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Pairings: Same ol', same ol'...if you can't remember, go back to last chapter and check!

Warnings: Boy/Boy love, and a tad bit Anzu bashing! (You might not find it; your loss!)

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Chapter 16

One week later...

Normal POV

Today was the day.

There was no going back now, today he would do the thing he had been thinking about doing for a long while now.

Jou looked up on the old-looking ceiling, following the many cracks that ran over the once smooth surface with his gaze. The clock was only 6:30 am, and he had barely got any sleep the last night. He had been thinking for a long while, about a week, about what he should do...

...what he should do about him and Ryuji. The relationship wasn't leading anywhere. Jou had given it alot of his time, and thoughts, in hope of starting to feel something more for Ryuji. Something more than friendship, and care. But...the spark was never really there.

And Jou was certain that the spark never would be there. The longer he waited, the longer he would be unhappy. And he would make Ryuji unhappy too, by lying to him about his feelings. He didn't want to hurt Ryuji; Maybe he didn't love him, but he still cared.

Jou shifted uncomfortably on the bed.

And then, there was the matter of Seto Kaiba. His feelings for the young CEO were still confusing him, but he knew that there was definitely something there. Something he wouldn't mind trying out. And Seto didn't seem to have anything against it either...

Jou rose from the bed, and started to get dressed. He had made his decision last night. It hadn't been an easy one, but he had made it.

Today, he would brake up with Ryuji.

School

8:00

Normal POV

Jou drew a deep breath as Ryuji entered the classroom. His heart made a painful twitch when he saw how happy Ryuji looked when their gazes met. Soon, that happy look would change...

"Hi, Jou!" Ryuji called out, and kissed his cheek softly. Jou shivered when the pair of warm lips met his cheek, and he suddenly hesitated. Maybe...if he gave it more time...

He shook his head mentally, and gave himself a small smack on his brain. Not those thoughts. He had to do it today, or else he would never dare to do it, and then they would both be unhappy.

"Jou, is everything alright?" Ryuji asked carefully, and sat down next to him. "You look...sad."

Jou drew a deep breath, and looked Ryuji straight in the eye. "I'm fine, Ryuji...but...I need to talk to you about something."

Ryuji nodded, and smiled. "I need to tell you something too...can we take it on lunch-hour?" He cleared his throat. "It's quite complicated."

Jou blinked, and then nodded. "Sure. Lets do tha'...noon by the regular table?"

The dice-master smirked. "You bet."

Art

10:00

Normal POV

"You're doing it today?" Yugi whispered to Jou as they worked on their portrays of each other. The small boy was sitting completely still in front of Jou, waiting for him to finish their project.

Jou slowly moved the pencil over his drawing-block, concentrating on the painting before answering just as low. "Yeah...I hope tha' he'll be alright..." He cursed softly as he made a small mistake, and had to erase some of the painting. "You know I don't wanna hurt him, Yug'."

Yugi nodded slightly, and sighed. "But it's for the best. For both of you."

Jou nodded. "Yeah...I guess so." He finished the drawing, and sighed. Only one more class after this one, and then he would meet up with Ryuji and brake up with him. Would he be able to go through with it?

Yes. He would.

He had to.

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After Art, Jou and Yugi walked towards their lockers, talking about everything and nothing. Then Jou noticed something that had failed to progress in his mind earlier...

"Yug', where's Ryou today? I haven't seen him for the whole day."

Yugi blinked and then grinned. "Oh Ryou..." The small duellist giggled, and covered his mouth with his hand. "He called me this morning and said he couldn't come to school today." Pause. "He mentioned something about a 'walking issue.'"

The two boys' gazes met, and they both smirked knowingly to each other. "Poor Ryou...we almost should tell Bakura to take it easy wit' him. At least on schooldays." Jou said, and opened his locker. (Still neat after almost a month; A new record for Jou!)

Yugi nodded, and looked at his watch. "Yeah, maybe. Though I doubt that Bakura would care..." His eyes widened. "Oh! I have class in ten minutes, in the other side of the school! I have to go and get my books, Jou. But I'll see you later." He paused. "After lunch?"

Jou tensed, and then nodded. "Yeah...see ya in Math's after lunch, Yug'." He grinned weakly to his short friend. "Don' worry, pal. It'll be fine. Go, you'll be late."

Yugi looked like he was about to protest, but then turned away to run towards his locker. "Okay! See you later, Jou! And, good luck!"

"Yeah, I'll need it..." Jou mumbled, and closed his locker.

Seeing that Jou was in no hurry, he walked slowly towards his next lesson; Biology. One of his 'favourite' subjects. Oh, how he loved to dissect frogs and octopuses, and write up what kind of fluids that came from their spleens...

It was indeed hilarious.

Jou's thoughts on how utterly fun and interesting the subject of Biology, aka cutting-slimy-things-open, was, ended when Jou crashed into something, face first. Or more like, crashed into someone.

