A/N: Bwaha. If anyone is actually reading this, I held this because I was tied over with end of the year stuff. Yes, I am out of school now. 2 months to myself and my computer. Good living, good living. ;D
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Seto groaned, tossing his head back against the head of his chair. The glare of the computer screen gave his blank face an eerie glow. His azure eyes glanced around the room, only causing his head to ache even more. Not even coffee could get rid of this headache. He sat up and placed his fingers on the home keys of the keyboard. In the short second it took him to hear the knocking at the door and look, his heart skipped a beat. There on the corner of his desk, sticking out from a pile of possibly Kaiba Corp important papers and documents, was a picture of him and Jou. Ignoring the knocking at the door, Seto reached out and snatched the picture up.
It was a cute picture of them at their school's end of the year festival. A soaking wet Jou had his arm was draped over Seto's shoulder, his lips on Seto's blushing cheek. Seto was pushing him away, stains of water on his clothes showing Jou had tried hugging him before. In the background was Yugi, Anzu, and Honda along with some other friends of Jou's. Seto's eyes stayed glued to the picture. In the back of the brunette's mind, he remembered the events that took place not to long after the festival ended.
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"Gah, I'm so soaking wet!" Jou exclaimed, examining his more than just damp clothes.
"Well, obviously. You shouldn't have volunteered for the dunking booth. What'd they do- drown you?"
"You could say that. The purple-haired girl in your homeroom has a mean throwing arm. I ended up begging her not to go again."
Seto chuckled lightly as Jou continued to go on about his time at the dunking booth.
"You're laughing, but I know what I'm gonna do next year."
"The dunking booth again?"
"No! Of course not!"
"Then what?"
"A kissing booth. Yeah, 1000 yen a peck."
Seto stopped laughing and frowned, "What?"
Jou grinned confidently, "Well, yeah. Who wouldn't pay to kiss this face?"
"I wouldn't." Seto hissed, adding a quicker pace to his walking and stomping off.
"Oh, come on, Seto! You didn't really believe that, did you?"
"No!"
"... Then what're you leaving me behind for?"
Seto immediately stopped in mid step, glancing over his shoulder. The blonde behind him was obviously confused. Of course Seto had believed him! Who wouldn't buy a kiss from him? Jou was the most handsome of the school, or at least Seto thought so. And as far as Seto was concerned, it was law to think good of Jou. Before Seto had the chance to move, Jou had caught up to him and was draped over Seto's shoulders. He planted a small kiss on Seto's neck before his lips moved up to Seto's ear.
"I wouldn't do that, Seto. You know that."
"I know. I just ..."
"Why would I give away my kisses when they're all for you?"
"I ... I don't ..."
"Shhh, you. I'm trying to romance you."
Seto laughed under his breath and allowed Jou to place even more kisses on him. They walked down the sidewalk this way for a few minutes until the corner of the large Kaiba estate came into view.
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The brunette man was still oblivious to the knocking on the door. His mind was on that one sunshine in his life. Shut out memories flooded his mind and before Seto could hold them back, small droplets of sadness ran down his cheek. All his sweet memories led straight to that day.
Damn Gozaburo. Why would he do something like that? Seto did his work. He did what he was told. What was wrong with having a little speck of happiness? Was Gozaburo so alone and cold that he just had to give Seto a taste of it too?
Jou had so much to live for. He had so many things he had wanted to do. Everything had to be fun for him. It just didn'tseem right.The boy may not have had his priorities in check, but at least he wasn't cooped up in some place, working all day. Seto sighed heavily at the thought,
'Like I am right now. It's all Gozaburo's fault and he knows it!'
Deep down, Seto wasn't really sure if Gozaburo had feared dying. After allhad beensaid and done and Seto was down there with the police, crying his heart and soul out, he had gotten the chance to see Gozaburo's face. It wasn't scrunched up in pain or anything like that. The man's face was actually smirking, or so it seemed to Seto. It was like Gozaburo wanted Seto to kill him. As weird as it was, this was the story Seto was sticking too. When the media asked him, Seto said Gozaburo wanted to die. They all thought Seto himself was insane, but that wasn't what mattered to Seto. He wanted his Jou back. It wasn't fair that Gozaburo had taken that away from him. When Seto was concerned, Gozaburo deserved it.
"Mr. Kaiba! Are you alright in there?"
Seto snapped up from his reverie, standing from his seat and strolling to the door. When he opened the door, two of the maids feel to his feet. He stared down a them as they quickly jumped back up, straightening themselves out.
"Mr. Kaiba, are you okay? We've been trying to get your attention for nearly half an hour!"
Seto's face was no longer soft like it was behind those door as he retorted to the maids, "You make it sound like I was going to give you my attention."
The maids stayed quiet as Seto left the hall, down the stairs. One of them regarded the other, beyond confused.
"Wait, was Mr. Kaiba crying?"
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This one was shorter than the last. But only by a little bit. Okay, by a lot.It was either long chapter and long wait or short chapter and quick update. I couldn't decide. Hehe ...
Anyway, like I said, I'm free from school now, so I've got all the time I need to really work on Shame. I think I can get the next chapter up in 3 days, at the most. If I don't, I'm just lazy.