I Danced With the King of Games (inspired by dancing with a Yami cosplayer at a Cosplay Ball)

I danced with the King of Games.

In theory, that shouldn’t be the highlight of the weekend considering that I made the semi-finals of the tournament (only to get knocked out by Seto Kaiba, but am I really that surprised?), met some really famous people and did, in fact, help save the world.

So why was the masquerade ball, with its slow dancing and awkward moments, the highlight of my weekend?

I suppose it helped that Stroder Corp did put decent music on, my dress and mask were hand made by my fashion student friend from the university and, though I went on my own since none of my friends could afford tickets, I wasn’t left partner-less for the dancing as Yugi, who was, somehow, partner-less himself, asked politely, early into the evening, if he could use me as a way to escape Vivian Wong, the creepy Chinese fangirl stalker who I’d knocked out early on in the tournament and had been butting heads with ever since.

And so I got to dance with the King of Games.

Oh he wasn’t a brilliant dancer, in fact I suppose the best that could be said was that we did the whole 1-2-3, 1-2-3 turning in circles thing, but it was fun and, at the end of the night, he thanked me for the good time before catching up with Joey and Mai (Tristan and Tea hadn’t been able to make it due to family commitments and job issues), leaving me to head up to my own room and get a good night’s sleep before I departed for England and a new university year.

I suppose that’s not the story you want though. You want the tales of my battles, of getting my butt kicked so hard that I could wear it as a hat and how I helped Yugi Mutou save the world.

Even if all I did was cause the right person to be distracted at the right time...

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