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A/N: omg… so A LOT going on here… sigh… we moved again… so lots of fun on that front… finally got things to the point where I can finally continue writing! Yay! So I'll write an extra-long chapter to make up for lost time k? btw I'm uploading this without doing a quick read through of the last half so I'm pretty sure it's missing stuff and full of typos x.x Sorry but I wanted to put it up as quickly as possible!
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Last time on Yu Yu Hakusho!—er … wait…
Katsuya wouldn't be getting these threats… he wouldn't be here with amnesia if it was for Kaiba… Yes Kaiba was the source of all his pain, all his misfortune, all his suffering… He had to keep Katsuya away from him, away from the poison that is Seto Kaiba. The CEO was obviously making the blonde's life a living hell.
I can't let him go back….
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Katsuya, having gotten everything in order, pulled on his shoes and poked his head out of the door, looking around for his best friend.
Quickly, the brunette shoved the phone in his pocket and smiled to other man.
"Ready to go?" Honda asked innocently.
"Yeah. Who was that?" Jounouchi asked as he closed the door to his flat and locked it.
"Oh just a professor from school. I asked him to critique a paper for me and make sure I had all my facts straight." He scratched the back of his head.
"Oh, what was the paper for?" The blonde questioned, making idle conversation.
Crap! He wasn't supposed to ask that! What do I tell him?! Honda panicked as they walked down the stairs.
"Uh… History?" It came out sounding more like a question.
"Yeah you probably want to have your facts straight before you hand in a history paper!" Katsuya laughed. "Remember that one time I turned a paper for our history class in high school?"
"The one that was all about that British show you and Ryou were obsessing over?" He found himself laughing as well.
"Yeah! We were supposed to write about how our history affects the present and I went off on this tangent about how 'time isn't strictly cause to affect," Jou deepened his voice a bit as he quoted the show and his report. "It's actually a big ball of wibbly-wobbly timey-whimey stuff.' The teacher wrote enough Fs on that paper to flunk me for the year!" The young men laughed heartily gripping the railings as they gasped for breath, it took a moment for the pair to calm down.
"So what kinda place do I work at?" Hazel orbs looked around the area, scanning for anything that seemed more than vaguely familiar.
"It's a maid café actually…" Honda sweat dropped a bit and scratched his cheek with his index finger.
"Really….?" His face deadpanned.
"Yeah… you said the girls had cute outfits… and Anzu helped you get the job there—" The explanation was interrupted.
"Because I had gotten fired from my last job for supposedly peeping on some girl in her room…" Jou recalled the incident.
He had been working for an A/C company and was climbing down a ladder from the roof. It was particularly hot that day and in a week long bout of idiocy, he had consistently forgotten to wear sunscreen, effectively turning his cheeks bright red and sore to the touch. That day had been, on the whole, quite the awful day. He had woken up late, skipped breakfast and forgotten his lunch all before getting to work, now that it was past lunch time and he was working in this godforsaken heat with this devil of a burn on his cheeks and nose AND his stomach was ferociously eating itself! He had to stop midway on the ladder and grip his feral innards in an attempt to somehow sooth them.
This is where the incident happened. He had stopped. Groaned. And with bleary eyes and drooling mouth looked up to see a blushing young woman covering her nearly naked cleavage, just before she screamed. The force of the scream (having nothing to do with the fact that Jou jumped and jarred the ladder), threw the ladder and our favorite blonde off of the house and into the bushes and pond below. Now Katsuya was wet, starving, aching everywhere, thoroughly confused, and his face felt like it was sizzling.
Of course no one believed him, that it was an honest mistake. He would never peep on a girl! Mostly because he wasn't into girls…. Had it been a hot guy stripping in front of the window, Jounouchi may have even forgotten he was hungry. But no… some stupid bimbo wanted to get him in trouble for some reason and knowingly started changing with the window open.
Jou sighed heavily at the memory.
"You seem like you're remembering an awful lot today." The brunette cautiously pointed out.
