Kiawna: We are back!

Orli: Chapter 6, how many more chapters do you plan on doing?

Kiawna: I am aiming for 10, but I am not sure that is going to happen.

Orli: Okay.

Kiawna: Yea, not too much talking this time. Do you know how hard it is to write a chapter when you have forgotten what you had written in previous chapter?

Orli: ::blinks:: no.

Kiawna: ::as she re-reads previous chapters:: it is very hard. ::blinks as she notices mistakes or flaws:: That isn't cool.

Yami: What?

Kiawna: Where is Kadz?

Yami: ::Shrugs::

Kiawna: Oh yea! I forgot. I found my book. Now I have to type up the story. -- ::sighs:: oh well. At least my school problems are gone.

Orli: except homework, now what isn't cool.

Kiawna: Yea that never goes away. Oh, the fact that my story is set just before winter break. I said that History was due at the end of the month.which is in the middle of winter break. Plus I said that Serenity was coming up next month. Which will be January, after Christmas. ::slaps head:: I am too lazy to fix it now.

Orli: Plus the rest of the projects are going to be due after winter break, right?

Kiawna: Yes. ::sighs:: I hope this is an understanding. Thank you to all that has reviewed. I agree the POV's aren't very good. Reading other stories, I got a sense on how to do good POV's so, I will do my best in this chapter. Now, on with the chapter!

Chapter 6: The final Two Projects

Joey woke up in a good mood. which was rare on a school day. He had just had the best Monday he could ever hope for, which is also a rarity because Mondays are never good. He found out that his dad was going to AA meetings, he didn't get a beating, and he got 3 projects, not that that's a good thing, but they were all with Seto Kaiba. Plus on top of all of that, he kissed and was kissed by Seto. What more could he ask for?

He got up and went to take a shower. When finished he dried off and put on his school uniform. Before heading out of the room he checked the clock. '7 am? I am never up this early.' He thought amazed. 'I must have slept better than usual. I wonder why?' He asked himself with a smile on his face knowing the answer. He headed to the kitchen to see if there was any food for breakfast. When he was about to open the fridge door, he noticed a note on it. It read:

Joey, I have gone job searching. Your lunch is in the fridge as well as an after school snack. If you are going anywhere after school, just leave me a note because I am not sure when I'll be back. Until later. Love Dad.

Joey blinked a few times after reading the note. Two things about this were weird to him. First, his dad never left notes, second, his dad hadn't said or wrote "love" since before his mom left with his sister. 'He must have been going to those meetings longer than I thought, but I still can't be sure that he is totally out of drinking,' He thought to himself. 'So, I will still be a tad bit careful.' He wrote on the back of the note that he would be going to a friend's and would call if he wasn't going to be home for dinner. He placed it back on the fridge and started his search for food.

As soon as he had eaten, he wrote a note on a piece of paper, letting his friends know that he had gone to school early. When he had done this, he grabbed his lunch, school bag and placed the note on the front of the door before locking it and headed off to school.

Meanwhile.

Seto had finally had a good night sleep for the first time in a long time. He looked at the clock expecting it to be 5am, which was when his body usually woke him up. 'Woah, 7am. I guess my body decided it wanted an extra two hours sleep.' He smiled knowing the cause. His feelings weren't keeping him awake anymore because he had finally let Joey know how he felt through one single kiss. When Joey had kissed him the night before he was surprised because he hadn't suspected that Joey felt the same way about him. Heck, he didn't even know Joey was gay. In his mind, it was all-good though, because he had thought about kissing Jou for some time now.

He sighed happily and made his way out of bed and to the bathroom connected to his room. He took a shower and then got dressed. His stomach growling at him reminded him that he hadn't eaten anything the night before. Instead he just went to bed after dropping Joey off at home. He made his way down the many stairs and hallways to the kitchen. Since Mokuba had phoned asking to stay the night at his friend's place, Seto didn't have to worry about getting him to school, so he could leave early if he wanted to. After not finding anything he really wanted, he decided to just take a cinnamon bun and warm it up.

