Hi my dear readers and reviewers!
Firstly, I want to say thanks to everyone that reviewed to last chapter! You are all so freaking wonderful, I love you heaps!
Spec thanks to Growing Pain, Nobody Girl and Marz, your reviews made my day! I mean, they were so long and nice to read! Constructive criticism is appreciated, and I love you so much! –hands out chocolate-chip cookies-
Sure there's alot more persons I want to thank, and many more reviews that made me go, 'aaaawww, thanks!', but I can't room you all. Thanks to you all! –gives out some more cookies-
And, someone asked if I write the poems in this story; Yes I do! They turned out quite good, I must say. I really love writing poems, they make me so...fuzzy inside –dreamy sigh-
And Gods, I am SO SORRY about the late updates! I mean, it took me ages! –sighs- I am very sorry. I'll try to update faster, but the plotbunnies is attacking me, and I needed to write on Bedtime Tears (on which I hadn't updated for even longer...). Ah well, I'll try to update faster, promise!
What more...I really don't know what to say now...so, lets get the story started!
Disclaimer: Even that I really wished that I did, I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Pairings: ...seriously, you've read 14 chapters, and don't know the pairings? Well, if any of you just recently caught amnesia; Ryuji/Jou, onesided sort of. Seto/Joy, two-sided sweetness, and other minor pairings. Yami's/Hikari's
Warnings: Same as usual; Boy/Boy love, slight swearing and Anzu bashing! Yes, ANZU BASHING! Don't like? Then don't read. ...wait, I don't think there is any Anzu bashing in this chapter actually...hm...well, it's good to have a warning anyway.
Yup, that's all I have to say! Onwards with the story, and I'll catch up with you on the end-notes!
Chapter 15
Schoolyard
16:00
Normal POV
"Jou! Hey, Jou! Wait up!"
The blond cursed softly, and stopped, hearing his friends call out for him. He had tried to get away from school before they could reach up with him, because he was certain that they would ask him things about Ryuji. And now, when he was so close to get away, they had to reach up with him.
Someone up there hated him.
Jou turned around, and smiled slightly to the others. It was Ryou and Yugi who ran towards him, with serious faces. "Hi, guys...whassup?" Jou said weakly when they reached up with him.
At the exact same time, Ryou and Yugi spoke. "Jou, we need to talk."
Jou sighed deeply, and turned around. "I don' want to talk right know, 'kay? I'm not in the mood..."
"Would you rather want us to go and get Bakura to make you come with us?" Ryou asked, and crossed his arms with a smug look on his face.
"...I just changed my mind! But...not here."
Yugi nodded, and both of the shorter boys grabbed Jou's hands, and dragged him towards the Centrum of Domino. "That's fine with us. Lets go to that café...you know, the one that Mrs Boundeu owns."
Jou wanted to protest, but found himself being dragged away before he could. For being so small guys, Ryou and Yugi sure was strong.
Before Jou knew it, they stood outside the doors of the café. Then he found himself dragged through the doors of the building, and pushed down by a table in a sofa with soft cushions. The Valentine stuff was gone, but the sofas still was quite small, and originally made for only two persons. But three persons could still fit in, if you pressed together.
Yugi and Ryou sat down opposite him in the other couch, and watched him intensively. Somehow, they reminded Jou of Mafia bosses that you see in movies. The only thing missing was the cigars and a small dog that they could have in their laps and pet while they spoke in their Italian dialects.
Jou gulped.
This didn't look good.
"Um, guys...you wanted to ask me somethin'?" Jou said uncertainly, and leaned back in the sofa, trying to relax.
The hikaris looked at each other, and Ryou nodded to Yugi. Yugi nodded back, and then turned to Jou. "Firstly; Have you and Ryuji had sex?"
Jou choked on thin air, and his eyes widened to the size of tea-plates. "W-What! Why in the burning hell and by the devil's furry ass do ya want to know tha'!"
Yugi shrugged. "It's interesting to know." To all of you that once thought that Yugi is innocent: Think again.
Jou blushed deeply, and looked down on the table. "Well, if ya really need to know, ya sneaky bastard; No! Ryuji and me haven't had sex."
Both Yugi and Ryou sighed deeply in relief. "Thank God for that." Ryou said with a smile. "I would never survive those mental images..."
Jou glared, but decided against saying anything. As they say in the police; Anything you say can be used against you.
