A/n: Prompt given by Yes. Thank you! I appreciate reviews~

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Gift

When she kicks his ass in their rematch, IV just gapes at her, astonished and at a loss for words.

Rio lowers her Duel Disk and smirks, tossing her hair from her face and straightening her posture. On steps that are nearly prancing with her victory, she joins his side, narrowing her gaze at him. Triumph is written there, and her opponent merely shakes his head, still flabbergasted.

"How did...?" IV trails off, shuffling his deck absentmindedly as he shoots her a confused glance.

Rio grins at him wider. "It's a gift."

They're playing an old Japanese game called Shougi. It takes severe concentration and strategy, like Dueling, so IV figures he's pretty good at it. He has beaten his brothers several times, which is quite the feat considering V and III are his siblings.

So when Rio points to the board and asks if he knows how to play, his mouth curls into a smile as he states matter-of-factly, "It'd be poor fanservice if I didn't."

The girl lifts an eyebrow at him and offers to take him on in a quick match. Naturally, being the man he is, IV accepts this challenge immediately.

When she defeats him with smoke practically rising off the pieces, she says with a sickly sweet voice, "It's a gift."

"How did you manage to heal so fast?" he dares to ask once.

She peers over at him, stretching her arm expertly, easily. The doctor just left and they're alone in the Burn Unit room, there for a quick therapy session. It's the last one she'll ever need to attend, and she had decided to bring IV along for the prideful ride.

Rio huffs and he already knows what she's going to say, so he glares out the window, crossing his arms as he waits.

"It's a gift~" she chides.

"I'll race you back," Rio blinks at him.

"The hell, I just got here and you're already trying to embarrass me?"

The Kamishiro sister just shrugs, swinging her book bag over her shoulder haphazardly and running off down the sidewalk and skidding around the corner. IV scowls after her, fully aware that he's already lost, and takes off after her halfheartedly. She touches the door to her and Ryouga's home first, and is about to say her trademark sentence when he touches her lips to silence her, breathing heavily, and mutters, "Shut up."

"It's a gift," she growls around his hand.

IV shows up on her door first thing that Saturday morning. He's memorized her schedule by now and has a good idea of when she wakes up on the weekend. So the boy stands at her entrance and taps his knuckles against the polished wood. He keeps his hands behind his back, shuffling awkwardly and chuckling when he hears a feminine tone shouting at her brother indignantly.

Rio swings it open and stares at IV suspiciously. "What's up?"

He tilts his head and pulls his hidden palm into view. Rio bats her eyelashes rapidly at the sight as he holds out the little box wrapped in purple with a pretty bow on top. The note on it reads: To the Birthday Girl.

IV laughs out loud as she blushes deeply and declares, "It's a gift."

~Finish~