About halfway through Joey's bowl of cereal a servant walked into the kitchen. Joey swallowed and watched as he went through all the cabinets and wrote some things down on a tablet he was carrying.
"Um...hi," Joey said unsure. The servant just ignored him and went on with his list kind of like how a robot would. Joey looked at his cereal and then back at the servant and suddenly didn't want to eat any more, so he took the bowl over to the sink to dump it out.
"Just leave it, I'll take care of it," the servant said walking over and taking it from him. Joey jumped back at the sudden movement and eyed the servant suspiciously.
"O...kay..." he said and left the room for the living room. Not even five minutes later, the servant followed, this time carrying a bucket of cleaning supplies. He began to clean everything around where Joey was, being very careful not to touch anything that would obstruct his view of the television. Joey stopped his channel surfing long enough to glance uncomfortably at the servant as he started on the windows. Deciding that he'd be more in the way if he stayed, Joey shut the TV off and went to look for something else to occupy his mind until Kaiba returned. And again...the servant followed. After another twenty minutes of their demented game of hide and go seek Joey started to get freaked out and locked himself in Kaiba's room.
At Kaiba Corp.
"Mr. Kaiba, there's a Joey Wheeler on the phone." Kaiba lowered the papers he was studying and looked at the phone.
"What line?" he asked the speaker.
"Three, sir." The speaker clicked off. Kaiba tried to piece together some reason that Joey would so desperately need to call for but none that were good seemed to present itself. He picked up the phone.
"What happened?" he asked almost afraid to know. He set the papers down on the desk and starting typing the information into the computer.
"Call off the guard dog," Joey said almost fiercely. Kaiba stopped.
"What?" he asked incredulous.
"The dude. The one you got following me everywhere I go."
"Maxwell? I just hired him last week to keep an eye on Mokuba when I wasn't around. He shouldn't be...unless... Now that I think about it, today was supposed to be his first day. He must think you're Mokuba. Although I don't see why he would confuse you two..."
"Well he's scaring me."
"Come on, it can't be that bad."
"He tried to follow me into the bathroom...which I still need to use by the way." Kaiba could sense the impatience and discomfort in his voice. " Just tell him to stop."
"Give me twenty minutes. I'm almost done here."
"But I..." Kaiba hung up. He looked at all the work before him and shook his head. ' So it really - is - between having my job or having him,' he thought to himself. "If he wasn't so damn cute it'd just be a matter of eliminating which was worse." He saved the information on his computer and slid the papers into a drawer, then got up and left.
The Game Shop
"Are you ready yet, Yami? Were almost twenty minutes late for opening." Yami looked up from the pile of cards on the floor.
"I can't believe I'm missing my favorite card. Are you sure you didn't take it out?"
"Yeah, I'm sure. Let's just go. We can look for it later." He pulled Yami to his feet and they walked down to unlock the doors.
"But I can't function knowing that my Dark Magician is lost out there somewhere."
"It's..."
"Don't even say it. You know how much those cards mean to me. They're not just..."
"...Cards, they're my history. Yeah I know. And I'm sorry you misplaced one. But I promise, when Grandpa wakes up we'll tear apart everything and find it. For now...just try not to think about it.
At Ryou's House
"Bakura, are you awake?" Ryou crawled up next to him and brought his face in close to Bakura's. Bakura mumbled something in response but showed no other sign of being awake. "Bakura, come on. You sleep too much. It's unhealthy." Ryou poked at Bakura's ribs and Bakura grabbed his hand angrily.
"What I do with my time is my business," he said and rolled over so his back was to Ryou. Ryou jumped over the body and pushed Bakura's hair out of his face.
"So you're just going to sleep all day?"
"Yep. Now leave me alone." Ryou crawled back over Bakura and got off the bed.
"Fine. I'm going to see if Yugi's all right. I'll tell him you send your regards."
"Don't tell him I'm sending him anything. The last thing I need is for him to think I like him...or his stupid dark."
"Then get up or I'll tell him you send your love as well." Bakura scowled and got up.
