Yeah, you heard this before. I don't own Yugioh :(

Jou and Mai was a couple, but Mai leaves with Varon, leaving Jou heartbroken and alone. He moves on and realizes that he had feelings for a certain blue eyed CEO. Little by little, Seto and Jou fall in love with each other, but do not admit it out loud. However, Mai comes back, expecting Jou and her to be together. She breaks up whatever Jou and Seto had and persuades Jou to give her a second chance. Jou was confused. He thought he would be thrilled to had Mai back in his life, yet he couldnot stop thinking about a person he left hanging. When Seto decides that it hurts him too much, he makes a decision to leave Domino City forever to get over Jou, and to never return. Will Jou realize his feelings for Seto before it's too late?

Slight Yugi and Yami, Bakura and Ryou, Otogi and Honda, and Mai (possibly Anzu) bashing.

Main couple: Seto and Jou

The Last to Know

Strangers Meet Once Upon a Time

When Jou had ran out, he just started to run, not really paying attention to where he was heading. Not knowingly, he had reached the park near Kaiba Corp. Guess he had ran a little further than he had wanted.

His running came to a stop. He didn't really had a particular place to be—well besides school—and he didn't really want to go anywhere farther away from school as he already was. The wind blew just that moment, and Jou took it as a sign. He could not walk away from the temptation.

He found a nice little tree, a little bit beyond the park, but still close by. It was big and shady, yet not shady enough to block the sun entirely. That was just perfect; Jou had found his spot.

He wasn't going to go back to school, that's for sure. When Varon had approached him and told him, that was the last thing he had expected to hear. Somehow, it had ended up being the most painful thing to hear.

Reality had hit him harder than he had thought it would. He had always known that Mai didn't care about this relationship as much as he did. But for her to deny it completely? And for her to just break it off—that was something he couldn't bear.

The others were going to be dead worried. It wasn't like Jou to skip school. Maybe back in the old days when he was in a gang and didn't care about his grades, but not now when he finally changed his ways.

Jou could just imagine what Yugi would had to say.

He could read his science textbook that he had brought with him when he ran out of school due to the fact that he didn't had enough time to go to his locker. He could try, but his concentration was shot. All he could think about was Mai and Varon.

Mai and Varon. Mai and Varon.

Seriously, after all they've been through?

Jou lets out a sigh. It's obvious what Mai's intentions were. Then again, it's always been obvious. Maybe Jou had been ignoring all the signs all along. Perhaps he had been refusing to listen to his friends' warnings and comments about it. And possibly, maybe his friends had been right all along.

He closed his eyes, leaning against the tree. It had been a good idea to come here. It was so peaceful, so private, and so quiet. No one could disturb him. All the little kids normally occupying this area were at school learning about the ABC's and all the high school students were at high school, like he should be.

He wished his world, his reality, his problems were as peaceful as this place was.

I really like it here…

His eyes were closed, his legs stretched out in front of him. Beside him lay a textbook but that was being ignored. A gentle breeze passed, waving and moving his hair wistfully. He looked so serene, so calm, yet his face was a look of pure sadness and troubled thoughts.

Even through Seto's mind, he had to admit, Jounouchi looked beautiful. Not cute. Not pretty. But beautiful.

Beautiful was a word that he never ever used. Sometimes, he used "cute" to describe children running around. On weird days, he would comment that the girl was "pretty" just to satisfy Mokuba whenever he pointed a "girl he could ask out" to him.

But never beautiful. Beautiful was a word he reserved for…

Jounouchi.

It was a word not to be used the wrong way or used to often. It was a special word to him, one that was the highest compliment an individual could give about another person's appearance. Beautiful was such a sophisticated word that shouldn't be used that often and should only be used for special occasions.

That's what he thought anyway.

Of course, he would rather eat slugs than to admit this so any live human being. Or dead human being. They would probably revive from the dead just to listen to him, tell everyone about it, and then die again. Yeah, that's probably what they would do.

Was it weird that Seto didn't trust anyone—not even the dead, who was no longer breathing or alive in this world? Not really. Seto didn't even trust a dog who lacked the abilities to talk.

Seto could not help but wonder why the blonde was here. He was not the type of person to skip half a day of school without there actually being an emergency like a relative dying. He was the person that normally tried to get perfect attendance. His idiotic friend Honda might be, or that ho Mai which she did every other day, but not Jou.

His footsteps must have made too much noise because in a second, Jou's beautiful state was gone, destroyed and shattered, and his eyes opened and saw him. His mouth opened in surprise. He threw him a confused look and asked, "Kaiba? What were you doing here?"

