Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! But I look up at the sky every night wishing that I do… well, no, I'm too busy pigging out in the kitchen.

Summary: Because of Jou's grades, a teacher has assigned Seto Kaiba to be his tutor after school to improve his grades. Jou likes Seto, but is too shy to say anything. Valentine's Day is coming up, and Yugi thinks Seto likes Jou too! Jou doesn't believe so he comes up with a plan to find out if Yugi is right or not…


The Good Kind of Losing

Questioning the Matters of Your Heart


Five minutes turned into ten… ten turned into fifteen… pretty soon, Kaiba was back at his laptop typing again while Jou's scribbling down his questions on a piece of paper. Jou kept changing his mind rather quickly, asking REALLY specific questions. At times, he would say, "I got it!" and stand up, then scratch his head, and sit back down, furiously crossing out what he had previously written. He almost considered asking, "Is his name spelled J-O-U?" but decided it would be far too easy for Kaiba to guess his true feelings. Besides, Yugi might not be right. If Yugi wasn't right, Kaiba would forever taunt him and not let up.

After thirty minutes of Jou's version of careful thinking, he was ready to ask away. "Kaiba! Get over here! I got it!" he said excitedly, waving the paper, which was wrinkled and filled with many scratches. It actually looked like a dog's work. And Jou wondered why Kaiba always called him a dog.

Kaiba rolled his eyes and closed his laptop and walked gracefully over. "I'm having second thoughts about this so called 'challenge' of yours."

"Aww… come in. This will be fun! What have you got to lose?" he said with a testing voice.

"Yeah, you're right. How hard is it to beat a dog?"

"Of course I'm right! And… hey… I'm not a dog… Remember, you have to answer honestly…"

Kaiba started to smile. "A dog can never tell if their master is really giving them a treat or if it's just a bait to see if he'll come."

"Kaiba, I'm not a dog. And you're weird."

Kaiba shrugged. "You're the one that thought up of this ridiculous game in your free time. I, on the other hand, actually do something productive and human like, unlike you who spend your time finding something to play."

"You're the one that agreed to my ridiculous game! Wait! Not that I'm calling my game ridiculous…"

"Even you called your game ridiculous."

"Shut up." With Kaiba I can never win! Stupid Kaiba. He settled with a glare and his so called "master" reached over and to pat his head and said, "Good puppy."

Jou didn't like the good puppy part that much, but he didn't mind him playing with his hair, the way he was doing so now, trying to fix his already messy hair. He was disappointed when he stopped.

Kaiba leaned back in the couch. "So what is your first question?"

"It's fairly blunt and not the best ones," he admitted. He glared when he noticed that Kaiba was going to comment. "Don't say anything or I just might clobber you." Jou looked down and he gulped. His first question was a bit…

"Are you going to say it? Or can you not read your own doggy handwriting?"

"Is it a she?"

That question was pretty easy; a yes or a no. Jou and Kaiba had a staring contest going on, with Jou thinking, Yeah! I'm soo winning! No, my eyes are growing tired… Damn you, Kaiba, why can't you learn how to blink for once? Just because you have had years of practice does not mean I won't beat you! Yeah, what I just thought…

"No."

"Oh."

Kaiba broke away to turn his attention to the blank TV, with unreadable emotions. Jou couldn't help wondering what he was thinking right now. "Er… okay! Next question…" Who knew Kaiba was gay…

"You better not tell anyone that either," Kaiba said, snarling. "If you like where your throat is right now."

"I won't! Gee, learn to chill will ya? Well, anyway, on with the questions… is he a duelist?"

Kaiba scoffed. "If you can call him a duelist."

"Hey, wha—never mind. Let's see… hold on just a second, I can't read what I wrote…"

A laugh was heard in response. "Does it have dirty paw prints on the page?"

"Enough with the dog comments already! Is he someone I talk? Like my friend?"

Kaiba scratched his chin. "I… suppose so. That's actually a hard question. Good job, puppy, you found something that puzzles your master."

"How could that be hard? You're so weird, Kaiba." Okay, so answer yes to that one. Let's see… should I ask him that question or would it be too obvious? "Is he a blonde?" Last Jou checked, he had blonde hair. Okay, it was messy blonde hair, but still.

"Yes. Pup, no offense, but I'm not impressed with your ability to think of questions here."

"Patience, Kaiba. The good ones come last!" Jou replied with a grin. "Uh… hmm… does he possess a millennium item?"

"Does he carry around one of those stupid toys you get at the one dollar stores that you and Yugi keep thinking are real? You mean those? Then no, unfortunately, he doesn't."

"Hey, millennium items are not toys and hey, one dollar stores?"

Kaiba shrugged. "Sure looks like cheap plastic to me."

"You're lucky this your house."

"Like you can take me on anyway."

"Why I outta—"

"Next question? I'm growing awfully bored."

You are so lucky that I have these questions to ask you as a distraction otherwise I would so kick your butt. "A younger sibling?"

"Yes. And hurry it up here. Unlike you, puppy, I have things to do and a company to run."

"So I take forever, sue me! It's not like you can do anything about it…" So far this all adds up to be… ugh! Who could he like! There's no way I'm letting Kaiba win this bet! Or game… or whatever! Hey… a younger sibling, a blonde and a duelist. That sounds like me…

"Does he do well in school?"

"Hardly."

Good bye nerds and dorks, Kaiba doesn't like you. Jou decided to push his luck and ask a fairly stupid question.

"Does he like to eat?" Because I sure do.

"He sure does," he answered, rolling his eyes in annoyance. "It's almost annoying, the amount he eats but it's amazing how he can still look the way he does…" his voice trailed off, and Kaiba stopped saying his thoughts out loud.

Darn. Say some more stuff to me Kaiba! Help me out here, Jou silently pleaded to him. After a few seconds, he gave him and just carried on with the questions.

"Is he tall? Is he loud?"

"If you were smart, mutt, you would have combined those two questions together so you'll have an extra question."

"Wah… oh, darn, you're right!"

"You sound surprised. Maybe next time. And yes to both. Not as all as me, but tall enough."

"Does he live with both parents?"

"No."

Okay, I had asked eleven questions so far… I only have ten left so I better be careful… Dang, I should have combined those two like Kaiba said! Oh well, don't matter cause I just found a killer question that just might…

Jou wrote something on his paper and read out loud, "Does he like you?"

Jou looked over at Kaiba from the corner of his eye. He wondered what the blue eyed CEO would say.


-TBC-

Sorry, I apologize. The questions totally suck but I cannot think at the moment. But they do get better and more interesting… I think so anyway.

Nine more questions to go! Wonder if Jou will live! Hmm…

Two more chapters!

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