Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Admit It ❯ Nobody Sleeps At Sleepovers ( Chapter 6 )

Disclaimer: Have you ever tried scrambled egg with melted cheese on top? It's sooo good...

A/N: Really it is. I just finished one; I'd make one of those little manga heart thingies if I could figure out how. Hmm... So, I'll bet you're all ready to kill me after the last chapter... At least, I hope so ;) It kinda was the desired effect. But fear not, because the whole issue... is NOT resolved in this chapter!!! If anything, it's made worse. Mwuhahaha... I'm so evil, aren't I?

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Chapter Six: Nobody Sleeps At Sleepovers

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Seto Kaiba sighed, taking a moment to massage his temples before answering the phone. Only 7:30, and he could already feel a head-ache coming on. He had gone to work early since he had missed yesterday, to discover a huge pile of paperwork on his desk. He was never going to sort through it all, though, if he kept getting so many damn phone calls.

"Moshi moshi; Seto Kaiba speaking," he ground out. `You had better be a very important person, or I'll see that you're fired...'

"Hi, big bro!" Mokuba said cheerfully on the other end. "Sorry to have to call you at work, but you were gone by the time I got up."

The CEO's frosty mood warmed a little. "Good morning, Mokuba," he said. "What is it; I'm kind of busy today..."

"Well, I was wondering if I could have a sleep-over. I want to have the whole gang over, okay?"

Kaiba's jaw dropped open involuntarily. "The whole gang?" he repeated, dazed.

"Uh-huh! So it's okay then?"

"N-no, it is most certainly not okay! I..." But then he hesitated. It was strange, he reflected, that they could both take him being gone before Mokuba was even awake so casually. He hardly ever saw the kid some days... Maybe he ought to give him this one thing, in return for putting up with him. He was such a sucker... "Well, it's not okay, but go ahead anyway," he amended.

"Yes!" Mokuba said, with feeling. "Thank you so much, nii-san!"

He smiled. "You're welcome. Well, you'd better be getting off to school, so I'll see you this afternoon."

"Okay! Bye!" And he hung up.

Kaiba sighed again. What had he gotten himself into?

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On Friday, Ryou and Bakura were greeted by the butler again. "Konnichiwa," Ryou said formally, while Bakura rolled his eyes. "Is Kaiba feeling better?"

He nodded. "Yes. He was able to go to work again today. Young Master Kaiba is in his room, making some phone calls." So they went upstairs.

Ryou knocked on the door. "Come in," Mokuba called. Sure enough, he was on the phone. "Listen, Jonouchi, I should go; Ryou and his yami are here. Yeah. Bye!"

Bakura raised an eyebrow, lounging again the wall. "So, what's up?"

"Seto-kun said I could have a sleepover!" he gushed. "Everybody's invited, including you guys. You want to stay for it?"

Ryou and Bakura exchanged glances, both thinking the same thing: sleepovers with the whole gang tended to get rather R-rated. "I'd love to; I need to call my dad and let him know, but I'm sure he won't mind," Ryou said carefully. "I don't suppose you've... ever had a sleep-over with the whole gang before, have you?"

He giggled. "Oh, sure. They always save the nasty stuff for after I go to bed." Ryou just stared, wondering - not for the first time - where he got this stuff.

Shortly after Ryou talked to his dad, the others started to arrive. They congregated in the vast living room around several platters of chips and dip, each with a can of pop. "So, what're we doin'?" Jonouchi asked, once they were all there.

//He just *had* to ask, didn't he?// Ryou laughed under his breath, knowing exactly what he meant, as Mokuba grinned.

"Well, who's up for Kingdom Hearts?"

"Hey, you have that game now? Cool!"

Bakura groaned, as the others gathered around the Play Station. "I think I'll sit this one out, thanks." Ryou nodded in agreement.

"You don't know what you're missing," Mokuba assured them.

"Oh, believe me, we do," Ryou said firmly.

"Well, how about this then? Did you two bring your decks?" The couple nodded. "Then let's have a little mini-tournament! I'll duel Ryou, winner duels Bakura, winner of that duels Seto-kun. What do you think?"

The two exchanged glances. "You plan on telling your brother about this... when?" Bakura inquired.

Mokuba just grinned. "Oh, don't worry; I'll get around to it eventually."

Ryou shook his head. "You've been hanging out with us too long. Alright then, let's duel."

