the estimate on a calculater. "Comes to... 250, since each room is 50 bucks apiece, and since it's a one-night stay..."
"Fine, we'll take it... we're too tired to care..." Kaiba snapped, and slapped 250 dollars on the counter.
The owner tilted his lip, sending his cigar to the other corner of his lip, as he counted. Then he nodded, and handed out the keys.
"They're all next door to each other... no worries about gettin lost..." he said, shortly.
Then a gasp.
"Daddy!"
"Yeah, Mona?[2]"
"It's Seto Kaiba!"
Kaiba blinked, hearing his name, as he turned to this 'Mona'. About their age...
"He was at the strip club! He won first place!"
A sweatdrop formed on the side of Kaiba's head. Oh no.
"You were at the strip club, again?!" the owner demanded.
"I was telling mom you were gonna cook tonight, remember..?"
"Oh yeah..."
Mona dashed up to Kaiba, "can I have your autograph? You have to be the sexiest guy I've ever seen!" she gushed, as she batted her eyelashes at him. Kaiba's face reddened, looking slightly turned off. He wasn't too fond of girls who acted like this.
"I'm glad you think so..." Joey said, as he draped an arm around Kaiba's shoulders. Kaiba blinked, getting confused.
Mona also looked confused, "huh? Ummm, is he your... er..." she paused, blushing.
Joey shrugged. Kaiba clenched his hands into fists, as he glared at the blonde.
"You either are, or you aren't!" Yami snapped. Everyone gaped at him, in shock. Tristan was now holding Yugi, to those who are wondering.
"Say what?" Joey asked, slowly.
"I'm sick of you unable to commit to someone like him! He deserves better!"
Joey blinked, then he smirked, inwardly. "Oh yeah!? Is that a fact!?"
"Yes, it's a fact...!" Yami snapped.
Kaiba merely stood back, watching the events transpire, looking very lost.
"Both of you shut up! We all know Kaiba deserves me..!" Malik declared, as he stepped forward, latching himself to Kaiba's arm. The CEO froze. And was also glared at, by Malik's yami. What was going on!?
Mona looked crestfallen. Curses, a new slab of meat, a VERY attractive one at that, wanders into town. And he happens to have three guys fighting over him?! Then she instantly noticed another guy. Tall, gold- grey eyes. And he was holding a little boy. She loved sensitivity in a man! She stepped up to him, "ummm... hi..." she greeted, shyly looking up at him, through her lashes.
Everyone, but Tristan, fell over, anime-style. "ACK!"
Kaiba's leg twitched. Talk about fickle!
"What's your name?" she purred.
Tristan blinked, "Tristan..."
"Are you... ummm..?"
Bakura got back to his feet, and silently began to seethe. Glaring daggers at the back of the girl's head. Malik and Yami B grabbed the mildly jealous boy's shoulders, just in case.
"Am I what?" Tristan asked, his face expressionless.
"... Single..?" she finished, bashfully.
"No, I'm not..." he answered, curtly. He stepped back, and handed Yugi to Yami, as he grabbed the roomkey. Then he pulled lightly at Bakura's hand. "G' night everyone..." he said with a small smile, as he began to walk away, leading Bakura.
Bakura began to blush. "Good night... everybody..." he said, with a shy smile, as he allowed Tristan to lead him out the door.
The others merely grinned, knowingly. And a few snickers here and there.
"Hey!" Tea protested. Then she grimaced, and glared at the others. "Hope they have complimentary earplugs in each room!" she told them, darkly. Yami B blinked, confused. YamiM smirked again, and whispered what Tea meant to him.
"Erk!" Yami B dropped his head back, getting another nosebleed. "Damnit, YamiM!" YamiM merely snickered, and handed his friend more tissue.
Mona's jaw dropped. How could this be!?
The owner, her father, started to chortle. Actually, he was guffawing loudly into his hand. Mona glared at him. Then she noticed Yami. He was holding a little boy, too! How sweetly sensitive! She took one step forward.
Yugi woke up slightly, and hugged Yami.
