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"Dude, our english teacher is a freak," Tristan, Yugi and Joey were walking out of school to freedom. They were heading over to Yugi's to play video games.
"Yeah, I know!" Joey added grinning wildly.
"Today I said that maybe shakespear wasn't trying to tell us something and she went beserk on me. Saying that someday the downfalls of society will be ignorant people like me."
"Well, you've gotta admit it Joey," Yugi smirked. "You are ignorant at times."
"Yeah well..." After a second Joey realized what Yugi said. "Hey! I am not!"
Tristan punched Joey playfully. "God Joey, you're so ignorant!"
They laughed and continued walking out of the school yard. Then Tristan suddenly started mumbling something under his breath and looked completely unnerved. Joey of course had to ask what was wrong. Tristan pointed to a tree.
Under the tree was a boy pinning another guy against the tree deeply embraced in a kiss. Joey's face flushed as he had a quick flashback to when he had kissed Seto the other day. Of course Joey envied those two, kissing in public letting anyone passing know that they loved each other and were... gay. Of course he and Seto never did anything like that.
All because Joey wasn't brave, brave enough to tell his best friends who would supposedly be his friends no matter what. If only his mouth would repeat what his brain was saying...
"That's disgusting," Tristan made a face to along with his comment.
"Two guys kissing – yuck!" Joey froze up and didn't say anything, trying to hold his feelings at bay.
"Well, I have to agree..." Yugi mumbled, surprising both of the others, as well as angering one of them.
"I mean, I know that it's what they want but they don't have to do it in public."
"Yeah," Tristan added. "Who wants to see that!"
And almost as if they suspected him to say something they turned to Joey. He had an extremely anoyyed look on his face and oh yes – god knows it – he DID say something...
He said how they were being rude, and how they didn't have the right to judge them. That if a girl and a guy could be together why couldn't a guy and a guy. Joey didn't quite hear what he was saying or shouting really, he didn't really absorb any of it.
Then suddenly he was yelling at them but the only thing he could hear was the pounding of his heart and his thoughts hearing cheering him on. The only thing he could see through his accumulating tears was the shocked look on his friends faces.
He wasn't paying attention as Yugi tried to calm him down, he wasn't paying attention when his tears started to fall, wasn't paying attention when he ran out of the school yard and further away from his friends.
And he most definitly wasn't paying attention when in mid-rant when he had told his secret...
That he was gay.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Joey's point of view~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Shit, why did I have to go and cry? Now they must think I'm an idiot. And I just had to run off, so much for a dignified exit. I was sitting under a tree at the park, trying to figure out any way to fix this. It's not as if I could make them forget. God, why did it have to happen that way? I sighed, it just couldn't get any worse.
Wait I take that back. It seems I'm not alone in the park. I see Seto walking only twenty or so meters from the very tree I'm sitting under. Great, just great. I don't want him to see me like this, I don't want him to think I'm weak or something. Just walk past this tree Seto, don't even notice me.
"Joey!"
No such luck. Seto's shadow lay over me, he looked alarmed. I tried to wipe away all the leftover tears, hopefully my face wasn't red anymore. He sat down next to me, leaning against the tree. He puts his arm over my shoulder.
"What happened?" He whispers to me. I tried to find my voice.
"They know." I croaked not looking at him. He must think I'm an idiot just to get upset over this. But I felt his grip on my shoulder tighten, and he pulled me into an imbrace.
"How...how did they react?" He asked carefully waiting for my reaction. He didn't look happy.
"I don't know, I just ran off." He nodded understandingly.
"But Seto, they..." I could feel my eyes watering. "I'm afraid..."
I could feel the tears falling again. I leaned against Seto for support and I felt him pull me close. I just sat there for a few seconds, just enjoying being this close to Seto.
"Seto?"
"Hm?" I paused then I rested my head against his shoulder so he couldn't see my face.
"I love you," He tensed up for a second but then he slowly relaxed.
He didn't say anything. He moved abruptly, and suddenly his lips were on mine and he was kissing me. But it was different, not as rough or... whatever. I guess it was his way of saying 'I love you' back.
I was about to kiss him again when I saw something out of the corner of my eye. I could see my friends walking through the park, probably looking for me.
"Do you want to go talk to them?" Seto asked, I guess he saw them too.
I answered with a kiss. Talk to them? Hell no, at least not yet anyway. Hopefully they'll just give up on looking for me, it would be just a waste of their time anyway.
"Let's get out of here," I said as I broke away from the kiss. He nodded understanding that I didn't want to deal with my friends yet. But then we were interupted.
"Joey?"
It was Yugi. He sneaked a glance at Seto who still had his arm around my waist. I could tell he was trying not to looked shocked but he wasn't doing very well. Tristan was with him and after taking one look at Seto he looked disgusted.
"You don't mean..." Tristan growled at me glaring at Seto. I could tell the hatred ran deep.
"The feelings mutual," Seto hissed back at him holding onto me tightly.
Yugi looked wildly from Tristan to Seto who both seemed to have death threats for each other. This wasn't going well. Then they randomly they started yelling at each other.
"Guys!" I tried to yell above their shouting.
I grabbed Seto to stop him from attacking my friend. Yeah, even though I know he disaproved of me and Seto he was still my friend – I hope.
"Stop it!" I screamed at them.
They froze in their spots staring at me. I looked at them, trying to hurt each other just because of me. It's all my fault. And I don't know how to fix it. So I did the only thing I knew how to do.
I ran.
