With Yugi back in Domino, Yami and grandpa has had their hands full with the number of customers coming into the shop just to get a glimpse of the KOG himself. And Yami got to see Yugi's powers of charm in action whenever there was a customer that belonged in their age bracket stepped in. He would put on this different persona by tying his hair and talk to the customers with such charisma that made grandpa chuckle and Yami weak at the knees. If Bakura and Ryou could see him now, they would be snickering like crazy by now. There were some foreigners who would come into the shop and converse with Yugi, and Yami has decided that Yugi sounded absolutely alluring when he spoke in English to customers.

Aside from the many customers, the game shop had a frequent visitor which was Tea. The girl kept coming to the game shop to listen to Yugi's stories or help out. It wouldn't bother Yami at the slightest, not all, if Tea didn't hog Yugi's attention so much. The former spirit couldn't help but grumble silently whenever Tea would come into the shop during their lunch break and steal Yugi from him. The only silver lining was that she eventually leaves when the shop closes and Yami had Yugi's attention at night when they both shared a room.

Of course, that didn't mean Yami wasn't capable of finding other ways to get Yugi to put attend to him instead of Tea.

One day in particular, Tea had visited the game shop while they were listing down their inventory of new shipments. There were more games shipped to the shop than usual since Yugi also talked to different game manufacturers to supply them with new games for the shop while he was on his travels. Yugi worked the computer while Yami carried the boxes in the stockroom and rearranged the display cases. Tea was at the counter talking to Yugi while he worked.

"Oh wow, Yugi, how did you convince companies abroad to supply the shop with their games?" she asked as she looked through the new boxes on the counter that Yugi was tagging.

"Well, some of the manufacturers were clients of Pegasus and they would show us the plants where they made the games. I'd tell them about the game shop and how my grandfather was an avid gamer and card shark back in his day. They were usually impressed with how the shop still sold old school games that they also wanted to have their games sold at the shop. I just need to send them a report on how well their games are being sold here." Yugi replied without looking away from the monitor. "Actually, some of the manufacturers wanted my honest opinion on their new boardgames that they would send one copy over here for me or grandpa to play and we'll send our review about it."

"So, Yugi, tell me about the flings you've had over the years," Tea asked, changing the topic.

Just in the other room, Yami was carefully listening to whatever Yugi would say. This was something he hadn't thought to ask his aibou about. He really had no idea how to ask it in context. Tea was more blunt with her questions.

"Well, they were nice. It helps when you feel lonely in one place, you can't help but feel close with someone else. But I make it a point to not feel too much or the separation when I have to leave will hurt too much for me," Yugi answered.

"Yeah but what were they like? Say the one girl you had a fling with. What was she like? What made you have a fling with her?" Tea pushed.

"Oh. Well, her name's Eliza. I met her in America. New York City to be exact. I stayed there for almost three months actually. We were together for two. She was a girl studying at a different university but she was my neighbor at the apartment building I was staying at. She was really sweet and a bit forward which was kinda weird but nice." Yugi still had his eyes glued to the screen as he told his story.

"What was it about her that made you like her?"

This question made Yami stop working to listen carefully.

Finally, Yugi looked away from his computer to look knowingly at Tea. He hummed for a bit before speaking. "She was the first person I met in America that didn't see me as a helpless foreigner. She brought a lot of confidence out since I was a little timid being alone in a foreign country. America was the first country Pegasus sent me to. Eliza took me on a tour of the city and she helped me adapt to a new place. We spent a lot of time together and I started to like her a lot. She was very adventurous and smart. I loved spending time with her that our fling just happened naturally. We both knew that we won't be together for long so we just enjoyed being with each other until the week before I had to leave."

"Why a week?"

He shrugged. "She was off to California to follow her dream. Aside from being adventurous, she was also ambitious. I helped her get the scholarship for a culinary school in California. A few weeks before I have to go, she got the acceptance letter and an invitation for a campus tour. We had a talk and we both agreed that it was time for us to break up. We didn't promise to reconnect and continue where we left off if we saw each other since we both know that we had different priorities. So we said goodbye and the next time I saw her was a year after and we're just friends now."

"What was it like seeing her again?" Tea leaned forward trying to make eye contact with Yugi who seemed to have his head in the clouds.

Yugi blinked when he realized Tea's face was so close to him that he pulled back in surprise. "It was okay. We both have moved on so it was just like meeting an old friend and not an old lover."

Tea bit her lip as she thought of her next move. "So, Yugi, it's almost lunch time. Wanna go out to eat?"

"Oh sure, Tea. Let me just tell Yami," Yugi replied. Whenever Tea invited Yugi out for lunch, he always asks Yami if he wanted to come along. But Yami always insisted that someone has to look over the shop so he would decline. There were also times that Tea just wanted to talk Yugi privately whenever she had problems she only confided with Yugi. So ever since then, when Tea would invite him out to lunch, he would only tell Yami he was going out and will be back later in the day.

At Tea's invitation, Yami moved quickly and knocked the tower of boxes over him and fell on his butt, with his head hitting the shelf behind him. "Ow," he groaned too loudly so the people in the other room could hear him.

"Yami?" Yugi rushed towards the stockroom to see the former pharaoh on the ground and rubbing the back of his head. A big box was on his lap while the rest of the boxes were cluttered around him. Yugi walked over to his friend and cradled his head in his arms. "What happened over here?"

