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Oh, man! The day has only begun and I've already made a fool of myself! Katsuya Jounouchi stood before himself in the boys' bathroom, examining the large dark spot on his uniform where he had spilled his water bottle. He groaned in embarrassment whilst reliving that tragic lunch hour down in the Domino High cafeteria.

Okay, he reminded himself, everything is going to be fine! I'm just going to go down and sit at our table as usual and I won't let him affect me like he always does. This is going to be perfectly normal. Yeah, nothing but normal. Jounouchi walked with feigning confidence to the large round table where all his friends sat...Atem, Yugi, Tristan, Anzu, Kaiba, Ryou, Bakura. But it wasn't any of these people that made his stomach turn and flip...it was the new boy, Duke Devlin. He was nothing short of every girl's dream guy but Jou had a feeling that it wasn't girls he was interested in.

Jou walked slowly to the group, his confidence failing with every step. All eight pairs of eyes turned to greet Jou including the veridian green eyes belonging to Devlin. He gulped nervously and quickly shuffled towards the table while keeping his eyes on his feet. He reached the table and sat down quickly, using his long blond bangs to hide his eyes as he stared enviously at Duke. A firm hand on his shoulder brought him out of his stare, bringing him to look at Kaiba, who's large royal blue eyes were filled with concern and knowledge.

"Hey, Mutt...what are you looking at?" Kaiba voiced the question everybody had on their minds and added his pet-name for a stinging affect.

"Stop calling me Mutt, Seto. I'm looking at...the lunch menu. It looks good today," Jou stalled and blushed slightly as Duke cocked his head to hear the conversation.

"Really, the lunch menu. The last time I checked you hated Brussels sprouts and lamb," Seto ruffled Jou's hair and smirked. Of course Seto knew what was going on, he was the smartest kid in their grade.

"Oh my gosh, is that what that smell is?" Yugi interrupted, wrinkling his nose at the foul odor and screwing his face into a mask of disgust that raised cheers of laughter from the inhabitants of the table including the tenor notes of Devlin's distinct chuckle.

"Yeah, we all know what you're looking at, Jou!" Anzu pointed her finger nonchalantly in the direction of Duke's chair, batting her eyelashes and making kissing sounds at Jou.

"No I am not! How dare you even think that!" Jou was outraged and embarrassed. He stood straight up, disrupting his tray and toppling the water bottle that opened onto his uniform causing a dark mark to appear. His cheeks flamed as he ran out of the cafeteria and into the bathroom.

Yup, some genius I am. Everybody knows my secret now, even Anzu! Oh man, if Duke thinks I'm a complete charity-case after this I hope he doesn't rat on me too hard.

Jou looked up and studied his reflection in the cracked mirror. Who was he kidding? Duke would NEVER consider him as potential BF material. He was just wasting his time. He turned his back to the mirror and started up the hand dryer, attempting to dry his shirt.

Just then the door started to creak open slowly, a shadowy figure creeping into the room quietly while Jou's back was turned. He didn't hear him approach at all, but jumped when he heard the light timbre of his voice.

"Jounouchi, I want to talk to you." Jou whirled around to see Duke Devlin standing before him, his eyes full of an emotion that Jou couldn't understand.

OMG I know it's so stupid, but don't flame me! Please R&R! Part 2 coming soon!