Chapter 22- The Benefit part 1
Yugi and the others were at school on Friday afternoon. They were relaxing under the Sakura tree during lunch today.
"So, what are we going to do after school today?" Ryou asked.
"Sorry. We can't do anything. We promised Seiji that we would help him set up everything for the carnival tomorrow." Atemu said.
"You guys help do that?" Malik asked.
"Yes. We run a couple of the booths, so we help set up. We do this for Seiji every year. He asks us to help out. It's not like we mind it that much." Seto said.
"Speak for yourself." Bakura grumbled.
"Well, he would have let you off if it wasn't for the little incident in the kitchen a few days ago." Yami said.
"What incident?" Heba asked.
"Nothing." Marik said quickly.
Malik narrowed his eyes. "What did they do?" Malik asked.
"Well, they decided that they would try to cook. Keep in mind that they don't know the first thing about cooking." Atemu said.
"They caught the entire kitchen on fire." Seto said.
"You what?!" Ryou exclaimed.
"Are you two insane?!" Malik shouted.
Marik and Bakura cringed. Both of them hated it when their boyfriends got angry at them.
"I can't believe that you would do something so stupid! You should at least get some lessons, or have someone in the kitchen who knows how to cook!" Ryou scolded.
"Well, no one else was home." Bakura said.
"That's not an excuse! You could have waited until someone got home!" Ryou continued.
"Yeah. Ryou and I would rather not be single again because you two did something stupid to get yourselves killed." Malik said.
"Okay. We won't do something like that again." Bakura said.
"Good." Ryou said.
"Just out of curiosity, how bad was the kitchen?" Yugi asked.
"Let's just say that we'll be doing a lot of eating out while Seiji has the kitchen remodeled." Yami said.
"Well, Seiji did say that he had been meaning to remodel the kitchen. Now he has a reason to." Marik said.
"Marik, I don't think that Seiji wanted the reason that he remodeled the kitchen be because you two idiots burned down the kitchen." Seto told them from behind the book he was reading.
"So, you guys will be spending the afternoon getting everything set up." Yugi said.
"Yeah. It's not that bad." Yami said.
"Why don't we come and help you? It's not like we don't have anything to do." Ryou said.
"Please tell me that you're joking." Jou said.
"Why not, Puppy? It's not that bad." Seto said.
"I think we should. We don't have much else to do today." Yugi said.
"Don't you guys have to practice for tomorrow?" Atemu asked.
"We've been practicing since we learned about it. We're fine as far as being prepared. We can take a little time to help you guys out." Heba said.
After school, the group had gone to the empty lot where the carnival would be held.
Yami and Atemu would be running a booth where bottles were stacked up and bottles and people threw balls to knock them down.
Marik and Bakura were going to be running a booth that was a water gun race to see who could get their car to the top the fastest.
Seto was going to be helping to run a concession stand.
"Wow. This is a pretty big carnival." Yugi said.
"Yeah. A lot of people in Domino come to the carnival. We'll have a lot more teenagers this year." Yami said.
"Why's that?" Ryou asked.
"That." Atemu said, pointing to a poster that advertised the Hikari and Aibou concert the next night.
"I guess that will bring in a lot of people." Yugi agreed.
"We appreciate you guys coming to help us out. This would have taken a long time, otherwise." Yami said.
"Yeah. Less that we have to do." Bakura said.
Seiji walked up to them then. "Glad to see that you've gotten your booths ready." Seiji said.
"We came from school like we said." Marik said.
"I still haven't forgotten what you two did." Seiji said, glaring at Marik and Bakura.
"We're doing this like we said we would." Bakura said.
"I want you two where I can keep my eye on you." Seiji said.
"Is everything set up for the concert?" Heba asked.
"Yes. Everything is set up how you wanted it." Seiji replied.
"Well, I know that there is no one who can wait for the concert." Yami said.
~The Carnival~
The carnival was in full swing as the people of Domino were walking around playing games, buying trinkets, and buying food.
Everyone was talking, laughing, and having a good time.
Yami and Atemu watched as a young boy knocked down all the bottles with one throw.
"Good throw, son." the boy's father said.
"It looks like we have ourselves a future baseball player here." Atemu said.
Yami handed the boy his prize, and the two left.
"We've had a lot of customers so far." Yami said.
"I know what you mean. A lot of people like this game." Atemu said.
"That's why I suggested that we do this game. I knew we would be busy." Yami said.
"I had a feeling that you had an ulterior motive for wanting to do this game."
Yami and Atemu turned to find Yugi and Heba standing there.
"What are you two doing?" Atemu asked.
"Nothing. Our part isn't up yet, and we've walked around and looked at everything." Heba answered.
"Well, there's not much we can do about that." Yami said.
"We know. We just thought that we would come and see how you were doing." Yugi said.
"Well, we're doing fine. A lot better than what Seiji originally wanted us to do." Yami said.
"What did Seiji want you to do originally?" Heba asked.
"The kissing booth." Yami answered.
"Hell no!" Yugi and Heba said at the same time.
Atemu and Yami looked at their boyfriends in shock. They hadn't heard them talk like that before.
"There's no way that anyone else is kissing you two unless it's us." Heba said.
"Yeah. You're our boyfriends so there is no one who is going to kiss you except for us." Yugi added in.
"Glad to know that you care." Yami said.
Yami kissed Yugi while Atemu kissed Heba.
