#I was trying to make a cake to celebrate Yugis birthday

[gem-zed]

[msmelodyblade]

Celebrating the Yugi Twins birthday headcanons:

Hanako/Amane Yugi:

You just found out it was Hanako’s birthday

How could he not tell you about it beforehand?

Thankfully, you found out around a good time. You had art class.

You could make something for him, but you needed to think about what he could possibly want.

Hanako never made it easy when it came to gifts for him.

He’d always know what to give to you. Flowers, chocolates, etc.

Sometimes it could be overwhelming when it gets to be every day.

For Hanako’s birthday, you decided to make him a makeshift moon out of cardboard and paint.

You even went to the home economics room and made him a small cake to celebrate.

When you got to the bathroom, you noticed the lights were off and Hanako was sitting on the window sill, staring out the window.

The room’s atmosphere was melancholic, but you couldn’t figure out why.

You took advantage of the lights being off and lit the candle you placed on top of the cake.

You slowly stepped into the bathroom, your light footsteps bouncing off the walls of the room.

Hanako looked over to you and stared at you with a bit of shock.

You gave him a gentle smile and started singing to him, which made his shocked expression shift to a smile.

“Aw, honeybun…did you do all of this for me?” Hanako asked you as he climbed off the window sill.

“Of course. It’s your birthday, isn’t it?” You asked with the tilt of your head.

Hanako’s gentle smile turned more into a sad one as he nodded, gently taking the plate out of your hands.

“Thank you so much…I…haven’t celebrated my birthday with anyone in a long time,” Hanako stated solemnly, smiling a bit.

“Well, now you have someone to celebrate with. I know this day must be difficult for you, but I hope I can make it better somehow,” You said, placing a hand on his shoulder.

Hanako gave you a smile and took a small breath, blowing out the candle.

After you two would enjoy the small cake you made, you’d give him his gift.

When he opened it, he genuinely started crying.

When he started crying, you panicked and asked him what was wrong?

He could only smile at you before he hugged you tightly and continuously stated how happy he was to have you and how much he loved you.

Once you both realized that it was getting later in the day, Hanako took you up to the roof so you both could gaze at the stars.

Let’s just say that you’ve already succeeded in making Hanako’s birthday better for him, and he adores you so much

Tsukasa Yugi:

When you walked into the broadcasting room, Tsukasa did not seem like a happy camper.

When you tried to talk to him, he’d ignore you or threaten you

When you talked to Sakura and Natsuhiko, even they were unsure on what to do or what Tsukasa’s problem was.

The three of you went into detective mode and started trying to figure out what was wrong.

When you three found out that it was his birthday, you soon realized why he was so annoyed.

So, instead of letting him sit around and be a pouty shithead brat all day, you decided to try and make him smile.

You and Sakura started working on muffins, cookies and a cake for Tsukasa while Natsuhiko went out to buy something.

When Natsuhiko returned, you nearly lost your temper on him.

He came back with stuff for a baby.

You made him return the stuff and get something real for a present.

Once you and Sakura finished with all of the snacks, you decorated the cake to match Tsukasa’s aesthetic.

When you finished, Natsuhiko returned once again with a snow globe with a whale inside of it.

It hit you real fast that Tsukasa was interested in marine biology.

After you three finally got things situated, the three of you finally decided to make your way back to the broadcasting room.

Only, on the way, a supernatural suddenly decided to show its face and start advancing towards you three.

Sakura and Natsuhiko tried to give you warning before it was too late.

Sadly, they weren’t fast enough.

The supernatural grabbed you and forced you into the air, it’s grip on you growing tighter and tighter every passing second.

Before the supernatural could do some serious damage, it suddenly stopped and gasped out for breath.

It’s grip released around you and dropped you, making you let out a yelp as you fell.

You felt someone catch you and you slowly opened your eyes to reveal Tsukasa holding onto you.

His gaze towards the supernatural was dark and dangerous, but you were grateful he saved you.

“Sorry Tsukasa, I just want to make today special…” you apologized.

He could only stare at you before he grabbed onto you and hugged you tightly, making you gasp out.

“Don’t ever do that again. You need to pay attention to your surroundings,” he warned as his grip tightened on you.

You could only nod before the four of you finally celebrated his birthday the right way.

By the end of the night, Tsukasa was laughing and smiling like he usually did, and it made you happy.

Thank goodness he’s enjoying his birthday. Now to possibly repeat the same routine every year after this.

In America, it is November 25th when I’m posting this. It is Amane and Tsukasa’s birthday and Thanksgiving. Happy birthday Yugi boys, and happy thanksgiving to everyone else!

[steve0discusses]

S5 Ep 15 Pt 2: Don’t Trust Anyone Who Wears a Floor Length Robe Over Their Casuals in Yugioh

Hey, it’s my birthday, so I’m gonna release this early because the rest of today I just have to work like an adult and that’s no fun.

In the first half of this episode we dunked the worlds smallest plane into a lake and so this second half of the episode involved the kids running as far away from their only responsible adults as they could.

Which like...took whole of less than a second for them to peace out and enter mortal danger.