"Mine..." he murmured, groggily, glaring sleepily at the overly- flirtacious girl. Then he closed his eyes again, his arms still wrapped around the Pharaoh's neck.
Yami blushed, and hugged Yugi, slightly, "aibou..." he whispered, softly. Yugi looked up at him.
"Can we go to bed now..?" he murmured, sleepily.
Yami took a roomkey, and smirked. It would have looked innocent. But, it didn't quite cross that line. Yami B and Tea both instantly got nosebleeds from his expression. Yami M and Malik laughed hysterically. Joey snickered and handed Tea some tissue, while Kaiba reluctantly handed Yami B some, as well.
"Good night..." he said, shortly. Then he carried Yugi off to their room.
Mona blinked, an anime sweatdrop forming. Malik leaned against the counter, yawning. "Maybe we can figure out the rest..? This is taking too long, and I'd like to sleep sometime this year..." he said, dryly.
Tea threw her tissue away, and tugged at her hair. "THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE! WE'LL NEVER GET ANY SLEEP EVEN IF WE GET TO THE ROOMS!"
"Exactly! We can't get to sleep if we just stand here!" Yami M declared.
"Don't think that's what she meant..." Yami B said, with a roll of his eyes.
"Forget it... Yami, you and Bakura's yami, just play paper, rock, scissors or something..." Malik said, still sounding impatient.
YamiM blinked, while Yami B shrugged, and held out his hand.
"Whoever wins, I'll share a room with you..." Malik went on. "Personally, I think I'm a decent roommate, unlike Joey and Kaiba."
"Hey!" the two other boys protested.
YamiB nodded, as did YamiM. Fair enough.
"1... 2... 3..."
Yami B and YamiM both held out their fists. Rock.
"Again..." Malik said, with a shrug.
"1... 2... 3..."
Yami B had Scissors. YamiM, Paper. He pursed his lips. "Well... that sucks." he said, shortly.
"... So to speak..." Kaiba muttered to Joey. The blonde snickered.
Yami B grabbed a roomkey, "let's go then..." he said. Malik nodded, and followed.
"Hey! No funny business!" YamiM yelled after them. Yami B waved his hand in a 'yeah-yeah' motion. This of course caused Kaiba and Joey to go into not-so-subtle laughter. Mona again, was looking lost. Totally shocked. All these gorgeous guys. And they had no interest in her!? It was unbelievable!
Tea spoke up, "alright... whoever wins this round, gets me as a roommate..!" she declared. The three last teenagers all paled.
"Dear lord, no..." Joey whispered.
Kaiba gulped, "this is the first time I ever wanted to lose..."
"Ditto..." YamiM whispered, nervously.
Taking a deep breath, the three boys held out their fists. "1... 2... 3...!" Kaiba had Scissors, while YamiM and Joey both chose Rock.
Kaiba threw his hands in the air, "YES!" he sighed in immense relief. Joey and YamiM gulped. Tea frowned slightly. Was she that bad of a roommate!?
"1..." Joey said, slowly. "2..." YamiM muttered. Beads of sweat from their tension rolled down their temples. "3..."
Joey chose Paper, YamiM chose Scissors. He paled to a ghostly white.
"YES!" the blonde whooped, in delight. He pumped his fist in the air. Kaiba grinned, and grabbed Joey's hands, and they danced in circles madly, at their luck.
Tea shrugged, "guess that means we're roommates, YamiM..." she said, cheerfully. YamiM grimaced. "And that leaves you two, Kaiba and Joey..." Tea added.
Kaiba and Joey froze, in mid-dance. They both stared at each other in shock. Horror. Kaiba turned pink, as Joey looked down at their hands, which they both still held. On instinct both boys threw each other's hands down.
"Touch me again, mutt... and it'll be your head!" Kaiba hissed, his eyes narrowing.
"I'll try to restrain myself..!" Joey snapped. They both stood, glaring hard at each other.
