Hello again, everyone! I hope everyone is staying safe no matter where they are. This chapter was a fun one to write because of what happens. I hope you all enjoy it!

*I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! I only own my OC, Christine. If you see something you recognize, I don't own that either.*

I had never been so excited to leave a place in my entire life until the moment we were climbing out of the cart to get out of the Volcanic Pit. If it were more sanitary, I'd be kissing the platform at the entrance, but it wasn't. Yugi's laugh at my excitement was easily brushed aside as I inhaled fresh air. I was knocked out of my happy mood by Jounouchi heaving a sigh.

"I was kicked out of the tournament by a guy with pink hair." Jounouchi moaned.

I gave a sigh of my own. He was still upset about this? And what did Zigfried's hair have to do with anything? Jounouchi's pride knew no bounds.

"Yeah, a guy with pink hair who is an expert duelist!" Honda retorted.

"I wanna be number one!"

Jounouchi gave a whine, sending exasperated tears every which way. Anzu wasn't having it, I could tell.

"Oh, will you grow up?" Anzu huffed. "Trust me, there'll be other duels."

"You're not the one who's a runner-up every year! That honor belongs to me!"

Being runner up was an honor? My face must have contorted in confusion as Ryuji was joining with Yugi in laughing.

"He's got a point." Honda sighed.

"Think of it this way." Yugi said after he calmed down his laughter. "In the end, every match you lose just helps make you a better duelist."

"Then he should be the best by now."

I had to hold back a snort at that remark. Honda was so mean sometimes!

"Hey!" A familiar voice called out and we all turned around.

Professor Hawkins was racing into the loading bay, practically gasping for air. How far had he run to get here? "Yugi! It's your Grandfather!"

"What's wrong?" Yugi asked, his voice raising in pitch from obvious concern.

"Where is he?" Jounouchi asked, pulling himself out of his own misery.

"Did he make it to a doctor?" I asked. "Or at least the Medical Center?"

"He was there…"

Professor Hawkins then recounted the story of how he was with Grandpa at the Medical Center but, as he was searching for the doctor that was helping them, he got distracted by Rebecca's duel that was playing on the TV. There was no fault in that; he was cheering for his granddaughter, no shame in that. When he got back to the room with the doctor, he was gone! "I just wish I hadn't been distracted…"

"Don't sweat it!" Jounouchi told him. "I'm sure Gramps is fine!"

"But he was barely able to move a muscle! He couldn't possibly have gotten out of bed."

Everyone gave a hum at that.

"Maybe… someone came and helped him?" Anzu suggested.

"Yeah but who?" Ryuji asked.

"Perhaps his secret admirer!" Honda teased but I hit him before he could laugh about it.

"Not funny, Honda." I deadpanned. "Be serious."

"What?! Are you saying Gramps is unattractive?!"

I simply glared at him more, flicking my eyes to Yugi in a quiet reminder that he was still here. Honda gave no sign of apologizing.

"Come on." Ryuji was our voice of reason at the moment. "We need a plan, guys. He may be in real trouble."

"You got a point there." Jounouchi agreed. "He does have the worst luck of any of anyone I know."

Was that supposed to make Yugi feel better?! I was gonna snap but Yugi's slight dip of the head stopped me. Instead, I stepped over to settle a hand on his shoulder and leaned down.

"He's gonna be ok, Yugi." I whispered to him. "I promise."

There was a moment of nothing as Yugi seemed to take in my words. After that moment, he finally lifted his head.

"You're right." He replied. "Thank you."

I gave a smile before hugging him gently. When I let go, the rest of the gang told him that Grandpa was going to be just fine, as well as his girlfriend. I whacked Honda again for the comment.

We sent Professor Hawkins to cheer for us at Rebecca's next duel as well that we'd be there as soon as we could with Grandpa. We then split up to search the park for any sign of the man.

I dashed through the little water section of the park, dodging low flying objects the entirety of the time. My heart was beginning to race from worry. Where had Grandpa gone? Who would think about taking him? I didn't want to bother Mokuba, or even Kaiba, about this as they already had that hacker to worry about. I continued on my hunt, only stopping when an announcer's voice lifted over the park.

'Attention, Kaiba Land guests: A short, stocky, elderly gentlemen in overalls and a black headband has been separated from his loved ones. If anyone has lost a Grandpa, he's waiting for you at the Main Gate.'

Grandpa! That description matched perfectly! I skidded to a stop, just barely missing a little girl happily munching on an ice cream cone, and turned around. It wasn't a far run to the main entrance and Yugi was there already.

