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Seto swiveled back towards his desk, clearing his throat and straightening the papers. He smirked with a devilish look in his normally icy blue eyes. If its war you want, Honda Hiroto, then it is war you shall get.

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Honda walked to his friend's house carrying a small duffle bag with his clothes and school things in it. Once he reached the apartment the brunette dug through his pockets until he finally found the keys Jou had given him earlier that day. It was still pretty early and Honda didn't expect the blond to be home yet but just in case, he knocked on the door.

Receiving no answer he proceeded to unlock the door and let himself in. Honda looked around while he took his shoes off. He had only been to his friend's apartment a few times and had never been there by himself. Not that Honda was scared or anything, no, it just felt strange without Jounouchi. He put his bag down next the dingy couch and headed to the fridge to find something to drink.

Man, he wasn't kidding… Honda stared into the refrigerator. There's like nothing in here. What the hell does he live off of, cereal and ramen? He asked himself and looked in the cupboards hoping to find something a kin to food in them. One cupboard had a few plates, bowls and cups, another held the cereal Hiroto had hoped to find. The small pantry was almost as sparse as the fridge, holding only a few cups of ramen and some soy sauce.

Honda sighed suddenly rather worried about his friend's wellbeing. Well I guess he does work at a restaurant… maybe he just eats there normally… Honda hoped that was the case because he didn't want to see his friend wither way into nothing before he could have the chance to be more than friends! Wait, what? No… Honda shook his head and chuckled to himself. Why don't we try that again, Honda didn't want to see his friend wither away into nothing before he had the chance to kiss him in the play- Crap…. Now how am I supposed to look him in the eye… much less sleep with him—I mean sleep here with him! Damn it! Honda groaned in frustration and smacked his head into the pantry door.

I'm not gay, Jou's not gay, we're just two friends… Hiroto told himself, his face was bright red at this point and as he thought about Jounouchi his cheeks grew hotter. Honda grabbed a cup and filled it with water before chugging it down. He walked over to Jou's bed room (if you could call it that, it was really just a nook of the apartment that housed his bed) and grinned childishly. I wonder if he still keeps his dirty mags under his bed. Honda gave an impish giggle and tip toed the rest of the way over. He got down on the slightly dusty floor and reached under the bed.

"Aha!" Hiroto exclaimed as his fingers brushed something that felt like the pages of a magazine. He grasped the glossy booklet and pulled it out to reveal that it was, in fact, a dirty magazine. Just not the type Honda was expecting… The front of the magazine had a good looking, but quite nude, man lying on a bed in a rather erotic position, a sheet barely covering his nether regions. Speaking of nether regions, why was Honda still staring at this? And why the hell was he picturing Jou as the guy on the cover?!

"Ack!" The brunette hurled the offending booklet across the room in the hopes that it would somehow make his growing discomfort lessen. It did not… "Great now I need a cold shower…" The teen got up, not risking another awkward moment with the dirty book, headed straight for the shower.

While the cool water rolled over him, he contemplated his strange thoughts. So I'm fantasizing about my friend… what does that make me? Bi? No, 'cause it's only Jou… if I was really into guys it would be like any good looking guy right? He growled at his confusion.

"I don't get it…" Honda shook his head and turned the water off. Wait… if I found that in Jou's room… doesn't that make him…. His thoughts trailed off as he heard the front door open.

"Katsuya, my darling~" A strange voice called through the small apartment making Honda jump slightly.

Who the hell is this and why he calling Jou 'Katsuya'? and 'My darling' for that matter? Honda threw on a towel and walked out to meet this person who was so friendly with his love interest… in the play!

"How are you feeling today?" The voice continued. "I meant to check on you before we kept missing each other. I wanted to ask you how things went with that guy. The one with the brown hair?" Honda could hear the refrigerator door open. "You do know you're out of food right?" Hiroto thought he heard the man mumble something about pizza.

"Katsuya?" The man questioned when he didn't get a response. Honda blushed slightly when he realized he had been hiding in the bathroom. "Are you alright, darling?"

Honda cleared his throat and held his breath as he made his way out of the bathroom still in just a towel. His cheeks were tinged with a bit of red as he made himself known to the stranger.

"You're not Katsuya…" The red head blinked at the brunette. "You must be a friend of Katsuya's… lets see… brown hair…" he began mumbling words that Jou had used to describe Honda as he made his way over to the teen and circled him. "You must be Hiro." He said with a grin.

"Hiroto," The teenager nodded, shocked that the stranger knew who he was. "Honda, Hiroto." They shook hands as prompted by Ryuren.

"Ah yes, Katsuya talks about you all the time." He smiled at him but then gave a short, fake cough. "Though he never mentioned you like to meet people naked." Honda's face turned a bright shade of scarlet and he dashed back into the bathroom to get dressed.

"So, uh, who are you?" Honda asked after he had dressed and calmed down a bit.

