Disclaimer: I do not own any Yu-Gi-Oh characters -curses-, storylines -curses-, monsters -curses-, and/or etc.… -curses-

Title: Out of the Closet

Pairing: Seto Kaiba/Joey Wheeler, Yami/Yugi, and Tristan/Serenity

Summary: Joey's life has just gone from bad to worse; his father is becoming more abusive by the day, his friends keep ignoring him, and he's losing most of his duels. Not to mention he's locked in a supply closet with Kaiba. Yaoi!

Warnings: -mumbles- You all should know this by now. Yaoi, mentions of abusive, language…pervertedness, I suppose.

Author's Notes: Thank you to everyone who reviewed the last chapter, you all rock. Sorry it took so long to update! It took longer than planned to write this chapter. I had a family reunion this weekend, and we're still recovering from the aftermath.

Kai-Kai-san: Those. People. Are. Insane.

Joe-Joe-kun: You're just mad because that crazy girl kept trying to grope you!

Err…that was me…

Joe-Joe-kun: -blinks- Oh…

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Chapter Three: Hunger Pains

Joey pouted as he placed a hand over his stomach, rubbing the skin through his shirt. A soft groan escaped his lips. He looked over at Kaiba, his tired golden eyes narrowed slightly when he saw the brunette lying against the wall leisurely.

"Kaiba…" he whined softly, drawing out the name, almost like a child.

The CEO looked over at him, not being able to stop the smirk the slid onto his lips at seeing the blond in such dismay. "What are you whining about now?" he questioned.

"I'm hungry…" Joey said, continuing to his rub his stomach as a loud, rumbling growl erupted from it.

"That's none of my concern," he snapped. "But if you want, I could go check and see if they have any Kibbles 'n' Bits."

A moment of gratitude sparked in the honey toned eyes before he caught the insult in the offer. He frowned deeply, glaring at the other. He thinks he's so funny with all the stupid little dog comments. Stupid rich…stupid head. He sighed. He couldn't even think of good insults in his mind! The hunger must have been weakening him mentally, too.

He stared down at the concrete floor, following the cracks with his eyes until his gaze reached the door. He frowned again, mentally cursing the door for keeping him from his goals; hope, freedom, food, and cosplay.

"So…what were you doing tonight?" he questioned, hoping maybe that talking -or most likely arguing- with Kaiba would help get his mind off of his hunger.

Blue eyes rose for a moment. Raising a perfectly sculpted eyebrow, he asked, "I thought you decided that we didn't have anything to talk about?" The only thing he received in response was a shrug. "Or have you forgotten already what you only said a few minutes ago?"

"Your such a freak, 'ya know dat?" he questioned glaring. "You just don't know when to quit. Why can't 'ya ever try bein' nice to people? S'not that hard, 'ya know."

"I can't afford to be nice," he hissed.

Tilting his head to the side, he asked, "Why not?"

Kaiba sighedand shook his head. Joey noted -to his great irritation- that, though the soft hair swayed in the movement, not a strand fell out of place. That was just like Kaiba. Even his hair had to be perfect; a deep contrast of his own messy due. It seemed that everything about the other was completely different from himself.

School, for example. He didn't even get why Kaiba was in school. He was a genius after all. He had his own company; what did he need high school for? He was already rich, powerful, and successful. His thoughts drifted to Mokuba, suddenly, and he smiled. So there was one thing they had in common; they both loved their younger siblings. It was hard to imagine the cold hearted teen sitting next to him as loving, but he was, at least when it came to Mokuba.

He trailed his eyes over the others face, not being able to help the frown as he noticed that there were already lines of worry and stress working their way into his features. That was another difference, too. His skin happened to be littered with bruises; not completely, just small masses of purple and bluish skin, a few scars from his gang days here and there. But nope, not Kaiba. His skin -minus those two little wrinkles- was flawless, at least from what he could tell. Smooth, incredibly pale, and probably just as soft as it looked.

