Work! One Scene ("ICOE" - chp. 17, "Again, With Feeling")
Yugioh "ICOE" chp. 17, scene one
Honda/Arisa, Jounouchi/Mai, Shizuka/Otogi
"I'm hungry!" Jounouchi said petulantly. "I thought you said we were gonna have snacks, Mai."
She shot him an annoyed glare. "We are, you little idiot. Could you maybe, I don't know - wait until our guests get here?"
"Shizuka's sort of here," he said with a pout. "That's good enough for me."
Mai rolled her eyes. She took an apple out of the refrigerator and threw it at him. "Here. Eat."
"But it's - "
Her eyes narrowed. "I said eat."
"Right away, Mai."
A minute or so later, the door burst open. "Hello!" Shizuka said happily, leading Anzu and Otogi inside. "We're back." She smiled and held up the drinks she had gone out to pick up. "And we met Anzu-chan on the way back!"
Jounouchi smiled at his sister. "Aww, that's nice Shizuka. Why don't you put the drinks in the fridge so they'll still be cold?"
"All right, big brother!" And she proceeded to do just that.
Otogi and Anzu both took seats at the table with Jounouchi and Mai. "Hey guys," Anzu said with a little wave. "Are we the only ones here?"
Mai nodded. "Yeah, hun - the others should be arriving soon, though. We invited Yugi and his little friend, and Honda and Arisa. And of course Shizuka, girl of honor herself." Mai smiled. "It is good to see you, Shizuka. Your brother's practically been pining."
Shizuka giggled. "Oh, that's sweet of him. I would have come sooner, but..." She colored as she came to stand beside Otogi. "I was afraid that he might... disapprove."
Jounouchi was oblivious to the conversation; he was too busy growling at Otogi. Mai rolled her eyes. "I can't imagine why."
Anzu chuckled behind her hand, and Shizuka just looked down with a blush.
"Well, I'm here to prove that I'm very worthy of approval." Otogi took Shizuka's hand in his and pulled her down into his lap. Turning to kiss her, he murmured, "Isn't that right, baby?"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Jounouchi said angrily, standing up so quickly that his chair fell with a clatter onto its back. "None of that! That's my little sister, there, and I'm not having any of that until you two are married!"
"B-big brother..." Shizuka looked down, but she took Otogi's hand in hers. "He... he was just going to kiss me."
"Oh come, Jounouchi," Anzu said. "Like Mai really sleeps on the pull-out couch when she comes over."
Jounouchi sputtered wildly, but Otogi smirked and Mai just sighed. "She's got a point, you know," Mai told him sensibly. "Now shut up and sit down." She picked up his chair and pushed him down into it.
"Damn," he muttered angrily, "I wish Honda was here - he'd be on my side."
"Did someone say Honda?" No one had noticed the door opening, but sure enough, there stood Honda and Arisa in all their glory. With a large, sweeping bow he announced, "We... have arrived."
Otogi blinked. "Has he... always been like that?"
Both Jounouchi and Anzu shook their heads. "Recent development. Don't ask."
He blinked again. "All right, then."
"Hello, hello," Honda said grandly, walking in and setting down a basket he had brought on the counter. "My dearest Arisa and I brought a lovely gift for Shizuka." He grinned. "And beer."
Jounouchi nodded. "Excellent."
Arisa cleared her throat. "Aren't you going to introduce me?"
"Huh?"
Arisa glared. "To this lovely young lady."
"Oh... Oh! Right!" Honda gestured toward Shizuka. "This angelic thing here is Jounouchi's most beloved sister - Shizuka." Arisa smiled. "And this," he continued, throwing an arm around the lady's shoulders, "is my brazenly beautiful, bodacious, buxom and in all ways brilliant fiancée - Arisa."
"It's nice to meet you," Shizuka said softly. "My brother's told me that you've been very good for Honda-kun."
Arisa smiled. "Of course I have. What would he be without me?" She threw a warm smile Honda's way, and he grinned proudly in return. "But who's your friend?"
"Oh, that's just Otogi," Honda said quickly. "Of no consequence, really. Although..." He looked over at Shizuka sitting comfortable in said man's lap with an eyebrow raised. "That's new. Rather... friendly, aren't you?"
Otogi smirked at him, putting an arm around Shizuka smugly. "That's right. She's my girlfriend."
"And that no longer matters to me," Honda said, looking away nonchalantly. "Our non-intense rivalry subsided long ago."
Jounouchi crossed his arms and sunk down lower in his seat. "I think I would have preferred Honda."
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Ooh, I like this! I think I'll keep it for the final chapter. Nyah nyah nyah. Mutti's not in the best state now, so I'm ending my computer usage for a time. Man... I really did enjoy writing that. Heh. I think I'll continue later.
