Title: New Kids on the Block
Rating: PG-13
Warning: Slash, AU, OOC
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Chapter Seventeen
Ryo stood behind everyone, watching as Dais and Sekhmet played a game of Dance Dance Revolution (DDR). They were playing against each other in a verses game, and currently, Dais was winning. Normally, Ryo would not wait to play, but he was still feeling week from the prior day's activities.
He doubted he could concentrate anyway. His mind was preoccupied with the conversation he had with Sage. Ryo sighed to himself, thinking that he should give Sage and Rowen a chance, or at least talk thing out with the blonde.
Ryo never thought he would find someone who would make him think twice about his actions. However, since moving and meeting Sage, things have changed. Now the blonde was usually on his mind. Most of the time he cursed himself for becoming attached the way he has.
Glancing to his left, Ryo saw Sage standing next to Rowen. Sighing, he turned and walked towards his brother, and told him he was heading towards the food court. He left the arcade with one last glance in Sage's direction.
In the food court, Ryo went and got a plate of lo-mien and some tea. He took one of the round tables that sat four people. He slowly ate his food, watching some of the people who walked through the mall.
Ryo glanced up briefly when Sage walked over and sat across from him without a word. "Where is everyone?" Ryo asked.
"They're in line for food," Sage stated.
Ryo nodded and they fell back into silence. After a few minutes, Ryo put his chopsticks down and looked up at Sage. "When we get home, can we talk?"
Sage looked up at Ryo, eyebrow raised. "You want to talk now?" he asked and Ryo nodded. "After all the times I've asked you to talk with me and you wouldn't, why should I talk to you?"
"I'm not saying you have to, I asked if we could," Ryo stated, "but if you don't want to, then fine, we don't have to talk."
Sage sighed lightly and nodded. "Fine, we'll talk when we get home."
Ryo nodded and began eating again. Slowly, everyone started making their way over. Rowen sat between Ryo and Sage, Cye between Ryo and Sage, and Kento pulled up a chair to sit between Cye and Sage. Next to them, Kale, Anubis, Sekhmet, and Dais took another round table and moved to closer to the other one.
"Hey, Ry, when you're done eating, wanna play a game of doubles DDR before we go?" Anubis asked, sipping his Sprite.
Ryo shrugged. "If we do Hysteria once, sure."
Anubis rolled his eyes. "You have some weird fascination with that song, don't you?"
Ryo nodded. "It's fun to play; even you have to admit it."
"Yeah, okay, we'll play it, but we'll play on standard. I don't have the energy to keep up with it on heavy."
"Deal," Ryo agreed, finishing his lo-mien.
"Are you sure you're feeling up to it?" Cye asked him.
Ryo nodded. "I'll be fine. I've eaten a lot in the past twenty-four hours. I feel like a damn glutton."
Dais shook his head. "Anubis was telling us about that. Your Grandmother is nice and all, but she can be really scary sometimes."
Kale nodded. "I remember when we were twelve and were playing in the field. When we weren't home in time, she came out looking for us and had to climb over all the hills and everything just to get to the field."
Sekhmet shook his head. "I never want to hear her yell again."
Anubis laughed softly. "That's how she is, and you're not even related to her, can you imagine how she is with us?"
Rowen chuckled. "I'm glad I'm not you guys. It's hard enough getting hurt and having her deal with us now."
Ryo rolled his eyes. "I think the worse was when Anubis was six, and I dared him to jump off a pier into the water below. Well, neither of us checked to see how low the water was at the time..."
"I remember that," Anubis cut in, "dislocated hip, broken ankle, fractured arm. I never thought I'd heard grandma swear in English and Japanese, but she did that day," he laughed. "I still like her reaction to your lip piercing."
"Oh Gods, I'd never heard her yell at mom before then," Ryo stated.
"What did your mom do?" Kento asked.
"Absolutely nothing," Ryo stated. "Mom didn't care what grandma thought, besides, she doesn't mind any more."
"We got away with so much shit when we were younger," Anubis commented.
"Yeah...name one other set of parents who wouldn't care that their kid nearly set the school on fire," Ryo said.
"There are none," Anubis stated, standing and taking his tray to the trash. "C'mon, Ry, we'll get our game of DDR done while everyone finishes eating." Ryo nodded, stood, threw his trash away, and then walked off with Anubis.
Kento watched them leave and chuckled softly. "You know, you'd never guess that they're rich from the way they act."
"That's because they don't act like snobby rich kids," Sekhmet stated.
"What's even better is how they turned out considering their parents don't care about what they do," Rowen stated. "My parents would kill me if I ever came home with a piercing they didn't give me permission to get."
