Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Faithshipping One-Shot Collection

Chapter 7

The Older I Get


A/N: Last year, the first chapter I made revolved around Yusei's birthday - and in hindsight, had I remembered this was the 7th chapter, I might have made another one; however, as I'm writing this, Akiza's birthday - August 16th - is just around the corner, and I'd like to write a short one shot with her as the focus.


When Akiza had woken up this morning, she was feeling anxious and nervous. It had been nearly twelve years since that fateful day that her powers had awakened. Twelve years since she had celebrated her birthday. After her powers first manifested, all her parents tried to do was "fix" her, and after she ran away, and joined Arcadia, the entire premise of celebrating the one day that's supposed to be about her seemed childish and ridiculous.

But after repairing her relationship with her parents, and after "leaving" Arcadia behind her, developing long lasting friendships along the way, Akiza's thoughts on celebrating her birthday didn't seem to be as cold as they used to be. However, it wasn't until she spent the majority of one day in particular, with the one person that made all of this possible, that she had decided that she might actually enjoy her birthday again.

Now that her day at school has ended, Akiza was feeling giddy, bubbly excitement, something she hasn't felt since that day with her best friend. A day that while on the surface was just a way to teach her how to ride a duel runner backwards, it was the best day of her life. Something that Luna, and especially Leo, believed was just a convenient excuse for her and Yusei to go out on a date. While it was fun to think about, it was absolutely absurd! However, diving down that particular rabbit hole was not something she wanted to delve into.

As of right now, Akiza is walking with the twins, Leo and Luna, or more accurately, the twins are leading her to their home in Tops, where a surprise party lies in wait for the birthday girl. Unbeknownst to the twins, Akiza had already suspected what the two of them were planning. Subtlety isn't one of Leo's strong suits, and he was obviously excited about something. Not that Luna was any better. While she tried to put up a front, Akiza could tell that Luna was just as excited as her brother. Not wanting to break the illusion of ignorance, Akiza played along with their game, as the hotel that their parent's owned came into view.


A short time later, Leo and Luna led the equally excited and more than a little nervous Akiza to the elevator that would lead to their penthouse suite at the top of the building. While Akiza was trying very hard to not show just how fidgety she felt, Leo looked about ready to bounce off the walls with how much he seemed to be nearly vibrating with energy. Luna wasn't much better, but at least she didn't look like she was transforming into the Energizer Bunny from those really old commercials back when New Domino was still referred to as Domino City.

Although she's been here a number of times before, standing here now felt like there was a weight on her shoulders. A pressure she hadn't noticed until just now. "Am I really ready for this? It's just a simple little thing, but why do I feel like I'm about to collapse from this pressure?"

Before she could contemplate further, she felt a light tugging on her school uniform's sleeve. Looking down, she sees Luna and Leo looking up at her confused and a little worried. "Is everything alright, big sis?"

Peering into their eyes, Akiza mentally shakes off her trepidation and prepares herself before replying to the two people who look up to her as if she were the big sister they never had, but so desperately wanted. "Yes. Everything's going to be okay. After all, we have a party to get to right?"

Giggling at their downtrodden and disappointed reactions, Akiza put a finger to her lips, motioning for the twins to whisper so that all the people on the other side of the door don't hear them. "Hey, don't look so beat up about it. I know you guys tried really hard to keep it a secret. So tell you what? If you two can keep this a secret between us, I'll let you guys have the first slice of cake and the first cup of ice cream, instead? Deal?"

Leo nearly jumped out of his skin, but Luna was quick to bring him back down to earth. "Leo! This is for big sis, Akiza, not us! We shouldn't take advantage of that!"

Grumbling, Leo understood that his sister had a point. While it would be awesome to get the first slice and scoop of deliciously, intoxicatingly, sweet treats, this whole thing was planned for their big sis after all, and it wasn't right to take the all-time, honored tradition, of the birthday boy, or in this case, girl, gets the first taste. But before he could agree, Akiza interrupts him, "No, it's okay Luna. While I'm flattered, just being able to spend time with my friends and family on this day is more than enough for me."

"Well… if you're sure…"

Giving the twins a smile and a wink, Akiza seems to have found her confidence again, and suggests, "Well, what are we waiting for? We're going to be late for my surprise party if we just sit here. Come on, let's go!"


