Happy Sunday.
I don't own Yugi-oh.
[puppies love dragons]
Chapter 3
Atem needs to stop collecting clocks...
At Kaiba Corp...
"This isn't good." Joey thought. " It's going to end badly. I have to stop this. I need to..." she looked up at saw Kaiba. "Oh, Mr. Kaiba I need to..." she ran towards him. He leaned towards her and whispered loud enough for anyone around them to hear. " I'll be picking you up later tonight honey."
.
The drive to Pasadena was painfully quiet. Though Kaiba did ramble a lot about business Joey's head was else where. Finally they made it to Joey's parent's house.
"We're here. This is it." Joey said.
"I need to take a deep breath before I get thrown to the wolves(1)." Kaiba said in a somewhat joking manner.
"You suggested it. Just think of it as an adventure."
"Who's going to be here?" Kaiba said as they walked towards the house.
"My parents. Their names are Atem and Yugi. My sister, Serenity, and her husband, Tristan, are also here for the weekend. They brought their son Jaden.(4)" she turned towards the house. She could see her family waving. "Hello everyone!" she said as she waved at them. "Uh," she said motioning towards Seto. "Let me introduce you to my good friend. This is Seto Kaiba."
"Nice to meet you." Kaiba said smiling handsomely.
"Joey told me you were coming." Yugi said smiling.(2)" I was looking forward to meeting you."
"Don't believe anything Joey has told you." Kaiba said as he shook Yugi's hand. "I'm not as bad as she make me out to be."
"Oh." Yugi said with a smile "I haven't heard anything to bad."
"Mom, I haven't said anything about Seto!" Joey said embarrassed.
"Joey's just being shy." Kaiba said laughing.
"True." Yugi said with a giggle.
"KAIBA!" Joey said blushing.
"Joey, why didn't you tell me you were dating?" Tristan said(3).
"How long have you two been together?" Serenity added.
"Serenity, Tristan, Back Off!" Joey said her temper showing. "There's nothing to say. We're just good friends okay?"
"Joey!" Kaiba said as he wrapped his arms around Joey. "If you insist we're just friends. they'll get the wrong idea."
"Seto!" Joey said surprised.
He lightly kissed the top of her head. "We shouldn't fight in front of your family."
"Should we eat later?" Tristan said ruining the moment.
"I'll help!" Joey said getting out of Kaiba's clutches.
"Kit your blushing." Jaden teased.
"Shut up!" Joey said giving the boy a noogie.
"You're one happy family." Kaiba said to Yugi.
"Yes, we are." she said with a smile. "In a few years your home will be the same."
"Yes, we want at least five kids." Kaiba said.
"Seto, stop egging them on!" Joey said mad.
At that moment 31 alarm clocks went off. Kaiba backed up surprised. Yugi noticed. "Oh, Atem collects clocks they can be noisy. He refuses to toss them out, since he loves them all. Joey, please help me in the kitchen."
"Seto, why don't you join me in the living room. Football's on TV. Do you play golf? Are you any good?" Atem said to Seto.
"What?" he said confused at the rapid changing of subject.
In the Kitchen...
"He seems like a nice handsome man. He's also quite witty." Yugi said as she placed the food into the oven.
"Seto and I are just good friend. Really."
"Well I'm glad you found yourself a nice friend."
In the living room...
"Is dinner ready yet grandpa?" Jaden asked.
"Not yet. Tonight is grandma's turn to cook." Atem said watching the game.
"What?! Again?! I can smell something burning! If that's dinner I'm not eating it!"
"I do smell something burning." Kaiba said. "Shouldn't we go say something?"
"That's the pot roast. It's getting over cooked."
"Then we should go..."
"Seto, my wife insists on cooking for guests. She won't have it any other way. If I say anything, I may not survive with my life."
"I see smoke grandpa." Jaden said.
"Should we turn off the oven at least?" Kaiba asked.
"No. then she'll get really upset." As Atem yelled at the TV Tristan spoke up.
"There's some things you should know about Wheeler women, they're stubborn, but sweet, they're strong, but once they love you they'll never stop. And the number one thing is that they can't cook. If you can love them anyways, you'll most likely be together forever."
