-pipes up- Hello...is it safe for me to come out? Or are you all still out for my head?
Readers: -glares, but are not holding any sharp objects-
Okay then...I guess it's safe... –crawls out of the hole- So, before I start this story...AH!
Seto: -attacks The Blonde Midget- WHAT THE HELL DID YOU PAIR JOU UP WITH OTOGI FOR!
Jou: O.o –in shock-
Ryuji: -smiiirks- Sounds like someone is jealous...
Seto: -let's go and blush- What? I don't care. Not at all. It was the readers who forced me to do that. As far as I care, you could go and screw each other senseless.
Jou: -sobs- Oh...-sobs again, and runs into a room, slamming the door-
Me: -glares at Seto- Oh, nice going.
Oh, I just have to add something. I know I use Jou's name kinda wrong here...his first name is Katsuya, and Jounouchi is his surname. But Kaiba still says Katsuya in my story, even though their not really friends or any of the like. And he will continue to call him Katsuya all the way through, because I like it better when Seto says Katsuya...it's so much cuter!
And another note...I HATE ANZU! ...if you didn't know that. And I hate Tea too...wait, they are the same persons, silly me. And, I wish to tell the ones who calls Anzu smart –glares at certain peoples- think again! I could tell you several things that proves it different, but I won't. Why? Because I don't have time, I want to get this story started.
And I promised a hug to the first to review...but the first to review didn't say who she wanted a hug from. So I'll give the hug to the person who reviewed next, and asked for the hug. And that is...
-drums- XxSexiItxX! And you wanted a hug from Ryou, so here he is!
Ryou: -gives XxSexiItxX a hug- Congratulations!
Bakura: You evil midget, I will kill you for making my hikari do this...-bares teeth and growl-
Err...anyway, let's get the story started. –backs away from the furious Bakura-
Disclaimer: I own nothing. Nada. Every word that equals nothing, I own of Yu-Gi-Oh. So don't sue me.
Pairings: Seto/Jou, and Ryuji/Jou. Nothing new...
Warnings: Same as last chapter, plus some OOC.
Okay then, lets get the story going, seeing that it is what you've been waiting for...
Chapter 13Homeroom
16:00
Normal POV.
The day passed quickly for both Jou and Seto, and was quite uneventful. Although, several rabid fangirls attacked Jou, screaming horrible curses of how he had 'stolen their man'.
Ryuji Otogi, that was.
But, luckily for Jou, almost all of the girls were quite stupid, and not so very hard to fool. All he needed to do was to jump into a classroom, and wait for the girls to run past. The only problem were with the chess-team, that was much smarter. But they were too weak to do any real damage to him anyways, and was easy to run away from. Thus, no harm was done to Jou.
Seto though, was quite annoyed. Almost all teachers had heard of his and Neosho's fight, and how the teacher had won (at least so they were told). So they all gave him small remarks on that. But that was something Seto fixed easy, by just giving them one of his fatal glares, that made them all sink deeper into their spinning chairs.
At four o'clock, both boys was sitting inside the homeroom again, not daring to look each other in the eye. The tension between them was terrible, and made them both feel nervous.
Jou was fidgeting in his seat, with the bouquet next to him on the floor. Once in a while, he glanced at Seto, and then back to his flowers. Those roses were so beautiful, but still made him feel like he wanted to cry, because they weren't from Seto.
Seto was sitting in his usual straight-up way, staring in front of him at nothing in particular. But, about every fifth second, he stole glances at the stunning blond next to him. Then he looked at the flowers, glaring nastily at them, wishing for them to go an burn in hell.
Just like the dust did when it flew into a lamp.
And Seto was currently holding back the urge to pounce on Jou, to ravish him to an inch of life. And Jou were having similar thoughts, about him pouncing Seto. But neither of the boys pounced (to the authoress great disappointment). No, they continued to sit in the horrible silence that was killing both of them slowly with its quietness.
Luckily, the teacher entered soon enough, with an angry scowl on his face. In his hands, he held one bucket with warm soap-water, cloths and two swabs.
"Here you go, boys." He said and slammed down the bucket on their desk. "Your task will be to clean up in here, every little inch of the floor. And, while you're at it, you can do the windows too."
Seto glared at the teacher, and then at the cloths. Oh, how he wanted to throw one of those wet and gooey things in that old mans face. It would have been priceless to see the look on his face...