As soon as she opened the door, Akiza's vision was filled with bright lights and confetti flying everywhere, and all of her friends and family announcing happy birthday at the top of their lungs. Looking around, Akiza couldn't help but smile when she saw everything that everyone had put together. Although she had already known that everyone was throwing a surprise party for her, she didn't have to fake the look of shock and awe on her face.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AKIZA!"

As the twins pulled her into their home, Akiza was mesmerized by all of the decorations. From the confetti that was still somehow up in the air and all over the floor, to the streamers hanging from the ceiling, and the balloons floating above - it was something she had dreamt of having when she was a little girl, and although she was anything but that little girl from all the way back then, Akiza couldn't help but feel some her old childish self return, looking at the spectacle in front of her.

Taking in everything, Akiza was just about to reply when two pairs of arms enveloped her from all sides. Recognizing that it was her parents, Akiza reciprocated in kind, thanking them for putting all of this together. "Thank you for doing this for me."

Sniffling, Setsuko - her mother - replied, "We should be the ones thanking you for forgiving us for how we neglected you when you were younger. This was the least we could do, my little rose."

Kissing his daughter on the head, Hideo - her father - added on, "Your mother's right. We know that all has already been forgiven, but we couldn't just let our little rose bud not have her 17th birthday be something special, now could we? And don't just thank us; your friends - Yusei and the others helped tremendously putting this all together in such a short time."

Normally, Akiza would have been embarrassed with all of her friends learning of her childhood nickname that her parents had given her, but as of this moment, it was the furthest thing from her mind. Right now, she was just grateful and happy that her relationship with her parents had progressed so far from what it used to be.

Separating from her parents, Akiza once again said, "Thank you for doing this. It means a lot to me that you're both here with everyone else."

Smiling at everyone present, her eyes looked over everyone else that had gathered together for this party. She waved and smiled at the twins' small group of friends from school - Patty, Bob and Dexter. She wasn't surprised to see either Mei or Sakura either. Ever since she returned to school, she quickly became friends with two of them, and they wouldn't have missed this, even if it meant expulsion.

Then her gaze shifted over to Carly and Jack. If Akiza was honest with herself, she was a little surprised to see the both of them. Carly didn't go to school with her, and outside of the Dark Signer debacle, she rarely ever came into contact with the reporter. In the end however, during the times they did hangout, they got along quite well. So well in fact that Akiza wished they could hangout more often. "I'll have to fix that whenever I get the chance. Carly's a sweet girl and a good friend. I'd love to get together with her if I get the chance."

As for Jack, while they're both Signers and helped save the world together, they were more or less acquaintances than actual friends. The only reason why she ever interacts with the obnoxious former king is because he lives with Yusei. However, she can't say that he doesn't have any redeeming qualities about him. He'd do the literal impossible for those that he cared about, damning the consequences.

Receiving an ecstatic wave from Carly and a thumbs up from Jack - which was another surprise - the burgundy, red-haired Signer shifted her focus to the relatively unknown Bruno and the mother hen of their friend group, Crow. While she hadn't known the bird-brain for long, she got along quite well with him. He was just someone that everyone enjoyed to be around, unless of course your name was Jack Atlas. But Akiza could see the care that two of them shared for the other. They just liked to express it in very volatile ways.

Bruno, on the other hand, was a mystery. While he was nice to be around, unless you were a mathematician and a gearhead like Yusei, you really couldn't keep up a conversation with him. If Akiza was being honest with herself, at first glance she didn't like him. And it wasn't because he took away time with Yusei. Absolutely not. "Okay… fine… that was a little bit of the reason why. Okay, maybe a lot of the reason." But what really tipped her off was the unknown that surrounded the young man. She was suspicious of him, sue her. But as she visited Yusei more often, she came to realize he wasn't so bad after all. If anything, he was kind of boring.

Returning their smiles and waves, Akiza's cheeks pinked just a bit, and her heart beat a little louder in her chest when her eyes caught the young man that made all of this possible. Without him, she doubted she'd ever make it as far as she had. Watching him with the twins made her feel a little funny in the chest. "It's like watching him with his little brother and sister. Or more fitting, with his children."

