AN: Sorry for the long delay. Health problems and school things got in the way. Updates might be scattered as work and school are picking up. I'm going to be busy until December when my last extra classes finish.

Anyway, enjoy!

CHAPTER SIX - DRINKS BY NIGHT, FIRST TASK BY DAY

Yugi didn't really know what he came home to. He knew that Atem and Yuusei were celebrating being chosen for the upcoming task, but this... this was insane. The first indication that someone was up was the fact the lights were all off except for the den. The second was the Lady Gaga songs blasting though the house.

"You guys what... oh dear god."

Atem and Yuusei were in their robes, the music turned up and the drinks ready.

"Aibou! Are you ready to party hard?" said Atem, hauling the smaller boy into the room. "Yuusei, start the movie!"
Yugi let Atem drag him over to the couch, pushing a drunk into his hands and grinning. "Aibou, this is going to be great! Just you, me, Yuusei, and all of the Harry Potter movies."

Drink One

Yuusei laughed a little harder than usual. Atem gave him an odd look as Yuusei picked up a second drink, fumbling with the top for a moment before he managed to get it off. He looked over at Atem and cocked a brow. He had a light pink flush to his cheeks and the bridge of his nose.

"Yuusei... Are you okay?"

"I'm fabulous," he replied, laughing as he took a sip. "I feel great!"

"Oh god, you're a lightweight..."

Drink Two

Yuusei was on his stomach watching the television, feet kicking in the air almost as if he were a small child. He let out giggles from time to time. Not a laugh. A giggle. He looked over at Atem after a moment, cheeks still flushed as he stood and staggered over. "Let's play Harry Potter! Right now!" he said as he grabbed Atem's hand and hauled him to his feet. "I'll get the wands!"

He stumbled out, tripping a few times while he proceeded to get their mock wands.

Yugi looked up at Atem, he himself just beginning to feel the effects of the beer in his hand. "He's already drunk, isn't he?"

"Yeah..."

"And you don't feel a thing yet, do you?"

"No."

Yugi snorted when Yuusei stumbled back in, pulling the wand carefully into Atem's hand. "Duel me, Atem. Duel me right now," he said, eyes oddly passionate. "I need you to have a proper duel with me."

Atem looked over his shoulder at Yugi and rolled his eyes with a small laugh. Tonight was going to be interesting.

Drink Three

Yugi watched as Yuusei became a laughing fool. The two of them kept making jokes and laughing while Atem just kept tossing out jokes that had them rolling on the floor.
They then got the brilliant idea to do some shots from the Harry Potter shot glasses Atem had ordered off of Amazon.

Yuusei was the first to back out due to a sudden emotional breakdown. He began to cry, putting his head on the table and just blubbering away. Yugi went until he felt far too buzzed, and Atem stopped once he felt giddy. He then leaned over and patted Yuusei on the back. "There, there... It'll be okay."

"No... No, Atem, you don't..." He dissolved into sobs again.

Atem then looked up at Yugi and grinned.
"Aibou! Aibou, Aibou, Aibou, Aibou! Let's duel!" he said, taking the young boy by the shoulders and laughing. "Oh it'll be great! Come on, just like old times!"

Yugi hiccupped and then nodded. "I'll go get my deck. You... watch him. I'm worried about him," he muttered, poking the hysterical Yuusei."

Drink Four

"You don't understand, Atem. I never knew my father," sobbed Yuusei. "He's dead, Atem! He's gone and I'll never... I was just a baby boy! Just a baby and he and my mother died. You don't get it because you had a father. You knew him and he loved you and we... Oh god, I can't," he rasped, crying into his knees as he sat on the floor.

Atem rolled his eyes. "Grow up, Yuusei. It was like... eighteen years ago. Be a man! Fucking hell, Aibou! No, no you can't do that. Fuck you and your shit this is not how you play monopoly. Do you want to go? You want to have another ceremonial duel? I will beat your midget ass this time I swear to god," snapped Atem, flipping the board into the air, paper money raining down on them.

Yugi just looked sleepy, yawning. "Kay. Whatever you say," he muttered. "Can I go to bed yet."

"Bed is for fucking pussies, Aibou! Man up and watch Goblet of Fire with us."

"Fine."

"My father, Atem!"

"Oh, shut up!"