Now, Ryou spoke again. "And now, to the question I asked you earlier today; Do you love Ryuji?"
Jou sighed. He knew that that question was bound to come up. He looked away, not wanting to look at the others when he spoke. They could be able to tell when he lied. "He's my boyfriend, ain't he?" That was a safe answer, not a yes or a no.
Yugi frowned. "That doesn't answer the question, Jou. We asked if you love Otogi, not if he's your boyfriend. 'Cause, believe us..." Yugi grinned. "...no one can have avoided the fact that you are together, seeing how you're clinging on each other."
Jou glared. "Hey, I'm not clinging! He's the one who's..." He paused. "...nevermind."
Yugi sighed. "Jou, why can't you tell us if you love him or not?"
Jou groaned irritated, and glared. Without being able to stop himself, he lashed out: "Fine, Yugi! You want an answer? Then, here ya go; No, I do not love him, I never have and probably never will! There, you satisfied now!" This, he said quite loud.
As in, screaming-on-the-top-of-your-lungs-loud.
The whole café went quiet, and people stared at him. Jou glared at them. "What are you all starin' at!" He snarled. That made everyone look away, and start chit-chatting as earlier.
Yugi and Ryou stared at Jou and then Ryou managed to speak. "Just as we thought..."
Yugi nodded. "I told you there was something wrong there..."
Jou stared at them with wide eyes when a realization suddenly hit him. "W-Wait a minute. You...you two have been talkin' about me and Ryuji!" Anger filled him, and he glared at the two boys across the table.
They suddenly looked very uncomfortable. "Err...a little, yes. But not anything major! I mean, we've just discussed things like how much time you two spend together, and why you and Ryuji are together when you went to the school-dance with Kaiba..." Yugi's voice faded with every sentence until he went completely quiet.
Jou felt seriously hurt and betrayed. Yugi and Ryou, two of his best friends ever, had been discussing his personal life behind his back. That was just something you didn't do! It made him angry, and he felt his blood boil.
Jou growled, and got up. "I can't believe this. You have been discussing my relationship behind my back like, like...some sort of gossip! I didn't think you'd do something like tha'! I thought you were my friends!"
"We are!" Ryou said desperately, and rose too. "Jou...please, we just...we're worried about you! You've changed so much during these last days...and not for the better. You've seemed so sad and uncomfortable...just...please sit down, Jou. We're really sorry, okay? We'll stop asking you about all of this."
Jou sighed deeply, and reluctantly sat down again. "Fine. It's okay. But...jus' don' go an' talk behind my back again like tha', okay? Just tell me to my face."
Both Ryou and Yugi nodded. "Sure, Jou!" They chorused.
The three boys now started to speak of other, not so serious things, as duel monsters, things that had happened in school, you know the stuff.
Then, Mrs Boundeu walked up to their table, with a big and welcoming smile on her lips, making her face more wrinkly than it already was. "Jou! It's been a while since your last visit!" She said with a happy voice.
Jou smiled back. "Yeah, it has. Sorry, Mrs Boundeu."
The old woman just waved her hand in a dismissing motion. "No, no, don't apologize, Jou. I guess you have been busy with your boyfriend...you know, the boy you brought over here on a date at Valentine?"
Jou blushed, and coughed a little. The other guys weren't supposed to know about that little episode. They weren't supposed to know about that date he had had with Seto at all, that really hadn't been a date, but that he wanted to think as a date.
Yugi and Ryou looked at Jou with interested looks. "What? You went here with Ryuji, Jou?" Yugi asked, and leaned his head to the side.
Before Jou could answer, Mrs Boundeu spoke up. "No, it was not a 'Ryuji'." She shook her head a little, and laughed lightly. "No, it was a brunet...a tall and handsome boy, with the bluest eyes I ever saw...hm, what was his name again?" She scratched the back of her head and looked thoughtful.
"Mrs Boundeu..." Jou tried to interrupt the woman before she would say something bad, but she waved a hand to silence him.
"Shush, Jou...I almost got it...Se...Sebastian? No..." Then her face lit up, and a triumphal smile reached her face. "Kaiba! Seto Kaiba, that was his name!"
In that moment, Jou almost died of humiliation.
Kaiba Corp
Seto yawned loudly, and looked at his watch. 16:26. Damn ,he had barely been at the work for a half hour, and he was already bored to death! Not to mention that he was unable to concentrate properly, seeing that a blond boy, who shall not be named, managed to sneak into his mind whenever he blinked, breathed or looked away from his laptop.
