Waiting for the Rain
Chapter Four - What Would Happen
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or anything Yu-Gi-Oh related. I only dream of being as lucky as whoever it is that does own Yu-Gi-Oh. For now, I'm stuck with writing fanfiction. The lyrics belong to their owners, and I use them without permission.
Hi!! This is my Yu-Gi-Oh fanfic. This fic is a Mai/Joey pairing. There might be some OOCness and the results of the Battle City Finals are pure speculation. I have it so that Mai loses to Joey, and he takes care of her after her attempted suicide. Hope you enjoy!! ^_^
Kohaku Frost
As of my starting this chapter, thanks go out to Spirit of the Ring, who gifted me with an absolutely wonderful review!! And DarkTelle, I love you, you're so nice to me *hands out Ben Franklins*.
The ideal song for this chapter would be Meredith Brooks "What Would Happen", unfortunately I don't have the lyrics, so if you have the CD or know some other way of hearing the song, listen to it while you read this chapter. Oh, yeah, before I forget, if you have the lyrics, could you send them to me? Thanks bunches.
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Tristan Taylor grinned and waved at his best friend. Joey was late, as usual, and he was actually awake. That was highly unusual, and it bothered Tristan. What could possibly have Joey Wheeler awake at 9:00 in the morning? The brown haired reformed bully hadn't a clue as to his best friend's circumstances. He had noticed that Joey had started a grand attempt at being a man. Joey had stopped taking interest in the "panty tank" and was sometimes so distracted that he got passing grades on his homework. Tristan had resolved to discover the reason for this change, not matter what, and today was the day he would make Joey tell him.
Geez, Joey had recently gotten his own apartment, but nobody had been allowed to come over. No one knew the address and if they asked about Joey's new place, the tough blonde got nervous and flustered. It was the new goal of Tristan to find out what Joey was hiding, at any cost. He knew that Serenity had been let in on the secret, but she wouldn't tell him anything. She was too close to her brother for that.
Tristan sat at his desk and sighed. Soon, he thought, I'll know what Joey's hiding in that apartment of his. Sitting a few desks away, Joey thought of Mai, and how she insisted that he start acting mature. He was puzzled as too why Mai would want be concerned about him. Could it be she cared? Joey missed the rest of what happened in class because he was too busy daydreaming about what it would be like to wake up every morning to Mrs. Mai Wheeler.
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Mai stood up and stretched her back. She despised scrubbing floors, but it simply had to be done. She had been incredibly shocked to even find a vacuum cleaner in the apartment. A working vacuum cleaner, which surprised her, a practically brand new vacuum cleaner, which did not surprise her at all. Joey wasn't as much of a slob as she had thought; he had taken good care of his porno magazines and comic books. Three days of living with Joey had passed without incident, well, if you don't count that time Mai saw Joey changing his shirt. She had noticed that the blonde punk had been trying to look nice, and Mai guessed that there was a girl at school that he liked. (A/N: Forgive me; I have to make her a little dense in some areas!)
That assumption had depressed Mai, but Joey bought her a box a candy on the way home from school, and she had mentally forgiven him. Now, her only fear was the possibility of one of his friends coming over and getting the wrong idea. That evening at the lake seemed a lifetime away, her life was so full of potential and promise, how could she ever have thought of throwing it away? After long hours of soul searching, she had found the answer: Joey was the reason her life was now worth living. She had fought this idea tooth and nail, not wanting to accept it, but, as she had learned long before, there is always a time when you have no choice but to accept the truths presented to you. It was true that she loved Joey secretly, but how could that have warped and twisted itself into making Joey her reason for living? How could her own heart anchor her life to the one man who would never love her? After all, Joey already had Tea chasing him, and what did Mai have that Tea did not?
"Well, I'm taller, more mature, wealthier, prettier, have a much better figure and I dress better than Tea." Mai ticked off the reasons she was better than Tea on her fingers, not realizing she had said them out loud. A voice from behind her startled her badly.