Once they had shuffled and drawn, Bakura casually looked over Mokuba's shoulder at his hand. //Okay, he's got a-//

/Yami-kun!/

//What?//

/... Look, have you ever heard of playing fair?/

//Ooh, harsh... no.//

/I didn't think so./

//Okay, fine, I won't tell you his cards. But from your hand, I'd say you should play-//

/Yami-kun!/

//Hey, pharaoh does it all the time!//

/Yes, but pharaoh hasn't seen his opponent's cards before he advises *his* hikari, now has he?/

//... No.// Ryou grinned.

As it turned out, Ryou won the game just fine without his yami's help. "Good duel," he said amicably, as Mokuba gathered up his cards. But then he frowned. "I have a question..."

"Huh?"

"Well... I'm supposed to duel my yami now, right? But, well, we both use the same deck."

Mokuba considered that for a moment, then beamed. "No problem! I'll just get Seto-kun to loan one of you some cards! I'm sure he has all the ones in your deck in his collection; we could make an exact copy. Can I borrow it for a minute?" Ryou nodded, handing his deck over, and the younger boy ran upstairs with it.

There was a knock on his study door, and Kaiba winced. He hoped for the knocker's sake that it wasn't one of Mokuba's friends; he had barricaded himself in here for the specific reason of avoiding them. "Come in," he said tersely.

Mokuba came bounding in. "Do you have all these cards?" he demanded, thrusting a deck under his older brother's nose.

Kaiba blinked, taking the cards. That was abrupt... "Whose are these?" he inquired, as he looked through them. It was a pretty good deck, he had to admit...

"Ryou's," Mokuba replied. "You see, he and his yami want to duel, but they only have one deck. So we were wondering if you had the cards to build another one just like it that they could borrow for a while."

He raised an eyebrow. Well, naturally he had all these cards, but... "Okay, fine," he agreed, "but I'm coming down to make sure nothing happens to them."

Mokuba giggled. "Ryou wouldn't hurt your cards!"

"I'm sure he wouldn't; it's the mutt I don't trust," he said darkly.

A few minutes later, the two siblings came down the stairs together. "Well, look who's come down to earth to join us," Jonouchi said sarcastically.

"Not because I wanted to, I assure you - puppy," Kaiba snapped. That ritual taken care of, he joined Yami for a brief session of looking anywhere but each other. Meanwhile, Mokuba handed Bakura the duplicate deck.

"Thanks for lending us your cards, Kaiba-san," Ryou said, smiling. Kaiba just nodded, but he noted the slightly less formal title. Good memory...

//Well, this should be interesting,// Bakura commented. //It's all down to how the cards shuffle, I guess.//

/Indeed,/ Ryou agreed. /Don't go easy on me, okay?/

The corner of the yami's mouth twitched. //Don't worry; I won't. But I suppose we should shut our minds off, to make it `fair.'//

Ryou almost chuckled out loud. /Yes, you're right./

As it turned out, Bakura was happier that he'd made the request than he thought he'd be. He had only made it to make his hikari happy, but he found his mind constantly straying to Kaiba. It's just, he was sitting right there, watching... He glanced over at him, to find that the CEO was looking right at him. He blanched, and hurriedly looked away.

What was this?! he fumed in his head, slapping down cards practically at random. He wasn't really getting a, a crush, was he? That would be... He mentally shuddered. Well, that would just be terrible. `Okay, I can't keep ignoring this; it'll drive me crazy. I have to think this out logically...'

He loved Ryou. He was absolutely positive of that. Crush or no crush, Ryou was still one of the most desirable beings in the world to him. But Kaiba was pretty desirable too... Well, there was only one thing he could do, he decided firmly. Forget this. He couldn't let some passing interest in a guy who probably didn't even like him back ruin everything he had with his hikari.

Then he risked another glance at Kaiba, and winced. Well, maybe he couldn't forget it. But he would make sure that nothing ever happened. After this baby-sitting thing was over, he would just stay away from Kaiba; easy enough. Given enough time of not seeing him, he would get over this; he just had to...

Ryou stared at his koi quizzically, before doling out yet another devastating blow to his life points. `The way he's playing, I could win with my eyes closed,' he mused. And he knew why, of course. Bakura was obviously thinking about a certain brown-haired millionaire... He sighed. This was so awful. They had both fallen for him, but what were they supposed to do about it? He just hoped his yami would get his feelings sorted out soon so they could talk about it. Of course, who knew whether he would actually talk to him about it; until he found out that Bakura felt the same way he didn't think *he'd* be able to say anything on the subject. In a morbid kind of way, he was curious as to what the spirit would do. Abruptly, he looked down at the playing field, and his eyes widened. He was losing concentration too now; he'd better stop it or his friends would get suspicious...

