Disclaimer: you know, because it is unnecessary :D I own nothing, I make no money off of any of this, it solely here for my own entertainment.
A/N: So we went to petsmart and almost came home with a kitten. There were 4 of them and they were all so adorable~ but we already have 2 cats (Ed and Al) and I don't think my 2 year old is gentle enough for a kitten… :( so we got 2 beta fish instead lol
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Katsuya blinked his eyes open. When did I fall asleep? He wondered and looked around. Someone was next to the bed he was in, but who? He moved slightly to get a better look.
"You're awake." The brunette stated and moved closer to the blond.
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"Uh-Hiro? What are you doing here?" Jounouchi moved to sit up but half way there he was stopped by Honda's lips pressed against his own. Katsuya's head was still in a daze and he opened his mouth to say something, only to be quickly silenced by the brunette's skillful tongue slipping passed his lips.
The blonde couldn't help a moan that escaped his throat when he felt a hand cradle the back of his head, fingers playing with his hair. He was lost for a few minutes in this tantalizing kiss before snapping back to reality. He pushed the brunette off of him and slapped him across the face with a scowl on his own.
"What the hell Honda?!" The blond questioned, glaring at the man.
"That hurt…" Hiroto whined rubbing his cheek. "I've been sitting here listening to you moan and groan in your sleep for the past two hours. I thought I could get something out of it." He smirked.
"I didn't ask you to sit here while I slept…." Katsuya scowled, his face was red, from the kissing and from hearing that he was moaning in his sleep.
"No but I couldn't just let Kaiba sit here and listen to that…" The brunette shoved his hands in his pockets and sat down in the chair again. "Could hardly get that bastard away from you after you passed out…" He leaned back in the chair causing it to tip.
"Why?" Katsuya furrowed his brow.
"Said he didn't trust me alone with you.." Honda scoffed. "Can you believe that guy?"
"Yes…" Jou deadpanned at Hiroto.
"Oh come on…" He let the chair fall back into place and used the momentum to push himself towards the blonde. He gave him a quick kiss on the lips. "I was worried about you…" He kissed him again.
Jounouchi's resolve was deteriorating. "I said no kissing…" He whimpered eyeing Honda's lips. The brunette was all too happy to kiss him again. And again. And again….
"W-we need to stop!" Katsuya gulped, his face flushed again. I only have 4 days and this isn't helping!
Honda sighed and got up. He held his hand out to Jounouchi to help him out of bed.
"Do you think you can continue with rehearsals?" Hiroto asked watching him stand.
"Yeah I think I'll be ok." Jou smiled slightly, pulling on his uniform jacket. Honda smirked.
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Once they were back with their classmates everyone cheered at the return of 'Anna'. Anzu asked Jou a few simple questions about his health and when he gave her the ok she handed him a script. Jounouchi looked down at the paper and paled.
"You want Hiro and me to practice the kissing scene?" He gawked at her.
"Of course! We have to make sure it looks real!" She pressed.
"Oh it'll be real…" Honda still had that smug smirk plastered onto his face. Jounouchi glared at him while Kaiba quietly watched from the sidelines, pretending to be doing something else.
The scene went a little something like this:
A blind folded Hiroto was being led down a make shift walk way by Jounouchi.
"Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on!" He pulled his would be lover along smirking to himself as he purposefully ran him right into a pole.
"Ow…" Honda rubbed his nose. "Pole.." He remembered his line. Forgot about the stupid pole…
"Oops… sorry…" Jou chuckled a bit and then continued to pull him a few more steps before stopping.
"Okay. Okay. Here we are." He took off the blindfold. "I owe you a sled." Jounouchi giggled lightly when Honda rubbed his eyes and adjusted to the light. He tried to look surprised at the sled that was still being painted.
"Are you serious?"
"Yes, and it's the latest model." Jou was starting to forget himself, trying to act like the princess. His eyes darted back and forth between Honda and the sled.
"No. I can't accept this..." The brunette shook his head.
"You have to. No returns. No exchanges. Queen's orders. She's named you the official Arendelle Ice Master and Deliverer." Jou said with a playfully serious look, pointing a finger at the other teen.
"What? That's not a thing…" Hiroto rolled his eyes.
"Oh, sure it is…" Katsuya waved a hand at him. "And! It even has a cup holder!" He paused looking at Honda. "Do you like it?" He asked gently.