It was a good thing Seto wasn't sensitive of else he would feel insulted, judging the tone of voice he used. "I could ask you the same question," he answered back in that cool, smooth voice of his. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea after all.

Jou looked like he was going to reply, but Seto cut him off. "If you prefer," Seto offered in a neutral voice, "I'll leave." School was fine place to work, it's not like the teachers would dare bother him.

Seto took his silence as a yes and turned to walk away when he heard Jou speak up.

"No, I would really like it if you stayed."

Appalled, Seto turned around to see Jou smiling faintly at him, his eyes open and friendly. His natural instinct was to suspect that he wanted something from him, but staring in Jou's honey colored eyes, he relaxed. Something about Jou gave him a good feeling. Kind of like the feeling he got with Mokuba. You don't know why, but you just feel it anyway without any real reason.

Seto didn't get that feeling with that many people. Only Mokuba and maybe Jounouchi.

Seto almost smiled—almost, came really close—but not quite. He strolled over and took a seat next to Jou up against the tree. He paused and put his hand on the briefcase, but did not take his laptop out.

It was very and extremely rare, but Seto was feeling lazy.

"Don't want to work?"

Seto was startled by Jou's sudden attempt to hold a conversation. Seto was planning to ignore him, but Jou looked so darn happy, it was probably not a good idea.

Besides, it would be very rude if Seto did.

"I suppose."

Jou nodded understandably. "Why are you here?" he asked him in a casual tone, still trying to keep the flow going.

Seto scowled at the thought of his useless workers and decided to dock them twenty dollars to make them believe that they're not going to get fired and then fire them. That would help prolong their misery a little bit longer. "My employees at Kaiba Corp needed me, but changed their mind at the last minute. Going back to school would be pointless, due to the rush hour traffic."

"Must be stressful."

"Yes." Pause. "What were you doing here?"

"It's a long story."

"I have time. So do you actually. It's not as if we'll be leaving anytime soon."

Jou cast a curious look at Seto, a questioning smile crawled onto his face. "Never thought you would be interested in my pathetic life, Kaiba."

"I'm not. I'm just finding a way to procrastinate and to put off my work," Seto shot back, sounding as if he could care less about his life.

The corners of his lips started to twitch as if Jou was fighting back an even bigger grin. "A typical Kaiba answer. Why am I not surprised?"

Seto arched his eyebrow. "Still, you didn't answer my question as to why you are here."

Jou's eyes lost the happy glow that was shining just a second ago. They now looked troubled and disheartened.

"I was running away."

Seto's eyes flickered slightly in surprise, but did not speak. Jou took in a deep breath, held it in, and then let it go gradually.

Jou took his silence as his respond and continued on. "I just felt like… I needed to get out of there, out of the school, you know? I just… couldn't deal with it today."

Jou rest his head back on the tree, enjoying the breeze of wind. He watched the clouds dancing merrily in the sky, and smiled, enjoying the sight he was seeing.

"Why?"

Seto's voice snapped his attention back to him, forgetting about the sky and losing the smile. Why? What did he mean why? Why would he care? And why was Jou going to explain it to him?

"Because… I just realized that Mai didn't care."

Jou turned his head, trying to avoid Seto's reaction. He could avoid seeing the smirk and teasing smile on his face, but he did not know how to escape his sarcastic remarks. He did not expect Seto to care enough about it to be sympathetic about his problems. This was Seto after all, the most cold hearted person in all of Domino City.

Jou laughed weakly, thinking about the situation. Here he was, skipping school to hang out with Seto Kaiba, the person he had known about three years but had never said two words to him. Okay, maybe one, but no more. And he was confiding in him. Not Yugi, not Honda, not even Ryou, but Seto Kaiba.

"I'm… sorry to have told you that," Jou hurried to apologize, looking sheepish, "I don't know why I did, I'm sorry to had dumped my stupid problem onto you… I know you're busy and all…"

"What happened?"

Seto gave Jou what seemed to be like a face that wanted to listen and… that might understand. It wasn't a face you see on Seto Kaiba's face often. It was one of those rare and special face he gives Mokuba… the good ones that Jou imagined being looked at… the one that he wished he could see more often… the gentle side of him…

-TBC-

Fourth chapter done! Yay, yay! Seto and Jou moments! I'm so darn proud of myself, I did this all during math class while I was supposed to be paying attention! Oops, did I say that? Heh, ignore that Mr. Johnson! (Psh, like he'll actually come to my account)

Anyway… YAY, YAY! I updated… after what seemed like forever… (I know, I know, I'm a loser…) But I figured this story isn't all that important so I just thought I'll procrastinate a little bit… heh… the procrastinator… I am…

Review or else I'll send you all death glares through my computer. (glares)

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