Timeless Serenity:
By: SaikyouKirei262
Category: Angst/Romance(somewhere)
Plotline: Unknown so far..
Desired coupling: SetoxJoey
Summary for this chapter: This is the first day of what, Joey and friends last year of highschool! Yippee! The happiness, but what happens when on that first day, Joey suddenly gets struck with a virus, making him very ill? R+R onegai?!
Temporary Interruption:
Kirei: Lalalalalalala!!!!!!
Mokuba:.......stop singing..
Seto: My ears! Make it stop!!
Joey: Ahhhhh shuddap you brat!
Kirei: Who...me? ....*blinks; looks at Seto*..umm..Can I help you?
Seto: Idiot..
Kirei: la-
Joey: *tackles Kirei and ties her up* Bad author bad!
Kirei: *meeping*
Duke: And onto the story!!!
Kirei: lalalalalalala *singing again*
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Chapter: 1
Feverish Frenzy
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He wasn't sick, he couldn't be, the very thought sent shivers down his spine as he laid beneath the cotton sheets. The back of his right hand rested against his forehead, trying to calm down the pain the came when trying to breathe. The soft honey brown eyes swam with some tears but quickly he wiped them away. Forcing himself into a sitting position on his bed, he glanced quickly at the alarm which currently read; 6:07AM.
This day was not going so well and it had hardly started. He grabbed a towel that was sloppily thrown onto a chair near his bed and dabbed it around his face to soak up the sweet that had doused his face. This was no time to be lingering, in half an hour or so his father would wake, and if he was still here he would be most likely beat for leaving 'late'.
Quickly he headed to his closet, ignoring the wracking pain and dizziness that filled his head. Grabbing his blue uniform, he removed the clothes he was currently wearing and changed into his blue uniform. He side stepped once to face the large mirror. Silently he unbuttoned his jacket so the white/blue shirt that he wore underneath was showing. That was better. A small black comb was set aside and he quickly picked it up, combing his sweat golden blonde looking hair. Swiftly he grabbed the backpack on the hook on the back of the door and slowly made his way out of his room.
Weariness already had already spread through his body. His legs felt weak and strained as he walked slowly. It was quite odd, he never felt this bad before. Once he had walked into the door was he able to pull himself into reality for a little. Silently he grasped the golden brass knob on the door and turned it to his right, hearing the quiet squeak showing that it was rusted slightly.
'Hopefully this'll go away by the time I arrive to school...'He told himself, walking ever so slowly towards Domino High which was maybe a good 3-4 miles from his house. A car drived by and he heard the annoying beeping of the car as it drove by as well as a few other words.
'Drunkards...'He glared at the back of the car with disgust, seeing as a bottle was tossed out the window and onto the cold and hard cement pavement breaking into many different shards of glass the second it touched. It was a tad bit chilly out but that wasn't the problem, the problem was if he could make it to school without being to early, while not being to late. It was a complicated matter, seeing as how he usually was late, yet he was up 1½ hours before hand.
"HEY BOY!!! GET OVER HERE!!! I've got something for ya..." It was a guy inside a car that had driven up beside him. He just rolled his eyes and continued walking forward. The guy frowned and reached out grabbing him by the arm, yanking him towards the car.
"GET OFF ME YA GIT!!!"He roared, trying to pull away from the man, but he was quite weak, whatever he had was eating at his energy making him very weary. Quickly he gave one swift blow to the man in the face, feeling his arm being released he darted immediately into a sprint. He turned a corner and bumped straight into the back of someone. He hadn't even realized how long he had ran also what time it was.
The man he had bumped into growled and turned around to face him on the ground. His eyes lit up, and immediately he began laughing, it was only Tristan. Tristan grinned, and held his hand out to his younger comrade.
"What're you doing here Joey? Shouldn't you be off towards school..for your going in the wrong direction, I just made a stop to get some food before hand,"Tristan said as soon as Joey grabbed his hand and hauled himself up off the ground. Joey huffed and swayed only slightly, trying to get the feeling in his legs back.
"Ah, I musta took the wrong turn, I better be off. I don't wanna be late!"Joey grinned widely trying to not show how actually weak he really felt. Tristan laughed and walked over to his motorcycle, grabbing his helmet. He thrusted the helmet forth towards Joey, who caught it easily.
