"You're right, the sunset does look different from up here," Joey paused. "Can I ask you something?" Kaiba looked over at Joey as he turned away from the sun setting over the balcony.

"Sure, but I don't guarantee you'll get an answer," he said moving away from his spot on the wall to stand next to him. Joey eyed him uncertainly.

"Why do you work so hard to stay on top? I mean, I know you'll say Mokuba but to be honest, I don't think that's it. I think Mokuba would be just as happy in a one-room apartment downtown as he would here as long as he had you there too."

"I put up with you for five hours and you repay me by asking questions about things that don't concern you. I knew this was a mistake." Joey couldn't tell if he was kidding or not but seeing as how Kaiba didn't leave he guessed that he was.

"Which part was the mistake? Opening the door to talk to me or letting me stay for five hours after?" Joey said jokingly. Kaiba didn't look at him.

"Convincing myself that I needed to do that play the way it was written," he said. Joey looked at him shocked.

"Well I never asked for you to..." Joey started angrily but Kaiba looked at him sideways and the rest of the words seemed to disappear. Kaiba turned to face him.

"Some mistakes are worth making..." He hesitated, wondering if he really believed that, and then kissed Joey lightly on the lips. "I just..." He shook his head and took a few steps away, turning his back to Joey. "I don't owe you an explanation about anything." He crossed his arms. "You don't know how..." he stopped feeling like he was confessing something that shouldn't even be told to a priest. He spent so much of his life depending on only himself that he didn't feel right letting anyone else inside. But he knew that a relationship with anyone, not just a boyfriend or girlfriend, needed communication. And there was so much more required in a romantic relationship. He wanted so much for this to work out, he smiled thinking about how it would be if it did, but he just...wasn't ready. How could he tell that to Joey without hurting his feelings or worse...

Joey came up behind him.

"I'm sorry. I don't expect you to trust me after everything we've been through. It's not like we're best friends or anything," Joey said. Kaiba didn't understand that. If they weren't friends then what were they? How could they be here, now, the way the were, and not be friends... And wasn't a relationship all about trust? If they couldn't trust each other then what were they doing being together?

"What are you guys doing out here?" Mokuba walked out onto the balcony and they both turned to him. "I've been looking everywhere for you. Dinner's ready downstairs...are you staying Joey?" Joey looked at Kaiba who didn't really react.

"No. I think I should go home. My father might be worried about me and my sister definitely will...well if she's not..." he trailed off.

"We'll be down in a few minutes Mokuba," Kaiba said orderly. Mokuba nodded unsure and ran back inside. "I'll call your father and let him know that you won't be home tonight."

The sunset from somewhere else in town

"So, do you feel any different?"

"What do you mean?" Bakura asked Ryou skeptically. "It's the sun. We see it everyday."

"So? How does it make you feel?"

"Hot. How does it make you feel?" Ryou looked at him annoyed.

"You're hopeless. This is supposed to be romantic."

"Who says? It's the sun...going down...you people sure how weird ideas of romance." Ryou rolled his eyes.

"Fine, let's just go home." They got up and left. They passed the park on the way home where Tristan, Duke, and Yami were playing tackle football while Yugi, Tea, and Serenity watched...but they didn't stop.

"I'll be right back. I'm going to go get us some sodas across the street," Serenity stood up and headed for the store.

"That's a good idea, don't forget plenty of water for the guys," Yugi said. She nodded.

"Don't you think that Duke looks so hot when he's running around like that?" Tea asked looking over at the boys playing. Tristan knocked over Yami and stole the ball from him, running away from him and Duke. Yugi scrunched his face up in disgust.

"Um, that's disgusting. Why would I want to think about that?" he said. Tea looked at him flatly.

"Well I thought that since..." She blushed as Yugi face changed into a challenging look. "I mean, I think he does anyway..." She looked away. Yugi smiled.

"It's okay. I know what you mean, but I'm not exactly like THAT. Just because I fell in love with Yami doesn't mean that I like guys exclusively. It just...kinda...happened... What's that look for?" Yugi looked at her worried. She'd changed from the avid ' I'm listening' look to a ' I don't believe what you just said' look.

"Yami? You're...in...love...with...Y...Yami? But that's like..." Tea couldn't even finish. "He's... That's... It's so wonderful!" She surprised him by hugging him and they both fell over. Duke noticed and froze just as Yami and Tristan were about to tackle him and they all crumbled to the ground.

"Hey what was that? Did you forget how to play Duke?" Tristan said angrily pulling himself out of the pile. Yami noticed Duke's gaze and his eyes grew wide as Yugi blushed trying to get away from Tea. Tea jumped up excitedly, pulling Yugi up with her and straightening out his clothes in the way a mother would, her mouth moving a mile a minute.

"What's going on?" Yami asked. Duke pushed him over so he could get up.

"That's what I'd like to know." He stood up and started toward Yugi and Tea. Tristan and Yami exchanged looks. Yami got up and followed sensing that whatever was going to happen wouldn't be good.

"I want to know everything. How it happened, when you knew, how you told him...everything. I love hearing..."

"Hey! What are you two doing?" Duke asked approaching them. They both looked at him.

"We were just talking Duke, what's the big deal?" Tea asked rudely. Serenity returned then and slowed as she neared them, also sensing the emotions in the air.

"You looked a little too happy for it to be just talking."

"That's because..."

"I know how friendly your kind of people can be but I'm letting you know right now that I won't let you hang all over my girl like it's no big deal. You know what I think. I think you people just make up all this stuff about liking other guys so you can get the girls to think it's okay to be open with you. Well guess what. I'm not buying it. I don't want to see you anywhere near me or Tea again. You understand me?" He pushed Yugi away forcefully, causing him to trip and fall but Yami managed to get behind him and catch him before he hit the ground.

"Duke, I was just..." He grabbed Tea's arm and drug her away from them.

"Don't you dare talk back to me!" he yelled making her snap her mouth shut. The rest of them watched as they walked away, all speechless. Tristan walked over to Serenity and hugged her as she stared in horror. She buried her face in his chest as if it would block out the picture that had been etched into all of their heads. Yami steadied Yugi and sighed disappointedly.

"Do you think we should make sure that she's okay?" Yugi asked. The boys looked at him.

"I don't know...I've never seen him...act like that before."

"I have," Yami said making them all look at him. "When he's dueling. He's a very intense person but I never thought he'd get violent."

"I wonder if he's always been that way with Tea..." Yugi said, thinking out loud. "I've seen him get possessive but never so much as to hurt her. And it's all my fault..." Yami put a hand to his shoulder.

"You don't control other people's demons."

"We can if we are the demons..." Yami looked down at him in inquiry.

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Raine: Hey peeps. I don't know how I got here but since they always say you'll make it worse by going back and thinking about it, I'm going to leave it. It does bring up a new conflict, which is what I was looking for, so don't kill me. Suggestions are always welcome! Thanks a bunch!