Where did that come from?!

He shook his head. Well, wherever it had come from, he just hoped that it would stay there. I've been in the closet for waaayyy to long… The already light blush on his cheeks began to rise as he felt an icy glare on his neck.

"What?" he questioned finally.

Kaiba's glare narrowed -if possible- even more. "You haven't been listening to a word, have you?" A soft sigh escaped him as a look of confusion settled across the blonds features. Don't tell me I've been ranting for the past few minutes and he hasn't even been listening!

"Um…sure I have!" he answered brightly, giving a smile. The CEO merely rolled his eyes. "I gotta get sometin to eat!" With that, he pushed himself off of the wall and stood up. Honey eyes searched the slightly dark room for anything that could possibly store food. His eyes widened happily. Ah ha! A ice chest! Jack pot!

All right he was excited, but it was food.

Kaiba watched the blond skip -yes, literally, skip- towards something in the corner. He wanted to laugh, but only shook his head. The sound of something being pushed over and muffled curses reached his ears.

"Joe- pup?" he questioned loudly.

"I'm ok!"

"Not like I asked," he muttered to himself.

"I heard dat!" Moments later, the blond came trotting -he was going to make a dog comment about that later- to where he sat. Once again he plopped down next to him.

Allowing curiosity to get the best of him, Kaiba questioned, "Find something?"

"As a matter a fact," Joey began, dangling a bag in front of the brunettes face, "I did."

Azure eyes blinked in confused, and narrowed in disgust. "Your not going to eat that…are you?"

"Why wouldn't I?" Joey asked as if consuming something green and slimy (a/n: sick Joey!) was the most natural thing in the world.

Rolling his eyes for what seemed like the umpteenth time, he answered, "For one, that's probably spoiled rotten. What if you eat it and it kills your or something?"

"Concerned?" he mocked. "And don't make any of those 'masters have to take care of their pets' cracks. 'Sides, if dat happens, den I'll just sue da school." He smiled happily and nodded to himself.

He gazed down at the bag, which held the…sandwich like thing. He scrunched his nose. What if Kaiba's right? Maybe it wouldn't be such a good idea to eat dis. The grumbling of his stomach reached his ears and he looked down, glaring at his abdomen. Shut up, he told his stomach mentally. He looked down at the sandwich again, as if contemplating whether or not it really would be safe to eat it. After his stomach growled for the second time, he inwardly shrugged and began unwrapping it.

Is he actually going to eat it? Stupid idiot! He's just going to get sick. Doesn't he know how bad that is for him? I can't let him jus-wait…yes I can! Why am I worrying about him anyway? I sound like his mother or something. Or worse…his boyfriend. He shuddered.

Joey noticed the brunettes shudder and almost disgusted facial features. Of course, the blond was no mind reader, so he believed the CEO's disgust to be related only to the fact that he was about to eat the old sandwich. He merely rolled his eyes and brought the sandwich up to his lips. Making sure that he held his breath -who really wants to smell something that bad when their eating?- he opened his mouth, prepared to take a bite.

Crunch.

The blond nearly jumped at the sound. He blinked, staring down at his sandwich incredulously. Either he had voices in his head or the sandwich was making…noises. It's alive! he thought, startled as he gaped down at it. Eep! Just as he was about to throw the sandwich to the other side of the room and beat it to death with a crowbar -not that he was going to eat it afterwards, really, because even he wasn't that desperate…honest!- another crunch reached his ears. He gasped, his eyes widening even more. Not only was the thing alive, it was going to attack him! Double eep! Another crunch, and the blond leaped up into a standing position, throwing the sandwich down to the floor. He pressed himself flush against the wall, eyes wide as he stared down at the demonic sandwich in fear.

"You think it's going to attack you or something?"

At hearing the deep, mocking voice, Joey jumped again. He looked down, to see Kaiba crouched down beside him. Mentally he slapped himself. He'd forgotten about the CEO's presence in the room.

