Hello everybody! I hope all you are having a productive and fun summer wherever you are! Here is the next installment of Spring Fling or Not. Enjoy!
P.S Again, Yuugi is wearing an outfit that I wear, except the color of the shirt was originally orange but I decided to make it violet to match her eyes.
Joey couldn't believe his day right now. He was on a fancy yacht with the multi-billionaire Seto Kaiba, drinking martinis. After hearing about Yuugi and Ryou's dates, he expected his and Malik's dates to be the same, normal. He was totally wrong. When Malik learned that Seto was the CEO of Kaiba Corp. he just accepted it like he met billionaires every day and went jet skiing with Marik. Joey, on the other hand, was flabbergasted. He couldn't process that he was dating a rich man. He must looked ridiculous because Seto commented on it, also adding that he kind of looked like a mutt. Joey bristled in anger and retorted that he was dirty rich boy. Despite the insult, Seto just smirked and allowed Joey onto his yacht.
Now, here he is, on the deck of a yacht, being served martini. He still felt a bit overwhelmed by all this, but he was gradually getting used to it. He watched his friend Malik whizzing past, shouting and hollering in joy sitting behind Marik.
"Have you recovered yet, mutt?" Seto asked coming from below decks.
Joey stiffened but decided to just take it. It didn't seem like he was going to stop, so he might as well get used to it. He turned his head to the brunette. He wore a light blue thin shirt with white shorts.
"A little bit, thanks for your concern," he replied, a small bit of bitterness in his tone.
Seto chuckled. "My apologies, Joey. I often speak my mind without thinking which gets me into trouble. But most people don't fight back like you did, so I commend you for your spirit."
Joey looked into Seto's ice blue eyes to see if his apology was sincere. He found no foul play and nodded in acceptance. Maybe he is a nice guy once you get past his cold exterior, Joey thought.
Seto picked up his glass. "Then here's to a budding relationship."
Joey picked up his glass and they clinked together. After taking a long swig, Joey licked his lips and asked Seto a question. "So, I have a question for you."
"Fire away."
"Why does your friend Yami want to do date Yuugi," Joey asked seriously. "From her description, he sounds like a nice guy, but I just want to make sure that she doesn't get hurt. She's too innocent for her own good."
Seto knew exactly why Yami was dating Yuugi. Yami and Bakura told him and Marik what they were doing, and just let them go along with it, but they didn't want any part of it. He obviously wasn't going to say that to Joey, so he lied.
"Yami told me that your friend looked cute, so he wanted to get to know her better," Seto coolly replied.
"If you say so. Sorry if I'm accusing him of anything. Yuugi has never dated anyone, so I'm a bit overprotective of her. She's like a little sister to me."
Then I fear for Yami's life when this is all over, Seto thought. "I'm sure she'll be fine. She's lucky to have a great friend like you."
Joey smiled. "Thanks."
Meanwhile…
When Marik and Malik were done jet-skiing, they wanted to get back on the yacht, but seeing Seto and Joey getting along so well, they decided to give them some privacy and went back to the beach. They strolled next to the salty ocean water to cool their feet from the scorching sand. This was Malik's first date with Marik and Marik was already acting bold by placing his hand on the small of Malik's back as if they've done this many times. Malik didn't mind at all, being attracted to confident guys.
"What do you want to do next?" asked Marik.
Malik placed his finger on his chin, thinking. "Oh! I saw this ice cream café across the street from here that I've been dying to go to."
Marik nodded. "Sure. It's super hot so ice cream sounds great."
They walked across the street and entered the cold, refreshing ice cream store. There was a fairly long line but the employees were working fast, so everybody got their orders within five minutes. This ice cream store was special because you can choose any flavor with any toppings in a waffle cone or bowl. The tan teens ordered their customized ice creams and sat at an empty booth right under the air conditioning vent.
Malik scooped up some his chocolate ice cream with a gummy bear in it and putted it in his mouth. He hummed in pleasure as the ice cream melted and chewed the candy. "Ok, this is officially my favorite ice cream store. Everything tastes so good. I'm totally coming back here with my friends."
Marik was only half-listening to Malik's words as his eyes were focusing on the spoon coming out of Malik's mouth. He suppressed a moan and closed his eyes, trying to erase the sensual image, but couldn't. He felt his blood rushing south so he quickly consumed his vanilla ice cream with coconut shavings to reduce his heating temperature.
