Hello! Okay, I'm back again, new chapter that I know you've been waiting for! Mm-yes, cliff-hangers...

Err, anyway...

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Disclaimer: I own Yu-Gi-Oh! Buahahaha! –glances around at the angry lawyers- Alright, I was just joking... –sigh- I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, more then this plot.

Pairings: Seto/Jou and Otogi/Jou. Many more, but I don't want to write them all down, the lazy person I am.

Warnings: same as every chapter, and if any of it offended you, I don't think you would still be reading it. (Plus, Seto might be quite OOC. I blame the cold coffee...)

Okay, that's all I have to say, please review in the end of the chapter!

Chapter 10

Jou's apartment

23:34

Normal POV

The old door slammed, and Jou rushed in to his room, head bowed down and hair covering his face. In the same second he entered his room, he threw himself on the bed, and let out the breath he hadn't been aware that he held.

For a long time, the blonde just laid there , his head buried in his arms, breathing heavily. It sounded like he'd just sprinted several miles without pausing.

Slowly, honey brown eyes looked up towards the small window, letting the moon light it up. On his cheeks were still a deep blush that refused to go away.

"He...Kaiba kissed me..." Jou's blush darkened and he buried his face in his arms again, hoping to hide from everything. "Why did he do that, I mean he's my enemy, my arch enemy! He's supposed to hate me, damnit! Why does he always have to complicate things like this?"

Jou sat up and looked out over the city. Not that he saw more then a building, just as old as the one he lived in. His mind drifted off to Seto. Or, to Seto's lips.

The kiss had been so soft and tender, filled with emotion. But only a brush of lips, not anything more, leaving Jou to long for more. Jou had been in daze for a few seconds, under which Seto left without a single word. And that led him into new questions;

Why had the CEO left? Had he regretted the kiss? Had he enjoyed it? Had he hated it? Why did he kiss him in the first place? Seto hated Jou's guts, with a great passion!

...didn't he?

Jou sighed and fell backwards on the bed again, causing a loud squeak. He'd never felt so happy and miserable at the same time.

"Why..." He whispered, before drifting off into the wonderful world of sleep. Dreams of blue eyes and soft lips haunted him all that night.

Kaiba Mansion

9:47/Saturday/ 15 February

Normal POV

Seto stared down in his coffee, and stirred it around with his spoon. Though, his mind was far away from his coffee. It was a certain puppy that was on his mind.

Flashback

"Well, thanks fer walkin' me home, Kaiba. It was really nice. And I enjoyed your company at the dance, ya know..." Seto smiled and walked up close to Jou. He didn't stop until their chests almost touched, and still he felt too far away.

"I enjoyed the evening too, Katsuya. The company was excellent." Jou blushed and looked to the side, a grin on his lips. His hair fell over his face, covering his eyes messily. Seto decided to do something about that hair, seeing that he wanted to see Jou's gorgeous honey coloured eyes.

Seto frowned and with a soft hand brushed away the silken strands. Jou blushed even worse, and looked up slowly into soft, blue eyes. The brunette felt dazed, and his hand was still on Jou's cheek. The other's scent was wonderful, a mix of apples and something else that couldn't be described with words, and was the most intoxicant smell Seto had ever felt.

"You shouldn't hide your eyes, Katsuya. They are far too beautiful for that." He paused. Then added with an even softer voice. "Just as the rest of your face."

Seto didn't know why he'd said that, but he didn't regret it. It was the most truthful thing he'd ever said. Jou smiled softly, his eyes shimmering beautiful in the starlight. Did he know how beautiful he was in the soft light of the moon? Without even trying, he looked like an angel...

Seto stroke the soft cheek with tender care, and let the tips of his fingers trail the rest of Jou's face along with his eyes, to finally stop on Jou's lips.

Their eyes met.

Slowly, Seto bent down towards Jounouchi, his eyes drifting close the closer he got. His mind screamed to him to stop, but Seto couldn't. He wanted to taste those lips, to see if they were as soft as they looked...

Seto's lips brushed against Jou's in a chaste kiss.