Seto sighed softly, and rose to walk over to the window, that covered half of his wall. There he stood and looked out over the city, the sun playing with his chestnut locks and blue eyes. The view was incredible, showing the large city in all it's glory. And, if you looked closely, you could even spot the forest in the edge of the town's stress and dirt.
But that was not what Seto saw. No, his eyes traveled down to the street below, and the people walking there. Did they all have somewhere to be? A place to come home to? Or did they just walk around there aimlessly?
Not that Seto cared about such trivial things. That was for people with empathy to trouble their petty minds with.
His gaze turned to a building, that was quite small but still caught his eye every time he looked out the window.
Mrs Boundeu's café. The place were he had had his first, and only, date with Jou. The school dance didn't count, that was just something they were forced to go to. And it was also on that place they had had their first intimate moment (excluding the small wrestling matches they used to have while fighting). The slow dance to 'When you say nothing at all.'
Somehow, that song had became one of his favourites...no, not the song (a cheesy love-song, hello?). The memories that arose with the song.
Seto watched the café for a few minutes more, and then turned around and sighed. That belonged to the past. Jou was together with that damned Otogi, and they didn't seem to have any problems in their relationship yet.
Something that Jou had said earlier that day then came back to him. "Oh, ya know...I'm surviving." A flash of sadness in the amber eyes that disappeared the next second.
Blue eyes slowly blinked. Maybe they weren't that happy...but they still was an item. And that, Seto couldn't change. At least not yet.
Seto sighed deeply again, and sat down in is chair. He should get working again. But, every time he tried, he got a sudden urge to drink coffee. And not just any coffee, no, the kind he had drank in Mrs Boundeu's café. It had a certain taste that just seemed to please Seto greatly. He just couldn't seem to find that coffee anywhere, even how hard he looked for it.
But, he was working. And he would not, under any circumstances leave the office to go and drink coffee on a café.
No.
No way.
Nu-uh.
Wasn't going to happen.
Not under any circumstances would he leave that office.
5 seconds later.
"Ms Naruto, I'm taking a brake, I'll be back in half an hour or so. Cancel all meetings and phone calls, and only call me in case of an emergency." Before the young secretary could answer, Seto was already out the door.
His long legs quickly brought him towards his destination. It only took him five minutes to get there, and his heart was thumping hard in his chest when he reached to the doors. And it was not because he had a really bad condition(on the contrary, he was very well trained.) No, he was a little nervous.
What would meet him when he walked in? Could it be possible that Jou was there? He had said that it was one of his favourite cafés after all...
Only one way to find out.
The brunet opened the door with a happy 'pling', and took a step into the café, when a loud voice happily said;
"Kaiba! Seto Kaiba, that was his name!"
Seto froze in mid-step as he was to enter the small café. What the...
"Mrs Boundeu!" A voice cried out. A voice that Seto could not mistake on.
Jou.
Seto looked to the direction of the voices, and then saw them. Jou sat by one of the tables, with Ryou and Yugi, and Mrs Boundeu was standing next to the table with a look of triumph on her wrinkly face. Jou, however, was blushing like mad, and Ryou and Yugi stared at the blond with astonished looks on their faces.
Seto rose one eyebrow. What could they have been talking about where his name was mentioned?
Only one way to find out.
Seto casually walked up to the table, and stopped just behind Jou. He leaned his arms comfortably against the back of the couch, and smirked. "I think I heard my name being mentioned. May I ask what that may have caused this?"
All four faces turned to him, with different reactions.
"Kaiba!" Yugi squeaked, and his eyes grew (if possible) even bigger than they already was.
"Heavens!" Ryou gasped out with his extremely British accent, one hand on his heart.
"Mr Kaiba, what a pleasant surprise!" Mrs Boundeu said with a happy grin on her face.
However, it was Jou's reaction that caught Seto's eye.
"S-Seto..." Jou whispered, a small blush staining his cheeks. His eyes were wide, and contained the confused expression of a puppy, just woken from a nap. Long strands of blond hair was covering his eyes messily, like always. God, he was beautiful...
And only two or three inches from his face...
"The one and only." Seto said with a smirk, seeming indifferent. But his heart was making summersaults in his chest. "So...what may you have been speaking about, while using my name?"
