Characters in this story:
Bakura
Ryou
Malik- Mal-Mal
Yami
Mutou Yugi
Kaiba Seto
Jounochi Katsuya- Jou
Otogi
Honda
"Bakura talking to Ryou and via versa"
/Bakura's thoughts/
((Ryou's thoughts))
(Author's words)
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#3: The Bet. Woo You?
The next morning, when Ryou had woken up from his sleep, had gone to the bathroom and had finished dressing himself, he walked down the stairs and headed towards the kitchen. Ryou took his breakfast laying on the kitchen table, went into the living room and sat on the couch next to Yugi who was already eating his delicious breakfast.
Suddenly, there was a loud noise coming from the kitchen, which captured everyone's attention.
"Mal-Mal… Good morning!" Bakura who had just woken up, purred Malik's name. Bakura smiled happily as he hugged Malik suddenly from behind, startling him and causing him to spit out the orange juice in his mouth.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" Malik shouted with his face full of orange juice. "Eh…? Mal-Mal… Why is there orange juice all over your face?" Bakura looked at Malik innocently and confusedly. Malik saw Bakura's look and rolled his eyes. ((That's because you caused it!))
Ryou looked at Bakura and Malik who were bickering in the kitchen. ((They are so lovey-dovey this morning. That means… they really are a couple! Plus, what I saw last night… maybe Malik has confessed his love to Bakura.))
"Ah? Love birds quarreling?" Jou said smirking. He poked a sausage with a fork and ate it. "What rubbish are you talking about, Jou?" Malik said lifting an eyebrow and wiping off the orange juice from his face.
"Haha… It's normal. Newly formed couples are usually more loving than others. Just like what happened to us. Isn't that so, my honey puppy." Seto said feeding another sausage to Jou. "No… Aren't we loving now? Seto?" Jou smiled as he fed another sausage to Kaiba.
Kaiba blushed when he saw Jou's look. Both of them smiled in agreement and continued their stupid breakfast. Bakura, Malik and Ryou sweatdropped as they thought. ((These two idiotic fools...))
"Wait… What do you mean 'newly formed couples'?" Malik looked at Jou and Kaiba confusedly.
"Hehe… Stop acting, Malik. We saw everything." Honda smirked evilly at Malik who felt a chill run down his spine. Kaiba, Jou, Otogi, Yami and Yugi nodded their heads in agreement.
"W-What everything? What did you people see?" Malik was shocked at the others' responses, making him sort of nervous and more curious to know what they thought had happened.
"We… saw you…" Honda continued.
"SAW WHAT?" Malik was irritated. He shouted loudly at Honda, causing him to move back a little.
"We-saw-you-hugging-Bakuraaaa!" Honda said as fast as he could. Malik, Bakura and Ryou gasped and looked at Honda blankly.
"WHAT? You… These bunch of fools…" Malik said, gritting his teeth.
"THAT'S A MISUNDERSTANDING!" Malik shouted loudly and seriously. Everyone was surprised by Malik's sudden outburst. Their eyes opened wide and stared at him shockingly, without making a single noise. The whole kitchen and living room was quiet. You could even hear a fly buzzing. (A.N: Is that too exaggerated? SI: Nope.)
At this moment, Bakura suddenly started laughing while holding his stomach. This not only captured everyone's attention. They were shocked to hear Bakura laugh. He actually found it amusing? "Haha… That's funny. So…" Bakura hugged Malik's neck again and smiled at everyone. "Aren't you guys going to congratulate us?"
Malik looked shocked at Bakura. His face turned almost blue and his jaw nearly dropped to the floor. That's the last thing Malik expected Bakura to say. ((What the shit is this idiot thinking? He should know this whole situation better than anyone!)) Malik thought, looking at Bakura confusedly and angrily.
Everyone was surprised by Bakura's words. They didn't expect that, because Malik had been objecting and opposing earlier on, so they thought Malik didn't even like Bakura, at all.
"Yeah… Congratulations." Jou, Kaiba, Yami, Yugi, Otogi and Honda said awkwardly with their voices trembling. While on the other hand, Ryou's eyes were narrowed. He was busy thinking. ((So, I was right. But why don't I feel right? I'm feeling a bit… sad?))
Jou looked at the others, whispering. "Ryou is so pitiful. Look, he is upset. It must be because of Malik."
