Disclaimer: If you think YGO is mine then...well, you're wrong. Anzu exists, proving that the lovely manga isn't mine. .;;

A/N: Well, everyone's review was the same - The kiss was too fast! I know . I wrote this a while ago, in case you didn't know, I'm just reposting it. . I wish I could revise it...but...just...can't bring myself to...na no da...Ano, enjoy the third chapter!

'thoughts'

===================================================================

...so they had kissed. Jou was hurt, and Yugi would've done anything to comfort him. That's what friends did.
...didn't they?
Yugi wasn't sure anymore about what had happened between them. He prayed that Jou had kissed him out of sorrow, out of seeking comfort. But...if it had been out of affection...of love...?
'But then...how ... how do I tell Jou that I don't...love him..?'
It was like a dream now when Yugi searched his mind, seeing the memory again. He couldn't feel the soft lips against his, nor could he feel Jou's heart beating in the closeness. It was like it had never happened.
...and that was how Yugi wished it had been. A dream. But the fact was that it wasn't a dream. All the tri-haired boy could for was that Jou knew that.

----

Jou couldn't have been happier. Sure, it was a school day, usually he was pissed off and burdened with assignments at this time. Leaning back in his seat, he grinned.
-Jou leaned against the door of Yugi's dark room. Pressing his ear against it, he listened carefully to the whispers in the living room.-
-"Jiisan," Yugi's voice pleaded, "onegai. Jou said he can't go home...please let him stay, just for a little while."-
-Sugoroku sighed. "I suppose..."-
-"Hai! Arigatou!"-
-Jou had whispered the words triumphantly to himself as well, slipping and accidentally hitting Yugi's desk with a loud thunk.-
-"Yugi, what was that?"-
-"A-ano..."-
After that day, Jou couldn't get Yugi off his mind. He kept reliving the sweet kiss they had shared, each time bringing more bliss than the last. It also told him what the strange feeling in his stomach was...
...it was love...and all he wanted was for Yugi to feel the same way.

A loud ringing disrupted Jou from his thoughts, that of the school bell. Whooping, Jou gathered his book-bag into his arms and headed out the door, into the golden afternoon.
"Jonouchi!" a voice cried, one Jou had waited to hear all day...
"Yug'," he replied, turning to the boy. Yugi was smiling happily, as usual, though seemed to flash in his mesmerizing violet eyes.
'Please...Jou, don't bring up the kiss...'
The sun was setting slowly, spreading its crimson glow across Domino. Enjoying the cool light on his face, Jou settled himself on a bench, Yugi sitting beside him, though at an uncomfortable distance. Grinning, Jou pulled himself closer, pulling Yugi into another, feathery light kiss.
'No...' Yugi thought, staying limp in Jou's arms as he kissed him. "Jou..." he said quietly, pulling away. "D-doesn't this...bother you?"
Jou's face was so close, lit in the sunset's last breaths of light, slightly confused at the question. "How would it bother me?"
"That...that we're both guys."
Jou smiled. "Yugi, if it means being with you, then I don't care if we're both guys. I don't mind being gay."
'I'm so sorry Jou...'
"what are you getting at?" Jou asked quietly, his face softening.
Yugi felt his eyes dart away quickly from his friend, he wanted to do anything but hurt him, and it was so painful on its own...
"Yugi...?"
"Jou, I--" Yugi tried to say it, but it was too hard, weighing down on him. "I don't like you! I don't...love you."
Jou's eyes widened.
"I'm sorry..." Yugi added. "I just...don't."
There was a lump in his throat. Jou swallowed, tyring to rid himself of it to no success. "Yeah, man, whatever," he murmured, picking up his book-bag to walk away.
"Jou...gomen--"
"Daijoubu...just don't worry about it." Jou tried to smile. What he was left with was a big fake grin.
"H-hai."
For a while, all Jou could hear was his footsteps crunching in the snow, leading him to wherever. He couldn't go back to Yugi's, not now. Strangely, after this, he felt...calm. Rounding into an alley, he stopped, and his book-bag dropped to the ground.
He stared at the wall blankly.
"NO!" he cried, and rammed his fists into the wall, over and over again. "No...Yugi!" Pain coursed through his hands and arms...but it would never match the pain of his heart, broken. "I shoulda -- know --," he cried, continuiing to hit the brick wall, watching his fists bleed. "I was -- never good enough -- not for you, not for anyone --!"Tears streamed from his eyes. Dropping to his knees, he sobbed, and plunged his bloody fists into the snow.

============================================================

A/N: Aww....don't cry Jonouchi...you'll make me cry...T.T Jou: TTTT ::sniff:: Kiki: 00 ::sniff, sob:: TTTT Jou: waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh... Kiki: waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh... Yugi: Ano...okay....;; ::throws a few tissues to them:: Review, everyone...