"Yugi!"

I stopped next to him, gasping for air. "You hear that announcement?"

"Yep! And I guess everyone else did too!"

I managed to look up and saw Jounouchi and Honda dashing over as well. The racing footsteps behind me said Ryuji and Anzu were there as well.

"How many elderly gentlemen with overalls do you guys know?" Jounouchi teasingly asked.

"One!" We all cheered.

"The only problem is he's not here." Honda huffed, crossing his arms.

"Good point." Jounouchi hummed. "You think we're at the wrong gate?"

"The announcer said he was at the Main Gate." I retorted. "This is the only Main Gate here; the other one is for special guests only."

Both Jounouchi and Honda nodded their heads. He should be here…

"Hey!" Anzu suddenly spoke. "Check that out!"

We all turned and I tilted my head at the sight of a piece of paper with pandas on it tied to the claw of Blue Eyes. What the heck was that about?

"I wonder if Grandpa put it there." Yugi mused.

"But why leave it?" I huffed. "Couldn't he have just stuck around?"

There was no answer to that at the moment so we all just crowded around Yugi, who rolled open the small piece of paper. On the other side was the layout of the main stretch of the park with each small box labeling a restaurant of a shop. It was mostly grey, the labels removed, but one of the boxes had a red 'x' on it.

"X marks the spot, huh?" Anzu quoted

Ryuji suddenly stood up straight. I straightened as well, looking to him.

"I don't like the look of this." He mused. "Why would Yugi's Grandfather page us to come here, run and hide, and then leave us a map so we can find him?"

"What are you saying?"

"That someone's set a trap for us."

I felt Yugi flinch at the words. The poor boy has been through enough with his Grandfather being bait for traps. While the boys argued about whether or not to go through with the trap, I settled my hand on Yugi's shoulder again. There was no need for words as Yugi immediately nodded his head.

If there was a trap, we'd have to spring it.

We followed the map further into the shopping district, Yugi and I in the rear of the group.

"Let's just hope he's ok!" I heard Honda shout with no context.

"He'd better be." I then heard Yugi hiss.

Holy crap… Yugi could be really scary if he wanted to… I mentally put pissing Yugi off on my list of things to never do ever.

Ryuji turned the corner first then stopped at the second set of doors. We all stopped when he proclaimed it to be the one.

"He's in a Chinese restaurant?!" Honda growled.

"You mean… while we were running around like lunatics, Grandpa was eating Won-ton soup?!" Jounouchi added on.

I wanted to say something about how Grandpa may not have been involved but… I was angry at the wild goose chase he led us on. I had no opportunity to speak as Yugi stepped up to the door of the Chinese restaurant and opened it.

"Grandpa?!" Yugi called. "Are you in there?"

There was a moment of silence inside the dark room before a sudden gong sound. It wasn't the kind I was used to – the one you hear at the end of Bohemian Rhapsody – so it made me jump nearly out of my skin. The lights then suddenly turned on and the entirety of the room was revealed.

It had to have been the tallest Chinese restaurant I had ever seen! It went on and on, higher and higher. On the ceiling lay a large Asian style dragon covered entirely in gold. Everyone's eyes were as wide as dinner plates. While I was amazed, was this really the best time to be doing this? And, of course, Jounouchi and Honda were immediately entranced by the food.

"We're just in time for lunch!" Honda gasped.

"And talk about all you can eat!" Jounouchi added on.

The two dashed over to eat the lot of it but were stopped when a familiar voice called out from above.

"Easy, cowboys!" The voice snapped. "I didn't see you two on the guest list!"

We all looked up to see Vivian, standing on the railing of the highest level of the restaurant. I should have found myself concerned for her safety but… I found myself too annoyed to care.

"Vivian led us here?" Honda asked aloud.

"But why?" Yugi asked.

"Because she's nuts?" Anzu deadpanned, leaving me having to hold onto my laughter. "As if you couldn't tell?"

"I'm with Anzu." I replied, watching with my friend as the woman did Kung fu moves while balancing on the railing.

"Hey!" Jounouchi snapped. "Come down here and tell us what's going on!"

"Fine!" Vivian snapped back.

I was immediately concerned when she leapt off the railing and started to fall towards the floor. So concerned, my body nearly went to try and use my powers to cushion her fall. Then I noticed how slow she was falling. Straightening up and tilting my head, I tried to see what she was doing.

"Look, guys!" Ryuji's gasp made me lose focus and turn my head to where he was pointing. "Vivian's got a little helper!"