After a while, they never even noticed that Tea and YamiM were long gone. As was Mona. She found them all too weird. It was just those two, standing there, in a glaring contest. Finally, the owner got tired of it.
"Here..." he said, impatiently. He jangled the roomkey for emphasis. The blonde and the redhead turned to him, still frowning. The middle- aged man shrank back, from the power of the two glares. "J-just take 'em... a-and get s-some rest..." he commanded, trying to sound stern.
With one last glare at each other, Kaiba stepped up, snatched the key, and stormed out the door. Joey scowled, "thanks a lot, mac..." he muttered, and stomped after his 'roommate' for the night.
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[1] can't believe I used those words! They were Nanaki's! She so kindly pointed out how they would look... she nearly drooled on the keyboard just picturing it *shakes her head, in disbelief*
Nanaki: DID NOT! er... maybe a drop... but not a lot! *smiles sheepishly*
[2] first name to pop into my head...
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Hmm, and here I thought it was gonna be a short chapter *blinks*
Kaiba: you sound so geniunely surprised... *rolls his eyes*
Nanashi: don't mind him... he's just being spiteful because he doesn't get a room with Yami... *snickers*
Kaiba: *glares*
Malik: TERRANCE!? MY NAME'S GONNA BE TERRANCE!?!?
Nanashi: ... and Malik's not upset about his new name anymore...
Malik: *storms away, but can still be heard* ... TERRANCE!?!?
Kaiba: just a bit angry... *smirks*
Kaiba: well, that was meaningless...
Nanashi: quiet you... *sticks tongue out*
Warnings: shounen-ai.... *shrugs, grinning* go figure...
Malik: I noticed I have no involvement in these parts anymore...
Nanashi: *points at Malik* I just found out something, courtesy of Taito-kisses
Malik&Kaiba: what?
Nanashi: ...... Malik, your dubbed name's gonna be "Terrance"???
Malik: *jaw drops* WHAAAAAAAAAT!?!?!?
Kaiba: *snickers* how Egyptian...
Malik: HOW COULD THEY DO THAT TO ME!? WHAT'S WRONG WITH MALIK!? IT'S EASY TO PRONOUNCE! 'MAL-EEK'! WHAT'S SO HARD ABOUT THAT?! TERRANCE!?
Nanashi: *hugs Malik* there, there... shhhhh... it'll be okay...
Malik: *sobs* they can't do that...!
Nanashi: *shushes Malik, gently* I'm afraid they can, Malik... they're dubbers...
Malik: *sobs, louder* I LIKE MY NAME! NOW EVERYONE'S GONNA CALL ME 'TERRANCE'!
Nanashi: no, they won't... I discovered you as 'Malik', and that's how you'll stay... I promise... and everyone loves your name...
Malik: *sniffles*
Kaiba: *rolls his eyes* how sappy can you get..?
Nanashi: oh yeah... look what I got ^_^ *holds up her award from Dogma*
Kaiba: *raises an eyebrow* what's it for?
Malik: *reads the plaque* "The Funnyest Fiction Of The Month" *glances at Kaiba*
Kaiba: *shrugs*
Kaiba&Malik: *look at Nanashi* you're kidding, right?
Nanashi: nope! ^_^ yay! *huggles her award, and starts putting it up on the wall* thank you so much, Taito-kisses and Dogma!!! *offers them a truckload Pocky*
Kaiba&Malik: HEY!
Nanashi: *huggles her now-hung award, tears shining in her eyes* I'm so happy they like it!
Kaiba: hoo boy... anyways... let's get this thing started, huh?
Nanashi: *blinks* oh yeah... starting! *snaps her fingers*
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Tea came out of the bathroom, humming cheerfully. Finally, they could get out of this town. She even began to enjoy the rain, that just came out of nowhere. Then Tea froze, seeing a charred pile of metal, where the van used to be.
"Hmmm... I hope no one was in there..." she thought. Then she glanced around. Where was the van? Then she blinked, that charred pile of metal... looked about similar in size to the van. Instantly, she saw red, as she ran to the vehicle. Her purse! It was just a lump of burnt leather in the passenger seat! She spun around, seeing the others.
