Kaiba sat there at his computer, typing. He felt like he wasn't even there, like his body was on auto-pilot while he did his work. And he was utterly bored, but he couldn't leave, even though Mokuba wanted to take him to

the park. He felt really bad that he hadn't spent any time with his kid brother, but he simply never had the time anymore. He thought of Wheeler and his friends, though he'd never admit he was jealouse of the blonde

mutt. He had all the time in the world to have fun with his friends, and he could hang out with his kid sister. Kaiba stopped typing and looked at his watch, he could just look at the computers clock, but it was a habit to

check his watch instead. It was midnight and there was school the next day. He could always skip it, but he could just hear Wheeler going and telling him that he only skipped because he could, not because he had to.

It would be one of the times he would get to mad or something then all his pals would run up and tell him to calm down, then he might apologize, and or mutter he was right anyways. Kaiba wished that he could be that

layed back, that he could skip for no reason. But he would go to school and ignore wheeler like always.

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The next morning when Kaiba awoke the first thing he notised was that the room was bright, that wasn't right, he set is alarm for early morning when the sun was still coming up, something he always enjoyed seeing.

His alarm...oh shit, he thought and grabbed his clock. 8:30AM it flashed bordely at him. School had started a half hour ago...Across town in a small pale blue house another kid was just waking up. Joey rubbed

his eyes and yawned, then he froze when he didn't hear his clock going off, he looked at the clock...8:30 the clock hands pointed...shit! Both boys were out the door and at the school at the same time, though

one had a less hurried look.

"Sorry Ms. Raynota, I had work that needed finished." Kaiba said to the teacher while Joey was catching his breath at the door.

"Mr. Wheeler you have detention tomorrow." The teacher said.

"But my al..."

"No excuses."

"But, Kaiba...!"

"Had work, now to your seat before I make it two days."

"Yes ma'am." Joey muttered and sat at his sit by Yugi, sadly his pal was gone on a fishing trip with his grandpa. He looked around, looking for Tea and Triston, but then he remembered that Tea was at a dance camp

and Triston was sick...damn. Well he was mad so sense no one taught in this class he desided to take his anger out on his arch rival.

Oh great, Kaiba thought as he saw Joey move from his seat to the one behind Kaiba.

"Ey Kaiba, why do you always get away with bein late?" He asked, sounding annoyed, one of the very reasons Kaiba hadn't skipped.

"Well mutt, for instance I don't stay up playing pokemon collisium, I accually do something usefull."

That just made Joey even more angry, that and the fact that Kaiba was reading at the same time as talking, didn't he have the decences to look at him when he was talkin to him.

"I'm not a mutt, and I did not, my alarm didn't go off this morning." Joey snapped.

Kaiba tryed not to look surpriced, and succeded of coarse, at how ironic it was that that was what had also happened. Well he was in a decent mood, for himself that was.

Kaiba closed his book and turned to Joey, "Do you want advise on not getting detention Wheeler?"

Now an akward air seemed to swirl around, Joey thought he was goin crazy when he felt his face grow hot from there closness, sense he himself had been leaning foreward so the teach wouldn't hear and assign im

more detention.

"Yah...yah sure." He stuttered sitting back in his seat and shaking his head, What am I doing!?

"I'll tell you on one condition mutt, you teach me how to act like a regular teenager." Kaiba said, trying to ignore the fact that Joey had blushed and that he almost had himself, he had been close enough he

coulda...Kaiba also shook his head clear.

"Teach you how ta be a normal kid?" Joey asked, feeling confused.

"Is it a deal or not Wheeler." Kaiba said more than asked.

"Fine! You gotta deal Kaiba!" Joey said. and they shook on it, having no idea what was about to begin.