Chapter 3 – The Plan

As soon as Jou had left, Seto went on a rampage. He tore through his house, destroying almost everything that was in his path. He had yelled at all of his staff and sent them home early, even firing a few that really pissed him off.

Now not even an hour later he sat in his den before a lit fireplace, a half empty bottle of Jack Daniels in his hand, his eyes on the dancing fire.

"Damn mutt…who does he thinks he is? Does he know who he is dealing with! I am the great Seto Kaiba!" he mumbled to himself in his drunken stupor.

Lifting the bottle to his lips he took another long drink, only stopping when he heard the doorbell ring throughout the house. Pulling the bottle from his lips, spilling some of the whiskey on his silk shirt he growled and screamed as loud as he could.

"Someone get that damn door!"

Wiping off his shirt as best as he could, the realization that he had sent his entire staff home hit him. He was all alone in his mansion, drunk, pissed, and very angry that someone was knocking on –his- door.

Standing up a bit too quickly, he nearly stumbled over his own two feet before making his way toward the front door. Placing his free hand on the doorknob he began to reply angrily, "What the fuck do you…"

Turning his icy blue gaze to the younger sister of his lover, or quite possibly his now ex-lover, he growled before slamming the door shut in her face. Turning around to head back to his den while lifting the bottle to his lips, he sighed at the feeling of the alcohol running down his throat and the slight burning sensation it created. Lost in his own thoughts he didn't hear the door open after he had slammed it, or the person walk up behind him, all he felt was someone's hand on his shoulder which caused him to jerk around and fall flat on his ass.

Turning his gaze up to the cause of his fall, he growled and wiped at his lips with the back of his hand.

"Oh! Kaiba! I'm so sorry…I didn't mean...I mean…is my brother here?" Shizuka asked, concern showing past the saddened tone of her voice.

"Shut up…" Seto muttered before clumsily standing to his feet, staggering a bit before staring down at the shorter female, "And no that damn mutt isn't here, he went to that happy go lucky fuck buddy party. Now get the fuck out of here."

Without another word Seto turned and walked back into his den, nearly collapsing back into the chair he was previously sitting in. Keeping his gaze on the fire even as he heard Shizuka walk after him, he just scowled and remained quiet.

"Is everything alright?" she asked concerned.

"Peachy fucking keen…" Seto muttered before leaning his head back against the chair, his eyes staring up at the ceiling, "Your brother just wants to be in denial, even though MOST of his friends are gay…but nooooooooo he is afraid of what they would think. Afraid that they would shun him because he is with me. Not because I am a man, oh no no no. Because I am Seto Kaiba."

Throwing his nearly empty bottle as hard as he could into the fireplace, he watched the flames burst before dying down to their normal state.

Jumping back afraid as the bottle hit against the wall, she started to fidget with the bottom of her shirt, not knowing what to say. Turning her gaze down to the ground she frowned and nodded.

"I know what you mean…" she whispered, once again on the brink of tears.

Laughing to himself, Seto turned his eyes to look at the standing girl, his eyes dancing with some sort of amusement, "Oh I'm sure you do, it must be horrible to fend off all of the drooling guys. I am sure everyone would want to deny being with you." Laughing to himself again he once again looked back up to the ceiling.

"If only I wanted those guys." Shizuka said with a small smart ass smile before frowning once again.

Raising a brow Seto turned to look back at her, "Are you saying that you…"

"I've been going out with Anzu for the past year or so." Shizuka replied, while blinking in surprise, "Didn't Katsuya tell you?"

"Holy fuck! You're a lesbian!" Seto exclaimed while actually turning his head to look at the girl with a complete look of surprise written across his face.

Lifting her hand to her mouth to hold back a giggle, she nodded before settling down on an untouched part of the floor.

"You've been dating Mazaki!" Seto cried out, still in shock over the news.

Keeping her head lowered she nodded, this time not holding back a laugh but holding back her tears.

