Pulse District, Neo Domino's very own eletronics district, was packed. Many stores had sales clerks outside, advertising about new deals and specials for today. They were constant, shouting and insisting for people to please do check their newest sales, even offering certain deals that seem desperate, almost. People were window shopping, some were coming out in bags of new items. Mainly thanks to these sales clerks that stood outside for advertisement. The feeling in the air was calm and peaceful but busy, everyone was doing their own thing for the day and that is all that seemed to be the focus in Pulse District. Certainly Yusei and Aki were doing theirs.

"Hello, welcome to Chibi Chibi's E-Store!" a sales clerk calls out to the two entering duelists.

Aki bows with a smile while Yusei simply nods with half of a smile. Yusei starts to walk in one direction, catching Aki by surprise as she quickly takes follow. The burgundy-haired woman figured something may have caught Yusei's eye. They were in the computer aisle. Aki was seeing through the many shelves of diferent computer models, stopping at one in particular.

"Yusei, this seems like a nice computer. Maybe you could use this one instead of the old PC you have back at home?" she tells him. It was a bit of a small computer, but at that size could mean that it is very handy and useful for shcool or business. Yusei stops and looks back, just over his shoulder.

"That one doesn't have much gigabyte memory in it." Yusei said, " The 'old' model back at home was modified by me to hold a lot more GB and processing power."

Aki blinks and looks at the laptop. "He can tell just by looking at it, huh?" she tells herself as she continues to walk on. Should've known. Yusei has a keen sense with electronics and machines.

"Though, that one could work for you the best, Aki," Yusei suggests as his blue eyes make look at her.

The girl looks at him. "How so, Yusei?"

Her companion walks towards her and looks at the laptop, studying it. "It isn't as heavy as yours is, so this would be ideal for taking with to school or home or at our place. It has wider keys so would be less of a chance of any misstypes since I know those can be annoying."

He then takes off one of his gloves as he presses a couple of keys. "And they're not stiff at all. Very smooth, I'll give it that." Yusei stares intently at the laptop, fixing his glove back on.

Aki smiles at him. "I'll take your word for it, Yusei." She looks at the price tag as her nose wrinkled slightly, as if she smelled something very disagreable.

With what Yusei said about this laptop, no wonder it's expensive. I'm not sure if I can afford it, but maybe I can take a loan from mom and dad for it sometime soon, she contemplates to herself. Her parents do give her allowances time to time despite she wishes to get a small-time job especially to help maintain her D-Wheel. However, her father told her not to worry, and to just worry about her schoolwork instead. Aki realizes she's matured because she would see this as more of an insult, like he doesn't trust in his own daughter. But now, she knows he wishes to make up for the lost time.

Yusei pivots towards the register. "Excuse me, Ma'am, I'd like to buys this laptop."

Aki quickly looks at Yusei in surprise. "Y-Yusei, please, don't! I know its a good computer I may need but I can surely get one soon." Aki's pride couldn't let Yusei do this for her, not when she wants to treat him out for the day, not the other way around. She reaches out, grasping his forearm. "Really, it is expensive."

The raven-haired young man looks at her. "Really, it's okay. I have enough saved up, and besides, it's on one-day sale. Nothing to worry about," he reassures the the duelist. He slips out of her grasp and then walks up to the register, pulling out his wallet from his back pocket.

Aki looked down. Her pride was biting at her, but then again..This is a first for a man to buy her something like this. Divine did the same, but knowing it was for his own gain to see him as her everything, it gives her a bitter taste in her mouth. The sound of a ruffling bag brings Aki to look up as Yusei stands there, holding a bag with a boxed laptop inside.

He smiles softly down at her. "I'll hold it for you, okay?"

A stroke of pink brushes across her face as she nods slightly. "O-okay." A smile slowly grows on her beautiful face as she hugs Yusei's arm, taking Yusei back. She looks up at him.

"Thank you, Yusei."

The man stands there for a second, and nods slowly. "A-anytime, Aki," he softly says as he walks out the door. Aki looks at him in puzzlement. Did Yusei just stutter? She giggles at the idea of it, following him out the door.

