Hiya! Here I am with my newest chapter. I'm so glad that I've finally decided to start a proper story, but don't think I'm done with my one-shots! No way! They're like my little babies, kinda like Mini Joe and Mini Tris, right guys?
Mini Joey: Yep!
Mini Tristan: Of course!
Such well behaved muses. You two did well. My story is coming together very well in my mind and watching the actually Big Brother on TV really seems to help, so watch out for more crazy tasks, wacky contests and strange happenings in the Little Sister house.
Mini Joey: LilyBob doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh or Big Brother, but she would really like to own Dermott from Big Brother's Little Brother. I agree! He's cute!
Mini Tristan: There is shounen-ai in this story as well, which is boy on boy stuff so all those with weak hearts that can't handle it should leave. LilyBob's insurance won't cover heart attacks. You've been warned.
Alright! Commence story!
"BLAH" – Serenity
"BLAH" – Mai
"BLAH" – Ishizu
"BLAH" – Téa
Yu-Gi-Oh
Big Brother's Little Sister
Chapter Two – Day One
It was very early in the morning when the first housemate woke up. Wearily, he pulled himself out of bed, placed his feet into the slippers he'd placed by the side of his bed and shuffled out of the bedroom.
Someone snorted quietly in their sleep, but other than that, no one made a noise.
The early bird blinked repeatedly when the kitchen lights automatically came on, and then continued over to the fridge. He opened the door as quietly as possible and had a good look inside.
None of the other boys had actually opened the fridge the previous night, leaving it still full of the various foods Little Sister had placed in it for the boys.
Grabbing a carton of fresh orange juice, the boy casually swept his hair out of his face with the back of his hand and began searching through some of the cupboards, trying to find a glass. Finally, finding one, ironically, at the back of the last cupboard he looked in, he poured the juice into the glass, replaced the carton and headed out into the garden.
It looked like the start of a beautiful day. Sunlight spilled over the grass and made the pool shimmer and sparkle. Unfortunately, it was spoiled slightly when another of the housemates skidded across the kitchen floor and ran outside.
"Ryou!"
Ryou looked up from his glass of juice as he continued to dip his now slipper-less feet in the cool pool water.
"What?" Ryou asked with a smile.
Yugi smiled back and came over to sit next to his friend.
"Sorry. I just woke up and your bed was empty. Now that the girl's have taken over the house, we have no idea what they'll do to us," Yugi explained, putting his own bare feet into the water too. "Wow. Looks like today's gonna be hot."
"Yeah," answered Ryou before taking another sip of his drink.
"How come you're up so early?" Yugi asked, gently kicking the water to make ripples flow across the surface of the pool.
"Force of habit. I usually get up early to make breakfast for me and Bakura. He's not a morning person."
"Great, and we gonna have to put up with grumpy Bakura, perky Joey, in need of caffeine Yami, half asleep Tristan, hair obsessed Duke, hung over Malik and Marik, and…well…Kaiba."
Ryou laughed quietly and looked up at the blue sky.
"What have we gotten ourselves into?" he asked, turning back to Yugi with a bright smile.
"Ummm…Yugi?"
Both Yugi and Ryou were surprised to see anyone else up, let alone a very tired looking Yami with his hair sticking out in all directions.
"Hi, Yami. What are you doing up?" Yugi asked, patting the decking next to him, indicating that he wanted Yami to sit with them.
Yami did just that and flopped down next to the two other boys, leaning against Yugi as he yawned loudly and ran his fingers through his hair.
"Nothing. I just wanted to know where you'd gone," answered Yami, yawning again.
"Hang on," said Yugi before he stood up, causing Yami to nearly fall over without Yugi to hold him up, and went back into the house.
Ryou smiled at Yami and continued to swirl his feet around in the water.
"How can anyone get up at this time?" Yami muttered to himself.
"Well, why are you up then if you're still tired?"
"I don't trust Yugi on his own," Yami replied simply. "I feel better knowing where he is. If you didn't know, he does have to tendency to get into trouble a lot."
"Oh, I noticed," said Ryou, laughing slightly.
They stopped talking when Yugi reappeared carrying three cups of coffee and a hairbrush. He handed a cup to Yami and one to Ryou, then sat behind Yami and started to brush his hair back into something that resembled his dark side's usual hair style.
Yami happily accepted his coffee and began drinking it thirstily while Ryou watched in awe of the Pharaoh's unusual morning activities.
They sat in silence for a while as Yugi continued to brush, Yami continued to drink and Ryou gazed happily at the clouds drifting over head.
It didn't take long for the other housemates to wake up since Little Sister decided that it was necessary to play the sound of a loud alarm clock to get them all out of bed.
Duke was the first one up. He got up, stretched, grabbed a small bag of unknown things and a towel from his suitcase, and then walked casually out of the bedroom in just his pyjamas shorts since he disposed of his shirt during the night as if he was used to this sort of wake up call.
No sooner had the door to the bedroom closed; Joey woke up with a startled cry as he fell out of bed, still wrapped in his bedcovers.
"Very graceful, mutt," said Seto as he observed the blonde from his own bed while Tristan and Bakura sat up, rubbing the sleep out of their eyes.
Surprisingly, Joey didn't make his usual remark at Seto's insult. Instead, he stuck out his tongue and ran into the main room with his bedcover flying behind him like a cape.
"Sorry Kaiba," said Tristan with a grin. "Joey's a morning person. A very perky morning person. You won't be able to get a good fight out of him until just before midday."
Seto growled and pulled back the covers so that he could also get up. He walked slowly out of the room with Tristan and Bakura behind him and met Yugi and Ryou at the kitchen counter.
Luckily for them, Yugi had made more cups of coffee with Ryou's help and the three late risers all gladly took a cup.
Yugi suddenly looked up at the ceiling as if he could see something, then turned back to his friends and asked, "Why is the alarm still going off?"
"Tomb Keeper and his Hikari are still asleep," answered Bakura, jerking a thumb over his shoulder in the direction of the bedroom.
