Jounouchi's Decision
It took a small eternity, but Jounouchi moved. He knelt down to Yuugi's level and stared at him.
Who was he to deny instinct?
He leaned in to Kiss Yuugi, one hand framing the side of his face. Yuugi responded almost immediately, arms wrapping around Jounouchi's neck.
Jounouchi didn't know who squealed, but if he ever found out he would personally beat the person to death with their own lunch tray.
The kiss deepened, and Jounouchi felt a mixture of relief and pleasure as Yuugi's tongue brushed eagerly over his lips, invaded his mouth and drove him wild…
There was that squealing again. Maybe the cafeteria wasn't the best place for lengthy kisses of apology. He broke the kiss. "Can we go talk about this in private?"
Yuugi nodded, and they started to leave. Jounouchi looked nervously around the cafeteria. Damn, how many people were staring?
Once they were out of the cafeteria they found an empty classroom and ducked in, closing the door behind them. Yuugi jumped up to sit on a desk, leaning down on his palms. "You have no idea how embarrassing it was when you did that."
"What, just now? But you told me-"
"Not now, yesterday."
Jounouchi let his guard down, leaning against the desk directly across from Yuugi. "About that-"
"I know, I know," Yuugi said a little wearily. "You have serious boy issues. But damn, Jounouchi; that's not something I say lightly. Not something I say unless I mean it." Yuugi paused, blushing and looking down at the ground. "It took a lot of guts. Sure, being confident in bed is one thing, but say that… it hurt when you said 'nothing', like it really was nothing."
"Yuug'…" Jounouchi took a step forward to fold Yuugi into a hug. He didn't know how to continue, what to say. "Man, you've completely fucked with the way I see things."
Yuugi laughed; the noise made Jounouchi's heart jump. "That's not all I fuck with."
Jounouchi rolled his eyes. "You have worse lines that Otogi." He kissed Yuugi again, and immediately Yuugi wound a leg around Jounouchi's waist and pulled himself up against Jounouchi, using the leverage of his arms around Jounouchi's shoulders to his advantage. In surprise Jounouchi almost let him fall; luckily he thought to grab hold of Yuugi, one arm around his waist, the other on his backside. Yuugi grinned and pulled the other leg up so that both were holding firm to Jounouchi's waist. Jounouchi sat back on the desk behind him, afraid his legs would give out if Yuugi kissed him again…
"Ahem!" Jounouchi and Yuugi both looked to see a teacher standing in the doorway. "I believe there are rules about this sort of thing."
Yuugi released Jounouchi, sliding to his feet. "Sorry," he said meekly, and they both left. Yuugi was grinning despite what had just happened. "Come on," he said conspiratorially. "We can do lock ourselves in the bathroom."
By afternoon classes word had spread. In his sixth period Jounouchi was accosted by a group of blushing girls.
"You and Motou are really a couple?" one girl with a painfully high voice asked. "That's so kawaii!"
"Uh, yea, I guess," Jounouchi grunted noncommittally. Figured; the only time he had more girls hanging on him than Otogi, and it was the only time he would have preferred to be left alone. Immediately the giggling began.
"I didn't know there were boys like that here at Domino High!" another girl exclaimed excitedly. "That's terrific!"
"Ladies, ladies," Otogi cut in suavely, pushing his way into the group and leaning against Jounouchi's desk. "Give the man some air."
The girls were eyeing Otogi… then Jounouchi… then Otogi again. "Is there in any chance of you two getting together?"
"What? No!" Otogi answered quickly, holding his hands up. Jounouchi folded his arms on his desk and laid his head on them. For a while the girls harassed Otogi, but apparently even when Jounouchi sat quietly he wasn't safe.
"What's it like to kiss Motou?" someone asked.
"Huh?" Jounouchi looked up. Why would they ask that? Why would they care?
"It looked like a pretty intense kiss. I was surprised," another girl elaborated… a different one. How many were there? "I would've thought that he'd be a shy lover."
Jounouchi snorted with laughter… hey, wait a minute, why would they being thinking of what Yuugi was like as a lover? His laughter was replaced with a suspicious glare.
"Yuugi's a surprising little guy," Otogi butted in. Ten seconds passed.
"Were you ever with Yuugi?"
"Ah! No!" Otogi exclaimed. Jounouchi let his suspicion ebb, enjoying Otogi's temporary bout of stupidity. A man couldn't win against girls like these…
"So..." The girls' attention shifted back to Jounouchi. "What's it like?"
"It's, uh… nice."
"Just nice?" Oh god, girls were starting to look pout-y and rolling their eyes. Ah damn. If he was going to get so much attention, he might as well milk it for what it was worth and give them something to think about.
"I'm not a kiss and tell sort of guy," he said with a wink. There! Girls liked that answer, giggling and whispering to each other.
"Have you two ever-"
"Order. Ladies, I'm sure that Jounouchi is going to need breathing room sooner or later," the teacher said reproachfully from his desk at the front of the room. The girls filtered off to their own seats, still giggling and blushing. The teacher continued, "Mr. Otogi, don't you have a class to be to?"
Hey, that's right; Otogi wasn't in his science class!
"Yea, but who could resist such a group of good-looking ladies?" With a wink and a wave Otogi left, leaving a classroom full of swooning girls behind him.
Jounouchi's seventh period was gym. If the girls were bad, Jounouchi expected the locker room to be worse. It was the only time he didn't want to go to gym. Thing was… it wasn't as bad as he had expected. A few guys left the locker room, or changed somewhere more private, but most of the guys treated him normally. A few of them even joked about it! One guy commented, "We used to think that you two were a little too close, but we didn't think you'd ever get THAT close!" The only really bad part was that the teacher couldn't seem to meet his eyes. Jounouchi was surprised; did the teacher already know?
