Rowan: Well, this is sooner than the last update, right?

Sakura: Nice try.

Rowan: I should do what Misura does! Post weekly!

Sakura: You'd be able to keep that up for like…a day, at most.

Rowan: #^^

Sakura: ^^!

Rowan: Anyway…

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Rowan: Now that that's taken care of…

Life's Little Treasures

Project Green Eyes

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Yami groaned. "Do I really have to?" he whined.

Ryou cringed and shook his head. "I'm afraid so. Now, please stop whining! If you keep it up, Bakura'll come out and pummel you into the ground."

Yami mock-shuddered. "Oo, I'm scared."

Ryou rolled his eyes. "Just…I suggest you do it and get it over with, okay? And tell me when, so I'll know."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. I got some wrapping to do. See you Ryou." Yami waved his hand half-heartedly and walked down the hall to his room.

~*~&~*~

"Seto, stop teasing the dog and give her back her toy!" Jou demanded, trying to sound authoritative even while stifling his laughter.

Seto held a fluffy grey (well, it once was white) lamb that squeaked when you squeezed it (which I'm sure Jou would do too. S: You did not just say that!) over the head of Honey, who was doing everything in her power to get her fluffy little friend back. "Oh, and not live up to my reputation of being a heartless jerk?"

Jou, who was playing with Jono with one of those rope toys, with two knotted ends, one which the dog holds in its mouth and the other end which the human holds. They were in the middle of a tug-of-war game and Jou was losing. "Who ever said that?" Jou shot back, taking his attention from his game to look up at the brunette.

"I believe you did, once, "Seto replied, his eyes softening, but pain almost shining in his eyes, as if reliving a horrible memory.

"I'm sorry. For all the times I called you names," Jou said quietly, moved to see such a sensitive side of the Kaiba, a side he had only ever yet seen bestowed upon Kismet and Mokuba. Jou suddenly felt a strong yearning to have Seto look at him in the same way, and know that the look he gave him was meant for him and only him. Jou shook his head, clearing his thought-infested mind.

"No, really, I deserved it. I was a jerk back then," Seto responded.

Jou was watching Seto in awe at this confession, but was still pulling on the rope toy. Jono held the opposite end firmly in her teeth, and the strain on the toy was beginning to hurt her mouth. Not to mention the fact that she was becoming incredibly thirsty. Finally fed up, Jono released her hold on the toy and trotted over to her water dish.

Now, you probably have done this before. You're tugging on something really hard, but the thing just won't budge. Like, for example, a doorknob. You keep pulling and pulling, but the door must be jammed or something, because it just…won't…open! And you become really frustrated and pull even harder. And then! The door opens with such ease and fluidity that you are sure someone was holding that door closed on purpose! And because you were pulling so hard on the door, using more force than was needed to open the thing, you find yourself falling onto your posterior.

That's exactly what happened to Jou. Except Honey was sitting in the exact place Jou's ass was about to land on. And Honey saw this all a little too late, her honey brown eyes trained on her lamb toy and not on the human behind her. As Jou was about to land on the retriever's head, the dog wisely jumped out of the blonde's why…but into the brunette's, who was still standing above her with the lamb in the air. Honey leaped right into Seto, startling him to no end and causing him to trip over his own feet as he tried to move out of her way. Seto lurched forward and fell head first into Jou's lap, his cheek pressed against Jou's inner thigh.

Jou and Seto stayed frozen in that position, both too scared and embarrassed to move, but both cheeks reddening to a bright red. Seto's blue eyes gazed up into Jou's shocked amber ones. Neither blinked as they were stuck in their own little dimension, where Seto really could stay with his head between Jou's legs. Where the door wouldn't open and where Mokuba wouldn't walk in with the cordless phone to his ear and Shizuka on the other line. Where he wouldn't burst out laughing and then proceed to explain the most ridiculous position their brothers were in.

