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Yugioh 5D's Universe Optional
Chapter Summary: Crow is getting a little concerned.
Word Count: 500
Rating: teen
Notes: This is, technically, genfic, but there's also hinted Jack/Yusei. Read with the slash goggles if you want, but they're not required for reading.
Crow is getting a little concerned. So he marches in one day when he knows Jack’s out. Yusei is, predictably, tinkering with his Duel Runner. If the guy ever found himself with nothing to do with his hands, well. Yusei wouldn’t deal with it well, would he? For all that he’s patient, sitting still is hard for the guy.
“What did you do to Jack?” he asks with no preamble.
As usual when absorbed in something, Yusei doesn’t hear a word. So Crow steals the wrench out of Yusei’s hand.
That earns several blinks of blue eyes, as if the wrench has suddenly become sentient and leaped away on its own. Then slowly, with the same amount of surprise, Yusei glances up to see Hogan. “Oh, hey, Crow. Can I help you with something?”
He slowly gets up, wincing a little (he’s probably been kneeling in the same exact position for far too long and has gotten stiff) and begins to stretch methodically, like he’s some kind of robot.
“What did you do to Jack?” he repeats, determined to get an answer.
A strange look passes over Yusei’s face, one that Crow can’t read, but it’s too fleeting to study in detail. “What do you mean?”
“He’s sitting around!” On reflection, none of them deal well with having nothing to do. “He’ll just patiently get you whatever you need when you’re working on Yusei Go, which you always are, and he’s being nice, and it’s making me paranoid!” At the end of the rant, he’s practically shouting.
It earns a bit of a smile, which is not the response he’d been looking for. He needs to know…
“I have a lot to make up for, and Jack Atlas isn’t the type to owe anyone anything. If it takes me the next lifetime to pay it back, I will,” an accented voice answers from right behind him, and if he were taller Crow’s head would be through the upper floor by now from how high he jumped.
At least Jack sounds maliciously amused at this, so his entire world hasn’t fallen apart just yet.
“If it makes you feel better, yes, I used mostly your money, since you earn more than I do,” Jack continues with a smirk, then turns to Yusei. “I found that engine part you were talking about? I wrote down the number. I don’t know if it’s in good condition, though.”
Yusei rushes over and takes the proferred part in eager hands. “It looks pretty good, but we’ll really find out once I test this bad boy. Thanks, Jack.”
“You really should eat. I got food, too.” The blond looks both pleased and annoyed. It’s a common enough expression.
Yusei waves a dismissive hand. “Drag me to the kitchen if I haven’t eaten by two.” He’s already almost forgotten about the two of them.
“I will follow through,” Jack warns. It’s weird and domestic and Crow feels like he’s missed about five steps somewhere along the way.
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