"Hey! Watch where ya're goin', ya..." Jou started, and then interrupted himself when he saw who he had bumped into.

Seto.

The brunet watched him with those blue eyes, that seemed to sparkle with amusement. And he wore, as usual, that oh-so-smug smirk that was a patent of Seto Kaiba. "Blind like a newborn puppy..."

Jou glared and huffed, a small blush creeping up his cheeks. "I am no puppy, Seto. Ya're named after a fuckin' seahorse(1), so ya shouldn' say anythin'!"

Now it was the CEO's turn to glare; one of his 'you'd better hide-in-a-corner-if-you-want-to-live'-glares. "I have no assemblies with a seahorse."

Jou smirked up at him. "Yes, ya do. Seahorses are brown; and so is your hair. And, one more thing; The male seahorses takes care of the babies. Does the name 'Mokuba' ring any bells, Mr. Seahorse?"

Seto leaned down to his level, and glared him straight in the eye. "You better watch your back, Katsuya. No one insults me and gets away with it. No one. I will get you for that." He leaned closer to him, and whispered softly in his ear. "And I will get you bad." Then he pulled away again, and walked past Jou, brushing their shoulders together.

Jou was stunned, and could simply stand and blink for a few seconds. Then he turned around just in time to see Seto walk around a corner. The blond huffed, and stuck out his tongue in a childish fashion in the direction that the CEO had disappeared. "Meh. Baka-seahorse..." Though, the words weren't said with that much anger.

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Seto smirked to himself while walking through the crowded corridors (He didn't have to push his way through; everyone else moved out of his way. Naturally.). His day had been quite boring for a start; no work to deal with, no homework to finish, and (luckily) no irritating fangirls to deal with. A.k.a; brake their hearts and petty little dreams.

Then he had a very boring first lesson, with Mr Neosho. The old geezer was just as annoying and irritating as always, and the lesson was just as easy as it always was. Mr Neosho tried to catch him at not listening again by asking him a question that the class had never gone through before. But Seto simply smirked, and answered it easily. He even ended his answer with an almost polite 'anything else, sir?'

Smug? No...

At that, Mr Neosho simply grumbled something about 'too smart for his own good', before going back to the lesson. Feh. There was no such thing as too smart. No one (with himself as the only exception), was that smart that they could be considered something even close as too

smart.

After that waste-of-time-lesson, he had gone to get his books from his locker. In it, he found some late Valentine-cards. Those, he threw away without even looking at. If he always threw away cards and the like, why would he make an exception, right? And for late ones? Wouldn't think so.

And then, on his way to Chemistry, he ran into Jou. With a blink of an eye, the day had turned a little bit better. The blond boy seemed to have a cheering effect on him.

...'cheering?'. Seto was never 'cheery'. It wasn't his thing to be all...happy and giddy. But still, that was what Jou made him become. Though, he hid it well under his icy exterior.

Seto stopped to check the note board, to see if it said anything about any upcoming dances or any other special arrangements that the school would put up. Just to make sure that he would be able to avoid them with meetings. Fortunately, no notes about such activities were found. But he found several notes about other...'interesting' things.

"Chess club meeting, can it be more lame?

"Cheerleader tryouts –shudder- girls in short skirts jumping around doing cheers with helium voices..."

"Football practise -snort- brainless guys destroying the last of their brain cells that they can't afford to loose..."

"Alien-busters-club...naive fools..."

"Jelly-Lovers, unite? I don't even want to know..."

"M-Mr Kaiba, sir?" A shaky voice suddenly said from beside him, and pulled slightly on his sleeve. Seto looked down to glare icily at the poor person that dared to interrupt his thoughts, and intrude on his personal space by pulling on his sleeve.

It was a young girl who was looking up at him with a very nervous look on her face. She didn't look older than twelve, so Seto guessed that she was on some sort of mission for a teacher. A mission that involved him. How interesting. (insert sarcasm here).

"Hn?" Was the only response Seto gave her before looking back at the note board.

Her shaky little voice barely reached his ears. "U-Um...M-Ms L-L-Lane a-asked m-me to l-l-leave you some l-letters that they forgot t-to g-g-g-give you o-on V-Val-Valentine!" That short sentence took the girl almost two full minutes to stutter out.

Normally, it took those young girls over ten minutes to get the message out. They were getting braver.

Seto turned his attention to her again, and held out his hand. "Well? Hand them over." He kept his voice as cold and unemotional as possible. "I don't have all day."

The girl jumped a little, and stared at his hand for a minute. Then she pulled out three letters and hastily threw them in Seto's hand. "H-He-Here y-you g-go, s-s-sir!" She squealed out.

Seto gave her a cold glance before looking at the letters. He was about to inspect the, closer, when he felt someone staring on him. He looked in the direction of where he felt the stare come from.