"…"

He opened his mouth to speak, but found words escaped him at the moment. His cheeks flushed crimson. Just as he was about to say something, there was the crunch again. Startled he immediately looked back down at the killer sandwich. It was still in it's place, and he let out a soft sigh of relief. His gaze wandered back down to the chuckling CEO, who was laughing softly to himself over hi- the mutt's actions. He opened his mouth, prepared to tell the other youth to 'shut da hell up', but stopped when he noticed that Kaiba was holding something in his hand. Curious, he leaned up on his tip toes, trying to see what it was he was holding.

His jaw dropped slightly when he saw what it was.

"How long have you had that?" he nearly shrieked.

"What…this?" Kaiba questioned almost innocently, holding the Twix in front of his face. He shrugged, taking another bite.

"Yes…dat! You had dat da whole time and you were just gonna lemme eat dat…dat…thing!" he said, pointing down to the sandwich. "…and die!?"

Kaiba merely raised his eyebrow. "Die? Wasn't it you who said, and I quote, 'if dat happens, I'll just sue da school' ?"

"Well…yeah. But I didn't know you had food!"

"You consider this artificially flavored, chocolate coated, chemical filled junk food?"

"Duh!"

With a roll of his eyes, he took another bite, chewing the candy bar slowly. "So, I take it you want a bite?"

The blond nodded, sliding down the wall back into a sitting position. Kaiba smirked.

"Then ask nicely."

Joey growled softly and clenched his teeth. "Kaiba, may I please have a bite?" he questioned, trying to sound as kind as possible.

"Hmm…no."

"T'anks Kaiba I…wait. No? But…"

Still smirking, the brunette turned slightly to his side. "Do you really want it, Joey?"

"Well…yeah…I do," the blond replied, pouting slightly when he reached out to grab the Twix, only to have Kaiba pull it away from him.

"Do you really, really want it?"

"Yes."

"Do you really, really, really want it?"

"Yes."

"How much?"

"A lot."

"Just a lot?"

"Damn it Kaiba!"

"So…you really, really, really, really want it?"

"YES KAIBA I REALLY WANT IT! NOW JUST GIVE IT TO ME ALREADY!"

Joey blinked after his little outburst, a blush quickly rising to his cheeks. After running the whole conversation through his mind, it all sounded kind of…wrong. Not that he would, ever, ever, ever do anything wrong with Kaiba.

The brunette chuckled. Honestly, it was almost to easy to get a rise out of him. Still laughing, he popped the remainder of the candy bar into his mouth, watching Joey nearly faint with surprise.

"Sorry, all gone," he said in mock sympathy.

Joey merely gaped at him, then pouted, crossing his arms over his chest. "Bastard," he muttered under his breath. "You are so cruel."

The brunette just smirked back, mentally congratulating himself. He let his eyes close for a moment, imagining the way the blond could possible get the taste of Twix he seemed to want so desperately. Inwardly he chuckled to himself, remembering the look on the blonds face only moments before. He mentally made a vow to make the boy blush at least five more times that evening, since he was just adorable whenever he did so.

There was a sound of rustling fabric, causing his eyes to open. He caught sight of the blond, grabbing the sandwich. He pulled the plastic covering all the way off and turned it upside down, to the part which hadn't been lying uncovered on the floor. Kaiba gasped. He's not…he wouldn't…even he's not that stupid…right?

He nearly fainted when Joey took a bite of the sandwich. NOOOOOO! JOEY, YOU STUPID IDIOTIC ADORABLE MORON! YOUR GOING TO GET YOURSELF KILLED!

"Stupid mutt," he mumbled to himself. He couldn't believe Joey had just done that! He really was that stupid, wasn't he? God…he was not paying for his trip to the ER! Blue eyes flickered back to the blond again, who was now holding his stomach, groaning in pain.

"I dun t'ink I shoulda dun dat…"

I am not going to help him…I won't. I am just going to sit here and berate him on being such a stupid, careless, mutt.