"Like it?" The brunette scooped the blond up and spun him around with a smile. "I love it! I could kiss you!" He looked deep into the other man's eyes. Katsuya tried to look away but found himself melting in puddles of chocolate iris. Slowly, Hiroto lowered Jou, who wrapped his arms around his neck as their lips met on the descent.
Honda opened one eye to meet with two glaring icy blue ones. Some people clapped, others giggled, still more whooped or hollered, the rest were quiet and wide-eyed.
Anzu cleared her throat. "You skipped lines…" She sounded annoyed.
After that everyone was asking if the two of them were a couple. Jounouchi wasn't quite sure how to answer that. He didn't want to sound like he was loose but he didn't want to confirm their relationship either. Because there isn't one…
Seto sat idly by and watch the whole thing unfold. Damn… the Oaf may actually have brain rattling around in there…
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In the end, it mattered not what anyone said. Rumors of the two being a couple had already flown down the halls and into each and every class room of the school. Jou sighed and sat down on his bed.
"That was dirty…" Jou glared at Honda who had followed him home and plopped himself down next to him.
"I didn't do anything… they did all the assuming on their own." He defended.
"You could have denied it… said it was only for the play…" The blond pouted.
"You didn't either." Dark brown eyes met with honey.
"What are we gonna do…." Jou closed his eyes and threw himself backwards to lay on the bed.
"You could… go out with me…?" Honda asked tentatively, laying on his side next to the blond. He held head up with a fisted hand.
"I'm serious Hiro…" Jounouchi groaned.
"I am being serious, Katsuya…" Honda lifted himself so he was hovering above the blond who sighed deeply and looked up at him.
"Hiro… this is really important to me… you're not being fair…" He admonished.
"How is choosing me, not being fair?" The brunette grimaced.
"Because you're only thinking about yourself…" Jou pointed out. "This doesn't just affect you, it affects our friends and our friendship too… I mean what if I picked Kaiba?" He asked.
"Why would even say that to me…." Honda scowled.
"Because it's an option you don't seem to be considering… you act like we're already a couple…" Jounouchi sat up, causing the brunette to sit up as well.
"But I want us to be a couple." Hiroto stated matter of factly.
"That's not how this works…" Katsuya chuckled in exasperation. "I still have four days to make my decision, Honda, you don't get to just choose for me." He said flatly.
"Look.. I just don't want you to choose Kaiba… ok?" The brunette sighed. "Not being able to kiss you and stuff is gonna be hard enough without watching you and Money-Bags do it…" he shuddered. Jou smiled a bit.
"I'll take that into consideration…" He reassured Hiroto before getting up. "Now, I have to get ready for work. Are you going to hang out a while or what?" Jou asked while looking for his work clothes.
"Yeah, I'll hang here for a bit…" He yawned. "Maybe take a nap or play a game, then I'll head home." Honda stretched. Jounouchi nodded and handed him a set of keys.
"Lock up when you leave then ok?" Katsuya headed to the bathroom to change quickly before leaving.
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All evening at work, Jounouchi had gotten text after text from Hiroto and he was starting to get annoyed. He sighed heavily as he opened the door to his apartment, fully intent on throwing himself onto his bed and sleeping like the dead.
There was just one problem…
Honda was asleep on Jou's bed. Katsuya's eye twitched. He slammed his door effectively waking the brunette.
"I thought you said you were going home Honda…" Jou growled.
"I missed you. And your bed kinda smells like you so I laid down and fell asleep." Hiroto explained while rubbing his eye. "Come to bed…" he lazily patted the space next to him. "We have a lot to do tomorrow…" He yawned. "—Need your rest…"
Jou was much too tired to argue. He was right after all, with the culture festival now 3 days away they were going to be busy making sure everything got finished in time. He begrudgingly got into bed and snuggled up to Honda so he wouldn't fall off. The brunette smiled and wrapped his arms around the slightly smaller teen, almost instantly falling asleep.
Katsuya fell into a rather uneasy night of rest.
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The next few days leading up the culture festival were crazy. Everyone was rushing, trying to finish their projects on time and deciding on what they were going to use and what to omit.
For Katsuya these days were also filled with an ever present brunette. Honda had attached himself at Jou's hip and wouldn't let go. Every time the blond went somewhere or talked to someone Hiroto was right there next to him. If he was talking to Kaiba- Honda even went as far as to wrap his arm around Jou, glaring at Kaiba in a possessive manner.
