[fic] Snow days - Yugioh, YYxY, fluff, PG, theme 008 (100_chances)
Theme: 008- Snow days; for 100_chances
Author: Chey (duelist_gurl163)
Rating: PG
Genre: Fluff/romance
Parings: YamixYugi
Archive: You're lookin' at it
Warnings: AU
Spoilers: None
Summary: Yami discovers that snow does have one good purpose.
Disclaimer: *checks copyright* Nope, still says Yugioh belongs to Takahashi.
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“Yami!” Yugi hugged him as he walked in. “How are you?”
“It’s snowing,” He reported with dismay as he took off his jacket and boots.
“I know!” Yugi beamed through the window at the white flakes. “And school was canceled. Today is the best day ever.”
Yami scowled at the window. “Worst day at school beats a best day of snow if you ask me.”
“You’re crabby,” Yugi said, leaning against him.
“I hate winter. This is the first proof of winter. Now there’s three more months ahead…”
“How can you hate winter? It’s beautiful and white and magical! And sometimes, like today, we even get a free day off school!”
“It’s cold, wet, and my family is going to make me spend hours shoveling snow out of our driveway. I’ve already gotten at least three large bruises putting snow tires on my truck this morning, and I saw two crashes just coming here. I’m wearing four layers of clothes and I’m still shivering. Snow sucks, ice sucks, winter sucks.”
“Oh, but it makes the world look so clean and pure.”
“For one hour. After that, it makes the world look like a huge dirty snow cone that’s been dropped on the ground and stepped on.”
“You are the biggest cynic I’ve ever met!” Yugi scolded.
“Sorry.” Yami shook his head. “Winter and I don’t get along.”
“All you need is one good experience though, and then you’ll change your mind,” Yugi said cheerfully. “Then you’ll learn to love winter.”
Yami folded his arms. “Okay, give me one good reason.”
“Snow angels.”
“Try again.”
“Hot chocolate.”
“We could turn the AC up and get the house good and cold and enjoy it just as much.”
“Sledding, skiing, ice skating…”
“I hate sports. I don’t think freezing while playing sports is going to make me like them any more.”
“Ice skating isn’t a sport!”
“It’s in the Olympics, it’s a sport.”
Yugi took his hand and dragged him toward the stairs. “Come on.”
“Where are we going?”
“Ice skating. I’m gonna get my skates, and we’ll stop by Jounouchi’s, you can borrow his.”
“Yugi, I don’t want-!”
Yugi turned, pouting slightly. Yami stopped fighting. “Okay, I guess I could give it a try.”
A twenty-minute truck ride later, they arrived at the frozen lake where several other families were already skating. Yugi helped Yami put the skates on and they clomped through the snow to the edge of the lake.
“Have you ever ice skated before?” Yugi asked. Yami shook his head, eyeing the ice warily.
“No…we lived down south before moving here.”
“Okay, well, it’s easy.” Yugi said, gliding backwards out onto the ice. “The most important thing is to not try to lift your feet right away. Wait till you get your balance.”
“I don’t know…”
“Come on, just try. Here…” He moved forward and reached out, taking Yami by the arms. “Now put one foot on the ice…”
Yami obeyed. “Ehh…okay…I think I’m steady.”
“Now the other.”
Wobbling, he lifted his left foot and his right one, already on the ice, slid out from under him.
“Ahh! Yugi!!”
The next thing he knew, they were both on the ground. Laughing, Yugi got to his feet and took his hands. “Don’t worry, that happens to everyone. But look, you’re on the ice! Now try to stand up.”
With a lot of sliding and tipping, he finally managed to stand upright, clinging to Yugi. But he couldn’t help a victorious grin. “I’m standing!”
“A good first step,” Yugi agreed. Then he started to move his feet. Yami gripped him harder.
“Yugi…what are you…?”
“Just hold still, I’m moving us so you get an idea of how it feels on the skates.”
“It feels like I’m about to fall over at any second.”
“Move your feet too, it’ll make you feel a little more steady.”
As Yugi slowly skated backward, pulling Yami with him, he smiled up at his boyfriend. He could see sparks of enjoyment in Yami’s eyes, despite his grumbling. After a few moments Yami even got up the nerve to try moving his feet, and felt them both move faster.
“Hey, I think I’m doing it!”
“Good job!” Yugi congratulated. “Now ready to try it on your own?”
“Wait, what?”
“Good luck!” Yugi let go of him and glided away, giggling as Yami slid to a wobbly stop and froze where he stood.
“Yugi!” He yelled.
“Just do what you did before!” Yugi skated away several meters, stopping beside a snow bank. “You can do it!”
Tentatively he moved one foot, then the other, but with too much force. Flailing, he managed to regain his balance without falling over and tried again.
“Hey, Yugi, I’m moving forward!”
“Alright!” Yugi called back, clapping.
Growing bold, he tried to push himself faster, concentrating so much on not falling over that he didn’t realize how close he was to Yugi till he heard Yugi call out to him to slow down.
Slow down?
But he didn’t know how to slow down!
Flailing again, he found himself heading right for the snow bank. Yugi reached out and grabbed him on the way by, spinning him around. Tipping backwards, he fell into the snow as Yugi fell on top of him, laughing.
“Arrgh! I hate winter!” Yami sputtered, shivering. “Yugi, I’m sorry, but I don’t think you’re ever going to convert me.”
Yugi smiled down at him. “Hold still, okay?”
“Why? I’m cold, wet, sore…I’m currently experiencing everything I hate about this damned season all at once and-”
Yugi sighed, leaned down and kissed his lips long and softly, parting them. Instantly going silent, Yami’s eyes fluttered shut as he savoured the feeling. This was something new…he and Yugi’s cold, dry lips merging with an intensely warm kiss; a strange, but pleasant, mix of ice and heat.
As Yugi pulled away, Yami smiled up at him. “So maybe there is something to like about winter.”
x-x-x
Notes: There hasn't been any gratutious fluff for awhile. Time to remedy that, I say. u_u
It seems that it doesn't snow in Domino in canon. But this is AU...so we'll just pretend Domino has been moved north, ne? For the record, I have ice skated before, there's an indoor rink in Miami. I spent the entire time there either falling down, or in the bathroom under the hand dryer, trying to get warm. ^^;;;
Posted today in celebration of my epic win in NaNoWriMo. Reached 50K last night! Feel free to leave me congratulations on this post. ^^ (Offers of cyber tea and soup would be appreciated too, I feel a cold coming on. T_T)