Kaiba: I think we should do something about it. We should pair them up.
Yugi: But, what about Bakura?
Yami: Can't you see Malik doesn't have feelings towards him?
Otogi: But, I kinda feel sorry for him.
Honda: Maybe Bakura is just playing a prank on us, like he used to do in the past, causing us lots of trouble.
Yugi: But what if Malik likes Bakura too? Maybe he's just too shy to admit it.
Jou: If it's really like that, then we will make Malik 'not shy' anymore, using our 'special ways'.
Jou said, smirking when crazy ideas started forming in his mind. The rest of them got Jou's point and smirked too.
Honda: But first, we must settle Malik with Ryou first, making sure that they both are couples…. And if we do fail, then it's Malik and Bakura's turn.
Yami: So, our plan now. Not only make Ryou gay, but also pair him up with Malik!
"Yeah!" All of them said, putting their thumbs up, nodding their heads and smiling evilly with their stupid plan as they continued their breakfast. But they didn't know that someone knew something was going wrong all along, as soon as he reached Yami and Yugi's house.
After everyone had finished their breakfast, Yami rushed down the stairs, shouting and catching everyone's attention.
"HEY… Everyone! Here's what we are going to do today." Yami flipped open a magazine he had retrieved from his room. "We are going… ah… here! The new theme park called 'Crazy Fun Theme Park'. Yami pointed at the page showing a picture of the theme park.
"Description about the 'Crazy Fun Theme Park': it has got everything you need here, everything you wanted. It even has the latest and scariest haunted house that will definitely scare you ass off. You will never regret coming." Jou read out the description of the new theme park loudly.
Ryou was curious when he heard Jou reading the description and decided to take a peek at the page in the magazine. He gasped when he saw what the theme park looked like. No wonder they named it crazy. It seemed like it really was crazy.
((What is this? This theme park is crazy. Is it really safe for people to go to?)) Ryou looked at the others who were so enthusiastic in going to it. He sighed. ((I guess… I won't be able to stay alive if I go though.))
"Wow! What is this? This really looks fun. Let's go, let's go!" Yugi said excitedly. "Yami sure has good taste in choosing places." Yugi said, giving Yami a kiss on his cheek. ((What? This looks FUN? Yami has good taste in choosing places?)) Ryou thought as he almost fainted.
"Ok, so… no objections, right?" Yami said, smiling happily at everyone. ((With that enthusiastic look Yami has on his face, how do you expect me to say no?)) Ryou sighed, but soon smiled at that thought.
All this time, Bakura had been observing Ryou. He knew what Ryou was thinking, maybe because Bakura had stayed together with Ryou for such a long time. Bakura walked towards Ryou. "You don't want to go, right? Why didn't you say it?"
Ryou turned his head around; his eyes wide open, looking at Bakura surprisingly. ((How did you know?)) This was what Ryou was thinking at that moment. Ryou pouted childishly, knowing that he couldn't hide anything from Bakura. "I didn't say it, because everyone seemed so enthusiastic about going, including you. I didn't want to disappoint everyone just because of me, besides, now I do feel like going."
Bakura smiled slightly, but soon laughed at Ryou's thinking and actions. "What are you laughing at? That's rude." Ryou said blushing, feeling a bit embarrassed and angry. Ryou continued pouting and he folded his arms. "Haha… because… of this…" Bakura pointed at Ryou's actions. "You are so cute… look so much like a kid." Ryou blushed and immediately gave Bakura a glare.
Bakura immediately stopped laughing, instead moving even closer to Ryou, looking straight into his cute eyes. Bakura smiled sweetly at him. "You are such a nice person." It made Ryou blush deeply and his heart beat faster. "Hm… Let's go! They are waiting for us." ((Why is my heart beating so fast? This is exactly like the time when we almost kissed!)) Ryou blushed at that thought again.
((Oh shit! Why am I thinking about that kissing part again? I'm not starting to feel something for that idiot… Am I?)) Ryou looked at Bakura who was busy talking to Malik and Yami. He blushed. ((I'm not going to be fooled by them! I'M NOT!))
After an hour, they finally reached the Crazy Fun theme park. Its outside-appearance was really weird. Ryou's face turned pale as he thought. ((Maybe I really shouldn't have come. Why is there a huge dinosaur popping out in the entrance with it's mouth filled with blood? Eeeep… and the blood is even dripping. It looks so real.))
