Luff: Sorry, this chapter was supposed to be up on Christmas day, but I got kinda sidetracked… despite the fact that these are all already written. Oops. I'll try not to make any future updates as late as this one.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!, Kazuki Takahashi does.
Key
#Blah# Someone thinking, or talking to someone else through a mind link i.e. Yugi to Yami.
"Blah"Someone talking on the other side of a phone conversation, etc.
Warning: Swearing, sex (male/male relationships) and badness in general. I will put a warning before a chapter if it involves sex. You have been warned.
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Episode 5 – Minor ThingJoey walked up the Kaiba's gravel driveway leading to the mansion. Joey had been around Seto's before, but never by himself. He had at least gone with someone like Yugi, or with the whole group. Joey reached the big front door and rang the bell. He waited for a moment before the door opened, revealing a mischievous looking Mokuba.
"Joey! You came!"
"Err, yeah, I did." Mokuba stepped aside to let Joey in, and closed the door behind him.
"Seto is waiting for you upstairs in his bedroom. I trust you know where that is?"
"Should I?" Joey looked puzzled.
"Don't worry, I'll take you there." Mokuba took Joey by the arm and led him up the stairs. "Seto's room is nice. It's very big. He has a big bed too. It's very comfortable. Well, I hope you and Seto have fun together. I hope he gives you a guided tour of his bed. Room. Because it's big." Joey inched slowly away from Mokuba, clearly worried that this child was mentally ill or something.
"Um, OK MOKUBA. I'M-I'M GOING IN NOW. I'LL SEE YOU LATER." Joey opened Seto's door and quickly walked in, and closed the door behind him. He shook his head in amazement. I can't believe he actually said that… He turned around to look at Seto's room, and one thing for sure was that Seto's room was huge. He looked around a bit more and saw Seto leaning on the balcony, and he immediately relaxed. #Wow…he's so beautiful…# He sighed in contentment, watching Seto with dreamy eyes. He now had no doubts in his mind about him, he loved him and he knew it. He walked slowly over to the balcony and stepped outside into the warm summers morning, giving Seto one last longing look behind his back before walking up to him.
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Seto was pacing up and down his bedroom, continually looking at his watch and wringing his hands. It was Friday, and Joey was due to arrive at his house at any moment. Seto knew he really shouldn't be nervous; Joey was a good friend if his, and he knew that he could trust Joey with his life…but this was different.
His stomach growled with nerves. He raised a shaking hand to his head and pushed away the hair from his eyes. #This is stupid. Come on Seto, relax.# He took a deep breath and tried to steady his nerves. He walked out on to the balcony and closed his eyes, a cool breeze playing with his hair. He stayed like this for while, and for a moment forgetting all his problems, his stomach unclenching and his mind clearing. He did not know how long he had been there, but he soon found out as he felt a hand on his shoulder. Seto spun around to find Joey standing in front of him, smiling the smile of an angel. Joey seemed to be glowing with warmth and beauty, his hazel eyes sparkling in the sunlight.
"Hey, Seto." Seto melted in his shoes. He was so close to him now, so close, and yet…so far away.
"Joey… I didn't realise you had come. Mokuba was supposed to tell me-"
"It doesn't matter, Seto." Joey leant on the railings and closed his eyes. His hair moved gently in the breeze, glittering with gold's and oranges in the bright morning sun. Seto stared at him, his eyes fixated on Joey's perfect form and placid face. He opened his eyes again and turned slightly pink when he noticed Seto staring at him. "Something wrong?" He asked quietly. Seto gave him an exasperated look and sighed.
"What do you think Joey?" He turned to look out over the garden. Although he didn't want to be, he felt angry with Joey for being so naïve.
"I think there is something wrong." Seto felt Joey move closer to him. "And I also think I know what it is." Joey walked behind him and slipped his arms through Seto's, holding him in a tight embrace. He rested his head on Seto's shoulder, Joey's breath tickling his ear. Seto's heart was racing. He didn't feel right (S. Chensu: Why, did he feel wrong? Luff: Shut up, you're spoiling it!). Joey licked his ear, making him jump slightly. "Seto…when are we going to end this madness?" Seto turned his head to look directly at Joey. His face was very close to his own…he could see passion and desire in his eyes, burning like a forest fire out of all control; it had no limits, no borders or boundaries. "When…?" Joey nuzzled Seto's cheek, tightening his grip on him. Seto turned around in Joey's arms and pulled him closer to his body.
"Whenever you like…but I think we'd both prefer it to be now…" He lifted his hand up to the back of Joey's neck, passing a sensitive spot near the roots of his hair. Joey gasped and shuddered. Seto used this to his advantage and continued to stroke the soft spot, causing the blonde to moan with pleasure.
"Quit stalling, Seto!" Joey said desperately, his voice faltering. Seto closed the space between them and gently kissed Joey's soft lips, at last ending the suffering that they had felt over the past few months, releasing all of their tensions and worries.
A shadowy figure watched them quietly from the door, of which they were blissfully unaware. Mokuba smiled.
"At last." He whispered.
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"Hey, Tristan!" Téa waved her arms frantically over her head, beckoning Tristan to her. It was Friday afternoon, and Téa and Tristan had agreed to meet up at the park together. Tristan turned around to find Téa walking towards him, smiling.
"Hi Téa! How're things?"
"Tristan, things aren't going to have changed in a couple of days." Téa said sardonically.
"Well, you never know! Anything can happen in a couple of days!" He said knowingly. "And you don't have to get all sarky with me."
"Sorry."
"Doesn't matter." They started to walk along the path by the lake, reminiscing about funny things that had happened in the past, and of course, the strange things. "Do you remember when we had that Christmas party last year?" Tristan said dreamily.