When finished eating his cinnamon bun, he filled a mug with coffee, grabbed his suitcase of schoolwork and stuff and headed to school. Thinking that Joey was probably still sleeping in bed.

At school.

Seto headed to his locker since he had to grab the books for the day from them. It was also only quarter to 8, so no classrooms were opened to students yet, so he would have to sit in front of his locker until at least 8 when the library opened. He sighed and made his way to his locker. 'Damn school. Why couldn't it be winter break already?' He thought.

He was surprised when he saw a certain blonde sitting in front of his locker. 'Or is it his locker, I can't remember if his locker was by mine or not.' He smiled and shrugged it off. As he got closer, he noticed that the mentioned blonde's head was hanging and he was breathing very relaxed and calmly, 'Hmm, silly puppy fell asleep. Oh well, I know how to wake him up.' Seto smiled and kneeled by the blonde. Using his hand to lift up his head, he bent in and kissed Joey on the lips. At first, there was no response, but after a moment, there was some eager participation.

Just to tease Joey, he pulled away, earning a whimper of protest from Joey. "I think it's time to wake up, pup." Seto told him with a smile. Joey mumbled something that Seto didn't quite catch. "What was that?" He asked. For an answer, he was pulled into Joey for a kiss. "I think he is awake now." He mumbled against Joey's lips before tracing his tongue over Joey's bottom lip, which he happily opened to allow Seto in. Joey didn't bother fighting for dominance for two reasons, first, tiredness, second, he knew he would never gain it. So instead, he just wrapped his arms around Seto's neck and allowed him to lead. Once again, the need for air made them both reluctantly pull away. "Good morning to you too." Seto said with a mocking smile on his face.

Joey returned the smile and replied, "Just returning the greeting." Seto chuckled a bit to himself and stood up to get his books. "Are you always here this early?" Joey asked, also standing up. Seto looked at him, "well, I know for a fact that you aren't." Joey blushed a bit and said, "I take that as a yes. But why?"

"I could ask you the same question. You usually come late to class. Why you here so early today?" Seto retaliated. "I come early because I have no reason to be at home this early."

"Well, for once in my pathetic life I slept good and woke up early." Joey said with a smile. Seto raised an eyebrow, "And what reason would you have for sleeping good?" He asked already knowing the answer, least, he was pretty damn sure he knew the answer. Joey smiled and wrapped his arms around Seto's neck, "Oh, I don't know. I think it had something to do with the fact that the guy of my dreams returned my feelings." Seto smiled and put his arms around Joey's waist, pulling him closer. "Really? What kind of dreams would those be?" Joey looked up at him, "Nothing bad, I assure you." He smiled innocently. 'Damn, he is so cute like that.' Seto thought and leaned down and gently kissed Joey on the lips. "How about we go to the library where there are some comfortable chairs?" He suggested while closing his locker. Joey nodded his agreement and happily followed the tall brunette.

Joey felt like tackling the sexy CEO right then and there. He could swear that Seto was purposely walking sexily. It was very seductive in Joey's eyes. 'Gods why does he do this to me?' he thought as they entered the library and headed to the far back corner where all the comfortable chairs were. Seto sat down in one. Joey was about go sit in the one beside him, but he got an idea and sat in Seto's lap as he said, "This chair looks way comfier than that one." He nodded his head in the direction of the chair beside them.

"Really?" Seto asked raising an eyebrow. Joey nodded and wrapped his arms around his neck. "Mmm, I think I can live with being a chair temporarily." Seto said pulling Joey closer by his waist. "What will you tell your friends?" He asked as Joey rested his head on his shoulder.

"I'm not sure." He replied sleepily. "I believe, however, that Yami and Yugi suspected we would get together soon." He blushed a bit. "Before I went over to your place I was at Yugi's. Before I left, he winked at me and said "Have fun". I thought about that for a moment, but then I just sarcastically laughed. I knew what he meant. Just because he and Yami are like that doesn't mean I will force myself on someone."

Seto raised his eyebrows in a surprised look. "And you didn't force yourself on me?" He asked Joey somewhat sarcastically. "I was sure surprised when you kissed me."

