Disclaimer: don't own, don't sue. Thank you and enjoy!
Warning: slight Shounen ai.
Pairing: SxJ
Background info: this fanfic is an AU. In my story, Joey has quite a high social status. His father is a well-respected business man in USA, (I was nice enough to not make him a drunk.) so go figure. But despite of all this, Joey is not happy…okay that's all I can tell you now.
Unbreakable – A New Start
Principle Lox looked sternly across her office room, her posture straight, and her face serious.
"Mr. Wheeler, I suppose you have already predicted my intension of this meeting." Her tone of voice was formal and even, however, one could easily tell that she was beyond raged by the slight twitch of her delicate eyebrow.
Joey Wheeler, or rather the high school student from across the room, made no response. There he sat lazily on the chair like a puppet detached from its strings. His honey colored eyes looked everywhere but Mrs. Lox's face with lack of interest. The blond locks of hair that dangled right above his eyelids are in serious need for a hair cut. Overall Wheeler looked drunk. Oh, wait. He was drunk last night, and was now having a killer hang over.
Mrs. Lox signed, for the eighth time in that minute, in despair. Joey's presence had been lingering around in her office for four consecutive days now ever since he was transferred to her private high school a week ago.
And talk about setting a world record. Complaints about the blonde's misbehavior started ever since day one. It seemed that wherever he goes there is trouble – skipping, drinking, smoking, and fist-fights...the list dragged on all the way down to hell.
Another 30 seconds of silence felt like an eternity for Mrs. Lox as she resisted the urge to explode. Thank God for her sanity and consciousness, otherwise she would've spanked the amateur a long time ago. Well, whether the kid speaks or not, she would tolerate no longer. And with that in mind, she spoke.
"Joey, your parents..." she abruptly paused, remembering something, "parent." She corrected before continuing. "Your parent wants the best for you by sending you to our school. However, your grades are, and have always been, a little under our standard expectation, plus you lack self control and sense of responsibility. Thus it is my regret to inform you that... "
Yes, this lecture sounded like a broken record even to Mrs. Lox herself. The teen made no objection like he did the other times. Instead he looked downwards at the carpet with undivided attention.
For a moment there Mrs. Lox thought he was asleep. Then she was proven wrong when the teen's hand quietly rose to the corner of his left eye, to stop a tear from shedding. The principle sighed inwardly. I shouldn't have mentioned his parents...she thought gingerly.
Although a bad student, he still had a heart...and for that she had almost pitied him. Almost.
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A black BMW pulled up to Domino Public High in an early Monday morning.
The students, all dressed neatly in their typical navy blue uniforms, gossiped amongst each other about the strange new comer. Within seconds new rumors were created that could be summarized into three simple words: rich, cool, hot.
like...
Seto Kaiba arrived fashionably late as he flung opened the classroom door while his other hand fumbled busily with the button on his uniform collar.
As usual, the CEO of Kaiba Corp. worked like a madman yesterday in his office and barely had his teeth brushed before coming to school today.
He immediately approached his desk at the far corner of the class, ignoring the disapproving glance from the teacher and the curious or admiring glances from the students. Disengaged in any class activity, he took out his laptop and logged onto Kaiba Corp's wireless network. As a critical part of the daily routine, he began to work.
The teacher knew, of course, but said nothing. Like every teacher in this high school, she valued her job very much, and would prefer kissing Kaiba's bottom than look for a new career.
Kaiba, on the other hand, is well aware that he is praised like a God. In fact, although he doesn't show it, he enjoys very much of being seen as the king of the mountain. Well, what else would you expect from a power hungry man?
The clearing of the teacher's throat had brought Kaiba back to reality. It was then he realized there was a new face in the classroom.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we have a new student today!" the teacher beamed happily in Japanese. Kaiba stared at the said blonde who stood in center of the class with mild interest. Nice eyes...he concluded absent-mindedly before refocus on his work again.
Joey stood there, waiting to be introduced. "His name is Daric Marshall..." it's actually Joseph Wheeler, "...he is from Canada..." New York, USA. "...he doesn't speak fluid Japanese since it's his first time here." Assuming that she was finally done, the blonde smiled brightly in gratitude – The teacher has just confirmed that the fake profile he made up was flawless.
"Now, Daric, you need not to worry about a thing, we have a student here who speaks perfect English, I'm sure he will be happy to help you out."
Joey's smile diminished. Great now he was getting paired up with some goddamn tutor? He should've seen this coming when he was working on that fake profile. Not good. He finally concluded as he was being led by the teacher to a seat located at the far corner of the class.
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"WHAT?" Kaiba barked. This was the worst time of the day to interrupt him – his stocks just fell! In the middle of his rage, he decided to look up and come up with something malicious enough to shoo away the teacher. But before the words of poison were uttered, he found himself staring into a pair of...nice eyes...
Kaiba immediately slapped himself mentally. "What do you want?" he asked blankly instead in Japanese.
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Joey sat quietly on the spear desk beside Kaiba. To be more precise, the desk was previously occupied, but the young CEO was 'nice' enough to lend it to him since all the other desks were full. The teacher smiled to herself at her little 'handiwork', she obviously failed to realize that this was a complete mistake.
A/N: parts of this story are very confusing, such as why Joey needs a fake ID, why did he transfer all the way to Japan, and to a public school. Answers are coming up!
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