Both Signers sat from each other in a table of an ice cream shop. They both ordered two smoothies, Aki making sure she pays for both before Yusei got any ideas. The psychic takes her drink up, sipping through the straw, awkwardly staring at the wall. Yusei was doing the same, but instead viewing through the window, not touching his drink yet.

"You haven't drank your smoothie yet," she says after taking her drink. Yusei kept his blue eyes outside the window. "My dad used to take me here all the time when I was a little girl. Their smoothies always tasted so good, maybe a bit sweeter than what I remember," she added with a soft chuckle at the end, maybe help loosen him up.

"I'll try it in a bit," he says.

Doubt was starting to wash into the woman. Yusei has never been this quiet before, let alone it is the first time where it's just the two of them. But when with others, Yusei smiles much more and even a bit more talkative at times. Right now, it just seems as if he would rather be somewhere else right now; maybe even with someone else...

Yusei shifts towards her, looking at her with seriousness. "Aki," he calls her out.

The girl looks up at him. "Yusei?"

The man looks down a bit, folding his gloved hands together out on the table. "Sorry if I'm so quiet. I can't say I'm used to this." Aki looked at him, confused. Looking at her puzzled expression, Yusei decides to elaborate more.

"I know I can't say I've always been a social one. As a kid, I've always shut myself in my room, fiddling with electronics or playing through my deck of cards. Martha always insisted for me to talk with the girls that were there in the orphanage, make female friends and maybe even some kind of 'puppy love'," he explains.

"I just want to say sorry for being silent today. I honestly don't have experience with girls."

Aki leans in slightly. "What about at the skating rink? Sure, Rua and Ruka were outside of the rink, watching us, but on the rink, it was just us two." Aki remembers when she lost her balance multiple times and Yusei always caught her. He didn't seem hesitant as he is now.

Yusei closed his eyes. "Well, that's because the goal we had is for you to get your license, and I wanted to help you with that. It made me feel happy that you wanted to learn about Riding Duels. And I will admit," Yusei opens his eyes, smiling a bit at the corner of his mouth. "I did have fun that day."

Aki smiled brightly at him. It does her so much good hearing that. It was reassuring to know Aki wasn't holding him back in anything and wasn't seen as close of a friend like Jack or Crow. Without realizing it, her hands reach out over the table and take Yusei's hands into them.

"Yusei, I had such a great time that day. And I'm having as much fun today, as well. Just with you, I'm happy." The duelist looks at her, hesitant for a bit, but his smile grows a bit wider. "I am too," he tells her, giving her hands a soft squeeze.

The two stay that way for a bit of a while, just smiling as they looked at each other. When Aki finally blinked, Yusei felt something warm in his face and quickly lets go of her hands. "I, uh, better take a drink before it gets warm, right?" he shyly says, taking his drink up rather quickly. Aki smiles with a gentle giggle, feeling herself blush, too.

"How is it, Yusei?"

After his sip, Yusei looks down at his smoothie. "It's really tasty, actually." He looks up from his drink to her. "Though, it is a bit sweet." Aki rests her head in her hands, still smiling.

"Glad I'm not the only one."

As the sun began to set, the two Signers decide they should get Yusei's phone now before it got late. They walk into a cellular phone store. It wasn't as busy as the other stores were mainly because the Pulse District closes a bit early. This shop closes a bit later than usual, fortunately. Aki takes Yusei to the newest phones.

"These look pretty good. A touch phone is very popular, and handy with all the applications available," she explains to him. Yusei takes one of the displayed phones, looking at it. He attempts to use the touch pad, but wasn't successful. Aki wasn't sure why it wasn't working but then notices the problem.

"Ah, but they don't pick up your fingers when you have gloves on." Yusei puts the phone back down.

"Yeah, I don't think a touch one works for me. I always wear my gloves, so guess its a bad choice for me," Yusei tells her. Aki coils her lips to the side a bit. "A shame, too," she says as they continue to browse the store.

