An Innocent Joke? Chapter #2: Waking Up
By:Freewater
Disclaimers: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! Please don't sue me, you will
only receive two cats that are VERY annoying and pee everywhere!
Warnings: Male/Male relationship. Swearing.
Pairings: Jou/Seto
Rating: R for swearing and later chapters
Archive: Sure. If you want it just ask me first. ^_^
Feedback: Definitely! Please, yes!! I want to know if I did a good
job or not writing this!
Notes: A bunch of these little stars **** Means a change in time or
scenery. `'These things here indicate thoughts.
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Five days later, back at Seto's estate and in a rather nice looking guest bedroom, Jou was still peacefully sleeping off the affects of his injury. Thankfully all of his bumps, bruises and cuts had gone down, and he was even showing signs of waking up soon.
Seto was currently sitting next to his bed with his laptop in hand, typing new formulas up for the next duel monsters 3D game. He really hated doing that sometimes. He worked his ass off on everything that he made, but the second all those brats become bored with his work he had to do it all over again.
He merely sighed tiredly before saving his work on a disk and closing the computer. Normally he wouldn't take random breaks like this, but with Jou in his care he had to, just to make sure that he was alright though, nothing more.
Noticing that no change had been made in his sleeping condition, he simply took a look around the room that he'd been placed in. Large, well furnished, fine carpets and blue drapes, and the bed he was inwas a king sized bed too. One hundred times better then Jou's bedroom. He couldn't help but shudder at the very thought of it.
The only reason why he'd even seen Jou's room was because he had to go to his house to pick up some of his things, and sadly there wasn't too much to get. It was a very small and dirty looking room with only three changes of clothes, including his school uniform, his duel monsters deck, a picture of his sister, a pillow and a bed sheet.
He didn't even have a bed, it was a simple worn out mattress on the floor that didn't look too comfortable. It was pretty much the kind of thing that you see people leave outside of their houses for the dump trucks to take away, but then some guy would pick it up and take it home for his own use. Disgusting really.
Seto sighed and rubbed at his temple as if he had a headache, the mutt didn't have too many clothes so he went out and got him a few more outfits. Nothing fancy, just the type of thing he was sure that he would like. T-shirts, jeans, etc. At least he would have something decent and clean to wear while he stayed.
He couldn't help but sigh again with how sad it all sounded. He then looked over again to see the face of his puppy when a pair of amber eyes met his own. He'd woken up.
"I see that you're finally awake, mutt." Seto said with a smirk that indicated how little he cared, even though he was actually surprised to see him up.
Jou merely ignored the comment, and his brow simply came together in confusion. "Who are you?" He whispered in a voice that clearly showed how it hadn't been used in quite some time.
Seto blinked. "What do you mean who am I?" He asked in an equal amount of confusion. "You know perfectly well who I am." He said with a few traces of annoyance in his voice. If the puppy thought that he could get smart and play some dumb trick on him then he had another thing coming!
Jou weakly pulled himself into a sitting position before facing him again. "I-I'm sorry sir, but I really don't know you." `SIR?!? Did he just call me sir?!?' Seto thought as his eyes bulged almost right out of their sockets in shock. Joke or no joke, the mutt would *never* refer to him in *any* respectful way!
Seto quickly stood up from his chair and discarded his laptop before leaning over the bed and looking an almost frightened Jou directly in the eye. "What's my name?" He quickly asked.
"I-I-I....I don't know!" He stammered out, getting increasingly nervous with how this stranger was acting towards him.
Seto just gaped at him, unable to believe that the blonde didn't know who he was. They made each other's lives a living hell all the time! How could someone forget something like that?!?
"Do you know your name?" He asked.
Jou seemed to think about it for a moment, and the more time that went by when he still couldn't produce an answer, the more tears came into his eyes. "I-I don't remember!" He cried out while looking up at him fearfully. "W-why can't I remember anything? What happened to me?!?" He demanded with a terrified voice. It was quite a scary thing to wake up and know absolutely nothing about yourself.
Seto didn't answer him. Instead he marched over to the dresser by the window and picked up the picture of his younger sister that he'd placed there a few days ago. There would be no way in hell that he would deny knowing his own little sister. Once he had it he quickly headed back for the bed and practically shoved it in his face for him to see.
