Chapter 4 – Putting the plan into motion
After changing his clothes, Seto and Shizuka headed out toward Seto's limousine. It took him a few minutes to realize that he had sent his driver home as well. Cursing under his breath he did a quick search of his pockets before pulling out his car keys.
"Kaiba…you can't drive…you…you are drink!" Shizuka hmmed to herself before shaking her head, "I mean drunk…yes drunk." Nodding to emphasis her point she leaned against the limo while watching Seto.
"One, call me Seto. We are together now and we have to make it believable. Two, I can too drive, I'm not that drunk." Seto replied before taking ahold of her arm and walking her over toward his black Jeep.
Opening the door for her and helping her in like a true gentlemen, Seto moved around and slipped into the drivers seat. Taking a deep breath he took one of the keys and started to try and put it in the ignition.
"Damn thing…go in…" he muttered as he kept missing the hole, and when he actually hit it, it wouldn't fit.
"Seto…I really hope you aren't that bad in bed." Shizuka said through breaking fits of laughter.
Turning his head toward Shizuka he growled and gave her his worst glare, silently wishing for her death.
Shizuka brought her hands up to her mouth, holding her mouth tight while she tried to keep her giggles under control, long enough for Seto to turn his attention back to the task at hand.
Pulling his keys back to his vision he stared at the keys before muttering, "Wrong key.."
Finally finding the right key, and only after a few more tries of hit and miss, the key went into the ignition and with a turn of his hand, the jeep started with the music blaring.
It was nearing midnight and everyone was sitting around the large table filled with snack foods and drinks, talking about many different things. Yuugi sat in Yami's lap, Ryou was in Bakura's, Honda had Otogi pulled against him, Mai and Varon were sitting side by side with Mai snuggled up against Varon's neck, and of course Marik and Malik were no where near the table, instead they were on Yuugi's couch, playing a game of tonsil hockey. Jou and Anzu were in a world of their own, each preoccupied with each others own thoughts.
"Hey Jou…Anzu? Are you two okay? You seem a bit out of it." Yuugi replied with concern.
"Huh?" Jou asked while lifting up his head, Anzu doing the same.
"Nah, I'm fine Yug, just thinking, that's all." Jou stated before flashing one of his huge grins.
Anzu started to say something as well but everyone was startled by the loud sounds coming from outside.
Seto had just pulled up to the game shop, tires squealing as he pulled up onto the curb, the jeep parked halfway on the road and halfway on the sidewalk. Over the loud blaring music, the screams of Shizuka could be heard as well as the garbage can tipping over.
Marik and Malik managed to pull their faces away from each other as they sat up straight on the couch, their eyes turning toward where everyone else's were, the front door. If there had been a more shocked and surprised group of people before…it had never been documented. Yuugi was holding tight to Yami and Ryou was doing the same to his darker half. Mai had lifted her head off of Varon's shoulder and the two had turned to look where everyone else had. Honda had dropped Otogi as soon as he had heard the sounds and was desperately trying to pick him up off the ground while the two both had their attentions turned toward the door.
As the door of the game shop opened, the first thing anyone could see was Seto staggering in, a bottle of dark liquid in his hand. Jou's eyes widened as he watched, the smell of alcohol reaching everyone's noses.
"Oh my God! Kaiba you're drunk! What are you doing driving like that at this time…" Yuugi trailed off as the second figure stumbled up toward Seto.
Eyes went wide as they stared at the two, Seto's arm going around Shizuka's shoulders and pulling her close against him. The look of pure shock was on everyone's faces.
"Seto? What da fuck were ya doing with my sister in your jeep while you were drunk?" Jou nearly screamed as he jumped to his feet.
"Shut up mutt, she came on her own free will." Seto replied, his tone colder then usual before he turned toward Shizuka, a drunken grin slipping over his lips.
Jou blinked as the fact hit him, Seto and Shizuka were wrapped around each other…and drunk, but together. Jou slowly slumped back into his chair, his eyes wide and his mouth open, the shock disappearing as a hurt expression crept over his features.
