Dogs Do The Silliest Things, by Dani Wheeler-Kaiba
Dedicated to whatever forces led me to first watch Yu-Gi-Oh - and this chapter, to Robin's Lil Angel, because we have intertwined destinies...
Disclaimer: Much as I wish the world of Yu-Gi-Oh was mine, that will only ever be a wish. In other words, it's not mine. Unfortunately.
Summary: SetoxJou. That should say it all. What started as a usual day of hatred between Seto Kaiba and Katsuya Jounouchi was completely turned around. Maybe it was just a spur of the moment thing, or maybe it was something more. I don't know as much about Yu-Gi-Oh as I'd like to, so please forgive any little mistakes I make.
Ch. 5: Questions Raised
Jou didn't go back to class and wasn't seen until lunch. Seto, on the other hand, returned, even though he knew there was no way he could pay attention. He tried to occupy his mind with other issues, but he would have had to have been a robot not to think about how he was just kissed by his worst enemy. Where had that come from? He hadn't led Jou on or anything. And why didn't he pull away? Had he enjoyed it?
"No," he thought firmly. "I didn't. I'm not…like that."
He had no idea that Jou was gay. It was relatively common knowledge that the mutt was courted by half the girls in the school (the other half being Seto's witless followers, loathed him), and he'd dated most of them. Seto didn't even think Yugi and the rest of them knew that Jou swung that way. And yet, there could be no uncertainty – straight guys didn't kiss other guys when a convenient opportunity arose. Especially not their worst enemy, especially not the way Jou kissed him.
Did Jou perhaps…have a crush on him? No; it was a spontaneous kiss, but not a lustful kiss. There was only surprise on both parts. No real emotion involved. Seto had told the truth when he said it meant nothing. Neither he nor Jou had felt anything for each other. Damn.
Damn?
Did he want them to have felt something?
No. No. Assuredly not.
Or did he?
"So where were you, Jou? You can't have spent forty minutes being yelled at by the principal!" exclaimed Yugi at lunch.
"Yeah, well, I ran into Kaiba outside," said Jou. "You can guess what happened." But you'll never guess right, he added silently.
"I'll bet Kaiba left class just to give you a rough time," Honda said heatedly. "I hope you gave him what was coming to him."
"Uh, yeah, I think I did." Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge.
"He didn't look like he was in pain when he came back."
"Although he did look pretty distressed," Anzu said thoughtfully.
"Well, it was more fun to torture him mentally than physically." He wasn't exactly lying; he had tortured Kaiba mentally. It was as close to the truth as he was safe to say out loud. And speaking of the truth, there were a few questions he needed to ask himself.
One: Was he gay? No, one kiss with a guy doesn't make you gay. Especially when there have been a hundred kisses with girls before. He had never questioned his sexuality before, and he didn't think he needed to start now, just because of…what happened. But then he couldn't deny that kissing Kaiba had made him feel something that no girl had ever done. Wow. Maybe, maybe he was gay.
Two: Had either he or Kaiba felt something from the kiss? Well he already knew that he himself felt something, though he didn't know what. Kaiba hadn't given any real indications that he felt anything, except of course that he hadn't pulled away. Jou couldn't get past that. Why hadn't he pulled away?
An answer proposed itself to him, and he laughed out loud, causing him to choke on his sandwich. After Yugi patted him hard on the back, he calmed down a little, and actually considered his idea.
Kaiba, gay? The great Seto Kaiba? True, he never reciprocated the interest of his fan girls, but Jou always thought of him as some sort of affectionless robot. If he was gay, however, everything would make sense as well. And boy, would some girls be disappointed.
Three: Did he like Kaiba? As in, like Kaiba? Jou looked around at his friends quickly, then relaxed as he reminded himself that no one present could read his thoughts. Still, he had to be sure that there were no Millennium Eyes around. He didn't think he could like Kaiba – they were enemies, after all. Kaiba himself had said that the kiss meant nothing, so why should that have changed? But how can you go through that with someone and remain their enemy?
"Are you okay, Jou?" asked Yugi. "You seem really quiet today."
"I'm fine. Just thinkin'."
Honda snorted. "You, thinking?"
"Yeah." As a matter of fact, he was thinking very deeply. He wanted answers. Unfortunately he could only come up with more questions. So he had to go to the one person who could provide the answers he was looking for: Seto Kaiba.
Hahaha, I know exactly what's going to happen next…thank you to the wonderful reviewers, you guys rock!