"She's acting just like Katsuya…she doesn't want to tell anyone either." Shizuka replied softly.

"Stupid homophobic fucks…" Seto muttered.

Reaching around the seat for the bottle that he had thrown into the fire, he looked up, remembering that he had thrown it and muttered to himself. Standing as best as he could, he managed to stagger his way over to his bar, grabbing another bottle of JD. Turning to glance over his shoulder at Shizuka sitting on the floor, he shrugged, grabbed another bottle, and walked back to his seat.

Falling back into the chair, he extended one of the bottles toward her, "Have a drink. It helps."

Shizuka lifted her head, hesitantly taking the bottle, the new tears still running down her cheeks, "T-thanks…I think."

Settling back in his slouching position he shrugged before opening the bottle and taking another drink.

"No problem…" he muttered while wiping his mouth with the back of his hand again, "…get over her. Tell her to leave you alone. That's what I told the mutt to do…well not in those exact words."

Shizuka looked up to Seto surprised. She hadn't heard him talk this much…well the only time she had was when he was dueling, but he wasn't anywhere near a dueling arena. Opening her bottle she started to lift it to her lips before realizing that it was the alcohol that was making the icy hearted dragon so talkative.

Rubbing his forehead with his freehand, he started to get lost in his own thoughts again. He was so angry and so pissed at his puppy, and he felt as though his heart was breaking. The one person he had gotten close to, other then Mokuba, and the only true love of Seto's life, didn't want anyone to know about their relationship, when Seto was ready to scream it to the world.

"I can't do that…I love her too much." Lifting her gaze toward Seto she tilted her head to the side almost curiously and continued speaking, "Don't you love my brother?"

Seto quickly turned his gaze toward her, his eyes narrowing to impossible measures before he grumbled and turned away, taking another long sip from the bottle. What did it matter to her, if he loved the blond Adonis or not…Jou didn't want anything to do with him, so it didn't matter what he thought.

"I'll take that as a yes." Shizuka replied before taking a small drink of her own.

Coughing and nearly spitting the drink out as it hit her mouth; she quickly swallowed and made a sour face. She wasn't really one to drink, never really liked the stuff, but tonight she felt like she deserved it. She wanted to numb some of her feelings, after all, she had seen countless movie stars do it in their movies, or seen it on TV, so it couldn't be that bad.

Flashing his famous smirk at Shizuka, Seto started to say something before deciding against it and taking another drink from the bottle.

The two sat in silence, just watching the fire and taking drinks from their bottles, before a thought hit Kaiba.

"We need to make them pay for how they've treated us. Make them see what they are doing." Seto replied, feeling as if he had made the greatest accomplishment of his life.

Blinking, Shizuka lowered her bottle before looking up to Seto. She waited a long moment before replying. It wasn't in her nature to do such a thing, she wouldn't be so cold hearted and ruthless to outright hurt her brother and her lover, but the alcohol was fogging her brain and she too thought it was the greatest idea.

"I think so too. The two of them need to learn a lesson. Make them realize what they have lost." Shizuka replied with a sloppy grin on her face.

Seto stared at Shizuka as if he had seen a ghost, not saying a word, just staring at her as if she had grown another head.

"If we were with other people, we could make them jealous, make them realize that they want us." Shizuka stated matter-of-factly.

Seto blinked a bit, trying to figure out if he had heard the innocent girl correctly. Nodding slowly as she spoke, the idea started to hit him, before bam it did.

"We should be together."

"Sorry Kaiba, you aren't the right gender." Shizuka stated before giggling.

Shaking his head he muttered something about drunk women before continuing, "I mean, tell everyone that we are together, it would be a big joke. Make both of them jealous, while telling everyone that we are together. Show them that their friends will accept them no matter what, while at the same time, make them jealous."

Shizuka continued to giggle drunkenly before she nodded in agreement, "I like that idea."

Seto flashed his infamous smirk before replying, "I'm such a genious."