Taryn: ^^ an update!
Faye: *nods* it's remarkable…
Taryn: *nod nod* very remarkable… so is the number of reviews. O.O 29 on both ff.n and AFF!! AMAZING! THANK YOU ALL!
To Lady Geuna(ff.n): I'm glad you likes. ^^ love triangles be fun *nod nod*
To Jou-pup(ff.n): lol. And I tried to hurry… heh, not very hurrysome o.o I dun think that's a word…
To Yami Bakura Fan (ff.n): well… they could go worse… but they won't. I hope. ^^ I think o.o and I'm glad you like it. *nods*
To DM-san (ff.n): shame shame… I dunno about an o word (o.o I think the full version might get me in trouble with some lil tattle… evil tattles…) I was sorta thinking of keeping this fic under NC-17
To hotaruchan27 (ff.n): ooo bad idea with the matches… well, if he gets my school then I can forgive him. ^^ And Beverly Hillbillies is priceless. *nod nod* Like the one with the ostritch! Eh heh… haven't seen those in a while.
To Angel-belle (ff.n): heh… I think he was drunk or something… can't remember anymore. Thanks for the review.
To Dou Tenshi (ff.n): *nods* Jou is awesome. ^^ you just have to love him no matter what.
To Akashi Yume (ff.n): thankies
To Terra Kaiba (ff.n): I shall
To PanDora (ff.n): thank you, and I'm glad you like
To shadowguardian (ff.n): lol… not the brightest genius ever… that made no sense! ^^;; oh well…
To Twilight Dreams (ff.n): ooo thankies. ^^
To Assassin in the Shadows (ff.n): no no not stupid. O.O it's bloody hard to write in it too! But I want to keep it realistic… *mutter mutter*
To xxkurenaixx (ff.n): heh, we all want Jounouchi. Except for those idiots who dun like him. Eh… that comment's gonna get me hit by someone…
To PawPrints (ff.n): there's not really voting… but thanks for reviewin!
To RavenWings (AFF): simple, you add stories by going into your user options, then putting the story id number in the box. *nod nod* and I'm glad you enjoyed it.
To Dragondreamer Yami Dragon (AFF): lol catfight… O.O but what happens when a cat and a dragon fight…? Something's gonna die…
To Heather-chan (AFF): ooo I'm working on updates. CANDY! ^^ *too excited with candy to worry about what Bakura might be up to*
To sky (AFF): thanks
To The Mystical Dragon (AFF): lol, thanks
To Kitt (AFF): thanks
To Sharem (AFF) I'm glad you do.
To AngelicMouseGirl (AFF): I know, isn't he a sweet teacher. ^^ I want him… and thanks for reviewing.
To NekoJounouchiAKAJams (AFF): lol. *pokes Seto plushie with spork* be good little one, or you shall suffer!
To YamiJou (AFF): I'm glad you like. ^^ And I didn't mean to make you angry with me… that's just where I wanted to end it… it was a good place to end. *shrugs*
To Sapphire Tsumnami (AFF): S/J and S/O are my fave pairings… ^^ thanks for the review!
To Sekky (AFF): sure I can… I lose fics all the time too. ^^;; and thanks for revieiwing.
Taryn: O.O that took forever! GAH!
Faye: *not pying attention* *singing* I want to change the world. kaze wo kakenukete nanimo osorezu ni
ima yuuki to egao no KAKERA daite
Taryn: um… yami… I love Inuyasha too, but could we please get back to the fic?
Faye: hm? *glances around* oh, you're don… ^^;;
Taryn: ugh…
Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the plot, so you no sue.
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Chapter 2: A Lesson in Proper Bathroom Etiquette
Jounouchi walked down the street slowly. He was actually running early this morning. He had gotten plenty of sleep last night, and was in a fairly good mood.
"Hey! Jounouchi!" Someone yelled from behind Jou.
Jou turned around to see Ryou waving like a madman. He had a slightly insane smile on his face… Jou worried that it was in fact Ryou's yami that had control of his body. But when Ryou came closer, Jou noted that it was in fact Ryou. 'I wonder what Ryou wants…'
"Jounouchi, I need to ask you for your advice."
"Shoot."
Ryou looked puzzled, "Shoot what? Are you implying that I should fire a projectile weapon at an innocent creature with the objective to kill it? Most likely for sport?"
'Oi…' "…"
"Jounouchi?"
