There is going to be a bit of everyone in this chapter as well as a little mature theme at the end. You all have been warned.
Chapter 23 Everyone's day off.
As another day went by on the trip Yusei was woken up to the sound of moaning and groaning. He turned to see Jack sweating and his face beat red. Yusei could tell immediately that something was wrong with him.
"Hey Jack, what's wrong? you look pretty bad." Yusei asked getting up.
"It's nothing Yusei. Just a little bug I might have caught from yesterday. I'll be fine with some rest." He said with his voice all groggy.
"You sure about that? Yusei asked in a worried tone. I can stick around a little longer today if you want.
"Forget it Yusei. You just go and have fun with the others. I'm going to just relax and rest for a bit. I took some medicine already this morning before you even woke up so I'll be fine." He moaned turning over in his bed.
"Alright. You just take it easy then and I'll see you late." Yusei said getting dressed into his normal attire of a black tight t-shirt and jean vest and black jeans.
"Yeah." Jack replied sleepily. Yusei then left the room and headed downstairs for the lobby. He looked around and didn't see anyone around. 'Maybe everyone is still asleep. I guess I'll just have to make myself a quick breakfast and wait for them all to get up.' He thought heading for the food counter to find something for breakfast. As he was eating his breakfast alone he heard someone on the stairs and looked up to see Leo and Luna coming downstairs half awake and still in their panda bear pyjamas.
"Good morning." He said to them both quietly.
"Good morning." Leo said sighing and yawning.
"Morning Yusei." Luna said in the same tone of voice.
"What's up with you two? Not enough sleep last night or something?"
"No, we are just tired I guess. I'm honestly not usually like this when I wake up." Luna explained walking to the counter and pouring herself some cereal.
"Yeah. I don't think I have ever been this tired before." Leo said yawning as he was behind Luna grabbing a muffin and some juice.
"Well Jack is upstairs with a slight cold so he won't be leaving his room today and I am guessing the others are still asleep as well."
"Poor Jack. I hope it's nothing serious since we all wanted to have fun together while we were here." Luna sighed.
"Yeah. You would think that nothing could keep him down with how strong he always looked! Leo exclaimed getting his morning energy."
"Keep who down?" Yusei and the twins looked up and saw Akiza and Carly coming downstairs also still in their nightgowns..
"Hey you two. Good morning to you both." Yusei greeted them while smiling at Akiza.
"Good morning honey. So again, keep who down?" She questioned as she was curious as to what they were talking about.
"It seems that Jack caught a slight fever and is upstairs resting in his room." Leo told the ladies while snacking on some toast.
"What?! Is he okay or is he not?!" Carly asked with a slightly raised tone.
"Yeah. He just wants to rest right now. He told me to tell you all not to worry about him and just try and enjoy the day. He will join us later if he feels any better." Yusei explained to try and calm Carly down as he was finishing his cereal.
"Alright then Yusei. I will go and check on him later then if he wants to rest since it would be better to leave him alone for now." Carly sighed sitting down beside Luna.
"So what's everyone's plan for the day?" Luna asked looking at everyone.
"Well I think I'm going to stay for a while so I can be close to Jack and make sure he gets better." Carly mentioned grabbing some coffee.
"Well I honestly would not mind if Yusei and I could see around the town like Jack and Carly did yesterday." Akiza brought up smiling at Yusei with eyes full of desire.
"Well if you two are going to be acting all lovey-dovey today then I'm staying here so I won't have to see it." Leo stated firmly.
"Well I was asking because I was planning on going back to the beach again and having fun in the water. But…"
"You wanted someone to watch over you?" Carly questioned thinking that's what Luna was going to say.
"Yeah. Luna answered bluntly. I guess it's because we have never swam without someone with us so I kind of hope we would have someone there even if they just watched us."
"Well I will gladly stay and watch over the two of you if you want. I don't mind at all since I plan on staying anyway." Carly assured them both smiling at Luna.
"Thanks Carly!" Leo mumbled with his mouth half full.
"Leo! Be more polite!" Luna whined scolding him.
"Sorry." He apologized swallowing his food while Yusei and Akiza were laughing at the scene.