"Hm…? Scared already?" Bakura smirked at Ryou when he saw his freaked out face. "No. I'm just not used to it." Ryou ignored Bakura and walked towards Malik, talking to him happily. /What's wrong with him? Is he angry with what I've said/ Bakura thought, a confused look settling on his face.
"Hehe… Look, Ryou is talking to Malik and they were even smiling and happy." Jou said, smiling sneakily at Kaiba. "Yeah… Puppy, they look like a couple. Let's get the ball rolling!" Kaiba said, looking at all of them.
"Sure! Kaiba, you will deal with the both of them. Yugi and I will think of a way to lure that troublesome Bakura away from them. Look, Bakura is staying so close to them, it would spoil our plan!" Yami said pointing at the scene in front of them as Yugi nodded his head.
"So what do I do?" Otogi said with a puzzled face.
"Hm…." All of them were thinking of something for him to do.
Suddenly, something struck Honda's mind.
He snapped his fingers and said. "Ah! Why don't we spy on Malik and Ryou?" Everyone looked surprised up at Honda. "Hey, that's a good idea." Yugi said, smiling happily.
"Leave this to the both of us." Otogi said as he held Honda's hand.
"Ok! Let's go!" Everyone said together as they lifted up their thumb again in agreement and spread out in different directions to complete their plan. (A.N: Haha… It seems like lifting their thumbs up is their motto or something.)
"Um… Hold on a minute, Kaiba." Yami stopped Kaiba and Jou halfway. "What?" Kaiba answered curiously and confusedly. "You don't mind, right? And you, Jou, since Bakura is so sexy and pretty."
"Mind what? What do you mean?" Kaiba asked confusedly. "It's like this…" Yami whispered something into Kaiba's ear while Yugi whispered into Jou's ear. "Oh…" Kaiba and Jou said at the same time. "But, why does it have to be me? Although I would mind if it were other people than Bakura and I know it will be fun." Kaiba said, figuring it to be weird.
"It's because… It will be a challenge for Bakura if the person is you. If it is somebody else, it will be too easy for him." Yami and Yugi smirked evilly at Kaiba. In return, Kaiba gave them his famous icy cool smirk. "Ya, it is more difficult if the person is me."
((Hmph… Bragging… But it's the truth. Hehe... Seto is getting interested. This is fun! But there is something fishy going on. I know Yami and Yugi too well. Guess what? They are seizing this chance to take their revenge on Seto. Seto usually treats them too badly. These two brats... They are cunning. Hehe… Although I know their plan but I'm not going to tell Seto because… It will be fun seeing Seto's reaction!)) Jou thought, smirking evilly.
(A.N: Jou, aren't you the same as Yami and Yugi? You are just as cunning.)
"This is what I like to call hitting 2 birds with one stone. Right, Yugi?" Yami said smirking and chasing after Bakura. "Yami… you are so bad…" Yugi said, lifting an eyebrow at Yami, smirking back at him. "Same for you." Yami said as he smiled and held Yugi's hands.
"WAIT… Bakura!" The two tri colour teens shouted together. Bakura, Malik and Ryou stopped and turned around, looking at them. Kaiba and Jou called for Malik and Ryou to wait too.
"Malik, Ryou, we just got these two tickets of the haunted house, but you see… We can't go now. Jou and I planned to go and have something to eat first." Kaiba said as he handed the tickets to Malik. Jou continued where Kaiba left off, smiling at Malik and Ryou all the time. "Yeah… That's right. I don't want to waste the tickets. It's a pity if nobody will be going. How about the both of you just go together?"
Malik and Ryou were looking at Kaiba and Jou like two confused ducks. Jou secretly stomped Kaiba's foot and smiled sweetly at him. "Aooww…" Kaiba suddenly screamed, startling Malik and Ryou. Kaiba looked at Jou angrily.
"Ah! We've got to be going, see you later Malik, Ryou." Jou waved goodbye and quickly pulled Kaiba off. Jou winked at Yami and Yugi and lifted his thumb up, indicating that they succeeded.
"What's going on with them?" Malik looked at Ryou confusedly. "I don't know. They look weird." Ryou shook his head and sighed. "So…" Malik looked at the tickets in his hand and looked back up at Ryou. "You wanna go?"