...I’ve never been in a jungle in India but...I have seen the Jungle book many times...and there’s like tigers and stuff in there, right? and tons of monkeys that are hella mean? And freakin snakes? They sing jazz and scat? That’s some terrifying stuff.

Like these city kids have to learn at some point to fear the woods. But they just freakin don’t. And strangely, the most dangerous thing in these woods isn’t even a snake or something, but a human man just being as suspicious as possible lying prone on the ground.

(read more under the cut)

The card cultist happens to have a British accent, because this voice acting team freakin loves to pull out their British accents. It’s not as lowbrow as Valon, but it’s not as...well whatever Bakura is supposed to be. He’s a lot more tame than Bakura’s, but still very British.

I don’t know if this is because British English tends to be taught instead of American sounding English in many parts of India, but, most likely they just wanted to do an accent. And like...he’s an archeologist...and so the stereotype is there...but honestly, the decision of making this guy British gets weirder and weirder as this episode goes on, get ready for it. None of you are ready for what I assume is the very obvious plot twist of this freakin guy.

Catfish of the century, this freakin guy, I’m pretty sure.

Yugi immediately believes this completely out of place white British stranger in the Indian backwoods next to this inaccessible lake and immediately thinks “yes, my Grandfather crash landed in India EXACTLY where I’m standing right now, and now I must save him.”

Thankfully, Yami exists to gently and politely tell Yugi to hella stop.

Also, I like that Yugi has finally stopped wearing his school outfit out of school. But, he is instead wearing a jacket that is so close to his school outfit I honestly couldn’t tell until the end of this episode. It’s like...I think one shade more purple, it has white piping, and his undershirt has a center seam. It’s nice Yugi has 3 versions of the same black sleeveless undershirt, and this show cares enough to show that tiny factoid about Yugi’s closet.

So, because Yugi is a dumbass and Pharaoh has to just sit back and watch this happen so he can say “told you so” later, they follow this random cultist they found in the woods. Much like Hansel and Gretel, we snack on cake crumbs all the way to the witches house, which in this case, is an undiscovered monolith you would have easily seen from outer space.

HMMMMMMMMMM.

And so get ready for this:

Hey guys.

Remember how Alexander the great was buried in a pyramid?

Now because they’re name dropping Alexander, that’s actually kind of helpful, because Alexander the Great’s favorite damn horse in the entire world died while he was at war with India so he named a city after it. It’s believed to be in Punjab, which is in the Northern part of India

Which means we first of all, definitely crossed the tallest mountain range in the world to get here, and also means that we are like...in some really disputed territory of India right now, and it is crazy that these kids went here for a vacation completely unsupervised.

Another fun fact about Alexander is that when he died, it took 6 days for his body to decompose. At the time, they thought it was because he was a God (or in Yugioh’s case, Extremely Cursed) but nowadays historians think it’s because it took him 6 days to fully die. He just wasn’t dead yet. Had to give it a minute and the ancient Babylonians just got way too excited.

Anyway, Alexander super died in Babylon so I don’t know what the hell he’s doing in India. There is a fun spot in History where his body did get dragged to a couple different places, meaning we probably did lose the original Alexander and there’s a lot of people just guessing at where he ended up...but putting him clear up in India sure was a choice when one of his assumed burial sites was literally Egypt, which would be a more fitting location for a Pyramid and a more fitting location for this show.

Especially since Alexander was trying to invent a new race and culture...it seems a little strange he’d be buried in such a massive pyramid, but maybe he got a really, really good pyramid deal from the funeral home when he was like 28 and just figured he’d change it before the time he died at 32.

Which...now that I’m older than 32, how crazy is it that Alexander the Great died at freakin 32? You blink twice and you’re 32. Is history seriously trying to tell me this guy wasn’t like secretly 62? That maybe he just celebrated his 20th for like 20 years in a row as a royal mandate? I just feel like history is playing pranks on me with Alexander.

Anyway, our weird shady new archeologist guy is named Alex and so take that as you will.

I sure hope Alexander the Great was revived to wear khakis and bother children. Guy conquered the world once and was one of history’s Freakin Worst so he does deserve it, but also...it would explain why he thinks it’s normal to wear a Darth Maul robe over your business casual.

Anyway, lets enter the obvious trap pyramid.

Joey just wanted a nice time running around Northern India. He just wanted to eat some yummy chaat and look at some tourist destinations and maybe glance at a Bollywood star or two. But instead he’s gotta deal with spike floors because Yugi couldn’t say no to a cultist.

Also...one of those spikes clearly went through Tea’s feet, right? And she is absolutely fine? Just checking on Tea’s godlike strength and clearly it is still godlike.

Alex gives us a very long explanation of how he went upstairs and Grandpa went downstairs, and there was a door or something so Alex turned back around and Grandpa was gone.

All of those steps were probably plot relevant and I’ll probably forget all about it in 2 episodes.

