well thanks so much for all my pretty reviews! sorry i havent had a chance to update lately, stupid viruses on my comp and stuff, and my parents changed the password, so i have some "hacking" to do (if you call switching a few screennames around hacking...) so sorry if the updates to the story are a little spaced out.

anywhack, i might be experimenting a little with story set up, maybe not separate parts of the chapter for both seto and ryou, maybe i'll just put their thoughts into different colors... seto's will be in italic bold. ryou's will be in underlined italics yay!

anyways, on to chapter 4!

btw, i'm sorry if my non-capitalisation bugs you, my spell check isn't working, and right now, i'm just writing and not really worrying about grammar.

after bakura had found something a little more suiting to eat, rice and a chicken dumpling that is, conversations went back to normal. seto sat back in the booth. was i dreaming? ... i hope not... that bakura... his lips... he felt a chill run down his spine, and accidently bumped into mokuba.

"seto, are you okay?"

why does everyone have to be so damn concerned all the time!

"yeah, mokuba, why?"

"cause uh... never mind." bakura glanced up from his rice and watched mokuba and seto. seto looks annoyed. REALLY annoyed. maybe that;s why he's so guarded, cause everyone's always prying... he chuckled slightly as kaiba jumped and looked quite disgruntled.

"seto! what was that? i only put my hand in my lap!" mokuba gasped.

"you hit my side... it just... surprized me..." kaiba struck back, somewhat indignantly. HE"S TICKLISH! ryou stifled a giggle and stuffed a wad of rice into his mouth.

god i hope no one else saw that... why is ryou giggling... he smiled to himself he's cute when he smiles... he closed his eyes and idly chewed on his straw. Oh god, that means he knows I'm ticklish... he smiled to himself. Maybe that's a good thing...

just then, ryou looked up and saw seto and thought he saw seto smiling. i think i may be the luckiest kid alive. i just saw seto kaiba SMILE. bakura's thought process was interrupted as nanae touched his hand.

"are you done with this?"

"huh, oh, uh, yeah, er, Yes, i am." he stumbled to get his words out. "thank you" this kid is cute no matter what he does. kaiba thought quietly to himself.

nanae asked him the same question, and he simply replied with,"mhmm." and spaced out once again. once the table was cleared, everyone sat back to begin digesting the wonderful meal.

"orghhhhhh! " joey started. "i'm stuffed!"

"wait, WHAT!" tristian said in shock. "JOEY WHEELER, FULL!"

"shut up." joey leaned his head against the booth and closed his eyes. tea and yugi chuckled and idly chatted until nanae came back with the check and a basket of fortune cookies.

she passed the check to kaiba and set the basket in the middle of the table.

"awright! fortune cookies!" joey sat up with a jolt.

"what happened to being full?" tristan smirked.

" 'dier's always room for a fortune cookie thats what i say!" joey lunged towards the basket.

everyone picked a fortune cookie for themselves, except kaiba, who was glancing at the check, and bakura, who was glancing at kaiba as he glanced at the check.

seto slipped a credit card into the little folder and glanced at ryou. i swear, either 1, i'm dreaming, 2, i'm seeing things, or 3, he just gave me one of those secretive little smiles again. whatever it is i think i'm gonna pass out from happiness

i can't get enough of those lips...

kaiba and ryou reached for the last two cookies at the same time (not-knowingly, of course) bakura gripped his first, as kaiba's hand brushed over his to get the other. they both froze, then bakura quickly yanked his arm back.

he blushed, and hung his head, then opened his fortune cookie in his lap.

love often comes from the most unexpected places. it is your job to find it.

he stared on at his fortune. "...the most unexpected places..." that was kaiba... right?

he looked up to see kaiba looking down to his lap wonder what fortune he got...

kaiba stared down at the little slip of paper in his lap as the others compared fortunes.

"love is right in front of you, reach out and grab it. "

odd, these things are never right...

"bakura, what'd you get?"

"hmm? oh, nothing, just one of those cheesy, today is a good day type of things."

"that really isnt a fortune..." joey said, as if he had actually thought about it. he turned to kaiba, who was siging the bill.

"wha'd you get?"

kaiba ignored him. "...love is right in front of you..."

those fortune cookies were actualy fortunes that i've gotten... very strange... anywhack, i hope you've enjoyed the story so far! please review!

p.s.- thanks again for the lovely reviews!