"Hmm?" Jou blinked at his friend. "Oh not really, like I said all my memories are all jumbled up together. I can't remember which teacher gave me those Fs and I don't remember what that girl looked like either… or who my boss was at the time. I just remember the events."
"Ah, so do you remember anything about the café you work at?"
"mmmm…." The blonde put a finger to his chin and closed one eye as if it would better his concentration. "Maybe? I remember being at a café… But not really working there… just talking to Anzu or some guy with red hair?" He looked to Honda questioningly.
"That's your boss." He enlightened the other.
"Red hair guy is my boss?" Jou blanched.
"Yeah he's kinda weird but you two always got along really well and he kinda looks out for you." Hiroto shrugged looking down at the sidewalk. His hands had found his pockets as he pouted. He's never trusted me either… and there's no guarantee he won't tell Kaiba what's going on… Honda was a bit lost in thought when they reached their destination.
"This is the place?" Katsuya asked pointing to the building.
"Yup. We'll just go in the front entrance today since you can't work." Hiroto held the door open for Jou.
As soon as the pair walked in a line of three girls (one of them being Anzu) and a young man (Ryou) bowed/curtsied while saying "Welcome back Master!" Jounouchi sweat dropped.
Do I really work here… seriously? I can't even imagine myself saying that!
Anzu was the first to notice her friends.
"Hey guys you here for lunch? Jou doesn't start for another hour." The woman with chestnut hair gestured to a table.
"Actually we need to talk to Ryuren…" Honda rubbed the back of his head.
"I was hoping I could get a few days off to recover." The blonde explained pointing to the bandage on his head.
"So you wanna lay around and slack off while we bust our asses to make up for your absence because you fell and hit your head?" Anzu folded her arms across her chest and stuck her hip out.
Honda clenched his fists. She was giving Katsuya a hard time about nearly dying?! How could she! And she calls herself his friend!
"Basically." Jou smiled at her. The young woman sighed, sarcasm escaping through the air in her lungs.
"Fine, Ryuren is in the back, no doubt sleeping as usual. Though I think he might be hung over, he didn't look so great this morning." She walked with them to the back office where their boss could be heard snoring through the door. Katsuya couldn't help a small giggle that escaped his lips.
The lady excused herself to go back to work just before Jounouchi rapped on the door lightly. The sudden, startled, cease of snoring let the men know the knock was heard. There was a light shuffling and a few groans followed by cursing as the man apparently bumped into something, knocking something-else over with a thud.
A very aggravated, exhausted, and, obviously, hung over man with blood red hair, pulled back into a small ponytail, open the door. He glared at the men that dared to interrupt his few moments (hours) of peace. Groggy eyes scanned the two, a few blinks later he came to realization that Jounouchi was wearing a bandage on his head. Quirking an eyebrow at this he silently nodded his head back into the room, gesturing for them to come in.
Shutting the door behind himself after the young men entered the room, Ryuren lit a cigarette and sat down in his chair. Katsuya noticed that an ashtray lay on the ground, flipped over, spilling its contents onto the floor. The blonde picked it up and put it back on his employer's desk, leaving the cigarette butts and ashes where they were.
"So…." Ryuren took a long drag of his cancer stick and let out a heavy smoke filled breath. "What happened?"
"Honestly… I have no idea…" Katsuya blushed a bit and rubbed his neck.
"He passed out in the street the other day and almost got hit by a car. I managed to pull him out of the way of the car but he still hit his head pretty hard on the curb. So we were wondering if he could get a few days off to rest." Honda elaborated. The red head glared skeptically at the brunette before glancing questioningly to the blond.
"Yeah, I'm having a rough time remembering some things right now… and the doctor said I should take it easy and put Hiro in charge of taking care of me."
"Hiro?" Ryuren looked a bit surprised at the name but quickly dismissed it. "I'm surprised you weren't released into Yugi, Yami, or Mokuba's care…" He quirked an eyebrow at the brunette.
