Hannah: "Hey you guys, I'm SO sorry it's been so long! I have had finals, then graduation and plus, I moved out of my parents house and haven't had internet for a while. But anyways, here's the next chapter! Bakura?"

Bakura: "If Hannah owned Yu-gi-oh, God would have made man out of Smirnoff Ice."

Chapter Seventeen:

Seto Kaiba's fingers sped rapidly over the slick keyboard of his 10,000 dollar laptop. His fingers typing up the draft for his new dual disk, but his mind was focused on one thing…. Joey's father. He wanted to break that man's face. He wanted to sick one of his blue-eyes white dragons on him. Seto knew what it was like to be afraid of your own parent. His father had beaten him to a pulp too. But Joey didn't deserve such treatment. He deserved all the love that the world could give. Seto knew now that he was in love with that clumsy puppy. And he wanted to do everything in his power to make Joey happy. But work came before play and first thing's first. Seto needed Joey to get off the cocaine. It was not only physically harming him, but it was pulling Joey into a place that he didn't need to go. A dark winding path of destruction.

Seto sighed. He couldn't get any work done like this. He needed some coffee. He got up and went into the kitchen. He started to brew himself some coffee but thought twice about it and brewed Joey some too. He brought the two steaming mugs upstairs and knocked on Joey's door. Nobody answered. He knocked again and called his name.

"Joey…"

Nobody answered again so he opened the door. He found Joey on the floor, curled up into a ball scratching his neck and mumbling to himself.

'Shit, he's going through withdrawal… This is not what I need right now.' Seto thought. He quickly put the two cups of coffee down and ran to Joey's side. He tried to rub Joey's back but Joey pushed him off mumbling something about doing something wrong. Seto sat down next to Joey.

"Pup… It's ok, I'm here. I won't leave your side."

Seto whispered comforting things in his puppy's ear, attempting to calm him down. It was working. Finally, after a half hour, Joey collapsed. Seto picked him up and laid him down on the bed. Then, he went to his laptop to look up anything he could about withdrawal.

About three hours later, Seto had found out all he could about withdrawal. He turned off his laptop and went to Joey's room. Joey was still passed out so Seto took that opportunity to go out. He locked the door to Joey's room, just to be safe, and left. He walked down dark alleyways and anywhere suspicious. He was looking for a certain something. There! Seto walked up to a suspicious looking man in a rain coat and whispered to him.

"I'd like to get five ounces of white. How much will it cost?"

The man smiled which showed his crooked yellow teeth. Seto had to keep himself from cringing and handing the man a toothbrush.

"It'll be three-hundred stranga…."

Kaiba pulled out three crisp one-hundred dollar bills and placed them into the man's hand. The grungy man placed a small plastic bag into Kaiba's hand. Kaiba nodded his thanks and walked off.

When Kaiba got home, he quickly went up to Joey's room and unlocked the door, only to find Joey sitting up on the bed shaking. Seto ran to Joey's side and pulled out the coke. Joey's eyes widened and he blindly grabbed for it. Seto wagged his finger at Joey.

"Joey… Listen to me. I am going to help you get over this addiction of yours ok? Here's what we're going to do. There is five ounces of cocaine in this bag. I am going to slowly bring you down until you're only one line a day, then half a line, then none at all. Tell me how many lines you were doing Joey…"

Joey shakily responded.

"Why are you doing this for me? I don't deserve this…"

Seto reached his hand across and caressed Joey's cheek. Joey leaned into the touch.

Seto crossed his arms and cleared his throat, not looking Joey in the eyes.

"Because I love you…"

Joey's eyes widened and his head shot up.

"You…. You what?"

"You heard me…"

"But I thought…"

"Well, you thought wrong…"

Joey nodded his head and smiled. Even if it was a tiny weak smile, it was a smile none-the-less.

"Thank-you."

Seto smiled. "Your welcome."

Hannah: "Well… how did you like it? Seto is going to wean Joey off the drug… However, be prepared for a big twist next chapter… That's all I've got to say about that. Till next time!"