End Flashback

Seto sighed, and closed his eyes tightly. Why on earth had he done that! Kissing Jounouchi, that was just a stupid idea! The blond was probably either laughing his head off at Seto's stupidity, or shivering in disgust, deadly afraid of seeing him again.

But the thing that was even more idiotic, was that he left immediately afterwards. Seto hadn't been brave enough to wait for the blonde's reaction. "I'm such a coward..." Seto thought to himself and growled lowly, when a picture of Jounouchi appeared in his mind, his eyes closed and lips slightly parted, begging to be kissed.

"Damn puppy..." He mumbled in a very soft voice, almost just mimicking the words out.

"Good morning, big brother!" Seto almost jumped high when he heard Mokuba's cheerful voice, but he hid his surprise perfectly. Being a businessman, he knew how to hide his feelings.

"Good morning, Mokuba." He said numbly and continued stirring his coffee.

Mokuba watched his brother in worry. The brunet seemed oblivious to the world around him. His eyes were quite dazed, and told Mokuba that he was deep in thought. The coffee was spilling over the edges on the cup, while Seto stirred it violently. Mokuba doubted that the black liquid was even warm anymore.

The raven haired boy sat down on a chair next to Seto, and leaned his chin in his hands. "Alright, spill. What's wrong, big brother?"

"I kissed a guy last night, and not just any guy; I kissed Jounouchi Katsuya. And I left immediately afterwards. Now I don't know what to do, got any tips?" Seto said inside his head very sarcastically. No, he didn't say that to Mokuba.

Instead, Seto took up a newspaper and opened it, pretending to read it carefully. "Eat your breakfast before it goes cold, Mokie."

Mokuba sighed, knowing that when his brother was in that kind of mood, he would never answer any question. So, Mokuba took some toast and covered/drowned it in strawberry jam. When he put it in his mouth, some jam fell down on the table, and some other ended up on his cheek and clothes. Seto looked up from the newspaper he pretended to be reading, and glared at Mokuba.

"Mokuba, that is unhealthy. And where are you manners, you eat just as messily as Joun- I mean, the mutt." Seto roared curses inside his head, and held up the newspaper higher over his face, covering his slightly pink cheeks.

You see, Seto Kaiba never blush to a red colour. No, he blush to a discrete and pink colour, but it was still very visible to someone who knew him well.

Mokuba's head shot up immediately. Joun-? Wait a minute... The corners of his mouth went upwards in a very evil smile. "Joun-, what? Did you mean Jounouchi? Why did you call him Jounouchi, big brother? You always call him mutt, puppy, dog and occasionally Katsuya. What happened? Tell me!"

Seto kept hiding behind the newspaper and pretended to read the article about... something.

"I didn't call him Jounouchi, Mokuba. I said the mutt." He turned the page of the paper. "And nothing happened."

Mokuba jumped up on his chair and pointed accusingly at Seto. "Liar! Something must have happened! You wouldn't have almost called him Jounouchi if nothing had happened. Big brother, tell me! I wanna know!"

"It's rude to point, Mokie." Seto mumbled behind the newspaper, trying to keep his calm and cold composure. Mokuba sighed deeply and threw up his hands.

"Don't change the subject, Seto! Tell me, I need to know, damnit!"

"No cursing, or I'll ground you."

Mokuba pouted and sat down again. It totally sucked to be the youngest. Ah well, he should eat breakfast. He took another sandwich and added jam, but not as much as last time. Still, it was enough to make Seto glare disapprovingly at the sandwich. And if the sandwich had been able to, it most certainly would have removed some of the sticky jam.

But, seeing that it couldn't, the jam remained on the sandwich, and Mokuba took a large bite of it. After having chewed and swallowed, Mokuba tried to start a conversation with his unfocused brother. So, he asked the first thing that came into his mind;

"Well...was it fun at the dance?" Seto snorted and shrugged.

"I guess." Mokuba nodded and took a bite of his sandwich. That meant that Seto at least had not been bored. Small talking with Seto was hard, seeing that you usually never got an answer longer then three words...