"What about her? Do you know her?" He demanded while leaning on the bed again, waiting patiently for the mutt to cave in and admit that it was just one of his stupid tricks to get under his skin.
Jou took the picture into his shaking hands, and when nothing in his mind clicked at the sight of the girl in front of him he couldn't help the tears that flowed down his face.
"I-I don't know her." He admitted with a shake of his head.
Seto gasped in pure shock. How could he deny knowing his own sister? Maybe he really wasn't trying to be annoying. Perhaps there really was something wrong with him. There was only one other thing he could think of that would get him to admit that he was lying, and if he did it he was sure that the puppy would be royally pissed off.
He then leaned in a little closer, causing Jou to take his eyes away from the picture and lean back with how nervous he was. Seto then stopped his little advance, looked him straight in the eye, and said: "Katsuya?"
His name. He never let anyone call him by his first name, not even his closest friends. In fact, he was even known to get into fights over the issue. So when he just gave him a blank stare and asked if it was his name that he'd whispered to him, Seto couldn't help but stand up straight and march out of that room as fast as his two feet would take him before slamming the door.
"Dear God, he can't even remember his own fucking name!" He said to himself in disbelief as he leaned his back up against the door. The hospital would definitely need to know about this!
Without so much as a second thought, Seto pulled out his cell phone and demanded that they send over a doctor. He didn't care whether or not they did house calls anymore, they would either do this one or lose all of their funding. It was that simple.
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It wasn't until a half hour had passed that there was finally a knock on his door, and because all of his workers were on strike, Seto had to answer it.
He'd only gone back in the puppy's room twice to tell him that a doctor was coming over and to bring him something to eat. And no matter how many times he said it, Jou never seemed to get angry when he would call him Katsuya.
He had yet to tell him about the nickname that all of his stupid friends would call him by, because he actually liked being able to get away with calling him that, and the CEO couldn't help but wonder with a smirk what else he could get away with while he was in this state of mind.
Answering the door, Seto openly groaned in disappointment when thedoctor he'd argued with at the hospital was on the other side, with her black back of supplies. `Forgot to fire her.' He thought as he openly glared at the onna who let herself in without an invitation.
"Where is he?" She asked in an annoyed voice while her high heeled shoes made a continuous knocking sound on his floor.
"Second floor, third room on the right." He replied while trying to find out what exactly her problem was with his puppy. She didn't seem to want to be here that was for certain. `Perhaps I'll do a background check on her.' He thought with another smirk. It would be nice to find something on her that he could blackmail her with. Heh. The possibilities for what could be done when you have a doctor under your thumb were endless!
Much to Seto's annoyance, she continued to lead the way through his home and up the stairway, and then without so much as knocking, let herself into the room where Katsuya was still eating his sandwich in bed.
"Good afternoon Mr. Jounouchi, I'm Doctor Kanzaki. If you would kindly put that away now I can start the examination." She immediately ordered while getting her stuff out.
Katsuya swallowed what was in his mouth. "Can I just finish this first? I'm almost done and really hungry--"
"Just do it Mr. Jounouchi, I have better things to do with my time then take house calls so I'd like to get out of here as soon as possible." She said while not even looking at him as she continued to go through his little medical kit.
Seto glared at her but Katsuya just did as he was told. He guessed that this woman really didn't like him for some reason and he didn't want to anger her further.
"Alright then Mr. Kaiba, would you kindly leave us alone now so I can get to work?" She asked while turning her gaze towards him, almost snobbishly really.
Normally he wouldn't be the type to take orders, especially from a bitch like this who seemed to be practically scaring the mutt, who was currently trying to make some distance between them. But in allfairness she was the doctor so he had to do as he was told.
He quickly glanced at Katsuya who was still eyeing the woman suspiciously. "I'll be back in about a half an hour and then I'll get you something else to eat." He said, getting his attention instantly before turning to leave.
Katsuya grinned, the nervous air around him lessening at the mention of more food. "Thanks Seto." He called out as the CEO left the room and headed for the kitchen to make some more sandwiches.
He told Katsuya his full name earlier, and instead of calling him Kaiba like he always did, he called him by his first name. Strangely enough, Seto really didn't mind either. It was nice having someone other than Mokuba call him that, so he didn't correct him.