Meanwhile, Kaiba watched them both in amazement, completely oblivious of their thoughts. What the hell did they think they were doing? He had hardly ever seen two such crappy duelists; he couldn't believe that they had such a good deck when they played like beginners. Well, Ryou played like a beginner; Bakura played like he thought it was solitaire. Was he drunk...? And judging from their friends' dazed expressions, they were just as shocked as he was.

After the most bizarre fifteen minutes of dueling history, Ryou won. Bakura sighed in relief. "Well, looks like you get to duel Kaiba," he commented, sounding like he considered himself the lucky one.

The CEO blinked. "E-excuse me?" Jonouchi snickered.

Mokuba sweatdropped. "Um... I can explain everything?"

While the two brothers started bickering, Ryou decided to amuse himself, even though he supposed it was rather cruel of him. /So... what was that all about?/ he asked casually, now that they'd re-opened their minds.

//Um... what?//

/Oh... You know I'm never gonna let you live this down, right?/

//NANI?!//

/Just kidding, love./

"Fine," Kaiba ground out, speaking to Mokuba. "I'll duel him, this time, but I'd prefer if next time you set me up as a tournament prize, you tell me first." His brother just giggled, and he rolled his eyes.

Ryou winced. He had been hoping Kaiba would refuse; now his nervousness would show even more. He'd better come up with some kind of alibi for when they started questioning him; maybe he could tell everyone that he was feeling a little ill? "Sorry about this," he said to Kaiba, as they drew their hands.

He shrugged. "Whatever. Let's just make it fast; I have work to do."

A few minutes into the duel, Ryou reached a conclusion. Yes, it was as bad as he was afraid it was going to be; he was doomed. And he had thought his yami hadn't been paying attention... He just couldn't stop thinking about that kiss yesterday. That was the sort of thing a yami was supposed to do, not a hikari. Regardless of the fact that he liked him too, Bakura would be furious if he found out. To say nothing of Kaiba himself... He peered through his bangs at the brunette, sighed quietly, and looked away.

Kaiba, unfortunately, didn't suffer from any kind of distraction; he noticed. "What is the matter with you?" he demanded suddenly. "You're so twitchy; you and your yami both. I can't believe you actually beat my little brother playing like this."

Ryou grimaced; good going... "I, uh, I'm not feeling quite well just now," he replied sheepishly.

Kaiba gave him one long, thoughtful look, then nodded. "Well, all right then. If you want any medicine Mokuba can show you where it is." The white-haired boy relaxed, relived that he'd bought it.

The CEO glanced at the playing field. "...Oh, and I attack your life points with Vampire Lord; I win." Ryou blinked, as Kaiba stood up. "Now, I've really got to get back to work. Please try not to bother me unless it's actually important, all of you." And with that, he marched back upstairs.

There was a moment of silence. "Alright, what's your secret?" Jonouchi demanded, the instant they heard Kaiba's office door close.

Ryou paled. Oh no, here it came... "Um... huh?"

"Oh, come on; ya know what I mean! What did you do to Kaiba to make him so polite `n stuff?" Ryou almost fainted from relief. "I mean, all he said was `I win'! When he beats me, I get a fifteen-minute long puppy lecture!"

"Eh heh... Wow, I never noticed!" he replied cheerfully, lying through his teeth.

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At about midnight, Mokuba was just going upstairs to get some sleep, when to everyone's amazement, Kaiba was seen dragging himself *downstairs*. He ruffled his little brother's hair in passing, looking a bit out of it.

Needless to say, they all stopped what they were doing at stared at him. "You're still up?" Ryou remarked, shocked. "What are you doing?"

The brunette look at him owlishly for a moment. "Getting coffee," he grunted.

Jonouchi smirked. "Dun tell me you've been doing work stuff this whole time!" he gloated. "And here we were, playing games, piggin' out... Better me than you, dude!"

Kaiba merely glared, and continued making his zombie-like way into the kitchen.

A few minute later, he returned, third cup of espresso in his hand. "Hey, would you like to play Truth or Dare with us?" Anzu asked, not unkindly.

