A/N: Thank youz soooo much for the reviewz! I love youz peoplez! I will never ever forgetz youz peoplez! I'm soooo high right now! I love the 'z'! What? Don't youz? Sad. ;o;
Warnings: Mild cursing, Shounen Ai, Possible OOC
Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own it.

Story Notes:

1) Jou's father is kind—but still divorced…! I don't wanna abuse Jou-kun! ;o;

2) Italics are flashbacks!

3) -.--.-Page Break-.-.-

4) Fixed some of the grammar! Wahahahahahahaha! See? I am NOT that lazy! Yarg. So, uh, yeah... what now? Uhm, changed some spellings as well.

Paint Me Love

Chapter Two: Blue Is Never Red

Just as black is never white…

"Welcome home, 'Tsuya!" Jou's father greeted, going through papers.

"Hey dad," The blond replied as he entered their apartment. "Any—"

"Nope, no mail!"

"Okay."

And with that, the teen went to his room. Slamming the door shut, he quickly dove onto his bed. Fluffy bed. Fluffy soft bed. Fluffy soft pretty bed. Hugging his pillow for comfort, he closed his eyes—wanting to bury the days behind him.

"I should really stop acting like a chick!" He scolded himself. "Fuck, damn."

Jou's mind soon drifted onto sweet yesterdays… yesterdays that contained him and Kaiba…

NO. Not being all in love and crap, but fighting. Always getting on each other's nerves. What? Come on, he hates loving the guy, scratch that… he hates loving a guy—not that he had anything against being gay. All his friends were… but still—why did he have to love a guy? He could've stayed with Mai, right? But, nooo… Jou just had to fall for Kaiba—fucking—Seto. And though his father freely accepted this, Jou still felt utterly wrong… (1)

…But so freakin' right.

"Kaiba—fucking—Seto…" The teen huffed as he turned over. 'Fucking Seto…'

And then it hit him.

"What the Hell!" Jou leapt in shock, knocking a jar of paint down. "No! Nooo! NO WAY! AHHHH!"

Quickly, he attempted to gather the cerulean blue paint into the jar. But it was of no avail—the paint continued flowing across the floor.

"It's so blue…" He whispered. "Just like his eyes…"

-.-.-

"Shut up!"

"Hmph." Kaiba's eyebrow rose as he scanned the area. "You did all these."

What he said was more like a statement… a very cold statement…

"Yeah." Tanned arms crossed. "What are you gonna do about it?"

A smirk graced the brunet's lips.

"Oh, I can do anything about it, Pup… anything…"

Jou gulped as he watched the taller teen take one step forward. He felt like hiding under the blanket and never come out—what? Kaiba sounded so freakin' seductive.

Soon enough, nervous honey-brown eyes met cold blue orbs—that only proved how uber sexy the CEO truly was.

Jou didn't know whether he'd want to rip Kaiba's eyeballs out or just get lost in them… for the longest possible time…

-.-.-

The blond finally shook off the memory, rummaging through his drawer… looking for a cloth to wipe the paint.

But, sadly… instead of a cloth… he found his very first sketch of the brunet—leaning onto his beloved Blue Eyes White Dragon, sleeping so peacefully.

Jou smiled.

But then, had recalled—

The day he drew that, was the exact same day he wanted to rip it apart—what? Wouldn't you? It was the say that Yami, the ex-almighty-pharaoh, announced that they were seeing each other. Fuck.

-.-.-

"What's all the commotion about?" Honda asked as he entered Kame Game shop, shaking the water off his umbrella.

"Some news about the Midget Pharaoh…" Bakura replied harshly—earning a slap from his look alike. "Ow!"

"'Kura, be nice!"

"But it's true!" The taller albino said as he rubbed his bruised head.

"Bakura…" Ryou crossed his arms.

"Fine."

"Hey guys!" Both Yugi and Jou greeted, entering the shop.

"Dog. Starfish. (2)" Bakura nodded towards the two—earning, yet again, another slap.

"Oh, stop it! Friends should neither ridicule nor hit—" Sadly Anzu got cut off.

"Shut it, GIRL." Marik glared.

And war started…

And ended just when Yami had entered…

"Oh, hey!" Yugi chirped. "Yami—Kaiba!"

And then, suddenly, everyone stopped.

"Yes, Yugi…" Yami nodded. "I am with Seto."

And everyone blinked.

"Just get on with it, Yami." The brunet stated harshly. "I have a meeting."

"Yes, uhm." Yami coughed as he cleared his throat. "We—Seto and me—are seeing each other."

Those words came to Jou in a slow-mo way… as if they were said to hit him directly in duel, making him lose all his life points.

Of course, Yugi had seen this.

"For how long!" Otogi screamed in shock.

"Two months." The taller tri-colored teen answered.

"The priest and the pharaoh…" Malik gasped. "Who would've thought…?"

"Does Mokuba know?" Ryou calmly asked.

"Yes." Answered the CEO.

But all the commotion meant nothing to Jou—at least not anymore… that much.

"Jou, are you okay?" Yugi asked sympathetically.

"Uh—er—yeah…" The blond smiled. "I have to go…"

With that, Jou turned to walk out.

"Good luck, guys…" He whispered as he passed the couple.

He left—out onto the cold rain.

Blue eyes trailed behind him secretly—not caring about the scene happening behind him.

"Yami, I have to go." Then, he left.

But his tri-colored companion had not said a word. He and his friends were to busy staring at the piece of paper the blond accidentally dropped.

"I never knew Jou could draw." They all, aside from Yugi, chorused.

"But why would he draw Kaiba?" Malik blinked.

"Uh—he said that he made a drawing of each of us… including Kaiba!" Yugi lied, snatching the paper. "I'll just return this tomorrow!"

-.-.-

With this memory, tears formed at the corners of Jou's honey-brown eyes, making him carelessly drop the paper onto the blue-stained floor.

"Stupid Moneybags…" Jou whispered. "Always getting me in trouble."

And with that, he left his room.

Leaving the wet blue alone.

With a crumpled dream.

To Be Continued

A/N: Review, please! -dancey, dancey- Lalalala!

(1) It killed to put that there! I'm sorry if I offended any of you! ;o;

(2) I really, really can't insult Yugi! He's just too cute... and so, I called him a starfish instead!