Wow... I never actually thought I'd write a third chapter to this... Well, I guess I am, so I might as well put some effort into it. Okay, I'll try to do something in this one that's more gushy than the previous two chapters (which had a negative romance reading), and actually have some deep stuff happen (considering it's me, good luck). Now, just read.

Chapter 3

Kaiba and Malik were seated at the diner, and given their menus. Malik found himself not very hungry, for his mind was else where. Kaiba, though, seemed to be busy at the moment, figuring out what he wanted to order. Finally, the waitress came over to take their order.

"Hello, what would you like to drink today?" the waitress asked, pulling out her notepad and pencil.

"I'd like coke, please," Malik replied.

Kaiba scanned the beverage section quickly and said, "I think I'll take your chocolate malt, super size."

Malik just looked at him with a bit of astonishment. How could he possibly take down one of those without gaining five billion pounds? He hen concluded that his love muffin must have a rocket metabolism.

"And are you all ready to order?"

Malik nodded. "Yeah, I'd like an order of fries."

"Okay, and you sir?" The waitress waited for Kaiba to make up his mind.

"Oh... I'll just take one of your extra fudgy, exploding with chocolate, guaranteed to give you a heart attack cakes."

"Alright, so an order of fries and a piece of extra chocolate cake."

"No, no, no, no, no," Kaiba corrected her, "Not a piece; give me the whole friggin cake."

"...The whole cake sir?"

"Yes, the whole bloody cake."

"Okay... an order of fries and... a cake..."

The waitress then hurried off to have the order placed with the chefs and get away from 'that psyco cake eater.' Malik couldn't help now but stare at the man sitting across from him. A whole cake? What's wrong with him? Kaiba realized Malik's uneasy looks and decided to address them.

"What? You've never seen a guy eat a cake before?"

"No... it's just... a whole cake?! What's wrong with you?!"

"What are you talking about? You're the one who asked me out. What's wrong with you?"

"... a lot... I guess," Malik suddenly got quiet, and Kaiba realized that there was something burdening Malik's mind, something horrible. Being the great guy he is, Kaiba figured he'd let Malik carry it. No point in ruining the day for both of them! It was quiet for a while, then Kaiba broke the silence.

"Geez, how long does it take to bake a cake?! I've been waiting for a whole five minutes!"

Malik raised his head. "Hey, Kaiba?" Kaiba looked over at Malik. "I was wondering... would it be okay if I..." He stopped, and looked back down at the table.

"Ya know, it isn't too nice to get a person's attention, start saying something, and then leaving them hanging."

"I know but... Never mind."

"Tell me."

"It's stupid."

"So? Tell me anyway."

"I just wanted to ask something."

"Then ask me."

"I don't know."

"ASK ME ALREADY!!"

"I just wanted to know if..." Malik blushed. "I wanted to know if... I could call you by your first name..."

Kaiba just looked at him. "...That's it? You were freaking out over that?"

"Er... yeah."

"Fine. I really don't care which one you call me."

"Thanks... Seto."

"... are you feeling alright?"

"Yeah, why?"

"You're talking like you're part of a badly written romance novel."

"......"

There was really not much to say about that, so they both just dropped the issue. Kaiba went on to other pressing issues.

"Anyway, I'm not hungry anymore, so let's just leave."

"But what about our order?"

"What about it?"

Malik shrugged and they left the diner. They began to wander aimlessly through the crowds of people, not really saying much to each other. Malik being at a loss of words, and Kaiba with other things on his mind, the only noise was from the many people surrounding them.

Meanwhile, at the apartment, everybody had left for the festival except for Jounouchi and Bakura. Jounouchi had decided to take this time to guard the bed, so that he would be assured a comfortable sleep that night. Bakura hadn't left because he wasn't much for environments filled with happy people. They too loud, obnoxious, and way too damn perky. Besides, he had other things in store for the day. He walked up behind Jounouchi and, without warning, pulled the blonde haired boy towards himself.

"Wha-What are you doing?!" Jounouchi asked alarmed. Why was Bakura coming at HIM?! Not that it was really that bad considering he's hot (this is obviously written by a girl... or some dude who is obnoxiously gay, but I think your best bet is with the first option), but still, he had never even contemplated any type of relationships. Sure, maybe a few parties which never got around to happening, picking up some chicks, doing some horizontal dancing, and waking up the next morning thinking 'who the hell is THAT lady?' but he didn't think that he'd be hit on by some other guy.

"You seem nervous," Bakura said with a smirk playing across his face. He loved watching people squirm in his grasp, that and sugar cookies. Just thought you should know. "You know, I could make the time pass by really quickly for you if you'd be willing to... cooperate..."

