Regalshipping

Regalshipping chapter 4

Zephyr of Darkness' notes: Thank you magemongod and Orange for the reviews. And your desires are orders to me: more fun for a longer time, and Tea will now know what happened....


Just in case,

- Blah blah = chatting.

"Blah blah" = thinking.

/Blah blah/ =Yugi's mind link to Yami.

//Blah blah// =Yami's mind link to Yugi.

Enjoy the fic!

/Yami!/

No response.

/Wake up, Yami!/

//Mmmmmmrm...// - the addressed spirit moaned.

/Well, at least you're not up to the porny shower scene today./ - said Yugi as he got up from his bed.

//Huh? Not quite so.// - said Yami in a blurry voice.

/...so..../ - said Yugi as he entered the shower - /You going to go for the gold?/

//...The gold? Now that's some way of putting it, aibou. Both figuratively and literally.//

/Literally? What do you mean?/

Yami just chuckled. //Use your little gray cells, aibou.//

/...whatever./ - Yugi got out of the shower. - /One thing./

//Yes?//

/You figure out what am I going to tell Tea about it./

Yami's eyes rolled. //Just tell her the truth. Mou hitori no boku is going after Mai!//

Yugi cringed as he made his way down the stairs and to the kitchen. - /What if things don't go well between you two?/

//I don't like to think that would happen, but I suppose I'd eventually move on. Why do you ask?//

/No... no particular reason./

Yami just stretched. //Tea. What may Tea think about it. Am I wrong?//

Yugi didn't answer.

//Tea has had plenty of time to date you before this if she really wanted to.//

/.... I...... I never really asked her out. And then... she fell for you. Not me./

//Tough soap opera, aibou.//

Yugi frowned silently. Yami's corner of the mouth curved.

/In any case... could you keep this in the dark?/

//In the dark?// - Yami's tone didn't sound pleased at all. Yugi cringed as he grabbed his backpack and made his way out of his home.

/Yes... at least until there's something solid going on between you two... or not./ - Yugi's tone had a glimpse of hope in it.

//Hmm...// - Yami nodded - //Okay. It wouldn't be very wise to spread the word around so early, anyway.//

/That includes not telling anyone what happened last night./

Yami nodded, reluctantly. //Yes... but if anyone asks what happened, it's up to you to come up with an idea.//

Yugi blushed and nodded lightly.

- Hi Yugi - Tea reached his side.

- Oh, hello, Tea. - Yugi looked at her face. She seemed cheerful as usual, but... her eyes had a glint of something suspicious. Yugi quite couldn't put a finger on what it was.

//Old habits die hard. Look at her chest, Yugi!//

Yugi looked down as discreetly as he could, to see the padding still on its place. But... something different about it...

/I think it's a cup or so bigger than the one she had on last night./

Yami laughed. //To think that you bought the busty teenager tale, luxury edition included. Thin teenagers don't usually have big chests, Yugi.//

Yugi thought about it. /I wonder if Joey and Tristan already told someone else about this./

//They might have. And if they didn't, I will.// - Yami smiled a toothy grin.

/Yami!/

//You asked me about keeping my stuff with Mai in the dark, not to keep silence about Tea's breast size.// - Yami smiled, obviously enjoying the situation a lot.

/Don't do that either. Please./

//As you wish. But I'll count that as another favor.//

/.../

- Um, Yugi, about yesterday... - asked Tea shyly.

- Y-yes? - Yugi stuttered. It was too early for him to come out with a believable story.

- ...you must think something bad of me because I have a padding on...

- Huh? No, no, not at all - Yugi shook his head vigorously - I don't think anything bad of you, Tea. Never did, never will.

- Really? That's nice of you, Yugi...

/Saved!/ - Yugi sighed.

- Does the Pharaoh believe the same?

The Millennium Puzzle glowed brightly, and Yami's form appeared.

- Don't worry, Tea. I don't think any less of you than before this episode. - said Yami calmly.

- Thank you, Pharaoh - said Tea withouth the slightest reserve or hint of suspicion, as Yami's image faded and Yugi reappeared.

- But I wonder if the guys have told someone else about this.

- I believe the guys have something more serious to care about this morning. - said Tea with her usual exasperated tone when talking about them.

- What do you mean? - asked Yugi, a bit more alarmed than he wanted to.

