Okay! So, I know its been forever and a half since i updated. But my summer was crazy with planning cosplay for my first con, which was Gen Con in August. After that the school started and occupied all my free time. But I am going to try and update every weekend until I have finished what I have started, but I have more cosplay to plan because I another con in December...so we'll see how it goes.
Now for the late, late update...enjoy!
Puppy of Timing
As he was climbing inside he looked around to see the limo virtually empty. Knowing it would be rude to sit elsewhere, he sat down next to Kaiba.
"Where is Mokuba?" Jou asked, hesitantly. He hoped that the brunet didn't hear the worry in his voice. It's not that he was particularly worried about the kid; he was more worried about being left alone with Kaiba in his limo.
"I dropped him off at a friend's house for the night, why?" Replied Kaiba, staring out the window.
"Oh and where is my sister?" Jou asked hesitant to know the answer.
"I had taken her to my mansion first so she could get ready for bed, she seemed rather tired when we had left," said Kaiba, now looking at Jou. Jou blushed and looked away.
'Wow, I didn't know moneybags could be so generous. And for me, a dumb mutt? Maybe…' he thought and then chanced a glance back. Kaiba was still looking at him, but with something different in his eyes. They weren't the emotionless stones, instead they had been replaced with a look of concern and something else he couldn't put his finger on.
Feeling awkward, he said, "What are you looking at? Do I have a stain on my shirt or something?" he looked down at his t-shirt to help emphasize what he said.
"Nothing," said kaiba, "it's just this is longest you have ever gone without insulting me in some way."
Jou blushed an even deeper red and looked up, "well, I suppose I owe you a thank you. I mean for bringing Shizuka here and all. So…um…thanks."
Kaiba smiled (+1 dead puppy) and patted Jou on the head. "Your welcome, but I can't take all the credit. It was Yugi's idea; he just didn't own the jet to pick her up."
"You mean you picked her up yourself?" asked the blond.
"Yeah, I just told the school I had some business I had to attend to and left after lunch. She missed the last period of school, but she didn't mean to mind," replied kaiba.
"You went to all that trouble for me? But I am…just a mutt…right?" asked jou looking at the finely carpeted floor. He felt his pulse rising and a pain in his chest as he raised his head to look at the brunet.
Kaiba took a deep breath, "Jou your-"
But he swiftly interrupted by the driver on the limo's intercom saying, "Mr. Kaiba sir, we are pulling into your drive."
Kaiba turned and hit a button and replied, "Yes, thank you Rodgers." He then turned back to look at jou. However, Jou had decided to turn and stare out the window to gather his thoughts.
'What was he about to say? Was going to call me a mutt? Or was going to say something nice?' these questions circled his mind searching for the answers.
When the car came to a stop, Jou rushed to the door. But when he tried to walk in, found the door to be locked.
Kaiba strolled up behind him and said,"The door auto locks when it closes…just give me a moment."
He pressed a button by the door and put his eye over and opening. A light began to run over his eye and then a voice said, "Seto Kaiba confirmed, welcome home Mr. Kaiba."
Kaiba walked in first followed closely behind by Jou. He was in awe; he had never imagined that any house could be that large. The floor was a beautiful black marble and the walls were a pearl white with crown molding. The foyer had double staircase and large chandelier hanging from the domed ceiling.
"Quite a place you have here, Kaiba," said Jou.
"Well thank you, "replied the brunet.
"Um, where is my sister staying?" asked Jou, he wanted to talk to her since they hadn't had the chance at Yugi's house.
"Oh, right this way," said Kaiba. He grabbed Jou's hand drug him upstairs. Jou decided to ignore the thumping in his chest.
"Geez Kaiba, your gonna rip my arm off!" yelled Jou.
Suddenly he came to a stop. "Here we are," said Kaiba.
Yanking his arm free of the brunet's death grip, he replied,"thanks again for letting me do this."
Kaiba simply nodded and told him to come to the living room when he was ready for bed, then walked away. Jou knocked on the door and when he heard a "yes", he entered the room.
Shizuka was Jou's younger sister who had been taken away by his mother when his parents got their divorce. Since then, Jou rarely ever got to see her.
The girl looked up from her book and yelled, "Jou!"
As she hugged him, he said, "hey ya sis, happy to see me?"
"What are you doing here?" she asked.
"Well I was on my way home when kaiba ask me if I wanted to stay here tonight so I could catch up wit you and all," he replied.
"Well I will be sure to thank him, so what's up?" she asked.
When she asked that, there was only one thing that came to mind.
"I have a secret admirah, here let me show ya," he said putting down his bag and reached into it to pull out the two plushies he had, though he was surprised to find a third one as well. He handed the two he had received earlier in the day to his sister and began to read the newest addition:
Timing is the most important part of a relationship. If you try to do something before your partner is ready, it very well could be the end. That's why I am giving you a choice. I believe it's time we meet face to face, if you agree meet me at the school's big oak tree tomorrow at 9 am.
Jou was dumbfounded. He had his chance to meet the man behind the plushie, but he didn't know if we were ready.
Then he heard his sister ask, "What are you going to do?"
"I don't know," he said as he lay down on the bed.
"Do you want to know who it is?" she questioned.
"Of course! Who wouldn't want to know?" he replied.
"Then what's stopping you?"
"I guess…I just don't want dis to come to an end" he said with a sigh.
Shizuka giggled and told him, "this wouldn't be the end; it would be the start of something new, something better than before! So go for it!"
He looked at her and smiled, "your right, I will go tomorrow, but I am going to need a fresh change of clothes, I wanna look my best right? Better ask kaiba if he can give me a ride home to pick up something."
With that he headed back downstairs. The living room was a large room with huge plasma, the biggest selection of DVD's he has ever seen, and huge leather "L" shaped couch. Kaiba was sitting on the couch on his laptop, typing away.
Cautiously Jou approached him; he cleared his throat, and then asked, "Kaiba, would it be to trouble if I could get a ride home to get some…uh…clothes?"
Kaiba stared for a moment, and then said, "Well I already sent my driver home for the day, but I suppose I could drive you."
The drive was a silent one. The only speaking they did was when Jou giving directions. When he wasn't giving directions, he was thinking. He spent most of his time worrying about what kaiba will say when he saw where he lived.
When they arrived at his apartment he told kaiba to stay there. Jou walked into the apartment and immediately the smell of beer was strong, stronger than usual. He quickly headed to his room and began digging through drawers. Once he found an outfit he liked, he headed back to the front door. Just he was about to walk out, he heard the TV on.
'Great, he always passes out with it on. Well I better turn it off or our cable bill will be higher than ever,' he thought. He walked out into the apartment living room. The room was a sty. There were food wrappers and beer cans everywhere. Not to mention it stunk, which wasn't surprising since his father never bathed because he spent all his time on that couch.
Jou did the best to ignore it all and turned off the TV. When he turned to leave he saw his father sitting up on the couch with a look he was all too familiar.
"What the hell did that for, I was watchin that?" questioned his father.
"Dad, you were passed out on the couch, you weren't watchin shit," replied Jou in a calm tone.
"Don't tell me that you little punk, I know what I was doing and was watchin that," said his father.
"I don't have time for dis, I have a friend waitin outside, I gotta go," declared Jou as he began to walk away.
"You're not going anywhere until you learn some respect!" yelled his father as he grabbed Jou. He threw him at the wall as hard as he could. The next Jou saw was black.
After all that time, how did I do? I am thinking about a sequel, but before I think about the details I need to know if anyone would be interested in one. SO REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!