"Well c'mon, high school starts in a good 20 minutes..I'll rid you there.."Tristan laughed and swung his leg over the motorcycle, pressing forward on the handles. Joey immediately put the helmet on and walked over, doing the same as Tristan. Absentmindedly he wrapped his arms around Tristan's waist, and leaned forward, resting his head on Tristan's back. Tristan was somewhat surprised by what Joey had done but ignored it, pressing the motorcycle into life. He pressed hard of the ground and the motorcycle sped off down the street, towards the school.
~~~At School~~~
Tristan came to a slow halt, and parked his motorcycle. Quickly he looked over his shoulder and realized that Joey had fallen asleep. He gulped and looked forwards, not realizing that he was getting hot in the cheeks. 'Joey's just a friend and that's all..nothing more..' Tristan told himself, gently removing Joey's arms from around his waist, but he didn't want to move from where he sat, for he didn't want to disturb the sleeping blonde but it had to be done.
"Joey....Joey...Joey! JOEY!!" Immediately Joey shot up, looking from left to right frantically, only to see Tristan looking over his shoulder smiling at him. He huffed and removed the helmet handing it back to Tristan.
"Wake up sleepy head, we are at school we still have 5 more minutes before the bell rings, so hurry up and come around to this world!" Tristan said as he got off his bike, placing the helmet on the seat. Joey sighed heavily and got off, trudging slowly towards the school. He grimaced and then forced himself to grin, not wanting anyone to know he wasn't feeling ok. Tristan blinked, confused as to why Joey was acting so tired, he usually had much more energy than any of them put together. Yugi and Tea were probably already in school, in their seats, talking, like usual.
Joey walked slowly in the boisterous school, trying to get away from the loud noises. Quickly he went off in the direction of his classroom, the hall was always empty there though, oddly enough. He sighed heavily and breathed in and out, his chest heaving heavily while his face became paler. This feeling was so horrible, it was something he defiantly didn't want to come across again. His head suddenly became foggy, and seconds before he blacked out, he saw the shadowy figure of a taller brunette male.
~~~Switchie to Seto~~~
Seto had arrived early in the school, striding coolly down the halls, ignoring some of the squeals of girls that were hearable in the background. His face screwed up into that of one of disgust. These halls were to busy, to noisy, and crowded. He swerved between the groups and off towards his classroom. He happened to be in the same class as Yugi and all his other followers.
Once he had turned the corner and began walking, not only a second someone had collapsed on him, sending him falling to the ground. He growled, wondering who the hell would walk right into him and knock him down. Upon recognizing the body as Joey Wheeler he just growled even more. He went to go push him away but noticed that he was breathing heavily, sweet covering the delicate features of the loud mouthed punk. For a momentary second he felt sorry for the mutt, but quickly pushed it off, pressing his hand to Joey's forehead. Immediately he pulled away, his eyes wide, he didn't like Yugi and his friends at all, but Joey had been burning up, literally. His hand felt like it had been scorched by a fire.
Quickly he pushed himself off the ground and reluctantly he picked Joey up off the floor. Ok so maybe he was being a little bit of a softie but not even Joey deserved to go unattended to when he had a blistering hot fever. He broke into a quick run off towards the nurses office, keeping the same cold look in his eyes and normal expression, not wanting anyone to think anything of this. A brief thought broke into his mind, 'Just drop the mutt, you shouldn't worry about him, let him die by this fever.His fault not yours.' Seto slowed down, then halted, and looked down at the passed out blonde he had held. His face softened, realizing how beautiful the blonde looked, he had never taken into consideration how gorgeous he was until now. Seto immediately shook his head, trying to rid him of the thoughts passing in his head. A cuss fell from his lips and decided not to stray away from his task any longer.
A whimper escaped from the blonde's lips as he continued to lay in a state of unconsciousness. He pressed closer to Kaiba, though it wasn't intentional. One moment Joey was out like a brick, the next second his eyes had shot open and pushed himself away from Kaiba, obviously panicking. Once Joey had hit the floor he just remained there, panting heavily, and not bothering to move from where he was. Seto stood in awe, it happened so fast he wasn't sure how to react yet but quickly pulled himself together and stared coldly down at the 'mutt'.
