:Hi everyone! Today is, sadly, my last chapter from fall break. I know I only posted 2-3 chapters, but hey it's something, right? Updates are probably going to be slow again, as usual, and I'm sorry for that, but school is an annoying Kuriboh at times. I hope you enjoy this chapter!:
Joey glared down at the book in his lap, sitting Indian style on the bottom bunk of the bed. The sounds of plastic wrapping, the sounds of moving items around, the sounds of his friends talking too loudly to each other...He let out a loud groan, slamming his hands on his book and turning his head in his friends directions, noticing how they hadn't even noticed him doing such a strange action.
Bakura and Yugi were working on something, this Joey knew, but he was trying to study! Yugi was stationed at his desk, while Bakura was at the other one. Red and pink colored wrapping surrounded them, and weird plastic molds were placed around as well. What the hell were they doing anyway?! It was 5 in the morning, the only time they would get up was to study, like what he was trying to do!
"Can you two stop whatever the hell you are doing?!" Joey yelled out, hoping to get some peace and quiet. The test he was studying for was tomorrow for god sake! His two friends turned to face him, looking to each other and back to him as if they were confused.
"We can't." Bakura commented, turning back around to his work. He picked up a red wrapping paper and began to wrap it around something. "I had to get this yesterday, and it took quite some time, so I didn't have time to prepare beforehand."
"Sorry, Joey." Yugi smiled, moving his hands back to the desk and turning his head to his work. "I had to make this last night, and I was surprised that I was able to get it this early to prepare it. It's not everyday that Mr. Tsunami lets me into the cooking class early in the morning when school hasn't started yet."
Joey glared at them, placing his book to the side and getting up. He stretched for a moment, looking back and forth between the two teens. They were messing with something, and it looked like it was the same thing. What was even going on that required them to do such a thing? Was it something for their class?
Now that he thought about it, when he had come home the other day he hadn't seen them at the dorm. Maybe it was an advanced test or project they had to work on. No, it couldn't be. He hadn't seen Anzu the other day either, and all three of them didn't have a class together if he remembered correctly.
Joey walked to Bakura, placing his head near his shoulder to look at what he was doing. Bakura glared at him, moving his shoulder away and swatting at his face, making the blond let out a yelp at the sudden action.
"I just want to see what you're doing!" Joey explained, glaring back at his silver haired friend. Bakura rose an eyebrow, turning around to face him.
"You don't remember?" Bakura questioned, his tone becoming laced with amusement. Joey blushed in embarrassment, great. He forgot another thing. Yugi turned around to look at them, his hands covered in white rubber gloves while he held a toothpick.
"That's odd, but..." Yugi chuckled. "At least he won't be trying to steal it from us before he actually gets some." Joey blinked in confusion while Bakura began to laugh.
"That's true." Bakura turned his eyes to the red wrapping in his hands, moving his body to face his desk again. "I guess it's a blessing that you don't remember, Joey." The blond pouted, looking back to his bed, staring at the book on it. Should he question them or keep studying? He needed to study, but he was curious about what was going on.
"Can I have a hint to what's going on?" Joey whined, choosing the questioning option. Bakura sighed, a smile coming onto his face as he grabbed at something nearby. He turned to his friend, grabbing at his hand and placing something in his palm.
"Here." Bakura said, turning back to the desk. "That should be a decent hint." Joey looked down at his palm, noticing a small candy in his hand. It was a small pink heart with the words 'Be Mine' printed on it. He glared at Bakura, slamming the small heart on his desk.
"Don't flirt with me!" Joey yelled. "Yugi's your flirting buddy, not me!" Bakura rolled his eyes, sighing in annoyance. He hadn't got the hint?
"I know you're not my flirting buddy." Bakura responded. "You're not cute enough to be it anyway."
"What'd you say?!"
"Aw, Bakura." Yugi giggled, turning around with a small triangle in his hand. "Thank you, I think you're quite attractive yourself." Bakura laughed, winking at his flirting buddy.
"You better."
"No flirting at five in the morning!" Joey spat out, his face turning red from embarrassment. Why should he be embarrassed? They're the ones flirting with each other!
"So at six, we're good then?" Bakura smirked, wrapping something up in red paper. Joey narrowed his eyes at the silver haired teen, of course he would say that!
"No! You're never good!"
"I know I'm not."
"Then why did you-"
"Joey." Yugi called out with a sigh. "We're trying to work, go study or something." Joey's eyes widened, before they began to narrow into a glare and he began to scream at his two roommates.
"That's what I've been trying to do this whole time!"
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The area was large, larger than the cooking class that was for sure. Large dark wooded counters were spread out, stoves and sinks scattered along with a couple of fridges. Cabinets stood near the dark crimson walls, while the drawers with utensils rested near the sinks on the black marbled floor. Mana and Atemu were at a counter, each holding a mold in their hands with bowls and small utensils surrounding them. Across from them resided their friend, Malik, who at the moment was trying to scoop his chocolate out of his rectangular molds.
"Atemu, you're so plain." Mana giggled, a green apron wrapped around her as she looked down at her brother's chocolate molds. Atemu flushed, his cheeks turning red at the comment. He was not plain!
"Who says this is the final product?" Atemu asked, smirking at her as he gently took chocolate out of circular molds. He counted up how many chocolate spheres he made, from what he could tell he made enough so everyone got three and one person got four. He looked to his sister's molds, finding them in a heart shape. Just like the previous molds, Atemu thought with a smile.
