Chapter 22 : Mood Changer
The sun was now beginning to shine, and Yuko quickly searched his pocket for his watch so to check the time. 9:25am.
"Perfect", he thought, putting the "Detonator Dragon" card into his deck box, and skipped over to where his magnificent cream coloured duel runner was parked. "I can finally go get my self some hot chocolate!"
He arrived at the cafe, La Green at 9:35am and was happy to find Stephanie waiting for him. Yuko parked his duel runner behind the cafe and hopped off, straightening out his clothes. He then took a seat at his regular table (where Jack used to sit) and waited anxiously for Stephanie to notice.
She smiled when she saw Yuko, and jogged over to him ready to take his order.
"Morning Yuko!" she said gleefully.
Yuko turned and smiled back. "Hi Stephanie!"
"Would you like the usual?" asked Stephanie, lightly giggling.
Yuko nodded and Stephanie quickly dashed back into the cafe.
"She's quite pretty today", thought Yuko, not having looked at Stephanie in that way before. "Maybe I should ask...", but all of a sudden Yuko's thoughts were cut off by Jack who took a seat at the same table opposite Yuko.
"Hey Yuko", he said grumpily. Yuko looked up at his blond friend with a surprised expression, as he noticed Jack's bright red face.
"What's wrong? Bad dream again?" asked Yuko curiously.
Jack sighed. "No. Good dream actually. The problem is Carly. Something...happened", he stuttered, now grabbing Yuko's attention.
Yuko's eyes widened and was waiting to expect the worst.
"What happened?" asked Yuko, starting to feel worried.
Jack inhaled and started to explain Yuko the situation.
Jacks story! ^_^ :
It was wednesday morning and Jack had just finished taking his morning shower. He quickly spiked up his hair and was about to make his way upstairs, when he passed Yusei who was sleeping with a note place over his forehead. Jack grabbed the note and read it quickly before placing it back over Yusei's head (not really having understood why Yuko had gone to the Arcadia). He then continued his way upstairs to find Yuko's bed empty, and passed Crow, who was still asleep, snoring loudly. He scuffed and was about to get changed when a thought popped into his head.
"Naa, screw this", he groaned, and threw his suit into the laundry bin. "I don't need to look formal today", he told himself, and went over to his closet. There were rows after rows of "white knight in shining armor" suits, causing Jack to moan softly. "Don't I have normal clothes", he sniggered, and closed his closet.
He then curiously strolled over to Yuko's closet and found tons of casual clothes all hanging together with jeans on the top shelf and boots at the bottom. Without thinking of any consequences, Jack pull out a sky blue shirt with buttons, short sleeves and a collar, with a pair of dark blue jeans and noticed in the corner of the closet a white jacket with a hoody attached to it.
"That looks ok, I guess", Jack told himself and put in on in no less then 2 seconds (a big difference compared to when he puts on his costume). He was not used to being dressed so quickly, nor getting dressed so informally and it felt strange, causing him to smirk lightly. He thought that the fabric was rather soft and it was all rather comfortable compared to what he usually wore. Jack then walked back down stairs after taking a pair of socks from Yuko's draws (without looking at them) and looked at the mirror in the bathroom.
"Not bad", he thought to himself admirably, and then strolled over to the fridge. It was empty. "Now that's just great. Why is Crow always to lazy to go shopping", he blurted out, and quickly put on the rainbow colored socks (hoping that no one would notice them) and walked out, slamming the door shut behind him to wake Crow up.
After 15 minutes of walking while passing all the judging eyes of all the passing people (no one had ever seen Jack in informal clothes before), Jack made it to a small super market, which he proudly entered. He found the place to be quiet, but rather small and not very modern.
"What a wreck", he whispered unkindly, and took a green plastic basket so to carry the items he wanted.
At first, Jack was confused as he didn't know where to go for what he wanted, and would accidentally go in circles from time to time. He had never been to a supermarket before, since he would always be served by other people and ended up asking for directions to an employee.
Eventually Jack started to pick out items off the shelves and dropped them into the basket he was holding. However, he would always cause other items to fall and never had the decency to pick them up. Jack was not really one for cleaning things up so by the time he was done shopping, the supermarket was a mess.
Jack ended up paying for all the groceries using Crows savings, and left the supermarket with two plastic bags in each hand.
