Rain
By: Bakura's Little Disciple of Evil
Disclaimer: They're still not mine!!!!!!
Okay. I said that the chapters were longer, I never realized that they weren't that long, though. gomen! Gonna go back into hiding, now!!!!
Chapter 3: Basic Sandwich Making
Jou made his way to the Kame Game Shop, smiling the entire way there. He
was now officially in a bonafied good mood. He tried to get his mind to
wander like it usually did, but to no avail; his mind, and heart, was stuck on
Seto. Jou's simple smile turned into his signature goofy-grin as he
remembered Seto's words.
"We don't need you to go and break your neck, now do we?"
He had implied that he cared and he had said "we" as in "two" as in Seto
and Jou. Jou and Seto.
Jou laughed a little as he reached and entered the game shop. Yugi Mouto
looked up from he and Ryou Bakura's current duel.
"Hey Jou! What're you so happy about?"
Jou just grinned.
"Eh. It's nothing, Yug."
Ryou looked at him thoughtfully.
"It doesn't look like just nothing, Jou. You're blushing."
Jou suddenly felt nervous.
"Uh, it's just cold outside, that's all."
Ryou nodded disbelievingly and turned his attention back to he and Yugi's
duel.
Jou sighed and plopped down on the couch between Malik Ishtar and Otogi
Ryuuji.
"Hey guys!" Jou said. "How's it going?"
Malik just growled.
"Fine until you got here."
As Otogi reached over and slapped Malik on his head, Jou smiled.
"Oh, Malik, lighten up. Just because I sat between you and your boy-toy
doesn't mean I'm a threat. or am I?" he laughed, and soon Yugi, Ryou, and
Otogi joined in. Malik just growled again. When Otogi regained his
composure, he simply smiled and caught Jou's attention.
"Jou, could you come with me for minute, please?" he said, getting up and
motioning Jou to follow him. Jou gladly obliged, because he was hungry,
and followed Otogi to the kitchen.
"What's up, Otogi?" Jou asked when the swinging door was well closed
behind him.
Otogi's smile grew wider as he took a seat at the wooden table.
"Have a seat, Jou." He said, motioning to the empty chair across from him.
Jou paused to grab sandwich ingredients and then, juggling them all, sat
down with Otogi.
Otogi's smile turned into a mischievous grin as he leaned forward, setting
his arms on the table.
"It's a girl, isn't it?"
Jou raised a confused eyebrow as he pulled some bread out of its package.
"What's a girl? What're you talking about?"
"Why you're so happy. You ran into the girl you like on the way over here.
Am I right?" Jou sweat dropped, mayonnaising his bread.
"Uh. something like that."
Otogi sat back triumphantly in his chair.
"I knew it! I am a ladies' man, after all!"
Jou rolled his eyes.
"Otogi, you're gay. You're with Malik."
Otogi's face fell.
"Shhhh! They don't need to know that! I can still charm the best of them, ya
know."
Jou fell out of his chair, sweat dropping. When he got back up (still sweat
dropping) he pulled out some cheese from its deli bag and avoided looking
at Otogi in the eye. Otogi, however, had other plans.
"So, who's the lucky girl, huh? Is it still Mai? Cuz I thought you gave up on
her a while back?"
Jou slightly shook his head, mainly focusing on getting some good lettuce
leaves.
"Uh, no. It's not Mai."
"Ooooh. Then do I know her? Who is she? It's not Anzu, is it? Cuz ya know,
Honda would kick your ass."
"No. It's not Anzu either."
Otogi sat silently for a moment, going over a mental list of girls he knew in
his head, trying to figure who this mystery girl was. It wasn't working.
"I give up, Jou. Who is she? Who's the girl?"
"It's not a girl, okay?!" Jou yelled, standing up and slamming the pickle jar
on the table.
Otogi had gotten so scared that he fell backwards in his chair. When he
regained his composure, he peeked over the side of the chair at Jou, who was
now calming, and sitting, back down.
Otogi timidly stood up, gingerly and carefully stood the chair back on its
legs, and held onto the back of the chair for some form of emotional support.
"You-you're gay?"
"So? You are."
Otogi knew that Jou was misunderstanding what he had just said.
"No! No, I'm not saying that I'm not, or that it's a bad thing. I just- I just
never suspected you, that's all."
"Yeah, well." Jou trailed, pulling a few slices of tomato from their tub, and
keeping his eyes planted firmly downwards.
Otogi smiled apologetically as the kitchen door swung open revealing Ryou.
"What's happening? We heard some yelling." Ryou asked, worried.
"It's nothing! Jou yelled a little too quickly.
Ryou picked up on this. He quickly needed a surefire way to get Otogi out of
the kitchen so that he could talk to Jou alone. Bingo!
"Oh! Otogi, Malik's looking for you." Ryou said, as if he had forgotten.
Otogi nodded and ran out of the room. Ryou smiled as he went and sat in
Otogi's forgotten chair as Jou took the first bite of his sandwich.
Ryou stopped smiling and put on his worried look again.
"Jou, what's the matter? Did Otogi say something that he shouldn't have?"
