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Oh, yeah. Um, Malik and Yami have two beds in their room. Ryou and Yuugi have one bed, as well as everyone else, except Isis who only needs one bed. Seto was kind enough to give Malik and Yami two. (If you're wondering why I'm telling you this, it's because I noticed that I wrote it differently. And I'm too lazy to go back and change it, okay?)

(The following information is about *this* chapter only!)

Pairings: Otogi/Jou
Song: Michelle Branch [I'll Always Be Right There]
Point of View: Otogi
Genre: Romance/Mystery/Humor

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"What's up with him?" I ask Jou. He shrugs, frowning slightly.

"Maybe we caught him in a bad mood." He stops in his tracks, a confused expression appearing on his face. "But why was _Malik_ allowed to stay in there? And on the way to the pool, I swear I heard two people having a water fight. It _had_ to be them. This isn't right, 'Togi. Something weird's happening..."

I twirl a strand of my hair idly. "Maybe they just suddenly decided to become friends."

Silence.

Jou raises an eyebrow. "Koi, do you _know_ Yami and Malik?"

"Only from Battle City." I reply.

A grin appears on his face. "Well, couldn't you tell from there that they hate each others' guts and would never even _think_ of being friends? In fact, I'm pretty sure that they'd both be disgusted if they heard you."

I shrug, not wanting to show my confusion. "I thought that Yami fought Malik's darkness."

"Yeah, but they still hate each other. Something about revenge and a bunch of other stuff." He shrugs as well. I hug him for a short moment.

"You never were the one to observe people around you carefully, were you, Jou-chan?" I ask playfully. He mock-glares at me. Then he grins again. I love that smile of his...It always lights up my day.

"Nope."

I fake a frown. "Is it just me, or do you sound...happy about that?"

"Yep!" Now it's his turn to hug me. I return the hug. An employee of the resort just happens to walk by and gives the both of us an odd look. I wave cheerfully at the poor mind-scarred fellow. He shudders and walks away. At least, I think he shuddered. It sure looked like it. Heh. Funny. Me and Jou-chan can scare a middle-aged guy. "Uh, Otogi?"

I lean back slightly to look at him. "Yeah?"

"Are we going to stay here and hug each other all day?" I think about it for a moment. Should we stay here and hug all day? Or should we go do something vacation-y? "'Cause we're still in our swimming trunks. Maybe we should go to another pool where there _isn't_ a pissed pharaoh?" he continues. I let go of him.

"Uh-kay!" I exclaim. He raises an eyebrow.

"Err...Otogi, that was just...disturbing."

I shrug. "Sorry." I am _so_ weird sometimes, you know...

***

Damn, I am _so_ exhausted. A Jou in the pool is really hard to handle. So...tired. That's why I am currently lying on the bed, slowly falling asleep.

"OTOGI!"

Make that _was_ slowly falling asleep. Ugh...must resist urge to get up...Damn it. Koi's calling, must get off bed.

Oof. I land on carpet.

"OTOGI!"

I wince, rubbing my butt. That hurt...The carpet is soft, but really hard.

...Did that make any sense? Probably not.

"Otogi-san, get your lazy ass over here, damn it!"

I don't reply. My ass isn't lazy...it just hurts! Can't...get...up. Jou pokes his head out of the bathroom.

"Are you-Oh!" He runs out half-clothed and stops a feet away from me. He raises an eyebrow."What happened to you?" I laugh nervously.

"Um...I fell." I give him the puppy eyes, something that I have never used on anyone else. "Help me up?" He grumbles something and I smirk when I hear it.

"...Seme not supposed to give puppy eyes...the uke's supposed to. _I'm_ the uke..."

"You got that right, Jou-chan." I say as he picks me up and drops me on the bed. Yay, soft bed. I like this bed. I start to drift off into Sleepyland again when I'm interrupted by poking. I open one eye to look at Jou.

"Otogi, you're supposed to help me!"

***

"Beautiful, isn't it?" I breathe. Jou nods, speechless for once in his life. The two of us, Jou and me, are standing at the top of the hotel, watching the sunset. In the city, you can never watch the sunset like this. It's always too loud, too busy, buildings too high to see, the air too polluted...

But this is perfect.

The sun is a red semi-circle, half above the horizon and half below. The sky around it is painted all kinds of red, orange, yellow, pink, gold...Trust me, it's simply breathtaking. Even the ocean looks beautiful. The large body of water glitters with shiny gold dust and the sun's light leaves a zigzag reflection in the pure blue water.

From where we're standing now, it seems like the ocean has no end and it just goes on and on forever...

Just like our love

Jou takes my hand in his and intertwines our fingers. I turn to look at him, puzzled, and he smiles softly without turning toward me.

He looks beautiful, too...The sun's rays paint his blonde hair a shiny gold and the colors of the sunset reflect in his soft, honey brown eyes. He gently pulls my hand closer, laying his head on my shoulder and leaning slightly against me. A tiny smile curves my own lips, my cheeks tinting a slight pink for a reason I can't exactly place.

"Love you," he says softly.

"And I love you too." I whisper back. Then we turn back to the sky, watching as the sun begins to set, and enjoying a rare, calm and quiet moment.

***

Vacation's awfully fun, ain't it? I stare at the ceiling with glazed green eyes. Next to me, Jou is soundly sleeping...and not snoring, for once. I twirl a strand of ebony hair wth my index finger.

It's funny. Ever since we got here, to this resort, I've had this bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. Something bad's about to happen...I never doubt my odd senses since they're always right. That one afternoon when Honda and Shizuka were running from GURUS and I chucked the dice at the Rare Hunters? I had the bad feeling that morning as well. Before the duel between Yami and me, I had this feeling as well.

I don't know. A tiny voice is nagging me in the back of my head, telling me to tell someone about this 'feeling'. But I don't want to. I don't know...it's just, well, to tell you the truth, I'm afraid that nobody will believe me. Well, you probably don't even believe me now as I'm telling you.

And for some odd reason, I'm aware that something is going to happen to Malik. And it's not anything good...Should I go warn him? But what would I say? 'Hi, Malik. Do you remember me, the dice boy? Yeah, that's me. Well, I have a weird feeling that's telling me something bad is going to happen to you, so just make sure that you stay on your guard, ne? Great, thanks.'

That sounded so stupid, even in my head.

A white flash blinds my vision for a split second, and then it's gone. I cringe, then realize it has already vanished.

What the hell was that?

...Damn it, the 'bad feeling' is growing. I...I think I'm...

Oh my kami.

I think Malik is going to die.

_

Oh-oh

'Cause just when you thought you were losing,
but you know I'll always be right there.

And I'll be there through the good times,
and the bad,
and we'll be there for each other,
'cause you're the best friend I've ever had.

And just when you thought you were falling,
but you know I'll always be right there.
oh-oooh whenever you need me,
I'll always be right there.

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