- Remember that new burger restaurant, The Crammy Burger?

- Yeah...

- Joey and Tristan didn't like the ketchup when they went there, so they are mounting guard in front of the restaurant and not letting anyone in.

Yugi and Yami frowned simultaneously.

- They are weird. - Tea shrugged - But so is Mai - she cringed - Yugi, promise me we're not going with that woman anywhere again.

Yami looked at Yugi menacingly. Yugi cringed, not knowing what to say. Seconds of silence passed by, and not a single god-damned interruption!

Tea's expression slowly changed to a frown. - Yugi! You wanna meet her again?! Miss Boobies Contest?!

//If I was her, I would shut up about that.// - Yami raised an eyebrow.

- No, no, no - Yugi shook his head - It's just that... well, Joey and Tristan like her... they are not going to say no...

- Oh, I see. - Tea relaxed a bit, but she still looked suspicious.

That moment, Joey and Tristan came back from the frontline of their glorious mission.

- Yo, guys. - greeted Joey. - Yugi! You lucky bastard! - exclaimed as he thumped his arm over Yugi's shoulder - A hot babe wetted her T-shirt and jiggled her boobs fer ya! You're asking her out, right?!

- Yeah, Yugi, you never got a hot babe near you, and now she falls in your lap - nodded Tristan. Tea twitched an eye.

- We're right at your side to help ya!

- Would be cool if Mai was a part of our gang!

- You'll have to lend her sometime - Joey smirked, and suddenly clutched his head - Ouch!!!!! My head!!!!!

/Don't mind crush people randomly, Yami!/

//It was just a warning.//

- Oww... - The blond rubbed his head. - I was just kidding, Pharaoh. But will you mind if we stare if she enters another wet T-shirts contest?!

Yami rolled his eyes.

- He says he doesn't, Joey.

Tea's fists were clenched so tightly that her knuckles were white.

- So when are you going to meet her again?

- You know, he was left last on Mai's car. What did ya two do? - Joey winked.

- Yeah! Details! What happened there?!

Yugi cringed as he got a corner of the eye vision of Tea, who looked like she was about to scream.

- Nothing... really....

-Nothing really?! So that means something actually happened!!! What did you do?!

Yugi's face got red. He took in air and yelled.

- Nothing happened there!!! Okay?!! - he looked like a little kid about to cry - Mai and I didn't do anything!!! Anything at all!!!

- Mai and I didn't do anything... - Tristan slowly repeated, and then suddenly smirked. - That means... the Pharaoh and her did!!!

Yugi gulped. How came his almost idiot friends suddenly became so sharp when it came to his relationship with Mai?

-Whoah!! Congrats, Pharaoh! Kudos to you!!! - Joey beamed.

The Egyptian was folding his arms, head down, in his soul room.

//What to do now, Yugi? Spit it out or lie our way through it?//

However, this time there was no need to think. With a loud thud, Tea fainted.


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/This is all your fault./ - Yugi sobbed, sitting on a chair besides an infirmary bed, where Tea was still unconscious.

//My fault... right.// - Yami sighed and rolled his eyes.

/If you hadn't been with Mai, none of these would have happened./

//And if Tea had liked you back, it wouldn't have had either.//

- So what happened there?! - Joey asked, beginning to fret - What did ya two do?! You didn't... you know... or did you?!!!! - Joey's eyes glittered with excitement.

- He couldn't possibly... or could he?!! - Tristan's eyes glittered in turn.

- Would be amazin' if Yugi was da first of us to...

Yugi was cringing with each word. - Don't... ask... please... - he mumbled so low that nobody heard.

- WHAT?! - Joey asked.

- Did you say something? I saw you move the lips. -said Tristan.

- Hey, stop yappin'!! This is an infirmary!! - a little girl with a bandaged finger in a bed nearby yelled.

- Shut up!! We're trying to get Yug here to tell us if he got laid last night or not!! - Joey yelled.

The girl got dumbfounded.

Yugi buried himself in his seat more, profuse blush almost hiding his features.

- Is that what you do when your friend is there, unconscious? - the girl nodded at Tea.

- What friend???? - Tristan and Joey looked in the direction the girl pointed at - Oh, you mean Tea? Well... she's just his friend. - Joey tilted his head to Yugi's side.

- If you knew what has she been through before, you wouldn't worry about a little faint - Tristan shook his head.