By the time the school day was over, Jounouchi was starting to feel better about people in school knowing about him and Yuugi. It wasn't at all like he had feared. He got home and immediately lied out on his bed.
What a Thursday!
By Friday morning word seemed to have gotten further, and it had reached the ears of all the wrong people. Suddenly people were meaner, and Jounouchi heard sneers and jabs in the hallway; someone even had the balls to shove him against his locker! Unfortunately he didn't find out who it was, or we would have given them a piece of his mind…
The teachers seemed to have caught wind of it too. Then again, after being caught in a classroom like they had, that didn't shock Jounouchi as much as it might have if events had gone differently. But the way the teachers reacted threw him for a loop.
He and Yuugi had first period study hall together. After calling role the teacher had made an embarrassing display of moving them so that they were sitting on opposite sides of the room. She even made the off-hand comment - for the whole class to hear - that she didn't "approve of the stupidity of teenagers who didn't understand the consequences of their actions."
In Algebra class they had their tests returned. Jounouchi had failed it as expected, but there was a small folded paper stapled to one corner. He expected a detention slip - after all, his teacher hated him - and instead got a note. "It's about time that someone turned everyone's ideas upside down. I'm proud you had the guts to do something like that in public. If only you could pour a little of that passion into your schoolwork."
Jounouchi looked up and stared at the teacher. That man was actually proud of him? How unusual was THAT?
The rest of Jounouchi's morning classes went normally, without any more asides from teachers and only the occasional insult from other students. Still, that occasional insult was enough to have him fuming. He changed his mind; it was just as bad as he had thought it would be. He knew that people would be assholes about it!
He saw Yuugi in the hallway, being followed by three guys… and flipped. Yuugi had his head bowed, obviously ignoring the people behind him. Jounouchi growled low in his throat. The weak ones always did hunt in packs.
"I always thought you were girly," the kid -the leader? - was jeering, "but now we know…" He trailed off as he saw Jounouchi approaching. "Oh," he said smoothly, condescendingly. "We've pissed off your boyfriend. Fucking fags. So, Jounouchi, is the kid your bitch? I guess he's just the right size to suck your-"
Jounouchi didn't realize that he had hit the guy. One second he was advancing, and the next second the leader was on the ground, hand over his face. Jounouchi was disappointed; it must have been a good hit, judging by the look of his lackeys' faces. With a feeling a triumph Jounouchi glared down at the leader. "Leave. Him. Alone," he growled.
"Oh, how touching," the boy on the ground mocked. "I'm not scared of some… fairy!"
"Fairy…!" Jounouchi watched as the boy pushed himself up to his feet, waited… and he then attacked again, toppling them both to the ground in a flurry of curses and badly-aimed punches.
How was Jounouchi supposed to know that the principal was coming down the hall?
Somehow the bully's two friends weaseled away, but Jounouchi and Yuugi found themselves sitting outside the principal's office obediently, waiting silently to learn what was in store for them… or rather, what was in store for Jounouchi. They had each given their sides of the story, and the principal had already decided that Yuugi wasn't in trouble and said he could return to class. Jounouchi was touched that Yuugi decided to wait with him instead.
"Thanks," Yuugi mumbled, breaking the silence. "You shouldn't have gotten yourself in trouble."
"It was nothin'," Jounouchi assured him, wrapping an arm around Yuugi's slender shoulders. The secretary glared at them, and he took his arm back. Neither boy spoke, and soon the principal's door opened. The bully stormed out, not sparing a glance for Yuugi and Jounouchi. "That's my cue," Jounouchi said brightly. He'd been here enough times, gotten in enough trouble to know the drill. He entered the office quietly, closing the door behind him.
"Welcome back. Please, have a seat," the principal said amiably. Jounouchi obeyed, sitting back in his seat and resting his feet up on the desk. He ignored the older man's reproachful look. "Mr. Jounouchi, you were doing so well. It's been at least 2 months since I've seen you."
"Has it been that long?" Jounouchi asked. "Must be loosing my touch."
"Don't be cute; you're in trouble. I know you're protective of Mr. Motou, but I've told you time and time again that you can't beat up everyone who harasses him."
"Well, he won't."
"That makes him the brains of your operation."
"Maybe I should stop fighting," Jounouchi mused, "just so I don't have to listen to your stupid jokes."
The principal smiled. "Whatever works. But back to the matter at hand. I understand that you were provoked, and I sympathize… but I can't do nothing, you understand? I'm going to suspend you for the rest of today and Monday. Next time keep your personal affairs off school grounds."
"Is that all?"
"Yes. Get off school property, and tell Mr. Motou to get to class."
Woo hoo, three-day weekend!
- author says -
Okay, we all knew Jounouchi was going to do that, right? Shh, it's not the point that you knew; we wanted to pretend to cast doubt. ^_^
I've been suspended before (hey, I'm a good kid; I had good reasons!), and I know it's a little more formal than that… but we can pretend, ne? -_-U He gets suspended, and all Jou can think is "three-day weekend." How special. I think I had a little too much fun with the banter between Jou and the principal, because he seems like the sort of guy who would waltz in there, know all the administrators by name, and waltz out just as happily with a goodbye of "until next time!" ^^
That "worse lines than Otogi" thing… I've always imagined him as a bit of playboy, even before I had a clue who the hell he was. He just LOOKS like that sort of guy… and any guy with his own cheerleaders… B'cht, I'm just jealous; I want cheerleaders. ^_^ *good mood tonight*
And those girls…! They were a lot of fun to write.