MD: Hiya peeps!

Malik: yawn She lives!

MD: Hey, cut me a break. I had to go to my Onii-san's graduation! He got a Master's Degree. I is proud of him.

Malik: And you couldn't start this before you left because?

MD:…..Shut up.

Bakura: has escaped from closet God it's hot in there. When I find Ryou….

Ryou: Aw, don't be mad at me Kura-chan. Pweeze? puppy eyes

Bakura: Must not look….. Damn.

Ryou:

Q&A:

Anime Crazed:

MD: Well, actually, since it translates literally as "pretty light"….he might. I'd say Malik-chan's more pretty than handsome anyway, wouldn't you?

Malik: Hey!

Sirithiliel:

MD: Yay-ness!!! hands over bag of cookies Thank you!

Silvie-chan:

MD: Hey, you got your name changed. Cool-ness. Actually, I got the ideas from a pic of Ryou wrapped up like a Christmas present. Very kawaii.

Female-Yami/Yugi:

MD: Oh, YAY! We've got a killer stock of flamethrowers to add to the pot, too.

Hey…looks at chappie The sites I gave you didn't show up! Oh well. If you really want them tell me and I'll email them to you.

DarkFlame136:

MD: hands DF a cookie Good for you! Who knows, maybe you'll finish one someday.

Firepheonixangel13:

MD: OO;;;;;;;; Oh sure. Who does that leave for me? Noa?

Noa: waves

Seto: When did HE get in here?

MD: cough Well, I got my boxed set of the Noa Arc recently, you see….which is the other reason I haven't updated….;;;;;;

Seto: glare

MD: Don't give me that look Seto-chan! He's adorable and technically he's your brother.

MD: Hey! I'm gonna make 150 reviews! Yay-ness! parties

On with the next chappie!

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Sugar-Snow

Ryou giggled at the sight of his yami, curled up in the corner of the booth, holding a cup of coffee and eyeing it warily. His tongue was also slightly out, burned reddish from heat. Hence the reason he was giving his coffee glares.

"I tried to warn you!" Ryou said, attempting to sound reprimanding and failing miserably.

"You didn't tell me it would be so damn HOT!"

"I told you to blow on it a bit first. Since you're not used to hot drinks…"

"And you are the one who said you wanted to warm up." Atemu said with a smirk.

"Shut it oh high-and-mighty one." Bakura snarled, which was more funny than threatening considering his tongue was still sticking out.

Yugi slid off his seat, laughing, and had to have Atemu help him back up, where upon he joined his Hikari in laughing hysterically at the tomb robber.

"Not funny." Bakura said sourly, turning a slight shade of pink.

"Oh, don't pout Kura-chan." Said Ryou, wiping a tear of laughter away. "You know we didn't mean it."

Bakura just stared moodily at the table ahead of them, causing the people sitting there to quickly exit the cafe. Bakura glared at them as they left for good measure.

A large pile of walking shopping bags, formerly known as Seto, caught the tail end of Bakura's glare as he entered the café. "What'd I ever do to you?" He asked before setting down the bags with a heavy sigh. "There's gotta be $600 worth of stuff here. And that's not even COUNTING all the stuff Mokuba wanted."

"Did I overdo it?" Seito asked sheepishly, resting his head on his hikari's shoulder.

"Um, maybe a little bit." Ryou said. "What are you two doing here anyway? ….Oh God, don't tell me you left Malik and Marik alone in the apartment WITH ACCESS TO SHARP OBJECTS?"

Seto sweat dropped as his yami hid behind him. Bakura had said it best once: "Ryou may be the cutest thing on the face of the planet, but Gods help the soul he's mad at."

Seito gulped. "Heh heh. Oops?"

Ryou's face darkened and the few people still left after Bakura's glaring spree decided it would be a good idea to evacuate. Right away. "How can you say 'oops'?" He stormed. "My apartment could be charred ruble right now!" He stormed out quickly, Bakura & Co. deciding to follow him and keep him from harming whatever poor individual happened to be in his way. It was amazing how very Bakura-like soft-spoken Ryou could be.

"Has he done this before?" Atemu asked breathlessly, having to take longer than normal strides due to height constraints.

"Once. It was right after his imoto died. They practically had to put the driver in the hospital, which is a big deal, considering he was about ten at the time." (A/N: Yes, I'm bending the truth here. But I needed Ryou to have the Ring by then.) Bakura said.

"Oh, and I'm sure you didn't help with that at all." Seto said sarcastically.

"Maybe I lent him a bit of my weapon skills, subconsciously…"

"That's what I thought."

"Hey, he was doing fine on his own. Trust me, it was worse then."

Yugi, who was having an even harder time keeping up than Atemu (hey, he's only 5 ft.), tripped into Bakura at that point, sending both of them toppling into the snow.

When Bakura managed to sit up, the others had a very hard time distinguishing between his hair and the snow that was melting in it. He swore as he cleared the last of it from his eyes. "Great. We lost Ryou."

"He's probably heading back to the house." Seto pointed out.

Atemu snickered. "Luckily for you he's more concerned with making sure nothing's on fire than killing you for doing something so stupid."

Meanwhile, back at said apartment, Malik and Marik were indeed burning something. The thing in question, however, was fairly harmless since the were burning them out side. I say fairly because they were firecrackers.

Malik whistled appreciatively as Marik's shot over the apartment complex in a shower of blue sparks. "Nice. But I bet I can do better."

He kneeled to pick up a fairly large green one when a deceptively cheerful voice sounded behind them. "You do know fireworks are illegal, right?"

Malik eeped and hid the mini rocket behind his back as he turned to face Ryou. "Um, Hi! I can er-"

"However," Ryou continued, cutting him off. "Since you weren't shooting them inside my house, I'll pretend I didn't see it…"He paused "And 'accidentally' tell you that there's a couple of open windows near the left side of the courtyard."