When he finally got to the rather large kitchen, he went over to the cupboards and pulled out the bread before going over to the fridge. He never really did eat anything for supper aside from sandwiches and other simple things that he could munch on while working on his computer, so this was all he knew how to make.
They did have a chef who would cook for Mokuba, so he never worried about that. Unfortunately everyone recently went on strike when he refused to give them all raises about three weeks ago, including the chef. So he would have to order take out or take his brother to restaurants more than normal just so he could eat properly.
This took a great amount of time away from both his company and his brother. It was an *extremely* large house in which they lived in, and they had to try and keep it clean. It got easier once they decided to only clean the rooms that they used and have Mokuba pick up after himself, but it was still a huge waste of his valuable time.
In his opinion he was glad that they were all gone anyway. He had about fifteen people working for him in his house, and they were all being paid about fourteen dollars an hour, with benefits and vacation time! Honestly, what more did they want?! Bastards.
So he just had to try and hire an new staff. The only problem was, was that it was a little difficult trying to find people who wanted to work in his house for him. Everyone seemed to believe that it was a little difficult trying to find people who wanted to work in his house for him. Everyone seemed to believe that he was some cruel employer who would have people fired on the drop of a hat, which wasn't true at all. Just because he wanted that bitch of a doctor fired over her attitude towards her superior had absolutely nothing to do with it!
When the half hour time was up, he grabbed the two plates that were completely stacked with turkey and ham sandwiches and headed back to Katsuya's room.
`Knowing the mutt, this probably won't sustain him at all!' He thought sarcastically as he climbed the stairs.
When he got to the top though, he was a little surprised to see Dr. Kanzaki standing outside the door and leaning up against it with her arms crossed, bag at her feet, and pug-nose in the air.
"You finished quick." He said tonelessly.
Her gaze turned towards him and she narrowed her brown eyes slightly at the sight. She really hated taking orders from someone ten years younger then herself. Quite annoying really.
"He has amnesia." Was all she said before picking up her bag and getting ready to leave, but Seto wouldn't let her go that easily.
"I know that you halfwit!" He said furiously. "I want to know how severe it is!"
She simply rolled her eyes. "It's only temporary. He should have his memories back within the month, give or take a week or two. Then, if his father wakes up, he can go home. Satisfied?" She asked impatiently.
"Yes." He seethed, moving out of her way so she could go.
Just as she walked by him, he mumbled: "Bitch." Just as she passed so she could clearly hear what he'd said. She stalled for only a split second before regaining her composure and heading for the door again.
He just rolled his eyes in annoyance and walked into Katsuya's room.
The blonde looked up at him when he heard the door open, and his face immediately brightened up. Whether or not it was at the sight of him or at the food in his hands, he didn't know.
"Glad your back, that chick gave me the creeps." He said with a grin that Seto couldn't help but return, despite himself.
He then walked over to the large bed and placed the plates on it. One for him and the other for Katsuya. "Did the doctor say anything to you?" He asked, wondering if she even told him about the amnesia before leaving him alone.
He nodded his head with a sad expression. "She said I have only temporary amnesia, and that my memories should come back soon, but that was about all." He explained, and Seto nodded his head in understanding.
Katsuya took a half bite of his sandwich before swallowing and trying to start up a conversation. "Soooo... Do I live here? Because it looks like I have some personal things around." He said, motioning towards the picture of Shizuka. He now knew that it was his sister because of what Seto had explained to him earlier.
He couldn't help but think for a moment before answering. "Yes, you live here." he answered simply. Katsuya wouldn't go back to live with his father if he had anything to say about it, so he would live with him from now on.
The blonde simply blinked. "Oh ya? Why, do I work here or something? Because I know we're not related or anything because of our names." He said while taking another bite of his sandwich.
Seto nearly choked on his food when he heard that. Did he work here? Was he serious!?! Oh this was too perfect! The mutt could earn his keep and he could finally have someone to pick up around here!
Seto had to force back the smirk tugging at his lips at the very idea of the mutt cleaning up after him, cooking for him and taking his orders. It would be rather funny when he finally got his memories back, only to realise in embarrassment what he'd been doing.
"Yes, you do." He replied while almost smiling at the thought. Mokuba would have to know about this.
To Be Continued...........
