this is mostly a joke for today. sorry if it's not the best.
In Den City, we find Yusaku Fujiki sitting in the courtyard, as usual eating a hot dog and coffee. He looked around, seeing boys and girls laughing together. Even some couples were two of the same gender.
He saw so many happy couples, feeling somewhat envious of them. Even Jin Kusanagi, who had been withdrawn for over a decade was having girls just pushing chocolates. He got an alert on his phone.
"Oh, a text from Takeru," Yusaku said, he opened it, seeing Takeru with his friend Kiku, though from the heart-shaped box of chocolates, he guessed they were more than friends.
'Happy Valentine's Day buddy. Hope you're doing well' the text said.
"Ah, so that's Takeru's girlfriend," Shoichi said. "She's certainly cute." He noticed Yusaku stand up. "Yusaku?"
"See you later."
Shoichi took a look at the half-eaten hotdog, and sighed.
"Well, he's really not feeling well to leave this here."
Yusaku walked through the city, hands in his hoodie pockets as he looked out around him. There were happy couples all around the city. This made him feel self-conscious. He spent so much time focusing on revenge and fighting, he never bothered to put himself out there. He just kept walking till he reached Stardust Road.
A couple hours ago, Aoi Zaizen was in her apartment, placing chocolates in a heart-shaped box.
"So, Aoi-chan, gonna finally confess to Yusaku?" Miyu asked kicking her feet on the couch.
"That's the plan. I'll tell him how I feel, and then he'll-"
"Sorry, but I don't feel the same way," Fantasy Yusaku said.
"No, I don't think I can do this after all." This got her a slap from Miyu. "Miyu-chan, what was that for?"
"Don't you go getting cold feet now. As your best friend, I'll be right there to support you and make sure you go through with it. And if that unlikely thing happens, I'll be there to console you."
"Thanks, Miyu-chan. Let's just try to avoid another incident like before."
"You just had to bring that up."
So Aoi and Miyu went to the courtyard, and saw Yusaku sitting and eating the hot dog. Aoi took a deep breath and got a determined look and...
"Oh, Zaizen, thank goodness you're here," Naoki Shima said.
"Shima-san? Uh, can it wait?"
"No, there's this girl I wanna ask out but I'm afraid she'll say no."
"Listen, I-"
"I got this, Aoi-chan. You go do what you gotta do."
"Thanks, Miyu-chan."
So while Naoki got advice from Miyu, Aoi went to give Yusaku the chocolate, but he wasn't there now.
"Seriously?" She approached the food cart owner. "Excuse me, which way did Yusaku go?"
"Why do you-?" Shoichi started to ask before looking in her hands and seeing the heart shaped box. "Oh I see." Aoi noticed where he was looking, and her face turned as red as Fire Phoenix. "He went that way."
"Thanks."
So Aoi went in the direction he pointed to as he sighed. "Ah, young love. I need to find a woman."
"If you want, I can give you tips, niisan," Jin said as he showed multiple slips of paper. Shoichi looked to see they were all phone numbers.
"Even my little brother is beating me at relationships."
Back to the present, it's five PM, and Aoi is looking from behind a tree to see Yusaku looking out to the ocean. She turned around for a moment, took a deep breath and steeled her nerves ready to approach him, but the worst case scenario popped back up. She shook her head.
"No, get it together. You've got to do this. He's right there. Just-"
"Why are you talking to yourself?" Yusaku asked as she jumped up. "Sorry I startled you." He noticed the box in her hands. "Valentine's day chocolates."
"Yeah. Uh... I made them myself. Before my mother remarried, I sometimes spent time with my grandma, and she taught me how. They're for you."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I uh... well, I..."
"You like me?"
"Yeah. You've been through so much, you approached me as a person instead of just a person who wanted a job or new duel disk. Not to mention almost killing yourself to save me against Revolver."
"Well, at the time, I was thinking keeping those uninvolved from suffering during my battle. I did feel sorry for you, going through such things at a young age. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't attracted to you as well. As you, not as Blue Angel, Blue Girl or Blue Maiden."
Aoi was heating up as Yusaku closed the distance, kissing her on the lips. Her initial shock was replaced with a response by kissing. After a minute they pulled back and she opened the box. Yusaku picked up a piece of chocolate and ate it. He made a gag face.
"Is there something wrong with them? Did I make them wrong?"
"No, it's just I'm allergic to walnuts."
"I am so sorry. I didn't know, I..." She was interrupted by another kiss. The sun had set, and the plankton that made Stardust Road glowed. Meanwhile, Ryoken looked on.
"Glad to see your life take this turn. I should probably find a girlfriend."
and that's it. sorry if this didn't work out well. I decided to put up something for Valentine's day. I got something else in the works, but for now there's this.