[fic] Sweet Dreams - Yugioh, YYxY, fluff, PG, theme 6
Title: Sweet Dreams
Author: Chey (duelist_gurl163)
Theme: 6 - “A dream is just a dream until you make it come true.” for 50_lovequotes
Rating: PG
Genre: fluff
Parings: YamixYugi
Archive: You're lookin' at it
Warnings: None
Spoilers: None
Summary: Yugi gets an odd birthday present.
Disclaimer: Yugioh is owned by Takahashi.
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“Come on.”
“Where are we going?”
“To get your birthday present!”
Yugi stopped. “Jounouchi…we’re outside my bedroom.”
“Yeah.”
“You snuck my present into my room?”
“Yes, I did. While your grandpa was distracting you earlier with that video game.”
“Why couldn’t you just give it to me normally?”
“Because, it’s for your eyes only.” He grinned wickedly. “So, are you ready?”
“I guess.”
“Alright.” Jounouchi flung open the door of Yugi’s room. “Ta-da!”
Yugi gaped. “What the…?” He walked inside, staring at pieces of fabric and foam on the carpet. “You…destroyed my pillow?”
“Yep.”
“That’s my present? You decided I didn’t need a pillow anymore?”
“No, that’s only half of the present.”
“Great, I can’t wait to see the other half,” Yugi muttered, scooping up strips of fabric.
Jounouchi reached behind the bed and brought out a large shopping bag. “I got rid of your old pillow because I got you one even better to replace it.” With a flourish he opened the shopping bag and pulled out another pillow, brandishing it proudly. “Happy birthday Yugi!”
Yugi’s face went completely red. “J-Jounouchi…! That…that pillow has a picture of Yami on it!”
“Yes, yes it does.”
“Why are you giving me a pillow with Yami’s face on it? How did you even get that, anyway?!”
“There’s a store in town, it’ll print a digital picture on anything you can print on. I took this picture awhile back with my camera phone…he didn’t know, you know how Yami hates having his picture taken. He looks good in it, doesn’t he?”
Yugi refrained from answering. Instead he snatched the pillow from Jounouchi and insisted, “Jounouchi, tell me why you chose this present.”
“Because, you and your Pharaoh counterpart are so stubbourn that at this rate nothing’s going to happen till you’re fifty. So I thought I’d help things along, at least on your end. Now, whenever you like, wherever you like…you can sleep with Yami.” He beamed, obviously pleased.
Mortified, Yugi’s jaw dropped. “JOUNOUCHI. That…what…why would you think…!”
Jounouchi winked. “It’s alright, you don’t need to thank me.”
“I’m not thanking you! How am I supposed to explain this to my family? And to the rest of the gang…oh god, how am I supposed to explain it to Yami?! He’s coming over with everyone for the party later, what if he sees it? In what world is there a reasonable explanation for having a pillow with a picture of his face on it?”
“Well the fact that you’re madly in love with him is reasonable…”
“I am n-not!” Now his whole body was blushing.
“Keep telling yourself that.” Jounouchi waved his hand. “Anyway, I have a shift to cover at the restaurant, but I’ll be back for your birthday dinner later with the rest of the crowd.”
Yugi, scowling, waved the pillow threateningly. “Maybe I won’t even let you have dinner after this fiasco.”
“You wouldn’t ban me from your birthday dinner.”
“Fine, I wouldn’t,” he admitted, then raised his voice again. “But I am shoving this in my closet! I’m not sleeping with it, I’m not looking at it, and as soon as I get the chance I’m giving it to a homeless shelter or something. Maybe a lucky fangirl will get it.”
“Hey, it’s your pillow, do what you want with it.” Jounouchi grinned and backed out of the room, but not before Yugi heard him adding, “But don’t come crying to me when you’re missing him…”
“It’s a pillow, not a ‘him’!” Yugi shouted, but Jounouchi was already running down the stairs. He sighed and looked back at the gift.
It was a good picture of Yami.
Shaking himself, Yugi shoved it in the back of his closet and closed the doors.
That night he couldn’t fall asleep.
This is all Jounouchi’s fault…ruining my one good pillow… he thought, irritated, as he struggled to get comfortable. He couldn’t destroy the other one that’s too firm. No, it had to be the comfortable soft one.
He recalled the gifted pillow as being the exact softness that he liked. Of course Jounouchi had no doubt planned it that way.
I am not giving in to this…
An hour later he sighed, got out of bed, and shuffled silently to the closet. I’m only doing this because otherwise I’ll never get any sleep, he affirmed, pulling out the pillow with Yami’s picture and walking back to bed. He sat down on the edge and studied the picture in the light from the skylight. Yes, it was just as he’d noticed earlier, a great snapshot of his former other self. His hair was lifted slightly by a breeze, his head held confidently, his eyes deep and gentle, his lips parted the tiniest bit…Jounouchi either had the best camera phone in the world or he’d just happened to catch the shot of a lifetime.
Yet the longer he looked at the picture the more he thought that neither of those was correct. It wasn’t just great technology or dumb luck. There was no way around it. Yami was simply…beautiful. The camera had no choice but to capture it.
Sighing again, but this time a wistful sigh, he set the pillow behind him and leaned back, satisfied with the softness of it. Maybe now he could get some sleep. But when he rolled onto his side he couldn’t help noticing Yami’s face right next to his out of the corner of his eye. And as stupid as it was he felt a little bad about lying on his face like this…
Oh God. I’m pathetic.
But even that thought didn’t stop him from scooting down till his head rested at the bottom of the picture instead, where Yami’s chest would be. He brought one hand up to stroke the fabric, as if Yami’s real hair and cheek were there for him to touch.
And only now, out of the prying eyesight of anyone he knew, did Yugi smile and blush to himself, bringing up his arms and hugging the pillow tight. He didn’t bother explaining his actions to himself this time. He knew what fueled them. His lips moved against the fabric as he closed his eyes.
“…Good night Yami.”
x-x-x
Notes: Philosophical!Jounouchi is awesome. Playful!Jounouchi is just as awesome.
I've seen ads for places that will print pictures on pillows. They totally exist.
Needless to say...the pillow never gets given away. xDD
In any other world, the idea of someone having a pillow with someone else's face on it secretly would come across as stalkerish and creepy. In the Puzzleshippy world...well, it works. x3
I have a Yami pillow. More than one actually. And I defy anyone to find a hardcore Yami fangirl that hasn't at some point hugged her Yami pillow and secretly pretended she was really hugging him. (Yes, by the way, that was a confession. No teasing please.)