"Not to mention overall sexier, a damn better cook, and, with that body, I'm guessing you'd be a better dancer too." Joey Wheeler leaned on the doorframe, posed in a manner that would make him look good, and he definitely looked good. He had opened the door when Mai had been scrubbing floors, on her hands and knees, and Joey just didn't have the strength to make his presence known, he'd been too busy enjoying the view. Mai glared at him, but then that same emotion from dinner a few nights ago flickered in her eyes, and was then quickly hidden.
"Is this what you do when I'm not here? Compare yourself to people who you are so much better than already? I had no idea chicks did that..." Joey had been walking forward, and Mai had been standing near a wall. He put one hand on either side of her head, trapping her, just as he was trapped by her violet eyes. Mai's heart was pounding, and she didn't seem to be able to look away from that melting chocolate gaze. He leaned closer, and Mai saw his eyes drop lower, to her lips. ~Oh my God, he's going to kiss me!~ Mai tried to move, knowing that if Joey kissed her, she would kiss him back and all her carefully hidden emotions would rise to the surface in a passion she could never hope to contain. She was frozen solid, unable to move, and she knew that she wanted him to kiss her, but if he did...what would happen to their relationship?
Joey closed the distance between them until their lips were mere inches apart. He hesitated a moment, then whispered, his breath tickling Mai's lips.
"All last night I thought about how you would feel in my arms and how it would feel to kiss you..." He said no more, because Mai had wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him herself. He was shocked at first, and then he felt himself melt into the kiss, loving every minute of it.
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Tea Gardner walked up the stairs to Joey's apartment. She had found out from the school files where he lived. She reached the floor of his apartment and she saw that the door was open. She walked toward it, somewhat concerned. She came walked in the door and stopped dead in her tracks. Joey was kissing Mai Valentine in his living room, and obviously enjoying it. He had his arms wrapped around her waist and every now and then they would stray down or around and caress a portion of Mai's body previously denied to them. Tea stood there shocked, until she turned around and loudly stomped out of Joey's building, unfortunately, her dramatic exit went unnoticed by the targets of her anger. They were too wrapped up in one another to notice anything else.
As Tea drove away, she swore that Joey Wheeler would be hers, no matter what she had to do.
End Chapter Four - What Would Happen
Chapter Four - What Would Happen
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or anything Yu-Gi-Oh related. I only dream of being as lucky as whoever it is that does own Yu-Gi-Oh. For now, I'm stuck with writing fanfiction. The lyrics belong to their owners, and I use them without permission.
Hi!! This is my Yu-Gi-Oh fanfic. This fic is a Mai/Joey pairing. There might be some OOCness and the results of the Battle City Finals are pure speculation. I have it so that Mai loses to Joey, and he takes care of her after her attempted suicide. Hope you enjoy!! ^_^
Kohaku Frost
As of my starting this chapter, thanks go out to Spirit of the Ring, who gifted me with an absolutely wonderful review!! And DarkTelle, I love you, you're so nice to me *hands out Ben Franklins*.
The ideal song for this chapter would be Meredith Brooks "What Would Happen", unfortunately I don't have the lyrics, so if you have the CD or know some other way of hearing the song, listen to it while you read this chapter. Oh, yeah, before I forget, if you have the lyrics, could you send them to me? Thanks bunches.
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Tristan Taylor grinned and waved at his best friend. Joey was late, as usual, and he was actually awake. That was highly unusual, and it bothered Tristan. What could possibly have Joey Wheeler awake at 9:00 in the morning? The brown haired reformed bully hadn't a clue as to his best friend's circumstances. He had noticed that Joey had started a grand attempt at being a man. Joey had stopped taking interest in the "panty tank" and was sometimes so distracted that he got passing grades on his homework. Tristan had resolved to discover the reason for this change, not matter what, and today was the day he would make Joey tell him.
Geez, Joey had recently gotten his own apartment, but nobody had been allowed to come over. No one knew the address and if they asked about Joey's new place, the tough blonde got nervous and flustered. It was the new goal of Tristan to find out what Joey was hiding, at any cost. He knew that Serenity had been let in on the secret, but she wouldn't tell him anything. She was too close to her brother for that.
