Seto was ready to kill himself, if only to avoid the idiots around him. It was only two in the afternoon and half of his company were running around like chickens with their heads cut off. He didn't know whose bright idea it was to run a virtual reality machine when nobody had bothered to check the cooling system. The system had fried on start-up and data had been lost...or rather Seto let them think so. He wasn't stupid, he had months and months of data stored as backup in case this had happened. Which it did.

He rubbed his temples and kept typing the damage report. He was going to have someone rebuild the new system from scratch. There was a couple of salvageable parts but he wanted to see what his company could come up with, without his help. Meanwhile he was going to hire someone on the side to rebuild the system as well, as a comparison. God he was ready to fire some imbeciles. He signaled to his secretary to go and get him more coffee as he pushed aside the damage report and started working on the Duel Monsters contest he was hosting.

He smirked at all the applications and quickly rejected the ones that simply weren't worth his time. He felt satisfaction at rejecting all the applications that didn't survive his background check, mentally tagging those people in case something happened. Unfortunately the rejection pile did not include a certain person's name, namely Anzu Mazaki. She was the bane of Seto's existence. She was annoying, ugly, whiny, and most of all, a whore. She slept with every male she could get her hands on. Seto was surprised that she didn't have any diseases.

She was also the reason why Yami didn't date girls anymore. Seto had to admit that his cousin was a bit of a playboy, but he was only looking for love. Seto remembered it well. Back in collage, Yami had been a rising Duel Monsters champion and Anzu had seduced him, for a lack of words. Yami had fallen head over heels and they had gone out. In a matter of weeks, Anzu had grown creepy and possessive of Yami but didn't mind eyeing other guys. Yami had then caught her cheating on him with another man. He had been devastated, as Seto recalled. Yami had swore off women in front of him and Seto had agreed that women were a bit of hassle. Seto shuddered when he remembered her nasty lusty stare. She was disgusting in every way possible.

He finished up the remaining aspects of the contest, such as the reward of a rare card and the secret bonus optional duel with Yami. Whoever won the contest, would be surprised when they find out they would get to duel Yami as a bonus. He moved on to his Duel Monster sales chart and mentally cackled as he watched the sales go up. This contest was just a good way to boost his sales. He liked the way the numbers were adding up.

The income for the contest far outweighed the cost. There was the cost of the application and the arena but that was it. He was making money on everything else. Seto checked on the dates and invitations to the duelists, making sure everything was perfect. Everyone who was in the contest would soon get the notice that the contest was afoot. The contest would take up to a week. The duelists would roam the giant hotel resort Seto had reserved, finding other duelists to duel. Each duelist would have a case, with two small golden hearts inside. The point was to win hearts from other duelists, up to 8 hearts, to fill the case. Each duel would have the anti of one golden heart from each duelist. Seto planned it out so there would be at least 12 duelists, but you never know.

Hours pasts by and Seto's stomach finally warned him that he needed to eat or else he would end up having a big headache. He pushed away his work and walked out of his office. He nodded to his secretary and left. He wondered what he would eat. He didn't feel like fast food but he didn't feel like sitting somewhere and having people stare at him. He got into his limo and had his driver drive around until he saw something he might like. He glanced over the fast food places and ignored the sketchy looking restaurants. About twenty minutes passed and Seto was growing impatient. He was about to just go get a burger when someone caught his eye.

The man was tall, blonde and lean. He was sitting down at a simple table, eating with a woman. The man, in Seto's opinion, had the most gorgeous eyes he had ever seen. They were expressive and such a beautiful shade of gold. His skin had a subtle tan to it and his clothes only help offset that. He was wearing a simple green shirt with jeans and they looked good on him. Seto eyed the woman. She had auburn hair and a small fair face. She looked cute, he supposed. She was wearing a simple yellow dress that looked nice on her. They looked like they were having fun eating and talking. Seto wondered if the man was on a date. Their food did look delicious though.

Seto decided on a whim to eat at the same little cafe as the blond. He made his driver park and he sat down at a table near the blond and the girl. Seto made sure that he sat down in a way so he had every view point of the blonde man. He liked the way the sun looked against the man's hair, such interesting highlights. His thoughts were disturbed by a waitress greeting him and giving him a menu. He looked at the menu and decided on a simple soup and salad. As he relayed the order to the waitress, he looked out the corner of his eye to see the blonde blushing. He was about to turn to stare at him but the blonde turned back to the girl at his table.

Seto took out his laptop and pretended to work on a report. He decided to listen in on the man's conversation. The man seemed a bit flustered.

"Shizuka, I can't do that! He's Seto Kaiba!"

Seto smirked, typing the girl's name into his laptop. He liked the way his name came out of the blonde's lips and it made him want to hear it more. Seto started listening in their conversation.

"Oh really? I'm sure he wouldn't mind."

Seto wanted to turn to look the blonde in the eye but his laptop brought back the results he was searching for. There were 38 different Shizuka's living in Japan but after looking at a couple photos, he found the one he was looking for. Her name was Shizuka Jounouchi, age 20. She lived in Tokyo, surprisingly enough. Seto skipped past her biography and moved onto her family. Her mother worked as a secretary, her father, not working. And surprisingly, Seto found the young man in front of her registered as her older brother.