"Shizuka…what are you doing with him?" Anzu asked with an almost shaky voice. It was obvious she was doing her best to keep calm about the situation but failing miserably.
Shizuka started to giggle as she buried her face against Seto's chest before she lifted her head her eyes looking into Seto's before to everyone's surprise, even Seto's, she pressed her lips hard against Seto's.
Tears started to well up in Anzu's eyes before she stood up quickly and ran into the backroom of the gameshop. Most didn't notice, their eyes locked on the scene before them, except Mai. She had noticed Anzu hightail it out of the room and quickly got up and moved after her.
Jou just sat slumped in his chair, his eyes locked on the scene before him. He couldn't understand how either of them could do this to him, or to Anzu. Didn't they mean anything to them?
Finally breaking the silence Marik spoke up, "Okay, that is a bit too weird for me, I think it is time to call it a night." And with his words, he pulled himself and Malik up and the two slipped out the back door.
Yuugi and Yami exchanged looks before turning to look back at the still kissing couple with complete shock. Bakura started to laugh, his head leaning back before a hand slapped across his arm hard, and Ryou gave him a stern look. Holding his hands up defensively he just pointed toward Seto and Shizuka without saying another word.
Pulling back from the kiss, Seto stared down at Shizuka for a long moment before turning to look around the room, seeing that it wasn't as crowded. It took him a moment but he turned his gaze toward his puppy, their eyes locking together and for a split second Seto wanted to rush over to him and comfort him, but he knew he couldn't, Seto knew he couldn't give in.
"So mutt" he replied casually while slipping his smirk into place, "How do you feel about me dating your sister? You know, we've been going out for nearly a month now. We decided to make it public, because we don't like to –hide- things from our 'friends.'"
Jou opened his mouth although no words came out, he didn't know what to think of the situation, but before he could talk, he vaguely heard Yami talking.
"Kaiba what is the meaning of this? What are you doing, coming here, in the middle of the night, drunk off your ass, endangering Shizuka's life and yours as well? What is your problem?" Yami started to rant before Yuugi placed a hand against his arm to signal him to be quiet.
Jou slowly started to stand, his rage starting to boil over, his hands gripping the table as he did so.
"Get yer hands off my sister." Jou hissed through clenched teeth.
While all the commotion was going on outside of the backroom, Anzu was kneeling on the ground with her face in her hands, doing her best to hold back her tears. As she heard heels clicking on the ground behind her, she quickly wiped her eyes and stood up.
"Hey, you okay?" Mai asked.
"Y-yeah…that was just, disgusting." Anzu said in her quivering voice, "I can't believe…" as soon as she had stopped speaking the tears started to roll again before a sob left her lips.
"Don't lie to me, I can tell when something is wrong with a friend." Mai replied with a hand on her hip, her eyes narrowing slightly.
"You wouldn't understand, just forget it." Anzu said while trying to stop her tears again.
"Try me honey." Mai said, her patience starting to flicker away.
Anzu remained quiet for a long moment before barely catching Seto's loud words about hiding things from friends before she broke down completely.
"I can't believe they are doing this to us!" Anzu choked on her sobs before continuing, "They know! They know that Shizuka and I…." gasping at the words she just spoke she turned to look up at Mai, completely horrified.
"Who knows what? This putting me in the dark game isn't very funny and I am losing my patience Anzu, now tell me what is going on." Mai said sternly.
"Shizuka and I are together…we've been hiding it from everyone…she didn't want to hide it…but I couldn't tell anyone. I was a cheerleader, I am not suppose to feel this way about girls, I just can't help it! I can't believe they would do this to us. I can't believe that Seto would do that to Jou after how long they've been together, this is so wrong…why are they doing this?" Anzu ranted.
Mai listened to the rushed words that left Anzu's mouth, blinking a bit before going quiet. She was trying to piece everything together before she reached out a hand to touch Anzu's shoulder.
"Okay, let me get this straight. You and Shizuka are girlfriends…Seto and Jou are boyfriends…you all have been hiding this from everyone because….why? Were you not just in that room? Didn't you see Marik and Malik basically fucking each other on the couch just a few minutes ago? Why would that matter to any of us?" Mai responded in her normal mean but considerate tone.
