Ooh… second chapter… I'm on a creativity high… That, and possibly Pepsi.
Diabla ~ … some things, I can't even comment on. ~
But it's true!!! TV is my downfall… stupid Saturday morning cartoons.
~ And yet, you watch them gleefully. ~
Meh. Anyhow, I figure I might as well write this before I have to worry about driving school… or university applications. Stupid waste of time.
~ Can't actually argue with you there. ~
YAY! And I got reviews! I love you!!! *blows kisses*
~ She blushed for like ten minutes. And giggled. Do you know how painful that is for me? ~
Aw.. love you too!
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Ooh… do the disclaimer!
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I'll give you… um… Noah?
~ Okay! She doesn't own it. If she did… well… fangirls everywhere would die of joy… and Tea would just die… or find herself unable to talk. ~
YAY! *snaps fingers and Noah appears*
~ He's just so CUTE! *squeezes Noah until he can't breathe* ~
Okay… be careful. Remember what happened to the pichu.
~ *lets go slightly* hehe... that was an accident. ~
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2: Lesson Plan
I was in a daze for the rest of the day. I can't even remember if I went to class. No, I must have gone. After all, I got a note from Ryou saying he would come by my store after school for lessons. I can't think what his lessons are going to be on. I mean, this was RYOU… But, I was willing to try anything if it meant I might stand a chance with Tristan. Sure, because… it can't be that hard to seduce a straight guy. Ya, there was that. Tristan might not want anything to do with me. So, I might just end up helping him get together with Serenity. Oh, wouldn't that be great. Isn't this about making HIM happy? But it wouldn't be fair! Tristan could be happy with me. Selfish, aren't we?
I tapped my foot as I waited for Ryou. Patience was never really my thing, and he promised to meet me ten minutes ago. The door opened and he ran in, panting. I felt pretty guilty for making him run.
"Sorry, Duke. I had to stay after school to talk to Yugi." He was apologizing. Oh, now I felt really guilty.
"No, it's no problem. I… barely noticed you were late." Well, it was nice to see he wasn't stupid. He wasn't even pretending he believed me. "Well, what did you want to teach me?" Oh my god, my teacher was blushing already. This really wasn't going to go well. Can't argue with that.
"Oh… well… I just thought I could give you some pointers on seducing him." Laughing might not be very inspiring to him right now… So I just nodded, and hid the fact that I couldn't see Ryou telling ME how to seduce someone. "I mean… I'm sure you could seduce Serenity or something…" Did he have to keep bringing her up? Was he trying to make me feel guilty about that, too? "But, I think I have more experiencing seducing a guy."
Oh. He's gay. Well, that was a tad unexpected. Unexpected? Sure, I mean, the Halloween when he dressed up as Catwoman wasn't any kind of indication at all… "Oh. Okay. I didn't know you had a boyfriend." I smirked at him as he turned the shade of a tomato. Was that even normal? Maybe he should see someone about that…
"Um… ya. We haven't really told too many people. Or… really, anyone beyond you." Ooh… so I was lucky number one. Might explain why his tomato colour was getting worse.
"Really? Do I know him?" If he says Yugi, I'm going to scream and run out of the store. To hell with learning any seduction tips. Because that would be so very unexpected too. Are you paying any attention to your friends?
"No." Well, that was a tad fast. Kinda sounds like he's lying through his teeth. I thought about pressing him for more, but he really didn't look well, so I decided to let it go. This also explained why he didn't go to the beach very often. Right now, he sort of resembled a cooked lobster with a lot of white hair.
"Okay. So, what's lesson number one?" I surprised myself with my eagerness. Maybe I was a little nervous about all this.
"Eye contact." Eye contact? I hadn't realized he expected me to actually look at Tristan. I didn't think I could look at Tristan. Maybe I should just write him a letter. Only a little nervous, I see. So I was right, this was going to be a bad idea. Of course Ryou chose to ignore me, although I think I saw him rolling his eyes. "There are four lessons in all. You apply one a day, so you'll do eye contact tomorrow, conversational innuendos on Wednesday, body language on Thursday, and finishing touches on Friday!"
He went on to tell me I would seduce Tristan by Friday (if he was going to be seduced at all), and I became certain the whole thing could never work. "You realize he'll never buy this?"
Ryou smirked… which was actually slightly frightening. "So, eye contact. It's pretty tame. You need to start small; just catch his eye, and hold the contact. Give a little wave or wink if you want to. You might not want to do that, just because someone else could notice.
After you lock eyes, trail yours down his body and back up to his eyes. If you're really forward-" I think I blushed from here, and although I'm certain he noticed, he didn't say anything. "Lick your lips. He'll be pretty surprised after this, so back off. After that, he won't be able to keep his eyes off you."
I chose not to comment that this was probably because he couldn't believe another guy checked him out.
"Feel free to keep giving him those quick glances during class." The blush deepened even though I knew he'd seen them. "When you think he's recovered, give him your most seductive look. Gauge his reaction to see if he's fully creeped out – which means you probably won't have him by the end of the week – or shocked and confused. Smirk, and if he blushes he wasn't thinking about anything he'll be telling someone else. It's best to do both of these by lunch. Then, you act casually all through it like he's just one of your friends."
He fixed me with an appraising glance as I started making notes. Who knew he would have so much to say? He did say he had more experience seducing a guy. You really don't pay attention to anything do you? "In your case, that might be a little harder." He snickered when he said this, which I didn't take as a good sign. "But as long as you tell him before class that you don't like Serenity…" Ryou gave me a mistrustful look. Was I that see-through? "On second thought, I'm not sure I trust you to tell him."
