Carrie: Da da da dum!

Ryou: Da da da dum!

Carrie: No, only I can do that.

Ryou: whines Why?

Carrie: Because I need to test out my bottle rockets on something bigger than a Furby.

Ryou: 0.o Bakura. Help. Now.

Bakura: is sleeping in teddy jammies

Ryou: -.-; Lot of help he is...

Bakura starts to talk in his sleep: BCM and Carrie don't own Yu-Gi-Oh...

Blue: Maybe we should put a bell on him in case he starts to sleep walk.

Everybody slaps Blue.

Everybody: SHUT UP BLUE!

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Lady Fiore – Ami Metallium- Thank you very much. "(I know... it's short... but I'm VERY tired...)" That's exactly how I feel!

Crazyrabidfangurl01- I won't even try and comprehend just let Carrie puzzle it out...

Kumori Sakusha formerly Saelbu- I'm glad I made you happy.

Celestial Psyche- This update isn't exactly soon... but close enough!

Pickle-kitten- I forgive you? Not sure what you did, but you are a O-K in my book!

Caecuslupa- I glad you have patience, 'cause with me you need lots!

Scoodoo58- You flatter me, but honestly, for a REALLY great story try I Know You're Out There Somewhere, by: Firewing. Only I'd suggest reading it on aff.

Just to clarify some things, it's about mid to late October in the story. Yay! I get to play mind games with Ryou! And Jou gets to act semi-dominant!

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Making Room For New Pairings

Wednesday morning, Kaiba Mansion

"Mokuba, do I look all right?"

"Why?"

"Just answer the question!"

Mokuba rolled his eyes, "You look fine, like you do every day. Is there some reason that you want to look better than normal?"

"Uh..." A light tinge appeared high on Kaiba's cheeks.

His devilish little brother grinned, "Can I have three guesses?"

Kaiba was doomed to his fate any way so he agreed.

"Do you have a business meeting after school?"

Head shake, no.

"Is it school picture day?"

Head shake, no.

And as if the answer suddenly came to him... "I know! You're trying to catch Jou's attention!"

Seto sighed and patted his little brother on the head fondly, "Remind me why I let you walk all over me?"

"Because some day I'm going to be your vice president and you have to get used to me being a know-it-all smart ass."

"That's it, no more caffeine for you!"

"Pah! Like you know where I keep the good brews."

Before Lunch, Wednesday

Kaiba walked to the cafeteria with a gentle smile playing on his face. Girls had been squealing when they saw him smiling as he strode down the hallway. 'They think I'm smiling because of them?! Not likely...' Kaiba thought to himself.

Him and Jounouchi had been shooting each other glances all through the classes that they shared together, which were numerous.

Kaiba was dragged away from his thoughts as he was tugged behind the staircase where the vending machines were.

"What the h-" He was silenced as he saw Jou standing there.

"Hello Seto!" Jou said, his grin matching Kaiba's. "Miss me as much as I missed you?"

Kaiba rolled his eyes, "You saw me five minutes ago."

"Yeah, but five minutes ago I couldn't do this." Jou sealed his lips over Kaiba's in a hungry manner, his hands going to the brunet's hips and backing them towards the wall for balance.

Kaiba pulled away, "Katsuya, we can't do this here. Someone might see us here."

Jounouchi spoke into Kaiba's ear, "But isn't it exciting? Knowing that you could be caught at any time? By any one?" He licked the shell of Kaiba's ear and sucked on the lobe. The taller boy moaned out loud as he did this. Kaiba wasn't sure what it was, but the thought of having one of his peers catch him making out with Jounouchi thrilled him to no end.

The two remained there for a good ten minutes energetically kissing each other. But then, (of course) someone came around the corner looking to get something out of the vending machine. Ryou, innocent little Ryou, had come waltzing around the corner drinking out of his water bottle to only promptly spit it back onto the ground. "W- w- what are you guys doing?"

Ryou had came from the lunchroom to get some Chex mix out of the vending machine only to find Kaiba-kun slammed up against the wall, his hands sifting through Jounouchi's hair, and his tongue down Jounouchi's throat. So he did what any other sane kid his age would do, calmly asked them how this came about. Sure he did... That's what he would have done if he weren't totally freaked.

Now, back to reality.

"Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Oh my god, my eyes! They burn!" He ran into the cafeteria and over to Yuugi and the gang were all eating.

"What's wrong with you man?" asked Honda.

"By the vending machines, it was, only to say, sweet mother of us all, HORRIBLE!"

Yami put a hand on Ryou's shoulder, "Calm down, and then tell us what this is about."

The white haired teen took a deep breath and let it out.