"I was the only one of us that saw it happen and I brought him to the hospital." Hiroto tensed. He's suspicious. He's skirting around Kaiba to see if Jou brings him up.
"I've been trying not to worry anyone too much…" Katsuya smiled sadly. "And I especially don't want Kaiba to know." Honda gulped.
Why doesn't he want Kaiba to know? Honda asked himself, glancing nervously at his long time unrequited love. Does he remember Kaiba? About their relationship? He felt his heart pound in his chest. Please tell me you don't remember him in that way…
"Very well.." Ryuren cleared his throat. "I'll allow you a week but check-in with me in a few days so I know you're alright and let me know if you need any more time." He flicked his cigarette into the ashtray.
"I will. Thank you." Jounouchi nodded slowly with a smile, to which the red head nodded back. "Well since we're here, do you wanna have some lunch?" The blond grinned at his best friend. "Ever since we walked in I've had a hankering for some Omurice and a strawberry parfait."
"Uh, sure." Hiroto watched as the other stood before shakily getting up as well. The brunette was all too aware of the glaring eyes burning into the back of his head as they left the room. I can't trust him not to say anything to Kaiba… Katsuya's plea to keep this from him will only buy me so much time… I'll have to act fast…
"So you boys decided to eat here after all huh?" Anzu giggled and showed them to a table. "So what'll it be?"
Jou, of course, ordered exactly what he said he was hankering for, while Hiroto ordered some ramen and melon soda. It was relatively quiet between the two as they ate, which wasn't exactly uncommon, Jounouchi tended to focus on shoveling food between his lips, while Honda, though a bit more graciously, did the same. The brunette took note when a group of giggling girls walked into café. The reason he noted them was simple.
They became silent as soon as they spotted the blonde with his back turned to them.
"So what should we do after this?" Katsuya asked popping a strawberry into his mouth.
"I was thinking… maybe we'd walk around the park near here. We used to hang out there a lot." Hiroto explained.
"Used to?" Jou cocked his head to the side. "Why'd we stop?"
"Well you know… things got… complicated…" Chocolate brown eyes dropped to his now empty bowl, momentarily forgetting about the girls whispering about them in the corner.
"Complicated how?" Katsuya dipped his finger in the glass, scooping out whipped cream before popping the digit in his mouth.
"Uh—" Honda blushed as he lost his train of thought. "School… Work… Relationships…" The brunette said this last word in just above a whisper, biting his lip as if to punish it for muttering such a damnable term.
Relationships? I wonder which one of us had a relationship before… I can't think of anything on my end… Katsuya wracked his brain. No I'm pretty sure this is the first relationship I've been in… I wonder if he means on his end then… Whoever he was with must have hurt him, if the expression on his face is any indication.
Honda shook his head abruptly, shaking away thoughts of the past. When he looked up he noticed Katsuya's air of saddened pity towards him. He sighed deeply before glancing back at the girls who seemed to be secreting some sort of dark aura.
"Why don't we get going?" The brunette stood up and downed his drink. Jou nodded and stood as well. They said their farewells to their friends before leaving.
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The short walk to the park was comfortable and Jou was thankful for that. He was worried things were getting awkward between them when Honda mentioned past relationships. Though the paler boy couldn't help but wonder just what happened to his friend, he didn't want to press the issue if it hurt for him to talk about.
They sat on an old swing set isolated from the rest of the playground.
"Wanna bet I can still do a triple swing over?" Jou started swinging in his seat.
"Jou, no." Hiroto scolded. "You'll hurt yourself again."
"Oh, you're as bad as Yugi with the mother-hen act…" Katsuya 'tsked' but continued to swing. "I'll be fine."
"Jou. No! I'm serious!" Honda stood and grabbed the swing Jou was on by the chain, making him suddenly come to a jerky stop.
"What the hell Honda, I'm just messing round. I'm too big to get this thing over even once without the whole set flipping over with me." Jounouchi glared up at his protective babysitter.
