CHAPTER TWELVE: RYOU'S BIRTHDAY
There was a knock on the door. Yami was sitting on the floor with the dissected VHS player on his lap. The night before, Bakura had stayed up late watching tapes. As Bakura put it, "the evil mechanism ate the tapes", so Yami was trying to remove the destroyed tape and fix the player before Raven came.
"That must be Raven!" Ryou bounced up from his seat on the couch and dashed to the door. When he opened the door, in front of it stood a boy a little smaller than Ryou with black hair that had conspicuous multicolored streaks.
Finally fixing the tape player, Yami got up and sat back on the couch, flipping up the top of his black laptop. He signed online and noticed an IM from Seto across the room. Seto had a permanent chat room which he used to talk to people with at any opportunity.
He's short, Seto (IMing as BEWDragon) observed silently over the computer.
I noticed. DarkPharaoh replied.
Are we having a nice conversation here? That was Bakura (EvilTombRaider), opening up his own black laptop with the picture of a skull on the top.
"Hey guys, this is Raven. Raven, this is Seto - he's the billionaire computer genius - and that's Bakura, he's my evil tomb raider Yami - and that's Yami Yugi, he's a Pharaoh."
Raven looked intimidated.
He looks scared, EvilTombRaider commented.
So what else is new? We're not exactly a normal grouping of people, ya know. BEWDragon replied.
What does BEWDragon stand for? DarkPharaoh asked curiously.
Blue Eyes White Dragon, of course, but the computer thing wouldn't fit it.
Couldn't you manipulate its syntax or do whatever computer genius stuff you do? EvilTombRaider inquired.
Yeah, probably, but it'd take too much time. All right, let's pay some attention to our little gypsy here.
Gypsy? DarkPharaoh IMed in shock.
Hush.
Do you really think he's a gypsy? Bakura actually looked nervous.
Yes. He looks sort of . gypsy-ish.
Is that a word? DarkPharaoh asked curiously.
You knew what I meant, didn't you? Seto, Yami noticed, had an away icon of a Blue-Eyes.
Well, yes.
Then it's a word.
This is why you're the billionaire and not me. Anyway, let's pay attention to Ryou - it is his birthday, after all.
"We're going downstairs to watch movies now," Ryou was saying. "Can you bring down what you were making, Yami?"
Yami groaned inwardly. He was multitasking: grilling steaks, baking mashed potatoes and a cake (in separate ovens), melting chocolate, baking brownies and freezing whipped cream. "Sure," he said.
"Thanks!" Ryou bounced downstairs with Raven in tow.
Yami dashed to the stove - the potatoes were burning - just in time to save them. As he placed them on a counter to cool, he realized that the chocolate sauce was getting too hot and ran toward the stove, turning off the burner.
"You look like a frantic hamster on its wheel," Bakura commented from the doorway.
"Thanks," Yami replied sarcastically and poured the chocolate sauce into a small pitcher. "Bring me that stack of bowls, would you?"
Ignoring Bakura's murderous glare, Yami took the bowls and placed the top two next to the stove. "Get the chocolate ice cream, too," he added. Grumbling, Bakura obeyed. Yami carefully placed a large hot brownie in each of the two bowls, then put on several scoops of chocolate ice cream and poured in a large amount of chocolate sauce. He then covered the top of it with M&Ms and put them on a tray, stopping only to smack away Bakura's hand. "Stay away from these!"
"It's involuntary."
Yami shrugged and went down the stairs, followed by Seto.
"What are you doing, Seto? I don't see you carrying anything."
"I want to see what they're doing down there."
"Oh?"
"He did say Raven was bi, after all."
"Seto!" Yami was so shocked he nearly dropped the sundaes.
"Well, it's a logical assumption," Seto replied a bit defensively.
Yami rolled his eyes and stopped in front of the basement / TV room. "Open the door," he instructed. Seto opened it. Wide-eyed Ryou and Raven were sitting next to each other (A little too close to each other, Seto thought) watching The Matrix with delight.
"Here," Yami said, setting down the tray with the sundaes on it. Seto prudently stopped the movie with Neo frozen in midair.
Raven's eyes widened and a reverent grin came over his face.
"Hey, those look really good!" Ryou grabbed a sundae and began to eat it.
"I was going to put a candle in it," Yami apologized, "but with Bakura the pyro around I didn't think it was such a good idea."
Ryou grinned.
"You two could go outside for a little bit," Seto suggested, glancing outside. Although it was drizzling, the day was really quite nice.
"No thanks," Raven said quickly.
Ryou looked at him quizzically.
"I don't like rain," Raven explained.
Yami looked at Raven's elaborately done black hair with multicolored streaks. "I think I understand," he said with a definitely Yami-ish smirk.
Seto looked at him curiously, then shrugged and picked up the empty tray.
"Thank you so much for carrying something," Yami murmured. "Now let's go upstairs, or the steaks will burn and Bakura will make you scrape down the grill again."
"Let's hurry, then," Seto said quickly and rushed up the stairs. Grinning, Yami followed.
Ryou absently un-paused the movie, then moved closer to Raven and put his head on the other boy's shoulder.
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SLASH! Hee hee hee! Sorry, I totally could not resist.but they're so cuuuute!
Thanks for reviews! If you have any questions, please IM me at EarthEnder.