"Dude, you're freaking me out! Since when were you one of those dark, try to be seductive, freakishly gay guys?!"

"... I don't know..." Bakura pondered the thought for a little bit. "Well, in any case, you've got nice shoes... now let's screw."

"WHA?!" Before he had time to object, Bakura had pushed him onto the bed and was now jumping up and down, clapping his hands.

"Oh good! This'll be so much fun! Now wait there, Jounouchi, while I fetch the whip cream and cherries!"

Back with Malik and Kaiba, they had walked to the park to get away from the noisy crowds. There weren't any people in the park because everyone was in town enjoying the festivities. The two of them went on over an sat on one of the park benches under a nice large tree. Malik looked up at Kaiba, who was still lost in his thoughts. He then figured it would be to interrupt his ponderment.

"Seto, what are you thinking about?"

Kaiba looked at him with a large smile. "I think I've finally decided."

"Decided on what?"

"When Anzu goes to sleep, I'll sneak into her room, shoot her full of some incurable poison that makes you die REALLY slowly, and then leave the syringes in Yami's pocket, thus getting rid of two rivals in one shot."

"... you've been thinking about that... this whole time?" Malik was a bit disappointed. He had been hoping that Kaiba would at least give a little thought to 'them,' which really hadn't been established yet. This was making him feel a bit insecure. Kaiba then spoke.

"Am I a sex object to you?"

Malik snapped his head in Kaiba's direction, his eyes really wide. Where the hell had that come from?

"W-what?!"

"Hmm?" Kaiba then focused his attention on Malik. "Sorry, I was reading some pamphlet somebody had left here. Did you say something?"

Malik shook his head. He then rested his head against Kaiba's shoulder. He was relieved that Kaiba didn't push him away or flinch. Still, Malik wished he'd do more than just sit there.

"Malik, are you tired?" Kaiba asked, noticing Malik's eyes were closed, he was leaning on him, and that type of stuff.

"A little," he replied, "Do you want to go back to the apartment?"

Kaiba nodded and helped Malik get up. They then headed for the apartment. Speaking of the apartment...

"No! NO!! This is wrong!" Jounouchi yelled holding onto his boxers for dear life.

"Oh come on! I'm only going to ravage you!" Bakura said excitedly, trying to relieve Jounouchi of his undies.

"NO WAY!!! I'M ALWAYS THE MAN IN A RELATIONSHIP!!! ME!!!"

"That's probably why you've never had one. Now take the Calvin Kleins off!"

"NO!!!"

Just then, Malik and Kaiba walked into the room. Kaiba stared in shear horror at the display before him.

"UGH!!! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS DOING?!! I SLEEP IN THAT BED!"

"Bakura started it!" Jounouchi said defensively, finally able to push the raging yami off of him.

"Did not!" Bakura protested, "Jounouchi came up to me, forced me on the bed and said, 'Do you sleep on your stomach? Can I?' See, so he was the one trying to get in MY pants! Not that I can blame him, I mean, I'm so terribly sexy and Mmph! But still!"

Kaiba glared at Jounouchi. "You pervert! Now I'll never be able to sleep in that bed and have clean dreams."

"But it wasn't my fault! Bakura did it!!!"

Kaiba rolled his eyes. "Yeah, suuure he did."

"I'm serious!"

Sadly, Kaiba wasn't in the mood for believing Jounouchi, but at the moment was a bit too tired to care. She walked out of the room and plopped on the couch. He figured he might go to sleep early. This was much to Malik's dismay. He still hadn't had the time to put his suave moves on the lil' bugger. He sighed and walked over to where Kaiba lay.

"Hey Seto, could I join you?"

Seto looked at him. "... I'm not in the mood."

"No, I didn't mean that! I just don't want to sleep on the floor."

"Suit yourself." Kaiba scooted over a bit, making room for Malik. The yami made himself comfortable, totally stoked that he'd get to be this close to his sugar bunny, but the only problem was figuring out if they were actually an item.

"Seto... are we together now?" Malik then realized Kaiba had already fallen asleep, so there was no use in asking. Besides, he didn't want to wake him up. Malik smiled, snuggled close to the other boy and fell asleep.

... I finally added 'mushy-ness'... I think that some parts would be classified as that... right? Yeah, I'm still not too good at this lovey stuff, but if I can expand on this category, then it will prove I'm invincible... then again, I'd then have to master poetry, and I'm even worse at that than I am romance stuff... Anywho, review, tell me what you think. I it's good, it's good, if it sucked, it sucked, and tell me if I should write another chapter.