But all of that did happen, and Seto and Jou quickly disentangled themselves in order to save Shizuka from hearing the rest of Mokuba's very accurate and descriptive explanation, while Seto quickly fled the scene.

"H-Hey Shizu, what's up?" Jou asked, glaring at Mokuba, who was grinning broadly and giving him the thumbs-up. "Why are you calling?"

"I'm calling because Honda just called. He's going to be here on Christmas Eve, day after tomorrow! He, kaa-san, and I are going to come over then, okay? I was thinking we'd all go ice skating or something!"

Jou grinned. "That sounds great! I'll tell the others! See you then! Love ya, bye!"

Jou handed the phone to Mokuba, who was still grinning widely. "That wasn't very nice you know."

Mokuba simply winked and started to leave. "What, you don't think your sister has the right to know if a strange man has his face between your legs?"

"Seto isn't a strange man, " Jou protested.

"Not to you or me, but to Shizuka he is. I mean, she barely knows him!" Mokuba smirked, Cheshire catlike. "So, why were you both in that, ahem, compromising position anyhow?"

Jou's eyes widened. "Mokuba, you hentai! We weren't doing anything! I just tripped and he tripped and…yeah, well, you saw!"

Mokuba chuckled. "Admit it though, you liked, ne?"

Jou blushed and quickly made to leave the room, mumbling something about needing to finish wrapping some presents.

~*~&~*~

"Mokuba? You haven't seen Ryou, have you?" Anzu asked, poking her head into Mokuba's room. "Mokuba?"

Anzu left the room, confused as to the whereabouts of both Ryou and the thirteen year old. "Mokuba? Where are you?" the brunette called.

She stopped as she was passing Seto's room, having heard a playful baby's happy squeal. Opening the door, Anzu found Mokuba and Ryou playing with little Kismet. Anzu watched the two males as they watched the little almost toddler. The future dancer resolved then and there that one day she was going to find a man as sweet and caring as Mokuba and Ryou looked at that moment.

Suddenly, grey eyes looked up at the college student, locking with her own blue ones. "Hi Anzu. Would you like to hold Kismet?"

Anzu hesitated, for a moment remembering for one insane second Johji, Honda's little perv nephew, who, during Kaiba's Death T, Anzu had been forced to carry around. But Anzu shook her head, reminding herself that Kismet was nowhere near to being like Johji, who was truly a special case. "Sure, I'd love to Mokuba."

Anzu plopped onto the floor between Mokuba and Ryou, pulling the little blonde babe onto her lap. The little girl squirmed, before settling into the brunette's arms, and falling sound asleep. Anzu smiled at the child and sighed. "Mokuba, you have such an adorable niece. You must be the luckiest uncle ever."

Mokuba shrugged, leaning over Anzu's shoulder to look at Kismet. "I dunno. I don't think you can call me her 'uncle', since Seto's really only her half father, as is Jou. Only if they…well, yeah, you know."

Anzu turned her head and shot the thirteen year old a quizzical look. "Well, your reasoning doesn't make all that much sense to me, but I like how you think."

Mokuba smiled and sat back on his heels, realizing that he had been a little too close to Anzu. "Heh heh, well, I've got some…ah, homework I have to finish. See you both later. Sleep well Kismet." Mokuba took to his feet fast and quickly left the room.

Anzu watched Mokuba's exit with confusion. Ryou laughed at Anzu's perplexed expression. "I believe little Mokuba has a crush on you Anzu."

Anzu blushed. "Well, I'm flattered if you're right, Ryou-" Anzu was interrupted by Yami entering the room. Both Ryou and Anzu looked up at the former Pharaoh, who was dressed quite provocatively. "Going somewhere Yami?"

"I just came here to say that Project Green Eyes is to commence in approximately four minutes. Good day." Yami turned around with a grim face and walked across the hall into Jou's room, closing the door behind him.

A few minutes later Jou walked down the hall carrying an armload of wrapping paper and bows. "Hi Jou," Anzu called.

Jou turned and flashed a quick smile at his friends, before entering his room.