"Well, I would hope it wouldn't be." Mana smiled, removing the chocolate hearts from their plastic molds. "It would be boring for everyone if you did that."
"I suppose so." Atemu chuckled. "I'm still amazed at the fact that we were able to do such a thing." Mana looked at him, raising an eyebrow.
"Able to do what?"
"Make 22 chocolates."
"It's not that hard."
"But we had a heck of time trying to get them into the fridge."
"Hey, we still did it."
"True." Atemu chuckled, arranging his chocolate spheres into small groups. The other day had been a strange one, having Seto being gone after that morning, him and the others could do pretty much anything. But after him and Mana had offered to hang out with Yugi and Anzu, they had said that they would be busy the entire day. So, he had convinced Malik and Mana to go the royal dorm to practice cooking. Surprisingly, they had only had one fire.
"What do you think they're doing?" Atemu questioned, grabbing a nearby toothpick and a chocolate. Mana glanced at him, turning her eyes quickly back to grab some pink icing.
"Who?" Mana asked, scrunching her face up slightly as she began to place the icing onto a piece of chocolate. "Anzu and the others?" Atemu wanted to chuckle at that, who else would he be talking about?
"Yes." Atemu responded, focusing his eyes to mark into the chocolate. "Do you think..." Mana nodded, even though she knew that her brother couldn't see her.
"They're probably working too." Mana smiled. "After all, it is a holiday." Atemu smiled, a holiday, huh? Even though he was royalty, he wasn't used to actually celebrating a holiday with friends. It wasn't a holiday you should spend with friends, but it counts in a way. If you don't have a special someone, aren't friends the people you turn to? But you are going to see a special someone... He flushed at this, don't think of Yugi at a time like this! But you have to if you're going to make this! He breathed in and out, he had to work on Yugi's last, he had to focus on everyone else first, if he worked on Yugi's first he wouldn't be able to concentrate!
"You're awfully quiet over there." Mana called out, darting her eyes up for a moment to glance over at Malik. He looked up, in his hands a small bag of blue icing. He blushed, moving his eyes back down to the chocolate he was working on.
"I'm just..." Malik whispered. "Trying not to mess up, because-" He jumped, hearing a door slam from the side of the room. He jerked his head to the door, to find Seto standing with two colorful bags in his hands. The royal siblings moved their eyes to the adviser as well, looking at him with slight interest.
"Good morning, Seto." Atemu greeted with a small smile. Malik glared, snapping out of his quiet voice and ridding himself of the blush on his face.
"Hey!" Malik yelled, glaring as Seto walked to their counter. "I was talking!" Seto looked to him, raising an eyebrow before he rolled his eyes at his blond friend. Malik glared harder, before he looked at the colorful bags. They were orange and yellow, what kind of company has these kind of bags?
"What's in the bags?" Mana questioned, pointing at the bags with a toothpick. Seto set them on the table, reaching into the nearest one and pulling out three heart shaped boxes, one being red, another being pink, and the last being purple. He held out the red one to Atemu.
"Happy Valentine's day." Seto spoke, his voice blank. Atemu blinked in shock, taking hold of the box and uttering out a thank you. He reached for the pink one, holding it out to Mana.
"For me?" Mana uttered out, a small blush on her face. Seto nodded, gesturing for her to take the box. She took it, smiling as she thanked him. He grabbed at the purple one, placing it in front of Malik.
"Oh yeah, don't hand to it me." Malik grumbled, grabbing at it. "Thank you though." Seto let out a small chuckle, smiling for a split second before he reached into the other bag, taking out three other boxes and placing them in the separate bag. He placed the bag near Atemu and pointed at it.
"Would you mind delivering these to Yugi and his friends?" He asked, his eyes soft as he looked at his friends. Three pairs of eyes widened in surprise at this, what?
"Huh?" Malik uttered out. "You want us to-"
"The purple-pinkish one is for Yugi." Seto interrupted. "The pink one is for Anzu, and the white one is for Bakura." Mana pouted and looked to the side.
"How do you know Anzu's name?" She grumbled out, before Seto looked to her and revealed a small smirk.
"You talk about her a lot." He explained, making the princess flush a bright pink. Atemu chuckled, taking hold of the bag and placing it near his feet.
"May I ask what gave you the sudden idea to buy chocolates for everyone?" Atemu questioned, smiling at his adviser. Seto turned to look at him, his cheeks becoming dusted slightly with pink.
"I went out to buy something and thought that it would be alright to buy everyone something," Seto looked everywhere, but at his friends. "Just because, it's, you know, a holiday." Atemu's eyes widened, before beginning to laugh, making the other three look at him with confused eyes.
"What're you laughing about?" Malik questioned, backing up from the counter a small bit. Atemu tried to calm down his laughter, looking to Seto and pointing at him.
"You didn't hear him?" Atemu laughed. "He spoke informally!" Mana and Malik's eyes widened, before they looked to Seto.
"Really?!" Mana spoke excitedly. "Do it again! Do it again!" She begged, tempting herself to go over to the adviser just to get him to speak informally. Seto blushed, grabbing at the bag on the table and turning sharply on his heel, heading to the door.
"Hey!" Malik called out. "Get back here and speak like a human!"
"No!" Seto yelled back, slamming the door behind him as he passed through it. Atemu smiled to himself, something happened yesterday. He knew something did, Seto never talked normally. And he was definitely not the kind of guy to say 'You know?'. He narrowed his eyes, thinking of the chocolates given to him to hand out. He looked to his sister and friend.
