6. Hyotei 3rd year regulars. Prompt: games

"Shishido, it's your turn."

"Hmmm."

"…Shishido."

"…"

"Shishido!"

"I'm thinking, alright? Chill out!" Shishido frowned, staring down at the board.

"How can you be thinking?" Gakuto asked, his brow furrowing. "It's not exactly difficult. Just roll the freaking dice!"

"This requires deep concentration," Shishido said. He adjusted his cap and then rubbed his hands together, taking a deep breath.

"The rest of us are not here to sit around and watch you dawdle," Atobe said, glancing up from where he way laying on his side, head propped up with his fist. "Hurry up; I'm getting bored."

"Shut up, Atobe," Shishido said distractedly. "If I can roll a seven or higher, I'm okay for another trip around the board. Anything else and I'm pretty much dead. Well, a three would be alright, I guess."

"You're pretty much dead anyway, aren't you?" Oshitari drawled.

"Yuushi's got all the railroads, so you're screwed if you roll a two," Gakuto said, snickering.

"Rolling a two's unlikely," Atobe said. He smirked, tapping a spot on the board. "My properties are what you need to watch out for.

Shishido's nose wrinkled. "I was doing so good at the beginning!" he said petulantly. "Then Jiroh had to go and buy out all my stuff." He huffed, crossing his arms. "Lame."

"Oh my God, Shishido, roll!" Gakuto exclaimed. "Look, I'll give you the electric company if you just hurry the hell up."

Shishido perked up noticeably. "Really?"

"Yes," Gakuto said, holding out the card in question. "Here, take it, take it. And roll, damn it!"

"No one ever lands on this thing," Shishido muttered, but he accepted it anyway. "Fine, I'm going. Sheesh." He took another deep breath, picked up the dice, and began shaking them in his hand.

"Shishido," Atobe said, arching his eyebrows after a good thirty seconds of this had passed.

"Alright, alright!" he said, and then he tossed the dice onto the board.

Atobe smirked.

Shishido cursed.

"That's just unlucky," Oshitari said, grinning a bit.

Gakuto snatched the electric company card back from Shishido's dwindling pile. "I'll be taking this back, thank you very much."

"Boardwalk," Atobe said, his eyes glinting. "Have you got anything left to pay me with? Or should I be excepting special favors?"

"This game is stupid and you suck," Shishido said, glowering. He shoved the rest of his pile towards Atobe and then crossed his arms sulkily. "How did you manage to get two hotels on Boardwalk and Park Place, anyway?"

"Monopoly is a game that reflects genuine real life skills," Atobe said loftily, dividing up the pitiful remains of Shishido's money and adding it to his own piles. "I can't help it if I'm naturally that talented."

Gakuto snorted. "Yeah, sure," he said, shifting around so that he was leaning against Oshitari's side.

"Someone needs to wake Jiroh up," Oshitari said. "It's his turn."

Shishido scowled down at the boy who was currently using his thigh for a pillow. "I think my feet are asleep," he said, shaking Jiroh's shoulder gently. "I've been sitting cross-legged for too long. Oy, Jiroh, it's your turn now. Jiroh!"

"Whaaa?" Jiroh said sleepily, blinking a couple times. "My turn already?" He yawned widely, rolling over so that his face was nearly in Shishido's crotch. "Mmmm, don't wanna…"

Shishido spluttered, his eyes wide, and shoved the other boy off of him. "Jiroh, wake up!"

"Ow," Jiroh said flatly, sitting up and rubbing the back of his head. He yawned again, glancing down at the board. "You out, Shishido?"

"You surprised?" Shishido returned.

"Not really," Jiroh said, scratching the back of his head. "Maaah, Atobe, this game's already over. Let's play something else."

"It's not over," Atobe said, his eyes widening just slightly. "I haven't bought out all of Oshitari's properties yet."

"You haven't gotten mine, either!" Gakuto said.

"You're not a threat," Atobe said offhandedly.

"Oy!" Gakuto exclaimed.

"It's true, though," Shishido said, leaning over to look at what the other boy still had.

"At least I'm still in the game," Gakuto snapped.

Shishido scowled and fiddled absently with his hat.

"I want to play something else!" Jiroh said again. "Atobe!"

Atobe sighed. "Fine. Whose turn is it to pick?"

"Mine!" Shishido, Gakuto, and Jiroh all said simultaneously. Then they stared at each other.

"No way, Jiroh! You're the one who picked Monopoly in the first place!" Shishido yelled, rising up onto his knees.

"I did not!" Jiroh said. "Atobe's always the one who picks Monopoly!"

"Liar!" Gakuto shouted, pointing at Jiroh.

"Oh, you're one to talk!" Shishido said, turning to face Gakuto. "You got to pick last week! It's my turn!"

"It is not!" Gakuto said. "It's my turn and I want to play poker!"

"It's my turn, and I say Mario tennis!" Shishido growled.

Jiroh's eyes widened. "Ooohh, yeah, Mario tennis!" he said eagerly, practically bouncing up and down.

"Poker!"

"Mario tennis!" Jiroh and Shishido said together.

"Jiroh already chose a game, so Mario tennis is out by default," Gakuto said. "We're playing poker!"

"Mario tennis!"

"POKER!"

"MARIO TENNIS!"

"Oshitari." Atobe rolled his eyes and gestured for the tensai to come closer.

"What?" Oshitari drawled, adjusting his glasses.

"Go put a movie on, would you? Maybe that will calm the children down."

Oshitari's glasses glinted as he smirked. "Gladly," he said, before strolling over to the huge TV that Atobe had in his room.

The other three were still arguing loudly amongst themselves. Atobe sighed in a very put-upon manner.

He just hoped Oshitari didn't decide to watch Titanic. Again.

FIN