There was an older man holding tightly onto a rope, moving it so it was smooth and steady. So that was how Vivian was coming down to the ground. He noticed us watching and immediately blushed. Wait a minute…. Was that…?

"Grandpa?" Yugi called gently. "Wait, what are you doing in here?"

"Ah…" Grandpa's voice came out of the man's mouth. "I can explain…"

In his movement, he let go of the rope and Vivian came screaming back to Earth. In a fall that obviously hurt, Vivian lay there for a second before popping back up.

"You nimrod!" She snapped at him. "You had one simple job!"

"Gimme another chance! I'll get it next time!"

We all stood there for at least a minute in shock or amazement, I wasn't sure which. I had no idea what was going on anymore. I ended up just blocking a lot of it out. "That's why I led you kids here."

"And turned his back on his own grandson!" Honda huffed to Jounouchi and me.

"Hey, I heard that!"

"We were so worried, Grandpa!" I called to him. "And look how you repay that! Didn't you even think about how Yugi would feel if you just up and vanished!"

I gave a huff, turning my head away and shutting my eyes. "I'm utterly ashamed." There was a whine at that.

"And to think…" Jounouchi also gave a whine with his words. "I once looked up to you… You forgot what's important… You forgot the Heart of the Cards!"

"He's right, Gramps…" Yugi's voice was so soft it broke my heart.

Grandpa was silent at the criticism and I opened my eyes to see his watering.

"What have I done?" Grandpa whimpered. "I'm sorry."

"So that's how it's gonna be?!" Vivian suddenly interjected. "Have it your way!"

I could only watch as Vivian jabbed Grandpa in the back and he immediately fell back to the floor, cradling his back.

"Not again…."

That was when Vivian issued her ultimatum. She'd help Grandpa's back if Yugi won a duel against her. She didn't add on a condition if he lost but I didn't have time to consider it as Yugi roughed me up a bit.

"Christine!" The blond snapped. "Could you do something?!"

I looked over to Grandpa, seeing him hunched over on the floor, obviously in pain. I wished I could say I did but… I didn't I shook my head.

"I've never taken care of a thrown out back before." I replied. "I don't have any of my supplies either."

Jounouchi growled in what I assumed was frustration. I was sorry I couldn't help; I felt kinda useless. There was then a soft grip of my fingers. I looked down to see that it was Yugi. Was it my turn to be comforted? Giving him a soft smile, I returned the grip. I was ok.

Yugi then gave control over to Yami, who charged over to stand on one of the tables just as Vivian was. Just as he did so, she gave the losing condition: if he lost, they had to go on a date. There was a flare of jealousy but it seemed to have been absorbed by Anzu before it could take root.

"All right!" She snapped, scaring me slightly. "That does it! I've heard just about enough out of you, tuts! Get it through your head! Yugi doesn't like you and he never will!"

The three guys and I looked at each other and then back to Anzu. We all were a bit shocked at the amount of anger she just displayed. I thought I was supposed to be the angry one around here?

"Alright, just breathe." Jounouchi said gently.

When Yami accepted the challenge, Anzu snapped her head towards me. "And why are you accepting this?!" I stepped back, lifting my arms in surrender.

"Ahahaha…." I laughed awkwardly. "I'm used to him accepting strange bets and bargains?"

The answer didn't mollify her so I gave another awkward laugh.

"You should be angrier about this!"

I gave her a playful wink.

"Believe me, Anzu, you are angry enough for both of us."

My friend gave an animalistic growl so I took her by the shoulders and walked her into the restaurant, settling at a spot where we could watch the duel at a good angle. She was still fuming so I leaned over to her. "There's no point in being jealous if you already know the outcome." The anger immediately faded on her face and she gave smile.

"I love that."

I gave a quiet giggle and we turned to watch the duel.

It didn't take long for the boys to find the food after that. They cleaned out plate after plate of food. I had a reasonable amount but still! Those guys were absolute pigs! In annoyance, Anzu threw a stuffed panda at them. "How could you be eating now? Yugi needs us out there!"

"He doesn't need us yelling in his ear to win!" Jounouchi immediately countered, going back to eating.

"Now relax!" Honda added on. "And try the chicken!"

I tried not to laugh at the annoyed face Anzu gave then.

"What kind?" She asked.

"Sesame!" The boys exclaimed back.

The Sesame chicken was indeed good; I had gone back three different times for it.

"Hey, guys…" Ryuji's voice knocked them out of their happy conversation. "Things aren't looking too good for Yugi."