"Okay." Mokuba was quiet for a few seconds before he remembered something Seto had told him earlier.

"Big brother, you told me that you had to bring a date to the dance. So, who did you go with?"

That question had been nagging his mind for a long time. Or, a little less than two days. His brother hadn't told him, he had just left on Valentine with the words; 'I'm off to get my date.' Before Mokuba had been able to ask, Seto had left.

Seto stiffened for a second, and then muttered something that Mokuba didn't quite catch. He guessed it was the name of the person Seto had gone with. But since he hadn't heard anything more then a mumble, and highly doubted that the person's name was 'Mumble Mumble', he decided to ask again.

"What? Who, big brother, I didn't hear you!"

Seto blushed again behind the paper. Why did he end up with such a curious and smart little brother, and not a quiet and quite dumb?

"Jounouchi Katsuya." He mumbled and turned the page quickly, hoping that his brother would let go of the subject.

But of course the subject wouldn't be dropped, seeing it was a Kaiba we're speaking about. Mokuba grinned and looked at his brother. Not that he saw anything more than the back of his newspaper.

"Oh? Well, was it fun then?" Seto sighed and took a sip of his coffee, and grimaced at tasting the cold coffee. When had the coffee gone cold? "Probably twenty minutes ago, when you poured it up and then decided to leave it to get colder by itself." Oh, right.

"It wasn't unbearable."

Translated from Seto language; It was great!

Mokuba's menacing grin grew wider. "So, what did you do then?"

A flashback of Jou's eyes sliding shut right before their lips met came in front of Seto's eyes. But he pushed it away and shrugged.

"What do you normally do on a dance, Mokuba?" The raven haired boy sighed, knowing that he wouldn't get any details out of his brother. So, he decided to show his brother how aggravated it made him. He sighed in an annoyed fashion and threw his hands up.

"Gee, Seto! It's not like you guys kissed or something..." Seto choked on his cold coffee, and started to cough loudly. Mokuba blinked and stared at the older teen. Then he noticed the huge blush on Seto's cheeks.

Maybe Seto Kaiba never blush to a deep red colour, but when being very chocked and almost suffocated by cold coffee, it was an exception.

But, Mokuba doubted it all was because of the coughing.

Again, a large grin grew on Mokuba's face and he started to giggle. Seto had now recovered from his coughing fit, and glared at the giggling Mokuba. Though, before he could say anything, Mokuba spoke again.

"So, you kissed Jou, huh big brother?" Mokuba held his hand on front on his mouth in a pathetic attempt of hiding his laugh. Seto blushed even worse and dived in behind his newspaper. Another exception, mind you.

"No, damnit! I was simply in chock that you would suggest such a thing, me kissing that...that..."

"That cute, adorable and absolutely stunning blonde, known as Jounouchi Katsuya?" Mokuba suggested with an innocent smile on his lips. Seto nodded slowly behind his newspaper, not really listening to his brother's suggestion.

"Exactly..." Then his mind registered what Mokuba had said.

"What... wait a minute, no!" Mokuba now laughed so hard that he fell out of his chair. He was rolling on the floor, arms tight around his stomach.

"You...You did too! Oh my God, this is soo great, big brother! I always thought you two would make a cute couple!" Mokuba sat up on the floor and brushed away a few tears from his eyes.

Seto stared at Mokuba, blush back on his cheeks again, and put down the newspaper on the table. "What are you talking about! I don't even like him in that way, and he doesn't either! He hates me!" He paused. "And we wouldn't make a cute couple."

"Well, a very sexy couple then?"

"Mokuba..."

"Oh, get over it, Seto. I know you like him." Seto shook his head violently and lifted up the newspaper again, needing to calm down his nerves. "I. Do. Not." That's right, Seto, keep reading the nice article about wolves being shot is Sweden(1), and take your mind of Jou...

Mokuba looked at his brother with the trademark Kaiba-smirk. He had a very evil plane inside his evil and plotting brain. "Then just why do you keep a picture of him in your top drawer?"

Seto's eyes widened behind the paper. How the hell did Mokuba know he still had that picture, and where he kept it as well! The only way to know that would be to search through his drawers, and Mokuba wouldn't do such a thing...