"Um… I don't mind though… but what about Bakura? There are only two tickets." Ryou and Malik looked at Bakura who was talking to Yami and Yugi. "Guess he's busy for the moment." Malik said disappointedly. Ryou nodded and shouted to Bakura. "Bakura… We are going to the haunted house. See you later!"
"W-What? Hold on… I'm coming too…" Bakura shouted back and just when he was about to run over to their side, Yami and Yugi both held onto Bakura's arms, stopping him from going. "Enjoy yourselves Malik, Ryou! See you later!" Yami and Yugi shouted back loudly, covering Bakura's mouth. Malik and Ryou smiled and walked towards the haunted house.
/Oh shit! They left./ Bakura thought, looking at Malik's and Ryou's backs.
"What do you want? Let go off me." Bakura snapped, pulling his arms free from their grasp. "Yami wants to play a game with you." Yugi said, smiling sweetly at Bakura.
"WHAT? You want to play game? You can play with me anytime, but why now?" Bakura said angrily, stressing the last word. "Um… If you win from Yami, you can dare him to do anything. He won't have any grudges." Yugi replied quickly, smiling evilly, thinking. ((How can you beat Yami? He doesn't own the title King Of Games for nothing.))
"Really? This is good." Bakura smiled happily at the bargain, forgetting all about his anger. When Yami saw Bakura's enthusiastic look, he smirked, thinking. ((Hehe… he's trick.))
"But… What if I lose?" Bakura said, thinking of the consequences if he lost. "It's simple. You will have to do whatever I ask you to do." Yami simply replied back.
"Ok… You're on." Bakura smiled happily and excitedly. "You will regret it, Bakura." Yami said confidently, smirking. ((You are going to lose, Bakura.)) Yami thought. ((This is to make sure our plan works.))
"Make me then." Bakura smirked and replied confidently back. ((Argh… you are getting on my nerves, Bakura… How dare you dare me. You should be the one losing!)) Yami thought angrily, almost making his hair stand up.
"Oh shit! I've lost? How could this happen?" Bakura said as he looked at the cards unbelievingly. While on the other hand, Yami smirked, thinking. ((See… told you. I never lose.)) "Bakura… don't try to go back on your words. You have to keep your promise." Yami said, looking at Yugi smirking at their ulterior motive.
"Fine… what do you want me to do then?" Bakura said restlessly. He shrugged and thought that it probably wasn't going to be something hard to do. "Bakura, what do you like to do best?" Yami questioned Bakura curiously. "Um… Let me think… Flirting and stealing." Bakura continued to answer in a restless tone. "What does this have to do with that?" Bakura snapped, looking at Yami confusedly.
"Ok. I got it." Yami looked at Bakura and smiled. "First, you will have to flirt with Kaiba. Make him say 'I love you Bakura' and record it on your cell phone so that we can hear it. Secondly… Hehe… You have to steal his underwear!" Bakura looked shocked at Yami. His eyes were open wide. He didn't expect Yami to come up with something like that. Yami smirked at Bakura's expression.
"You are kidding, aren't you?" Bakura put up a fake smile and looked at Yami who looked back seriously. "You are serious?" Bakura asked to confirm Yami's answer. Yami gave Bakura a nod to answer his question. Yami thought childishly. ((Who ask you to dare me!))
Bakura lifted his hand and slapped his forehead. "You are really crazy… How could you come up with something like that?" Bakura quickly recovered from the shock and continued saying. "But a deal is a deal… Besides, I don't mind this at all. This is what I like to do best." Bakura smiled amusedly at the two tri colour haired teens who smirked secretly back.
"Third, you only got 2 hours to take Kaiba's underwear. So… we will be meeting here again at 3.30 pm with you having Kaiba's underwear with you. Understand?" Yugi explained the details carefully with a composed look on his face.
"WHAT? Only 2 hours? That's impossible." Bakura shouted unbelievingly. "Hm…" Yami and Yugi thought for a moment. ((It really is quite difficult achieving it in 2 hours.))
Yami pointed at his watch and said. "The most we will add is another half hour. Ok? No more bargaining, Bakura." Bakura smiled happily after hearing Yami's words. "Ok. Thanks! So… it's 4.00 pm then." But Bakura's smile soon turned into a slight smirk and a curious expression. "How am I gonna prove that I have taken Kaiba's underwear? I can always buy a new pair of underwear instead of stealing the real one."