Akiza's thoughts screeched to a halt, when she just realized what her mind was finishing processing. "Nope, nope. Nuh-uh. Not going down that rabbit hole today of all days." Quickly, mentally shaking away those thoughts - for now - Akiza greeted Yusei with a smile just a bit brighter than normal. Receiving a real, genuine smile in return made her want to swoon, but she stomped on that idea hard, especially with Mei and Sakura here. She did not want to have to deal with their constant teasing of her feelings for the raven-haired Signer.

"Thank you guys, really. This means a great deal to me, and I'm glad that all of you are here. And thank you again, for helping my parents put all of this together, I can't thank you guys enough."

Standing up from his crouched position, Yusei replies, "You don't need to thank us for anything. We're happy to give you something that every girl would want to have. Just say the word, and we'll come and help you with anything you might need. You helped me out a lot on my birthday… Just think of this as my way of helping you out for yours."

Walking to Yusei, Akiza wiped the tears building up before she wrapped him up tightly in her arms. Her body physically relaxed when she felt his strong arms wrapped around her in kind. Burying her face in his chest, taking in his natural scent Akiza whispered, "Thank you, again. For everything."

In the same tone of voice, Yusei replied, "Happy Birthday, Akiza."

Akiza knew she was going to receive an earful from Mei and Sakura, but that was a problem for future Akiza. Right now? Present Akiza was simply enjoying the moment. Holding each other for a little longer than what would be classified as a "normal" or "friendly" hug, the two young teens separated with a small tint of pink blushing on their faces.

Coughing into his hand, Crow shared a quick look with Yusei, raising a brow as the two seemed to silently converse with one another. When he received an eye-roll in response, Crow smirked at his older brother, before shrugging, and announcing, "Now with that all out of the way, and now that the birthday girl is here, let's party!"


After all the greetings and pleasantries, the group enjoyed a large spread of food meant for a king, or in this case, a queen. Not used to all of the attention put on her, Akiza had never felt as anxious and nervous as she did before now. Fortunately for her, Yusei could see how uncomfortable she appeared, and subtly directed the rest of the table away from her. Mouthing, "Thank you", Akiza eventually managed to calm herself down, and enjoy the festivities with everyone present.

Speaking of presents, after everyone had their fill of food, cake and the like, Akiza was led back inside where the gifts everyone had gotten her were revealed. First up were her parents. Her mother had gotten her a very elegant and beautiful red dress.

"I remembered when you were a little girl that you used to love dresses, and red was your favorite color. I know that you intend to go to the WRGP party sometime in the future, and I wanted to get you something special."

Carefully taking the aforementioned dress in her hands, Akiza marveled at its simple, yet elegant design, and instinctively knew that she loved it. "Thank you so much, mom. It's perfect. I love it!"

Mei and Sakura squealed like the girls they were when Akiza carefully passed the dress to her friends, allowing them to look at the dress. That is… until they saw the price tag.

"Holy shi-, I-I mean crap! Look at this price tag! This thing costs more than the car my parents gave me for my birthday!"

"Oh, it's nothing really. Nothing is too expensive for my little rose. And I only want the best for her, and for her to look her best when she goes out."

Sending a knowing look to her daughter, Setsuko wore a cheeky grin and winked at her befuddled expression when she turned her gaze to Yusei for a brief moment, causing her daughter's face to redden to the same shade as her hair. "Oh, come on, mom! Not you too!"

Taking the dress back from her friends, the next person to give Akiza her gift was her father. "I don't know if you remember this, but when you were just around five I had given you your very own plant deck for your birthday that year. I haven't been the best father, but I do remember how much you loved plants, flowers in particular. So I was able to get my hands on these before they were released to the public."

Setting a small container next to her, Hideo watched as Akiza stared at the small box for what seemed to be an eternity. Akiza remembered that day fairly well. It was the day that she had received her first deck of cards; cards that she's kept around in her deck ever since. It was also the following day that her powers had awakened. Despite that ugly reminder, the one thing she never got rid of were the cards that her father had given that day.

Akiza took the lid off of the small tin container, and gasped as her hands rifled through the small stack of cards. While there weren't enough cards to be a whole new deck, there were a numerous number of cards, all of which seemingly supported her already existing deck, especially the Rose Dragon cards. It seemed her father was of the same mind as his wife.

"Oh, wow…. Dad… I-I don't even know what to say. H-How did you get all of these cards? They must have been a fortune, especially if they haven't been officially released to the public."

