A/N: You guys knew this was coming eventually. The one time I decide to produce something cute gets put into a full on multi-chap story. NUUUUUUU—

Anyway, enjoy. These range from long to short, so deal.

The weather was cooling down, but Yuuma just thought it was a brilliant idea to go camping. His father headed the group, leading them into a rather dense forest, even though it was towards the end of October. Both Kaito and Ryouga wanted to smack the boy across the face and maybe bury him in a desert. It was so damn tempting that the blonde was wondering why he hadn't done so already.

To top it off, a few of Yuuma's other friends were coming along too. Kotori, Rio, Haruto, and for some odd reason, Droite and Gauche, had all been dragged along as well by the young duelist. Gauche was ecstatic while the three girls didn't know what to think about being pulled into something like this. Droite kept gazing around the forest as if something was going to leap out and eat her.

Ryouga smacked Yuuma upside the head for what seemed like the umpteenth time tonight. "For hell's sakes, Yuuma, you couldn't have given us peace for more than a day?"

"Oh, hush, Shark," the younger boy teased. "You're going to enjoy it."

"Like hell I am—"

"There's a stream near the campground." Yuuma smirked. "I heard that you like to swim."

At that, Rio started giggling while her brother simply blushed and crossed his arms. The WATER duelist fell back until he was at the back, behind Kaito, who was practically trailing behind everyone because he didn't want to speak to anyone. Haruto was too busy being entertained by Kazuma that he had left his brother alone.

Kaito didn't mind Ryouga walking beside him, carrying a large pack with a sleeping bag and a few other necessities. The Dragon Tamer also had some of his own, having been forced to also pull along a rather large cooler (Kazuma had stated that Kaito should be a little more helpful with things, in which the blonde had responded in his mind with, I do enough already, geez.). The accursed box made loud thumping noises as it was yanked around the rough terrain, the soda and food being stored there probably flying all over the place inside.

At least he had something other than the mixed emotions for a certain girl to distract him. Ever since the end of the Barian War, Kaito had noticed that he was feeling a tug to the Butterfly Duelist, but he didn't have a clue as to why. Yes, they were good friends, but Kaito believed that Gauche's career was more important to Droite than anything else at the moment, so the blonde didn't research the subject any further. But it still bothered him, and as much as he would have liked to ignore it, he couldn't keep his mind off of it.

Damn. Now he was thinking about it again.

Unfortunately for the blonde duelist, he wasn't exactly paying attention any longer to the trail. He still followed the group, but his eyes didn't see the root that caught his foot and tripped him up. Before he fell on his face, an arm caught him and steadied him. Kaito gazed at the person who had caught him; Droite, whose orange eyes were dulled out. He nodded at her, letting her know that he was fine. Her lips curved into a shy smile, and she let go of him to join the rest of the group.

Ryouga, who was still slightly close to Kaito, yelled out, "For hell's sakes, blondie, get your head together!"

"S-Shut up, fish-head!" Kaito yelled back with a snarl, glaring at the WATER duelist before following the others.

He really had to shut his mind off before he ended up breaking something.

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"At least it's a clearing and not a whole cluster of trees," Droite murmured, rubbing her sweater-covered arms. She gazed at Kaito, who stood beside her, catching his breath. Her expression lightened just barely, and she felt the urge to reach out and grab his hand. Thankfully, it was dark, and the moon was a thin crescent, so her blush couldn't be seen.

Kazuma stretched as he strode to the middle of the clearing. "We'll set the tents around the outside," he stated. "Each tent can hold up to three people, although there's one that can hold four."

Haruto suddenly jumped out from behind Yuuma, waving his hands. "Nii-san and I will take that tent, please!" he yelled, smiling brightly.

Kaito could only sigh in defeat as Kazuma agreed to it and told everyone to start setting the tents up. Rio, Kotori, and Droite were all going to share one tent while Gauche, Ryouga, and Yuma shared another. Kazuma got one to his own and the Tenjo brothers were using the largest one. The blonde brought his hand to his eyes for a moment and shook his head before dropping his pack to the ground and going to find the large tent.

After maybe a half hour or so of where the hell does this go, how does this work, did you pack the s'mores?, Kaito and Haruto had somehow managed to get the tent up. The blonde was busying himself with throwing blankets onto the flimsy plastic floor when Haruto bounded out, leaving his poor brother with setting up the sleeping bags, among other things. Taking off his jacket, he burrowed through one of the packs, searching for the kid's blue sleeping bag.