"I hate you." Ryou smiled.
"I love you too. I'll meet you outside."
"Um...hi," Joey said unsure. The servant just ignored him and went on with his list kind of like how a robot would. Joey looked at his cereal and then back at the servant and suddenly didn't want to eat any more, so he took the bowl over to the sink to dump it out.
"Just leave it, I'll take care of it," the servant said walking over and taking it from him. Joey jumped back at the sudden movement and eyed the servant suspiciously.
"O...kay..." he said and left the room for the living room. Not even five minutes later, the servant followed, this time carrying a bucket of cleaning supplies. He began to clean everything around where Joey was, being very careful not to touch anything that would obstruct his view of the television. Joey stopped his channel surfing long enough to glance uncomfortably at the servant as he started on the windows. Deciding that he'd be more in the way if he stayed, Joey shut the TV off and went to look for something else to occupy his mind until Kaiba returned. And again...the servant followed. After another twenty minutes of their demented game of hide and go seek Joey started to get freaked out and locked himself in Kaiba's room.
At Kaiba Corp.
"Mr. Kaiba, there's a Joey Wheeler on the phone." Kaiba lowered the papers he was studying and looked at the phone.
"What line?" he asked the speaker.
"Three, sir." The speaker clicked off. Kaiba tried to piece together some reason that Joey would so desperately need to call for but none that were good seemed to present itself. He picked up the phone.
"What happened?" he asked almost afraid to know. He set the papers down on the desk and starting typing the information into the computer.
"Call off the guard dog," Joey said almost fiercely. Kaiba stopped.
"What?" he asked incredulous.
"The dude. The one you got following me everywhere I go."
"Maxwell? I just hired him last week to keep an eye on Mokuba when I wasn't around. He shouldn't be...unless... Now that I think about it, today was supposed to be his first day. He must think you're Mokuba. Although I don't see why he would confuse you two..."
"Well he's scaring me."
"Come on, it can't be that bad."
"He tried to follow me into the bathroom...which I still need to use by the way." Kaiba could sense the impatience and discomfort in his voice. " Just tell him to stop."
"Give me twenty minutes. I'm almost done here."
"But I..." Kaiba hung up. He looked at all the work before him and shook his head. ' So it really - is - between having my job or having him,' he thought to himself. "If he wasn't so damn cute it'd just be a matter of eliminating which was worse." He saved the information on his computer and slid the papers into a drawer, then got up and left.
The Game Shop
"Are you ready yet, Yami? Were almost twenty minutes late for opening." Yami looked up from the pile of cards on the floor.
"I can't believe I'm missing my favorite card. Are you sure you didn't take it out?"
"Yeah, I'm sure. Let's just go. We can look for it later." He pulled Yami to his feet and they walked down to unlock the doors.
"But I can't function knowing that my Dark Magician is lost out there somewhere."
"It's..."
"Don't even say it. You know how much those cards mean to me. They're not just..."
"...Cards, they're my history. Yeah I know. And I'm sorry you misplaced one. But I promise, when Grandpa wakes up we'll tear apart everything and find it. For now...just try not to think about it.
At Ryou's House
"Bakura, are you awake?" Ryou crawled up next to him and brought his face in close to Bakura's. Bakura mumbled something in response but showed no other sign of being awake. "Bakura, come on. You sleep too much. It's unhealthy." Ryou poked at Bakura's ribs and Bakura grabbed his hand angrily.
"What I do with my time is my business," he said and rolled over so his back was to Ryou. Ryou jumped over the body and pushed Bakura's hair out of his face.
"So you're just going to sleep all day?"
"Yep. Now leave me alone." Ryou crawled back over Bakura and got off the bed.
"Fine. I'm going to see if Yugi's all right. I'll tell him you send your regards."
"Don't tell him I'm sending him anything. The last thing I need is for him to think I like him...or his stupid dark."
"Then get up or I'll tell him you send your love as well." Bakura scowled and got up.
"I hate you." Ryou smiled.
"I love you too. I'll meet you outside."