...would he?

A voice in his head (that very much held the resemblance of Pegasus) answer his question.

"Why yes, yes he would, Kaiba-boy. Yes he would."

The realization hit him and he glared at Mokuba over the newspaper for a second, before hiding again. "Another week without games, Mokuba. For invading my private life. Now be quiet, and eat your breakfast."

"You're just acting like this because you know I'm right! If you didn't like Jounouchi, you wouldn't make such a fuss over this!" Mokuba cried out helplessly.

Seto turned the page of the newspaper and pretended that he didn't listen. Then Mokuba sat down again, and was quiet for a few minutes, plotting. Then he spoke again, with a very innocent voice.

"You know, the whole, I'm-not-bothered-and-I'll-just-read-this-newspaper thing, would be much more convincing, if you weren't holding the newspaper upside-down."

Seto cursed and turned the paper right, while Mokuba giggled and drowned his poor cereals in sugar.

The Game shop

12:15/Saturday

Normal POV

The gang (Yugi, Yami, Ryou, Bakura, Jou, Honda and Anzu-unfortunately-) was sitting around the counter of Yugi's game shop, talking about the dance.

Ryou was wearing very loose shoes, and still looked like he was in pain. Every time he walked, he winced and mumbled "My feet, my poor, poor feet..." Bakura looked moody, and just glared at the others when they asked how he had liked the dance.

Yugi sat in Yami's lap, and leaned against the taller ones chest, smiling happily. After the dance, they had gone home to watch a movie, seeing that neither of them were tired. At least, that was what they said they did.

'Watch a movie.' Pf...

And Honda looked really sour and pissed. The girl, Sophie, had dumped him, after understanding what a complete idiot he was. Just because he didn't know the capital of France or that the earth wasn't the centre of the universe... (A/N: Sorry. I do like Honda, but sometimes he's just...dumb.)

And Anzu? Well...She just sat on a chair, smiling brightly, sometimes shouting out random things, like 'Friendship!', 'We're the bestest, and bestest of friends' and 'Does this skirt make my ass look big?'.

And yes, the skirt did make her ass look big.

Jou wasn't really listening. He sat and looked out the window, with dreamy eyes, and a silly little smile on his lips. What was he thinking about? Should we maybe ask, who was he thinking about?

Oh, we all know it, but still. It is always fun to state the obvious.

He was thinking about Seto Kaiba. More specifically, the kiss he got from Seto Kaiba.

The soft touch of those lips were still there, burning him up inside, and he just couldn't make it go away. And Jou doubted that the feeling would ever go away if Seto didn't kiss him again...

"...and the music was great too. At least better then last year when we just had Elvis and Frank Sinatra." Yugi said happily, and smiled. Ryou nodded and smiled too. The conversation went on, now about the food. Oh, the so wonderful food!

Mm-yes, chocolate-chip cookies...

Yugi turned to Jou, and frowned. His blonde friend had hardly said anything at all during the whole time. Not even now that food was being discussed. He was just sitting there and looking out into the nothingness, his eyes quite dazed, and a silly smile grazing his lips.

"Err, Jou? What do you think?" Yugi said, trying to make him listen.

Jou blinked and jerked, snapping his head in Yugi's direction. His face contained one of the most confused expressions ever, like a puppy being woken from a very nice nap.

"Huh? Wha'?" Jou said, and blinked several times. Now, the whole gang turned to look at Jou. It was rare that he didn't listen. Well, except on the history lessons. And math lessons. And of course the English lessons...

Ahem, you get the point.

Yugi looked intensively at Jou. "Jou, is something wrong? You've been quite dazed for a while." Jou blushed slightly and shook his head. If the others just knew what he'd just been thinking about...

"No, nothin's wrong, Yug'." Jou sighed and leaned his head in his hands, with the dreamy look back in his eyes, "Nothin's wrong at all."

Now, this made Yugi interested. He remembered the times he was dazed like that. It was in the time he had a crush on Yami, and was daydreaming about him.