Tristan sat at his desk and sighed. Soon, he thought, I'll know what Joey's hiding in that apartment of his. Sitting a few desks away, Joey thought of Mai, and how she insisted that he start acting mature. He was puzzled as too why Mai would want be concerned about him. Could it be she cared? Joey missed the rest of what happened in class because he was too busy daydreaming about what it would be like to wake up every morning to Mrs. Mai Wheeler.
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Mai stood up and stretched her back. She despised scrubbing floors, but it simply had to be done. She had been incredibly shocked to even find a vacuum cleaner in the apartment. A working vacuum cleaner, which surprised her, a practically brand new vacuum cleaner, which did not surprise her at all. Joey wasn't as much of a slob as she had thought; he had taken good care of his porno magazines and comic books. Three days of living with Joey had passed without incident, well, if you don't count that time Mai saw Joey changing his shirt. She had noticed that the blonde punk had been trying to look nice, and Mai guessed that there was a girl at school that he liked. (A/N: Forgive me; I have to make her a little dense in some areas!)
That assumption had depressed Mai, but Joey bought her a box a candy on the way home from school, and she had mentally forgiven him. Now, her only fear was the possibility of one of his friends coming over and getting the wrong idea. That evening at the lake seemed a lifetime away, her life was so full of potential and promise, how could she ever have thought of throwing it away? After long hours of soul searching, she had found the answer: Joey was the reason her life was now worth living. She had fought this idea tooth and nail, not wanting to accept it, but, as she had learned long before, there is always a time when you have no choice but to accept the truths presented to you. It was true that she loved Joey secretly, but how could that have warped and twisted itself into making Joey her reason for living? How could her own heart anchor her life to the one man who would never love her? After all, Joey already had Tea chasing him, and what did Mai have that Tea did not?
"Well, I'm taller, more mature, wealthier, prettier, have a much better figure and I dress better than Tea." Mai ticked off the reasons she was better than Tea on her fingers, not realizing she had said them out loud. A voice from behind her startled her badly.
"Not to mention overall sexier, a damn better cook, and, with that body, I'm guessing you'd be a better dancer too." Joey Wheeler leaned on the doorframe, posed in a manner that would make him look good, and he definitely looked good. He had opened the door when Mai had been scrubbing floors, on her hands and knees, and Joey just didn't have the strength to make his presence known, he'd been too busy enjoying the view. Mai glared at him, but then that same emotion from dinner a few nights ago flickered in her eyes, and was then quickly hidden.
"Is this what you do when I'm not here? Compare yourself to people who you are so much better than already? I had no idea chicks did that..." Joey had been walking forward, and Mai had been standing near a wall. He put one hand on either side of her head, trapping her, just as he was trapped by her violet eyes. Mai's heart was pounding, and she didn't seem to be able to look away from that melting chocolate gaze. He leaned closer, and Mai saw his eyes drop lower, to her lips. ~Oh my God, he's going to kiss me!~ Mai tried to move, knowing that if Joey kissed her, she would kiss him back and all her carefully hidden emotions would rise to the surface in a passion she could never hope to contain. She was frozen solid, unable to move, and she knew that she wanted him to kiss her, but if he did...what would happen to their relationship?
Joey closed the distance between them until their lips were mere inches apart. He hesitated a moment, then whispered, his breath tickling Mai's lips.
"All last night I thought about how you would feel in my arms and how it would feel to kiss you..." He said no more, because Mai had wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him herself. He was shocked at first, and then he felt himself melt into the kiss, loving every minute of it.
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Tea Gardner walked up the stairs to Joey's apartment. She had found out from the school files where he lived. She reached the floor of his apartment and she saw that the door was open. She walked toward it, somewhat concerned. She came walked in the door and stopped dead in her tracks. Joey was kissing Mai Valentine in his living room, and obviously enjoying it. He had his arms wrapped around her waist and every now and then they would stray down or around and caress a portion of Mai's body previously denied to them. Tea stood there shocked, until she turned around and loudly stomped out of Joey's building, unfortunately, her dramatic exit went unnoticed by the targets of her anger. They were too wrapped up in one another to notice anything else.
As Tea drove away, she swore that Joey Wheeler would be hers, no matter what she had to do.
End Chapter Four - What Would Happen