Yami groaned more at his desperation and stupidity rather than the pain he was currently feeling. Something he discovered was that Yugi eventually drops everything and comes to him when he knows Yami's in distress. Now, every time Tea wanted to have Yugi alone, Yami had to find a way to injure himself and make his condition known to his hikari. It wasn't the smartest idea he's ever come up with, and he also felt manipulative doing it too, but he couldn't think of another way to avoid Tea from getting Yugi alone for too long.

"Hey, Yami, can you get up?" Yugi asked as he took off the box on top of Yami. "Here." He offered his hand that the former spirit took and helped him get up. Yugi put his arm around Yami's waist and hook Yami's arm around his shoulders for support. "You know, if you needed help, you should've told me," Yugi scolded lightly.

"Sorry, aibou. I was trying to speed up my stacking and I bumped on the boxes, then all hell broke loose," Yami chuckled. Yugi led him to the chair at the counter and Yugi cupped his cheek to check on him.

Yugi rolled his eyes. "You always have to go above and beyond what you're capable of. You're not a living god anymore," he joked. "Are you dizzy? Does it hurt anywhere?" he asked, completely ignoring blue eyes looking at him.

Of course Yami was delighted that Tea was now forgotten and Yugi had his full attention on him. "I hit my head on the shelf. A little disoriented but I'm fine, aibou." He started to stand up but grunted and sat back down. Bakura will be laughing his ass off at how terrible his acting was but he was thankful that Yugi was believing it.

"Oh no, pharaoh. You sit back down." Yugi pursed his lips then finally turned to Tea. "I think I'm going to have to take a rain check on that lunch, Tea. I need to make sure Yami doesn't kill himself trying to work." Yugi glared slightly at Yami who was about to stand up again.

Tea pouted but let it slide. "Alright, Yugi. I'll see you later tonight alright?"

"Yup. We'll meet you guys at the bar."

"Bye, Yugi!" Tea waved then winked at him before leaving.

When Tea finally left Yugi turned to Yami, "How about we switch jobs today? I stack the games and you work the computer?"

Yami nodded and as Yugi turned to disappear in the stockroom, he sighed in relief and mentally berated himself at how stupid and manipulative he was being. But at least he was able to stop Tea now. The only thing he has to worry about now is what will happen tonight at the bar where alcohol was involved. Tea had more of an advantage over him, and that needed to change soon.

To celebrate Yugi's birthday, they had all decided to go out to a bar and have drinks, Yugi suspected it was Marik and Malik's scheme to get him to show everyone how he flirts with some random stranger. He let it slide and made sure not to drink too much to fall into their plans. Mai was passing by along with Valon, Alister, and Rafael just to celebrate with them and Yugi was grateful for that but it also made him a little self conscious with himself since he hasn't seen the rest of his friends. He was now in his room staring at his closet, not thinking about what to wear, but just thinking about being around his friends again. He was mostly around Tea and Yami, he rarely saw Joey since he's busy with professional dueling. Tristan was busy with working at his father's factory. Now, they get to hang out together for his birthday.

When Yami knocked on his bedroom door to ask if he was ready, he jumped slightly but said he was almost ready and he went and dug his clothes out from his closet. He wore a simple charcoal black button down shirt and some tan dress pants. He searched through his dresser for his usual accessories of his choker, wrist cuffs, and then grabbed the last accessory from his desk, a cartouche necklace with his name on it, a gift from Yami for his birthday. He got down first before Yami did and was already putting on his shoes when his darkness slowly descended from the stairs.

Yami wore a maroon shirt and black leather pants. He had a simple gold stud earring on his right ear, and to complete the look, he wore Yugi's gift for him around his neck. The former pharaoh took note of how Yugi was ogling him and smirked. He walked over to Yugi and dropped his voice an octave when he spoke. "You look dashing tonight, aibou," he practically purred his name for Yugi and was proud of himself when he saw Yugi visibly shiver.

"You look swell yourself, Yami," Yugi replied, a bit out of breath. Once he recovered, he put his shoes on and opened the door. "Can I drive?" he asked with a cheeky smile.

Yami raised an eyebrow at him. "Do you know how to drive a car?"

"I know the mechanics of it," Yugi replied with a shrug.

"No. Besides, I doubt you even have a license to drive a car."

"Well, I do have a license. But it's for driving a motorcycle."

Yami unlocked the car and got in the driver seat, then Yugi got into the passenger seat. "You drive a motorcycle?" Yami asked as he started the car.

Yugi nodded proudly. "Well, I usually got around place through public transport or when Pegasus would have a driver take me to a place. When I went to Europe, though, I figured I should learn how to drive a motorcycle so I can get around much quicker."

"Not to mention it earns your charm points for when you flirt with people," Yami joked.

The other male rolled his eyes. "What? Jealous?" he teased as he lightly punched his darkness's arm. "Not all of us can charm any person they wanted with a curl of their finger like you can, pharaoh."

"It is considered rude and even punishable by law to say no to the pharaoh, aibou," Yami smirked. "Besides, which one of us the player now huh?"

Yugi scoffed, "I am not a player, let's get that straight." He chuckled then rolled his eyes. He was seriously considering whacking Marik and Malik at the head for making him sound like a player. "But back to the driving part. Can you teach me to drive? I mean, I did try driving a sportscar back in America, but I don't think I want a repeat of what happened."

"Oh? And what, pray tell, happened?"

"I kept stalling the car. It was so embarrassing," Yugi blushed lightly but it wasn't noticeable in the dark. "We can do it tomorrow since it's both our day off. You can teach me to drive a car and I can teach you how to drive a motorcycle. If you teach me to drive, I'll teach you how to dance."