"Now what did you see by the vending machine that was so horrible?" Yami questioned.

"He probably saw a mouse," snickered Marik. Bakura hits him in the head with a bologna sandwich.

"I saw Kaiba and Jou making out by where they keep the vending machines!" Ryou told them.

Yami: O.O

"Oh they'll be so cute together!" said Anzu enthusiastically. "I wonder if Jounouchi will move in with him?"

"Whoa! My best friend is NOT moving in with that heartless jerk!" Honda declares slamming his fist on table.

Yuugi tries to get everyone under control. "Why don't we just go and ask Jou if he's really serious about Kaiba or if he's only messing with him. It could be some kind of joke."

Everybody got up and walked to where the vending machines are kept behind one of the flights of stairs. No one is there.

Bakura glares at Ryou, "If this is a desperate cry for attention, you've got mine."

"I swear they were just here less then two minutes ago!" Ryou whimpers.

Otogi puts his arm around Bakura. "Listen, between you and me, if Ryou came up with something as ridiculous as that he's obviously got one thing on his mind. Maybe you should just take him home and bugger him..."

"My hikari is not lying!" Bakura fumed. "If he says he say Jou and Kaiba necking then he did!"

Meanwhile...

Kaiba and Jou sat at the top of the stairs listening to them argue, laughing into their shirtsleeves all the while.

"That was amusing!" Kaiba tells Jou.

Jou smirks and kisses Kaiba on the nose, "I know, so maybe we should continue our little mind game with Ryou?"

"You are wicked beyond all belief, putting your amusement before your friends mental health... you'd make a good business partner."

"Is that a proposition?"

Snort. "Like hell."

Ryou was getting paranoid. For the rest of the week where ever he went he'd see Kaiba and Jou touching each other, and the creepy thing was he'd turn his back for five seconds and then they were gone. He was starting to think that the others were right and he should seek professional help.

Bakura was also at the end of his rope. His hikari was freaking out if he came up behind him or tapped him on the back. He was determined to prove that Jou and Kaiba really were a couple and no one was going to stop him. Bakura started following Ryou around where ever he went. Ryou called him a stalker, but hell, that's one more career to put on his resume. He was starting to think his friends were right and he should call in a shrink for Ryou.

"Seto, I don't think we can mess with Ryou any more. Bakura has been following him."

"Does that mean I can't hold you around school?"

"I don't know, do you want the whole world to know about us?"

"..."

"Seto?"

"Hmmm..."

"Kuro Neko-sama!"

"Damn it! I told you not to call me that!" Sigh. "No, not yet. I just want some privacy in my life for once. The media has always been on the look out for juicy celebrity gossip and you would be it."

"Chill man, it's cool," Jou said as toyed with Kaiba's hair. Jou was sitting on Kaiba's lap in his apartment. It was Saturday and his father was gone for the night and he had invited Seto over.

Jou got to witness a rare moment in history; his boyfriend was wearing jeans and a t-shirt.

"Well I think you're almost suitable to take out in public," Jou told him.

"I don't know what you are talking about, I'm always presentable," Kaiba argued with him.

Jou rolled his eyes and smiled, "Shut up and eat your pretzels." He stuffed a couple of pretzels in Kaiba's mouth.

Seto chewed thoughtfully before talking, "I'm glad you're going to feed me, but you promised me a movie," he added a pout for effect.

"You could have the world with that look."

"But you forget I already have the world and then some," he laughed light-heartedly.

'He's deprived the world of a beautiful laugh,' Jou thought. He put 'A Knight's Tale' in the DVD player and turned the lights off. He jumped over the back of the couch and curled up next to Seto.

Kame Game Shop, Saturday Night

Yuugi, Malik, Ryou, and Honda were playing a role-playing game in the back while Yami and Otogi were talking to Grandpa about Duel Monsters strategies, and Marik and Bakura were poking Honda asking him why his character was wearing a skirt.

"It's not a skirt, it's a tunic!" Honda yelled at the two ancient spirits sitting behind him.

Bakura and Marik continue to poke Honda. Ryou nudges Malik and puts two ten-sided dice in his hand. "Malik, it's your turn," he reminds him.

"I know, we need Jou here though. I don't like cheap knock offs instead of the real thing," he points to Honda.

Yuugi nods reluctantly, "Honda's just not the same as Jou and he doesn't play as well either." Honda sat by and grumbled and complained as everyone ignored his presence.

"If I'm not good enough to play your game with you why don't you go get him at his apartment!" Honda fumed at them.

Everyone's eyes lit up. "That's a great idea! Jou told me he was feeling kind of bushed and said he was just going home to crash," Yuugi tells them.

