***Sorry if this one is too ridiculous. *guilty shrug* It, uh, seemed funny when I wrote it? (100 was probably a little ambitious of a number for this project. I don't ever want to write another drabble again).***
Marik was good at molding his face into any emotional expression he choose, but even he had trouble keeping up his devious expression as he and Bakura slammed the doors open and stormed into the game shop. Bakura ranted something about the fruition of his long awaited revenge, and it was so ridiculous Marik held his breath to keep from laughing.
Ryou shrieked and crouched to the floor, and Bakura threw his head back to laugh. He took another step closer, and that's when Yugi chucked his cell phone at Bakura's face. The black phone hit Bakura below the eye hard enough to knock him onto his ass. Marik winced at the sight.
Bakura held his eye and laughed hysterically as he sat on the floor. Watching him do it made Marik chuckled as well. It was so . . . typical – that their plan would fail from the beginning. Even in jest, they couldn't beat Yugi.
"Oh, Bakura!" Ryou jumped up and ran to Bakura to examine his eye.
Bakura still laughed, tears leaked from his rapidly blinking eye. "It's the same eye as when we played Monster World."
"Oh my goodness." Ryou looked and then giggled. "I'm so sorry. It's all my fault."
"What's going on?" Yugi shouted. He still stood shorter than the rest of them, but he'd gained several centimeters since Marik last saw him during the Ceremonial Duel. A few wrinkles crinkled around Yugi's eyes which somehow made Marik feel victorious in a different sort of way since neither he, nor Bakura, really showed their age.
"We were just joking, Yugi. You didn't have to be so mean," Ryou chided his friend.
Bakura slapped at Ryou's fingers. "I'm fine. Stop mothering me."
"But I think it's going to bruise."
"So what?"
"Ryou." Yugi frowned. "How could you scare me like that? I thought you were in danger."
Ryou rubbed the back of his head. "Well, it seemed so funny in my head. Y'know, kinda like the time Mai and I convinced Jonouchi that she died."
Marik offered Bakura a hand and helped him to his feet. Bakura looked sheepish, shrugging at Marik and ignoring Yugi altogether. "Well, that went pretty much as expected. Want to find a bar? I could use some beer now."
Ryou frowned. "Don't go to the bar without me. Let's go when I'm done here."
Marik raised one of his eyebrows at Bakura. "We could go walk by the pier."
"That wasn't our first date."
Marik grinned wider. "Sure it was."
As if the general chaos wasn't enough. Two children burst into the room from a door behind the counter. Both had tri-colored, unruly hair so it was obvious who's children they were; nonetheless, it was odd for Marik to think of Yugi with children of his own.
"Daddy!" The girl, perhaps seven or maybe eight, screamed at the top of her lungs. "Atemu stole the last popsicle and it was mine!"
"It's red! It's mine!" The boy, four at most, screamed back at his sister as she chased him.
They raced in circles around Marik, Ryou, and Bakura. Marik noticed the nervous look on Yugi's face.
"You guys, get back over here. I'll buy more ice-pops." Yugi told them, stepping from behind the counter and closer to his kids.
They ignored him, screaming and chasing each other.
"Tch," Bakura snorted. Before either child had a chance to argue or protest, he stole the ice-pop from the boy's hand, snapped it in half, and handed a piece to each child.
They stopped, staring up and blinking at him as if he were a wizard. Marik couldn't help but smile, it reminded him of when Bastet was their age.
The boy grinned first. "Thanks, old man!" He ran to the backroom, slurping on his half of the red ice-pop.
The girl nodded, giving a little bow. "Thank you." She went to chase her brother again.
Yugi stood blinking, his mouth gaped open. For a awkward moment no one spoke, then Yugi said, "uh, thanks, Bakura. They mind Anzu more than me."
Bakura gave a little snort for a reply before turning back to Marik with an exasperated sigh. "Fine, we'll go to the pier."
Marik poked Bakura's chest as they made for the door. "You're a big softy."
"Shut-up. I expect a blow job while we're at the pier."
"Couldn't we just stab you again? That was so much fun last time."
"Only if you jump into the ocean and find my old knife."
They exited the game shop, leaving Ryou giggling and Yugi blinking in confusion.
