Title: Be careful what you wish for – you just might get it!

Pairing: nope… not in this story

Rating: T

Warning: Commas and I just don't work so well together. Wherever you find a missing one just keep it XD

Summary: Kaiba's favorite past time is to rile up the mutt. There is nothing easier than that. But Kaiba has absolutely no clue how to handle a mutt that looks at him with a big smile, hugs him and follows him around like a lost puppy!

Disclaimer: Since I am not male and my name is not Kazuki Takahashi, these characters do not belong to me. I do not get money for this, but laughter would be nice :)

Be careful what you wish for – you just might get it!

What a day!

Kaiba was sitting at his desk, thinking back. What began as acceptable turned sour much too fast! And who was at fault?! His incompetent employees! Who else? He couldn't fathom how his personnel manager was so easily fooled. He had the order to pick the best of the best and nothing less… but without so much as an explanation "the best" all turned into idiots within a week!

Sometimes the thought hit him that it would be a lot less troublesome, if he just dismissed all his employees and run the company all by himself. At least he wouldn't have to correct every single paper he got, which would reduce his workload by half. Or maybe it would be enough to just dismiss his personnel manager.

What a mess!

Kaiba got up to get the hell out, before the next catastrophe was taking place. When he grabbed his school bag, he began to laugh in cold amusement, remembering the only thing that nearly compensated for the whole day. As always it had been "math with the mutt", as he dubbed it.

Joey and the idiot behind him never had any clue and absolutely no strategies to get work done, apart from the principle of trial and error. He had listened to their fruitless and most preposterous, should he call it conversation? He had kept his mouth shut until it got so pathetic that he couldn't ignore it any longer. The thought alone, that he had to share a room with those two was embarrassing. So Kaiba had put them in their place and the outcome was most amusing.

He smirked as the scene replayed itself in his head.

"I hope you know how to use basic arithmetic operations, because you will need them as shop assistants."

The other one had flinched back and was red within a minute and the mutt had been seething, not that he had expected something else. There was nothing as easy as riling up Joey.

"Ya think ya're the greatest, don't cha?"

And while the mutt had gotten up, his foot caught on his own table and he tumbled absolutely gracelessly to the floor. It had been hilarious and to cap it all off he had said:

"I am the greatest Wheeler. But you don't have to kiss the floor I walk on."

The mutt never failed to amuse him. Kaiba had seen that his idiot friend stopped Joey from coming after him. A pity really, the mutt wouldn't have had a chance anyway. Without being arrogant (for once) he knew that there seldom was a person, who could beat him in hand-to-hand combat, even if he didn't look like it. Thank you Gozaburo, he thought bitterly.

And again his mood was drenched in black. It could only get better.

Little did he know that his personnel doom was already around the corner, waiting for the moment to jump!

*Next Morning*

He hadn't even had his first coffee, when his security called. Kaiba Cooperation computers were failing to work. The first thing he did was biting the head off of the first employee that had the misfortune to cross his way. Then he undid the damage those idiots had done by trying to get the computers up and running again and after that it was a thing of five minutes to start the computers.

Needless to say that he had to rush to school afterwards, without one single cup of coffee. At least he still was 20 minutes early.

His mood was as black as his coffee should have been, therefore the hallway with his locker was empty in exactly five seconds. At least no one was getting on his nerves!

"Good morning, Seto!"

He had cheered too soon and he knew that VOICE! Wait… Seto?! Kaiba turned sharply and came face to face with a mutt smiling up at him. Kaiba stared… then he blinked. It was still there…

"What do you want mutt?" Kaiba had neither the patience nor the nerves to handle Joey at the moment and he hoped his poisonous tone would send him packing. To his complete bewilderment Joey started laughing.

"Now that was mean, Seto."

WHAT THE?! The mutt was laughing at him and still calling him SETO! What the heck was going on?! Was he trying to rile him up? Well, it worked splendidly!

"What do you want MUTT?!" Now Kaiba was growling. Joey picked the wrong guy and the wrong day.

"I want to wish you a good morning."

He WHAT?!

And without so much as by your leave the mutt HUGGED (HUGGED!) him. Kaiba was frozen with shock. He looked down at the blond head that was currently HUGGING him and his eye began o twitch. Then Joey turned his head to look up at him and began to grin.

Until a few seconds ago he had thought he was hallucinating because of lack of coffee. Now it was clear that hallucination was not an option since it hung on him.

