Carrie: Hi everyone! I'm retyping this in my spare time on the weekend while I wait for Blue to send me more material to proofread.

Blue: I feel pretty! Oh so pretty! Oh so pretty and witty and gay!

Carrie: shoots her in the head with a blowgun

Blue: snore

Carrie: Much better, now Blue and I don not own Yu-Gi-Oh because the Americanized version is for skimpy, wimpy pansies and needs more violence. My work has been done.

Blue: snore

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Making Room for New Pairings

The story picks up at the point of Kaiba arriving at Katsuya's house to pick him up so they can go and work on their project together. We'll start with Jou first.

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP! "Umm… just five more minutes dad… SHIT! Is that really the time!"

His father's voice echoed from the kitchen, "Don't swear so loud, the neighbors have ears and some of them are children!"

"What ever you say," he really didn't care what the neighbors had to say nosy people as they are, Kaiba was going to be there in a half an hour and he was just getting up! Jou stripped off his clothes as he walked towards the shower, which was sure to get him yelled at later. He put the shower knob on cold, quite necessary after the pleasant dream he had last night, 'Mmm…' he thought about how Kaiba would look with all that skin exposed to him.

Jou jumped in the icy water, "Brr… so frickin' cold," he muttered absently, but glad of the effect it has on his gutter mind. He walks into his room to get dressed; then he goes down stairs to find his shoes, which had a tendency to end up in trash or the compactor for some reason, when there was a knock at the door. "I got it dad!"

He runs to open the door, and who would be standing there except Kaiba himself, big shock, huh?

"Come on Katsuya, lets get going, why are you so wet?"

"Shower, you know people do that when they wake up, lets go.:

"You are not going in my car with wet hair, you wet dog. Leather interior and all." Actually Kaiba loved the way Jou looked when his hair was all wet and his bangs hung down in front of his face in thick strands. He watched the way the way the water moved down his neck, soaking in his t-shirt, lucky t-shirt; the enticing aroma he smelled on him, let's just say the wet look agrees with him.

"Fine, give me a minute," Jou tells him with an irritated look upon his face.

Kaiba watched as Jou went to get a towel from the bathroom. His eyes nearly bugged out of their sockets when he saw Jounouchi pull his shirt over his head and dry his hair. Kaiba just stood there and soaked in every detail of his torso, he watched as he saw the muscles in Jou's six-pack move and stretches as Jou dried his hair. This was going to be a good day.

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The car ride was very annoying for Kaiba as Jou had never been in the kind of car he had, which was a bright blue Stingray Corvette. He would keep pressing buttons along the dashboard as he tried to figure out how the radio works. "Would you stop touching things already?" He was getting frustrated with the mutt.

"Nope, I enjoy bugging you."

"I can tell," Kaiba got out as he grit his teeth.

"You're not nearly as annoyed as you should be, maybe I should sing?"

"Mutt, if you start singing you'll be howling on the sidewalk."

Nothing much really happened the rest of the ride aside for the casual swapping of threats. When they pulled up in front of the house gates Kaiba pressed a button on an intercom speaker, "Mokuba, open the gate, the stingray doesn't have a remote in it."

"Will do bro."

The massive iron gates swung open to allow the car in. Kaiba pulled the car to the top of the driveway; Kaiba and Jou got out of the car. Jou walked up to the front door and looked at Kaiba and asked if he would set off any burglar alarms. "No, none of the systems are on, just go in." A wicked smile passed over Kaiba's face.

As Jou opened the door he heard someone yell "Big brother!" and come racing down the stairway banister right at Jou.

Kaiba, who had walked in right behind Katsuya, shut the door and took a step to the left. Watch out mutt," he said softly in a hushed tone.

Mokuba landed right on top of Jou's chest, Kaiba picked his brother up off of Jou's frame and handed him some money with large increments on them and told him to scram.

Of course Jou sees nothing of this because he was on his back holding his head and groaning slightly. Kaiba helps him to his feet, "Are you okay?"

Jou looked up; there was real concern in Kaiba's eyes. "Yeah, I just hit my head, that's all."

He got up and started walking but didn't get far before he grabbed onto the back of his head and sunk to his knees. "Move your hand puppy, I need to see if you're hurt."

Jou did as he was told, suddenly he felt two warm hands sifting through his hair. "Nnn…" he couldn't talk for a moment, "What are you doing?"

Kaiba heard this, 'At least he didn't sound angry…' "I'm checking to see if you are bleeding. You aren't but I'm not sure you are all right. I think you should lay down."