Mrs Boundeu was the one to answer. "Ah, I just explained to these two boys-" She gestured to Yugi and Ryou. "-of who Jou brought here as a date on Valentine." The old woman blinked to him, with a conspiring smile. "But, you should know everything about that, honey. You were there, weren't you?"
A very pale blush crept up to Seto's cheeks, and he coughed lightly. "Oh, that...yes, I remember that..."
Jou blushed even worse. "Err...yeah...the date-thingy..."
Yugi and Ryou glanced at each other, and started to snicker softly in their hands. "Kaiba,
'honey'?" Ryou mumbled just loud enough for the others to hear, and Yugi started to laugh even worse. Jou simply blushed deeper, and hid behind his long hair.
Seto's eyes narrowed, and he leaned over Jou's head, to glare straight at the amused, white-haired boy at the other end. "You said something, Ryou?" He hissed dangerously.
Ryou immediately stopped laughing, and shook his head violently. "Ehehehe...no, not at all...I didn't say a word, sorry I didn't...mean to...um..." His voice faded slowly, and he shrank back in his seat.
Seto smirked and pulled back again. "Thought so."
Mrs Boundeu now grabbed Seto's arm, and pushed him down into the sofa. "Sit down, Mr Kaiba, sit down! I will bring you my best coffee, and some cheesecake. God knows that you need some flesh to those bones..." Seto was about to protest, but the old lady put a finger to his lips. "Shush, shush...sit here with your little Jou, and I'll go and get your coffee." And she walked away, with a happy smile on her lips.
Silence followed for a long time, during which both Jou blushed at how close they sat to one an other and Seto looked like he wanted to run away. Ryou and Yugi noticed this, and smirked a little. "So...care to explain what Mrs Boundeu was talking about?" Yugi asked innocently.
"No!" Jou and Seto said in unison, and glanced quickly at each other.
"Already talking in unison..." Ryou sighed dreamily. "I thought it was only Yugi and Yami who did that..."
Jou glared. "Says the one who thinks Yami's hot..." He mumbled, just loud enough for the boys around the table to hear. Ryou blushed to a pale shade of pink, and coughed into his hand.
"Huh?" Yugi looked puzzled, and turned to Ryou. "What did Jou mean with that, Ryou? You think Yami is good-looking?"
"Um...n-no?" The tone of Ryou's voice was very lame and weak.
"Yes, you do!" Jou smirked. "Ya told me just earlier today!"
"Jou!" Ryou said with a whining voice. "You promised not to tell anyone..."
Jou grinned. "Yeah...guess I forgot abou' tha', huh?"
Here, Seto decided to add his two cents to the conversation. "Well, puppies are quite famous to forget things quite fast..." Seto smirked when Jou glared at him.
"Shuddup, ya jerk..." Jou glared even harder at the brunet, who only chuckled softly, and ruffled his hair a little.
Yugi was still staring at Ryou, who was still blushing. "Ryou, it's okay that you find Yami attractive, many people do, but..." He cleared his throat. "...does Bakura know about this?"
Ryou gave him a long look. "What do you think? Despite common belief, I am not stupid. Bakura is really, really, really possessive about things that are his" Ryou blushed at how that sounded, and continued with a desperate look on his face. "Imagine what Bakura would do if he knew!"
"If I knew what?" A growl said from very close.
Ryou squeaked, and turned his head to the side. "B-Bakura!"
And yes, standing next to Ryou, was indeed the former king of thieves; Bakura. And he was not alone. Behind him came Yami, with a big smile on his lips.
Jou smirked. Revenge for the major questioning was within his reach. "Oh, hi, Bakura! Hi, Yami! What a coincidence, we were just talkin' about you two!"
"Oh?" Said Yami, and looked at them. "What exactly were you talking about?"
Before Jou could speak, Ryou did. "Nothing!" He squeaked, and shook his head. "N-Nothing important anyways..." He glared pointedly at Jou. "...right, Jou?"
Jou grinned. "Oh, I think it was quite important...what do you think, Yug'?"
Yugi jerked, and looked from the blushing Ryou to the evilly grinning Jou. "Um...I...err...I have to go to the bathroom!" The shortest boy jumped out of his seat and ran towards the toilets.
Running from the whole thing was probably the smartest thing to do.
Yami stared at the place Yugi had been a second earlier, and then turned to Jou again. A look of complete confusion was on his face. "Jou, what on earth is going on? What were you three talking about?"
