AN: Yesh! It's a great new story for you Seto/Joey fans! I dedicate this fanfic to Amandalynn & Amy—who are, in my opinion, the loveliest Seto/Joey fans out there!

Senseless Serendipity
By Narika

Chapter One – Cocoa and Coffee

Thunder cracked and lightning flashed late this very night. The rain poured and the wind howled with fury in the near-empty streets of Domino City. Dim lights could be seen from shop windows of the few that were still open, but few people were out buying things or just window-shopping at this hour. Most went home already, since work hours were over and it was a tiring day of traffic to drive through. If one looked closely enough, or maybe even squinted nearly enough, one could see a very dim bulb of light at the very top of the Kaiba Corp building. Who would be mad enough to be in that office on the top floor ignoring the thunder, lightning, rain, and wind? Why the one and only Kaiba who ran the company! Seto Kaiba, if clarification is needed. He's the only person in the entire world who would stay at the office late at night in order to set things straight just because some idiot forgot to type one extra zero. All of the company's graphs and charts were messed up due to this one tiny mistake. Of course, if a zero happened to be missing from what was supposed to be a million dollar check, you'd be unhappy as well. Now this particular idiot was fired faster than Seto typed, which was in fact very fast.

An incessant ringing was coming from his coat's pocket. He ignored it in hopes that it would stop. It still rang quite innocently, just waiting until someone would pick it up. So Seto picked up the phone and listened.

"Big brother, when are you coming home? It's already past midnight. It's not good to stay and work until the sun comes up! Plus, you haven't been getting enough sleep this whole week. You look like a zombie!" Mokuba said worriedly.

Sigh. "Mokuba, I did not need to hear that last comment and I'm fine. I just finished fixing everything and I'll be home soon. Anyways, you should be in bed."

"...I guess so. Bye, Seto." Click.

Kaiba shut his laptop. Finally noticing the thunder, lightning, rain, and wind just outside the window, he rummaged around for an umbrella. His office was relatively neat, but it seemed that his umbrella had gone missing. He stepped into the elevator and pushed the button for the first floor. The bell dinged all too happily when he reached it. Kaiba would have fumed but was currently worn out for the day...or night. He stepped out into the cracking thunder, flashing lightning, pouring rain, and howling wind. Unfortunately for Seto, he did not realize that his umbrella was hiding behind the potted plant by the door. How silly.

The fatigued Kaiba made his way frustratingly to his car. Revving the engine, he took the time to launch himself over the seat so that he could grab a towel from the backseat. He squeezed the water out of his brown locks. Stepping on the pedal, the car swerved out of the parking lot and sped down the water-filled streets to head for the Kaiba mansion.

Drip. Drip. Droplets of water hit Joey's face, causing him to wake up from a terrible, terrible nightmare. He wanted to sort out his thoughts, but first, he wanted to find out where the water came from. Drip. He turned and, go figure, Joey had left the window open before he had gone to bed. He shut it and dropped back onto his bed. He sighed.

Recently, he had been having the weirdest dreams. One person constantly invaded his mind—Kaiba. If he wasn't throwing insults, he was throwing glares at Joey. Kaiba taunted poor Joey both during the day and at night. Joey's most recent nightmare involved that scary doggy costume and a shock collar. He decided to go downstairs and make himself a nice cup of hot cocoa.

Moments later, Joey grabbed a coat and an umbrella while heading out the door. He forced his thoughts to concentrate on a nice, hot cup of hot cocoa while his footsteps splattered in the large puddles. It was past midnight so he had to find a twenty-four hour place. He feet led him in front of a fast food restaurant—the one with a glowing yellow "M"—yes, Joey's feet led him to the nearest McDonald's in Domino City. Joey opened the door, his wet feet sloshing on the black mats. Squoosh.