The five boys looked at each other before Ryou sighed.
"Fine. I'll go wake them up."
As Ryou went off to pry the two Egyptians out of bed, there was squeal from outside.
Yugi, Tristan, Seto and Bakura went out to investigate, Seto and Bakura still nursing a cup of coffee each, and what they saw caused all four of them to fight back laughter.
Duke was standing naked, and soaking wet, next to one of the showers that, from the looks of the wet floor beneath it, had been recently used. Luckily, he still had foam covering parts of him so that he wasn't completely indecent. He was glaring viciously at Joey who was standing in the middle of the lawn holding a hose pipe as well as Duke's towel and shorts.
Yami had been casually leaning against the glass wall of the living room, but he came over when he saw the others approach.
"Give that back!" Duke cried, his fists clenched by his sides as he took a step towards the duo.
"No you don't!" said Joey with a huge grin. "Come any closer and I'll spray you with the hose. You don't want all your fans to see you completely naked, do you?"
As if to prove his point, Joey sprayed some water at Duke's feet, making him jump back slightly.
"I doubt they'll mind, but still, give me my towel back!"
"If you didn't want to be seen naked, why did you strip down to use the shower?" asked Yugi curiously. "And Yami, why didn't you help Duke?"
Yami shrugged causing Duke to glare at him, then at Yugi, although he was starting to blush when he realised so many of the housemates were watching him.
"Hey! A guy's gotta wash!"
He gasped suddenly when a blast of water was shot at him. Spluttering and trying to stop the water from getting in his face, he ran off across the garden and jumped straight into the pool to hide his nakedness.
The others laughed at this, but luckily for the game creator, Yugi and Tristan managed to round Joey up and took away the hose.
Tristan slowly made his way over to the pool with a grin on his face and passed the towel back to Duke who was sulking with most of his head underwater to hide his embarrassment.
"Here. You might want this back," said Tristan, still laughing slightly, but his amusement at his friend's predicament faded as he watched the black-haired boy climb out of the pool, wrapping the towel firmly around his waist as he did, then walked back into the house, pouting.
He started after him, but was surprised to feel a hand descend upon his shoulder.
"Let him go, Tristan," said Yugi with a shake of his head when the taller brunette turned to face the duellist. "His pride is hurt. Going after him now will only damage it even more. Trust me, I know."
Tristan chuckled when Yugi discretely pointed at Yami who was infamously known for being the worst loser when it came to game. Not that he lost that often.
The King of Games was currently shouting at Bakura and Seto after Bakura had tried to challenge him to a swimming contest, and Seto had asked him if he was afraid when he refused.
"How dare you suggest that I am afraid! I could swim circles around you two!"
"Don't make promises you can't keep, Pharaoh," answered Bakura with his ever present evil grin.
"Shut up Bakura…"
"Yami, could you come over here for a moment?" interrupted Yugi urgently.
Yami growled, but slowly walked over to where his Hikari was standing with Tristan and a now considerably calmer Joey.
"What?"
"Just ignore them, Yami. They're just doing this to spite you. Ignore them," Yugi said, patting him on his arm in an attempt to sooth Yami's raging pride.
Luckily it worked and after glaring at his two rivals for a moment, Yami nodded and headed back into the house.
Yugi grinned at Tristan and Joey, then they all followed him so that they could finally have some breakfast.
Joey and Tristan decided they would be the ones to make the breakfast and as no one else really felt like cooking, they all agreed.
Just as they were serving their only slightly burnt sausages, bacon and eggs, the morning alarm that had been going off for the past hour stopped at last, which was a relief to everyone's ears, then Ryou, Malik and Marik finally appeared from out of the bedroom.
Both of the Egyptians looked exhausted and appeared to still be half asleep.
"It took you this long to wake up those two?" exclaimed Yugi in awe.
"You wouldn't believe the amount of noise these two could sleep through, but luckily, setting the ends of their bed sheets on fire worked," answered Ryou with a grin, then he tossed a small gold lighter to Bakura who caught it expertly.
"How'd you get this, Hikari?" asked Bakura, studying the lighter for a moment before he looked up at Ryou with a curious look on his face.
"I kinda…borrowed it without asking," Ryou reluctantly revealed, nervously wringing his hands behind his back. "I didn't want any unfortunate incidents involving you and fire, and it was just sitting there in your pocket. I hope you don't mind."
Bakura looked from his lighter, then back to Ryou again. Finally, he smiled slightly and pocketed the small object.
"Whoa! Ryou stealing!" cried Joey in shock.
"That's my Hikari," said Bakura making Ryou blush.
"Whatever next? Bakura being polite?" Tristan speculated with a grin.
"That would be a first," Yami said, smiling into his second cup of coffee.
Bakura growled as Ryou sat next to him, chuckling lightly. He stabbed at his sausage in anger, spearing it on the end of his fork and began to chew moodily. Suddenly, he made a face of disgust and nearly spat the food out.
"What the hell was that?" he cried, taking a long gulp of his coffee to get rid of the taste.
"A sausage. What else?" asked Joey.
"It tasted more like charcoal!"
Pouting slightly at the insult, Joey took a bite of his own breakfast. His eyes widened slightly, but he managed to swallow the mouthful.
"Uck! Ok, maybe someone else should cook breakfast next time," he said, his face tinged a light green.
"Hey! My eggs and my bacon are fine!" Tristan countered. "It's your damn sausages!"
Silence fell over the group, disturbed only by the noise of eating, the metallic scraping of cutlery across plates, avoiding the sausages like the plague, and the occasional, "Could you pass me the…" that made up a mostly normal breakfast.
They'd all nearly finished when the last member of their group finally decided to grace them with his presence. Now fully clothed in a loose pair of blue jeans that hugged him hips and a tight white shirt with his hair loose, and dry, around his face in long black curls, Duke sat in the remaining chair and began to pick at the food in front of him.