"Alright then. But first, we need to survive tonight. Looks like Malik and Marik picked a karaoke place tonight," Yami pointed at the establishment and it looked like an upscaled version of the karaoke bar Yugi was once forced to go to all those years ago by Sozoji. He looked over at Yugi and elbowed him lightly. "Don't worry, aibou. If some wannabe singer tries to torture you into listening to them sing, I can still save you." He winked at Yugi and wa rewarded by a cute blush from his hikari before he exited the vehicle.

The bar had a long line but, one of the perks of being friends with Seto Kaiba, Yami and Yugi went up to the bouncer and checked if they were on the guest list. As expected, they were not only on the guest list, but they were under the Platinum VIP list.

Yugi shook his head at the bouncer's announcement. "I have a feeling, Kaiba made up that list just so he could be separated from ass kissers and inappropriate flirtings from other people."

"Most likely," Yami replied as they were led to a private room where their friends were waiting.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" everyone greeted as they entered the room.

Joey, Tea, and Tristan was holding a chocolate cake with sparklers on it and held it out for Yugi to blow. They sang Happy Birthday and Yugi blew out the candles on the cake. He was greeted by a lot of his friends which was overwhelming for him but fun.

Eventually, everyone settled down and took a seat around the room. Joey and Kaiba were at the couch. Bakura and Ryou were at the smoking area, Mai, Duke, Tristan, and Serenity were having drinks by the bar. Marik and Malik were drinking and looking through a song book.

The private karaoke room looked like it could fit double their number. There was a big television at the front of the room, some couches and coffee tables. There was a small bar the right side of the room that also has a small control box beside it. A girl with black hair with blonde streaks tied up in a high ponytail approached the two tricolor-haired males.

"Hey, my name's Miya, I'm your waitress tonight. Happy birthday, by the way. Can I take your drink orders?" She wore a sapphire blue shirt, fitted black pants, and black boots.

"They'll both have a beer and I'll have screwdriver," Tea answered for them from behind. She raised an eyebrow at the server who just smiled politely and went to the bar to get their drinks.

The three sat down to where their friends are and Joey poked Tea playfully.

"Ease up on our bartender, Tea. Seto asked for her specifically because not only is she the most professional staff here, she's also a lesbian who is in a very stable relationship with the technician over there." Joey pointed his thumb over to a girl with shoulder length red hair and glasses who was fiddling at the control booth. "Her name is Tara. Sweet gal. She's taking music theory while Miya is taking hospitality management. They part time here at the bar for extra cash." Miya walked over to the technician and kissed her cheek before giving a remote thing to her. The technician returned the kiss on the cheek and Miya walked back to the bar to deliver the drinks.

"Two beers and a screwdriver," she smiled sweetly at the group of friends. She looked over to Kaiba, "Mr. Kaiba, I do hope you and your friends enjoy yourselves here. As usual, it's an open bar, there's a smoking room and your own bathroom. Should you want to request a song, you may approach our lovely technician and my lover, Tara. Oh and if you want additional mood when you sing, just ask Tara. She can add lights and smoke for effects." She chuckled when she saw how some of her patrons' eyes light up.

"I'm glad to see you behind the bar, Miya," Kaiba nodded at the girl.

"Well, it was your recommendation that got me here," she bowed before going back to the bar.

"Recommendation?" Yugi asked.

Kaiba shrugged. "She used to be a bouncer here. She was able to swat the flirty waitresses from Joey and I and she covered for the usual bartender, that I told the owner that she be put in the VIP rooms since she's more professional."

"And aside from making amazing drinks, she's a party starter. Her lover over there, Tara, she's the silent type, but she makes awesome lights effects when people sing," Joey added excitedly.

Marik and Malik then jumped up. "Speaking of parties, let's start the singing shall we?" Malik asked excitedly.

Surprisingly enough, Malik enjoyed singing so much, also Joey that they usually hogged the mic and went back and forth singing songs. Yugi camped by the bar telling stories with Serenity and Tea and sometimes they would listen to Miya's stories. Yami sat casually at a couch, his eyes trained at Yugi.

"You know," Bakura started as he wrapped an arm around Yami's shoulders. "Green is a good color on you, oh benevolent pharaoh."

"I second that," Marik added as he took the seat next to Yami.

"Not now, you two," Yami rolled his eyes. His right eye slightly twitched when he saw Tea run her finger along Yugi's arm.

The two yamis sniggered. "You know, it's obvious that Tea has the hots for your hikari. I mean, not only is he the sweet innocent soul that he was when they were in high school. But now he has the confidence and sex appeal that you have. So he's basically what Tea really wanted," Bakura said.

"Does it bother you that Yugi's been with other people?" Marik asked with a smirk. "Well, if I were you, you better do something about this before you lose him to the one person he's been pining over since forever."

"That's just it. Why should I stop that if she's the one he wants?" Yami argued, his voice a little hushed so the others wouldn't be able to hear.

"That would be true if Yugi still looked at Tea's way," Marik shrugged and downed his bottle of beer. "Yugi hasn't exactly shown interest in Tea in any way."

"Please tell me you're not scared of rejection that's why you're not doing anything," Bakura muttered rolling his eyes.

"No. It's not rejection I'm most scared of, although I'm still scared of it. I just don't know how to go around saying it. How do you start that conversation?" Yami asked, a little frustrated.

"Well, you can start with flirting. That's always fun," Marik gave a big toothy smile as he wagged his eyebrows.

