Disclaimer: I own not the copyrights to iPod, Apple, "Yu-Gi-Oh", or Pink Martini's "The Gardens of Sampson and Beasley". Nor do I claim to.

Notes: This is because a reviewer asked for a chapter two and I wanted to do something with the song.

Extra Update: Big thank you to my sister who, at half past three caught some mistakes.

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Jou sighed. The school day had been long and torturous, though for the first time in God knew how long he actually had his homework completed -finally having decided after so long laying awake that he'd be productive and do the stupid worksheets- and even learned something -'Le gasp' he thought to himself - for once. This surprised everyone, as most students slacked off during the last month of school instead of improving.

But he thought before he fell asleep -for he knew from experience that not thinking of the underage CEO would have no effect on The Dream- that he had seen the elder Kaiba brother looking rather less put together, in fact, for as long as Jou had been having The Dream, his appearance looked like he was beginning to put less effort into it.

"I hope he's alright." he smiled softly to himself, remembering that once upon a time he wouldn't have cared for the brunet's health.

He turned up the volume of his iPod and set it to shuffle, rolling over and hoping to catch whatever sleep he could.

Before long his breathing evened and The Dream began.

It was a nice, beautiful night.

The moon was a wide, silver disk in the sky, full as ever. But it was outshone by the pastel rainbow sunset that lit the sky.

Jou slipped his sandals off and sat at the edge of the boat, dangling his legs over the end of the boat. The slight breeze touched at his hair gently, pushing the golden mop into his eyes. He pushed it back with the hand not clinging to his shoes.

He went and grabbed a light dinner and stood again at the back of the boat, leaning against the rail and holding onto the plastic container that held his salad. He left again to toss out the container and then pressed his back to the rail and leaned over it backwards a ways, smiling up at the stars just winking into visibility.

He heard, rather than saw, someone approach him.

"Hey Jou," said Yugi's voice.

The blond returned to a normal standing position and grinned at his friend, whose shoulder was claimed by Yami's arm.

"Hey."

"You okay?"

"Yeah, I just wanted to look at the sky and get some quiet."

"Oh, alright, but if something's wrong…"

"I promise I'll tell you."

"Good. We'll be watching a movie in our cabin if you need us."

Jou almost laughed when Yami smirked and mouthed; "Try not to need us.".

"Alright. See you later."

The pair left and Jou turned and sighed, staring down at the reflection of the moon on the water between the whitecaps caused by the boat's wake.

He shivered as he realized that the wind was getting colder. Suddenly he heard the footfalls of another approaching.

"It's lovely, isn't it?" asked the voice he knew so well softly.

"Absolutely. I was wondering where you were Seto."

"Anzu-."

"Just stop there, that's all the explanation anyone needs."

He could swear he heard Seto's smile. He shivered again as the breeze blew. Then a coat was draped around his shoulders and an arm was around his waist. They stood together and simply lived in the moment of being in love.

"I love you Seto." said Jou.

Seto cupped his boyfriend's chin and brought their lips together sweetly.

"I love you too Jou." Seto whispered with every bit of the statement shining in his eyes.

In his sleep, though a single tear slid down his cheek, Jou smiled.

Jou leaned his head on his lover's shoulder.

"Let's go to the dancing deck, it's getting chilly." smiled the blond.

"Alright." Seto returned his smile.

As they entered the deck, the speakers tinkled out the beginning of a song Jou knew was familiar but he couldn't place it.

"Under Orion's starry sky, I lie in the moonlit garden, Wondering where to cast my eye, For all that I see is heaven, Oh why does it have to end, I wish we could still pretend, You're near, just around the bend, In the gardens of Sampson and Beasley," sang the voice.

Jou and Seto watched the other couples dancing closely to the lounge music. Jou smiled and leaned his head on Seto's shoulder. The brunet's mouth twisted into a half smile.

"Last time we were in this place, Your face had a certain sadness, And oh how I've wondered since, What you've done with all that sadness, Oh why did it have to end, I wish we could still pretend, Our love was around the bend, In the garden of Sampson and Beasley," sang the voice, the lyrics somewhat melancholy though the tune was deceptively saccharine.

Jou hummed to the tune as an interlude played, lulling him to a place where fear, hurt, sadness, darkness, or anything but love and the brunet holding him vanished.

"Under Orion's starry sky, I lie in the moonlit garden, Wondering when I close my eyes, If I'll ever find my heaven, Oh why will it never end, These days where I still pretend,

Our love just around the bend,"

"In the gardens of Sampson and Beasley," as Jou woke slowly, he sang the lyrics along with his iPod groggily.

And for the first time, he smiled awakening from The Dream. Maybe there was a chance, and even if there wasn't, someone else would surely love him.

Across town, Seto was awake, having slept fitfully earlier in the evening so he could work early in the morning, and he hummed the lyrics to a song -as though he had heard it once in a dream or memory- when it played on the radio on his desk. He smiled happily to himself and promised himself that he would talk to Katsuya at school.

~Owari

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And there you have part two. If you want a part three you'll have to beg and then wait, probably for a number of months, as I'm working on a story with my sister Novocain and a comish oneshot for Novocain…she's paying me a penny a word and up to ten dollars…

About why I used that song:

Novocain and I live with our mother and her second husband, and we visit our dad sometimes (Much less often than we'd like…) and he lives on the other end of the state. Soo, when we drive to meet him in one of the cities halfway between home and his place, we usually listen to music in his car and…well, his taste in music is much like mine. The word my mom uses is "eclectic". Anyways, he played this song for us and I fell in love with it. I looked all over to find a version and eventually had to buy from iTunes. I listened as I wrote, and am as I'm typing right now at 1:30 am…Lounge music is good for us in the early morning, yess. *nods*. Had to use it somehow and I'd been stuck on writing your freaking second chapter, soo, I used the song as a springboard.

Also, no, I've no idea why Jounouchi has lounge music on his iPod, he just does 'cause the magical writer lady said so.