Day 9: Gemshipping (Thief King/Ryou) - "Slipping on ice"

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"Oh, what the fuck."

There was a bright burst of giggles beside him. "Troubles?"

"You shut your damn pretty mouth."

On the one hand, Ryou did slap his hands over his mouth to muffle the next set of giggles, when Bakura fell flat on his ass again. On the other hand, that's not what he meant.

Bakura tried again to scramble to his feet, but the sheet of smooth ice that had taken over the sidewalk was not cooperating. He got halfway up when his legs went out from under him again.

"Oh my goodness, it's like watching Bambi. I've got to take a video of this, hang on." Ryou fished around in his pocket for his phone.

"You take a video and I'll withhold sex for a week, you brat."

"No, you really won't. Well, unless your ass is too sore after this I suppose. And it'd be worth it, anyways." Ryou clicked his phone on and pointed it at the trapped thief. He put on his best impersonation of a nature commentary and hit record. "And here, we have the Ancient Egyptian Thief, ever so very far away from his natural habitat…"

"I'm gonna kill you when I get to you."

"…legend has it that this creature was once light on its feet, but this particular specimen is currently having… issues." Ryou paused but Bakura just sat and glared at him. "Oh come on, try to get up again! For science!"

"I will murder you."

"Only if you can catch me."

With a growl, Bakura tried to clamber to his feet, and promptly flopped to the ground again with rather impressively flailing arms.

Ryou burst out laughing again. "Ooh, that was perfect. The beauty! The majesty! The grace under pressure!"

Bakura snarled at the camera. "Ok, we're done with this game." Rather than try to get up again, he just lunged forward to try to take Ryou out at the knees. If he was stuck on the ground forever, his boyfriend could damn well show some solidarity and join him. He managed to grab him around the thighs, and Ryou fell to the hard ground with a thump as his phone went flying.

"Ow! What the hell Bakura, that hurt!"

"Don't mock the afflicted then."

Ryou winced and rubbed his hip. "No seriously, that really hurt."

Bakura shimmied forward and hauled Ryou toward him to plant a kiss on the crown of his head. "Sorry." He gave Ryou's hip a comforting rub, then a wide grin spread across his face. "I guess I'll just have to kiss it better, later."

"You bloody well better, you jerk." Despite his angry words, Ryou settled comfortably against the thief. It wasn't the most comfortable spot for a cuddle, but who was he to turn down the opportunity?

After a few moments, he craned his head back to look at the thief. "Hey, I just had an idea for our next date."

Bakura hummed and rested his head on Ryou's shoulder. "Oh?"

Ryou turned his head to peck a kiss to Bakura's scar, and smiled as sweetly as he could. "How'd you like to go ice skating, oh graceful one? That should be good for a laugh."

There was a beat of silence before the mad scrambling started, as Ryou tried to escape Bakura's wrath. With all the ice they didn't get far, but it's the (slightly homicidal, in some cases) thought that counts.

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A/N: Who else wishes they could get a copy of that video? ;p