Most cellular phones were touch phones and holograms. However, they both share the same problem of not being able to work with gloves, and Yusei always wear his since he's always one to be tinkering with things. It explains why the old cell phone Yusei has is great because it is a regular phone with a number pad, works with or without gloves. Aki bites her bottom lip. Yusei would be able to find a phone in a junk yard with a keypad, but not in places like this. I wanted to show thanks to Yusei for everything he's done.

As she walks towards the end of the store, studying the display cases, she looks up at the one at the farthest end. And there was the perfect phone for him. It wasn't a touch phone or hologram phone at all. It was a cell phone that can be swiped open with a keypad. Aki hasn't seen these kinds of phones since her father had one. She remembers how he loved this phone because it was ideal for business especially when always on the go. She smiles happily as she leans into the case.

"It's perfect."

Yusei is still at the front, looking through the cases and isn't exactly liking the ones on display. He sighs, feeling ready to tell Aki it was okay with his cell phone. "Yusei!"

He looks up, seeing Aki walk up to him with a bag of her own in her hands. Yusei looks at the bag. "What's that?" She smiles and takes out the box.

"Your new phone, Yusei!" she excitedly tells him. Yusei stares at the box as he lowers down the bag holding the computer to the floor beside his feet. He opens up the box and takes out a red cell phone.

Aki crosses her arms behind her waist, feeling a bit anxious. "It can swipe open to show a small keyboard that doesn't need bare fingertips at all. Also, has Internet service so you can use it incase of anything, and it has speaker phone unlike the one you had."

Yusei was still staring at the small device, pressing his fingers on the keypad. Aki began to feel more nervous. "A-and I chose out the color for you. I figure you like red, like I do, so..."

Yusei pulls Aki into a hug, leaving the girl in a complete daze. She was blushing insanely as her breath was taken away. His arms were wrapped firmly around her, his head next to hers. Yusei was just glad she couldn't see him blushing right now.

"It's perfect."

Aki slowly begins to smile happily, feeling her eyes water up as she returns the hug. "Anything for you, Yusei."

The very next weekend, Yusei was tapping onto the keyboard of his computer, running a quick check-up on his D-Wheel. "Good, everything seems to be in order," he concludes to himself.

A soft knock comes at the door. Yusei looks up from his display monitor. "One moment!" He slides himself off from his chair and walks up the stairs. He opens the door, but no one is there. He leans out, looking side to side.

"Hello?" he calls out. No one responds.

Just as hes about to close the door, he sees a very small box at the doorstep. He bends down and picks it up, closing the door behind him.

"What's this?" he asks himself as he slowly opens the box. He takes out what seems to be a phone strap. It had an elastic wire that loops through, and had a grey and black rings and orbs towards the end.

Dangling from the very end of the strap was a small ceramic. It was in rectangular shape and Yusei immediately recognizes one side having the backing of a Duel Monsters card. He turns it around, and sees a small, detailed picture of a Stardust Dragon card.

This is really detailed. I've seen Ruka make one of these for school when she showed me last week, he pondered. His thumb grazes softly over the miniature charm. She couldn't have done this, even for her being very creative.

His cell phone lets out a small ring from his desk, causing him to look. "A text message?" he figures.

He walks down the steps and slides the cell phone open. It reveals a media message from Izayoi A.

He opens up the message.

I hope you like the charm, Yusei. Ruka showed me how.

A picture was attached. Yusei downloads the image.

It was a picture of Aki making a heart sign with her hands over her chest. Yusei felt a bit of warmth in his cheeks, seeing the girl's cleavage in view. But something else catches Yusei's attention.

Her fingers. They were covered in bandages.

He remembers that Ruka said that making charms were painful, sometimes hurt yourself or even a couple of cuts, especially if its your first time. Yusei had to smile. She not only helped him get a cell phone that was ideal for him, but even make a charm. He always saw things that were hand-made to be the most unique thing in the world because no matter how many you make of the same article, they all will be different.

Yusei began to type into the keypad.

I love it, Aki. When can you come over again? I'd like for you to show me how to save images as a wallpaper.

-Fin-