[YGO Fic] Follow Your Heart - Chapter Three
※ Chapter Three
※ Warnings - None - just remember that this is the unrevised version.
※ Disclaimer - I obviously don't own it.
Mai pulled out the game board for Seven Minutes in Heaven. It was actually homemade but nobody cared much. It was small and basically had a dish glued to the center of it. Everyone had written their name on a piece of paper and had folded it and placed it into the dish. Everyone moved near one of the closets Seto had cleaned out just for this purpose. Joey had warned him earlier.
Joey let Tea be the name drawer. “First up is Serenity and…” She pulled another name, “Duke.” She said.
Joey held up a timer that had also been placed with the game and set it for seven minutes. As soon as the door was closed, the timer began. It wasn’t much fun waiting for the seven minutes to finish as it was being in the closet yourself, but everyone found something to talk about. Ryou and Yugi had moved themselves so they were on the other side of Malik so now Malik was between the two yamis and the two lights.
“So is it as bad as you thought it would be?” Yugi asked as he and Ryou looked at Malik.
Malik blushed lightly, “Actually…no, it hasn’t been that bad yet.” He admitted, but mentally he reminded himself that this was only the second game of the evening.
The timer went off and Joey called out to Duke and Serenity, the two of them emerged and sat down, both smiling and laughing as they continued to talk to each other. “And exactly what did you do with my sister?” Joey glared at Devlin.
“We talked Joey, don’t worry.” Serenity rolled her eyes as she sat down beside Mokuba, who took her and whispered something about annoying protective brothers.
Tea drew another name, “Yami and…” She drew another piece of paper, “Oh! Me! Let’s go Yami!” She grinned as she took the piece of paper and got up to go over to Yami. Bakura grabbed the piece of paper from her hand, since she hadn’t shown it to Joey. He wouldn’t have cared if it had been anyone else.
He snorted, “Unless you’re name is spelled R-Y-O-U.” He handed the paper to Joey who saw that it clearly read ‘Ryou’.
Rolling his eyes, Joey told Tea to sit down. Ryou and Yami disappeared inside the closet and the timer was started again.
“You don’t mind that they’re in there together?” Malik wondered as he looked at Bakura and Yugi as everyone else started their own conversation.
“Nope.” Yugi shook his head. “It’s confusing to outsiders, but we’re all basically in one relationship, just we split up into main couples too.” He shrugged.
Malik, being a half of a soul, found that it made sense. “So, you’re not only with Ryou, but Bakura and Yami as well.”
“Yep.” Yugi nodded and grinned as he moved over and sat in Bakura’s lap. The tomb robber lazily rested his arm around Yugi’s shoulders and neck.
“That’s cool.” Malik nodded, “I can see it. Yami’s your other half and Bakura has what Ryou doesn’t and Ryou has what Bakura doesn’t.”
“Exactly, and it’s the same for us as well.” Bakura replied. “And besides, dark is always attracted to light but dark also needs its own element as well, the same with light.”
Beep Beep Beep Beep
The alarm went off and Joey called to the occupants of the closet. After a few seconds, when the door didn’t open Joey got up to open it and found it to be locked. Bakura started to laugh and Yugi began to giggle. Malik hid a smile as Tea turned bright red at the thought of Yami staying with Ryou longer than he had to.
Finally, the door opened and the two emerged, Ryou wearing Yami’s leather jacket and the buckle around Yami’s neck had been placed around Ryou’s. But that still didn’t cover up the large hickey that decorated Ryou’s pale neck. The two of them sat on the side that Yugi had vacated minutes before.
Joey just rolled his eyes as he mumbled something about ‘coming out of the closet’ as Mai drew a name this time, nobody trusted Tea. “And Joey goes in with…” She pulled out another name and hesitated before reading it. “Malik.” She mumbled and everyone was quiet.
Except Joey.
“Hell no!” He exclaimed. “I’m not going into a closet with that crazy freak! It’s bad enough that he has to be in the same room as me with other people in it!” He crossed his arms and that was the end of that argument.