He actually managed a disdainful glance, but decided an argument with the friendship queen was not something he wanted right now. "No," he said simply, and started up the stairs.

Jonou's eyes, however, had developed an evil glint. "What, are you *a chicken*? Wow, I never thought the great Seto Kaiba'd be afraid of a little game of Truth or Dare! Bwuk bwuk!"

Slowly, he turned. "Puppies are supposed to whine, not cluck; or didn't anyone tell you?" he replied icily.

He just grinned. "Oh, you see, I was just telling you what kinda noise you're supposed ta make, since you're a chicken and all."

The air between them practically crackled. "Fine," Kaiba snapped. "I'll play your bakka game, but only so I can dare you to do something really horrible..."

Jonouchi sneered. "Knock yourself out; you're the one with the gigantic ego," he mocked. "So, should I start then?" He was in such a scary mood that no one dared say no. "Kaiba, truth or dare!"

"Dare," he scoffed.

"I dare you... To get us all the beers we want, for the rest of the night!"

He blanched. "Absolutely not! I will not have a bunch of drunken hentais running around my house!"

"Bwuk bwuk..."

He looked as though steam might start coming out of his ears at any moment. "Fine! ...bastard..."

"Awright! Get me a beer. Actually, get me two."

The game progressed swiftly from there; the beer helped. Within half an hour Bakura had already lost track of how much alcohol he had had; he decided that at this point he was probably drunk enough to try his idea. Once it was his turn again, he glanced at Kaiba. "Truth or dare?"

"Dare."

"Kiss the one person in this room that you'd like to be with the most - only, it has to be a boy."

He stared. "You are so incredibly drunk," he finally choked out, the only one who hadn't had a single beer.

"Bwuk, *hic* bwuk..." Jonouchi commented, and dissolved into a fit of giggles. Now it was Bakura's turn to stare.

"Okay, fine," Kaiba growled, and while everyone watched he grabbed Ryou by the collar and kissed him fiercely. After a few moments he pulled away, wiping his lips on his sleeve.

Bakura gaped at him, while Ryou blinked rapidly. Kaiba glared at everyone as if to say, `that did not just happen,' before going back to his seat.

Shortly thereafter, however, things began going downhill. It started when Jonouchi passed out. First Yami and Yugi then Anzu and Mai `mysteriously disappeared.' Ryou fell asleep - or passed out; it was hard to tell. Finally the only ones left in the room were Kaiba, Bakura and Honda. Honda decided that being in the same room as two of the scariest people he knew - while one of them was drunk, no less - without the gang to back him up was not a good thing, and he wandered off muttering something about catching some sleep.

"Good riddance," Kaiba muttered, once he had left. He glanced over at Bakura, and raised an eyebrow; the spirit had apparently fallen asleep while he hadn't been paying attention. His lighter half had slumped over and was now resting his head on the other's shoulder. They made a cute picture, he reflected, if only he pretended that Ryou was a girl.

With a quiet sigh he got up, trying not to think of all the work he had missed by doing this. By the time he passed the couch the two white-haired boys were on he was already so deep in thought that he didn't even notice the hand grab hold of his trench coat, until he was jerked backward. He nearly had a heart attack right there.

"What was that for?!" he snapped, glowering at Bakura.

The yami just treated him to a Cheshire grin. "Going so soon?"

"Yes, actually..." He was silent for a moment, then he looked away. "Um... Sorry I kissed him," he muttered, gesturing to Ryou. "I suppose I got a little carried away; I was... annoyed."

"Oh, no problem; I thought it was sexy."

He paled. "W-what?" he managed to choke.

"Yeah... didn't you?"

Near heart attack, take two. "All right, that's it! You are highly intoxicated; you should really go to bed."

"But what if I don't want to?"

He scowled. "Oh, feel free to do what you want. But if you bother me while *I'm* trying to sleep, you'll be spending the rest of the evening outside."

He tried to cackle, though it didn't quiet work. "Yes ma'am!" he replied solemnly, and passed out.

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A/N: Yay, almost done! If I remember correctly, there are only... two more chapters... hmm... (doesn't even know how many chapters long her own fic is)... Okay, I want someone to write an Ocean's Eleven fic. There's no section for them! Not on fanfiction net or Aff.net either! I just saw Ocean's Twelve yesterday, which was seriously awesome, and now I want to read fanfics, except there aren't any T.T It's got Brad Pitt in it, but there are no fanfics of it! How wrong is that? Er, R&R?