Yami and Yugi smirked, knowing too well that Bakura would ask this question. "I know you won't do that. It's a promise, right? We know that you would never break a promise. Besides, we have got our ways of knowing if it really is Kaiba's underwear."
Bakura just smiled unbelievingly at what they had said and replied. "Of course, I would never break my promise… And I WILL definitely get Kaiba's underwear!" Bakura smiled and ran quickly away as his time was running out.
"Kaiba… will be busy… right?" Yami looked at Yugi, smirking. "Yeah… Because we didn't tell him that Bakura is going to steal his underwear!" Yugi replied giggling and the both of them broke out into a full out laughter.
Meanwhile, Kaiba and Jou were in a café, busy eating. "So… Seto, Bakura is going to seduce you and make you say 'I love you'. Are you going to say that?" Jou looked at Kaiba while continuing gobbling down his food.
"Hm… I know you won't mind, right? Because, it's only a game. Besides, you are always very spotty at this kind of things." Kaiba said as he drank his coke. "Of course I won't mind." Jou said, smiling happily back. ((Cause I'll get to see how you get seduced by Bakura!))
"But it depends on how Bakura seduces me. If he is really that good… Make me, this icy cool Kaiba, say 'I love you' to other people than you... Then, I will say it. Because it's only a game and… I don't like cheating either." Kaiba said. His voice filled with excitement. "Your dignity ah?" Jou replied cutely. "Yeah…" Kaiba said as he kissed Jou's forehead.
"Malik… it's scary in here." Ryou said as his body shivered. "Um? It's quite ok for me though." Malik turned his head and looked at Ryou worriedly.
((What? The other people who went in this haunted house were screaming like that devil was chasing them and you're saying it's ok?)) Ryou thought sarcastically, looking at the crowd around him. ((It's really dark in here.)) Ryou thought as he moved closer to Malik.
Ryou lifted his fingers and brushed his hair behind his ear. Malik looked at Ryou when he did that and blushed. ((Wow… He looks so much like a girl. I kinda like him… I feel comfortable with him. Why don't I try wooing him? Hm… But Bakura likes him, right? Eh? Wait… I'm not too sure about it though, since Bakura didn't tell me whether he has confess to Ryou or not.)) Malik thought as he made up his mind.
"Ryou…" Malik said. He blushed and held Ryou's hand. "I'll hold your hand. This way, you won't feel so scared." Ryou blushed and looked down at the ground. "Um… Is there a problem with this?" Malik asked curiously and worriedly, looking at Ryou who looked uncomfortable with him holding his hand.
"No… Thanks. I don't feel so scared anymore if you hold my hand." Ryou said as he gently squeezed Malik's hand. Malik blushed, his heartbeat fastening as he entwined his fingers with Ryou's, looking just like a couple.
((Hm…? This doesn't look like gay, right? It's just friends holding hands. Malik is concerned about me. That's why he's holding my hand. There's nothing between us… There's nothing between us…)) Ryou repeated the words over and over in his mind.
Otogi took out his mobile phone and dialed Yugi's number. "Hey Yugi… It's going pretty well over here. Malik just took Ryou's hand in his and Ryou allowed him to do so. They are now walking in the haunted house with their fingers entwined." Otogi replied happily. Honda took over Otogi's phone and asked. "How about your side? What happened to Bakura?"
Yami took over Yugi's phone and continued. "He's busy now… Hehe… busy seducing Kaiba and stealing his underwear!" Yami said as he broke out into another laughing fit, laughing loudly and insanely at that thought together with Yugi.
Otogi took back his phone and continued. "Hehe… This is going to be so much fun. There's going to be trouble for Kaiba. I hope he'll be fine. You are free now, right? See what Bakura is doing! I would like to know."
"Sure! We intended to do that anyway." Yami smirked. "I'll inform you if anything else happens. So… see you later, Yami." Otogi hung up. Honda and Otogi giggled as they continued following Malik and Ryou.
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Author's Words
Hi everyone! It's been a while since I've last updated. So… how do you guys find this chapter? Special thanks to Cutie (SnowIce) my beta-reader for helping me beta-read, you are great! Of course, Xamosy, thanks for helping out in my fic. Cutie, hope you will recover soon from your illness and be really hyper again! Speedy recovery… Yeah!
Enjoy reading!
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