The short girl hadn't moved from the spot next to him. She was ogling at him with big eyes that shone with worshipping and adoration. Seto could swear that she was drooling.

Bah. Fangirls.

Seto arched an eyebrow at her and made a 'shooing' gesture with one hand, not even bothering to look at her again. The girl squeaked and then ran away through the corridor, soon disappearing in the horizon.

Or, out the door.

Seto watched the letters closer, and sighed. Always like this. 103 at Valentine's day, and then uncountable late letters, forgotten letters, or letters delivered from girls that was too shy to send them to him on Valentine.

Seto loathed Valentine. With all his... what do they call it...heart?

The brunet sighed, and looked at the first one. For once, he could grace the letters at least some of his attention. "Cheerleader..." He muttered and threw it down a trashcan.

Next. "Ugly girl..." Trashcan.

Next. "Katsuya..." Trashcan.

Wait a minute.

Seto's heart jumped, and he grabbed the letter he just threw, before it even touched the bottom of the trashcan. His sharp, blue eyes now gave the letter his full attention. A small glint of surprise was to be seen in his eyes, if one looked carefully enough.

It was a blue card; blue as the sea. On it, was a dragon drawn (mysteriously alike Blue Eyes White Dragon...). It was laying on the text of the card in a very majestic pose, blowing out heart shaped puffs of smoke.

Seto loved it instantly.

The text on the card was, obviously, Happy Valentine. And the text was in silver, written very neatly and carefully. Seto numbly turned the card over to look on the text that had caught his eye earlier.

Happy Valentine Seto. Please be mine/Katsuya Jounouchi

Seto blinked. And he blinked again. This time, though, that was the only amount of time he spent blinking in shock. His surprised expression was replaced with a totally different look.

He smirked and laughed shortly, making some students look at him confusedly. When Seto looked up to glare at them with a scowl on his face, they all hurried off however.

"This is priceless..." He muttered, and started walking again. But not before he had slipped the card into his silver briefcase.

So, Jou had sent him a card on Valentine? Well, it was a great luck that it was a late one. If it had been delivered to him on time, it would have been burning in the fires of his fireplace only one minute after he came home.

Seto then realized something.

If Jou had sent him a Valentine...it meant that Jou liked him even from the beginning! From the day D, Jou had had an interest in him. That was indeed interesting. But...if that was the case, why had Jou gotten together with Otogi?

"Because you were too much of a coward to ask him to be together with you that day he and Otogi got together." His oh-so-logic mind told Seto, and gave him a small mental smack.

Seto sighed. That was true. If he had just had the guts to tell Jou how he felt from the beginning, it all would have worked out just fine. He would have been the one that was constantly sitting with Jou close to him, kissing every fifth second.

...not that he would know what Jou and Ryuji did. It wasn't like he was watching or anything.

But, instead, he had to be a coward and pull away. He had always believed in a straight approach in everything; Then why not in this!

"...because you're emotionally retarded?" ...he would just ignore that.

That was all in the past. The question was really how he would catch Jou's attention, and become his boyfriend. And, of course, get rid of the slight problem that was called Ryuji, or Jou's boyfriend.

Because, Ryuji might had won the first battle, but definitely not the war.

...why the hell did he just sound like some cheap war-movie from the 80-ies!

Lunch

12:00

Normal POV

Jou fidgeted nervously in his seat, and poked his food with his fork. The greyish substance (that the cafeteria called 'kebab stew with rice) was already cold, because Jou had poked it for so long. Normally, Jou would eat whatever people put in front of him, even if it still had eyes and the like. (He pulled the line at moving food...with exceptions.)

But, he wasn't hungry.

No, you did hear that right; Katsuya Jounouchi wasn't hungry. At all.

...or, well, maybe a little bit. But still.

He was far too nervous to get any food down his throat. Inside his head, he tried to think out what to say to Ryuji, and how to brake up with him without hurting his feelings.

"Ryuji, I like you, but only as a friend...Gah, LAME! What about; It isn't you, it's me? Nah, too old...Um...I am passionately in love, but not with you? Oh, that won't brake his confidence..."

"What the hell; Just say that you don't like him, and want to brake up with him, damnit!"

...the return of the voice-in-his-head, part two.

"The hell! Where have you...nevermind, why are you back! Why can't you just leave, and stay away!"

"...because I really like your brain?"

...was that a compliment?

Jou didn't get time to ponder on that, because, in that very moment, Ryuji entered the cafeteria. The black-haired boy looked around himself for a few seconds, before he saw Jou. He smiled, and walked up to him with his tray.

"Hi, Jou. How was your first half of school?" Ryuji asked, as he sat down next to Jou.

Jou swallowed the large lump in his throat. "U-Um...it was okay, I guess...yours?"

Ryuji rolled his eyes. "A teacher tried to take my dices because I shot one or ten at Honda's head-"

"I told ya to stop doin' tha'!" Jou said, and glared at his boyfriend.

