Hey everyone! I'm back with the next instalment also not very long but I'm working on it! I'm also working on making chapters longer, not working very well but it's getting there.

Yugi and Yami watched their friend from the doorway, he had zonked out after the sugar wore out of his system, but they had to wake him up, it was school and they weren't sure how he was going to take it, Yugi walked forward slowly. "Joey, Joey, wake up Joey we have school and you still need to go get your stuff."

"Ok Yug' I'm coming." Joey sat up, he looked awful to both Yami and Yugi, they thought about suggesting staying where he was but they knew he had to do this and he already looked like he had quit. Joey was soon out of the house to his own, changed and back to school. He already wanted to leave. He sat in class, early for once and his ex sat at the front of the class and didn't seem to register the fact he was there. Joey sighed; this was going to be one long day.

"Hey Joey, I didn't think you'd show up, you looked rather awful this morning, all that sugar do you in?" Joey nodded and laughed; he nodded and hugged his best friend.

"yeah Yug' it was a nasty wake up this morning after so much sweet stuff yesterday, I'm never eating that much again." He watched Tristan walk up.

"Yeah whatever, man, you always say that, it never happens." Tristan laughed and so did the rest of them. Duke smiled his hand in Tristan's. Joey's face fell for a sec but he caught it before anyone noticed.

Seto Kaiba watched the geek squad from a mirror placed cleverly on his magazine, he watched Joey and sighed, he didn't seem effected. Or so Kaiba thought until he saw the slight fall of his ex's face, it didn't last long a split second at best but he still saw it. All he wanted to do was run over there and explain everything, and he knew the longer he waited the more Joey would believe Seto was straight. But Joey was wrong, the picture must have been taken when Helena tested him on whether he really was gay, he didn't want to say that he was having second thoughts about his sexuality. It would have caused more strife but it hurt even more this way then if he had said something to Joey. He sighed and hid his mirror as he continued to listen to joeys hyper voice, man did he want to run over there.

He got up and walked over there, "um Joey can I talk to you?"

"Fuck off Kaiba, I don't ever want to talk to a wanker like you ever again, get it?" Joey hissed as he plonked down in Tristan's lap, much to Duke's disagreement, "Tristan honey tell the big money steeling, bitch kissing man to go away, he's making me cry."

Joey's voice was that of a child's and he cried crocodile tears as he heard Tristan say to Kaiba, "you heard him why don't you leave my poor male mistress alone?"

"You don't know what you're getting in the way of Taylor." Kaiba hissed as he made to drag Joey away. Yami made sure he didn't, before anyone could blink Kaiba was on his front across Joey's desk with his arm bent awkwardly behind his back, he whispered so no-one could hear, "you come near him again and I'll kill you, you're your own fault for breaking Joey's heart, now deal with it."

He let Kaiba go and Kaiba walked away as he looked to Joey with a pleading look, but one look from the pharaoh and he was sure he didn't want to get involved. He sat at his desk and pulled out his laptop onto the desk. To Helena he typed, 'hey, I can't do it, Yami won't let me and Joey looks like he's happy, I know he isn't but he's gotten from me the very good façade thing. I miss him, you're probably blaming yourself at this point but its ok I don't it's my own fault for ever doubting myself. Seto'

He sent it and closed the top he banged his head heavily down with it willing himself dead.

Joey watched from his seat, "guys tell miss I came down ill I don't think I can take much more of this, to those that don't know meet at mine after school I'll explain. Miss you all kays."

Joey walked out the door; Seto watched and walked out the opposite door, before going after Joey. He ran behind him and caught his wrist, "Joey wait please"

"No Kaiba, leave me alone, please." Joey wrenched his arm from his ex lovers hand, gave a pleading look, but Kaiba wasn't going to listen to what any of them said.

"Ok stop, I did willing kiss her but it was because I doubted myself not you… that's not helping that is it?" Joey shook his head and sniffed, "please Joey, listen to the story, please."

"No Kaiba." Joey continued walking away, tears falling from his eyes as he walked away.

"I love you Joey." Kaiba shouted after the blonde. Joeys faced turned pained as he steeled it and turned to Kaiba.

"Well I can't love you; you took that away when you doubted what we had." Joey walked away not seeing the CEO's face, if he had he may have thought twice about walking way. Seto Kaiba cried, he cried like a Kaiba shouldn't cry sobs and all.

Joey hid around the next corner he walked around, and he too cried. He sighed and headed home to his dads, it was time he faced what had been coming to him. He walked in threw the door and to his dads chair to find his dad passed out.

"Dad, hello dad, um I knew you wouldn't want to miss out punishing me so I woke you up." Joey's dad nodded and looked at his son.

"Good boy Joey, now how's that scar on you back?" he asked as he roughly turned his son and lifted his top. He saw the scar that he had etched in when he had found out about his son's sexuality, it read, 'fag'. He smiled and nodded, "ok Joey, I guess you learned you lesson you can go about you business but old rules apply ok?"

Joey nodded in shock but wasn't one to argue. What he didn't know was his old man was planning the punishment of a life time.

Ooooo I wonder what that is. And what about this nice shit from his dad, and what about Kaiba will he find out in time or has he given up? He never got to see the scar on joeys back, in fact he doesn't know about the beatings in the past. What happens when Joey starts limping again, he knows it isn't just confidence. Ooooo I said too much already.

YamiFirey: yes don't give away the story! I mean its not like its going to help get reviews…. Speaking of which, please, please, please review or ill have a broken hearted author to deal with, god what she'll make me do……

Firey: oi shush koi, you know you love it! looks innocent

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