Disclaimer- I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of the characters, although Rhona is the character I made up, as my anime counterpart, lol!
Okay, well I haven't updated in quite a while, so I thought due to my length of time to update, I'd make this Chapter quite abit longer than most my Chapters tend to be- so I hope that satisfies everyone!
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"Dude, am I hungry!" Joey threw his arms up in the air as he stretched, before clutching his rumbling stomach and groaning slightly.
"Joey, you're always hungry," Yugi joked, chuckling softly as he watched his best friend nod and grin back sheepishly.
"Ya, guess you're right Yug, huh?" Joey continued his sheepish yet adorably cute grin as he timidly glanced at the empty table before him.
"Don't worry, the food will be here soon Jou," Marik replied, in an attempt to cheer up the slightly depressed New York boy.
"I hope so…" was all Joey mumbled as he slumped down on his seat, still with his hands on his stirring stomach, it had been about three hours since the blonde boy had last eaten, this was soon going to be a new record for him if he had to wait any longer!
"Hey! Let's sit over there guys!" a child's voice cheered, as it neared the trio of blondes, who had originally came to this particular restaurant for a nice night out, which Yugi had suggested, Marik thought it would be for nice idea and Joey was just glad to get some food.
"Mokie," a girl's voice giggled happily, "Slow down now! Ya dinnae want to trip now, do you?"
"The way it's going, I think you might be the one to trip up," a much deeper masculine voice commented lowly.
Just at that moment, another trio casually walked, well when I say walked I mean half-ran, half-skipped, half-fell past the blonde trio's table.
Jou instantly grinned at the image before them, an overly excited Mokuba was dragging Rhona along with one hand while Seto strolled behind them, his expression completely indifferent to the scene infront of him.
"Hello Rhona, Mokuba, Kaiba, how are you all?" Yugi questioned politely, smiling lightly as he watched the group come to a halt before them.
"Hey Yugi!" Mokuba grinned and waved, even though he was right beside the other short boy.
"Oh hiya!" Rhona smiled, "What are you guys doing here then? Nice night out?"
"It might have been nice if dere was some grub about here!" Jou cried, although it was more directed towards the waiters and waitresses around the posh restaurant than his friends.
Marik chuckled lightly, "Yes, we are just having a nice night out, but Jou's a little more concerned in getting his hunger satisfied," the tanned blonde joked.
Rhona and Mokuba giggled at the expression on the apparently starving boy's face.
Seto snorted, "Well as long as you make sure mutt doesn't eat any too-fattening foods then it's fine, wouldn't want to slow down your walkies now, would you?"
Jou frowned, "Stop callin' me a dog, money bags!" he nimbly pounced up, startling all his surrounding friends.
"Puppy not happy? And I heard dogs were keen to please?" Seto raised an eyebrow in amusement, he loved watching Jou squirm; it was so delicious.
Joey growled as he leapt forward, grabbing Seto by the collar of his white, studded trench coat, anger bubbling inside the boy as his hands started to tremble, clutching onto the other boy's coat, "Come on! Bring it on! You and me, right here, right now, bud!"
Although Seto was in abit of an odd situation, he just smirked in his usual cool and calm way, "Haven't we already been through this? You need some originality Wheeler…"
"I outta-"
"STOP FIGHTING!" Rhona screamed out, her expression was one of sadness and hurt, "Why do you two always have to fight? Okay, I organized this night out so Seto could relax and have some fun for once, not so you can both beat each other up! But it's always going to be that way though, isn't it? Can't you two just be nice to each other once in a while- Or I guess that's even too much for you, huh!" a single tear ran down her pale cheek as she stopped herself, already too broken to shout anything else out.
Mokuba took Rhona's hand and squeezed it gently, trying to bring the exasperated girl some comfort and relief, he immediately frowned, "Yeah! Rhona's right! Why do you guys always have to fight! Big brother, it's not setting me much of an example!"
The two boys looked on, both horrified at their actions, they saw the angry faces of Rhona and Mokuba, Yugi and Marik were definitely surprised and the other people in the restaurant didn't look too happy themselves with the boys' behaviour, as the place had now become silent.
"You act like children! And I don't even act like that!" Mokuba cried out, watching as Jou immediately let Seto go out of his grip and both boys relaxed, still a little shocked at both Rhona and Mokuba's outbursts.
"I'm sorry Mokie…" Rhona said softly, smiling gently down at the young and sweet boy, before instantly transforming her expression into anger as she glanced back at the once-were-fighting boys, "I give up wit you two… It was bloody easier back home…" she mumbled, as she made her way to the exit out of the building.
Both boys remained speechless; did their fighting have such an impact on all their friends' lives? Was it that serious? Did it bother their friends so much?
Marik paused, glancing from Joey to Kaiba, before shaking his head in obvious disapproval; he stood up and followed after the distressed girl, not even bothering to say a final word.
Neither Kaiba nor Jou were sure what to do now… They had offended their best friends; they had embarrassed themselves infront of a restaurant-full of angry guests and now they were starting to hate each other even more than before… What was the point?
"Uh…" Yugi broke the extremely uneasy silence, "Come on Jou, we better go now, I think we've all had enough fun for the night," he said, trying to phrase it in the most polite way he knew possible.
