365 Days of Starshipping (Part 2)

Actual Food

9/17/19

Hours later they found themselves sprawled out on the couch, having moved some of the chairs in the room over to bridge the gap between the couch and the table so it acted as one large surface for them to spread out on. With how huge the tournament was, there were still duels going on left and right, and as much as they loved dueling and watching duels it was way too easy to get distracted talking to each other after a full day of watching them.

"I'm hungry again," Judai mumbled, getting a hum from Yusei in response though he couldn't really tell if it was in agreement or not, "I can run out and bring back something? It's dinner time pretty much..."

"I'm fine with anything as long as I haven't eaten it in the past twelve hours," Yusei muttered back. They shared a look before laughing - clearly both of them were sick of eating nothing but candy and chips all day, which in hindsight wasn't really the smartest idea.

"Yeah, we probably should've split the snacks into thirds... one for each day," Judai mused, taking a deep breath before rolling off the couch and chairs, "Anyway, time for some real food. Er... well, junk food that isn't chips or candy at least."

"Surprise me with whatever you get," Yusei said, leaning back to look at him as he walked around the couch behind him, "I'll just go sit and watch from the window while you do that, then I won't need to again for the rest of tonight."

"That'll work," Judai smiled, leaning down over him enough to give him a peck on the lips, "I won't keep you waiting too long, okay? Though I can't guarantee how fast it'll be, you know how long lines can get at these things."

Yusei gave him a reassuring smile back, reaching up and managing to tuck some of his hair behind his ear despite the odd angle, "I know, don't worry. Don't get into too much trouble if you get bored of waiting."

"Ha ha, very funny," Judai stated, rolling his eyes in amusement as he double-checked to make sure he had his wallet before he started out the door, "I'll make sure to tell Carly and Jack you say hi if I see them."

"Thanks. Good luck out there," Yusei waved, starting to roll off the couch and chairs himself to go over to the window view.

Judai sent off a quick text to Carly to tell her he'd be out and about before starting towards the stairs, knowing that there was a smaller food court a couple floors below where the champion's room was in the stadium; it wouldn't be as filled with people most likely since it was in an area with less viewing windows for the stadium, plus it was smaller and a little more out of the way than a lot of the other ones.

It was practically second nature for him to make himself less noticeable, which led to a slight moment of panic when he stepped out of the stairwell and into the crowded hallways and thought he'd forgotten to do so because he hadn't consciously thought about it. Luckily for him, it was only that moment as he realized very quickly that no one in the vicinity had turned to look at him or started pointing their phone at him, so he calmed himself just as fast as the panic had come and moved on with walking.

"You're really worried about that one incident happening again, aren't you?" Yubel noted, a bit of sympathy leaking through to him as she continued, "At least we have this little trick up our sleeves now. Of course, all it took was a small, inescapable mob of fans."

"I still can't believe we didn't come up with that ourselves," Haou huffed quietly, not quite grumbling though Judai felt a very disgruntled spike that betrayed his true thoughts, "First the soul theory, then how we can use our own powers."

I guess Yusei's just a very good outside perspective to have, Judai replied, weaving through people idly and finally being greeted with the sight of the food court - luckily the lines were decent, even if they were still considered long, What should I get?

"Hmm, go for... the hot dog place, why not?" Yubel mused, chuckling quietly, "And- ooh, look, that place over there has hot cheddar popcorn chicken! I'm sure the spice-addict scientist would love that."

Ah, yes, Yubel had upgraded Yusei from mechanic to scientist whenever she talked about him. It'd started after he told her about how Yusei and Aleister nerding out together about duel energy theory and experimentation, though Judai was honestly surprised at the time when she hadn't said anything about him gaining the title of queen.

Then again, Yubel was also a dragon who gave zero fucks about what pronouns people used for her, so it wasn't really surprising in retrospect.

With his mind made up for him, he got into the first line of two, which only took about ten minutes for him to be able to order so he was able to get into the second line faster than he thought he'd be able to. It was around that time that Carly showed up with Jack in tow, and they chatted for the next twenty minutes about the matches while Judai waited for all of his orders to be finished.

For the record, Yusei was very happy about the popcorn chicken. Judai was definitely getting him it again the next day for either lunch or dinner as well, though he'd be ordering double because he'd tried it and wished he'd bought more.