"So Joey's friends with Kaiba..." Serenity asked looking at Tristan to make sure she was understanding what he'd just said.
"Yeah...'friends'..." Tristan returned.
"Well that's great! I think it'll be good for him. I mean running a big company like that by yourself must be pretty lonely. Having a friend like Joey to make him laugh every once in a while is nice. Leave it to my brother to do something so thoughtful."
"Kaiba doesn't laugh...unless he's watching someone suffer... Hey, they're perfect for each other! Joey can be himself and Kaiba can laugh at him. Why didn't I see this before? Duh, because I didn't want to. I still don't want to but now that I do it doesn't seem so bad."
"Tristan, are you okay? You just had a whole conversation with...well, yourself and half of it didn't really make any sense."
"Serenity, there's something else that you should know."
At the mansion
Joey heard the click of a key in the door and jumped up excitedly.
"Yea, Seto! Finally!" Once the door opened he ran past the person in the hallway and into the bathroom. Three minutes later he came back out. " You'd think that in a big place like this you'd have your own bathroom. Oh hi, Mokuba. Wait, Mokuba?" Mokuba looked at him, several different emotions playing across his face, the most prominent being confusion.
"Where's Seto?" he asked.
"I don't know, I thought... Well I really... He's not here."
"And who's that guy downstairs? He told me I couldn't come in because Master Mokuba wasn't allowed to have visitors and then he didn't believe me when I told him I was me. He kinda creeped me out."
"Yeah me too! So how'd you get in then?"
"I told him if he didn't let me in that I'd...awe who am I kidding, I just snuck in when his back was turned."
"Hey! What are you doing?! I told you that you weren't allowed in. Master Kaiba's orders," Maxwell said rushing up the stairs.
"This guy doesn't know when to stop," Joey muttered.
"Maxwell!" Kaiba's voice drifted up to them angrily. The servant turned around.
"Master Kaiba... This kid tried to impersonate your brother to get into the house. I think he's up to no good."
"That is my brother you idiot. I left a check by the door, you're fired." Maxwell stood a moment in shock and then slumped his way downstairs. Joey and Mokuba followed.
"Wasn't that a little harsh? He WAS just doing what you told him," Joey said in Maxwell's defense.
"Well if you liked him so much, you can finish cleaning the house for him. And don't forget to keep an eye on Mokuba." And with that he left again. Mokuba and Joey exchanged looks.
At the Game Shop
"Stop Yami! That's my pillow!" Yugi ran over and grabbed his pillow from the disturbed spirit, holding it protectively away from him. "Your card isn't in there." Grandpa had come down almost immediately after they'd opened and said it was okay for them to go. Yami was now tearing through Yugi's room like a tornado with a vengeance.
"Well where is it? I can't believe you lost it."
"I can't believe you ripped open my favorite stuffed bunny." He held up the mutilated bunny and sighed. "You really need to get a hold of yourself if you ever want to..."
"Looking for this," a voice came from the doorway making Yugi jump. Yami looked up and saw the card in Bakura's hand. He grabbed at it but Bakura flicked it out of sight again...
"How'd you get it?" Yami narrowed his eyes bitterly.
"You dropped it yesterday after your little hero gig. I figured that you must not care too much about it or..."
"Bakura, give it back!" Ryou demanded from behind him. Bakura rolled his eyes and tossed it to Yami who tucked it into a box that was under the bed.
"Hey Ryou, what are you guys doing here?" Yugi said as Ryou entered the room.
"We came to see you."
Downstairs
Solomon smiled as a customer walked in the door.
"Good morn...oh, hey Duke. Are you here to see Yugi?"
"Something like that. Is he here?"
"Upstairs in his room. I just sent Ryou and Bakura up there too."
"Thanks." He passed the by the counter and into the house.
"Yeah...'friends'..." Tristan returned.
"Well that's great! I think it'll be good for him. I mean running a big company like that by yourself must be pretty lonely. Having a friend like Joey to make him laugh every once in a while is nice. Leave it to my brother to do something so thoughtful."
"Kaiba doesn't laugh...unless he's watching someone suffer... Hey, they're perfect for each other! Joey can be himself and Kaiba can laugh at him. Why didn't I see this before? Duh, because I didn't want to. I still don't want to but now that I do it doesn't seem so bad."
"Tristan, are you okay? You just had a whole conversation with...well, yourself and half of it didn't really make any sense."
"Serenity, there's something else that you should know."
At the mansion
Joey heard the click of a key in the door and jumped up excitedly.
"Yea, Seto! Finally!" Once the door opened he ran past the person in the hallway and into the bathroom. Three minutes later he came back out. " You'd think that in a big place like this you'd have your own bathroom. Oh hi, Mokuba. Wait, Mokuba?" Mokuba looked at him, several different emotions playing across his face, the most prominent being confusion.
"Where's Seto?" he asked.
"I don't know, I thought... Well I really... He's not here."
"And who's that guy downstairs? He told me I couldn't come in because Master Mokuba wasn't allowed to have visitors and then he didn't believe me when I told him I was me. He kinda creeped me out."
"Yeah me too! So how'd you get in then?"
"I told him if he didn't let me in that I'd...awe who am I kidding, I just snuck in when his back was turned."
"Hey! What are you doing?! I told you that you weren't allowed in. Master Kaiba's orders," Maxwell said rushing up the stairs.
"This guy doesn't know when to stop," Joey muttered.
"Maxwell!" Kaiba's voice drifted up to them angrily. The servant turned around.
"Master Kaiba... This kid tried to impersonate your brother to get into the house. I think he's up to no good."
"That is my brother you idiot. I left a check by the door, you're fired." Maxwell stood a moment in shock and then slumped his way downstairs. Joey and Mokuba followed.
"Wasn't that a little harsh? He WAS just doing what you told him," Joey said in Maxwell's defense.
"Well if you liked him so much, you can finish cleaning the house for him. And don't forget to keep an eye on Mokuba." And with that he left again. Mokuba and Joey exchanged looks.
At the Game Shop
"Stop Yami! That's my pillow!" Yugi ran over and grabbed his pillow from the disturbed spirit, holding it protectively away from him. "Your card isn't in there." Grandpa had come down almost immediately after they'd opened and said it was okay for them to go. Yami was now tearing through Yugi's room like a tornado with a vengeance.
"Well where is it? I can't believe you lost it."
"I can't believe you ripped open my favorite stuffed bunny." He held up the mutilated bunny and sighed. "You really need to get a hold of yourself if you ever want to..."
"Looking for this," a voice came from the doorway making Yugi jump. Yami looked up and saw the card in Bakura's hand. He grabbed at it but Bakura flicked it out of sight again...
"How'd you get it?" Yami narrowed his eyes bitterly.
"You dropped it yesterday after your little hero gig. I figured that you must not care too much about it or..."
"Bakura, give it back!" Ryou demanded from behind him. Bakura rolled his eyes and tossed it to Yami who tucked it into a box that was under the bed.
"Hey Ryou, what are you guys doing here?" Yugi said as Ryou entered the room.
"We came to see you."
Downstairs
Solomon smiled as a customer walked in the door.
"Good morn...oh, hey Duke. Are you here to see Yugi?"
"Something like that. Is he here?"
"Upstairs in his room. I just sent Ryou and Bakura up there too."
"Thanks." He passed the by the counter and into the house.