Sorry, I didn't realise that a part of this chapter was cut off, so here's the real ch2 ^^
By:Freewater
Disclaimers: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! Please don't sue me, you will
only receive two cats that are VERY annoying and pee everywhere!
Warnings: Male/Male relationship. Swearing.
Pairings: Jou/Seto
Rating: R for swearing and later chapters
Archive: Sure. If you want it just ask me first. ^_^
Feedback: Definitely! Please, yes!! I want to know if I did a good
job or not writing this!
Notes: A bunch of these little stars **** Means a change in time or
scenery. `'These things here indicate thoughts.
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Five days later, back at Seto's estate and in a rather nice looking guest bedroom, Jou was still peacefully sleeping off the affects of his injury. Thankfully all of his bumps, bruises and cuts had gone down, and he was even showing signs of waking up soon.
Seto was currently sitting next to his bed with his laptop in hand, typing new formulas up for the next duel monsters 3D game. He really hated doing that sometimes. He worked his ass off on everything that he made, but the second all those brats become bored with his work he had to do it all over again.
He merely sighed tiredly before saving his work on a disk and closing the computer. Normally he wouldn't take random breaks like this, but with Jou in his care he had to, just to make sure that he was alright though, nothing more.
Noticing that no change had been made in his sleeping condition, he simply took a look around the room that he'd been placed in. Large, well furnished, fine carpets and blue drapes, and the bed he was inwas a king sized bed too. One hundred times better then Jou's bedroom. He couldn't help but shudder at the very thought of it.
The only reason why he'd even seen Jou's room was because he had to go to his house to pick up some of his things, and sadly there wasn't too much to get. It was a very small and dirty looking room with only three changes of clothes, including his school uniform, his duel monsters deck, a picture of his sister, a pillow and a bed sheet.
He didn't even have a bed, it was a simple worn out mattress on the floor that didn't look too comfortable. It was pretty much the kind of thing that you see people leave outside of their houses for the dump trucks to take away, but then some guy would pick it up and take it home for his own use. Disgusting really.
Seto sighed and rubbed at his temple as if he had a headache, the mutt didn't have too many clothes so he went out and got him a few more outfits. Nothing fancy, just the type of thing he was sure that he would like. T-shirts, jeans, etc. At least he would have something decent and clean to wear while he stayed.
He couldn't help but sigh again with how sad it all sounded. He then looked over again to see the face of his puppy when a pair of amber eyes met his own. He'd woken up.
"I see that you're finally awake, mutt." Seto said with a smirk that indicated how little he cared, even though he was actually surprised to see him up.
Jou merely ignored the comment, and his brow simply came together in confusion. "Who are you?" He whispered in a voice that clearly showed how it hadn't been used in quite some time.
Seto blinked. "What do you mean who am I?" He asked in an equal amount of confusion. "You know perfectly well who I am." He said with a few traces of annoyance in his voice. If the puppy thought that he could get smart and play some dumb trick on him then he had another thing coming!
Jou weakly pulled himself into a sitting position before facing him again. "I-I'm sorry sir, but I really don't know you." `SIR?!? Did he just call me sir?!?' Seto thought as his eyes bulged almost right out of their sockets in shock. Joke or no joke, the mutt would *never* refer to him in *any* respectful way!
Seto quickly stood up from his chair and discarded his laptop before leaning over the bed and looking an almost frightened Jou directly in the eye. "What's my name?" He quickly asked.
"I-I-I....I don't know!" He stammered out, getting increasingly nervous with how this stranger was acting towards him.
Seto just gaped at him, unable to believe that the blonde didn't know who he was. They made each other's lives a living hell all the time! How could someone forget something like that?!?
"Do you know your name?" He asked.
Jou seemed to think about it for a moment, and the more time that went by when he still couldn't produce an answer, the more tears came into his eyes. "I-I don't remember!" He cried out while looking up at him fearfully. "W-why can't I remember anything? What happened to me?!?" He demanded with a terrified voice. It was quite a scary thing to wake up and know absolutely nothing about yourself.
Seto didn't answer him. Instead he marched over to the dresser by the window and picked up the picture of his younger sister that he'd placed there a few days ago. There would be no way in hell that he would deny knowing his own little sister. Once he had it he quickly headed back for the bed and practically shoved it in his face for him to see.