"Something concerning me?" Bakura asked, and sat down next to Ryou.
Ryou blushed brightly. "No!"
"Yes!" Jou said at the exact same time, and Jou smirked at the glaring Ryou.
"...okay..." Yami said slowly, and sat down next to Jou. Doing so, he unknowingly made Jou press closer to Seto.
A blush crept up to Jou's cheeks when he felt the cinnamon smell of Seto, blended with some sort of expensive cologne. And the blush grew worse when he also started to feel(and very much enjoy) the warmth of the other's body...
Yami now noticed Seto. His red eyes widened a little, and then he smiled. "Well, hello there, Kaiba. What are you doing here?" Yami glanced at Jou. "With Jou?"
Seto shrugged. "I think I'm having a coffee on a public café." Pause. "But I'm still not completely sure of how I ended up here, by this table."
Yami smirked a little, and looked at the blushing Jou. A fake look of concern entered in his face. "Oh my, is everything alright with you, Jou? You look...bothered."
The guys remaining by the table turned to look at Jou, who only blushed worse. "Um...err...it's very hot here, don't ya think?" He laughed nervously, and fanned himself with the menu on the table.
Ryou shook his head. "Not really, no..." He saw his chance of revenge, and smirked in a very Bakura-like way. "But, I'm not the one sitting pressed up against Kaiba...one would think that you were cold by the way you're snuggling up against him like that."
The red on Jou's cheeks now covered his whole face, all the way out to the tip of his ears. "I'm not snuggling up to anyone!" He squeaked, and coughed a little to rid himself of the high-pitched tone his voice got.
Seto now noticed how close they actually sat to each other; Jou almost sat in his lap. A very pale blush coloured his cheeks, and he scooted off a little. But he could only scoot about one inch away, so it didn't really make any difference.
Hn. Could just as well stay where he was then.
It wasn't that uncomfortable.
"Suuuure..." Ryou said, and winked to Jou. "And I'm Cleopatra..."
"You know, you actually remind me of her..." Bakura mumbled, and scanned Ryou's form. "Though, you are much prettier than her."
Ryou blinked, and stared at Bakura. "You...knew Cleopatra? The Cleopatra that was one of the most famous ladies in Egyptian culture!" A look of disbelief was to be seen on his face.
The former Thief of Kings nodded. "Why of course! She was my favourite victim!" Bakura looked very proud of himself. "I robbed her...wait, was it seventeen or eighteen times, pharaoh?" He turned to Yami with a pondering look on his face.
Yami glared at him. "It was twenty times, you idiot."
"Ah...I guess I just lost count...well, she was one rich ol' lady."
Silence fell over the table for a few seconds, but then Mrs Boundeu appeared again, a large tray balanced in her hands. It was a miracle that the old lady didn't drop anything; the tray looked way too heavy for such an old woman.
She put the tray on the table with a big smile. "Now, lets see...coffee and cheesecake for Mr Kaiba, and Coke for the rest of you! On the house, of course." And, before anyone could protest, Mrs Boundeu left again.
Seto glared at the cheesecake on the table. He seriously hated cheesecake. Why? Well, it could have something to do with the cheesecakes Mokuba had baked for a while ago...Seto almost got food-poisoning, and had to go to the hospital, where the doctor made a very uncomfortable stomach-pumping on him. Since that day, he decided to never eat cheesecake in his life.
Ever again.
And he planed to keep it that way.
But how to get rid of the cheesecake without Mrs Boundeu complaining on him?
Seto got a brilliant idea. He could be kind to Jou, and get rid of the cheesecake at the same time. He pushed the plate over to Jou so it stood in front of him. "Eat that, will you?" He said nonchalantly, and drank some of his coffee.
Jou stared at the cake, and then back to Seto. "What? But..."
"Just eat it." Seto growled, and glared at him. In his voice was the old 'don't say against me; you will be sorry'-tone that was patented by Seto Kaiba.
Of course, Jou started to eat the cake, but not before he mumbled; "Thanks."
Seto ignored the thank you, and sipped at his coffee. The musty taste of the coffee made him very calm and relaxed. He seriously loved this coffee. Maybe he could hire Mrs Boundeu as his private coffee-maker...
A very unpleasant image of himself being chased by the old woman through his mansion, her screaming for him to eat some cheesecake 'to get flesh on his bones', entered his mind. He shuddered. Maybe not such a great idea.