"Um, I didn't force myself on you. My hand slipped from under me, causing me to fall into you." Joey said in a false matter-of-fact tone. "Really?" Kaiba said not believing a single word. Mokuba used this method on him many of times and it never worked. Joey nodded. "I don't believe you."

"This is forcing myself upon someone." Joey replied. And before Kaiba had a chance to say or do anything, Joey had pushed his lips against Seto's in a bruising kiss. He ran his tongue along Seto's bottom lip, earning a small gasp from him, allowing Joey to slip his tongue through the gap. He was determined to maintain control, so he wrestled Seto's tongue with his own. Seto finally gave up, realizing Joey's determination and he admired it. He took one of his hands and moved it under Joey's shirt and rubbed his back. This caused Joey to moan and Seto took advantage of it to dominate him, continuing to rub his back. They both cursed the fact that they needed oxygen. Reluctantly, they both pulled away because of the cursed fact. "Wow." Joey said as he panted to get air.

"You like that?" Seto asked, still rubbing his back. Joey blushed a bit, but responded by leaning his back into the hand. Seto continued, "Okay, so Yami and Yugi won't have a problem, but what about the others?"

"I still don't think they will mind. I mean, Tristan is dedicated to my sister, and if he wants to get close to her, he will have to accept it. The others, well, Malik and Marik shouldn't care, as well as Bakura and Ryou." He gave Seto a kiss on the cheek, "don't worry. They won't mind." A thought occurred to him. "What about Mokuba?"

"Joey, he loves me, and he adores you." Seto said. "In the beginning, I didn't know why, but now I do."

"Really?" Joey raised his eyebrow. Seto nodded. "Why do you see why he adores me?"

"Let's see. You are fun to be around, you put your friends first, you and your sister are like me and Mokuba." He replied, checking them off on his fingers. Joey hugged him. "You can be unbelievable sometimes, you know that?" Just as he was going to kiss Seto again, the bell rang. He buried his head in the crook of Seto's neck whining, "I don't want to go."

"Come on pup." He told the blond. "It won't be that bad. You can look forward to spending time with me after school and at lunch. Maybe."

"Why 'maybe' at lunch?" Joey asked.

"I might go take Mokuba to lunch again because he didn't come home last night." Seto sighed, "But if we don't spend lunch together it will give you time to tell your friends."

"True. But one thing before we go to class."

"Oh, and what is that?" Joey pressed his lips against Seto's in an answer. It wasn't a long one because they had to get to class, but it would last until possibly later, if they could wait that long. "Okay, now we must get to class." Joey whined his protest, but got up off of Seto's lap. They grabbed their books and headed to Keyboarding. Possibly the easiest class in the entire school. At least they knew they weren't getting any projects in that class. It got interesting at times though, because Ryou had to constantly warn Bakura not to do things. Yami and Yugi were usually getting in trouble for cuddling in class. Which was a problem for Ms. Ohli. It was a change from him always getting in trouble.

When they had arrived everyone was already sitting at their seats, but the teacher wasn't there yet. Joey sat beside Yami while Seto took Joey's other side. "What are we doing Yami?" Joey asked as he turned on his computer.

"What? Did you say something Joey?" Yami asked. 'I should have known, he is always paying attention to Yugi and no one else.' He sighed and leaned back to ask Ryou.

"Just working on our web page." He replied before stopping Bakura from bashing the slow connection to a million pieces.

"Damn connection. Why the hell is it so slow!" Bakura said as he made another attempt to bash it before Ryou stopped him. He slouched in his chair and yelled, "Come on, I am not getting any younger." Joey snickered at this. It was true, both Bakura and Yami were over 5000 years old; they weren't getting any younger. He turned to Seto smiling and asked, "Could you help me? I really am having problems with HTML."

Later.

"That was an interesting class. I don't think I have seen her move so fast." Joey said referring to the fire to Bakura's computer that he had started. "I am surprised you weren't sent to the office and there wasn't a fire alarm." They all chuckled. "Hey guys, I'll catch up with you in English."