"Why are you being so nice to me?" he murmured with his eyes half lidded.

Kaiba watched Jou's eyes slipping shut, "Because I know exactly how it feels to get tackled by Mokuba, I've had three bruised ribs and a concussion. Stay awake pup!" Kaiba clapped his hands together in front of his face.

"What!" He had almost slipped into an unconscious state.

"If you've had a concussion you shouldn't sleep." Kaiba picked Jou up in his arms so he could find a place for him to lie down.

"I'm slipping," Jou squeaked.

Kaiba looked at the blonde boy in his arms and felt sympathy flooding into him. "You can put your arms around my neck. If you start slipping again," he added quickly.

Kaiba felt Jou's arms slowly snake about and intertwine as he relaxed up against his chest. 'He's so warm,' Seto thought and blushed, 'He's hurt! And I can't think about anything but my hormones.'

He brought Jou into his den and put him on the couch. Kaiba knew his puppy had gone to sleep but didn't have the heart to wake him. All of the sudden Jou started twitching his arms and gripped at the couch, he moaned again like he was in pain. Kaiba shook him awake, sweat broke out on Jou's forehead as he woke, and he looked up and saw Kaiba's concerned face. "Having a nightmare? You were groaning."

Katsuya bit his lip and said sort of. He was holding a giggle back, 'What would Kaiba think if he knew I was having dreams about him? Or that I most definitely was not in pain.'

He decided he should get up and move a bit, he tried to but the pain made him bring his head back down again, right into Kaiba's lap.

"Um… Katsuya, could you move your head?"

He turned his head and looked up, Kaiba's face was a deep shade of scarlet. He realized where exactly his head was and apologized, "Jeez, sorry about that." Jou moved his head back onto the couch.

"That's… okay." Kaiba bit his lip.

"I should go get my stuff out of my bag," Jou said trying to get away from Kaiba for a minute.

"You can't even walk, I'll get," Kaiba mumbled.

"Thank you hand maiden, I'd like something to drink while you're up," Jou said in a very official sounding voice.

Kaiba chucked a pillow at him. "Hey, I'm injured here."

"Obviously not enough, if you can still be a smart ass."

Jou managed to sit up while Kaiba went to grab his bag. "What took you so long? Got lost in your own house?"

"Shut up puppy, I got ice for your head, but I could throw this at you too."

"Shutting up."

"Before I forget, if you ever call me your hand maiden again, I'll beat the living hell out of you."

"Duly noted, serving wench."

Kaiba then proceeded to push Katsuya off of the couch. He then opened a soda can and started drinking it. "Isn't that supposed to be my soda?" Jou asked grinning.

"Bite me dog breath."

"Don't say it unless you mean it."

"Like you could do anything," Kaiba retorted.

Lucky thing Kaiba had just put down his soda down because Jou lunged across the sofa, knocked them both on to the carpet, and pinned the taller boy's wrists to the ground. He forgot one thing though, his legs. Kaiba pulled his legs out from underneath Jou and flipped backwards so his arms were away from Katsuya.

"How the FUCK did you just bend like that?" Katsuya filed that away for future knowledge that Kaiba was very bendable.

"I'm just flexible, that's all."

"Flexible my ass, that was down right disturbing," Jou said.

"I can't help the way my body bends mutt."

"You should try out for the cheerleading squad with the way you move."

Then it was Kaiba's turn to knock Jou onto the floor, only he made sure that Jou couldn't move his legs because he sat on him. Kaiba thought that at first he was suffocating him because he heard him rasping for breath beneath him. Kaiba moved the bulk of his weight from his stomach and rib cage and on to lower areas only to find Jou's breathing became heavier. "Am I hurting you pup?" He said with a confuse look.

"Gods no," he gasped, "Can you get off my groin though?"

"OH! So that's why you were…"

"You're still on top of me."

Seto quickly got off him and saw that his pup was on the verge of tears out of sheer embarrassment of the situation. He didn't want to make him feel bad, no one was around, so he took the mutt in his arms, gave him a hug and whispered to him, "I didn't mean to do that."

"I know." Seto could tell Jou was still embarrassed.

'I do like holding the puppy, he makes me feel, I don't know, content.' Kaiba let a small smile appear on his face.

'It feels wonderful to have his strong arms around me, wait, Kaiba doesn't hug people!' Just then he felt something touch the back of his neck. 'Kaiba's… stroking my neck? Oh well, I won't complain.' He nestled closer to Kaiba to show his appreciation for the hug.

