A/N: So, so sorry about the delay, my lambs! Well, here it is. The infamous chapter 3! Hooray! This is where the angst is REALLY going to kick in! Oh, I am SO evil. Sorry to all those Otogi lovers out there. You're sharpening your pitchforks, aren't you! AREN'T YOU! It's not that I don't like him, it's just that he fits!
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Woo-hoo! Here's the very angsty chapter 3!
Chapter 3.
Seto strode into his first class of the day, feeling a bizarre mixture of emotions boiling in his stomach. His eyes narrowed as he passed a group of students whispering and looking his way, and he sat down heavily at his desk. Pulling out his laptop, he began to work on some figures that he had not had time to do over the weekend.
Pretty soon, though, he found his mind wandering. Maybe he had been too hard on Jou? He shouldn't have snapped at his puppy, but he was just so angry at the homophobic students that tormented them. Leaning back in his chair, he sighed heavily, and looked around the room. Luckily, everyone was absorbed in their own work, and weren't bothering him. He rubbed his face, and leant over his work once more.
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Jou pulled out his chair, thinking of nothing but his beloved. He sat down on what he thought was his seat, and ended up on the floor. He glanced up as he heard sniggering, and he felt his face burn. It seemed that some total bakayaro had pulled back his chair. He got up angrily, and glared around the room, ignoring the concerned look that Honda sent him. He picked up his chair, and sat down heavily. He had been working quietly for a few minutes, when a balled up piece of paper hit the side of his head. He growled, and brushed the paper off of his desk, unaware of the pair of sharp green eyes watching his every move.
Ryuuji Otogi brushed ebony coloured strands of hair back from his pale forehead, and sighed irritably. He was angry. No, not angry, furious. Of all the people Seto Kaiba could have picked to be his sex-monkey, he had to choose the one person that Otogi had been keeping an eye on.
He recalled the first time that he met Jounouchi. The blonde had been angry at all the attention that Otogi was getting, and challenged him to a duel. Of course, the golden beauty's temper had gotten the best of him, and he lost. Having heard the rumours that Seto Kaiba referred to Jou as a mutt, he decided to force the already humiliated boy into wearing a dog suit.
His friends had complained, but Jounouchi had worn the costume without complaining. At that moment, Otogi had realised his attraction.
He slumped down in his chair, still looking longingly at what he couldn't have.
Or…wait…
Could he?
Otogi smirked. Oh, this was really going to be good…
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Jou paid very little attention to what was going on around him that day. Next to his argument with Seto, everything else seemed extremely trivial. As soon as lunch rolled around, he took off to look for his koi.
He couldn't find him, however, so he slunk back to his friends. Terrible thoughts swirled in his brain. What if this was it? What if Seto didn't want anything to do with him? Jounouchi knew these thoughts were rather farfetched, but all the same…
He sighed, and rubbed the side of his head. He was getting a headache.
"Hey, Jou! Over here!"
He looked over his shoulder, and saw the tiny figure of Yugi waving frantically at him. He smiled, and walked over to his friends.
"Hey guys, what's up?"
Yugi smiled back. "Nothing much. Have you spoken to Seto yet?"
Jou's face fell, and Yugi patted his shoulder. "Don't worry, Jou. It'll be fine. It was just some stupid fight." Oh dear. Yugi didn't seem to understand at all. This wasn't just "some stupid fight". This was their first fight. The one that, in the brain of Jou, could end their relationship once and for all.
Yugi continued to say supportive things, oblivious to the barely concealed look of pain on his best friend's face.
"…So basically, you two will make up in no time at all. And, don't worry," he said, grinning a most un-Yugi-like grin. "…I hear the make up is great!" (A/N: Thank you, astalder27! I had to go back and add that!)
Jou nodded, not trusting himself to speak. He stood up, and managed to growl something about using the bathroom, and left abruptly. His feet carried him along, while his mind was free to wander. He pushed open the bathroom door, and gasped in surprise.
There was Seto! His heart leapt, then plummeted, shattering in to a million pieces as he saw what Seto was doing.
Seto was with Otogi.
Seto was kissing Otogi.
No. Please, God…no…oh please no…
He didn't know what to do. There was nothing he could do. He turned, and ran, tears blinding his vision, totally unaware that he was barging into people as he went.
He sprinted back into the cafeteria, past Honda, who spun around, a look of confusion on his face, past Ryou, who shouted "Jou!"
Past Yugi, who gave chase. Through the doors…my heart…out into the hall…why, Set'?
Through the front doors, the startled receptionist shouting "Hey!" None of it mattered. Nothing matters…it doesn't matter…oh God…
"Jou! Wait! Please!"
Down the path, through the gate…
"Stop!"
Why, Yug'? I don't know what I'm doing, I can't see, I can't think… Into the road…Screeching brakes.
"JOUNOUCHI! NO!"
I'm sorry! Please don't kill me! Eep! (hides behind Seto and Jou.)