"What about her? Do you know her?" He demanded while leaning on the bed again, waiting patiently for the mutt to cave in and admit that it was just one of his stupid tricks to get under his skin.
Jou took the picture into his shaking hands, and when nothing in his mind clicked at the sight of the girl in front of him he couldn't help the tears that flowed down his face.
"I-I don't know her." He admitted with a shake of his head.
Seto gasped in pure shock. How could he deny knowing his own sister? Maybe he really wasn't trying to be annoying. Perhaps there really was something wrong with him. There was only one other thing he could think of that would get him to admit that he was lying, and if he did it he was sure that the puppy would be royally pissed off.
He then leaned in a little closer, causing Jou to take his eyes away from the picture and lean back with how nervous he was. Seto then stopped his little advance, looked him straight in the eye, and said: "Katsuya?"
His name. He never let anyone call him by his first name, not even his closest friends. In fact, he was even known to get into fights over the issue. So when he just gave him a blank stare and asked if it was his name that he'd whispered to him, Seto couldn't help but stand up straight and march out of that room as fast as his two feet would take him before slamming the door.
"Dear God, he can't even remember his own fucking name!" He said to himself in disbelief as he leaned his back up against the door. The hospital would definitely need to know about this!
Without so much as a second thought, Seto pulled out his cell phone and demanded that they send over a doctor. He didn't care whether or not they did house calls anymore, they would either do this one or lose all of their funding. It was that simple.
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It wasn't until a half hour had passed that there was finally a knock on his door, and because all of his workers were on strike, Seto had to answer it.
He'd only gone back in the puppy's room twice to tell him that a doctor was coming over and to bring him something to eat. And no matter how many times he said it, Jou never seemed to get angry when he would call him Katsuya.
He had yet to tell him about the nickname that all of his stupid friends would call him by, because he actually liked being able to get away with calling him that, and the CEO couldn't help but wonder with a smirk what else he could get away with while he was in this state of mind.
Answering the door, Seto openly groaned in disappointment when thedoctor he'd argued with at the hospital was on the other side, with her black back of supplies. `Forgot to fire her.' He thought as he openly glared at the onna who let herself in without an invitation.
"Where is he?" She asked in an annoyed voice while her high heeled shoes made a continuous knocking sound on his floor.
"Second floor, third room on the right." He replied while trying to find out what exactly her problem was with his puppy. She didn't seem to want to be here that was for certain. `Perhaps I'll do a background check on her.' He thought with another smirk. It would be nice to find something on her that he could blackmail her with. Heh. The possibilities for what could be done when you have a doctor under your thumb were endless!
Much to Seto's annoyance, she continued to lead the way through his home and up the stairway, and then without so much as knocking, let herself into the room where Katsuya was still eating his sandwich in bed.
"Good afternoon Mr. Jounouchi, I'm Doctor Kanzaki. If you would kindly put that away now I can start the examination." She immediately ordered while getting her stuff out.
Katsuya swallowed what was in his mouth. "Can I just finish this first? I'm almost done and really hungry--"
"Just do it Mr. Jounouchi, I have better things to do with my time then take house calls so I'd like to get out of here as soon as possible." She said while not even looking at him as she continued to go through his little medical kit.
Seto glared at her but Katsuya just did as he was told. He guessed that this woman really didn't like him for some reason and he didn't want to anger her further.
"Alright then Mr. Kaiba, would you kindly leave us alone now so I can get to work?" She asked while turning her gaze towards him, almost snobbishly really.
Normally he wouldn't be the type to take orders, especially from a bitch like this who seemed to be practically scaring the mutt, who was currently trying to make some distance between them. But in allfairness she was the doctor so he had to do as he was told.
He quickly glanced at Katsuya who was still eyeing the woman suspiciously. "I'll be back in about a half an hour and then I'll get you something else to eat." He said, getting his attention instantly before turning to leave.
Katsuya grinned, the nervous air around him lessening at the mention of more food. "Thanks Seto." He called out as the CEO left the room and headed for the kitchen to make some more sandwiches.
He told Katsuya his full name earlier, and instead of calling him Kaiba like he always did, he called him by his first name. Strangely enough, Seto really didn't mind either. It was nice having someone other than Mokuba call him that, so he didn't correct him.
