the second story by me, not a one-shot, but a long one
if any of you read 'fix you' i hope that you will read this one and enjoy it!
it is a seto and joey fic, as usual! can't bring myself to write a new couple yet!
if you are not in agreement with this type of fic, then please don't waste yours or my time reading it and please don't flame, although i could do with the heat
disclaimer – i don't own anything, as sad as that may be. go me!
on with the show…
certitude
joey returns to domino after three years away. but things have changed and he finds he's suddenly not so forgiving anymore…but when he's made a mistake will he be willing to accept it or will he stand his ground?
It's been three years, Joey thought sadly as he stepped off of the bus outside the Kame Game Shop. He looked up at it adoringly, hoping to surprise his best friend, Yugi Mouto. There was one problem with that though; he didn't want to see him. The person who had made him leave years ago. But at twenty-five he figured he was older and much more mature to return, even if he did have a plus one.
"C'mon scout!" he smiled at the small boy next to him, no older than eight. He had soft, brown hair with hints of red in it, just like Serenity, Joey thought happily, but also with sadness as he remembered the sister he had sacrificed so much for and missed with all his heart.
"I don't want t'walk anymore!" the little boy whined, looking up at Joey with a face he remembered all too well.
"We only just got off the bus, Danny! Oh…don't you dare! No! I told you not to look at me like that, it won't…damn." He gave in and picked the small boy up and sat him on his shoulders to give the boy the best view of the game shop. As the bus turned away, Joey turned slightly, only slightly, but enough to see the looming skyscraper. Kaiba Corporation. He paused for a moment deciding that the best thing to do would be to get inside, spend the day with his best friend, and forget everything. Just for a day.
"Joey!" A male voice shrieked like a girl through the people at the supermarket. Joey had only returned the previous day, glad to see that his apartment was still there, the only thing on his mind still was his friends. Were they still there? He turned around and sure as anything, there was his good friend Tristan Taylor running towards him before embracing him too tightly.
"It's good to see you! Where were you? Why did you go?" He asked, a huge grin splashed across his face. But before Joey could step in and answer, another male around his age came running over to them.
"Tris…do we need more lettuce? I can't make a…JOEY!" The other man yelled, dropping the shopping basket and jumped at the blond man. After the initial shock, Joey smirked.
"So…Tristan Taylor and Duke Devlin doing the groceries together…well I never…" he chuckled lightly.
"Yeah, well you know, who can resist him?" Duke smiled, moving his arms to circle lovingly around Tristan's waist while he rested the side of his head on his shoulder.
Joey grinned at the sight, he was happy for them. He always knew theta there was too much sexual tension pent up between those two for anything not to have happened. In fact, he believed that it would bring about the apocalypse if they hadn't.
"What brings you back, Joey? I thought you were set on a permanent leave?" Duke asked, moving to pick up his since discarded shopping, ignoring a sideways glare from Tristan. But nevertheless, Joey answered.
"I…err…it's really quite a long story." He admitted sadly, but before he could dwell, the arrival of a young boy with his Coco Pops arrived.
After a moment or two, Joey noticed Tristan acting strangely.
"Tris?" He said, waving his hand in front of his friend's face.
"Joey…woah…" Tristan said, staring straight at Danny.
But Joey ignored him, determined to avoid question time as he placed the cereal into the trolley and picked Danny up.
"Tristan, Duke, this is Danny. A nightmare but I love him all the same." Joey grinned, full of pride as he held the small boy tightly. It was then that he noticed Duke grinning like a maniac.
"And how old are you?" He asked, leaning towards the boy, smiling warmly, almost like a mother, Joey thought.
"I'm eight." He stated, bluntly but also with a pang of shyness.
"Joey…I…I…thought you were…erm…how?" It would seem that Tristan hadn't managed to get the last few words out. But Joey just stared at him, not nastily, but full of confusion. However, he didn't have long to think before Duke threw himself at him again.
"Ohh…I'm so happy for you! So, who's the lucky lady?" He asked, sounding very much like one himself.
"Err…Serenity." He said with a mis of sadness and confusion, assuming they meant Danny's mother.
"Eww! Joey that is so wrong!" Tristan declared, suddenly back to life as he took a few steps away from Joey. He was cringing with a look of horror on his face, pointing an accusing finger at his friend. That was when Joey got it and decided to set them straight. Second day back and he's already have false rumours running around about him.
"He's not mine, he's my nephew. Serenity's kid." He said, pointing at Danny as if trying to prove his innocence to his friends before him.
"Oh..well that makes a whole load of sense. She here with you too?" Tristan inquired, suddenly very relieved and wishing he had never thought of his friend in that way.
"No, not this time. Sorry man, but I have to go now. Promised Yug' I'd stop by today, seems yesterday wasn't so hot for him." Joey said, grabbing Danny's hand as a clear sign of leaving.
"Oh, well no, it wouldn't be. If you're stopping there today, don't be harsh on him, he…err…he's a bit upset as expected really. But hey! You'll never guess who's been through his side throughout all this? Only Seto Kaiba!" Tristan exclaimed, failing to notice the fact that Joey was now frozen, he didn't say anything or react in any other way.
'So Kaiba is acting as Yugi's shoulder to cry on over something I'm pretty cure I don't know about. That fucking bastard, he has no right! Not after what he did!' Joey fumed before storming to the tills and leaving faster than he had ever left a food store before.
A/N – So what do you think? Better than 'Fix You'? Loads worse? Good/Bad? What I really wanna know is if anyone thinks it's worth carrying on because even if only one person wants me to, I will. So on that note, please review – constructive criticism is welcome with open arms. L. xx
definition of 'certitude'
i put this here because when i was searching for a title i wasn't too sure i used the right word in the right context, but looked it up anyway. turns out there's 3 types of certitude, but this one seems to relate more to where i'm going with the idea, just in case anyone else was confused about the title…
Moral certitude is that with which judgments are formed concerning human character and conduct; for the laws of human nature are not quite universal, but subject to occasional exceptions. It is moral certitude which we generally attain in the conduct of life, concerning, for example, the friendship of others, the fidelity of a wife or a husband, the form of government under which we live, or the occurrence of certain historical events, such as the Protestant Reformation or the French Revolution. Though almost any detail in these events may be made a subject of dispute, especially when we enter the region of motives and try to trace cause and effect, and though almost any one of the witnesses may be shown to have made some mistake or misrepresentation, yet the occurrence of the events, taken in the mass, is certain.