The thing is Alex...literally thinks he evaporated. Literally thinks that. But how do you disprove it to this freakin guy who like...might have named a city after his horse once and thinks that’s a normal and acceptable thing to do?

and so Joey immediately leaps onto the haunted playing floor.

the way Yugi said this line was sort of hilarious to me so I may cap it. If I remember to do it (I’ve been a little busier lately, with things opening up, as you can tell because my update schedule is in the toilet.)

So, if Joey jumps in...everyone else has to, also.

And we say good bye to Alex and enter the new forest zone, which looks a LOT like the other forest we were just in.

Nice Protoss armor.

We get some hijinks from the local wildlife, which are all cards but real (but not real because we’re in a board game...don’t think about it) and the off brand Sheikah tablets have helpful monsters in them if you touch em.

This season may have been better off as a video game, being honest.

Joey has gone somewhere else, despite going onto the same game tile, and he’s too busy on a mountain range to really help anyone out. So he’s just gonna vibe up here for a bit.

Tea got up after this point and said along the lines of “k, what’s next?” Because mortal danger does not affect her and she fears nothing.

At a beach somewhere, Tea and Tristan spend some quality time together forming a new family with whatever these creatures are.

And Tea’s love of her winged angel comes full circle and now I will suffer this winged orb for the rest of this arc, pretty sure.

Please admire the number of belts on Tea. Her outfit is like max 00′s and I appreciate that. We’ve had a lot of questionable fashion on Yugioh, but they actually dressed Tea pretty on point this arc. Like I often feel like 00′s fashion is hard to define or describe, but it’s Tea right now. That’s it. She did it, it’s right there.

Yugi gets a new flagship card for this arc, and this time it’s Celtic Guardian. Hell why? I feel like his defining card changes every single arc, and they need to like focus and just give him one. In fact, I’m pretty sure it’s still Dark Magician...and maybe the show forgot?

Anyway, if you just got here, this is a link to read the rest:

https://steve0discusses.tumblr.com/tagged/yugioh/chrono

I think I forgot that link in the last recap because yo it’s kind of been a while since I’ve updated, I feel. (well I had a graveyard post and those don’t count really) But, we’re back, we’re still going, slowly but surely.

[dances-with-kuribohs]

Well-Laid Plans do not Account for Kaiba-based Errors

Also posted to AO3 here.

For the Dark Pride of Dimensions birthday drabble night! Prompt: You Don't Remember?

Yugi is dedicated to pulling off the perfect party. Everything is planned and organized, everything delicately prepared. But the unexpected is bound to happen: Seto Kaiba might make a mistake.

...

Everything was perfect. Jonouchi and Honda had spared no effort in hanging up their decorations, dragging up all number of stepladders to hang the streamers and the bunches of balloons. Anzu had managed to coordinate her time off exactly with the date in question, and had brought along a handmade banner to celebrate the occasion. Otogi had accompanied her from the airport, carrying her supplies as well as bringing his own selection of alcohol and mixers for the event. He’d also been instrumental in helping Yugi in the kitchen, preparing a full array of finger foods and ice cream desserts in preparation. Yugi prided himself on creating delicious food, and as the morning had progressed, they’d stocked the refrigerator full.

Kaiba had been responsible for the most vital part: the cake. No party would be complete without a cake, particularly a birthday party! Kaiba had assured them all that he could do this, he had it covered, he had it handled. He had an entire HR department that tracked and celebrated the birthdays of thousands of employees. He could handle one birthday.

Particularly when it was for his boyfriend. 

And former dueling opponent.

The man he’d devoted his life to, in fact.

They were all ready to celebrate Atem’s birthday, and everyone had their part to play.

Yugi was relatively confident that Kaiba could handle it. So when Kaiba walked in at 11:30 AM, preparing for a party scheduled for 12, and had no cake, Yugi tried not to panic.

“Kaiba? The cake?”

Kaiba was distracted with his phone, looking up sharply to meet Yugi’s eyes. “Yes? Where’d they put it?”

“Um, you were supposed to have it.”

“No, I told the caterers to bring it in. They deliver.”

“Well, no one’s delivered anything yet.” Yugi pointed with his stirring spoon, still tending to a concoction bubbling on the stove. “I haven’t seen a cake.”

“Well, I ordered a cake.” Kaiba insisted, pulling up his phone again. “And no one came by?”

“No! We’ve been here all morning!”

Kaiba stopped short, checking his phone more hurriedly before looking to Yugi again. “Okay.”

“Okay? Kaiba, there’s no cake!”

“No, they did bring it. I don’t remember when they brought it.”

“You don’t remember!?”

“It’s fine, Yugi. It means it’s somewhere in the house.”

“Kaiba! How do you forget where the cake is!?”

“I wasn’t here when they dropped it off. Mokuba or Isono probably put it somewhere.”

Yugi tried not to overreact. He did try. But they’d been planning this event for weeks! Celebrating Atem’s birthday was the biggest thing on his calendar this month! And Kaiba was dating the guest of honor!

How did Kaiba just forget?

“Kaiba, you have to find it.”

“They sent the confirmation. Maybe Mokuba signed for it.”

“Kaiba. This is an important thing. This is one of the things you need to know.”

