Gwaah, sorry this took longer to update than expected… I was having writer's block for a few weeks, but I hope this is worth the wait! Laaast chapter. A giant thank you to my lovely reviewers, you're the best. Always get warm-fuzzies when I receive reviews from you!

Anzu slipped on her pair of wooden sandals, tying her pink, cutesy apron over her waist. She listened to the hushed, steady breathing of her sleeping friends, unable to hold back a smile at the silly sight of Jou practically sprawled over Yugi. A little hangover drool had formed at the corner of his mouth as he slept on. Yugi, however, seemed unfazed, as his form remained still and peaceful, snuggled comfortably under Yami's chin. Anzu sighed, moving her gaze to the window that revealed the outside world this morning: sunny and wet, to say the least, after the storm had passed. Taking one final look at her friends, she quietly opened the trailer door and stepped outside. The air smelled of rainwater and moss, with a little ocean scent wavering around from the beach down the sandy hill. Anzu approached their portable stove, which lingering rainwater clung to from last night. The group hadn't expected that storm and didn't think to put a cover over it. With a thorough wiping dry with a cloth, though, it was fine, and Anzu prepared to begin breakfast for what was supposed to be another day in paradise.

Yugi crinkled his nose at a tickling sensation over it, squeezing his eyes, grasping Yami's shirt. "A few more minutes," he mumbled, assuming someone was trying to wake him up by means of a feather or something of the sort. He waited to hear giggling, but none came. Only the deafening snores of Jonouchi to his left, and Yami's quiet breaths to his right.

"Jonouchi… stop putting your fingertips on my face…" he grumbled as though the blonde could hear him, about to shove "Jonouchi's fingers" away, only to open his eyes halfway and come eye-to-eye with a spider hanging off a single thread above, having plans to land itself on Yugi's face. The tickling sensation was it's paper-thin legs caressing his nose.

Yugi screamed.

It wasn't petrifying, only a brief shriek, but it was loud enough to awaken all the once-sleeping members of the trailer. Even Jonouchi, who was more sluggish with hangover, pressing his hands over his ears and cringing at the sounds, which was amplified in volume in his ears. Yugi, however, wasted no time in scrambling out of the covers and jumping off the bed, his breathing quick. Anzu heard the shriek and came bolting in, asking what had happened.

"Th-there was… a spider on my nose… s-sorry…" He sighed, running a hand through his bed-head, spiked hair. Everyone groaned loudly, throwing themselves back on their pillows. All except Yami, who peered at the spider still suspended on the thread, unmoved. Without even a hint of fear showing, Yugi bit his lip as he watched the taller carefully reach up his hands and cup the spider, disconnecting the thread in the process.

"Kill it!" Honda shouted to Yami, who shot a glare at the brunette, moving himself off the bed.

"I have no reason to kill it. It just frightened Yugi, but it meant no harm. Aibou, open the door for me, please?"

Yugi shivered slightly as Yami passed him, knowing the spider was crawling around just inside Yami's protective hands. But he obliged, approaching the door as Anzu stepped back outside to resume cooking at the same time. He held the door open as requested and watched Yami step out slowly, crouching by a patch of clovers and releasing the insect where it belonged. He gave it a friendly smile before standing and entering the trailer again.

"Yami!" Honda whined. "I can't believe you didn't kill it!"

Yami stepped over to their tiny sink, washing his hands of dirt that he had caught from letting the spider go. "It's important to understand the value of all life, even if it's something so seemingly insignificant, such as an insect."

Duke folded his arms where he sat up on the couch, grumbling under his breath. "Hippie."

Yugi's eyes softened as he watched the Egyptian, smiling. "You know, Yami… it did freak me out, a lot. But I'm glad you didn't kill it in the end. Doesn't seem humane."

"Do good things, and good things will be granted to you in return." Yami smiled, drying his wet hands with a cloth.

Everyone gathered around the picnic table for breakfast later on that morning. Shizuka had a supportive hand over Jou's chest and the other on his back as he stumbled groggily with her from the trailer.

"W-wait, I think… I might… oh God…" Jou felt a punch of nausea in his gut, feeling something unpleasant also enter his throat in that very moment. He immediately shoved his sister away and ran for the back of a bush, releasing contents of his stomach.

"Jonouchi!" Yugi cried, stepping away from the table to comfort his best friend, lightly rubbing his back as the blonde hurled another time.

Once Jou felt relieved of sickness, he clutched his stomach, furrowing his brows and turning to Yugi. "Yeah. That's definitely the last time I get that drunk."

Yugi giggled. "Are you hungry at all?"

