Joey lay on the couch on top of Kaiba watching tv. His eyes were half closed as he tried to concentrate on the movie they were watching. He stretched out before wrapping his arms around Kaiba. Seto looked down at the blond, running his hand through Joey's hair.

"If you're tired we can go upstairs and go to bed," said Kaiba.

"I na wanna moo riy now," moaned Joey (Translation: I don't want to move right now).

"If you don't move, I'm going to bite your ear off," said Seto as he scooted down underneath Joey to nibble on the blond's ear.

"I na caare," yawned Joey. (Translation: I don't care).

"Fine," said Kaiba as he bit down hard on Joey's ear.

Joey yelped and fell of the couch. Kaiba fell off on top of Joey since the blond's arms were still around him.

"That hurt!" growled Joey.

"I'm sure falling off the couch didn't feel any better," said Seto, face scrunching up in pain.

"It all hurt," said Joey, wincing as he moved out from underneath Seto.

Seto pushed himself up off the floor and helped Joey up as well. He noticed Joey's shirt was turning dark. He quickly ripped off the blond's shirt.

"Kai-" started Joey before getting cut off.

"Why didn't you tell me they hurt you that bad? Joey is any part of you not abused?" asked Seto horrified that Joey looked like that.

Joey looked away. What was he supposed to say, he didn't want Kaiba to know he had been hurt that bad.

"Joey you need to go to the hospital. You're probably bleeding internally, and god only knows what else," said Seto.

"Don't treat me like a little kid Kaiba, don't tell me what to do, just don't. I'm tired of being treated like I'm nothing, like I have to obey every command, like I can't be my own person. Just leave me alone, I can take care of myself," said Joey almost in tears.

"Joey I'm not trying to treat you like that, but I'm worried about you. I don't know what I'd do if something happened to you," said Kaiba as he put a hand on Joey's cheek.

"You wouldn't of cared before now. You wouldn't have cared if I never would have broke down in the locker room. You never would have cared a year ago. You just seem to care all of a sudden about me since you found out I'm gay and that I like you. You don't really care about me, all you care about is yourself. You don't care about me, you just want me. Just like everyone else," said Joey pulling away from Seto.

"Joey that's not true! I do care about you! You're not being fair!" said Kaiba feeling like he was being torn to pieces.

"Really, well how in the world would you know?" snarled Joey.

"Because my father abused me too!" yelled Seto, "I went through the same kind of stuff you're going through! I was beaten and raped endlessly! I went for days without food or sleep! You have no idea what fair is!"

Joey was taken aback. Kaiba had never really gone into depth about what had happened between him and his father. He stood there silently, he didn't know what to say.

"Seto..."Joey said after a while, "I'm sorry."

"Are you? Or are you going to get mad at me for no reason again?" growled Seto.

"I am. I didn't know about you and your dad. I over reacted for no reason and I shouldn't have. I'm just-"

"You're still scared. You're afraid of your father. You're fearing everything around you. Well let me tell you something Wheeler. I know how you feel, I've gone through it too, and I'm sure there are other kids out there who've gone through what we have or still are. But you can't be scared your whole life. You'll go crazy," said Seto, "I know from experience."

"You went crazy?" said Joey looking at Kaiba.

"My father abuse me past my breaking point, and when the doctors realized what had happened after he died they said I would recover. I didn't, I went crazy because I thought he would come back to hurt me. I ended up hurting Mokuba one day, that's when I was put in solitary confinement at the hospital for eight months. I know what'll happen to you, if you continue to fear your father and I don't want that to happen to you," said Seto.

"Did Mokuba-"

"Did he ever forgive me? Eventually, but after I came home he kept his distance, wouldn't even get within two feet of me. I thought I would die if I couldn't hold him again. Then one day he found me trying to slit my wrist and stopped me. I didn't even realized he was touching me until he wrapped his arms around me and cried into my chest. After that I changed my lifestyle. I became cold and harsh towards everyone around me, except Mokuba of course. But I've always felt alone, always knew something was missing. The first time you challenged me to a duel I knew what it was. I needed you, but I knew I couldn't have you," said Seto.

"But you have me now," said Joey.

"Not really. You're avoiding me," said Seto.

"No I'm not," said Joey.