Chuckling at his daughter and her friends' expressions as they too took a look at the cards, Hideo simply replied, "Well, as your mother has already said, there's nothing that I wouldn't want my daughter to have, and if you really do intend to compete in the WRGP, than I want you to have the best cards available to you."

After thanking her parents for their very expensive and thoughtful gifts, the rest of her friends followed suit. First was Mei and Sakura. They had given her a medical textbook and a sketch pad that came with all of the necessary materials she would need to start practicing one of her newer hobbies; art. The textbook was given to her because she had made a point in passing that she might be interested in becoming a doctor after she graduates, and as for the sketchbook, as mentioned before, after returning to school, Akiza found herself learning how to draw, and according to Sakura, she was pretty good at it.

However, as she hugged her friends as thanks, the two whispered into her ear how she could "nurse" or "doctor" Yusei now that she has a medical textbook if he ever gets hurt, and that if she were to ever find herself alone with him, she could draw a picture of him and take it home with her whenever she was feeling "lonely". Akiza's response was to blush up a storm, and smack her friends' up behind their heads. When Yusei asked her what that was for, she only muttered something about "getting even". In spite of knowing their friends' fury, Mei and Sakura thought it was well worth it.

Carly brought her gift next, which was surprisingly twofold. A decently sized box and a small envelope. Carly explained that the envelope was actually from Misty Tredwell. Due to her work schedule, she was unable to attend, but she didn't want to leave her friend empty handed, and had asked Carly to deliver it for her. Touched by Misty's generosity, Akiza made a promise to herself that the next time Misty is in town, she would thank her personally.

Setting aside the envelope, Akiza opened Carly's gift, not knowing what to expect. Suffice to say, she was pleasantly surprised. After removing the packaging, Akiza came face to face with Black Rose Dragon. A miniscule modelized version of her favorite card. Carly explained that in her free time she likes to create and paint 3D model figurines of duel monster cards. She already has quite the collection, and figured she could create one specifically for Akiza. It was a no brainer to the reporter. Shocked that Carly would make something like that for her, in spite of them never really interacting with each other outside of their group of friends, Akiza resolved that she would do whatever it takes to get to know the reporter as well as her other friends.

Thanking Carly for the wonderful gift, Akiza moved on to the envelope that Misty had sent her. Written on the back were the words, "To a dear friend. Hope you enjoy your gift, and Happy Birthday". Smiling at the note, Akiza opened the envelope, and dropped a ticket and a letter. Leaving the letter alone for now, Akiza turned over the exquisitely designed ticket, and nearly fell over.

In her hands was an All-Free pass to any and all of Misty's shows and/or movies, with no expiration date, and it wasn't just for her. She could bring along any guest she so choosed. Shell shocked, Akiza frantically read the letter, but all it said was, "Happy Birthday, Akiza. I have a feeling, I'll know who you'll take with you. Good luck". Knowing whom Misty was referring to, Akiza was glad she didn't read the letter aloud. As with everyone else present, Akiza was just as stunned as they were.

Eventually though, Akiza shook herself out of her funk, thanking Carly for both gifts, and promising the reporter that she'll thank Misty in person the next time she'll see her. Moving on, Akiza's final gift was presented to her by Yusei. He explained that it was something that everyone - that being Leo, Luna, Bruno, Jack, Crow and himself - pitched in to help make.

Carefully taking the gift, Akiza was surprised by its weight. Though it appeared to be small, it was actually kind of heavy. Very curious as to what it could be, she removed the very colorful wrapping paper from the box, and opened the lid. What she saw inside had her brows hidden beneath the bangs of her hair. Reaching inside were a pair of skates that were custom designed. As she held the intricately crafted skates in her hands, Yusei explained how much fun she had while they were at the skating rink, and thought that she might like to have a pair of her own.

He was about to go on and explain how they were able to create them when he was abruptly cut off, when Akiza shot straight out of her seat, and wrapped him in a hug. A little stunned at her reaction, it took him a moment to reciprocate. With her back turned to everyone else, they didn't notice that Akiza pecked Yusei on his marked cheek. As she separated from Yusei, but didn't let go of him, she turned around, and thanked all of them for their wonderful gift. Turning back to Yusei, the two teens eventually let go of each other, and she said, "I don't care how they were made. Just the thought of all of you making something for me is… I don't even know how to put it into words."

