(Notes: This is more of a 'what if ha ha' thing than a real epilogue, but I thought I'd include it anyway. So you wouldn't be missing anything if you decided to skip this. -nod-)

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(The Next Morning)

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Anzu approached Honda and Jonouchi with a wave, beaming.

"So, have you guys made up?"

Honda blinked, remembering that he had been avoiding his pal yesterday.

"Oh… Yeah. Yeah, I guess we have."

He and Jonouchi smiled at each other faintly, until they noticed the shift in Anzu's mood.

"Hey, what's wrong?"

Jonouchi frowned, scratching his cheek.

"It's… Something that I need to talk to Honda about."

"Oh god."

A swift glare cut off further protests from Honda, who was dragged out of the classroom he had just entered.

Jonouchi shrugged and waved in response to Honda's pained stare, then bounded over to Yuugi's desk, grin and hands at the ready to muss up the kid's precious hair.

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"What's the dark secret?"

Honda crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes at Anzu.

"It has to do with Yuugi."

Recognizing that she was serious, Honda raised his eyebrows and led her by the elbow further down the hall.

Anzu inhaled deeply, tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, and began her sordid tale.

"Last afternoon, after we all went to Burger World and stuff, Yuugi and I were walking home, okay? Then all of a sudden, he turned to me and said something like, 'Anzu, I have something I need to tell you.' And he said it in this serious voice and everything, so I knew something was wrong right then."

She stopped, and Honda nodded. Satisfied, Anzu went on.

"He pulls me over to this bus stop, though why he thought that was private I'll never know, and then he was like, "Lately, I've been having these dreams about K—'"

"Oh my GOD, I kneeeew iiiit."

Honda clutched at his hair in melodramatic agony.

"Let me guess, they were about Kaiba. And now you'll tell me that you're in love with, I dunno, Shizuka or someone, I bet."

Anzu stared at Honda, who rolled his eyes and decided to clarify.

"Jesus christ, I must be a frickin' magnet for this stuff. But you have to promise not to tell anybody that I told you, okay?" He paused for confirmation, and continued. "Yesterday morning, Jonouchi, er, told me that he was in love with Yuugi or something like that and oh god I swore not to tell but dammit. And then that afternoon Kaiba comes and tells me that—"

"Wait, Kaiba actually talked to you?"

"Yeah. Heh. But. Um. He needed to talk about… Trouble he'd been having dealing with some of his feelings for… Agh, for Mokuba. Please, please, don't say anything about it to him, please."

Honda subjected Anzu to his best puppy-dog eyes, who managed to keep a straight face for all of five seconds.

Giggling, Anzu shook her head.

"So, we've got Jonouchi, like, in love with Yuugi. And Kaiba in love with…Mokuba? …Wow. And now Yuugi's in love with Kaiba. Man. Is this weird, or what?"

Honda sighed and rubbed the back of his neck.

"Yeah, it sure is fucked up."

"Honda!"

"Bleh, sorry. D'you think there's something in the water?"

"Pfft. Probably."

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(END.)