"Err… just what were ya askin for advice for?"
"Oh, right. Well, there's this person, let's call the person A, and well… I feel things for this person…" Ryou trailed off. There was a faint blush forming on his cheeks.
"So what you're telling me is that there's someone you like? Who is it? C'mon! Can't ya tell yer friend?"
"Err… no…"
"C'mon! Who's the lucky girl?" Jounouchi was now excited.
Ryou blushed even more. "Wh-wh-who said it was a girl?"
Jounouchi's eyes widened "Ryou! You're gay? Why didn't you tell me?"
"well… Jounouchi… I err…" He trailed off, clearly at a loss for words" I'm gay." Ryou stated simply and shrugged.
Jououchi just laughed and looped an arm around the shorter boy's shoulders "C'mon, we can figure this thing out together. I got no idea what the hell I'm doin either."
"Y-y-you're gay?"
"No idea Ryou, I've got myself in an interesting jam."
"Jam? What happened?"
"I'm not sure if you'd believe me."
"Just try me."
"Well, it all began yesterday in math class…"
~*~by Ryou's locker 10 minutes later~*~
"Remarkable!" Ryou exclaimed.
"Well, dat's one way to put it." Jounouchi muttered and leaned against the locker next to Ryou's.
Jounouchi had explained the whole story to his snowy haired friend. Ryou had found it like something out of a movie. Except it didn't cost $10 to see it opening night.
"It must be exciting! You're at the peak of a love triangle! You have two gorgeous-" Jounouchi clamped a hand over Ryou's mouth before he could say anything along the lines of males or guys.
"Shush Ry! You dun have to tell da whole school!"
"Sorry! It's just so exciting… I mean, WOW!" He was practically bouncing up and down with excitement.
Jounouchi chuckled, "Exactly how many cups?"
"err… you mean of coffee?"
"No, I mean of tequila." Jounouchi rolled his eyes, "Of course I mean coffee!"
"…"
"Ry…"
"four."
"Holy shit! No wonder you're so energetic!"
Ryou giggled, "How about you?"
"Only two."
The two friends laughed, then Ryou looked at his watch. "Oh dear, I must be going, I'm supposed to meet Yuugi in the cafeteria 10 minutes before class… I'm four minutes late! Tell me how the contest is going at lunch!" and with that Ryou was down the hall in the blink of an eye. Well, he did take a little detour to the floor when he tripped over the garbage can, but that only took a few seconds.
"Right." Jounouchi muttered and headed off down the hall to his locker. He spun the lock and opened it on the first try. 'It's kinda odd that I haven't seen Ryuji or Seto yet… holy…' Jounouchi stared at the present that sat on the shelf of his locker. 'How da hell did one of 'em get inta my locker? No one knows my combination besides Yuugi and Shizuka and me. Damn, one of 'em must have been recruited. Probably Seto did it.' Jounouchi tentatively reached forward and grasped the present. He turned it over in his hands. It was in shiny silver wrapping paper. Not finding a note attached, Jou looked in the shelf of his locker and found a single piece of paper on which was written "puppy" in very neat and perfectly shaped handwriting.
"Kaiba…" Jou muttered.
He then opened ht gift. The box under the wrapping was plain and black. He tried to open the box but for some unbeknownst reason it wouldn't oblige. "Damn box… why da hell wontcha open?" He then noticed the tape. 'Oops… damn tape… I always get stuped by da tape.' Jou tugged at the offending tape, and. after a moment of hard battle, he removed it, crumpled it into a ball, and tossed it onto the floor where it promptly attached itself to someone's shoe.
"Morning." Said a soft voice from Jou's right. Jou turned to see Ryuji calmly leaning against the locker next to his.
"Hi Ryuji." Jou muttered.
"What'd rich boy buy you?"
"Huh?"
"Your present… or at least I'm assuming that's what it is. What'd Seto buy you?"
"Oh yah!" Jou, 'dis is not da time to play the idiot. Now just open the box Jounouchi…'
Jou slid the box open to reveal a gorgeous black metal pen with a Red Eyes Black dragon curled around the top.
"Holy…" Ryuji muttered as he stared in awe.
"Moley…" Jou finished, gaping just the same as Ryuji.
"that thing looks like it could be lethal…"
"It looks like it cost an arm and a leg… and another arm and leg…"
"Hey, I wonder if it's got any James Bond worthy tools in it… Hey, click it twice and see if anything happens."