"Watch what your doing next time MUTT! If you weren't feeling god you should have stayed home with your parents. Now you probably got the whole damn school sick by you being here..."Kaiba said coldly taking a single step forwards. Joey heaved heavily, and steadied himself into a sitting position, he felt a major blood rush as his body once again got weak and he fell backwards against the floor. Seto's words rang in his ears for a brief moment before speaking up.
"I ca-can't stay ho-home even if I am sick..I would've bee-been in a wors-worse position stayin-staying home than coming here.."Joey said quietly, his breath coming in heavily as he managed to once again push himself into a sitting position. He pushed back once so that he was back to back with a wall, needing some support.
That sense of sympathy for the mutt once again overcame Seto but it was quickly pushed back. He just walked over to the mutt and held out his hand, waiting Joey to grab his hand. Joey looked up, his eyes were full of haze and he couldn't very much see well. He finally grabbed Seto's hand after a few tries, and pulled himself up off the ground, only to fall straight into Seto once again. His body finally giving into moving at all. Seto caught the blonde quickly, not wanting to let him fall, and suddenly he wondered why. It was no time to be thinking over that, Joey needed to be treated and soon, he seemed weaker than when Seto had first ran into him.
He put his arm around Joey's waist to hold him up, correctly so he wouldn't fall down again. Quickly he walked off to the Nurse, basically dragging Joey along. Once infront of the nurses office he slammed open the door than closed it loudly behind him. He placed the now sleeping blonde on one of the two beds and looked over at the nurse.
"Mr. Seto? What are you doing down here? What's wrong with Mr. Wheeler?" The pudgy nurse pushed the chair back and waddled over towards the passed out blonde with a small kit. Quickly she grabbed his wrist, pressed two fingers on the bottom of his thumb and traced over a little until she could press down between a bone. She nodded once or twice then backed up, pressing her hand to his forehead. Once again the pudgy nurse nodded and pressed the big oval glasses farther up her nose, looking up at Seto.
"How long has your friend been in this condition? You do understand it's a critical virus he has! Why is he here?! He should be at home resting!!"The nurse began to lose the calm outer exterior and rushed around, picking up the phone before hanging up and walking back over to the patient who had partially come around.
"Mr.Wheeler...wake up. Your father picked up the phone for only a second then hung up on me. Who else can I call? You need to get some medical attention and as well as a nice place to stay for a while!"The nurse squeaked, and turning on heel, dashed out of the room. She ran back in and looked down at Joey expecting an answer.
"...Yugi.."Joey coughed quietly, but then he remembered that trip in Egypt his grandfather had taken him on. He had forgotten and thought he was in school today only to remember now he wasn't. Joey hesitated, and looked over at Seto, then back up at the ceiling.
"N-"
"I'll volunteer to take care or Mr. Wheeler..until he gets better.."Seto said reluctantly, but the mutt never had done anything wrong to him in the firstplace. He was just downright rude to the mutt now that he thought about it. Nothing was wrong with Joey, but of course Seto did know that his dad was abusive and a drinker, but the teachers and nurses didn't know that. Sometimes things were better left unsaid than said at all.
"Mr.Kaiba, I highly doubt that, your a student...you can't take care of him you have school!"The nurse said all huffy duffy as she puffed her cheeks and stomped forwards, staring up at Seto who was much taller than her.
"I've got a spare bedroom, and a few servants who could take care of Mr. Wheeler while I was inschool. I assure you he will be in much better shape with me than someone even if it is an adult,"Seto retorted, looking down at the nurse with a cold glare. Joey was beside himself, eyes wide as can be as he looked over at the nurse arguing with Seto. The bad thing was, he couldn't even hear them, his world went fuzzy again and out like light he was.
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Kirei:YEAH! 1st Chappie finished...poor Joey..that's so sad...*sniffle*
Joey: *eating all Seto's candies*
Seto: MUTT!! STOP EATING MY CANDY!!
Mokuba: *watches with amusement*
Joey: *running for his life now* AHH!!!
Seto: *chasing*
Time for begging: *gets down on both knees and begs for reviews; begs for something; begs for anything* One review? Two? Please? Hello? ;.;
By: SaikyouKirei262
Category: Angst/Romance(somewhere)
Plotline: Unknown so far..