"But, teach'!" Jou cried out helplessly, interrupting Seto's pleasant thoughts of how nicely the cloths would smash into the teachers face. "I've gotta be home by-"
"No excuses!" Mr. Neosho yelled and slammed his hand on the desk, making the boys wince. "Start cleaning right now..." He walked to the door, and looked back at them when he had opened the door.
"...and you better be done when I get back by six-thirty!" Mr. Neosho roared, and slammed the door behind him. (A/N: Yes, I know it is a bit late, but this teacher is cruel!)
It was very quiet inside the room for a few moments, before Seto sighed and got up. "We'd better get started. The sooner we start, the sooner we'll get done."
Jou nodded numbly, and also got up. Both boys grabbed one swab each, and started to clean the floor, under complete silence. It was hard work, seeing that the floors hadn't been cleaned since...
Hm...when was soap invented, again?
Anyway, dirt was rubbed into the floor so deep, that it dawned to the boys that the floors real colour hadn't been dirt-brown. It was actually blue...
Jou groaned quietly, when he had to rub even harder with the swab. The dirt seemed to stay put, even how hard he tried to rub it out. He stole a quick glance at the clock, and groaned once again when he realized that it already had been thirty minutes, and there were still dirt practically everywhere.
Damn those cheap people, not having any cleaners working in their school.
Honey-brown eyes hesitantly turned to the other boy in the room, watching him closely. Jou felt his heart jump when his gaze fell upon the CEO, who had his sleeves rolled up, showing the slightly pale, and unmarred skin of his arms. Then his gaze wandered to the other's face, and then shied away when he reached he cold eyes.
But he didn't look away for long. Only one minute later, Jou found his eyes wandering back to Seto, and his gorgeous form.
Seto, however, didn't notice the looks he was getting. No, he was too busy rubbing with his swab against one particularly stubborn spot on the floor. Damn, the spot was just as stubborn as himself! A groan of annoyance escaped Seto when he suddenly lost grip of the swab, and it fell onto the floor. He sighed, and then leaned over to pick it up.
Jou felt his heart jump up into his throat, and said throat went drier than the desert. The view he was graced with was not at all bad, it was actually a very nice picture. Unconsciously, the blonde's hands tightened around the shaft of his swab, his gaze not turning from Seto's backside for one second.
Damn those pants for being so tight, and Seto's ass for being so sexy!
Seto made another groan of annoyance, as he didn't get any grip of the swab, seeing that it was covered with soap, so be bent even further down, his ass rising higher...
It was in that moment, Jou's swab decided to brake. With one, loud snap, the wooden stick cracked in two, and splinters flew practically everywhere.
And one particularly small and evil splinter, probably related to Mr. Neosho, decided to get stuck in Jou's finger.
"OW!" Jou cried out, and dropped the remains of the poor broom, to grab his wounded finger. It was stinging horribly from the splinter. Oh the pain, the pain!
Seto turned with a jump at the sound of the wood braking and the cry of pain from Jou, thinking that something unexplainably horrifying had happened to his beloved puppy. The sight that met his eyes wasn't really that bad. No blood or spilling body-fluids. Though, Jou looked like he were in great pain, and was clutching his finger like it was his lifeline.
"What's the matter, puppy? Saw a scary cat?" He teased, and smirked as Jou growled at him.
"Shuddup, Kaiba! The fuckin' broom-thing broke, and...Gah! My finger hurts!" And Jou winced, when it started to sting even worse in his finger.
Seto frowned, and leaned his broom/swab against one of the desks. Then he walked up to Jou, and took his hands. "Let me have a look, pup."
Jou's cheeks flared, and he looked at Seto with dazed eyes as the taller boy took his wounded hand close to his eyes. The blue eyes were concentrating at his fingertips, looking for the splinter. But Jou barely felt it anymore.
All he could sense was how close the other were, and the warmth of his hands.
The moment was broken by Seto, who spoke softly. "You don't happen to have a pair of tweezers, Katsuya?"
Jou blushed, and glared at the other boy. "Of course not! Ya think I'm a fuckin' chick?"