Thank the Gods he only saw Honda at school. The brunette's family was visiting so he was unable to stay over at Jou's until they left. It was on the last day, the day before the festival, that a knock on Jou's apartment door startled him out the solitude of his game of solitaire.
He jogged the short distance to the door and looked through the peephole since he hadn't been expecting company. If it's Honda I'll beat the crap out of him… He jumped slightly in surprise when he saw brown hair, accompanied by azure orbs looking back into the peephole as if he knew the blonde were staring through it. Quickly Katsuya opened the door.
"K-Kaiba? What are you doing here?" Jou asked in surprise. The brunette leaned into the flat and looked around curiously.
"The Oaf isn't here?" He questioned.
"No. Honda has family visiting from out of town so he has to be home." The blonde explained.
"Good." Kaiba grabbed Katsuya's wrist and pulled him out of the apartment. "Come with me." He demanded.
"What? Where? Why?" Jou fumbled with his keys, quickly locking the door before he was pulled along by the taller teen.
"We're going out." He stated.
"Out? Out where?"
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~~~~~~~~~~~ Nearly a Week ago (I think). ~~~~~~~~~~~~
"That bastard is with him again…." The elder Kaiba glared down at his bowl of slowly melting ice cream.
"How do you know?" The younger inquired with a tilted head.
"I just do…" His Puppy-senses were at full-on red alert.
"Well Jou will be here Sunday for cooking lessons anyway right? Or maybe you could ask him to do something with you before then. Ya know like go on a date?" Mokuba smirked when his brother flinched. He thought about for a moment before nodding.
"What did you have in mind?"
"Well first you have to ask him out." Mokuba teased. "And try not to be pushy or demanding about it…" He gave his brother a knowing look.
"Where would we go?" The elder Kaiba took a spoon full in his mouth.
"Well… what are some things the puppy likes?" He was starting to pick up on his brother's bad habits.
"Hmm…" The brunette thought about it for a moment. "He's hot headed and likes card games obviously. It's likely he also enjoys fighting games, action movies, etc.."
"Well start with that. You guys could go to the arcade and play some games. It would appeal to both of your competitive personalities." The ebony haired boy was adding chocolate syrup to his nearly melted ice cream.
"Then once you guys have worked up a considerable appetite go out to eat somewhere. And not somewhere expensive or fancy." Mokuba gave him a blank face. "Take him somewhere he's used to, like, ask him what his favorite place to eat is. Make some excuse though, like you're rarely over in that part of town so you don't know what's around." He waved a hand and ate a spoonful of what appeared to be chocolate syrup.
"When did you become so knowledgeable about dating?" Seto raised an eyebrow.
"Trial and error." Mokuba shrugged then saw the look of utter shock (or at least as shocked as Kaiba's face can look…) on his brother. "What? You didn't actually think I sat around and waited for you come home all day did you?"
"I suppose, in hindsight, it was rather unrealistic of me to believe that… but I didn't expect you to be dating…" The older Kaiba glared at the younger.
"Sigh, the naivety of my dear older brother~" Mokuba dramatically flipped his unruly hair back over his shoulder. He then laughed and finished his ice cream.
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*********** Project: Mokuba Plans a Date For Big Brother! ENGAGE!**********
"Kaiba, what's going on?" Katsuya asked as he followed the brunette.
"The Oaf has been monopolizing you…" His voice was gravelly and harsh. Jou was quiet. He knew Kaiba was right and it was really aggravating how Honda was clinging to him… He then smiled a bit when he thought about his current situation.
He's jealous and wants to spend time with me. Katsuya blushed and looked down at the sidewalk, failing to notice when the taller teen stopped walking. He walked right into Seto's back.
"Wha—" Jounouchi looked up at him then saw where they had stopped. A wide grin spread across his face.
"Wow I haven't been here in ages!" The blonde grabbed Kaiba's arm and pulled him into the arcade.
The two teenagers spent hours playing various games. It turned out they were perfect for the blonde since he couldn't play regular video games with his thumb bandaged like it was. The arcade games allowed him to use his other fingers to mash buttons and avoid his stitched digit.
Jou couldn't say he was surprised when Kaiba beat him at most of the games they played, sitting back and crossing his arms with that smug smirk across his features. Katsuya, of course, would challenge him to "2 outta 3!" and so on, telling him that he let the brunette win to save his big head (because we all know how fragile Kaiba's ego is…).
It was starting to get dark when the Puppy's stomach let out a loud and fierce growl of irritation. Jou blushed and grinned stupidly, rubbing the back of his head.