Drink Five

Atem help Yuusei in his arms, the pair in complete tears. "I'm so sorry I yelled, Yuusei. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry you never knew your parents. Oh god, that must have been... been so awful... Yuusei, I didn' t know my mother. And my father never really loved me." He was stroking Yuusei's hair while the other one was curled next to him on the couch. "He used to tell me to stop crying and man up. Said I may as well have been a daughter to him... He didn't respect me, Yuusei. He didn't care that I had feelings. If I tripped and cried he's yank me up and ask me why he was cursed with such a little bitch of a daughter. You don't... Oh god, it was terrible. It was so terrible, Yuusei. I just wanted him to love me. I wanted him to accept me!"

Yuusei shook his head sadly. "You poor, poor thing," he whispered, rubbing Atem's back. "You know what? You know... you know what? He didn't deserve a son like you. He just didn't deserve you." He nodded to himself, still sniffling. "You're such a good person."

"Thank you. Aibou, come here."

He hauled Yugi into his arms, the smaller boy looking rather confused. "The hell are you -?"

"You're both such good friends. I... I don't deserve you!"

Drink Six

Atem was laying with his head on Yugi's stomach, staring up at the ceiling while Yuusei lay just off to the side, slowly organizing his cards despite his drunken state. He couldn't even stand.

"What's life, Aibou? Why are we here?"

"I don't... I don't really know..."

"Aibou you're so handsome. You should... you should be a model or something." He looked up at Yugi and let out a long sigh. "Your eyes are... they're like two... purple things with... other pretty things." He said, hiccupping between most words. "It's like... wow."

"You're being silly," replied Yugi before his head lolled to the side and he was out.

Yuusei looked over and snorted. "We should... we should draw on him with uh... magic markers."

"Fuck yes."

Drink Seven

Atem looked over at Yuusei, the pair just laying on the couch. Yuusei had his head on Atem's shoulder while he stared blankly at the television. "My... my wand is ready," he muttered, giving a lazy grin.

"I... I'll fill your Chamber of... wait no I mean... I'll... expecto patronum you... I don't know," muttered Atem.

"Atem, I'm horny. Why does that make me so sad?"

"Harry Potter is arousing, Yuusei." Atem looked down at his friend. "Wait, what are we talking about?" he asked, feeling as if his head was spinning on his shoulders. He was exhausted and close to passing out now. He was actually surprised that Yuusei was still awake.

"I like wands," muttered Yuusei before he stood and used the table to support himself. "I'm going to go uh... upstairs."

"Me too."

-xxxx-

Yugi groaned, dragging himself up the stairs in the late afternoon. He opened the bedroom door and his eyes widened. Atem had one leg tied to the bedpost with a Gryffindor tie. His body was half off the bed and the sheets were wrapped around his waist. Yuusei was on the desk, curled up on it with a pair of Harry Potter glasses on and an open jaw of Nutella in his arms. The room was a mess. There was bedding and clothes and food all over the place. Yugi didn't even know how the hell they managed to do any of this while drunk.

"Atem! Yuusei!"

Atem jerked awake, toppling out of bed completely, his leg still tied to the bedpost. "A-Aibou!" He shook his head to clear it. He then untied his foot and looked over as Yuusei stirred, groaning as he rolled off the desk and onto the floor with a dull thud.

"Aibou you... oh right..." He snorted. "You have uh... marker all over your face."

Yugi scowled and looked toward the mirror. Will shit. There was black marker all over him. A penis drawn on his cheek, hieroglyphs and various words on his chest and neck, and some misspelled words he guessed were from Atem. And a moustache. That was definitely Atem. He looked back as Yuusei pulled his clothes on, having been wearing nothing but his wizard robes.
He looked bad. Certainly hung over.

Yuusei paused for a moment and then rushed to the bathroom. Atem frowned after him before he also began to dress.

"What the hell did you two do last night?" asked Yugi, shaking his head. "What the hell did we all do?"

"Nothing, really. Just had some drinks, watched movies... roleplayed."

"Roleplayed what? What kind of kinky sex shit involves-?"

"Aibou., Yuusei and I are just very good friends. You need to stop seeing things." He flashed a grin and looked up when Yuusei staggered back into the room, still clutching his Nutella jar. He looked from Yugi to Atem, his eyes red from crying the night before.

"Nothing happened last night. It was all a dream. "

Yugi rolled his eyes. "Just get dressed, guys. It's the first task tonight. Yuusei... get some water into you. And someone get that Nutella off the ceiling. I'm not cleaning that."

"But Aibou-"

"I don't know where any of this stuff has been. Clean it up."

-xxxx-

Yuusei loosened his tie and ran a hand through his hair. "You ready?" he asked. He looked over at Atem while Yugi helped him fix his tie. "Well, don't you look sharp."