"Urm…Duke? I'm sorry about before with the hose," Joey apologised, rubbing the back of his neck nervously. "I hadn't had my first cup of coffee and I'm usually not all there until I've had one."
"Joey, you're not all there whether you've had a cup of coffee or not," said Seto with a smirk, but he shut up when Yami gave him a warning glare.
"Anyway, yeah, I'm sorry."
Duke looked up as if just noticing that there were others in the room apart from him.
"Oh, it's ok," he answered, a little too distractedly.
Joey's jaw dropped along with Yugi, Yami, Tristan and Ryou's. They all knew Duke could really hold a grudge if he wanted to and this seemed the perfect time for him to do so. So, why wasn't he angrier at Joey?
"Oh…ok. Thanks, I think," answered Joey, smiling at the black-haired teen.
As Duke continued to slowly eat his breakfast, Tristan found himself watching the game creator out of the corner of his eye. He couldn't help but notice that Duke had a thoughtful look on his face and he kept glancing at Joey. Confused by his unusual behaviour, Tristan let his gaze wander down the line of boys until it reached Marik.
"Urm…" he started, turning his hardest to keep a straight face. "Is there any reason why Marik is wearing pink girl's pyjamas?"
Everyone's attention immediately turned to Marik who looked down at himself and screamed before running back into the bedroom.
"Oh, I was wondering about that too," said Ryou as he got up and tried to hide the food that he dumping into the bin from Joey.
Malik shook his head in dismay at his Yami's weird behaviour and got up to follow him with Bakura and Yami.
They found the evil spirit pulling random clothes out of his suitcase in desperation, causing a large mess on the floor.
"Marik? What are you doing?" asked Malik, rushing over to his Yami and grabbing his hands to stop him.
"These…these aren't the clothes I packed!" Marik cried as he patted away Malik's hands and searched for anything in his bag that was actually his. "My capes…my jewellery…my weapons of mass destruction…all gone!"
"Excuse me! You're…weapons of what?" asked Yami, crossing his arms over his chest as he did so.
"Oh! Did I say that? I meant my…urm…teddy bear?"
Yami sighed and went back into the main room while Bakura gaped at his friend.
"You're…teddy bear?"
Needless to say, Bakura's shock was ignored as the two platinum blondes continued their conversation.
"Are you sure? You didn't exactly pack. Ishizu did, so she might have packed some clothes that you have, but you just never wear," said Malik calmly.
"You think I'd wear something like this?" Marik cried, pulling a tiny denim skirt and a pink mid-riff top out of the suitcase while he glared angrily from the clothes to Malik to Bakura who'd taken it upon himself to hold up a baby blue boob-tube against Marik's chest.
Malik grinned and had a look through the pile of other girl clothes on the floor.
"Well, you can't say you wouldn't look nice…"
"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!"
"THIS IS LITTLE SISTER. COULD MARIK PLEASE COME TO THE DIARY ROOM?"
Growling loudly, Marik released his hands from around his Hikari's neck and reluctantly headed through the main room and into the diary room, ignoring the laughter coming from the other boys when he realised that he still hadn't changed out of the pink pyjamas. He flung the door open in a rage and threw himself down on the chair, his face contorted into a frown.
"HELLO MARIK."
"Ishizu! Why is my bag full of girlie clothes, sister? What the hell is going on?" Marik cried angrily.
"WELL, WE ALL THOUGHT THAT SINCE THE HOUSE WAS FULL OF BOYS THIS YEAR, THE PRESENCE OF A GIRL WAS REQUIRED. YOU WERE CHOSEN TO PLAY THIS PART, SO WE REPLACED YOUR CLOTHES WITH A MIXTURE OF MINE, TÉA, MAI AND SERENITY'S. WE HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY…EXPERIMENTING WITH THE CLOTHES WE'VE GIVEN YOU."
Marik growled again when he heard several girls giggling over the microphone, making his temper rise.
"This isn't fair! Why should I have to take part in one of your disturbing little tasks? I'll go naked if I have to because I'm not putting on any of those girlie clothes!"
He stood up and began to walk of the room.
"MARIK, LITTLE SISTER WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT VIOLENCE IS NOT PERMITTED IN THE HOUSE. ANYMORE FIGHTING WILL RESULT IN YOU BEING THROWN OUT OF THE HOUSE. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?"
"Yes," was the muttered reply along with a lot of Egyptian curses.
"OH, ONE LAST THING," said Ishizu, causing Marik to glare over his shoulder. "WE MUST SAY, YOU LOOK VERY NICE IN PINK!"
Marik made a rude gesture towards the camera that Bakura had taught him, then walked out of the diary room and went straight back into the bedroom to sulk under his bed covers.
Since breakfast was officially over, Ryou and Yugi offered to wash up while the others got dressed.
Seto immediately grabbed some clothes and shut himself in the small bathroom connected to the bedroom to have a little privacy, and Tristan, Yami and Joey headed outside with their towels for showers, but not before making everyone promise to not disturb anyone if they were having a shower and not to shower naked in the future.
Duke blushed at this last part, but agreed none the less.
When the three freshly cleaned boys returned, Bakura and Malik were still in their pyjamas, trying to coax Marik out from his bed, Yugi and Ryou had finished the washing up and were getting dressed by their beds, Duke looked like he was reading a book on his bed, but he was actually staring at the ceiling, deep in thought, and Seto was still in the bathroom.
Once Tristan had put on his faded ripped jeans and his dark blue vest top, Joey had put on his usual blue jeans and white shirt, minus the jacket, and Yami had finally put on leather trousers and skin tight black vest with his vast amount of gold jewellery, they decided that since none of them could really say they'd want to wear what the girls had given Marik, they each offered to lend the spirit some of their own clothes that they weren't going to wearing today, but Marik frowned when he was given a mixture of leather, sporty, baggy and tight fitting clothes.
"I'm sure gonna have a strange outfit if I put all these clothes together, but thank you anyway," Marik said in his most sincere voice. "Well, thanks to most of you."
Yami rolled his eyes when he saw Marik direct a smirk in his direction.