"Alright Joey." Ryou said before he continued scolding Bakura. Joey laughed as he watched his friends' head to their class. He turned into a bathroom, pulling Seto in with him, making sure it was empty before crushing his lips. After a minute they pulled apart. "Just couldn't wait until after school, could you?" Seto said smiling. Joey shook his head. Seto wrapped his arms around Joey and pulled him closer before whispering in his ear, "Maybe I should give you a better dose before we head to class?" He felt Joey shiver. This gave him an idea and he began to kiss from Joey's ear down his jaw line to his mouth. They were locked in a very hot kiss when the bell rang, signaling another class. They both growled before breaking apart and heading to their Bio class.

Biology.

"Okay class." Mr. Betts said as he entered. "Today, you will get a project that will require partners." Everyone, except Seto and Joey, groaned. They didn't mind having a project to work on. Their teachers didn't give out any homework while they were working on a project. When everyone finished groaning the teacher continued. "You will have until the end of January to finish it. So I want absolutely NO late projects. I won't even give you a mark if you hand it in late." The class gulped. "Just over a month is more than enough time to finish the project. As for the partners, pick your own." The class cheered. "The project will be on the anatomy of an animal compared to that of a human's. You may not do monkeys."

Joey and Seto looked at each other. "Together again." Joey winked. Seto just nodded and pulled Joey's stool closer to him. "What animal shall we do? Dog? Wild Dog, Cat?" He started to randomly suggest. "Wild Dog. Not that it is any different from a pup, ne?" Joey winked again. "Okay, so, this will obviously be the last project we work on. We can do the finishing touches on Jupiter, start on Anubis, go to Pearl Harbor since that is due after winter break, then when we finish that, we can start on this one."

"Sounds good to me." Seto replied and then whispered, "You know, you are very organized when you want to be." Joey blushed, "Naw, that is just a figment of your imagination."

"What imagination?" Seto tried to look innocent. "You know, when you pout like that, it does things to the imagination, whether you have one or not." He added as he saw Joey pout at something. "Why are you pouting any ways?" He pointed to the outline of requirements that had just been handed to them. Seto looked at it and read aloud, " 'you will need a diagram of each anatomy along with a 5 page essay comparing the differences and similarities of the anatomies you picked.' I see nothing wrong with this." He finished, "You can do the drawings and I will do the essay."

Joey sighed, "Yeah, I guess you are right. Although, I hope I can cope with all this work even though it is in partners." Seto looked to make sure no one was paying any attention to them before he gave Joey a little hug-like squeeze. "Don't worry pup. We have quite a bit of time, so there is no rush to complete them all in a couple of weeks." Joey nodded. Seto was right. Just because there were what seemed like a million projects due, doesn't mean they would have to finish them all right away. Until the class finished, they read the chapter on anatomy to get a better idea of how they would do this new project.

Lunch.

When the bell had rung, Joey quickly packed up his books and hurried to the door. Surprisingly, waiting patiently there until Seto got there. "So, are you going to go see if Mokuba wants to go for lunch, or are you going to come to the café and see what slop they got down there?"

"I think I have to talk to Mokuba." Seto stated plainly. "However, you can walk me to my car at least." Joey gave him a smile and walked with him to the doors closest to the parking lot. When they got there, Seto gave Joey a small kiss and climbed into his car. Stepping away from it, Joey moved back and waved to Seto as he took off to the Elementary School to pick up his little brother.

"Hey Joey, over here!" a small voice said. Joey recognized it and headed over to his tri-colored friend. "What's up Joey?" Yugi asked, seeing the look of frustration on his face as he sat down. Joey blinked a couple of times, then realized what Yugi asked him. "Oh, nothing Yug." He looked around, "Where is Tristan and Tea?"

Yugi shrugged. "I'm not sure. Why?"

"Well, I wanted to tell everyone something. But I can't tell everyone if not everyone is here, now can I?" He smiled at his petite friend, who shook his head. "Damn it. They can find out later. I'll tell them during PE."

