Dogs Do The Silliest Things, by Dani Wheeler-Kaiba
Dedicated to the forces that first led me to watch Yu-Gi-Oh, and this chapter to Joey because he read this story and said he liked it and it didn't gross him out XD
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.
I just started doing rowing – which is HEAPS of fun, but a serious threat to my spare time. Therefore, I will have less time to write! I'm SO sorry! But the holidays are next week and I'll write every day of those two weeks, I promise.
Read, enjoy, and review! All you people who have reviewed so far, I will take this opportunity to remind you just how much you guys rock!
Ch. 12: Confessions Part 1
"It's…I…" Jou started, struggling to find the right words. "…we're together."
"Who?" said Honda, bewildered.
"I…me and – me and – "
"Kaiba?" finished Ryou knowingly. How was it that he always figured things out before anyone else? Jou inhaled deeply, and nodded.
Five jaws dropped. "No. No way," said Honda, his eyes wide with disbelief.
"Yeah."
"So you – you – " Yugi was also shocked beyond normal speech. "Him?"
Bakura and Marik were looking back at where Seto was in unconcealed disgust. Malik did the same, until something struck his mind to make him turn back to Jou.
"Last night…" he said slowly. "In the truth or thruth…when we asked what happened to make you find out you were gay…"
Bakura's head whipped around so quickly his neck cracked. He didn't care. "Holy shit, Jou, you said that you made out with a guy yesterday morning!"
Honda's horror was evident on his face. "No, Jou! You didn't! Not with Kaiba!"
Jou shut his eyes, ashamed of his friends' reactions. "Yeah."
His confession was met with silence. Silence. He had just told them the biggest secret he'd ever had, and none of them were speaking. Damnit, he hoped they'd be good about it. He couldn't stand being alienated by his friends.
The silence was minutes long, and nobody seemed to want to break it, but finally Yugi did. "Jou, tell us the whole story. Start from the beginning."
It didn't take long for Seto to say to Mokuba, "We're leaving." Mokuba didn't look surprised, just disappointed.
"I thought that you'd talk to your friends for a little longer."
"Those people are not my friends," Seto glared at the ground.
As they stepped into the waiting limo, Mokuba said, "But Jou was there."
Seto froze. "So?"
"Well…he's your friend."
"What makes you say that?" He hoped his apprehension couldn't be detected by his younger brother. Thankfully, it wasn't.
"It's obvious. You have nicknames for each other – "
"We insult each other. There's quite a difference."
"I don't think 'puppy' is much of an insult, Seto."
Seto opened his mouth to reply scathingly again, but this time, he found he had no comeback. Mokuba smiled.
"See Seto? You guys are friends. You just don't want to admit it."
Thank the gods Mokuba was still young. Otherwise he might have arrived at the truth. Luckily, he just continued speaking, but Seto was shocked now to hear a friendship speech emitting from his brother's mouth. A friendship speech! He made a mental note never to encourage Mokuba to befriend Anzu. The results could be fatal.
" – it's great you've got a friend, now you can make even more friends! It's so much healthier than being on your own all the time – "
Seto tried to shut out his brother's voice, but failed miserably.
" – and then maybe you could find yourself a girlfriend – "
What!
"What!" he voiced his thought loudly, staring at Mokuba with widened eyes. "What did you just say?"
If Seto yelled at someone, instinct would tell that person to run away, fast. But Mokuba was devoid of this instinct.
"You know," he said casually. "Now that you're okay with having friends, you can find a girlfriend as well!"
"I most certainly can not!"
"Why?"
"Because I run a company, and I have no time to waste doing pointless things like inviting girls over and kissing them!"
"You had time yesterday for Jou."
"That was an exception. I was – " Seto stopped, aghast. Had Mokuba just told him that he had time yesterday to invite Jou over and kiss him? How did he know? Had he seen it somehow? And now what was Seto supposed to say? 'I didn't invite him. But you're right, I did kiss him.' He would rather rot in hell. "It wasn't what you think," he said quickly.
Mokuba frowned. "Then what was it?"
"There was absolutely nothing in that kissing!"
…
…
"…what?"
Obviously enough, Seto had misinterpreted what Mokuba had said about having time yesterday. He had been referring to the inviting over part, and had disregarded the kissing part completely.
And Seto had just told him…Oh, shit, the brunette thought in horror. No, no, I didn't…
"You…you kissed Jou?"
Seto's brain chose that moment to pack up and go on vacation; leaving him unfortunately frozen, without any kind of response.
"But…why would you kiss another guy?"
Crap.
Beyond crap.
How did he get himself into this mess?
"Seto?"
What was he supposed to say?
"Tell me, Seto."
Could he? Could he really tell his brother the whole story?
"Tell me."
A sinking, horrible feeling in the pit of his stomach, Seto gathered up the strength to tell Mokuba everything. Well, maybe not everything – the scene in the kitchen yesterday could be excluded. He wasn't going to contaminate his brother's mind that much.
Avoiding all eye contact with the raven-haired boy, Seto began his story.
Oh, Mokuba, how this fanfic has polluted your mind…and don't tell me his reaction was unrealistic. He's, what, twelve? Come on! You think Seto gave him a birds and bees talk?
By the way, I'm not an Anzu-hater. I know a few people who could do with a good friendship speech sometimes. It's just been more convenient to leave her out for a while…she will return. But she's not a big part.
And Otogi? Trust me, he will appear!
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