"K-kinda…" Jou whispered.

Yugi smiled sadly for his friend, continuing light rubs on Jonouchi's back.

With Jou slightly recovered, everyone ate their breakfast in silence. But Anzu was eating slowest, staring aimlessly at a spot on the table in deep thought.

"What's up, Anzu?" Duke inquired, noticing her unusual quietness.

She smiled a little, shaking her head. "Mm, nothing. But… I was just wondering… I mean, after all these things that have happened to us, I think last night… was the breaking point for me." Her voice was becoming even more solemn the more she spoke.

"What do you mean?" Yugi asked.

"I mean… I kind of want to go home. Today. What about you guys?"

Another long minute of silence passed upon the teens, signaling to Anzu that they had endured quite enough, as well.

Honda finally sighed. "Yeah. As much as I don't like to say it… I really do want to go home. We're probably better off having way more of a relaxing weekend back in the city."

When everyone nodded in complete agreement, Anzu said, "Alright. After breakfast, we'll start packing up and then go."

"Yeah. I wish it was a harder choice to leave… but let's be realistic, this week has really sucked." Duke sighed, bringing another ball of rice to his lips.

Not many words were spoken during the packing process, other than the simple "can you hand me that bag over there?" and "I can't fit the tent."

By the time everyone was done packing and the trailer and the van were secure, it was time for lunch. The gang decided to stop at a restaurant along the way for lunch, which just so happened to be a burger restaurant – Yugi in particular had no complaints.

"Oh, that reminds me," Jou smirked as they exited the van and made their way across the parking lot to the restaurant's inviting glass doors. "Anzu, are you making good money for America? The school hasn't found out and suspended you for it yet?"

Anzu glared at the male. "What do you think, idiot?"

"So you were fired after all?" Jou asked in mock surprise. "The rumors are true!"

"Shut up. I haven't been fired, nor suspended." She sighed.

"Which comes as a surprise to me, since you're hardly there to work, granted all the times we've been pulled into dangerous situations with someone trying to take over the world, therefore pulling us away from everyday things." Duke said.

"It's true," Yugi hummed. "We have skipped a lot of school… I feel so guilty…"

"Oh, quit it with the nerdy attitude, Yug'!" Jou grinned, taking the small male in a headlock and granting him an unwanted noogie. "The teacher rarely even comes to teach on time, I bet he doesn't care or notice our non-existence." When Yugi continued to cry out in protest to the rough knuckle burying in his scalp, Yami glared at Jonouchi and was forced to pull his Aibou out of the unmerciful grip, bending down to kiss his throbbing scalp to make up for Jonouchi's cruelty.

As soon as the group entered the double-doors of the restaurant, the scent of burgers and fries and other western foods filled their senses, and a sigh escaped Yugi's lips, clutching his hungry stomach – and Jonouchi clutching his damaged, sick stomach from lingering hangover, trying to hold in the contents of his breakfast this morning as best as he could. As much as he usually loved the scent of this glorious food, today the aroma of burgers was not in his favor.

"I… don't think I can eat anything for a while, you guys." He groaned. Shizuka jogged over to his aid, holding his arm.

"Are you alright, big brother? Do you need to go to the bathroom?" She asked.

"N-no, I'll… I'll be alright, don't worry 'bout me." He smiled, but failed to be convincing. Nonetheless, Shizuka nodded, pursing her lips with worry as the waitress showed them to their booth.

There was no doubt that despite his petit size, Yugi had more than one average stomach. Without any shame, he ordered the largest meal and the largest amount of fries. However, he did acknowledge that he probably wouldn't be able to scarf it all down in one sitting, so once their meals arrived, he allowed the fries to be shared amongst all of his friends. The giant double-cheese burger he ordered, though, was to be his alone.

And unfortunately for Jonouchi, the sight of Yugi's giant burger and the smell of the other foods that surrounded him on this table made his stomach swirl with sickness.

"O-oh God…" He held a hand fast to his mouth, searching frantically with his wide eyes for a sign leading to a bathroom. From where he sat, it was difficult to see, but he had found it. Shoving Yugi and Yami out of the booth so he could get up, he made a run for it, dodging waiters and people along the way.

But it was too late. Much to his horror, he felt a stab through his dignity as he hurled right then and there, on the floor of the restaurant, in front of families and waiters, who had ceased their conversations and stared in total disgust.