We all looked up to see Vivian drawing her next card. It was the same card that let her summon Dragon Lady against Rebecca! Oh boy. She then played Lightening Saber, increasing her attack by 300 points. What made me mad was when she attacked, Dragon Lady destroyed Dark Magician as well as hit Yami for 1400 points.

"How did she attack twice?!" Jounouchi managed without choking on his food.

"Her sword." I simply said while Vivian gave the full explanation.

"Bullshit!"

Yami retaliated by playing Big Shield Gardna in defense mode as well as a card face down. While Gardna had a lot of defense points, it wasn't enough to hold off Dragon Lady.

"Even if Yugi loses…" Honda's voice cut through my concentration. "…at least he gets a date."

My eyebrow twitched at that. Really? Did Honda really not remember? Thankfully, Anzu was my anger translator.

"You do remember that his girlfriend is sitting right there, right?!" Anzu snapped back.

There was a moment of silence and then a gasp.

"Oh no!" Jounouchi gasped. "I totally forgot!"

"Yugi, you can't lose!" Honda cried out as well.

"Took them long enough." Ryuji sighed. "You two need to remind these dimwits more often."

I gave my own sigh.

"He's not a fan of big acts of PDA, doesn't want to embarrass Yugi." I replied, giving a shrug with one hand filled with a plate. "We simply prefer being in a quiet spot."

"Understood. Understood."

The two of us looked back to the duel just as Dragon Lady attacked Big Shield Gardna. Just as I expected, he was destroyed easily. Yami and tried to protect him with Mirror Force but Vivian stopped its activation with Snowfall Sword. Now he had nothing to protect his life points! It also didn't help that Vivian then played a card that increased Dragon Lady's attack points by 1200 at the cost of placing four dragons in the graveyard. She could now wipe him out!

The sound of Kuriboh made me smile though. That puffball could make any situation better.

"How dare you ruin my victory with that!" Vivian whined. "Just you wait until next turn! Just you wait!"

"There is no next turn." Yami replied back with a smile.

"But why?"

"You're about to find out! Cause I'm ending this right now!"

Yami started his comeback with Skilled Dark Magician and I immediately knew what he was gonna do. I gave a squeal of excitement. He then spent the next minute playing spell card after spell card to light up the spell counters. First, he played Pot of Greed, then Emblem of Dragon Destroyer and finally, Monster Reincarnation. With all three spell counters glowing, Yami could summon Dark Magician and fuse it with the Buster Blader he had placed in his hand to summon Dark Paladin. Thankfully, Dark Paladin gained 500 attack points for each dragon in both players graveyards and Vivian just sent four away. Oh, how sweet Karma was. With a large blast, Vivian's life points dropped to zero and secured Yami's victory.

The gang and I immediately jumped to our feet, cheering wildly at our friend. Yami didn't immediately switch back like I thought he would, telling Vivian himself that Grandpa was waiting. I popped over to see what was up but I immediately regretted it when he peeked under his bangs at me.

"What?" I huffed, crossing my arms.

"No jealousy?"

I huffed again, lifting my chin with pride.

"Nope! Not even a little bit!"

The tilt of his chin down and the lift of his eyebrow told me he didn't believe me at all. It made me sigh. He could see through me so easily! "Fine. A little bit."

"Ah ha… I see…"

"But Anzu was angry enough for both of us and I knew you were going to win so why bother?"

"I'm so proud."

The hum at the end of the sentence made me blush. I tried to fight it off by crossing my arms even tighter across my chest.

"As you should be."

There was a gentle laugh, a peek to see if anyone was looking, then gave me a quick kiss. It was barely even a peck before he skipped off, switching back with Yugi before I could even blink. As usual, I stood in place, shell shocked for a moment. Ryuji's voice woke me up.

"Sooooo…" Ryuji hummed. "What was that, Christine? Did he consider it quiet enough?"

The blush returned and I gave a whine of annoyance.

"Shut up, Ryuji!"

It took a few minutes to get Grandpa back on his feet – as well as my blush to finally go away – but we were finally on route to Rebecca's duel. It was in the small village, right? There were a couple of wrong turns but we eventually made it. From what I could see, Leon was holding strong while Rebecca only had 100 points left but she did have a really big dragon; if Kaiba had anything to show me, it was that dragons were very helpful in a lot of situations. Gasping, we all moved to stand next to Professor Hawkins.

"Rebecca!" Yugi called.

The girl turned around, bright smile lighting up her face.

"You showed up!" She cried.