Sage sighed, standing up from the table. "C'mon guys, I want to go watch this," he muttered, walking towards the arcade.
Rowen got up and followed Sage, allowing Kento to finish what was on his plate. "What's wrong with you?" he asked.
Sage sighed, shaking his head. "Ryo wants to talk once we get home... and I'm not sure if I really want to talk to him right now."
"What did you tell Ryo?" Rowen inquired.
"I said he could come over so we could talk," Sage answered.
"Then you must have something to say to him," Rowen stated, ignoring the look Sage was giving him. "You do! If you didn't want to talk to him, you wouldn't have told him it was okay to come over!"
Sage sighed again. "Yeah, I know," he muttered.
Rowen smiled knowingly, "You fell for him, didn't you?"
"Rowen, shut up," the blonde muttered. "I don't want to talk about it."
Rowen smiled softly. "Admit it," he ordered, poking Sage's side.
"Don't poke me," Sage grumbled.
"Would you prefer I kiss you?" Rowen questioned.
Sage blushed slightly. "Not here in the middle of the mall."
Rowen grinned, leaning in close to Sage's ear. "So...I guess a blowjob is out of the question," he whispered. Sage turned bright red, his head snapping in the other teens directions. Rowen grinned, stealing a quick kiss from Sage. "I win!"
Glaring, Sage shoved Rowen away. "You really need to stay away from Kale," he muttered, the color slowly draining from his cheeks.
"Hey, you two want to not do that in public," Sekhmet commented.
Sage glared at Sekhmet, wishing he had something to throw at the other boy, "Shut up, Sekhmet, before I remove something."
"You've been awfully moody today, what's wrong?" Kale asked.
Sage sighed. "it's nothing," he muttered.
Dais rolled his eyes. "Don't take your sexual frustrations out on us because you can't get Ryo into bed," he told the blonde.
"What!?" Kale exclaimed. "Sage, when did you turn into a whore!?"
"I'm not a whore!" Sage snapped.
Kento laughed. "Mia's going to be pissed when she finds out you're moving in on her man," he joked.
Sage rolled his eyes. "She couldn't get him. You saw how he reacted when he found out she liked him."
Cye smiled slightly. "Sure, try to play it off as nothing..."
Sane turned back to the brunette, glaring. "So, what have you and Kento been doing in your room?"
Cye blushed a deep pink. "Wow, I've never seen out human fish turn that color," Sekhmet teased.
Growling, Cye back handed Sekhmet in the gut. "Thanks a lot, Sage," he muttered.
"You're quiet welcome," Sage declared, walking into the arcade with Rowen.
In the arcade, Ryo and Anubis were at the DDR machine. They had just finished the first song, End of the Century, and were looking over thier results. They decided to play a verses game instead, and so far, Ryo was winning. Anubis would have done better, but he got ahead of the beat of the music.
Everyone walked over as Ryo choose Hysteria, and put it on the hard level. Anubis followed Ryo's lead, choosing the hard leve as well. The two of them started the next round, legs flying to hit the arrows at the right time.
Sage and Kale stood there, watching as the other set of twins dueled each other to see who was better at the dance. They both passed the one hundred combo mark. Both kept going, wanting to beat the other, but each had their problems. Playing Hysteria on hard was not the easiest thing in the world to do.
The second song came to an end, and both brothers were panting heavily, trying to catch their breath. Ryo did not do as well as he normally does, and now, Anubis was winning. Grinning, Anubis picked the last song, Ninzaburo. Ryo rolled his eyes, but was more then happy to play the song. In truth, he rather enjoyed the tribal style song.
After a few more minutes, the song ended, and their scores were shown. They had tied for their overall grades, but one the three grades were averaged, Ryo had won. The red-haired teen didn't care much, since he had gotten over playing DDR competitively. They stepped off the machine, and the people who were waiting got on, and began their game.
"C'mon, we need to be heading back," Cye stated.
"Yeah, I have homework to finish," Kento added.
"You still haven't done your homework!?" Rowen scolded.
Kento shook his head. "I've been too lazy, and we've done too much stuff this weekend for me to actually work on it!"
"That's not an excuse!" Rowen stated.
Cye rolled his eyes. "Let's just go, that way he can do it!" he stated.
Kale nodded. "If you want to leave, then just start walking away," he commented, walking off with Anubis, Sekhmet, and Dais. Ryo and Sage followed out after them, neither wanting to hear the other three rant at each other. With one last glare to each other, Rowen, Cye, and Kento walked out, following Ryo and Sage to Ryo's car.