When Seto only rose one eyebrow at his question, Jou glared at him even harder, and tried to pull back his hand. "Oh, ha, ha, Kaiba...yer a fuckin' riot..:"
But he soon found that Seto's grip on his hand wasn't budging. No, it became harder, and Seto kept his hand in front of his eyes. "Stop moving, Katsuya. I'll try to pull it out."
Jou looked at him with wide eyes. "Oh...okay..." Seto instructed the other boy to sit down on one of the unused desks, and then pulled out a chair to himself, to sit opposite the now blushing boy. Then he rolled up his sleeves, and took Jou's hurt hand again.
"Which finger is it in?" He asked, and looked at Jou.
"Index finger..." Jou mumbled, and forced back a blush. Gods, Seto's hands were so warm...
Seto nodded, and bent down over Jou's hand to get a better look. He squinted, and tried to locate the splinter, but it was a tough job, seeing that it was so small. And he still had to figure out how to get it out of Jou's finger...
Jou's mind, however, were far from thinking about the splinter. His whole mind was focused on Seto's warm breath that brushed against his fingers, ever so slightly. The soft puffs of air was making his skin tingle, and his cheeks to want to gain heat.
But Jou didn't let any unwanted heat go to his cheeks, seeing that the last thing he wanted to do was to blush in front of the CEO. He could get the wrong idea, and think that Jou might like him. And he didn't. Not at all. Not even the littlest, tiniest bit.
...he just...cared. A lot.
Then, Seto found the splinter. But, to his great disappointment, the splinter was so small that only a few millimetres of it stood outside of Jou's skin. He really needed a pair of tweezers to get that damn thing out. But, since he didn't have any tweezers with him, (yes, be shocked), he had to use the second best thing.
His nails.
For a boy, Seto had unusually long, and clean nails. It wasn't like he went to a pedicurist every Saturday at four pm to have them fixed. Not at all.
It was at Sundays.
"Be still now, Katsuya. I'm going to try to pull it out..." Seto mumbled, and leaned even closer to Jou's hand.
Jou stared as the warm breath were ghosting over his skin even more this time. It was so distracting, making him want to jump, scream or simply pulling in Seto for a kiss. That last part sounded so very tempting...
Seto grabbed the splinter between his index fingernail and thumbnail, and pulled it out in one, sharp tug. Jou, being unprepared, jumped with pain, and almost fell backwards, off the desk. He quickly closed his eyes, and prepared to hit the floor.
But instead, two hands grabbed his back and caught him before he could hit the floor. Slowly, Jou opened his eyes, to meet another pair of utterly beautiful eyes only a few inches from his own.
Now he felt that warm breath on his face instead...not at all unpleasant.
Seto looked down at Jou, and pulled him up to standing position, still with his hands on the other's back, and Jou's on his chest. They were so very close to each other, their breaths ghosting on the other's cheeks. Warmth spread in both boys bodies, though Seto looked unaffected and Jou blushed.
"...thanks." Jou finally managed, and blushed even more when their eyes met, and he found himself locked under the other's intense gaze.
Seto chuckled ever so softly, making the hair in Jou's neck rise, and shivers of delight run down his spine.
"Silly puppy..." The brunet mumbled softly, and his lips curved up in a small, but unmistakable smile.
It was now that the boys should have moved away from each other. Just pulled away and kept cleaning, pretending that nothing had happened. But they couldn't. It was like an invisible force kept them close, and held them spellbound.
The air between them was tense, and their breaths was starting to grow a little faster and unsteady. Blue eyes was piercing brown in a intense way. Jou could see that Seto's
usually cold eyes had softened and warmed slightly.
The brunet watched the other boy with undivided attention. His gaze fell upon his face. Long strands of hair covered the wonderful face, which Seto wanted to see more of. So, Seto decided to move said strands, to grace his eyes with Jou's beauty.
Seto's hand wandered up from the other's waist, and up to his face. His long fingers traced the soft skin of Jou's cheek, and he mused in how smooth it was. Like silk, but better. Much better. Silk had the tendency to be cold until warmed, but Jou's skin was warm and alive, and so utterly smooth. Then his hand wandered to the strands of hair around Jou's angelic face, and he brushed them to the side with his fingers and knuckles.
Jou gave a soft gasp at Seto's ministrations, but he didn't object or move away. He felt too good to do so. A small smile formed on Jou's lips, and he relaxed under the other's touch. He let the other boy touch his hair and face, enjoyed the way Seto's fingertips left tingling sensations after they had left his skin, only to come back one second later.
