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Chapter Five: Strange relationships and sex talks

After Yami had run off in abject terror, the picnic lunch continued without relative incident. Bakura fought with Malik over the last piece of pie, but after Cassidy whispered something in his ear, he easily gave in, looking like he had just gotten something much better in exchange. The boys played Frisbee with Camilla while Isis, Cassidy and Tea talked on the blanket about girl stuff.

"I have never seen Bakura give up food that easily before." Isis said, referring the aforementioned pie scuffle. "What did you say to him Cassidy? Or do I even want to know?" Isis gave a sly grin and eyebrow lift in Cassidy's direction.

"I think you don't want to know, but I'll just say it's something we'll both enjoy." The three broke down in giggles.

"So Cass," Tea began slowly, not sure how to phrase her question. "How do the three of you…um…well, you know…get it on?" Cassidy giggled at her friends nervousness, poor Tea was unaccustomed to sex talks. Hanging around with those boys all the time was having a serious effect on her femininity.

"Actually, I am quite curious as well. Bakura doesn't seem the type to…shall we day, share his things." Isis sounded so professional it was almost ridiculous. Cassidy suddenly remembered that she was the only one in any sort of normal relationship…if you can call what she had with Ryou and Bakura 'normal.'

"It's a lot easier than it sounds." Cassidy replied, then thought about how to explain it. "Okay, you know how Bakura and Ryou used to share a body?" Tea and Isis nodded. "Well it's pretty much like that. They have their own bodies but they can still…I don't know, merge or whatever you call it, and become one person again. That's the way it goes most of the time."

"That's quite interesting." Isis said. "I couldn't help but notice that you said 'most of the time'. What about the rest of the time?" The sly smirk was back, looking almost out of place on Isis' gentle features. Cassidy returned with a grin of her own.

"Well, that depends on what I'm in the mood for. Or what Bakura's in the mood for." A second of silence followed as Tea and Isis figured out just what she meant…and then burst out laughing. When they had calmed down, Tea took the reins of the conversation.

"'In the mood' as in 'I've been a naughty girl, tie me to the bed and punish me' sort of thing?" It took a few seconds to get that out, as Tea was trying to still her laughter.

"Sometimes I tie him up. They both enjoy that sort of thing." A stunned silence followed.

"Wow. I didn't really peg Ryou as the bondage type."

"Yeah, no kidding. You should see some of the stuff we keep in the closet at their place." They all broke up into laughter once more, but quickly stopped as they saw the boys walking back over with Camilla in tow.

They all sat back down on the blanket, Ryou sitting close to Cassidy, an arm around her waist, and Bakura flopping down and putting his head on her lap, closing his eyes. Malik sat between Isis and Tea, leaning slightly towards Tea. Camilla sat just off the blanket, chewing contentedly on the bright green Frisbee.

"Do we really want to know what you three were in hysterics about?" Malik asked, looking pointedly at Tea, making her blush with the intensity of his gaze.

"Nothing you need to worry about brother." Isis interrupted. "It was just girl stuff."

"Speaking of girl stuff," Tea said, looking at her watch. "I have to get going. I'm baby-sitting my neighbour's daughter tonight, and I still have a few things to take care of."

"Yeah, I gotta go too." Added Cassidy. "My dad's having dinner with 'the boss', and he wants me to come as well." Cassidy didn't need to add that 'the boss' was Seto Kaiba, and that her father worked directly for him. Seeing Bakura's instant look of possessiveness and jealousy, she soothed him. "Relax, I'm only going along to keep Mokuba amused. Kaiba doesn't leaving him alone at home for some reason." Everyone heard Bakura's barely veiled muttering 'That better be all.' But they ignored it. Nobody liked Kaiba much, even though they tried to tolerate him because Mokuba asked them to…and seriously, how could anyone resist a face like his?

"Catch you later guys." Cassidy took off, with Ryou and Bakura close behind.

Tea and Isis packed up what was left of their picnic while Malik lazed around playing tug-of-war with Camilla and her Frisbee. (A/N: I did this with my friends golden retriever, Champagne…cute name, ne?) Tea picked up her basket and turned to leave.

"I'll see you tomorrow, Isis?"

"Right. Good night Tea." Tea walked away towards her house, and a minute later, when she had reached the main sidewalk, she heard barking. She turned and Camilla was bounding up to her with Malik right behind.

"Malik? What's up?" Malik held something out to her…it was Tea's purse.

"You left this behind." His tone implied that perhaps returning her purse wasn't the only reason he was there. He handed it back and stood there, silently, waiting for her to say something.

"Thanks Malik, I hadn't even realized I'd left it behind. Wow, that could've been bad…is there something else?" She asked. Malik gave a Cheshire cat sort of grin.

"Not really, but I get the feeling there's something you'd like to talk about? Perhaps something that happened this afternoon?"

Tea blushed prettily. That had been one hot kiss.

"Yeah, about that…what was that?" Malik smiled cheekily.

"That my dear, is what is known as a kiss…[mimicking a concerned look] Jesus, those boys you hang out with have really messed you up haven't they? It's a good thing you started working with my sister before you actually turned into one. It would have been awful if I couldn't see you in those cute little miniskirts anymore." Tea smacked him with her purse, lightly of course-she knew he was joking.

"Very funny. What I meant was why did you kiss me? If you had wanted to draw Yami out of hiding, you could have done something else." Malik looked thoughtful.

"True, but it wouldn't have been nearly as entertaining. Plus, nothing else would have pissed him off as much as that did."

Tea's face fell ever so slightly. Well, I should have known better than to think it was something else.

POV à Malik

"Very funny. What I meant was why did you kiss me? If you had wanted to draw Yami out of hiding, you could have done something else."

Why do I always cause a confrontation when I know I'm so bad at it? At least I'm bad at it when I can't resolve it with violence…damnit!! Okay, think man, think!!

"True, but it wouldn't have been nearly as entertaining. Plus, nothing else would have pissed him off as much as that did." Oh yeah, that worked real well. Oh crap, now she's depressed…wait, why would she be depressed? And disappointed. Does this mean she likes me?

"Oh, right. Well, I gotta get going…I'll see you later."

'Say something jackass…' Then Tea was gone. 'Never mind…idiot. You finally find a girl that actually has something resembling respect towards you, and you screw up like this.'

'Like what?'

'Like making her believe kissing her was just a way to piss off the Pharaoh.'

'But it was…I think.'

'Yeah. Exactly.'

'Wait, how do I even know she likes me.'

'Well, let's see…SHE GAVE YOU A DOG!!'

'Oh, right…Shit! I really messed that up, didn't I?'

'…great, now you catch on.'

'Crap. I gotta think about this.'

"Come on Camilla. Let's go home."

Well, I tried, hopefully I didn't mess that up too bad, I haven't been writing for a while.

And no, that wasn't Yami Malik he was talking to, it was just himself…probably his conscience…yes he does have one, it was just locked up in a closet for a few years. If you think about it, that almost sounded like a conversation between D and his left hand…of course, it would have been if D talked a little more. Does anybody know who I'm even talking about here?

This will probably be the last chapter for a little bit…I need to plan out the next few chapters, think about whether I want to put some action in here…and I don't mean action between Cassidy and the kinky Albino boys (ff.net would probably kick me off for that…maybe I'll do a separate story for that on a different site with less restrictions.)

Ciao for now…Riddick Rules!!!!

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