"Dark and Light"
Chapter Nine
"Mai Heart is Yours"
Cherry: 119 reviews? Kami! I'm so overwhelmed!
Yugi: I think you deserve it! You've worked so hard on this story.
Yami: It's almost worth being trapped in here to read it.
Cherry: You mean that Yami?
Yami: Not really. Yugi just said I should say something nice.
Cherry: (rolls eyes)
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"Stars are sure beautiful, aren't they?" Mai commented that night as everyone headed home.
"Hai," Yugi agreed. His lack of stuttering had shocked everyone upon his and Yami's arrival at the station that afternoon, but as the day progressed they became used to clearly understanding what he said. They had stayed out longer than they had meant to since they were having such fun, and it was now 9:00. They would have stayed out longer, but Yugi typically went to sleep at 9:30, and he was crashing fast, to the point where Yami was carrying him on his back. (Whether it was because Yugi was falling asleep or because he simply wanted to was anyone's guess.)
Jounouchi continuously snuck side glances at Mai. The two of them had had such fun at the arcade that afternoon. Jou smirked to himself as he remembered the "fun" they'd had.
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"Jounouchi?" Mai said after her third consecutive win on his favorite game. "Why don't you just call it quits? I'm just going to win again."
"Iie!" Jou yelled. "Jounouchi Katsuya doesn't quit!"
"No, he just gets the crap kicked out of him," Mai teased, earning a dirty look. "Alright, if you're such a glutton for punishment, I'll be happy to provide."
Twenty-five games later had the score at Mai-25, Jou-0, and he was finally starting to realize that she just had the edge. It was either that, or the fact that she kept on bumping her hip into him kept distracting him. He was sure that she was just teasing because of the day before, when he'd ogled her blatantly, but it was still distracting.
Finally, after a while, he did concede and they walked off in search of another game they could play together.
"Hey Jou, there's one," Mai said, pulling Jou towards a corner of the arcade.
"What? Where?" Jou asked, dumbfounded. He suddenly found himself pushed into a corner with a blonde, beautiful, busty woman pressed flush against him, wrapping her arms around his neck. "M-Mai?"
Mai giggled. "You sound like Yugi," she commented before she pulled him into a bruising kiss. Jounouchi responded instantly, wrapping his arms around her waist, and his hands . . . Well, they were in inappropriate places, that's for sure.
Mai let out a soft moan at Jou's touch, and she moved one of her hands under his shirt, caressing his washboard stomach and his chest. Jounouchi groaned as her fingers found one of his nipples and started to pinch at it. He responded by grasping at her butt a little tighter and caressing it, which was what she had been after. Mai's free hand tangled itself in Jounouchi's messy blonde hair when Jou pressed his tongue into her mouth. It took them a full half hour to find the will to pull away.
"I like this game," Jou said, drawing a laugh from Mai.
"It's almost 2:45," Mai said, checking her watch. "We should go meet up with the others."
After willing their uncooperative arms to pull away from the other, they left the arcade hand in hand.
~*~*~
"Hey, earth to Jounouchi! Come in Jounouchi!"
Jou jumped and looked at Anzu, the one who had been talking to him.
"Hai?" he said.
"You going to wait here while we bring Yugi inside, or are you coming in?" she asked, clearly annoyed that he hadn't been listening.
Jounouchi blinked and looked up. They were in front of the Kame Game Shop already. He told Anzu that he was coming inside with the rest of them, idly wondering how long he had been daydreaming.
Once they were inside with the nearly asleep Yugi, Sugoroku was in their faces immediately, asking them why in the world they had been out for so long. Yugi revived long enough to tell his grandfather that they had just been having fun, and that he wasn't hurt in any way, shape, or form, and that he just wanted to go to bed. Sugoroku finally eased off a little and allowed Yami to take the small teen upstairs to bed while their friends waited downstairs.
~*~*~
Yami pulled the covers up around Yugi's petite form, resisting the urge to give the boy a goodnight kiss. As he turned to go, he heard a faint voice from behind him say, "Arigato, Yami. I had a lot of fun today."
Yami turned and smiled at Yugi, who was clearly struggling to stay awake. "It's no big deal, Yugi. I'm glad you did have some fun. You don't get to have fun enough since your parents died, and even before that," Yami said without thinking.