"You're trying to be all Ron and go for the casual look," replied Atem with a laugh. "Anyway, I just want to look my best. I mean today is the first task, after all." He fixed his sleeve and then smiled at Yugi. "Thank you. I can never quite get the hang of ties." He gave Yugi a one-armed hug and then took his seat next to Yuusei.
They were in the Great Hall waiting for further instruction from Kaiba or one of his associates.

Yuusei still looked a little unwell. He'd been sick on the way over but he was doing better. He made them all swear to never let him touch a drink again.

Atem turned to Yuusei and offered him a small smile. Yuusei returned it, glad that Atem hadn't mentioned anything from the night before. Like the crying. Or the dancing. Or the singing...

"Yuusei, you being this close makes me feel things... I think... I think it's..."

"What?"

"I think... We're the chosen ones."

"I think so, too."

Yuusei grinned and glanced over toward the doors when they opened. Kaiba entered, followed by Mokuba once again. He handed he, Atem, and Yugi all an envelope. Yuusei turned it over in his hands, observing it. There was no indication of what might be inside. Mokuba nodded to them and Yugi was the first to open his own. He frowned and pulled out a duel monster card. "Red Eyes?"

"Each of you will be fighting a dragon. It's not based on life points, attack, or defence. You will select five cards from your deck and those monsters must aide you in getting the golden egg," explained Kaiba.

Atem opened his own letter and nodded. "Blue Eyes. Not surprising. What about you, Yuusei?" Atem leaned over while Yuusei looked at his own. "Hundred Eyes Dragon? What's that?"

"A card from my time," explained Yuusei. "And what about yourself, Kaiba?"

"I'll be facing Slifer," he replied. "The order was randomly selected. Yugi will go first, then myself, then Atem, and finally Yuusei. Any question?"

The trio shook their heads.

"Good. Draw your five cards and wait until you're called."

-xxxx-

Yuusei scrambled away from the attack that barely missed him. Stardust circled above, attacking when commanded. The two dragons would scuffle and collide until an attack was thrown in his direction. "Road Runner!" he called, the monster darting toward him. It lowered its body and Yuusei crawled on. They ran through the open area of the stadium before Yuusei got back on foot and made a break for the golden egg just a few feet away.

A blast sounded behind him but he lurched forward and grabbed the egg. Bells sounded and the holograms faded. Yuusei was panting, his heart pounding in his chest. He looked up to see Atem and Yugi cheering from the stands, and he smiled and held the egg up. Perfect! And thanks to their Harry Potter knowledge, they knew just how to solve for the next clue for the Second Task.

Once Yuusei left the field, he met up with Atem and Yugi.

"I thought you were going to get roasted there for a minute, Yuusei. But we all got our eggs! Now we just have to take a bath with them," said Atem, looking down at his own replica egg. "Kaiba really put a lot of effort into this. I still think it's cheating he picked all three of his dragons, but I guess there wasn't a rule saying he couldn't."

Yuusei nodded and looked over at Yugi. "We should probably go home now. We all need to take a bath."

Yugi snorted. "Just not together. I don't need you to ruining the bathtub, too."

"How would be ruin it, Aibou?"

"Same way you ruined the bedroom."

"How does Nutella and wands ruin a bedroom?"

Yugi sighed and shook his head. "Just... Nevermind. I just want to go home now. I'm exhausted."

-xxxx-

Yugi woke around midnight, hearing a sound from down the hall. At first he tried to roll over and ignore it, but then he heard muffled sounds and... splashing? He frowned and stood, making his way down the hall toward the bathroom where the noises were coming from. He opened the door and stood in complete shock.

Atem was on the tile, Yuusei over him with his lips against Atem's and his hands on his chest. Neither were dressed as they'd both been in the deep tub. After a moment, Yuusei pulled his head back and pressed down on Atem's chest a few more times until the other man spluttered out a mouthful of water and coughed.

Yuusei sat back, grabbing a towel to cover himself when he saw Yugi. "We didn't mean to wake you, Yugi-san. We were trying to listen to the message in the egg. Atem held him breath too long," he explained, almost as if he were talking about his favourite wallpaper pattern. "I had to give him CPR and mouth-to-mouth. No homo," he said with the same neutral expression as always.

Atem rolled onto his knees and pushed himself into a sitting position, still coughing. "Oops."

Yugi thought about saying something. He opened and closed his mouth several times before he just closed the door and walked back to his room. He got back into bed and shut his eyes. Those two seriously needed to move out if this was what he was going to keep walking in on.