When he finally got to the rather large kitchen, he went over to the cupboards and pulled out the bread before going over to the fridge. He never really did eat anything for supper aside from sandwiches and other simple things that he could munch on while working on his computer, so this was all he knew how to make.
They did have a chef who would cook for Mokuba, so he never worried about that. Unfortunately everyone recently went on strike when he refused to give them all raises about three weeks ago, including the chef. So he would have to order take out or take his brother to restaurants more than normal just so he could eat properly.
This took a great amount of time away from both his company and his brother. It was an *extremely* large house in which they lived in, and they had to try and keep it clean. It got easier once they decided to only clean the rooms that they used and have Mokuba pick up after himself, but it was still a huge waste of his valuable time.
In his opinion he was glad that they were all gone anyway. He had about fifteen people working for him in his house, and they were all being paid about fourteen dollars an hour, with benefits and vacation time! Honestly, what more did they want?! Bastards.
So he just had to try and hire an new staff. The only problem was, was that it was a little difficult trying to find people who wanted to work in his house for him. Everyone seemed to believe that it was a little difficult trying to find people who wanted to work in his house for him. Everyone seemed to believe that he was some cruel employer who would have people fired on the drop of a hat, which wasn't true at all. Just because he wanted that bitch of a doctor fired over her attitude towards her superior had absolutely nothing to do with it!
When the half hour time was up, he grabbed the two plates that were completely stacked with turkey and ham sandwiches and headed back to Katsuya's room.
`Knowing the mutt, this probably won't sustain him at all!' He thought sarcastically as he climbed the stairs.
When he got to the top though, he was a little surprised to see Dr. Kanzaki standing outside the door and leaning up against it with her arms crossed, bag at her feet, and pug-nose in the air.
"You finished quick." He said tonelessly.
Her gaze turned towards him and she narrowed her brown eyes slightly at the sight. She really hated taking orders from someone ten years younger then herself. Quite annoying really.
"He has amnesia." Was all she said before picking up her bag and getting ready to leave, but Seto wouldn't let her go that easily.
"I know that you halfwit!" He said furiously. "I want to know how severe it is!"
She simply rolled her eyes. "It's only temporary. He should have his memories back within the month, give or take a week or two. Then, if his father wakes up, he can go home. Satisfied?" She asked impatiently.
"Yes." He seethed, moving out of her way so she could go.
Just as she walked by him, he mumbled: "Bitch." Just as she passed so she could clearly hear what he'd said. She stalled for only a split second before regaining her composure and heading for the door again.
He just rolled his eyes in annoyance and walked into Katsuya's room.
The blonde looked up at him when he heard the door open, and his face immediately brightened up. Whether or not it was at the sight of him or at the food in his hands, he didn't know.
"Glad your back, that chick gave me the creeps." He said with a grin that Seto couldn't help but return, despite himself.
He then walked over to the large bed and placed the plates on it. One for him and the other for Katsuya. "Did the doctor say anything to you?" He asked, wondering if she even told him about the amnesia before leaving him alone.
He nodded his head with a sad expression. "She said I have only temporary amnesia, and that my memories should come back soon, but that was about all." He explained, and Seto nodded his head in understanding.
Katsuya took a half bite of his sandwich before swallowing and trying to start up a conversation. "Soooo... Do I live here? Because it looks like I have some personal things around." He said, motioning towards the picture of Shizuka. He now knew that it was his sister because of what Seto had explained to him earlier.
He couldn't help but think for a moment before answering. "Yes, you live here." he answered simply. Katsuya wouldn't go back to live with his father if he had anything to say about it, so he would live with him from now on.
The blonde simply blinked. "Oh ya? Why, do I work here or something? Because I know we're not related or anything because of our names." He said while taking another bite of his sandwich.
Seto nearly choked on his food when he heard that. Did he work here? Was he serious!?! Oh this was too perfect! The mutt could earn his keep and he could finally have someone to pick up around here!
Seto had to force back the smirk tugging at his lips at the very idea of the mutt cleaning up after him, cooking for him and taking his orders. It would be rather funny when he finally got his memories back, only to realise in embarrassment what he'd been doing.
"Yes, you do." He replied while almost smiling at the thought. Mokuba would have to know about this.
To Be Continued...........
Sorry, I didn't realise that a part of this chapter was cut off, so here's the real ch2 ^^