"You know, of all things, I wasn't expecting you to come in tonight."
Kaiba scoffed at such a statement.
"What were you expecting, a flying pig?"
Honda only offered a shrug at this comment.
"I honestly think that would have been more likely than this."
"And why is that?"
"Don't you usually waste your nights working on that duel school? It must be so rare to see you out of your office so early in the day."
As anyone could have guessed, Kaiba was very much not amused by this statement. His work was the business of no one else but himself, the hours he spent in his office should not concern the minds of anyone else. Why Honda had decided upon bringing this up, Kaiba did not know, nor did he care.
"Don't you have some cheerleading to do or something?"
It occurred to Kaiba, in this moment, that he knew nothing else of Honda or his life. He hadnt even known that Honda worked, let alone at this garage. How had he missed that? How was it, that the only thing he knew of Honda Hiroto was his cheerleader status amongst Yugi and Pals.
Kaiba was typically a more controlling guy.
He set out to discover every little fact and opinion of every little insignificant person he met.
Why had he overlooked Honda?
Personally, they hadn't spoken much, but they were constantly near one another during their high school days, often enough that even now, two years later, Kaiba remembered his face and name.
How did he not know anything else?
This much deeply bothered him.
Honda much preferred things the way they were.
When people didn't know him so well, he held power over them.
Power was not something that someone like him could easily get.
Especially not over Kaiba Seto.
He'd like to keep things as they were now.
"Well, fixing your car and taking your money comes before any and all cheerleading, unless you'd like me to fall into the splits first, that costs extra though."
In his confusion, Kaiba found himself not speaking.
He soon corrected his error.
"Honda, if you can fall into the splits right now, I'd gladly pay 30,000¥ extra."
Without hesitation, Honda dropped, easily proving Kaiba wrong.
Kaiba was not happy.
Typically he knew what people were capable of, even if it was something as useless as this.
However, Kaiba was a man of his word.
He was quick to retrieve his wallet, and the money which he had promised Honda.
As he stood, Honda did not take notice of Kaibas actions.
His legs hurt a bit, as if had been a while since he had last done that, for any reason.
However, it was worth it, as the look on Kaiba's face once he had hit the ground was priceless.
The next thing he knew, he had money in his face.
Definitely Kaiba's.
He shoved the hand back.
"Keep it, you can just owe me a favour."
Kaiba was not the sort to enjoy owing anything to anyone, especially for no longer than a few seconds.
"A deal is a deal, Honda, take it."
"Last I checked, I never agreed to take any money in return."
"Last I checked, that was the reason you did it."
"Now that's just you jumping to assumptions. I did it to prove you wrong, not many people get that chance."
"And you never will again."
Kaiba had already made up his mind now.
He needed to collect more information on Honda Hiroto.
He didn't know near as much as he'd like to.
He still could not understand why he had overlooked such a person.
He had never done that before.
"If you're done, I gotta go work on your car, so that hopefully we're not here all night."
Kaiba offered no verbal response, only scoffed and took a seat in the empty waiting room.
It didn't take long for him to come up with a way to get rid of the pesky favour Honda claimed that Kaiba owed him.
Yes, it had to do with the money.
By the time Kaiba had finished paying for the repairs to his car, Honda had taken notice of what the retreating billionaire had left behind.
Kaiba didn't seem to notice, or he didnt care.
Upon inspection, Honda found that it was the money that had been offered to him earlier.
A little note had been left next to it.
With that pathetic excuse for a hairstyle, you could use this money more than I could.
We are even.
Kaiba was already out the door, but that didn't keep Honda from making his retort.
He was sure to shout it loud enough for Kaiba to hear, out the front door.
"I'll just use it to help you find a way to beat Yugi!"
Kaiba pretended not to hear what he had just heard. It wouldn't be useful to get angry. He'd just go home and scream.