Gameshipping (Ryuji Otogi/Yami no Yugi)

. . .

"God, I can't believe you're not cheating."

"I never cheat—unless my opponent is doing it first."

"Pfft, not one to take the higher ground if you don't have to, huh?"

The other Yugi uncharacteristically stuck out his tongue at Otogi over the tops of his cards. They were the last two left in this round of poker, and everyone else had very quickly lost interest in the game. Otogi could hear the clatter of the others in the kitchen, laughing and chattering as they cleaned from from dinner (or more likely, in the case of Jonouchi and Honda, were just sneaking more snacks). Ryo had fallen asleep on the couch with his cards slipping out of his fingers, so he was probably folding.

"You don't happen to be implying that I'm cheating, are you?" Otogi said with a grin.

"What? Me?" Yami no Yugi said, laughing. "I'd never."

Damn, but he had one hell of a poker face. Otogi prided himself on finding tells, but he didn't have a single clue how good Yami no Yugi's hand was. For all he knew, the guy could be bluffing him completely out. Otogi didn't have too shabby a hand himself, but...

"That's it," he said. "Ante up—I'm going all in."

"Last hand?" Yami no Yugi said, raising his eyebrows with a mischievous grin.

"Last hand," Otogi agreed.

"All right, I'll match you, all in for me, too."

Both of them shoved their chips at each other with matching mischievous grins.

"All right, reveal them," Otogi said. "Time to see how badly I've gotten screwed."

As one, they dropped their cards face up on the table.

"Oh my god," Otogi said.

"I do believe that's the first time I've tied at poker," Yami no Yugi said with a laugh.

Both hands revealed perfect straight flushes—Otogi's in diamonds, Yami no Yugi's in clubs, both five to ten.

"You bastard, I can't believe this," Otogi said, leaning back in his chair with a huge, rocking laugh. "That never happens. What are the fucking odds?"

Yami no Yugi was laughing too, leaning over the table on top of his cards.

"What now?" he said in between laughs. "Want a tie breaker?"

Behind them, in the kitchen, Jonouchi's voice echoed from the back.

"Are you two nerds done yet or am I gonna have to eat all this pie by myself!"

Yami no Yugi and Otogi couldn't both help but start laughing again.

"Truce?" Yami no Yugi said, reaching his hand across the table even as he was collapsed face first against it.

"Truce," Otogi snickered, reaching to shake his hand. "For now, at least. I'll beat you someday."

"Keep telling yourself that."

They left the cards behind, and went back to meet the others in the kitchen.

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A/N: I don't actually know how to play poker, please forgive me XD Next is Gainshipping (Yami no Yugi x Ryouta)