"Oh, forgive me, I'm Ryuren, Katsuya's..." he paused for a moment as if trying to find a word to describe their relationship. "friend." He chuckled lightly, making Honda quirk an eyebrow.

"I see… well Jou is at work yet, so I'll tell him you stopped by…" Honda attempted to usher than man out the door.

"He should be home soon." Ryuren sauntered over to the couch and sat down, turning the tv on.

"How do you know?" Hiroto sat on the other side of the couch.

"It's a school night, Katsuya doesn't work passed a certain time on school nights." The older man stated simply as he flipped through a few channels but then turned the tv off. "Though I suppose I shouldn't sit around and tease Katsuya tonight seeing as he has company…" Ryuren sighed dejectedly.

Honda watched as the red head seemed to go back and forth with himself as if deciding what he should do. The teen silently wished he would leave, mainly because he had no idea who the hell he was. Plus it'll make it easier to ask Jou how far he's gone with this guy… Hiroto was never one to judge and if older men was his friend's thing then he would quietly accept it while simultaneously cursing his luck for being born later than the man.

Hiroto was stunned at his own thought. Though it was in theme with the rest of his thoughts since he had walked into the apartment, he wasn't expecting to be…. What… jealous? Honda blushed again and thought a bit more about it. I guess I am a bit jealous… this guy and Jou seem to be close… really close. I guess, I want to be that close to him too.

Ryuren watched with amusement as the teenager on the other side of the couch stared off into space, deeply lost in his own thoughts. He smirked when a blush crept over the younger's cheeks. Ryuren just couldn't resist and crawled over to the brunette silently. He placed an outstretched hand against the side of his chin and then blew into Hiroto's ear.

Honda jumped about ten feet in the air and yelped. He growled and angrily chased the laughing red head to the door. When the man swung the door open to escape, he nearly crashed into Jou who was just about to knock on the door.

"Katsuya! You brought me dinner?" Ryuren quickly stepped outside and grabbed one of the to-go containers Jounouchi was carrying. "Thank you, my darling." He ran down the hall to his own apartment before the blond could even figure out what was going on.

Jounouchi stood there a bit shocked, staring down the hall where Ryuren had run. He then turned his attention to Honda who's face was red with…. Rage? He didn't look quite that angry… more embarrassed but what happened to make him that red? Jou blinked at his friend with a slightly confused look on his face. The brunette sighed when he realized he was too late.

"What is with that guy?" Honda asked looking to Jou for answers. This was when the blond finally snapped out of his deer in headlights look.

"He just likes to tease people. He's really a nice guy once you get to know him." He smiled slightly and walked inside. "What did he do to piss you off?"

"Blew in my damn ear!" Honda stuck a finger in his ear as if cleaning out the germs left there by the red head's breath. He shut the door before following the blond to the living room. Jou was laughing as he handed the brunette a container. They sat down and Jou started eating his burger.

"I don't know what you see him…" Honda said quietly. It was actually meant to be silent thought but had somehow crept its way out of his lips.

"What do you mean?" Jou asked with a mouth full of food.

Honda cleared his throat and blush crept onto his cheeks again. "Well… he kinda made it sound like you two… ya know…" He looked away from the blond not able to look him in the eye. Jou nearly choked on his first bite.

"No!" He managed to cough out. "No way!" He shook his head vigorously. Why the hell would Honda think I was even interested in someone so much older than me? Hang on… Honda thought I was with a MAN?! It was Jou's turn to blush.

"Oh… ok… good." Honda nodded once to himself and took a bite of his own burger. "But um…" He said before swallowing. "I wanted to ask you… are you…" He trailed off looking towards the blond's bed.

Jounouchi waited for his friend to finish and when he didn't he followed his gaze towards his bed. An eyebrow quirked then a moment later realization dawned on him. He didn't…. Out of the corner of his eye he saw the dreaded magazine, slightly crumpled, against the wall. He did…. Katsuya sighed heavily.

"Yes…" The blond looked away feeling ashamed suddenly. "This.. this isn't how I wanted you find out…" he walked over to the magazine and put it back under his bed.

"So… just guys or did I miss one under there?" Honda asked nonchalantly grabbing his burger again. Jounouchi was taken aback by this but as far as the brunette was concerned the hard part was past him. He already knew he wasn't with red headed prick and he managed to find out, albeit a bit awkwardly, that his best friend was into guys. Honda was mentally skipping at this point as this swayed the odds in his favor. He may not be completely bi but he still found himself wanting to touch and hold the other teen.

"Uh. No. Just, just guys…" He said as he reclaimed his seat on the couch. "What about you?" He questioned. Honda was taking this too well. There had to be reason.

"Girls." He said with a mouth full then swallowed and added "Mostly…" to his answer.

"Mostly?" Jou's lip curled into a small smile.

"Well lately… I've been…" Having this urge to kiss you, and not just as part of the play! "I've just been thinking about this guy a lot and its making me wonder…" he said hastily with a shrug then took a few bites of his burger. Jou nodded quietly recognizing his friend's discomfort and concentrated once again on his meal.