"You have five seconds to let me go." Kaiba's voice was ice cold.

Joey let go, but didn't stop smiling. "Someone's in a bad mood, huh?"

WHAT THE HECK WAS GOING ON?! What was it with that stupid smile and that huggy attitude?! The shock was fading and now it just riled him up!

"GO!" Slowly but surely Kaiba began seething. He turned to his locker, completely out of his depth.

"Seto, come on! Don't be like that!"

'Seto' nearly lost it at that moment. The twitching of his eye grew worse.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" Kaiba nearly bellowed and again Joey was just smiling and chuckled.

"Nothing's wrong with me. You are the one in a bad mood."

That did it. Kaiba grabbed his books, slammed his locker shut and tried to get as much distance between this lunatic and himself (he would never admit to anyone that he was currently running away). At least no one had seen what was going on. He needed a coffee and badly! That was not normal. Absolutely not normal! He had to check maybe this crazy version of the mutt was really just hallucination walking around because of lack of coffee.

He hoped so. Or maybe it was Yugi's new strategy for Kaiba to give up his pursue of the throne! No, Yugi wasn't the one for cruel torture. Speaking of which…

"Seto!"

"Seto!"

"SETO!"

Kaiba stopped short. If someone was to overhear them, he would never live that down! Joey ran into his back. Kaiba turned around and glowered.

"Shut up!"

"Your bad mood is getting out of hand. What's the matter with you today?"

Kaiba looked at the STILL SMILING Joey and decided that maybe he should start believing in destiny, because apparently she had it in for him today!

"You are the one, who is STARK RAVING MAD! Stop that nonsense at once!"

AGAIN the mutt LAUGHED and snatched his books.

"Come on you don't want to be late!"

It was the first time in forever that Kaiba was completely and utterly speechless! AND ready to commit murder!

"STOP IT MUTT!"

"Make me, mate!"

Kaiba was gaping now and unfortunately running after him. It was pathetic, it was so pathetic, embarrassing, shameful and every other adjective he didn't remember at the moment that had something to do with shame!

The next corridor was much livelier and he had to slow his pace. The mutt was at the other end speaking and laughing with his friends, when Kaiba finally reached them looking like an avenging angel.

"Want your books back, Seto?" Joey asked with a cheeky grin.

"Ähm, Joey?"

Kaiba stuck his hand out, his gaze murderous. The smile didn't falter and Joey handed over the books. Kaiba turned around, he had to get away from IT now! He had nearly reached the end of the corridor when he heard it.

"See you later SETO!"

"JOEY!?"

"Mate, you're alright?!"

Kaiba just stalked on, his eye twitching again. The students around him began to duck, but nothing happened. YET.

Kaiba sat down in a deserted class room and tried to calm down. The mutt was smiling, hugging, laughing all around him and it made him MAD! What the freaking god was going on?! Never, NEVER again was he coming to school without at least three cups of coffee! The alternative was just MADNESS! Slowly Kaiba began to simmer down. He had been hallucinating that was the only logical explanation. Hallucinating. Right, hallucinating.

Nevertheless the mutt would pay! By the time he reached that conclusion it was third period. He got up ready to face the mutt again (at least he thought so).

He found him, out of breath in front of the class room door, Tristan right behind him.

"Pal, you're normal again? You called Kaiba by his first name!"

"Wheeler!" He was so going to pay, for the whole morning! "Listen mutt if you ever again…!" try to smile at me, hug(!) me, steal my books again or call me by my first name you are going to DIE! In retrospect it was fortunately that he couldn't bring the sentence to an end, because his sentence was pathetic! In retrospect it was unfortunately that he couldn't end the sentence because the mutt HUGGED (!) him again!

"Great that ya're normal again! Your friendly version made my skin crawl!"

He made the skin of the mutt crawl?! What about HIS?!

And with that Joey sat down. Kaiba just stood there not able to move a single finger, but his eye began twitching again. Then he turned around and left.

First he would drink five cups of coffee, than he would call his psychologist, afterwards he would inform the school of his absence for the next two weeks and then he would dismiss every single employee with blond hair.

In two weeks time he may be ready to face blond hair again, with no less than five cups of coffee beforehand. He thought about the huggy attitude and turned two weeks into three and five cups to six.

Finally! Guys I am really sorry that I needed so long for this chapter, but it fought me tooth and nail! And I don't think it is as good as the first one… sorry ^^;

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