YamiM was standing behind Malik, who was tapping his fingers, looking upwards, whistling innocently. Yami B was standing behind Kaiba and Yami. The former Pharoah fidgeted slightly, as he stepped closer to Kaiba and held Yugi closer. The CEO grimaced, and tugged Joey in front of him and Yami. All of them were pretty damp, meaning they must've been standing in the rain for a while now.
And no one spoke.
"WHAT HAPPENED?!"
Tea merely yelled.
"N-now, Tea... before you blow your top... y-you gotta understand somethin..!" Joey said, hastily, as he held up his hands, in case he needed to defend himself.
"UNDERSTAND WHAT!?!?!"
"First Bakura, now her... I can't believe this..." Yami B grumbled.
"Well... it-it's kinda hard to-to explain... see, well..." Joey started to say, nervously.
Kaiba smacked him upside the head, "spit it out..!" he hissed.
Joey glared at him, "don't see you sayin nothin!" he shot back.
Yami shook his head, "now's not the time for that..." he said, softly. Both Joey and Kaiba turned back to Tea. Her eyes were slanted and glowing, a backdrop of fire appearing behind her. The classic look of rage.
"Eeps..." they all squeaked, and stepped back.
Tristan and Bakura returned. Bakura calmed down, signifigantly. They both blinked, at the others who were standing in a big clump, all staring at one terrifying creature. Oh, it was Tea.
"That's not a good thing, is it?" Bakura asked, slowly, gesturing at the backdrop of fire.
"Not usually..." Tristan said, with a shake of his head. He sighed and walked forward. Bakura stayed back, not daring to enter the wrath of Tea.
"EXPLAIN! NOW!" Tea commanded.
Tristan walked up to Yami, plucked Yugi from his arms, and brought him over to the slightly moody girl.
"No, Tristan!" Yami cried, in fear that Tea may actually hurt his aibou.
"Yugi... maybe you can explain things..." Tristan said, calmly. Then he held Yugi up to Tea.
Yugi blinked a few times, "we're sorry, Tea... it was an accident... Joey had to go to the bathroom, so he asked YamiM and Yami B to gas up the van..." he paused, and bit his lip. "And you know how those two are..."
"HEY!" YamiM and Yami B protested.
Tea slowly began to soften.
"And... we understand completely that you're angry..." Yugi blinked, cutely, "I just hope you can find it in your heart to forgive us... we are all friends, after all..."
Tea instantly turned to mush. "Awww, Yugi..!" she swiped Yugi from Tristan, and hugged him. "You're so cute when you apologize! Of course I forgive you!"
Everyone sighed in relief.
After a moment, Yami finally pulled Yugi from Tea's arms, and held the small boy, protectively. Or possessively.
Tea scowled, slightly, then she placed her hands on her hips. "Okay... we're all getting drenched... so, what're we doing now?"
Joey removed his jacket, and wrung it out, resulting in Joey in a slightly clingy t-shirt [A/N:*cackles and hands out buckets* ^_~] "Well... we were gonna start walkin... but the..." he started to explain, as he pushed his soaked blonde hair out of his eyes.
"Wait, wait, wait... excuse me?" Tea said, cupping her hand behind her ear. "I thought you said we were gonna start 'walking'..."
Joey gulped, and looked at the others for help.
Everyone looked away.
"Some friends..." he grumbled. "Well, yeah... but since it's raining, we should just stay here the night..."
Tea nodded, finding that acceptable.
"Some trip..." Kaiba muttered, as he looked around. "There's a motel..."
"Any pub?" YamiM asked, with a grin.
"No drinking..." Bakura said, with a slight frown.
"Er, that's why I was asking... let's NOT stay at a place with a pub, right, Yami B?" YamiM said, cheerfully. Yami B stepped back.
"Do not involve me... my aibou's scarier than he lets on..."
"Let's get going already..." Yami said, holding Yugi close, "aibou's close to freezing..."
