Battleshipping (Jonouchi Katsuya/Kaiba Seto/Mutou Yugi)
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It was common for Yugi to find excuses to invite the two of them out at the same time—both of them suspected it was yet another one of his attempts to get them to play nice, or something. As though that was ever going to happen.
Jonouchi, for his part, wasn't sure why Kaiba kept accepting said invitations. Yugi joked that he just promised to have a duel with him later to string him along, but it was up in the air how true that actually was. One way or another, Kaiba's surly face kept just happening to be at Yugi and Jonouchi's promised meeting place fifteen minutes early on the dot every single time, most of the time, without Jonouchi knowing that Yugi had invited him too. He was just starting to accept the fact that wherever they were going, Kaiba might pop up and tag along with a grumble and a shoving of his hands into his pockets.
It made everything awkward. Even just sitting and watching a movie in silence. Jonouchi tried to focus on the screen, on the plot, but even with Yugi sitting in between them, he felt on edge. God. Why did Yugi have to do this? At least let Jonouchi know if Kaiba was coming, and then he could mentally prepare...as it was, he felt like he could sense the young CEO on the other side of Yugi, like some kind of crackling static on a television in another room.
"Jonouchi," Kaiba's voice hissed a little too loudly, and Jonouchi jumped. Considering the tone, Jonouchi had a feeling that Kaiba had said his name, or perhaps an insulting version of his name, several times already. Jonouchi had been trying so hard not to pay attention to him that it had actually worked to not hear him, or something.
Jonouchi glanced over towards Kaiba reluctantly—and then he had to press his hand to his mouth to stifle the giggle before Seto's angry gaze actually murdered him.
Yugi had fallen fast asleep, his head lolling back onto Kaiba's shoulder. His mouth hung slightly open, looking as peaceful as ever. Geez, Jonouchi knew Yugi had been pulling a lot of all nighters lately for exam season, but he hadn't expected to see him fall asleep in public.
Kaiba looked a cross between terrified and mortified, his jaw clenched and his cheeks a bright red.
"What do I do?" he hissed, trying not to catch the attention of the other theatergoers.
"Just sit there, he'll wake up when the movie's over," Jonouchi hissed back. "He does this when we watch movies at his house sometimes."
"My arm is falling asleep!"
"Deal with it, man—or do you want to disturb 'im?"
Surprisingly, Kaiba flinched a bit at that idea. He actually bit his lip, looking nervously at the sleeping Yugi.
"Isn't he uncomfortable?" he muttered.
"Yugi can sleep anywhere," Jonouchi said. He couldn't help but grin—Kaiba was kinda funny when he was flustered.
Kaiba's mouth opened and closed a few more times without sound. Then he just closed his mouth tightly and looked straight ahead, clearly not able to focus on the movie anymore either. Jonouchi almost thought about snapping a secretive picture on his phone for later blackmail material...but for once, he decided against it.
At least, he didn't want to disturb the other viewers with his flash.
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A/N: They're a cute bunch of unlikely friends haha. Next is Batteryshipping (Jonouchi x Yami Bakura x Ryo).