"I'll just have to make do. Anyway, this might be fun," he continued, picking up one of Yami's leather collars
Their conversation stopped as the bathroom door opened and Seto came out wearing, to everyone's surprise, a pair of comfortable black jeans and a plain white shirt. Never before had he looked so…normal.
All eyes were on Seto as he walked out of the room, and after a short pause, they all followed him.
"Whoa! Kaiba! It's good to finally see you out of those suits and trench coats," Joey admitted, watching the CEO take a seat on one of the stools at the kitchen counter and start making another dup of coffee.
"Then you obviously need a new hobby if all you've been doing for the past few years if wait for me to wear my normal clothes in front of you," Seto answered sarcastically. "I don't always wear suits, mutt. I do own some clothes like this."
Yugi and Ryou blinked at the brunette in surprise, but said nothing, then went back into the bedroom to get dressed themselves with Bakura, Malik and Marik.
Tristan and Joey sat down on a couple of the circular seats, still staring at Seto, but it wasn't long before the attention switched to Tristan and Yami instead.
"You hair!" Joey cried, pointing at Tristan's head before he turned to Yami who was leaning against the counter next to Seto with yet another cup of coffee. "Your hair too! What the hell is going on in this house?"
Since the bathroom had been taken over by Seto, after they'd had showers, neither Tristan or Yami had been able to restyle their wet hair and had, therefore, left it to dry naturally.
Tristan's hair was no longer up in a spike. Instead, it hung around his shoulders in long chocolate brown waves, bound in place by a red bandana, which make him look a bit like a surfer.
Yami's hair also wasn't in his usual spikes and he'd pulled his hair back into a loose ponytail, leaving only his blonde bangs free at the front, which drooped over his face while the rest of his hair was a mess of scarlet and black streaks.
When he saw Tristan's hair, Duke very nearly spat out the water he'd been drinking and started to laugh.
"Tristan! I miss the spike, but I have to say you look better with your hair down," he said, coming over to the chairs where the two boys were sitting to ruffle his hair.
"Hey! Stop it you weirdo!" Tristan cried as he patted his hair back down and re-adjusted his bandana. "But thanks, I guess."
Duke grinned and sat down next to him and Joey.
"So, what do ya think we'll have to do today?" asked Yugi as he came back into the main room with Ryou and Bakura, all of them fully dressed.
Yugi was wearing a similar outfit to Yami except with less jewellery, and Ryou and Bakura wearing the same clothes as each other, a pair of khaki trousers with a white sleeveless vest and a light blue shirt on top.
"It's our first full day here, Yug," answered Joey. "This basically means we all get a day off to get to know everyone and get used to the house. But since those four girls are running the show, there's no telling what they'll make us do."
Tristan and Duke nodded next to him.
There was a short pause before all three boys jumped up, disposed of their shirts and ran outside in the direction of the pool.
All Yugi, Yami and Ryou could do was stare while Bakura ignored them completely, finding it more fun to flick his recovered lighter on and off, and Seto shook his head and placed his cup on the draining board.
"Idiots," he muttered, but he couldn't help smile at the mad antics of the trio.
"So, how do I look?"
Yugi, Ryou, Bakura and Yami turned to see who'd spoken, and Seto, after merely glanced at the boy out of the corner of his eye, walked off into the garden too, saying something about him being surrounded by fools.
Marik was standing next to a grinning Malik in front of the bedroom door. He'd finally managed to put together a strange outfit for a laugh, and also since Malik had promised to teach him how to properly ride his motorcycle when they got out of the house. He was blushing uncharacteristically, but still managed a large smile as he pranced across the room in a one of Tristan's football jerseys, a pair of Yami's leather trousers and, for some reason, he'd allowed Malik to tie his hair into two bunches on either side of his head to make his weird outfit complete.
Malik were chuckling behind his Yami's back, now dressed in his usual purple mid-riff top and beige cargo pants.
The others were lost for words.
"I…urm…I…urm…" Yugi stuttered.
"You…look…urm…nice…Marik," Ryou finally managed to get out.
Marik glowered at the two other Yamis, however, since both of them were almost on the floor, laughing hysterically.
"Oh, shut up!" he shouted, before he stomped out into the garden where he was met with more laughter and ridicule from those in the pool area.
"Well, at least we can't say that he's not creative," said Yugi with a smile, making everyone in the main room start laughing again.
Later that morning, just before midday, all the housemates had decided that the weather was nice enough for them all to hang around in the garden. The sun was still shinning, making the grass and pool water warm. It was basically the best weather for sunbathing.
Seto, Yami, Bakura and Marik were lying on the grass, bare-chested and soaking in as much sun light as possible.
The three Hikari's were chatting on the outdoor deck chairs, sipping cool drinks and basically taking it easy.
The final three boys, Joey, Tristan and Duke, were splashing each other and, occasionally, just talking in the pool.
"Joey, Tristan, I was wondering, why did you decide to come on Big Brother?" Duke asked the blonde suddenly, leaning against the side of pool as he shook water out of his long hair.
The other two boys stopped splashing each other for a moment to look up at Duke curiously.
"What do you mean?" Tristan enquired, swimming over to float next to Duke with Joey next to him.
"Well, when we first came into the house and the girls revealed what was really going on in the house this year, I told everyone that I was in here to show everyone that I wasn't just a pretty face." Smiling as the two boys groaned at his last comment he continued, "I wanted people to know that I have a personality too. Not many know that. They think I'm a stuck up brat who hates it when I don't get my own way."
"Duke, you are a stuck up brat who hates it when you don't get your own way," replied Joey.
Duke frowned instantly and sent a wave of water over Joey's head while the blonde laughed merrily with Tristan.
"But you're also a very logical person. You always try to see every side to a problem before you attempt anything," said Tristan. "Joey and I have never been good at that. You're smart, practical and you know how to handle any type of person. That's why we like you, idiot."
The black-haired boy sunk under the water slightly to hide his blush, and then jumped back up again with a huge smile.
