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Jounouchi growled at the phone on his night stand that was ringing much to early for his liking. He glanced over at the alarm clock next to the annoying phone, it read; 7:47. This made him growl loader, and he threw a pillow over his head to block out the offending noise. It worked. Until the phone starting ringing again two minutes later.
"What?!" Jou snapped the phone to his head in annoyance, whining as the hard plastic hit his sensitive ear.
"Sorry it's so early Jou, but it's really important!"
"Yugi? What's the matter?" Jou asked, sounding a little worried at his best friend's flustered tone.
"Did I wake you up?"
"Uh...yeah."
"Oh, then you haven't watched any television right?"
"No..."
"Oh good." Yugi breathed, sounding a bit relived, which Jou found slightly odd. Jou heard a muffled voice at the other end of the line. Yugi answered the voice saying something like 'he just woke up.' This puzzled Jou even more than he was before.
"Yugi...is something wrong?"
"I need you to come over right now."
* * *
Jou stumbled out of his house in a still half-asleep state. Normally he would never even consider leaving the house this early on a Saturday morning, on summer break no less, but it sounded urgent enough.
"Hope it's not another psychopath trying to take over the world again..." The blond mumbled to no one in particular as he set off towards his destination. The sun was out again in full force after it's brief resting period last night, and Jou squinted at the brightness as he made his way down the crowded streets of Domino.
As Jou tried to shield his eyes from the blinding sun, he didn't notice two girls approaching him, until one of them knocked lightly into him. "Oh, sorry." He smiled at the girl before continuing on his way. He could just barely make out the conversation that stared up from behind him.
"That's him." Whispered the girl who he had bumped into, her friend did a double take and giggled before the two continued on their merry way.
Jou merely shrugged and continued to walk, it was too early to care. After a few seconds he slowed down though, noticing something strange. Quite a few people we're staring at him. Jou looked down at his attire, for a minute he thought he might be reliving that dream he always had, the one where he was walking down the street naked and didn't realize it. But no, everything seemed to be intact, so what the hell was everyone's problem?
"Can you believe it? I can't believe they picked a boy!" One woman, dressed in business attire commented to her associate. A group of girls walked by and glared at him, except for one girl who seemed to be arguing with her friends.
"Don't be jealous! I think it's cute!"
Jou blinked and starting walking again, trying to ignore the strange looks he was getting. A few guys snickered and pointed as he walked by, and the whispering was starting to get annoying. He was happy when he noticed a familiar face within the crowd.
"Hey, Ouska! What's up?' He ran over to his friend, a girl he had biology with, she let him copy her notes occasionally, okay, most of the time.
She turned to face him, a dangerous look in her eye. "You..." she seemed to hiss out, "You...Dirty...Little. Back stabber!" She emphasized each word with a sharp poke in Jou's chest.
"Ow! Watch it, will ya? That hurt!" Jou rubbed the spot on his chest where he had been so violated, wondering what on earth he could have done to the girl.
"How could you? I thought we we're friends?!" This time she smacked him on the shoulder and crossed her arms, returning to simply glaring afterwards.
"So did I!" Jou exclaimed, a little freaked out at the sudden violent outbursts he was receiving.
"You know how much I wanted to win that contest! I can't believe you did this!" Ouska huffed and turned to walk away, leaving behind a very confused Jou.
"Great, now how am I going to pass biology 102 next year?" He whined.
* * *
Jou rapped at the door to the Kame game shop, eager to get inside and out of the scrutiny of the outside world. It seemed that everyone in Domino had woken up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. Either that or everyone in town was participating on a massive inside joke, designed to humiliate and drive Jou crazy.
"This is getting way too twilight-zone-ish." Jou shook his head before the door swung open.
"Jou! You're here...come inside!" Yugi smiled sheepishly as he opened the door wider for his friend.
"Uh...okay." Jou glanced around the room and noticed the whole gang was there, looking a bit nervous. "What's going on?"
"Jou, I think you should be sitting down for this." Yugi said.
