Disclaimer: I don't own 'Yu-Gi-Oh!', I'm just an obsessed fanatic, so please don't sue me.

K, I've figured out most of the pairings in this story. They will be as follows: Seto X Serenity (main pairing), Tea X Yami, Joey X Mai, Tristan X Duke.

Now people, I need your help on this. I don't if I should do Ryou X Malik; Bakura X Marik or the yami's and the hikari's, so PLEASE TELL ME WHEN YOU REVIEW!

Oh, that reminds me, thank you to everybody that reviewed. I love you all!

Serenity tried her hardest not to look at the person across from her. There was no way she'd be able to act normal if all she could concentrate on were his cold, blue eyes. Gorgeous blue eyes. Joey sat beside her, as usual, and Tristan was on her other side. By Joey's orders, she guessed. Joey was still protective of her, although she had told him many times that she was a grown woman now, able to make her own choices.

In fact, it was Joey who had made Serenity stay in their old house. When she was nineteen, over a year ago now, she had approached Joey to tell him that she had bought an apartment a few blocks down. Serenity had put away a bit of money, and had been pleased with the apartment when she'd gone to see it. It was small, only big enough for one person, but it still beat living in that dump with Joey. Joey had always had financial problems. He still couldn't hold a job, and Serenity was usually the only source of income for their house. From Serenity's two jobs, she got minimum wage. Half of that went to keep their house, and the other went to the college she was attending. Although she still managed to satisfy all her needs, Serenity still wanted to do something more then deliver gift baskets across the city in the daytime and waitress at night. And so she'd bought an apartment. When she's told Joey he had been supportive. He'd even helped her get organized. However, the day before she moved in Joey had appeared at the edge of her room and begged her to stay with him. And so Serenity, being the kind soul she was, had given in and sold her apartment and stayed with Joey.

Glancing up at Kaiba she noticed him staring at her. Blushing, she turned her gaze downward. 'What if we got married? He's so rich. I could have everything I wanted!' part of her told herself. 'What are you talking about, girl? If you haven't noticed by that ring on his finger, he's already married.' This announcement was given by another part of Serenity, a much bigger part.

Tristan could feel Serenity tensing up. Something was bothering her. But he didn't care now; he had given up on the girl long ago. For some strange reason, though, Joey still thought that he liked her. In Joey's mind, Tristan found, nothing had ever changed. Him and Duke still competed for Serenity on a daily basis and Seto Kaiba was a cold-hearted jerk. Personally, Tristan just wishes he could smack Joey on the head every now and again.

Tristan was quite surprised at the fact that Kaiba had actually even showed up. He had expected to see just Tea, alone again. 'Actually,' Tristan thought. 'It might have been better if he hadn't shown up.' Tristan was well aware of Yami's feelings for the petite brunette, even if he hadn't told Tristan himself. He could just tell by watching Yami's eyes glance at her every so often.

Then there was Duke. Tristan had hated Duke from the very beginning, and the thing with Serenity had only caused him to loath the Dungeon Dice Monsters creator even more. Now, however, it was as if something in him had changed. He seemed calmer, perhaps, or more down to earth. Whatever it was, Tristan liked it.

Ryou kept trying to make eye contact with Malik, but to no avail. He was completely involved in what his yami was saying. Or at least he appeared to be. 'Is he avoiding me?' Ryou thought. 'Or maybe he's still worried that we'll be caught...But that's ridiculous. Why should he be worried? His yami is as dumb as a doornail. I should be worried, I'm pretty sure that Bakura sees everything.'

It was indeed so. Even now, as Ryou was looking in the complete opposite direction, he could feel Bakura eyeing his hikari. Thinking back, Ryou tried to think of what had complicated this in the first place. The blame rested on Bakura, that was it. It was all his fault. He wasn't kind enough to Ryou. He was over 5000 years old, and had no idea what Ryou needed in a relationship. But then came Malik. He confided in Ryou, and it turned out that they both felt the same way about their yami's. So they started seeing each other. Secretly, of course. Neither of them had enough courage to confess their love for each other to their yami's.

Finally, Malik looked over at Ryou, focusing his violet eyes on Ryou's brown ones. Malik, recognizing Ryou's need, signaled for them to leave quietly.

Bakura sat in his chair, glaring at Marik. He thought he was so funny, cracking jokes about the time he first time he saw a coffee machine, etc. It was positively revolting. If he could have, Bakura would have killed Marik right then and there, regardless of Ryou's stupid rule about violence in a public place.

Ahh, Ryou, his beloved hikari. He thought that Bakura was so stupid. That he didn't suspect a thing after both him and Malik left the room at nearly the same time. Bakura was smart enough to realize what was going on, but for some reason could not bring himself to 'accidentally' walking into the room where the pair were located. That would confirm all his suspicions. Inside, Bakura smiled to himself. He doubted that the stupid tomb garder had figured it out. At least the thief was smarter than somebody. Or possibly everybody. It appeared as if nobody had noticed their disappearance's but him. Everyone else was to busy staring at each other.

As Mai watched Joey finish his third helping of baked potatoes, she found herself licking her lips. This scared her. Was it possible that she was falling for Joey Wheeler? She tried to shake the thoughts from her mind, but they kept coming back to her. Sure, she thought he was cute when he was younger, and he had certainly aged well, but she was eight years older than him!

This small fact scared Mai more than her feelings for Joey. She had always been beautiful, and she still was, but after she had turned thirty a year ago, all she had been concerned about was that her beauty was fading. Now thirty one, she was still panicked, but regretted everything that her worry had made her do. Like retiring from Duel Monsters, for one. She remembered that day perfectly well, when she had locked up her deck for good. Mai had been worried that to much stress from dueling would cause her to age faster. Such nonsense it was now, but there was still a small fear in the back of her mind that convinced her not to make a comeback to the game. 'Oh well, it can't be helped,' Mai tried to tell herself and went back to staring at Joey.

Seto Kaiba could feel himself blushing. He kept trying to avoid looking at Serenity, but for god's sake! She was seated right in front of him! How could he not look at her? Every now and then he would try to sneak a peek at the girl, and would find her staring at him. And then he would blush, like he was now.

'This is ridiculous,' he told himself if he found himself blushing again. All night they'd been playing this game. He kept looking up and seeing her and then they'd both look away. He was almost positive now that she knew that he'd seen her earlier today. He also found himself wondering if she had feelings for him as strong as his for her.

Just then, Yugi announced that dinner was over and everybody moved back to the living room. Kaiba took Tea by the hand and led her back to their boring corner, where he could watch everyone from the corner of his eye the rest of the night.