"So, why did you two decide to come in?"
Joey and Tristan looked at one another before Joey began to explain first.
"Well, it's not like I need the money or anything. Duelist Kingdom allowed me to pay for Serenity's operation and she's fine now, so, it wasn't for riches. What I really want to do is make a name for myself. I came second in Duelist Kingdom and fourth in Battle City, but no one really knows my name. I needed to do something out of the ordinary and when I saw the advertisement for Big Brother I thought this would be my big chance. That why I did it," Joey finished with a shrug.
Duke had his mouth wide open in shock since he'd never really heard Joey speak so passionately about that sort of thing before, but Tristan, having listened to Joey whine and moan for most of his childhood, knew about Joey desire to be noticed by everyone and smiled when he heard his friend's reason. Having gone through his parents divorce was obviously stressful on the blonde and it was hard to gain attention from a father who was too upset over losing his wife and daughter to understand.
Looking up when he felt two pairs of eyes staring at him, Tristan said, "Me, I had to get away from my family. They're not very impressed with my outlook on life at the moment. I'm continuously told that getting bad grades, skipping school to go to tournaments with Yug and Joey, and nearly breaking my neck riding my motorbike isn't how I get ahead in life. They want me to be a doctor or a lawyer, of all things, and I can't deal with all the pressure. So, I entered this competition and hoped I'd get in. When I got a letter saying I was accepted into the house, I simply got up and left, leaving them a note saying where I was."
Joey had to admit, Tristan's story was much more interesting than his and as he watched his friend he was surprised to see him brush his hand over his eyes as if he was hiding a stray tear.
The tension that had descended on them was suddenly swept away though when Tristan dived underwater in a flurry of bubbles.
When he resurfaced, a grin was fixed on his face and he happily cried, "Well? Are we gonna relax or tell boring stories all day?"
"Hang on," Duke said as he looked over at the others in the small garden. "Hey, guys! Why did you all decide to come into the Big Brother house?"
Everyone looked lazily over at Duke.
"Mokuba made me," answered Seto.
"Ishizu," said both Malik and Marik together.
"Téa," replied Yugi and Yami in a similar way to the two Egyptians.
"Ryou made me," Bakura grumbled, crossing his arms across his chest as he glared at his Hikari.
"I thought it would be interesting to get to know some new people," Ryou said. "But I guess I just get to know my friends a bit better."
Duke nodded at each one of the answers, and then turned back to Tristan.
"Ok, I'm good now."
He jumped after Tristan and pulled them both under the water before Joey leapt on both of them and they started to screech and cry as they splashed each other.
At the other side of the garden, Seto lay back down and shut his eyes.
"Idiots," he muttered to himself.
He knew it would happen, after all, he was staying in a house with Joey Wheeler and his annoying friends, but he never expected it to happen so soon.
It started with one drop of water that splashed on to the centre of his chest, enough to make him open his eyes slightly as a jet of the cool liquid covered every inch of his body in tiny droplets, all of which shone in the sunlight.
As soon as the water stopped, Seto was finally able to see his attacker and, to his complete shock, he found Yugi, Ryou and Malik standing over him wearing very smug smiles and holding the hose that Joey had been using that morning.
"What was that for?" he asked, furious that it was these three who has soaked him and not Joey.
"We thought you might have wanted to cool down," answered Yugi, happy that he finally had a chance to look down on Seto Kaiba.
"It is a rather hot day after all," continued Ryou as Malik stepped in between him and Yugi to put his arms around both of their shoulders.
"Yeah, and it's not like you didn't enjoy it really," Malik finished, leaning forward and getting directly into Seto's angry face.
The brunette stood up silently and began to walk over to the deck chairs where a pile of towels lay. At the last moment, he turned and quickly grabbed the hose. It didn't take him long to start spraying the three Hikaris with water and end up chasing them around the garden, resulting in getting most of the others wet as well.
Joey, Tristan and Duke instantly joined in by splashing anyone who came near the pool as well as Yami, Bakura and Marik, who'd, uncharacteristically, avoided joining in and had remained sitting on the grass instead.
They didn't appreciate it, however, when a badly aimed jet of water completely soaked all of them, courtesy of Seto.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing?" cried Bakura as the three spirits stood up.
Everyone paused to stare at the fuming Bakura, the furious Marik and the mildly infuriated Yami.
Suddenly, water shot out of the hose and hit Bakura right in the face, forcing him backwards until he tripped and fell back onto the grass.
Luckily, he didn't see who had done this and, by the time he'd stopped coughing and had wiped the water out of his eyes, Malik and Yugi had quickly passed the hose from a smirking Seto to a startled Ryou, and then ran over to hide behind their Yami's.
"Ryou! You did this?" Bakura roared, jumping up and advancing on his smaller double.
"I…urm…now…Bakura…it's not…it's not what it looks like…I didn't…I wouldn't…" Ryou mumbled, unable to put together a proper sentence as he slowly backed away from the angry Bakura.
Bakura gave a loud cry, and then began to chase after his Hikari who rushed off, still holding the hose.
It didn't take long for the hose to get tangled around the chairs, the plants and the other housemates. Unfortunately, neither of the running boys were able to avoid the jumbled hose pipe for long.
Ryou went first. He tripped over the hose and fell forward towards the pool. He was closely followed by Bakura who'd dived after his Hikari with enough force to send them both headfirst into the water.
Joey, Tristan and Duke dived down after them, and soon both boys were above water again, breathing heavily against the side of the pool.
"Ok, what happened there?" asked Yugi as he pulled Ryou out of the water and Yami pulled out Bakura.
"Well, first, Kaiba had the hose, so we can only assume he was the one to spray Bakura in the first place," Joey replied with a grin.
He hauled himself out of the pool too with Tristan and Duke, and was almost instantly grabbed by Seto and lifted up by the scruff of neck in a similar way to what had happened the previous day.
"Seriously Kaiba, violence is never the answer," said the blonde.