Jou paused to finish chewing and to think that question over.
"Uh, no. Not really."
Ryou eyed him suspiciously.
"Please tell me, Jou. You know you can trust me; I'm one of your best
friends. I just wanna help. Hopefully I can. if you'll let me?" he finished
sincerely.
Jou considered telling Ryou. He was right. He could trust him.
Jou continued his thinking, slowly chewing his sandwich, when he realized
that it would probably be a good idea to tell Ryou.
Ryou was looking at Jou pleadingly when Jou nodded slightly, swallowing
the last of his sandwich and the lump in his throat.
"Alright, Ryou. I'll tell you what happened. On my way over here, I ran into
the person that I really, really like - possibly love."
Ryou's eyes lit up.
"Really? Who? Who?"
Jou fiddled with the remaining crumbs on his plate.
"Uh. Seto."
Ryou blinked, but his smile did not falter.
"Seto? Really? I thought you hated him?"
Jou's jaw dropped.
"Ryou? Why aren't you freaking out?"
Ryou was genuinely confused.
"About what?"
"I like boys!"
"So?"
"So? So I'm a boy, too!"
"Uh-huh. What's your point?"
Jou calmed down and slowly smiled.
"Nothing. I just thought that you might find it a bit. uncomfortable. That's
all."
Ryou got up and smiled, walking over to Jou and giving him a friendly hug.
"Jou, just like Otogi and Malik, you're our friend, we're your friends. It
wouldn't matter if you started cross-dressing and decided to change to
change your name to Josie. You'd still be our friend. And that's the truth."
Jou smiled as they heard a loud crash from the living room.
Ryou sighed as he turned to the kitchen door.
"That could be done by only one person. Bakura!!!! What did you do this
time?"
There was a pause from the living room, followed by a bad impression of
Yami.
"It's not Bakura! It was me, Yami, the stup- uh, great and wonderful
::cough-not-cough:: Pharaoh! I did it!"
Ryou sighed and turned to Jou.
"Sorry, Jou. I have to go deal with my baka yami. We'll talk more later,
okay?"
He finished with an apologetic smile as Jou nodded, his own smile returning
to him. Satisfied for the time being, Ryou headed out to the living room.
Jou suddenly felt great. In fact, this whole situation was great. He was in the
best mood ever. and his sandwich had been damn good.
~*~
Yeah, okay. I know the whole MalikxOtogi thing isn't exactly. used. But
oh well, suck it up, folks! Suck it up!!!! ^___^ Anywhoo, till the next
chapter!
By: Bakura's Little Disciple of Evil
Disclaimer: They're still not mine!!!!!!
Okay. I said that the chapters were longer, I never realized that they weren't that long, though. gomen! Gonna go back into hiding, now!!!!
Chapter 3: Basic Sandwich Making
Jou made his way to the Kame Game Shop, smiling the entire way there. He
was now officially in a bonafied good mood. He tried to get his mind to
wander like it usually did, but to no avail; his mind, and heart, was stuck on
Seto. Jou's simple smile turned into his signature goofy-grin as he
remembered Seto's words.
"We don't need you to go and break your neck, now do we?"
He had implied that he cared and he had said "we" as in "two" as in Seto
and Jou. Jou and Seto.
Jou laughed a little as he reached and entered the game shop. Yugi Mouto
looked up from he and Ryou Bakura's current duel.
"Hey Jou! What're you so happy about?"
Jou just grinned.
"Eh. It's nothing, Yug."
Ryou looked at him thoughtfully.
"It doesn't look like just nothing, Jou. You're blushing."
Jou suddenly felt nervous.
"Uh, it's just cold outside, that's all."
Ryou nodded disbelievingly and turned his attention back to he and Yugi's
duel.
Jou sighed and plopped down on the couch between Malik Ishtar and Otogi
Ryuuji.
"Hey guys!" Jou said. "How's it going?"
Malik just growled.
"Fine until you got here."
As Otogi reached over and slapped Malik on his head, Jou smiled.
"Oh, Malik, lighten up. Just because I sat between you and your boy-toy
doesn't mean I'm a threat. or am I?" he laughed, and soon Yugi, Ryou, and
Otogi joined in. Malik just growled again. When Otogi regained his
composure, he simply smiled and caught Jou's attention.
"Jou, could you come with me for minute, please?" he said, getting up and
motioning Jou to follow him. Jou gladly obliged, because he was hungry,
and followed Otogi to the kitchen.
"What's up, Otogi?" Jou asked when the swinging door was well closed
behind him.
Otogi's smile grew wider as he took a seat at the wooden table.
"Have a seat, Jou." He said, motioning to the empty chair across from him.
Jou paused to grab sandwich ingredients and then, juggling them all, sat
down with Otogi.
Otogi's smile turned into a mischievous grin as he leaned forward, setting
his arms on the table.
"It's a girl, isn't it?"
Jou raised a confused eyebrow as he pulled some bread out of its package.
"What's a girl? What're you talking about?"
"Why you're so happy. You ran into the girl you like on the way over here.