Then, the unthinkable happened, SNAP! There was a bright flash and the giggling of a young boy. "Thanks Seto, this'll make the front page of the school newspaper."

"SON OF A BITCH!" Seto yelled perhaps a bit too loud. He gently got Jou off of him and ran over to a hard wood cabinet in the room. He whipped out a ring of keys and opened it; it was full of paintball guns. Kaiba grabbed the biggest one he could run with and went after his brother. He found his brother hiding in the kitchen in the storage closet; Kaiba could tell where he was by the incessant giggling. Kaiba grabbed his little brother, took his camera, ripped out the memory card and started yelling, "Why the hell'd you do that?"

"Because I didn't want to see the two of you going at it in there, you do make a cute couple though."

Kaiba grabbed Mokuba with one arm and shot him in the ass from about a foot away. "I won't be able to think, you won't be able to sit."

"It's hardly the same," Mokuba declared.

Kaiba went back to make sure Jou hadn't curled up in the fetal position on the floor. T o his surprise he was sitting on the couch. "I really hope you didn't hurt him that bad."

"Nah, he just won't be able to sit for a week."

'Those gorgeous blue eyes won't budge from my face, I feel like I could just drown in them.'

"Pup, can I ask you something?" Kaiba asked nervously.

"Sure, what is it?" his small heart hopeful.

"Um… maybe you would want to come over sometime only as a friend maybe. You wouldn't even have to tell your other friends…" He was rambling, but then he saw Jou smiling, for a second he thought he was going to laugh.

"I'd love to be your friend Kaiba!" Jou knew he was a bit too excited but that was all right.

The two started to work on their project together and got a lot of it done, when Jou said he should probably go home and Kaiba offered a ride, Jou couldn't say no.

When they pulled up in front of the apartment building where he lived Jou started talking again, "Can you work on the project on Monday?" Jou looked at Kaiba longingly.

When they pulled up in front of the apartment building where he lived Jou started talking again, "Can you work on the project on Monday?" Jou looked longingly at Kaiba.

"Yeah I can, my place again?"

"Fine with me."

"You can come home with me after school then."

"Sounds great."

Jou walked inside and started thinking to himself, 'It sounded like we were arranging a date or something.' He giggled thinking about going on a date with Kaiba.

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Kaiba Mansion Again, Monday morning

"Seto, can you pick me up after school today?" Mokuba had no doubt his brother would say yes, but he would still ask.

"Sure but you have to sit in the back seat, if you can sit at all."

"Why? All cars have a passenger seat."

"And it will be occupied, if you have a problem with sitting in the back than take the bus." He wasn't getting much sleep lately, which was the reason he was so moody.

"Who is it, do I know him?"

A light blush spread across his face, "What do you mean 'him'?"

"Well it's obviously Jou, why would you have a reason to cheat on him?"

"He's just my friend, get that straight."

"I know one, no two things that aren't straight, YOU AND JOU!"

"You can forget that ride home now," Kaiba replied casually, seeming unfazed.

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School Room, Monday Morning

"Well I hope everyone had a fun weekend working on their projects with their partners." Their teacher had just walked into the classroom.

"Ryou, why are you still standing?"

Ryou stammered out his answer, "Um… I'm not f-feeling too well, can I go to the nurse?"

"Of course you can."

Ryou practically sprinted out of the room. Malik had an awful look on his face; Kaiba overheard some of the conversation that passed between Bakura and Malik. "After what I did to him, he probably, he probably can't sit. I know he hasn't in any other class."

Bad images of Malik forcefully taking Ryou came into his head and he shuddered at the thought. 'Well at least the pharaoh's twerp was quiet, oh yeah, he forgot he had to work with the psychotic tomb robber, no wonder he was so pale.'

Everybody get with your partners, and maybe you could get something done in class for once."

"Hey pup, turn around."

"Why am I a dog?"

"Because you are."

"No I'm not."

"Yes, you are."

"No, I'm-"

"You are."

"No, I'm-"

"Cause you are."

Jou was clearly becoming quickly frustrated with the fact that he was repeatedly being called a dog. "Will you stop calling me that for at least one day?"

"No."

"Why?"

"Because that's what I call you. Where's your book?"

Jou slapped himself in the forehead with his palm. "I must have forgot it at home, don't worry I'll just get another copy for today."

Kaiba couldn't help but have faith in him as long as he had that silly 'I can do anything' smile on his face.

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Carrie: Phew! It's done, I'm tired, I stink, I'm taking a shower and then goodnight.

Blue: Poor honey. You rest up.