"What a strange family..." Kaiba thought.
The fire alarm started going off.
Joey and Serenity could be heard.
"Mom, I thought you said you were watching the food!"
"The smoke alarm!"
"Hurry turn off the oven!"
"Tristan could you get the alarm?" Atem said not taking his eyes off the TV.
"Yep." he said as he went to turn it off with Jaden following behind him.
"So Joey's accident prone personality is generic." Kaiba thought. "I should have known." he said out loud.
"Please sit down." Atem said. "Looks like we'll have some time before dinner. We just have to be patient."
"Unbelievable." Kaiba thought. "Okay." he said laughing. "What a warm comfortable, friendly family."
Later...
"You may think I'm crazy," Joey said as she handed Kaiba a cup of coffee. " But you'll get used to the clocks."
"Yeah, in another thousand years." Kaiba said looking exhausted. "Coming here made me realize that your personality is generic."
"Hey, I think my parents are great." Joey said defensively.
"I think so to." Kaiba said smiling. "I can see you grew up with a lot of love. I could just see you laughing as a little girl, eating homemade cupcakes in the kitchen"(5)
"Yeah, my mom always read me books before bed."(6)Joey said smiling while reminiscing. "If I had a fever I got hot lemonade. That's about the only thing she's good at making."
"My mom was never home. After she died, me and Mokuba hardly noticed. And before that when my dad died, she had to work hard to make ends meet. Everything she worked on boomed, and I guess that ran in our DNA. But all her work meant she ignored us. She didn't want to hold us when she was in her elegant suits and gowns. She preferred her work over her kids. She barely had time to hug my sister."
"Sister?"
"She died. A long time ago."
"That's why he looked so uncomfortable." she thought.
"Joey, are you drowning your sadness in work because of Duke?"(7)
"What?" Joey said obviously confused.
"You were really depressed after he betrayed you, weren't you?"(8)
"Who told you this?" Joey said angrily.(9)
"People try to drown their sorrows with work! I should know!" he said standing up.
"No that's not my case!" Joey said surprised at how close he was getting to her.
"You shouldn't give up on life because of a jerk! There are good men out there!"
"That has nothing to do with my love for my job you stubborn idiot!" she said angrily turning away from him. "He has no idea..." she thought. " I want a career and a marriage, both." she said out loud. "What's wrong with that? It's none of your business, anyway! Why can't you leave me alone?" she said angrily as she thought of Kaiba's fiance somberly.
"I can't!" Kaiba said grabbing Joey's arms. "I don't know why, but I can't."
Kaiba kissed Joey lightly, but slowly it became more passionate. Both Joey and Seto lost connection with reality as the kiss became deeper.(11)
"Joey, I love you."
"Me to, Seto."(10)
"Joey!" came a surprised voice.
"We'll leave you two alone." Yugi said embarrassed.
Later...
"Why did you say that? You could have said something else! You didn't have to say we were engaged!"
"I couldn't think of anything else! I broke this..." he said holding the cup. "Where's the broom and dustpan?"
"Next to the fridge. I'm sure you've had to get yourself out of similar situations before."
"What did you expect me to say? I was caught kissing you while you were half naked. I'm sorry! I got caught up in the moment. I forgot I was at your parents house."
"You really forgot?" Joey said embarrassed and proud at the same time.
"That's right!" he said arrogantly.
"You said we're engaged, but you can't have two wives." Joey said sadly.
"What?" Kaiba said confused.(12)
"You have a fiance remember?"
"I do? I don't think I do..."
"Your an insensitive royal creep! How could you? If I was Kisara, I would have killed you already!
"I see!" Kaiba said laughing. "Poor Kisara."
"This isn't funny!"
"You're the idiot! Her last name is Kaiba! She's my cousin! Her parents died, so me and Mokuba have been her only family!"
"You're not engaged?"
"Of course not! I wouldn't be doing this if I was engaged!"
"You don't have a fiance." Joey said happy.
"That's right! God, I feel dizzy! I haven't had decent sleep in 36 hours thanks to you!"
"Seto, you look tired. You should go home and get some sleep."
"Thanks for thinking of me Joey." he said hugging her.