"It's fine. But yes I will watch over you and that will let you two have your time away." Carly told them while looking over at Yusei and Akiza.
"Thanks Carly. That definitely is helpful for all of us." Yusei thanked her.
"Your welcome." She grinned.
"Well now that that's all settled and dealt with I will head upstairs and change clothes so we can get our date in the city going. I will be right back ok Yusei dear?" Akiza winked running upstairs.
"Alright." He chuckled at her gesture.
"Yuck! This is exactly what I meant! Leo whined seeing the display from the two lovers in front of him.
"Well you can always turn around Leo if you know it's coming cause I plan to enjoy my time with my girlfriend as much as I can regardless of who is around." Yusei smirked.
"Very funny Yusei. You just want to show her off to make everyone jealous. I think Jack is rubbing off on you." Leo scoffed. Everyone was quite shocked at hearing Leo compare Yusei to Jack. Yusei couldn't believe that Leo had just said that and was at a loss of what to say back.. Carly then walked over to Leo and kneeled by him so they could see eye to eye.
"Leo, I know that you are feeling a little awkward at seeing people in love acting so close in front of you. You are at the age where your body and feelings are starting to mature and it is sometimes hard to contain it. But you should not blame Yusei or Akiza for it since that may be you someday.`` Carly told him acting like a mother. Yusei and Luna both smiled seeing Carly handle thee situation so strongly and knew that if Jack was rubbing off on anyone it was her.
"Well Leo and I should get our swimming gear and get outside so we can find a good spot." Luna suddenly said trying to change the mood and began to head for the stairs.
"Alright. Thanks for that Carly and I am sorry Yusei for the way I acted. He apologized with his head down.
"Don't worry about it Leo. I am ok with it since it must be hard to be a kid growing up and trying to understand everything around you so quickly. But you guys go and head out now and we can have more fun together later, ok?" Yusei smiled to assure him that he was being honest.
"Later Yusei! Have fun today!" Leo called to him while leaving.
"I hope you and Akiza can make the day worth while." Luna hoped following Leo away.
"Later you two." Yusei chuckled. As the twins left Yusei's sight Carly walked over to him with a concerned look. Yusei turned to look at her.
"What's wrong?"
"Is Jack really alright Yusei? You didn't just say that just to ease everyone, did you?" She asked concerned. Yusei knew full well that he was telling the truth as far as he knew and had a feeling that Carly didn't quite believe his words.
"I know that you are worried about him Carly and I also know that Jack is the type that can put on a brave face when he needs too. But the truth is that worrying about him is not going to help since he himself wants us to focus our minds on this vacation. I promise that if you just give him his rest then he will jump back to 100% in no time." He smiled at her trying to relax her.
"Your right about that. But deep down I can't help but worry you know. I'm sure you and Akiza would be doing the same for each other." She told him back. Yusei smiled and nodded slightly knowing that the young reporter was absolutely right. If Akiza ever got sick he wouldn't want to leave the room for anything.
"You got me there Carly. When Jack gets better we will make sure that we go out of this trip with a bang!" He slightly shouted full of enthusiasm. Carly couldn't help but giggle at Yusei's attempt to cheer her up and could see why he and Jack were such good friends. Both of them live their lives the way they want to as well are always truly looking out for those around them. She knew deep down in her heart that being around friends like this would truly make her the woman she always wanted to be.
"We are ready to hit the beach!" Leo called out from upstairs wearing his swim trunks with Luna right beside him smiling.
"Alright. I'm not going to swim today so I ain't going to change clothes or anything. So shall we you two?" Carly asked pointing to the door that led to the beach.
"Yes!" The twins shouted together.
"Have fun you three!" Yusei called to them as he waved goodbye to them. After they had left Yusei went upstairs to look for Akiza since she was taking awhile to get ready. He got up to her room and knocked on the door. After getting no answer and hearing nothing inside he opened the door slightly with a spare key Akiza gave him earlier.
"Akiza. You in here?" He whispered. As he got no response again he decided to let himself in and saw that she was no where in the room. 'She couldn't have just teleported… could she? Do psychic powers work like that?' He thought to himself before he was slightly spooked at hearing the bathroom door opening behind him he turned to see Akiza in a crimson red bathrobe with her hair fully down hanging all down the front of her body. His face flushed at the sight of her beauty while Akiza had just noticed him at the foot of her bed which made her jump a few feet.