"I noticed something." Atemu commented, gaining the others attention.
"What is it?" Mana asked, looking to her brother with a slight smile on her face from what had happened previously. Atemu looked down at the bag near his feet, the yellow and orange almost blinding him. He had said a purple-pinkish chocolate was for Yugi, pink for Anzu, white for Bakura...He furrowed his eyebrows together.
"He didn't tell me to give Joey any chocolate."
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"Why do all of you have bags?!' Joey yelled, sitting down at the breakfast table. Yugi had bags, Bakura had bags, Anzu had bags, why did they all have freaking bags?! Bakura and Yugi didn't let him watch them work, so he was forced to try to study, but when it came to leave he found that he couldn't. And they had bags! He asked what was in them, they just ignored him or told him that he would find out. How would he find out?!
"Let me guess..." Anzu sighed, placing her arms on the table. "You forgot what day it is?" Joey looked at her, furrowing his eyebrows together and thinking for a moment.
"It's Sunday?" Joey spoke questionably, as if he doubted his words. Bakura and Yugi chuckled, while Anzu sighed and shook her head in response. What, it wasn't Sunday? It's the 14th, he knew that much. Did something happen today? And also...
"Why aren't you guys getting breakfast?" Joey asked, when they had walked in, they had gone straight to the table.
"Why didn't you get breakfast?" Yugi questioned, placing an elbow on the table and resting his chin in his palm.
"Because I don't want to be alone up there." Joey narrowed his eyes. "Don't you know how awkward it would be?!"
"Nope." Yugi responded, a smile coming onto his face. "Because I'm not scared of being alone in a lunch line." Bakura laughed, looking to his small friend.
"You've never been alone in a lunch line." Bakura commented. "How would you know if you're scared or not?" Yugi scooted his chair closer to Bakura, placing his head on his shoulder.
"Because I know you'll always be there." He sung out, fluttering his eyelashes and making both of them begin to laugh at how stupid it was. Anzu let out a giggle, while Joey groaned and turned his eyes away from the flirting buddies.
"Are you two sure you want to keep doing that?" Anzu asked, giggling more. "You two do have admirers now." Bakura and Yugi rolled their eyes at that. Yugi lifted his head off of his shoulder, looking left and right.
"We can keep doing this as long as they aren't around." Yugi smiled at Bakura, who smiled back immediately. "Right?" He winked, beginning to laugh before he felt someone place their lips near his ear.
"And who are they?" A deep voice resounded, making the poor teen let out a gasp and turn his head sharply around. His eyes widened for a split second, only to dim them down and feel his face turn into an oven.
"Will you stop scaring me?" Yugi groaned, turning his head back around. Atemu chuckled, resting two bags next to his seat before he pulled up a chair to sit next to him.
"But you're cute when you're scared." Atemu chuckled, making the boy blush a bit more at the compliment. Yugi let out a grumble, pouting and looking down at the table, making the royal chuckle at his adorable actions.
"Why do you guys have bags?!" Joey yelled, standing up and pointing at all the royals as they sat down next to their interest. All of them, his friends and royals, were holding bags! What was going on?! Why were there bags?! Was there a bag festival going on? Was there a special class going on? He needed to know!
"Can we get this over with since Joey's going to die if we don't?" Bakura narrowed his eyes at the blond friend. Yugi nodded, looking around and pointing at Anzu, who was to the left of Joey.
"Anzu, will you start?" He questioned, smiling and lowering his hand. Anzu nodded in response, smiling back and picking up the bags near her feet. She turned her eyes to the royals.
"What we do is that we go around in a circle," Anzu explained. "I hand out my chocolate, and then the next person does the same until everyone is done." The royals nodded in response, it seemed childish. But so did everything in the school, despite being high tech. Joey's eyes narrowed, wait...chocolate...
"Wait-"
"So, let's start." Anzu reached into her bag, pulling out a small purple and pink bag. She grabbed at the name tag that hung around the tie of it, narrowing her eyes as she tried to read her own handwriting.
"This one is Yugi's." She smiled happily, passing it to Mana, who in turn passed it to Yugi. He took it, narrowing his eyes as he looked past the paper to look at the chocolate inside. He was scared, but she might have gotten better at making chocolate so he didn't care.
She passed out the chocolates, each of them a different color to indicate who they went to. Joey grabbed at his yellow bag, looking inside and noticing browned candy. Chocolate...
"Is today-"
"There's one more." Anzu called out, reaching into her bag and taking out a pink envelope. That doesn't look like chocolate, Mana thought as she watched Anzu pass the envelope to her. She smiled at her. "It's for you."
Mana's eyes widened, blinking in confusion as she nodded. She looked down at the envelope, opening it in front of everyone. Anzu wasn't saying anything, so she assumed that she could. She reached inside it, finding a note and taking it out.
Mana, do you mind if we talk alone after wards?
I know this is weird, but I don't want to give you chocolate in front of everyone.
Also, I need to do something.
Do you mind?
If you don't, pass your turn and say you'll go last.
If you do, just pass out your chocolate like everyone else.
~Love Anzu
Mana felt her face become bright red, her heart beginning to pound against her chest. Talk alone after wards? Don't want to give chocolate in front of everyone? She needs to do something?! She gulped, looking to Anzu to find her staring at her with a blush on her cheeks. She felt her mouth become dry, this wasn't fair!
