365 Days of Starshipping (Part 2)

Cold Nights

10/10/19

"It's pretty cold tonight, huh?" Judai chuckled, curling up closer to Yusei as they settled in for the night. He'd made good progress on the costumes over the last few days, and he should be good to go by the time the tournament came around - it was in a bout a week or so, and they were planning on just using the same strategies as last time so there wasn't much for them to do in that regard. They had plenty of plans that they hadn't used last time, plus some of the best and most fun plans were the ones that they made up on the spot, so they were doubly set to go and win.

He'd gotten Yusei's help for a little bit of the costume making, mainly because Yusei was used to wearing gloves and could deftly pin fabric together without any risk of stabbing himself with a needle; Judai could do it himself, but this let them do something together, sped up the process, and prevented him from having a hole poked in his finger for a few hours before it healed completely, so it was a win-win situation.

It had certainly led to one interesting conversation though. Judai had joked about giving Yusei an angel halo that glowed and even making sure it looked like it was floating, and then of course, Yusei being the precious gearhead that he is, replied that it was very possible with just a little bit of tinkering and applied momentum technology. This then led to a bit more talk about said technology and Judai subsequently learning that casual momentum tech was illegal in many cases, which Yusei had quite the bit of a rant about for once and led to the revelation that making said tech was how he'd gotten so many IOU's from prominent figureheads.

Judai spent quite a bit of time teasing him about managing to find the least incriminating thing possible to get such a valuable thing, because he literally was just making things like light-up stars for baby ceilings and toys that could do cool things and weren't harmful in the slightest.

"It is - now get closer, living heater," Yusei replied with a smile, tugging him as close as he could as Judai did his best to snuggle into his chest and tangle their legs together. They both were wearing their matching hoodies so they were pretty quick to warm each other up, laughing quietly when they both had the idea at the same time to slip their hands under each other's shirts to soak up the warmth easier.

"You're lucky my hands are cold, I'd be having so much fun right now," Judai teased, poking lightly at his side to drive his point home, "I guess I can settle for this fun instead, though."

Yusei rolled his eyes, though he couldn't suppress the little shiver Judai felt him give as he thought about what he'd said, "The day your hands are naturally cold without any external forces acting on them is a day I fear."

"Great, now I really wanna go dip my hands under the sink and then poke you all over."

"How about you don't do that and just stay right here, all nice and warm."

Judai hummed, flashing him a cheeky grin as he got an idea and pulled back a little and unwrapped his arms from around his waist for a moment before poking for a bit at his sleeves to make sure they'd fit and winding his hands up Yusei's sleeves, "There we go, now I'm really warm!"

"...I'm getting flashbacks to when I made the mistake of wearing my lab coat around you," Yusei stated, slowly relaxing in his grip as Judai made sure to avoid accidentally tickling him - it really was warmer like this, he hadn't been lying about that. It was also a little more uncomfortable and his arms would probably fall asleep soon due to the pressure on them, though, so he'd enjoy it before he was forced to pull away.

"Don't worry, I won't do that. I just wanted to have a little fun, that's all," Judai assured, placing a little kiss on his chin and cheek as he sighed in contentment, "You can try it with me if you want, too."

"Maybe later," Yusei mumbled, leaning down to capture his lips softly for a few moments before a mischievous smile crossed his face, "I'm happy with this, though. I've got your hands trapped and you can't do anything about it."

Judai attempted to pull his hands back at that, of course, but he was easily thwarted by a quick bend of Yusei's arms; he couldn't do anything but laugh happily as he was bombarded in relentless eskimo kisses and the occasional longer kiss, though he figured out eventually just how evil Yusei's actual plan was... he was brushing up against his body just right with his legs and at all the right times, never letting the long kisses get too deep, and Judai found himself completely helpless and addicted to the teasing.