The pair just sat there. Hugging. Kei had buried her face in Joey's shoulder, he had buried his face in her long soft hair. They had been silent since Joey had made it clear he wasn't going to discuss his injuries.
"Your hair smells nice" Joey mumbled
"Thanks" She laughed "It's coconut"
"Yum" He smirked. Kei laughed again.
"Way 'ey, what we got here then?"
Joey looked up to see a short blonde boy with a smug smirk on his face. Kei slowly pulled herself from Joey and looked at him.
"Get lost Nick" She frowned
"Why aren't you in English?"
"Why aren't you?" Kei shot back
"Just signed in" His smirk remained plastered on his face
"Well the English block is the other way" Joey glared at him
"'Ere Mrs. Did ya know you have two students making out in 'ere?"
"Why you!" Joey leapt to his feet knocking his back over
"Joey!" Kei grabbed him "Joey stop, you'll hurt yourself!"
He looked back at Kei and sighed, then looked at Nick again "Just get lost!"
"I'll tell Miss where you are, Kei" Nick laughed and walked off
"Jerk…" Kei mumbled when he left
"You said it" Joey sat down again
"Hey, something fell out of your bag" Kei picked up a photo. It had Joey, Yugi, Tristan and Tea on it.
"Must a fallen out when I jumped up" He took it from her and looked at it "I miss 'em"
"Why don't you call them?"
"My ol' man don't let me" He sighed
"How we doing Joey?" The nurse asked as she walked back in
"Just a little sore, doubt anythin' is broken"
"Could be cracked rib though Joey" Kei looked at him
"Well I told your teachers where you both are. Be careful Joey"
"Will do Miss" Joey smiled and put his shirt back on, wincing a little.
The pair got to their feet and headed to their classes.
"Listen, I know I said we could duel later but my ol' man wants me home. That ok?"
"Sure it is Joey" Kei smiled "I don't mind at all"
"Tomorrow, promise"
After school Kei said goodbye to Joey before heading home. As she walked along she couldn't stop thinking about his injuries, she could still picture them.
"There's got to be someone who knows…" She said to herself and began to think. Then she remembered the picture "One of his friends is Yugi Moto! I bet he knows" She ran the rest of the way home. She saw a moving van next door to her house "Huh…new neighbors" She unlocked the front door, dumped her bag by the stairs and ran to the phone. A knock at the door stopped her halfway. She sighed and opened it to a tallish long brown haired girl with green eyes.
"Hi" She smiled "My name's Aya, I just moved in next door. My mom was wondering if you had an egg?"
"Umm…sure come in" She let Aya in and walked to the kitchen.
"Very nice house" Aya called into the kitchen
"Thanks!" Kei called back "We come from a line of Pagans" Kei thought for a moment then mentally slapped herself
"Interesting…" Aya nodded looking around "White or black?"
"White…" Kei frowned "I don't like black" She returned to Aya with an egg "Here"
"Thanks" Aya smiled "Cya around!" She left quickly with a smirk
Kei closed the door and walked to the phone. She sat down and picked up the receiver then dialed the operator.
"Hello?" A woman on the other end spoke
"Hi, can you put me through to the Moto residence in Domino City please"
"One moment please" Some really dull classical music started playing
"Should I be doing this…?" Kei thought out loud "Joey said he would tell me eventually…but then it could be too late…"
She heard the ringing tone for a second when it was picked up. It was too late to turn back.
"Hello?" A young male asked
"H-hi…is this Y-Yugi Moto?"
"It is, who is this?"
"I-I'm Kei, Kei Ember…I'm a friend of Joey's…"
"Oh? Is something wrong? Is Joey ok?" Yugi's voice filled with fear and concern
"Well…" Kei thought about how she could but it "I found a lot of bruises on Joey…he won't tell me where got them, I thought…maybe you would know"
"Well…If Joey doesn't want to tell you, I shouldn't either"
"Please Yugi…he said he'd tell me eventually, but then it could be too late"
Yugi was silent for a while, obviously thinking over the situation then sighed. "I'll tell you, for Joey's sake"
"Thank you Yugi"
Whoo! What's Joey's secret? What will Kei do? And what's the brown haired, blue eyed CEO doing in Joey's neck of the woods?