"I…I don't know…" Anzu whispered.
"Wait, did you actually say that you and Shizuka are together…? I mean, I can see Seto and Jou being together, I was about ready to tell each of them to get over themselves and fuck, but…I didn't really expect you and Shizuka." Mai responded while tapping her chin in thought.
"I'm not in the mood for joking Mai…Shizuka was pressuring me to tell everyone…she has been for a long time. I think I pushed her away." Anzu replied while still crying.
"Take it from the master honey, I've tried pushing people away, it doesn't work, you all just kept coming right back to me. You just need to make it up to her." Mai said in an actual caring voice.
Anzu just nodded as she tried to get herself back together.
"What are you going to do, huh mutt? You gonna to hit me?" Seto replied cockily.
Jou was infuriated. Seto had endangered his sister's life as well as his own, and he was just kissing his sister right in front of him.
"I'm gonna tell ya one last time. Take yer hands off my sister." Jou hissed through his teeth again.
"Make me, you good for nothing gutter trash." Seto hissed right back.
Yuugi's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates as he opened his mouth to say something but it was too late, Jou was already climbing over the table and lunging himself at Seto.
Honda had just finished picking Otogi up and as he saw Jou he once again dropped his boyfriend before reaching out to stop Jou, but his actions were too slow as well, but it left him with an unhappy boyfriend glaring up at him.
Bakura leaned back in his chair while Ryou was swatting at him to do something, but Bakura just grinned and relaxed to watch the show.
Somehow, Seto managed to push Shizuka out of the way, although she tripped and fell backwards, landing hard on her ass, just as Jou slammed into Seto, knocking them both to the ground.
Just as the two lovers had collided, Anzu and Mai had walked back into the chaos.
"Kick his ass Kaiba!" Varon yelled not knowing Mai had walked back into the room until he felt the harsh sting of a hand slapping the back of his head.
Shizuka had managed to get back up to her feet, her eyes widening as she started to freak out.
"No! Katsuya! Stop!" Shizuka shrieked, not even realizing that she was suppose to defend her supposed boyfriend.
Jou didn't care and he didn't hold back, he started throwing punches everywhere he could at Seto, his eyes burning with rage.
"How could you do this to me? You stupid son of a bitch! How could you?" Jou screamed as a few of his punches actually collided against Seto's face.
Everyone stood by staring wide eyed as Jou continued to pulverize Seto, while Seto didn't even try to hit back, he was just trying to keep from being hit.
Seto finally managed to grab a hold of Jou's arms to stop the blows, a nasty bruise starting to form on his cheek as well as blood starting to trickle from his lip. Icy blue meet heating brown and they glared at each other for the longest time before two pairs of hands pulled Jou away from the wounded CEO.
Bakura and Yami held Jou back as he tried to tear out of their grasp to get back at Kaiba while Yuugi and Ryou sat back looking mortified.
Slowly picking himself up, he dusted off his clothing before wiping the blood from his lip and muttering under his breath.
"Keep that dog on his leash, he shouldn't be let out into the wild." Seto growled before reaching out toward Shizuka, "Let's go." He replied before turning and walking out of the game shop with a terrified Shizuka in tow.
Mai picked up her things before pulling Varon by the ear and dragging him outside, trying to catch up with Seto. While being pulled along, all Varon could do was mutter and wince as he struggled to keep up.
After Jou had calmed slightly, he turned to glance up at the teary face of Anzu before laying his head down on the table, his emotions tearing him up inside but he didn't know what else to do.
As the rest of the crew fell into their own chairs, Otogi finally picking himself up and settling into a chair of his own, lightly kicking Honda in the shin.
"What was that all about?" Ryou asked.
"That's what I'd like to know." Yami replied.
From upstairs the old tri-haired man sleepily made his way into the room everyone else was at.
"What was all that noise?" Jii-chan asked while rubbing his eyes.
"Nothing Jii-chan, just go back to bed, we'll keep it down I promise." Yuugi replied in his most assuring voice.