The Muses of Love

By: Freak09

Friday

"Alright class, who wants pizza?" Mr. Krauss announced as he walked into the computer lab. (1)

"Yugi! Look at all that pizza. I want all of it!" Joey said excitedly yanking on his friends' sleeve, much like a little child.

"I will take it all for thirty dollars." Seto Kaiba said whipping out his wallet. Surprisingly his wallet wasn't very fat.

"Sold, to the teen with a big appetite."

"KAIBA! You did that just to annoy me!" Joey yelled as he looked hungrily upon the pizza. He hadn't packed a lunch and had run out of the house so fast he didn't get any breakfast.

"What makes you think that mutt?" Kaiba replied in a taunting tone.

"Because everyone in this class knows you're anorexic, you won't eat that." Joey said earning snickers from most of the class. (2)

A rumor had been circulating. Some jealous boy probably started it, but it had spread like wild fire. Once it had started though . . . everybody suspected it to be true. Kaiba was extremely thin and no one had ever seen him eat anything at lunch. Almost every person in the school believed the rumor that said Seto Kaiba was anorexic. In fact the other day the school counselor came and asked Kaiba if anything was troubling him, or if he had eaten anything lately. Kaiba unfortunately had unknowingly furthered their suspicions when he replied: "Actually I didn't eat this morning or last night, but why is it any of your business?"

"Oh so that is what all the whispers behind my back have been about. I thought they were about the porn site I made." Kaiba said thoughtfully to a room of gaping kids.

(A/N: sorry bout that! Couldn't help myself there! Let's go back to the last part!)

"Oh so that is what all whispers behind my back have been about? Well that explains all the teachers' worried looks. I'm not anorexic, so you all can go back to your pathetically boring lives now."

"Kaiba are you going to share the pizza?" Joey asked civil to his rival only for the chance to scarf pizza.

"No, in fact I'm going to eat it all right here in front of you."

Out of nowhere Joey launched himself onto Kaiba. Kaiba who was taken by surprise let down his ice cold look for a yelp as he realized what Joey was doing. Joey was sitting on his lap shoving the pizza in his mouth by the handfuls.

"WHEELER GET OFF MY LAP!"

"That's it, I have heard you two bicker like a married couple long enough. You are going to detention after school today with Mrs. Mussio." Mr. Krauss interjected watching both boys' faces become horrified . . . then again it's not as though they haven't had detention together before because they have, boy have they!

At lunch Joey complained to Yugi and the rest of gang like a small child would.

"Stupid Kaiba and his stupid money buying the delicious awesome sweet lovable pizza."

"Joey you can't blame this all on Kaiba. You are the one who was sitting on his lap." Yugi replied trying to hold back his giggles.

"You were sitting on his lap! I have to get transferred to that class, all the funny things happen then." Tristan pouted.

"Trust me Tristan; you'd never be able to concentrate in that class with Kaiba and Joey in it." Duke said remembering last week . . .

(Flashback)

"GIVE ME MY PENCIL KAIBA!" Joey yelled reaching as Kaiba held the pencil high above his head.

"What pencil Wheeler? You must be delusional, this is my pencil."

"No it isn't I saw you take it off of my desk."

Joey swiped for the pencil and knocked out of Kaiba's grasp and into the hair of Duke Devlin.

"Oops . . . sorry Duke," Joey said scratching the back of his head sheepishly.

(End flashback)

"The pencil went in your hair, that's weird." Tristan commented biting into a juicy BLT, which reminded Joey how hungry he was.

"Hey guys, I'm going to bail alright, I'll see ya next period." Joey said as he walked off to find some place to be alone. The library was the only place he could think of that would be quiet at lunch time.

'Damn it! Moneybags is in here. Well I better leave before he sees me.' Joey thought as he turned to walk out the door.

"Hey mutt, why are you in the library I didn't know dogs could read?" Seto said as he spotted the blonde trying to escape his comments.

"I was just thinking almost the same thing, except I was wondering how you could read with such a huge ego in the way." Joey replied surprisingly calm and collected.

"Oh so now the mutt is thinking about me, should I be flattered or insulted?" Kaiba replied arching a perfectly sculpted eyebrow. He actually liked this verbal battle between him and the mutt.

"Why were you wondering if dogs could read? Does that mean you were thinking about me?"

"You do realize you just admitted to being a mutt." Kaiba said smirking his famous smirk.

"Nu uh,"

"Yes you did, and don't you think that is a bit childish?"

"Leave me alone Kaiba." Joey said walking out of the library dejectedly.

'I always lose to him. It's not fair. How can he be that good at everything? There has to be something he isn't good at.' Joey thought as he sat under a random tree in the courtyard.