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"Dude, our english teacher is a freak," Tristan, Yugi and Joey were walking out of school to freedom. They were heading over to Yugi's to play video games.
"Yeah, I know!" Joey added grinning wildly.
"Today I said that maybe shakespear wasn't trying to tell us something and she went beserk on me. Saying that someday the downfalls of society will be ignorant people like me."
"Well, you've gotta admit it Joey," Yugi smirked. "You are ignorant at times."
"Yeah well..." After a second Joey realized what Yugi said. "Hey! I am not!"
Tristan punched Joey playfully. "God Joey, you're so ignorant!"
They laughed and continued walking out of the school yard. Then Tristan suddenly started mumbling something under his breath and looked completely unnerved. Joey of course had to ask what was wrong. Tristan pointed to a tree.
Under the tree was a boy pinning another guy against the tree deeply embraced in a kiss. Joey's face flushed as he had a quick flashback to when he had kissed Seto the other day. Of course Joey envied those two, kissing in public letting anyone passing know that they loved each other and were... gay. Of course he and Seto never did anything like that.
All because Joey wasn't brave, brave enough to tell his best friends who would supposedly be his friends no matter what. If only his mouth would repeat what his brain was saying...
"That's disgusting," Tristan made a face to along with his comment.
"Two guys kissing – yuck!" Joey froze up and didn't say anything, trying to hold his feelings at bay.
"Well, I have to agree..." Yugi mumbled, surprising both of the others, as well as angering one of them.
"I mean, I know that it's what they want but they don't have to do it in public."
"Yeah," Tristan added. "Who wants to see that!"
And almost as if they suspected him to say something they turned to Joey. He had an extremely anoyyed look on his face and oh yes – god knows it – he DID say something...
He said how they were being rude, and how they didn't have the right to judge them. That if a girl and a guy could be together why couldn't a guy and a guy. Joey didn't quite hear what he was saying or shouting really, he didn't really absorb any of it.
Then suddenly he was yelling at them but the only thing he could hear was the pounding of his heart and his thoughts hearing cheering him on. The only thing he could see through his accumulating tears was the shocked look on his friends faces.
He wasn't paying attention as Yugi tried to calm him down, he wasn't paying attention when his tears started to fall, wasn't paying attention when he ran out of the school yard and further away from his friends.
And he most definitly wasn't paying attention when in mid-rant when he had told his secret...
That he was gay.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Joey's point of view~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Shit, why did I have to go and cry? Now they must think I'm an idiot. And I just had to run off, so much for a dignified exit. I was sitting under a tree at the park, trying to figure out any way to fix this. It's not as if I could make them forget. God, why did it have to happen that way? I sighed, it just couldn't get any worse.
Wait I take that back. It seems I'm not alone in the park. I see Seto walking only twenty or so meters from the very tree I'm sitting under. Great, just great. I don't want him to see me like this, I don't want him to think I'm weak or something. Just walk past this tree Seto, don't even notice me.
"Joey!"
No such luck. Seto's shadow lay over me, he looked alarmed. I tried to wipe away all the leftover tears, hopefully my face wasn't red anymore. He sat down next to me, leaning against the tree. He puts his arm over my shoulder.
"What happened?" He whispers to me. I tried to find my voice.
"They know." I croaked not looking at him. He must think I'm an idiot just to get upset over this. But I felt his grip on my shoulder tighten, and he pulled me into an imbrace.
"How...how did they react?" He asked carefully waiting for my reaction. He didn't look happy.
"I don't know, I just ran off." He nodded understandingly.
"But Seto, they..." I could feel my eyes watering. "I'm afraid..."
I could feel the tears falling again. I leaned against Seto for support and I felt him pull me close. I just sat there for a few seconds, just enjoying being this close to Seto.
"Seto?"
"Hm?" I paused then I rested my head against his shoulder so he couldn't see my face.
"I love you," He tensed up for a second but then he slowly relaxed.
He didn't say anything. He moved abruptly, and suddenly his lips were on mine and he was kissing me. But it was different, not as rough or... whatever. I guess it was his way of saying 'I love you' back.
I was about to kiss him again when I saw something out of the corner of my eye. I could see my friends walking through the park, probably looking for me.
"Do you want to go talk to them?" Seto asked, I guess he saw them too.
I answered with a kiss. Talk to them? Hell no, at least not yet anyway. Hopefully they'll just give up on looking for me, it would be just a waste of their time anyway.
"Let's get out of here," I said as I broke away from the kiss. He nodded understanding that I didn't want to deal with my friends yet. But then we were interupted.
"Joey?"
It was Yugi. He sneaked a glance at Seto who still had his arm around my waist. I could tell he was trying not to looked shocked but he wasn't doing very well. Tristan was with him and after taking one look at Seto he looked disgusted.
"You don't mean..." Tristan growled at me glaring at Seto. I could tell the hatred ran deep.
"The feelings mutual," Seto hissed back at him holding onto me tightly.
Yugi looked wildly from Tristan to Seto who both seemed to have death threats for each other. This wasn't going well. Then they randomly they started yelling at each other.
"Guys!" I tried to yell above their shouting.
I grabbed Seto to stop him from attacking my friend. Yeah, even though I know he disaproved of me and Seto he was still my friend – I hope.
"Stop it!" I screamed at them.
They froze in their spots staring at me. I looked at them, trying to hurt each other just because of me. It's all my fault. And I don't know how to fix it. So I did the only thing I knew how to do.
I ran.