“If he sent me a confirmation, I have the reminder here somewhere. I don’t remember if it was him or Isono.”

“You don’t remember.” Yugi repeated. 

Kaiba did not respond right away, still scrolling through his phone. Yugi turned down heat on the stove, stirring the mixture within the pot once more to ensure it did not burn. “Kaiba, if we have to send out a search party to start looking through the house, we have the power to do that.”

“No, it’s fine. Keep doing what you’re doing.” Kaiba began walking again, his pace quick enough to satisfy Yugi’s impatience. He could hear those quick, clipped steps continuing down the hall, and Yugi tried to assure himself that things would be fine. Fine! It was Kaiba, after all. Kaiba did not often fail.

But if he’d just forgotten? Was it even possible that Kaiba could forget things? Was this a concerning issue, the beginning of the end? Did it mean Kaiba didn’t care?

Yugi began stirring the pot again, no longer even seeing the chili concoction he’d started. He knew he shouldn’t dwell on it. He shouldn’t focus on this. Kaiba would figure things out. Kaiba usually figured things out.

When Kaiba walked back into the kitchen, Yugi nearly jumped out of his skin. He watched warily as Kaiba crossed to the refrigerator and yanked the door open. Kaiba turned back, scanning the kitchen, and Yugi couldn’t stand it any longer.

“It’s not in here!”

“I see that.”

“We’ve been using the fridge all day! If there was a cake in there, we would have seen it!”

“Point made.” Kaiba turned to go again, leaving Yugi more frantic than before.

“Where else are you going to look‽” 

“There’s another freezer. I just can’t remember which kitchen would have it.”

“You can’t remember.” This time, Yugi could no longer muster the energy to express his shock. “Kaiba, what is going on? You remembered the Battle City anniversary, you remembered my birthday, you remembered Isono’s birthday! How do you just not remember something?”

Kaiba paused. “Spacial location is a different thing than dates and concrete memories.”

“That’s not an answer.”

“Fine.” Kaiba reached up, pinching the bridge of his nose. “The cake did arrive, but it arrived yesterday. Isono texted me. I was going to bring it out to the main kitchen, but I didn’t want Atem to see it in advance. And then. Um.” 

“Kaiba.”

“Atem wanted to celebrate early.”

Yugi blinked. It was not like Kaiba to avoid giving details. Which meant that this topic, now, must have been slightly more sensitive. “So, what, you set it down and walked away?”

“No, no. I couldn’t tell him we were already planning a party, could I? So we...celebrated.” 

Yugi actually lifted his stirring spoon again, watching Kaiba studiously avoid eye contact. “It’s that easy to make you forget details, huh?”

“It was a minor detail.”

“You lost a cake!”

“As soon as I remember where it is, it will not be lost.”

“Kaiba!” Yugi exhaled slowly, reaching for a lid in order to cover the pan he was using and set the spoon aside. “How many freezers do you even have?”

“A few,” Kaiba mused. “You know, Mokuba probably moved it to the pool house. He would do that. That would make sense.”

“Then go check!” Yugi moved around the stove to start shooing Kaiba out of the kitchen once more. Kaiba said nothing as he left, leaving Yugi to his consternation as he tried to take stock of his supplies. The frozen treats were still ready. The chili would stay warm on the stove for a little while, but he might need to add more water just in case. Otogi would start setting out the drinks. And the other three would make sure the front room was ready, plates were set out, cutlery prepared--

Yugi reached out to turn off the stove. He’d check the pool house too, just to be safe. Besides, if Kaiba was going to let a little ‘pre-birthday celebrating’ distract him, perhaps Yugi should stick around just to make sure Kaiba didn’t get any further off-track.

[imitationpersonne]

Get to Know the Blogger

Can be used for RP and non-RP blogs to get to know a bit about the person behind the screen! Repost, don’t reblog!

1. FIRST NAME:  My alias is KumaraDosha, and you can call me that, Kumara, Mara, or something else you have learned I go by. :3c

2. STRANGE FACT ABOUT YOURSELF: I have an extra half a vertebra in my lumbar spine, bigger on the left side, that makes my back less stable and more susceptible to pain and injury, and part of the reason I had to change my career from being a surgical technologist was because of that wear and tear.

3. TOP THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU FIND ATTRACTIVE ON A PERSON: ...I really don’t know how to answer this. Attraction is so finicky for me, and “aesthetically pleasing” really just depends on the person. I guess all I can say is the most identifiable “type” of person I’d be attracted to are sort of...waifish women? Maybe Scandinavian features, IDK. Something vaguely similar to Anya Taylor-Joy’s soft looks, any hair color.

