Author's Notes/Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. And here's an update finally! For some reason, Seto is easier to write the Joey…I hope I'm not butchering these characters though. If I am, please let me know. I want to be as accurate as I can with these two. In any case, here's chapter six! Enjoy. Also, from now on, there's going to be a lot of flower references and their meanings.

A Boy and His Dog

By LilyChan

Chapter Six

Up in the Hills

The first thing the sleepy brunet heard was his annoying alarm clock. Even though his internal clock woke him up, his body defied the clock on occasion. He straightened out his pajama top and his pants (even though they didn't need to…) as he rose from the comfortable bed. He opened the curtains and slightly winced at the oncoming sun; thus automatically planned to stay outside before the bell rang and to eat outside the dirty cafeteria yet again. He opened the window and walked onto the richly designed balcony. He just glanced at the garden that lay out before him.

There was a beautiful wave of orchids and daises. When Seto first laid eyes on them, he glared at the infuriating flowers. He knew what they meant. The gardener was a hopeless romantic. Seto should've fired her for it, but Mokuba convinced him that the flowers were needed. Then he realized that he'd been out staring at the garden for about approximately 10 minutes. He should've been done with his shower by then. Instead he'd been staring with longevity and idiocy. He gave the peaceful garden with a glare on his face and proceeded to go inside the mansion.

After Seto had buttoned up his school uniform, he headed towards Mokuba's room to see if the boy had taken the liberty to at least get some sleep. When he didn't see not even a pillow's lump, he headed straight to the guest room. Alas, Mokuba was asleep on one of the futons. Well, the one that was nearest to the window. He let out a breath of relief. At least Mokuba was getting some rest. He sat near the boy's head and watched him as he slept.

Mokuba still looked like a child, even for a growing teenager. Seto laughed slightly at the thought. He often wondered on what he would've been like if his parents didn't go on that trip. Would he be as cold-hearted as he is? Probably so. He'd find something to be bitter about. However, his watch started beeping, letting him know that he had better start getting to class. He rubbed the younger boy's head and then left the mansion. He knew the maid was probably just waking up to fix Mokuba his breakfast.

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Because he lived up in the hills, where the rich wouldn't dare to be tainted by the gruff, Seto had to leave quite early if he wanted to make it to the private school in time. When he had finally arrived, it was still a good while before it's time for the bell to ring. Although, a lot of the students had arrived and they were just hanging out in front of the building before it was time to go in. The brunet internally grimaced as he saw the Nerd Squad. He gave the group a glance (hoping that they didn't see him) just to see if they had planned to befriend him yet again.

He saw the midget talking to the annoying brunette girl, although she seemed to be a bit annoyed. Good, he thought as sat down at his spot at the tree. The annoying broad deserves it after all those speeches. Seto whipped out his book and started to read it. However he didn't expect to come back to earth when a certain voice rang out.

"Hey Yuug!"

His brow immediately burrowed as he recalled the past day's event. Well, it wasn't like he wanted to. It just happened. The annoying boy had bad memories tagged on him – and it was only the second day of school. He didn't want to dwell on the idiot. In fact, he had done so more then he'd like to. It wasn't like he was growing attached to the boy anyway.

However, he wanted to know what was going on. He could use this for his advantage after all in case they tried to befriend him yet again. He slightly glanced above his book to see the staggering blond reaching his waving friends. Seto wanted to puke at probably the most clichéd scene ever invented. Whoever did this atrocity should be shot.

In any case, the group quickly surrounded the boy as if he were someone worthy of their protection. Again, the sight was disgusting. Nevertheless, nothing interesting happened. He growled silently at them. How dare they waste his time! He started to read his book when he heard a nervous female's voice.

"U-Um, Mr. Kaiba?" she stuttered.

The brunet narrowed his eyes. It was too early in the school year for the sniveling girls to be confessing their love for them. However, the Nerd Squad had made him angry and he needed a way to channel his anger before it would get him in trouble with that asshole of a principal. He glanced over the book yet again to meet with the girl's eyes.

She blushed even more. "I-I know that you're busy…b-but I was wondering if you and I could… y-ya know…"

Seto placed the book in his lap with his thumb in between the pages. He was anxious to lash out at her. Besides, these females would usually get cheered up at the mere mention of shopping for useless objects or eating tubs of ice cream. Ugh.

"Out with it, girl." Seto stated as he started to get a headache. Her voice was shrill enough just talking to her friends. But when she's nervous? Not a pleasant sound.

This caused the girl to blush more as she gripped the hem of her obviously shortened skirt and tried to find the words as she stammered even more. Seto sighed. This was going to be a while.

"W-will you go out with me this weekend? Please say yes!"

Seto didn't miss a beat. He was so used to breaking girls' hearts; he really could careless on how mean he was to that particular girl.

"No. I wouldn't go out with you ever. I am not interested in any relationships. What part of that do you not understand?" as he rose to enter the school building. It was obvious that he was an easy target for all kinds of species he did not wish to interact with.

"Seto Kaiba, come back here!" yelled a different female as her friend bawled like a baby. Seto didn't change his stride. He ignored the yelling female as he headed towards the door to resume his book since it had been interrupted. Of course he knew that the rest of the student body stared at him. Nosey pricks.

However, before he entered the building, he heard a slap. He glanced behind him to see the blond rubbing his sore cheek and sneering at the girl as he walked back to his friends, obviously defeated.

For some reason, this brought a smile to the C.E.O.'s face. He opened the door and walked right in, hoping no one noticed him.

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Seto was into his book so much, for once, that he didn't realize that the annoying pests and hamburger joint workers had already entered the building. He blinked twice when he had found himself actually answering to Yuugi Motou.