The next few weeks Joey and Kaiba went out more. Synagy said she would be disappointed about not seeing Joey as much, if Mokuba didn't visit her everyday to gossip. "He's so cute. And look at him. He already has the rest of his life planned out. It's so aggravating to me that it's almost sexy." Joey had just rolled her eyes. "Hey, if your allowed to brag about your Kaiba man, then I should be able to ramble about my Kaiba crush." Kisara's wedding happened, and Seto and Joey had an interesting conversation at the after party.
"Kisara seems so happy."
"She's like a sister to me. I hope my sister is in heaven watching."
"She has the most joyful smile." Joey thought. "A person who loves you unconditionally. Starting a life together based on trust and love." she looked at Seto.
"Joey do you want to get married?" he said kissing her neck.
"Yes I do, but only if my husband can accept my career."
"You won't change your mind?"
"No. What about you?"
"No."
"Will you think about it?"
"Think about what?"
"About us."(13)
"Since Kisara's wedding we haven't seen each other. A distance has started to grow between us. I know what he wants. He's trying to see if he can slowly bend my will to his. I'm not going to play that game. Seto, you're the one that needs to decide." Joey thought.
At Kaiba Outdoor testing area...
Synagy and Aiden were helping Joey with setting up.
"So how are you and Seto doing, because I haven't seen Mokuba in days, and I'm starting to go through withdrawal symptoms." Synagy joked.
"Everyone's talking about you at work." Aiden added.
"Will you come help me with your sister?" she said motioning towards Synagy and herself.
As they finished up the siblings sighed. "You don't want to talk about it."
"That's right." Joey said smiling.
"Just let me know if you need a friend to talk to okay?." Aiden said. "Unless I have a date. Then you should bother Sadie."
"Aiden, you're a true gentleman." Joey said sarcastically.
"Lets start our tes-"
"Miss Wheeler." came a familiar voice.
"Seto!" Joey said smiling. "What bring you here?"
"I was wondering if Mokuba and Kisara could watch your test."
"Of course."
"We're..uh..they're...well..I'm helping, but I don't get paid as much as they do." Seto watched Synagy stutter in front of Mokuba. "They're going to be testing the launch capabilities of the movie monster...because...the movie producer...Weebi- Weevil has been pushing for completion."
Mokuba just smiled.
"Joey can I talk to you." Kisara said leading Joey away from the group.
"What is it?"
"I think you and Seto make a good couple. I've never seen him so happy. I wasn't able to do much for him, so thank you."
"Kisara..."
Kisara quickly walked away.
"Aiden are we ready?"
"I'm ready!" he said giving a thumbs up.
"Synagy?"
"Human test dummy who's not actually dumb is ready!" she said giving a thumbs up.
"Fire!"
A projectile was shot out and hit Sadie's chest.
"That was awesome!" Synagy said giggling. "I can't get it off."
"It's sticking to the target!" Aiden said happily.
"We did it!" Joey said happy.
"Hooray!" Synagy said still giggling.
Kisara looked at the projectile disgusted. "I'm heading back to the building."
Seto paid no mind as he hugged Joey. "That's great news! I knew you could do it. We'll show that company that we can do things right."
"What is that?" Mokuba said shakily pointing at Synagy's chest.(14)
"That's the sticky serpent." Synagy said smiling. "The monster's hurling projectile vomit in the movie. It took Joey and Aiden weeks to get the texture just right."
"Syn, we're testing it one more time."
"Kay." Syn turned and the projectile hit her once again.
This spooked Mokuba and he fainted falling to the ground.
"Mokuba?" Syn said obviously afraid.
Mokuba was quickly rushed home, and Joey and the Dorset sibling were told to meet in his office at 5pm.
Outside of Kaiba's office...
"What time is it?" Synagy said.
"It's been two minutes since we got here." Aiden quickly answered.
"Should we knock?"
"Seto said five not five minutes before five."
"It's better than being late."
"If you want to knock go ahead."
"It's not that..."
The door burst open.
"Please keep your voices dow while you argue!" Seto said glaring. "Come inside." The three shuffled in. "Aiden, I'm pleased with the results."
"Yessir."
