"Okay, so what are we going to do today?" Marik asks as she stares up at the roof from her spot on the couch. Silence follows her question as everyone silently ponders what the group should do for the day.
"Oh, I signed us up for swimming with dolphins today, is that good?" Ryou asks softly looking over at everyone from where she was lying, using Bakura's lap as a pillow. The group looks around at each other and they nod in agreement deciding that they would enjoy swimming with the sea mammals.
"Okay good, we have to be there at one," Ryou says getting up and pulling Bakura up behind him. The two make their way to their room and the door shuts behind them. After that everyone slowly makes their way to their room and pulls on their swimsuits so that they can prepare for the trip.
At the place
"Okay, so you stick out your hand and the dolphin will touch its nose to your hand." The man says his accent thick. Ryou, being the first one to go holds her hand above the dolphin. The dolphin hops out of the water and touches its nose to Ryou's hand. It does the same with Marik, Mariku, Yami, Yugi, Seto, Mokuba, Miho, Anzu, Honda, Duke, Joey, Mai, and Isis, however, with Bakura the dolphin simply snorts and sprays water all over male's face causing the others to giggle, or some just straight up laugh.
The male looks surprised but simply shrugs. "Okay, now ma'am, please step into the water, and you will get to ride on the dolphins back." The man continues, holding his hand s that he can help the girl into the water. Ryou skillfully makes her way into the water before the man instructs her to hold her hand out again, and when he feels the dolphin's arms to grab and hold on.
Ryou does so and the when the dolphin comes she grabs a hold of the dolphin. The dolphin takes her for a ride diving under the water and then leaping out. The girl smiles for the picture and then the dolphin does a flip, Ryou holding on all the while. The dolphin slowly makes her way back to sure, and when Ryou dismounts the dolphin the dolphin takes her time nuzzle Ryou while Ryou caresses the animal gently before giving it a quick peck before getting out of the water.
Marik goes into the water next and does as Ryou did. When the dolphin came Marik grabbed a hold of the little fin and was dragged alongside the dolphin at high speeds. Marik then has the nerve to try and remove one hand, but sensing that the dolphin is moving too fast to do so, so instead she clutches to the mammal and holds on enjoying the ride.
Mariku goes after, and unlike Marik, he does let go of the dolphin and ends up being flung back a bit. Everyone laughs except for the guide who facepalms, not understanding why these teenagers couldn't understand that all you had to do was hold on. Only God knew why the other girl was doing flips with that dolphin and why the dolphin was so comfortable around her, it was just so annoying.
Most of the other people had no problem with the dolphin, all of them getting normal pictures, Mokuba's holding the youth of innocence, while they managed to get Seto, frowning which I guess is nothing out of the normal since he was wearing his normal cold façade.
Of course, Bakura being part demon does not help the dolphin situation, so that when the dolphin comes he does many flips, and ultimately causes Bakura to fall unceremoniously into the water. The male then resurfaces and glares at the dolphin, ready to strike, only to have Ryou and Yugi staring at him with large puppy dog eyes. He glowers at the girl, but the power of the eyes is too strong and he ends up swimming back to sure.
"Okay, the final thing is the dolphin kiss," the man says and Bakura gets mad.
"There is no way in hell I am letting that beast anywhere near my face," Bakura hisses before stalking out of the area. Ryou sighs, a small frown gracing her features. She stares at her yami as he leaves the area.
"Come on Ryou," Marik coaxes to get Ryou to stop staring. The female Egyptian grabs her friends arm and moves her towards the water's edge where the girl gingerly steps in. The dolphin, noticing the girl's hurt nuzzles her and does whatever she can to help make the pale female feel better.
After a bit of nuzzles, hugs, kisses and treats from the dolphin the man tells the girl to go back and allow everyone else to take their pictures. When it is over Seto purchases a few pictures that people took with the dolphins, and other people have to pay for their own since they aren't on Seto's preferred list.
The ride back to the hotel is silent, and everyone seems to just be waiting. The swimming with the dolphins had only taken about two hours, which had left the rest of the day to do something, anything, but there was truly nothing to do, except talk about their feelings, and no one wanted to do that.