"I don't even know how to flirt." Yami looked.

"Well you better learn now, because Tea looks like she's a pro." Bakura pointed at the brunette who was whispering at Yugi's ear and had her body curved towards him.

"Is that a blowjob?" Ryou pointed as he took a seat on his yami's lap.

Yami looked over and Tea was holding a shot glass on her lap with Yugi trying to bend over and grab the shot with his mouth. Everyone started howling at the show. Even Bakura and Marik joined in by howling the loudest. Yugi opened his mouth and wrapped it around the shot glass. When he got a proper hold of it, he sat back on his sit gulping the shot. A bit of cream dribbled by the side of his cheek and when he set the shot glass on the table, his little pink tongue licked the side of his cheek. Now that little show entertained Yami and his mind immediately went to the gutter.

"If looks could fuck, your little look-alike would already be curled into a ball with his feet on either side of your head," Miya joked as she put down Yami's next glass of vodka martini. Yami looked away from Yugi and met the piercing cobalt blue eyes of Miya. He glared at the bartender and she only flinched slightly. "Chill, man. I'm actually on your team. I see the way you guys look at each other when the other isn't looking. Gods, you guys are ridiculous."

Marik and Bakura couldn't help but let out a laugh at Miya's comment. "So, Miya, our little friend here doesn't know how to flirt. Do you have any pointers?" Ryou asked.

Miya tilted her head at the side and looked knowingly at Yami. "To be honest, I don't know how to flirt sexily without a little bit of alcohol in my system. Or at least, I don't know that I'm flirting when I'm actually just nice to people. But to beat the blowjob shot move, you're going to need a sexier shot than that." She giggled evilly. Her cobalt blue eyes almost glowed maliciously as the gears in her head turned. "But we're going to need mood music and someone to initiate it."

"I got that covered," Marik announced. "Babe!" he called over to Malik, who was dancing as Joey sang Moves Like Jagger. Malik bounced then dove to Marik's lap. "We are planning on helping the pharaoh flirt with Yugi."

"Finally!" Malik exclaimed clapping his hands. "What are we doing?"

Miya whispered in Malik's ear and the other got to watch as Malik's face slowly turned into a very malicious smirk that they thought only Marik was capable of. Malik whispered in Marik's ear about the plan and now they were both wearing twin smirks.

"Miya, you are a genius!" Malik exclaimed. He ran to the bar pulling the bartender and his lover towards the bar.

"Lover!" Miya called over Tara and she wrapped her arms around her then whispered in her ear. Tara nodded then readied the song.

A familiar song started and Malik grabbed the mic from Joey to start singing with Marik.

So we back in the club

Get that bodies rocking from side to side (side to side)

Tea and Serenity jumped up and joined the two platinum blonds to start dancing. Joey had, miraculously pulled Seto towards the dancefloor with Mai and Valon. Ryou had pulled Bakura from the couch and before they left for the dancefloor he had a few parting words for Yami.

"We'll try to keep Tea away from Yugi as much as possible so you can make the moves on him. Just don't screw it up." The white-haired male winked at Yami then pulled his lover towards the dancefloor.

Thank God the week is done

I feel like a zombie gone back to life (back to life)

Miya had suddenly appeared in front of Yami with a tray containing a shot glass of clear liquid, a salt shaker, and a lime wedge. "A little foreshadowing and liquid courage," she said as she dropped the tray down in front of him. "Have a bit of salt before taking the shot. Then after the shot, take a bite of the lime." She looked over her shoulder briefly then smirked at Yami. "Do it now, coz your little corazon is on his way over here." She turned around and left, revealing that Yugi was walking slowly over to where Yami was.

Without thinking, Yami did what he was told and he felt tingling at his fingertips when the tequila hit his system. He hated tequila. Searching through the dim blinking lights, he cast a quick glare at Miya who was smirking in amusement at him as she poured drinks for Alister and Raphael. Yami finally lay his eyes at Yugi who was smiling sweetly at him as he offered his hand at the former pharaoh.

"Care to dance?" Yugi asked.

Hands up, and suddenly we all got our hands up

No control of my body

Ain't I seen you before?

I think I remember those eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes

Maybe it was because of the rapidly blinking lights. Maybe it was the tequila in his bloodstream. Or maybe it was Yugi's shining eyes. Or maybe it was because Yugi was the one asking him. Whatever it was, it was enough to make Yami agree to be led to the dancefloor and dance. Yugi put Yami's hands around his neck while he put his hands on Yami's hips to guide him through the music. He swayed Yami's hips to the beat of the song and made sure to squeeze his darkness's hip in encouragement.

"I told you that I'd teach you how to dance right?" Yugi reminded Yami. "Just relax and move with me."

'Cause baby tonight, the DJ got us falling in love again

Yeah, baby tonight, the DJ got us falling in love again

So dance, dance, like it's the last, last night of your life, life

Gonna get you right

'Cause baby tonight, the DJ got us falling in love again

Yami was even surprised with himself when he found himself gyrating against Yugi, his hands already at Yugi's waist while Yugi hooked his arms around Yami's neck. Crimson red eyes were glued onto glimmering amethysts. The former spirit was actually impressed with himself since he was absolutely sure that he couldn't dance. Tea had pushed him to dance with her multiple times and yet he still stepped onto the brunette's feet as he swayed awkwardly. But with Yugi, he kept constant eye contact and he could feel himself smiling and enjoying himself.