//Tell that girl you've rescued Tea from a thief, a mugger/pervert, Kaiba's minions, a bomb maniac, an evil teacher, Shadi, a pervert fortune teller... and she still wouldn't go out with you.//

Yugi just stood still, blushing.

//I'm sure her sympathy will somehow fade after she gets to know that.//

/That's not true. You did, and she loves you. Not me./

//She didn't know it at first. To everyone, you and I were the same person.//

- Your blush is telling everything even when you don't say anything, Yug.

Tristan gawked. - So he did?!

- Hey, tell the Pharaoh to come out and tell us!

//Oops. Yugi wouldn't want that.// - Yami was amused.

- Come on out, Pharaoh! - Joey stared at the bandaged girl, who was staring back, probably trying to decipher what did they mean by wanting a pharaoh to come out. - Hey, did ya know? This one looks like she has big ones, but it is just a padded bra. The one he landed, though - he tilted his head to Yugi - actually has the big stuff.

The girl stared back silently. She looked like she was about to cry. - ..................pig.

- Ya don't believe me?!! All three o' us saw them! Here, let me show you. - he moved closer to Tea, moving away the sheet that covered her.

- EWWWWWWW....! - the girl screamed.

- Stop it, Joey!! - Yugi cried out.

- She doesn't believe me, Yug. - said Joey as he reached Tea's coat and started to open it.

- Waaah! I, I believe you... - the girl's tone dropped from a scream to a murmur.

- Ya do?! Truly?! - Joey made a scary grimace close to the girl's face. The girl covered her lower face with a sheet.

- I think that means yes. - Tristan spoke. - Really now, come tell us about it, Pharaoh.

Yami had a sarcastic smile. //Better tell them what they want to hear, Yugi, or this will go on undefinedly.//

Yugi cringed. Successful moves in the same fashion had made his five feet height look like it had reduced by half. /I can't... tell... that... I... just..... can't....!/

//Then let me do it.//

/NOO!/

//I'll tone it down a lot, aibou. Promise.//

/....../

//Do you trust me?//

/.........I trust you..../

//Good. Let me handle this.//

The Millennium Puzzle shone brightly. The bandaged girl blinked. Did that guy with the eerie pendant look different all of a sudden? She rubbed her eyes. Why, he kind of looked hotter than he did before he... glowed? Her doubt-ridden mind arrived to a definite conclusion: These guys were weird.

Yami opened his eyes. - Very well. Since you insist...

Unadverted to everyone, a light moan escaped Tea's lips. Very dazed, she slowly got up, opening an eye. Had Yugi changed to Yami...?

- Mai and I kissed.

-Ooooooh------! - ceremoniously, Tea fainted again.

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- Don't get mad, Tea...

- I'm not mad!!!!!

- A kiss doesn't mean anything.

- It does!!!!!

Yugi was following Tea head down, the furious girl storming off a long path... that didn't lead anywhere really, but it's always more dramatic for storming off.

- I was watching... it was a little kiss. And it was Mai who did it to him. Honest!

Tea just kept storming off.

- Just on the spur of the moment. They didn't even set a new time to meet each other. Really!

Unexpectedly, Tea stopped, which made Yugi bump onto her and fall on his butt. The teenage girl turned around with a haughty look, arms akimbo.

- Just a little kiss. In the spur of the moment. Is that right?

Yugi nodded from the floor.

- Y-yes, that is correct.

Tea tilted her head, making her haughty pose even more disagreeable. - Tell the Pharaoh to come out.

//I'm busy counting the ants that come out of an anthill.//

/Yami! You're awfully mean!/

//What do you expect? She doesn't even bother to ask nicely.//

Yugi stood up. The Millennium Puzzle glowed. Yami sighed. - You wanted...?

Tea smiled and rapidly lunged forward, lips puckered aiming for Yami's mouth.

- Eeek! - Yami parried her. Her impulse made Tea stumble forward and kiss passionately a tree trunk.

- ...hmph. Trying to steal a kiss from me? You think you can get someone who has enough reflexes to use only one life to finish Megaman 2 and beat Airman without item number two? - Yami shook his head - Besides... I don't welcome being stolen kisses, you see. As I see it from here, that would qualify as a minor raping attempt.

