Jim Cook x Tenjoin Asuka: A Duelist and a Gentleman: Diligence
Author: Higuchimon
Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh GX
Characters/Pairing: Jim Cook x Tenjoin Asuka
Prompt: Diligence
Word Count: 1,095
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters here. This is done merely for fun. Everyone will be put back where they belong at the end of the story.
Author's Notes: A hint of some other pairings in here again.
Ever since they’d arrived at Manjoume and Fubuki’s place, Asuka had been busy. She’d unpacked everything they had, made certain Karen and Ren were both fed and not suffering any form of jet lag, not that she really knew if crocodiles and cats suffered from it anyway, and sorted through all of the gifts that she’d brought along to make certain nothing had been lost along the way.
The reason for her being so busy and occupied was simple: Jim wasn’t there to help her. He was, unfortunately, being interrogated in the most friendly of ways by most of the rest of her male friends, as well as Momoe and Junko, who she had been a little surprised to see there. She’d also been a bit surprised to find out that Junko and Shou were dating, but after her brother and her former suitor, nothing really seemed to be that surprising.
When she peeked into the living room to see how that was going, she was pleasantly surprised to see two new arrivals there: Juudai and Johan. Juudai still hadn’t given up his wandering ways, and he’d dropped in on her about a month before Jim had made his first visit to her college, when they’d found Ren. It was still nice to see him again after all of this time. And she really wasn’t surprised to see him with Johan. Those two had breathed the same air as much as they could almost from the moment they had met one another.
“Hey, Asuka!” Juudai waved as he caught sight of her, and she waved back, coming in there. “How’ve you been?”
At least she could trust Juudai not to nag either her or Jim about what was going on between them. Those who were doing so the most were, of course, Manjoume and Fubuki, who apparently saw it as their duty to make certain she was really happy. Everyone else had just been tossing in the occasional question, while Momoe and Junko tried to look intimidating, and weren’t doing it very well. They never had been able to pull that look off.
“All right.” She looked over at Manjoume and Fubuki and frowned. “All right!” She repeated in an entirely different tone. “Haven’t you all said enough?” She was getting more than a little irked about this. It was almost as if they thought she couldn’t handle her own decisions, and that was the last sort of thought she wanted them to have.
Fubuki blinked a few times. “Come on, Asuka, I’m just doing what any good big brother would!”
“Fine, you’ve done it. Jim and I are going for a walk.” She wanted to get some fresh air after everything, and maybe even take a bit of a nap later. She didn’t know if Ren and Karen would have to deal with jet lag, but she was.
Jim was on his feet almost as soon as she said the words. “I do need to get some fresh air, mates,” he told them with a smile. “We can talk some more later.” That was just how relaxed he was. That was one reason she cared so much about him. He’d never get her out of sorts and annoyed the way a lot of other people did.
She didn’t look back at them for a single moment as the two of them left the mansion. Not because she was angry. She just didn’t think she’d be able to stop herself from laughing if they had the looks on their faces that she thought they did.
“They care a lot about you.” Jim said as they walked down the road. This street had several large and impressive mansions scattered to the sides, and they’d had to pass a guard to get into it in the first place. Vast watered yawns stretched here and there, evidence of hard work placed into them by their owners.
“I know. I care about them, too.” Fubuki was, as he had said, just being an older brother. She just wished they hadn’t taken up so much time that could have been used for other things. At least it had given her the chance to get everything else taken care of. “I have everything unpacked and Karen and Ren are taken care of for now.”
Jim nodded some, his hand closing around hers as they walked. She wanted very little other than just to be with him right now. It was somewhat chilly here, since it was winter, but she had her jacket on, and she had him there with her, so she didn’t really feel it all that much.
Then she took a quiet breath, held it for a moment, then spoke again. “I care about you, too, Jim.” They’d kissed only a couple of weeks earlier, but she had never said anything else about how much she liked him. She still wasn’t entirely certain if it was love, but it was close enough for her even if it wasn’t.
“You know something, Tomorrow Girl?” he said with a gentle smile. “I care about you, too.” She wasn’t surprised by that, either. Everything that they’d been going through since the first time they met had really been leading up to this, and she wanted it that way. She’d put in a lot of effort in her life, getting ready for the point where she could want to have someone else in it.
Now that she had someone, someone she cared for more than virtually anyone else except her family, she knew things would change. She didn’t know how they’d handle things. Jim dropped in fairly regularly at her college, but he also spent a lot of time traveling around dueling and helping out people on digs and visiting his friends. In his own way, he was as much as a child of the wind as Juudai was.
But they’d work things out. Of that, she was undeniably certain. They wanted to work things out. They wanted everything to work out. That desire made it all the more certain they would do it. If you really wanted something, you worked for it, no matter what.
And no matter what happened, no matter how busy and focused she got in her life, she was going to be certain she had time for him. As they kept on walking, back to Manjoume’s mansion and towards their future, she had absolutely no doubts about that at all.