Joey clambered over to the front and ordered the hot cocoa that he desired, taking it with him as he plopped himself down in one of the swiveling chairs. He forgot all his troubles as he sipped the sent-from-heaven cocoa. He let out a long sigh, feeling his body relax into the comfortable surroundings of McDonald's. He continued to sip happily, that is, until he realized someone was staring at him. And Joey couldn't help but stare back. Joey thought, "Why in the world is the CEO of Kaiba Corp sitting next to me at McDonald's?"

Seto, after having his third cup of coffee, was wide awake, but wondered if the person he saw next to him was an illusion. Perhaps Mokuba was right, and Seto did need more rest for he was seeing Wheeler, wearing a coat over his pajamas, sitting next to him at McDonald's at one-thirty in the morning nonetheless! His hands unconsciously reached up to rub his eyes in disbelief. He regained whatever composure he lost in thought and managed to question Joey with a glare, "Wheeler?"

Seto Kaiba had been driving home from his office when his stomach growled quite loudly. Many of the shops and restaurants were closed already so his eyes went on a lookout for an open fast-food restaurant. He swerved the car, for he almost missed the turn into the parking lot. Kaiba, the owner of the ultimate company, had stopped at the cheap place of McDonald's. Unfortunately, the drive-thru was flooded so he had to get out of his shiny, black car and into the rain just so he could order a breakfast sandwich (it was the morning, wasn't it?) and a coffee.

The warmth of the coffee surged through his body, relaxing those muscles that had been tired and overworked. He closed his eyes in bliss from the wonders that coffee could do. Munching thoughtfully on his McGriddle, he pondered whether or not he should have fired that poor bloke. While going through the pros and cons of that particular person, he finished his cup of coffee. Since he liked coffee and had nothing better to do, he decided to order more. He also ordered a hash brown to go with his rich, dark coffee. A few moments later, Seto went up and bought a third cup of delicious coffee. He just couldn't resist.

While drinking in the scent and taste, he noticed someone familiar walk in. He could only stare since Joey Wheeler was at McDonald's. Wearing pajamas. Ordering a hot chocolate. Seto could only think of it as unusual.

The puppy was oblivious of Seto's presence. Joey even sat down right next to Seto and still didn't notice. Well, he did eventually. It was just one of those things where you stare at a person long enough, they'll turn around, and Joey did. So now, Seto had to actually speak to Wheeler. Great.

"What are you looking at, mutt?" Seto said, calm as ever.

"WHAT! Watch who you're calling mutt you over-stuffy Mister-I'm-too-good-for-everyone-else!" Joey retorted.

Seto glared, "At least I don't grovel at anyone's feet."

"Why you! You're a good-for-nothing bastard that doesn't even know what a Rubik's cube is!" Joey shouted with a smirk.

Joey just had to bring up that incident...Mokuba had found the new fad at school just really fun. He decided to ask his older brother to buy him a Rubik's cube. The only problem of buying one was that Seto had never heard of a Rubik's cube. He wasn't about to admit it though...A week later, Mokuba asked Seto again, this time at school. Seto just had to say, "Mokuba, what in the world is a Rubik's cube?" as Yugi, Joey, Tristan, and Tea were walking by. Joey had to comment of course. No need to say that the Kaiba Corp CEO sorely beat up Joey.

And since Wheeler was making fun of Kaiba again, the result was probably going to turn out the same.

"Wheeler," Seto said through gritted teeth, "You are so DEAD!" And with that, he knocked Joey off of his stool. Joey scrambled off the ground and threw a punch. Seto had dodged it and Joey ended up hitting the counter and knocking over Seto's coffee. Seto moved quickly and had Joey in a headlock, but Joey kicked Seto's shin. The fight was turning nasty and very soon, the McDonald's staff rushed over to break them apart.

So, on this fateful day at three in the morning, Seto Kaiba and Joey Wheeler had been thrown out of the nearby McDonald's. Well, the only thing that ever came out of Joey and Seto speaking to each other always ended up in an argument...or a fight. And this time was no different.

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