Title: Things Change
Author: JD
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I don't own.
Summery: Joey, Kaiba, Duke, Yugi are all in the same college. This is their first year.
Notes: Lets assume this takes place in the U.S. And lets also assume there's no Millennium Items. Not saying there never was, just that there isn't now and I'm not coming up with a story as of why. Maybe they were all destroyed during one of the times Yugi saved the world.
Kaiba walked in his new dorm room, eyebrow raised. "Wonderful," he muttered. "Yugi, Mutt, what are the chances of us all ending up in the same room?"
Yugi, still innocent, but quite older looking looked up. "Kaiba? Wow...well, Joey and I requested a room. I guess they just put you in here."
Kaiba shook his head. It figured, no matter what he did, he couldn't loose them.
"Why does a CEO have to go to college? Aren't you like a genius?" Joey remarked. Kaiba studied the annoying dog. Though his features still looked the same, his style of dress had changed a bit. The colorful plastic bracelets and large baggy pants tipped Kaiba off to Joey's recreational habits.
"Dumb ass, I didn't have to go to high school either. But I did." [Author note: Why DOES he go to high school?] Kaiba himself hadn't changed much. Slightly shorter hair, a bit more relaxed air to himself--excluding Joey's presents. He was so annoying anyone would get irritated. Anyone but little innocent Yugi. Why does he hang out with him? They were totally different.
Kaiba studied Yugi. He seemed about the same. Just not so childlike. He was wearing tight black pants, black wife beater, and black eyeliner. But he still looked like Yugi.
"So who's sleeping where?" Kaiba was a bit peeved he hadn't been able to choose, but he really didn't need to be starting fights this early on.
Joey shrugged. "We haven't really chose. We just got here and was catching up a bit."
Kaiba vaguely remembered Yugi talking about going to an art camp over the summer. "Wonderful," Kaiba said dryly. He motioned to the bed they were sitting on. "Yugi can have that one, Joey the one right next to it and I'll take the one far away from both of you." Kaiba set his bags on the bed he was referring to and sat down, studying the room. It was pretty big as dorms go, with a window across from the door, two beds on one side, a bed against the wall with the window, and a small kitchen/rec area along the other wall. A closet and shelves were on either side of the door.
Kaiba wondered how both of them had gotten into college. Yugi was as poor as dirt, while Joey was stupid as shit AND poor. He sighed and stretched out on the bare bed. It was going to be a long semester.
~~~
"Get off me!"
"Stupid art fag! Whatchu going to do? Cry?"
Kaiba rounded a corner and came face-to-face with an upperclassmen and Yugi. He stopped short, shocked.
"I said get off me!" Yugi tried to hit the guy but was thrown up against the wall hard. "Offf..." the wind had been knocked out of him.
Kaiba ran up and blind sided the guy. Well, what else was he going to do? Watch?
Yugi's eyes went wide as his attacker and Kaiba began to fight. What Kaiba lacked in strength, he made up in strategy and nimbleness (hmmm...exact opposite than in duels...Yugi thought) and had soon given the guy a bloody nose and split lip. Kaiba yelled, "get out of here!" as the guy ran off. Kaiba wiped at his face with his fist, checking for blood, relieved there wasn't any. He glanced over at Yugi. "You okay?"
Yugi nodded, unable to speak.
"What was that all about?" Kaiba asked, motioning to where the guy had run, slowly walking towards Yugi.
Yugi tried to speak, but finally shrugged.
Kaiba lightly placed his arm around Yugi's shoulders. "Come on, lets get you back to the room. You got a cut on your cheek and you probably need to lie down."
~~~
Joey walked into the room, chatting with a classmate and stopped short. Kaiba and Yugi were sitting across from each other on the bed.
"Stop being such a baby, Yugi. I need to clean the cut."
"But it *burns*," he whined.
Joey dismissed the guy, distracted. "What's going on here?"
Yugi looked up, but Kaiba continued to deal with Yugi's wound. "I got in a fight," he said softly.
"A guy *attacked* you. I got in a fight." Kaiba handed Yugi a cloth and stood up. "I'd pressed it against it until it stopped bleeding unless you want to wear a band aid. I gotta get to class. See you later."