"Less making our, more work."
The two couples jumped apart and turned to face Seiji.
"Sorry, Seiji." Yami said.
"It's all right. At least you don't have any customers at the moment." Seiji said before he walked off.
Atemu groaned. "Why couldn't he have waited a few more moments before he interrupted us?" Atemu asked.
"Well, we'll be going so that you can get back to work." Yugi said before they walked off.
Seiji was walking around the carnival, seeing how everything was going.
"Everything going okay?"
Seiji turned to face Touma. "What are you doing here, Touma?" Seiji asked.
"Well, the boys are playing later, so I figured that I might as well come. And-" Touma was cut off.
"Daddy!"
Seiji saw Jun running toward him and picked Jun up. "Hey, Jun. What are you doing here?" Seiji asked.
"Papa brought me here to play." Jun answered.
"Where are Ryou and Malik at, Jun?" Touma asked.
At that moment, Ryou and Malik ran up to them, panting and out of breath.
"What's wrong?" Touma asked.
"He runs-way too fast." Malik gasped out.
"Sorry. He got away from us." Ryou added.
"It's okay, guys. Why don't you go on and have some fun yourselves?" Touma suggested.
"Okay!" Malik said, running off.
"Thanks, Touma." Ryou said before leaving as well.
"I guess they're all here. I already saw Yugi and Heba with Atemu and Yami." Seiji said.
"Yeah. They figured that they would see them for a little while. I hope that they don't distract them." Touma said.
"Don't worry about it, Touma. It'll be fine." Seiji said.
"Papa, can we go and play some games?" Jun asked.
"I don't see the harm in it. Wan to join us, Seiji?" Touma asked.
"I don't see why it would hurt." Seiji said.
The three went off to let Jun play some more games.
"Hey, handsome." a girl said, flirting with Bakura.
Bakura glared at her. "Do you want to play or not?" Bakura asked.
The girl smiled in what she thought was a seductive way. "I was thinking just that. We'd have to leave to play, of course." The girl said.
"Do you want to play the game?" Bakura growled.
"No. I want to play with you." the girl said.
"I don't think that he can." Ryou said.
The girl turned and glared at Ryou. "Leave! This doesn't have anything to do with you!" the girl hissed.
Ryou smirked at the girl. "Actually, I think it does." Ryou said as he walked passed the girl and up to Bakura. He then leaned forward and kissed Bakura.
The girl's jaw dropped when she saw Ryou kissing the guy she wanted to have. "What are doing?!" the girl screeched.
Ryou turned and his smirk widened. "I'm just kissing my boyfriend. He's already taken, so he can't do anything with you." Ryou said.
The girl turned red before she stormed off.
"Thank you for that. She was getting on my nerves." Bakura said.
Ryou smiled. "Well, the only one that gets to have any fun with you is me." Ryou said.
"Right you are." Bakura said.
Marik gagged. "Too much sappiness." Marik said.
"Is that so?"
Marik turned and saw Malik. Marik's eyes lit up. "Hi, Malik." Marik said, pulling Malik to him and kissing him.
"Now who's sappy?" Bakura sneered.
Marik shrugged. "So what?" Marik asked.
Ryou giggled. "Why don't you two just admit that you are whipped?" Ryou asked.
"We're not." Bakura and Marik said at the same time.
"Just keep telling yourself that." Malik said.
"What are you doing here, Puppy?" Seto asked, surprised to see Jou standing by the concession stand he was working.
"We came here and decided to spend the day. Touma figured it wouldn't be a bad idea." Jou replied.
"And you came to see me." Seto said.
"Why wouldn't I? You are my boyfriend." Jou said.
"You just came here because I'm working the concession stand." Seto said.
"Well, that, too." Jou said.
Seto shook his head. "You are unbelievable." Seto said.
"Thanks you." Jou said.
"Well, I guess I should have guessed that given the appetite that you have." Seto said.
Jou smiled. "Can I help it if I like to eat and my boyfriend just happened to be working at a concession stand?" Jou asked.
"No, but it would have been nice if you had just come to see me." Seto said.
Jou leaned forward and kissed Seto. "I can make it up later." Jou said.
"You had better believe that you will." Seto said.
Jun was playing in a playground area designed for kids. He was playing with some kids from his school.
Touma and Seiji were sitting on a bench watching him.
"This seems to be more of a family day things. I've seen a lot of families come here." Touma said.
"That's the way it always is. I think that it's a great way for families to spend time together." Seiji said.
"It is. Jun's had the time of his life today." Touma said.
"Well, I'm glad that he's had a good time. Are Yugi and the others ready for tonight?" Seiji asked.
"They're ready. Just waiting for the time to start." Touma replied.
"I'm really glad that they agreed to help us out." Seiji said.
"Like I said, they were glad to. They love helping people out." Touma said.
"Well, they're a life saver." Seiji said.
Later, Touma gather Yugi, Heba, Ryou, Malik, and Jou.
"Touma, what are we doing?" Ryou asked.
"Ryou, you can spend time with Bakura later. You guys have to get ready." Touma said.
"But it's not for an hour." Jou whined.
"We know that, Jou, but we have a lot of things that we need to do to get ready for it." Heba said.
"He's right. Come on so we can be ready." Yugi said.
The group headed to the area that had been designated for them to get ready for the concert.
Hope you liked it.
Next: The concert part of the benefit.
R&R.
