a/n i've decided to try something, i'm going to put the top part (above the line of o's ) as seto's POV and then the part underneath in Bakura's... ENJOY! oh, and the stuff in the italics is their thoughts (in case you didnt know) (seto's is italic bold and ryou's are underlined italics. anyone else's are plain italics. )

when the plates were cleared, everyone sat back and was quiet for a little while. seto idly ran his fingers over the keys, then nanae rounded the corner.

"done already?you guys must be hungry! " she laughed and started picking up dishes and arranging them around the pitcher of soda she had brought.

"oh yes, it was all wonderful!" tea said from the back of the booth. everyone agreed, then nanae looked over at kaiba.

"seto kaiba, what did i tell you about working all the time? no no no! not at my restaurant! here you eat and relax!" she closed the lid of his laptop and took his drink glass, which was only half empty, and refilled it.

he smirked and took a sip of his now full soda.

" i guess i could try." he said half sarcastically and sat back in the booth.

"good, " said nanae as she finished refilling yugi's glass. "now what do you all want to eat?"

"i still can't decide!" joey exclaimed. "it all looks so good!"

"yea i know!" said tea from behind her menu.

everyone agreed with them, except kaiba, who stayed quiet.

"i know what to get for you, no worries!" nanae smiled triumphantly and rushed off to the kitchen. "i'll be back soon!" when she was out of sight, conversation resumed.

Kaiba downed the rest of his soda and played with the ice in the bottom of the glass. He glanced over the rim, to find ryou staring at his cup, or at him, he couldnt tell. He seemed to snap out of...whatever it was... all the sudden, and their eyes locked. The rest of the world faded, the faces of everyone, everyone's except bakura's became shadows... seto's breath caught in his lungs... his face... he's so... his eyes... wow. he blinked, bringing the rest of the world back in to focus.

he turned his head away, to see nanae already back with food... platters and platters of food... joey slightly began to drool.

"are you okay kaiba? you look a little flushed" yugi said with a slight hint of concern in his voice.

"yeah, you do look a little worse for the wear, seto. are you sick?" mokuba seemed to leap out of nowhere.

"you two are both crazy." he retorted. "of course i'm fine. " he crossed his arms and slowly scanned the faces around the table. Joey had already began digging into the mile high pile of food on his plate, his table manners about that of a dog. Tea gingerly took a bite and munched on it slowly. Tristan, while slightly more polite than Joey, chowed down hungrily. Yugi, ever polite, placed his napkin in his lap, picked up his fork and began eating. Mokuba was scooping... something onto his plate and Bakura was idly stirring the bowl of soup next to his water glass.

"are you sure you;re okay, kaiba, you're not eating..." yugi questioned.

"yeah, kaib, you gotta try 'dis, its a amazing!" joey said through a mouth half full, holding a piece of a chicken dumpling in the air.

tea put down her fork and glanced at kaiba, then bakura. "whoa, bakura, are you alright?" the focus of the whole table soon turned to the squirming, and slightly green bakura.

"BLARRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHH!" he began spitting profusely and licking his napkin.

"i tink tat wath theeee uchin..."(roughly translated, "i think that was sea urchin")

"EEEEEEW" joey started, "i'll eat anything, you know dat! but i dont tink i'd ever eat sea urchin!"

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everyone had cleared the plates of appetizers and now engaged themselves in conversation while kaiba still tapped away at his laptop. Nanae returned and commented at how fast the food had dissapeared. hee hee... kinda figures... having joey here and all ... hee hee... bakura smiled to himself as nanae shut the lid of kaiba's laptop, nearly on his fingers too.

nanae worked quickly to refill everyone's glasses, said something about dinner, and was off again. bakura stared just above the lip of the cup, searching those beautiful eyes once again... i wonder what he hides behind those wonderful eyes... maybe its the reason why he's so guarded... why he won't let anyone in. maybe i could find out someday, for now i'm kept wondering. Suddenly, he snapped out of his thought process to find kaiba's eyes staring directly into his own. He froze, mezmerized, intrigued.the world seemed to just melt away, and the only two left were he, and kaiba. i wonder what he'd say if we were alone...what would he do? my god he's handsome.

kaiba blinked, breaking the trance he had set Bakura in. his cheeks had a slight flush to them, and yugi, almost instantly questioned why. Kaiba answered, but bakura couldnt understand his words he has such a beautiful voice bakura thought, absentmindedly scooping food onto his plate. wait, when did the food get here? ah well...

bakura watched as kaiba glanced around the table,and suddenly, there was a rude, disgusting, bitter, all around revolting piece of slime squishing about in his mouth (a/n bakura's mouth, not kaiba's ) he felt the paleness of his face leave, and slightly gagged on whatever it was that was in his mouth. tea said something but ryou didnt hear

"BLARRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHH!" he spat out the glob and grabbed for his napkin "I tink tat wath theee uchin..." he gagged on his words as joey muttered something about eating. dear joey, the last thing i want to think about right now is eating... blech...