"Mana," Anzu spoke softly, making the princess gasp slightly. "It's your turn." Mana blushed brighter, shaking her head and placing her hands in her lap, the envelope and note being crushed in her shaky palms.
"I-I pass..." Mana stuttered out. "I-I'd like to go last, please?" Atemu's eyes widened at his sister's odd behavior, what was going on? He looked near to where her hands would be located under the table. What did that note say?
"That's fine." Yugi told her, reaching down to his own bags. "It's my turn then." He reached into his bag, taking out a dark purple bag, he smiled and gave it to Atemu.
"Pass this to Malik please?" Yugi requested, smiling sweetly at the royal. Atemu blushed, nodding in response before he grabbed the bag and passed it gently to Malik.
Again, the passing of chocolate happened, making Joey stare at his yellow bag once again. He knew what today was now, there was no doubt in his mind now that it wasn't!
"Guys, why-"
"Last one is..." Yugi interrupted, reaching in and grabbing a bag that was colored red and gold. He let out a chuckle, turning his eyes to Atemu and holding it out to him. "Here, this one's yours."
"What?" The prince gasped out, surprised to find Yugi giving him some chocolate. He wasn't expecting this, he would have assumed that Yugi still thought of him badly in some shape or form. Why would he give him chocolate? Unless he...
"Are you going to take it?" Yugi chuckled, finding Atemu's expression funny as he stared at the chocolate. He let out gibberish, grabbing at the chocolate bag and almost dropping it.
"I...uh..." Atemu uttered out, looking down at the bag in his hands. "T-Thank you..." He looked to the side, noticing Yugi watching him with a warm smile. He felt his heart begin to speed up, his face was becoming warm again. When Yugi smiles like that...
Yugi gestured at Atemu's bag, coaxing him to go ahead and open it. Atemu nodded in response, opening the bag and blinking in shock at what he saw. He reached in, grabbing a small piece of chocolate. The shape was triangular, the top layer of it coated in detailed yellow icing. The detail being an Egyptian eye resting at the top center, the bricks on the pyramid precise and symmetrical.
"You never came back for the chocolate." Yugi whispered, making sure only he heard him. Atemu looked at him, speechless. "So, I thought it would be nice to give you something we made together." Atemu was going to die, he didn't want to, but he felt like he was going to. He gave him the chocolate that they had made together, together! What would he do?! He was half tempted to hug the poor boy to death, but no, he couldn't! If he did, he would ruin everything right now!
"I..." Atemu tried to speak, finding himself unable to talk. "I think I'll uh...pass...for now..." Mana looked to her brother, he's too flustered to keep talking. She had the same problem right now really, Anzu was giving her side glances, blushing every now and then, and it was driving her crazy! She prayed to the gods that this would be over soon so she could see what Anzu wanted.
"I'll go next then." Malik smiled, happy to be the first royal to go through with the passing tradition. He picked up his bag, placing it on the table before he reached in and grabbed at a bag. He blushed when he saw it came into sight, it was a silver and blue bag, knowing immediately who it belonged to. He gulped, looking to Bakura and holding the bag out to him. Bakura rose an eyebrow at him.
"F-For you..." Malik whispered, his voice cracking slightly. Bakura smiled, taking hold of the chocolate. Malik's hand was shaking, his body was shaking, his face was beginning to become warm, he couldn't control his heart.
"Thank you." Bakura responded, placing the bag on the table and smiling. Malik nodded in response, lowering his hands under the table to grab at his bag, only to feel someone wrap a hand around his right hand. He let out a small yelp, the grip tightening before it loosened and he felt a hard paper covered object being placed into his hand. He looked at his hand, his eyes widening when he found a large heart wrapping in purple wrapping and a gold bow resting on it.
"Relax." Bakura whispered in his ear, letting go of the heart and allowing Malik to hold it. The royal's eyes widened, not knowing what to do, he was utterly speechless now. Did Bakura just give him a chocolate he didn't want anyone else to see?! Or was he being paranoid?! He gulped, trying to get his mouth back to normal and able to talk. He reached in the bag, grabbing hold of a bright yellow bag.
"Okay..." Malik breathed in and out, holding up the bag. "This one is-"
"Wait! If this is Valentine's day!" Joey jumped up out of his seat, scaring everyone at the table. "Then I need to get some chocolate!" He looked left and right, there had to be something around here! Where was one? Where was- His eyes widened, finding Yugi's hand to be pointing in the direction of a hallway to the left of the cafeteria.
The others stared at both Yugi's hand and Joey, the boy beginning to run off in the direction Yugi had directed him to. Anzu furrowed her eyebrows together.
"Where did you point him to?" She questioned, turning her eyes back to Yugi. He shrugged, looking down at his collected chocolate so far.
"The vending machine, that's all."
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Joey ran as fast as he could down the hallway. How could he forget?! He could have gone to the store and bought some chocolate for everyone! But no, him and his stupid memory had to forget and screw up! Did he even have enough money to get everyone something?! He saw a vending machine come into view.
"Thank god..." He breathed to himself, stopping in front of it and looking at it. The machine was silver and blue, the inside glowing a blinding white as it revealed almost every candy bar and chips in existence. He looked at it, the prices were always labeled at the bottom. Now if he could only guess what kind of candy the royals would like...But he didn't know if he had enough money to get six candy bars! He reached into his pocket, fishing around for his wallet.
"So, this is where you are." A voice spoke out, making Joey jump as he looked to the side. His eyes widened, taking in the person right next to him.
