Joey and her slowly headed back to his place, as she looked at Joey's expression on his face, ever since he had seen Maranda it had corrupted him and seeing her in Kaiba's arms was something he never gotten over. They walked quietly in front of his wore down place as he slowly let go of her hands as he trailed up towards the door, with his keys in his hands as she smiled. "You want me to-" He slowly cut her off with a shocked look on her face as he looked back sadly, with his blonde teased bangs covered the hidden tears. "Sorry..ya can't come in." He commented harshly, as Mai stood there with her fingers through her black hair, as he slammed the door right in front of her face, with no good-bye. She watched the roughed blonde sadly walk in the house, shutting the door behind and for once wanted to be alone.

Mai sat there on the sidewalk, as she stepped down from the steps walking around the block. "Poor Joey. Ever since he has seen her he hasn't been his normal self. For once he doesn't want me coming around to help him, he must be really hurt, but I understand how it feels. After all, he was the one that made me leave." She thought as she strolled around the block, as it grew darker with each passing moment as rain grew heavy, and heavier with each pasting minute. Mai walked back to his place, and slowly turned the door handle quietly stepping in, to the quiet place only to hear rain shatter against the windows. Mai swiftly walked in with her black hair sopping over her face, looking like a drowning rat as the rain hit against the wood floor. She quietly approached Joey's messy room as leaned in with her back against the wall watching Joey, motionless on the floor. She saw his head buried into the ground, only to hear deep sobs breathed every once and then, and his hands fisted, and his blonde hair covering his deep colored eyes hearing the sounds of him hurt.

She only saw the rain against the windows, and hearing him sob effortlessly with him cursing under his breath in anger, sadness and frustration and feeling the exact same pain. "I understand why he wanted me to leave.. He didn't want me to see him cry..." She muttered to herself in deep thought as she slumped down against the wall listening to him whimper, afraid to walk in and getting in trouble for spying on him when she didn't need to be around. "Why the hell did I go out with her? Why did she have to use me? What, was I nothing to her?!" He yelled banging his fists against the ground as she listened to every word that blared out of his mouth. Mai sat there as she bit her nails. "Maybe I should go in...Joey is in so much pain right now..."

Mai slowly bit her nails as she placed her foot on the floorboards as the noise was brought to Joey's attention, as he stared at her with the tears gleaming in his eyes, and never had she ever see Joey hurt so badly in her life. Joey turned his head in the opposite direction quickly trying to dry his tears as he yelled at her between sobs. "I thou-thought, I told you to go!!" He yelled as she looked at him with guilt as she gave a small smile and came closer to Joey. "Don't be stupid Joey. I know you wanted to be alone but not when I know your hurt." Joey lifted his head from the floor as looked at her whipping the tears from his eyes as she looked at the pain the blonde was in. "Don't think I'm crying, cause I'm not. Just got something in my eye that's all." Mai began to laugh for a moment as she looked at the young teenage blonde trying to throw her off. "I've heard that line so many times before.. The tough guy routine isn't gonna work this time!" She lured Joey onto the bed, somewhere much more comfortable than the floor, as he looked at her sobbing and trying to act tough. "I'm not suppose to cry, for god sakes I'm a guy!" He yelled as she smiled rubbing her hand on his back, trying her best to comfort him. " Joey, come on anyone would cry if that was done to them doesn't matter who... Joey I've tried everything to cheer you up but nothing seems to work." She muttered underneath her breath as Joey caught her words.

Joey grabbed her hand and looked at her with a gazing smile, changing his mood after he saw the look on her face. "Come on, you've helped me a lot believe me!" She shook her head in disagreement. "Name what I have done to help you out..." Joey placed hands against her staring deeply into her eyes with a great big smile, as she laid on the bed with him hovering over her. "You've shown me a good time, you taught me to be myself.. best of all I have you around.. what more could I ask for? I mean, I love ya more than you realize. I'm not trying to be all sappy and stuff, for once you made me feel a lot better and you've taken care of me and almost like I've known ya for so long." He said with a smile, in mind knowing that it's her.

Mai grinned as Joey placed his arms around her with a passionate kiss as she began to blush more and more with each embrace. She slowly closed her eyes and pulled away after a couple of minutes with a stunned expression. " I really mean that much to you?" He nodded with his trademark smile that always had made her laugh at the sight of it. "Of course why would I lie about it? I may not have Maranda, but defiantly I have you." She gracefully smiled as they lightly kissed, and smiled when she saw how sweet Joey actually was. She never remembered him that open, and happy before but she loved it. She slowly smiled and looked at Joey, who gazed at her and kissed her on the cheek, with his arms secured around her. "You mean more to me than anything. Your exactly like Mai in everyway, sometimes I think you are her, but it doesn't matter you're the one that matters in my life." Slowly Mai felt her eyes grow heavy, as she wanted to scream it was her but she couldn't bring herself to. She grinned at Joey who was already half asleep.

"Joey?" "Ya.?" He said tired turning from the wall towards her. "I have a surprise for you tomorrow..." She grinned as Joey grabbed her tightly in his arms restraining her from moving. "Like knowing what your wearing underneath the skirt?" He grinned joking around as he lifted the skirt and began to laugh as she grew of embarrassment and anger. "Oh like you haven't seen what color they were already!" Joey shrugged his shoulders with a half grin. "Well you got to see more which was unfair! So I think it's fair if I see more..." Mai shook her head thinking about it with a teasing grin, as the blonde curls dropped to her shoulders. "Maybe, that all depends..." Joey shook his head at her and kissed her with a beaming smile. "Goodnight...Mai..."

Mai just yawned as she noticed it was early in the morning, as she flipped her skirt down, as grabbed some breakfast and grabbed some for sleeping beauty, who was still resting. She placed the breakfast on the small dresser as he awoke from the smell of food. " Good, Morning." He commented as she grinned and stood with her hands on her hips. "Joey, you wouldn't mind if I took a shower here would you?" Joey grinned trying to get his mind out of the gutter as he shook his head of the thoughts and grinned with delight. "No problem.. only if I can come with..." He said teasingly as Mai stopped in the door and tilted her head. "I heard that!!!" Joey lowered his head as she grabbed the towels as Joey began crawling over towards the bathroom door.

Mai dropped her clothing as she heard a crack in the floorboard and screamed as she filled up the tub. "Joey, I mean it!!!" Joey just hit on the ground and shouted. "Damnit!!" as he reluctantly walked back to his room trying to keep his mind off, that he had a girl naked in the shower. He flipped the remote to the hockey game that grabbed his attention as Mai sat there in her glory of a nice hot bath. Mai submerged her body into the hot steaming water, with a sigh of relief. "I haven't had a nice bath in awhile..."

She finished her bath as she wrapped the ivory colored towel around her body and grabbed the rest of the clothing that was left in Joey's room. Slowly she walked in as Joey drew his attention to her with a grin. "You don't look bad in a towel." She shook her head as she went to bend over to pick her socks as her towel had dropped almost like Joey made it so. " Omg.. please don't tell me he saw!!" Mai screamed as she grabbed the towel back around her, as she was dying of embarrassment, as Joey turned away when she looked towards him. "Tell me you didn't see anything..." He flipped his head back around with his arm stretched out. "Well if I said that I would be have been lying." Mai shook her head with anger and looked at him furiously. "You saw more like you wanted, there happy now?" Joey just nodded with a smile. "Yes I am-" Mai quickly shut his mouth and looked at him with the delighted look on his face. "Just, don't answer it!!"

( hehehe Joey isn't such a good boy... well I feel bad for Joey getting hurt though but Mai's always there for him! Well please read and review!)