Chapter 20- Can We Play at the Benefit?

~One Week Later~

"Guys, come on!" Yami yelled up the stairs.

"We'll be down when we're good and ready, Yami!" Bakura shouted back.

"Fine. I'll just tell Ryou that you were too slow on getting ready and decided to skip the date." Yami retorted.

"YAMI! DON'T YOU DARE TELL RYOU THAT OR I WILL KILL YOU!" Bakura shouted.

Seiji sighed. "Yami, why must you torture Bakura like that?" Seiji asked.

Yami shrugged. "I find it fun." Yami answered.

Seiji shook his head. "When Bakura kills you, I won't be held responsible." Seiji said.

Atemu, Bakura, Marik, and Seto all came down the stairs.

"All right. We're ready." Bakura growled.

"We should have left ten minutes ago. We're going to be late as it is." Yami said as he grabbed the car keys, and the five teenagers left the mansion.

Seiji sighed. "Either Bakura and Marik are going to kill Yami and Atemu for their teasing one of these days, or Yami and Atemu are going to kill Bakura and Marik for their pranks. Either way, someone is going to die, and I won't be helping either one of them. Seto is the good one." Seiji said as he went back to reading his book.


Yugi, Heba, Ryou, Malik, and Jou were waiting at the entrance to the mall.

"Where are they?" Malik asked, getting angry.

"Come on, Malik. I'm sure that they're going to be here soon." Heba said.

"They're only fifteen minutes late. We shouldn't get upset yet." Yugi said.

The group waited another five minutes before their boyfriends arrived.

"Sorry that we're late." Atemu said as the five approached and kissed their respective boyfriends.

"What took you guys so long?" Yugi asked.

"These four decided that they had to be girls and take forever to get ready." Yami answered.

Bakura glared at him. "Yami, you're going to die for that." Bakura growled.

Yami smirked. "Well, it's the truth." Yami said.

"Maybe we should go on in." Seto said, hoping to avoid possible bloodshed.

The group headed into the mall and then split up and headed to their separate places.


Jou was scarfing down the food that he had bought while Seto ate a slow pace.

Seto gave a disgusted look and said, "Puppy, can't you at least eat slower so that you don't choke yourself."

Jou said something, but Seto couldn't understand it with all the food that was in Jou's mouth.

"Jou, will you not talk with your mouth full? Swallow and then say what you want to say." Seto said.

Jou swallowed and said, "I eat fast because I'm hungry."

Seto raised an eyebrow. "Puppy, I'm hungry, but I'm not eating like it's the last day that I have to live." Seto said.

"Well, I always eat like this." Jou said.

"Why?" Seto asked.

"Well, I guess because of how I grew up. We didn't have a lot, so my family basically had to stretch out meals out to two a day, so I always hungry at whatever mean, and I would always eat fast. After Touma became my guardian, I didn't have that problem, but I was just so used to eating that I kept eating like that." Jou said.

"That makes more sense. I didn't realize that you had such trouble." Seto said.

"Yeah. I get that. It's just something that has stuck with me I guess." Jou said before he went back to stuffing his face.

Seto shook his head. 'I guess I understand that now.' Seto thought.


Ryou had dragged Bakura into a bookstore.

"Ryou, why do we have to be in here?" Bakura asked.

"Because I enjoy reading, and I want to see if there's anything that I want." Ryou answered.

"Ryou, you know that I hate reading. I don't want to be in here." Bakura whined.

Ryou rolled his eyes. One thing that Ryou had learned was that Bakura tended to whine in order to get what he wanted, so he had to put up with it. Ryou had, however, learned how to deal with it.

"Bakura, if you behave while I look around in here, I will reward you later." Ryou said.

Bakura immediately perked up. He knew that meant a make-out session. "You mean it?" Bakura asked.

"Yes. It just has to be where no one sees us, so not in the mall." Ryou said.

Bakura grinned. "Okay. I'll be good." Bakura said.