"Maybe not the way you think, but you are. You're not avoiding me physically, but you are emotionally and psycologically," said Kaiba.

"Well I'm not trying to," said Joey.

"That may be so, but that's what you're doing," said Kaiba.

"I give up, I don't know what to do anymore," said Joey, "I've been so lost and confused for so long. And then you come along and everything in my mind just explodes into a bunch of little pieces. What the hell am I supposed to do?"

"What do you think you should do?" asked Seto.

"I dunno," said Joey. He shook his head, he was getting dizzy and he didn't know why.

"Joey how about you start by going to the doctor," said Seto, "I'll drive you there."

"I guess," said Joey. He turned to follow Seto to the brunette's car, but everything began to spin and he fell to his hands and knees.

Seto was instantly by Joey's side. He had a feeling this was going to happen, ever since last night when Joey had driven them here. He picked the blond up in his arms and walked to the garage.

"Joey I need you to stay awake until we get to the hospital, okay?"

"Uh-huh," said Joey as Seto put him in the passenger seat and buckled him in.

Seto grabbed his keys off the wall and hopped into the driver's seat of his jeep, turning on the car.

The doctor came out to the waiting room and Kaiba quickly confronted the balding man. He hoped to god Joey would be able to leave soon.

"Well?" asked Kaiba.

"I don't know why he's even alive. Mr. Wheeler had severe internal bleeding. The worst possible concussion possible. Almost all the bones in his rib cage are broken. I don't know what was keeping him alive, he should have been dead eight hours ago," said the doctor.

"When will you release him?" asked Seto shocked at how much damage Joey had really been dealt.

"Not any time soon," said the doctor.

"When?" asked Seto.

"Next week at the soonest," said the doctor.

"Can I see him?"

"You have every right to see him, he's been taken to the fifth floor, he's in room 523," said the doctor.

"Thanks," said Kaiba as he took off to the elevator.

Kaiba woke up to someone blowing in his ear. He shook his head and sat up rubbing his eyes. When everything came into focus he saw Joey grinning ear to ear.

"Hey," said Joey softly, "Finally decide to wake up?"

"How long have you been blowing in my ear?"

"For about ten minutes," said Joey softly.

"Joey if it hurts to talk you don't have to," said Seto.

"It doesn't hurt it, I just can't talk any louder than this," said Joey.

"How're you feeling?"asked Kaiba.

"Tired, bored," said Joey.

"Well you've been asleep for three days, I guess that makes sense," said Seto, "but the tired part doesn't."

"Oh, I meant tired of being in this boring hospital," said Joey.

"Well there's got to be something I can do to entertain you," said Kaiba.

"Yami came in a while ago," said Joey, "he's keeping everyone informed so they don't worry. He's also done a good job of keeping them away from me too," said Joey.

"How long have you been awake?" asked Seto.

"Since about lunchtime," said Joey.

"I didn't fall asleep to long before that," said Seto.

"Can you see if the doctor will release me? I really don't want to be here," said Joey.

"Sure," said Seto getting up and walking out of the room.

Joey was extremely happy, Seto had somehow managed to convince the doctor to release him. And they were now heading back to Kaiba's house.

"Hey Seto?"

"Yeah?"

"Is your brother going to be back anytime soon?"

"No, he called yesterday and asked if he and his friends could go to Rome. I guess they're having a hell of a time."

Joey laughed, he couldn't believe Kaiba would agree to Mokuba's idea. Then again it did keep the little guy safe. As they stopped at one of the red lights, Joey looked out the jeep's window.

"Seto..."

"Yeah?"

"Step on it."

"What!"

"I said step on it unless you want your jeep filled with bullets."

Seto looked at Joey, until he saw what Joey was looking at out the window. He stepped down on the gas pedal and went straight through the red light. Seto looked through his rearview mirror and saw the blue van behind him.

"What are the chances?" growled Seto.

"I'll bet someone in the hospital was working for my dad. Like I said my dad knows a lot of people," said Joey.

"I wouldn't doubt it if the whole town was working for him," said Seto as he ran another red light.

"We can't go to your place Kaiba," said Joey.

"I know, I'm taking the back roads out of town," said Seto turning down a side street.

If Kaiba could cross the bridge, he could lose the van behind him no problem. He only had about a mile to go.

