365 Days of Starshipping (Part 2)

End Verdict

10/25/19

"So, now that you've officially gotten a couple weeks of classes finished, what's your verdict?" Judai asked curiously, coming up behind where Yusei was sitting in the kitchen and wrapping him in a hug.

Yusei leaned back into him, looking up with a hum and replying, "About the classes...? Well, they definitely aren't as bad as you were making them out to be. They're kinda fun at times, to be honest."

"You speak blasphemy," Judai teased, dramatically pulling back and holding a hand over his chest like hearing the words had physically wounded him, "Classes, being fun? Blasphemy."

"Surely you had some times in class that were fun, Judai," Yusei said, barely even having to look behind him to know what Judai was doing, "Somehow I don't think you'd look back on it so fondly if it wasn't at some point."

"Shh, that's supposed to be a secret," Judai grinned, dropping his hands back around him easily before he could turn around fully to look at him, "People will underestimate me more and fall easier for my charms if they think I'm some sort of weird, dumb drop-out."

"Drop-out? Didn't you say you still managed to graduate, even when you skipped the graduation ceremony?" Yusei wondered, reaching up and tugging him lightly to try and get him to sit down instead of standing. He succeeded a little bit, Judai letting go of him in favor of sitting down but pulling the chair close in such a way that he was able to lean forward and rest his head by using the chair in front of him.

"I did graduate, that's the funny part," Judai laughed, lips meeting his in the middle between them for a quick kiss, "I missed so many classes, but for a while there it was all thanks to having to save the world, and I'm pretty sure I'd still have graduated even if I'd just never gone to class ever again. At the very least whenever I did go to class back then, I usually did end up learning something useful, though that was partially thanks to Daitokuji restructuring the lessons for me on the spot..."

"Well, at least you learned something," Yusei sighed teasingly, reaching up and lightly scratching the other's hair a bit - it was cute how he subconsciously leaned into his touch, wanting more of the gentle ministrations, "My cute Kuriboh."

"I am a smart Kuriboh, I swear," Judai stated, pouting a little at him in mock seriousness before seeming to focus back in on the hand on his head, "Anyway... It's the weekend again, was there anything you wanted to do?"

"I think I just wanna relax after having that tournament last weekend," Yusei admitted, pulling back so he could lean back in his chair and stretch a bit - he'd stand up, but he'd just sat down after finishing his homework around ten minutes beforehand and didn't exactly feel like doing so, "Plus I have more homework due tomorrow, but it's simple and shouldn't take very long at all."

"That's... physics classes seem to have a lot homework, don't they?" Judai frowned, seeming to wince at the thought of him doing so much.

"Well, it's mostly busy work in my case because it's easy to me, but for people learning they really do need to do all of it to start getting a grasp on how the concepts work in different scenarios. Being able to apply five different concepts to a single problem effectively is extremely important here," Yusei explained, yawning a bit and blinking the tiredness away.

"Tired?"

"Yeah..."

"Did you want to skip the wing training tonight? I don't mind if we do, we can just eat dinner then go to sleep early," Judai asked, prompting Yusei to pick him up and practically drop him in his lap so he could properly bear-hug him.

"I love you," Yusei stated, voice muffled in Judai's hair but still audible enough for Judai to understand what he'd said - besides, even if he somehow hadn't heard him, he could probably guess what he'd said just from the tight hug he was squished in.

"Love you too," Judai hummed, tilting his head down so he could kiss his temple, "Now, how about we get some food in our stomachs? I made more than just cookies, y'know."

"Oh? Like what?"

"Some very fresh, homemade cream of mushroom soup, and pumpkin pasta."

"...Is there just a recipe for everything with pumpkin in it somehow?"

They stared at each other for a few moments before breaking out laughing, Judai snorting, "Y'know what? Yeah, there pretty much is a recipe for everything that'll somehow involve pumpkin."

"I guess as long as it tastes good, then there's no problems with it," Yusei chuckled, squeezing Judai a little tighter in his arms for good measure before unwinding himself from around him to let him go, "Just don't make us get too sick of pumpkin, please."

"Don't worry, I've actually got a lot of apple recipes and stuff to practice for an upcoming event in November that Phoenix just told me about yesterday, so you won't be getting sick of eating pumpkin any time soon... hopefully."