Jou smiled towards the confused brunet. He stood up holding his hand out the bewildered man,
'Taro Kimura, heir to the DCI company.'
'Jou?'
'Taro.'
'No, you're Jounouchi Katsuya, annoying mutt and high school failure.'
'I assure you, my name is Taro Kimura.' Brown eyes watched the narrowing eyes of the young man across from him. Slowly, Kaiba walked closer to the man claiming to be heir to the rival company.
'What school do you go to?'
'I'm home tutored.'
'You're lying.'
'You're persistent.' Jou smirked again, enjoying the brunet's confusion. 'Mr Kaiba, if you will.' He gestured to the elevator, 'we have a meeting to discuss the engagement upstairs in my father's office.' With that Jou began to walk off, Shizuka close behind him. Freezing for a moment to work out what happened, Kaiba quickly snapped out of it and began to peruse the siblings.
Once inside the elevator Kaiba analysed the stances of both the siblings. Risa was unfamiliar to him, so anything he deducted would be meaningless. Taro was different however. Despite what the blond said, he was Jou. Defiantly Jou. It was completely undeniable. He observed how he leant on his right leg, taking the weight off his left, which happened to be the same side that Jou had been kicked in yesterday. Not only that but there was no one else in Domino…screw that…the world with hair that puffy. It just wasn't possible. As the lift clicked to a halt and the doors opened, Kaiba followed the others out, and was led into a large conference room. Blue eyes followed the faces of the people in the room. The eldest Kimura sat at the end of the table, with Gozabura next to him. On the right were too women in suits, and a lawyer on the left. The only reason Kaiba knew he was a lawyer was because it was the same man they used in a hostile takeover 2 months ago. The teens sat down at the table, looking to the CEOs to discuss the meeting.
'So, as we are all aware, the engagement has been announced.' Kimura paused to watch the others nod, 'So here we have Miss Asuka who is a popular wedding planner, and Miss Tsuki, the DCI lawyer. Taro, Risa, the man on the left is Mr Kai, the Kaiba lawyer.' Everyone nodded again. 'So, Miss Asuka, your thoughts on the wedding, please?' one of the women coughed, before straightening her back, she pushed up a pair of glasses onto the bridge of her nose,
'Well, if you want it public, you could have a large outdoor wedding at the park, with about a hundred guests. That way the press will be there, the public will see, and it will be big news. The reception could be at a local hotel, as well as celebrations at both companies. Professional photographer who is willing to sell the images, videographer, an orchestra, fireworks and the outdoor seating…' Gozabura rubbed his eye brows as the woman made notes,
'How much will this be costing?' He looked at her through inpatient eyes,
'I don't have an exact figure, but we're looking at 50,000, including the press coverage.'
'Fine.' Kimura looked to the next woman. 'Do you have the papers?'
'Yes, sir.'
'Gozaburo, do you have yours?' the man nodded, before the lawyers switched their papers, each reading through the contracts thoroughly. Jou watched the faces around the room, and tried his best to mirror their stoic features. It was a hard task to accomplish, especially at the thought of his sisters marriage, and no Kaiba none the less. Looking around the room, it finally dawned on him that Mokuba Kaiba was not present. It would be unethical to ask during the meeting, but he would save it for later. As the contacts were passed to the CEO's, and signed, the meeting was drawn to a close.
'Mr Kimura, we expect to see you at our home tomorrow.'
'Yes. That is correct. 8.30. We shall see you then.' Everyone shook hands before leaving to the elevator, and then the building.
When Jou finally got home, he flopped face down onto his bed, sucking in the soft smell of fabric softener. There was nothing greater than clean bedding after a hard day. Smiling he pulled off the horrible tie that had been choking him, discarding it onto the floor. Soon after his pants and jacket followed, before he walked into his en suite bathroom in nothing but his underwear. Sliding them off he slipped under the shower, letting hot water stream over his skin. He rubbed his hair lightly, before pouring a generous amount of shampoo into his hands which he then massaged into his hair. It had been a long day, the highlight of which he had to admit, was Seto Kaiba's face upon seeing him in the DCI reception. He was almost certain that it would be brought up at school tomorrow, to which the blond could act surprised at. He loved to wind up Kaiba. It gave him a sense of power and superiority. As the suds ran down his back from his hair and into the plug hole, Katsuya reached for a towel. Squeezing the water from his hair first, he then worked his way down the rest of his body before throwing the towel into a wicker basket. Smiling he began to brush his teeth, before slowly climbing into bed, the crisp sheets pushing against his skin. True bliss. Being totally clean, in a fresh bed, waiting for a new day that was already looking brighter than the one before. Yes. This is what Katsuya Jounouchi loved, and it could cheer him up every night, no matter how horrible his day had been.
Curling over onto his side, brown eyes drifted to a picture on the bedside. An image of everyone on the last day of the Kaiba corp. grand prix. Yugi, Anzu, Shizuka, Honda, Otogi and Bakura. Marik was also in the background, as were the Kaiba brothers. It had been taken a few hours after Yugi's victory. Jou smiled, he really missed the duelling days, but a new era had begun and he had finals coming up, as well as a company to inherit.
His mind drifted to his sister. Shizuka had yet to verbalise any real feelings towards the marriage. It was true she didn't want to, but she had agreed none the less. Recently she had been harder to talk to, and she had been spending less and less of her free time with Jou, which was something the blond had been concerned about. Thinking about the marriage his thoughts fell on Kaiba. How did he feel about it? Yes, he would do anything to keep his company on top, absolutely anything, but, how did he feel? Did he even feel? To Jou's knowledge, the emotionless man had never really had a girlfriend, so to be flung into marriage was probably a heart stopped for the poor man. Shizuka was his main concern though. He could find out more about Kaiba tomorrow at school and if not, the meeting, oh god, that stupid fucking meeting. Annoyed with his last thought, Jou closed his eyes, and let sleep take him…
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Hey
So, another chapter!
It's results day tomorrow! I'm so nervous and I'm not even going to uni this year! I hope everyone gets what they want and stuff, so good luck! I have a busy day, actually. Results at 9am. Work at 12 until 8pm, then other work at 9pm while 11.30ish. how fun will that be? So if I don't post…I'm sorry and I'll work twice as hard on my next day off which is…Sunday. Dad came back from Nurburg today too, so I got an awesome Tshirt which makes people think I race…which I don't, cos I'm not allowed…cos I keep crashing! But! I will be going to the Nurburgring…eventually. Before I'm 20. Defiantly! Which reminds me…I'm 19…in 26 days! Woo! Haha.
So I have a oneshot due tomorrow and maybe a back to school fic with ouran? I don't know, any thoughts?
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