Recap:
"Tris…"
"You used me!"
"No…" but he knows Tristan is right.
And the world collapses again.
And now Joey is aware that he lost his friend, this time for real.
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"No, Tris…Don't go, let me explain!"
"I don't want to hear, really."
"It's just…He cheated on me and, well…"
"You wanted revenge."
"Well…"
"And you used me for your twisted little game…We were about to be best friends again…I see nothing is saint to you." Tristan's dressing fast.
"I…Have no justification for this…It's my fault thinking Seto and I could possibly function…Just to see him kissing that Ishizu girl…And I gave into my usual impulsive reactions. I shouldn't have involved you."
"No, you shouldn't. But you did."
"I wish you could forgive me…I took the advantage over you. You loved me…"
"I still do love you."
"Maybe if we… if we try, maybe I could love you back eventually, Tris."
"No…You'd always call his name instead of mine."
"Tris, don't go. I know it hurts, but please…"
"I will stay."
Joey smiles weakly.
He loves Tristan more than any other guy…as a brother.
And he's so proud of him.
He did something terrible to him, knowing his weak point.
Yet, Tristan swallows that.
He swallows and carries on.
He forgives.
"I don't deserve you, Tris."
"No, you don't."
"I can't even imagine how it hurts you."
"No, you cannot."
"I lost you…"
"Yes, you did."
"And you're still here. Why?"
"To give you chance…To regain our friendship."
"You're still willing? After all of…"
"I still believe in you, Joey. In a good , caring person that you used to be and I sincerely hope you still are."
"I am a monster." Joey lowers his head.
"Do you love him?"
Joey didn't expect that.
He looks at Tristan.
"It doesn't matter anymore." he waves his hand.
"…"
"I was stupid thinking he could change. Misunderstanding. He told me he was feeling the same. We've been together for a couple of days now. And I was thinking that maybe…But no! I opened him my heart, and he stepped on it. He made fun of me, as he always does! And I don't love him. But I was hoping I would, in the end."
"I'll miss my plain if I don't go to sleep now."
"I'll sleep on the couch, you sleep on the bed." Joey stands up from his bed and heads to the door.
"Joey?"
"Yeah?"
"Did you really want to sleep with me?"
They're looking at each other for a long moment.
"I dunno, Tris."
"You didn't." Tristan says. "Goodnight."
"Sleep well, buddy." He closes the door behind.
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Seto's room
He's sitting beside the window.
Ishizu is in bathroom.
Soon, she will wrap her hands around him requesting him to give her tenderness, kisses, touches…warmth…love that he doesn't posses for her.
She will request sex.
And he's not willing to penetrate her.
He's gay.
He's not willing to do anything to or with her.
Not even to talk to her.
To look at her.
Because he hates her.
And he's thinking about the possibility to win back the rest of his company.
"These attempts my company being taken over are happening too often…" he murmurs.
"Fuck me."
He disobeys.
He's thinking about Joey, his crush.
The way Joey was so…
..so something.
Extraordinary.
And so human.
So warm.
So…alive.
Something that he had always been wishing for himself.
To be free.
To be careless.
"Fuck me." she repeats.
She's hungry of his seed.
She's hungry of his body.
And he doesn't want to waste his time.
Yet he has to.
"I don't love you."
"I'm not attractive to you?"
He remembers Joey's question then, in the hotel room.
And the same question he asked Joey as well.
"It doesn't matter. I don't love you. I don't."
"Still, your cock can do its job?"
"No."
"You must fuck me. I order you."
"I can't."
She's looking at him, anger in her eyes.
"Why?!"
"I'm gay." he's fed up with all of this.
"So, you prefer that blond bimbo rather than me?!"
What the hell…
"How do you know about that?!"
"I have my sources. You see, Seto, I see everything and I know everything."
"You know nothing about him ad me. He's just a fuck toy. Besides, he has his own bimbo. And it ain't me."
Ishizu smirks.
So Joey did as she expected he'll do. Good.
"But still, I don't want to fuck you. You're not attractive at all."
She hisses angrily.
"I'll sleep in another room tonight."
"You're reading my mind."
He's opening door for her.
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She storms in one of the guest rooms.
Pulling out her cell, she's kicking the door.
"Marik?"
"What's up, sis?"
"It didn't work out. Although he saw Joey and Tristan, he still doesn't want to be with me."
"So he pissed on your head."
"Have any better comment, you, you…"
"Sorry, but I just can't help but imagining you being pissed, and urine streaming down your face…Hilarious!" he's laughing. Gross.
"We must think up something better."
"Look, if guy doesn't like you, he doesn't."
"Marik, I'm desperate!" she whines.
"Ok, ok…" he sighs, his voice is bored, "We'll think up something tomorrow…I have Bakura in here…In chains…He'll be uke! Poor guy…" he chuckles a little, then hangs up.
