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Yugioh "ICOE" Chp. 19 Second Scene Piece
Jounouchi/Mai
Jounouchi smiled an easy, goofy grin that held nothing more than happiness. "Nothing's wrong, Mai - I was just thinking."
"Well that's new," she said, rubbing moisturizer on as she started intently at the mirror, studying her reflection. "Thinking about something... important?"
"Well no; I mean not really." He flicked the water off his toothbrush bristles with the pad of this thumb. "It's just that Honda's getting married."
"Yeah, he certainly is. So?"
He stood up and stepped behind her. "I don't wanna get married."
"Lucky thing you're not engaged then, isn't it?" She swept some blush across her cheeks with a big, fluffy brush, then dug around in her make-up bag for eyeshadow and mascara.
"Well... Well yeah, but..." He scratched his head. "But what about us? I mean I'm not ready for marriage or anything, and since you're traveling a lot it doesn't exactly make sense for us to live together. Well, I mean we kinda live together when you're here anyway..."
Mai pulled off the headband she had used to hold her thick, blonde hair back and laid it on the counter. "True - but I don't understand the point of all this. I love you; I'm with you. Isn't that all we need?"
Jounouchi picked up the headband absently and began fiddling with it between his hands. "Yeah, I guess so... But I don't know, I thought maybe we could... get a plant together or something."
"Take care of a plant together? Slow down, big boy, I don't think we're ready for that kind of commitment." She ran her fingers through her hair and surveyed herself in the mirror a final time. Then, she cocked her head and looked up at Jounouchi's reflection. "Do you think that I want something formal? Do you think that because I'm a woman it automatically means I want some sort of label on our relationship?"
"Well, no... I mean, I just thought..." He looked down sheepishly. "I don't know."
-Written 8 April 2007
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I meant to make this longer... Need to find a way to include some of his thoughts about all this stuff. Yeah.
-ILB
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Jounouchi/Mai
Jounouchi smiled an easy, goofy grin that held nothing more than happiness. "Nothing's wrong, Mai - I was just thinking."
"Well that's new," she said, rubbing moisturizer on as she started intently at the mirror, studying her reflection. "Thinking about something... important?"
"Well no; I mean not really." He flicked the water off his toothbrush bristles with the pad of this thumb. "It's just that Honda's getting married."
"Yeah, he certainly is. So?"
He stood up and stepped behind her. "I don't wanna get married."
"Lucky thing you're not engaged then, isn't it?" She swept some blush across her cheeks with a big, fluffy brush, then dug around in her make-up bag for eyeshadow and mascara.
"Well... Well yeah, but..." He scratched his head. "But what about us? I mean I'm not ready for marriage or anything, and since you're traveling a lot it doesn't exactly make sense for us to live together. Well, I mean we kinda live together when you're here anyway..."
Mai pulled off the headband she had used to hold her thick, blonde hair back and laid it on the counter. "True - but I don't understand the point of all this. I love you; I'm with you. Isn't that all we need?"
Jounouchi picked up the headband absently and began fiddling with it between his hands. "Yeah, I guess so... But I don't know, I thought maybe we could... get a plant together or something."
"Take care of a plant together? Slow down, big boy, I don't think we're ready for that kind of commitment." She ran her fingers through her hair and surveyed herself in the mirror a final time. Then, she cocked her head and looked up at Jounouchi's reflection. "Do you think that I want something formal? Do you think that because I'm a woman it automatically means I want some sort of label on our relationship?"
"Well, no... I mean, I just thought..." He looked down sheepishly. "I don't know."
-Written 8 April 2007
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I meant to make this longer... Need to find a way to include some of his thoughts about all this stuff. Yeah.
-ILB
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