by Lethe
Chapter Six: Asking
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Poor Yugi. I've ignored him so.
Ah well! Here he is, in all his glory!
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Yugi looked up, a sweetly uncertain expression lingering on his face. "Anzu?"
"Yes?"
"Will you…" He coughed nervously and continued. "Uh… I mean… Yami needs your help. I think that if we spent time with you, he might regain his memories…"
"Aibou, what are you doing?"
Yugi sighed and put down the apple. "I'm trying to ask Anzu out."
"Um…" Yami, for once, seemed doubtful of Yugi's mental capabilities. "Yugi, that is an apple."
"I know," said Yugi. "But I have to practice."
"Practice?"
"Yeah. I don't know what to say!"
The spirit grinned slightly and began an uncannily accurate impression of Yugi. "'Anzu, will you go out with me?' …How about that?"
"Aargh!" Yugi mock-groaned. "How can you do it but not me?!"
"And what's this 'Yami needs your help' thing supposed to mean?" continued Yami. "We both know she'll never get a hint that subtle. And besides, you already tried that. Do you really think it would work better the second time?"
"Uh… I don't know…" mumbled Yugi. "I guess… I don't know…" He looked down and began twiddling his thumbs. "I suck."
Yami knelt to Yugi's level and stared seriously into his eyes. "Whatever this sucking has to do with your current predicament, Yugi, rest assured that I do not think you are pitifully unable to say a certain phrase to a certain member of the opposite sex. You have the ability, should you choose to show the courage you displayed in Duelist Kingdom, and are displaying even now in Battle City. All you have to do is get Anzu alone and ask her."
Yugi blinked at the spirit. "Uh… thanks… I think."
"You're welcome. Someone is at the door." And Yami disappeared into the Puzzle.
Yugi bounded off the bed and opened the door.
A bemused Sugoroku stood in front of him, hand raised as though he had been about to knock. "Good morning, Yugi…" he said mildly. "Your friends are here."
"So, Yugi, where are we going first?" asked Anzu.
"Hopefully some place that has food…" said Jonouchi, eliciting cheers from Honda. "I'm starving!"
"Are you always hungry?" said Seto. "You had breakfast, what, an hour ago?"
Yugi grinned. "Like that matters."
Jonouchi harrumphed. "Feh. Your ignorance astounds me."
Seto was quick to respond. "This from the mutt who can barely pass his classes?"
"At least I'm not a… a… um… Well, at least I have an appetite! And I'm not that bad!"
"Great comeback, Jou," quipped Anzu.
"I know, wasn't it really?" replied Jonouchi cheerfully.
They all laughed.
"Seriously, though, are we gonna get some food or what? I didn't sacrifice my Saturday cartoons to just walk around with you – okay, I did – but darn it, guys, let's eat!"
"Hear, hear!" said Honda.
"Fine," Yugi sighed. "So, what are we going to eat?"
"More importantly, who has money?" said Anzu.
There was silence.
Kaiba groaned. "Looks like I'm just the money man here…"
There was a chorus of 'Yep!'s.
Jonouchi nudged Honda. "C'mon, Honda. Let's go help Kaiba with the food."
"Wha-?"
"Come on!" Jonouchi grabbed Honda's arm and tugged him to the counter.
"What was that for?" said Honda annoyedly, once they were there.
"Are you blind, man? Yugi really wanted to be alone with Anzu right then."
"Oh."
Jonouchi grinned. "I can't wait to see how this turns out."
Yugi sighed and thanked Jonouchi silently. Jonouchi, you are a good friend.
"So!" said Anzu cheerily.
"So," replied Yugi. Aah, my face is burning. I hope she didn't notice…
"Uh, Yugi, your face is kind of red. Are you all right?"
"Y-yeah, I'm fine." Great. Well, I'd better get this over with before they come back. This is a fast food place, after all. "Um… Anzu?"
"Yes?"
"Will… will you… uh…I mean, I know I'm not a really great person or anything, but I wanted to ask you… um…"
/Damn it, Aibou, if you don't say the words really soon, I'm going to say them for you./
Aah! I'll do it!
Yugi gathered up his courage and spoke. "W-will you go out with me?"
"Oh!" Anzu blushed. "Yugi, I-"
"Heyyyyy, way to go, Yugi!"
"All right! You finally managed it!"
Too late.
Anzu ducked her head, composed herself, and then looked back up at Yugi. She smiled happily. "I would love to."
Jonouchi and Honda began chanting, while Kaiba blinked confusedly. "Kiss her! Kiss her! Kiss her!"
Their cheeseburgers lay on the table, forgotten.
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My apologies to all you Yugi/[fill in a bishounen's name], anti-Anzu people, and Jou/Seto fans… but this will become relevant to the plot in later chapters, honest! ^__^;;
In the meanwhile, I would like to proudly point out that this chapter was considerably (by about 200 words…) longer than the previous!
I hope you liked this chapter! Please review, and keep on reading!
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