Ryou looked from Seto to Jou, and then looked at Yami. The ancient pharaoh was also watching the two boys who were sitting awfully close to each other. The fact that they didn't seem to make any attempt to move apart also made the scene quite interesting. And that they hadn't had any serious fight or argument yet was even more interesting...
Do we smell some affection growing?
"So..." Bakura suddenly spoke up, making everyone's gazes turn to him. "What were you all talking about earlier?"
Ryou choked on the cola he just drank, and coughed. "N-Nothing! Don't ask about it! It wasn't interesting!"
Jou smirked at Ryou. "Yeah, tha's convincing, Ryou." Then he turned to Bakura. "We were discussing you and Yami."
"...what about us?" Yami asked, unsure if he really wanted to know.
"Yeah, what about me and the baka-pharaoh?" Bakura growled, and smirked as Yami glared at him. (A/N: Baka Idiot)
"Who are you calling baka, tomb robber?" Yami rose.
"Hm...I think it was you! Fitting, wouldn't you agree?" Bakura also rose, so he wouldn't look inferior. Not that it mattered really if he stood or sat; he was still taller than Yami.
"Says the one who doesn't know how to spell his own name!" Yami growled to him.
Bakura snorted. "Who cares about spelling? I'm the sexier of us, right Ryou?" The former King of Thieves turned to his blushing hikari.
Before Ryou could speak, Jou did. "Well, you know what, Bakura? Just this day, Ryou mentioned that he found Yami to be, I quote; 'Hot'. Ah and I also think he said something about 'attractive' and 'good-looking'!" Jou smirked.
Bakura's eyes went wide as plates. "...he said what?"
Ryou glared at Jou. "I never said anything about Yami being hot! I just said he was quite attractive, and..." He stopped himself, and gulped.
Yami stared at Ryou, and then smirked at Bakura. "Hah! Even your own hikari admits that I am the superior one of us!"
Bakura seemed in too much shock to say anything. He just stared at Ryou, with hurt-looking eyes. "Ryou...is...this true?" Was all he managed to stutter out.
Ryou blushed deeply. "Bakura, can we talk about this at home?"
Bakura's eyes suddenly narrowed, and a scowl formed on his face. He suddenly turned to Yami, with a fierce glare. "Pharaoh, you, me. Outside. Now."
Yami blinked. "Huh?" His red eyes were filled with confusion, and his brow was raised.
With a growl, Bakura stepped out from the couch, and glared even harder at him. "We'll have a duel. Right now. The one who wins gets Ryou."
"WHAT!" Ryou cried out, and rose also. "B-Bakura, you can not be serious! Y-You can't duel about me! I love you, no one else, and-" Bakura glared at him, and he shut up.
Yami stared uncertainly at Bakura. "Bakura...I don't think this is the right way of approaching this matter..."
"Are you a chicken?" Bakura mocked. "And here I thought that a pharaoh was brave..."
Yami's eyes narrowed. "Fine. We'll duel. But don't come crying afterwards when I win!"
In that moment, Yugi came back. He thought that it would be safe to return at that moment.
But oh, was he mistaking. The sight he was met with made his already big eyes grow bigger than ever before.
Yami and Bakura were glaring at each other while shuffling their decks, Ryou was blushing, Jou looked quite guilty and astonished, and Seto was drinking his coffee with a bored gleam in his eyes.
"Um...have I missed something?" Yugi said uncertainly, and walked up to stand next to Yami.
Everyone's gaze turned to Yugi. Well, except Seto's. He was sipping his coffee with an uninterested look in his eyes, and was glancing at Jou once in a while.
Bakura growled. "Except that my boyfriend has a crush on your boyfriend? No, you haven't missed a shit!"
Ryou spoke with a weak voice. "I never said I had a crush on Yami..."
"Well, it's obvious!" Bakura yelled to him, glaring. Those yells and glares usually made Ryou shut up, and give in. But not this time.
Ryou's cheeks turned red again, but this time with anger. He rose too, glaring heatedly at Bakura. "Bakura, stop being such an idiot! I don't have a crush on Yami! What more do I have to say to make you believe me!"
The others was staring at them now. No one had ever heard the calm Ryou yell like that, especially not to Bakura. Ryou was the quiet and innocent of them all, and never raised his voice. Well, that was about to change.