Joey watched Kaiba leave strangely. He fell onto Yugi's bed, deep in thought. "Kaiba's sure been acting different," he finally said.
"Maybe it's the whole change of scenery. College makes everything different," Yugi shot Joey a meaningful look, but it went unnoticed.
"What'd the jerk attack you for?"
Yugi laid his head in Joey's lap. "I guess cause of the way I look. Like in high school. I'm really glad Kaiba showed up." Yugi began to play with the zipper on Joey's pants leg.
"He didn't say anything to you? Just that you looked weird?"
("You fucking faggot! Faggots like you deserve to die." echoed through Yugi's head.) He had really thought that college would be different. A place he could be himself. And belong. Like camp. But it was exactly the same as the hellish high school he had finally broke free from.
"Yeah, that's about right," he said, tears forming in his eyes.
~~~
Kaiba looked up from his lap top. The door to his room was opening and he heard Yugi's voice along with someone else's. Yugi came in, laughing, Duke Devlin at his heels. "Jesus, Yugi, how can you stand him? I wouldn't even fuck the poor bastard."
"He's not so bad after awhile."
"You're coming to the GLBTA meeting tomorrow, right?"
Yugi finally looked up into Kaiba's eyes and stopped laughing. He spoke really low to Duke. "Yeah, I'll be there. Keep it down around them," Kaiba barley heard.
Duke smiled sheepishly and nodded. "Yup, sorry, of course. See you then."
Yugi closed the door and looked at Kaiba, expecting the worse.
"GLBTA meeting, hmm? Never been to one."
"Don't mock me, Kaiba."
Kaiba sat back, smiling. "I'm not. Just don't think you're not transparent. Everyone sees it."
"Not Joey," Yugi said without thinking than instantly regretted it.
Kaiba smile widened. "I knew it." He stood up and walked over to Yugi. He began encircling him. "Am I the poor bastard Duke wouldn't even fuck?"
Yugi nodded.
Kaiba laughed even louder. "That's classic. And you want your best friend, right?"
"Kaiba, stop," Yugi said in a tear stained voice.
Kaiba stopped, leading Yugi to the bed, and sitting him down. "Don't be ashamed, Yugi." He lightly ran his hand down Yugi's arm. "It's okay."
Yugi blinked back tears, staring at Kaiba. "You're the first person I told. Duke just--"
"Was at the meeting too?" Kaiba laughed lightly. "Ahh, it's okay. Your little fruity raver-boy best friend is just too high on E to noticed."
"Joey doesn't take ecstasy. He promised."
The late-night phone call Kaiba had overheard contradicted that, but it really wasn't his place to say anything. "Yeah, well, whatever. My point is that Joey's not turning you down, he's just too blind to notice. Don't feel rejected."
Yugi nodded. "That's what Duke says."
Kaiba hook his finger under Yugi's chin, making him look him in the eyes. "Can I come to the meeting with you?"
Yugi's eyes went wide. "You're...?"
"Bi-curious." Kaiba stood up, shrugging. "I've never given it much thought, because, well, even the words biggest fag won't consider fucking me. I don't really have people skills, so I've never dated. But you know."
Yugi nodded, trying to understand. "Sure, you can go if you want--"
"I want to go with *you*." Kaiba leaned in and pressed his lips lightly against Yugi's. "Meet me here ahead of time, okay?"
Yugi nodded, unable to speak.
~~~
Duke smiled at Kaiba and Yugi, but finally had to interrupt their kissing. "Are we going or not?"
Yugi looked up at Duke, giggling. "Yeah, sorry."
Duke put his arm around Yugi's shoulders as they began to walk. "Oh, quite alright that my best friend is getting more action than me."
Kaiba wrapped his arm around Yugi's small waist protectively, leaning his head against Yugi's. "So where are we going?"
Duke held up a flyer. "There's a *party* tonight!" he sang out.
"A party?" Yugi asked thoughtfully. "What do you think?" he asked looking up at Kaiba.