Jou blinked in confusion, but did as he was told. He noticed Honda shift a few feet away from him on the couch. Anzu was sitting on the on the other side of him with her legs and arms crossed, studying the floor with interest. And Ryou was sitting on the loveseat, next to his yami, smiling and trying to look innocent.
"Sorry to disrupt this moment of awkward silence...but is there something you guys wanna tell me?" Jou spoke up.
"I think Honda," Anzu stressed out the last word with a kick to the boy's leg, "Should explain."
Jou looked to his friend apprehension. Honda took a deep breath before speaking. "Well...remember that day we all went to Kaiba land?"
"Yeah, I remember, I was out with Shizuka."
"We decided, as a joke, to sign you up for the 'Who wants to date a millionaire contest', and this morning they announced that...you're the winner." Honda exhaled after he finished the rushed sentence, looking over at Jou only to see a blank expression on his face.
"...You're funny."
"No, I'm serious." He didn't really have time to blink before he was being tackled to the ground by a blond blur. "It was all his idea!" Honda managed to get out as he fought off Jou, "That psycho started it!"
"Is this true?" Jou turned towards Bakura.
"Yeah, I just figured you needed to get laid." He replied simply.
"What?!"
Yami, who was staying quiet in the corner the whole time, shook his head as he watched the others try and break Jounouchi and Bakura apart. He didn't want to say it out load, but the only thought running through his head was 'I told you so'.
Sometimes he got sick of being right all the time.
* * *
On the other side of town, a small raven-haired boy had his own problems to deal with. Like the fact that his brother hadn't been out of his room all morning, claiming he was on a hunger strike until this whole ordeal blew over,
"Seto! You have to come out sometime!" The boy glared up at pair of huge wooden doors that refused to open, but there was no response. "Can we at least talk about this?"
"No." Came a stern voice from the other side of the door.
Mokuba sighed and crossed his arms, glaring at his brother, even though he knew he couldn't see it. "Stop being such a baby already!"
Just then the door swung open, Seto towered over his little brother, still in his sleep clothes and looking rather agitated.
"Uh...Seto, look, I don't know why you're making such a big deal out of this. It's just one date!"
"I'm not going anywhere with that mutt." Seto sneered and retreated back into the confines of his room, but left the door open for his little brother to follow.
"Oh so that's what this is all about. You don't want to be around Jou?"
"What clued you in?" Seto sighed and ran a hand through his messy bed-head hair, "What time is it?"
Mokuba sat down on the tousled bed and looked at his watched. "About 8:30, you overslept." The boy frowned and looked up at his brother. "That's not like you, you must really be stressing over this, huh? That's so cute!"
"Excuse me?!"
"I just think it's funny how much you you're working yourself up over Jou, it must mean you really like-
"Don't even finish that sentence."
"Come on! I really like Jou!"
"So then why don't you date him?"
Mokuba crossed his arms and flopped down on his back into the mass of silky blue sheets, staring up at the ceiling. "I give up."
Seto looked down at Mokuba's pout and rolled his eyes, he would not be guilt-tripped into this! "Why are you so angry about this anyway?" He asked, in a softer tone.
"I just thought maybe...nevermind, it's not important." Mokuba sprung back up happily and pulled his reluctant brother out of bed. "Come on, let's go get some breakfast!"
"Wait, Mokuba..."
"What is it?"
Seto seemed hesitant for a moment before he smiled and tousled the other's hair lovingly. "If it you really want me too...then I guess I could give this whole stupid contest thing a try."
Mokuba's eyes lit up and he jumped into his brother's arms for a grateful hug. "I'm glad Seto, It'll be fun!"
"Yeah, I guess." Seto shook his head in disappointment. Usually he could at least hold out until the other started crying to get his way. He must be going soft. Or maybe...somewhere deep down he actually wanted to go on a date with that mutt?
Banishing the thought, Seto made a mental note to fire some employees or steal candy from little kids or something. Had to get back into ice-price mode, or he was never going to be able to face the media today.
