Greed On
Author's Note: Enjoy the story and R&R.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to or of the Cardfight! Vanguard franchise.
Pairings: Yu-yu x Shinobu. Referenced Yu-yu x Danji tension, Yu-yu x Tohya tension.
Summary:
Shinobu claims he and Yu-yu aren't as problematic.
Greed is about what you don't have.
I don't have that, so I want it. It's mine. It's free. It's all for me! And if what I want is currently in somebody's possession, well, that's no deterrent, ain't it?
Take. Steal. Kondo Yu-yu.
Eat. Devour. Kondo Yu-yu's cards.
"You have to be kidding me!" Yu-yu shrieked, shielding his deck.
Slobber! Shinobu for realz opened his mouth and attempted to take a bite out of Trickstar!
Yu-yu was mortified, palms on his precious cards.
"A-hahaha! Dang it! The look on your face!"
"Shinobu-san, please! Control yourself!"
Control? Ha! Restraint is overrated! Animated by Yu-yu's challenge, Shinobu clawed underneath his bowl, throwing his head back and drinking his ramen broth down in an enormous gulp while he pounded the surface of the table repeatedly and made a scene.
Though Shinobu wouldn't admit it because he and she didn't see eye to eye, Yu-yu had an excellent eye for the obvious in this situation: Shinobu's resemblance to Megumi was scary.
The attitude.
Their overconfidence.
"Hey!"
"Yes?"
"-san this and -san that! Who's younger here? Who's younger here? Are you so used to older guys hittin' on ya, it's automatic? Ha! Haha!"
Yu-yu pouted, but didn't contest the insult. Shinobu's remark was right on the nose. Between Danji-san and Tohya-san, Yu-yu couldn't deny he was at least used to warm gestures (fierce with romantic flourish or not) by this point.
At what stage did his peaceful life start turning into a slice-of-life BL series?
"Stand up! Vanguard!"
Oh. It started with Vanguard.
He bonded with Danji, Tohya, and Shinobu, since they all played Vanguard.
Yu-yu was beginning to notice the trend. Despite him standing by the essential goodness of their hearts, Danji-san and Tohya-san were labelled black sheep in their respective circles, and Shinobu gave off a "bad boy" aura about him.
"No no no no no! You can't, you can't, you can't! How can you do that? That's Shinobu-san to you!" Shinobu corrected, deciding he was going to keep bullying Blackout's leader in this fashion, now that he knew calling Yu-yu on his manners ate at his soul.
Munch, munch, crunch, crunch!
There were "bad girls" as well, but Yu-yu wasn't interested.
His sisters lucked out, having a brother in touch with his feminine side (or too timid to refuse dressing him up every now and then).
"If I were you, I'd watch myself around Masanori! He has that vibe."
"Danji-san and Tohya-san aren't like that!" Yu-yu got the jitters remembering Masanori sneaking up on him to grab his shoulder and tickle him in the onsen, and felt the need to defend Danji and Tohya from this line of attack.
Too late. The damage was dealt, and the words were out there. Shinobu had lumped Danji and Tohya in with Masanori. Older guys preying on poor, pure, chibi Yu-yu.
"They really aren't like that…"
"What's that make you?" Shinobu suddenly pounced, balancing Yu-yu's chin on the tip of his index finger.
Down Danji! Bad!
Down Tohya! Bad!
Yeah, yeah, just like that! Despair, fellas! Yu-yu was Shinobu's!
Yu-yu didn't know what to do. His lips were trembling.
"Ehehehe!"
This kid! He truly made it his mission to annoy the living hell out of everyone within striking distance, didn't he?
"We're –"
"Less an issue." Shinobu smirked, greedily stealing a kiss.
Yu-yu wiped the transfer off. Stealthily, to avoid offence (because that was the kind of kind person Yu-yu was, even if Shinobu in particular didn't demand such consideration).
Shinobu saw no necessity to appear pathetic. He licked his own lips in open view, loving the sensation.
"You're wrong, Shinobu-san. We're still an issue."
It wasn't the same category of problematic Yu-yu and Danji and Yu-yu and Tohya were.
"Aww, c'mon! What's this? The weak becoming food for the strong is the law of nature. Or did Greedon chow down on you so powerfully, I chewed you silly?"
"From where you're coming from, aren't I the one doing the chowing down?"
Who was eating who? Shinobu couldn't have it both ways!
"So ya acknowledge you're finally over older dudes and wanna be the one datin' younger!"
"Jeeez…Can you please not joke? Someone could seriously have their life ruined from all the things you're saying." Yu-yu changed from pink to Vairina red.
Don't be greedy.
It sounded unhinged for Yu-yu to be wagging the finger at himself, when he had greed incarnate…greed in the flesh…to compare himself to.
Showing him what greed was all about. The unbending Dark States player with a high-pitched snerk. Eating and devouring unrepentantly.
Yu-yu had a profound sense of déjà vu. At first, he wasn't certain what it was. But it was becoming more and more apparent. Take away the topknot, and Shinobu was a dead ringer for a certain manga and anime protagonist, minus his purple irises. And like this protagonist, Shinobu wasn't tied down to girls or boys.
Ummm, what was his name again?
The manga volumes were arranged cover to cover on Akiko's desk.
Li Syaoran! That's it!
"Ah~, that's not filling at all. Let me have your body as well!"
"No thanks."
Guard! Guard! Guard!
"Eeagh? But the hunger's more insatiable than usual today."
"I'm fine!"
"Oh no oh no oh no! You're just mopey 'cause your ex ditched you to go to America!"
Yu-yu closed his fists in his lap under the table. That Yu-yu twisted into an inferno and flew into a blaze of crimson…Shinobu's provocation had teeth.
"That's not –! Danji-san and I, we weren't –!"
"I understand! I understand! Ya don't want people thinkin' he stole your che –"
"SHUT UP!"
"-rry off your parfait. But oh dear, it's a shame, Yu-yu-san! With my slippery tongue and craving for fun…God! God! I might let something slip!"
Yu-yu sighed. Once more, he leaned in (eyes closed this time) for Shinobu to steal a kiss.
What was he? One of Shinobu's minions? Food for the cute and teeny kid to gobble up?
Little monster. Overflowing malice.
Gluttony.
Greed.