Suddenly, as Jack exited the automatic doors, he bumped into Carly, not having seen her and accidentally knocking her over.
"Carly!?",said Jack in a rather surprised tone.
Carly was about to insult the clumsy person who had knocked her over, but immediately smiled as she found that it was Jack."Jack! I was just thinking about you. Wow, I love what your wearing today by the way", she complimented, while getting herself back on her two feet and hugged Jack hard.
Jack tried to hug her back, but with the bags in his hands, it was difficult...and awkward. "What are you doing here?" asked Jack curiously.
Carly let go and blushed, pressing her index fingers together nervously. "I was just about to go shopping and...um...I began to think about you.
Jack raised an eyebrow as if to say "why?"
Carly took a deep breath. "I-I was wondering if you wanted to hang out at some point...on Friday?"
Jacks eyes widened as he began to blush an intensifying red, then gulped and looked away from Carly's cute expression, trying to retain his feelings. "Um...I guess that's fine. At what time should we meet and where?" he said quiveringly, and Carly beamed in happiness.
"Um...the cinema maybe? I could come and pick you up at 6:00pm if you want?" replied Carly, causing Jack to nod nervously.
Carly smiled, and jumped clapping her hands, excited about the response. "Then it's a date!" she blurted out, and leaned over to hug Jack again, but tripped causing her round glass to unhook off her face, revealing the most beautiful sky blue eyes Jack had ever see.
Jack instinctively dropped the grocery bags and quickly caught her with both hands, causing Carly's lips accidentally meeting with Jack's. All of a sudden, Carly and Jack began blushing again as their lips were kissing, and Jack's body slowly began to overheat.
After 5 seconds, Carly was the first to back off and exhaled. "Oh Im...I-I...Oh...I'm really sorry...I...", she said stutteringly, completely embarrassed and beginning to feel very stupid. However, her apology was cut short as Jack lips reconnected to Carly's soft lips.
Carly cheeks continued to intensify with all shades of red as she felt her body being embraced by Jack strong, body built arms. She let her body go with the flow and accepted the kiss, wrapping her arms around Jacks muscular body, relieved to be finally kissing the man of her dreams.
The End of Story XD :
"...and now I don't know what to do!" Jack said in a panic to Yuko. "I don't know how to be a proper boyfriend! I don't know how to act on dates, nor am I the romantic type of guy' and now I can't stop thinking about Carly! You gotta help me Yuko, what do I need to do, and what is this feeling that's burning in my chest!" he complained, completely adjutant.
Yuko said nothing for a moment. He was just staring at Jack wide-eyed, astounded about what had just been explained to him and forced a smile. "Firstly, what did you do about my clothes?" asked Yuko, a little annoyed.
Jack looked away from Yuko's gaze, with a guilty expression. "They are...in my closet...at the moment..."
Yuko smirked. "Fine, whatever. Though now you owe me!" stated Yuko and Jack huffed, but nodded briskly.
"Secondly, why are you asking me to help you? I don't have a girlfriend, therefore I'm just as lost as you are? The person you need to talk to is probably Yusei", Yuko replied encouragingly, trying to hide the fact that he was beginning to feel rather jealous and that his blood was starting to boil with held rage.
Jack nodded understandingly. "Ok, your right. Sorry to bother you about this, Yuko. However, at least answer me this...what is this feeling?"
Yuko sighed and sniffed. "That feeling my friend, is called...Love".
Yuko: I hope you all loved this chapter just as much as I enjoyed writing it! Please Review, Follow or add to Favorites! It will help increase my motivation! :D
Carly: Oh hell no, Yuko!
Yuko: (innocent face) What's wrong?
Carly: Don't you dare publish that chapter! Nobody needs to know about what happened between me and Jack!
Yuko: Your fans want to know!
Carly: ...I have fans?
Yuko: Yep. You do now! ;)
Carly: Is that why you always write our conversations at the end of each chapter?
Yuko: Yes! So that the fans and readers can see what we are like at home!
Carly: Well then, get ready to write up what I'm now going to say!
Yuko: Oh no... O_O
Carly: Yuko! You are a (Censored words) and you should just go (More Censored words) you absolute pervert!
Yuko: Hey, now wait a minute! That's mean! :(
Carly: Well, your mean! Now publish the chapter already! T_T
Yuko: -_-
(Crow and Yusei had been sitting and listening from the couch the whole time with shocked expressions)