"But we need to be more careful during the tests. We can't keep bringing unauthorized people into the testing area. We both learned that today. We should be more careful in the future."
"Yessir."
"You may leave." Synagy gulped as she watched her brother walk out.
"Miss Dorset."
"Yes?" she said afraid.
"If you are going to keep participating in the test, you are going to have to get authorized. And I'd rather you not. You are far to young to be doing these things."
"With all respect sir," Synagy said looking determined. "I'm sure you've had someone tell you that before, and seeing where you are today, I doubt you listened to them."
Kaiba blinked at her. Her brashness was strangely endearing.
"Hmm...I will definitely take that into consideration Miss Dorset. But still, I also want you to be more careful. You're dismissed." Synagy opened her mouth. "He's on the third floor." She smiled then walked out.(15)
"Ms. Wheeler..."
"Hey, Seto..."
"Don't call me Seto. You're not going to sweet talk your way out of this."
"I'm not trying to...It was only an accident. Mokuba was scarred and he slipped."
"Are you saying that it's Mokuba's fault?"
"Well...not many 18 year old boys are afraid of...aren't you being over emotional?"
"Emotional? You haven't even asked how Mokuba is doing. If you remember, he slipped and fainted!"
"Your right. I'm sorry. I should have been more thoughtful."
Seto sighed. "Joey you need to focus on safety when conducting tests. That is part of your responsibilities as director. I worry about you Joey. Have you ever thought about how important you are to me? I love you. I wish you could accept that."
Joey looked at Seto and lightly kissed him on the lips.
"Oh Joey. I love you so much. I love you more than I can stand." Seto said wrapping his arms tightly around her.
Just as quickly as he did that he pushed her away. "Wait! I shouldn't hug you like this. There's still a lot we still have to talk about. We need to take care of our problems before they get bigger."
"Problems? You think we have major problems?"(16)
"If we just run with our feelings without thinking it through, we will have problems."
"What do you mean?"
"If we get married, we're going to want kids. If you did get pregnant, I would beg you to leave your career. I'll do everything to be the best husband I can be. Wouldn't that be more than enough?"
"I've wanted to hear that all my life. It's more than enough, but... I won't be happy. You can't change me into something I'm not. I'll just end up resenting you. Forcing someone to your will isn't right. You don't do that to people you love."
"I do love you! I want to spend my life with you!"
"Why do you always have to have it your way?(17)Why do you have to make me something I'm not? My career is important to me!"
"You love your work more than you love me."(18) Kaiba said solemnly.
"Seto! Why do you have to be like that? Of course you're more important to me!"
"A woman that has a career cannot be a good wife or mother. I know from experience."
"I'm not your mother! I can put time aside for you and a family even if I'm working. You just refuse to believe me. You're just stubborn! You refuse to see things my way!"
"I have faith in my beliefs. I want a wife who will be home for my children."
"So you won't change your mind." Joey said sadly.
We're over.
"I'll turn in my resignation to human resources. I can't work with you anymore."
[Do puppies love dragons?]
[Do dragons love puppies?]
Oh!!! Next week is the conclusion...but not next week Sunday. On a random day next week...Possibly even today!!! OMG! I know it's exciting!
1)The first 'mutt' joke made!
2)Tristan and Joey may have had a relationship when they were younger.
3)Yugi is a woman in this.
4)Yeah I am aware Jaden looks nothing like Serenity and Tristan...but I was to lazy to look for who did.
5)Stalker much Seto?
6) Was Joey even listening?
7)Seto is King of Changing Subjects
8)Yugi, Tristan, and Serenity told him this.
9)Kaiba was sworn o secrecy
10)Rolo from Code Geass... anyone want to tell me more about him? He intrigues me.
11)I suck at mushy stuff.
12)Screw the rules on marriage, I am Seto Kaiba!
13)Purposely did this, so you don't know which one of the two is talking there.
14)Boobies! No I really almost put, "That's my chest Mokuba." But no, I wanted to make Mokuba slightly girly.
15)Mokuba is on the third floor.
16)I love Stephen Colbert! He is the best!
17)Because he's Kaiba.
18)Okay so in stories Joey is always like, "You love my work more than you love me Seto." so here I switched it around. Kaiba wants more attention.