A Japanese Weresheep in Mutsuba Town
Author's Note: Time for a new pairing! Enjoy the story and R&R.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to or of the Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH! series.
Pairing: Developing Yuhi x Chupataro.
Summary:
There are some forms of alien activity even MIK turns a blind eye to. The truly alien activity between Chupataro and Ohdo Yuhi, for instance.
Chapter 22: Jersey Shore
UTS and Chupataro spent the day at the beach convalescing after the attack on Boiled Bagel Requiem.
OG Chupataro and Meeeg-chan were still at large, and the Mutsuba Town branch of MIK was on the case. Manabu and Nyandestar tagged along as self-appointed bodyguards for UTS, Yuamu keeping Zuwijo and Mitsuko's involvement out of the conversation.
"The red of this jersey is the red of passion! Always aiming for the ve~ry top while dyed in the colours of the sunset! George Jersey!"
"The blue of this jersey is the blue of calm! Always cool and in charge of info! Jouge Jersey!"
"The green of this jersey is the green of tackiness! Always rooted firmly in the earth of the common folk! In charge of the muscle work, Ofuruno Jersey!"
"Ohh! George, Jouge, Ofuruno! You guys came too?" Yuhi danced excitedly in his swim trunks and company tee.
"We have! We Jersey Devils received MIK's permission to leave the Alien Residential Area for a supervised visit, jersey!" George explained.
"From Manabu?"
"It's as Aniki put it, except it came at a cost!" Jouge cleared up.
"We're required to be back before midnight! Like in the Earth fairy tale, su!"
"What was the title again, Ofuruno? 'Barbarella'?"
"'Cinderella,' su!"
"Well, well! Why don't we play some beach volleyball? Yudias, grab the ball, will ya?"
"UTS!" Yudias gave Yuhi a thumbs up.
Yuhi was ridiculously upbeat. Everyone was worried about him. But no one was more depressed than his boyfriend, who opted not to take part and retreated midgame to his own solitary section of the beach.
Without his robot, Chupataro was baking alive on his rock in the sand. Asaka likely steered Val-Valvelgear near a binary star. Yet Chupataro didn't linger on the heat. His pain burned deeper.
"Nice spot?" Yuhi skipped barefoot over the scorching granules and sat cross-legged next to him.
"Chupa."
"You haven't said much since jerkier you revealed himself."
"Chupa's ashamed, chupa. Chupa tried to kill you, chu –"
"No you didn't."
"But Chupa –!"
"That wasn't you. And let's not forget ya saved me, 'kay?" Yuhi bent sideways to embrace Chupataro across his shoulders.
"Chupa…"
"Don't listen to what Chupa-yarou said." Yuhi slid his fingers between Chupataro's claws. "You're as real as the rest of us. You aren't inferior for associatin' with humans. We don't know he's the original for sure! He could be the clone!"
"You're calling him Chupa-yarou now, chupa? That's what you used to call Chupa, cabra!"
"Yeah. Used to. I still might, as a joke, haha."
"Chupaaa, for a guy who almost died, you're intolerably positive, chupa!"
"That's just the way I am, if ya haven't noticed!" Yuhi's smile was the sun itself.
"Chupa has, chupa. Chupa's…Chupa's happy you're happy, chupa."
"Thanks! I'm happy you're happy I'm happy!"
"Chupa…" Chupataro's smile was forced.
"But you're not happy, are you? This whole clone situation's really got ya down."
"Chupa is the fake, chupa! It's the same as Chupa's nightmares, cabra!" Chupataro lowered his head.
Yuhi's mood dipped for a second, then he ricocheted. "Heh. Hehe."
"WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING, CHUPA?"
"STU-PID! You're Chupataro! Your DNA. Your annoyingness. Your chupacabra heart."
"How can Chupa be the real Chupa, chupa? That Chupa loves Meeeg-chan, chupa!"
The harsh reality Chupataro was coping with glanced off Yuhi. For him, the dispute had already been nailed down. Chupataro and Yuamu and Yudias and Manabu and everyone else…He was grateful for their concern, but it was misplaced.
Yuhi knew who the real Chupataro was.
The Chupataro criming it up with Meeeg-chan? That was the old Chupataro!
The Chupataro who shoved him out of danger's path? That was the current Chupataro. The Chupataro he'd bet his money on!
"Bein' bad. Loving Meeeg-chan. Are those what make a Chupataro a Chupataro, Chupataro?"
"Chu?" Even Chupataro had trouble disentangling all that.
"There's more to you than your mistakes and your obsession. I know. I hated ya at first, but ya grew on me! I love you, Chupataro!"
"Chupa! Don't shout that in public, chupa!" Chupataro threw on his hood so no one could see him blush.
"Hahaha, sorry, sorry!"
"Yuhi! Chupataro-kun! We're playing suikawari! Yudias is up first!"
Yudias wobbled out, whacking stick drawn, inner tube around his waist, blindfold over his eyes, snorkel in his mouth, and the Jersey Devil brothers flying above him.
"Mm! We'll be right there, Yuamu! Before we smash watermelons though, Chupataro, I have a surprise for you."
"Chupa?" Chupataro flipped his hood back.
"Tazaki-san! Setup's OK!"
"Everything's good over here too, Yuhi-bocchama!"
"Chupah-ha~!" Chupataro scampered to his feet at Tazaki-san lifting the white sheet off Yuhi's present. "Is that –?"
"Ta-da! It's your new ride! What d'ya think? Tazaki-san and Manabu pitched in! We modified it from an illegally modified robot MIK seized from alien criminals!"
"Thank you, chupa!" Chupataro didn't wait to give his new robot a test run. "Why'd you do this, chupa?"
"Just as you 'n Yudias became eternal friends, we're eternal too!" Yuhi swaggered, and this time, Chupataro didn't withhold his blush.
"And Manabu? What about him, chupa?"
"Well, I wouldn't say we're eternal anything." Manabu was basically outfitted to blow a whistle in his retro striped bathing suit. "But don't break any laws, and I can picture a future where we're on friendlier terms that has a decent radioactive half-life."
There. Hatchet buried.
"Yuamu's recounting of your selfless display of courage moved me, Chupataro. If an interstellar kriminal like you can do a 180 – if you can demonstrate a boiling point of passion beyond 100 degrees – I trust Yuhi is in good hands!"
Manabu may have been onto something.
Chupataro was beginning to perceive this faculty in himself.