"Well then, don't scare me like that! I couldn't stand it if you got hurt again, especially if it was caused by my negligence." Hiroto blushed and looked away, a bit embarrassed about his overreaction.
"Would you chill out? You're my boyfriend right?" Jou said it more as a statement, but Honda's heart skipped a beat… or five…. His breath caught, his palms were swiftly clammed, his mouth felt dry.
"Y-yeah.." He stated nervously as he gulped down his lie.
"Then you should trust me more." Jou folded his arms defiantly. "I can take care of myself you know."
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"Damn it Kaiba drop it already! I can take care of myself you know! I don't need you, your power, or your money!" A memory… Katsuya said those exact words to someone before… but could it really have been to Kaiba…?
"No, I suppose not… But is it so bad if I wished you did from time to time?" The normally stern tone of the CEO was surprisingly soft, albeit a bit irritated.
"Oh you'd like that wouldn't you?! Then you'd have me by the balls with nowhere to go!" Jou was obviously very upset about something and having trouble calming down.
"You know that isn't the case… I only want what's best for you Puppy…" Jou couldn't see around him, he could only hear the voices, but he sensed that Kaiba had placed a hand on his cheek. He felt himself tremble at the touch.
"What's best for me?" Jounouchi quietly repeated, apparently calming down from his rage.
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Hazel eyes slowly blinked themselves open. Where…. Katsuya groaned a bit at the throbbing in his head.
"Oh thank God…" Jou looked over to see Honda kneeling at the side of his bed, holding his hand. "You collapsed again. Are you ok? You should have told me if you weren't feeling well." Broad fingers began combing themselves through blond locks.
"We were… at the park?" Jou sat up and looked around.
"…. Yeah…" He watched as the other tried to piece together the events.
"I collapsed? What happened?" Jou scrunched his nose, trying to figure it out.
"I'm not sure. I stopped you from swinging and you yelled at me then you just... are you sure you're alright? Should I take you back to the hospital?" Honda questioned in a bit of a panic.
"Yeah… maybe I just over did it yesterday… I'm supposed to be recovering after all…" He chuckled weakly.
"Alright… if you're sure, then I'm going to rest for a few minutes. I was so worried, I couldn't sleep…" The brunette yawned and laid his head down on top of folded arms on the bed.
Katsuya smiled gently and before he could tell him to climb into bed with him, his friend had already fallen asleep. He glanced over towards the calendar, red ink seemed to be neon lights against the white paper. Sighing inwardly he recalled the memory about Kaiba.
What was that about? Why would I be talking to Kaiba like that? Why would he be talking to ME like that? It was like he cared about me… but that couldn't… he hates me… I must be mixing up memories again… But if that's so then…
Why did it feel so right?
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~is this a dream?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Puppy…" Jounouchi felt a hand on his arm. The hand began pushing his arm and most of his body back and forth.
"Puppy wake up. You're going to be late."
"I don't wanna…" The whiney groan escaped drooling lips.
"I know, but Mokuba is standing here with bucket of water if you're not out of bed in 3… 2…1" Katsuya shot out of bed like someone had just told him there was a snake in it.
"What the hell!?" Jou's bleary vision cleared to find Kaiba's room empty of any little brothers holding threatening water buckets. "You scared the hell out of me!"
"You wouldn't have gotten out of bed otherwise." Seto coolly stated as he sat up on his bed.
"Yeah, yeah…" Jou sighed running his fingers through his hair, judging the greasiness of the follicles as fingers brushed through them. "How much time do I have?"
"Plenty to shower and have breakfast." Blue scanned the all too naked body before him.
"Hmm? What's this? Getting rid of me bright and early? Do you have a meeting or something?" Katsuya teased, sauntering towards the joint bathroom.
"No, I just wanted to have breakfast with you for a change. Usually you're running out the door with food hanging out of your mouth." The CEO headed to the closet.
"Only because you don't wake me up until I have to leave…." Jou retorted turning on the shower.