"Of course we did!" Jounouchi added on.

"Hey, Beck!" Honda cheered.

"You go girl!" Anzu and I cheered.

"Yeah!" Ryuji whooped at the end.

"Thanks, guys." Rebecca quietly thanked before returning to the duel.

Rebecca ordered her Diamond Head Dragon to attack, destroying Leon's ogre like monster. I had to say, Leon's monsters looked really cool! I couldn't remember them very well but I liked what I was seeing. She ended her turn by playing a card face down. I figured she'd have something strategic up her sleeve and I hoped it worked.

Leon's move threw me off as well as Rebecca. He played Gold Moon Coin, making him give up the cards he had left to Rebecca while he drew new ones to replace them. He apparently had a card that could have won him the duel already but he considered it too risky a move so he had another idea. Leon then played One hundred Year Awakening, destroying the Marie the Fallen One that had been trapped on his side of the field; it has most likely been there since the beginning of the duel. He sacrificed his Curse of Thorns to play his Thorn Princess, who emerged from the purple flames. She apparently could also control one of Rebecca's monsters as if it were Leon's! Oh no!

The ending of the duel came real quick with that. I felt bad, we had only just arrived and we had to see that. It must have been even worse for Rebecca.

"Good game." Yugi simply said.

"Yeah, that wasn't half bad for a couple of kids." Jounouchi tried to tease.

"Kids that can out duel you!" Honda teased back, making Jounouchi both embarrassed and angry.

Rebecca turned away from Leon and I could see the tears coming. I decided to give her some slack, she deserved it for how well she did today. I tapped gently on Yugi's back and he understood what I meant. He leapt over one of the buildings to walk up to her. It didn't take long for the tears to fully arrive, leaving me having to fight off some of my own.

"Must she be so dramatic?" Grandpa asked and the tears instantly vanished.

"Look who's talking!" Jounouchi, Honda, Anzu and I all shouted.

"Who me?"

"Does this sound familiar?" Jounouchi taunted. "My back hurts someone help me!"

"Oh I'd like to see you duel in 50 years!"

I had been seated in the living room after a light dinner with the rest of the gang as we all decompressed from the long day of dueling. Rebecca was quiet most of the time, most likely going through all of the ways she could have won her duel against Leon in her head. I gave her a sympathetic glance but knew she probably didn't want any pity.

When it got late, the gang decided to hit the hay. I would have followed except Rebecca called me.

"Christine?" She called gently.

Her head was lowered slightly but I could still see her eyes.

"Yes, Rebecca?" I replied, tilting my head. "Can I help with something?"

"Could you… could you answer some questions?"

I didn't see any trouble with this so I smiled at her.

"Go fetch a brush."

Rebecca now looked confused. "Let me practice braiding on you while we talk. Little less awkward." Rebecca stared at me for a second before nodding. She dashed out of the room, coming back in quickly with a brush suitable for thick hair. "Ok. Sit here!" The two of us adjusted so that we were seated in a position that Rebecca was slightly lower than me but not seated on the floor. I brushed her hair free of tangles while she gathered her thoughts.

"How long have you known Yugi?"

"Over a year. He and his grandpa took me in after… circumstances brought me to Domino."

"Circumstances?"

Hmmm… That was where it got hard to explain. I didn't know the full story about how I got to this world nor how to explain what I did know. "Did you move to Domino? You've never mentioned your parents." I gave a hum but Rebecca kept talking. "I asked Yugi about it… but he got this weird look on his face and wouldn't say."

"My parents are gone."

Rebecca was silent for a moment, giving me the opportunity to start actively braiding her hair. "Yugi found out what happened to them recently so he's being nice and not spreading it around."

"I'm… I'm sorry…"

I gave a gentle squeeze of her shoulder before continuing to braid her honey blonde hair.

"You didn't know. I understand being curious."

The girl still seemed worried about offending me but I said nothing more about it. "You had more questions?" That knocked her out of her stupor.

"Are you and Yugi together together?"

That actually made me laugh. "It's not funny! It's a serious question!"

"I know! I know! It's just…"

I gave another loud laugh, nearly losing my hold on the braid. "Oh good grief. No, Rebecca. Yugi and I are very close friends."

"But…"

"But?"

She turned to face me, making me lose my grip on her hair. She looked frustrated with me being so calm.

"I saw you two! During my duel with Vivian! Arms linked and everything!"

