Trip to Fall
by Lethe Seraph
Chapter Four: This feeling won't be fought
School.
It was night; glowing threads of moonlight touched upon the other's slim frame, but his face was hidden.
"Who are you?" asked Jonouchi. His voice echoed strangely through the dark halls.
Do I know you?
The figure stepped forward silently, and was illuminated.
Why are you here?
I know you.
Familiar.
Yet, he felt that something was different. Those eyes, reflective as still water on a moonlit night, shouldn't have been looking at him that way-
Cold blue eyes-
They were ice; a mirror that he could see his own soul in.
"Aren't you going to say anything?" said Jonouchi. "Insult me, call me names, tell me I'm an idiot?"
The silent eyes watched him, and Jonouchi was frustrated. He moved closer – Seto didn't back away.
A dream.
"Say something, damn it!"
The halls sounded hollow when his voice echoed back to him. Dark, and empty, and the only other person there was a shadow.
Is this a dream?
Seto raised his head and looked directly into Jonouchi's eyes. The image seared itself upon Jonouchi's mind.
"Jonouchi…"
He couldn't look away.
"Don't you hate me?"
a dream, nothing more, don't look at me like that! but you're so-
How could he even begin to describe it? No words he had ever learned seemed to do Seto justice.
"No," whispered Jonouchi.
beautiful…
"Why not?"
pale skin; the moonlight makes you look like a spirit
bright dark eyes with expression distant
why do you watch me?
He could feel his heart racing in the silent corridor. "Why should I?" he asked.
"Because…" Seto's voice was different, and Jou couldn't begin to guess how.
Of course. This is a dream, after all.
Jonouchi was about to speak when he lost control. He was separate, now, forced to watch as-
What was 'he' doing?
Kissing.
Warm, soft, sweet – so different from what Kaiba was – Jonouchi was amazed.
Sugary vanilla, cinnamon. He tasted them in his dream.
Kissing Seto.
Get me out!
Wake up, Jonouchi!
And then he didn't want to wake up…
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Laughter.
Jonouchi shot upright and blinked around, adjusting to the room's light. "Huh?"
Yugi and Honda were grinning widely at him.
"What time is it?" muttered Jonouchi. "Why are you two awake?"
Yugi's grin, impossibly large as it was, grew. "You woke us up."
"You were moaning in your sleep…" continued Honda.
"And talking, too!"
Oh, shit!
"You've gotta be kidding," said Jonouchi. "I never talk in my sleep!"
"How would you know?" countered Honda. "You were asleep!"
"What were you dreaming about?" said Yugi curiously.
Jonouchi's face burned. "Um. Uh."
"I can venture a guess," said Honda cheerfully.
"What was I saying…?"
Yugi laughed good-humoredly, and waved his hand. "Oh, not much. Just…"
"Nnn! Oh!" mimicked Honda. "What are you doing? Don't do that!"
So they didn't know that he had been dreaming about-
"We thought we heard you say Kaiba's name!" added Yugi.
Jonouchi gulped.
-
"He hates me. I hate him," he said to himself, running a hand through his brown hair inattentively. "That's all there is to it. Nothing more."
Although he did…
And I…
"Nothing more," he added firmly. Seto wouldn't waste his time thinking about it.
The weekend was passing so slowly. He dreaded Monday – what would happen when he saw Jonouchi next?
"He hates me. I hate him…"
Damn it all to hell! He couldn't sleep!
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"Yeah, right!" said Jonouchi. "Like I would ever dream about kissing Kaiba!"
"Who said kissing?" said Yugi, as Honda said, "Oh, so that's what it was!"
Jonouchi backed away from their Cheshire expressions and held up a pillow in self-defense. "No, no, no!"
"Jou," said Yugi seriously – joke dropped – "we're here for you no matter what. You know that."
Honda sighed, taking the hint and sharp nudge from Yugi. "Yeah, man. You can tell us anything."
"But I don't…"
"You don't what?"
"I don't know what I feel," whispered Jonouchi weakly. "How can I tell you?"
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