"Glad to hear it." Ryou said before he started to look around with Bakura following him around.


Marik and Malik walked into a shop that had all kinds of knives and daggers.

"Why are we in this store?" Malik asked.

"I love collecting knives and daggers. I like to come here and see what they have." Marik said.

"Does Seiji actually let you have them around?" Malik asked.

"Yeah, but he's told me if he ever finds me using them for any reason, he's throwing out the entire collection. I have a case that I keep them in." Marik said.

"Well, shopping for a gift for you shouldn't be too hard." Malik said.

"You know, that's what everyone else says." Marik said.

Malik just shook his head as Marik started to look at everything with a strange gleam in his eyes.


Atemu and Heba walked into the semi-dark movie theater and found themselves a good place to sit to enjoy the movie.

"I'm glad that we agreed to see this movie. I've been wanting to see this movie for a while." Heba said.

"I have, too. I didn't realize that you liked horror movies, Heba." Atemu said.

"I love them. Yugi hates them. The last time that he went to see one, he was jumpy for a week straight and he had screamed throughout the entire movie." Heba said, laughing slightly.

"Well, not everyone likes these kinds of movies." Atemu said.

When the movie started, the two stopped talking and started to watch the movie.


Yugi and Yami were just walking aimlessly around the mall, not really having anything to do.

"Remind me why we agreed to come to the mall in the first place." Yami said.

"Because the others wanted to, and we were outnumbered eight to two." Yugi answered.

Yami sighed. "People can only come to the mall so many times before it becomes dull and boring." Yami said.

"I know. Why don't we get some ice cream from the food court and sit down?" Yugi suggested.

"Not a bad idea." Yami agreed.

The two went to the ice cream stand.

Yami got an ice cream sundae, and Yugi got a bowl of vanilla ice cream with sprinkles.

The two sat down and started to enjoy their treat.

"You know that you didn't have to pay for mine, Yami." Yugi said.

"I know that, Yugi, but I wanted to." Yami said.

There were a couple of girls sitting nearby, watching them.

Whenever Yugi or Yami happened to see them, the girls would bat their eyelashes and giggle.

"I think that we're going to have some flirting coming our way." Yugi said.

"Well, we I have an easy way to stop them from coming over." Yami said.

Before Yugi could ask what that was, the two girls walked over to them.

"Hello." the blonde said in what she thought was a sexy way.

"Hello." Yugi said.

"We were wondering if you two wanted to walk around with us." the redhead said, smiling sexily at Yami.

"Sorry. We were here together." Yami said.

"We could all go together unless we decided to do other things." the blonde said.

"I'm sorry, but we really don't have an interest in doing something else." Yami said.

"Oh, come on. I'm sure that we could find something fun to do." the blonde said.

"I am gay, and I already have a boyfriend." Yami said.

"Oh." the blonde said. She flipped her hair over her shoulder and said, "That's too bad. You're missing out on something great."

'I doubt it.' Yami thought.

"What about you? Want to do something with me?" the redhead asked Yugi, batting her eyelashes.

"Afraid not." Yugi said.

"Why?" the redhead asked.

"Because he is my boyfriend, and we're on a date." Yami said.

"Oh. We're gone." the blonde said, and the two walked off.

"That's so irritating." Yami said.

"Well, not everyone can tell that we're together." Yugi said.

"Let's show them then." Yami said. He reached over and pulled Yugi forward, kissing him passionately.

The kiss lasted for a few moments, but anyone who saw them could easily see that the kiss was very passionate and shared between lovers.

Yami broke the kiss and said, "I think everyone knows that we're together now." Yami said.

"Yeah. You made sure of that." Yugi agreed.

There was a group of girls talking behind them.

"Hey! I just bought this." a girl said.

"It's one of the Hikari and Aibou CDs." another girl said.

"Yeah. I love their music." the girl said.

"I know what you mean. They have to be the best teen band out there." a different girl said.

"I think that Aibou is the cutest one." a girl said.

