I've been wanting to do a fic where Seto comforts Joey, so here it is. There's a changing perspective, just something I wanted to try . Again: There might be some grammar mistakes, but English is not my mother tongue ^_^

Tell me what you think, ne?

*edit* had a dream about this fic. It's un-oneshotted, ahaha!*edit*

Peace

Of tears and dragons

Act one: Signs

J.

'I wish you wouldn't smoke as much, Lilly,' Joey Wheeler said to his girlfriend. The blonde girl looked at him, shook her head and turned her head to her friend Téa. Joey let his head rest on his hands and played with a coaster on the bar. Oh yeah, this is rich. You're in a bar, with all of your friends and your extremely fit girlfriend and still, you're all alone. He looked around. It was one of the only bars in Domino that allowed smoking inside, the smoke made the bar look fuzzy. Tristan , Yugi en Bakura were sitting at one of the tables, looking at each others decks. Lilly, a new girl at their school and his current girlfriend, was sitting next to him. She was talking to Téa and had completely ignored him since they came in. Not that he cared, he wasn't even really in love with her. She was just a trophy, and he was sure she felt the same way about him. He sighed, turned around on his stool and picked up his beer. He drank it in one whole gulp, stood up and walked to the bathroom. Joey passed groups of happy friends and felt his own heart sink. You drunk fuck, Joey Wheeler.

He was already undoing his belt buckle as he walked into the door marked 'Gents', a desperate attempt of the bar-owners to sound Irish. He wasn't looking forward and suddenly bumped into a tall person. 'Watch where you're walking, idiot,' a dark voice grunted. Joey glanced up and looked into the sapphire eyes of Seto Kaiba. He felt like his heart was beating out of his chest as he saw those eyes. And for a moment, just for a moment, he thought he saw more in his eyes than the regular cold, degrading look. Joey felt like they're bodies had touched for hours when Kaiba pushed him against the wall and walked on. You love him, Joey Wheeler. 'NO NO NO,' he screamed it out loud. A boy, a few years younger than him, was passing and looked at him as if he had turned orange. Flustered and confused, Joey walked into the bathroom.

S.

The music was getting on his nerves. He sat down at his table, and took a sip of his drink. Mojito. They made a mean Mojito here, that was for sure. He ran his hand through his hair and took his deck out of his pocket. He shuffled them for no apparent reason and drew a card. Blue-eyes White Dragon. How obvious, he thought. If this was meant to be a sign, he didn't understand it. Rubbish, he didn't believe in that shit. He put it on the table and while he shuffled his deck, another card fell out. Red-eyes Black Dragon. Mokuba got him that card for his birthday. It fell right on the Blue-eyes… Seto looked at the two cards and threw the pile of cards on the table. Idiotic. This wasn't happening. He took another sip of his Mojito. He didn't believe in signs. Walking into the mutt was a total coincidence. He took another sip and tried to focus on the music.

'Kiss me, beneath the milky twilight

Lead me out on the moonlit floor
Lift up your open hand..'

Seto let his head hang and massaged his temples with his fingers. Damn. Damn. Damn

J.

'Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance,

Silver moon's sparkling

So kiss me…'

Joey looked up. This song…he'd never…He put up his hand and ordered another beer. The woman at the bar looked at him, as if she was looking if he wasn't too drunk. She gave him another beer together with the announcement that this was his last one. Joey sighed, swallowed it down in one impressive gulp and got out his wallet to pay the tab. He tapped Lilly on her shoulder and she turned around.

'What is it, Joey, can't you see I'm talking to my friend?' she asked. Joey saw Téa look at him with an apologetic look. 'I'm leaving, Lilly.' She shook her head again. 'Whatever.'

Joey grabbed his coat of his stool, waved to his friends at the table and stepped into the night.

S.

Seto paid for his drink and walked back to his table. He picked up his deck, put it in the pocket of his jacket and walked to the door. While he was leaving, he felt that some one grabbed his ass. He turned around and discovered that he was being ogled by a good looking girl with long blonde hair. She took a drag of her cigarette and winked at him. He raised one eyebrow and turned around again. With a deep sigh he walked out the door.

It wasn't cold, Seto enjoyed walking through the city at night. It was quiet. He needed to set things straight. His head had to clear up, he was seeing things. The CEO looked at his feet and the pavement. He counted the cracks in the pavement.

Kiss me, beneath the…

He sighed again and started walking faster. Why was that song getting to him? It was no sign, no matter what the gypsy woman had told him…

FLASHBACK

Come one, big brother, I wanna see what she tells us,' Mokuba whined and tried to pull Seto into the tent. He looked at his little brother and shook his head. 'Very well, Mokuba, but don't expect anything to come true.' They entered and saw a young woman sitting at a table. She wore a white dress, and her face was covered by a veil. 'Sit down, Seto…' she whispered. Mokuba was astonished but Seto ripped his dream apart by saying that she must've overheard them. Seto sat down and the woman laid out her cards. She told him that he would find happiness, as long as he heeded the two signs. The dragons and the tears.

END FLASHBACK

He heard soft crying coming from an alley. Something forced him to go to the crying.... Something he couldn't explain. He started to run and saw the alley come closer. He looked into the alley and he saw….

J.

NO!

S.

'Wheeler? What are you…how…are you crying?' He saw that Joey tried to push himself up and walk away, but he didn't succeed in doing this. Seto slowly walked up to him and stuck out his arm. Obviously reluctant, Joey grabbed his wrist and let himself be pulled up. They were standing face to face again. He raised his hand and started wiping the tears of his face

J.

What is he doing? Why is he touching m…his hands are soft…his hands are so soft…

Joey closed his eyes, forcing the last bit of fluid out of his eyes. He finally dared to open his eyes and looked at Seto. He was smiling.

'You know, Wheeler, the way your tears stick to your eyelashes…it's…endearing,' he said to him. Joey's was at a loss of words. Seto Kaiba set something nice to him… What happened after that was a reaction to a very strong impulse. Joey quickly wrapped his arms around Seto's waist and pressed his head against his chest. Then he started crying again.

S.

The dragons in his deck. The tears in Joey's eyes. Was the gypsy right? Were these the signs? Was Joey happiness? He started stroking the blonde hair and started mumbling words to him. He felt the boy's nails driving into his back. It felt like he was trying to hold him tighter. He shushed him, and rocked him back and forth. 'It's okay, Wheel…Joey, it's okay…' The crying turned into snivelling, and after a few minutes it stopped. Joey released him from his grip and wanted to run away. Seto quickly grabbed his arm. The boy looked back at him, his eyes filled with shame and horror. 'One doesn't share intimate moments and then run away, Mr. Wheeler,' Seto said, mockingly formal. He pulled him close again and got a small device out of his pocket. He pressed a button. 'And, most important , Mr. Wheeler, I want to hold you some more!'

J.

He wants to hold me…See that world? He wants to hold me. SETO KAIBA WANTS TO HOLD ME!

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