Jounouchi walked into the classroom. His face was still red and he was still shaken over the fact that Seto kissed him. Luckily for him, no one noticed.
"That bastard! Why did he do something like that?" That was the question Jounouchi kept asking himself over and over again. Another thing that was on Jounouchi's mind was "What did he mean by that?"
Thankfully the teacher wasn't in yet. So Jounouchi wouldn't be marked down as late again.
Jounouchi toke his seat next to Honda. "Hey Jounouchi! It's a good thing that you're back!" Honda said greeting his best friend. "Yeah. Hey Honda" Jounouchi mumbled. When those words were spoken, he looked down at the floor. He wasn't his enthusiastic self.
Honda stared at Jounouchi for a moment with a look of concern. He leaned closer to Jou to whisper to him. "Are you still upset about the whole Yuugi thing? 'Cause you know if you're sad or anything I'll be here for you to talk to."
"No." Jounouchi stopped him. Then forcing a smile on his face, the blond responded. "It's not that really. This has nothing to do with Yuugi. I am better about the whole thing because he was honest to me." He glanced over at Kaiba who was reading a book and obviously not paying attention to those he has already claimed to be idiots. He felt himself blush again.
Honda just stared at Jounouchi. "I wonder what's wrong now! If it's not Yuugi, then what is it?" As Honda began to mull over this, a familiar figure walked through the door.
"Good morning Jou!" Jounouchi looked to see Yuugi smiling up at him.
"Yuugi! H-hey!" He smiled back at his shorter friend. He was still a little bit awkward around him. After everything that happened yesterday, how could he be normal around Yuugi?
"How can he be so casual? He's acting like nothing ever happened!" Jounouchi thought to himself. Then again, that made him happy too. He didn't want Yuugi to dwell on it. There friendship could be ruined if he did that and Jounouchi didn't want that at all!
"Okay everyone, please sit down." A voice from the front of the room announced, Takazuzuki-sensei had finally come in.
Quickly, Yuugi went back to his desk, a place right next to Anzu.
"Now everyone," She started to say. "Please open your language books to page 343. You're going to have a test in a few days so we need to get a lot of work done today."
"Kami-sama! I hate language arts." Jounouchi said to himself. He opened his book anyway though. He glanced back over at the other side of the room to where Seto was. Jounouchi never realized how attractive Kaiba really was. His eyes were such a deep pretty blue, like the bottom of the ocean. If you stared into them you wouldn't be leave his gaze. You would be lost in his eyes.
Kaiba didn't really have the best personality. He was usually always mean and also very selfish. Sometimes it seemed that he didn't even have a heart. However, from what he saw from the CEO's interactions with Mokuba, that could hint to a heart.
"Maybe if Kaiba had someone who loved him, they could break that barrier that he has. Jounouchi stopped in the middle of his thoughts. "What am I thinking!" He asked himself. Since when did he care if Seto was mean or not? And Jounouchi would never be the one to break his cold outside! He didn't love him!
But was he just lying to himself? Denying the truth of how truly felt? No, it couldn't be. "I don't love Kaiba." Jounouchi told himself. "He's attractive yes. But I don't think anything more then that!"
Kaiba felt someone starring at him. He looked over to his side to see Jounouchi starring intently at him. He stared back emotionlessly for a moment, into Jounouchi's soft brown eyes.
Jounouchi started to blush and quickly turned away. "Great. Now he saw me staring at him!"
"JOUNOUCHI-SAN!" yelled Takazuzuki-sensei. "Ehhh!" Jounouchi mumbled looking up. "Will you please pay attention? You're always in your own world!" She glared evilly at the blond. "Hai! Gomen Nasai." Jounouchi mumbled. He was never usually able to concentrate during school, but now that he was getting all these weird feelings around Kaiba it was even worse.
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When the school day finally ended Jounouchi quickly said goodbye to Honda, Yuugi, and Anzu and rushed out of the classroom.
"Don't you think Jou was acting weird today?" Honda asked Yuugi and Anzu.
"Yeah I know what you mean." Anzu said. "He got in trouble more times then usual today."
