Yuugi slowly sat up, leaning on the headboard to give himself some stability--

-- and he was glad he looked up.

Kaiba's eyes...

They were...

Diamonds: That's what they reminded him of. Not the clear prismatic ones, beautiful as they were. No, with his regal bearing, nothing less than blue diamonds were good enough.

Beautiful.

"She's your ace." It slipped out before he could stop himself. "You uh. Inspired me to get into competing, and to pursue my dreams. Not in a weird way! You just work really hard and weathered so much hardship while defeating everything in your way.

"So, looking at her makes me remember my dreams, and my love of the game."

He bit his lip, pausing.

"Look at the dice, though. Those are based on my ace."

Gandora. A dragon that was often hard to combo due to its particular effect and summoning condition, but Yuugi made it work. He felt bad for how many people called him a "bad" Monster because they couldn't use him well, and then...

Well.

He won with him every time, so that had to count for something.