~TBC~
Jounouchi growled at the phone on his night stand that was ringing much to early for his liking. He glanced over at the alarm clock next to the annoying phone, it read; 7:47. This made him growl loader, and he threw a pillow over his head to block out the offending noise. It worked. Until the phone starting ringing again two minutes later.
"What?!" Jou snapped the phone to his head in annoyance, whining as the hard plastic hit his sensitive ear.
"Sorry it's so early Jou, but it's really important!"
"Yugi? What's the matter?" Jou asked, sounding a little worried at his best friend's flustered tone.
"Did I wake you up?"
"Uh...yeah."
"Oh, then you haven't watched any television right?"
"No..."
"Oh good." Yugi breathed, sounding a bit relived, which Jou found slightly odd. Jou heard a muffled voice at the other end of the line. Yugi answered the voice saying something like 'he just woke up.' This puzzled Jou even more than he was before.
"Yugi...is something wrong?"
"I need you to come over right now."
* * *
Jou stumbled out of his house in a still half-asleep state. Normally he would never even consider leaving the house this early on a Saturday morning, on summer break no less, but it sounded urgent enough.
"Hope it's not another psychopath trying to take over the world again..." The blond mumbled to no one in particular as he set off towards his destination. The sun was out again in full force after it's brief resting period last night, and Jou squinted at the brightness as he made his way down the crowded streets of Domino.
As Jou tried to shield his eyes from the blinding sun, he didn't notice two girls approaching him, until one of them knocked lightly into him. "Oh, sorry." He smiled at the girl before continuing on his way. He could just barely make out the conversation that stared up from behind him.
"That's him." Whispered the girl who he had bumped into, her friend did a double take and giggled before the two continued on their merry way.
Jou merely shrugged and continued to walk, it was too early to care. After a few seconds he slowed down though, noticing something strange. Quite a few people we're staring at him. Jou looked down at his attire, for a minute he thought he might be reliving that dream he always had, the one where he was walking down the street naked and didn't realize it. But no, everything seemed to be intact, so what the hell was everyone's problem?
"Can you believe it? I can't believe they picked a boy!" One woman, dressed in business attire commented to her associate. A group of girls walked by and glared at him, except for one girl who seemed to be arguing with her friends.
"Don't be jealous! I think it's cute!"
Jou blinked and starting walking again, trying to ignore the strange looks he was getting. A few guys snickered and pointed as he walked by, and the whispering was starting to get annoying. He was happy when he noticed a familiar face within the crowd.
"Hey, Ouska! What's up?' He ran over to his friend, a girl he had biology with, she let him copy her notes occasionally, okay, most of the time.
She turned to face him, a dangerous look in her eye. "You..." she seemed to hiss out, "You...Dirty...Little. Back stabber!" She emphasized each word with a sharp poke in Jou's chest.
"Ow! Watch it, will ya? That hurt!" Jou rubbed the spot on his chest where he had been so violated, wondering what on earth he could have done to the girl.
"How could you? I thought we we're friends?!" This time she smacked him on the shoulder and crossed her arms, returning to simply glaring afterwards.
"So did I!" Jou exclaimed, a little freaked out at the sudden violent outbursts he was receiving.
"You know how much I wanted to win that contest! I can't believe you did this!" Ouska huffed and turned to walk away, leaving behind a very confused Jou.
"Great, now how am I going to pass biology 102 next year?" He whined.
* * *
Jou rapped at the door to the Kame game shop, eager to get inside and out of the scrutiny of the outside world. It seemed that everyone in Domino had woken up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. Either that or everyone in town was participating on a massive inside joke, designed to humiliate and drive Jou crazy.
"This is getting way too twilight-zone-ish." Jou shook his head before the door swung open.
"Jou! You're here...come inside!" Yugi smiled sheepishly as he opened the door wider for his friend.
"Uh...okay." Jou glanced around the room and noticed the whole gang was there, looking a bit nervous. "What's going on?"
"Jou, I think you should be sitting down for this." Yugi said.