Everyone turned to Yugi, sure enough, the smallest teenager was shivering in the arms of his self-appointed guardian. And he looked awfully tired. Actually, now that they thought about it, it had been a long day. They nodded, and started to troop over to the motel.
"Let's talk sleeping arrangements..." Tea suggested.
"Why?" Tristan asked, perplexed.
"Well... we want an early start in the morning, since we're 'walking'... right?"
Everyone shrugged.
"Why should it matter, anyways?" Kaiba asked, with a frown.
"Easy... we need pairs that WON'T try anything... and won't keep us up all night..." Tea said, simply. The guys had anime sweatdrops form on the sides of their heads.
Once they got to the front of the motel, Tea took on the roll of a drill sergent. "Line up..." she commanded.
They obeyed. Well, sort of. Yugi managed to fall asleep in Yami's arms. So he couldn't line up. But since he looked so cute, Tea let it slide.
She started to walk back and forth in front of them, trying very hard not to drool. It was nine soaked bishounen, their hair matted down, and had their clothes clinging to their 'wet sculpted bodies'[1]. Tapping her chin, watching them each, carefully. Feeling out the vibes each were putting off.
"This is ridiculous, Tea..." Bakura said, with a shake of his head.
"Say that now... but if I don't do this, you'll be hearing a lot of things going bump in the night!" Tea declared.
"'Bump in the night'...?" Yami B echoed, looking confused. Which is a pretty adorable look on him.
Yami M smirked and whispered the meaning to him. Then, Yami B instantly leaned his head back, getting a nosebleed. "Didn't need to be so graphic..." he snapped. YamiM snickered and handed his friend some tissue.
Bakura blinked, then sighed. Did it really honestly matter?
"Alright! I got it!" the girl declared. They all stared at her, blankly.
"Bakura, you and Malik..."
"WHAAT!?" Tristan hollered. "NO! NO WAY IS MALIK SLEEPING IN THE SAME BED WITH BAKURA!"
Malik snickered, while Bakura blushed. "Tristan... calm down..." he whispered, and held Tristan by his arm.
"Eeps..." Tea gulped. Bad idea. "Okay, okay... I'm sorry I suggested it."
"Why don't we figure it out when we're inside?" Joey asked, impatiently.
The others nodded, and headed inside.
Yami gently smoothed his light's blonde bangs back, as he followed them. Yugi snuggled closer to Yami, sleeping soundly. The Pharoah smiled, tenderly.
Tea stared after them, her mouth agape (weird word, ne? ^_^). Then followed them, grudgedly.
***
"So five rooms... one bed in each..." the owner said, as he tapped in the estimate on a calculater. "Comes to... 250, since each room is 50 bucks apiece, and since it's a one-night stay..."
"Fine, we'll take it... we're too tired to care..." Kaiba snapped, and slapped 250 dollars on the counter.
The owner tilted his lip, sending his cigar to the other corner of his lip, as he counted. Then he nodded, and handed out the keys.
"They're all next door to each other... no worries about gettin lost..." he said, shortly.
Then a gasp.
"Daddy!"
"Yeah, Mona?[2]"
"It's Seto Kaiba!"
Kaiba blinked, hearing his name, as he turned to this 'Mona'. About their age...
"He was at the strip club! He won first place!"
A sweatdrop formed on the side of Kaiba's head. Oh no.
"You were at the strip club, again?!" the owner demanded.
"I was telling mom you were gonna cook tonight, remember..?"
"Oh yeah..."
Mona dashed up to Kaiba, "can I have your autograph? You have to be the sexiest guy I've ever seen!" she gushed, as she batted her eyelashes at him. Kaiba's face reddened, looking slightly turned off. He wasn't too fond of girls who acted like this.
"I'm glad you think so..." Joey said, as he draped an arm around Kaiba's shoulders. Kaiba blinked, getting confused.
Mona also looked confused, "huh? Ummm, is he your... er..." she paused, blushing.
Joey shrugged. Kaiba clenched his hands into fists, as he glared at the blonde.
