Joey gasped under the kiss before finally pushing the brunet off,

'What are you doing?' the words almost spat out, brown eyes looked onwards in confusion.

'I don't know. I guess I don't want everything to be in vain. Everything you said, everything that's happened. I can be angry, and I can hate you forever, but then, it will have all been for nothing. Mokuba, you, Zigfried. Everyone, what's the fucking point in going back to how it was, so that everything can fuck up again?' Joey nodded slowly, maybe the brunet was right. He couldn't complain, he'd gotten everything he wanted after all.

'So…' Joey raised an eyebrow slowly, brown eyes staring into the soul of the man across from him, 'What will change? How can I trust you?' Seto took a step back, placing his hands on the blond's shoulder. He smiled lopsidedly,

'You can't.' Joey frowned. 'But, after what happened today, I can't trust you either, or Mokuba,'

'So what happens?'

'Well, we go home. We live together. I quit it over in America and stay home, spend more time with you…'

'No more work?'

'Don't be stupid, Wheeler. I worked my ass off for this company and I've had people try to kill me for it. I'm still gonna work my damned ass off, I'll just do it at home and cut down to 40 hours a week.'

'40?'

'Take it or leave it.'

'It's a start I guess you stubborn bastard.' Joey growled, not impressed by the young CEO. 'What about Mokuba?'

'What about him? He has his hotel chain to start.'

'And it'll all be like normal again? Just like that?'

'Yeah I guess so.'

'You burnt the mansion down.'

'Yeah?'

'Where you gonna go?'

'The second one?'

'Rich fucking bastard.' Seto smiled. He must be more tired than he initially thought. He hadn't killed anyone, yet, and he was surprisingly calm.

'Yeah well, you fucking love it.'

'Maybe.'

'So, where do we start?'

'Exactly where we left off. As enemies, with you in my house.'

'Enemies?'

'You helped plot the downfall of Kaiba corp. with some of my greatest rivals. That's not something a lover, or even a friend would do, Joey.' He frowned, his voice still laced with anger.

'Maybe so, but it wasn't entirely my idea.'

'Even so, you led most of the charade on. Most of it is because of you. So whatever. Take it or leave it.'

'It's a start.'

'Right. Can we get the fuck out of here now please? To be honest I'm quite fed up and I'm tired.' Joey shook him head, before been dragged out of the room roughly by his arm.

As they exited, Mokuba and Duke stared at the men.

'Mokuba.' Seto narrowed his eyes. 'We'll talk when we get home.' He paused, looking to Duke. 'Now.'

'I don't fucking answer to you.'

'Then don't come. But if you wasted company time and resources for nothing, it makes you a bad leader. You have a room full of employees. Think wisely, little brother.'

'You're a dick, Seto, do you know that?'

'I'm a fucking Kaiba.'

'You both are.' Joey grumbled from the side, watching the brothers' glare into each others eyes.

As they reached the bottom floor, Pegasus greeted them at the entrance.

'Kaiba-boy. I see you're alive. And with Joey, and Mokuba.'

'Yes. Thank you very much. I appreciate your help.' Kaiba nodded to the giggling white haired man,

'Help? I was just here for fun. I knew who it was all along.' Mokuba's eyes widened, his expression darkening.

'How!' The raven haired teens eyes glowed black,

'It was pretty easy if I'm honest. I thought the pair of you were obvious from the start.'

'You were in on this?' Kaiba began to turn red, his blood boiling. The elder held up his hands, shaking his head.

'No, no. I have spies everywhere to make sure no one tries to eliminate me. I knew what was happening and watched it unfold.'

'You could have told me…' the brunet whispered through gritted teeth,

'What? And miss out on the fun. I doubt it. Don't you know me at all, Kaiba-boy?' with that, he flicked his hair, turned on his heels, and left, calling graciously over his shoulder,

'And don't forget, the new tournament is in 3 months, with the new cards.' Kaiba's jaw dropped. He was fucking unbelievable. Now he needed new staff too. Bastard. Fucking, fucking bastard.

Eventually they arrived home, and Mokuba showed Joey to his new room. The blond sat on the bed, his fingers tracing the silk lightly. The second mansion was a lot smaller. He couldn't fault that it was still huge. Massive in fact, but still only a fraction of the size of the original.

'It's strange, isn't it?' Joey looked up to see Kaiba leant again the door way. He watched as he walked in, and positioned himself before a full size window. 'The house I mean. It's so small. Cramped if I'm honest. I never cared much for it.' He touched the wall, 'But it's not Kaiba Mansion. It doesn't have the same memories. No ghosts from Gozaburo, no ghosts from you. It's empty. An open canvass.' Joey cocked his head, watching the brunet, who seemed to be focussed on the landscape outside. 'But things will always be missing from this house. Things that used to be here, that no longer are. Life. This house never had any character, it was a mere shadow of the first mansion. It won't be homey. No. A home has memories and a family.'

'We have a family.'

'No. We're people brought together by coincidence. Nothing more.'

'Mokuba…'

'Isn't family. Not after what he did.' He shook his head. 'A family, would have trust. You should have trust in me, before pulling off a crazy stunt like that. Mokuba is dealing with the press now. It'll take a few months to die down so his schedule will be crazy. With a sleeping pattern like his, that should drive him half insane.' The brunet smiled lightly, 'but you.' He turned, his face scolding, 'I don't know what to do with you. I want to hurt you, kill you even, but it fucks me off so much that I can't bring myself to do it. No. I can't do anything, and it's maddening. It drives me fucking mad, mutt.' Joey backed away slightly, frightened by the brunet, 'There are a million things I could do to my rivals, a million plans I have, flawless, brilliant plans. But you? No. they're too easy. Not worthy of such a valiant opponent.'

'Kaiba-' the blond reached out his hand in a half attempt to hold the raging man, 'I-'

'It's no use. I don't care anymore.' He spun around. 'I think, my problem is, and no matter how much I fight it, how much I hate it, I love you too much to be able to hurt you, to physically destroy you. I love you too much and I don't want to fucking admit it.' Joey's eyes widened before relaxing again.

'I think you just did.' Seto snarled, his eyes narrowing in sudden realisation of what he'd just said,

'I…' Joey stood up, lightly kissing the brunet to silence him.

'I love you too. Why else would I do this?'

'Fucking twisted mutt,'

'Fucking rich bastard.'

'You know Kaiba?'

'Hn?'

'We may be different and have a long way to go. Our relationship is broken, and there's so much to learn. But we've been through so much, and we can only get stronger.' Kaiba rolled his eyes, pushing the blond backwards,

'You're like a fucking woman, Wheeler, with your friendship and relationship crap, do you know that?'

'And you're just like a Kaiba. Unfeeling prick.'

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Hey

So that was it! Last chapter! Happyish.

I don't really like how it ended. I think it's cheesy and a bit soppy and rubbish and…oh well. It's over!

Thank you so much to everyone who read this far! I only have the 'Lock stock and barrel' alternative ending to write now, and them I'm done! I have no other plans! Damn. I'm really kind of upset after how long I spent on this, but oh well! I hope you all enjoyed it. Its 1.55am…and I'm not even sleepy. So I'll read death note. Everyone seems to be reading/watching Kuroshitsuji at the moment, so I might have to hop on that band wagon. I also have my new Ouran to read. Haha. If anyone has any requests, do let me know, as I have time for alsorts now! Woo! I might try some new fics out with KH or maybe Ouran…I don't know. We'll see!

Anyway,

Thank you for reading,

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