Sick Scam

A cute short story about Mokuba and Seto Kaiba, most likely only a couple chapters long, will see. Mokuba hates how recently work and duel monsters has been having his brother tied up and has all his interest, what about him? Doesn't he matter? He thinks that if he's sick Seto will spend a little time with him, even if only for a little while……………

"……..Uh……….." Mokuba groaned as he woke up. He wasn't feeling very good still but better than what he did the night before and was more aware of things around him.

Ring Ring

"Um……….. That sounds familiar…….." Mokuba continued to groan as he heard some slight beeping coming from somewhere. "Sounds like it's coming from my coat." With that he looked over to where his coat was, hanging off the back of a chair at the end of the bed. Mokuba slowly picked himself up and off the bed and wandered over to the coat, fished into the pockets till he came across his mobile phone.

"…….. Uh…………" Mokuba groaned when he saw what was on his phone. 222 calls, 153 text's and 76 voicemails had been left on his mobile where he hadn't answered them yesterday. "Oh goody……." Mokuba started in a sarcastic tone of voice. "Wonder all those could be from?..." Of course he already knew…………. His big brother, who else? There was barely even a point to listening to all the messages and such because he already knew what was coming. Yelling, pleading, questioning……..etc…….. Many more or some could come all at the same time.

Knock Knock!

"You awake, Mokuba?" Came Joey's voice through the door.

"Yes, Joey." Mokuba called back simply.

"Thought you'd like some breakfast……… Oh you're out of bed." Joey continued but was stunned when he walked into the room.

"Yea, I'm still feeling wobbly…….. But a bit better. Things make more sense and such in my head." Mokuba tried to explain roughly.

"…….. Well……. Good. I'm glad you're fever has dropped………. At least a little. Want some of these pancakes I've cooked up here for you?"

"Yes please." Mokuba smiled with a nod.

Joey just smiled slightly in return and wandered over to the bed and placed the tray down on top of the covers, leaving enough room more Mokuba to get back in. "Oh, you brought you're mobile phone with you?" Joey observed when he saw Mokuba hold the mobile.

"…….. Yes……… I heard it bleep when I woke up……… Don't even remember bringing it with me……….." Mokuba replied, bit baffled himself.

"Don't tell…… Millions of Kaiba calls?" Joey guessed, but it didn't take much guessing for that answer.

"….. You guessed it. Most likely not happy with my actions yesterday and demanding for something."

"Sounds like him……….." Joey agreed.

"You called him didn't you last night?" Mokuba asked.

"Sure did."

"And?"

"Let's just say I got a……… Ear full."

"Nothing positive then?"

"Since when did your brother have anything 'positive' to say in the first place?" Joey joked, slightly smiling at his own joke.

"Well…….. I've just read the last one………" Mokuba commented after a minute and had read a text.

"What's it say?"

"Basically saying, get my ass home now." Mokuba replied simply, not surprised by that message.

"Should of guessed but I haven't got time for him right now."

"Huh?"

"Got to get to school, kid." Joey replied. "Just because you're ill don't mean I can take the day off like you."

"Aw……."

"Just rest for the day." Joey insisted, motioning Mokuba back to bed. "All you need to do is concentrate on getting better."

"What about Seto?"

"What about him?"

"He might not leave me alone for the day."

"Just ignore the phone."

"Joey?"

"Yea?"

"I can't totally remember what I did yesterday but…….. One thing for certain I'm not going back there! And he deserved to have that locket broken!" Mokuba replied with anger against his brother.

"You broke your locket!?" Joey gasped, totally stunned at what Mokuba had just said.

"Yea………… I'm sick of being let down all the time! He doesn't treat me like a brother nor does he show that he even wants one. He can have the locket back, I'm not interested."

"No wonder he sounded peeved on the phone." Joey spoke out his thoughts in a stunned voice. "Just go back to bed Mokuba, don't let things bother you just yet, OK?"

"……Ok………." Mokuba sighed and swished himself back into bed. "Have a good day at school."

"I'll try." Joey scoffed as he went and left the house.

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"Mutt!!!" Called out a voice all of a sudden behind Joey.

Joey just sighed, didn't even need to turn around to see who was calling for him. "Don't……. Call me that!" He burst out as he turned around to see Kaiba walking towards him.

"Hmm………" Seto replied simply, didn't really care how Joey felt. "How's my little brother?"

"Fine." Joey replied simply.

"Fever going down?"

"Yes, no thanks to you. Person who created it!"

"He shouldn't have lied!" Seto yelled back.

"……… Look. All this arguing between us is getting us nowhere!"

"Whatever." Kaiba sneered in return. "I want to see him."

"And why's that? You usually don't seem to care about seeing him when you have him in your care."

"Now look at who's making this argument." Seto growled back.

"I haven't got time for you, rich boy. I've got classes to get too, ya know? Not all of us can skip out of school back and forth like you."

"…… I just want to talk to him…………." Kaiba replied and for once in a calm voice. "……….. I don't want to……. Keep fighting with him………. I don't know how to be the brother he wants me to be…….. He's going to have to tell me………"

"Wow a softer side of Seto Kaiba." Joey mocked at first but soon saw that Kaiba was being serious by the look on his face. "He's already told you! You can't just keep ignoring him and thinking it'll be alright."

"Hmm……." Kaiba grunted back.

"Come on, rich boy. You must know some things that you could do together and such." Joey encouraged.

"Like what?! I've given him everything he could want or need."

"That's what I mean! It's not about the stuff! It's called bonding, Kaiba."

"Hmm………"

"I mean…….. What about teaching him how to really play Duel Monsters?" Joey suggested.

"Duel Monsters?"

"Yea…….. I heard Mokuba really badly wanting to learn for ages now. He really idols you, ya know? In that particular field."

"Yea? He's never mentioned it……." Kaiba replied with a stunned voice.

"I'm sure he has……. You've just not been listening………"

"……….."

"His dream was to have a Blue Eye's White Dragon just like you for the longest time."

"When did he tell you this?" Kaiba demanded.

"For all the time I've know him……… His hopes were dashed though…….."

"Hmm?"

"You tore up the 4th card……… And of course you would or can't give up the three you've already got." Joey explained.

"………. I did that to stop others having my card."

"Yea….. And that included your brother." Joey almost sneered and turned around and made his way off to classes.

"I've been such a jerk……….." Kaiba whispered to himself, felt like his eyes had only just opened for the first time.

With that Kaiba whisked out his mobile and searched for a specific name in his phone contacts. He held up the phone to his ear and waited for an answer.

"Hello?"

"Hello, I wish to speak to Pegasus please. Tell him it's Seto Kaiba and I need him now." Seto announced, he had some plan in mind……………