Disclaimer- I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, a'rite?
First I suppose I better tell you all what took me so long:-
Well, I went into Fourth Year a couple of weeks back and so far it's turned out to be schoolwork and homework hell, thus giving me NO TIME whatsoever so update my beloved fanfiction! THEN because one my stories had a song not belonging to me in it, it was taken off and I was prohibited from updating my stories for quite a while, and then finally I was off ill with a virus going around my school.
Now- I'm back! The Summer Holidayshave started and it's my birthday on Tuesday!I'm so excited!
Warnings- The only warning is that I used one strong swear word in here- just thought I better mention it.
Reply to the Reviewers: -
ChibiSmiles- Thanks for reviewing all my stories and being such a loyal reviewer, ya fishstick! hehe! Can't wait until you update your stories too! Here's Chapter 5!
SerenityMeowth- How can Jou keep escaping his father? Keep reading to find out...
DreamCherry66- Thank you! But i'm afraid to say, i do still have writers-block on this story, thankfully due to the holidays i think it's slowly going away! (phew)
sweetchica55- Hehe, thanks for reviewing my stories!
KiwiRose- Yup i did get your e-mail and i wanna thank you for the lovely review! Thanks!
Princess of Kamui- Well you can be sure Kaiba's gonna do something about it! But just what? You'll have to keep reading to find out!
DarkShadowsprite- Okay, i'm not entirely sure why i switch from English to Japanese names but i kinda do, i guess sometimes the dub names sound a little non-authentic, so by calling them by their Japanese names it makes it better. But sometimes their dub names can be cool for nicknames and stuff, to be honest i'm not really sure- hope it doesn't bug ya?
lilrubydevil- No worries about being lazy and tired, now thanks to the holidays, i'll be like that everyday!
Jounouchi entered the classroom, blushing as he instantly recognised the brunette boy in the seat next to his, he weakly limped up to the back of the classroom, thankful that all the other students were too busy chatting to notice his painful limp or any other injuries they might be able to notice while he was standing up, well everyone but Seto Kaiba.
He timidly took his seat, praying that Kaiba wouldn't say anything after noticing the blonde's odd walk, he anxiously glanced to the side, his eyes meeting with that of Seto's.
His eyes were intense, suddenly they just looked so deep, the swirling pools of icy-cold sapphire, which Jou felt, he was drowning in as he gazed into them.
Fear boiled up inside of the poverty-stricken blonde, he was terrified, what if Kaiba found out about his injuries? What if he asked him about it? What if he found out his father was abusing him? What if he told social services?
Kaiba blinked a couple of times before removing his curious glare and glancing down at his schoolwork.
Jounouchi inwardly sighed in relief, It looks like he didn't notice anything, or if he did, he didn't care…
Although, Kaiba did notice, and was currently trying to remember if the puppy had a limp the previous night or not, I swear I didn't see him limping last night, which means… He must have gotten it either this morning, or after I saw him last night… Where is he getting all these injuries? Who is doing this to him…?
The boy genius was pulled out of his thoughts as a slightly exhausted, weak and tired Jounouchi collapsed onto his desk, his face hidden away in his folded arms, for Jou, it was the best way of escaping the world, and class still had another ten minutes before it began, so that gave him ten minutes of complete and utter peace.
Before he knew it, he had drifted off to sleep, and that was when the nightmare began, or it wasn't so much as a nightmare as a memory.
"You stupid runt! Why was I the one to be stuck with you? You good for nothing MUTT!"
Those words stung badly, there was only one person Jou allowed to refer to him as a dog, and that was Seto, of course he'd never let Seto know that- no way, he'd continue with his little act, pretending like he hated being called a mutt or a puppy, but in all honesty he loved it, he thought it sounded like a pet name his 'lover' had made up for him or something.
"Will you just get lost! I don't need you here! I've got more important things in my life to be dealing with, rather than a stupid worthless punk like you!"
His father kicked him in the shin, causing him to stumble and cling onto the wall for support, wincing at the searing pain running through his leg.
"I said fuck off!" The older man struck him one more time, across the face this time, as Jou yelped out in fear and pain, his hand clutching the aching and slowly bruising flesh.
He painfully stumbled out of the apartment, deciding he'd rather go back out into the pouring rain than stand another beating from his father- he'd had enough for the night…
He walked around the streets aimlessly, before turning into a dark, empty alleyway as he heavily leaned against the wall, sliding down due to his tiredness.
He pulled his knees close to his chest, shivering in the chilling teardrops of heaven, which rained down on him; each drip washing away any hope or happiness he had left in his worn-out heart, it was all getting to much for him, maybe he should just end it, end it all and rid himself of the pains…
Jou gasped, his eyes shooting wide open as he jolted awake, he was covered in a cold sweat and breathing heavily, he felt like he had just been to hell and back!
Seto frowned in concern, while the blonde had been sleeping, he had been gently moaning and whimpering like he was in pain, or being hurt- but Seto knew never to wake someone while they were in the middle of a nightmare and decided to wait until Jou eventually woke himself- which turned out to be an extremely hard job; wincing every time he heard the puppy whimper or call out for help, thankfully Seto was the only one in the class that could hear Jou's soft cries.
Jou bit his lip, frowning as he tightly shut his eyes and clutched his head in his hands, he couldn't take much more of this. He couldn't even escape his father in his dreams; he was cursed to endure the pain for all eternity.
"Puppy- I was needing to talk to you about something…" Kaiba drifted off, his eyes avoiding contact with that of the boy beside him as he thought over the best wording to be used in his question.
Jou sighed heavily, weakly glancing to the sapphire-eyed boy beside him, "What 'sup Kaiba? I'm really not in da mood for a fight or nothing…"
"No, it's not that, I-"
Suddenly the CEO was cut off as the Teacher entered the classroom, an evil frown emanate (wrong or right word?) on her face as she glowered at the class, "Okay class, pop quiz!" she said in a low and dark tone.
Jou sighed, opening his jotter and pulling his pencil out, while Seto simply growled, I swear that bitch is from the under world, no doubt about it… Guess I'll have to ask Jou about it later then… he sighed before proceeding with the test.
Okay, I still have the slightest bit of writers-block and am unsure of how to continue from here, anyone wanna help me out abit? Heh, it would be real nice if people could give me a little hand, thanks!
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