Jou blinked in confusion, but did as he was told. He noticed Honda shift a few feet away from him on the couch. Anzu was sitting on the on the other side of him with her legs and arms crossed, studying the floor with interest. And Ryou was sitting on the loveseat, next to his yami, smiling and trying to look innocent.
"Sorry to disrupt this moment of awkward silence...but is there something you guys wanna tell me?" Jou spoke up.
"I think Honda," Anzu stressed out the last word with a kick to the boy's leg, "Should explain."
Jou looked to his friend apprehension. Honda took a deep breath before speaking. "Well...remember that day we all went to Kaiba land?"
"Yeah, I remember, I was out with Shizuka."
"We decided, as a joke, to sign you up for the 'Who wants to date a millionaire contest', and this morning they announced that...you're the winner." Honda exhaled after he finished the rushed sentence, looking over at Jou only to see a blank expression on his face.
"...You're funny."
"No, I'm serious." He didn't really have time to blink before he was being tackled to the ground by a blond blur. "It was all his idea!" Honda managed to get out as he fought off Jou, "That psycho started it!"
"Is this true?" Jou turned towards Bakura.
"Yeah, I just figured you needed to get laid." He replied simply.
"What?!"
Yami, who was staying quiet in the corner the whole time, shook his head as he watched the others try and break Jounouchi and Bakura apart. He didn't want to say it out load, but the only thought running through his head was 'I told you so'.
Sometimes he got sick of being right all the time.
* * *
On the other side of town, a small raven-haired boy had his own problems to deal with. Like the fact that his brother hadn't been out of his room all morning, claiming he was on a hunger strike until this whole ordeal blew over,
"Seto! You have to come out sometime!" The boy glared up at pair of huge wooden doors that refused to open, but there was no response. "Can we at least talk about this?"
"No." Came a stern voice from the other side of the door.
Mokuba sighed and crossed his arms, glaring at his brother, even though he knew he couldn't see it. "Stop being such a baby already!"
Just then the door swung open, Seto towered over his little brother, still in his sleep clothes and looking rather agitated.
"Uh...Seto, look, I don't know why you're making such a big deal out of this. It's just one date!"
"I'm not going anywhere with that mutt." Seto sneered and retreated back into the confines of his room, but left the door open for his little brother to follow.
"Oh so that's what this is all about. You don't want to be around Jou?"
"What clued you in?" Seto sighed and ran a hand through his messy bed-head hair, "What time is it?"
Mokuba sat down on the tousled bed and looked at his watched. "About 8:30, you overslept." The boy frowned and looked up at his brother. "That's not like you, you must really be stressing over this, huh? That's so cute!"
"Excuse me?!"
"I just think it's funny how much you you're working yourself up over Jou, it must mean you really like-
"Don't even finish that sentence."
"Come on! I really like Jou!"
"So then why don't you date him?"
Mokuba crossed his arms and flopped down on his back into the mass of silky blue sheets, staring up at the ceiling. "I give up."
Seto looked down at Mokuba's pout and rolled his eyes, he would not be guilt-tripped into this! "Why are you so angry about this anyway?" He asked, in a softer tone.
"I just thought maybe...nevermind, it's not important." Mokuba sprung back up happily and pulled his reluctant brother out of bed. "Come on, let's go get some breakfast!"
"Wait, Mokuba..."
"What is it?"
Seto seemed hesitant for a moment before he smiled and tousled the other's hair lovingly. "If it you really want me too...then I guess I could give this whole stupid contest thing a try."
Mokuba's eyes lit up and he jumped into his brother's arms for a grateful hug. "I'm glad Seto, It'll be fun!"
"Yeah, I guess." Seto shook his head in disappointment. Usually he could at least hold out until the other started crying to get his way. He must be going soft. Or maybe...somewhere deep down he actually wanted to go on a date with that mutt?
Banishing the thought, Seto made a mental note to fire some employees or steal candy from little kids or something. Had to get back into ice-price mode, or he was never going to be able to face the media today.
~TBC~