Desired coupling: SetoxJoey
Summary for this chapter: This is the first day of what, Joey and friends last year of highschool! Yippee! The happiness, but what happens when on that first day, Joey suddenly gets struck with a virus, making him very ill? R+R onegai?!
Temporary Interruption:
Kirei: Lalalalalalala!!!!!!
Mokuba:.......stop singing..
Seto: My ears! Make it stop!!
Joey: Ahhhhh shuddap you brat!
Kirei: Who...me? ....*blinks; looks at Seto*..umm..Can I help you?
Seto: Idiot..
Kirei: la-
Joey: *tackles Kirei and ties her up* Bad author bad!
Kirei: *meeping*
Duke: And onto the story!!!
Kirei: lalalalalalala *singing again*
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Chapter: 1
Feverish Frenzy
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He wasn't sick, he couldn't be, the very thought sent shivers down his spine as he laid beneath the cotton sheets. The back of his right hand rested against his forehead, trying to calm down the pain the came when trying to breathe. The soft honey brown eyes swam with some tears but quickly he wiped them away. Forcing himself into a sitting position on his bed, he glanced quickly at the alarm which currently read; 6:07AM.
This day was not going so well and it had hardly started. He grabbed a towel that was sloppily thrown onto a chair near his bed and dabbed it around his face to soak up the sweet that had doused his face. This was no time to be lingering, in half an hour or so his father would wake, and if he was still here he would be most likely beat for leaving 'late'.
Quickly he headed to his closet, ignoring the wracking pain and dizziness that filled his head. Grabbing his blue uniform, he removed the clothes he was currently wearing and changed into his blue uniform. He side stepped once to face the large mirror. Silently he unbuttoned his jacket so the white/blue shirt that he wore underneath was showing. That was better. A small black comb was set aside and he quickly picked it up, combing his sweat golden blonde looking hair. Swiftly he grabbed the backpack on the hook on the back of the door and slowly made his way out of his room.
Weariness already had already spread through his body. His legs felt weak and strained as he walked slowly. It was quite odd, he never felt this bad before. Once he had walked into the door was he able to pull himself into reality for a little. Silently he grasped the golden brass knob on the door and turned it to his right, hearing the quiet squeak showing that it was rusted slightly.
'Hopefully this'll go away by the time I arrive to school...'He told himself, walking ever so slowly towards Domino High which was maybe a good 3-4 miles from his house. A car drived by and he heard the annoying beeping of the car as it drove by as well as a few other words.
'Drunkards...'He glared at the back of the car with disgust, seeing as a bottle was tossed out the window and onto the cold and hard cement pavement breaking into many different shards of glass the second it touched. It was a tad bit chilly out but that wasn't the problem, the problem was if he could make it to school without being to early, while not being to late. It was a complicated matter, seeing as how he usually was late, yet he was up 1½ hours before hand.
"HEY BOY!!! GET OVER HERE!!! I've got something for ya..." It was a guy inside a car that had driven up beside him. He just rolled his eyes and continued walking forward. The guy frowned and reached out grabbing him by the arm, yanking him towards the car.
"GET OFF ME YA GIT!!!"He roared, trying to pull away from the man, but he was quite weak, whatever he had was eating at his energy making him very weary. Quickly he gave one swift blow to the man in the face, feeling his arm being released he darted immediately into a sprint. He turned a corner and bumped straight into the back of someone. He hadn't even realized how long he had ran also what time it was.
The man he had bumped into growled and turned around to face him on the ground. His eyes lit up, and immediately he began laughing, it was only Tristan. Tristan grinned, and held his hand out to his younger comrade.
"What're you doing here Joey? Shouldn't you be off towards school..for your going in the wrong direction, I just made a stop to get some food before hand,"Tristan said as soon as Joey grabbed his hand and hauled himself up off the ground. Joey huffed and swayed only slightly, trying to get the feeling in his legs back.
"Ah, I musta took the wrong turn, I better be off. I don't wanna be late!"Joey grinned widely trying to not show how actually weak he really felt. Tristan laughed and walked over to his motorcycle, grabbing his helmet. He thrusted the helmet forth towards Joey, who caught it easily.