"Yusei! What are you DOING in here?!" She freaked out.
"We-well y-you see, I was coming up to see if you were ready and when I knocked you didn't answer so I let myself in and you weren't in the room so I got a little confused." He stammered as he got his mind to calm down.
"Well hell Yusei, next time check the bathroom too before coming into a ladies room alright." She sighed knowing that his intentions for being there were noble.
"But I must say I'm happy that I came up here if only to see you looking like that." He smiled slyly. Akiza slightly giggled at his words knowing that he was being half serious.
"I have a funny feeling that you would have rather I didn't have anything on when I came out of the bathroom." She smirked back.
"That would have worked too." He joked before sticking his tongue out playfully.
"Yusei. Sometimes you can be so dirty that I wonder if you still are the same man who saved me." She sighed shaking her head.
"Sorry if that took it too far Akiza. I was just trying to be funny since it could have just happened." He mentioned to her honestly with a funny face saying forgive me. Akiza looked at Yusei for a moment with her robe still one and sighed deciding that it was stupid and also hard to stay mad at him when he was looking like this. She started to walk up to him slowly which started to make him nervous since he wasn't sure if he was forgiven or not. She then got right in front of his face and placed her still somewhat wet cold hands on his chest which caused a shiver to cross his entire being.
"Well, I guess I can let you off easy this time Yusei. But next time you might not be so lucky." She told him all coy.
"Y-yes baby." He shivered which made her smile. She then turned around and proceeded to make her way back to the bathroom where she removed her robe and switch it for a red tube top and jean short shorts. She then came back out with Yusei smiling at her beauty
"Wow. You look hot." He smiled.
"Well I wanted to dress for the occasion." She smiled back.
"So shall we go?" Yusei asked holding out his hand.
"Let's indeed." She smiled taking his hand. They left the room and headed downstairs and out the door where they got into the same rental car as Jack as Carly used the previous day and drove off into town. Back at the beach Luna and Leo were building sandcastles and having fun on the edge of the beach while Carly watched the two from under their beach umbrella. As she watched them have fun she could not help but worry about Jack and his fever upstairs in his room. She knew that she didn't want to be a bother to him nor did she want to abandon the twins when she said she would watch them, however she also didn't feel right having fun at the beach without him by her side. She decided that this was something she had to do.
"Hey Luna! Leo!" Carly called out to them standing up.
"Yes?! What is it?!" Luna called back patting her sandcastle gently to keep its shape.
"I'm going inside for just a few minutes! I'll be right back ok you two?!" She told them turning around and heading back inside of the hotel.
"She is just going back to check in on Jack isn't she? I really can't understand adults sometimes." Leo groaned continuing his castle.
"Leave her alone Leo. She is just worried about Jack, that's all. I'm sure she will be right back once she sees that he is fine." Luna smiled getting back to her own castle as well.
"Yeah I know that sis, but everyone is just using this trip as means to be together and be all lovey-dovey when it was us who even made this happen." He sighed all annoyed.
"Leo. I know that u were hoping that they would be around us more but they have their own lives to live as well and someday that will be us you know. We also will become adults and will have people precious to us that we will want to be with all the time."
"I doubt I'll ever be like them even when I get older. I like myself the way I am and that's a fact!" He stood up and shouted.
"Yeah yeah hothead. Now sit down and finish your castle. I just got my done." Luna sighed leaning back in the sand with Leo pouting behind her.
"Wow, your good sis." He mumbled admiring her castle which somewhat resembled Windsor Castle. After a few minutes Leo had finished his castle which look more like a collection of sand dunes than castle walls.
"I'm done! That was a lot of fun!" He smirked. Luna looked at his castle and noticed it's originality if you could call it that. She knew that saying anything would be pointless so she just let it go.
"Well what shall we do now?" Luna asked Leo getting up.
"How about we race each other in the water?" Leo replied pointing to the ocean.
"Would that be safe without someone watching us?" She asked again somewhat nervous.