Kaiba lightly tucked his finger into Yugi's belt loop. "Well...I don't know about you, but being a freshman doesn't make me feel all that welcome. Maybe we should skip this one."
Duke sighed. "God, you guys are so boring!" He opened up the door to the room he shared with another guy. He cleared his throat. "Carl, you forgot to rubber band the door." He closed the door, turning back to the lovers. "Occupied," he smiled. He stuck his hands in his pockets as they kept walking. "So we're gay...or bi," he shot a look at Kaiba. "The worse that could happened is someone tries to start a fight with us. And Kaiba can handle that."
Kaiba growled at Duke. "Then why even go? Parties are just an excuse to get drunk, do drugs, and fuck."
"Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner! I need to get laid. Seriously. You two can--"
"Enough! Duke's going, I'm going, and you Kaiba can do what you want!" Yugi burst out annoyed.
Kaiba stopped and stared at Yugi. "Well, okay." He looked down. "Damn..." he said softly.
Duke smiled wide. "So you joining us?"
Kaiba shrugged, dropping his arm from Yugi. He ran his hand through his brunette hair. He sighed. "Yeah, I'll be there." He adjusted the strap of his laptop. "I got some studying to do, I'll see you later." He headed off in another direction.
Duke sighed. "Jeesh..." he placed his arm around Yugi's shoulders. "Art?"
"Art."
~~~
A blond flash ran up to Yugi. "Hey! Yug! Ya showed up!"
Yugi stepped back a bit, startled by Joey. "Hey...Joey...I haven't seen you lately. What's up?"
Joey laughed. "You know, have to keep up with the scholarships."
A guy came up and handed Joey a plastic cup. "Do your friends want any?"
Yugi was about to speak up, but Joey slipped his arm around his shoulder and pushed Duke and Kaiba out of the way. "Come on, we're at a party, Yugi."
Yugi looked up at Joey and nodded. "Yeah, sure."
"Here, lets go get some."
Kaiba was about to say something but Duke stopped him. "Look, let him have some fun. It won't hurt."
Kaiba sighed and left Duke. Duke crossed his arms, pissed. "Jesus. What a baby."
Author: JD
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I don't own.
Summery: Joey, Kaiba, Duke, Yugi are all in the same college. This is their first year.
Notes: Lets assume this takes place in the U.S. And lets also assume there's no Millennium Items. Not saying there never was, just that there isn't now and I'm not coming up with a story as of why. Maybe they were all destroyed during one of the times Yugi saved the world.
Kaiba walked in his new dorm room, eyebrow raised. "Wonderful," he muttered. "Yugi, Mutt, what are the chances of us all ending up in the same room?"
Yugi, still innocent, but quite older looking looked up. "Kaiba? Wow...well, Joey and I requested a room. I guess they just put you in here."
Kaiba shook his head. It figured, no matter what he did, he couldn't loose them.
"Why does a CEO have to go to college? Aren't you like a genius?" Joey remarked. Kaiba studied the annoying dog. Though his features still looked the same, his style of dress had changed a bit. The colorful plastic bracelets and large baggy pants tipped Kaiba off to Joey's recreational habits.
"Dumb ass, I didn't have to go to high school either. But I did." [Author note: Why DOES he go to high school?] Kaiba himself hadn't changed much. Slightly shorter hair, a bit more relaxed air to himself--excluding Joey's presents. He was so annoying anyone would get irritated. Anyone but little innocent Yugi. Why does he hang out with him? They were totally different.
Kaiba studied Yugi. He seemed about the same. Just not so childlike. He was wearing tight black pants, black wife beater, and black eyeliner. But he still looked like Yugi.
"So who's sleeping where?" Kaiba was a bit peeved he hadn't been able to choose, but he really didn't need to be starting fights this early on.
Joey shrugged. "We haven't really chose. We just got here and was catching up a bit."
Kaiba vaguely remembered Yugi talking about going to an art camp over the summer. "Wonderful," Kaiba said dryly. He motioned to the bed they were sitting on. "Yugi can have that one, Joey the one right next to it and I'll take the one far away from both of you." Kaiba set his bags on the bed he was referring to and sat down, studying the room. It was pretty big as dorms go, with a window across from the door, two beds on one side, a bed against the wall with the window, and a small kitchen/rec area along the other wall. A closet and shelves were on either side of the door.
