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Yes, they used protection. Yugi was on birth control and all that good stuff. :)

For a heads up. This chapter is within the second year of college time for Yuugi and Yami.

The bar was noisy, stuffy and shaking from the amount of noise it was producing. The perfect environment to lose oneself, which is why Jounouchi knew he was a lost cause. No matter how many women he met, or how many drinks he took, his mind kept dancing back to a certain person.

The thoughts weren't pleasant.

Jou raised his glass, only to notice it was empty.

"Hey, bar keep!" he called. "I'll take another."

The bartender shook his head.

"I think you've had enough for one night," he said, as if Jou were some inebriated idiot.

"I don't care, keep em coming!"

The bartender sighed, taking Jou's glass and filling it again. Jou eagerly took a drink. Funny. It tasted a lot like water. Maybe he had had a little too much.

Swaying, Jou thumbed out some cash for his tab before attempting to leave the bar. It took a couple trys and not-so-gentle shoves from people he ran into, but he managed it. Now if he could make it to the street. Maybe call a cab. Or maybe Honda.

"Hey sugar, you looking for some company?"

Someone was talking to him. She looked very fuzzy, but her voice sounded hot. Jou felt himself smiling stupidly in her direction.

"Now you, are very pretty," he said. "I bet your face is as pretty as your voice."

The woman laughed. It sounded like bells.

"I assure, you I am," she purred. "Come, I'll show you a good time." her hands tugged on Jou's arm.

Jou resisted.

"Whoh, it's not a good thing to be pretty," said Jou, "In fact, the more pretty you are, da less I should trust yah. 'Cause I met the prettiest of all the pretties. Voice, eyes, face were all hawt and look what it got me? Nothing but regrets. Yah get what I'm saying?"

"I do, Sugar," scampered the voice. "Sounds like someone didn't appreciate you enough."

She was still tugging on his arm. He began to stumble forward, following her along.

"Ya got that right," said Jou. He was so happy she understood him. "He was a devil disguised as a pretty devil. A devil all around and yet I still fell for it. The inconsiderate, self-centered prick who thought of no one but himself. I wasted years on that. Why did he have to be so pretty!"

"Sounds rough. I bet you hate… wait. Him?"

"Yah, the biggest mistake of my life is what he was."

They stopped, or maybe they did, Jou wasn't so sure. The ground felt like it was still moving.

"So, where are we going anyway?" said Jou. He needed to call Honda to take him home. Didn't he have something to do in the morning?

The claws on his arms tightened.

"Somewhere nice," said the woman. "I promise, I'll help you forget all about Him."

"That would be nice."

Before Jou could walk forward, another pair of hands grabbed him. They tugged him away from the pretty-voiced woman, forcing him back a few steps. The sudden movement made Jou's head spin. The hell!

Then his eyes finally focused.

Shoot, was he hallucinating? Why was the bane of his existence standing in front of him?

Seto Kaiba pressed close to Jou, who was about two seconds from pushing the man away.

"What do you think you're doing?" said Seto.

"I was talking to da nice lady," said Jou. "She was very pretty. It's too bad for her."

"I see," sneered Seto. "You're the type of person who throws himself at anything they can the second they get out of a relationship. I don't know who I should feel more sorry for."

The arrival of his misery was clearing Jou's mind. Driving his anger and frustrations back to the surface and chasing away any sadness as he finally questioned what Seto was doing here.

"What I do is my business," said Jou. "We're not together anymore, remember?"

"It is my business when you're talking shit about me," growled Seto. "Which apparently, you've been doing for the past few days."

"It's not dat hard considering how you treated me."

Anger sharpened Seto eyes. It highlighted them in just the right amount of light that Jou liked. The sharp focused gaze that made him hot. It was then that his stupefied mind finally registered their position. Of Seto pressing his back to the wall, secluded from the rest of the building.

It brought back memories. Moments of heated pleasure and happiness. He could remember those lips, those hands on him. Without realizing it, Jou was moving forward, eyes lowered to Seto's lips.

"You treated me like garbage," he muttered. "I let ya into my heart Seto, and in two short weeks, you destroyed it. I have every right to talk shit about ya."

Jou grabbed Seto by the collar, yanking him down. As their lips connected, his mind screamed this was a stupid stupid stupid idea. Kissing Seto when he was trying so desperately to forget the hell the man had made his life. But he couldn't stop, and Seto didn't seem to be trying either. Their mouths pushed and nipped at one another, biting and griping any flesh they could find.

Finally, Seto moved. Finally, the alarms in Jou's head were heeded. They both pushed away as one, glaring at the other.

"Yah piece of shit," said Jou. "You piece of mother-loving- I can't believe you. Just stay out of my life."

He shoved past Seto, not looking back as he stumbled outside and into the rain.

Kaiba expected the phone call. It wasn't hard to guess where Katsuya might go after last night. Honda was out of town for a family reunion, which meant there was only one other place Katsuya would go after something like that. One other place he could find solace.

