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NORMAL POV:

"Mokuba, it wasn't anything like that!"

Mokuba giggled hysterically. "Yeah, keep telling yourself that, Big Brother."

Seto groaned loudly. "When will you believe me?"

"Well…" Mokuba tapped his chin thoughtfully. "Maybe… NEVER. Hahahahaha!" He rolled over laughing again.

"Damn bratty little brother," Seto muttered under his breath.

Mokuba suddenly stopped laughing and Seto stared at him questioningly, wanting to know what had caused the boy to stop laughing at him. "Big Brother…" Mokuba said quietly. "This must be the reason why you've been emotionally unbalanced lately."

That certainly caught Seto's attention. He'd been dieing to know why his behaviour had been so fucked up lately and finally his little brother might have the answer. "What do you mean 'this is the reason', Mokuba?"

"Well… you've got the hots for Jou."

"WHAT!" Seto spat out. "What the hell are you talking about!"

"Just admit it Seto," Mokuba said calmly. "It's obvious you like Jou. And back there in the car with Anzu… You were jealous of her, because she's friends with Jou."

"No way! I'm not some jealous boyfriend. I do not like that… THAT MUTT," Seto bellowed.

"Whatever, Big Brother. If you don't believe me in the first place, then I suggest you don't ask my advice." And Mokuba skipped out of the room, leaving Seto alone to ponder over things.

He did not like Jounouchi, it just couldn't be. It was all some accident, that just had to be it. Really, he just slipped and fell over. It was obvious that he didn't like Jou, they were archenemies. And archenemies didn't like each other.

Besides, he couldn't afford to like Jou, it would ruin his image. His whole reputation would go to hell. He would say goodbye to his company and… AND IT JUST COULDN'T BE THAT MUTT, DAMMIT. Did he really need some good reason as to why he couldn't like Jou?

Dammit, what if Jou would blurt everything out? No, Jou wouldn't do that right? He's not that kind of person. But… what if? No, he couldn't allow some accident to ruin his world! He had to do something! But… what?

Something in Kaiba's mind started working on hyper-speed. What to do, what to do? How to prevent today's mistakes from leaking out? Yes, today's mistakes. It was nothing but a tiny mistake, an accident.

And then… Kaiba got the perfect idea.

JOUNOUCHI'S POV:

I slowly stroll over the dark streets on my way to Yugi's place. I am not ready yet for a beat up from my dad. Remember, he saw me hugging Seto in the newspapers in the early morning today… Add in the, uhm well… the accident not to long ago, and you can figure out why I am not in the mood to see dad.

I'm really not in the mood to see Yugi either - and the rest of my friends who will probably be there as well - but I'd rather have them bugging me, then a beat up from my father. I think I'll be back by midnight, I'm sure Shizuka will be home by then.

I stop in front of Yugi's home and I must say that I feel my guts leaving me. They'll sure as hell give my some damn lecture about how stupid it is to work for your rival. Okay, maybe they're right, maybe it was stupid of me to agree to work for Kaiba, but desperate people do stupid things.

I lift my hand and ring the bell. The door slowly opens and Yugi's grandfather greets me. I greet him back and get inside. Taking off my shoes, I go up the stairs, straight to Yugi's room. As I open the door surprised faces look at me. I quickly plaster a sheepish grin on my face.

"Hi guys," I say quietly and walk into the room. I head for Yugi's bed and plop down, trying to make myself comfortable. However, I fail miserably.

"Jou, I thought you were still working?"

I turn to face Yugi. "Well yeah… I-"

"He made a fool out of you, didn't he!" Honda bellowed. "I knew it!"

I wince. Honda is mad at me. That's just great… not. He keeps yelling at me and eventually Anzu joins in. I try to tune the two out, but something catches my attention.

"JOU, YOU'RE SO STUPID! HOW CAN YOU LET THAT BASTARD DO THAT TO YOU. YOU SHOULD HAVE LISTEN TO THE NOTES I'VE GIVEN YOU, YOU IDIOT! YOU-"

"What notes, are you talking about, Honda?"

In a split of a second, the conversation dies down. The whole gang stares from me at Honda. And from Honda back to me. And then back to Honda.

"What notes… Honda?" I repeat. I don't want to believe what's going on. No way, this isn't happening!

"Oh well… you see," he swallows hard as he tries to get the right words to say it. I feel the tension between us grow with immense speed.

I don't want to say this… I'm afraid for what's coming, but I know it's true. And I know from experience, that the truth is never good. "Honda, you're… Miss Mysterious?"

The rest of my friends gape at us. 'Miss what?' is written all over their faces. They have no clue about what's going on whatsoever.

Honda lowers his head in shame. "I wanted to protect you Jou…" he whispers. "That Kaiba can't do good to you." He shakes his head. "I don't understand why you keep close to Kaiba, even though you hate him so much."

I frown. "I can decide for myself whether or not he's any good to me. But…" I give a loud sigh. " But thanks… for worrying over me so much. You're a good friend, Honda. Just don't call me a gay-bastard again the next time you're trying to protect me."

He offers me a small smile. "You goofball. We're all worried about you. I mean, you're working for Kaiba here. If you really need the money, Jou… Just ask and we'll lend it to you! What else are we friends for."

I've got a feeling this conversation is turning into one of those sappy friendship-speeches. But I don't mind, I'm proud to be their friend and I wouldn't want to trade them for the world.

It's just… I can't let them into my trouble. "I'm okay, you guys. Don't worry about me so much. I just felt like working. You know, for some extra cash to buy that awesome expensive shirt in this store."

Okay, I'm lying to my friends. So what? They're buying it and that's all that matters.

Anzu sniggered. "Figured you'd do something stupid, like working for Kaiba. So has he fired you already?"

"Not exactly…"

I'm not going to tell my friends about that incident. No way. I'll kill myself before that ever happens.

"I uh… just ran off. Yeah uhm…" I plaster the famous Jou-goof-grin on my face. It'll let my friends believe me easier. "He was driving me crazy, so I ran away to blow off some steam. Or else I would've done something my might regret."

The whole gang nods. God, they really believe me. I feel like laughing in their faces. My friends are so naïve.

NORMAL POV:

The next morning all conversations on school were once again about Seto Kaiba.

"Hey, have you heard the latest rumour about Seto Kaiba yet?"

Jou felt his heart beating faster. What rumour about Kaiba…? Okay, Jou knew that eavesdropping was bad, but he had to know this.

"Yeah, he's dating some blonde," the other student replies.

"Do you think it's real?" the first student asks again. "I mean, were talking about Seto Kaiba here. King of School and King of the Anti-socials."

"Very certain, just look over there."

Jou followed the direction the finger was pointing at and his jaw dropped at the scene before him.

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