Joey changed as quickly as he could and went to look for Kaiba. He ran
into Mokuba before he could find any trace of him..
"He's not here," Mokuba said watching Joey scan all the rooms and hallways trying to find him in the crowd. Joey looked at him.
"Well, a, that's good because I'm not looking for a he," Joey said nervously, hoping that he wasn't really being that obvious.
"Come on. I know you're looking for Seto. I know what's going on between you two."
"Yeah, what's that?"
"Well I don't know everything but I know that you're together."
"Together?" Joey said confused and a little taken back. "If what just happened is your brother's idea of being together then I'd really like to know what his idea of being married is. Shooting me in the head and saying ' dogs are only good when they're dead?'"
"Only if you catch him in a good mood," Mokuba responded. Joey looked at him in surprise but then saw his smile and shook his head.
"You're sick, you know that?" he said. Mokuba just smiled again. "So where is he then?"
"He mentioned something about his secret island, which just means he's at home in his room with the door locked. But if you ask nice he might let you in. And if that doesn't work, there's an extra key in my room, taped to the bottom of the top drawer of my dresser. I had it made just incase he stayed in there too long and I thought that..." Joey had already run past him and out of the school. "...Well, whatever." Mokuba just shook his head and went on to his class.
Joey got to the mansion in record time and...well, let himself in. He moved up the stairs and right to the older Kaiba's door.
"Seto?" he asked and then shook the name from his head. "I mean, hey, Kaiba, are you in there?" He imagined Kaiba rolling his eyes or looking at the door crossly but not bothering to answer it in a noticeable from where Joey was. Kaiba did neither and swung open the door angrily.
"What? Did you come to make sure I was really upset?"
"Well that is kinda weird considering I don't think you have enough feelings to actually get upset but no...that's not why I'm here."
"Then why are you here? Or should I be afraid to ask?" Kaiba said crossing his arms and leaning on the doorway.
"Well I don't really know what to say because there are only so many ways to apologize and I think I pretty much used them all. So... I guess I'll just have to hope that my being here tells you that."
"Well that and the fact that you just said it...in about forty words too many. Is there anything else?" Joey thought the question over trying to find the best way to phrase his answer. "I'll take that as a no." Kaiba went to close the door but Joey put his foot out to stop it.
"Wait. I still have something to say to you."
"I've already wasted enough time on you. Too much when you..."
"I talked to Mokuba," Joey said making him freeze. "He thinks that we're together and I need to know if that's true or if I'm just hoping it is and because...I didn't really tell him we weren't. Not that I think we are because I don't but because I didn't know what you'd told him and I didn't know if that's what you wanted him to believe was going on and..." The door opened again and Kaiba moved forward, cutting off the words with a kiss, forcing the blonde to move backward a few steps but without breaking contact. After getting over the first few seconds of surprise Joey moved in closer, holding on to Kaiba's arms as if to steady himself. The kiss broke but Kaiba stayed close by.
"Mokuba's a smart kid. I'll never be the one to tell him he's wrong," Kaiba whispered meeting Joey's eyes. Joey smirked.
"Whatever works for you," he said and kissed Kaiba again.
"He's not here," Mokuba said watching Joey scan all the rooms and hallways trying to find him in the crowd. Joey looked at him.
"Well, a, that's good because I'm not looking for a he," Joey said nervously, hoping that he wasn't really being that obvious.
"Come on. I know you're looking for Seto. I know what's going on between you two."
"Yeah, what's that?"
"Well I don't know everything but I know that you're together."
"Together?" Joey said confused and a little taken back. "If what just happened is your brother's idea of being together then I'd really like to know what his idea of being married is. Shooting me in the head and saying ' dogs are only good when they're dead?'"
"Only if you catch him in a good mood," Mokuba responded. Joey looked at him in surprise but then saw his smile and shook his head.
"You're sick, you know that?" he said. Mokuba just smiled again. "So where is he then?"
"He mentioned something about his secret island, which just means he's at home in his room with the door locked. But if you ask nice he might let you in. And if that doesn't work, there's an extra key in my room, taped to the bottom of the top drawer of my dresser. I had it made just incase he stayed in there too long and I thought that..." Joey had already run past him and out of the school. "...Well, whatever." Mokuba just shook his head and went on to his class.
Joey got to the mansion in record time and...well, let himself in. He moved up the stairs and right to the older Kaiba's door.
"Seto?" he asked and then shook the name from his head. "I mean, hey, Kaiba, are you in there?" He imagined Kaiba rolling his eyes or looking at the door crossly but not bothering to answer it in a noticeable from where Joey was. Kaiba did neither and swung open the door angrily.
"What? Did you come to make sure I was really upset?"
"Well that is kinda weird considering I don't think you have enough feelings to actually get upset but no...that's not why I'm here."
"Then why are you here? Or should I be afraid to ask?" Kaiba said crossing his arms and leaning on the doorway.
"Well I don't really know what to say because there are only so many ways to apologize and I think I pretty much used them all. So... I guess I'll just have to hope that my being here tells you that."
"Well that and the fact that you just said it...in about forty words too many. Is there anything else?" Joey thought the question over trying to find the best way to phrase his answer. "I'll take that as a no." Kaiba went to close the door but Joey put his foot out to stop it.
"Wait. I still have something to say to you."
"I've already wasted enough time on you. Too much when you..."
"I talked to Mokuba," Joey said making him freeze. "He thinks that we're together and I need to know if that's true or if I'm just hoping it is and because...I didn't really tell him we weren't. Not that I think we are because I don't but because I didn't know what you'd told him and I didn't know if that's what you wanted him to believe was going on and..." The door opened again and Kaiba moved forward, cutting off the words with a kiss, forcing the blonde to move backward a few steps but without breaking contact. After getting over the first few seconds of surprise Joey moved in closer, holding on to Kaiba's arms as if to steady himself. The kiss broke but Kaiba stayed close by.
"Mokuba's a smart kid. I'll never be the one to tell him he's wrong," Kaiba whispered meeting Joey's eyes. Joey smirked.
"Whatever works for you," he said and kissed Kaiba again.