365 Days of Starshipping (Part 2)

Title Assignment

8/21/19

Judai landed them in the middle of the town, gently placing Yusei down on his feet and keeping a hold on him until he was sure he got his balance back. While he did that, the duel monsters in the area all greeted him, giving him a little bow when he looked up and smiled at them.

"W-welcome back, my king!" one greeted, bowing low before them before straightening quickly and adjusting his glasses that were threatening to fall off, "It's been q-quite a while in human years, has it not?"

"It has been... and come on Aleister, I've told you how many times now? It's just Judai, no title necessary," Judai replied, though he knew the duel monster would never switch from calling him 'king' - Aleister the Invoker had been a ruthless leader of the support division of the army before Judai went through and disbanded everything, but you'd never know it now with how often he stuttered and fidgeted shyly.

"I apologize, my king, but- but I simply can't," he sighed, playing with the tome in his hands as he asked, "A-anyway, who's your companion?"

He wasn't the only one wondering, judging from how most of the monsters in the center plaza had stopped what they were doing in favor of looking curiously at them.

Judai tugged Yusei close to him, wrapping an arm around him reassuringly and smiling widely, "This is my lover, Yusei." He didn't have to look up to know that Yusei would probably be lightly flustered from the description, but it was the kind of wording he had to use here - it was accurate for what they were and something that the others would understand.

The language used in various parts of the spirit world tended to vary. His Elemental HERO's, for instance, were modern and understood most of the slang used and why because the place they were associated with, Skyscraper, was a modern city. However, Judai's realm was significantly more on the fantasy side, with a structure that might as well be something right out of an RPG, and as a result commonly used words, like 'boyfriend', wouldn't be understood the way he meant them. In this case, 'boyfriend' would literally just mean 'a friend that is a boy' to them instead of having any sort of romantic connotation to it.

It definitely made for some conversations that he found absolutely hilarious, yet had to laugh about later when he was alone and wouldn't be looked at in confusion while wondering if he was insane.

The positive reception was almost immediate - there was a collective pause before excited chatter popped up all around them, some calling out their congratulations while others simply stared in wonder.

Aleister blinked in surprise, but a happy grin for him quickly formed as he turned to Yusei suddenly and bowed again, "This is- it's wonderful news, it's very nice to meet the one my king has chosen. I'm Aleister the Invoker, but p-please, just call me Aleister."

"It's nice to meet you too," Yusei stated, smiling a bit now that he'd had a moment to let the embarrassment roll off of him.

Judai had to bite his tongue to keep from laughing triumphantly when he noticed how instantly taken each and every one of the monsters in town were with Yusei - that little, soft smile and the nod he'd given to Aleister had endeared him to all of them immediately, with them seeing it as a huge sign of respect and kindness. After all, considering twenty years wasn't all that much for a duel monster, it was only very recently that they'd shoved aside things like status and power in favor of trying to fix their home - they still weren't used to those they considered to be of a high status paying much respect at all to those considered low, especially since Judai'd been out of the picture and couldn't get them used to it.

"My king, and... ah, um-" Aleister stuttered, adjusting his glasses again, "I apologize, but... I feel it will be confusing if I call you both k-king."

Judai shared a glance with Yusei, and upon seeing the permissive smile on the other's face, replied, "Well... every king needs a queen, right?"

Yusei raised an eyebrow at him, but shrugged in agreement easily. Judai had a feeling he wouldn't mind the title since it was just that - a title, and far more accurate than something like 'lord' status-wise; besides, the new, shiny title he'd just handed him had given him a few ideas that he'd tease Yusei about later.

And thus, that was how Yusei officially became a queen.

...Judai was so getting him to wear a dress or something, if only so he could experience it once. Plus, he was one-hundred percent sure Yusei would pull it off, considering just how adorable he often was and how he'd gotten a little less muscly thanks to sitting and working on his laptop for so long without keeping up even a small work-out routine.

I'll have to find one soon then, he mused, watching fondly as Yusei figured out rather quickly that Aleister was a researcher and pulled him into a conversation about duel energy and the forests around the land (which, apparently, were so quick to form thanks to some of his research on duel energy and plants), After all, I did promise we'd start doing some form of exercise when it got cooler, and that'll be in a couple weeks probably.