"It should be fine. We just won't swim out to far. I promise you that nothing will happen to you!" Leo smiled.
"Alright." She smiled back. They ran up to the edge of the beach and began to race each other back and forth from the ocean to the shoreline. Leo was able to win a couple more rounds as Luna got tired more easily since she never really did any physical activities. As she tried to keep up with her brother she started to run out of breath and stopped at the shore line and got out of the water. Leo noticed she was panting a little hard and got up close to her.
"What's wrong Luna? You don't look ok!" Leo asked looking at her worried.
"I'm just a little rundown from all that Leo. I'm just going to rest under the umbrella that Carly set up for just a bit." She told him weakly. She got under the umbrella and laid down in it's shade as Leo jumped out of the water and sat beside her.
"Are you sure your ok?" He asked looking right at her.
"Yeah. I just got a little carried away. I'll be fine. You go back out and have fun." She said waving her hand trying to get him to leave.
"There is no way I can have fun by myself. I'll stay with u until your feeling better." He said laying next to her. Luna smiled and lightly shed a tear. She knew that he wasn't perfect, but she wouldn't trade him for any other brother. 'Thank you so much Leo. I'm sorry I always cause you trouble.' She thought sadly as she closed her eyes and relaxed on the sand. Meanwhile Carly was upstairs sitting next to Jack as he woke up.
"Hey. How you feeling?" She asked putting her hand in his forehead.
"Better than I was earlier. I'll be fine by tomorrow." He responded.
"Well that's good. I'm sorry if I'm bothering u at all. I know you said you wanted everyone to have fun without u but I couldn't help but worry. She told him honestly."
"Your not a bother. U just don't need to waste your time worrying about me. I can overcome anything." Jack huffed before letting out a light cough.
"Yeah, your right Jack. Well I'd better get back to the twins outside. I'll see you later alright." She said leaving for the door.
"Yep. Later." He said turning over and going back to sleep. As Leo was relaxing with Luna and Carly was heading back to them Yusei and Akiza were just coming out of a arcade.
"That was exciting. I am starting to see how people can come to these places everyday." Akiza said smiling and stretching.
"Yeah, but it can become quite addicting if your not careful." He laughed.
"You would think you were with how good you seem to be at air hockey baby." She teased.
"I could say the same with you and Space Invaders. He smirked back. How can u say you have never played it before and yet you almost tied the high score?" He asked in disbelief.
"I honestly don't know why but I felt so into the game that I just knew how to play it. It's not like I could help it you know. Once I started playing I didn't want to stop." She pouted.
"My point exactly." He laughed.
"Meanie." She said elbowing him.
"Forgive me?"
"Nope." She pouted turning her head away.
"Please?" He asked sounding like a little kid.
"Nope." She held on turning away.
"Alright." He said bluntly beginning to walk away from her.
"Hey! I was-" Her words were cut off by him turning around quickly and planting one on her lips.
"Joking? I knew that you were. I was just having a little fun myself." He winked.
"Teaser!" She said seductively. As they both laughed and made their way back to the car Luna was feeling better after resting and sat up beside her brother who nodded off to sleep himself. She got up and tried to wake him up gently.
"Hey Leo? Are you going to wake up?"
"Mmm, yes?" He said rubbing his eyes.
"Thanks for staying with me. I'm much better now though." she smiled.
"Great. But I'm getting kind of tired so maybe we should head back inside." He yawned standing up.
"Alright. I'm sorry if I made a mess of this." Luna sighed with a slight frown across her face.
"NO! It's not your fault! You can't help it! You never know when something like that is going to happen. It's no different than with Jack." Leo snapped tried to reassure her.
"Your right. Alright, let's head back." She smiled. They packed up everything they brought out and headed back inside the hotel. They got to their room and began to change out of their swimsuits. As they were just getting undressed Carly walked in on them without knocking first. Luckily for Carly Leo was already in his blue sweat pants while Luna was just putting on her navy blue tulip patterned t-shirt.
"Whoops! Sorry!" She apologized about to close the door.
""It's ok Carly. We don't care if you walk in on us." Leo said as he finished putting his clothes on.