Perhaps it was time to stop bringing this book to school. It was distracting him and making him stoop to their level.

"What did you say?" he muttered as he slammed his book to his desk. Apparently there was still some time before it was time for the bell to ring.

The small boy jumped and winced slightly.

"I-I said, how come you made that girl cry?"

Seto sighed heavily as if he had told that particular story over and over; which was true. Every time he would reject a girl, she'd cry, and then the Motou Midget confronted him about it. The brunet did not understand why anyone would care about her. She risked her feelings by putting them out in the open. She risked her emotional well-being and any future relations, heaven forbid, with Seto Kaiba; which wouldn't happen anyway.

"I don't know." He lied.

Yuugi sighed and left it at that. He knew that Seto will never tell the truth. He knew that Seto will never be open with anyone with his feelings.

Good riddance at that.

Seto was glad to be rid of him that easily, but at the same time, suspicious and shocked. The midget seemed disappointed even before he talked to him. He then realized that for once the midget hadn't been bugging him about friendship and whatnot that morning. Perhaps that blond befriending them was beneficial. It took attention away from Seto from them while he did nothing but only what stupid mongrels like him would do.

The billionaire chuckled at the thought when he saw the blond fool rub his cheek. He then realized he was trying to pick up the upset girl on the rebound. What a fool. He was glad that idiots like him aren't his type.

Well, okay, maybe totally not his type. Seto had a thing for blonds. That was the only reason why he was drawn to him in the first place. That was the only reason why he was worthy of having a response the other morning, despite him tricking the silly boy.

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The rest of the day went as it usually did. Although he had overheard a conversation passed by the females on how that mongrel tried to hit on that girl as if it was the most disgusting display ever. Then again, he couldn't blame them. However, he then concluded that they just needed something to complain about. They would never complain about him, though. Their parents worked for him and if Seto Kaiba could, they could be fired for mysterious reason…

Plus, they would devote themselves to him; joining the fan clubs and gave him special gifts or wearing something special on his birthday. At first he thought it was creepy, then flattered. Now he found them annoying. He wanted them to leave them alone. He didn't care that there was a new member in their club. He didn't care that they beat up some person who didn't like him. Most likely, he wouldn't like them anyway.

Soon lunch was around the corner, and for once, he was eager for it. But it wasn't that he was hungry; it was because it would give him time to read that book. It was so intriguing and he personally found it to be brilliant. The characters seemed like the kind he'd find in real life; complex and troubled persons who just happened to be at the same place at the same time. Their personalities were so opposite of each other, yet they clicked with each other so well.

Seto Kaiba was defiantly not one for silly romance novels, but the maid had it lying around while she was busy trying to get Mokuba to take a bath. The title had caught his interest. The art wasn't very tasteful, but once he opened the book to read the first chapter – he was hooked. He couldn't put it down. He had read it very well over five times already; each time as dramatic and surprising as the first read.

He took a bite out of his sandwich as he read the next line in his favorite novel when he heard a voice clear its throat yet again. He instantly recognized it as he already grown accustomed to it. He glanced up and glared at him yet again.

"What do you want?"

The blond had his arms crossed and he pouted and glared. To be honest, he looked like a puffer fish when he did it. Seto growled. The boy didn't respond. He wasn't going to ask again. So he just stared at him until it felt that the only thing they were exchanging were bolts of electricity. Though, probably not the kind Seto thought it was.

"What. Do. You. Want?" Seto repeated, forcibly. He didn't dare repeat himself to anyone. This mutt better had a damn good reason on giving him the silent treatment for so long. This mutt also better had a damn good reason on making the Great Seto Kaiba repeat himself.

"Why'd ya hurt that girl's feelin's?"

Oh, so that was it.

"Why do you care? She's a stranger to you."

"That ain't tha point!"

"Stop being a damn martyr. As you noticed, it didn't pay off. Now go away before you ruin my appetite even more."

The boy growled as he seemed to try and restrain himself from attacking the brunet.

"Ya didn't answer mah question!"

Seto just ignored him as he stood up, gathered his things, and moved to a different spot. The blond decided to chase him; for he wasn't satisfied.

The brunet decided to just enter the dreaded cafeteria and lose him in the crowd. But before he could make his escape, the infuriating blond blocked the door.

"Step aside, I don't feel like fighting some idiot."

"Not until ya tell me why ya hurt that girl's feelings!"

He narrowed his blue eyes. He truly was a fool. Seto realized that this one was different from Yuugi. Yuugi wouldn't pry too much – but this fool was. Though, he didn't want to play. He wanted to enjoy his book and to be left alone until he had to work. Was that hard to ask for?

"Because I'm not interested in females; I'm not interested in relationships. Not now, not ever. Now that you know, will you get the hell out of my way?" The taller man stated as he pushed the surprised blond aside and stormed inside.

What's so surprising anyway? It was evident that Seto Kaiba had no interest in relationships. Then again, the blond had only been at the school for two days – so he wouldn't know… because he's an oblivious idiot. Even someone like one of the members of the Nerd Squad (the one with a strange hairstyle) would notice that he had no interest in females, or anyone for that matter.

When he had entered the cafeteria, however, he was stopped by said member.

Oh. Great.

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Ending Notes: Wewt! Finally, I updated! XD I apologize for the wait. I'm brainstorming yet another Seto/Joey fanfic… But I'm going to have some assistance. So, that explains why I'm not as consistent with this as I used to be. In any case, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Please leave an encouraging review (stuff like "Continue!" isn't really all that encouraging… just leaves me saying WTF). I accept constructive criticism as well. And yes, I realize that I turned Kaiba into a romantic. … It was tempting, okay?