So, Jou had a crush, hm? On who...

/Yugi, isn't that obvious/ Yugi blinked as he heard Yami's voice in his head. The spirit sounded both amused and smirking. (A/N: And yes, you can sound smirking.)

((What do you mean? I haven't noticed anything.))

Yami chuckled through the mind link. /Oh, aibou. You're so oblivious. Haven't you noticed the way Kaiba and Jou are behaving around one another/

Yugi blinked and thought about it. Kaiba had been awfully nice to Jou lately, and had gone to the dance with him. The usual 'mutt' insult, had gone to the cuter nickname 'puppy' or 'pup'. And Jou hadn't said anything bad about Kaiba yet...

"So, how was it at the dance, Jou?" Yami suddenly asked. A very evil smirk appeared on his lips when he added; "Did Kaiba behave well?"

Jou jerked again and suddenly blushed to a very interesting shade of red. "Err... It was okay, I guess, Kaiba was quite..." Before he could say anything else, he was rudely interrupted by a loud shout;

"KAIBA!" Honda, Ryou and Bakura shouted and stared at Jou with mouth wide open. Jou looked at the floor, finding it very interesting.

"Y-You went to the dance with Kaiba?" Ryou stuttered, while Honda looked speechless and Bakura just smirked. Jou bent his head lower and swallowed, blonde bangs covering his eyes and brightly blushing cheeks.

"...yes..." He mumbled. It was quiet for a few seconds.

The calm before the storm as they say.

Bakura started to laugh uncontrollably, in quite a creepy and masochistic way, making

everyone feel a little uncomfortable. Well, not Ryou. He was used to it.

"Sooo, you and the priest is getting it on then? Now, that is interesting..." Jou blushed furiously, and shook his head.

"No! We jus'... well...went to the dance, nothin' else!"

But Bakura, being the evil and twisted man he was, decided to push the matter further. "Aw, come on, Jou! I saw the two of you walk towards your place. And your dad isn't home...I know how to add one with one..." Jou sighed, and rolled his eyes in annoyance.

"Alright, he walked me home, and we kissed outside my building door, but we sure as hell didn' do anythin'..." He cut himself short when he realized what he had just said. He had just told the others about the kiss...

Suddenly, the table became very interesting again, and he turned his gaze there, and started to draw patterns on the slick table.

Bakura's smirk grew even wider, and he started to chuckle. But before he could comment Jou's answer, his hikari started to speak, his skin even paler than it usually was.

"You kissed Kaiba?" Ryou asked with quite a weak voice. Jou shook his head, his face now an interesting hue of red. Imagine a tomato with a sunburn, and then paint it red. That was how Jou's face looked. (Minus the green blast on the top.)

"...no..." He mumbled. Even his ears were red now, out to the very tip of them.

"Liar!" Bakura shouted and pointed accusingly at Jou. "Tell us the truth, you petty human, or I shall send you to the shadow realm!" Jou looked up at Bakura and rose one eyebrow, before he sighed.

"I'm not lyin', Bakura! I didn' kiss Kaiba, alright!" Well, it was true. He hadn't kissed Kaiba really. It was the other boy who had leaned in, and brushed his soft and warm lips against his in a tender kiss...

No! He shouldn't think about it like that! Stupid Kaiba, sneaking into his mind like that...

All the other boys looked at him with doubtful eyes.

"Oh, of course you didn't. You're just blushing to the same colour as a tomato when we ask about it..." Ryou thought.

"Ha! If you didn't kiss Kaiba, I'm an old camel..." That would be Yami's thought.

"Jou! Why do you have to be gay, who'll I pick up girl with now!" Ah yes, poor, poor Honda.

"...FRIENDSHIP!" Yup, you guessed it, that was Anzu.

"Soo...I wonder if they use handcuffs? Or whips. No, wait a minute, this is Kaiba we're talking about. A leash and a muzzle, of course..." ...do I even have to tell you who's thoughts this were?

"I could take some pity in him, seeing I'm his best friend...Nah..." Yugi can be evil sometimes, hm?

