"Boss!" Joey gasped. The owner of the watch shop, Joey's boss, came to check on Joey. It couldn't be more embarrassing. Joey's arms were around Seto's neck. Seto's arms had reached inside Joey's shirt, holding onto Joey's body while pressing Joey against the wall and kissing Joey senseless. Joey is supposed to be working!

"Hmm…I'm just gonna go over there and hmm…fix this watch…." Joey blushed. He took his grandfather's watch and went fix it behind the counter. Seto stood there and watched Joey; the blushing blonde, with his hair and clothes in disarray, looked so very adorable. Kissing Joey was more amazing than Seto ever imagined. He wished to kiss Joey again soon.

"He is amazing, is he?" The boss asked Seto.

"Huh?" Seto looked at the boss.

The boss laughed, "I am not talking about the way he kiss! I'm talking about the way he fixes watches. You hardly see any kids working so hard at fixing watches. Joey loves fixing watches. He is really good at it, too. There are a lot of watches and clocks that no one could fix, but Joey can fix them easily. The boy got the magic hand that could made old watches better than brand new. There are a lot of European watch-masters who wanted Joey to go over there and taught Joey everything they knew; but Joey refused all their offers. It's a waste of his talents to stay here in this little shop."

"All done!" Joey cheered and put his grandfather's watch back on his wrist.

"Why don't you go and have dinner with your friend. I'll watch the shop." The boss said to Joey.

"Thank, boss." Joey left with Seto. The two of them went to a ramen shop.

"Two deluxe ramen!" Joey ordered and paid for the ramen.

"You don't have to pay for me." Seto said.

"That's for giving me back my watch. That watch is the reason I started fixing watches. I didn't have money to fix it when it was broken, so I started fixing it myself. Before I knew, I become really good at fixing watches." Joey said, "thanks again for giving it back to me."

"Don't mention it." Seto ate his ramen.

"Kaiba…hmm…before…why did you kiss me?" Joey asked.

"Cause I wanted to." Seto answered matter-of-factly.

"I'm serious!"

"Cause I loved you, Joey. I always loved you. I didn't want to give you back the watch because I wanted to have something that belongs to you. I bought that watch because I saw you wear it before. I was running away from my feelings, but I don't want to fight with myself anymore, I love you and I want you."

"Oh..." Joey blushed.

"And now it's time for my question." Seto said.

"Well…I…hmm…I love you too." Joey said. The truth is, he liked Seto the first time they met, too; but he thought Seto hated him because Seto was always so mean to him.

"That's good to know, but that's not the question I wanted to ask. Why didn't you go to Europe? I heard the European watch-masters are dying to get you over there."

"Ohh…that." Joey said, "well, you know, I don't even know how to speak their language, so how am I supposed to know what they're telling me? Besides, I'm not that good, I don't want to do a bad job and end up disappointing all those masters."

"That's not the confident and positive Joseph Wheeler I know. You could care less about not doing a good job. When you do things, you always go in and try your best without second thoughts." Seto said, "the reason you didn't want to go to Europe is because you don't want to leave your friends, right? You don't want to be alone, without Yugi and the others."

Joey didn't reply, he just stirred his soup and made little whirlpool in his ramen bowl.

Seto continued, "I know you better than you realize, Joey. I can see every time when you have to part with Yugi, you look lost. It's like you're hurt and in pain."

"It was the day when my mom took my sister away from me. My sister was crying and screaming my name on the car, and I was running after the car like mad. I never felt so helpless and alone." Joey started talking, "ever since then I had a hard time parting with the people I love. I was alone for so long; and now for the first time in my life I got friends who really care about me. They're like my brothers. I don't want to part with them. I don't want to be alone anymore. That's stupid of me, huh?"

"Do you see me laughing at you?"

"I thought you were gonna tell me I shouldn't be such a baby, and I should just leave my friends and go to Europe."

"There is no need to leave your friends. Don't forget I'm your boyfriend now. I had all the VR software so you can get online to talk and play with your friends on my cyber world. You can go anywhere you want, and you don't have to miss your friends."

"Thanks, Kaiba." Joey smiled, "you know, Yugi and the others aren't the only ones I will miss if I go to Europe, I will miss you too."

"Aww…Puppy miss his master? Want master to give puppy a little kiss to make puppy feel better?" Seto grined.

"Don't make fun of me, Money-ba…." Before Joey could finish his sentence, he was silenced by Seto's kiss.

TBC…