Somehow, despite the amount of skin their clothes covered, Yami could feel the little dips and dents of Yugi's muscles as his hands started to wander boldly while they moved together. He could feel his pants tightening. His mind was a bit in a daze, he blamed the damn tequila shot for that. But really, he will also blame the fact that Yugi was against his at the moment and the delicious friction was messing with his brain. He was a bit thankful that the song slowed down as it went to the next verse.

Keep downing drinks like there's no tomorrow there's just right now, now, now, now, now, now

Gonna set the roof on fire

Gonna burn this motherfucker down, down, down, down, down, down

Hands up, when the music drops

We both put our hands up

Put your hands on my body

Swear I seen you before

I think I remember those eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes

He could feel Yugi's encouragement through the mind link. He sent his nervousness back but he showed a warm smile of enjoyment on his face. He hadn't had much fun in a club in so long, honestly, he never really did like being in a club. But here, he was having fun and just dancing and laughing with Yugi while Malik and Marik would sing in the background. Yami could feel his cheeks warm at how intimately close he was with Yugi, but then it was kinda ridiculous to be embarrassed about the fact that they were so close, since they still slept in the same bed together. Yami's heart started to race as the tempo of the song quickened again when it went back to the chorus.

'Cause baby tonight, the DJ got us falling in love again

Yeah, baby tonight, the DJ got us falling in love again

So dance, dance, like it's the last, last night of your life, life

Gonna get you right

'Cause baby tonight, the DJ got us falling in love again

At some point, Yami just wanted to stay in this moment forever. He had never felt so free with Yugi like this. Just dancing carelessly, the multiple flashing lights shimmering Yugi's pale features, his amethyst eyes glowing under the dim lighting. It was perfect. They were still moving as the song ends and Yami was starting to lighten up and still entranced at the fact that Yugi's attention was all on him. Of course he still felt nervous since he was absolutely sure that Yugi could feel his boner right now. If he can't then he is thankful for the very tight and restricting leather pants that was making it very painful for him right now.

"BODY SHOTS!" Marik and Malik announced from the bar. When in the hell did they get there?

But right after their announcement, another round of howls came and Malik almost immediately took his shirt off.

Miya went and cleaned the bar top so Malik could lie down. Yami and Yugi were pushed towards the bar by Ryou and Bakura, and as promised, Ryou was taking Tea far away from Yugi. Everyone hollered as Marik set up the body shot. He sprinkled a little salt around Malik's belly and placed a shot of tequila by Malik's crotch. Yami remembered how to take a tequila shot since e did it a while ago. This must be Miya's plot of "beating" Tea's blojob shot. He cast a wary glance at Yugi. He could face demon gods that forced him to face three thousand years worth of torture by the shadows, he faced certain death too many times for a single lifetime, but he cannot, for the life of him, flirt with Yugi. He went back to watching Marik just in time to see the yami take his time licking his hikari's belly then grab the shot glass using his lips to pick up the shot glass to take the shot. Once Marik downed his shot, he dipped his head and kissed Malik who had a lime wedge in his lips. After a few seconds, Marik already had the lime wedge in his lips and threw his fists in the air as if he just won a competition.

Malik put his shirt back on and jumped back down from the table so he could grab Marik and kiss him hard. The couple walked over as Joey blatantly pushed Seto to lie down on the bar for his shot. Seto just simply opened a few more buttons on the top of his shirt and exposed his neck and collar. Miya gave Seto the lime wedge and shot glass to Seto while Joey put the salt on Seto's collar. As the couple prepare for the body shot, Miya walked over to Yami which removed him from the show.

"You better take that body shot first before that girl gets it or else I don't know which shot will beat a body shot," she said with a hushed voice. "Let me give you an advice though," she started with a smirk. "A body shot is sexy because of how you take it, now all you have to do to make it sexier is make the experience different and risque."

Joey licked Seto's neck and gently sucked on it, making sure to get all of the salt and tickle Seto at the same time. Seto had his legs spread and put the shot glass on the table space between his thighs and Joey dipped his head to pick up the shot with his lips. He tipped his head back to gulp down the shot then he took the lime from Seto. The next couple to take a body shot was Bakura and Ryou. Bakura lifted Ryou's shirt and lowered his pants slightly so he could put salt on Ryou's hip. Instead of putting the drink on a shot glass, he had the tequila poured on Ryou's belly button, which was, according to Miya, the right way to take that shot. Bakura sucked on the salt instead of licking it, then sucked on the tequila from Ryou's bellybutton which made the hikari squirm and for the finally, he attacked Ryou's mouth as he also got the lime wedge.

Of course every alcohol-dazed person in the room cheered for them.

When Yami saw Tea walking over towards their direction, he acted fast and pulled Yugi towards the bar and announced that they were going next.

"Uhh...Yami?" Yugi asked a bit nervously as he was being led to lie down on the bar. He sat on the bar top and one look from Yami made him blush red as he was ordered to take his shirt off through the mind link. He took his shirt off and lay down on the bar, and was surprised when Yami climbed over the bar and was suddenly on top of him on all fours with the salt shaker.