"If you didn't, then why are you making such a fuss about it?" Yugi asked, and leaned his head to the side in a very innocent gesture.

"Oh, great. Even my best friend deserted me! No, make that my ex-best friend."

Jou growled and threw his hands in the air. "Because it's fuckin' insane! Why do ya think I'd kiss Kaiba, Kaiba of all people!"

"...because you have the hots for him?" Bakura suggested after a few minutes of silence. Jou blinked and fell out of his chair from the suggestion. But soon, he was up on the chair again, now looking furious.

"Gods, no! Ew, tha's gross, I mean it's...it's Kaiba we're talkin' about 'ere!" Jou's accent grew worse as he spoke, more aggravated by every word. The others just watched him in amusement while he spoke heatedly. Or, growled out his anger.

"...and I mean, I jus' couldn' have kissed him anyway, he's way too tall, and I can't reach up there! And another thing! I didn' kiss him..." Jou drew a deep breath, and blurted out;

"...he kissed me!"

Silence.

Oh, the utter and complete lack of sound.

Silence thick as pea soup.

...I don't like pea soup, so let's brake the silence in a calm and collected way.

"KAIBA KISSED YOU!" Yugi, Ryou and Honda shouted out, all of them with as big eyes as Yugi. Bakura and Yami just smirked evilly.

Jou fell out of his chair again from the force of the shout, and fell hard on the ground. "Ouch! Guys, did ya have to yell it out to the whole world!"

Yugi was shaking with giggles, and looked highly amused, and so did Ryou. Bakura and Yami simply smirked. Honda had fainted, and laid on the floor in one messy pile. And Anzu...just sat there, looking just as stupid as she always did.

"So...you guys are a couple now, eh?" Ryou asked, still looking amused. Before Jou could answer, Bakura decided to pipe in.

"About time, too."

Jou shook his head, still blushing slightly. "I don' think we are. I...I don' know really. He left before I could ask him anythin'..." Jou's voice trailed off, and he looked down on the floor, sitting with his legs crossed on said floor.

Yugi blinked. "Huh? He left? But...he kissed you, and then left?"

Jou nodded.

"Without a single word?" Ryou asked, also looking confused.

Jou nodded furiously, and glared at them. "Yes, damnit! How many times to I have ta tell ya before ya get it? Kaiba kissed me, and then left, without a word. He probably regretted tha' kiss, an' went home to clean his mouth wit' soap!" Jou was going to say something else, but instead closed his mouth, and looked on the floor again.

A sad look appeared on Jou's face, and he sighed deeply. Yugi decided to try to cheer him up. "Hey, cheer up, Jou! I mean, wasn't it Kaiba who kissed you? Then, he must like you, right?"

"Noooo... you don't really have to like someone in order to kiss them..." Bakura started, but got cut off by Ryou, who stabbed him between the ribs with his elbow. "Shut up, Bakura!" The small albino hissed, in a very dangerous voice, shutting Bakura up effectively.

"No, he's right." Jou mumbled. "Kaiba don' like me. It's sorta obvious, ya know. He calls me names, puts me down, and always tries to find ways to make my life miserable..." A soft sniffle came from Jou.

"...but I never thought he'd play wit' my heart like this."

The others watched Jou silently, waiting for him to say something more. But instead, Jou got up from the floor, and walked to the door. "I'll se ya guys in school, or somethin'..."

Before anyone could stop him, Jou walked out of Kame Game shop. The door closed behind Jou with a happy ping, not really fitting into the moody atmosphere in the room.

"I'm not wearing panties." Anzu suddenly said, with a bright smile on her lips.

End Chapter!

(1) I thing it's horrible that people shoot wolves, I like them! –growls and bares her teeth- I will kill all shooters of wolves...

Soo, how was that? Too short? D Anyways, I liked this chapter, it was fun to write. And don't we all love Mokuba? He's one evil, plotting little brother. I'm happy that I only have an older sister...

Err, anywho...Please review and tell me your thoughts! Long reviews makes me inspired, and when I'm inspired, I write a hell lot more... and update faster... Get the hint? ;) Anywho, please review and tell me your thoughts!