Yugi smiled and nodded before something clicked in his mind and woke him up considerably. "Wait a second. How do you know that I never had much fun even before my parents died?" he asked quietly.
Yami realized what he had said and tried to think of something quick to cover it up. "Well, I took a guess. You did say that you've never really gone out on the town before, right? I just made an assumption."
Yugi blinked, then nodded. "Okay. Gomen. That just took me by surprise."
"It's alright. Now, go ahead and go to sleep. I'll come by tomorrow, okay?"
"Hai," Yugi said, sounding sleepy again.
Yami walked out of the room and headed downstairs to his waiting friends, and they all left. Yami moved so that he was standing next to Mai.
"Mai, I need a big favor," he whispered.
"What?" she asked.
"I need you to make sure that I don't talk too much around Yugi. I just said something to him that could have put a big damper on my cover," he explained.
Mai shook her head. "You never did know when to shut up.," she sighed. "Alright. I'll keep an eye on you."
"Arigato," Yami said.
~*~*~
"That was unconvincing," Yugi thought as he lay awake in bed. He had only pretended to be sleepy again. The fact was, he was wide awake. He hated to admit it, even to himself, but he'd had a slight suspicion of Yami since he had sensed that darkness from him, and what Yami had said only heightened it.
He rolled over in bed. Why, WHY wouldn't Hikari tell him what the big secret was? He hated being left in the dark! (A/n: No pun intended.) This was leaving Yugi with an uncharacteristic feeling of determination. He wanted to know what was going on, and he intended to find out!
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Yami: (blinks)
Cherry: What?
Yami: I do not have a big mouth like that!
Cherry and Yugi: (start laughing)
Yami: WHAT?
Yugi: You do too have a big mouth! You can't keep a secret from me, anyway.
Yami: What? Yes I can!
Yugi: You mean like when Jou told you about that little problem of his that he didn't want me to know about? Or when Anzu told you she liked me? Or when Honda . . .
Yami: Okay, okay!! So I do talk a little too much to you . . .
Cherry: (laughing her ass off)
Chapter Nine
"Mai Heart is Yours"
Cherry: 119 reviews? Kami! I'm so overwhelmed!
Yugi: I think you deserve it! You've worked so hard on this story.
Yami: It's almost worth being trapped in here to read it.
Cherry: You mean that Yami?
Yami: Not really. Yugi just said I should say something nice.
Cherry: (rolls eyes)
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"Stars are sure beautiful, aren't they?" Mai commented that night as everyone headed home.
"Hai," Yugi agreed. His lack of stuttering had shocked everyone upon his and Yami's arrival at the station that afternoon, but as the day progressed they became used to clearly understanding what he said. They had stayed out longer than they had meant to since they were having such fun, and it was now 9:00. They would have stayed out longer, but Yugi typically went to sleep at 9:30, and he was crashing fast, to the point where Yami was carrying him on his back. (Whether it was because Yugi was falling asleep or because he simply wanted to was anyone's guess.)
Jounouchi continuously snuck side glances at Mai. The two of them had had such fun at the arcade that afternoon. Jou smirked to himself as he remembered the "fun" they'd had.
~*~*~
"Jounouchi?" Mai said after her third consecutive win on his favorite game. "Why don't you just call it quits? I'm just going to win again."
"Iie!" Jou yelled. "Jounouchi Katsuya doesn't quit!"
"No, he just gets the crap kicked out of him," Mai teased, earning a dirty look. "Alright, if you're such a glutton for punishment, I'll be happy to provide."
Twenty-five games later had the score at Mai-25, Jou-0, and he was finally starting to realize that she just had the edge. It was either that, or the fact that she kept on bumping her hip into him kept distracting him. He was sure that she was just teasing because of the day before, when he'd ogled her blatantly, but it was still distracting.
Finally, after a while, he did concede and they walked off in search of another game they could play together.
"Hey Jou, there's one," Mai said, pulling Jou towards a corner of the arcade.
"What? Where?" Jou asked, dumbfounded. He suddenly found himself pushed into a corner with a blonde, beautiful, busty woman pressed flush against him, wrapping her arms around his neck. "M-Mai?"