"I kinda like more salt," Yami said as he dipped his head down and licked a line from Yugi's chest down to just a couple of inches above his belly button. Yami sprinkled the salt on the line he drew with his saliva, then he blew on the line to remove some of the excess. Yugi shivering deliciously beneath him will seriously give him something to dream about tonight. Once he was satisfied he got off the table top to move to the other side so he was now facing an upside down Yugi. He motioned Miya to pour his shot on Yugi's bellybutton and taking a lime wedge in his mouth he bit it slightly and passed to Yugi's lips. He couldn't hear the crowd squealing and cheering them on since he was on a mission to turn on Yugi and make him light-headed with arousal. With one last wink at his blushing hikari, Yami licked the salt carefully from Yugi's chest until the end of the line he made, taking a longer time than usual and reveling over the fact that he could make Yugi squirm deliciously with his actions. He really hated the taste of tequila, but he was going to enjoy swirling his tongue teasingly around Yugi's belly button before sucking the demonic liquid from it, blissfully aware that his crotch was just mere inches away from Yugi's face. Yami went back to Yugi's lips and took the lime quickly since he could feel Yugi dying of embarrassment now.

Yugi was dazed and suddenly his heart was beating so much as he rode the adrenaline rush from the slight foreplay he just experienced from Yami. As he put on his shirt, he didn't button them down since he was too busy securing Yami on the bar and straddling his waist. He was smirking at the surprised expression on Yami's face. He took the lime wedge and shoved it in Yami's mouth and licked a nice long line from the base of Yami's neck until behind his ear then sprinkled the salt. He then took the shot glass of tequila and began licking the salt off slowly. And once his work was done, he took the shot then tipped Yami's head back by pulling his hair slightly then take his time getting the lime wedge from the former pharaoh's lips.

When he got down from Yami's lap, he buttoned his shirt back up again and looked at his friends who were either laughing or cheering them on. At corner of his eye, he saw Yami a bit disoriented from what just happened and he couldn't help but smirk proudly that he could make Yami react that way.

Yami had no idea what just happened. First he was getting over basically giving oral foreplay on Yugi, the next thing he knew, the same Yugi was suddenly on his lap licking his neck thoroughly. He didn't even bother watching the others take body shots he just spaced out and sat at the one stool at the end of the bar beside the control box.

"You seemed to enjoy yourself," a female voice said.

He turned to the direction of the voice and was greeted by Tara's olive green eyes behind square-framed glasses. Her short red hair a little disarrayed since the night has been stressful for her from the constant demands of songs from mostly Malik and Joey.

At Yami's silence, Tara giggled. "Miya told me about your whole situation," she shrugged.

"I'm not sure if he likes me or is it because of the alcohol, to be honest. I mean when you have alcohol in your system you will do things you won't usually do and most of them you'll regret…" he trailed off. Ra forbid Yugi regret that exchange they had in front of their friends.

"Are you drunk yet?"

"Well, no. But-"

"Do you think the birthday boy is drunk?"

"I only saw him sip on a beer and nothing else."

"So I don't think he's not drunk enough yet to do 'regretful' things," she said with a triumphant smile. "Just use the heat the alcohol provided you to flirt with him. The little buzz will help with your courage."

"But he's so different now. He's more confident and sure of himself now than when we first met. How do I go around that?"

"Well, you know, I was the one who instigated the relationship with Miya."

This perked Yami's interest. "You did? I always thought-"

"That Miya was the one that asked me out first? Nope. People always suspected that," Tara shook her head and giggled again. "Miya and I were best friends before we started dating. We grew up together. She knew she was a lesbian when we were ten while I was still struggling to come out when I was sixteen. But when I had gotten around into coming out of the closet, she was there to help me. I liked the attention she gave me to the point that I became jealous when there were so many girls flirting with her. That was the time that I realized I was in love with her." She looked longingly at the raven-haired girl pouring drinks.

"What made you ask her out?" Yami inquired.

"She was a player, you know? Jumping from one girlfriend to another. The only constant girl in her life was me. But then there was this girl who came along and things started to get serious between them. So I started to try and be more touchy with Miya. I flirted with her, block every chance of her being with the other woman until I finally gained the guts to tell her how I feel about her and to ask her out." She then sighed contently at the memory. "I went over to her house and was happy to find that she was alone. If the girl she was dating was there, I might've chickened out or something. I brought her flowers and told her that I had feelings for her then I finally asked her out. She said yes." Tara gave Yami a soft smile then motioned him to look at Yugi who was laughing alongside Miya and the rest of their friends. "It took me almost losing her to actually get the guts to tell her how I feel. I didn't care anymore if she would reject me. She needed to know how I feel. But thankfully, she felt the same way."

"What happened to the other girl?" Yami asked, his eyes drifting over to Tea who still had her eyes glued to Yugi.

"Well, Miya isn't exactly the type to beat around the bush so she just let the girl down easy." She looked over her station to change a song. "You want some tips?" she offered.

Yami tore his gaze from his friends who were back to dancing and drinking to look at the red-haired DJ. "I need all the help I can get. I can duel circles around anyone but thinking up a strategy to ask Yugi out. And you can't get a magic card to do that," he joked.

"When you spend some alone time with him, try to full-on flirt with him. Make him blush as much as possible. It's very satisfying. Also, it'll make him think about your actions more. And when you're with other people, make sure to only be friendly and not flirty. No need to give him mixed signals."

"Speaking from experience?"

Tara nodded. "Miya is such a friendly girl that you don't know if she's being sweet to you or she's just like that for everyone. Even she doesn't realize she's flirting with someone."

"Well Yugi and I have a different type of friendship. It's kinda hard to explain but we're very close. We've been through a lot together."

"Hey, as long as you guys aren't related by blood, I don't see why you can't be together."

Suddenly, arms encircled Tara's waist which made the redhead jump.