Ryuji pouted. "Aw, but it's so much fun..." Another glare from Jou made him roll his eyes again. "Oh, fine! I'll stop, alright?"

"Good." Jou said, and grinned. "So, what more happened?"

The dice-master groaned. "I had to do an oral assignment with Kaiba in English-class."

Jou almost choked on thin air, and blushed slightly at thinking about his own encounter with the CEO earlier. "O-Oh? How did it go then?"

Ryuji shrugged, and sighed. "Oh, you know...he was an asshole, I was myself...we ended up screaming at each other quite loudly really."

"...do I dare to ask what the two of you screamed about?"

"Um..." Ryuji glanced at him. "We ended up fighting about you actually."

Jou blinked, and rose one eyebrow. "You fought about...me? Why?"

Ryuji fidgeted, and glanced from side to side. "Well...it is sort of about what I came here to talk to you about..."

"Huh?" Jou blinked again. "Care to tell me wha' you came here to tell me then? It sounds important..."

Ryuji sighed, and took Jou's hand while looking him seriously in the eye. That made Jou very nervous, and he felt himself become worried. "Jou...something has happened...and I can't go on lying about it..." Ryuji drew a deep breath. "I've...fallen in love with someone, Jou...and it isn't you."

Jou felt his heart stop. He stared at Ryuji with shock clearly written in his eyes, and he couldn't speak for a few seconds. "...what?" That was the only word Jou managed in his shocked state.

Ryuji now looked very guilty, and his eyes shone with sadness. "I'm really sorry, Jou. But...last week, when I said I was on meetings...I was actually meeting a girl. You know that I'm bi, Jou...and I just fell for her! I mean...she was very kind and funny...I'm sure that you would have fallen for her too if you had met her!"

Jou couldn't believe it. Even though he wasn't in love with Ryuji, he still felt incredibly hurt. Ryuji had been with someone else, even though they were dating! Sure, Jou had been in love with Seto all along during their relationship...but he hadn't done anything with him! He had had several chances at kissing Seto, and cheat on Ryuji, but he hadn't! Because he was too afraid of how hurt Ryuji would have been.

It didn't seem like that had been any concern of the dice-master.

Ryuji looked down on the table. "So...I guess what I'm trying to say is...that I'm braking up with you, Jou...it just wouldn't be right for me to date you when I'm in love with someone else...do you understand?"

Jou nodded numbly. "Yeah...I understand..." Against his will, a sob forced its way up his throat, and a tear escaped his eye, running down his cheek.

Ryuji looked up at him, and his eyes widened. "Jou, are you crying?" When he only received another sob and a shake of Jou's head, he reached out for Jou's face. "Please, don't cry, Jou...I never meant to hurt you..."

Jou slapped away his hand, and rose. "N-Never mind, Ryuji. I'm fine, okay? I jus'...want to be alone right now." And with that, Jou turned and ran out of the cafeteria, sobbing all the way out.

Ryuji watched him with saddened eyes, but he didn't run after. "I'm sorry, Jou..." He whispered softly. "But it was for the best."

The table he sat at had a perfect view of everything that happened in the cafeteria, and everyone could also see what happened by the table.

But, something Ryuji didn't see, was when Seto Kaiba rose from his seat a couple of tables away, to walk quickly out the same way Jou had gone.

Tears made Jou's vision blurry as he ran through the corridors, pushing people out of his way. Sobs made it almost impossible for him to breath, but he still kept running. Alone...he needed to be alone. Jou ran into an empty classroom, and sank down on the floor behind the teacher's desk, where no one could see him if they entered the room. There, he leaned his head against his knees and cried even worse.

It wasn't supposed to hurt this way. His heart wasn't supposed to ache like this. He wasn't supposed to cry. It was supposed to end today anyway, so why did he feel so heartbroken? He hadn't loved Ryuji even from the beginning...so why did he feel so betrayed?

Maybe because he had given up so much for Ryuji. He had given Ryuji so much time, and so much of his love. He had trusted him, and let his friends down for him.

Jou sobbed and closed his eyes tightly in a weak attempt of stopping more tears to run from his eyes.

He even had given up his own true love for Ryuji. He had been in love with Seto, and still was...but he had given it all up, only to be with Ryuji. And for what?

To get it thrown in his face with a; I'm in love with someone else, forgive me?

Jou still cried, his whole body shaking and quivering. It felt like his heart had been hit by a truck, and then crushed by several bricks falling on it. It ached, in a way that couldn't really be explained. He hadn't been in love with Ryuji...but it still hurt to get dumped like that.

The sound of a door opening reached Jou's ears, and he froze. Had Ryuji followed him? No...he couldn't be that cruel...

