Reality
Jou fingered his necklace in thought as he walked towards the usual cafe to meet Otogi and Ryou for lunch as he did every Saturday. But his mind was most definitely elsewhere on this particular Saturday. Specifically, it was on what had happened two days earlier. Jou was amazed that he hadn't told anybody yet. He supposed he was just in shock. The events of Thursday had been, well, shocking...
flashback
He hadn't wanted to go. Shizuka had made him though. Hell, she'd practically drug him there. But he'd had his reasons for not wanting to go to the Kaiba estate. Seto had said they "had to talk about something." Jou had been dead certain that after two years of going out, Seto wanted to break it off.
So, upon arriving, he'd been surprised to see Mokuba shove his elder brother through the entrance and then quickly shut and presumably lock (Seto had tried almost desperately to open it and escape, to no avail) the door behind him. After a few moments, Seto had given up on the door and turned to face Jou uneasily.
"Ah, Katsuya, um, what I wanted to talk to you about was..."
Seto trailed off, seemingly unsettled.
"Well?" Jou prompted, wanting it over with and ignoring the vague remembrance that anytime Seto called him 'Katsuya,' it was shortly followed by some form of an 'I love you.'
"Uh, r-right."
Seto cleared his throat.
"What I wanted to say was, well..."
The last part was said so quietly Jou couldn't hear what he'd said. But if Seto was this nervous, maybe he wasn't going to break off their relationship after all?
"What'd ya say?" he asked softly, wondering what was distressing Seto to the point of stuttering, however light.
"I said," and sapphire finally met honey brown, the voice a little firmer, steadier.
"Katsuya Jounouchi, will you marry me?"
end
Jou was amazed he hadn't fainted right then and there. He also had a sneaking suspicion that his little sister had known what was going on all along. He'd said yes, of course, albeit a bit weakly. He glanced down at the ring on his finger and grinned. Three years ago, no one could have guessed that this would happen. He and Seto had hated each other so much. Now, he couldn't wait to tell his friends the news. They were gonna freak. It almost didn't seem real, so much had changed, in such a relatively short amount of time.
But it was real. Katsuya Jounouchi was going to marry Seto Kaiba. He couldn't believe it. Finally, finally something was going his way. And it was something he'd never dreamed would happen. Forget the dreaming of it though. The ring was cool and smooth against his skin. It was happening, honestly and truly happening. For once in Jou's life, reality was better than his dreams.
owari
I don't like the ending, but I'll put it up for now, and see what you guys think. Might well be a follow up to this particular one.
Hikari-Aoi: Another update is here. Oh poor baby. Here. (hands popsicle) Put that on it and it'll feel a bit better.
hittocerebattosai: Always worried I'll spell your name wrong. Just yell at me if I do. Anyway, I thought Joey in a dress would be very cute. And I had to, just -had- to call him 'Josie.' Sunglasses huh? Well then, stare away!
Popsicles all around. Next time we shall have, umm..., I dunno. I'll think of something.