"Oh, Bakura and I were speaking," Yami starts, and immediately the room is filled up with gasps as everyone looks between the two. True, there are feelings to be sorted out between the two, but that doesn't mean, well, when would they have had the time to talk things out between the two of them?
"Please continue," Ryou says after everyone recovers from their initial shock.
"There is a street party just a couple blocks away from here to celebrate the New Year, and we decided that we should go." Yami explains in that smooth baritone voice that tends to cause both Yugi and Anzu to flush.
"Really, like the ones back home?" Marik asks with a cock of an eyebrow.
"No, this is a one night celebration," Bakura says, "Though they have some of the main traits such as dancing, drinking, partying, oh come on, please tell me you guys have been to some form of a street party before?" Bakura almost whines out the last part.
"Ho, we haven't. Most of us are naturally Japanese," Seto reminds the pale yami and said yami facepalms.
"I swear, children these days are raised with a lack of international culture," Bakura whispers and Ryou giggles at that.
"You sound like my dad," the girl says with a ditzy little smile on her face. Bakura looks at her and cocks an eyebrow at her, trying to decipher what is so wrong with her.
"Okay, so does that mean that we are going?" Marik asks, now looking excited. Bakura nods as though it were the most obvious thing in the world.
Marik makes a little squeaking sound before grabbing both Yugi and Ryou's wrist in one hand, and Joey's in the other, dragging the four girls out of the door.
Anzu looks in the direction the four just ran out in and can't help but feel bad. There wasn't any space for her anymore; she was just a side character fading into the background of their lives. Wait, was there ever a point in which she was important, was she always this forgettable?
Honda puts a supportive hand on the female's shoulder and smiles at her. "Don't worry, it's happening to a lot of us, but what can you expect we aren't like them, and we didn't want to give up who we are to be like them," Honda explains making a clear reference to Joey.
Seto hears the obvious reference and growls. "She did not give up her gender just to follow the shrimp." Now the other three yamis in the room seem interested in the fight that just started. "If you didn't know, Joey played an important part in ancient Egypt. She was the Shadow priest Jono who was actually used to battle me when I opposed the Pharaoh. And I, was the Pharaoh's cousin, so don't give me any of that bullshit that Joey is just following the shrimp around like a mutt."
"Yes, we know, because she is your bitch," Duke says dismissively, and Seto glowers at him.
"She can do whatever the hell she wants," Seto says, and Duke simply shrugs.
"You all can, right, that's why you guys have no commitment to anyone. She sleeps with him, but he sleeps with her and some other guy, I mean it's like a major orgy." Duke says, slightly annoyed.
"Don't be jealous because you can't get any," Bakura says resting against the chair in a more relaxed way then what was appropriate of the current situation. Duke glowers at the male opening his mouth to say something that could possibly wound the egotistical group.
"I can get whatever the hell I want!" Duke hisses, and Bakura laughs.
"Paying for it doesn't count, asking your friend for it doesn't count. Do you want to know why we sleep with each other, with the exception of Yami who still is deciding," Bakura says, looking at the ex-pharaoh.
"Go ahead, tell me," Duke challenges the group, though there is a part of him that fears the answer because in a way he already knows what the reason is.
"Because, look at this, these are people who are tolerable, and understand and somewhat care for me, we aren't whores or anything like that, as much as it pains me to say this – he clutches his chest as though he may have a heart attack – we are more so like, oh Ra this hurts, dammit, someone else say it. I can only admit love for one person, well easily that is." Bakura says, and Seto hits him upside the head.
"Why the hell are you being so melodramatic all of the sudden?" Seto asks, and Bakura starts laughing removing his hand from his chest.
"I made a bet with Mariku that I could be as dramatic as the pharaoh over there. How do you think I did?" Bakura asks looking as Seto who has a smirk on his face.
"Not dramatic enough," Seto simply says and Yami pouts, or last he tries to. The other three guys burst out laughing.
"Fuck you guys," Yami says softly and Bakura smiles brightly up at him.
"Gladly."
Author's Notes:
Four chapters might be coming your way to day, who knows. Anyway, the final coupling is starting to take place. Go me!
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