A/N: I have a sequel in the works for this story, but I wanted to make sure you lovely followers could find it! Here is a little, tiny sneak peak of Jelly Donuts. Look for it as a separate story in the coming days. Enjoy!
It had been nearly three weeks now since the Kaiba Corp annual gala, and business at Cup 'O Joe was booming. Joey had been forced to hire two new staff members (well one really, he didn't think that Tristan actually counted) just to keep up. It was really amazing what a little exposure could do.
Joey was finally feeling the burn of 'adulting' (at least that's what Serenity called it), spending seven days a week at Cup 'O Joe, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings starting a business class at the community college, and liaising with Fai about the mural he was supposed to paint at Kaiba Corp. It was no wonder that he was beginning to feel burnt out. It also didn't help that he had barely heard from one Seto Kaiba save for a few sparse text messages since their emotional confession on the night of the gala.
Joey had to push down the immense frustration he felt each time he thought about the steely eyed brunet; he was under the impression that they had made major progress in their relationship, but was apparently sorely mistaken. Joey did not take kindly to be ghosted, but he also refused to beg for the CEO's attention. Kaiba knew how Joey felt. He knew where to find him. If he had changed his mind about the things he said to Joey three weeks ago, then Joey couldn't change that…although he very painfully wished he could understand what had happened. His mind turned over the events of that night over and over, the vicious cycle of feeling angry and abandoned, then sad and confused…inevitably transforming back into anger again, and so on.
Joey absent-mindedly squeezed a swirl of purple icing onto a plush white cupcake, not noticing that the swirls became sloppier and sloppier as his mind wandered.
