Kaiba looked at Joey.
'Yes.' He couldn't avoid that question, he knew it had been coming…so why did the blond's expression hurt him so much? Why did it pain him to see the disappointment and confusion on his face.
'Why?' Joey looked as if he was about to cry. Nervously, Kaiba took him by the hands and led him to the living room. He sat the blond down, before disappearing. He came back with a glass of water.
'I'll explain…' he began, taking a sip from his own glass. 'You know that myself and Mokuba were left as orphans when we were children, correct?' Joey nodded. 'Well, after we were adopted by Gozuburo I had a…strict regime in which I trained to take over the company. I can't say it was my favourite time, nor one I like to remember. I hardly saw Mokuba and I took a few beatings. That's part of why I did it. I was always taught to be top of the game and not to let anyone get in my way. 2 years ago, Gozuburo allegedly jumped from his office in Kaiba corp. While it's true he fell to his death, it was me that pushed him. He was threatening to take Mokuba back to the agency, to separate us both unless I could stop him. So I did. I pushed him. I stopped him from separating us. I stood and I watched him fall and I enjoyed every single moment.' The boy's face remained unchanged, it was cold and merciless. Joey flinched. He had never thought that Kaiba was like that. 'After he died it became known that I was to inherit the company. Immediately the big 5 began to pressure me. They began trying to buy me out for low prices, which of course I had been warned about. They kidnapped Mokuba and held him ransom for the company. When I finally tracked them down I found that they'd tortured my little brother, wounded him, scarred him. I killed them. Slowly. I made them watch the person before, making sure they knew what was to come. I know you think I'm twisted, but I was 16, my brother was the only thing I had left. My parents were dead, I had no friends. I had nothing, I couldn't alone, Joey, I couldn't let them ruin the one piece of happiness in my life. So I killed them. I made them suffer like they made us suffer.'
'Is that everyone?'
'No.' Seto looked away out of the window. His face pained slightly. This would be the hardest to explain. 'I killed one other person, before I knew who they were.' Joey looked concerned, suddenly frightened,
'Who was it, Kaiba?' the brunet looked straight into frightened brown eyes.
'I killed my dad.' He paused. 'My real one.' Joey's eyes flew open…Kaiba did what! 'Someone had been stalking me. I noticed that they'd been hacking my files somehow. I knew they must work for me. I thought someone was trying to get information on me to blackmail me or worse…anyway, I discovered all the files had been…personal. Images of myself, my address and personal details. I found him following me in the street, watching me as I went home. When I finally saw him I turned around quickly, and he ran at me. I thought he was going to attack me, so I shot him. He died at my feet. As he did so he explained that he was my father, that he had never died, but they couldn't afford us. They'd gotten into debt and bankruptcy and had most of our things possessed. They sent us away in hope we wouldn't suffer. He ran towards me thinking I recognised him. It was the first time I'd cried. Ever. No one besides you knows that I did that Joey, no one. No one but you…and him.' Joey swallowed. So Kaiba was evil, not just sarcastic and emotionless, but evil? He murdered? He killed someone he thought was a stalker and made a mistake. He wasn't at all whom he had believed the brunet it to be. His mind slowly processed the information he'd be given.
'So…' Joey whispered hesitantly, 'The blackmailer saw what happened?'
'Yes, but no one was around.'
'It was at your home?'
'Outside the gates, yes…' An idea popped in the blond's head.
'Don't you have security tapes…?' Kaiba's eyes widened, why had this never come to mind before?
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Hey
Short chapter as my boyfriend is here and it's weird writing when he's here. That and my laptop is broken so badly!
Anyway, what do you think? What do you think should/might happen?
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