Three girls were walking by. One was quite tall, and had died orange-reddish hair, and brown eyes. The other two had brunette hair and blue eyes. One of them could have passed for Kaiba's sister. (3)

"Yeah, so between Joey and Kaiba who would be on bottom?" The tall girl asked.

"Most definitely Joey," Replied the brunette that was jumping up and down in a hyper way.

"Yeah I think it would be Joey, I mean Kaiba's too dominant." The shortest brunette replied.

"What a jecttard," said the hyper brunette as one of her friends said something funny. (4)

'Great, even other people dwell on how I'm inferior to Kaiba. Sick . . . would I really be on bottom? WHAT! Bad thoughts bad thoughts!' Joey thought hitting himself in the head trying to get rid of the sick thoughts.

The rest of the day went by without any big event to get Joey's attention. He slept through almost all his classes.

"Alright Joey, Kaiba, I have to go copy this worksheet, so I will be back in a minute." Mrs. Mussio announced after Joey and Kaiba had been sitting in the room for about ten minutes.

The minute she walked out the door Joey started ripping up a sheet of paper.

SPLAT!

"Wheeler . . . what is stuck to the side of my face?" Kaiba asked, mortified as the spit wad slid off his face.

"Nothing," Joey replied launching little balls of paper at Kaiba's head.

"Why are you so childish Wheeler?" Kaiba asked as he got up to leave. The teacher hadn't come back, and their time was up.

Joey raced out ahead of Kaiba. He ran to the front doors and BAM!

"Stupid mutt," Kaiba remarked as he went to push the door open . . . it wouldn't budge. "DAMN DOOR! OPEN!" He yelled while kicking the door.

"Kaiba, I think we're stuck here for the weekend."

"NO REALLY, I DIDN'T NOTICE!"

"Wow you must be really tired then."

"Shut up Wheeler."

"Why?"

"YOU KNOW WHAT WHEELER, GO AWAY!" Kaiba yelled as he stormed off.

"Touchy . . ."

He heard scratching. Something was scratching the wall.

"Kaiba . . . don't mess with me!" Joey said walking into the room where he had heard scratching. Kaiba wasn't in there. "Kaiba . . ." Joey couldn't keep his voice from wavering. He was scared.

"Kaiba please stop. Y-you're scaring me." Joey said as he heard the noise again.

Joey walked around the school. He couldn't find Kaiba, and he could hear the scratching noises. Joey ran into the library to see Kaiba sitting on the floor calmly reading in the small corner area of the library.

"KAIBA," For once Joey was glad to see Kaiba. This time the shout for Kaiba was joyous instead of murderous.

"What," He replied curtly.

"Didn't you hear the noises?" Joey asked confused.

"No, I think you're hearing things Wheeler."

"I'm cold,"

"Then go find a blanket or something."

"Um . . . will you come with me?" Joey asked, he was scared and it was getting dark in the school because the sun was going down. Plus it was winter, so the sun went down early. The school was cold because they turn the heaters down during the weekend.

"Is the mutt scared?"

"Yes and you would be too if you had seen The Grudge."

"Fine, I'll come with you, but only because I want a blanket too."

So the two boys set out on their brave journey to find blankets. After a half hour of searching every room that was unlocked they found one big blanket.

"Great just perfect, not only am I stuck in school with you for the weekend, but to keep warm and alive I have to share a relatively small blanket with you. This must be my lucky weekend." Kaiba said rubbing his temples trying to hold back the headache that was coming on.

They made their way back to the library.

"Alright, to stay warm we have to . . . stay close."

"I don't want toooooooo." Joey whined babyishly.

"Fine, I don't care if you freeze to death." Kaiba replied as he lay down on the floor.

Joey lied down on the other side on Kaiba; he wasn't close to him at all. Joey kept getting colder and colder. So, he scooted a bit closer to the brunette staring at the ceiling. Closer and closer and closer he scooted. When he was sure Kaiba was asleep he snuggled right up to his chest. Kaiba was lying on his back and Joey was snuggled up next to him in a ball on his side.

'Man, Kaiba's like a furnace. Mmm he smells like cinnamon.' These were the last thoughts that were even barely coherent in Joey's mind.

(1)- My real Math teacher actually did this.

(2)- He really does look anorexic doesn't he?

(3)- My friends and I have conversations like this about guys in our school. I know I know we're really creepy. The tall girl is Angelika, the short brunette is Bev, and the hyper one is me! I could pass for Kaiba's sister, I really could.

(4)- That's my new word! It's a mix between reject and retard!

Okay that chapter is like really long! YAY! BTY I'm updating all my stories every Thursday! I want to dedicate this chapter to one of my best friends! She helped me evolve this plot! So . . . I dedicate this story to PunkerGirlAira! Also known as . . . Angelika! She is working on a totally awesome Seto Joey story! The minute she posts it you will all know!

See you all next Thursday!