"S-Seto..." Joey uttered out, not able to stop himself from saying the royal's name. Why would you stop yourself? It's just his name...but...He gulped, looking the royal up and down. Why are you so nervous?
Seto rose an eyebrow, finding the staring act cute as he waited. In his hands held a bag, a bag that he would get rid of soon. He crossed his arms, smirking as he looked down at Joey.
"Joey." He purred out, making the blond blush on the spot. He was probably still flustered about yesterday, after all it had been an interesting date. He watched as Joey looked directly at him, his eyes immediately going to his own.
"What're you doing here?" Joey spoke quickly, tripping over his words despite it being such a short sentence. He kept a hand in his pocket, feeling around for money. Were his hands beginning to sweat? Seto smiled, stepping toward the blond and making him back up on instinct.
"I'm just celebrating a holiday, that's all." Joey narrowed his eyes at that, Seto knew it was Valentine's day? Great! He was the only one who didn't remember!
"O-Oh..." He uttered out. "C-Cool..." He moved his eyes to Seto's bag. Even he has a bag, great...He watched as Seto gripped the bag tighter, raising it up to him.
"W-What?" Joey questioned, not knowing why he was holding the bag out to him. Seto rolled his eyes, moving it closer to him and dropping the bag in front of Joey, making him let out a surprised yell and grab it quickly before it hit the ground.
"Happy Valentine's Day." Seto spoke, a small smile coming onto his face. Joey's face became red, wait, he was giving him...
"You...?" Joey uttered out, not knowing how to respond to this. He looked up, finding Seto to be smiling at him before he waved and began to walk. Joey's eyes widened, grabbing at his sleeve to make him stop.
"Wait!" Joey yelled. "I need to-" Seto turned around, the two of them only about two inches apart from each other. They stared into each others eyes, as if they didn't want to leave the gaze. Joey gulped, his mouth becoming a desert.
"Please..." Joey whispered. "Wait, just a moment, okay?" Seto narrowed his eyes, nodding and watching as his interest walked to the vending machine, moving his hand to his pocket to fish around for money once more.
Joey pulled his hand out, finding only one dollar in his hands. Great, he only had enough for one person...He blushed, knowing what he was going to do. It's just because he gave you chocolate while you were alone, he's not anything special. He took a deep breath, placing in the dollar and pushing a small combination of numbers. He heard something hit the bottom of the machine, he reached down and took a candy bar into his hands.
"Here." Joey called out, moving to Seto, the candy bar in one hand and the bag in the other. "I know it's not much but..." He held the bar out to him, making the adviser look down at it. It was in bright red wrapping, the words Kit Kat screaming out at him. He reached down, taking hold of the bar and looking at his curiously.
"I know...It's cheap..." Joey looked down, making Seto look at it with narrowed eyes. "But-" Joey looked up, letting out a gasp as he felt the royal wrap his arms around him, a hand on the back of his head, another around his back.
"Thank you, Joey." Seto whispered in the his ear, placing a small kiss on it before he pulled away with the bar in his hands. Joey blushed, moving a hand to the kissed ear before watching the adviser wave and walk away from him. That stupid royal, Joey thought, looking down at the bag. He reached inside it, letting out a inaudible gasp as he looked at it. He blushed, trying to keep a smile from coming onto his face.
"I told you, you idiot. I didn't want the dragon..."
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"Wait, so both of you," Bakura pointed at the royal siblings, an eyebrow risen. "Refuse to give Yugi and Anzu chocolate right now?" The two royals nodded, a small blush coming onto their face.
"Why exactly?" He questioned, confused about the whole thing. The siblings looked away, not wanting to look at the boy questioning them. Anzu and Yugi found this quite comical, it didn't matter to them if the royals gave them the chocolate right now. Anzu didn't care because she assumed that Mana would give it to her later, and Yugi didn't care because he thought maybe the royal just forgot to make him some or something.
"If it's to confess your love to them, then it's a little too late for that." Bakura stated. "Because they already know." The two pairs blushed at this, why bring that up?! Anzu and Yugi looked at each other from across the table, their faces burning red at the comment. Atemu and Mana looked down at the table, before looking to each other and narrowing their eyes at each other.
"What would father do?" Mana whispered, smirking at Atemu, hoping that he would get the hint. He got it immediately.
"You know what he would do." Atemu responded, returning the smirk to his sister.
"Well, he did your mother." Bakura spoke boringly. Malik let out a giggle at this. He and Bakura had exchanged chocolates just fine, and even though they didn't really say anything to each other, he found it romantic. He rose his eyes up, hearing footsteps to find Joey walking back, with a weird box in his hands.
"Welcome back-" Bakura jumped, the sound of two chairs moving backwards going throughout the cafeteria. Atemu and Mana gave each other one final smirk, before they turned their eyes to their interest.
"Yugi." Atemu spoke, gaining the teen's attention before he stared into his eyes. "Forgive me." Yugi opened his mouth to say something, before he was lifted up into the air and he found himself being carried like a sack of potatoes. His eyes widened.
"Hey!" Yugi yelled, gaining the attention of everyone in the cafeteria. "L-Let me down!" He called out, his face beginning to turn red at the sudden action. Didn't this happen before?! He pounded on the back of Atemu's back, hoping that he would let him down.
