Cosplaying for fun and profit . . . or just humiliation [rp with cypsiman2]

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((I GET SHIT DONE EVENTUALLY, YEAH?  Anyway . . . cuz this is up several days later than I'd said, have a piccie first as a consolation prize  ^_^))




Anzu had been working for Mutou-Grandfather at the Kame for a few weeks now.  Sometimes, she and Yugi had worked together, many times not.  He couldn't afford to pay two employees, even part-time, overly much, so usually one of them was working with him while the other was off.  But when he could, he scheduled the two of them together.  It gave himself a nice break . . . and the two youngsters some much needed "together" time.

This afternoon, Anzu came over to the shop, expecting for both of them to be off-work because they had a project for school to work on . . . only to find the sole occupant of the shop to be Grandpa Mutou.

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Down the way and around a corner on a busier street, Yugi put on a grin for everyone, but frankly?  He looked like a fool.  Or anyway, he felt like one.  The costume really had been meant for someone at least a foot taller.  And it itched - some of the seams weren't properly sewn.  They were more like . . . glued, which made the edges of the fabric stiff and scratchy and scraped or dug at his skin here and there.

He loved Dark Magician.  He really, really did!

But . . . not right now.

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Yugi sighed and nodded, shoulders hunched, unable to meet her eye. "Yup, pretty much." Of course, he wasn't going to add the part about how he'd originally declined, finally agreeing only because Grandpa offered to pay him a little extra. With that, Yugi was hoping to get Anzu something really nice for her birthday.

"Hey, Anzu? Ah . . . c-could you do me a favor and not mention this to Jonouchi-kun or Honda-kun?" He loved them both dearly . . . but they really could take things too far sometimes, and he just knew he'd never live this down if they found out.

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"Of course Yuugi." He didn't need to explain to her why; Anzu knew firsthand that there were times when Jounouchi and Honda had all the emotional maturity of five year olds, and even just hearing about Yuugi's time at cosplay would trigger another bout of aforementioned immaturity.

"Still, we really should try to get back soon and get started on our project." She then noticed a fresh crowd of young boys heading their way. "But apparently we're going to have to wait a little longer."

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"Right, the project!" Yugi had never been happier for a looming and time-consuming school project! Of course, the fact that he got to spend the time with Anzu had nothing to do with it, nope.

Right, as if. But the more immediate joy did rather revolve around getting out of this ridiculous and uncomfortable costume all the sooner.

O-or not. Crap.

Yugi screwed on a grin for the kids, then a "serious business" face as he indulged them with a few power calls and other antics, even letting one of them "summon" and "command" him against his friend, all the while making sure they knew where the Kame was and that the first shipment of the newest booster set was already in stock.

Forever later - it was actually more like ten minutes - the boys moved on, and Yugi snagged Anzu's arm to haul her down the street. "Come on! Before anyone else spots us..."

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Right away, as soon as Anzu felt Yuugi pulling at her arm, she started power walking; running would draw unnecessary attention, and besides, with her legs it wouldn't have been reasonable to try to force Yuugi to run with her, and that was before taking the costume into account. And besides, it wasn't as though it was far to the Kame game shop, just a block or so...

And halfway there was when they'd managed to hit one final snag. Literally, Yuugi's costume had caught on a snag. "Yuugi, you are fully dressed under all that, right?" Anzu said to him beneath her breath.

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Yugi managed to swallow back the squeak of mortified horror, his face almost purple.

"A-as dressed as I'd w-want to be to go s-swimming..."

Boxers and his socks and sneakers. That was it. He needed to do laundry, had spilled soup all over his last pair of school slacks, and had foregone a shirt because it showed up under the costume, making it hang and look funny.

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"Okay..." Anzu said slowly, breathing shallow as she formulated a plan of action. "Well, there's no reason to panic. I'll just...carefully remove the fabric from the snag...and then you can hold it together until you can get changed."

Unfortunately, the costume hadn't just snagged, it had wrapped around it as well, and she had to be very very careful to slowly untie it without taking a very inappropriate peek.

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It was all Yugi could do to hold still and not dance around "trying to help," knowing he'd only make things worse. He wondered if the FIERCE BLUSH that seemed to run to his toes actually made the rest of him "glow in the dark" like Jou sometimes teased him his cheeks did. Yeah, just what he needed, to be lighting up the whole inside of this stupid costume!

At least Anzu was being very sensitive about this. She was sensitive about everything. But still, he hoped she didn't catch any illusion-dispelling, VERY-LACK-OF-MANLY physique.

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"Okay, that should do it." Anzu held together the torn fabric, noting that it was a pretty long tear all told. "If we have any free time after the project, I'll see what I can do about patching this thing up for you."

Of course, it was also very important that she never ever mention that she saw a flash of his bare legs.

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Yugi looked in dismay at the tear. "Oh, man. Grandpa's going to /kill/ me!" At her comment, he looked up. "N-no, it's okay, Anzu. You don't have to worry about it. I can . . . um . . . probably . . . "

He had no idea how to sew, but he figured, how hard could it be?

Of course . . . he had to GET home without flashing anything at Anzu first.

Yami thought that doing so might not be such a bad idea, really . . . but wisely, he kept that opinion to himself. Aibou was flustered enough as it was.

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"You can probably turn the costume into a quilt. Yuugi, you're my best friend, but you shouldn't try to do something like this on your first try. That is, if you're serious about wanting to sew that is." Anzu said, wanting to bring some levity to the situation. And while it was slow going now, since Yuugi had to pull on the back of the costume to hold the tear together, it was only 10 meters or so to the Kame game store now...

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