"Okay Joey, what did you want to tell us then?" Yami asked with a smirk on his face as if he knew. Joey looked around; the only ones that looked confused as to why Yami was smirking were Malik and Marik. Joey smiled before he smiled and said, "I am seeing someone."

Seto frowned as he walked the halls of the grade school to the office. 'I thought High School was frustrating. I forgot how many halls there are in this school.' He sighed in relief as he came to the office. Walking in, he went to the secretary and asked for Mokuba. "Alright, just a moment Mr. Kaiba." She grabbed the microphone and spoke into it, "Would Mokuba Kaiba please come to the office, Mokuba Kaiba to the office." Seto rolled his eyes as he also forgot how annoying that speaker thing was. "He should be here in a couple of minutes." He glared at her, not being one for patience, but he sat down in one of the uncomfortable chair's offices usually caring. 'Jeez, the school should spend some of our tax dollars on new furniture, not whatever else they waste it on.'

He was about to complain about the uncomfortable seats and threaten her job, which is something he hasn't done in a while, when Mokuba came bouncing happily in the door. Seto raised an eyebrow at his little brother, why would he be so happy? Seto couldn't help but smile. "What has you so happy, little brother?" He asked making the ebony haired boy jump a bit. He had not noticed Seto when he came in the office. "Seto. What are you doing here?"

"Nice to see you too. I wanted to take you to lunch because I have something to talk to you about."

"Really? Well, lunch is over in about 30 minutes. How about we go sit on a bench or something?" Seto looked at him questionably and asked him why. "Well, I have already eaten. Kevin's mom made us lunch. I hope you don't mind."

Seto shook his head. "No, that's fine Mokuba. We can go sit on a bench. Let's go." Mokuba smiled before following his brother.

Five minutes later they were sitting in one of the benches in the park across the street from the school. "So, what did you want to talk to me about?"

"Well, Mokuba, would it bother you if I told you I was seeing someone?"

English.

Joey walked into his class, bouncing slightly. The three hikari's and yami are slowly following, but with identical smiles on their faces.

Flashback

Joey smiled before he said, "I am seeing someone." Yami and Yugi looked at each other with identical smirks on their faces. Bakura brought his hand to his mouth in fake disbelief. "Really, who?" He asked with an edge of sarcasm.

"Now, I know you guys probably won't accept it, but I don't care, I plan on seeing him with or without your guys' approval." Joey stated. Marik and Malik became more interested when Joey mentioned 'him'. They leaned closer to Joey, which scared the poor blond a bit.

"Him, huh." Ryou stated with a smile on his face. "Who is he?"

Joey blushed a bit before finally saying, "Seto Kaiba."

"YES!" Marik yelled, causing everyone in the café to stare at their table. He turned to Malik and Bakura. "You two owe me $50 bucks." Yami, Yugi, Ryou and especially Joey all looked at the three. Malik and Bakura were grumbling curses under their breaths while Marik was doing the happy dance. "Why do you owe him $50, 'Kura?" Ryou asked, glaring at his yami.

"Well," Bakura had shrunk a bit in his seat; "I made a bet that Joey and Seto wouldn't get together for at least another couple of weeks." He said really fast. Ryou continued to glare at him.

"What about you, Malik?" Yugi asked, "Did you make the same bet?"

"Not really." Malik answered. "I actually said that they would be together by now. So I lost the bet a long time ago."

"And I," Marik pointed to himself proudly, "Said that as soon as you two had a project to work on together you would be together."

Once again Malik and Bakura grumbled curses. Joey blinked, but soon smiled. "So, I take it by all your reactions you are okay with me dating your arch enemy?"

"Joey, he isn't our arch enemy, just a rival." Yami stated as Yugi nodded his agreement. "We have thought you two looked good together from the beginning."

"We figured Kaiba had feelings for you when he argued with you all the time." Yugi continued.

"But how?"

"Have you ever heard of the saying (or term), 'If you are being picked on by someone, that most likely means they like you'?" Ryou asked, finally taking his glare away from the white haired yami. Joey shook his head, "Well, we figured that since Kaiba always picked on you, or found ways to insult you whether you were in a duel or not, it most likely meant that he liked you."

