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Perhaps that moment wasn’t the best time to take a sip ofwater, Yugi thought in retrospect. As soon as Seto finished speaking heimmediately began choking on his drink, in complete disbelief of what he hadjust heard.

The worst part was he should’ve known he would say somethinglike that; completely unaware of just how easy it was to misconstrue his words.This was certainly not the first time he had done this.

And he knew all too well that it wouldn’t be the last.

He took another moment to compose himself (lest he speakwhile hacking up a lung), and began his response with a huff of a laugh, “I’msure you would, Seto. I’m sure you would. However,” a pause to draw his nextcard, “I don’t think I’m quite as trapped as you think I am.”

“Why not?? It’s really weird Yugi.” 

Apparently, he didn’t really care about the weird looks that were shot their way. People continued on with their business, ignoring the boisterous american. 

“It’s a genuine thing that’s been bugging me for a while, Yugi! Like-” 

He paused, only because the waitress stepped up to their table. And, as she served their dessert, she shot Yugi a sympathetic look before she hurried on out of there.

“… hah. I think she likes you.” 

He heaved a sigh that seemed far too heavy for a boy his age, weighed down by the burden of accompanying this overgrown manchild. It wasn’t that he didn’t enjoy Keith’s company - the man could be really entertaining at times, and offered a more adult perspective on a lot of things - it was just... there were very obviously a lot of things that he didn’t seem to quite grasp as improper.

(Or maybe he did, and he just didn’t care; both were equally exhausting options)

The waitress he offered a faint grimace before she hurried away. And he couldn’t really blame her for that. In a small way, he envied her. He would give anything to have an excuse to escape from this conversation. 

Hm. 

Actually.

There was a small chance he could convince Keith to budge from the current subject, but, maybe. Just maybe...

He looks away from the screen to give Kaiba a soft smile before pausing the game for a moment. Without even giving the screen a second glance he quickly switches the game from Beginner to Insane. 

Then the game unpauses and he continues to play. And the little character continued to dart about the level almost completely unphased by the spike in difficulty.