"Well c'mon, high school starts in a good 20 minutes..I'll rid you there.."Tristan laughed and swung his leg over the motorcycle, pressing forward on the handles. Joey immediately put the helmet on and walked over, doing the same as Tristan. Absentmindedly he wrapped his arms around Tristan's waist, and leaned forward, resting his head on Tristan's back. Tristan was somewhat surprised by what Joey had done but ignored it, pressing the motorcycle into life. He pressed hard of the ground and the motorcycle sped off down the street, towards the school.
~~~At School~~~
Tristan came to a slow halt, and parked his motorcycle. Quickly he looked over his shoulder and realized that Joey had fallen asleep. He gulped and looked forwards, not realizing that he was getting hot in the cheeks. 'Joey's just a friend and that's all..nothing more..' Tristan told himself, gently removing Joey's arms from around his waist, but he didn't want to move from where he sat, for he didn't want to disturb the sleeping blonde but it had to be done.
"Joey....Joey...Joey! JOEY!!" Immediately Joey shot up, looking from left to right frantically, only to see Tristan looking over his shoulder smiling at him. He huffed and removed the helmet handing it back to Tristan.
"Wake up sleepy head, we are at school we still have 5 more minutes before the bell rings, so hurry up and come around to this world!" Tristan said as he got off his bike, placing the helmet on the seat. Joey sighed heavily and got off, trudging slowly towards the school. He grimaced and then forced himself to grin, not wanting anyone to know he wasn't feeling ok. Tristan blinked, confused as to why Joey was acting so tired, he usually had much more energy than any of them put together. Yugi and Tea were probably already in school, in their seats, talking, like usual.
Joey walked slowly in the boisterous school, trying to get away from the loud noises. Quickly he went off in the direction of his classroom, the hall was always empty there though, oddly enough. He sighed heavily and breathed in and out, his chest heaving heavily while his face became paler. This feeling was so horrible, it was something he defiantly didn't want to come across again. His head suddenly became foggy, and seconds before he blacked out, he saw the shadowy figure of a taller brunette male.
~~~Switchie to Seto~~~
Seto had arrived early in the school, striding coolly down the halls, ignoring some of the squeals of girls that were hearable in the background. His face screwed up into that of one of disgust. These halls were to busy, to noisy, and crowded. He swerved between the groups and off towards his classroom. He happened to be in the same class as Yugi and all his other followers.
Once he had turned the corner and began walking, not only a second someone had collapsed on him, sending him falling to the ground. He growled, wondering who the hell would walk right into him and knock him down. Upon recognizing the body as Joey Wheeler he just growled even more. He went to go push him away but noticed that he was breathing heavily, sweet covering the delicate features of the loud mouthed punk. For a momentary second he felt sorry for the mutt, but quickly pushed it off, pressing his hand to Joey's forehead. Immediately he pulled away, his eyes wide, he didn't like Yugi and his friends at all, but Joey had been burning up, literally. His hand felt like it had been scorched by a fire.
Quickly he pushed himself off the ground and reluctantly he picked Joey up off the floor. Ok so maybe he was being a little bit of a softie but not even Joey deserved to go unattended to when he had a blistering hot fever. He broke into a quick run off towards the nurses office, keeping the same cold look in his eyes and normal expression, not wanting anyone to think anything of this. A brief thought broke into his mind, 'Just drop the mutt, you shouldn't worry about him, let him die by this fever.His fault not yours.' Seto slowed down, then halted, and looked down at the passed out blonde he had held. His face softened, realizing how beautiful the blonde looked, he had never taken into consideration how gorgeous he was until now. Seto immediately shook his head, trying to rid him of the thoughts passing in his head. A cuss fell from his lips and decided not to stray away from his task any longer.
A whimper escaped from the blonde's lips as he continued to lay in a state of unconsciousness. He pressed closer to Kaiba, though it wasn't intentional. One moment Joey was out like a brick, the next second his eyes had shot open and pushed himself away from Kaiba, obviously panicking. Once Joey had hit the floor he just remained there, panting heavily, and not bothering to move from where he was. Seto stood in awe, it happened so fast he wasn't sure how to react yet but quickly pulled himself together and stared coldly down at the 'mutt'.