"Besides. You were too out of it to notice, but when the lightning struck you at the Battle City finals, we all saw a look of concern in his eyes." Yugi continued, "There was relief in them when you stood up."

"Really?" Yugi, Yami and Malik nodded. "Wow. I think I will have to question him about that later." He laughed a bit; "I'm going to enjoy seeing him get out of this one." Everyone laughed, just as the bell rang.

End Flashback

Seto's head shot up when he heard his puppy's voice. Well, he sounded happy. 'That's a good thing.' He thought, 'and judging by the looks on everyone's face, they must have took the news well.'

"Hey Kaiba!" He heard a cheerful voice call. He looked up to see big amethyst eyes staring at him. "So, how is life?" By this time, Joey had sat down beside him and he looked at the blonde. He was smiling and just gave him a smile and thumbs up. "It's good Yugi. Ever since yesterday it has gotten much better." He said with a straight face, because the Seto Kaiba we know never smiles in public. Yugi just grinned and took his seat in between Joey and Yami. The other 4 had taken their seats in front of Seto, Yugi, Yami and Joey.

By this time the teacher had came in and started to talk in his monotonous voice. Joey tried to keep his mind on taking notes. However, that didn't last. He just started to doodle. He continued doodling in his notebook until he heard the teacher mention something about a drama project. Joey looked up and blinked, 'What is he talking about?'

"This project will have to be done in partners of 3-4. In those groups you will have to choose a scene from the play we have recently been studying, 'A Midsummer Night Dream'." He explained. "By the end of January I expect you to have all the lines from that scene memorized as well as a decent dramatization of it." The whole class groaned. All Seto and Joey did was sigh. This would be their last project at least. "Are there any questions?" Ryou raised his hand. "Yes Mr. Bakura?"

"Will we have to use costumes?" Ryou asked in his sexy accent.

"No, you will not. Now," Mr. Clay continued, "pick your groups and come and tell me the scene you plan on doing." Joey turned to Yugi, "How about it Yug? You and Yami want to work with us? I'm sure those four will be working together." He pointed to Ryou and Malik and their yami's.

Yugi looked at Yami, "Well, how about it Yami?" He smiled at his darker half. "Please?" He then gave his puppy dog look.

"Ugh, Aibou that's not fair. You know I can't resist those eyes." Yugi started to whimper to add to the effect. Joey was laughing at the scene playing out before him. "Oh, alright."

"Yay! Arigatou Yami!" Yugi glomped him. Yami smiled and hugged his hikari, winking at Joey as he did so. Joey laughed. Yami could truly be evil sometimes.

"Okay," Seto spoke up, "Now that we have that covered. What scene do we want to do?"

"How about scene 3. The one with the fairy, Oberon, Titania and Puck?" Joey suggested. Everyone looked at him surprised.

"Um, pup, how did you know that they were in that scene without even looking in the book?" Seto questioned. A small blush crept over Joey's face. "Well.I-.you see." He began, trying to think of the best way to tell them that this play was in fact his most favorite one. "Spit it out, mutt."

"This is my favorite Shakespeare play. I can't help it." He replied. They all chuckled.

"Okay, that scene sounds fine to me." Yugi said. The other two nodded. "I'll go tell Mr. Clay that is the one we are doing." With that he went to the front of the class to let the teacher know.

As he was walking away, he was being stared at. "Look at that fine ass." Yami muttered.

"Not that there is anything wrong with it," Seto said, sneaking his arm around Joey's waist, "but I would prefer to stare at his ass." Joey's face went red with embarrassment. Yami chuckled. "That is understandable." Joey went an even deeper red.

"What's wrong?" Yugi asked as he sat back down in his chair. Joey shook his head; "it's nothing Yug."

"Okay." Yugi said, dismissing it. "So, who will be who?"

"I'm Oberon!" Seto said in a final tone.

"I guess I will be Puck." Yugi said, "because he is suppose to be small, is he not?"

