Author's Notes: This story is basically an ongoing collection of ficlets inspired by the LiveJournal community '15minuteficlets'. Each week, the moderators post one word and the writers get 15 minutes to write as much as they can.
One chapter will not relate to the next – each chapter title will contain the word given for that ficlet challenge. I always write SetoxJou ficlets. ;)
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh or any of it's characters.
Word #67 - Paused
Katsuya Jounouchi was walking home from school, as he usually did around 3 'o clock. Constantly switching his heavy schoolbooks from one arm to another, groaning and sighing every two or three blocks, he eventually decided to sit down on the sidewalk and take a break.
He inwardly cursed his father for not picking him up from school. Not that he ever did. Even when the man did pick Jounouchi up, it was usually an hour too late.
Jounouchi sighed and stared at the cars whizzing by in front of him. He rested his head in his hands and closed his eyes, suddenly realizing how tired he was. The boy hadn't had a proper night's sleep in weeks, as his father kept coming home later and later, waking him up every night.
He'd only been resting for about a minute before a long black limousine pulled up next to him. Startled, he scrambled to his feet and stepped back a bit, tilting his head to the side. The backseat window rolled down as if on cue and none other than Kaiba Seto popped his head out.
Was he smiling?
"Need a lift, puppy?"
Jounouchi paused.
"Sure, Seto."