"Was that a dream?" Jou mumbled as he sat up in bed. He looked at his surroundings… "I guess not." He replied for himself as he jumped to his feet and ran to the attached bathroom. There he showered and got dressed so he could go down for breakfast and then go out to meet Yugi and the gang.
"I won't tell Shizuka…or Yugi…or Anzu…or Ryou…and I definitely won't tell Honda. I'll just tell them that they shouldn't go over to my house any more because I won't be there." He slowly made his way down the stairs and to the kitchen. There he pulled out some coco pops and put them into some milk and ate.
"Morning Jou!" Mokuba chimed as he walked into the room grinning.
"Morning." Jou greeted the boy.
"Where are you going?"
"Game Shop."
"Oh, you telling Yugi?"
"Umm, maybe, maybe not." Jou replied unsurely. Mokuba nodded.
"You should, otherwise when they go to visit you and you're not there they'll get angry at you for not telling them." He said smartly. Jou took this into thought.
"Jou, oh I'm so happy you put your differences aside. Now you don't have to fight anymore." Anzu chirped.
"I'm happy for you big brother."
"Now I won't have to pummel him for you!" Honda said happily. "I don't like hurting the weak."
"Now you won't have to travel to see Mokuba, and you and Kaiba can become close friends." Yugi smiled.
"Somehow, I don't think their reactions would be like that, and if they were, it would be scary." Jou commented.
"What reactions?" Mokuba asked curiously.
"Their reactions to finding out I'm living here."
"What did you daydream their reactions being?"
"Uh, I forgot." Jou scratched the back of his head as a sweat drop formed on the back of Mokuba's head.
"Okay." At that moment Seto walked in the room and grabbed a coffee.
"Uh, how was that already made?" Jou whispered to Mokuba. Th small boy grinned.
"It wasn't. it hasn't got the milk or water in it." He replied. They watched as Seto spat the unmade coffee into the sink.
"Argh." He growled as he left the mansion to get to work. Jou quirked a brow.
"Umm, that was scary actually, oh yeah…and do you know how he got to know dad was abusing me?"
"Umm, no?"
"You told him, didn't you?"
"I didn't tell him all of it. I told him to stop fighting with you coz he gets enough from, then I cut off and pushed him out of the room. I didn't mean it."
"Oh well, I forgot, how did you know again?"
"I saw you walk into the house and I wanted to ask you something so I went in and I saw him punch you a few times before I left and then I talked to you the next day about it and yeah."
"Oh, right."
"Are you going now, or what?"
"Uh, yeah." Jou replied before getting up and leaving the mansion to find his friends.
"Uh, they're not here?"
"No. Yugi said he was going over to see you."
"Crap. Thanks." Jou walked out of the game shop before taking off in the direction Yugi had gone, hoping to catch his friend before he got there. Too late. Yugi was at the door and talking to Jerry already.
"he's not here."
"Where is he?"
"With some guy called Kaiba."
"Really? Why?"
"He's living there."
"WHAT?!" Jou backed away before starting to walk back towards the game shop.
'I think I'll wait there.' He thought. But Yugi had already spotted him and was running after him.
"Jou!"
"Yeah?" He cringed when Yugi started asking questions.
"was your dad lying or are you really living with Kaiba?"
"Umm, yes."
"Yes to what?"
"To living with moneybags."
"Why?"
"Uhhh, welll you see… … …"
"Yeah?" He took a deep breath before blurting the whole thing out.
"SINCEMUMANDDADGOTDIVORCEDDADSTARTEDABUSINGMEBECAUSEHESAIDITWASMYFAULTBUTONLYWHENHEWASDRUNKWHICHWASLIKE24/7ANDKAIBAFOUNDOUTANDHEGAVEMEAWEEKTOGETHELPORHE'DGETITFORMEANDHEENDEDUPHAVINGTODOITANDWHENHEDIDHEWASTOLDTHATI'DHAVETOLIVEWITHHIMFORAWHILEANDICAN'TBELIEVEIJUSTTOLDYOUALLTHATANDOHCRUD!"
"Jou! Calm down, now tell me again, slowly and quietly this time." Jou looked around. People were staring at them.
"uh, let's go somewhere else first." He said as they jogged off to a different place.
"Okay, now, again. Why?"
"Since mum and dad got divorced dad started abusing me because he said it was my fault. But he only did it when he was drunk which was like, 24/7. Kaiba found out about it and he gave me a week to get help or he get it for me. He ended up having to do it and when he did he was told I'd have to stay with him for a while." Jou explained. Yugi looked shocked.
"So now you're stying with Kaiba?"
"I said yes. And I didn't even get a choice in the matter either."
"Come on. We better tell the others." Jou pouted.
"Oh alright."
o WOOHOO! I'M A BOMB! Oh, sorry. I'm listening to Natasha Bedingfield 'I'm a Bomb' at the moment. Anyways… I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! So bye! I gotta explode! I'M A BOMB! CAN YOU HEAR ME TICK? BEWARE IF YOU TURN ME ON! THERE IS NO SAFETY SWITCH!
SHUT UP! YOU CAN'T SING SO WHY DO YOU BOTHER?! –that was Seto just so ya know-
Oh shut up yourself! Hmph. UNWRITTEN! o
Wuv Jaye