4. A FOOD YOU COULD EAT FOREVER AND NOT GET BORED OF: Ice cream/shakes.

5. A FOOD YOU HATE: Olives.

6. GUILTY PLEASURE: Assigning characters of different fandoms Homestuck godtier classes and aspects.

7. WHAT DO YOU SLEEP IN: Usually an old, big shirt and pajama pants.

8. SERIOUS RELATIONSHIPS OR FLINGS: Serious relationships only, if not neither.

9. IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN THE PAST AND CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT YOUR LIFE, WOULD YOU AND WHAT WOULD IT BE: I might go back and pick sonography as my major first, instead of trying nursing school, getting psychologically abused and mistreated by nursing teachers, having a breakdown and quitting, getting a surgical technology degree after being treated poorly by teachers/students/staff, quitting surgical tech work after 3 years due to depression/anxiety and physical strain, then coming back to school for a third time with past healthcare-school trauma and trying to get a bachelor’s in sonography. Then again, I learned a whole lot--educationally, about life, about the behaviors and cultures of healthcare workers, and about how people are--in those other schools/professions, so I’m not sure that’s worth giving up? I’d be very much richer right now, though, and not dependent on family or in debt. Plus, surgical technology is actually really cool (and still very much a passion of mine), and I don’t want to give those experiences and memories up. So maybe I’d just nix the nursing school, do surgical tech for a few years, and then go for sonography. Who knows, man; life and its consequences are so unpredictable.

10. ARE YOU AN AFFECTIONATE PERSON: Probably not. I am very sensitive to rejection if I’ve been honest or vulnerable, so I usually only gush over people I trust and honestly feel that way about.

11. A MOVIE YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER AGAIN: I really don’t know if there’s any like that for me?? But I guess The Signal is a movie I like to show people and watch with them, because many haven’t seen it, and I find it fascinating. I also love Tron Legacy a whole lot.

13. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP ANY ANIMAL AS A PET, WHAT DO YOU CHOOSE: I would choose a Samoyed dog, if I were able to have it well-taken-care-of (which I can’t do at this point, which is why I don’t have one).

14. TOP FIVE FICTIONAL SHIPS: Oh boy, uh. At the moment? It’s hard for me to give any ultimate lists, because they can all be terribly mishandled or cringe depending on how they’re portrayed, which often somehow turns out to be popular in the fandom, and that spoils it for me a little bit... You know what, screw the rules; I’ma throw out a bunch--six from BNHA that I favor atm and then a diverse cast of some oldies I still like that will be more than five. Not particularly in order of rank...

From BNHA, Monoma Neito x Shinsou Hitoshi; Monoma Neito x Midoriya Izuku; Monoma Neito x Kuroiro Shihai (there may or may not be huge RP bias here); Bakugou Katsuki x Uraraka Ochaco; Bakugou Katsuki x Todoroki Shouto; Shigaraki Tomura x Dabi.

From other fandoms... Kuja x Terra (Dissidia Final Fantasy), Genos x Sonic (One Punch Man), Akabane Karma x Asano Gakushu (Assassination Classroom), Beyond Birthday x L Lawliet (Death Note, but ONLY from an epic-long series of canon-divergent fanfictions that nobody’s going to have heard of), Yami Bakura x Yami Yugi (Yu-Gi-Oh!), Aoba x Noiz (Dramatical Murder), Matsuoka Rin x Nanase Haruka (Free!), Eridan Ampora x Sollux Captor (Homestuck), Caliborn x Dirk Strider (Homestuck), The Batter x Zacharie (OFF), Sniper x Spy (Team Fortress 2). ...The hate/enemies/rivals ships are kind of a theme, aren’t they.

15. PIE OR CAKE: Cake.

16. FAVORITE SCENT: At the moment, I really like the Snowflakes and Cashmere body wash at Bath and Body Works. Also Butterfly Flower. Also give me baking cookies or blueberry muffins.

17. CELEBRITY CRUSH: They all disappoint me. They’re just human beings, often not very good ones.

18. IF YOU COULD TRAVEL ANYWHERE, WHERE WOULD YOU GO: Heaven, bitch. (Okay, maybe an island resort or a cruise or something.)

19. INTROVERT OR EXTROVERT:  Introvert who can appear extremely extrovert in comfortable company. I guess ambivert fits better.

20. DO YOU SCARE EASILY: Depends. In real life, I’d say not really, but if you can find a way to trigger my imaginative paranoia, then maybe. I can’t play scary video games, because they make me way too tense, but I absolutely love watching other people play them, and I get very scared, especially by jumpscares (but in a fun way, LOL). I also love watching horror movies (though most are embarrassingly un-scary). I do not like jumpscares in movies. Cheap. I also love reading/hearing creepy stories that are presumably true (that’s usually what triggers my imaginative paranoia and puts me in a bad headspace, but whoops, still interesting to me).

21. IPHONE OR ANDROID: I’ve only ever had iPhone.

22. DO YOU PLAY ANY VIDEO GAMES: Yeah. I wish I played more, but I seem to procrastinate a lot on playing games for some reason, and I’m not that good besides. I prefer PC to consoles, and I have tons and tons of games on Steam (many that I haven’t gotten around to trying yet), but I also have a PS4 and Nintendo Switch. Games of note that I have played a decent bit are Zelda Breath of the Wild, Fallout 4, Skyrim, Darkest Dungeon, Smash, Saints Row 3 and 4, many of the Final Fantasy games... And a heck ton more, uh.

24. WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH A MILLION DOLLARS: Pay off debts, share with family/friends, charity, invest in rich people stocks or whatever, and also live a nice-ass life. Honestly not sure if I’d quit working entirely...? I tend to get depressed if my life doesn’t have meaning like that. I have to give something back to the world. Besides, a million dollars literally lasts like under 20 years in normal circumstances...? That’s not something you retire on as a young person, unless you’re investing well...which I would need help figuring out how to do. I hate managing money.

25. FICTIONAL CHARACTER YOU HATE: Off the top of my head, probably Jane Crocker and Aranea from Homestuck.

26. FANDOM THAT YOU WERE ONCE A PART OF BUT AREN’T ANY LONGER: Trigun fandom! I still love that series...!

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tagging: You, but only if you like me, even if from afar. :3c

[kaibagirl007]

Father’s Day

(a stand-alone story set in my Blueshipping RP verse with @dragontamer05 )

“Happy Fathers Day, Dad,” Mokuba said softly before dropping the white chrysanthemum onto the lake’s surface. He stood there with Yugi by his side and watched as the flower floated away from them to join the rest that had been dropped before it. “Thanks for coming here with me today.”

“You’re welcome,” Yugi replied before giving another moment of silence for the man who he had recently learned had drowned there in a car accident over a decade ago and left two young boys orphaned as a result. “I’m sorry we didn’t encounter your brother like you’d hoped.”

“It’s okay. I’m sure he’s either already been or is waiting until after the time we usually come here in order to avoid seeing me.” Mokuba tried to hide his disappointment and just how much he was missing his brother since their fallout several months ago. Having been there for nearly a half hour, he turned to leave and attempted to divert the subject. “Do you miss your father? You know, with him being away from home all the time?”

There was a moment of silence as Yugi mulled over his answer with an awkward feeling inside of him. Since the other had shared something personal in regards to his father’s death, he felt it only fair to return the gesture. “People tend to have a misconception about my father. Many believe him to be absent due to work commitments, but the truth is… he was never there to begin with. He walked out on my mom before I was born.”

Mokuba was surprised to hear this, especially after the response he’d gotten from Mrs Muto herself after having asked if Yugi’s father would be home with them for the occasion; which he ‘unfortunately’ wouldn’t be. “But your Mom and Grandpa said-“

“It’s all lies. What started out as a story to protect my mother from the social stigma of being a single parent, snowballed into something much bigger as I got older.” Yugi smiled with a hint of sadness to his tone yet even managed to laugh a little as he recalled, “They’d send me fake letters and birthday cards to make him seem believable. I used to love reading all about ‘my father’s’ travels and got super excited each time one of his letters came in the mail. I never really questioned it all until a few years back when I started to notice the resemblance between his stories and Grandpa’s. I confronted them both and learnt the truth.”

“Wow… that must have been hard on you. Them too I guess.” Mokuba commented after hearing what Yugi had had to say. “Were you mad at them for lying to you?” 

“For a little while, but it soon passed,” Yugi nodded as he remembered that betrayed feeling, similar to how a child who had just discovered that Santa Claus wasn’t real felt. “As I’m sure you know, family isn’t about having a mom and/or a dad, nor how many members are apart of it. At times it’s not even about blood relations, but rather the people in your life who want you in theirs. Those who accept you for who you are, who would do anything to see you smile and will love you no matter what.”

There was a moment of silence.

“You think Seto still loves me?” Mokuba asked with teary eyes.

“I know he does.” Yugi wrapped an arm around a now crying Mokuba and pulled him close as they walked back towards the city. “He’s going through a difficult time with his break-up with Kisara. Losing a love like that hurts and you got caught in his emotional firing line. Just give him some space for a while. You and he will be back on speaking terms before you know it.”

Mokuba’s pursed lips wobbled as he nodded in response to the assurance and advice that had been given. He then took out his phone from his pocket and completed his Father’s Day traditions.

— — — 

Stood in the kitchen of his mansion, Kaiba gulped back a full glass of water before leaving the glassware beside the sink with the other mountain of dishes that awaited his maid’s attention, which wouldn’t be for another couple of days still. His phone buzzed in his pocket to indicate he’d received a text message. He rather lazily pulled it out, expecting it to be from one of his business associates, but was surprised to see his brother’s name displayed on the screen and smiled a little in disbelief.

[TEXT from Mokie] Happy Father’s Day! 

It had been so long since he’d last heard from Mokuba and the sentiment almost brought tears to his eyes. Even after their fallout, his brother still loved him enough to think of him on such a special day. He replied with an automated: Thanks.

‘What exactly IS Father’s Day?’ Seto asked as he made a ghostly appearance beside his descendant, the tearful feeling having stirred him from quietly residing inside the other’s mind.

“It’s a celebration honouring fathers and paternal bonds,” Kaiba replied as he pocketed his phone.

‘And your brother views you as such?’

What the fuck do you think?

‘Okay, no need to get snarky.’ Seto declared after having sensed the sarcastic and irritated tone used towards him via the other’s thoughts. ‘Out of curiosity, are the dead excluded from such honouring?’