Honda seems considerably less angry now that he's been told what a good idea he came up with. "I've got the spare to Jou's apartment so we can let ourselves in if he's got his crazy rock music blaring off the walls," grin, "Which he will."

"Alright then, let us go get Jou so Yuugi actually stands a chance against us," Ryou declares. Malik gives him a high five.

All four of them got their coats and shoes on to make the ten-minute walk to Jou's apartment. Yami and Otogi elected to stay behind to continue talking with Grandpa, and Marik and Bakura stayed behind to bother Yami and Otogi.

Yami shot a warning glance at the two other yami's in the room. "I better be able to here your voices at all times," he told them.

Bakura stood up from the game board, "Then I guess we better talk REALLY loud!" he laughed.

Outside Jou's apartment

Yuugi knocked at the door three times before waiting for an answer.

"No man, it's gotta be loud enough for that knuckle head to hear you. Like this!" He slammed his fist into door a couple of times before stopping to hear if Jou was coming. He obviously wasn't. "That's alright, 'cause I have my handy dandy notebook! I mean key!" Honda grabbed a small key with a silver finish out and put it in the lock.

The four quietly moved inside to the apartment listening for any noise. They took off their shoes before looking around for signs of life.

"That's odd," Honda scratched his head, "There's no head banger music being played."

"There he is! The idiot fell asleep on the couch," Malik pointed into the living room.

They walked in and saw the DVD logo bouncing around the screen and his hair could be seen peeking around the armrest of the couch. Malik went over and tapped Jou on the head because he was sleeping face down and a blanket pulled up to his neck.

"Nnn...?" Was the only answer he received.

"Jou, wake up!" Ryou says.

Jou shifted on the couch under the blanket, "What are you talking about Mr. Jounouchi? Katsuya is on the other end..."

All four jaws dropped as Malik pulled the blanket back. Oh, would you look at that, it's Kaiba. And indeed when they looked at the other side they say Jou snoozing with his feet stretched out by Kaiba's chest.

Honda grit his teeth in frustration and confusion, "Jou! Would you wake up!"

Jou sat up and rubbed his eyes, "Is it morning so soon?" He blinked and looked around, "Why are you guys here?"

"What are we doing here?! What is he doing here?!" Honda exploded and pointed to Kaiba.

"Having a sleep over, what does it look like?" The blonde replied groggily.

A look of realization dawned on Ryou. "Ah ha! You two really are a couple and I'm not insane!"

"Or maybe you are. Me and Kaiba are just friends." Jou kicked Kaiba in the stomach so he woke up.

"What was that for?" His voice was somewhat muffled by his pillow.

"Didn't you hear? We're entertaining," came Jou's sarcastic reply, accented by another kick to his thigh at the end.

Kaiba rolled over to see the four stooges perched over him. "I'm going to close my eyes and when I open them in five seconds, I want all of you at least three feet away from me." He closed his eyes and when he opened them they had all done as he had said. "Now what is this all about?"

"We all think you're dating Jou," Yuugi told him.

Both boys on the couch quirked an eyebrow at them and then burst out laughing.

Malik, Yuugi, and Ryou all angrily eyed Honda. "Great idea coming over here."

Honda looks confused, "What did I do?"

Yuugi looked back towards Jou, "So you probably don't want to come back to the game shop with us?"

Jou abruptly stopped laughing, "Nah, I'll pass tonight, but thanks for asking."

The quartet made to leave from the apartment. "You guys really aren't together?" Malik questioned again.

"No." They answered in unison.

All of them left and left Jou and Kaiba alone. Kaiba tenderly kisses Jou on the cheek, "If you can fool your closest friends you can fool a reporter."

"I know, lets go back to sleep." Jou lays down next to Kaiba on the floor with a pillow and the blanket. Kaiba's arms immediately went around his waist and pulled him close.

Jou started to say, "I've been thinking..." But Seto cut him off.

"Don't think now, just sleep."

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Blue: And I'm out! Guess what happens next chapter? Jou's dad comes home! The drama, the suspense, what will Jou's dad say?

Bakura: That you're a bad actor.

Blue: Nice teddy jammies loser.

Bakura: runs into the horizon

Ryou: We kind of need him for the plot...

Carrie: Who the hell said there was a plot?

Plot: I say that there will be lots of hot man on man action in the next chapter.

Seto high fives plot

Seto: Woohoo! I'm finally going to get some in this story!

Blue: Not if I have anything to say about it. shreds plot I've got this mapped out, you just wait for the lemon. "If Blue gives you a lemon, the lemonade will flow freely."

Carrie: Peace out!