"Sorry about Ryuren, by the way." He shifted awkwardly glancing at the brunette.

Ryuren… Thought Honda. That prick. He scoffed. Hold up… he said something earlier when he thought I was Jou in the shower…

"I wanted to ask you how things went with that guy. The one with the brown hair?" that was it… Honda looked at the blond boy. Was he talking about me? What did he mean? Is Jou dreaming about me the way I am about him? Is that why he wanted me to play his love interest in the play? Hiroto's brain was reeling at this point but he was brought crashing back to reality when his fingers, while reaching down for a French fry, dunked themselves in ketchup.

Katsuya heard the other teen curse under his breath and looked over to see him sucking on two of his fingers. Jounouchi's face immediately turned bright red and his eyes widened. Oh god… he swallowed hard and forced himself to look away. I'm going to be thinking about that all night now… he mentally groaned… or maybe it was a moan?

"So, um, w-was there a particular scene you wanted to practice?" He asked quickly, trying to take his mind off of- He glanced over to Hiroto, who was looking at him questioningly, fingers still in his mouth- that… The blond bit his lip.

"Oh, yeah!" Honda said taking his fingers out of his mouth and wiping them on a napkin. He apparently was oblivious to the mental torment he had just put Katsuya through. He reached down into his duffle bag and took out his notes and lines.

"I realize you do most of the talking but it would help me if we practiced together so I get used to hearing my cues." He said as he looked through his papers. "Looks like or first big scene is just after Kristoff sings the reindeer song?" The brunette cleared his throat. "Do you mind if I just go ahead and start?" Jou shrugged and nodded for the go ahead.

"Hang on! We like to go fast." He read from the script with a smirk on his face. Jou moved closer to Honda and put his feet up on his small coffee table.

"I like fast." He smiled leaning back against the couch.

"Woah. Woah. Get your feet down." Honda read his lines a bit slowly but still tried to act out his part. He leaned down and lightly pushed the blonde's leg making him sit up properly.

"This is fresh lacquer. Seriously, were you raised in a barn?" The brunette imitated a spiting nose.

"No I was raised in a castle…" Katsuya pretended to wipe spit away from his eye.

"So, tell me, what made the queen go all ice crazy?" Hiroto looked over at Jou and noticed that he didn't have his script out.

"...Oh well, it was all my fault. I got engaged but then she freaked out because I'd only just met him, you know, that day. And she said she wouldn't bless the marriage-" He recited from memory alone.

"Wait. You got engaged to someone you just met?" The astonishment in his voice was more for Jou than it was for the act.

"Yeah." He shrugged. "Anyway, I got mad and so she got mad and then she tried to walk away, and I grabbed her glove—" Katsuya trailed off.

"Hang on. You mean to tell me you got engaged to someone you just met that day?!" Honda had to agree that Anna might not be the sanest person on the planet.

"Yes." Jou said pointedly. "Pay attention. But the thing is she wore the gloves all the time, so I just thought, maybe she has a thing about dirt."

"Didn't your parents ever warn you about strangers?" Honda questioned with a small smirk.

"Yes, they did..." Jou scooted a bit away from the brunette which turned his smirk into a frown. "But Hans is not a stranger."

"Oh yeah? What's his last name?"

"...Of-the-Southern-Isles?" Jou scoffed.

"What's his favorite food?" Honda was quicker now that the lines were shorter and meant to be snippy.

"...Sandwiches."

"Best friend's name?"

"Probably John." Jou chuckled quietly.

"Eye color."

"Dreamy." Jounouchi thought about Kaiba's icy blue eyes with a dreamy expression.

"Foot size...?" Honda quirked an eyebrow at this question.

"Foot size doesn't matter."

"Have you had a meal with him yet? What if you hate the way he eats? What if you hate the way he picks his nose?" Hiroto turned towards Jou slightly while he read this.

"Picks his nose?" Jounouchi's nose wrinkled with disgust. Honda couldn't help but think it was cute.

"And eats it." The brunette smirked.

"Excuse me, sir. He's a prince." Jou said a bit indignantly.

"All men do it. " Honda shrugged.

"Ew." Jou shook his head gently. "Look it doesn't matter; it's true love."

"Doesn't sound like true love." Hiroto said a bit more seriously, looking at the blonde. He thought back to when he suspected Jou and Ryuren were in a relationship.

"Are you some sort of love expert?" Jou whipped his head around to look at Honda only to realize he was much closer now than he was a moment ago. His heart skipped a beat as he looked into chocolate brown eyes.

Honda's heart was pounding in his chest as he lost himself in big honey brown orbs. He found himself leaning in closer, closer… If only those soft lips weren't quite so far away! Each centimeter felt like a mile. Oh! But look! Jou's eyes are starting to close! Now's my chance!

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A/N: Don't you just hate cliffhangers?