He clicked on the picture and read all that he could. His name was Katsuya Jounouchi, age 23. He worked as a cook in one of Seto's favorite restaurants, Ryuu. Seto moved onto his weight, height, ect. until he couldn't read anymore. Katsuya seemed like an interesting person that Seto had to meet. His food finally arrived and he started to eat while thinking. Katsuya reminded him of a gold retriever and Seto certainly liked dogs. He turned back to his laptop and decided to read a couple of emails, ignoring the unimportant ones and only responding to the ones he thought deserved his attention.

His thumb suddenly began to hurt as he was taking a small bite of lettuce. Seto frowned at the sudden pain before hearing a small moan next to him. He quickly glanced over to see Jounouchi holding his thumb while his sister laughing at him.

"How did you manage to cut your thumb big brother?"

Jounouchi frowned, "I was trying to move my plate. Don't laugh at me!"

Shizuka chuckled and ignored her brother, going back to eating. Seto ignored his thumb and chuckled silently, of course Jounouchi would be the clumsy type. Seto kept watching him for a couple more minutes before making up his mind. He finished up the rest of his food, putting away his laptop into his briefcase. He pulled out his business card and scribbled his personal number on the back. Seto waved for the waitress, paying for the food promptly, ignoring any flirting coming his way.

As Seto got up, he adjusted his trenchcoat, making sure it flowed the way he liked it. As he made his way to where Jounouchi and his sister sat, a small sliver of fear entered his heart. It wasn't often someone sparked Seto's interest. Seto's standards were really high, some may call them too high but there were instances where there were exceptions. Jounouchi was one of them. He seemed clumsy, loud, energetic...and full of warmth as he smiled as his sister. He seemed to be the opposite of Seto and Seto wanted him, to examine and enjoy every bit of him. To see if he was what Seto thought he was.

Standing next to their table, Seto slid his card towards Jounouchi and left without looking back. He knew that Jounouchi would text. It was only a matter of time.

Yugi grabbed his soda, making himself comfortable in his loveseat and watched as Ryou took over the couch and Jounouchi the floor. They had all gathered for their weekly gossip session since they couldn't meet up with each other often during the week. From the look on Jounouchi's face, it seemed like he had big news and Yugi was definitely ready to listen. He made sure that there were plenty of snacks and drinks before he looked at Jounouchi,

"Ok talk. You look like you're about to burst."

Jounouchi sighed,

"Boy do I feel like it. So do you guys remember that cute cafe over near the park? Shizuka and I were eating lunch there. First off, the food is great and you know how judgey I am with my food. So we were just eating and Shizuka totally notices that Seto Kaiba is sitting a couple of tables away from me."

Ryou raised his eyebrow, "Seto Kaiba? Eating a cute cafe?"

Jounouchi nodded, "I know huh but he was totally there. He looked so sexy and then Shizuka kept telling me to 'go and talk to him' but like, who can go up to him without getting chewed to pieces?"

Yugi laughed, "True true, so what happened?"

Jounouchi started waving around his hands, his face flushed.

"He just walked up and gave me his number! On the back of his business card! Seto fucking Kaiba gave me his number! All I was doing was eating my food and here comes hot, sexy Seto Kaiba and just gives me his number! Shizuka wouldn't stop teasing me. She told me that he was totally checking me out but all I saw him doing was typing on his laptop and eat his food. When did he even have the time to check me out?"

Jounouchi pulled out his wallet and threw the business card on the floor, Seto Kaiba's number facing up.

"He gave me the card and walked away, without looking back. Guys what do I do?!"

Ryou grabbed the card from the floor and gave it a glance over, "I didn't think you were his type. I didn't think that men were his type and last time I checked, he was having a dating scandal with that Italian woman and also that french model."

Jounouchi pursed his lips, "Thanks Ryou, such support you give me."

Ryou laughed and handed the card to Yugi, who hummed. "Don't worry Jou, Ryou has his own love problems. Isn't that right Ryou?"

Ryou blushed and slapped Yugi's shoulder, "Shush Yugi, I can't help it if I get hit on by my coworkers."

Yugi smirked, "Oh I'm sure you can't help it."

Jounouchi looked at Ryou, "Coworkers dig the white hair? Or the fact you look adorable?"

Ryou pouted and slid down the couch he was sitting on, "Both. I get girls who want to baby me and then the guys who want to hang me off their arms. Masato, the physics professor, wouldn't leave me alone at all while I was grading my papers and I tried everything but ugh he wouldn't leave. Then I can't handle Rena and her grabby hands. Like I know my hair is amazing but she doesn't have to run her hands through my hair every chance she gets."

Yugi and Jounouchi laughed, imagining Ryou getting hair molested. Ryou sighed and completely laid down on the couch, moaning how life was unfair to him. Yugi gave Jounouchi back Kaiba's number.