Am I right?" Jou sweat dropped, mayonnaising his bread.
"Uh. something like that."
Otogi sat back triumphantly in his chair.
"I knew it! I am a ladies' man, after all!"
Jou rolled his eyes.
"Otogi, you're gay. You're with Malik."
Otogi's face fell.
"Shhhh! They don't need to know that! I can still charm the best of them, ya
know."
Jou fell out of his chair, sweat dropping. When he got back up (still sweat
dropping) he pulled out some cheese from its deli bag and avoided looking
at Otogi in the eye. Otogi, however, had other plans.
"So, who's the lucky girl, huh? Is it still Mai? Cuz I thought you gave up on
her a while back?"
Jou slightly shook his head, mainly focusing on getting some good lettuce
leaves.
"Uh, no. It's not Mai."
"Ooooh. Then do I know her? Who is she? It's not Anzu, is it? Cuz ya know,
Honda would kick your ass."
"No. It's not Anzu either."
Otogi sat silently for a moment, going over a mental list of girls he knew in
his head, trying to figure who this mystery girl was. It wasn't working.
"I give up, Jou. Who is she? Who's the girl?"
"It's not a girl, okay?!" Jou yelled, standing up and slamming the pickle jar
on the table.
Otogi had gotten so scared that he fell backwards in his chair. When he
regained his composure, he peeked over the side of the chair at Jou, who was
now calming, and sitting, back down.
Otogi timidly stood up, gingerly and carefully stood the chair back on its
legs, and held onto the back of the chair for some form of emotional support.
"You-you're gay?"
"So? You are."
Otogi knew that Jou was misunderstanding what he had just said.
"No! No, I'm not saying that I'm not, or that it's a bad thing. I just- I just
never suspected you, that's all."
"Yeah, well." Jou trailed, pulling a few slices of tomato from their tub, and
keeping his eyes planted firmly downwards.
Otogi smiled apologetically as the kitchen door swung open revealing Ryou.
"What's happening? We heard some yelling." Ryou asked, worried.
"It's nothing! Jou yelled a little too quickly.
Ryou picked up on this. He quickly needed a surefire way to get Otogi out of
the kitchen so that he could talk to Jou alone. Bingo!
"Oh! Otogi, Malik's looking for you." Ryou said, as if he had forgotten.
Otogi nodded and ran out of the room. Ryou smiled as he went and sat in
Otogi's forgotten chair as Jou took the first bite of his sandwich.
Ryou stopped smiling and put on his worried look again.
"Jou, what's the matter? Did Otogi say something that he shouldn't have?"
Jou paused to finish chewing and to think that question over.
"Uh, no. Not really."
Ryou eyed him suspiciously.
"Please tell me, Jou. You know you can trust me; I'm one of your best
friends. I just wanna help. Hopefully I can. if you'll let me?" he finished
sincerely.
Jou considered telling Ryou. He was right. He could trust him.
Jou continued his thinking, slowly chewing his sandwich, when he realized
that it would probably be a good idea to tell Ryou.
Ryou was looking at Jou pleadingly when Jou nodded slightly, swallowing
the last of his sandwich and the lump in his throat.
"Alright, Ryou. I'll tell you what happened. On my way over here, I ran into
the person that I really, really like - possibly love."
Ryou's eyes lit up.
"Really? Who? Who?"
Jou fiddled with the remaining crumbs on his plate.
"Uh. Seto."
Ryou blinked, but his smile did not falter.
"Seto? Really? I thought you hated him?"
Jou's jaw dropped.
"Ryou? Why aren't you freaking out?"
Ryou was genuinely confused.
"About what?"
"I like boys!"
"So?"
"So? So I'm a boy, too!"
"Uh-huh. What's your point?"
Jou calmed down and slowly smiled.
"Nothing. I just thought that you might find it a bit. uncomfortable. That's
all."
Ryou got up and smiled, walking over to Jou and giving him a friendly hug.
"Jou, just like Otogi and Malik, you're our friend, we're your friends. It
wouldn't matter if you started cross-dressing and decided to change to
change your name to Josie. You'd still be our friend. And that's the truth."
Jou smiled as they heard a loud crash from the living room.
Ryou sighed as he turned to the kitchen door.
"That could be done by only one person. Bakura!!!! What did you do this
time?"
There was a pause from the living room, followed by a bad impression of
Yami.
"It's not Bakura! It was me, Yami, the stup- uh, great and wonderful
::cough-not-cough:: Pharaoh! I did it!"
Ryou sighed and turned to Jou.
"Sorry, Jou. I have to go deal with my baka yami. We'll talk more later,
okay?"
He finished with an apologetic smile as Jou nodded, his own smile returning
to him. Satisfied for the time being, Ryou headed out to the living room.
Jou suddenly felt great. In fact, this whole situation was great. He was in the
best mood ever. and his sandwich had been damn good.
~*~
Yeah, okay. I know the whole MalikxOtogi thing isn't exactly. used. But
oh well, suck it up, folks! Suck it up!!!! ^___^ Anywhoo, till the next
chapter!