"That's true, but I can make an exception for you," Seto growled.
He lowered Joey slightly, and then threw him back into the pool before he quickly walked back into the house.
Joey floated back up quickly enough, just in time to watch Seto disappear into the main room with a towel wrapped around his waist.
"I think someone's PMSing, don't you?" Joey asked the others.
Shaking his head as he helped Joey back out, Tristan said, "One day, he'll be the death of you, Joe. But then again, the way you two flirt is a bit on the intense side."
"We do not flirt! It's called rivalry, like Yami and Bakura's relationship. There's no flirting involved!"
It was obvious that no one believed Joey since they were all aware of the old saying, 'Hate is the first step towards love'.
"Hey, where did Malik and Marik go?" Ryou asked, scanning the garden from his position next to Bakura.
"Maybe they went to plan all of our horribly bloody and painful deaths?" suggested Duke.
Bakura shook his head though.
"No, we're doing that later this afternoon."
Since neither Yami nor Bakura had any part in their disappearance, no one was that concerned and it was assumed that they had simply gone inside to get out of the heat, so they all fanned out across the grass to either have a short nap or to continue the sunbathing.
Inside, Seto was already in the bedroom and had changed into a pair of blue knee length trousers and a white shirt. His hair was sticking up from drying it with a towel and as he grabbed a pair of stylish black sunglasses, he headed into the bathroom to brush the wet mass of hair into his usual design.
Besides finding the normal things in the bathroom, which were a toilet, a sink, a mirror, a bin and a cupboard for everyone's toiletries, he found two of the boys huddled in a corner, practically eating each others faces.
"Oh for God's sake, can't you please do that somewhere else? I need some privacy," Seto cried, placing a hand on his hip with the towel wrapped around his neck, but showing no indication that he cared about them being a couple.
Malik was the first of the two to look up and he didn't look happily.
"Well, we need some privacy too if you didn't notice!"
"Go somewhere else then! I don't want to watch you two while I'm busy in here!"
Snarling at Seto in anger, Marik got up, dragging his Hikari along with him, and disappeared through the door.
Seto smirked, then turned to the mirror and started to brush his still damp hair.
Only minutes later, when he was finally satisfied with his efforts, he left the bathroom and quickly half-walked half-ran back into the main room when he caught sight of the two Egyptians on Malik's bed, still kissing very passionately.
He very nearly ran into Yugi and Yami who seemed to be looking around for something.
"Hey, Kaiba, have you seen Malik or Marik?" asked Yugi with a small smile that showed he was concerned about the missing boys.
Yami simply rolled his eyes.
"Yes, Kaiba, please tell us because we are so worried about their safety and well being."
"I think you'll find what you're looking for in there," answered Seto, nodding over his shoulder in the direction of the bedroom.
He left quickly as Yugi and Yami walked past him to investigate and just as he sat down in one of the deck chairs in the garden a great deal of shouting and what sounded like hitting came from the bedroom.
Malik and Marik ran into the garden first, laughing loudly, followed by a furious Yami and a grinning Yugi.
"How dare you do such things in front of my Hikari's innocent eyes?" Yami yelled, advancing menacingly on the two platinum blondes.
"Urm…Yami?" Yugi tried to interrupt, but Yami just continued to ignore everyone else.
"You shouldn't be doing things like that anyway, not when you're being watched by loads of cameras allowing people all over the country to watch!"
"Yami?"
"Can't you two even control yourselves? It's the first day of this, so called, competition and you're already fooling around and showing off…"
"Yami!"
Yami span around and stared at Yugi, his frown turning into a look of curiosity.
"What is it, Yugi?"
"It wasn't that big a deal, so would you please calm down?"
"What the heck is going on?" asked Duke as he sat up with the others, who were all laying on the grass now, to watch the verbal war.
"Malik and Marik were making out in the bedroom," Yugi stated as if it was the simplest thing in the world.
After a great deal of staring from a couple of boys, mainly Joey, Tristan and Duke, Bakura lay back down.
"So, what? It's not like they don't do it all the time at Ryou's house," he said.
"Well, that's…interesting," Tristan murmured, not really sure what else to say.
"You didn't know about them being a couple?" asked Yugi, his hands on his hips as he looked over at Tristan.
The brunette shook his head along with Duke and Joey.
"So, when we were all together at that party and Malik was sitting on Marik's lap, you didn't realise that they were together?"
"I thought it was a bonding thing between Yamis and Hikaris. You were doing the same thing with Yami after all, right Yug?" said Joey, elbowing Tristan in the ribs slightly when Yugi started to blush as well as Yami.
"Urm…well…that was because of the lack of seats," Yami replied, turning away to hide his reddening cheeks. "It's different anyway. Marik is like Malik's childish side, his inner child. Yugi is my light. I have to protect him. Oh, shut up!"
Storming off in a temper, Yami went back inside and headed towards the diary room.
Joey rolled his eyes, and then put his sunglasses on as he stood up and stretched. He waved his hand dismissively at the Pharaoh and headed into the house, reappearing once more after he'd retrieved a hat from his bag and put it on his head. Returning to his previous resting place, he found that Seto was laying there instead.
"Hey, Kaiba. I was sitting there, so move."
"Ever heard of the word, please, mutt?" was the cocky reply.
Gritting his teeth, Joey glared down at the brunette and said, "Please move."
For a moment, it looked like Seto was deep in thought.
"No," he finally said.
"Fine."
Joey simply sat down on the grass and proceeded in laying across Seto's bare chest.
"Urgh! Joey! Get off me!"
"Only if you say please."
"No!"
With a well timed shove, Joey found himself being thrown off of the CEO and ended up rolled across the grass. He looked up and glared angrily at Seto who simply turned over to avoid looking at the blonde.
Now it was Yugi's turn to roll his eyes.
"I think I agree with Tristan about those two," he whispered to Ryou.
"HELLO YAMI. ARE YOU ENJOYING YOURSELF IN THE LITTLE SISTER HOUSE?"