"Katsuya? Are you in here?" A voice said lowly, and Jou heard the door open more, steps walk in, and then the door clicked shut. Jou recognized that voice...it wasn't Ryuji. But it was someone he didn't want to meet right then.

Jou kept quiet, and tried to keep back his sobs. If he just kept quiet... maybe, the person would leave if he just waited long enough...

Steps was heard again, but they didn't walk away. They came closer. Only one second later, a shadow fell over Jou, and he looked up, blinking away a few tears to be able to see properly.

Looking down at him with a piercing, and almost worried expression, was Seto.

Jou felt his heart jump around in his chest like a crazed bunny in that short moment their eyes met, and then he looked away. The floor suddenly became very interesting. "Go away." He paused, and then added softly; "Please."

Steps was heard; They walked around the desk, and a pair of legs came into Jou' s vision. Then, Seto kneeled in front of him, looking seriously at him. Jou avoided his gaze. He didn't want the CEO to see him like this; crying his eyes out. To see how pathetic he really was...

A soft hand touched his cheek, and Jou jerked. Then he relaxed, when gentle fingers brushed away some of his tears. "What happened, Katsuya? I saw you running away from the cafeteria earlier..." Seto paused, and waited for Jou's reply.

Jou was harshly reminded of what that had happened earlier, and sobbed yet again. "I-It's...well..." Jou sobbed one more time, and then wailed out; "Ryuji broke up with me!" The blond shook, and tried to keep back his tears.

Seto blinked, and then he put one hand on Jou's shaking shoulder. "Jou...it's alright, there's no reason to cry over that..." Had Jou really been so in love with Ryuji that his heart broke that much upon loosing him?

Apparently.

Seto felt quite jealous, but he tried to not let it show. "Katsuya..." He didn't get any further.

Without thinking about the consequences, Jou threw himself into Seto's arms, and cried into his shirt. His whole body shook while he sobbed against Seto's chest, unable to control himself. His fingers gripped Seto's shirt, and held it tightly while he cried. He needed something to hold on to, and he needed to get comfort from someone. And Seto was the closest thing of comfort in that moment; Who cared if the CEO pushed him away later? Jou just needed it in that moment.

Seto froze for a moment and stared at the devastated blond. Then his gaze softened, and he gently wrapped his arms around Jou's waist. He pulled the blond into his lap, and leaned backwards against the wall behind him for support as he caressed the other's neck. "Sh...it's alright, Jou..." He mumbled with a soothing voice, trying to calm the other.

Jou didn't really hear those words; but he felt them while leaning against Seto's chest, and snuggling into it while sobbing wildly. Even though he didn't get the words, they still soothed him a little. And so did the small strokes on his neck, and those arms around his waist that was holding him protectively.

After several minutes of sobs, tears and soothing words, Jou stopped crying. He just leaned against Seto's chest, sniffing softly, and shivering like a cold puppy. He knew that he should pull away now, and apologize for crying like that. But he didn't.

He didn't want to move just yet.

Seto watched Jou quietly, and continued stroking his neck softly. The blond seemed to be finished with crying. Good. Seto really hated it when the blond cried like that, even though he still looked beautiful while doing it. The CEO just wanted Jou to smile; one of those 1000 watt smiles that would make him weak in the knees.

...or, something like that.

Silence stretched between them; a silence neither of them wanted to brake. It felt like heaven to just sit like that, holding the other and just listen to the others breathing and heartbeats.

But, Seto knew that they couldn't sit like that forever. So he decided to brake the silence. "Are you okay now?" He asked lowly.

Jou twitched slightly, and then nodded slightly. "Yeah...I'm fine..." "Especially now that I am in your arms..." Jou added inside of his mind.

Seto sighed; Jou more felt it than heard it. "Lunch is soon over." A statement, but still a question. What should they do now?

Jou felt his heart clench painfully. He didn't want to leave. Seto's arms felt so right around him, and he wanted to stay there forever. But he couldn't; He knew that. "Oh..." He mumbled, but didn't move.

Seto watched the blond for a few more minutes. Then he pushed Jou away slightly so he could look on his face.

Jou's face was a bit puffy from crying, and his cheeks was wet with tears. Tears hung from the long lashes, and threatened to fall from them. His amber eyes was still filled with tears, and looked sad; an expression Seto just hated to see on the blond. Jou's cheeks were quite pale, but a pale blush was starting to build when their eyes met.

Seto dried away the tears with a soft hand.

"Jou...do you want to talk about it?" Seto asked carefully, but still kept his voice as uncaring as possible. He couldn't let anyone, not even Jou, think that he was turning soft.

Jou sighed. "Do ya know why he broke up wit' me?"

Seto hesitated. Yes, he a actually knew what had caused the brake up. Otogi had told him about it on the English; by accident of course. The dice-master had blurted out to him, while they were arguing about random things. He told him about a girl he had fallen in love with; Rika. She was rich, beautiful and, according to Otogi, the true love of his life. Also, he told him about some romantic weekend-trip they had been away on...