Malik kind of sank into the floor. It wasn’t that he had wanted to be trapped in the closet with Joey for seven minutes, far from it in fact, but the words from the blonde hurt him. More than Joey and everyone else would ever know. Out of the corner of his eye, Malik spotted Bakura, Yami, Yugi and Ryou glaring at their friend. Yugi was about to say something, but Malik beat him to it.
“It’s okay Joey, Mai can take my place.” Malik offered softly, hoping it was the right thing to say. But Malik hadn’t ever been very lucky with doing what was ‘right’.
Joey stood up and took Mai’s hand as he led her to the closet. He glared at Malik; “She’s not taking your place, because you never had one.” He spat and slammed the door.
Tea started the timer and everyone was silent for a few seconds, before Duke and Tristan began to speak to Seto and Isis. Serenity and Mokuba joined them as Tea came over to Yami. “You and I are next Yami, I can just feel it!” She grinned ear to ear.
“I’m not in the mood Tea, go watch the damned timer.” Yami muttered.
“Okay.” She smiled cheerfully, “But we’re next, just you wait!” With that she moved away from the group of silent boys and went to the others to talk.
Finally, Yugi got fed up and tried to say something, “Malik, I’m s-”
“It’s okay Yugi.” Malik forced a smile as he moved slightly and picked up the piece of paper that had his name scribbled on it. He crumpled it up and shoved it into his pocket. “There, problem solved.” He said and that was all.
Yugi bit his lip as he glanced over at Ryou. Ryou had the same helpless expression as he did.
The game continued on until almost everyone had had a turn. Ryou had been paired with everyone, including Tea (much to Yami’s disgust, Yugi’s horror and Bakura’s disgust and horror) and Yami had been paired with everyone but Tea. The game ended a little early because when Yugi had been in the closet with Bakura the door had somehow gotten ‘stuck’ and nobody could open it for about half an hour.
“What’s the next game Joey?” Tristan wondered.
“The next game is…” Joey looked at the other games to decide. “Spin the Bottle.” He said and there were a few groans. “Come on people, it’ll be fun.”
※ Warnings - None - just remember that this is the unrevised version.
※ Disclaimer - I obviously don't own it.
Mai pulled out the game board for Seven Minutes in Heaven. It was actually homemade but nobody cared much. It was small and basically had a dish glued to the center of it. Everyone had written their name on a piece of paper and had folded it and placed it into the dish. Everyone moved near one of the closets Seto had cleaned out just for this purpose. Joey had warned him earlier.
Joey let Tea be the name drawer. “First up is Serenity and…” She pulled another name, “Duke.” She said.
Joey held up a timer that had also been placed with the game and set it for seven minutes. As soon as the door was closed, the timer began. It wasn’t much fun waiting for the seven minutes to finish as it was being in the closet yourself, but everyone found something to talk about. Ryou and Yugi had moved themselves so they were on the other side of Malik so now Malik was between the two yamis and the two lights.
“So is it as bad as you thought it would be?” Yugi asked as he and Ryou looked at Malik.
Malik blushed lightly, “Actually…no, it hasn’t been that bad yet.” He admitted, but mentally he reminded himself that this was only the second game of the evening.
The timer went off and Joey called out to Duke and Serenity, the two of them emerged and sat down, both smiling and laughing as they continued to talk to each other. “And exactly what did you do with my sister?” Joey glared at Devlin.
“We talked Joey, don’t worry.” Serenity rolled her eyes as she sat down beside Mokuba, who took her and whispered something about annoying protective brothers.
Tea drew another name, “Yami and…” She drew another piece of paper, “Oh! Me! Let’s go Yami!” She grinned as she took the piece of paper and got up to go over to Yami. Bakura grabbed the piece of paper from her hand, since she hadn’t shown it to Joey. He wouldn’t have cared if it had been anyone else.
He snorted, “Unless you’re name is spelled R-Y-O-U.” He handed the paper to Joey who saw that it clearly read ‘Ryou’.
Rolling his eyes, Joey told Tea to sit down. Ryou and Yami disappeared inside the closet and the timer was started again.
