"Joey? Joey? HEY! Earth to Joey!" Yugi Moto grabs hold of the young blonds ear, breaking him from his trance.

"What t' heck dude! Don' grab a man's ear like tha', you might just rip it off!" Joey grumbles rubbing his ear, which Yugi had just about detached from his head.

"I'm sorry, but you weren't listening and that's kind of rude, Tèa was talking." Yugi glances at Tèa who had yet notice the two talking next to her.

"…And I just think that it's really important that we stick together. We're friends, and friends stay together, like P.B and J. You guys understand?" Tèa announces and continues her charade without waiting for an answer. "I understand that Kaiba is frustrating, but everyone has bad days and he just needs some time. So I say we all be as friendly as possible and…"

Duke raises his eye brow and snorts, "I'm sorry did I hear you correctly? Friendly? Bad day? Kaiba doesn't have a bad day, he has a bad fucking life and then blows his steam off on us. I think he used the words 'scum' and 'dog like' more than once around Joey, and that's just not cool."

Yugi steps in to aid Tèa in her confrontation of the other duelists. "Tèa's right you guys. Maybe he'll snap out of it with a little kindness."

"I think his head is to far up his ass for any kind of kindness to reach him." Tristan snickers, earning him a stern glare from Tèa.

"Look you guys want to be complete jerks fine. But then stop whining about how mean he is to you." Tèa tucks a strand of short brown hair behind her ear. "Look I have to get back to work… Just remember everyone loves a nice smile!" She smiles just a little harder at this and plants a small kiss on Yugi's cheek. "See you guys!"

"Oh…" Yugi's cheeks flush a deep red, "Yami did you see that?" He squeaks glancing around the table.

Duke and Tristan make gagging noises in unison. "Holy…" Tristan pats the table laughing, "…Shit."

Yami glances at Yugi who looks rather put out by the fact that his friends don't support his relationship. He places a hand kindly on his counterparts hand, "It's okay Yugi. They'll fall in love someday and understand how you feel." Yami hopes his words comfort Yugi, because he doesn't believe them. Since he had gotten his own body, he'd begun to realize just how attached he'd gotten to the little one. Not that he'd ever considered himself gay, actually quite the opposite. He'd had many girlfriends since his resurrection, per say. He had never stayed in them long, for he never really felt the relationship.

Joey watches this interaction curiously, watching Yami run his thumb over Yugi's knuckles. He starts to wonder if anyone will ever do that to him. Absently mindedly he rubs his knuckles lightly.

"Let's go dude, I'm starved and I want to see Serenity." Tristan claps Joey on the shoulder startling him. "Who knows maybe I'll get two in one!" He laughs looking back at Duke who gives him the thumbs up.

"You dirty dog, you." Duke laughs making a suggestive motion.

"Ugh! Shut up, you two, tha's sick! She's my lil' sist'a!" Joey shoves Tristan's hand away, "Jus' stay away, okay?" He stomps away from his friends.

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"I think he really offended him. I feel so bad for Joey, I don't think Duke and Tristan understand how uncomfortable he is when they say things like that." Yugi murmurs in thought. Sitting next to Yami he tucks his legs up under him, brushing Yami's thigh.

"Um, no I think you're right Yugi. I suppose they just don't understand." Yami agrees, unable to think with Yugi unnaturally close, he starts to feel rather closterphobic. "Maybe you should have a talk with the two, before Joey decides he's had en--" Yami's voice cracks, "--ough. Had enough." He finishes after clearing his throat.

"Are you all right?" Yugi asks his friend kindly. "Are you sick? Oh maybe you got that cold I had last week, you shouldn't have slept over. I am so sorry Yami, I'll make it better, I'll take…"

Yami raises his hand in protest, "I'm not sick Yugi, I just had something stuck in my throat. Don't worry about it." The thought of Yugi nursing him back to health made his stomach flip.

-x-x-x-x-

Joey trudges through the park near the heart of Domino, looking up into the sky, he watches the little stars twinkle. "Stupid son-of-a-bitches, can't keep it in their pants." He curses. No matter how close he, Tristan, and Duke had become over the years the two still had a lot to know about him. Joey was more protective of his sister than he was of the Chocolate cake in his fridge. Although the two came pretty close, Chocolate cake was in a close second to Serenity.

The blond gulps in the cool air of the night, listening to the crunch of leaves under his feet. He's always loved fall, it's bright colors and the smell of wet grass. Sitting himself comfortably on a park bench, he takes out the letter that he had written in math class. He reads it aloud to himself, to test the sound of it.

"Dear Moneybags,

I love you, the end.

Much Love,

The Mutt."

Joey scoffs at his own idiocy, "This is fuckin' stupid bullshit, I can't even write a fuckin' love letter!" He crumples the letter throwing it on the ground. "Lik' he'll pay any attention to tha'."

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Authors note:

I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of the characters in this story, I'm just having a little fun. The story isn't finished and there is a lot more to come, I'm sorry if this story isn't what you were looking for, any constructive criticism is welcome, as are comments. The couple(s)/ages in this chapter are: Tèa Gardner (18) & Yugi Moto (17). Later couple(s)/ages will be: Joey Wheeler (17) & Seto Kaiba (20), Yugi Moto (17) & Pharoah Atem (Yami) (5,000/18), Serenity Wheeler (14) & Mokuba Kaiba (15), possibly Duke Devlin (18) & Tristan Taylor (17), and whoever else I can think of and put together.