Soltic – Hehe, I finished 'Fix You', hope you liked the ending, I thought it was appropriate to what I was trying to get at! Thanks for the review!

fallen-angel-of-repression – For starters, love the username, original. Secondly, I've set it after the animé but forgetting that the last episode ever happened. Plus Yugi and Yami are separate in this fic. The title, hehe, caused me some problems because I'm a bit picky when it comes to titles so it had to fit! Glad you like it so far. Thanks for the review!

Dragonlady222 – Thanks for the review, and all the ones you put on 'Fix You', hope you liked the ending and don't worry, once I start a story I finish it so I will be continuing!

PacketOfPocky – Another interesting username! Hehehe! Thankyou! Joey doesn't hate Yugi at the moment, has more of an issue with someone else, but through his actions, he will drive a wedge between Yugi and himself, thankyou for the review and glad to see you like it :)

Also thanks to Sushie Blu and Dark Magician Of Chaos!

On with the show…

warning – this chapter contains excessive swearing, if you're offended please don't read but i promise it does fit with the chapter! hehe.

also, any flashbacks are in italics, as usual.

Joey had been trudging around full of anger for three days solid, ignoring his friends, ignoring Danny and repressing any memory of anyone good such as Serenity. He knew full well that everyone was pissed off at him when he had no real reason to behave the way he was. He had returned to Domino, welcomed with open arms by his old friends, no questions asked. They had all accepted Danny as a part of his life and never pried into why he had brought Serenity's child back with him. They accepted what they saw, just the way Joey knew they would when he stepped off of the bus. He had been pleasantly surprised to see his old apartment still in top shape, the cleaners still doing their job despite the occupant leaving. He was also pleased to see that his business, a small downtown café, was also doing well. As soon as he graduated high school he used his savings to buy the lease for the café, the café he spent nearly every morning in and fell completely in love with. His friends didn't understand why he bought it as soon as he could, but supported him and helped out where necessary. Joey had a lot to be thankful for, in terms of his café, with him now being in a comfortable financial situation, nowhere like Seto Kaiba's standard, but good enough in Joey's eyes. But then he remembered why he had left, and why he had returned. Life hadn't been good to Joey in those years, throwing everything it could at him and then adding insult to injury on a number of occasions. He remembered clearly the day he left as he sat daydreaming on the couch.

"Damn fucking Pharaoh, fucking Egyptian couldn't keep his fucking pants on." He muttered under his breath as the memory came flooding back to him, almost as if when he said Pharaoh, it acted as a trigger.

"Please…Joey…you're wrong! I wouldn't…" Yami pleaded with him the best he could after being confronted.

"You're a fucking liar, Yami! I saw and heard everything! So don't go giving me any of your bullshit! I've had enough…I won't let you treat my best friend this way! He deserves better than you, he worked so damn hard to get you, you bastard, and this is your way of saying thanks. You're a prick, Yami, and I hope that whoever he is still wants you because when I tell Yug' he isn't gonna hold on to you for much longer. You're a fucking slut, man." Joey finished before waving Yami off and walking out of the Game Shop, feeling immensely guilty when he spotted Yugi heading home on his way out. If he had been a few minutes earlier he would've heard the whole thing.

But it turned out that he was wrong. All his warnings and sticking up for his friend went down the drain as soon as he told Yugi. He knew his friend was insecure and needed someone there for him, but he was there for him. He didn't need some no-good two-timing prick to be there for him! Joey was sure that Yami did love Yugi but not in the same way or nearly enough as Yugi loved him, because Yami did it again…and again…and again until he finally let Yugi out of his misery and left him two days before Joey returned.

"I know you're looking out for me, Joey, but I don't need it. Yami loves me…I…I just can't give him what he wants all the time. He loves me and yes, he makes mistakes but that is how a relationship strengthens…" Yugi started to say, but was cut short before he could finish.

"YUGI MOUTO! HE FUCKING CHEATED ON YOU! Yugi, he went and fucked someone who wasn't you, that isn't a relationship strengthening, that's a relationship cracking up. Yes, he loves you, anyone can see that, but that's not the point! Sometimes we have to give up the ones we love and look out for ourselves, you have to end it with him Yug' or he'll carry on doing it!" Joey tried, but he knew he had failed. Yugi was too infatuated with his partner to even consider leaving him, he always said right from day one that they would only split up when Yami wanted it. At the time it was endearing and sweet, but in the circumstances, it was sickening.

"You're overreacting, Joey. I know you've been hurt too, but I'm not leaving him and that's final. I'm sorry." Yugi whispered, looking down at the floor. Joey had seen him like this before, when he was back in high school. It was when Tristan and himself used to pick on him, make him feel like crap and then hurt him on top of that.

"I'm sorry too, Yug'. I can't sit and watch this happening around me. I had a feeling you would say this, I'm staying with Serenity for a while. I might come back, but I can't stand to sit here and do nothing. I've tried and failed. Call me when you come to your senses, buddy." Joey hugged his friend for the final time before going home, making a few phone calls and leaving Domino indefinitely.

It was heart-wrenching, Joey remembered. He hated leaving his best friend, someone like a brother to him, in this state in the care of someone who couldn't give a damn about him, but it was all he could do to stop himself killing Yami and the person Joey suspected him of cheating with. It made his blood boil to imagine the two together, two biggest enemies, a person he considered a friend and another, a sworn enemy. Well they could have each other, as far as Joey was concerned. He was glad that Yami had finally left Yugi, claiming he loved someone else, the person he had been caught three times cheating with. The person that no one had any idea as to who they could be, completely anonymous. The person that Joey Wheeler suspected was Seto Kaiba.

A/N – Ooh…what do you think? hides and cowers in fear. It's so weird, because I do not condone swearing in the slightest, I think it's disgusting and I hate it, yet when writing this it came naturally. Kinda scary really but an odd release. I feel so much better now I have it all off my chest hehe. Anyways, kinda short chapter but I'm tired and felt it was a good place to stop. Please review – good/bad. I honestly do value your opinions and take on board any constructive criticism if any is given! Thankyou. L. xx