"Watch what your doing next time MUTT! If you weren't feeling god you should have stayed home with your parents. Now you probably got the whole damn school sick by you being here..."Kaiba said coldly taking a single step forwards. Joey heaved heavily, and steadied himself into a sitting position, he felt a major blood rush as his body once again got weak and he fell backwards against the floor. Seto's words rang in his ears for a brief moment before speaking up.
"I ca-can't stay ho-home even if I am sick..I would've bee-been in a wors-worse position stayin-staying home than coming here.."Joey said quietly, his breath coming in heavily as he managed to once again push himself into a sitting position. He pushed back once so that he was back to back with a wall, needing some support.
That sense of sympathy for the mutt once again overcame Seto but it was quickly pushed back. He just walked over to the mutt and held out his hand, waiting Joey to grab his hand. Joey looked up, his eyes were full of haze and he couldn't very much see well. He finally grabbed Seto's hand after a few tries, and pulled himself up off the ground, only to fall straight into Seto once again. His body finally giving into moving at all. Seto caught the blonde quickly, not wanting to let him fall, and suddenly he wondered why. It was no time to be thinking over that, Joey needed to be treated and soon, he seemed weaker than when Seto had first ran into him.
He put his arm around Joey's waist to hold him up, correctly so he wouldn't fall down again. Quickly he walked off to the Nurse, basically dragging Joey along. Once infront of the nurses office he slammed open the door than closed it loudly behind him. He placed the now sleeping blonde on one of the two beds and looked over at the nurse.
"Mr. Seto? What are you doing down here? What's wrong with Mr. Wheeler?" The pudgy nurse pushed the chair back and waddled over towards the passed out blonde with a small kit. Quickly she grabbed his wrist, pressed two fingers on the bottom of his thumb and traced over a little until she could press down between a bone. She nodded once or twice then backed up, pressing her hand to his forehead. Once again the pudgy nurse nodded and pressed the big oval glasses farther up her nose, looking up at Seto.
"How long has your friend been in this condition? You do understand it's a critical virus he has! Why is he here?! He should be at home resting!!"The nurse began to lose the calm outer exterior and rushed around, picking up the phone before hanging up and walking back over to the patient who had partially come around.
"Mr.Wheeler...wake up. Your father picked up the phone for only a second then hung up on me. Who else can I call? You need to get some medical attention and as well as a nice place to stay for a while!"The nurse squeaked, and turning on heel, dashed out of the room. She ran back in and looked down at Joey expecting an answer.
"...Yugi.."Joey coughed quietly, but then he remembered that trip in Egypt his grandfather had taken him on. He had forgotten and thought he was in school today only to remember now he wasn't. Joey hesitated, and looked over at Seto, then back up at the ceiling.
"N-"
"I'll volunteer to take care or Mr. Wheeler..until he gets better.."Seto said reluctantly, but the mutt never had done anything wrong to him in the firstplace. He was just downright rude to the mutt now that he thought about it. Nothing was wrong with Joey, but of course Seto did know that his dad was abusive and a drinker, but the teachers and nurses didn't know that. Sometimes things were better left unsaid than said at all.
"Mr.Kaiba, I highly doubt that, your a student...you can't take care of him you have school!"The nurse said all huffy duffy as she puffed her cheeks and stomped forwards, staring up at Seto who was much taller than her.
"I've got a spare bedroom, and a few servants who could take care of Mr. Wheeler while I was inschool. I assure you he will be in much better shape with me than someone even if it is an adult,"Seto retorted, looking down at the nurse with a cold glare. Joey was beside himself, eyes wide as can be as he looked over at the nurse arguing with Seto. The bad thing was, he couldn't even hear them, his world went fuzzy again and out like light he was.
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Kirei:YEAH! 1st Chappie finished...poor Joey..that's so sad...*sniffle*
Joey: *eating all Seto's candies*
Seto: MUTT!! STOP EATING MY CANDY!!
Mokuba: *watches with amusement*
Joey: *running for his life now* AHH!!!
Seto: *chasing*
Time for begging: *gets down on both knees and begs for reviews; begs for something; begs for anything* One review? Two? Please? Hello? ;.;