Malik smirked as Ryou walked back inside, whistling happily. Bakura was definitely a bad influence on him.

Bakura opened the front door silently, expecting to find some blood or a few broken objects at least. Instead, he was greeted with Christmas songs from the radio and a sweet smell drifting from the kitchen. Ryou peeked his head out at the sound of footsteps.

"Welcome back, you guys! I'm sorry if I sort of lost my temper at the café. So I thought I'd make lunch instead."

Malik came in at that point, completely intact and smiling devilishly, Marik in tow. "Man, that was hilarious! You should have seen their faces! Thanks for the advice, Ryou!"

Bakura raised an eyebrow quizzically, but Ryou said nothing. Bakura finally shook his head. "I probably don't want to know." He muttered.

Atemu woke early the next morning to find a large pair of violet eyes staring at his, starry eyed. "Come on!" Yugi whispered cheerfully. "It's Christmas! You can sleep later."

Atemu was about to point out that there was no Christmas in Egypt, therefore he was entitled to sleep in, but by then Yugi had dragged him into the living room. Malik clicked a stopwatch as they sat down. "10 minutes, 35 seconds. You're losing your touch Yugi."

Yugi stuck his tongue out at the Egyptian as Seto sat down with a cup of coffee, having been dragged awake by his yami. Said yami also sat down, carrying a high sugar content glass of hot chocolate. "It's cold in the mornings here." He said, yawning.

Seto sweat dropped. "Uh, yeah, that would be because it's 5:33 AM."

Ryou and Bakura, meanwhile, where still sleeping, Ryou leaning his head against Bakura's chest. He opened one eye cautiously, making sure his yami was still asleep, before slipping out the door. He recovered the dagger he'd gotten earlier from a closet, figuring it would be safer to have it with him than risk Marik finding it. There'd be blood all over it before he'd have a chance to give it to Bakura. At the same time, Bakura was also awake, having been awakened by the weight lifting from his chest. He knew Ryou was gone without even opening his eyes. Where had he gone to? It was still incredibly early. Unlike the Pharaoh, however, he was used to it. He'd spent many a day catnapping for only a few hours running from guards. Any longer than that and you risked losing a limb.

He came out of his thoughts long enough to here noise from the living room. He groaned and hid his head under the pillow. It was much to early for such noise, even if he was awake. He gave up eventually, stalking into the living room with a glare on his face. Ryou was already there with the others, sleepy but smiling. Bakura grinned. The boy always did seem to be wearing a smile.

"Well, look who's up." Atemu said, his eyes still only semi open.

"More awake than you."

"Kura-chan, could you come outside for a minute?" Ryou asked, moving towards the door. Bakura blanched at the thought of the cold air but followed him anyway.

The air in the courtyard was indeed, freezing. The wind was whipping snow through the air, making little ice showers. Bakura shivered. The sooner they were inside, the better. "So," He chattered, "Did you need to tell me something?"

Ryou nodded, holding out a small blue-and-silver wrapped parcel. "Um…This is for you 'Kura-chan."

Bakura raised an eyebrow as he took the package. "What for?"

"It's Christmas 'Kura-chan! It's tradition to give people you care about something special."

Bakura mentally hit himself. Oh shit. It wasn't exactly his fault that he hadn't been listening when Ryou had explained why they were going shopping. He had been extremely fascinated with the very expensive necklace belonging to the person next to them. Or, used to belong to him, anyway. That's it! Quietly as he could, he pulled the necklace out of his back pocket. Luckily, it wasn't too girly. Just a simple gold chain with a pale violet crystal hanging from it.

"Um, this is for you." He said awkwardly, shoving the necklace towards him.

Ryou's eyes sparkled slightly as he took it. "It's wonderful, Kura-chan!" He paused. "You didn't steal it, did you?"

Bakura just grinned sheepishly.

Ryou smiled, fastening the clasp around his neck so that it hung beside the Ring beneath his shirt. "I'll pretend I didn't hear that, just this once. Open yours!"

Bakura glanced at the smallish package, before tentatively removing the paper. He blinked once. Twice. Nope, he wasn't hallucinating. Ryou had gotten him a dagger. Ryou. And it was a nice dagger to boot. He struggled to find his voice. "W-wow, Ryou-chan. Are you sure it was you that bought this?"

"Against my better judgment. I'm glad you like it."

Meanwhile, Malik & Co. were watching the entire thing from the window. "We really shouldn't be watching this, you guys. Bakura's gonna be mad."

Malik snorted, not looking away. "Like they'll catch us. Tomb Robber's pretty dead to the rest of the world."

Atemu nodded, standing on tiptoes in an attempt to see over his cousin's shoulder. "Seito, move! You're to tall!" He glanced at Yugi. "Don't worry Aibou. They won't see us."

"Hikari-pretty never gets caught!" Marik added confidently.

Malik sweat dropped. Then an idea hit him. "Oi, Seto, hand me that mistletoe and some string…"

Ryou and Bakura stood as still as statues, not sure what to say. Bakura noticed first. "Hey, Ryou-chan, what's that above your head?"

Ryou looked up and blanched. "M-mistletoe."

"And that should mean something to me because?"

"W-well, ah,"

Malik rolled his eyes, shouting from his perch on the windowsill. "Just kiss him already!"

And Ryou did.

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And that, folks, as fluffy as I get. But it's still so adorable.

O.o 8 pages. whistles Wow. That's gotta be some kind of record for me.

MD: hums along happily to YGO Mp3

Malik: That girl is truly a ditz. Especially after fluff.

MD: But I'm a happy ditz Malik-chan! hugs

Malik: Oo

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