Seto had given the dice-master a smack for cheating on Jou like that, and then demanded for him to explain to Jou what it was that he had done. And he also told him to make a decision; Jou or Rika.

It seemed that Ryuji had made his decision.

"...I might." Seto figured that it was best not to say anything just yet.

Jou sighed, and then started talking with an uneven voice. "I jus'...I never thought tha' he liked someone else. I thought he...loved me or somethin'." Jou made a hiccupping sob. "Tha' was the only reason tha' I dated him, ya know; I thought he loved me."

Seto felt a faint hope flutter in his heart. "What about you? Did you love him?"

Jou hesitated, not sure if he should tell the CEO. Then he shook his head slightly. "No. I didn'. I was together with him because I didn't wanna hurt him...I mean, don't get me wrong; I don' love him, but I still care about him, ya know?"

"...I guess." Seto had never been one for feelings and touchy-feely stuff.

Jou had meant to end it there. But then he heard himself continue. And, when you hear yourself say something, that is always a bad thing. "And...I love someone else." He blinked, and then blushed deeper.

That. Was. Not. Good.

That. Was. Bad.

...well, obviously.

Seto blinked, and felt his heart beat a little harder. "...who?" He asked. To his annoyance; his voice was quite weak; barely more than a whisper. Not that he really needed to speak louder, seeing that he and Jou was barely one inch from each other.

Jou hesitated once more. Then, he spoke with a whisper-like voice. "I think you know." Amber eyes slowly met with azure blue. In them, you could see several emotions. No shields. Only truth and honesty.

In those orbs, Seto read exactly what he wanted to find out.

Jou then looked down, a bright blush on his cheeks. He had confessed. The CEO now knew exactly how he felt, and what he had been wishing to have since the day of Valentine. And...it didn't feel even half as horrible as he had thought it would be. Jou was not afraid. He knew that he wouldn't cry, no matter what that happened. There were no tears left to shed.

Seto's heart fluttered for a second, and he couldn't breath for a second as he realized what he just had seen. Then, it all changed.

A smirk came to his lips, and he chuckled softly. Then he put two fingers under Jou's chin, and tilted his face upwards so their eyes met again. Jou's were hesitant, and unsure, and Seto's were calm and quite smug. He leaned close to Jou, until he could feel their breaths mingle together. "Let me make a wild guess..." He mumbled, and his eyes turned briefly to Jou's lips.

Then Seto kissed him.

Jou's eyes widened for a very short moment, before falling shut again. Unexplainable feelings filled him, and he gripped tighter around Seto's shirt to make sure that he wasn't dreaming. And he kissed back. If this was a dream, he hoped that no one would ever wake him up.

When Seto felt his pup's lips move against his own, he felt his heart leap in his chest, and then it started beating faster than ever before. Warmth filled him, and he entangled his fingers in Jou's already messy hair and he kissed Jou with more fervour.

"This is how it's supposed to feel..." Jou said to himself when he felt Seto tilt his head to the side to gain more access. When a tongue gently started to pry his lips apart, Jou parted them without making resistance. Nothing would, or could make him resist the wonderful heat that devoured him in that moment. He whimpered slightly, and gripped Seto's shirt tighter.

Seto smirked into the kiss when he heard the small whimper from Jou's throat. Someone was enjoying himself...The thought disappeared out in the blue when Seto felt Jou's sweet taste. Chocolate, and something exotic that intrigued him. It was exiting...he wanted more. The brunet pushed deeper into the kiss, and gripped Jou's hair tighter so he wouldn't move away.

Coffee and cinnamon. That was what Jou could taste from Seto; a warm and musty taste. Jou instantly loved it. No other taste would ever effect him more than that. It made him moan softly, and he felt his hands leave Seto's shirt to move to his shoulders. From there they went to his neck, and he pressed closer to the other, needing more of his warmth. In response, Seto wrapped his free arm around Jou's waist to hold him closer.

It was then the door opened.

"...what the hell!" Came a loud roar from the door.

Jou's eyes snapped open, and he quickly pulled away from Seto. A deep blush covered his cheeks, and made him look like a tomato with rouge. His eyes were filled with embarrassment and a bit of fear.

Seto, however, looked pissed. In his eyes you could see how deeply he hated the person, whoever he or she was, for interrupting this moment. Here he was, having a very private and utterly interesting rendezvous with his own puppy, enjoying himself tremendously. And then someone just had to come in and interrupt!

The person was in deep trouble.

Standing in the doorway, was none other than out own beloved Mr Neosho! The old man was beet red in the face, and looked ready to burst in any second. His hand was holding the poor doorknob in such a tight grip that it looked like it would brake.

Seto had been wrong. It was he and Jou who was in deep trouble.

