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Valentine's Day is not a holiday for lovers, at least not for Seto.

Something Special, Love

Invested in the Wrong Words

Started: February 7, 2006

The sound of a door slammed and Seto knew that Jou was finally home. Seto decided to ignore the obvious look on Jou's face when he saw his lover appear in the doorway. His normally warm chocolate eyes were narrowed and threatening; Jou's hand was balled into a fist and instantly, he knew that Jou was mad. He hadn't been in this world for twenty years for no reason.

He continued to type his notes without greeting Jou, his blue eyes scanning the screen without so much of a glance towards the blonde. He had almost finished a paragraph when he finally heard Jou speak up.

"You're not even going to ask me why I'm upset?"

Seto saved his paper, sensing a fight coming on. In case that happened, he didn't want to lose his file that he worked hard on. He paused, leaning back in his chair before finding out how to respond to that comment. He wasn't stupid, for from it. He knew exactly why his lover was upset. He hadn't wanted to confront the issue two days again and he didn't want to now. However, he knew he had to deal with it sometime and unfortunately, Jou picked the time for him.

"Why would I ask a question that I already know the answer to?" Seto replied back, running his fingers through his brown hair, a sure sign that he was trying to make the situation less serious than it really was, by making it seem as if it was a casual conversation. "I'm not stupid, Jou."

"No you're not," he answered back sarcastically. "Just insanely rude and inconsiderate. It would just kill you to take a day off on Tuesday wouldn't it? Just one mother freaking night, that's all I'm asking and you can't do it."

Seto stood up from his chair, rising to face Jou at last. He couldn't believe that Jou was still harping about Seto's unwillingness to participate in Jou's Valentine's Day plans that he had set up for that day. He had to work to make a living and yet Jou couldn't see it. It was just a "holiday" for goodness sake.

"It's just another day," Seto responded coolly. "And not even really an official holiday either. No offense, but you and I obviously have different opinions of Valentine's Day. For some strange reason, you think that there's a need to celebrate a day invented by chocolate candy companies and lovey dovey departments stores trying to boost up their sales. I, on the other hand, acknowledge the uselessness and pointlessness of this day entirely. Forgive me for not wanting to have anything to do this absurd day."

If possible, Jou's eyes narrowed further and his expression conveyed an unmistakable look of pure fury and irritation. "I," he started off, his voice practically hissing, "like this holiday. I actually think it's nice to spend time with my boyfriend once in awhile. I think it's normal and good for us to spend time together for one day—one day, that's all I'm asking!—whereas you prefer to spend time in this little room, on your stupid computer!"

"I'm sorry you think that way," Seto told him composedly. His tone was reaching the edge of annoyance and lividness. "I think it's important to work to earn money for a living. The company's behind currently and if I don't catch us up, we could fall behind the rest. Of course, you don't care about that do you?" he questioned as his azure eyes started to harden. "You would rather have me fail altogether just because you think I should take off more time to spend with you! Do you honestly believe that I don't invest time in our relationship? Do you?"

"Invest? What am I, a gaming product? I don't need you to invest anything in our relationship! It's clear how great our relationship is going! You've been spending so much time locked up in this stupid room of yours that I think you forgot I existed! I'm not just a game lying around, Seto! I'm a freaking human being that wants to be acknowledged once in awhile!"

Jou's eyes softened as it started to fill up with tears. Seto realized that Jou's voice had started to crack in the middle of his sentence and immediately felt his anger melt away. The hurt in Jou's tone triggered the side of him that cared about Jou more than his stupid pride and ego and that caused Seto to feel hurt building inside of him as well.

"Jou, I'm—I didn't mean it like that." What do you want me to say? This is who I am. I warned you time and time again that this would happen eventually.

"Yeah, you don't." His eyes gave way and trails of tears started down his cheeks. "You know what Seto? You, you just stay here in this room, in your office and sanctuary. I've taken up too much time of your time already and I'm afraid to take up more. I hope you have a great Valentine's Day. It's obvious that you don't me around to celebrate it."

The door slammed shut once more and Seto could hear Jou running down the stairs. For a while, Seto stood there, still feeling the impact of the words Jou had thrown at him. He knew he should run after him, take him in his arms, look him in the eyes and apologize. He knew he should do that, he really should, but he wasn't.

Why wasn't he?

-TBC-

Next chapter should be up on Valentine's Day. Could be better, but I'm too lazy to work at my best. (Too stressed)

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