Chapter 32 : Awkward Morning
Yuko woke up at 9:30am, to a rather grey Saturday morning. Crow had arrived late last night after having done some street racing with a gang back at Satellite, and was now fast asleep upstairs. He had won of course, but had also been inflicted with a few cuts and bruises.
Yusei had just woken up, and was now taking a nice cool shower while Jack was continuing on fixing the duel runner engine which had already been tested, but was now trying to improve.
"Yusei! Will you hurry up in there! It's been 15 minutes already!" moaned Jack, and wiped his forehead with a small purple cloth.
"I'll be out in a minute!" replied Yusei calmly, sounding as if he was enjoying his alone time.
Yuko smirked. "Anyway, I'm gonna get me some morning hot chocolate! I'll be back in about 20 minutes, ok?" he stated, causing Jack look up at Yuko with begging eyes.
"Umm...Yuko. If your going to stop by at the Cafe, La Green, could you umm...p-please...get me a cup of Blue-eyes mountain coffee? I haven't had one in a week because that waitress girl Stephanie won't let me drink at the cafe anymore!" he claimed, causing Yuko to let loose a small smile.
"I'll see what I can do, but you still own me from last time!" said Yuko accusingly.
Jack shrugged. "Fine, I'll pay you back when you come back!" he huffed, and went back to work.
Yuko arrived at the cafe at 9:45am, and decided to take a seat in his usual spot. Stephanie hadn't seen him yet and so Yuko decided to work up a question about the fact that her last name was "Moto".
After a few minutes of waiting, Stephanie strolled out of the cafe doors and noticed Yuko, sitting quietly as he was day dreaming. Her expression enlightened and after having dealt with serving another client, she ran back inside to get the usual hot chocolate which Yuko loved so much.
Stephanie then strolled happily towards Yuko, holding on to a tray with a perfect cup of hot chocolate balanced on it. "This will surprise him", she thought happily, and could imagine Yuko's cheerful expression.
Suddenly, In a slow motion event, Stephanie tripped and fell to the ground, dropping the tray forward which tipped the hot liquid from the mug to spray all over Yuko's head. Her body then fell flat on to the hard ground and she heard the mug fall to the ground after it had emptied all it's content.
"Ow ow ow! That burns!" shouted Yuko alarmingly, who sprang out of his seat and quickly reached for a jug of water from one of the nearby tables, pouring it over his head.
He sighed happily as he cooled himself off, and put the empty jug down in front of the client which he had taken it from (who was staring at Yuko with a shaken expression). Yuko apologized to the client, then turned to find Stephanie picking up broken pieces of a mug from the ground.
She quickly got up after having noticed Yuko's surprised expression and ran over to him, clenching on to a small white napkin. "Oh my! I'm so sorry Yuko! I-I-I didn't...I tripped", she stuttered in a panic, and started to rub the napkin over Yuko's soaked white hair.
Yuko looked down at his drenched clothes, and back at Stephanie."Don't worry. It's ok...since now it gives me an excuse too take a shower", he replied, his voice fairly easy going. "I'll just go back to Yusei's quickly and I'll be back here in about 15 minutes", he stated calmly, but Stephanie shook her head in response.
"No no. It my fault that your drenched, I'll bring your hot chocolate to you", she said nervously. "I'm really sorry", she apologized softly, and stared down at her shoes ashamed, not daring to look Yuko in the eyes.
Yuko grinned and put his hand over her soft head. "It alright. It was an accident, and I'm glad that you wanted to surprise me", he said comfortingly, having noticed that the liquid which had been poured over him was indeed hot (very hot) chocolate.
Stephanie smiled lightly and nodded. "I'll come over in about 20 minutes", she said, and Yuko smiled back in agreement.
9:10am. "Hey Yuko! Why are your clothes drench?" said Jack, after having taken a quick shower.
Yuko brushed the question away and entered the bathroom.
"Wait a minute? Didn't you already have a shower this morning, Yuko?" asked Jack, a little annoyed that Yuko wasn't replying.
"I had a talk with Stephanie", replied Yuko enthusiastically, completely changing the subject. "She's coming over in 20 minutes! This could be a good chance for you two to get along again!" he said as he turned on the shower.
Jack froze."Wait...what?" started Jack, but then saw the bathroom door close and heard it lock. "Yuko!" he yelled, but Yuko could no longer hear Jack's booming voice as he turned the bathroom radio on so that no one could disrupt his private time.
Yusei smirked, noticing that Yuko had turned on the radio on purpose, just to ignore (and annoy) Jack. "Well, if we are going to have a visitor, we better get this place cleaned up!" said Yusei cheerfully, and went upstairs to wake up Crow.
"Hey Yusei, wait...you can't be serious!? Stephanie hates me!" Jack complained, but now it was Yusei's turn to ignore Jack and he chuckled lightly under his breath, quite amused by the reaction as he walk up the stairs towards the beds.