Jou blinked in surprise at his best friend, before stepping back from the brunet boy before him and nodding towards Yugi in comply, as the pair exited the building, leaving a shell-shocked Seto and a pretty pissed-off Mokuba.
Seto frowned, So it begs to question… Why do we always have to fight…?
"Joey, I know you're probably not in the mood for this, but do you mind me asking," Yugi paused, not sure whether it was a good time to question the other blonde, "Why do you and Kaiba always pick a fight with each other? I mean, I realise its usually Kaiba who starts the fight, but why do you argue back? The others may think it's because 'that's just how you react' but I've seen you get insulted by many other people out there, and you've easily managed to control yourself against them? So, what's going on here Jou?"
Jou glanced to his tri-colour haired friend, before looking back down at the ground, pondering over his thoughts, Yugi's right… I do over react whenever I'm having an argument with Kaiba… I don't know why I do it; maybe I just really hate the guy or something… Yet yesterday, I was sticking up for him, and I was just saying how he was misunderstood and needed to be opened up… I really don't know… Everything's so weird, whenever I talk to him all my anger and pain welds up together, and I just wanna punch him right there in the face, and let it all out in one burst… But why do I hate him so much…?
"I dunno Yug… I dunno…" Jou shook his head slowly, as the pair made their way back to the Game Shop, where Yugi lived with his grandfather.
Marik searched around the area, it was dark and the lack of street lights weren't helping any, it was starting to get cold- too cold for the Egyptian boy, who was accustom to quite warm temperatures back in his native country.
He'd been quite shocked and surprised after seeing Rhona's unexpected outburst, he'd never seen her act like that before, she always seemed so innocent and patient, but suddenly, within a period of a couple of minutes, she transformed to a completely different personality, it was unbelievable.
Then again, she had all rights to explode like that… That pair were starting to wind me up as well… Marik thought to himself, Especially that Kaiba guy… What's his problem anyway? Why does he have to be so stuck-up and full of himself? He never gives Jou a break, or anyone else for that matter. I still don't see what Rhona sees in that man…
Just when the boy was starting to get lost in his infuriated thoughts, he spotted a figure gently swaying back and fourth on one of the swings in the play park, he looked on sympathetically, instantly recognizing the silent form.
He walked up, entering the park, as he gently tapped Rhona on the shoulder from behind. Rhona gasped in surprise, nearly falling off her swing, but was rapidly caught by the muscular Marik.
Both teenagers blushed shyly; Marik let go of Rhona once she gained her balance, and timidly sat down on the swing beside her, joining her in her swaying.
"I'm sorry," Marik apologised.
"Oh no, don't worry, happens all the time," Rhona shrugged casually, motioning to her ears at the same time, "I never hear when people are near me."
Marik nodded gradually, unsure what to next say.
"I'm sorry for going mental like that…" Rhona eventually apologised, her head lowered as her blonde bangs concealed her expression away from the boy beside her, "I just never understand why people continue to fight and argue… And when people do, it just really winds me up… I'm sorry…" she repeated grimly, a little embarrassed with her previous actions, and she was definitely sure she did not want Marik to see her act like that!
"You don't need to apologise, I really think it should be Kaiba and Jou who should be apologising! I mean, you're right, they do argue and fight non-stop, and both of them are so ignorant and so proud to ever stop it…" Marik explained, smiling gently as he tilted his head to the side, trying to get the Scot girl to cheer up a little and look his way, and not be so distressed.
"Or it could be something else…" Rhona added in a quiet tone, almost a whisper, she knew that there was something there, she didn't know what, but every time those two boys were together, she could sense something between them… A connection, a link, maybe…
"Huh?" Marik raised an eyebrow in perplexity, not understanding the girl's previous comment that she had spoken.
Just at that moment, Rhona threw her head back up, her hair gracefully swinging to the side as she did so, a completely innocent smile was now seen on her once-hidden face, "Thank you Marik," she stated in a more audible tone for the dashing boy to hear.
"Thank you- for what?" Marik questioned in confusion, blinking his eyes unknowingly, in his typical adorable way.
"Thank you Marik," Rhona repeated, pausing slightly as her expression became one of happiness and kindness, "For being so sweet to me."
Marik instantly blushed, as he gazed over into her sapphire orbs, which twinkled brightly in the glorious moonlight which reigned down on the pair, "…" he was stunned; unable to say anything else- when Rhona saved him from his embarrassment.
Rhona jumped up off her swing nimbly, "Well, I might as well go home then, if I'm not having dinner tonight, at least I'm getting the chance to watch tonight's episode of Hollyoaks! There's a pro to all this madness!" she joked.
Marik chuckled happily and also stood up, nodding, "Well, would you mind if I walked you home?" he asked politely, bowing as he offered his arm.
Rhona's cheek grew pale red, as her mind screamed out to her, What a gentleman! She smiled and nodded as she accepted his invitation, taking his arm and holding on to it as in the lady-like fashion, "Of course not, it'll be nice, because now we have more time to chat?"
Marik nodded in agreement as the pair made their way out of the children's play park, towards Rhona's home, "Yeah…" he smiled softly.
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