"You either are, or you aren't!" Yami snapped. Everyone gaped at him, in shock. Tristan was now holding Yugi, to those who are wondering.
"Say what?" Joey asked, slowly.
"I'm sick of you unable to commit to someone like him! He deserves better!"
Joey blinked, then he smirked, inwardly. "Oh yeah!? Is that a fact!?"
"Yes, it's a fact...!" Yami snapped.
Kaiba merely stood back, watching the events transpire, looking very lost.
"Both of you shut up! We all know Kaiba deserves me..!" Malik declared, as he stepped forward, latching himself to Kaiba's arm. The CEO froze. And was also glared at, by Malik's yami. What was going on!?
Mona looked crestfallen. Curses, a new slab of meat, a VERY attractive one at that, wanders into town. And he happens to have three guys fighting over him?! Then she instantly noticed another guy. Tall, gold- grey eyes. And he was holding a little boy. She loved sensitivity in a man! She stepped up to him, "ummm... hi..." she greeted, shyly looking up at him, through her lashes.
Everyone, but Tristan, fell over, anime-style. "ACK!"
Kaiba's leg twitched. Talk about fickle!
"What's your name?" she purred.
Tristan blinked, "Tristan..."
"Are you... ummm..?"
Bakura got back to his feet, and silently began to seethe. Glaring daggers at the back of the girl's head. Malik and Yami B grabbed the mildly jealous boy's shoulders, just in case.
"Am I what?" Tristan asked, his face expressionless.
"... Single..?" she finished, bashfully.
"No, I'm not..." he answered, curtly. He stepped back, and handed Yugi to Yami, as he grabbed the roomkey. Then he pulled lightly at Bakura's hand. "G' night everyone..." he said with a small smile, as he began to walk away, leading Bakura.
Bakura began to blush. "Good night... everybody..." he said, with a shy smile, as he allowed Tristan to lead him out the door.
The others merely grinned, knowingly. And a few snickers here and there.
"Hey!" Tea protested. Then she grimaced, and glared at the others. "Hope they have complimentary earplugs in each room!" she told them, darkly. Yami B blinked, confused. YamiM smirked again, and whispered what Tea meant to him.
"Erk!" Yami B dropped his head back, getting another nosebleed. "Damnit, YamiM!" YamiM merely snickered, and handed his friend more tissue.
Mona's jaw dropped. How could this be!?
The owner, her father, started to chortle. Actually, he was guffawing loudly into his hand. Mona glared at him. Then she noticed Yami. He was holding a little boy, too! How sweetly sensitive! She took one step forward.
Yugi woke up slightly, and hugged Yami.
"Mine..." he murmured, groggily, glaring sleepily at the overly- flirtacious girl. Then he closed his eyes again, his arms still wrapped around the Pharaoh's neck.
Yami blushed, and hugged Yugi, slightly, "aibou..." he whispered, softly. Yugi looked up at him.
"Can we go to bed now..?" he murmured, sleepily.
Yami took a roomkey, and smirked. It would have looked innocent. But, it didn't quite cross that line. Yami B and Tea both instantly got nosebleeds from his expression. Yami M and Malik laughed hysterically. Joey snickered and handed Tea some tissue, while Kaiba reluctantly handed Yami B some, as well.
"Good night..." he said, shortly. Then he carried Yugi off to their room.
Mona blinked, an anime sweatdrop forming. Malik leaned against the counter, yawning. "Maybe we can figure out the rest..? This is taking too long, and I'd like to sleep sometime this year..." he said, dryly.
Tea threw her tissue away, and tugged at her hair. "THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE! WE'LL NEVER GET ANY SLEEP EVEN IF WE GET TO THE ROOMS!"
"Exactly! We can't get to sleep if we just stand here!" Yami M declared.
"Don't think that's what she meant..." Yami B said, with a roll of his eyes.
"Forget it... Yami, you and Bakura's yami, just play paper, rock, scissors or something..." Malik said, still sounding impatient.