Ahh… so she did see that. My laugh made her even more angry. "I just want an explanation! If you're not together then what?!" I eventually gave a sigh and reached over to the small photo album that I had been putting together with materials Meg gave me. I flipped to a page where I had put images of me and Yami on one side and another image with me and Yugi on the other. I handed her the album before leaning back into the couch.

If Rebecca was as smart as I knew she was, she'd pick it up immediately.

"What are the differences between these two images?"

Rebecca, after glancing over at me like I was insane, looked over the images like they were lines of code on her computer. She slid her finger along the protected images before she began to mumble.

"This one is more friendly while this one is decidedly more romantic. The expression on Yugi's face seems far more playful in this one. Though why…?"

Rebecca's head tilted in curiosity. Did she get it? She flicked her eyes between the two images. "Yugi's taller in this one." She pointed to the one with Yami.

"And?"

Rebecca stared even harder at the image.

"His hair… It has extra blonde strands that aren't in the other one."

"And?"

Her finger finally landed on the bright red eyes that Yami had and she lifted her own to me.

"Why are his eyes red?"

I gave a playful shrug.

"Why do you think?"

"I don't know. I'm asking you."

I straightened up to point at the Millennium Puzzle. Rebecca's frustrated expression faded. "The Millennium Puzzle?"

"Has your grandpa told you about it?"

"A little bit. When he was working on his theory for Duel Monsters, he was looking into the remaining evidence of a Pharaoh who…"

Rebecca trailed off, lifting her eyes to mine once more. "Who was sealed inside the Millennium Puzzle." My smile grew again. "No." I lifted my hand to my heart with a playful gasp.

"No?"

"It is impossible!"

"And why do you say that?"

Rebecca was at a loss for words. She gaped like a fish, opening and closing her mouth repeatedly. "Come on, Rebecca. Why is it impossible?"

"That would mean something is living inside him!"

"Well, living in his head more really. The two like to team up and embarrass me though Yugi threw him under the bus at the gala the other day; that was funny."

Rebecca stared at me as I laughed at the memory. "What you saw during your duel was the aftermath of me losing a bet." I looked at her seriously then. "Never engage in gambling with him. He always wins."

"What were you betting on?"

"When Jounouchi would finally voice his confusion on chaining."

Rebecca blinked. "You played Imperial Order but Scapegoat still worked. He tried to be smart but Yugi had to explain it; he probably still doesn't get it. He said two minutes, I said five and, sure enough, exactly two minutes later…" I gave a shrug. "It was that dang side eye that got me. Damn it! I was fine until he hit me with it!"

"Hit you with what?" Yami's voice appeared from the kitchen.

My boyfriend wasn't in pajamas just yet but he had a bowl and a spoon. Based on the cream on the lifted spoon, I assumed he had yoinked one of ice cream pints that we had. Rebecca said nothing, obviously now seeing the differences between Yugi and his other self.

"Ice cream, Yami? Really?"

"Yeah. Fight me, Mereret."

I burst into laughter. "What did I hit you with?" The laughter faded quickly.

"That side eye!"

He looked confused. "During Rebecca's duel with Vivian!" Remembrance finally flickered across his face as well as a bright smile.

"Oh yeah! When I made you join that bet!"

"Yeah that!"

Yami was now laughing, walking back towards the room Yugi and I shared. I gave him a playful huff as he walked away.

"You heading to bed soon?"

"In a little bit. Don't wait for me."

"Ok. Don't stay up too late, Mereret. I will come after you."

"Ok! Ok!"

There was another chuckle before he left the room. Once he was gone, I peeked over at Rebecca.

"Was that…?" Rebecca trailed away, not needing to explain further.

"Yep. That was him."

The girl blinked for a couple seconds before she began to nod her head.

"Now that I know the differences, I can't unsee them!"

I burst into laughter again. The way she said it made it unendingly funny. When my laughter faded again, I got to my feet.

"If that's all, I'm going to head to bed. Goodnight, Rebecca."

I made it nearly to the hallway to my room just as Rebecca spoke again.

"How come it's so easy for you to tell the differences?"

Hmmm… There were so many ways I could answer that question: I was there when he put the puzzle together, I have spent a lot of time with him… I eventually decided on the one that would make her gape like a fish again.

"I married him."

Her jaw dropped and I burst into laughter again. Using her silence, I skipped to bed and left her to get her answer elsewhere.

I hope you all enjoyed!

Yami Bakura: ...

What? Got nothing to say?

Yami Bakura: *shakes his head*

I don't trust you.

Marik: Does anyone really?

Yami Bakura: Shut up!

Marik: Case in point.