ILB
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Honda/Arisa, Jounouchi/Mai, Shizuka/Otogi
"I'm hungry!" Jounouchi said petulantly. "I thought you said we were gonna have snacks, Mai."
She shot him an annoyed glare. "We are, you little idiot. Could you maybe, I don't know - wait until our guests get here?"
"Shizuka's sort of here," he said with a pout. "That's good enough for me."
Mai rolled her eyes. She took an apple out of the refrigerator and threw it at him. "Here. Eat."
"But it's - "
Her eyes narrowed. "I said eat."
"Right away, Mai."
A minute or so later, the door burst open. "Hello!" Shizuka said happily, leading Anzu and Otogi inside. "We're back." She smiled and held up the drinks she had gone out to pick up. "And we met Anzu-chan on the way back!"
Jounouchi smiled at his sister. "Aww, that's nice Shizuka. Why don't you put the drinks in the fridge so they'll still be cold?"
"All right, big brother!" And she proceeded to do just that.
Otogi and Anzu both took seats at the table with Jounouchi and Mai. "Hey guys," Anzu said with a little wave. "Are we the only ones here?"
Mai nodded. "Yeah, hun - the others should be arriving soon, though. We invited Yugi and his little friend, and Honda and Arisa. And of course Shizuka, girl of honor herself." Mai smiled. "It is good to see you, Shizuka. Your brother's practically been pining."
Shizuka giggled. "Oh, that's sweet of him. I would have come sooner, but..." She colored as she came to stand beside Otogi. "I was afraid that he might... disapprove."
Jounouchi was oblivious to the conversation; he was too busy growling at Otogi. Mai rolled her eyes. "I can't imagine why."
Anzu chuckled behind her hand, and Shizuka just looked down with a blush.
"Well, I'm here to prove that I'm very worthy of approval." Otogi took Shizuka's hand in his and pulled her down into his lap. Turning to kiss her, he murmured, "Isn't that right, baby?"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Jounouchi said angrily, standing up so quickly that his chair fell with a clatter onto its back. "None of that! That's my little sister, there, and I'm not having any of that until you two are married!"
"B-big brother..." Shizuka looked down, but she took Otogi's hand in hers. "He... he was just going to kiss me."
"Oh come, Jounouchi," Anzu said. "Like Mai really sleeps on the pull-out couch when she comes over."
Jounouchi sputtered wildly, but Otogi smirked and Mai just sighed. "She's got a point, you know," Mai told him sensibly. "Now shut up and sit down." She picked up his chair and pushed him down into it.
"Damn," he muttered angrily, "I wish Honda was here - he'd be on my side."
"Did someone say Honda?" No one had noticed the door opening, but sure enough, there stood Honda and Arisa in all their glory. With a large, sweeping bow he announced, "We... have arrived."
Otogi blinked. "Has he... always been like that?"
Both Jounouchi and Anzu shook their heads. "Recent development. Don't ask."
He blinked again. "All right, then."
"Hello, hello," Honda said grandly, walking in and setting down a basket he had brought on the counter. "My dearest Arisa and I brought a lovely gift for Shizuka." He grinned. "And beer."
Jounouchi nodded. "Excellent."
Arisa cleared her throat. "Aren't you going to introduce me?"
"Huh?"
Arisa glared. "To this lovely young lady."
"Oh... Oh! Right!" Honda gestured toward Shizuka. "This angelic thing here is Jounouchi's most beloved sister - Shizuka." Arisa smiled. "And this," he continued, throwing an arm around the lady's shoulders, "is my brazenly beautiful, bodacious, buxom and in all ways brilliant fiancée - Arisa."
"It's nice to meet you," Shizuka said softly. "My brother's told me that you've been very good for Honda-kun."
Arisa smiled. "Of course I have. What would he be without me?" She threw a warm smile Honda's way, and he grinned proudly in return. "But who's your friend?"
"Oh, that's just Otogi," Honda said quickly. "Of no consequence, really. Although..." He looked over at Shizuka sitting comfortable in said man's lap with an eyebrow raised. "That's new. Rather... friendly, aren't you?"
Otogi smirked at him, putting an arm around Shizuka smugly. "That's right. She's my girlfriend."
"And that no longer matters to me," Honda said, looking away nonchalantly. "Our non-intense rivalry subsided long ago."
Jounouchi crossed his arms and sunk down lower in his seat. "I think I would have preferred Honda."
***
Ooh, I like this! I think I'll keep it for the final chapter. Nyah nyah nyah. Mutti's not in the best state now, so I'm ending my computer usage for a time. Man... I really did enjoy writing that. Heh. I think I'll continue later.
ILB
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