"If you really are watching us, then you know very well that I am not, Téa."
"AND WHY IS THAT?"
"Because of Malik and Marik's public displays of affection. It's annoying and, at time, disturbing. The things they do are just horrible and I don't want to have to watch them whenever I go into a room."
"BUT YAMI, THEY'VE ONLY BEEN CAUGHT ONCE. WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THEY'LL DO IT AGAIN?"
"Because I know them! They're like that!"
"WOULD IT BE ANY DIFFERENT IF IT WERE YOU AND YUGI DOING THE SAME THING?"
"I…I…that's different!"
"HOW?"
"It just is! Please, make them stop. I don't want them making Yugi uncomfortable."
"I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT THAT. YUGI IS CURRENTLY SITTING BY THE POOL WATCHING MALIK AND MARIK KISSING ON THE DECKCHAIRS WITH JOEY, TRSTAN AND DUKE."
"What?"
As Yami ran out of the diary room to see to what his Hikari was up to, Téa giggled along with the other girls.
"I KNEW LETTING YUGI HANG AROUND WITH JOEY WAS A BAD IDEA. OUR POOR INNOCENT YUGI HAS BECOME A PERVERT!"
Cleaning his hands on a nearby kitchen towel, Ryou smiled at Malik that night as the Egyptian gladly grabbed a plate of the hot spaghetti and meatballs that Ryou had whipped up for the group.
They both left the kitchen after that and took their dinner and a bottle of alcohol each into the living room where everyone else had gathered in order to play another game for Duke's task.
"Alright, which game next?" asked Marik as he waved the sheet around.
Finally deciding against the very strange outfit, he'd changed into some of Malik's spare clothes since they were both the same size. Several of the others had wondered why he hadn't done that from the start, but no one complained.
Bakura took the sheet of games from Marik and looked down the list as he took a swig of his drink, looking for anything with an interesting title.
"This one, 'Honey, if you love me, smile'. Marik showed us how to play that when we stayed over at Malik's house. Remember, Ryou?"
Ryou blushed.
"Do we really have to play that one?" he asked.
"Yes, Hikari, we do. Ok, the rules are simple, the one who is 'on' has to face another player and request, "Honey, if you love me, smile." Apart from tickling, the person who's 'on' may do anything to make the person smile. After a while the chosen partner must reply, "Honey, I love you but I just can't smile," without smiling. If the partner smiles while saying this, then they must give their place, and it becomes their turn to choose a partner. "
There was a great deal of blinking in confusion, but everyone seemed to understand after the rules had been repeated.
"I'll start then," said Bakura confidently.
He got up and went straight over to Ryou who blushed even more.
"Honey, if you love me, smile," Bakura whispered to Ryou before he put his hands behind his back and began to blow very gently into his ear.
Ryou shifted uneasily beneath Bakura, but he didn't smile.
Bakura then moved along Ryou's neck. He covered Ryou's neck with his hot breath, then throat, and then started on his cheeks, but Ryou didn't even crack a smile, although he did look very hot. As a last resort, Bakura kissed Ryou on the lips, gently, but forceful enough to show Ryou who was in charge.
When he pulled away, Ryou was beaming.
Joey nudged Tristan slightly and said, "I think Malik and Marik aren't the only ones who have a 'special' bond."
"You lose Ryou, your turn to make someone smile," said Bakura softly, ignoring the two sniggering boys as a smile gracing his own face, making him look a lot less evil.
"O…ok," Ryou mumbled happily.
He stood up shakily and walked over to Yugi.
Yami moved away slightly as Ryou bent down and said to Yugi, "Honey, if you love me, smile."
In one quick movement, he licked Yugi's nose.
The smaller duelist jumped back, laughing loudly with the other boys, accepting that he had failed. He didn't stand up, but, instead, turned to his left where Joey sat, said, "Honey, if you love me, smile," and then began to whisper something into his ear.
After a few moments, Joey started to laugh uncontrollably, nearly fell off of his chair and knocked over his drink. Tears ran down his cheeks and as he looked up at Marik who was sitting opposite him, he began to laugh even louder.
"Whatever Yugi said, I guess he made Joey smile," Duke said, trying to push Tristan off of him who was laughing at the mere sight of Joey laughing so much.
"Yes, but what did he say?" Ryou asked, looking from Yugi to the recovering Joey.
Yugi grinned and glanced at Marik who had become very pale very quickly.
"I can't say and neither can Joey. I swore to keep it a secret, but it was the only thing I could think of that would make Joey smile, so now he has to keep it a secret too, right Joey?"
Joey nodded although he didn't look like he could keep the secret for too long.
"Well, since you kinda have to smile to laugh, I guess its Joey's turn," said Malik as he gave his Yami a questioning look since Marik was glaring very viciously in Yugi's direction.
Getting up, Joey took his time gazing around the circle, trying to find the next victim. He finally turned to Seto with a sly grin and knelt down in front of the CEO.
"Honey, if you love me, smile," he said, and then proceeded in taking off his sneakers and socks.
"Oh, come on, Joey! No one wants to have to smell your horrible feet!" cried Tristan, pinching his nose to prevent himself from breathing in any of Joey's foot odours.
"Shut up!" Joey answered sharply as he started to pull off Seto's shoes and socks too.
Seto stared at Joey, curious about what the blonde was planning, but remained silent and apparently uninterested in the game.
Although, when Joey started rubbing his feet against Seto's in a way that wasn't technically tickling, the brunette found it very hard to not smile. His expressionless face held though, no matter how much Joey stroked his feet.
"Can we stop now?" Seto asked in a bored manner, the corners of his mouth now starting to twitch quite violently as he tried to stop himself smiling.
With a sigh, Joey nodded, depressed that he couldn't make the taller boy even crack a small smile.
"Good. Honey, I love you but I just can't smile," said Seto, pulling his feet away from Joey's while keeping a straight face. "Just be thankful, mutt. That's the only time you'll ever hear me say that."