Atemu winked at his sister, grabbing at his bag before doing a quick walk out of the cafeteria with everyone's eyes on him. Bakura and Malik opened their mouth to say something before Mana picked up her own bag and looked to Anzu, placing the hand with the bag behind her back and a free one out to her.
"Would you please come with me, Anzu?" Mana questioned, loud enough for the entire table to hear. "This place is far too crowded, and I believe you wanted to talk to me alone." Anzu's face became red. What would father do? Is this the kind of thing their father would do? Kidnap someone or be polite? What kind of father did they have?! She smiled at the princess, giving her her hand and allowing her to hold it tightly, leading her out of the cafeteria.
The three remanding boys stared, moving their heads back and forth between the exits the royal siblings had taken. They had gone opposite directions, and kidnapped their friends. Bakura turned his eyes to Malik, pointing at one of the exits.
"Is their father really like that?" He questioned, making Malik smile awkwardly.
"Well, one time the Pharaoh wanted some alone time with his wife and she was spending time with Mana and I." Malik said. "He came in and picked her up and threw her over her shoulder before he carried her out, so I would say yes." Bakura's eyes widened, that was what Atemu just did, so...
"So, what just happened?" Joey asked, taking Atemu's seat so he would be next to Malik. Bakura just shook his head, his eyes still widened.
"Royals. That's what just happened."
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"Atemu!" Yugi called out, no longer hitting the royal in the back with his fists. "Can I get down yet?" He sighed, waiting for the moment the prince would let him down. Sure, last time he had gotten mad because he did this, but now he just found it odd. What did him and Mana say before he did this? What would father do? If this was what Atemu's father acted like, he would feel bad for the mother.
"Are we alone?" Atemu responded, walking forward and refusing to stop. He wanted to be alone, he wanted to be completely alone. Yugi looked around, finding this to be one of the hallways that no one hung out in on the weekends. He sighed, placing his hands on the royal's shoulders and pushing himself up with all of his strength, forcing Atemu to stop to keep Yugi upright. He placed both hands below Yugi's butt, gripping his thighs in an awkward hug hold. Yugi looked down at him, his hands now on Atemu's shoulders.
"Yes." Yugi called down to him, finding it odd to be up so high. "Now, can I get down?" Atemu blushed, looking up and making sure not to look forward. If he looked forward, his face would be...He blushed harder, nodding and releasing his hug hold a little to allow Yugi to slide through his arms down onto the floor.
"You do realize you made me leave my bag at the table, right?" Yugi dusted himself off, making sure he wasn't dirty. Atemu looked away, his face still red.
"Malik and the others are there, it'll be fine."
"If Bakura is there, then they'll be." Yugi commented, stretching and placing his hands on his hips before he looked at Atemu. "So, explain." Atemu blinked in confusion, making Yugi let out a sigh. "Explain why you kidnapped me all of a sudden."
"Oh." Atemu spoke, looking away. "Well, I wanted to give you this, alone...So..."
"You couldn't have waited?" Yugi rose an eyebrow, crossing his arms. "Don't Pharaohs need to be patient?" Atemu bit his lip at that. Pharaohs had to be a lot of things, but he didn't know what kind of traits he needed. "Well, whatever." Yugi smiled, making Atemu look up at him confused, isn't he mad?
"Are you going to stare at me, or are you going to give the chocolate to me?" Yugi laughed, waiting patiently. Atemu began to blush, his heart beginning to race again. So, he wasn't mad about the kidnapping thing? And he wasn't mad at him about not waiting? Usually he would have, but that was when Yugi wouldn't even let him near him. Now, he counted him as a friend...
"Yes." Atemu spoke, reaching into his bag and pulling out a small box. The box was white, the bow on it being a mixture of purple and red. He smiled at Yugi. "Happy Valentine's Day, Yugi."
Yugi smiled, taking the box from him and looking down at it. Usually chocolate was given to him in a bag, he had never recieved a boxed chocolate before. He grabbed at the bow, feeling how smooth it was. Was this some kind of royal silk, or was it just normal?
"Thank you, Atemu." Yugi whispered, taking a step forward and smiling at him. "Oh wait, I forgot to say it, didn't I?" Atemu looked at him confused, forgot to say what? Yugi paused his thoughts, should he do this? It could be a reward for not being annoying anymore, but did he really want to do such a thing? After all, he might take it the wrong way. He sighed, his cheeks turning a barely noticeable shade of pink. Might as well.
"Atemu." The prince froze, watching as Yugi came closer to him, reaching up and placing a kiss on his cheek. Atemu's eyes widened, his face turning brighter than any red in the world, his chest was about to burst into flames at how fast it was beating, his mouth, did saliva even exist anymore? Yugi smiled, moving his lips away from his cheek.
"Happy Valentine's Day."
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Anzu blushed, noticing how Mana kept walking, and walking. She wasn't stopping, where were they going? Was she leading her to a place where they would be completely alone? It would benefit her, after all she didn't know if she could pull this off without being completely alone with Mana. How would the princess even respond to what she was going to do? Would she freak out? Would she not like it?
"This should be far enough." Mana spoke, smiling and looking around to find no one in sight. She gripped Anzu's hand harder, giving it a tight squeeze. Anzu blushed more, squeezing it back and letting go. She was supposed to give Mana chocolate and then do this, but when she had grabbed her she had forgotten to grab her bag.
"I forgot the chocolate in my bag." Anzu pouted, hating how she didn't bring it. Mana giggled, shaking her head.
"It's fine."