Jarick was right on Kaiba's tail. He'd catch the brunette this time.

"Varek take the wheel and pull up next to them," said Jarick trading places with his brother in the van.

Jarick opened the side door of the van, he'd jump into the jeep once Varek got them along side the jeep.

Kaiba made a sharp turn, he was now on the bridge. Now all he had to do was get to the other side.

"Joey, hang on," said Seto, just as a warning.

Jarick closed the door to the van. There was no way he could jump if they were on the bridge.

"Varek, you're gonna have to ram 'em. Push them off the bridge into the water if you need to, just make sure they don't get to the other side," yelled Jarick.

Varek smirked, This should be fun.

Seto swerved around another car, he was halfway across the bridge. Next thing he knew, the blue van rammed into Joey's side of the jeep. His jeep did a three sixty before he got control of the wheel again.

"I'll fucking kill them all," he growled.

"How about we worry about getting away first," said Joey, trying to remain calm.

Another hit to Joey's side of the jeep and Kaiba's side was grating along the bridge railing, creating sparks.

"Damn it!" cursed Seto.

Varek laughed as he pinned Kaiba's jeep between the van and the bridge railing. One more hit and that jeep was guaranteed to go over the edge.

"Majeh," said Jarick, "can you swim?"

"Yeah why?"

"Cuz once we knock those two over the edge, someone needs to get blondie," said Jarick.

"Of course, how'd I know it was gonna be me," said Majeh.

"Well get ready, cuz I'm hitting them again," said Varek as he rammed into Kaiba's jeep.

Kaiba felt the jeep tip and he knew exactly what was happening. The jeep went over the rail and both boys yelled. It didn't take long for the jeep to hit the water and sink under.

Joey moved for his seat belt, unbuckling it. He crawled out the top of the jeep (because there's no top to it) and kicked towards the surface. His lungs burned for air.

Seto got his seat belt undone, and tried to follow Joey. Unfortunately he didn't know how to swim and he struggled to reach the surface.

Joey broke the surface gasping in painful breaths of air. He treaded water waiting for Kaiba to surface. But Seto never did. Joey's eyes widened in realization and he dove back under.

Seto couldn't reach the surface, and his body began to sink back down. He choked on the river water and it began to fill his lungs. He was going to die, just because he didn't know how to swim. Everything began to go black, he didn't even feel the strong arms around his waist or his body begin to rise towards the surface.

Joey wrapped his arms around Kaiba and kicked towards the surface. His lungs were burning and it was like his whole body was on fire. But he wasn't about to let Kaiba die. Joey broke the surface only to find someone grab him in the water.

"Let go!" he growled.

"Shut up and listen to me."

"Majeh?"

"Yes now listen. You need to go back under and take me with you," said Majeh.

"What about Kaiba?"

"He'll be fine, trust me, just go under."

Joey pushed Majeh under the water before following.

Jarick and Varek waited for Majeh to resurface but he didn't. Only the blond and the brunette resurfaced.

"Mr. Wheeler will not be pleased that his son took out another one of his men," said Varek.

"No he won't," said Jarick as he started up the van and flipped the van around to head back to the house.

Majeh came up as the van drove away. He took a deep long breath before swimming over to Joey.

"Is he breathing?" he asked Joey.

"Barely," said Joey tiredly.

"Come on let's get out of the water," said Majeh, helping Joey get Kaiba to shore.

Once on the sandy beach, Joey noticed Kaiba had stopped breathing.

"Kaiba?"

He shook the brunette's shoulder.

"Kaiba don't do this to me?"

Joey felt hot tears flow down his face.

"Move," said Majeh pushing Joey out of the way.

He tipped Kaiba's head back slighty, opening the brunette's mouth, he plugged Kaiba's nose and breathed into his mouth. After a few seconds he pulled away and pushed on Kaiba's chest. He repeated the process over and over, but Kaiba still refused to breath.

"Joey I need you to help me," said Majeh raspily.

"Okay," sobbed Joey.

"I need you to breath into his mouth until I tell you to stop, now breath," said Majeh.

Joey leaned down and breathed into Kaiba's mouth until Majeh told him to stop. Majeh then pushed down on Kaiba's chest. Joey once again breathed into Seto's mouth once Majeh stopped pushing. Seto please breathe, please. I don't want you to die.