I love Yu-Gi-Oh but Yu-Gi-Oh doesn't love me… oh well. Don't own it.

Valentine's Day is not a holiday for lovers, at least not for Seto.

Something Special, Love

A Day too Late

Finished: February 15, 2006

The door slammed. This time, Seto was able to save his file and turn off his monitor when Jou burst inside his office, days later after their fight on February the fifteenth, the day after Valentine's Day.

Seto wasn't sure to hate himself, be angry at himself, or be truly happy and glad that his boyfriend—if he still was, which Seto wasn't sure of at the moment—was here. One look at Jou's face and Seto automatically knew that this was not going to be the best meeting of the century.

"So, how was your day?" Seto asked politely, getting up from his chair. His voice conveyed no emotion, yet behind the mask was a raging war between he and himself. Though it didn't show, he was rather nervous and fidgety about seeing Jou. He had meant to go after Jou to apologize or try to make up for the lack of time spent with Jou days before, but somehow managed to get caught up in his work… again.

He really had planned to see Jou to try and make plans with him on Valentine's Day. He had scheduled to leave work early last night and wanted to head over on to Yugi's place since that is where Jou stayed after a major fight. However, at the last minute, his secretary rushed in, frantically, with some sort of rambling about how there was something wrong with the newest designs for the product and how there were six missing employees that he was scheduled to have a meeting regarding the designs.

Sadly to say, he never did make it out of Kaiba Corp until midnight. Even then, when he had collapsed on his bed, he had reached over and started to dial Jou's number, but to receive no answer, or rather a very angry answering machine that said, "Happy Valentine's Day everyone. I hope you're all having a good time because my so called 'boyfriend' just ditched me so I'm sitting in front of the television watching some sappy chick flicks. If I'm not answering, I'm probably with my new boyfriend—or girlfriend depending on how drunk I am—making out. Leave a message."

Though he knew that Jou didn't have a girlfriend over nor was he watching some sappy chick flicks, the message got through to him all the same and he felt rather disappointed in himself for not calling earlier when it was the appropriate time.

"Today or yesterday?" Jou responded coolly, his face just as neutral as Seto's. He turned his gaze away and walked over to Seto's large CD collection that was sorted alphabetically. He started looking through the collection, trying to look for something. As if suddenly remembering his manners, he glanced at Seto and said simply, "I left my CD here and Yugi wants to listen to it. I'll leave you alone, don't worry. I'm not here to bother you this time around."

Seto sighed as he watched Jou take out a CD, looking at the back to see the tracks. He had known that eventually Jou would come and see him to either make him feel guilty or to just argue some more. Normally, Jou waited for Seto to come looking for him after yet another fight about how much time Seto was spending in the office. Seto, however, waited too long to go see him and if Jou had to come by himself, Seto knew Jou wouldn't be happy or pleased in any way. "Jou, you don't bother me, this time or another. And I called you last night but you didn't pick up."

"Really? Hmm, that's weird," Jou murmured, placing the CD back in its case and taking another. "I guess it's because normal people either called, oh, I don't know, sometime when we are awake. How strange of me not to answer at one in the morning," he said sarcastically.

"Jou," Seto started, practically talking to Jou's back. "I called you on Monday, but Yami told me you were out working. And I tried to come see you last night, but I got held up at work again."

"I'm not surprised," Jou remarked, taking a CD and getting up. "Well, I better be on my way, you know, to give Yugi the CD and to meet my boyfriend—oh wait." Jou snapped his fingers and smiled almost sweetly at Seto. "My boyfriend doesn't want to invest any time with me. How silly of me to forget."

"Jou," Seto said again, tired of starting his sentences out this way. He rubbed his temples with his fingers, feeling a headache coming on. "It isn't about just Valentine's Day is it? Look, I'm sorry I said that I 'invest' time like you're an item, but you have to understand, this is the person you wanted to be with, you know? I'm still Seto Kaiba, workaholic of the century. That doesn't mean that I've forgotten the one that I'm with; that doesn't mean I had forgotten the love of my life."

Jou lost the sarcastic smile and replaced it with a wistful one. "It's not just that Seto," he spoke quietly. "I know that you are Seto Kaiba and I understand that you're busy. But lately, you've been so busy and—" He sighed and sat down on the couch. "I just thought that if I can just plan one day, just one, it would be enough and Valentine's Day! I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to do so… I guess I just assumed too much. I knew you didn't like the holiday."

Seto walked and sat down next to him, taking Jou's hand in his. When he talked, he started to speak, he spoke gently, in a loving tone. "I'm sorry. I didn't know you felt that way. And I'm truly sorry that I had to cancel our Valentine's Day. But honestly, I truly hate this holiday."

Jou looked up at Seto with his brown eyes and leaned to lay his head on Seto's shoulder. "Why?"

Seto started to pet Jou's hair with his free hand. "I don't need a holiday to prove to you that I love you. It's just another day that I'm in love with you—I don't need a specified date to celebrate my love for you. I already know that I'm in love with you and you already know that I'm in love with you. Why must we exploit it? Besides," he paused to kiss Jou on the forehead, "everyday is a cause for celebration because I'm the luckiest guy in the world to be with someone like you. We've got something special, something unique here. I hope you always remember that."

"Really? You mean it?"

"Really." Seto chuckled at Jou's happy expression. "You really did forget, didn't you?"

Jou leaned in and kissed Seto softly on the lips. "No," he whispered. "I just needed reassurance…and the reminder. I love you Seto."

"I love you, Katsuya—and I don't need a Valentine's Day to tell you."

-OWARI-

Sorry I'm a day late… my internet connection failed me so I'm doing this at the library.

Hope everyone had a (somewhat) decent "holiday" (note the quotes) and for all those with boyfriends, let it be known that I am extremely jealous and envious. Lucky.

Also, hope this wasn't too over-the-top.

As always, review since they can count as chocolates for me. XD

-lilrubydevil-