The Portrait: Part Six
"Well, that's about it…" Yusuke concluded, his eyes had a faraway look - reminiscing those days when he and Keiko officially became boyfriend-girlfriend.
"You're stupid." Kuwabara said matter-of-factly, taking a sip from his glass.
"Huh?" Yusuke snapped from his reminiscing mode to something more Yusuke - which is as usual - aggressive.
"I said you're stupid. 'I…I…I…I think I…' - like what's that!" Kuwabara imitated a very embarrassing Yusuke in front of Keiko.
"That's what I call tactic - look where it got me?" He answered back defensively. It wasn't really a tactic for getting Keiko to like him - it's merely nervousness - but who said he was going to admit that to Kuwabara?
"Tactic, my foot! I'd call it major stuttering equal to major stupidity." Kuwabara said, trying hard not to laugh. He was just teasing Yusuke, pushing him to the limits. He liked seeing him get annoyed.
Yusuke glared at Kuwabara and folded the sleeves of his shirt - getting ready to do something brutal to Kuwabara - punch his nose or maybe kick his butt. He was getting a little irritated on what the dumb guy was implying - which was he is dumber than him.
"Settle down, kids. Settle down." Kurama interfered. He can sense that Kuwabara was about to get injured.
"Yes, that's what I'm doing - I'm settling this once and for all!" Yusuke replied, not taking his glaring eyes off Kuwabara.
"Yusuke, when I said settle down I meant act like adults not morons, okay?" He explained.
"Act like morons! Well, he started it! He should get what he deserves, he's the moron here!" Yusuke pointed an accusing finger at Kuwabara.
"Kuwabara, before you can do any further damage to Yusuke and to you - quit it." Kurama warned.
Kuwabara finally broke into laughter. "Well, I was just joking!" His laugh was so infectious that Kurama gave up on being a referee and joined his laughter.
"Hey, that's not funny!" Yusuke said, his mood loosened a little but still acting really mad.
"Then what is it?"
"That hurts!" Yusuke exclaimed.
"Well, truth hurts." Kuwabara said between guffaws. And more laughter came.
Yusuke sighed half-heartedly, raising his hands in surrender - the joke was on him - what else could he do? If you can't beat them - join them! He ended up laughing with Kurama and Kuwabara. Well, Hiei joined too - but his was just an amused smirk.
The End