"No it's not, it's the chocolate we made together." Mana's eyes widened. "I wanted to give it to you alone, because it's special..." Mana blushed, her face becoming pink at the statement. Special, huh? She smiled, reaching into her bag and pulling out a box.
"Then, it's okay if I give you your chocolate now, right?" Anzu looked up, noticing the box being held out to her. The box being a bright pink with a white bow. Mana smiled sweetly at her. "Happy Valentine's Day, Anzu."
"Mana..." Anzu whispered, reaching to the box and taking it into her hands. "Thank you. Can I open it?" The princess smiled, nodding. Anzu opened the box, removing the bow gently and placing it around her wrist to make sure it didn't fall. Inside the box was four pieces of chocolate, four hearts, each of them being topped with pink icing and little designs.
"Did you make these?" Anzu whispered, reaching inside and pulling out a heart with little swirls on it. Mana smiled proudly, placing her hands on her hips.
"Yeah, they're cute, aren't they?" Anzu nodded in response, smiling and placing it into her mouth. She bit down, the flavor of rich chocolate swarming her mouth. It melted slowly, making her not want to chew. It was so creamy! How did she make it so sweet and milky?! She chewed on it, swallowing it and licking her lips a little.
"It's delicious." Anzu praised, tempting herself to eat another one. How does a royal make such good chocolate?! Practice? Or was it talent? Mana's eyes widened, stepping closer to Anzu.
"Really?!" She questioned, smiling brightly. "Thank Ra." She let out a sigh of relief. "I thought you might not like it." Anzu shook her head.
"No, I love it!" She told her. "I can't wait to eat another one, but..." Anzu allowed a blush to envelop her cheeks. "Like I said, I need to do something first..." Mana nodded, waiting as she put the box lid and bow back on it.
Anzu took a deep breath. You can do this, you're stronger now. You know what you want, you can do it.
"Mana, when we first met, I was confused and terrified." Anzu began. "You were, are, beautiful and I was comparing myself to you, also I knew as soon as I saw you that you were related to Atemu, who I, at the time, had developed some feelings for." Mana felt a stab of jealously, but ignored it. "Those feelings faded as time went on, knowing that he wanted Yugi, not me..." She looked down, trying to think of more things to say.
"But you..." She took a deep breath. "You kept flirting with me, you sent me flowers, you always acted nice to me. And it confused me..." She looked up at Mana, looking into her eyes. "I felt different around you, like my heart would tighten or go faster than it should, my face would light up, I almost felt like air." Mana's eyes widened, her face becoming red as Anzu continued talking. "I was so confused, because I knew, no...I thought I liked Atemu, I even thought of Yugi more often, but no. You kept appearing in my head as something else. During the compatible quiz, when I was taking it...The questions confused me, made me rethink a lot of things. Like who I am and what I want. I usually don't do this sort of thing, and I was so scared because we're both girls, but..." Anzu took a step forward, taking Mana's hands in her own, looking into her eyes.
"I'm willing to take a chance." Anzu whispered. "Even if we're both girls, even if you have to leave. I don't care, I'll wait for you, I'll write you, I'll call you. I'll do anything to stay in touch with you." Mana's eyes widened, tears beginning to form in her eyes.
"Anzu?" She uttered out, not knowing what to say to this. Anzu gulped, her heart threatening to go so fast she could pass out. Her palms were sweaty she knew, but she didn't care.
"Mana." Anzu spoke. "I don't care if you're a royal, I don't care if you're a girl. I don't care about anything as long as I can have you. Will you please be my girlfriend?" Time stopped for Mana, what did she say? Her face was fire itself, her heart was a beat that wouldn't stop speeding, her mouth was the desert itself.
"Anzu, you know that I have to leave..." Mana whispered, her voice cracking. "But you say you don't care, aren't you worried that I'll..." Anzu shook her head, smiling softly.
"Don't you remember what I said on the quiz?" Anzu whispered. "I know you won't because I think...No, I know...I can feel it..." She gripped one of the princess' hands harder, moving it to where her fast pacing heart was. "Right here, please Mana..."
Mana felt tears roll down her face, she was just asking her to be her girlfriend. It wasn't like it was marriage, but no one had ever really asked like this. She had only confessed to one person in her life and it was Mahad, and they couldn't be together. For someone to confess to her was...
"Yes." Mana breathed out, smiling. "I'll be your girlfriend." Anzu smiled brightly, her chest became lighter instantly. Thank god, she thought, letting go of Mana's hands and wrapping them around her neck, holding her close to her. Mana moved her hands around her waist, as if she was trying to squeeze them together so that they would never be apart.
"Thank you so much, Anzu." Mana cried, burying her face into Anzu's shoulder. Anzu held her tighter, shaking her head, feeling her own tears begin to form.
"No. Thank you, Mana."
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"Did Anzu ever come back to the table?" Yugi questioned, sitting down on his room's floor in blue pajamas. Bakura and Joey sat next to him, shaking their heads in response. Bakura wore dark gray pants, his torso bare, while Joey wore light green pajamas.
"No, but you never did either." Bakura commented, placing his bag of chocolate in front of him. The other two did the same, opening their bags and looking inside. It was as if it was Halloween, but no, this was when they taste tested them to see who didn't make their chocolate right that year.
"I couldn't come back." Yugi shrugged. "I didn't want to leave the poor guy alone." Joey let out a laugh.
"A week ago you would have wanted to push him off a cliff." Joey chuckled, making Bakura join him while Yugi blushed and shook his head.