YamiM blinked, while Yami B shrugged, and held out his hand.
"Whoever wins, I'll share a room with you..." Malik went on. "Personally, I think I'm a decent roommate, unlike Joey and Kaiba."
"Hey!" the two other boys protested.
YamiB nodded, as did YamiM. Fair enough.
"1... 2... 3..."
Yami B and YamiM both held out their fists. Rock.
"Again..." Malik said, with a shrug.
"1... 2... 3..."
Yami B had Scissors. YamiM, Paper. He pursed his lips. "Well... that sucks." he said, shortly.
"... So to speak..." Kaiba muttered to Joey. The blonde snickered.
Yami B grabbed a roomkey, "let's go then..." he said. Malik nodded, and followed.
"Hey! No funny business!" YamiM yelled after them. Yami B waved his hand in a 'yeah-yeah' motion. This of course caused Kaiba and Joey to go into not-so-subtle laughter. Mona again, was looking lost. Totally shocked. All these gorgeous guys. And they had no interest in her!? It was unbelievable!
Tea spoke up, "alright... whoever wins this round, gets me as a roommate..!" she declared. The three last teenagers all paled.
"Dear lord, no..." Joey whispered.
Kaiba gulped, "this is the first time I ever wanted to lose..."
"Ditto..." YamiM whispered, nervously.
Taking a deep breath, the three boys held out their fists. "1... 2... 3...!" Kaiba had Scissors, while YamiM and Joey both chose Rock.
Kaiba threw his hands in the air, "YES!" he sighed in immense relief. Joey and YamiM gulped. Tea frowned slightly. Was she that bad of a roommate!?
"1..." Joey said, slowly. "2..." YamiM muttered. Beads of sweat from their tension rolled down their temples. "3..."
Joey chose Paper, YamiM chose Scissors. He paled to a ghostly white.
"YES!" the blonde whooped, in delight. He pumped his fist in the air. Kaiba grinned, and grabbed Joey's hands, and they danced in circles madly, at their luck.
Tea shrugged, "guess that means we're roommates, YamiM..." she said, cheerfully. YamiM grimaced. "And that leaves you two, Kaiba and Joey..." Tea added.
Kaiba and Joey froze, in mid-dance. They both stared at each other in shock. Horror. Kaiba turned pink, as Joey looked down at their hands, which they both still held. On instinct both boys threw each other's hands down.
"Touch me again, mutt... and it'll be your head!" Kaiba hissed, his eyes narrowing.
"I'll try to restrain myself..!" Joey snapped. They both stood, glaring hard at each other.
After a while, they never even noticed that Tea and YamiM were long gone. As was Mona. She found them all too weird. It was just those two, standing there, in a glaring contest. Finally, the owner got tired of it.
"Here..." he said, impatiently. He jangled the roomkey for emphasis. The blonde and the redhead turned to him, still frowning. The middle- aged man shrank back, from the power of the two glares. "J-just take 'em... a-and get s-some rest..." he commanded, trying to sound stern.
With one last glare at each other, Kaiba stepped up, snatched the key, and stormed out the door. Joey scowled, "thanks a lot, mac..." he muttered, and stomped after his 'roommate' for the night.
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[1] can't believe I used those words! They were Nanaki's! She so kindly pointed out how they would look... she nearly drooled on the keyboard just picturing it *shakes her head, in disbelief*
Nanaki: DID NOT! er... maybe a drop... but not a lot! *smiles sheepishly*
[2] first name to pop into my head...
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Hmm, and here I thought it was gonna be a short chapter *blinks*
Kaiba: you sound so geniunely surprised... *rolls his eyes*
Nanashi: don't mind him... he's just being spiteful because he doesn't get a room with Yami... *snickers*
Kaiba: *glares*
Malik: TERRANCE!? MY NAME'S GONNA BE TERRANCE!?!?
Nanashi: ... and Malik's not upset about his new name anymore...
Malik: *storms away, but can still be heard* ... TERRANCE!?!?
Kaiba: just a bit angry... *smirks*