Obediently Jou clicked the pen twice. They both waited. Nothing happened.
"Like it pup?" Seto said as he came up behind them both.
Both Ryuji and Jounouchi jumped.
"Don't you realize it activates the Bat signal?" Seto said jokingly.
"Very funny." Ryuji muttered sarcastically.
"No better than your James Bond one." Seto shot back.
Ryuji was about to make a snide remark when Seto's cell phone rang. Scowling, Seto answered the phone. Glaring he waved goodbye to Jou and Ryuji and headed off down the hallway towards the front doors of the school.
"that was odd…" Jou muttered as he absently spun his newly acquired pen in his hand
"Yah, who'd have thought that Seto Kaiba of all people would know something about comic books… let alone Batman."
"Ok, that was odd too." Jou said
"Well, I just stopped by to tell you that I'm going to be taking you out this Friday. You don't need to dress up fancy or anything. Just wear shoes that you can walk in. I'll pick you up say 6:00ish?"
"Uh sure. That sounds great." Jou said and smiled goofily.
"Now there's just one more thing I have to show you."
"Hm? And what's that?"
"Grab your books quick, we don't have a lot of time left."
Jou hastily shoved his backpack into his locker and proceeded to grab the books he needed for his morning classes. He closed his locker with a bang, spinning the lock to make sure it was locked. Ryuji grabbed Jou's arm and hurried down the hall, Jou in tow. They cut through crowds of students, nearly ploughing over several freshmen (had they, it wouldn't have mattered much though since they were only freshmen). Ryuji suddenly turned into the boy's bathroom, which was completely deserted.
"What do y-"
Ryuji pushed Jou up against the wall just on the other side of the door and then claimed his lips in a passionate kiss. Jou willingly complied, letting Ryuji's body press him against the wall. Their moment of perpetual bliss was brutally shattered when the washroom door swung open suddenly and somebody entered. The person coughed, "It appears that I'm interrupting something… I'll just go the other washroom. Don't stop due to me wandering in."
Jou and Ryuji broke apart just in time to see the retreating form of Bakura. Ryuji waited for the door to close, and then he burst out laughing, mostly because of the completely shocked look on Jou's face.
"Don't look so surprised Jou, it is a public restroom after all."
"Oh… right…" Jou said and shifted uncomfortably.
The bell then rang, making Jou jump at least half a foot in the air. Ryuji just laughed harder than he had been before.
"Man, are you jumpy. I think there should be no more coffee for you in the morning."
Four boys then burst through the door, one of them running to the nearest sink bearing a bloody nose.
"Um… maybe we should get to class then?" Ryuji asked and smiled at his still stunned almost boyfriend.
"Err… yah… class." Jou said, glancing at the other boys worriedly, wondering if they suspected anything.
Jou bent down to retrieve his books which he had dropped the instant Ryuji had kissed him, all the while with Ryuji watching his ass with a mischievous smirk. Noticing this Jou blushed even more, now having a face the hue of an overripe tomato.
"I didn't think a colour that vibrant was possible on someone's face." Ryuji said thoughtfully, twirling a silky strand of hair around his finger "But I think it's quite adorable."
Jou's eyes widened. He turned his head to see if the four boys had heard Ryuji's comment. Thankfully they seemed to be too absorbed in the wellbeing of their bleeding friend.
They both headed off down the hallway, towards their first period class, which, unfortunately for them, was history with a teacher quite similar in teaching manner to Professor Binns. [1]
~*~
It was now nearly the end of second period. And also nearly the end of physics. After a week of doing nothing but review on scientific notation and SI unit conversions Jou had decided that he didn't much like physics. Glancing down at the hastily done problems that he had finished 12 minutes prior, he read them over to check if they were correct. Still not finding any errors he glanced over at Seto who was sitting next to him. Seto's worksheet did not have any sloppy work done on it. The answers were neatly written on the blanks, and other than that the sheet was unmarred.
Seto glanced over to notice Jou looking at his sheet. He raised an eyebrow if asking a question. Jou glanced away to look at Ryuji who was sitting on the opposite side of the room, absently doodling on his worksheet and staring at a fly who was frantically trying to get into one of the humming fluorescent lights.