Kaiba wondered how both of them had gotten into college. Yugi was as poor as dirt, while Joey was stupid as shit AND poor. He sighed and stretched out on the bare bed. It was going to be a long semester.
~~~
"Get off me!"
"Stupid art fag! Whatchu going to do? Cry?"
Kaiba rounded a corner and came face-to-face with an upperclassmen and Yugi. He stopped short, shocked.
"I said get off me!" Yugi tried to hit the guy but was thrown up against the wall hard. "Offf..." the wind had been knocked out of him.
Kaiba ran up and blind sided the guy. Well, what else was he going to do? Watch?
Yugi's eyes went wide as his attacker and Kaiba began to fight. What Kaiba lacked in strength, he made up in strategy and nimbleness (hmmm...exact opposite than in duels...Yugi thought) and had soon given the guy a bloody nose and split lip. Kaiba yelled, "get out of here!" as the guy ran off. Kaiba wiped at his face with his fist, checking for blood, relieved there wasn't any. He glanced over at Yugi. "You okay?"
Yugi nodded, unable to speak.
"What was that all about?" Kaiba asked, motioning to where the guy had run, slowly walking towards Yugi.
Yugi tried to speak, but finally shrugged.
Kaiba lightly placed his arm around Yugi's shoulders. "Come on, lets get you back to the room. You got a cut on your cheek and you probably need to lie down."
~~~
Joey walked into the room, chatting with a classmate and stopped short. Kaiba and Yugi were sitting across from each other on the bed.
"Stop being such a baby, Yugi. I need to clean the cut."
"But it *burns*," he whined.
Joey dismissed the guy, distracted. "What's going on here?"
Yugi looked up, but Kaiba continued to deal with Yugi's wound. "I got in a fight," he said softly.
"A guy *attacked* you. I got in a fight." Kaiba handed Yugi a cloth and stood up. "I'd pressed it against it until it stopped bleeding unless you want to wear a band aid. I gotta get to class. See you later."
Joey watched Kaiba leave strangely. He fell onto Yugi's bed, deep in thought. "Kaiba's sure been acting different," he finally said.
"Maybe it's the whole change of scenery. College makes everything different," Yugi shot Joey a meaningful look, but it went unnoticed.
"What'd the jerk attack you for?"
Yugi laid his head in Joey's lap. "I guess cause of the way I look. Like in high school. I'm really glad Kaiba showed up." Yugi began to play with the zipper on Joey's pants leg.
"He didn't say anything to you? Just that you looked weird?"
("You fucking faggot! Faggots like you deserve to die." echoed through Yugi's head.) He had really thought that college would be different. A place he could be himself. And belong. Like camp. But it was exactly the same as the hellish high school he had finally broke free from.
"Yeah, that's about right," he said, tears forming in his eyes.
~~~
Kaiba looked up from his lap top. The door to his room was opening and he heard Yugi's voice along with someone else's. Yugi came in, laughing, Duke Devlin at his heels. "Jesus, Yugi, how can you stand him? I wouldn't even fuck the poor bastard."
"He's not so bad after awhile."
"You're coming to the GLBTA meeting tomorrow, right?"
Yugi finally looked up into Kaiba's eyes and stopped laughing. He spoke really low to Duke. "Yeah, I'll be there. Keep it down around them," Kaiba barley heard.
Duke smiled sheepishly and nodded. "Yup, sorry, of course. See you then."
Yugi closed the door and looked at Kaiba, expecting the worse.
"GLBTA meeting, hmm? Never been to one."
"Don't mock me, Kaiba."
Kaiba sat back, smiling. "I'm not. Just don't think you're not transparent. Everyone sees it."
"Not Joey," Yugi said without thinking than instantly regretted it.
Kaiba smile widened. "I knew it." He stood up and walked over to Yugi. He began encircling him. "Am I the poor bastard Duke wouldn't even fuck?"
Yugi nodded.
Kaiba laughed even louder. "That's classic. And you want your best friend, right?"
