Mokuba slowly walked toward the kaiba mansion. He had just gotten out of school a couple minutes ago but as usual he was late. He sighed when his home came into view "seto's not going to happy i'm late again" small tears dipped from his violet eyes. Mokuba had been coming home so late because some of the older boys had been picking on him. He hadn't told his brother though because seto was the reason they picked on him they always say something along the lines of

"hey rich boy!" or when mokuba told them to leave him alone they'd say "why? Are gonna go run home and tell your brother!?" mokuba had tried to ignore them today but they followed him half way home when he had finally told them to stop they attacked him.

Mokuba walked up the stone steps. "master mokuba, your home lat again" their maid frowned "why"

"i just...took a longer way home today thats all" mokuba kept his head down.

"well...ok then your brother wants to see you in his office"

mokuba ran inside and up to his room, closed his door and locked it. "where is it"mokuba started to rummage through his desk. "he it is" he smiled pulling out some concealer out and started to cover up his back eye. Joey had lent it to him, why joey had makeup was the big question when he had gave it to him for a school project last year.

"MOKUBA GET DOWN HERE NOW!" seto's voice rang through the mansion.

"coming" mokuba ran down stairs and into seto's office. "yeah?"

"why were you late again?" seto looked up from his work. He sat with his coat off at his desk with an annoyed look. He swore he had talked to mokuba about staying out so late.

"i just took a longer way home...thats all seto" mokuba sifted on his feet.

"how many times have I told you that I want you home as soon as possible!?" seto got up and walked up to the younger "mokuba I know somethings bothering you, what is it?" seto tilted mokuba's head so he was looking up to him.

"nothing"

"seto took his hand off mokuba's face "mokuba are you...are you wearing makeup?" seto stood up with a questioning expression toward his younger brother.

"...no?..." mokuba lied. Seto narrowed his eye's, grabbed his hand and started to pull him down the hall to the bathroom.

"sit down and say" mokuba sat on the edge of the bathtub and watched seto. Seto grabbed a washcloth from the hall closet and soaked it in warm water. "hold still" seto gently started to whip the makeup off. "mokuba! Who did this!? Who hurt you!? Tell me now!"

"the older kids at my school have been picking on me lately"

"why didn't you tell me?" seto calmed down a bit.

" I didn't want you to think I couldn't manage to take care of my own problems" mokuba looked down in sadness and shame.

"mokuba..." seto wrapped his arms around mokuba's shoulders " I'll always love you no matter what" mokuba wrapped his arms around seto's waist and smiled a little.

"i know seto I love you to"

"also..." seto pulled away "where exactly did you get the makeup"

"joey" mokuba laughed.

"i knew their was something even more wrong with him than just him being a second rate duelist and a dog"

"yeah...seto I know you were concealer to" mokuba laughed.

"what! Who told you!?"

"one day I wondered into your room and saw you putting it on"

"damn...don't repeat that"