Anzu turned on Ryou as soon as Jou was gone. "So…what's this 'Project Green Eyes'?"

Ryou blushed and leaned across the space between them to whisper something in the brunette's ear. Anzu gasped. "That's horrible!"

Ryou held his hands up in defense. "Hey, blame Mai! It was her idea!"

Anzu looked down on the sleeping child in her arms. "Poor Jou, poor Kaiba."

"Poor Yami! You think he wants to do this? He's got a girlfriend back in Domino!"

Anzu looked up in surprise. "Really? Who?"

"Isis. Those two have been dating for two years! Didn't you know?"

Anzu laughed. "Not at all. But why does he have to do this then? Why not you?"

"And risk angering Bakura? Are you crazy?" Ryou declared, placing a protective hand over his Millennium Ring.

"Oh, good point. But how-" Anzu was interrupted yet again by Seto walking into his room and asking, "Where's Jou? Is he in his room?"

Anzu and Ryou nodded up at him. "Hai, he is."

Seto nodded in return, then turned and entered Jou's room. Anzu leaned over and whispered, "I give it five seconds, tops."

"Think he'll scream?"

~*~&~*~

When Jou entered his room and dumped the wrapping on the floor, he got a slightly unpleasant surprise: namely, Yami lying spread across his bed in very revealing attire. "Y-Yami, what are you doing in here?" Jou stuttered.

Yami crawled catlike over to Jou and pulled him onto the bed. "What do you think?" Yami whispered in a sultry tone.

"I-I don't know," Jou managed to say before being pulled into a deep kiss by Yami. Jou was at first in shock, then tried to fight his friend off, but it was no use. And Jou felt himself relaxing, despite himself. Just as he began to lean into the kiss, the door behind him opened, revealing to Yami, who was on the bottom and could see the doorway, Seto's silhouette, frozen in shock. Seto stood in the doorway for a brief moment, before turning and running away as fast as he could.

~*~&~*~&~*~

So, I've finished. Now don't everyone get up and cheer all at once, first I have some things to say. Like, really, don't abandon this story just because you absolutely despised the ending of this chapter. Also, it's because of that part that this took so long to get up. Anyway, I just want to take this time to say: You all are the best! I've done it! I've gotten 100+ reviews! And you all made it possible! If it weren't for you all, I would have given up on this story long ago. So, everyone have a wonderful holiday! I hope to get chapter 13 up as soon as possible. I really am looking forward to that one, actually. Here's a little teaser from Falling Hard:

Seto pulled his skates on hesitantly, watching as everyone else was skating across the ice with ease. Especially Jounouchi, who looked like a fish in water as he glided gracefully over the ice. Seto followed the blonde's lithe body as it floated across the skating rink and towards the brunette. "Ah, Jou, I don't think I'll be skating. I'll just stay here and watch Kismet."

Jou skated over to Seto and frowned. "Don't be ridiculous Seto. Okaasan is watching her, and she has a valid excuse. Now, unless you've a broken ankle or something, you're coming on the ice with me. Understand?"

Seto looked meekly up at Jou. "But, I don't know how-"

"Well, you'll never know unless you try. So hurry up already. If you are really that bad, you can hold my hand, okay?"

Seto nodded and made his way over to the edge. Taking a deep breath, the CEO stepped onto the ice. He didn't slip. Feeling more confident, he placed his other foot onto the ice, letting go of the wall in the process…and landing hard on his rear.

Laughing, Jou made his way over to the fallen teen and helped him awkwardly to his feet. Seto looked up at Jou as the blonde lifted him to his feet. 'My hero!' he thought.

Yeah, so when it appears in the next chapter that passage might be slightly different, but I kinda like it. So, I'll try my best to type the rest up. Hopefully by New Year's Day (and if I don't make it in January, I can always argue that I meant Chinese New Year!) Until then:

Happy Holidays Everyone! And don't forget to review!

Love from,

Rowan and Sakura