"What is going on?" said Yami's voice over the phone. "Yuugi and I are done staying out of this. When Jou shows up on our doorstep, miserable and drunk like he was, it's no longer none of our business. What the hell happened in two weeks?"

Kaiba leaned back, the bluetooth in his ear. He should really be working on the numbers for his newest duel disk. Go over the programs one last time before sending it on it's final test run. He had already found several errors that had eluded him before.

His fingers struck the keyboard, typing out a minuet of numbers and codes. It was his own language that many couldn't comprehend. His own sonnet and distraction from the world.

"I don't have time for drama right now," said Kaiba. "Go talk to Jounouchi about it."

"Kaiba, I know you bought that ring."

Kaba stopped. The music from the keyboard faded from his mind as another thing filled it. The distraction that had caused the mistakes in the first place.

"How did you know…" said Kaiba.

"Mokuba," said Yami. "He was really excited to get another older brother. To make it official. He was already making plans to put Jou's name in everything and have a huge party."

That had been the problem. The changes in Seto's life. It had all hit him when Mokuba had handed Seto that certificate. The house deed, his will, everything that would need to be altered once Jou officially became part of the family.

Seto hadn't liked it. It felt like the world was spinning out of his control.

"He shouldn't have told you," said Seto. "Besides, it was too soon. Changes like that should be thought through. You don't jump into a business merger without weighing both the pros and cons of both options."

"I'm going to ignore the fact that you just compared your relationship to a business transaction and point out that Jou was already living with you for a year. You already knew all the pros and cons."

"Then what would have been the point?" said Kaiba. "Why change things from what they were?"

He'd already changed so much. Done things so differently since Katsuya had come into his life. Taken less overtime, delegated more of his workload, spent more time with Mokuba. He'd even let Katsuya hang one of his distasteful pictures in their room. Or what had been their room. No longer. Seto didn't have to keep those changes anymore.

It should have made him happy.

"Ahh, I think I know what this is." said Yami's thoughtful voice over the phone.

"What?" spat Kaiba.

"You got scared," said Yami. "Based on what Jou told me, you started trying to control him. To stop him from changing your heart. You wanted him to hold it, but only on the condition that he didn't do anything with it. That's the problem Cousin. You think you've betrayed yourself by falling so in love with Jou."

The words stung, because they were the truth. One Kaiba had been avoiding. He'd buried himself in anger and resentment. Lashing out at the one that had caused such a change. To show that Seto Kaiba wasn't affected.

"I… am losing myself," said Kaiba. "I can't let him do that to me."

He heard a sigh from the other end.

"You're silly cousin," said Yami. "It's what loves does to you. No one is ever in full control."

"You're a love-minded fool,"

Yami chuckled. "That I am. You need to choose Kaiba. Just remember, no matter what happens, you're going to lose a part of yourself. Just make sure to keep the part most vital to your happiness."

The bluetooth clicked as the call ended.

Kaiba took out the earpiece, throwing it on the desk. It skipped across the paperwork and electronics littering his desk.

An alert popped up on his computer. Kaiba clicked on it, reading the missive quickly.

Friday, 6:40pm: Puppy making dinner. Leave within ten minutes.

It was a permanent reminder. One he'd set for every weekend of the month. A reminder he hadn't the heart to take off. Along with many others.

Shit.

Kaiba leaned forward on his desk, hands hovering over the keyboard. He desperately tried to focus. To regain that tune of codes. It eluded him, numbers taunting him as they almost made a melody. Almost connected.

But they wouldn't connect. His muse was gone, and the sounds wouldn't come.

Shit!

I feel like out of all the ridiculous popular pairings possible in Yu-gi-oh fanfiction, puppyshipping would have some of the worst fights out of any of them. And they cuss so much. For crying out loud, I don't cuss like... ever! But these two have foul mouths.

Tally of current requests:

Yami's crush starts to develop: 7

Yami's proposal: 7

When Yuugi finds out she's pregnant: 6

Yami/Yuugi friendship developing: 5

Puppyshipping General: 4

Future Puppyshipping: 4

How Bakura's and Yuugi's group got closer: 4

Yami and Yuugi as parents: 4

Yami and Kaiba's relationship develop: 4

Yami's POV last ball: 3

How Yami got his nickname as Pharaoh: 3

Puzzleshipping general: 3

More College moments: 3

Yuugi and Izumi getting closer/working together: 3

How Kaiba took over his father's company: 2

Marik and Bakura's trip to Wendys: 2

Juudai/Yusei first meeting: 2

Yami pissed as Rafael (and others) try to steal Yuugi: 2

How Bakura became a police officer: 1

Bronzeshipping general: 1

Ryou Emerges: 1

Future jobs All: 1

Yuugi/Yami wedding day: 1

How Marik joined Yami's Family: 1