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The next day I headed to the clinic early. Joey was waiting for me by the front door. Obviously, Kaiba was not there yet.
"Hey Jade long time no see" Joey exclaims.
"Hey Joey how ya been?" I hugged him.
"Good Jade guess what's opening today!" He informs me.
"What?"
"Mai's restaurant...!"
"Really sweet but why did it take so long?" I ask.
"Well with all the modeling of the restaurant and what not I wanted it to be perfect for Mai." He says.
"That's really sweet Joey… So can I come?"
"That's what I came here to tell ya. You and Will boy are invited of course. You know Mai is very fond of ya and William" He says.
"Well William and I…" I struggle to say.
"Please don't tell me you two are done!" He exclaims.
"In a way… He said he needed some time to organize his thoughts. He's really gone through a lot in the past couple of days"
"Like what?" He asks.
"Joey… It's a long story" I respond.
"Come on you can tell a buddy" He pleads.
"Hello Ms. Kimura" I turn around and see Johnny.
"How are you Johnny?" I ask.
"Fine… Like always" I roll my eyes when he says this.
"Hey aren't you the guy my wife is buying a car from" Joey asks.
"Johnny Santoro, the one and only" Johnny says in his conceited voice.
"What are you doing here?" I ask.
"I thought William would be here with you"
"No he is probably working at the zoo right now or something" I answer.
"What's this? You don't know where your boyfriend is right now?" He asks.
"Ha ha that doesn't concern you" I reply.
"She's right ya know" Joey adds.
"He's my step brother" Johnny informs Joey.
"Wait what?" Joey says in an astonished voice.
"Like I told you Joey it's a very long story" I add to Johnny's response.
"Now I have to hear it!"
"Joey I am not the one to tell you this… If William wants you to know then that's a different story" I said.
"Fine" He pouts.
"You'll see him this afternoon at the opening"
"Alright Jade I guess ya right"
"Opening of what may I ask?" Johnny says.
"This restaurant I'm opening up for my wife. Since ya know her I might as well invite ya"
"Thanks the invite Wheeler my man" Just then I saw Kaiba park his car. He steps out of his car and walks towards us.
"What is this a convention?" He asks, rolling his eyes once he sees Johnny.
"Kaiba my man how are you?" he smiled.
"Didn't Jade tell you to come back in two weeks?" Kaiba snaps.
"I'm here to look for my brother William Kaiba my man"
"He's not here obviously so leave"
"I'm having a conversation with my man Wheeler and the lovely Jade" he smiled as if he had won a battle.
"Come inside Jade" he said in a cold tone.
"Who does that rich boy think he is? Ordering you around like you his servant!" Joey yelled and like always, Kaiba just ignored him.
"I'll see you later Joey and thanks for the invite! At what time...?"
"At twelve" he hugs me and I look at Johnny.
"See you later then" I tried to smile… Not that I did not like him, he was just to full of himself.
"See you later my tiny Jade," he said making my eyes roll. I walked inside and saw my office door open. I walked inside and found Kaiba in there typing on his laptop.
"About time you came in" He snaps.
"Sorry I was just saying goodbye to Joey and Johnny"
"Why do you even talk to that creep?" He asks.
"I don't want to be rude" I respond.
"Do you see the way he looks at you? Who the hell does he think he is" if I did not know any, better I would have thought he was jealous. I could not help but laugh. "What's so funny?" He asks,
"If I didn't know any better I would think you're jealous" I laughed more but when I looked at Kaiba's face, I stopped laughing.
"So what if I am," he said, still looking at his laptop.
"You can't possibly mean that" I take a few steps closer to him.
"Jade I've told you my feelings plenty of times for you to know. I wont repeat myself" I looked at him… Just inches away from me… He was cute when he was jealous. I walked closer to him and I kissed him on the cheek. He was puzzled by my action.
"What was that for?"
"Kaiba… I am very confused right now. About everything, But if you know me well enough then you should know my feelings towards you… Despite everything" Kaiba was lost in thought. He did not say a word. That is how it was for the rest of the morning until the afternoon.
"I'm heading out to lunch"
"Where to?" he asked.
"Joey's new restaurant"
"Come back quickly" He orders.
"Yes sir" I said sarcastically. I headed outside and saw Atem and Tea waiting for me.
"Hey Jade" Atem says.
"Hey you two what's up?" I ask.
"Joey told us to come for you. He forgot to tell you where the restaurant is" Tea responds.
"And I forgot to ask him" I said feeling dumb.
"Let's go Jade" Atem smiles.
"It's not to far from here so we could walk" Tea says with a smile on her face.
"How's everything Jade?" he asked.
"It could be better… William and I are taking some time apart" I inform them.
"Is that why you look down?" Tea asked.
"William and I had a talk… A talk that made me see things yet makes me feel quite sad"
"Why?" Tea asks.
"William is like a dream come true to me. I've lived one of the best moments of my life with him and of course I wouldn't want to let him go but yet"
"There's Kaiba," Atem said.
"Exactly"
"This time you two will spend apart could be the time for you to clear out your feelings Jade. You had those months out of town to do so but William was with you so I guess that's why things turned out this way," Tea told me.
"You're right Tea… I just feel guilty"
"Jade Kaiba isn't the prince charming guy that will always have you floating in heaven. We all know he is cold so who could blame you? William is the opposite I mean heck I once had a major crush on him!" Tea confessed
"Really…? It seems most girls I know have" I said, giggling.
"Just follow your heart Jade," Atem told me with a smile
"Thank you guys"
"Here it is" Atem says.
"Wow what a nice restaurant!" I gush. It looked so like Mai with elegant tables, lights, nice music. Joey sure loved Mai. We saw Joey and Mai at a big table. She kept hugging Joey and telling him how much she loved the place.
"Joey this is fantastic!" she said with excitement.
"I'm glad ya like it honey" They kissed and Tea coughed, making our presence known to them.
"Hey guys I'm so glad you made it!" Joey says with excitement.
"Is William coming?" I asked Mai.
"He said he had a lot of things to do but that he'd stop by one day. It's such a shame he won't be here," Joey told me.
"That is a shame… I have known William for years and I would have wanted him here. Is something wrong with you two?" Mai asks.
"Mai she could tell ya about it later… Or William can"
"Okay sure" was all she could say. Just then, Johnny walked in.
"Mai Valentine" Johnny exclaims.
"Hey Mr. Santoro… Joey invited you too?" She asks.
"He sure did and wow what a nice elegant place you have here" He says as he looks around the place.
"I know my husband surprised me with it" She gushes.
"My tiny Jade nice to see you here" Johnny says.
"Hello Johnny this is Yugi and Tea. Guys this is Johnny" I said, introducing them to one another.
"Hello" they all said at the same time. Tea and Atem sit with Mai and Joey.
"So my tiny Jade you're all alone" he looked all around him as if he were hiding from someone.
"Yeah so… And don't call me tiny Jade"
"Then what could I call you? My Chiquita, My petite Jade" He chuckles.
"Just Jade" I snap.
"Okay my petite Jade" He's a lost case...
"Why do you take the liberty of calling me these names?" I ask.
"Because my petite Jade as you may or may not have noticed I like you and a lot" He informs me.
"Why?"
"Because you're beautiful, smart, independent. When I first saw you I thought you were empty headed just a plain Jane but from what I see you're not" he chuckles. I fake laugh...
"Well that's nice to know Johnny my man but I don't want to hear that again" I said.
"Your wish is my command my petite Jade" I knew he was going to keep his word because of William. I just hoped he would not find out that William and I are taking some time apart. He obviously knew something was wrong though, or else he would not have dared said what he just told me.