Tea was gritting her teeth, clenching her hands and displaying a cascade of veins on her head. She kind of seemed to be angry. She opened her mouth to reply, but under everyone's surprised look, Yami was shoved away from his body and Yugi re-occupied it.

- Don't mind him, Tea. - he got close to her. - I'm here to kiss you - he closed his eyes and pouted.

Tea blinked, and her fierce-as-a-lion-attacking expression melted in a few seconds, staring at Yugi, and a pitiful expression took over her face. She moved a hand forward.

- ... You're such a nice guy, Yugi. - she patted his back, and turned around, leaving.

Yugi slowly opened his eyes, taking back his pout. - /I don't get it. Why doesn't she want to kiss me if I am "such a nice guy"? - Yugi choked back a sorrowful sob.

//You have so much to learn, Yugi.//

/What do you mean by that?!/

//That was an euphemism for "You're pathetic".//

/Hey! That's not true!/

Suddenly, Tea stopped on her tracks, about thirty feet away from Yugi, and turned around, her face having already recovered the human-eating expression.

- And Pharaoh, listen up! I'm not giving up! This is whore!

Yami rolled eyes. //You must mean war.//

Tea turned again, actually leaving this time. At last.

Yugi's eyes moisted slowly. - /Why does she like you so much if all you do is ignore and make fun of her? And not just that! She knows you've been with another girl. While I... I can't think of a way of being even nicer to her. I even listen to every word of her friendship speeches, which nobody else does. Hey! I know./ - Yugi suddenly beamed - /She is saving money to go to America to take ballet classes. I can put aside some of my money and give it to her. That way she'll like me more!/

//........// - Yami didn't really know how to answer. He was way too regal to do slapstick comedy and actually hit Yugi with a paper fan, but he was sure he'd have done it if he had been a notch less dignified. Yugi really deserved it!

/I can help during the afternoons with Grandpa's shop and get more for her!/

That was way too much even for Yami. Huffing, he got out of his room, crossed the corridor, entered Yugi's and took out a giant paper fan and really slapped Yugi with it.

- What was that for?! - Yugi yelled, rubbing his face.

-Oh, come on, wake up already! - Yami growled - Can't you see she doesn't like you because you're always kissing her feet?! Looking up to her?! Hungering for her love like a dog for a biscuit?!

- What?! I just want to make her happy. Like any good guy would want his girl to be!

Yami shook his head, then shook it again.

- You don't like to make girls happy, do you?

Yami looked up, taking in air. - Just listen to yourself.

- What?

- You said "I I just want to make her happy. Like any good guy would want his girl to be".

- Yeah... And?

- I have news for you. She's not your girl.

- But... I want...

- I know. Listening to someone... making her gifts... forgiving anything she does... those are nice things to do... - Yami tilted his head - ...when you're already committed. You're way overdoing it for somebody who ISN'T.

- But then, how am I going to...?

Yami smiled - Make her forget about me and focus on you? I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon.

Yugi cringed, frustrated and envious at his handsome and sexy dark twin.

- Not even with the best skills - Yami insisted.

He slowly paced away, to Yugi's soul room's door.

- But... if you were willing to forget about Tea and try your hand with somebody else, maybe you'll get more lucky. - he turned his head to Yugi - There are lots of better people than her... and that won't leave for America in a couple years. - he left the room. - Which is a relief.

Yugi stared at Yami's back angrily. To his surprise, Yami reappeared at the door.

- By the way... speaking of Tea...

- Y-yeah? - Yugi looked up, hopeful.

- How about nicknaming her "coated ring"?

- Huh???

- Looks real on the outside, but it actually has a cheap filling.

- Get out of here!!! - Yugi hurled a pillow to the Pharaoh.


TO BE CONTINUED....


Zephyr of Darkness' notes: Argh! Ugh! Yuck!!! Yugi wanted to kiss Tea! A physician to my right, pleeeeeeeze!

And these chapters keep growing longer and longer... but frankly, I couldn't find a decent cleavage point in here. The next chapter was originally the last part of this one. And I'm writing now what would be chapter eight and it looks like it's going to be long enough to force me to cut it in two or maybe three pieces...

So, *ahem*...next time: Yugi and Yami do a major bet... one that could change Yugi's life forever.... but if they get found out, one of their friends is going to be really, really, REALLY angry. Guess who this friend is? I'll give you a hint: it's someone more important than Tea. Ja-ne!