"Oh yeah…" Téa dug back into the recesses of her mind and smiled at the memory of the event…
-FLASHBACK-
Seto had arranged a Christmas party at his mansion, and he had invited Yami, Yugi, Bakura, Ryou, Joey, Téa and Tristan to come along. They played a wide variety of games, including Bop It! 2 Extreme, Dancing mat (PS2), Spin the Bottle (Hmm, interesting…), Blind Man's Bluff, Spoons (I can't be bothered to explain what that is), and good old hide and seek. However, one game they played stood out clear and sharp from all the others: Twister. This was probably the most cringe worthy of them all.
"Right! Does anyone have any ideas of what they want to play next? We have…" Seto looked down his list of games that were written on a piece of paper. "…Bop It! 2 Extreme, Twister, or Spin the Bottle…" He tailed off, and he could see that the answer was unanimous.
"Twister!" The others shouted in unison. Seto smiled to himself. #This, I think, is going to be interesting…# He got the Twister box out from the pile of games on the floor, and took the lid off. He took the mat out and spread it onto the floor, and then took out the board.
"To make this easier, we'll do this in fours, seeing as there are eight of us." The others nodded their heads. "Now, who wants to go first?"
"I'll go." Yugi volunteered, and stood up.
"I'll go, too." Ryou also stood up, smiling at Yugi. Bakura and Yami stood up at the same time.
"Yeah, and me." They said. They glared at each other, annoyed by the fact that they had just volunteered to play Twister. Together.
"Great! Right, everybody take a side of the mat." Yugi stood on the side with the blue dots, Ryou stood opposite him on the side with the green dots, and Yami and Bakura stood opposite each other on the two sides that were left, both of them throwing glares and evils to the one who occupied the opposite side of the mat. When they had all gathered around it, Seto asked, "Who wants to go first?" They organised it so that Yugi went first, then Ryou, Yami and Bakura. Once that had been sorted, they decided that the four who were left would take it in turns to spin the board, to make it fair. "OK! Are we all ready? Then let's get started!" Seto spun the handle round and it eventually landed on… "Right hand Green!" Yugi bent down and reached over to the other side of the mat, Yami gazing listlessly at his aibou's form. Seto passed the board over to Joey, and once again the handle was spun.
"OK, umm, left leg Green!" Ryou moved his leg to a spot in front of him and knelt down, so his face was level with Yugi's. The board was once again passed along, and Téa took her turn to spin the handle.
"Right hand Yellow." Yami moved so that he was right next to Yugi. Yugi smiled at him and then looked back at Tristan, who had now taken the board and spun the handle.
"Right leg Green." Bakura grinned at Yami before placing his right leg next to Ryou's spot, and also knelt down, using Ryou as an armrest. He rolled his eyes and pushed his Yami's arm off of his shoulder, causing Yugi to laugh. Yami looked admiringly at him before looking back at Seto, awaiting Yugi's next move. They continued playing this for another ten minutes, and by then they were all practically in a large heap, random arms and legs sticking out here and there. This had caused Téa and Tristan to get suspicious, despite the fact that none of them were together yet. At the moment Yugi was on the bottom of the pile, with his left leg and right hand on Red, his left hand on Yellow and his right leg on Blue. He was barely standing up as it was, but now he had a whole pile of bodies on top of him. Yami was trying to take off as much of the weight as possible, who was standing, or more rather lying, over Yugi. Ryou was the next one up, and could barely keep his hands and legs on the spots, and it was hard enough with Bakura pushing him down as well. Bakura was hoping that he might end up crushing Yami, but it didn't particularly help with Yugi being at the bottom.
"ARGH!" Yami's legs gave way, and they all fell down on top of each other, knocking the wind out of Yugi. Ryou pushed Bakura off of him, and helped Yami up to his feet, revealing a very pale looking Yugi. He slowly sat up, his eyes wandering around the room in random directions.
"What is up with you guys?! You've been acting really weird! Fine, it's a competition, but that doesn't mean you have to crush each other to death!" Tristan looked pretty bewildered, shaking his head. Ryou elbowed Bakura in the side, giving him a warning look.
"Sorry." Bakura mumbled. Yugi had now got to his feet, with help from Yami, and looked at them all stupidly.
"Wow, my head hurts. That was fun, though. Shall we do it again?" Everybody looked at him as if he were mad.
"No way! I'm not doing that again!" Ryou grabbed Yugi by the arm. "Come on, we're going to get you a drink. Or something. I dunno." He dragged Yugi out of the room and out of sight around the corner, a jealous looking Yami watching them leave.
"Ahh, is Yami jealous of ickle Yugi and Ryou being together?" Bakura sniggered in his ear. Yami turned bright red.
"Uhh…no." Yami said quietly. Téa shook her head.
"Are we the only sane ones here?" She asked, exasperated. Tristan nodded his head.
"Yup."
-END OF FLASHBACK-
"What do you think is going on with those guys? They've been acting really weird." Tristan pondered.
"Hmm…" #There is definitely something going on between them…they're so close to each other, like they love each other. But can that be? I hope they can trust us enough to tell us; after all we are their friends. I wouldn't mind if they do love each other, but I'm not so sure about Tristan…how would he react? Well, we'll probably find out at some point…#
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Luff: Wow, that's the shortest episode I've ever written! And the last scene was probably the most pointless I've ever written…but that's because it is for Christmas, and my sister wanted me to involve Téa and Tristan a bit more.
Téa: Yeah, involve us more!
Luff: I'm sorry, it's because you're such difficult characters to work with!
Tristan: Oh, thanks.
Yugi: #Sigh# Well, please R&R people, and maybe the next episode will be a bit better. Byesy!