"Kaiba, stop," Yugi said in a tear stained voice.
Kaiba stopped, leading Yugi to the bed, and sitting him down. "Don't be ashamed, Yugi." He lightly ran his hand down Yugi's arm. "It's okay."
Yugi blinked back tears, staring at Kaiba. "You're the first person I told. Duke just--"
"Was at the meeting too?" Kaiba laughed lightly. "Ahh, it's okay. Your little fruity raver-boy best friend is just too high on E to noticed."
"Joey doesn't take ecstasy. He promised."
The late-night phone call Kaiba had overheard contradicted that, but it really wasn't his place to say anything. "Yeah, well, whatever. My point is that Joey's not turning you down, he's just too blind to notice. Don't feel rejected."
Yugi nodded. "That's what Duke says."
Kaiba hook his finger under Yugi's chin, making him look him in the eyes. "Can I come to the meeting with you?"
Yugi's eyes went wide. "You're...?"
"Bi-curious." Kaiba stood up, shrugging. "I've never given it much thought, because, well, even the words biggest fag won't consider fucking me. I don't really have people skills, so I've never dated. But you know."
Yugi nodded, trying to understand. "Sure, you can go if you want--"
"I want to go with *you*." Kaiba leaned in and pressed his lips lightly against Yugi's. "Meet me here ahead of time, okay?"
Yugi nodded, unable to speak.
~~~
Duke smiled at Kaiba and Yugi, but finally had to interrupt their kissing. "Are we going or not?"
Yugi looked up at Duke, giggling. "Yeah, sorry."
Duke put his arm around Yugi's shoulders as they began to walk. "Oh, quite alright that my best friend is getting more action than me."
Kaiba wrapped his arm around Yugi's small waist protectively, leaning his head against Yugi's. "So where are we going?"
Duke held up a flyer. "There's a *party* tonight!" he sang out.
"A party?" Yugi asked thoughtfully. "What do you think?" he asked looking up at Kaiba.
Kaiba lightly tucked his finger into Yugi's belt loop. "Well...I don't know about you, but being a freshman doesn't make me feel all that welcome. Maybe we should skip this one."
Duke sighed. "God, you guys are so boring!" He opened up the door to the room he shared with another guy. He cleared his throat. "Carl, you forgot to rubber band the door." He closed the door, turning back to the lovers. "Occupied," he smiled. He stuck his hands in his pockets as they kept walking. "So we're gay...or bi," he shot a look at Kaiba. "The worse that could happened is someone tries to start a fight with us. And Kaiba can handle that."
Kaiba growled at Duke. "Then why even go? Parties are just an excuse to get drunk, do drugs, and fuck."
"Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner! I need to get laid. Seriously. You two can--"
"Enough! Duke's going, I'm going, and you Kaiba can do what you want!" Yugi burst out annoyed.
Kaiba stopped and stared at Yugi. "Well, okay." He looked down. "Damn..." he said softly.
Duke smiled wide. "So you joining us?"
Kaiba shrugged, dropping his arm from Yugi. He ran his hand through his brunette hair. He sighed. "Yeah, I'll be there." He adjusted the strap of his laptop. "I got some studying to do, I'll see you later." He headed off in another direction.
Duke sighed. "Jeesh..." he placed his arm around Yugi's shoulders. "Art?"
"Art."
~~~
A blond flash ran up to Yugi. "Hey! Yug! Ya showed up!"
Yugi stepped back a bit, startled by Joey. "Hey...Joey...I haven't seen you lately. What's up?"
Joey laughed. "You know, have to keep up with the scholarships."
A guy came up and handed Joey a plastic cup. "Do your friends want any?"
Yugi was about to speak up, but Joey slipped his arm around his shoulder and pushed Duke and Kaiba out of the way. "Come on, we're at a party, Yugi."
Yugi looked up at Joey and nodded. "Yeah, sure."
"Here, lets go get some."
Kaiba was about to say something but Duke stopped him. "Look, let him have some fun. It won't hurt."
Kaiba sighed and left Duke. Duke crossed his arms, pissed. "Jesus. What a baby."