Twirling the pen he had received from Seto in his hand, Jou glanced at the teacher whom he fantasized stabbing with the lethal pen… or possibly shoving it up her gigantic nose. Anything really to liven up the class and possibly let them out earlier. But after carefully analyzing the situation he decided against it for the sole fact that it would probably get him kicked out of the class and that wasn't really something that he wanted to have happen at the moment.
Jou looked up at the clock. Only 10:12. That meant 33 more minutes of physics. Feeling a sensation of boredom wash over him, he slumped forward, resting his head on his binder. He closed his eyes and thought about getting out of this class… and the possibility of making out with either Seto or Ryuji… or both.
He stayed like that for several moments, drifting in and out of reality. Finally he felt something sharp jab into his side repeatedly. Groaning he opened his eyes and lifted his head off the paper. Seto was looking at him with a look of annoyance.
"Wha?" Jou muttered, sounding slightly annoyed.
"You were snoring… I woke you for you own good." Seto shot back quietly.
"Oh… thanks then." Jou said, glancing away. He looked up at the physics teacher who was sitting at her desk. 'Man does she have big nostrils… I bet you could stick a hot dog up one…' Too bad he didn't have a hot dog…
Looking down at the black pen he seriously contemplated sticking it up her nose. Suspension or not, he was curious.
Shoving his chair back, Jou stood up. He marched up to the front desk and before she could say a word, shoved the pen up her nose.
"AGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" She yelled and jumped up from her seat. She then proceeded to run around the room like a chicken with its head cut off and flap her arms helplessly.
"Jounouchi! You're our hero!" Ryuji yelled from the other side of the room as he jumped up from his chair. Vaulting over a table he came to stand right in front of Jounouchi. "May I?"
"Uh… yah…" Jou said uncertainly.
In one quick motion Ryuji swept all the papers and knick knacks off the teacher's desk and then pushed Jou down onto it. They then began again what they had been doing in the loo before classes had started that morning. But this time in front of a room full of people on the teacher's desk. But Jounouchi didn't care. He was the hero! He had saved them all from the boredom of physics! The tediousness of mathematics that they had already learned! He was the caped crusader, the masked avenger, the man in tights! Well… maybe not tights… but the main point was; he had saved them all!
There was a slight tickling sensation on his right hip. Ryuji was toying with him. He smiled into the kiss and leaned into the touch… at which point he was poked quite hard.
"Quit dat! I'm snogin Ryuji!" He yelled at the person that had poked him.
He opened his eyes to find himself sitting in physics class with the whole class staring at him. He looked down to see that his physics worksheet was damp, and that Seto was leaning in close. The teacher looked like she had seen a ghost and many of the other students were watching him in either amusement or disgust.
Ryuji broke the silence with a loud, hearty laugh and the thunk of him falling off his chair laughing. Seto shook his head, and looked away, trying to contain his laughter.
'Oh my gods… oh my gods… oh my oh my oh my! I didn't just do that did I? DID I?!?!? Why won't the earth ever open up and swallow you whole when you want it to? WHY ME?!' Jou though in a panic, glancing around frantically.
"Um… Mr. Katsuya…" the teacher started, but was clearly at a loss for words. She tried again. "Jounouchi…" but failed yet again.
"Oh my gawd!" A girl yelled, "That was SO wrong!"
"You have a problem with that?" another girl shot back?
"Well, yah, it's like… wrong!" the first girl shouted in her high pitched voice.
"You are so narrow minded!" a boy added in.
The class then erupted into a heated debate about homosexuality and if it was morally wrong or not.
All Jou could do was sink even lower in his chair and pray that either a) the bell rang or b) the earth would come and swallow him up.
Thankfully, luck decided to stop tormenting Jou and the bell rang.
Jou zipped up his binder and had his books collected faster than Superman dodges a speeding bullet and was heading out the door when someone caught his arm.
"wait Jou." Seto said quietly. He hastily shoved his binder into his bag and then they headed out of the classroom together. They had a 15 minute break now. "So, Ryuji's been sneaking kisses has he?"
"What makes ya say dat?" Jou asked defensively.
"You just yelled 'I'm snoggin Ryuji' in class."
"Oh… yah… just a couple."
Seto sighed. "I expected as much."
"So, where are we headed?" Jou asked glancing down the hallways, trying to figure out where Seto might be leading him.
"The bathroom." Seto stated simply.