Mai giggled. "You sound like Yugi," she commented before she pulled him into a bruising kiss. Jounouchi responded instantly, wrapping his arms around her waist, and his hands . . . Well, they were in inappropriate places, that's for sure.
Mai let out a soft moan at Jou's touch, and she moved one of her hands under his shirt, caressing his washboard stomach and his chest. Jounouchi groaned as her fingers found one of his nipples and started to pinch at it. He responded by grasping at her butt a little tighter and caressing it, which was what she had been after. Mai's free hand tangled itself in Jounouchi's messy blonde hair when Jou pressed his tongue into her mouth. It took them a full half hour to find the will to pull away.
"I like this game," Jou said, drawing a laugh from Mai.
"It's almost 2:45," Mai said, checking her watch. "We should go meet up with the others."
After willing their uncooperative arms to pull away from the other, they left the arcade hand in hand.
~*~*~
"Hey, earth to Jounouchi! Come in Jounouchi!"
Jou jumped and looked at Anzu, the one who had been talking to him.
"Hai?" he said.
"You going to wait here while we bring Yugi inside, or are you coming in?" she asked, clearly annoyed that he hadn't been listening.
Jounouchi blinked and looked up. They were in front of the Kame Game Shop already. He told Anzu that he was coming inside with the rest of them, idly wondering how long he had been daydreaming.
Once they were inside with the nearly asleep Yugi, Sugoroku was in their faces immediately, asking them why in the world they had been out for so long. Yugi revived long enough to tell his grandfather that they had just been having fun, and that he wasn't hurt in any way, shape, or form, and that he just wanted to go to bed. Sugoroku finally eased off a little and allowed Yami to take the small teen upstairs to bed while their friends waited downstairs.
~*~*~
Yami pulled the covers up around Yugi's petite form, resisting the urge to give the boy a goodnight kiss. As he turned to go, he heard a faint voice from behind him say, "Arigato, Yami. I had a lot of fun today."
Yami turned and smiled at Yugi, who was clearly struggling to stay awake. "It's no big deal, Yugi. I'm glad you did have some fun. You don't get to have fun enough since your parents died, and even before that," Yami said without thinking.
Yugi smiled and nodded before something clicked in his mind and woke him up considerably. "Wait a second. How do you know that I never had much fun even before my parents died?" he asked quietly.
Yami realized what he had said and tried to think of something quick to cover it up. "Well, I took a guess. You did say that you've never really gone out on the town before, right? I just made an assumption."
Yugi blinked, then nodded. "Okay. Gomen. That just took me by surprise."
"It's alright. Now, go ahead and go to sleep. I'll come by tomorrow, okay?"
"Hai," Yugi said, sounding sleepy again.
Yami walked out of the room and headed downstairs to his waiting friends, and they all left. Yami moved so that he was standing next to Mai.
"Mai, I need a big favor," he whispered.
"What?" she asked.
"I need you to make sure that I don't talk too much around Yugi. I just said something to him that could have put a big damper on my cover," he explained.
Mai shook her head. "You never did know when to shut up.," she sighed. "Alright. I'll keep an eye on you."
"Arigato," Yami said.
~*~*~
"That was unconvincing," Yugi thought as he lay awake in bed. He had only pretended to be sleepy again. The fact was, he was wide awake. He hated to admit it, even to himself, but he'd had a slight suspicion of Yami since he had sensed that darkness from him, and what Yami had said only heightened it.
He rolled over in bed. Why, WHY wouldn't Hikari tell him what the big secret was? He hated being left in the dark! (A/n: No pun intended.) This was leaving Yugi with an uncharacteristic feeling of determination. He wanted to know what was going on, and he intended to find out!
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Yami: (blinks)
Cherry: What?
Yami: I do not have a big mouth like that!
Cherry and Yugi: (start laughing)
Yami: WHAT?
Yugi: You do too have a big mouth! You can't keep a secret from me, anyway.
Yami: What? Yes I can!
Yugi: You mean like when Jou told you about that little problem of his that he didn't want me to know about? Or when Anzu told you she liked me? Or when Honda . . .
Yami: Okay, okay!! So I do talk a little too much to you . . .
Cherry: (laughing her ass off)