Jou felt his head grow heavy, and the world started to spin slightly. Jou's hands went immediately went to Seto's waist, seeing that it was the closest thing of support at the moment. He closed his eyes and sighed contently, and felt the fingers touch him lightly. The trailing fingers went down from his cheeks and started caressing his neck, still very softly. A strangled whimper escaped Jou, and he gripped even tighter on Seto's waist.
Seto felt Jou's fingers tighten around the fabric of his school jacket, and smiled. The blond was trying desperately to keep his knees from buckling under him. Seto's soft touches almost made him loose control of his body, and weakened his strength. It was almost like Seto dragged his power from him, like a leech sucked blood from an animal.
Seto's free hand, the one that was resting on Jou's waist, decided to go on a small exploration on the blonde's back. Softly, ever so softly, his hand made small movements on Jou's back, first outside the shirt, and then slightly on the small of his back, touching warm skin.
Feeling this, Jou tensed for a few seconds, but then relaxed again, and sighed. His fingers on Seto's jacket gripped harder, at the new sensations coursing through his body.
Another whimper escaped Jou, but it was only urging and slightly begging. It was begging for Seto never to stop, no matter what. Jou wished that the moment could last forever, and still wanted it to end. It felt too good, it couldn't be healthy to feel so good. But he still didn't object, he only made urging sounds now and then, making Seto's smile become softer, and more tender.
After a few minutes of almost complete silence and soft caresses, Jou's eyes started to wander up from the other's chest, and headed towards the CEO's face again. He wanted to see the other ones face, to gaze into those beautiful blue eyes, and get lost in them. Like a maze, but even more complex.
Slowly, oh so slowly, Jou lifted his head, and his gaze wandered from Seto's chin, to his cheeks and then finally to his eyes. When their eyes met, it felt like lightning between them, and they stopped moving completely for a few moments. They even stopped breathing, only gazing into the other's eyes.
Somehow, their faces was starting to grow closer, and their eyelids felt heavier. Their breaths mixed together, and soon it was only one small inch left between them. There, Seto stopped to watch the sight he was displayed.
Half-closed, dazed honey brown eyes, that glowed with passion, contentment, and...dared he say it; love? Long lashes graced flushed cheeks, and he could count every long lash. Then Seto's eyes travelled down to Jou's lips. Those soft, luxurious pillows, that he knew tasted like the finest chocolate. Slightly parted, inviting to a kiss...
Perfect.
Seto was just about to close the gap between them, when a loud roar was heard from not to far away.
"WHAT THE HELL!" Seto and Jou jumped apart in one millisecond, and snapped their heads in the direction of the shout. Jou's cheeks were red as tomato-sauce and Seto's carried a faint pink colour, almost invisible to the human eye.
Mr Neosho stood in the doorway, and he didn't look all too happy. Jou felt his heart stop for a second before racing off to a crazy speed. Had the teacher seen them? Had he seen the way Seto had touched him? Oh God, Jou would never survive the humiliation.
Seto's thoughts were almost the same. Though, he thought about how his reputation as a cold-ass bastard would survive this. If Mr Neosho had seen the way he had showed warmth and care for an other person, he might tell the other teachers, and then they would have found his weakness. And Seto Kaiba never wanted to show his weaknesses.
Both boys' thoughts were cut short when Mr Neosho entered and slammed the door forcefully behind him, a horrible scowl at his face. With a dangerously calm voice, he spoke. "I ask you two to clean the floor, a very simple task. And what do I find?" Before the boys could answer or explain themselves, he spoke again, with a roar;
"YOU TWO IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIGHT!"
Seto and Jou blinked in sync. The teacher though they were fighting? Both boys looked back into the position they had been in; Seto with one arm around Jou's waist, and one hand on his neck, and Jou with his hands on the other's waist, hands gripping tightly around the fabric. Sure, it might have looked like a fight...
Jou was still blushing darkly, the closeness they just had experienced fresh in mind. But he still managed to make an attempt to save his and Seto's faces.
Jou turned to Seto and glared. "I's his fault, teach'! He started it!" And that was true, Seto was the one that had started to touch him in those wonderful ways, and the one to lean into the kiss.