"Now now Ryou, stop being a drama queen and Jounouchi, you better text Kaiba later. If he gave you his number, you better text him. I don't want to hear you moaning about what to text him either."

Jounouchi sighed, "Sure Yugi. Now has anything happened to you this week? Anything interesting?"

Yugi grabbed a cookie and started to nibble it.

"Well you know that Mai decided that doing two different events would bring up sales and she was right. For the fan meeting, I've already got the group who's gonna meet me and I've got 3 out of the 10 people who have won prizes based on Dark Bonds and Broken Love. But that isn't the best part. Guess who entered both events and won both?"

Jounouchi hummed and tapped his chin, "Vivian? That weird book fan that made you move twice?"

Yugi shivered, Vivian had been such a big fan of his and almost to an extreme. At first, Vivian was such a lovely girl, who had only found out who Yugi was, due to Jounouchi's loud mouth. Yugi had signed her books and taken selfies with her before trying to move on with life. But she had learned his routine and basically stalked him, resulting in him moving twice. Yugi was hoping that he wouldn't have to move for the third time.

"Oh god no. If she got in, I would have to call my lawyer and make sure the restraining order was still up."

Ryou took a sip of his juice, "Then who Yugi?"

Yugi leaned forward and smirked,

"Yami Sennen." Ryou and Jounouchi sat up, mouths dropping. Jounouchi crawled over to Yugi,

"Are you kidding me?! Hot Duel Monsters champion Yami Sennen? Spill details!"

Yugi giggled,

"Ok so I first got an alert that someone had won one of the prizes from Dark Bonds and Broken Love and so I waited for their email with their contact information. Guys, it was him and then he also sent in his essay and pictures for the fan meeting. He's a big fan. He has all my books and his essay was amazing. He talked about, funny enough, Broken Love and how he connected with it. It's one of the best I've read and I'm really tempted to print it off and frame it."

Ryou shook his head,

"Wow. I never would have guessed he would have been a big fan of you. But that's great! Are any of the other winners anyone we know?"

Yugi shook his head, "Not that I know. But I can't wait to meet Yami, I want him to sign my Dark Magician."

Jounouchi smirked, "I wouldn't mind having him sign something else."

Yugi threw a cookie at Jounouchi, "You have Kaiba. Stop trying to take all the hot men."

Jounouchi caught the cookie and laughed,

"Now when have I taken all the hot men? I can only count Kaiba."

Ryou held up his hand, "Well Takao hit on you at the club, Daisuke at the supermarket, Sosuke at the park and Mamoru when we went to that concert."

Jounouchi groaned, "Fine fine. Guys love to hit on me but I don't steal them." He ran a hand through his hair, "They just have good taste. But you have to remember that Yugi had those CEOs hitting on him that time we went to that restaurant and that really hot guy, what was his name, Ryuunosuke? Yeah, he was all over you at the water park."

Yugi put his head into his hands, "Yeah yeah you made your point. We're all hot. Now Ryou do you have anything you want to share?"

Ryou swirled his cup, watching the juice before blushing.

"I think I have a secret admirer."

Yugi and Jounouchi gasped, "Who?"

Ryou shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know but do you guys remember Otogi from high school? We bumped into each other as I was on my way home from work. We chatted and he told me about this painting that reminded him of me. So I went to check it out and guys, it looks just like me."

Yugi pursed his lips, "How much like you Ryou?"

Ryou bit his lip,

"Like 95%. The painting, I think, is me dressed as an angel. It was so beautiful but when I asked who the artist was, all I got was the name Zorc. I doubt that's his real name. I don't know whether to be flattered or creeped out. I don't even know if it's really me either."

Jounouchi whistled, "Zorc? I know that name. I heard he's a fantastic artist who always draws his 'angel', from what I hear."

Ryou blushed, "Either way, I would love to meet him. His painting just moved me."

Yugi nodded, "But be careful Ryou. You never know who it could be." Ryou nodded and Yugi clapped his hands, "Well, now that gossip is out of the way, it's time to choose: club or stay at home movie?"

Jounouchi raised his hand, "Let's go to that new dance club, Egypt. I heard it was amazing." Yugi hummed and turned to Ryou, "What do you think?"

Ryou put down his glass,

"Let's go dance. I need to let loose for tonight."

Yugi raised his fist into the air, "Then let's get ready!"

And with that, the guys made their way upstairs to Yugi's room. They usually left their clubbing clothes over at Yugi's, just in case they left like going out. Ryou shrugged on a light purple tank top, slipping on a mesh shirt on top. He slipped on a pair of tight leather pants and went to do his eyeliner as Jounouchi put on his clothes. Jounouchi often went with white v-neck shirt and leather pants, simple he liked to call it. Ryou handed him the eyeliner and helped Yugi choose what shirt to wear. He was stuck between a hot leather tank top and a long sleeved navy blue shirt. He went with the leather tank top and grabbed his tightest leather pants, the ones that really accented his ass. He didn't bother with eyeliner since his eyes already looked really big but he did put on a layer of lip gloss, liking the light sheen it gave his lips. And like that, they were ready to rule the night.