I protested until he finally became the Ryou I knew, and smiled naively. "You're right." This was better. "Call me when you tell him tonight." My mouth dropped open. Sucker! He smiled and continued like nothing happened. "It's important not to give him any more glances. You need to ignore him. The uncertainty and curiosity will win out and he'll be wishing for you to look at him."
I swallowed nervously. All that was lesson one? And that, to Ryou, was tame compared with the other things? Definitely a bad idea.
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Ryou left two hours later, and I sat in silence for a while, as red as he had been. I blamed lesson three. I was fine hearing about everything, even when Ryou gave me his… personal experiences. But in lesson three, he chose to demonstrate. Somehow, I didn't think I would be able to meet his eyes ever, ever again. He hadn't been joking when he said he knew a lot about seducing a guy.
His last words to me, as he walked out the door, and turned around to casually lean against it, had been, "It's important that your eyes are the main focus. So, put on more eyeliner or something to enhance them. Whatever you're comfortable with." Now you're wearing makeup. Ryou wasn't kidding when he said you were the submissive one.
He left me with a lot to think about, but before I could begin any of this seduction stuff, I was going to have to talk to Tristan. Ryou was insistent that if I didn't tell him I wasn't interested in Serenity he was going to have problems believing I was seducing HIM.
Since when he left, Ryou had neared the point of threatening me if I didn't tell Tristan, I decided I might as well talk to him, and get it over with. I knew where he was. He would be hanging out with his friends near the… The door opened and he walked in with Yugi, Joey and Tea. Oh, this was awkward and unexpected. Luckily, I found it very easy to look at the other three instead of him.
I bet that somewhere, someone is laughing at you. Loudly. Apparently, there was no justice in the world beyond cruel irony. At least I didn't have to go and look for him now. That certainly made my life… Easier? More amusing? More painful? There are a lot of possibilities here.
"Hi, guys! What brings you here?" Too perky? Maybe just a little. Only Yugi and Tea looked like they believed it.
"Yugi was worried about you." Wow, his voice was so hot. I found myself staring at his mouth. Those perfect lips… "Devlin? Are you alright? Maybe you should be worried about him, Yugi. He looks pretty out of it." He kept talking, and I knew they were all looking at me with concern, but suddenly, I found myself unable to think of anything besides his mouth. I feel it best to warn you, that if you don't snap out of it, they'll probably call an ambulance and get you tested for rabies or something.
"Um… no, I'm fine." I squeaked. In any case, I'd now proven that having a crush on Tristan was affecting me for the worst. They could call you… Mr. Suave. Confident, charismatic… with the voice of a mouse.
"Are you sure, Duke?" Yugi asked, turning those gigantic eyes on me. Aw, he looked really worried, too. Now if only Tristan was that worried about me, I'd be set.
"Oh, ya. I… uh… I think I'm just getting a cold." They all took a little step backwards, like I was contagious, and if they got within three feet of me, they would catch whatever I claimed to have. Gee, now I sounded like my subconscious. Yay.
"Right. Well, if ya say you're ok, then we believe ya. See ya tomorrow. See Yug, he's fine. Now can we hit the arcade before it closes?" Joey was already moving out the door.
"Sure! See you tomorrow, Duke!" Yugi seemed really perky today. Of course, he seemed perky yesterday, too… I waved at them as they headed out the door. Tristan was last, and as he went out, he turned around to say… Idiot! You're supposed to talk to him! Whatever Tristan said was lost forever thanks to my subconscious.
"Um… Tristan?" I winced; I needed to get rid of this squeaking habit. "Um… listen, uh, I know that we haven't always agreed in the past…" Oh this would go really well. He was already glaring at me, and I hadn't even gotten to the point yet… "But I wanted you to know that if you want to go after Serenity that's fine because I'm not interested in her anymore." I said it all really quickly in one breathe, just in case he wanted to interrupt.
"Thanks for letting me know, Duke. I'll keep that in mind. Get better." He gave a little half-smile and then ran to catch up to his friends.
I figured it was my imagination if he sounded disappointed. I mean, he had nothing to be disappointed about. I basically just gave him the go ahead with the girl he wanted. Um… on a positive note, he did say get better. Hey, that was right! So maybe, if he wanted me to get better, that meant he didn't hate me anymore!
I twirled a strand of hair, and started thinking of how I could 'enhance my eyes' as Ryou put it. I was a little worried with how a straight guy would take being hit on, but Ryou's confidence inspired me. I smirked; Tristan wasn't going to know what hit him.
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Well. It was shorter before… so I decided to add to it. And it was still short. Gah! But the next three lessons need to be a surprise. They're funny.
Diabla ~ *sighs and puts away pitchfork* I was going to have fun. Instead… I guess I'll just have to watch Duke seduce Tristan…. *dramatic sigh* ~
Yuh huh. I can't believe you have a pitchfork… The next chapter will be longer! That's when the actual seduction comes into play…
~ uh huh… ~
It is! I started it last night! And Duke is going to be confused. And something will happen by the third lesson… I just need to figure out the right setting.
~ and stop giggling nervously whenever you try to plan it out? ~
Shut up! *giggle* …fine. Review!
~ No flames. I have my little "Burnt Hair" air freshener. It will suffice for now… ~
o.O That's odd…