Story: Puppies and Dragons Don't Mix
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh.
Warning: Yaoi (boyxboy). May contain lime and/or lemon.
Pairings: Jou/Kaiba Possibly: Yami/Yugi Ryou/Bakura Otogi/Honda
Summary: Jou finds out that Kaiba is slowly destroying himself and desperately needs help. But why should he care? He's his worst enemy...right?
Symbols: "Talking" 'Thinking' -Scene Change- Chapter Start & End
Chapter 10: Déjà vu
The first thing he heard was the screeching of brakes. The shrill, high-pitched tone that hit your ears in just a way it made you shudder. The second thing was vivid, white light that carved through the dark and he half turned to it, baking it into his eyes. He was dead.
The car was coming too fast. The wheels spun and spun, they would never stop in time. Smoke sputtered out from them and the hazy smell of burning rubber filled the air. Jou stood there, a deer caught in headlights, frozen to the core.
The car turned, by some miracle it had torn out of its path, and jutted across the road diagonally. Watching in numb fascination, Jou saw the car revolve around and come to a halt at the side of the road, where it lay unmoving.
Jou, finally getting his muscles to respond, jogged to the car and jerked the door open. His stunned state had dissolved into fear. 'Is the driver okay? What just happened? I almost died!'
Thoughts running in circles, Jou groped blindly for the driver, his heart thumping madly. "Hey are you okay? Damn, I wasn't paying attention at all to where I was going and I just…never mind. I'm sorry. Hello?"
A hand grabbed his wrist, pushing him away, and Jou yelped as he felt himself hurtling onto the dewy grass the lined the street. 'What the…'
The driver unfolded himself, the headlights illuminating his features and Jou saw it was Kaiba.
'Kaiba…had…was…'
"YOU!" Jou jumped to his feet, his eyes wide like lamps and pointed at Kaiba. "What…how…why are you here!"
Kaiba, his eyes foggy and dull, didn't say a word. He had clutched the car door as if it was his lifeline. Perhaps it was.
Jou continued to stand there, rain splattering all around him, drenching his clothes and making them cling to his body.
'He looks like a lost puppy. Wait…that did not come out like it was supposed too.' Kaiba squeezed the door a last time before slamming it shut.
"MUTT! What were you doing walking around in the dark like this? Do you know what could have happened if I hit you?" Kaiba seethed, striding over to Jou, his eyes slowly regaining their power.
Jou felt unmistakable anger bubble up in him. It was Kaiba who had almost hit him, driving at such high speeds, and what was he doing out of the hospital? "You almost hit me, Moneybags! All I was doing was crossing the damn street!"
Kaiba's eyes flickered, feeling that familiar annoyance and exasperation boil up. "I would suggest watching where you are going instead of staring at the sky!"
He was tired, hungry, and now soaked, having gotten out of his car, and all he wanted to do was go home. But of course this had to happen.
"Oh yeah, well what are you doing out of the hospital? The last time I saw you, you were swooning all over high school!"
Kaiba grunted in response, crossing his arms in that high and mighty matter, and smirked down on him. "And you were catching me."
Jou snarled and gliding on the damp grass, closed the distance between them. "Shut up!"
Then, something happened that was never, ever, ever supposed to happen between him and Kaiba but had before. He was crossing the last few paces, wanting to get up in his face and strangle him, when he slipped on the mud that had formed with the rain.
He stumbled forward, waving his arms frantically, and into Kaiba. They plummeted downward and onto the flooded grass, where they lay, gasping for air, minds whirling in a panic to process what had just occurred.
Jou was aware of the rising and falling of Kaiba's chest, his heart beating in tempo along with it. His face was buried into the crook of Kaiba's neck and he could smell his scent. Cinnamon?
'Déjà vu.' Kaiba thought dimly as the fragrance of Jou tickled his nose. He could not believe in the course of two days he had been this close to the puppy five times. Since when had he become so clumsy?
He had to get up…now!
'But why?'
Just because! You are not supposed to be lying around with your enemy!
'Why not?'
Because he is your enemy, stupid!
'Why…why is he?'
Because…you made him your rival!
'Why?'
Because…just because…
Kaiba's inner turmoil was too much for him. He clasped Jou on the shoulders and heaved him off, pushing himself to his feet as well. Kaiba looked down upon the mutt, his thoughts still battling, confused, before striding to his car.
Jou's brain had been without sensation for the past thirty seconds and finally was coming to life. He sat up, mind screaming, and twisted his head around just in time to see Kaiba's car starting up.
'What just happened?'
It rang through the depths of his psyche, bouncing and clacking off the walls of his mentality, before resting at the bottom. "Kaiba."
But Kaiba did not hear, for he had driven off, his thoughts twisted into rings as well.
'What just happened?'
End of Chapter 10
Author's notes: Oh what a day. I woke up feeling dandy yesterday. Well…if dandy means depressed and crabby. Anyways, I woke up feeling like myself, got dressed, went to school and in fifth period was suddenly struck by the harshest cold. ( I thought I already had a cold!) Sneezing, coughing, snot just oozing from my nose. I used up like, 4 million tissues, scared my friends to death, snapped at this guy (poor him) who didn't know what he did wrong. Nothing probably. So today, I woke up feeling like shit on a stick and stayed home, eating, sleeping, writing, and blowing my nose. I have to go in tomorrow, but in my comatose state, I wrote you this short but (hopefully) sweet chapter. I seem to get somewhat repetitive with my situations that I put Jou and Kaiba in, but it's almost like the only way, right now, that I can get them together. That is, until I incorporate the project and food. YAY! ;) So, READ AND REVIEW PLEASE!