365 Days of Starshipping (Part 2)

Monthly Activities

9/4/19

Yusei, as he needed to, spent a couple hours the next day reporting into his work about their success in clearing out the reactor facility, so Judai spent those few hours resting in bed and carefully playing around with some bright paints and pens. He wasn't fully back to normal yet at this point, though Yubel reassured him that he was pretty close to it, and the bright colors felt nice to play with and look at for his mind.

He found himself a lot more despondent about Yusei's absence than he usually would too, which he attributed to still being affected by the power overuse, however it was abated pretty quickly when he was reminded of the ring on his hand; the feel of it was nice, and running his fingers over the little star engravings on the outside of it made him smile, making him think of the little engraving of Yusei's name on the inside part of it.

Yusei'd been absolutely right when he said having something physical as a reminder would help when they were apart from each other. Judai was sure that Yusei was having the same kind of thoughts himself, and he could imagine him fiddling with the ring on the necklace chain he wore - Yusei'd been forced to find a different way of wearing it due to how often he wore his leather gloves out and needed them for riding his bike, so the necklace was a good alternative.

As long as he had it, that was all that mattered. The meaning of it was far more important than how it was worn, after all.

He'd ended up amusing himself by trying to draw out a few sketches of Yusei in a dress befitting a queen when he'd remembered his thoughts from before when he'd first given him the title, vowing to pull it out one day when the opportunity for embarrassment arose. At the very least, it peaked his interest a bit more in clothes design and he had a new-found respect for people who could do it every day and not make the same thing over and over again.

Now though, Yusei'd come back with the good news that they'd given him another week off as thanks for solving the issue relatively swiftly and in a way that they could effectively sweep it under the rug and forget it'd even happened. Immediately afterwards Judai had dragged him down to the bed to cuddle, feeling significantly more alive and aware with Yusei's warmth surrounding him, and since then they'd been scrolling idly on their phone and laptop respectively while enjoying the peaceful lazy day.

At one point Yusei let out a quiet sigh, catching Judai's attention - when the other noticed that he'd turned his head to look at him, he explained, "I forgot that it was September already, which means the only tournament I'm required to participate in is this month. It's only the one duel against the overall winner of the tournament as I'm the official reigning champion, but still..."

"Lots of pressure in that kind of match, huh?" Judai hummed, getting a shrug from him in return.

"Not too much, considering I've never really wanted the title in the first place, but it's still tiring to spend an entire three days being required to watch it, in person," Yusei refuted, setting his laptop off to the bedside table before tucking his arms around Judai's waist with another sigh, though this time it was more content than anything else, "They're all stuffy pros that're dueling, so it's not nearly as entertaining to watch."

"Am I able to come with you? It might not be so bad, then, and we could laugh at the stuffy guys all we want," Judai asked, smiling when Yusei nodded into his neck that he'd buried his nose into seconds before, "Speaking of tournaments though, I found a very early sign-up for a Halloween tag-duel tournament. Apparently everyone is gonna dress up for this in costumes, then duel in them, which sounds like fun to me."

"If it's on a weekend, just sign us up for it. Is it a new one, by the way?"

"Yeah, it is - why?"

"Just curious is all. As far as I know it didn't happen last year or the year before, so I can only assume we made tag-duel tournaments more popular by dueling in them."

Judai blinked in surprise before grinning, leaning a bit backwards so he could more easily peck the other's lips with a kiss, "Alright, well, I already know what you're going to wear. No if's nor but's about it, you get to be my drop-dead gorgeous cowboy for the day and that's final."

"I'm fine with that, especially since the weather will have gotten cooler by that time. What will you be, though?" Yusei replied, giving him a quick peck back with only minimal grumbles at the description Judai had attached to him.

"I'll have to think of something that'd match you - there's a prize for the best costumes, by the way," Judai added, humming a little in thought before deciding to save that decision for another day.

For now, he snuggled further into Yusei's warmth, soaking in the happy, content feelings it gave him and causing the rest of the dullness to slowly start to fade away as he let himself start to drift off for a nap.