"No way. Hikari is." another said.

"Doesn't matter. Someday, I'll marry Aibou." another girl said.

Yami smirked and leaned forward so that only Yugi could hear him. "I think that Aibou is the cutest one, and I'm going to marry him one day." Yami said lowly.

Yugi blushed at that. "Yami, knock it off." Yugi said.

Yami chuckled before he settled back in his seat. "Why? It's just my opinion." Yami said.

"Let's go." Yugi said, fighting the blush.

The two threw their trash away and walked on.

Yugi saw a poster and said, "Yami's, what Children's Day?"

Yami saw the poster and smiled. "It's an annual event. The hospital sets up a carnival with games, trinkets to sell, and stuff to raise money for the children's wing of the hospital. We always help out every year." Yami said.

"I guess Seiji's a part of it then." Yugi said.

"Yeah. He is. He's the one that organizes everything. They always have a music group do a benefit concert that night. Everything given to it is for the hospital. I don't think that they've managed to fid anyone to do the concert this year." Yami said.

"I didn't know that." Yugi said.

"Yeah. It always brings in a lot of money for it." Yami said.

'Maybe we could help.' Yugi thought.


That night, Yugi had talked to Heba, Ryou, Malik, and Jou about playing in the benefit concert, and they were all ecstatic about the idea. There was just one problem.

Touma didn't like them doing concerts during the school year.

"Do you think that he'll say yes?" Ryou asked.

"I don't know. He might given what it's for, and it's not like we have to leave the city." Yugi said.

"I guess there's no harm in asking." Malik said.

"I hope he says yes. I would love to play in another concert." Jou said.

"I know what you mean. Concerts are fun." Malik agreed.

"Well, let's go and ask." Yugi said.

The group headed downstairs and found Touma in the living room.

"Touma, can we talk to you?" Yugi asked.

Touma looked up at them. "Is anyone in trouble?" Touma asked.

"No." Heba answered.

"Sit down, then." Touma said.

The group sat down.

"Touma, have you heard of something called Children's Day?" Yugi asked.

"Yeah. I heard something about it. I don't know what it is, though." Touma replied.

"Well, it's something that the hospital does. It's sets up games, booths, and stuff to sell. It's done to raise money for the children's wing of the hospital, so everything goes to the hospital." Yugi said.

"It's a good thing that they're doing. What does this have to do with anything, though?" Touma asked.

"Well, they do a benefit concert, and they always have someone play, but they're having trouble finding someone to play for them." Yugi said.

"And you guys want to play in the concert." Touma finished.

The five nodded.

Touma sighed. "Guys, you know how I feel about you all playing during the school year." Touma said.

"Please, Touma. It's fro a good cause." Heba said.

"And it's only a one night concert." Malik added in.

"It's right here in Domino, so we don't have to leave the city." Jou put in.

Touma could see that they all wanted to do the concert. "If I say yes, and I'm not saying yes yet, I don't want your school to be effected. I don't want grades dropping or anything." Touma said.

"It won't." Ryou assured him.

"I'm not saying yes, but

I'm not saying no, either. I'll need to talk to who is in charge of this to get all the details." Touma said.

"Touma." Yugi said.

"Yes." Touma replied.

"Yami told me that Seiji is in charge of this." Yugi said.

"Okay. I'll give Seiji a call tomorrow, and I'll talk to him about it. Don't get your hopes up, though. I will think about it." Touma said.

"Thanks, Touma." Yugi said.

The five teenagers headed upstairs.

Touma sighed. 'They love doing benefit concerts better than regular ones. I don't see how it will hurt, but I'll need to get the details first.' Touma thought. He then realized what Yugi had said. 'Seiji! I have to talk to him about this.' Touma thought. He put a hand to his head. 'I hope that we can keep this professional right now.' Touma thought.


Hope you liked it. I'm getting back to the teenagers now.

Next: Touma decides if he'll let them do the benefit concert.

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