Best Case Scenario

"This is getting out of hand!"

"It is?" Yugi asked.

"Yes!" Yami roared.

Yugi blinked and backed away slightly.

Yami sighed and visibly calmed himself. "I am sorry for yelling, aibou, but things have gone too far," he said, tone measured and even.

"How so?"

"Remember when I decided the girls needed to be roped into this?" Yami asked.

Yugi nodded.

"So I sent that shirt to Mai, who went after both Bakura and Ryou. Ryou got pissed and went after Serenity, and as far as I know, he's not finished," Yami said fearfully. Bakura was bad enough, but to have his hikari joining him on the side of evil? It didn't bear thinking about.

"Okay, so that's slightly worrying…" Yugi said.

"Slightly!" Yami exclaimed. "No, that's not even the end of it, Yugi. Marik went after Joey, who went after Weevil Underwood, who went after Mako Tsunami."

Yugi blinked. "Who'd Mako go after?"

Yami opened his mouth to reply, then closed it when he realized he didn't have an answer. "So far, no one; and I don't think he plans to," he added thoughtfully. "At least, aside from getting Weevil back."

"So what's the problem?" Yugi asked. "I mean, granted, things are getting a little heated, but no one's gotten hurt or anything."

"Except Pegasus," Yami countered.

Yugi sighed. "I know I'm supposed to be all forgiving and shit because he was – is – insane, but I don't really care," he whined. "He trapped Grandpa, Mokuba and Seto's souls in cards for Kami's sake. A sprained back is the least of the things he deserves."

"I know, little one, I know," Yami said soothingly, coming over to pull Yugi into his arms. "But first it starts with someone we don't care much about, and then it snowballs until it's happening to our close friends, or even to us personally."

"I don't think things are going to get that bad, Yami," Yugi replied, sighing contentedly as he burrowed into Yami's side. The former-spirit was always so warm. Probably a product of living in Egypt in his past life.

"Neither do I, really," Yami admitted. "But even if everyone has refrained from actively hurting people physically so far – and we yamis from using Shadow Magic – I can't help but think of the worst case scenario."

"Hope for the best, plan for the worst?" Yugi quoted.

"Exactly," Yami said, punctuating his statement with a nod.

"Well, how about you try optimism for once, and think of the best case scenario right now?" Yugi suggested.

"Which is?" Yami asked curiously.

Yugi smiled seductively. "Grandpa's at a convention for the weekend, so we can be as loud as we want when we have sex. Which we can do right now, if you want," he added as a seeming afterthought.

"Screw the worst case scenario; I think I'm going to give up pessimism," Yami said, pulling him in close so he could nibble on his aibou's ear.

Yugi squealed as his yami's teeth snipped around his clavicle. "Better yet, screw me," he offered, receiving a sharp bite on his earlobe for his efforts.

"I think I will," Yami whispered happily, before going back to his hikari feast.