Jounouchi's eyes widened as Seto pulled him into the bathroom. Per usual, the room was deserted and the door swung shut behind them. Unlike Ryuji, Seto pushed Jounouchi into a stall and followed him in. He closed the door behind him, then manoeuvred so that Jou had his back to the stall door Seto leaned in and kissed him. As the seconds changed to minutes, nobody entered the bathroom and the kiss slowly intensified and Seto pushed Jounouchi even further against the stall door. Ever once in a while the door would creak a couple millimetres back. And after about 7 minutes of their make out session the door gave an angry groan and swung backwards
"Iie!" Jou yelled as he suddenly had nothing to support his weight other than Seto… who had been leaning on Jou. So they both wound up crashing to the floor in a most ungraceful manner. Seto managed to absorb his fall so that he landed lightly on top of Jou but Jou crashed to the unforgiving linoleum clumsily. (think of Jou with x_X eyes. ^^;;)
"Are you alright?" Seto asked worriedly.
The door then swung open and Bakura entered the bathroom. He took one look at the two boys on the floor, "Alright! I don't need to use the bathroom! I give up Ra damn it!" He then turned around and stormed out of the bathroom.
"What was that all about?" Seto asked, staring after Bakura.
Rubbing his head Jou responded, "He walked in on me and Ryuji in the other bathroom by da gym…"
Seto raised an eyebrow.
The door swung open again, but this time it was Ryuji. Upon seeing Seto and Jou on the floor his eyes widened to the size of dinner plates. "You couldn't wait until after school to have sex? I'm definitely losing the contest"
"what?" Jou exclaimed, "No, me and Seto… we weren't… sex with him?! Get offa me Seto!!" Seto hastily got off of Jounouchi, who after being released jumped to his feat and moved away from Seto. "Wes was just kissin then the door opened and we fell and… gods this sounds absurd, I'm going to find a Tylenol because ma head hurts." And with that Jou pushed past Ryuji and into the hallway.
The door clicked shut and the cat and the dragon were left staring at each other.
"You've been sneaking kisses." Seto stated.
"So were you."
They stood there a moment longer, until the bell rang anyways. They both glanced at the clock and considered leaving the bathroom yet remained stationary.
Seto walked slowly walked towards Ryuji. Ryuji stood, unwavering, showing no signs of fear or distrust to his fellow classmate.
"The game is still very much on." Seto stated, leaning down so that their noses were barely even a centimetre apart. "But that doesn't stop me from anything." And he leaned in even closer claiming Ryuji's lips much like he had Jou's moments earlier.
~*~English (or whatever the Japanese equivalent to it is…) 12 minutes later~*~
Jou looks up as there is a knock at the door. The teacher sighs and places the book she had been reading from on her desk, marking the page as she closed it, and walked over to the door. Opening it she reveals a very late Seto Kaiba and Ryuji Otogi.
"You boys do realize that you are over five minutes late for my class?" She said. She sounded annoyed. Glowering up at them, (for she was very short, nearly a foot shorter than Seto) "what are your excuses?"
"None Mrs. Howey." [2] They said in unison, heads bowed.
"Well then boys, I'll expect you here at 3:20 for an hour worth of detention. And try not to be late for that too."
"Yes Mrs. Howey." They said in unison.
"Now take your seats."
The two boys walked off to their respective seats sullenly to endure yet another hour of hell. [3]
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Taryn & Faye: *are both singing the Inuyasha theme song while they listen to it on the computer.*
Ryuji: … ever since they saw Inuyasha on YTV last Friday it's been an instant obsession of theirs…
Seto: we'll do everything then. First Taryn would like to inform you all that voting for pairings will not sway her decision. She knows what she's doing and like it or not, that's what's going to happen.
Jou: and flames will be kept by Taryn to burn her physics teacher to a crisp, so flaming her would be giving her a big hand really.
Yami: and Jou's daydreaming about getting out of physics class was written by Taryn in physics class… she finds the class dreadfully dull and would do anything to get out of it really…
Yuugi: now be nice and review! *puppy dog eyes*
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[1]Professor Binns from Harry Potter. Which I dun own… and I do have a teacher that is just as interesting as the professor of magical history.
[2] Mrs. Howey… the scariest teacher ever… she's like 5'0 and scary as hell. O.O I had her for grade 9 Entrepreneurship in my Commerce and Computers class… she still scares me…
[3] Hell = school.