Love Among Friends

Chapter 14: The Dare

This might be the last time I update for a little while...my teachers all decided to give final projects and make them due next week, and after that are finals. Just so ya know in advance!

By the way Princess Strawberry, this is absolutely not going to become a Yami/Seto fic because I don't like that pairing at all, so no worries! I just need it for the plot..

Japanese Vocab:

baka =idiot

hikari=light

On with the fic!

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Seto flew into Yami's room and slammed the door, leaning against it and breathing heavily. There was a loud muttering that could be heard from the living room, and footsteps started heading in their direction. Seto was still in shock, so Yami wrestled Seto's coat out of his steelgrip and bundled him into it. He had just finished with the last button, when he heard voices right outside the door.

Yami's eyes hurriedly searched the room for something that would hide Seto's newly aquired hair as someone started knocking loudly on the door. His gaze finally paused on a worn, tattered hat. This hat may not have looked like much to anyone else, but to Yami, it meant the world. Yugi had bought it for him a couple years ago when he and Yami had gone to their first baseball game together. He held it in his hand, recalling the memory of when he had first received it. He used to wear it whenever Yugi was at school and wanted to feel closer to him. Normally any one who even looked at this hat would need to have a death wish, but right now Kaiba needed it more than he did. Without hesitation, Yami jammed the hat onto Kaiba's spiky head, the instant the gang pushed their way through the door.

Bakura smirked when he saw the two boys standing so close together.

"You're supposed to do your dare outside," he reminded them. "Whatever you've been doing in here doesn't count."

Normally Yami would have growled a retort, but he was too busy thinking about the many ways Yugi would react to the dare. As Yami walked out the door, he felt like a prisoner heading to Death Row. His shoulders were slumped with despair and his spiky crown, normally held high and proud, was parallel to the ground. His ruby eyes were suddenly very interested in every blade of grass he saw, with no interest in meeting anyone's gaze. Yami finally tore his gaze from the ground and looked at Kaiba with an angry fire in his eyes.

"Let's do this," he muttered. As he pulled the brunette toward him, he looked at Bakura and said, "I'll get you for this, baka tomb robber-"

Yami was suddenly cut off when Kaiba's lips quickly met his own. Jou started the stopwatch and the dare was on. Yami squeezed his eyes tightly shut and tried to imagine that it was Yugi, his own sweet light, his only love he was kissing. With little effort, he softened the kiss, but soon tired of the brunette's lips. He licked Seto's lips seductively, demanding entry. The young CEO happily complied as Yami's tongue was free to explore the many caverns in his mouth. A couple seconds later, Seto used his tongue challenging his 'rival' to a contest of strength. Yami, being the King of Games, takes his title very seriously and refuses to back down.Yami's tongue quickly dominated the brunette's and once again, gained control of his mouth.

As Jou called out that a minute had passed, Bakura called out, "Okay, you can stop now.... You've scared us enough for one night..." he paused for a moment. "Stop, I'm gonna have nightmares!"

His hikari burst into laughter. Ryou was surprised that his yami was even capable of having nightmares! After all, Bakura was the one that usually caused them! Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Bakura was glaring at him as he shook with laughter. Bakura kissed Ryou, cutting his laughter short.

Everyone else was trying to separate Yami and Seto who wanted to have another tongue war, but were being ignored. Yugi stood off to the side, unnoticed and forgotten, as tears streamed unheeded down his face.