She could hear in the background, Mei and Sakura clapping and squealing how romantic the two of them were just now. At any other time or place, Akiza would have been pissed, but she was too happy and giddy to care right now.


As the day grew closer to the end, Akiza found herself outside, overlooking the city. Gazing as the sun began to set, she was stunned by such a beautiful sight. And she wasn't the only one. "Admiring the view?"

Jumping out of her reverie, she spun around only to come face to face with her growing infatuation. "Oh! Yusei! I didn't hear you come up. What brings you here?"

Chuckling, Yusei rubbed the back of his head and replied, "Sorry about that. I got tired of seeing Crow strike out with your friends, and I also wanted to get some fresh air. See the setting sun."

Standing next to her, nearly touching her shoulder, Yusei continued, "Back in Satellite, before everything changed, you couldn't see a view like this because of all of the pollution. But here? It's mesmerizing."

As the wind blew past, Akiza swiped some of her hair behind her ear, before replying, "Yeah. Listen, Yusei. Thank you. All of you for this wonderful day. A year ago, none of this would have been possible, and now… I can't see myself ever not wanting to have this. It's because of you that all of this was possible. And I know what you're going to say, that I did all of this on my own, that you only offered me your help, and that anyone could have done what you did… But no one else did. You were the first and only person who offered to help me, for me… if you hadn't offered that olive branch when you did, I don't want to even think about where, or who I would be."

"Don't stress yourself over it. If you ever need me to help you with anything, just ask. And I don't just mean your physics homework, or teaching you Duel Runner tricks and tips. If there's anything at all, you know where to find me. After all, you do know where I live."

The two shared a laugh, before they returned to continue to watch as the sun set. Just then, something came to mind for the seventeen year old. "Hey, Yusei? Do you think that the skating rink is still open?"

Understanding where Akiza is getting at, Yusei smiled and replied, "It should be? Why, need to refresh your skills?"

"Hah! Yeah, something like that."


When it was decided that Akiza wanted to spend the rest of her birthday trying out her new skates, everyone realized how late it was getting. Everyone had a sinking suspicion that Akiza wanted to spend this time with Yusei, but no one bothered to mention it. Crow offered to stay with the twins for the remainder of the day, which excited the little tykes to no end. Seemingly invigorated, Leo challenged Crow to a video game matchup, which the blackwing duelist eagerly accepted, while Luna watched on, encouraging the chaos unfolding between the two.

Surprisingly, Bruno also offered to stay. While he was comfortable being by himself at the garage, due to his amnesia, he doesn't remember ever having played games before, and it was soon afterwards that he was dragged into the swirling chaos as well. Jack on the other hand left with Carly which wasn't all that surprising. Though the two tried to play it off, everyone knew that the two were just as bad, if not worse than Akiza and Yusei confronting their feelings for each other.

Mei and Sakura soon left afterwards, but not before ribbing Akiza on her infatuation for the raven-haired "hottie". Before leaving, they both asked her to give her all the "juicy" details of her "date" with Yusei. The two quickly booked it laughing as Akiza looked about ready to retrieve her duel disk to "punish" her friends.

Hideo and Setsuko offered to take what she couldn't with her back home, and that they didn't expect her to be home until tomorrow. Hideo trusted Yusei to not do anything untoward his daughter, and although Setsuko also enjoyed teasing her daughter about her not so secret feelings for the boy, she also trusted him to take care of her.

Thoroughly embarrassed and incensed, Akiza couldn't wait to leave.


As the day began to turn to night, Akiza found herself thoroughly enjoying her time spending it with Yusei. Testing out her new skates, Akiza shouldn't have been surprised that not only were they perfect, but they fit comfortably well and worked like a charm. The two danced around one another, skating side by side, back and forward, even racing each other across the rink. As the two continued to have their fun, it was at this point that Akiza truly became honest with herself.

"Today has been the best day of my life, and I couldn't have had it without you. I can't keep ignoring how I feel. I don't just like Yusei, I think - no, I know - I'm in love with him. But as freeing as it is to admit that. This doesn't feel like the right time to tell him. All of our focus is on the WRGP, and then there's that thing with the 'Ghost' problem, and what Sherry said about Yliaster…"

As they continued to skate around one another, a different song began to play. Both Signers stopped as the opening melody began to play. Not recognizing the song, Akiza wondered, "Huh… I don't recognize the music, but it sounds fun! Exciting even!"

