Variety Out
Author's Note: Enjoy the story and R&R.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to or of the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's series.
Pairing: Pre-slash Rua x Rally.
Summary:
Rua and Rally Dawson pass a night stuck in a box.
Rua shivered. "It's cold, isn't it?"
"Ugh, no!" Rally groaned.
"How are you not cold?"
"I live in Satellite! But I suppose a rich boy who's never lived a day without fancy indoor heating wouldn't grow a pair since he's never spent a night on the street before, ha ha ha!"
The rich boy from Tops jerked his neck in indignation. "Eeee! Shut up!"
Another situation he wasn't prepared for: getting locked in a shipping container at the docks with Rally Dawson and the Wheel of Fortune.
If Ruka stuck to her plan to sleep over at Patty's and Jack stuck to his sayonara that afternoon, Ruka wouldn't notice Rua was gone, Jack wouldn't double back, and Rua wouldn't taste the sweet taste of freedom or a cooked meal till morning.
"This is the last time I bike-sit for Jack!" the green-haired complainer complained some more.
Hunger and cold had set in. Hunger and cold that only seemed to bother Rua. Rally took pity (or based on his snickering, working poor revenge) on Rua, making him hold out his palms and dumping the cracker dust from his pockets into them.
They sat against the sheet metal; Rua, rubbing his arms up and down furiously; Rally, totally calm.
"You're enjoying watching me freeze, aren't you?"
"A bit, yeah!"
"I would never do this to you if I was in your place!"
"You are in my place, haha! BTW, I can solve your heat problem for you." Rally lined up Game 2. He had to do something to pass the time!
"Yeah? Why didn't you say so earlier? Oh wait, of course! You wanted to torture me first!" Rua clapped back sarcastically.
Rally put a hand on Rua's shoulder – the one furthest from him – then shifted closer.
"No don't…"
"What? Scared? We're just sharing body heat! It isn't gay! Unless you like it." Rally smirked.
Rua blushed. Discounting his difficult personality, Rally actually was femininely cute (don't call him that).
Minutes huddled close to Rally and Rua's face just grew hotter and hotter.
"You know, I was messing with you! But if you do like it…" Rally trailed off.
Breathing loudly, Rua looked the other way.
"I guess tonight's the night you find out a lot about yourself!"
"Can you…please not tell anyone?"
"Who would I tell?"
"Um, Yusei, Jack, Crow, my sister."
"Huh. I hadn't thought of that!" Rally faked a eureka. "Thanks for the options!"
Rua clunked the wall with the back of his head and squeezed his eyelids over his eyes.
"C'mon. We both know you think I'm cute!"
"I DIDN'T SAY IT!" Rua opened them for fear of reprisal.
"That's better." Rally reached behind Rua's ear.
Kissing a boy was surprisingly not a big deal once his lips were on yours. Rua's temperature stabilized, leaving a nice warmth.
"See? Not scary."
"Not scary!" Rua blew a whew. "Can I, uh –?"
"Give it a shot!"
The second time, Rua initiated the kiss. The third, Rally. And they kept switching.
"Bet you ain't cold anymore, huh?" Rally turned up the heat again by not giving him any more kisses.