"Can you blame me? The bed is so much more comfortable with you in it." Kaiba smirked knowing Jou was rolling his eyes at the comment.
"Just shut up and get dressed already!" Katsuya half-shouted over the shower.
Of course there was the domineering will inside of Seto Kaiba that told him he didn't take orders from anyone and so should refuse to get dressed and possibly go the whole day without doing so just to prove his point! But then common sense and the unfortunate business known as reality set in. He chuckled to himself as he pulled on a pair of pants. Today promised to be interesting after all..
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Jounouchi woke up the next morning, bright and early. His overnight companion snored slightly, still over the edge of the bed. The blond man smiled and quietly got up to complete a few morning rituals before heading to the kitchen to make breakfast. However as soon as he stepped into the living room his eyes seemed to glue themselves to the diary he had found the morning before.
Unable to help himself he started silently rummaging through the drawers of the dresser, searching for the key that might unlock the diary. He had to know what was written there. What would be so important to him that he had to write in that girly excuse for a personal journal, willingly, and so… so very often?
"Damn…" He cursed just above a hush. It must be around here somewhere right? If I wanted to hide a key so no one would find it and only I would know where to look for it… where… He scanned the books, dvds and games as he thought. Where would only I hide something… something so close to my… Katsuya's eyes widened in realization.
"You seem to be feeling better. What are you doing over there?" Honda interrupted Jounouchi's revelation, making him jump nearly to the ceiling.
"Don't scare me like that Honda!" Jou scolded while holding his chest. Hiroto chuckled a bit, now sitting on the bed. "I was just looking at my stuff… I can't seem to remember buying some of these things…" He scratched the back of his head. "Anyway, why don't you go freshen up and I'll get breakfast going." He offered.
"Do you think you can handle breakfast? You remember how to use the stove?" Hiroto asked in a teasing voice but his concern was genuine. His only response was icy glare.
Of all the things to rub off on him… Kaiba just had to give him that stupid glare… The brunette hurried to the bathroom to wash his face.
"What should we do today?" Jou called from the kitchen.
"After yesterday I think we should just take it easy… are you feeling up to anything in particular?" He replied.
"Actually…" Jou glanced at the calendar. I'm supposed to be there in 2 days… "I had a favor to ask you..."
"Anything. What is it?" Honda asked, walking into the kitchen.
"It's… it's… about Kaiba…" Jou moved an egg around the pan.
"What about him?" Chocolate eyes narrowed at the back of Jou's head.
"On my calendar… It says 'Kaiba at the Hotel'. Do you know what that's about? Or what Hotel it is?" He carefully lifted the egg and placed it on top of a piece of toast.
"I think I know what hotel you go to regularly… as for what it has to do with Kaiba I'm not sure…" Honda frowned but went to the fridge to get some juice for the two of them.
"Why do I go to a hotel regularly? Don't you find that strange?" He asked his supposed boyfriend.
"Well yeah but… like you said last night you can take care of yourself. And writing it in red on your calendar means you're not exactly hiding it right? So why should I bother worrying about it?"
"I guess but… if I were you… I might be jealous… or mad about something like that…" He cracked another egg into the pan.
Of course you would be jealous… it screams I'm having an affair… Well if you really were in love with me it would anyway… Honda sighed and poured the juice into glasses. How am I going to explain all of this when he remembers everything?
"I trust you." He stated firmly. "Even if I do get jealous or admittedly suspicious sometimes… I trust you."
Jounouchi smiled at those words. It felt good to be trusted like that. But that feeling only lasted a moment… it was soon replaced with guilt, a wrenching pain in his stomach that made his chest tighten and his heart rip open.
Am I the person that made Hiro look so sad yesterday? Was it all because of me? Because of whatever is going on between me and Kaiba?
Jou placed the second egg on another piece of toast then carried the plates out to the coffee table where Honda had just placed their glasses of orange juice. They ate their breakfast in silence.
I have to find out what's going on… Something isn't right… Jou stared into his glass.