"Hey Marik, are you all right?" Malik asked, seeing his date's eyes closed.
"I'm fine, don't worry," he responded, opening his eyes.
"Ok. Do you want to try my ice cream?" Malik scooped some ice cream and placed it very close to Marik's lips before he could answer. He flinched back a little but opened his mouth and eagerly accepted the spoon. As soon as it left his mouth, he realized in silent shock that Malik gave him a kiss, an indirect kiss mind you, but a kiss nonetheless.
"Do you know that you gave me an indirect kiss with that spoon," Marik said once the ice cream melted.
"Yeah, I'm aware." said Malik, smiling innocently. "Now, let me try yours."
Marik raised an eyebrow in surprise but complied. Malik gladly took in the spoon and moaned under his breath, the sound almost silenced by the chattering, but Marik was close so he heard it perfectly. He shut his eyes tightly and bit down on his lips, restraining his body from attacking Malik then and there.
"Are you sure you're ok, Marik? You seem tense."
The aforementioned person opened his eyes when he heard the honey sweet inflection in Malik's voice. He was smiling as if he didn't do anything wrong but his dark purple irises were glinting with mischievousness. He obviously knew what he was doing to Marik.
"You're doing all of this on purpose, aren't you?" Marik deadpanned.
"I have no idea what you're talking about," Malik replied, still holding his innocent façade.
Marik groaned, burying his face in his hands. Malik laughed at his date's misery, merrily continuing to eat his slowly melting ice cream. Despite Malik's teasing, Marik grinned to himself. I think I found my feisty kitty cat.
A certain tri-colored young man was pacing frantically back and forth in his hotel room. After his date with Yuugi yesterday, he started feeling something, a feeling that was stronger than the lust he felt originally. It scared him to the core, but it also gave him warmth whenever he thought of Yuugi. But it mostly frightened him because he had never experienced this certain emotion before with any girl. He had a small inkling of what it could be, but his own mind didn't even want to produce that word. But he decided to think on it anyway to get it off his chest.
Am I… falling in… love with Yuugi, Yami asked himself.
He vigorously shook his head, his bangs swaying wildly. No! There is no way! It's impossible! Yami the Womanizer doesn't fall for women, they fall for me. So why is Yuugi different? Why does she make me feel this way and other women don't? I couldn't possibly be in love with her this soon anyway. We just met and barely know each other. And if Bakura finds out—
His thoughts screeched to a stop when his white-haired friend walked into the room. He immediately stopped pacing and tried not to look like that he was pacing like a maniac moments ago.
"Hey, Yami. So, how is your progress so far," Bakura asked, flopping down on the bed.
I can't tell Bakura that I'm possibly falling in love with Yuugi. If I do, I'll automatically lose the bet and my reputation will be ruined.
"It's going well," he calmly lied. "I'm taking Yuugi to the carnival this evening, then I'm going to make my move tomorrow." He ignored the small twinge in his heart and continued talking. "What about you?"
Bakura smirked. "Same here. I have a similar plan, but I bet that I will win the bet faster than you."
Yami scoffed. "In your dreams. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get ready for my date."
"All right."
As soon as the door closed, Yami groaned and unceremoniously flopped onto his bed, his arm covering his eyes.
"I'm so screwed."
The carnival on the beach pier was lit up like a bright lighthouse. The Ferris wheel, roller coaster, various carnival stands were filled with people of all ages enjoying themselves, winning prizes, and getting a chance to bond with one another. The entire beach was bathed in hues of the beginning of nightfall: blue and purple with the sky sprinkled with a few stars.
Yami stood at the entrance with his hand tucked into one of the pockets of his leather pants. He also wore a loose black tank top with leather shoes. Silver spiked bracelets adorned his wrists and a silver chain hung loosely from his pants.
His gaze was mostly observing the surroundings, but it kept on shifting to Yuugi who was standing in front of him and awing at the carnival with childlike glee. He had to admit seeing her this way made her cuter than before, especially in the outfit she was wearing. Her petite body was embellished with navy blue jean shorts and a violet fringe hem tank top with the sides cut wide open, enough to expose her bra. Unfortunately, in Yami's opinion, she wore a black cami underneath so he couldn't see her sides. Oh well, he could do with the legs for now. Her feet were decorated with purple sandals studded with sequins.
"Wow, it's so wonderful here!" Yuugi exclaimed.