"Leo! You should care about something like that. You need to learn some refinement." Luna snapped scolding him.
"Well how come it's ok for her to walk in on you and not me?" He asked back.
"It's a girl thing." Carly answered sitting on a chair near the bed.
"Exactly. So how is Jack doing?" Luna said putting her short jeans on.
"He's fine. He is getting much better and told us all again not to worry about him."
"That's Jack alright." Leo said as everyone laughed at the comment.
"I'm sorry that I didn't come back for you two. I was worried about Jack and I guess I lost track of time." Carly told them trying to explain herself.
"It's ok . We were fine by ourselves out there so we don't mind." Leo assured her happily while laying on his bed.
"Yep. All we did was play in the sand for a while and then went swimming for a bit. But we made sure to stay near the shore." Luna said turning on the TV.
"Alright. I was just hoping you both weren't upset with me that's all."
"Nope we were fine by ourselves. It's ok Carly." Luna said as she began to watch a cooking show.
"That's good. Well I'm going back to my room now. I think I'll just do what you both are doing and just relax for a while. Later you two."
"Yep later." Said the twins back at her as she left the room. As everyone was relaxing in their rooms Yusei and Akiza were just coming back from their date. They drove up to the front and parked the car.
"That was a fun date." Akiza said smiling.
"Yeah it was. I am still wondering how Jack is though. I hope he got a little better while we were gone." Yusei said shutting off the car.
"You did seem like you were thinking a lot while we were out." Akiza pointed out.
"Yeah I guess I was a little. He admitted. I'm sorry if I disturbed our date at all." He spoke quietly putting his head down.
"No, No! It's fine honey. I'm truly happy to see that you care so much about your friends when they are sick. You truly are a rare man Yusei since many aren't nearly as caring as you." She smiled as she moved over and kissed him on his cheek causing him to smile back.
"You are a rare woman yourself Akiza. You have many things that many women don't and I'm glad you choose me." He smiled back at her. They shared a loving kiss on the lips with Akiza pushing herself forward into Yusei. He pushed her off him and smiled.
"Let's get back inside. We can continue this at another time." He said opening the door of the car with Akiza sighing.
"Fine. But you owe me." She said slyly as she came out her side. They closed up the car and went back inside. They went their separate ways as they got to their own rooms Where their roommates were waiting for them. Yusei went in and saw Jack sitting up watching a duel monsters tournament on TV.
"Hey. You feeling any better Jack?" He asked sitting down on a chair.
"Much. Now I'm just bored with nothing to do, so I have watching to see if any of these duelists are worth watching on here."
"I see. Are there any good matches?" Yusei asked with a laugh.
"Not really. A few turns I can read their whole strategies which is no fun at all. So how was your date with Akiza? You two see a lot while you were out?" Jack asked not turning away from the TV.
"It was pretty good actually. We just went around to the arcade and then had a light dinner at a café and then walked around the nearby park for a bit. After that we decided to check the card store you and Carly mentioned and we both got some new cards as well."
"Alright then. You will have to sow me the next time we duel." Jack said finally looking at Yusei this time with determination in his eyes.
"You bet Jack. It will be truly awesome. So did anyone visit you while we were gone?" Yusei asked finally laying on his bed.
"Yeah Carly came in for a bit while the twins were playing at the beach. She was just checking in on me and then she left."
"I see. Well I'm going to lay down for a bit because I am tired." Yusei stretched getting comforter able. Back in Akiza's room Carly was asking Akiza pretty much the same thing as Jack did. As Akiza was laying down on her bed she heard her phone vibrate in her pocket. She reached for it and it was a text from Yusei.
"Hey How you doing Babe?" Akiza giggled at the text. Carly noticed Akiza and turned towards her.
"What's up?"
"Yusei just texted me, that's all." She smiled.
"Oh ok. Well I'm going to bed now. Night Akiza." Carly said turning back over and going to sleep."
"Night Carly." As Akiza looked over to see if Carly was sleeping and texted Yusei back. Yusei got the text a little while later.
"I'm just fine. Carly is sleeping right now and I'm bored."
"Yeah I know. Same over here with Jack."
"I wish we were in the same room.L" She texted with a emocon.
