Hey there everyone and welcome back to the fourth chapter of my fic!!!! So I will first apologize if anyone is upset about the delay… I was stuck on reading fanfiction instead of working on mine. Sorry. ;

Disclaimer: Haven't we been though this already? I don't own it.

Chapter four: Handicapped

Joey slowly but surely crutched his was to Domino High School for the first day back, and he was already 10 minutes late. But he was less than a block away. So he was making good time. He had lied to Yugi that morning, saying that Tristan would pick him up and take him to school. Yugi has no choice but to accept Joey's statement. And with that Yugi had left with Yami, because he had an extra class he took in the mornings. When the close was clear, Joey made his way to school. He thought it wouldn't be so hard to crutch his way to school, but after a while he started to see that this cannot happen everyday. A person with a leg and a half can only take so much. Then there was the problem of how he would get around to classes. He thought about only using one crutch instead of the two he was using now, but then he would be unbalanced. Joey finally made it into the school and was on his way to the second floor where his locker was. He stopped and looked up the steps.

I hope I can make it up all them steps… The blond thought as he started to slowly pull himself up each step. One at a time. Meanwhile, a certain Brunette was on his way to class. (Hmm… I wonder who THAT is….). Seto had just come from an early meeting and was on his way to class. He hated dealing with those incompetent fools and now he had to go to school do deal with some more. So all in all, his day was just starting and it was already miserable. But unknown to him, it was about to get worse. Or better whichever was you look at it. Just as Kaiba reached the foot of the stairs, Joey's crutch missed the top of the final step making him fall backwards down the stairs. Kaiba looked up hearing a loud continuous noise, as he was knocked over. Seto fell to the ground and felt someone fall on top of him. Joey was in a daze as the angry CEO pushed him off. Seto knew by the shiny and bright golden blond hair who had just fallen on him. He was just about to insult him when he saw Joey was missing part of his left leg. Whatever words that were going to leave his mouth disappeared. " Wheeler?", was all the teen could come up with. Joey groaned when he saw that his crutched were halfway down the hallway. So he crawled towards the wall and tried to push and pull himself up to one leg. Seto watched this with a strange sense of pity on the blond puppy.

Whatever happened must have been…. Gruesome. The taller boy thought. Joey gave up on trying to get up and balance himself and sat on the floor in defeat, embarrassment and frustration. " What happened to your.. um.. leg." Seto was usually never uncomfortable but Joey's stub unnerved him. Joey told the other male the story about the trip and why his leg is the way it is. At the end of all this, Kaiba shook his head at the images of Joey flailing for help as a shark tried to take his life. It didn't set well with him.

But why should I care about Joey… wait a minute since when did I call him that?! I must be more tired than I thought. He watched as Joey tried to get up again, but still failing. But the mutt is obviously having a hard time… I can't leave him like this. I may be distant but I'm not heartless. Besides, the puppy hasn't done anything worth my insults. I guess I'll be… decent. But just this once.. Seto walked over and grabbed Joey's crutches and walked back over to the blond. " Here let me help, you'll never get to class otherwise." Seto said as he helped Joey on his feet and gave the boy his crutches. Joey blushed a light pinkish color. " Thanks." Kaiba curtly nodded. Seeing that no one was around, Seto helped Joey up the stairs and to his locker. "Thankfully, your locker is next to mine. That'll make it easier." Joey blinked in a cute state of confusion. Kaiba sighed. " Well, I am for the moment taking the responsibility of getting you around. " Joey's face turned red as his temper flared. " Look Kaiba, I'm glad ya helped me an' all but I am not a fuckin' handicap that needs special help. So let me be." He huffed. Kaiba shook his head at the stubborn boy. " Under medical terms, you are a handicap. And I can't stand to see you go around being helpless and shit." Kaiba blinked at his own words and Joey blushed again.

"Besides, I'd rather see you going around being the same loud, incredibly silly and aggravating person you were." He said covering up his previous statement. "I just don't want to be a burden on ya Kaiba." Kaiba smirked in amusement. "Don't think of it as a burden. I'm paying you back for the times you have babysat Mokuba." Joey smiled. "Alright, thank you. I mean it." It was true, whenever Kaiba would be away for a few days. Mokuba would request that Joey would babysit him. It was such a normal ritual that Joey was always there. Kaiba couldn't explain it, but having Joey around made things run smoother. Joey was always available and treated Mokuba like a brother. The two older boys even started to respect one another. But Kaiba didn't like being unsure about things. So he purposely got into a fight with the puppy, insulting his family life. Joey was deeply hurt ad he never returned to the Mansion after that. But Kaiba never found that sense of peace he thought he would get when Joey was gone. He started to have dreams about the boy. He found himself thinking about what Joey was doing. When school came around, Joey had stopped speaking to him and Kaiba was too stubborn to apologize. Joey would get angry when Kaiba insulted him but he wouldn't fight back like he used to.

Kaiba didn't like Joey ignoring him. Then the summer rolled around again and he found out that Joey was going on a cruise. So he didn't get to apologize. Now they're back in school again, and nothing has been resolved. But the way Joey is giving him these small smiles. He might have a chance.

End chapter 4.

BIG SHOUTOUT TO MY BFF'S LAUREN, CHRISSY, KELLY, AND KRISTEN I LOVE YA'LL.

Seto: -- Loser….

Joey; sitting on his lap

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