Bakura glared back at Ryou. "You're calling me an idiot?"
Ryou glared back. "Yes, I am! And you are an idiot, Bakura, if you think that I don't love you!" Ryou's eyes filled with tears. "B-Because I do. I love you, Bakura. More than anything. And if you don't believe me then-" He sobbed. "-then it's your bad."
Bakura's eyes widened. "Ryou...you mean that?" His voice sounded hopeful, and very caring.
Ryou nodded furiously, his hair flying everywhere. "Yes!" He choked out. "I-I love you, Bakura. No matter what you may think, I do love you an-" Here, Ryou was interrupted. And how was he interrupted?
Well, it is kinda hard to speak when someone is kissing you into the next Thursday, wouldn't you agree?
Jou grinned at the show of affection. "Oy, get a room you two!" He yelled, and laughed.
Bakura surfaced, with a dizzy-looking Ryou in his arms. "You know what? I think we'll do just that." And with those parting words, Bakura lifted Ryou up bridal style, and carried him out the door. All the way out, you could hear Ryou shriek; "Let me down! I can walk by myself!"
Yugi and Yami looked after them for a while, before Yamis smirked. "What do you say about us two doing the same thing, aibou?" He rose one eyebrow seductively.
Yugi blushed. "Y-Yami! I-I don't..."
"I knew you would agree!" Yami said, and lifted Yugi up over his shoulder. Then he turned to Jou, and smirked to him. "I'll see you later, Jou. Have a good time, and don't do anything I wouldn't do!" He winked, and then walked off with Yugi on his shoulder.
Jou stared after them, and then slowly turned to Seto. He was still drinking his coffee, with a small, amused smirk. "This must be a new record for you." He said with a lopsided smirk.
Jou blinked. "Huh? What'dya mean?"
Seto put his now empty cup down on the table, and turned his gaze to Jou. "It only took you five minutes to get rid of your friends." He smirked. "I must ask; have you been practising?"
Jou glared at him, and turned away. "Ha, fuckin', ha, Kaiba. You're fuckin' hilarious."
Seto smirked even wider, and leaned close to his ear. "You know, I actually don't mind that we are alone..." His voice was low and very sensual.
Jou blushed deeply, and shuddered. But he didn't move away from the other. "Y-You don't?" He managed to stutter out.
"No..." Seto mumbled, his lips almost brushing against the other's ear when he spoke. "Because now, you can use that mouth of yours for better things than talking to those friends of yours."
Jou's eyes grew wide, and his cheeks flushed. What in the name of God did Seto mean with that! That sentence had more double meanings than a leopard had spots!
And yes, Seto Kaiba knew very well all of the double meanings his words contained. He wanted to see how far he could push Jou before the boy would die with embarrassment and sexual tension. Without making clear that he wanted to have him. It was a very fun and amusing game, really.
For about three minutes, Jou was left speechless, and his eyebrow twitched. After gathering the many pieces of his scattered mind, Jou managed to croak out; "W-Wha'dya wit' tha' mean...I mean, wha'dya mean...wit' tha'?"
Seto smirked and pointed to the plate on the table. "You can eat up the rest of that cheesecake before Mrs Boundeu comes along again." His voice was smug, and contained barely restrained amusement.
Jou's eyes widened even more, and he turned around to face Seto again. When their eyes met; Blue ones with amusement sparkling in the orbs, and Amber ones that was confused and quite surprised.
"...what?" He finally managed to say, with his voice low.
Seto rose one eyebrow at the tone in Jou's voice. "I said you could eat up the cheesecake..."
Jou's eyes narrowed. Here he got his hopes up, and his heart had started beating harder at the way Seto spoke to him. And for what? To get it thrown in is face like a cold cloth!
"Fuck you, Kaiba!" Jou screamed, and rose. "Eat yer own fuckin' cheesecake! I'm outta here!" And with that, Jou stomped out of the café. Around him, you could almost see stormy clouds of anger and hurt.
Seto stared after him, and then sighed deeply. "If I hadn't seen him in the changing-rooms, I would seriously think he was a woman on PMS..." Was the last words he mumbled before leaving the café.
After all, he had work to do.
End chapter!
Okay, one more chapter done! And boy, did this thing take long time to write! I must have had three or four writers block on this thing...
Anyways, I think there'll only be one or two more chapters, and maybe an epilogue, and then this story will be done.
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