Dinner that night with Mokuba was terrible. The younger brother knew that something was wrong, but he knew better than to interrupt Seto's thoughts when his hands were resting on his temples. "Seto…I won't ask what's wrong because I know that you wouldn't want me to worry about it. But I just want you to know that no matter what it is I will always be there for you." Seto allowed himself to smile while he took a sip of his coffee. Even though the cup had blocked Mokuba from seeing his gratefulness, Seto acknowledged Mokuba with a nod. "As I will always be there for you. Thank you, little brother."

Mokuba's eyes downcast. Now he knew for sure that something was wrong. Even though it killed him to know that his older brother was in pain, he was smart enough to know to mind his own business for now. His first instinct was to call Yugi right away in private and ask him what happened that day in school, but if he overstepped his boundaries he was afraid that Seto might not forgive him so easily. The younger one's stomach flopped. Everything had been going so well between them lately, he'd hate to have a third party come between them and ruin their happy home.

Seto was sitting on the sofa in his living room, just watching television for a change. After the day he had, he figured it would be a good idea to stay at home with Mokuba and enjoy some time with him. His cell phone rang. "Don't worry, Mokie. I'll take this." He walked out of the room and into one of the empty rooms down the hall and shut the door. Mokuba raised an eyebrow and blushed slightly. He honestly couldn't remember the last time that his big brother had called him Mokie so casually.

"I don't appreciate making this call any more than you do receiving it, Mr. Kaiba." It was Mrs. Matthews. Seto addressed her kindly, and asked her what the purpose of the call was. "Joseph Wheeler called to let us know that the right side of his ribs had been broken, and he would be taking about a week off of school. You better kiss that boy's feet and thank the Lord that he didn't decide to sue you. But don't celebrate yet. The school is not finished with you yet and we have it in the right mind to expel you – but you can also thank Joseph for not allowing us to take any action against you."

Seto sighed heavily through the phone. "Yes, I understand. Thank you. I will also provide Joey with a wheelchair and anything else he might need." "I'm glad you said that." The principal stated. "In fact, you are going to be Joseph's servant until he completely recovers. You will guide him to and from his classes, assist him at lunch, and anything else he might need outside of school. If you fail this requirement, then you will be expelled and we will be sure of it that you never attend another school in Domino City again."

With those final words, she hung up with a loud click at the other end of the line. He returned to the living room with Mokuba. "You don't have to go to work, do you?" The younger brother asked. Seto shook his head. "No, little brother. I am staying with you tonight." Seto patted an empty seat on the couch next to him. Mokuba eagerly hopped up and snuggled against his brother. While Kaiba did not protest, he twitched suddenly at the unusual amount of affection but soon allowed his brother to lean into him. He wrapped an arm around the younger one as they finished the film.

After he said his good nights to Mokuba, Seto made a personal call to Joey. It was very late at night, but since he figured that Wheeler would not be attending school for the next week then there would be no harm done. When the cell was picked up on the other line, Seto wasn't expecting that the person he would be talking to was someone other than Joey. "Yes. This is Yugi Muto. Joey isn't feeling well at the moment. Who am I talking to?" He asked rather politely, as always.

"What the hell do you think you are doing answering Wheeler's phone?" Kaiba snapped. "Well, if you must know," Yugi began, in an attempt to stand up for himself. "Joey's ribs are broken and he is in no condition to take your phone calls right now. He was just about to go to bed." Seto heard another voice at the end of the line. "Yug, is that Kaiba?" Yugi probably nodded, from what Seto could tell. "That's alright, I'll take it from here."

"Weeellll, hellllooooo there, moneybags!" "Shut up, Wheeler. I have something to tell you." "So do I!" Joey responded, rather cheerfully. "You will come to my house tomorrow, after school. I have quite a lot of things that I need taken care of, so prepare to work some long hours. Not that you're not used to that, anyways. Oh, you can bring your little brother, I'd hate to see him home all alone because of your mistakes." "Leave my brother out of this." Kaiba snapped. "I was going to tell you the reason why I called, but forget that and fuck you. I will come by tomorrow, but if you think I'm laying one finger for you then you got another punch coming."

With that, Kaiba hung up his phone and slumped into his chair. He was going to tell Wheeler that as thanks for not causing any troubke, he was going to buy him a wheelchair that he could have used until his ribs were used. Now, that mutt could crawl across the floor for the remainder of his miserable feeling for all Seto cared. He wasn't sure how long this was going to last, but he wasn't sure how much of the annoying mutt he could take.