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Jou stared dreamily into Seto's icy blue orbs. Nice, very nice…

Seto was still shocked by Jou's words. It wasn't like guys had never made a move on him before, but JOU? He was the last person Seto expected something like that from.

Finally, Seto snapped out of his shock. He noticed Jou, whom was still staring at him. He narrowed his eyes and glared at him.

"What are you looking at, Mutt?"

Jou blinked. "Huh…? Oh, uhm…" Jou cleared his throat, a slight blush appearing on his cheeks. "I uh…, I was looking at…"

Jou threw a quick glance behind Seto. He saw the sun slowly going down, the sky had a nice warm look.

"I was looking at the sunset, Kaiba."

Seto turned his head and nice warm colours met his icy blue eyes. His face softened, the sight was kind of romantic.

When they were younger, Seto and his little brother Mokuba always watched the sun go down. That was, until their stepfather came into their life. All the memories of his past came back to Seto, and one with good eyes could see the sadness written on his face.

Jou wasn't stupid (even though he tried hard to be); he saw the pain in Seto's eyes. He bit his bottom lip and hesitated for a moment before making a decision. He lifted his hand and placed it on Seto's shoulder, making the brunet flinch a second.

"Are you alright, Seto?"

It was odd to use the brunet's first name. Usually it was 'Kaiba', 'moneybags' or even 'asshole' when Jou was very pissed off, but never 'Seto'. Seto sounded rusty.

Jou repeated his name. "Seto?"

Seto glanced at Jou. "I'm fine." He turned his head away again and cleared his throat. The look on his face was replaced with his usual cold expression. "Look, here's the deal. You won't let a word slip about anything between us today and I'll shut up about you playing truant."

JOUNOUCHI'S POV:

"… You won't let a word slip about anything between us today and I'll shut up about you playing truant."

Whoa, Kaiba's moods change fast!

I allow myself to let a smile cross my lips.

"Kaiba, do you really think I'd say anything about today?"

I see Kaiba quirking an eyebrow, before turning his head away and smiling.

Wait. Kaiba? Smiling? He actually knows how to smile! Oh my, is the world ending?

You know, to be honest… He looks kinda cute when he's smiling. Much better than his usual emotionless face.

"Jounouchi, where do you live?"

I freeze. Why does he want to know that?

Well, that doesn't matter, I gotta change the subject. Think Jounouchi, think. Uhm… God, I hate it when someone calls me that!

"You can call me 'Jou', Kaiba."

Ha, good one.

Kaiba turns his head to me. "Jou, isn't that what your friends call you?"

I feel a strange heat rushing to my face. Shit, I must be blushing! "Oh well, I uh…" I turn me head away to hide my blush. It's true, only my friends call me Jou. I wish other people would use it too, but they don't, they don't care about what I want.

I hate the name Katsuya Jounouchi. You're asking me why? Simple, my dad always calls me Katsuya and my mother calls me Jounouchi. So, I've grown to dislike both parts of my name.

I hear Kaiba clearing his throat, probably trying to get my attention. I turn myself around to face him.

He turns his head away from me again. "Jou," he tested my name. "So Jou, where do you live?"

NORMAL POV:

"So Jou, where do you live?"

'Oh, not that again!' Jou turned his head away. 'Damn you Kaiba, why do you keep asking that?'

Jou crossed his arms. He had to stay cool. Alright, first he needed to find a way out of this. He couldn't go home, not now. His father would leave him alone when his sister was around,(1) but she was still at school and wouldn't be home any time soon. Jou refused to go to his mother and her new boyfriend.(2) Besides, they weren't too eager to see him either. So, what did he have to tell Kaiba?

"It's non of your business where I live, Kaiba."

Seto quirked an eyebrow. What did he do wrong this time? He glared at the blonde. "Look Jou, I was trying to be nice for a change, but if you think you can keep bitching at me, you picked the wrong person."

A look of guilt crossed Jou's face. He glanced at Seto, before staring back out of the window. "I'm sorry Kaiba. I didn't mean it like that. But I just…"

(1) You still remember Shizuka and her mother were moving out. Shizuka was staying with Jou temporary. I figured I couldn't let her be at home and look at her brother being beaten up, so I've written this: "His father would leave him alone when his sister was around, … ".

(2) I also figured that their mother and father wouldn't want to see each other, so I gave their mother a boyfriend to stay with.

STAY TUNED…

To Mandapandabug: Well, I do use spelling check, especially after the last times people flamed me for that. Heheh, I looked the word 'truant' up in a dictionary.

To RaeLuvs: And here's more!

To XyBulmaXy: Yeah, it's too bad Seto doesn't call Jou pup in the show. I mean, come on! The word is plastered on Jou's forehead.

To Sami Ryou's Hikari: I meant the situations. Hell, I'm not ever gonna switch names again; there were tons of mistakes when I did that.

To Flame Swordswoman: Patience… It might happen in some other chapter. But next chapter will probably be kinda interesting too, 'cuz… (I can't say that just yet.)

To Cherry-star-aus: Whoa, you've given me FOUR reviews at ones! Yeah, the 'Yoey' was a typo. But since I have gone through all the chapters another time to change the names back again, I've corrected the little mistake.