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I don't want to talk to you, I don't want to see you…But I can't stop thinking about you and what might have been if we remained together…
Seto stares at his cell.
Can't stop thinking about Joey.
When he thinks better, their relationship started in the mountains.
It was strictly sexual, and a few days ago got another dimension.
So why don't they just fuck then? Like before?
"Y-yeah?"
"Joey…"
"Seto?! What the hell do you want?"
"Did I wake you?"
"As if you care…What?"
"I will come to your place right now."
"I'm not alone."
"We need to talk."
"But…"
Too late. Seto hangs up.
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Twenty minutes later
Joey opens the door, seeing his ex- lover.
"What do you want?" he's sleepy.
"Can I come in?"
"Yeah, sure…"
But he hesitates for a moment. He's clueless why Seto is there. It's the middle of the night.
Seto is noticing pillow and covers on the couch.
"What's the matter, your boyfriend kicked you out of bed?"
"I can ask you the same question about your girlfriend."
"You should have told me you didn't want to be with me anymore."
Joey looks at him madly.
"No! You should have told me you didn't want to be with me anymore. Why did you come? It's the middle of the night!"
"Whoa! What do you mean? I was the one seeing you making out with that Tristan guy."
Now this is confusing.
Joey sits beside him, stabbing cerulean eyes with his own amber stare.
"Not before I saw you with that Egyptian girl." he says bitterly.
"…"
Seto is confused. But somehow, he manages to understand some things.
"What's the matter, pretty boy? I caught you unready? Why did you come? She didn't satisfy you in bed? So you ran to your puppy." he says, bitterly again.
"I…She made me kiss her!"
"I'm not swallowing your lies anymore. Now get lost!"
Seto decides they need to talk.
"You…revenged to me? That's what I saw?"
"I slept with him because he's better than you."
"No, you didn't." Joey hears the voice behind him.
"Tris? Go back to bed."
"I can't when you're too loud." he sits in an armchair before the two lovers.
"Like I said, Kaiba, we did nothing. We tried, but…"
"Tristan, shut the fuck up!" Joey hisses.
Despite that, Tristan continues.
"He called your name before anything happened."
"I'll kill you!"
"Is it true, Joey?"
Joey says nothing, glaring madly at his ex- best friend.
"He wanted revenge, so he kissed me in front of your corporation."
"Tristan…"
"Let him talk!" orders Seto.
"Well, he wouldn't if you didn't cheat on him. I think I'll better leave you now to talk." he says and goes back to Joey's room. "If you make up, please let me know, so I could continue sleeping on the couch."
"I'll kill him!" Joey hisses, still glaring in direction Tristan has just disappeared.
"Puppy, is it true?"
"Don't call me that!"
"Joey, let me explain…"
"I don't want to hear! Get lost!"
"She owns 51 of my corporation. Don't ask how did that happen, but if I piss her off, I'll lose everything. I must take care of Mokuba, I have to obey her…"
"Don't believe ya!"
"I wouldn't lie and put Mokuba in that context! You know that!"
Joey is considering that fact.
"She made me kiss her…It looks like a plan…She knew about the two of us."
"She knew?!"
Kaiba nods.
"But how?"
"Dunno."
Joey recalls the event. Suddenly, he realizes something (what a cliché!)
"Strange how Marik infiltrated into our group…He told it was because of Bakura, but…I was taking a walk with him when I saw you two."
Kaiba smirks.
"Ishtar siblings…"
Joey is starting to breathe faster. It was just a misunderstanding. Seto wanted to settle, as much as he wanted.
He jumps Kaiba, pinning him against the couch.
He's so horny suddenly.
Kaiba's surprised.
He widens his eyes.
"Did you sleep with her?" Joey asked, whispering, while exploring area around Seto's perfect ear.
"No." Seto's already intoxicated by Joey's scent.
"How crazy this world is!" Joey comments.
"Joey…" Kaiba whispers.
"Let's cuddle, Seto."
"We'll cuddle later. I want to fuck you."
Joey smiles.
He's whispering dirty things into Kaiba's ear and Seto's responding by pushing Joey off of him and spreading his legs.
But Joey didn't finish his speech.
"…chains…leather…whip…seeex…" he continues.
"Shut the dirty mouth of yours…I'm gonna fuck you like never before…" Kaiba's ravishing his neck.
"Seto…We mustn't wake Tristan…I have to walk him to the airport in two hours…"
"Don't worry about that. I'll just do a blowjob to you…"
"Then we'll cuddle…"
"Fine, we'll cuddle." Seto rolls his eyes.
Joey just wanted to piss him off.
He missed that so badly.
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AN: What would I. and M. think up to separate them again and will they succeed?
Find out in next chapter.