Kicking his sneakers to the side of his chair, Joey once more found himself looking around the group. His eyes fell on someone he knew hardly ever smiled.
"Alright, Yami. Honey, if you love me, smile."
Yami raised an eyebrow as Joey came and sat down in front of him.
"Why me?"
"Because Yug and I are best friends, and we tell each other about everything," Joey explained. "And I mean everything, which means I know some interesting things about you."
He pounced on Yami and began running the back of his hands up and down the spirit's sides, watching as his victim recoiled away from his touch uneasily.
Eventually, Yami couldn't take it anymore and ended up sniggering softly.
"Whoa! Joey got Yami to laugh! It's, like, a miracle!" Tristan said in amazement.
"You told him?" Yami asked Yugi once he'd composed himself.
"Well, I kinda had to. We were playing truth or dare after all and I got truth. He asked me to reveal a secret about you so I told him you're ticklish on your sides. Anyway, it's your turn now."
Yami got up reluctantly and headed straight for Marik.
"Honey, if you love me, smile," he said quickly, and then he turned and slapped Bakura across his cheek.
Marik started laughing instantly at his red-faced friend.
"You have a sick sense of humour, Marik," said Seto.
Grinning, Marik stood up eagerly.
"My turn now! Malik, honey, if you love me, smile."
He pushed Malik to the floor and began to kiss him forcefully on the lips, much rougher than Bakura had to Ryou.
Luckily, Malik seemed to enjoy it a lot and was smiling all the way through.
"I guess I can understand why Ishizu wanted to get them out the house for a while. Those two never stop, do they?" asked Ryou before having a sip of his drink. "Why don't we stop after Malik's go. Everyone's had a turn, right?"
"We haven't!" Tristan and Duke cried together, both of them feeling rather left out.
"Neither have I and it was my game in the first place!" complained Bakura.
Malik pulled away suddenly and said, "Fine. You guys are lucky that I'm resourceful."
He quickly reached into the deep back pockets of his cargo pants and pulled out his Millennium Rod.
Everyone recoiled away from it; most of them nervous of the item's powers, but Yami stood up and gave Malik his worst glare.
"What is that doing in the house?" he yelled.
"Protection and because it's fun to mess with the minds of mortals, but don't worry, I don't plan to use it…much."
Malik held it up in the direction of Bakura, then Tristan and Duke, grinning evilly when it started to glow.
"Honey, if you love me, smile," he said and everyone watched as all three of the boys' faces went blank and they began to smile freaky. "There. Game over."
The Millennium Rod stopped glowing and Malik placed it back in his pocket as Bakura, Tristan and Duke snapped out of there trance with a shake of their heads.
"You are just too evil, Malik," said Marik. "I'm glad I'm on your side."
Not long after midnight, most of the boys had gathered back in the bedroom, none of them really in the mood to stay up too late.
Ryou finally emerged from the bathroom with his pyjamas on and his teeth a sparkling white. With his conscience clear, he jumped into bed and settled down for the night as the others did the same.
The only two beds that were still empty were the ones that belonged to Seto and Yugi.
They were both in the main room, Yugi in the kitchen and Seto sitting on one of the stools by the counter.
Closing the door to the fridge with a bottle of milk in his hand, Yugi pulled his empty glass towards him and poured some of the white liquid into it. While he was doing this, he was sure he could feel a pair of eyes burning into him. He looked up and let his amethyst eyes meet Seto's icy blue ones.
"Is something wrong?" he asked curiously.
Seto shook his head, but continued to stare openly at Yugi.
"Oh, come on. I can tell something's wrong. Spill."
"Nothing's wrong. I was just…thinking."
"About what?"
"Nothing."
"Seto, something is clearly bothering you and I'm not letting you go until you tell me what it is. No matter how you feel, I'm your friend and so is everyone else in here, well, nearly everyone," said Yugi, his thoughts turning to Yami suddenly. "Just tell me what's wrong."
With a sigh, Seto looked down at the counter with his fingers drumming against each other and finally answered, "I was just wondering what the girls' real intensions were for bringing us in here."
"That seems to be a popular talking point at the moment. No one's sure and I doubt the girls would tell us if we asked them."
"Well, I have a theory. One the first night, remember I said that the girls asked me a question so I could get my phone back?"
"Yeah."
"They asked me if I had 'certain feelings' for anyone in the house. I think they're trying to play matchmaker."
"Really? So, do you have any 'certain feelings' for anyone? Maybe a certain blonde?"
There was a brief pause before Seto stood up and said, "Night, Yugi," then left the smaller laughing duelist in the kitchen as he walked back into the bedroom and disappeared under his bedcovers.
Oh, wow! How long is this chapter? I'm so proud of me! Now, I shall do the joyous task of reviewing the reviews I received like the good authoress I am!
Death-Angel-123: I like you. You have a way with words.
Silly little 13 year old: I am updating, so good so far. Yay! You think it's funny! You nearly…oh…here… (Hands reviewer a new pair of Yu-Gi-Oh pants). I do rule, don't I? I think I like you too. Such a nice person.
Kotori-chan: It's good that you're liking it because I'm liking it too and I'm liking my reviewers. Such a nice bunch!
AnimeJunky: (Joins n the hysterical laughter) Laughing is fun! Games are fun too and updating, which is what I've done! You have a good mind when it comes to good games. Spin the Bottle and 7 minutes in heaven will probably appear, but maybe when some of the other guys decide to come out of their shells, or, in Seto's case, their impenetrable fortress. That's right, share the magic. Even computerless people deserve to read the goodness. If I have time in my busy, busy schedule, I would love to read and review some of your stories, but it may be a while since I'm going to Och-aye land (aka Scotland) for a holiday and will be gone for a week.
Hehehe, I have fans.
Mini Joey: Well, your story is good, but when do I get to get down and do the naughty thing?
When I decide the time is right!
Mini Tristan: Hey! Big Brother is starting!
Quick! Get out the note making pad and take down any interesting things that happen! Hurry! I hear the credits!
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