"Yeah I know. L I wish we could then we would have more time together"
"Time together to do what?"
"Make out :P lol JK" She smiled at his text knowing that he was half joking half serious. She thought for a few seconds about how to answer that and thought that this would be a good chance to try something new.
"Yusei dear. I want to do something together tonight. Can you slip out for a while?" Yusei pondered at what she could have wanted and decided to give her what she wanted.
"Sure. Jack is about to fall asleep. When he does I will meet you in the lobby downstairs."
"Alright. See you in a bit love." 30 minutes had passed and Yusei decided that now would be a good time to slip away. He grabbed his swimming gear again which had dried and headed downstairs to the lobby. He looked and saw Akiza standing by the door holding a towel and dressed in her bathrobe. Yusei still wasn't fully sure what she wanted and walked up to her.
"Shall we go now Yusei?" Akiza asked wrapping her arm around his.
"Of course my dear. I want to have fun with you as much as possible." He replied sweetly.
"Well I have no intention of disappointing you my love. Now let's go dear." She said slyly. They soon were once again on the beach with Yusei stripping into only his trunks as he noticed Akiza wasn't removing her robe and was looking around.
"You ok Akiza? Is it too cold for you without that robe on or something?" He asked in concern.
"No that's not it at all dear. I'm just making sure that we are all alone so that no one will interrupt us." She smiled.
"Interrupt what?" He asked with his head cocked to his right side.
"Our alone time together." She let slide out slowly and seductively as she slowly dropped her robe revealing a different suit than before which made Yusei hard between his legs just looking at her. It was revealed as a black two piece swimsuit which was very short on cloth as her bikini lines were completely exposed and shaven to perfection. As for her top half it could barely contain the breasts inside as it was only covering a few inches on the front while her bare nipples slightly poked through the suit. Yusei felt all the blood rush to his nose and between his legs at her private showing. He know fully understood his girlfriend's intentions.
"Akiza. You truly have gotten bolder haven't you?" He chuckled.
"It's all because I have you by my side that I became this way love. I never saw myself becoming like this in my future. I became forward and strong to stand up against those who teased and hurt me. But now this is a new feeling of being forward that came because of you." She told him while she walked up and hugged him gently.
"I never thought that being with you together like we have been would feel so right and true Akiza. I have said many times that I love you as well as I'm glad that I met you but it never felt more right saying it than right now. I love you Akiza and I will always adore you no matter how you change." He smiled looking down on her. They then kissed passionately with the finishing of the sun setting on one side of them and the clear starlit sky appearing beside them on the other side. They soon broke the kiss and turned to admire the scenery that fit their happy moment. Akiza saw the beauty of it all and began to tear up knowing that like the two of them it's always beautiful when light and dark come together just right. She than pushed herself away from Yusei and dove fast into the water. She removed her hair clip to let her hair fall and wave in the sunset which to Yusei made her look like a true siren out of a book. She then noticed him staring at her and playfully moved her finger to signal him into the water 'I'm mesmerized by the beauty of this woman.' He thought following her slowly into the water. They swam together back and forth and sometimes racing each other for quite a while until the sun shined no more. When they noticed the sun had departed Yusei wondered if they should too.
"You ready to go now baby? It's really dark now and if the others notice we are gone they might worry." He pointed out looking at the hotel then back to Akiza who looked at him confused.
"Yusei honey, I assure you that if they notice we are gone they all are just going to assume that we are alone having fun together. Which is exactly what we have been doing." She smirked.
"That's true. And I truly want to continue having fun with you and maybe we can even take it up a notch." He winked.
"Yusei, your not seriously suggesting doing it here on the beach? She asked seductively. The place where couples come to be all romantic and intimate with each other? It seems my boyfriend hasn't learned the reason why I got all dressed up and told him to come out in the dead of night so we could be all alone." She playfully teased him knowing that he truly did understand her motive.
"Well I'm sure that this boyfriend would love to learn the reason right about now." He smirked.
A/n: A little steam in a chapter is always good. I tried to make sure everyone got some screen time and I hope no one minds Jack getting sick. I'm not sure if I will put a lemon in the next chapter or just skip past it. If you want to know and see. R&R