"Aw, shit." Honda whispered. Most of the restaurant had fallen quiet. Duke covered his face in his hands, shaking his head. Yugi bit his lip, debating whether he should do something. Seeing no one else had plans to, he quickly got up from the booth along with Yami, and together they strode over to Jou's sick form and supported him. "H-hey, Jonouchi, let's go to the bathroom, let's clean you up," Yugi entreated softly to his friend. "Don't worry about it, Anzu will call someone to clean this up. You'll be alright." Yugi glanced over his shoulder to Anzu, nodding his head, and the brunette seemed to catch on, nodding her head in return. He watched as she gestured for a waiter before turning his attention back to his groggy friend.

"Let's go, Jonouchi," Yami whispered, holding one arm of the blonde while Yugi held the opposite. Jonouchi could only nod, his vision glazed. The three males stumbled to the bathrooms.

"Oh man, why, why why why did that have to happen… why…" Jonouchi coughed, holding his stomach as he sat in the back of the van with Yami and Yugi, Yugi in the middle so he could rub his back.

"Hey, man, if you need to do that again, just let me know and I'll pull over." Honda called, his hands gripping the wheel, biting his lip uneasily. He had no license, but his friend was in no condition whatsoever to drive. He could only hope, for his own sake, that nothing bad would happen that would earn him a ticket.

"Shit, did you see the look on everyone's faces? I swear, that was the most embarrassing thing to ever happen to me…"

"I couldn't eat another bite of my burger after that." Duke sighed, crossing his arms. Jou would normally pull a fight with that remark, but could only groan with sickness as he leaned against Yugi.

"Just don't drink that much beer again, ne?" Yami said.

"Y-yeah…"

When the gang arrived back in Domino City, everyone was dropped off to their respective homes. When Honda dropped off Jonouchi and Shizuka, he promised to bring back the van as soon as everyone was brought home. Yugi and Yami were the last to go. Retrieving their bags from the back of the van, they thanked Honda for the ride and entered the Kame Game Shop, where Sugoroku Motou was at work with a regular costumer. It appeared the older, bearded man did not want to buy anything, though, for he bid adieu when the two teens came back with luggage dragging along the floor, a tired look in their eyes.

"We're back, Jii-chan." Yugi said.

"And you're back early! What happened to you, lads? You look like tired old dogs!"

"'Cause we are… it was… a rough week. The… weather got bad, we all woke up in the middle of the night and it was hard to go back to sleep. We had to come back." Not a total lie, the storm and the search for their once drunken, naked Jonouchi had kept them up for a good few hours.

"Oh, I'm so sorry to hear… but hope you had fun anyway. Right?" Sugoroku smiled.

"…Yeah…" there was a small, awkward silence that permeated the room, when finally Yami spoke up.

"We're going upstairs now, to take a nap. We're both very tired, Jii-chan." He smiled apologetically for the lack of patience of having a decent conversation with the elder man.

"Oh, of course, of course. You go on ahead. I've still got work to do, myself. Have a nice rest." He nodded, to which the two boys trudged up the stairs. They continued to drag the luggage along the carpeted floor as they went through a small hall, entering Yugi's room. The bags were then dropped aimlessly, and they flopped onto the bed, their eyes drifting shut. Too tired for even a simple romantic gesture, too tired for anything in the world.

But there was absolutely no doubt that that sleep they had was the best sleep gained this whole week.

* * * 5:47am * * *

A buzz in the silent darkness caused Yugi's eyes to open. He sighed deeply, too tired to even notice Yami's arm draped over him. He reached up a hand to his desk, fumbling around until he grabbed his cell phone, still buzzing loudly to him. He read the tiny screen. It was a phone call from Jonouchi. At five in the morning? For Ra's sake…

Yugi sighed, flipping open the phone and pressing it to his ear. "Hello?" He answered sleepily.

"Heeeeyyy, Yuuuuuug'… hehe… wassuuuup. What'cha—hick—doin?"

"Sleeping."

"You havin' a good time layin' with Yami?"

Yugi crimsoned, but shook his head. "Jou… did you drink again?"

A giggle was his only response on the other end.

"Oh Ra… Jou, answer me, how many cans of beer did you have?"

"Hmmm," Yugi could almost picture Jou tapping his chin, lounging lazily in his beanbag chair. "I think I haaaad… three, no, eight…" Another giggle.

Yugi groaned loudly, his head dropping to his pillow.

"Oh, and I think… someone's trying to take over the world again… just—hick—by the way."

"Damn it all, Jonouchi!"

Another giggle answered him, and in his overly tired and frustrated state, Yugi flipped his phone closed and threw it across the room.

Waaahaha! It's over! Thank you again to all my wonderful readers! I hope this was a fun and enjoyable read. Love you aaaall!