"Hai. Hhe also kept starring at Kaiba the whole day." Yuugi added.
"I hope he's okay" Honda said. He stared down at the floor.
Jounouchi and Honda were best friends since elementary school. Every time Jounouchi was upset about something he would always tell Honda. But lately he hadn't been telling Honda anything. It hurt him. What was going on right now probably was so bad that he couldn't bring himself to say it to anyone?
"I think I know what's wrong." Anzu said. She wanted to break Honda out of his silence.
Honda looked at her questionably. "Really? What?"
"I think he might have a crush on Kaiba."
"WHAAT!" Honda and Yuugi said together. "That can't be true!" Honda said. "Jou hates Kaiba!" "Honda's right."
Yuugi readily agreed. "They both really don't like each other."
"Yeah, but think about it!" Anzu said. "He was staring at Kaiba the whole day, he seems to be over Yuugi already, and I seen him blushing a lot today. I'm serious! I really think he might like Kaiba!"
"I still don't believe it." Honda said. He was obviously not going to change his mind.
"You don't have too. But it's most likely true. I would know. –I- like someone too and I act the same way!"
Yuugi and Honda stayed quiet for a minute.
"You like someone Anzu-chan?" Yuugi asked.
Anzu started to blush. "Crap! I just said that out loud!"
"Oohh! Who is it?" Honda asked, very eager to hear that his friend had feelings for someone.
Anzu started at Honda. Her cheeks still red with blushing. "I should tell him. I guess now would be the best chance." Although she took many relaxing breaths, she still felt like stuttering. "I um it's yo-"
"Honda-Kun!" Yuugi said interrupting Anzu. "That's not right. It's none of our business who Anzu likes!" Yuugi said.
Honda paused and a sweat drop formed on the side of his head. "I guess your right. Sorry, Anzu!" He bowed his head in apology.
A sweat drop them formed on the side of Anzu's head. "It's okay." She said a bit too quickly. "That was my chance to tell him how I felt!" Suddenly Anzu felt herself getting mad. "Ugh, I'll probably never get to tell him."
OoOoO
Normally, Jounouchi would've loved to have gone to the arcade with his friends. It would've been really fun. Especially considering that he hadn't spent that much time with his friends lately.
But he couldn't. He had to figure out what was wrong with him. Why did he feel this way all of a sudden? He always thought Seto was cute, hot even. But that was it. Yuugi was the one that was truly in his heart. But this morning the second he saw Seto, something changed.
He felt the way that he used to with Yuugi. No, the feeling was different. His heart ached and thumped so loudly, he was sure Kaiba and all the other passersby's could hear it. He started blushing a dark red just thing about it. And suddenly the blond cared so much about how Kaiba felt about him.
He needed to talk to someone. But who?
Yuugi? He wasn't ready to completely have long conversations with him yet. Maybe after a few days, but for something like this, it wasn't a good idea to wait that long! He needed to talk to someone now.
Honda? No! He didn't want to have to bother him again. Besides, Honda was at the arcade right now with Anzu and Yuugi. He didn't want to have to pull Honda away just so he could tell him his problems! That wasn't right.
He looked up ahead. He realized that this whole time he was staring at the floor, walking aimlessly around the city. He saw a familiar face up ahead.
"It's Yami!" He said out loud. He walked towards him.
"Hey Yami!" Jounouchi said. He smiled at the darker half of Yuugi.
"Hello Jounouchi." Yami smiled back. He hadn't seen Jounouchi in a while so it was nice to see him again.
"How are you able to be free of the Millennium Puzzle?" the blond quickly asked. But then, he remembered why he wanted to talk to Yami. But how could he bring it up in a conversation? He looked downcast, discouraged about how should he even bring this situation up.
Yami stared at the blond. He didn't look like his usual self. There was something wrong.
"What's wrong, Jounouchi? Is something bothering you?"
"There is actually. But I'll be fine though." He looked at Yami seeing that he had a worried expression on his face.
Yami could easily see that Jounouchi was avoiding the question. It must mean that it was something serious. "What were you about to ask me?