"People change, okay?" He looked inside, thinking for a moment before he turned to Bakura. "How about I choose which one Joey eats, you choose what I eat, and Joey chooses the one you eat?" Bakura nodded in response, looking at him and thinking for a moment.
"You eat the one the poor guy gave you." Yugi scrunched his face up and nodded in agreement. He looked to Joey. "You eat that weird dragon box thing." Joey rolled his eyes and darted his eyes to Bakura.
"You eat the one your hyperactive royal gave you." Bakura glared at Joey. Malik wasn't that hyperactive! He was at times, but he can sit still if you leave him alone. His eyes widened, his face turning a slight pink. He was defending him...He shook his head, reaching into his bag to pull out the silver and blue bag.
"Joey should eat first." Bakura stated. "Because his is the only one that isn't made by a royal, it was bought by a royal."
"How do you know it was bought by a royal?!"
"Who else would give you chocolate?"
"Huh?! Why yo-"
"Will you eat the dragon already?" Yugi sighed, resting a elbow on his knee. Joey nodded, grabbing at his bag and reaching in to grab the box. He opened it gently, pulling out the dragon slowly so he didn't rip it. It was just as he remember, and it made him feel bad for what he was about to do. If anything he wanted to put this up as a decoration, not eat it. He sighed, breaking off a small bit of a wing and taking a bite. He smiled brightly, savoring the taste of the chocolate in his mouth.
"It's good." Joey hummed, breaking off another piece. "But I feel bad for eating it." He spoke, eating with his mouth full. Yugi glared at him, forcing Joey to shut his mouth entirely for a few moments.
"I'll go next." Bakura volunteered, opening his silver and blue bag before reaching in. He furrowed his eyebrows at the rectangular chocolate piece. For one it was too brown, so it looked like dark chocolate, but other than that, it looked fine. There was a giant A plastered on it in blue frosting, huh? He emptied his other bag, placing it out in front of him.
"What're you doing?" Yugi asked, watching him as he poured out all of the chocolate out of his bag.
"Just wait." Bakura spoke, narrowing his eyes as he looked on all of the pieces. There was seven pieces of chocolate, seven different letters. He picked up a rectangle that had a heart on it, never mind maybe it was only six letters. He looked at each piece, his cheeks becoming pink as he realized what it was. He put the rectangles in the correct order, sitting back and looking down at it.
Yugi leaned over, looking at what it was. He smiled and giggled, how cute. On the bag Bakura had laid out, his name was spelled out. BAKURA with a heart rectangle at the end of it, how much time did that take? Bakura blushed, grabbing at the heart rectangle and taking a bite of it.
Bakura had to force himself to keep it down. It was edible, but it didn't taste right. He kept a straight face, chewing on it slowly. It was too sweet, but it was salty at the same time, did he put sugar and salt in this? Also, the chocolate tasted a little burnt, but..He swallowed, smiling.
"Good in my opinion." Bakura stated, not revealing how it actually tasted. Yugi rose an eyebrow, it didn't look too good, but okay. He reached into his bag, pulling out the box that Atemu had given him and placed in front of himself.
"This is gonna be funny." Joey smiled with a chuckle. Yugi glared at him, opening the box and sending a white piece of paper fluttering down from the lid. He narrowed his eyes, placing the box down and grabbing at the paper. He looked at it, reading it quickly.
Yugi, there are four chocolates in here for you.
Each of them has a word or two on them.
They are what I know you are
You are all of these things
And I know that they will never change.
Happy Valentine's Day, Yugi
~ Atemu
Yugi blinked in confusion, words on chocolate? It was common, but he had to make the chocolate himself. He placed the paper down, knowing that Bakura and Joey were watching him as he grabbed at the box again. He looked down, there were four sphere like chocolates inside. Each of them had words on it.
"Weird..." Yugi whispered to himself, grabbing at one of them to read it. The word INTERESTING was printed onto the chocolate. He chuckled at that, interesting? How was he interesting? Well, maybe it was because he thought that you were a girl? Yugi narrowed his eyes, shaking his head and placing the chocolate back down in the box, before he picked up another.
INTELLIGENT, well this one was true, Yugi thought. Atemu knew he was smart, huh? He felt a small pride build up inside, it made him happy to know that even people he didn't know for that long thought he was smart. He placed the other one down, grabbing at another.
BEAUTIFUL. Yugi blushed, his cheeks becoming a barely visible red color. He knew that Atemu thought he was beautiful, but he said that these were things that he knew he was. He was beautiful? If he was, then why didn't he know that? He shook his head, making his face return back to normal. He put the chocolate down, picking up the last one.
MY PRINCE. Yugi's eyes widened, his chest began to pound, his cheeks became a fiery red, his mouth dried. His prince? He held the chocolate tightly, questioning this in his mind. He knows I'm his prince? That doesn't make sense! He had just started to treat him as a friend, why would he be his prince? Or was he threatening him with the bet? No, he barely mentions the bet...
Yugi gulped, placing the chocolate into his mouth and biting it. It was creamy, and it was sweet as can be. Just how he liked his chocolate, he chewed more, savoring the taste, but feeling flustered as ever. He couldn't be someone's prince, Atemu was a prince, not him. He swallowed the chocolate, his mind unable to really think for a moment before he smiled to himself, his eyes soft.
"It's great..."
:Ah! Yeah, don't get mad at me? But yes, Mana and Anzu are now the first official couple in this! Congratulations! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, please review!: