The Secret
By: Freewater
Disclaimer: I do not own, nor do I think I own any of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Characters. This story was written just for the plain fun of it.
Rating: R
Pairings: Seto/Joey
Notes: I'm going to be using their English names because I feel like it.
Warnings: This is a YAOI story (sort of)
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Chapter Eight
Kaiba seethed silently as he watched Duke lead Joey around the dance floor. He didn't want to give Joey up to him, but whenever the other CEO decided to stick his nose into Kaiba's affairs (literally) his dates more often then not ended up going home with the black haired dice boy at the end of the day. So Kaiba figured, why bother fighting it this time? Maybe when Duke took her home and found out who Josephine really was he'd get freaked out and decide to leave him and his dates alone from then on.
It still didn't mean he had to take it lightly. Seto still found himself thoroughly pissed off with the situation, and he didn't know if he wanted to leave or continue to watch the two just to make sure that he really was being blown off.
Joey glanced towards where Kaiba sat, his arms crossed and glaring viciously at the both of them.
"Uh, maybe we should stop?" Joey said, becoming uncomfortable now.
Duke blinked at her. "Whatever for?" He purred, putting his face in the crook of her neck to inhale the scent of her perfume.
Joey tensed and tried to make some distance between them, but had a hard time doing that since Duke was holding her around the waist.
Kaiba's glare left his face to be replaced with a curious look as he watched Joey's body language.
"What's the matter?" Duke asked, getting her obvious hints but not taking them. It wasn't often when a woman blew him off. Especially one of Kaiba's women.
Duke could at least play the romantic part for a date, unlike Kaiba who normally just sat there as though interviewing the poor girl. And once he came along to sweep them off their feet, well, Gold Digger or not, money was money, and he was willing to give into their fantasies.
Could it be that he actually found a woman as stiff as Kaiba?
Joey squirmed a little, desperately hoping to not get caught. "Nothing really, I just want to go and sit down now." She said. "I'm not a very good dancer." She added as an excuse.
Duke grinned at her. "I think you're doing fabulously." He said, his hand sliding down to inconspicuously cup her ass.
Kaiba bristled angrily at the sight, knowing that Duke intended for him to see it.
He got to his feet and was about to leave in a huff when something even more amusing happened.
Joey punched Duke in the jaw.
The musicians suddenly stopped, as well as all the dancers surrounding them, including all the chatter in the restaurant as everyone's attention was suddenly focussed on the pair.
Kaiba's own jaw dropped while Duke cupped his face in pain, he and Joey now glaring at each other.
"Ow! You bitch! What did you do that for?" He demanded.
Joey felt flames surrounding her at being called a bitch, when all she really did was get his hands off her. She'd had her ass grabbed once already that day and she didn't like having it done again. "You prick! What do you think you're doing! Don't touch me!"
Duke was about to make another nasty comment but was interrupted when Kaiba burst out laughing.
Duke snarled. "You think that's funny, Kaiba!" He yelled.
"I think it's hilarious!" The CEO roared, wiping away tears.
Duke continued to snarl, growling now too. "Fine then, fuck you both!" He said, stalking off, offended and angry.
It was only when he was gone did Joey realize how silent it was. As she lowered her still raised fist, looking around the restaurant, all eyes were on her. Some of the older patrons were shaking their heads or staring down their noses at her in disapproval. Some people were whispering behind their hands and giggling to each other.
To Joey's horror, even Kaiba stopped his laughing when the waiter who'd served them earlier shuffled up to him before handing him a small note and whispering in his ear while Kaiba read it, glancing her as he did before shuffling off again.
Joey never felt more naked in all her life. She didn't know what else to do aside from putting her arms around herself and trying to look as small as possible while everyone around looked down at her, shaking their heads.
She felt like she'd just wasted her day, and Kaiba's time. She was no lady, and this proved it, and Joey never wished harder to have been born a boy.
"C'mon Wheeler,"
Joey jumped, startled out of her thoughts when Kaiba took her arm and started leading her away, putting his arm around her shoulders.
Now Joey felt like crying. They were being kicked out of Kaiba's favourite restaurant because of her. But Joey was a strong girl, and she managed to hold back her tears, causing her throat and chest to ache horribly.
What was worse was Kaiba's silence.
"I'm sorry," Whispered Joey, still hugging herself as all staring eyes followed her out.
Kaiba gave her a supportive squeeze when they finally made it outside into the sun and crowded streets. "Don't be sorry." He replied, though Joey wished he would be angry with her. Somehow that would have made it a little better.
"I'm sorry I brought you there." Said Kaiba.
Joey whipped her head up at him, but he continued to talk. "This is your first time out as a female in, I can't remember how long you said it was, but I shouldn't have taken you to a place that would have so many rules." Kaiba smirked. "And I'm actually very glad you punched Devlin's face in. It was pretty funny." He said.
Joey managed a small grin. "Really?" She asked, her spirits lifting at Kaiba's acknowledgement. And now that she actually stopped feeling so sorry for herself and looked at him, he didn't look angry at all. Highly amused and supportive, and far from angry.