A tentative voice came from outside, and Kaito turned to see Droite poking her head in through the floppy entrance. "Um, can I speak with you, Kaito?"

The blonde sat back on his knees, one of his hands still inside the backpack. "Not now, Droite," he replied. "Maybe when everyone else has gone to bed, okay?"

"S-Sure." She sounded nervous, but she quietly retreated back to where everyone was gathering around a small campfire. Kaito frowned, not exactly liking the tone the woman's voice had taken on. Something was wrong, he knew that, but she would be fine as long as her friends were around her.

Okay, so where the hell did I place that thing…

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"S'mores, dude, s'mores!" Yuuma stated drowsily, waving his stick in the air. On the end were three flaming marshmallows, which burned crimson against the black sky. Kaito raised an eyebrow as he absentmindedly chewed the gooey s'more that Haruto had made for him. Leaning back against a log, the blonde watched as Ryouga chucked a piece of chocolate in Yuuma's direction. The sugary goodness landed behind the red spikes of the young duelist's hair, and he got it out by shaking his head violently.

Kotori rolled her eyes. "Yuuma, quit playing with your food," she scolded, flicking his nose. He sneezed, which caused the girl to back away slightly in disgust.

Haruto tugged at Kaito's blue hoodie. "Nii-san, you gonna have any more?" the little boy questioned, his golden eyes bright even in the darkness.

It was then that Kaito realized he had finished the tasty treat and was using his tongue like a chew toy. He smiled a bit, gazing at his younger brother; dammit, why did he have to be so damn adorable? "Nah, Haruto; one's good enough for me."

"And you!" Yuuma had apparently overheard the reply, and turned to glare at the blonde. Kazuma simply sweat-dropped as he watched his son go over the moon with sugar. "You've only had one! You ain't gonna be fulfilled till you have ten!"

Ryouga punched Yuuma in the stomach, making the younger duelist fall to the ground and fake-cry. "Shut up before I force all that sugar you ingested to come back up," the male Kamishiro warned, earning a laugh from his sister. Gauche smirked while Droite and Kotori just stared without expression.

After Yuuma cried himself a river and had swallowed another four s'mores, the group started to deteriorate. Kotori and Rio said they wanted to talk about 'girly things' together and had retreated to the tent they shared. Haruto was exhausted, so Kaito put him down and sung him a lullaby before the boy fell asleep. Soon Yuuma was too damn tired from the sugar crash he had, and was dragged into a tent by Ryouga, who grumbled lots of obscenities as he did so. Gauche and Kazuma split after about another hour, with Yuuma's dad telling the remaining two to put out the fire once they went to bed.

This left just Kaito and Droite left. The female duelist had her arms hugged tightly to her body, and her eyes were shut. She looked truly afraid, as if camping gave her a bad vibe or something. The blonde sat beside her on the log she had herself perched up.

"What do you need to talk to me about?" he asked quietly, to not disturb the others.

She took a deep breath, calming herself down. Still, she continued to shake. "Sorry, I'm having an anxiety attack right now…"

"It's fine," he replied, sympathetic with her; he had panic attacks every now and then, and those were not fun. "Just give yourself some time."

While Droite shook and breathed deeply to get her heart to slow down, Kaito kept his gaze on the ground. His nerves were hypersensitive in anticipation; he could only guess as to what she was going to tell him. Sure, he knew that she had a soft spot for him, but he honestly didn't know how far that attraction went.

"Kaito…" she whispered to get his attention. His grey/blue eyes were glowing in the orange light of the fire. She kept her gaze on those beautiful irises of his, clinging to any sense of calm she had. "What am I to you?"

Kaito was taken aback by the question. Maybe he should have expected the question, maybe he shouldn't have, but either way, he wasn't prepared to answer it. After a second of staring at her, he turned his head away and locked his gaze on the fire. It crackled in the tense silence.

A few moments later, he felt a hand over his own, squeezing his fingers gently. He looked over at Droite, whose eyes were shining with unshed tears as she looked away, finding the ground much more interesting than he was.

"I'm sorry," she murmured, letting his hand go and stood. "I'll just go to bed."

"Droite, wait—" But she was already to the tent within a few strides. Sighing hard, Kaito dropped his head and kicked a rock into the fire. The wood there was undisturbed by his actions, and he grabbed the bucket of leftover water Kazuma had left out to put out the fire. He dumped it on the blaze and instantly it died.

Kaito simply dropped the bucket and went to his tent, where it took him a while before he fell asleep.

A/N: Awkward love always ends up this way, doesn't it? XD Now go hit that review button with your nose!