365 Days of Starshipping (Part 2)

Betting Chips

9/16/19

"Bet you this bag of chips that the Ice Barrier dude's facedown is Solemn Judgment," Judai grinned, holding up one of the last bags of what they'd determined to be their favorite of the entire stash - it was just the right mix of sweet and spicy, and they weren't incredibly thick to the point where their jaws would hurt from crunching on them, so they'd blown through almost all of them very quickly.

Therefore, it was a very valuable thing to bet at the moment, and Yusei wasn't about to lose it to a bet.

"I think I'll pass on that one," Yusei replied idly, watching as their opponent went to special summon a Gorz, the Emissary of Darkness from their hand after getting smacked for a solid three thousand life points.

"-active Solemn Judgment! By paying half my life points-"

He gave Judai a dry look, raising an eyebrow as he gestured at the screen, "See?"

"Damn it. It was worth a try, though," Judai muttered, staring at the bag in his hands with a slight pout before turning to him and-

So that's how we wants to play, Yusei thought, twitching slightly as a pair of deadly puppy eyes started to stare him down, growing in intensity by the second. Luckily he'd been vaguely prepared for this to happen so he didn't completely fall for it, meaning he could launch a counter attack of his own.

"Oh no you don't," Yusei stated, quickly grabbing Judai's face and squishing it around a bit to get him to stop the eyes - right after he succeeded in doing so, he dragged the other's head forward, causing him to fall into him and allowing Yusei to grab the chips from him while he was distracted.

"Hey! Yusei-" Judai whined, pushing himself up quickly with a hand on his chest and starting to complain more before Yusei tore open the bag and stuffed a chip into his mouth. Then he simply looked stuck between whether he wanted to pout or smile as he sat back and savored the taste of it.

When he went to go grab for the bag back, though, Yusei grinned wildly and held it up high, standing up when Judai did and watching in great amusement as he jumped to try and reach it.

"Damn it, it's not fair!" Judai exclaimed, jumping once again and missing by just a few centimeters, "Why are you so tall? I promise I'll give it back, I just want a few."

"Uh huh, sure you do," Yusei chuckled, moving his arm back a little when Judai jumped a bit higher than usual the next time to make sure he couldn't get it, "Ah, that one was close. You can do it, love, I believe in you."

The door let out a little beep, signalling that a key card had been used on it, and Yusei looked over and waved at Jack, who walked in with a quirked eyebrow at the scene, "Yo. Thought you said you weren't going to make it today?"

"Turns out there were some... management issues going on? I don't know all the details, but they let everyone go early for the day," Jack shrugged, which honestly, Yusei understood - any day where he could go home early from a meeting was a good day, after all. He smirked afterwards though, wandering over to the table to poke through the bag of snacks and continuing on to say, "I see you're having fun. I do that to Carly all the time, it's hilarious."

"Oh good, I can message her then and we can commiserate together," Judai replied flatly, giving him a little glare out of principle, "We are average height, damn it, and you guys are the ones that are weird with how ta-mmph!"

Yusei cut him off by putting another chip in his mouth, letting his hand cover it for a few extra moments to make sure he went quiet before letting go, "There you go. Happy now?"

Judai grumbled, but he didn't respond otherwise, opting instead to simply make the same stuck face as earlier as he flopped onto the couch and hugged a pillow while he ate.

Jack snorted at the interaction, finally picking out some sour candy from the mix and turning to go back out the door with a wave, "Well, I just came to say hi. Carly's waiting in one of the food court areas, so see ya."

"Tell her we say hi," Yusei smiled, waving back and watching the door click back into place before glancing back at Judai, who'd spread himself out over the entire couch in the span of seconds, "...Come on, I was planning on splitting it with you anyway, so scoot over. Besides, it's not the last bag, y'know."

"...Only if you sit on my lap for a bit," Judai eventually retorted, a smile slowly reappearing on his face as he sat back up quickly and pat his lap, "I wanna hug you, and to be honest I'm a little tired of all the snacks right now."

"Same, and fine," Yusei said, putting the chips on the table before hesitating for a moment - all the other times he'd been pulled down into Judai's lap, but this was the first time he'd be willingly actually sitting on it; it was enough to make him a little nervous, and he could feel his face heating up as he sat down and felt Judai's arms wrap around him. He ended up getting turned to the side, hands gripping onto the front of Judai's shirt and legs automatically curling up a little bit as he leaned into him.

"Silly, take off your glasses," Judai laughed softly, carefully taking them off for him and putting them on the arm of the couch for now since the table was too far away to reach before cuddling Yusei again, "There we go, now I can kiss ya without anything in the way."

Lucky for them, the couch was more than wide enough for them to lie down on, because it didn't take long for what was supposed to be a single kiss to turn into a long stream of heated ones.