Neosho walked (more like stomped) into the classroom, and slammed the door behind him, making Jou jump, and Seto blink quickly. The old man then glared at them. "Get. Up. Both of you." He hissed out.

Jou was quick to follow his request, while Seto just calmly and in his own pace rose, brushing off some dust from his coat.

Neosho pointed to the desks behind him, and sent them a stern glare that said; 'sit down, or I'll make you.'

Just like before, Jou quickly walked up the desks and sat down. Seto, however, strode up to the pointed desk, and swiftly sat down, and folded his hands on top of the desk. "You wish to talk to us, Mr Neosho?" Seto asked, and quirked an eyebrow.

The teacher fumed. "If I wish to speak to you! No, I want an explanation! What the hell were the two of you doing!" This he yelled with a voice filled with anger.

The CEO shrugged "We were kissing". A smug smirk erupted on Seto's lips. "Maybe you have never heard of the concept, Mr Neosho. It wouldn't surprise me if so was the fact. I can explain it to you, if you wish."

Jou blushed at Seto's answer, and fidgeted in his seat. Sure, it was true that they had been kissing...and Jou had enjoyed it tremendously. But...he didn't want a teacher, especially Mr. Neosho, to find out.

The old teacher choked when Seto gave him his answer. "Y-You were...kissing!"

"Indeed." Seto said with a bored gleam in his eyes, and he leaned backwards in his seat, crossing his arms. "You couldn't tell?"

Mr. Neosho regained his composure, and glared at Seto before looking at Jou. The blond tried to shrink in his seat, and desperately wished that he could become invisible. "Jounouchi?" The old man said calmly; too calmly.

"...yeah?" Jou mumbled uncertainly and glanced at the smirking CEO.

"Were you and Mr. Kaiba...kissing?"

Jou blushed and mumbled something under his breath. Then he blushed even deeper, and looked down on his hands that was folded in his lap.

Seto smirked even wider. Too cute.

"Excuse me, I didn't quite catch that." Mr. Neosho said impatiently, and glared even harder at Jou. His patience was quickly running dry, and he wanted any chance of nailing Kaiba (not in that way, you pervs!) and have him punished.

Jou's blush deepened, and he hid behind his hair. Sometimes it was a bliss to have long and messy hair to hide behind. His voice, however, seemed to have gone to Hawaii on summer vacation way too early, so his answer was once again a mumble.

Mr. Neosho groaned, and slammed his hand in Jou's desk. "Jounouchi! Stop mumbling, and give me an answer, right this moment! Were you, or were you not, kissing!"

Then, Jou broke. He glared at the old teacher, his cheeks completely red, making a sharp contrast with his hair. "Yes, damnit! We were havin' a damn make out session in here, before ya came in an' interrupted!"

...once again, Jou heard himself say this. His own voice was still on that vacation, sipping coconut milk on a beach.

Mr. Neosho had paled to the same shade of snow. And from there, his face went to a very interesting shade of grey. "Y-You...were...k-kissing?"

Seto rolled his eyes and snorted. "I think we have made that quite clear by now." Seriously, how many times did they have to repeat themselves? Seto wasn't used to repeat himself even once, and now he had to do it three times? Pf, imbecile teacher...

The grey shade on the old geezer's face was at once replaced by a furious red. "What the hell! You two were kissing in a classroom! In my classroom!"

"Don't feel flattered." Seto said, and smirked. "We just happened to be in here when it all started. It could have been anywhere else."

Jou blushed even harder, and glared slightly at Seto. "Hey! Tha's not true!"

"Hm...right. Anywhere private without people gawking at us and interrupting us." Pointed glare at Mr. Neosho.

"Still not true! I wouldn' have kissed ya jus' like tha'- Hey, I didn't kiss you! You kissed me, damnit!"

"And you kissed back." Seto smirked. "You can't deny that, pup."

"...I'm no fuckin' puppy, ya bas-"

Mr. Neosho interrupted them by roaring loudly: "SHUT UP, BOTH OF YOU!"

Jou instantly shut up, and stopped at glaring at Seto. Seto simply smirked at him, and made a small wink to him. Then the brunet turned to Mr. Neosho, a sneer on his face. "It is very rude to interrupt someone who's talking, Mr. Neosho. Didn't your mother teach you that?"

Mr. Neosho glared at Seto. "And it's even more rude to act like that against your superiors, Mr. Kaiba. Didn't your mother teach you that?"

Jou winced. That was a punch under the belt. Everyone knew the story about Seto's family, and rarely, if not never, spoke of it. The blond glared at the old teacher for a second. How dared that old geezer say something like that? Jou's gaze then quickly darted back to Seto.

A flash of pain was to be seen in Seto's eyes for a second, before he calmly looked into Mr. Neosho's eyes. The blue eyes expressed nothing. "She did. But I have yet to meet this 'superior' person." In his voice, you could practically hear ice-cubes clatter.