I have to keep him from remembering… Honda's eyes darkened as they watched the blond.
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"Well this is it…" Honda said gesturing to the large building.
"This is the Hotel? It seems kinda… grandiose… don't you think?" Jou glanced back over to the brunette.
"Well this is Moneybags we're talking about." He shrugged and looked down the road. "Hey I'm gonna go get a crepe, you want one?"
"Sure!" Jou beamed at the mention of desert.
"K, I'll be right back, don't go anywhere." Honda demanded but Jou only rolled his eyes.
"I doubt they'd even let me into a hotel this nice…" Jounouchi pouted. "Kaiba probably brings me here to brag about being rich…" He sighed. Out of the corner of his eye he noticed a group of girls whispering and pointing at him. He grimaced but turned his attention back to the building.
The group of young women casually advanced towards him. Katsuya pretended not to notice them, hoping his mind was being paranoid. He felt... nervous… for some reason. He wasn't sure why but the presence of these girls upset him. Of course if they tried something he would just runway, he was fairly certain he could outrun a bunch of girls in heels if he needed to but that wasn't the point!
The point was, Katsuya had obviously had some prior experiences with these women to make his body react like this. A regular gaggle of geese such as they would have no effect on him what-so-ever. They wouldn't, in particular, set off his fight or flight responses as these were.
No Jou was sure there was something not right with this situation. If only Honda hadn't left, he could explain everything… But instead Jou was left to face this monster alone. The girls grew silent, their aura's darkened with twisted intent as they approached the blond man. Hazel eyes twitched slightly as he tried very hard to fain interest in the… what was he supposed to be staring at again? Oh right the building!
Jounouchi blinked in surprise as the women passed by him. Not one word was spoken between them until they were about 5 feet away. They never looked back, never flinched, never stopped. Air that seemed to be trapped inside Jou's lungs ripped it's way out of his mouth in a heavy sigh.
Katsuya smirked a bit at his own foolishness, shaking his head for ever believing that the group of women had ever intended to do him harm. Back to business, Jounouchi looked across the street at the hotel, placing his hands in his pockets.
Hmm? Jou's eyebrow raised questioningly. What's this? He pulled out a small paper, unfolding it carefully. His hand trembled as he read the words.
I know where you live
Big deal. Katsuya tried to shrug it off. Lots of people know where I live! His eyebrow twitched. Why do lots of people know where I live…? Jounouchi looked up with a confused expression on his face. An expression that soon turned into terror.
Terror that haunted him from his worst nightmares, was standing across the street. Smiling. At Katsuya.
Jou tried to scream but no sound came as he fumbled and fell to the sidewalk. Snapping his head back up, the terror seemed to disappear. There one moment and gone the next. The blond nearly gave himself whiplash, swinging his head from side to side searching for the nightmare, but he was gone.
His head felt like it was going to explode. Holding it, as if that would keep it together if it did indeed self-destruct, he pulled his knees up and placed his head between them.
Calm down. You didn't just see that. It's this injury. My mind is playing tricks on me! that's the only reasonable explanation for all of this! He tried to console himself but no matter how hard he tried, his heart continued to pound in his chest.
Kaiba where are you….? He whinned in his head. What? Hiro… I need Hiro… Hiro will keep me safe…
Katsuya was on the verge of tears when Honda saw him. Chocolate orbs widened at the sight of his best friend, head between his knees, on the ground in a full on panic. The brunette dropped the crepes he had bought and ran to Jounouchi's side. The blond was trembling and breathing heavily.
"Jou! What happened?!" Hiroto asked as he kneeled down next to the quivering man and put an arm around him.
"We need to go!" He nearly sobbed out.
"What?" The brunette questioned quietly, looking around for any sign of danger that might have made his friend panic like this. This isn't like him… Jou doesn't panic and quiver like a coward! He's a man that stands up to and in the way of his enemies….
"We need to leave now!" Katsuya repeated, pulling on Honda's coat to pull himself up.