"I guess it's later than I thought." He chuckled, the brunette nodded in agreement and led them outside the gaming establishment.
"What is there to eat around here, Puppy?" Seto asked and looked around.
"Hmmmm…. I dunno if you'd like anything around here…" A large bead of sweat slid down the back of his head comically. "Mostly small venders, ma and pop shops and little cafés." Jou explained scratching his cheek.
"I'm not that picky, Puppy." Kaiba cocked an eyebrow at him. "I can't cook remember? Besides I prefer smaller restaurants… their food has a certain touch to it that makes it…." He paused trying to think of a word to describe the taste and feeling he received when he ate from the small vender down the street.
"Homey…" Katsuya looked a bit day-dreamy, staring off into space. "Aright, I know a place not far from here… Do you like curry?" He grinned up at the CEO, taking him by the hand and leading him off down an alley.
Once Seto had matched the blonde's pace, they walked side-by-side. Their hands were still entwined, neither one wanting to break the link between them. The walk to the eating establishment was short and silent, but in no way awkward. They were simply enjoying one another's company.
Once inside and seated they both ordered curry rice and a drink.
"Thanks for taking me out today." Katsuya smiled looking down at his meal. "It was a lot of fun." He looked up at the brunette.
"To be honest, Mokuba came up with the idea." Kaiba confessed and scooped up some curry.
"Mokuba?" The blond quirked an eyebrow. "I'll have to thank him too then." He gave a little giggle and lifted his own spoonful of curry to his lips.
"I still can't believe what you did for that kid." Jou continued as he swallowed. Kaiba gave him a questioning look.
"When you got that toy out of the claw machine that the little girl had wasted all of her money trying to get." Katsuya explained.
"I was trying to get the one next to it…" The brunette stated coolly. "I simply miscalculated and ended up with that one. And since I had no use for it I gave it to her." He shrugged nonchalantly.
"Uh-huh… The genius Seto Kaiba miscalculated and lost to a claw machine?" Jounouchi looked at him skeptically, making the CEO smirk.
"Still it was really cool of you…" There it is again… Seto paused to watch the blond. That smile… The smile that Kaiba had witnessed a few days ago. The genuine and gentle curling of his Puppy's lips into the most whole-heartedly happy gesture.
Jounouchi looked up to see something he thought was utterly impossible. The ever blank and expressionless face of the CEO was brightly lit with the smallest, sweetest of smiles the blonde had ever seen. He was gob-smacked and it took him a moment to realize he was staring, and that Kaiba had already gone back to eating his curry.
Why is my heart beating so fast? And why am I blushing?! It's not like he did something out of the ordinary… No… he did something incredibly out of the ordinary… He let down his guard…. Jou smiled down at his half eaten plate. Now, it wasn't that Jounouchi hadn't seen the brunette smile before… he had seen something similar happen a few times when the taller teen was with his younger brother. But this was first time Seto had smiled, not just around Katsuya but at him. That's what made it special…
He smiled at me….
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A/N: Ok I had such a hard time writing this….. I literally rewrote this chapter like 4 times…. Ugh… But we're almost at the end! The Festival is Tomorrow (in the story that is) and I can't wait for you to see what I have in store!
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Interview with the Oaf:
"You seem awfully aggressive lately, Honda… what's up with that?" Yugi asked setting a duel monsters card face down next to his dark magician. The two had decided to play Duel Monsters since neither of them had remembered to bring their lunch and Jou had somehow managed to escape Hiroto when the bell rang for lunch to begin.
"Oh, you know… I'm against Kaiba, if I have any chance at beating that bastard I have to establish a solid barricade around Katsuya…" Honda thought for a moment before placing a card down.
"It's hardly a competition if you don't give the only other competitor a chance to win…" Yugi drew a card and put it in his hand.
"I don't even get why he is a competitor…." Hiroto sighed and placed a trap card.
"You don't have to understand it." Yugi's voice was suddenly deeper, startling the brunette. "Spreading rumors that you two are already a couple is a cheap trick and is causing Jou more stress than is necessary…" The Pharaoh glared. "When this is all over, a punishment game may be in order…" He threatened with a sinister smirk before stating that he was attacking Honda, moving his cards with his fingers.
The brunette did everything he could to stop the slaughter but in the end, was utterly defeated by the king of games.
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There, a little insight into the obtuse mind of Honda, Hiroto.