"Yeah, really." Kaiba said. "I've been wanting to punch him out for a while, but the last time I tried it he threatened me with a lawsuit."
Joey's eyes widened. "Did he?" She asked, and Kaiba nodded.
"Yes, and this was back when I was having trouble with my Board of Directors, so I couldn't afford it."
"Wow, what a jerk." Joey said. "It's strange because he is kind of my friend now, along with everyone else too, that is," Joey said, and Kaiba knew that she meant Yugi and Taylor and the rest. "How can he act like that when we're not around?"
Kaiba sweat dropped. "Are you forgetting about the dog suit?" He asked. "Even I've never done that to you."
Joey grinned and scratched the back of her head. "I guess even he needs to act like the heartless CEO once in a while, right?"
Kaiba snorted. "As if you thought I was the only one." He said, sounding mock offended.
Joey elbowed him in the ribs playfully. "Still, I am glad he was the one to find us. Better him then Tristan, anyway."
Kaiba blinked down at her. "Why would that be?" He asked.
Joey shrugged. "He's just kind of... protective of me. I guess." She said, not knowing how else to word it.
Kaiba made an "Oh" with his mouth. "So, because of all that stuff that happened when you two were younger, he sees you as sort of a... little sister?"
Joey had to fight to keep from laughing. "No! No, that would be a little too weird."
"Why would that be weird?" Kaiba asked, an idea in his head as to where she was going but not wanting to think about it lest he get jealous again.
"Well..." Joey wasn't too sure if she should say anything, especially since she was on a date and could ruin it with the story.
Kaiba interrupted her thoughts before she could say anything else. "Just tell me," He gruffed.
Joey licked her lips and cleared her throat. "Well, Tristan was kinda my first." She said.
Kaiba abruptly stopped. "First? As in... first boyfriend?"
Joey looked confused, wondering why they had to stop walking. "Well, yeah, that too."
Kaiba snarled and started walking again. "So you slept with him." He said.
Joey crossed her arms and walked along with him. "You act as if I cheated on you or something." She said.
"I am not." Kaiba retorted immediately, not looking at her.
Joey tried to make light of the situation. "It's kind of funny really. We'd both just turned fifteen, and I'm pretty sure it happened only a few months before I met you."
"Oh?" Kaiba asked, trying to make it sound as if he were interested when really he was searching for his limo. Pulling out his cell and calling for the driver when Joey was in the middle of a story would be rude.
"Yeah. I'm not sure how it happened, I was dressing like a boy still, and you can't call me a pretty looking boy." Said Joey, laughing a little. "Anyway, it just sort of happened. One minute we're in my room, playing video games on my bed, and the next minute we're necking and having sex."
"Wonderful," Kaiba hissed, looking anything but happy.
Joey elbowed him again. "Don't get mad, it wasn't serious and it didn't last long anyway."
Kaiba smirked. "Which one? The relationship or the sex?"
Joey's eyes narrowed. "Very funny. The relationship, you dork!"
Kaiba blinked, genuinely curious now. "Why not?" He asked.
Joey shrugged again. "Well, I was being a boy at the time, and we were still running around in a gang you know? So it wasn't like we could walk down the street holding hands or anything. I mean, he was a little extra protective of me when we picked fights, but it wasn't the same. It just got to be too much and we had to break it off." She said, remembering with fond regret how her relationship with Tristan came to a close. "That was around the time when we got out of the gang."
"Wow," Kaiba said, no longer angry or jealous. "Something like that would normally ruin a friendship. Despite how much I hate all your chatter about friendship I'm actually amazed you two still hang out."
"We almost didn't." Joey said, looking up at Kaiba, amazed he was listening to such a story when she could tell it to no one else.
"What happened?" Asked Kaiba.
"Well it was awkward after that, right?" Kaiba nodded his head. "And what happened after we broke up was... well we didn't talk to each other for a while. Not because we were mad or anything, but it was just weird. And then one day a few months later I get a call and it's Tristan, and he asks me if I want to go skateboarding with him, so I go, and we never really talked about our relationship or break up again."
Kaiba shrugged. "Whatever works, I guess." He said.
Joey leaned into him and poked him in the ribs. "So you see? No reason to be jealous."
Kaiba crossed his arms. "I never said I was jealous." He said stubbornly, spotting the limo in front of a fast food, Chinese restaurant and heading towards it, Joey quickly following.
The driver was nowhere to be seen, and Kaiba swore.
"You wanted to head home?" Joey asked.
"No, I wanted to get something to eat from home." He said. "Being as how we didn't eat and all."
Joey looked up at the Chinese food sign. "You wanna eat here?" She asked.
Kaiba shook his head. "I hate Chinese food."
"Oh, so what do we do?" asked Joey.
"Do you want to go back to the convention?" Kaiba asked.
Joey made an awkward face as she turned back to the crowd of people. "I don't know if I want to risk running into someone else today." She said truthfully.
Kaiba shrugged and opened the door. "The driver's probably eating," Kaiba checked his watch. "It is his break time I guess, I thought we would be out here a lot longer. You wanna just come in here and wait?" He asked.
Joey grinned. "Sure!" And she climbed on in the limo and sat on the couch opposite of Kaiba, sitting back and putting her legs up to relax.
Kaiba started to rummage through the mini fridge beneath his seat. "Comfortable?" He asked her.
"Mmm, very." Was Joey's reply, putting her arms under her head.
Kaiba smirked appreciatively at the sight of her. Relaxed as she was before pulling out two Coke cans.
"Here," He said, tossing her one when she opened her eyes.
Joey gracefully caught it before sitting up and opening it, taking a sip. "That little fridge thing comes in handy." She said with a grin.
Kaiba shrugged and drank. "I guess so," He said. "Want me to turn on the radio?" He asked.
"Sure," Said Joey, and she watched as Kaiba pulled out a hidden drawer that was also beneath his seat next to the mini fridge, shifting through it until he found a remote control and clicked a few buttons.
"Which station?" He asked.
"Doesn't matter," Joey said, taking a seat next to him and leaning her head on his shoulder. She was content enough with her drink and her date to agree to anything at that point. Despite the close call with Yugi and the restaurant fiasco she actually had a good time.
Kaiba said nothing when Joey leaned up against him, he just focussed on trying to pick out the right station for the mood he wanted to set. Eventually settling with a station that played some type of love themed rap music like Baby Beesh and Ashanti. Kaiba noted Joey's foot tapping to the music in a approval and put away the remote.
Joey suddenly choked back a laugh.
"What is it?" Asked Kaiba.
Joey looked up at him, smiling brightly. "I thought since you were blackmailing me to be here that I would have a bad time, but I didn't, and I'm glad you got me to take off my shirt in your room because otherwise I wouldn't be here."
Kaiba spared her a small smile in returning before he tilted his head and kissed her. Joey didn't push him away this time, and so she pressed her lips back against his.
Suddenly both Joey and Kaiba felt the limo lurch, and Kaiba pressed a button to make the black tinted window to the driver's side roll down. Sure enough, there was the driver, wiping his mouth on a napkin.
He immediately noticed the window roll down and his employer and date in the back seat.
"Oh! Mr. Kaiba! I'm sorry sir, was there somewhere you wanted me to take you?"
Kaiba looked at Joey and caressed her face. "Home."
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It was nearing midnight when Kaiba's limo finally dropped Joey off at her apartment after their time at Kaiba mansion. A giggling Joey jumped out the limo door, her shoes in one hand and school clothes in a paper bag Kaiba had given her.
She turned around and faced Kaiba, who was still in his seat, smiling up at her when she leaned down to kiss him goodnight.
"See you in school." He said against her mouth.
Joey grinned and gave him another quick kiss. "Bye." She said, skipping off to the front door and never feeling more like a girl then she did that day. Deliriously happy for the opportunity to have been what she really was in such a long time and grateful to Kaiba for what he did for her.
For the first time ever, Joey was glad to have been born a woman.
With regret, Joey had to change back into her boy clothes in the elevator.
To Be Continued...
A.N: Holy shit, I've got nearly a hundred reviews! That's pretty kick ass ;-), anyway, this story will be ending within the next few chapters, I'm not too sure how many but it definitely won't be as long as either of the "Joke" Stories were. And as for Duke, I have yet to decide if he figuresanything out
Thank You's:
RyOuN'BaKuRaRocKz21 Good Guess
dizzy-otaku Yeah, that sucks when you lose a story, and sucks even more when a good story dies
blue-eyes honeypup hehe, I can't help that I love making him the bad guy! XD No one ever believes me when I say I like his character
Rosepedal R: Update? F: Sure
shadowstalker666
QueenNarca
clarity Dunno...couldn't see Joey letting Duke pull him away.
F: I can't really 'see' him/her doing that either, but you know, shit happens to the occasional loud mouths
But other than that, I loved the interaction between the rich and Joey, and Kaiba and Joey. I like the idea that Kaiba had become intrigued in Joey because he felt Joey outsmarted him in some way...that makes perfectly logical sense, where Kaiba is concerned. I can actually see that happening. Kaiba doesn't seem to have respect for anyone, unless they earn it , by besting him in some way.
F: Nice! I knew I was doing at least something right!
Dark Magician Of Chaos
Shounen Squared Thanks!
Tyri Dragonite
chibikuro rose-sama
YAY! this is good. what would be a funny way for joey to have to tell everyone that he's really a she would be if he ended up pregnant. i know they're only on a first date and aren't evening dating yet but that could happen later or something.
F: I tried my hand with entire stories involving male/male, male/female, whatever it is pregnancy, and I doubt I'll be doing it again. A short story involving it, sure, i might do, but I doubt I could fit it into the plot I have going in this one
nextvictim
Solitudity I have yet to decide if Duke figures it out
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