Heartaches

Chapter 39

By KellyQ

When Yusei came back to Jack's apartment condo, the blonde's motorcycle wasn't there. Yusei didn't mind; he was hoping that Jack wasn't around at this point, so he could finish fixing his cell phone. He calmly walked in, and made himself comfortable at the kitchen table. He pulled everything out, and scattered the remains to work.

Twenty minutes later, the door to the computer room opened and Mina made her way in, to see him working.

"Mina ...?" Yusei asked quietly, not even looking up from what he's been doing. "Where's Jack?"

"He came here and told me that he was going to ride the racetrack for a bit before he comes back."

Yusei nodded his head. "What about the tape? Have you and Trudge figured anything out?"

Mina sighed and decided to take a seat. "Not much I'm afraid," she answered quietly.

Yusei finally glanced up to see an apologetic look on her face. He frowned. "What's the matter?"

"I'm sorry for embarrassing you in front of Martha," she stated quietly.

"Don't worry about that," Yusei reassured in a casual tone. He went back to work.

A light blush made its way to Mina's cheeks, and she looked relieved. "That's good. I would've felt bad if I did."

Yusei shrugged it off. "What can you tell me about Carly?"

Mina blinked, surprised that Yusei would ask. She bit her lip. "I don't know all that much about her other than she's a bad nurse, and she has feelings for Jack."

Mina studied him for a moment. She was about to reassure Yusei that there wasn't going to be any competition when the door opened and Jack made his way into the kitchen.

Mina got to her feet and bowed. "I'll get back to work, and I'm hoping to at last have something by tomorrow."

Jack raised a brow. "Trudge hasn't been helping you?"

Mina groaned out of disappointment. She was hoping to get some help from him. Yusei and Jack glanced at each other.

"No. He said that he wanted to sleep more instead of helping me, and he'll take me out to eat later."

Yusei caught on quickly before Jack did about Mina. He had a sneaky feeling that there was something going on with them.

A teasing smile made its way to Yusei's lips. "I'm sure that Trudge won't be late for your outing."

Mina blushed. "Uh ... I should get to work."

With that, she turned and walked out. Jack raised a brow and glanced at his boyfriend to see him working away, but there was a teasing smile on Yusei's lips.

"I don't want to know what's going on with Trudge and Mina as long as he doesn't do anything stupid. I don't care," Jack muttered, turning to leave.

"Wait, Jack," Yusei called out. The blonde-haired teen turned to see his cell phone being tossed to him. Jack caught it. "Carly called saying that she wants to council your outing and just talk. You should call her."

Jack narrowed his eyes. "She didn't threaten you, did she?"

Yusei glanced up and raised a brow. "No. She requested that I deliver the message."

"Fine ..." Jack grunted, knowing that Yusei wanted him to be polite about the situation. "I'll call her to see what she wants."

"It wouldn't hurt for you to be polite to people," Yusei pointed out, watching his boyfriend calling Carly.

Jack put it to his ear and waited. After a few rings, it was answered.

"Yes?" came Misty's voice. Jack's eyes widened for a moment before they narrowed.

"Is Carly there?" He asked.

"She's sleeping right now. May I take a message?" Misty suggested.

Jack grumbled. "No. I'll call her later, and who is this, by the way?"

"Misty - Misty Lola," she stated.

Jack grumbled again and hung up before there was any further conversation. Yusei raised a brow and waited for his boyfriend to share.

"She's at Misty's," Jack said, wondering why she would be there when Carly already had a place to stay.

"I'm sure she wanted someone to talk to about her troubles," Yusei said, seeing that Jack looked a little paranoid that he had to interact with Misty.

Jack grunted in response and sat down, seeing that Yusei was almost done fixing his cell phone. "That's fine, but Misty acts like I'm going to hurt Carly or something and she makes sure I stay in line when I'm around her - it's sort of obnoxious."

Yusei tried to hold back a teasing smile. He snapped his flip-cell-phone back together and turned it on. It lit up, indicating that it was on. "Go ahead and call me. I want to see if it works."

Jack to his feet turned and walked out. Yusei watched for a moment; his cell phone rang and he looked down to see that Jack did as he was told.

Yusei put his phone to his ear. "I'll be ready in a few moments. I'm going to call Crow, Blister, and Martha and tell them my phone is fixed."

"Don't take too long," Jack insisted.

Yusei could hear the bath water running when he got off the phone.

To Be Continued ...