There was a knock on the door. Yami was sitting on the floor with the dissected VHS player on his lap. The night before, Bakura had stayed up late watching tapes. As Bakura put it, "the evil mechanism ate the tapes", so Yami was trying to remove the destroyed tape and fix the player before Raven came.
"That must be Raven!" Ryou bounced up from his seat on the couch and dashed to the door. When he opened the door, in front of it stood a boy a little smaller than Ryou with black hair that had conspicuous multicolored streaks.
Finally fixing the tape player, Yami got up and sat back on the couch, flipping up the top of his black laptop. He signed online and noticed an IM from Seto across the room. Seto had a permanent chat room which he used to talk to people with at any opportunity.
He's short, Seto (IMing as BEWDragon) observed silently over the computer.
I noticed. DarkPharaoh replied.
Are we having a nice conversation here? That was Bakura (EvilTombRaider), opening up his own black laptop with the picture of a skull on the top.
"Hey guys, this is Raven. Raven, this is Seto - he's the billionaire computer genius - and that's Bakura, he's my evil tomb raider Yami - and that's Yami Yugi, he's a Pharaoh."
Raven looked intimidated.
He looks scared, EvilTombRaider commented.
So what else is new? We're not exactly a normal grouping of people, ya know. BEWDragon replied.
What does BEWDragon stand for? DarkPharaoh asked curiously.
Blue Eyes White Dragon, of course, but the computer thing wouldn't fit it.
Couldn't you manipulate its syntax or do whatever computer genius stuff you do? EvilTombRaider inquired.
Yeah, probably, but it'd take too much time. All right, let's pay some attention to our little gypsy here.
Gypsy? DarkPharaoh IMed in shock.
Hush.
Do you really think he's a gypsy? Bakura actually looked nervous.
Yes. He looks sort of . gypsy-ish.
Is that a word? DarkPharaoh asked curiously.
You knew what I meant, didn't you? Seto, Yami noticed, had an away icon of a Blue-Eyes.
Well, yes.
Then it's a word.
This is why you're the billionaire and not me. Anyway, let's pay attention to Ryou - it is his birthday, after all.
"We're going downstairs to watch movies now," Ryou was saying. "Can you bring down what you were making, Yami?"
Yami groaned inwardly. He was multitasking: grilling steaks, baking mashed potatoes and a cake (in separate ovens), melting chocolate, baking brownies and freezing whipped cream. "Sure," he said.
"Thanks!" Ryou bounced downstairs with Raven in tow.
Yami dashed to the stove - the potatoes were burning - just in time to save them. As he placed them on a counter to cool, he realized that the chocolate sauce was getting too hot and ran toward the stove, turning off the burner.
"You look like a frantic hamster on its wheel," Bakura commented from the doorway.
"Thanks," Yami replied sarcastically and poured the chocolate sauce into a small pitcher. "Bring me that stack of bowls, would you?"
Ignoring Bakura's murderous glare, Yami took the bowls and placed the top two next to the stove. "Get the chocolate ice cream, too," he added. Grumbling, Bakura obeyed. Yami carefully placed a large hot brownie in each of the two bowls, then put on several scoops of chocolate ice cream and poured in a large amount of chocolate sauce. He then covered the top of it with M&Ms and put them on a tray, stopping only to smack away Bakura's hand. "Stay away from these!"
"It's involuntary."
Yami shrugged and went down the stairs, followed by Seto.
"What are you doing, Seto? I don't see you carrying anything."
"I want to see what they're doing down there."
"Oh?"
"He did say Raven was bi, after all."
"Seto!" Yami was so shocked he nearly dropped the sundaes.
"Well, it's a logical assumption," Seto replied a bit defensively.
Yami rolled his eyes and stopped in front of the basement / TV room. "Open the door," he instructed. Seto opened it. Wide-eyed Ryou and Raven were sitting next to each other (A little too close to each other, Seto thought) watching The Matrix with delight.
"Here," Yami said, setting down the tray with the sundaes on it. Seto prudently stopped the movie with Neo frozen in midair.
Raven's eyes widened and a reverent grin came over his face.
"Hey, those look really good!" Ryou grabbed a sundae and began to eat it.
"I was going to put a candle in it," Yami apologized, "but with Bakura the pyro around I didn't think it was such a good idea."
Ryou grinned.
"You two could go outside for a little bit," Seto suggested, glancing outside. Although it was drizzling, the day was really quite nice.
"No thanks," Raven said quickly.
Ryou looked at him quizzically.
"I don't like rain," Raven explained.
Yami looked at Raven's elaborately done black hair with multicolored streaks. "I think I understand," he said with a definitely Yami-ish smirk.
Seto looked at him curiously, then shrugged and picked up the empty tray.
"Thank you so much for carrying something," Yami murmured. "Now let's go upstairs, or the steaks will burn and Bakura will make you scrape down the grill again."
"Let's hurry, then," Seto said quickly and rushed up the stairs. Grinning, Yami followed.
Ryou absently un-paused the movie, then moved closer to Raven and put his head on the other boy's shoulder.
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SLASH! Hee hee hee! Sorry, I totally could not resist.but they're so cuuuute!
Thanks for reviews! If you have any questions, please IM me at EarthEnder.