Reviews! I hope you're all still with me!

Ragdollsally13: Really? Yay!!! I'd actually never heard of the Ryou/Seto pairing, but heck, I know now! And I have plan for fic! Yes, you gave me an idea for another one!

Terri: So much for updating quickly...

LadySora: Your yami's right, Twister is a great game for that! And so easy to set up as practically every family has a game or at least knows how to play!

RainOwl: ...I love Twister

Joey-Lover: You mean that?! o.o OMG! So glad you luffs my ficcies!

Krista Sparks: Good good, I'm having problems getting it anywhere actually...

Rima: Yay!

Dark Magician Girl / Hikaru: Glad you like, tell me, should I put a bit more detail into the Marik/Bakura/Yami said of this fic, but keep it centered on the hikaris?

Terri: Hehe... Thanks for dropping that review... You finally got me off my lazy ass! That and the fact the internet is finally working again here!

"I can still feel that Twister game from yesterday!" Ryou grumbled, rolling his shoulder and wincing,

"Did you have to fall on me like that Malik?!" he finished with a glare.

"If you think about it, I didn't really have a choice." Malik replied, grinning at Ryou who'd gone beat red at the memory of the position they'd ended up in. They'd played two more games, each seeming more embarrassing than the last. Though, as Malik had pointed out, the two smaller boys weren't exactly complaining, well, they hadn't been then.

"Yugi! Hey Yugi!"

Yugi turned around, just in time to see his friend, Téa, running towards them, brown hair flying and face flushed from running.

"Oh, hey Téa, what's up?" he said, stopping to greet her.

"What's up?! What's up?! Yugi Mouto! You could have at least called me! I've been waiting outside your home from the usual time! I find out when I'm already five minutes late, that you've already left! And I've just had to run all the way here! That's what's up!" She shouted, making Yugi back up slightly, and Ryou and Malik giggle.

"Look, Téa, what you need to understand is..."

"Well, What?! I've known you for years! What has gotten in to you?! You've always called me if our plans are changed! So, who are your new friends that you prize so highly above me that you just forget I exist?!"

"This is Malik, and Ryou, guys, this is Téa, she moved about a few months before me, we've been friends for years." Yugi said, gesturing to people as he introduced them.

"Uh huh, well Yugi, we'd better be going or we'll be late for class." Téa said as she grabbed Yugi's hand and began to drag him towards the school, not looking at him or the two boys he'd been walking with.

"Téa! Get off me! Come on! What's wrong with them?! You always say to try and make friends, and now I have you're not letting me walk with them?! What's your problem?! Let go of me! I'm not some little kid!" Yugi whined, pulling at Téa's grip on his wrist and straining to get away from her.

"Yugi, look, if you hang around with Ryou, you'll get bullied, fact of life here, and Malik... He's not good for you to be around." She said, turning and bending down to Yugi's level as she spoke, like she was trying to sooth a three-year-old that was having a paddy 'cause it'd had it's favorite toy taken away as a punishment.

"What's wrong with them though?"

"And since when have you run his life? As far as I know, you're not his mother, and even if you were, I don't think you're allowed to make his decisions for him." Malik scowled, walking up to the pair.

"Fuck off you disgusting little fag. And don't you dare come near him again!" Téa retaliated, glaring daggers at Malik as she pulled Yugi into a tight hug, as thought she was shielding him.

"Oh, so that's what this is about?" Malik said, folding his arms and leaning to one side slightly,

"You're lucky you're not a guy you know, or I would have decapitated you by now." He said, his calm temperament rather freaky to the point where Yugi felt Téa shudder slightly.

"Téa?"

"What is it Yugi? Can't you see I'm getting rid of this freak of nature for you?"

"And what if I don't want you to? What if he's my friend? What if..." He said with a squirm, trying to get away from Téa's grasp again,

"...I think of him as maybe a little bit more than a friend?" Yugi was scarlet as he whispered this last line to Téa, who jumped back like she'd been just been scalded, and stared at him like he was some sort of alien.

"Yugi, I'm going to pretend you didn't just say that, now come on, and leave these two out of your life. Trust me, have I ever lead you astray? And can you say the same for them?"

"Yes, and no."

"There you go, Téa, you got your answers, now leave him alone." Malik said, pulling Yugi away from her and scowling.

Although Malik was fuming on the outside, his mind was in turmoil. It was pretty obvious Téa was a homophobe, and by the way she'd looked at Yugi, it seemed he'd just told her, in one way or another, that he was gay, but he'd been talking about him, so what exactly had Yugi just said?

"I'm sorry about Téa. I didn't know she was..."

"It doesn't matter Yugi, I'm used to it, but, you didn't mind that I...?"

"Nah, if she thinks like that, then she's not a real friend."

The three had been walking around the school grounds all lunch, getting dirty looks from anyone else who was around, but Malik didn't really care, and Ryou and Yugi either didn't notice, or were used to it.

"Yugi? What was it you said to her this morning?" Ryou said as he leaned forward to look past Malik to Yugi.

"Oh," Yugi said, going red again,

"It was nothing, just forget it."

"You sure? Didn't look like noting, not the way she reacted."

"I know, I was thinking the same." Malik said, also turning to look at Yugi, who looked away and muttered something about just saying things to get rid of her.

"Oh, alright." Malik said, watching his feet, before he realized what he was doing and hurriedly said that he had homework that needed doing so he was going to the library and would they be ok.

"We'll be fine Malik, we know about running away from people," Ryou said, before turning back to Yugi and beginning to pester him about what he'd said to Téa again.