"Wheeler…are you all right?" Kaiba stood up and walked over to the blond, crouching down next to him. "Wheeler?" he asked again, as sternly as he could. "You really are pathetic you know that?" he said sighing, moving around so that he could face the blond from the front. "The damn candy bar does come with two Twix. You could have asked for the other one, if your weren't such an idiotic…" He trailed off when a fist made contact with his cheek.

"Just shuddup, ya jerk!" the blond yelled after punching him in the face, pushing himself away from the other in the process. His teeth were clenched, as were his fists, and his were narrowed as he stared angrily at the other teen. "I know what your gonna say, and I am not a damn dog!"

Kaiba couldn't help but gap momentarily at the blond who was now pulling himself into a standing position, still clutching his stomach. He just…hit me. His initial shock soon became anger and he too stood up, his own eyes slitting in anger.

The two stood there, glaring at each other. Kaiba was very tempted to make a crack about how pets weren't supposed to attack their masters, but decided against it. Instead, he opted for yelling.

"What the hell was that for, Wheeler?" he growled.

"You were gonna call me a dog again!" Joey hollered back. "And you wouldn't give me a Twix…and…" he found himself trailing off. Why had he hit him? Honestly he didn't know, and he felt sort of guilty about it. He knew how much it hurt to be hit by someone and not have any idea what it was about. Keeping his arm wrapped around his aching stomach, he opened his mouth, prepared to apologize to the brunette for being such a jerk.

Two hands grabbed him by the collar roughly, and for about the third time that evening he found himself being slammed into the wall. He opened his eyes only to see Kaiba glaring at him. The side of his face was still red, but he bit back down the need to apologize again, since he was pushed up against a wall…again.

"Is that the best excuse you've got?" he questioned angrily. "Because I wouldn't…" He trailed off as his eyes began wandering from the boys eyes and down his chest. Sometime when Kaiba had been pushing him, his shirt had ridden up quite a bit, revealing lightly tanned skin…that was covered by a huge bruise. Unconsciously his hand drifted down. He skimmed his fingertips over the bruise lightly, his eyes rising to meet a half angered and half surprised honey gaze.

Joey blushed again, not that he could help it. It was bad enough that Kaiba had him all pressed up against a wall, but now he was touching him. Practically…caressing him or something. And it was…nice. God help me.

Before he got the chance to ask his question, the brunette found himself being pushed away. Joey pulled his shirt down, his cheeks still ablaze. He began walking over to the other side of the supply closet. Kaiba reached out, grabbing his arm to pull the boy back to him.

"Where did you get…"

"None of your business," he said, pulling his arm away. Growling Kaiba once again reached out for him, only to have the blond dodge out of the way and glare at him. "Don't touch me, Kaiba," Joey hissed through clenched teeth and finally made his way into the corner where he slouched down into the corner. He pulled his knees up to him and wrapped his arms around himself, burying his face into his knees.

Kaiba sighed softly to himself as he stared at the blond. Looks like he had more on his to-do list other than just getting Joey to blush a few more times. I'm going to find out who gave him that bruise. Whether he wants me to or not.

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Heh. I didn't know how to finish up that chapter, so I just decide to end it here.

Kai-Kai-san: Another brilliant ending.

Your just mad because I made you get hit.

Kai-Kai-san: And I still haven't gotten any kisses!

Quit whining. Big baby. Oh, I've posted another story. It's called 'Misery Medley' and it's also a Kaiba/Joey ficlet. Yay! It's rather angst filled though. Oh and as answer to somebodys review (heh...don't know who it was)

Ahem: Joey's oh so wonderful plan was to have Kaiba lift him to where he could reach the window in the supply closet, crawl through it, and then find his way back inside the school to help Kaiba out. And I liked the song but...whatever.

Yeah, I know I made Joey kind of stupid...him eating that sandwich and all. Gomen. As always, please review. Makes me happy. Arigato, ja ne!