Smile
Part Two
by Lethe
Chapter Sixteen: The Bridge Between Our Hearts
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Hammerspace (n.) – the mystical dimension that allows anime characters to pull various objects seemingly out of nowhere. (e.g. Akane from Ranma ½ and hot water kettles, Honda and his backpack)
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A pillow to the face, and Jonouchi was wide awake.
"What th'hell was that for?!" he groaned, trying to rub his eye sleepily – and realizing that he couldn't move his arm.
"Well," said Honda, looming over him – Yugi and the others were behind Honda, looking horrified – "You must have had a lot of fun last night, huh?" His battle aura was immense. Honda has a battle aura?
Only then did Jonouchi realize the delicate implications of his particular situation… that is to say, he was lying horizontally across the bed, and Seto was sleeping on top of him.
Correction: Seto was awake.
"What's the commotion?" mumbled Kaiba.
"It's three in the afternoon, Kaiba, and you're lying on top of my best friend. How do you feel?" quizzed Honda darkly. Jonouchi winced.
Shizuka and Mokuba were snickering quietly.
"I thought you weren't supposed to do th-that kind of thing until… until you're married! Or at least older than twenty!" said Yugi in a tiny voice.
"What kind of thing?!" said Jonouchi.
"Sex," said Seto and Honda bluntly.
"We had a lot of fun last night," added Kaiba. "Midnight 'snacks'… playing with the pillows…"
"You people have sick minds!" protested Jou, staring at Kaiba. "We did nothing!"
"You have an even sicker mind,
Jou…" said Honda. The flames around him
flickered threateningly. "It was nice
knowing you, bud…"
"Ack!" said Jonouchi, grabbing Seto's shoulders and cowering behind him as various pillows and knickknacks came their way, courtesy Honda.
"Wait!" said Anzu. "He might be telling the truth!"
"Why the hell are you using me as a shield?!" yelled Seto. "I only just woke up and you people are trying to kill me!" He freed himself from Jou and his arms drifted into a loose battle pose.
"Hn. You wanna fight?" said Honda with a smirk. "I can take you."
"I'd like to see you try."
Jonouchi clapped his hands to his mouth in mingled awe and fear as the two boys who loved him battled full-out for his love –
Wait. Cut! Let's try that again!
"Well," said Honda, grinning in a perverted sort of way, "You must have had a lot of fun last night, huh?"
Jonouchi blinked. "Hnn? Wha' time is it…?"
"Dude, Kaiba's still asleep," said Honda. "And it's three in the afternoon. You must've really tired him out." His grin grew wider. "So, did you really do… that?"
"What?! No way!"
"What's going on…?" mumbled Kaiba, lifting his head and looking around blearily. "Tired…"
Following which, he promptly fell back onto Jonouchi.
Jou blushed and shoved the CEO onto the floor, glaring as Honda laughed. "Think nothing of this. You're good at that."
Honda let the remark brush past him unheeded. "Heh. Kaiba didn't even flinch. Is he on drugs?"
"Nah," said Jonouchi. "That's what happens when you play ping-pong, fifty games of DDR, and the entire karaoke collection all in one evening."
"I can agree with that," said Honda. "And doing that afterwards? Wow, guy's had it rough."
Jou growled and stood. "Get your mind out of the gutter! We didn't do anything!"
Honda backed away and grinned. "Whoa, Jou, I was just kidding. Keep it down! We're the only ones awake."
Jou blinked. "No kidding?"
"No kidding. Everyone's burned out from yesterday."
"Hn. What about you?"
"Me? I'm peppy as a schoolgirl," said Honda cheerily. "I went snooping around and Kaiba's kitchen has a great stash of coffee."
Jou's eyes widened. "Is there… food?"
"Lots of it, Jou," said Honda.
"What are we waiting for?! Let's go!"
"All right, let's do this!" said Jou eagerly, rubbing his hands together. "Two supersize tomato-cheese-lettuce-pickle-mustard-ham-pepperoni-turkey-jelly-peanut butter sandwiches coming up, with spaghetti, chips, and ice cream on the side!"
"This is gonna be good," said Honda. His mouth was watering already.
"Honda! When I tell you to, hand me the ingredients! We have to do this carefully!" Jonouchi had wanted to do this for a long time. Seto had told him once, when they were studying, about a dimension called 'hammerspace'. He said that it had been proven possible to access, and its uses were many.
Jonouchi was going to attempt to manipulate hammerspace in such a way that he would be able to actually eat his two-foot-tall sandwich.
"That was… good…" said Jonouchi happily, leaning back in his chair and patting his belly. "I am content."
"Dude, I think we cleaned out the entire kitchen," agreed Honda. "But I still don't get it! How did you do that thing with the sandwich?"
"I told you – hammerspace!" said Jou. "It's a science thing."
"Weird," said Honda, shaking his head.
"What now? D'you think we should wake them up?"
"Eh? It's only four thirty in the afternoon. Let's let them sleep."
"All right," said Jou. "I can't get up anyway."
Honda nodded. "Hey… Jou?"
"Hm?"
He leaned forward. "So… did you really do it with-"
"NO!"
"Jeez! I was just asking!" Honda winced and rubbed his ears.
"I've never done that with anyone," said Jou, glaring at Honda. "Have you, pervert?"
"Nope," said Honda. "Don't intend to."
"Huh? Why not?"
He shrugged. "It doesn't seem that important."
"Oo-kayyy…" said Jou. "What if you find someone you want to… you know…"
Honda smiled. "I don't think I ever will."
"Oh," said Jou. "Well, whatever."
"Although…"
"Although what?"
"There is something I would like to do with someone, someday…"
"And that is?"
Honda got up, strode to Jou's side of the table, leaned down, and kissed Jonouchi.
"That."