Oh wow! Four reviews! That's more than I thought I'd get originally… so I've updated faster than I thought I was going to.

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The arcade was jam-packed with people. Yugi almost didn't find Joey in the crowd. But the one thing that Yugi liked about the arcade, was that people of all ages came there. Including people shorter than him. And Joey and Tea were tall. He finally Joey and Tea a few minutes later in the back, playing DDR.

"Go Joey!" Yugi cheered. He cheered for Joey just because he knew his friend was already predestined to lose. Joey was miserable at dancing; the guy could barely leap across a crack in the sidewalk without flailing.

In fact, Joey wiped out and fell right on top of his shorter friend. "EEP!" Yugi struggled to push Joey off of him, but gave up. Such were the drawbacks of being small and cute.

"Joey, get off of me, please," Yugi said politely. Joey didn't move. "JOEY!"

Tea linked her arms underneath Joey's armpits and lifted him up. "He passed out," she explained.

"Baka," Yugi laughed. Tea gave him a funny look. "What?"

"Nothing, it's just that you've never called Joey a baka before."

"I've thought it. Affectionately." Yugi stuck out his tongue as Tea started to get all misty-eyed. "No! Not in that way!"

"Awww…" Tea's smile faded. "It would've been cute."

"But I'm not like that, and neither is Joey… so far as I know!" Yugi just had to add that little joke at the end as he stood up and dusted himself off. Tea laughed too, then pointed out that Yugi always dusted himself off, teasing him. Yugi just rolled his eyes. Somehow, someway, Tea had gotten her hands on a Gravitation manga, and ever since she'd been an aggressive yaoi fangirl. She kept finding "secret meanings" behind every action Joey and/or Yugi did. It was disturbing that she thought of him and his best friend as a couple. Yugi wondered if Joey was just as disturbed by it… probably was. But he didn't know that Yugi was, had been, bi-sexual. It wasn't as if Yugi had any feelings for any guy, it was just that he could appreciate both genders' looks.

Of course, he was never going to confess to Tea that he was bisexual. Never, ever in a million years. It was partially because he didn't want to come out, and partially because she would blab it to EVERYONE. He was afraid of losing friends. He was afraid that he would be picked on. And also, there was always that bit of doubt… The feeling that, maybe he was wrong… and he wasn't bi…

There was a lot of self-doubt involved, a lot of second-guessing himself, and Yugi just wasn't ready for Tea to start expecting him to stare at every cute guy that came along. Then there would be questions, like, "What kind of guy are you attracted to?" and "Can I set you up with this guy?" Tea was like that. Yugi wanted no part of it.

Besides, Tea would ask him how he knew, and it wasn't like he had his eye on anyone.

After Joey came to, Yugi challenged him to Tekken 5. The Tekken machine was closer to the front of the arcade, so Joey and Yugi left Tea at the DDR machine and headed towards the front. Yugi looked out the arcade's glass doors. The skyline was turning a dark blue hue as evening settled over the bustling city.

"So, I got a new job," Joey was saying.

Yugi fingered the hem of his pocket, feeling the coins inside. He had exchanged the dollars for yen with Duke, who was going to go on a vacation to America next week—to New York City. Tea was insanely jealous…

Five dollars worth of stolen coins were in his pocket. Yugi shook the thought away, trying to rid himself of the pinkish hues that were creeping over his face.

"Yeah, she is cute, isn't she Yug'?" Joey grinned at him. Yugi snapped back to attention.

"Uh, what? Who is, Joey?"

"That girl over there. That's why you're blushing, right? You should go talk to her."

Yugi looked up—and his eyes widened. He actually knew that girl—Saccha Okimoto, from his science class. They were partners… and she wouldn't stop trying to touch him. She was a notorious slut, although pretty. Yugi didn't like her.

He blushed a deep pink. Oh, shoot, how could he have been flushing while staring off into space? Especially at that girl? He shook his head vehemently, and Joey grinned, nudging him.

"Come on."

"Joey, no way—Can I help you?"

Joey's head turned. An immediately frown came over his features, blurring all of its preceding jubilance. "Marik," he said bitterly.

Marik grinned widely at him. "In the flesh and the fetish."

"Glad to have your own body?" Yugi asked, making nervous conversation. Joey stared at him, raising an eyebrow. Yugi had the most dangerous habit of trying to make friends with everyone. It just wasn't safe, Joey could tell you. This meant that Yugi was constantly trying to befriend the evil trio of Malik, Marik, and Bakura. Not to mention Kaiba. But Kaiba was an evil all his own.

"Naturally," Marik told him, grinning wider. "And now, Yugi, if you'd be so… kind… as to hand over the money you stole from my other half…"

Joey's eyes widened extremely. "Yug'?"

Yugi fingered the hem of his pocket again. "No, Marik," he said quietly.

Joey flipped. "Yug'? You stole something?"

Marik clenched his teeth—just a bit. He didn't want Yugi to know he was bothering him so. "Hand me the money or I—"

"—will send you to the Shadow Realm?" Yugi guessed. He shook his head sadly. "Really, Marik, can't you think of anything different? You don't even have the Millennium Rod anymore! Yami gave it to Mokuba to put in a safe for… safe…keeping, y'know?"

Joey looked at Yugi, amazed. He was acting almost like an entirely different person. A shy, but more confident one. But he was being a jerk… maybe… sort of? Had he really stolen something from Malik?

"Yugi," Marik growled, "give me my other half's five dollars back and you'll be left a very happy person… a live person…"

To both Marik and Joey's surprise, Yugi laughed. "You have no idea… You… Hah!" Yugi didn't say anything more, but his eyes sparkled with the tinkling of an inside joke. Marik growled.

"FINE!" he roared, scaring several small children nearby. He swooshed his cape dramatically and left.

Joey looked at Yugi, baffled. "Yug'?"