"Hello, lover," Miya purred in Tara's ear. "Are you sharing our love story to this poor unfortunate soul?" Miya raised an eyebrow at Yami playfully.

"Yes, beloved, I was, actually. He needed a little push so he could get the guy he wanted."

"You know, you should get the move on him as soon as possible before it's too late. I heard Tea was going to try and steal a kiss from him tonight," Miya said as she poked Yami's shoulder.

"And what do I have against her that will make Yugi choose me over her? She's everything he's ever wanted since I knew him."

"Well, maybe things have changed. Do you honestly want to live the rest of your life not knowing how he feels about you or how he would react if you told him?"

Yami shook his head. He could save his whole kingdom and suffer through the Shadow Realm for thousands of years but living the rest of his new lifetime suffering by not knowing how Yugi truly felt about him was something he knew he couldn't take.

"Where is he anyway?" Tara looked around behind Yami trying to look for the smaller tricolor-haired male.

"He must've gone to the bathroom or something," Miya shrugged. She then paused. "Oh no…" She motioned at Yami to turn around.

As the former pharaoh turned around to look at whatever Miya was looking at, his heart froze as he saw Tea pulling Yugi to the door outside. "Shit," he hissed as he jumped from his seat to hurry towards Yugi and Tea. He wasn't really sure about his end goal when he reached them but it was too late to stop himself that he bumped into Yugi and the impact sent them crashing down to the floor. Yami was fast enough that he turned them so he would get the brunt of the fall. The fell on the floor with an oof. When Yami finally opened his eyes, he was greeted with Yugi's confused amethyst eyes.

"You okay, Yami?" he asked, his voice full of concern. "Did you hit your head again?"

There was cackling behind Yugi and it was only then that the pair realized how compromising their position was. Yugi was nestled between Yami's legs while their torsos were touching and their lips just inches away from each other. The pair lushed and quickly scrambled off the floor so they could stand up again.

"You okay, aibou?" Yami asked as he rubbed the back of Yugi's head trying to feel a bump, although that would be silly seeing as Yugi's head was far away from the impact of their fall.

Yugi just rolled his eyes. "I'm fine, Yami. How about you? Did you hit your head?"

Yami shook his head no. "I'm fine, aibou."

Before Yugi could ask, a very tipsy Marik but in. "You now, if you guys rolled around a few more times, then it'll be really corny enough." His words were slurred and he ended up laughing at his own statement.

Malik pulled his yami away from the scene. "Okay. No more alcohol for you. I want to get laid tonight and you drunk is no fun." He dragged Marik to one of the couches and sat on his lap to keep him there.

"Hey, Yugi, can I talk to you alone for a bit?" Tea asked.

Thinking fast, Yami walked forward and tried to wobble in his step. He blinked rapidly and bent his knees only to be caught by Yugi.

"Whoa, Yami, you okay? I know you're not drunk yet." Yugi stared at Yami who was wincing and rubbing his temple. "Okay, you need to sit down." He looked over at Tea, "Sorry, Tea. Can we talk later? I think Yami hit his head." He guided Yami over the bar and made him sit on one of the bar stools. He waved at Miya over. "Hey, Miya, can I get some ice wrapped in a small towel? I think Yami's a bit disoriented from our fall."

Miya raised an eyebrow and smirked. "Sure, birthday boy." She turned to Tara, "Lover, tone down the blinking lights a bit. Yami's a bit disoriented." The DJ gave a thumbs up for her girlfriend and just played slower music and opened a portion of lights around the bar but it didn't disrupt the atmosphere of the main area. "Thanks, lover!" Miya said as she wrapped a few ice cubes in a clean hand towel. "Here you go, Yugi."

"Thanks, Miya. Can I also have a glass of water? Actually make that two. I need one too." Yugi got the cold bundle and gave it to Yami. "Don't you guys usually drink beer and wine back in Egypt before?" Yugi asked with a chuckle.

Yami ducked his head and closed his eyes. He was, in reality, perfectly fine. He just acted like he was disoriented so Yugi, with his constant need to help people in need, would put his attention on him. And judging from the soft chuckle he heard from the bartender, Miya wasn't fooled by his act. "They didn't invent vodka and tequila back in ancient Egypt." He didn't sound in pain and since now, Yugi had his full attention on him, maybe he could actually try and flirt. He peeked at Yugi with one eye and smiled. "My head hurts a bit. I guess I didn't feel it while you were on top of me. You can't really feel pain when you're all excited and full of adrenaline." He smirked at his hikari and winked at him which resulted to Yugi blushing at his words. Yami ran his finger at Yugi's cheek and the hikari blushed harder. "You look divine with that blush, Yugi," he spoke with an octave lower.

Not used to Yami's forwardness, Yugi just blinked at him a few times.

Yami chuckled. "Oh? The confident playboy, Yugi Mutou, is speechless by little ol' me? I'm flattered, aibou." He finally sat a little straighter so he could lean closer to Yugi. "How about you try your flirting skills on me. But then again, you were already absolutely charming to me when we first met, hikari." Yami emphasized his last word with a low voice.

Blushing furiously, Yugi stared at Yami for a moment then raised an eyebrow. "Try my skills on you? Can you handle me, Yami?" He knew he could never lower his voice the way Yami can, so he purred in Yami's ear instead. He leaned forward slightly as if he was about to kiss Yami but as Yami leaned forward as well, he then slowly pulled back.