Recognition lit up in the older Signer's eyes, as he took Akiza's hands in his own - which caused the beautiful redhead to blush and "eep" - taking her around the rink, Yusei explained, "I never thought I'd hear this again. Back at the orphanage, when I lived there as a kid, Martha used to have this old radio that she would play these old CDs. I believe this one was called, "Kung Fu Fighting". It wasn't just a favorite of hers, but almost everyone really liked this particular song."

"Did that include you too?"

"Let me show you."

"W-Wait… w-what do you m-MEAAAAAN!"

Grasping her hands firmly in his, Yusei appeared to speed up, taking Akiza with him, the both of them laughing at the absurdity of what they were doing. As Akiza laughed with him, she returned to her earlier thoughts, seemingly coming to a decision.

"But right now, there's nowhere I'd rather be than enjoying my time with you, Yusei."


The Next Day

Jack, Crow and Bruno all seemed to return to Poppo Time relatively at the same time. But while Bruno was setting up the computers and the prototype Duel Runner to start running agnostics and simulations, Crow was wondering where Yusei was at, since he'd normally be up at this hour. His answer came to him, when he opened the door to the main room. There, sleeping on the couch was Yusei and Akiza bundled up in his jacket, with her notes and homework strung about over the coffee table.

Akiza was curled up into Yusei, using him as a human pillow, with her head lying right next to his heart, her head gently rising and falling in time with his heartbeat. Yusei, on the other hand, was seemingly content to be used as a body pillow. One arm was tucked under his head, while the other was wrapped around her waist, holding her to him, so she didn't fall off the relatively small furniture. Luckily, for everyone involved, the two appeared to have slept with their clothes on.

"Well, at least no funny business seemed to have taken place."

Just as he was about to let the two lovebirds continue to sleep, Jack and Bruno came up behind him, wondering what was taking him so long to find Yusei, only for Crow to shush them, and pushed them back into the garage once they got a look behind him.

"Hey! What's the holdup, where is that bloke! I swear, if he got himself kidnapp - what in the bloody hell is this?"

"I'm not one to usually agree with Jack, but if we want to get those calibrations - oh… huh? Have they been there all night?"

"Shhhh! Shut up! I just found them like this. Looks like they passed out just after Akiza got done with her homework. Look, I know we have a lot to do today, and while having Yusei up and about would be a great help, I think he and Akiza deserve to have their alone time. So, shoo! Get back in there! We don't need Yusei for everything!"

As Crow pushed an unruly Jack Atlas, and a confused and befuddled Bruno back into the garage, he took one last look back at the "not-couple" still sleeping on the couch.

"Oh, man. They're never going to live this down. Heh. Ah, whatever, they deserve it. Sweet dreams, love birds!"


A/N: So, unfortunately, I did get this finished in time to get out there on the 16th. It bums me out a little bit, but I'm satisfied that I managed to get this out at all. Besides the last couple of paragraphs, I didn't have anything else really in mind for it, and I think it shows. I'm not sure how I feel about this one. I don't know if I could have done any better than this, but I know I'm not really happy with this one. At least as happy as I was with the first chapter. And yes, this is a "sequel" to that chapter, so it takes place in the same AU.

The bit about the Kung-Fu Fighting song was just something I thought of. One of my favorite ships/couples in fiction is Peter Parker/Mary Jane. And while I'm not a fan of how both of their characters are being handled in the most recent comic book run, I remember reading somewhere that the song, "Kung-Fu Fighting" was "their" song, and I wanted to use that same concept with Yusei and Akiza.

Anyway, not sure when the next chapter will be out. With all the new 5D's/Signer Dragon/Synchro support that's been released so far this year, I might try to write up a dueling chapter, or maybe attempt another long-term story. Not sure if I'm ready to do that just yet, but I could probably write something up for this type of story as a singleton chapter.

If this chapter doesn't seem to have a whole lot of dialogue, it's been because I didn't want to spend too much time getting everyone's reactions to all of her presents. It's lazy, I know, but I was having a hard enough time writing this chapter already, and I didn't want to compound the issue. Also the bit at the end there, where Crow and company find Yusei and Akiza curled up on the couch; I don't know who it was from, but I found a piece of art, or a drawing of that same scenario, and I just wanted to put that scene into one of my stories.