The End
Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh GX
Characters/Pairing: Jim Cook x Tenjoin Asuka
Prompt: Diligence
Word Count: 1,095
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters here. This is done merely for fun. Everyone will be put back where they belong at the end of the story.
Author's Notes: A hint of some other pairings in here again.
Ever since they’d arrived at Manjoume and Fubuki’s place, Asuka had been busy. She’d unpacked everything they had, made certain Karen and Ren were both fed and not suffering any form of jet lag, not that she really knew if crocodiles and cats suffered from it anyway, and sorted through all of the gifts that she’d brought along to make certain nothing had been lost along the way.
The reason for her being so busy and occupied was simple: Jim wasn’t there to help her. He was, unfortunately, being interrogated in the most friendly of ways by most of the rest of her male friends, as well as Momoe and Junko, who she had been a little surprised to see there. She’d also been a bit surprised to find out that Junko and Shou were dating, but after her brother and her former suitor, nothing really seemed to be that surprising.
When she peeked into the living room to see how that was going, she was pleasantly surprised to see two new arrivals there: Juudai and Johan. Juudai still hadn’t given up his wandering ways, and he’d dropped in on her about a month before Jim had made his first visit to her college, when they’d found Ren. It was still nice to see him again after all of this time. And she really wasn’t surprised to see him with Johan. Those two had breathed the same air as much as they could almost from the moment they had met one another.
“Hey, Asuka!” Juudai waved as he caught sight of her, and she waved back, coming in there. “How’ve you been?”
At least she could trust Juudai not to nag either her or Jim about what was going on between them. Those who were doing so the most were, of course, Manjoume and Fubuki, who apparently saw it as their duty to make certain she was really happy. Everyone else had just been tossing in the occasional question, while Momoe and Junko tried to look intimidating, and weren’t doing it very well. They never had been able to pull that look off.
“All right.” She looked over at Manjoume and Fubuki and frowned. “All right!” She repeated in an entirely different tone. “Haven’t you all said enough?” She was getting more than a little irked about this. It was almost as if they thought she couldn’t handle her own decisions, and that was the last sort of thought she wanted them to have.
Fubuki blinked a few times. “Come on, Asuka, I’m just doing what any good big brother would!”
“Fine, you’ve done it. Jim and I are going for a walk.” She wanted to get some fresh air after everything, and maybe even take a bit of a nap later. She didn’t know if Ren and Karen would have to deal with jet lag, but she was.
Jim was on his feet almost as soon as she said the words. “I do need to get some fresh air, mates,” he told them with a smile. “We can talk some more later.” That was just how relaxed he was. That was one reason she cared so much about him. He’d never get her out of sorts and annoyed the way a lot of other people did.
She didn’t look back at them for a single moment as the two of them left the mansion. Not because she was angry. She just didn’t think she’d be able to stop herself from laughing if they had the looks on their faces that she thought they did.
“They care a lot about you.” Jim said as they walked down the road. This street had several large and impressive mansions scattered to the sides, and they’d had to pass a guard to get into it in the first place. Vast watered yawns stretched here and there, evidence of hard work placed into them by their owners.
“I know. I care about them, too.” Fubuki was, as he had said, just being an older brother. She just wished they hadn’t taken up so much time that could have been used for other things. At least it had given her the chance to get everything else taken care of. “I have everything unpacked and Karen and Ren are taken care of for now.”
Jim nodded some, his hand closing around hers as they walked. She wanted very little other than just to be with him right now. It was somewhat chilly here, since it was winter, but she had her jacket on, and she had him there with her, so she didn’t really feel it all that much.
Then she took a quiet breath, held it for a moment, then spoke again. “I care about you, too, Jim.” They’d kissed only a couple of weeks earlier, but she had never said anything else about how much she liked him. She still wasn’t entirely certain if it was love, but it was close enough for her even if it wasn’t.
“You know something, Tomorrow Girl?” he said with a gentle smile. “I care about you, too.” She wasn’t surprised by that, either. Everything that they’d been going through since the first time they met had really been leading up to this, and she wanted it that way. She’d put in a lot of effort in her life, getting ready for the point where she could want to have someone else in it.
Now that she had someone, someone she cared for more than virtually anyone else except her family, she knew things would change. She didn’t know how they’d handle things. Jim dropped in fairly regularly at her college, but he also spent a lot of time traveling around dueling and helping out people on digs and visiting his friends. In his own way, he was as much as a child of the wind as Juudai was.
But they’d work things out. Of that, she was undeniably certain. They wanted to work things out. They wanted everything to work out. That desire made it all the more certain they would do it. If you really wanted something, you worked for it, no matter what.
And no matter what happened, no matter how busy and focused she got in her life, she was going to be certain she had time for him. As they kept on walking, back to Manjoume’s mansion and towards their future, she had absolutely no doubts about that at all.
The End