“Not that I’m aware.” Deciding that he was still thirsty and unable to remember which glass he had just drunk from, Kaiba reached for a clean one and poured himself more water from the filter-jug in the refrigerator. 

‘If the dead are not excluded, then why are you not honouring your own father?’

Was he really going to have this conversation? Kaiba stared at his doppelgänger. “Which father are you referring to? The one who made my life a nightmare because I beat him in a game of chess, or the one who tried to murder me?”

As much as Kaiba regretted the fallout with Mokuba, at least this Father’s Day he was relieved to not be forced to visit the lake where they’d nearly drowned and have to pretend to mourn the piece of shit that had tried to take them with him in the suicide car sinking. Of course, he would never reveal the man’s true motive to his brother who had been too young to remember things from that time,- poor kid already suffered enough with sharing his birthday with their mother’s death,- and would see Mokuba remembered one parent fondly... Even if it was a lie.

Seto sensed the other’s bitterness. ‘He was your father who LOVED you, and you’ve chosen to hate him based on a single mistake during his most desperate time?’

Since when did attempting to kill two innocent boys qualify as a mistake?! But if you want to play devil’s advocate, game on! Kaiba calmly placed his glass down on the countertop, proving just how much restraint he had on himself at that moment as the anger currently felt for his birth father would have caused the glass to shatter if slammed like he wanted to. “I could say the very same about your father. Does he not deserve to be honoured on this day?”

‘How dare you even suggest Aknadin be honoured! What he did was EVIL!’

As expected, a nerve had been touched. “Abandoning you in order to massacre an entire village aside, did he not mentor, nurture and guide you down the path that led you to become the honourable man you became? Isn’t THAT the true purpose of a father? To help his child be and attain the best in life? You can’t deny he failed you in that respect.”

‘You seem to be forgetting that he tried to manipulate me into killing the woman I loved before killing her himself!’ Seto countered back, well aware that the other was trying,- and succeeding,- to infuriate him. 

As if riling the other about his father hadn’t been enough, dismissing all knowledge of past Kisara was the icing on the cake. “As I recall, you ran him straight through afterwards, so that evens that score between you both.”

‘WHY YOU!!!’ Seto’s fist clenched tightly and he swung at the smug face staring back at him only for his fist to have no effect as it passed right through Kaiba’s head. He growled in frustration, ’I WISH I had a physical form to be able to pummel some sense and compassion into you!’

“I was thinking the exact same thing so I could strike you.”

‘You were…? Then how come I failed to hear that thought?’ Seto’s rhetorical question was asked aloud before he remembered that Kaiba had just taken some ‘medication’ before he’d appeared on the scene and that was the reason why he was now blocked from the other’s mind. ’Oh no, what did you take this time?’

Kaiba raised his brows high as he shrugged. “The pills weren’t marked. I was just instructed to not take more than one.”

‘And how many DID you take?’

“Three.”

‘Are you trying to kill yourself with all these narcotics?!’

“Live or die, I really don’t care anymore.” Kaiba drawled before raising his glass to his lips and drained the entire thing in several gulps.

‘What about Mokuba and Kisara? Do you not care about them?’

The now empty glass was added beside his first glass amongst the mountain of dishes as Kaiba’s aching dispirited mind cried; Of course care, that’s WHY I want this feeling to STOP!

[princessdragon96]

#YGOSummer Day 4: Party

For this one, I decided to write about a birthday party, since one character has a birthday coming up later this month (and I am in awe at those people who were able to roughly estimate when his birthday was based on Egyptian calendars)

Enjoy!

Joey entered the room where everyone was getting ready for the party.  There were golden balloons and golden table decorations everywhere. Waiters and waitresses were getting food ready and setting up the buffet.  Everyone who was gathered were chatting and getting ready for the party.

“Hey Tea, you getting the camera ready?” Joey asked.

“Yep, but I’m trying to decide if I should take multiple pictures or if I should record a video.”

“I’d say record it so we can get his full reaction.”

“Alright,” Tea said as she adjusted her camera.  Joey looked around and saw Tristan, Bakura, Duke, and Serenity sitting at a table talking to each other.

Suddenly, Joey felt something bump his head.  He turned around and saw Kuriboh flying by on a balloon.  “Kuri kuri,” it apologized.

“Don’t worry little guy,” Joey said smiling.

“Kuri,” Kuriboh said as it flew off.  As it did, Joey noticed two people sitting at a table and was still surprised that they had come to the party.  He walked over to them, and one of them didn’t take notice, but the other did.

“Hey Joey, you ready for the party?” Mokuba asked.

“Of course I am, but I should be asking you two if you’re ready?”

“I am, and Seto is too, he just won’t admit it.”  Kaiba glanced over at the two.

“Look, I’m only here because Mokuba wanted me to attend.”

“You sure, or do you really see Atem as a friend, and someone you want to attend a party for.” Kaiba quickly looked away.  Joey chuckled before heading off somewhere else. Kaiba turned his head again, and had a small smile on his face.

Joey walked over to Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl.  “How’s the cake coming along?”