The other man leaned in closer until he lost his balance and almost fell forwards until he was able to catch himself. He looked up at Yugi who had an eyebrow raised and a smirk on his face. It was the first time ever that Yami felt like the shy one and Yugi was the confident one. If it weren't for his sun-kissed tan skin, Yugi would have noticed him blushing hard at being caught. Yami narrowed his eyes slightly. Oh so he's going to play this way, huh? He needed some liquid courage first before he can pull this off. "Miya!" he called over the bartender over.

Miya was busy cuddling with Tara at the control booth but she heard Yami perfectly. She kissed Tara's cheek and went over to her station. "Can I take your order?"

"Give us the best shot you can whip up," Yami replied.

Yugi felt nervous at the shining eyes Miya suddenly had at Yami's request.

"Sure," the bartender replied simply. She quickly got two shot glasses and bottles upon bottles of drinks. The two tricolor-haired males missed whatever she poured into the shot glasses and they were just served something that looked like a four-seasons drink in a shot glass. "Enjoy," Miya chirped with a friendly smile as she proceeded with cleaning the tools she used quickly.

Yami and Yugi clinked glasses and down the pink shot quickly which was pleasantly fruity much to Yami's surprise. Yugi glared at the shot then glared at Miya. "This is a weng weng shot isn't it?" he asked.

Miya shrugged. "Hey, Yami said to make the best shot. I for one, think that this is the best shot that's ever been invented." She giggled evilly and left them to tend to Joey and Seto.

"What's a weng weng shot?" Yami asked. He suddenly felt the heat of the alcohol seeping through his system.

"It's a shot I discovered in the Philippines. Dangerous shot since it's sweet and fruity even though there's a lot of liquor in it that people keep downing them like it's nothing. Then the alcohol kicks in and you're just wasted." Yugi shook his head as he looked at the empty shot glass he just downed. "And I think Miya likes to make them extra strong."

Yami chuckled. "I still haven't gotten around the fact that you've seen the world. I'm actually quite jealous."

"I'll take you with me next time then," Yugi replied with a wink.

"Oh and meet the people you've seduced with your charms? No thank you," Yami retorted playfully.

Yugi smirked. "Is someone jealous?" He rested his chin on the ball of his palm and inched himself closer to Yami.

"I'm more jealous of every person you've charmed," Yami started as he lowered his voice again, "and kissed," he looked straight into Yugi's eyes as he spoke slowly, "and touched."

A little dazed, Yugi couldn't help but blush at the way Yami spoke to him. It was like the first time he's seen Yami. Sure he was aware of the pharaoh's soul inhabiting him, making him stronger and braver, but that first time he's seen Yami, he was dazzled by his confidence. He wanted to be that confident and ever since, he felt like Yami was his goal. He aimed to be as confident and strong as the pharaoh because he always thought that Yami was his future, that he would be what Yami is.

But as time flew by and the closer they became, things changed.

Feelings changed.

Meanwhile, Joey had calmed down and sat on the couch cuddling up to his boyfriend as he watched his best friend flirt with Yami.

"I was right," he said mostly to himself.

Kaiba hummed in acknowledgement. "About what, puppy?"

Joey kept his eyes at the two tri-color haired males at the bar. "On why Tea and Yami never worked out." They always had talks about the former couple when they were alone, mostly because Joey was always bothered by how his friends were always fighting. "I always knew that they were trying to replace Yugi with each other. Yugi was really the one they wanted in the first place and now that he's back," he trailed off.

"They're now going to to fight over him," Kaiba finished with a chuckle. "Are we going to expect a bloodbath?" he asked. He noted that Tea had been all over Yugi the whole night, even did a blowjob shot on him which was quite forward of her. He also had a good view of Yami and Yugi dancing. Yami looked like he was in a trance as he and Yugi moved together. The former spirit was enjoying the dance way too much, add the very suggestive body shot he did on Yugi, and Kaiba knew that Yami would do anything to get Yugi.

"Tea isn't one to back down," Joey commented. He eyed his friend who was talking to Mai at the other side of the room. The brunette would sometimes steal a few glances at Yugi's direction. "I heard that she's been visiting the game shop regularly to talk to Yugi. And we know how the pharaoh is."

"Who do you think Yugi would choose?" Kaiba asked.

Joey shrugged. "I don't know." He thought of his next sentence for a moment. "He used to have this thing for Tea, although it never really went anywhere. I'm not sure if he ever had a thing for Yami but they did share a body for a few years. We don't really know what they would talk about when they were alone." He looked over at the way Yami was just enthralled by Yugi as they talked. Joey took note of the fairly innocent touches Yami gave Yugi. "It's hard to tell who Yugi's into. He could be into Tea, but the way Yami and Yugi are right now, he could be into Yami as well."

"Do you have someone you want Yugi to end up with?"

"As long as my best bud is happy, then I won't be mad on whoever he chooses. And yes, this will be a bloodbath."

A/N: Oh yeah Chapter 3! Here's to hoping people who followed and favorited this story gets notified. I just had this issue with FF wherein I updated Are We Really Doing This and no one got notified. Huhu. Chapter 4 is the bloodbath and Chapter 5 is the conclusion. Oh gods I can't believe I'm about to finish this. Will this have a lemon? I don't plan to since I really just wanted to keep this as a light fic compared to my other fic which is still in progress. I'm not good with flirtation conversations so yeah I had to cheat and let the flirtation happen from afar. So what do you guys think so far? Please review and tell me what you guys expect from the bloodbath that's about to happen...I'm kinda blanking on how Tea and Yami will fight over Yugi so suggestions would be nice.