"Right, let's get you home…" He helped him into a standing position.
"No! Not home. Anywhere but my place." One hand clung to the brunette's shoulder while the other pressed against his forehead.
"My place then, it's not far. Can you walk?" The taller man put an arm around his waist and wrapped Jou's arm around his shoulders for support. As they walked in the direction of Honda's apartment Jou noticed the two crepes lying on the ground, completely wasted.
"Awwww my crepe…." He pouted a bit.
At least he's starting to feel better… Honda smiled slightly but quickly returned his focus to what he just witnessed. What could have scared him like that?
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"Here we are… Home sweet home…" Honda opened the door.
His small apartment wasn't all that different from Jou's. A small bed, dresser, and coffee table were in the spacious living room, along with… books…. Lots and lots of books. A book case covered an entire wall and was completely filled with the things. Still, mounds of books lay strewn around the place. A few near the bed, some were on the coffee table, others around the table, there were even books on his kitchen counters!
"Wow…" Jou managed to whisper as he looked around.
"Sorry about the mess. I had some papers due at the same time and never got around to cleaning the place up." Honda hurriedly stacked some of the books neatly to the side of the room, near the bookcase.
"It's ok." The blond giggled gently at his friend. Honda chuckled in return and sat down at the coffee table. "It's a nice place you've got here." Jou stated looking around.
"Oh, yeah I guess you've never seen it huh?" Honda laughed quietly. "I just got it a few months ago. It's not much but it's mine."
"Yeah, it's nice having something all your own…" Jounouchi sat down on the corner of Honda's bed.
"So…. You gonna tell me what happened back there?" Chocolate met hazel making Jou's breath hitch.
What do I say? How can I tell him what I saw? It's impossible right? There's no way it was real… Katsuya bit his lip.
"Katsuya…" Honda made his way to sit next to Jou on the bed. "I can't help you if I don't know what's going on… you have to talk to me…" He rubbed the other man's back.
"Fine…" Jou sighed and hunched forward. "I thought… I thought I saw something that couldn't have been there…" He said quietly, closing his eyes.
"Something that couldn't have been there? What like a dinosaur….?" Hiroto looked at him skeptically.
"Like… A monster…" Jou's voice was shaky. "I thought… I thought I saw… him." He confessed.
"What?" Honda knew all too well who Jou was talking about. "How could—"
"I know! That's why I said he couldn't have been there...! There's no way right?" He stood and started pacing the room.
"I… I don't know…" Honda said a bit grimly. "I'll have to check to be absolutely sure… but… For now, then, why don't you just stay here? You'll be safe as long as you don't go anywhere by yourself." Jou nodded in agreement.
"I'll need some clothes…" He said quietly.
"We can do some shopping tomorrow." Honda stood and wrapped his arms around the blond. "I won't let him hurt you…" He assured the other. "I'll protect you this time…"
Jou nodded again, thankful his best friend was here to comfort him.
Hiroto smirked over the blonde's shoulder. If Jou's right and he really did see his father…. That could be problematic… on the other hand though it's making my plans come together quite nicely…. He held the other tighter. I'll keep you safe this time…. I'll keep you where I can protect you…
I'll keep you by my side….
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A/N: and there you have it! It's almost as long as 2 chapters! Lololol ok so not super long but still… I didn't want to write the whole bloody story in this one chapter hahaha and this seemed like a nice place to leave off.
We're getting closer to the point where'll I'll be doing something similar to captain's logs. It'll mainly be Jou's thoughts on his situation. I might do one chapter with a few of these and some Kaiba/Jou dreams in between lol maybe they'll be steamy~
BTW if you're into dark humor… and you have a psvita…. I ABSOLUTELY recommend you play Danganronpa and Danganronpa 2! Monokuma is the best!
"execution is execution!" … "torn apart like a paper plane in a hurricane!" Love love!
Anyway! Until next time on Yu Yu hakusho! Damn I did it again….