“Don’t worry, I got this,” DMG said as she waved her wand.  A cake started forming, along with candles and flowers.  Suddenly, the cake disappeared.  “Aw man, I almost had it!” DMG said.

Dark Magician shook his head and turned to Joey.  “We’ll have it ready in time,” he said.  Joey nodded and started walking again.

He looked around once more at all the guests.  Tristan, Tea, Bakura, Duke, Serenity, Kaiba, Mokuba, Mai, Pegasus, Solomon, Kuriboh, Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl and… wait.  Joey looked around and noticed some guests, including three V.I.Ps were not there.  Suddenly, a rumble was felt.  ‘That would be the V.I.Ps’ Joey thought.

“Joey, what was that?” Tea asked.

“More guests.”

“What guests?”

“Well, notice how we decided to have a party in a room with a very high ceiling?  That’s because three large V.I.Ps are attending.”

“Three large V.I.Ps?”

“Actually, more like V.I.E.G.”

“V.I.E…G… wait, you don’t mean…?”  As soon as Tea stopped talking, the rumbling started up again.  Everyone looked up at the ceiling and saw a portal of some kind open. Out of the portal came Slifer, flying around the room before settling down.  Obelisk dropped from the portal and landed with a bang.  A few seconds later, a bright light appeared and Ra descended down. Once it landed, the portal closed.

“How… How did you…?”

“I didn’t, they did.” Joey motion towards the three people who had just entered the building.

“Hey guys, hope we aren’t too late,” Marik said, Ishizu and Odion behind him.

“Not at all.  Thanks for bringing the gods here,” Joey said.

“Of course, they’re willing to do anything for their pharaoh,” Marik said winking.  “They’re pretty excited too.”  Slifer roared in response.

Joey looked down at his phone.  Oh man, it’s almost time.  I better keep a lookout.”  He ran over to the window and peeked out.

After a few minutes, Joey gasped.  “Everyone, he’s here!  Quiet!” Everyone quickly quieted down and got out of sight.  Tea got her video camera ready.  Everyone kept shushing each other and tried to stay as quiet as they could.

Suddenly, Joey was heard mumbling something under his breath.  He turned around.  “Sorry, it wasn’t him.”

There was a large collection of groans and ‘are you kidding me?’ and other comments coming from everyone. “Sorry,” Joey said.

“Well where is he?” Tristan asked.

Joey took out his phone and texted Yugi.  A minute later he made another announcement.  “They’re at Target.”

“What!?” everyone asked. “What’re they doing there?” Duke asked.

“I dunno, but he isn’t here yet.”  Everyone went back to talking to each other.  Joey felt a little embarrassed, but was at least glad the surprise wasn’t ruined.

After about 15 minutes, Joey received a text.  After reading it, he looked outside.  “They’re here!  For real this time!”  He then saw Yugi and Atem.  “They’re they are, everyone hide!”

Everyone hid out of sight. Some his under the tables, while others hid behind columns.  Kuriboh hid behind balloons.  The Egyptian Gods crouched down as best as they could, with Ra curling up into its ball. DM and DMG hid behind the table where the cake would be.

Suddenly, everyone heard Yugi’s voice.  “Hey Atem, why don’t you check and see if anyone’s in that room?”  Footsteps were heard, and as the door opened, everyone jumped out of their hiding spots.

“SURPRISE!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY ATEM!”

Atem’s mouth dropped open and within minutes a huge smile appeared on his face.  Atem walked in and was surrounded by everyone.  Yugi walked in moments later, also with a smile on his face.  Atem was beyond excited to see everyone in one place, and on his birthday as well, people and Duel Monsters alike.

“Why don’t you give a speech?” Yugi suggested.

Atem smiled and cleared his throat.  “I honestly don’t know what to say.  I’m just so happy to see all my friends here!  Everyone in this room means so much to me, and all I have to say is, enjoy yourselves, have fun, and thanks for making this the best birthday ever!”

The gods roared in celebration and everyone clapped and cheered.  “And now!” DMG announced.  She waved her wand one more time, and a large cake appeared.  DM waved his staff as well, and the cake materialized and stayed that way.

“Wow, thanks you two,” Atem said.  Ra used the tip of his claws to light the candles.

“Kuri kuri!” Kuriboh said flying by on a balloon.

“He’s telling you to make a wish my pharaoh,” DM said.

Atem chuckled.  “I don’t need a wish.  I already have everything I wanted.”  He then blew out the candles and everyone clapped, with Yugi giving Atem a small hug.  “Now let’s eat!”  Everyone made their way to the buffet, with Atem taking his seat up in front.

“Happy birthday Atem!”

After an hour or so, everyone had started leaving.  The Duel Monsters disappeared, and things were quieting down.  Yugi and Atem approached Joey.  “Thanks for helping plan this,” Yugi said.

“Aw, it was nothing.”

“This was a great party. Thank you,” Atem said.

“Don’t mention it. Happy Birthday!”

I based this party on a family tradition, where every time someone in my family turned 40, we throw them a surprise party.  This was based off my Uncle’s surprise party last month. :p (and yes, the false alarm that happened in this story did happen, blame my other Uncle :p)