“You don’t mind that they’re in there together?” Malik wondered as he looked at Bakura and Yugi as everyone else started their own conversation.
“Nope.” Yugi shook his head. “It’s confusing to outsiders, but we’re all basically in one relationship, just we split up into main couples too.” He shrugged.
Malik, being a half of a soul, found that it made sense. “So, you’re not only with Ryou, but Bakura and Yami as well.”
“Yep.” Yugi nodded and grinned as he moved over and sat in Bakura’s lap. The tomb robber lazily rested his arm around Yugi’s shoulders and neck.
“That’s cool.” Malik nodded, “I can see it. Yami’s your other half and Bakura has what Ryou doesn’t and Ryou has what Bakura doesn’t.”
“Exactly, and it’s the same for us as well.” Bakura replied. “And besides, dark is always attracted to light but dark also needs its own element as well, the same with light.”
Beep Beep Beep Beep
The alarm went off and Joey called to the occupants of the closet. After a few seconds, when the door didn’t open Joey got up to open it and found it to be locked. Bakura started to laugh and Yugi began to giggle. Malik hid a smile as Tea turned bright red at the thought of Yami staying with Ryou longer than he had to.
Finally, the door opened and the two emerged, Ryou wearing Yami’s leather jacket and the buckle around Yami’s neck had been placed around Ryou’s. But that still didn’t cover up the large hickey that decorated Ryou’s pale neck. The two of them sat on the side that Yugi had vacated minutes before.
Joey just rolled his eyes as he mumbled something about ‘coming out of the closet’ as Mai drew a name this time, nobody trusted Tea. “And Joey goes in with…” She pulled out another name and hesitated before reading it. “Malik.” She mumbled and everyone was quiet.
Except Joey.
“Hell no!” He exclaimed. “I’m not going into a closet with that crazy freak! It’s bad enough that he has to be in the same room as me with other people in it!” He crossed his arms and that was the end of that argument.
Malik kind of sank into the floor. It wasn’t that he had wanted to be trapped in the closet with Joey for seven minutes, far from it in fact, but the words from the blonde hurt him. More than Joey and everyone else would ever know. Out of the corner of his eye, Malik spotted Bakura, Yami, Yugi and Ryou glaring at their friend. Yugi was about to say something, but Malik beat him to it.
“It’s okay Joey, Mai can take my place.” Malik offered softly, hoping it was the right thing to say. But Malik hadn’t ever been very lucky with doing what was ‘right’.
Joey stood up and took Mai’s hand as he led her to the closet. He glared at Malik; “She’s not taking your place, because you never had one.” He spat and slammed the door.
Tea started the timer and everyone was silent for a few seconds, before Duke and Tristan began to speak to Seto and Isis. Serenity and Mokuba joined them as Tea came over to Yami. “You and I are next Yami, I can just feel it!” She grinned ear to ear.
“I’m not in the mood Tea, go watch the damned timer.” Yami muttered.
“Okay.” She smiled cheerfully, “But we’re next, just you wait!” With that she moved away from the group of silent boys and went to the others to talk.
Finally, Yugi got fed up and tried to say something, “Malik, I’m s-”
“It’s okay Yugi.” Malik forced a smile as he moved slightly and picked up the piece of paper that had his name scribbled on it. He crumpled it up and shoved it into his pocket. “There, problem solved.” He said and that was all.
Yugi bit his lip as he glanced over at Ryou. Ryou had the same helpless expression as he did.
The game continued on until almost everyone had had a turn. Ryou had been paired with everyone, including Tea (much to Yami’s disgust, Yugi’s horror and Bakura’s disgust and horror) and Yami had been paired with everyone but Tea. The game ended a little early because when Yugi had been in the closet with Bakura the door had somehow gotten ‘stuck’ and nobody could open it for about half an hour.
“What’s the next game Joey?” Tristan wondered.
“The next game is…” Joey looked at the other games to decide. “Spin the Bottle.” He said and there were a few groans. “Come on people, it’ll be fun.”