Jack sighed and face palmed himself. "Oh crap...what am I gonna do?", he moaned and started to slowly pick up the screws and tools off the floor.
At 9:45am, Stephanie was briskly making her way down towards Yuko's home. She was in her casual clothes (blue jeans, striped jumper and proper shoes this time) and had left her uniform back at the cafe. She felt guilty about not being able to bring any hot chocolate with her, and began to think of an excuse she could use as to why. Eventually, Stephanie thought that it was best just to improvise an excuse and soon arrived at the entrance to Yuko's home.
Immediately, she noticed the front door was wide open. "That's strange?" she thought, as she walked closer to the entrance. It didn't seem like there was anyone inside, though it was obvious that it was Yuko's house, since she had passed his cream coloured duel runner which was parked just outside the garage.
Stephanie took a deep breath and knocked loudly against the door. There was no response. She knocked again, but once again, there was no reply. Therefore, she decided to creep quietly inside though the opened entrance, closing the door gently behind her. It seemed like curiosity had gotten the best of her.
As she decided to walk slowly down the entrance slope towards the center of the room, she noticed that the house seemed bigger on the inside, and Stephanie decided to make the most of her time to study the interior surroundings.
The place was much cleaner than she had imagined. She assumed that Yuko had probably cleaned everything up quickly just to impress her, except when she glimpsed over at the kitchen sink, she found that it was piled with dirty plates, forks, knifes and bowls.
"Typical. Why is it that boys never clean up the dishes", she thought grinningly, and strolled over to the green couch over on the far side of the room. She then took a seat on the sofa and let her body relax, imagining herself living in such an environment. All this space, just to herself.
"Well, I must say, it's bigger than my tiny apartment, but I doubt that I'll even have an apartment by the end of the month", she reminded herself, causing her to feel a little depressed. "Oh well, I guess I better wait back outside".
Stephanie was about to walk back towards the front door, when all of a sudden, the door to the left side of her opened, and teenaged boy of around 17 walked out, wiping his hair with a small light blue towel.
She blushed, allowing her cheeks to turn bright red and her face to overheat as she noticed that the teenaged boy was not wearing a shirt to cover his muscular torso. She also noticed a few drops of water that glittered against the boy's six pack, which told Stephanie that he had probably just taken a shower.
Stephanie sat still, not wanting to get spotted and felt her heart beat faster and faster. She watched attentively as the teenaged boy quickly finished drying his hair and turned round to throw the towel back into the bathroom, but dropped it instead when his eyes met with Stephanie. Stephanie gasped. Not only was she found trespassing, but the person who had spotted her was none other that Yuko Tatsumi.
Yuko froze at the sight of Stephanie, who was now as red as a tomato, and looked down at his topless chest. He thought it best to jump back into the bathroom to get a larger towel, which he wrapped over his back and covered his chest. He then hopped back out of the bathroom, but slipped clumsily on the towel which he had dropped at the sight of Stephanie, causing him to yelp as he hit the concrete ground.
Stephanie put her hands over her mouth and was about to go help Yuko up when she heard loud footsteps coming from behind the garage door. The door almost instantly swung open, right after Yuko's body hit hard against the concrete ground and in strolled Jack, in his dreamy "white knight in shining armor" costume.
"Yuko, what's as that noise?" Jack yelled the most recognizable british voice. His eyes widened with surprise as he fixed his cold gaze upon Stephanie.
"Oh crap, what am I going to do", thought Stephanie, now in a panic, "I've been found trespassing! What's Jack and Yuko now going to think of me? Jack will probably call security to get even with me!". Stephanie's thoughts began to rapidly spin round and round in her mind, causing her to stutter gibberishly.
Jack cleared his throat as he walked up to help up Yuko. "Stephanie, what are you doing inside the house?", he asked in an unfriendly tone.
Stephanie could feel her blood start to boil as her head began to feel very dizzy, and started panting loudly, causing Yuko to turn and look at her, rubbing his sore head. "Hey! Stephanie are you ok?
Yuko and Jack watched as Stephanie face turned pale and fainted, her falling body quickly caught by Jack before she hit the ground.
"Jack! What's going on? Why's Stephanie here and why's Yuko topless?" Asked the sound of Crow's voice as he casually descended down the stairs.
Jack and Yuko exchanged glances, while Yusei appeared from behind Crow, and chuckled at the sight.
Yuko sighed. "This is not what you might think..."
Yuko: That was one unusual morning!
Carly: Yep! That Stephanie really is annoying!
Stephanie: Hey! :(
Carly: Stephanie! What are you doing here!
Stephanie: Yuko invited me!
Carly: Yuko! :(
Yuko: Just conclude the chapter already! :3
Carly: Fine! To all you readers! Review!
Yuko: That was rubbish! T_T
Carly: Well sorry, Mr Pervert who won't stop publishing our private life!
Yuko: (sighs) Your hopeless... :P