Seto blinked and looked confused for a few seconds, before understanding what Jou was doing. His usual scowl entered his face, and he glared back. "Like hell it was. You were the one who threw that swab on me." Neosho's gaze immediately turned to the broken swab, and frowned.
Jou made a face. Of course Seto had to use the swab to make his story more believable, and make Jou look like the bad guy. Damn, he shouldn't have picked a fight with Kaiba, he always found ways out of troubles, by just a flick of his wrist.
"Well, you were the one who insulted me first!"
"Pf, telling you that you are a dog is not an insult. It's the truth."
"Fer the last time, Kaiba; I'm no dog!" Jou growled, and took a step closer to the CEO. That was a bad move, seeing that Seto was taller, and therefore came into a quite intimidating position. Jou swallowed deeply, seeing the evil and plotting look is Seto's eyes.
"Oh? Well, you were whimpering like one earlier when we were...fighting." The brunet rose his eyebrow pointedly. Jou blinked when he understood what Seto was really implying.
The near-kiss experience.
A very faint blush emerged on his cheeks, and his legs felt wobbly. Only thinking about it made him feel weird in the pit of his stomach, and almost made him whimper again. But it wasn't only an unpleasant feeling. When he spoke, his voice was very weak.
"I...I weren't whimperin'! I was just...simply..." Jou hesitated. Then he muttered very lowly; "Urging you to end what ya started."
Seto blinked once, progressing that information. End what he had...the realization hit him hard, and he stared at Jou. But before he could ask Jou if he meant the thing Seto though he meant, Mr Neosho decided to interrupt them, once again.
"ENOUGH!" He yelled, his face red, and his eyes flaring. "I've had just about enough of your fighting, and-" Now, Seto was beyond annoyed. No one got away with interrupting him, and even less with interrupting him twice.
"Listen, Mr Neosho." Seto hissed, and took a step closer to the older, but still shorter, man. "I've had enough of you, and your little speeches. If you speak one more word, I will make sure you are fired before you know what hit you!"
Mr Neosho paled. "You...Mr Kaiba, are you threatening me!"
Seto smirked. "I believe I am."
Neosho glared at Seto. "Well, I do not budge for threats and blackmails..."
Seto pulled out a large pile of thousand dollar bills from, it appeared, thin air. "What about bribes?"
"...but I think that you two have had enough of a punishment for today." Mr Neosho said, and grabbed the money, and ran out of the classroom, madly cheering.
Jou stared at the brunet. "Whoa...how much money was it in there?"
Seto shrugged. "Enough."
Before Jou could ask how much enough was, the door was opened again. Both boys turned to see who it was that had disturbed them this time.
In the door stood Ryuji Otogi, looking quite confused. "Why did the teacher just run away whooping?" He asked, and scratched the back of his head.
Before either of the boys could answer, Ryuji walked up to Jou and took his hand. "Oh well, come on, Jou. Lets go somewhere, we have to celebrate our relationship." When he said the word 'relationship', he smirked at Seto. The CEO simply glared, and then he looked at Jou.
The blond looked very uncomfortable, but was still smiling at Ryuji. "Yeah, I guess...um...I guess I'll see ya around, Kaiba." Jou looked like he was about to say something more, but Ryuji dragged him away. "Come on, Jou! I have a surprise for you!" And with that, the two boys disappeared through the door.
Seto stood in the classroom for a while, and a sly smirk made it's way to his lips. "Yes, Jou. I'll see you again, very soon."
With that, Seto swept out of the door, and disappeared from the classroom.
Jou sat next to Ryuji in his expensive sport car, and smiled at him, and gave him an occasional laugh when he said something funny. But deep within, Jou couldn't help to think about Seto, the way he had looked at him, and how his touch had felt on his skin.
End Chapter!
Okay, so how was that? Okay? Did it end up well? Or should I be ashamed of myself?
Yay, Seto/Jou goodness in this chapter! Both Jou and Seto felt happy with being close to each other, and...and...AW THE KAWAIINESS!
And almost a kiss! Almost, as in, a few millimetres away...should I have made them kiss? Hm...
And I know, Seto was quite OOC...but hey, he's in love, remember? Love makes you do crazy things, believe one who knows...
Give me a review, preferably a long one, and I'll see what I can do for next chapter...;)