Neosho blushed with anger, and was about to speak again, when the bell rang to the signal the beginning of next class.

Seto rose, and pulled Jou to his feet at the same time. "I think we are done here. If you'll excuse us, Mr. Neosho, we must leave for next class. I wish you a...no, that would be lying. I wish you a horrible day, and I pray that you will burn in an everlasting hell. Good day." With those parting words, Seto pulled a blushing Jou out of the classroom.

While they walked through the corridors, Seto mumbled obscene things under his breath. Jou could just barely make out what he said, and that was probably a good thing. After all, he wished to keep his sense of hearing intact.

Jou waited until he was sure that Seto was done with his rant on how Mr. Neosho should burn in hell for eternity, or forever be damned to listen to Anzu's friendship speeches. Then he spoke. "Seto? Are you okay now?"

Seto flinched, and looked down at Jou while he walked through the almost empty corridors. "Yes. Why wouldn't I be?"

Jou grimaced. "Well...the fact tha' you're almost crushin' my hand right now makes me a bit worried about yer blood pressure." Pause. "And about the blood circulation in my hand."

Seto rolled his eyes, but loosened his grip on the other's hand a little. But only a little; he didn't want the blond to run away. "There. Better?"

Jou nodded and smiled brightly. "Yup!"

Silence fell over them for a while, before Jou suddenly realized something.

This wasn't the way to their classroom.

"Err...Seto?" He said uncertainly, and glanced around himself.

"Hn?" Was the only answer he got.

"...where are we goin'? The classroom is two corridors from dis one..."

"We're not going to the classroom." The CEO explained, while continuing dragging the blond through the corridors.

"Eh?" Jou blinked. "Then where are we goin'?"

Seto didn't answer; he just kept dragging Jou through the corridors. He didn't answer when Jou asked again, and again, and again where they were going; he just smirked in a mysterious way.

They reached the double doors of the school, and Seto pulled Jou out of the building. The sun shone brightly outside, and Jou had to shield his eyes with his free hand. "Seto, where are we goin', damnit! I refuse to take one more step before ya tell me where we're going!" The blond glared at the CEO, and stopped.

A sleek, black limo pulled out to stop right in front of them on the road. Seto smirked, and pointed to it. "We're going into that limo."

Jou gaped. "W-What the- When did ya call for tha'!"

Seto shrugged. "I have my ways. Now, lets go." He tried to pull Jou to the limo, but the blond held him back, and glared.

"Wait a minute here! I am not enterin' tha' before ya tell me where we're goin' in it!"

Seto groaned, and closed his eyes tightly like he prayed for patience. Like he most certainly was. "We have no time for that now. Just enter the limo."

"No!" Jou said, and crossed his arms.

Blue eyes narrowed. "Enter that car, Katsuya."

"No! You can't make me!"

Seto smirked. "Can't I?" He took a step closer to the blond, who started to look a bit nervous.

"N-No, ya can't...hold on, not one more step! ...stop right there ya-OY, what are ya doin'! Let me down, damnit!"

Seto, who had lost his already short patience, had lifted Jou up on his shoulder, and carried him towards the limo. "I warned you, Katsuya. You should have done as I said." He said with a calm voice.

The blond blushed deeply, and started kicking in a weak attempt of getting free. "Seto! Damn you, ya fuckin' bastard! Let me down! I swear, I will kick yer scrawny ass fer this! I will get ya for doin' this to me!" His roaring and struggles had no effect whatsoever on the CEO, who just kept walking steadily along towards the limo.

"Thank you, James." He said when the driver jumped out and opened the backseat door.

"You are very welcome Mr. Kaiba, sir." The old man said, and bowed his head a little.

Seto smirked, and threw Jou into the backseat. The blond was still loudly complaining and now started yelling things about kidnapping and abduction. Also, Seto thought he heard something about 'I will get you, you robber of freedom'.

Seto merely smirked, and turned to the driver. "Drive us to the mansion, James. And fast. Ignore any traffic rules; I'll deal with those petty things later."

The poor man nodded confusedly. "Yes, sir."

Seto gave him a curt nod, and then jumped into the backseat to deal with a certain blonde haired puppy, who still was yelling things about how he would kick Seto's ass and spoke curses that was too foul even for a deaf man's ears.

James closed the door behind Seto, and then sighed. "What did I do in a past life to deserve this job?" He mumbled, and then jumped into the drivers seat. With screeching tires, he drove out from the school and towards Kaiba Mansion.

End Chapter!

(1) The name 'Kaiba' means 'seahorse' in Japanese...XD

Cliffhanger! What will happen in the deep chambers of Kaiba Mansion? What will happen to Jou and Seto's relationship? Will their be chocolate-ship cookies? We'll see in the next thrilling (...) chapter!

Wow...this was quite a long one... almost 8000 words! And over 18 pages! O.o. Well, I hope that you enjoyed it!

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