Yami chuckled. "You've never been to a carnival before?"
Yuugi twisted her head to him, her eyes glittering from the lights. "Only once when I was a kid. It feels like forever so I'm super excited."
Yami grinned, strongly resisting the urge to grab Yuugi's face and take her lips right then and there. "Well, since you haven't been here in a while, why don't you choose where we go first?"
Yuugi searched, a finger on her chin. "There!" she said, pointing at a ring toss game.
"Ok, let's go."
Yami led her to the stand by gently pushing her on the back. When they were in front of the stand, Yuugi took a closer look at the prizes hanging from the ceiling. She gasped sharply as her amethyst eyes honed in on a certain plushie.
She gripped Yami's arm and pointed at the toy with the other hand. "I want that one!"
Yami's eyes followed her finger and they widened a bit in surprise. "A Kuriboh plushie? You're into Duel Monsters?" Yami had never met a girl that was interested in Duel Monsters. They always complained that it was immature and only for boys. At that moment, he realized that it was going to be ten times harder to not fall for Yuugi.
Yuugi nodded her head eagerly. "I love Duel Monsters! I sometimes play the game with my friend Joey." Yuugi then nervously twirled a strand of hair, a tiny blush on her cheeks. "Though, he could never beat me, so he nicknamed me 'Queen of Games'."
Yami chuckled. "That's funny. My friends call me the 'King of Games'. So how come you never mentioned before?"
Yuugi shrugged her shoulder. "You never asked. Also, I don't like to make it a habit to tell most people that I like it. I'm afraid it will make me less likeable because I'm the only girl who likes a boy game."
"Well, I think it makes you more attractive," Yami complimented with a wink. At Yuugi's redder blush, he continued. "And because you like Duel Monsters, I'll definitely win that Kuriboh plushie for you."
Yami walked to the stand and asked the contender how many points he had to gain to get the Kuriboh plushie. All he had to do was get seven out of ten rings around the bottles to win it. Lucky for him, he was really good at this game and as a result, flawlessly won the game. The contender handed the plushie to Yami and then he handed it to Yuugi.
A huge grin stretched across her face as she nuzzled the cute and furry plushie. "Thank you so much, Yami."
Just this once, Yami allowed a small blush to adorn his cheeks. "You're welcome. Come on, let's see what else we can do."
For the rest of the evening, the young teens enjoyed the carnival by eating cotton candy together, playing against each other at carnival games, and taking funny pictures at photo booths.
It was getting late and the carnival was about to close, so Yuugi and Yami decided to end their date on the ferris wheel. In the car, they were sitting on the same side but were on opposite sides of the seat gazing out of the windows. Because he didn't want Yuugi to know that he was watching her, Yami gazed at her reflection from the window. She was clutching her new Kuriboh plushie to her chest like a security blanket as she looked at the view below.
It brought warmth to his heart that she quickly treasured the gift he won for her, but seeing her like this made him question his feelings again. At this point, he was pretty sure he had fallen for Yuugi, hard, after everything they've been doing today. She didn't have to do anything: seduce him, bribe him, nothing. Just by being herself he was instantly hooked, probably even before h started having feelings for her. What he mostly liked about Yuugi was her pure innocence, and he was afraid of tainting it because of this bet. He had to tell her before it was too late.
He turned his head to speak but Yuugi spoke up before he could. "Isn't it a beautiful night, Yami?"
"It is," he responded. But not as beautiful as you, he mentally added.
Yuugi then scooted closer until she was sitting right next to Yami, their legs brushing together. He stared at her, wondering what she was going to do. He was surprised when she shyly kissed him on the cheek. His face rapidly colored scarlet and his heart pounded against his chest.
"I really enjoyed our time together, Yami" Yuugi said with a happy smile. "I hope we have a fun date tomorrow too."
Yami smiled back. "I did too. I can't wait for tomorrow."
I'll tell her tomorrow about me and the bet. I don't care if I have to be Bakura's servant for a week, I have to tell her. Hopefully, she'll give us a chance and won't push me away.
Someone asked me why Yuugi was a girl and Ryou a boy. I just like Yuugi being a girl because he's more innocent, not that I don't love him as a guy. Ryou is too, but that's just how I write my stories. But my question is to the person, why did you ask specifically about Yuugi and Ryou, and not Malik and Joey? Just curious. Hopefully that answers your question. Review please!