The blond quickly recanted what he has said. "I'm telling you. I'm fine." He was so busy trying to talk his way out of the story that he didn't realize that Yami was at his side until the spirit of the puzzle placed a hand on his shoulder.
"You can trust me, Jounouchi." Yami told him. "I won't even let Yuugi know about it."
The kid with the amber eyes looked into the former pharaoh's amethyst and could see trust. "I guess I have nothing to lose." He relented. "But not here, let's go the park."
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Once they got to the park, Jounouchi told Yami the whole story.
"So that's what happened." Jou told him everything that he remembered about the incident. He was blushing slightly after going over the whole story about how he felt about Kaiba and everything.
Yami just listened in silence. Somehow, from the way that Seto acted before they broke up, there was more on the CEO's end than what appeared on the surface.
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He remembered the last day of his relationship with Seto. As soon as he met him in one of the usual motels that they frequented (the blue-eyed teen would not invite Yami to his house because he didn't want to send a bad message to Mokuba), there was something off about the CEO. He was more skittish than usual and it had nothing to do with the fear of the tabloids, ready to pounce on the story that Kaiba Seto was gay. What he did in his personal life was no one's business.
Yami could also remember the look of guilt in those blue eyes, as if the very presence of Yami made Seto, the big bad CEO, feel guilty. But then again, Seto didn't have a monopoly on guilt. The former pharaoh had just discovered his feelings about Yuugi and here he was, about to cheat on him.
"Seto, we need to talk." The dark spirit of the Millennium Puzzle began.
But the taller teen beat him to it. "I can't continue doing this anymore. I feel like I'm living a lie. It's not you who I am suppose to be with."
It was exactly what Yami was about to say. "I think that we are thinking the same thing." He responded. "But at least let's leave as friends." It was a good thing that he was paying attention to his now ex's face because he would have missed the almost imperceptible nod.
They left the motel after that moment, losing a going-nowhere relationship to amicability.
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"If you want, I can ask Seto how he feels about you." Yami promised him. "We're sort of close, so he might tell me."
"You would really do that?" Jounouchi asked.
"Yes." Yami answered with a smile. "I know we aren't as good friends as you and Yuugi are, but you are my friend anyway and I would like to help you!"
"That would be a really big help!" Jounouchi beamed. He then found himself hugging the ex-pharaoh. "Thanks so much!"
Yami chuckled over the taller teen's actions. "You're very welcome."
OoOoO
Kaiba walked into his big home. He closed the door behind him, locking it. He then placed his briefcase right next to the closed door. He had just come back from a long day and KaibaCorp and all he wanted to do was to get something in his stomach, talk with his brother and go to bed.
One of the servants walked by; it was perfect timing for the CEO. He cleared his throat, forcing the servant to give him his attention. As soon as he saw Kaiba's foreboding figure, he jumped and was frozen in place.
The blue-eyed teen became very suspicious of the servant and he stalked his way towards him. "What are you hiding from me?" he asked quietly. There was a big difference in normal quietness and Kaiba's quietness. Kaiba's quietness held a dangerous edge about it.
"Mo-Mo-Mokuba told me to allow no one to disturb him and his guest." The servant stammered profusely. "If you were to arrive, I was to warn him."
Kaiba glared at the servant so strongly that his legs became weak. With the distrustful servant out of the way, the blue-eyed teen ran to Mokuba's room and opened the doors with such force, the hinges would have come off.
At once, a black-haired figure jumped about a foot in the air. Mokuba turned his attention to his big brother. Upon closer inspection, the youth's clothes were ruffled. Kaiba's stare was then focused on the figure behind his younger brother. It was a female. And not just any female. She had shoulder-length strawberry hair and strikingly familiar brown eyes. It was her, the mutt's sister.
"Shizuka!"
Yeah, I know it's short, but I put this out to tell people that I am still alive and I am still in the fanfic business. For those who are anxiously awaiting the next chapter of Only in My Dreams, it is in the works of being brutally betaed. (Hey, that was alliteration. Go me!) But it will be done within this month. Trust me. This is Sparky, signing off for now.