Yami and Joey groaned. That meant that they would have to be Titania or the Fairy. Before Joey could speak up however, Yami called the Fairy. "Damn it!" Joey cursed. "I don't want to be Titania."

"Oh why not Joey? It's perfect. Oberon and Titania are the king and queen. And there you and Seto are." Yugi grinned mischievously. "I'm sure we will have lots of fun."

"I concur." Yami agreed, but when Joey still looked down a bit he added, "Look on the bright side."

"There is a bright side?" Joey asked. Yami nodded and smiled, "At least you won't have to wear the costume." Joey sighed, knowing that the former Pharaoh was right. "Alright."

"Great. When should we get together and where?" Yugi asked.

"My place is out of the question." Joey said. Even though he knew his father had been going to rehab, it didn't mean he was totally out of the gutter. "So, that leaves Seto's mansion or the Game Shop."

"How about we just do it at my place." Kaiba said. "I have plenty of food and there is enough room."

"Alright." The tri-colored hikari said. "That just leaves when."

"Why not start today at about six?" Joey suggested. "That alright with everyone?"

Seto groaned he was hoping to spend today alone with his puppy. "I suppose. If everyone else is." The two look a likes nodded their approval. "Tonight at six then?" Another nods just as the bell rang.

"Okay, see ya then guys." Joey said as he and Seto took the path leading towards the other end of the school where the Tech and Gym wing were.

Okay, I am too lazy to write about their next class, so, I will just head to after school, how does that sound?

After school

Joey sighed as he headed to the front entrance hall. 'Man, I never knew PE could be so difficult. Stupid Marik and his pranks.' He smiled as he saw the reason he was going to the entrance hall. "Seto!" He called to the tall brunette. The brunette waved at him as he came closer. "Ready to go?" He asked. The blond nodded.

They headed to Seto's car, but once they entered it Joey asked, "Um, Seto? I have to go home for some stuff. Plus I want to shower properly before going to your place. How about I meet you at about 4:30-5:00?"

"I suppose that would be okay." Seto answered, "At least we would get at least a hour alone before Yami and Yugi came over." Joey smiled. "Arigatou."

The drive to Joey's house was quick and nothing was said. They were just enjoying being in the presence of each other. When they arrived, Joey leaned over and gave Seto a kiss before getting out. He stood on the sidewalk as he watched his boyfriend drive off. 'Now, time to get my snack, have a shower and change.' He thought to himself as he walked up the stairs to his apartment.

When he came to his number, he was surprised to find it was unlocked. 'Dad must be home already.' He thought as he opened the door. "Hey Dad! I'm ho- ah!" He never got to finish those words because his drunken father pounced him on.

Kiawna: ::does a majorly huge yawn:: Okay, this chapter totally sucked.

Orli: It was okay.

Kiawna: ::gives him the death glare:: It would have been better if you helped more.

Orli: ::sighs:: I'm sorry. At any rate, this chapter was pretty damn long.

Kiawna: ::nods:: My fingers are sore.

Orli: ::pats::

Kiawna: ::yawns again:: OMG. I am so tired. ::looks at clock:: Eeep! It is 20 to 4 in the morning.

Orli: Really, I never noticed.

Kiawna: That is because you sleep during the day, you lazy ass muse.

Orli: Well excuuuuse me.

Kiawna: ::sighs:: Whatever. Where is Yami?

Yami: ::comes up from behind:: What?

Kiawna: ::nearly jumps out of her skin:: YAMI!!! DON'T DO THAT!!!

Orli: ::snickers::

Kiawna: Do the review message and add this. ::hands him a piece of paper::

Yami: Okay. You people know the drill. Review. However, in this review could you say whether you want to see Joey in gym class (with Malik, Marik and Tea ::shudders::) I might add. As well as say if you want her to just re- write it.

Kiawna: Trust me. I am willing to re-write most of it. Especially since I was up late most nights working on it.

Yami: So, review.

Kiawna: ::gets one last "please" in before she collapses and sleeps::

Orli: Come on Yami, let's get her to bed. ::they leave the room dragging a limp Kiawna with them::