Author's Note:-
Summary - Coming home from school Katsuya never expected to see Seto Kaiba in his home, but what's this? A contract tying Katsuya and Seto together? And an agreement to join the companies? Katsuya has to learn to get along with Seto if he's going to survive the marriage. Seto has got to learn to accept Katsuya otherwise everything is going to go up in smoke.
Disclaimer - With the amount of stories I am writing I think you will understand by now that I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, never have and unfortunately never will.
Rated - T Just to be on the safe side since I don't really know how this story is going to progress, I just wrote and wrote and then stopped and I had a new story.
Betrothed
Chapter 03 - Realisation
Jou woke up the next day feeling like a big weight had been dropped onto his shoulders 'If only this was a bad dream, a nightmare that I could wake up from. Heh, if only that was the truth.'
Glancing at the clock, he scowled. In an hour he would have to go to school and face his friends and his supposed fiancé. Jou paled before dashing out of his bedroom and into the room next door, where he knelt on the floor and threw up the contents of his stomach.
Groaning Jou wiped his mouth and flushed the toilet, before turning around and searching the cabinet for some mouth wash, the sick taste still in his mouth. 'This is your entire fault, you bastard'
"Katsuya, are you okay?" Shizuka asked as she knocked on the bathroom door.
"Fine" Jou replied as he opened a window. 'Just fine'
"Okay well hurry up or you'll be late, I need to use the bathroom since I need to go into school as well" Shizuka responded before moving away from the door and into the side bedroom where her new room was located.
"Kill me now" Jou muttered as he brushed his teeth and sorted his bed head.
"Son, hurry up, your sister needs the bathroom" Kato shouted from the kitchen.
Opening the bathroom door, Jou made his back to his room to chuck on his uniform ready to face the expected dreadful day ahead of him.
Once dressed Jou made his way down the stairs and grabbed a piece of toast and bit into the side as he fastened his shoes. His sister soon made her entry in her new school uniform, her hair neatly fastened in a high ponytail while short pieces framed her face.
"Come on, let's go" Jou groaned, walking ahead to the front door.
"Bye, dad" Shizuka called as she left the apartment with her brother.
Her demeanour soon changed once they were outside "I know you are angry and you don't want to marry Kaiba, but sulking isn't going to allow you to get your own way. It's done so deal with it and stop taking your attitude out on everyone else."
"S-Shizuka?" Jou's eyes widened in shock, what had happened to his sweet, innocent and lovable sister?
Shizuka sighed "I love you big brother, but right now you are being unreasonable"
"I can't believe you are taking their side" Jou scowled.
Shizuka frowned in response "I'm taking nobody's side, I'm just saying, my big brother is better than this"
"You're right, I'm sorry sis. This just isn't fair"
"I know but there's nothing for it, so let's just move on and go to school"
"Oh the joy" Jou muttered.
"There's no need to be so cynical" Shizuka snapped.
"Wha?"
"I can't talk to you when you are being this way, I'll see you after school" with that said Shizuka ran off in the opposite direction whilst Jou stood and watched flabbergasted. 'What the hell?' Shaking his head Jou made his own way to school.
'I'm sorry big brother, you just need to realise' Shizuka thought to herself as she entered the middle school she would attend starting that day.
Walking down the corridor she attempted to look for the head's office but found herself getting lost with each corridor she walked down. Turning another corner an ebony child ran smack into her sending them both flying backwards onto the floor.
"I'm sorry about that, I didn't see you" the ebony child murmured as he helped Shizuka up off of the floor before grabbing his things that had dropped all over.
Shizuka watched in confusion before her face lit up with a gorgeous smile "Mokuba? Mokuba Kaiba"
"That's me, and you-" Mokuba started to respond before his face also broke out into a grin "Shizuka, it's been so long"
"I know, I wasn't aware you went to this school" She hugged him.
Hugging Shizuka back, Mokuba replied "What are you doing here?"
"I start here today" Shizuka stated enthusiastically.
"Really?" Mokuba asked excitedly.
"Yep, I best go though, otherwise I'm going to be late for class"
"What lesson do you have first?"
"Science in B2"
"That's next door to me, I'll show you the way" linking arms they started down another long corridor chatting as they walked.
"Thanks. I really should go to the head's office, but I'll go later" she placed a strand of hair behind her ear.
"No worries, meet me after class and I'll come with you"
"Sounds good" Shizuka responded smiling as she started to go into her lesson leaving Mokuba to do the same, but stopped as a thought came to her "I also have something to discuss with you about our brother's"
"Oh really? All right, see you after class" waving a quick goodbye they both entered class.
Jou sat bored in class, his eyes trained on the clock. He was too distracted to pay attention to what his teacher was trying to teach him. It didn't help that sapphire eyes were burning into the back of his head and no matter how hard he tried he was finding it difficult to ignore the brunet.
A note bounced off of the top of his head and landing perfectly in front of him. Scowling Jou grabbed the note and opened it to read 'We need to talk.'
Jou scoffed 'how ironic' turning the paper over Jou wrote back 'what makes you think I want to talk with you?'
Kaiba frowned when he read the note before tucking it away; he would speak to the blond after the lesson even if he had to force him. 'I wish he'd just remember'
The bell rung causing Jou to jump before he grabbed his bag and made a beeline for the classroom door but the hand stopping him by his wrist pulled him back "your master said he needed to speak with you, mutt"
"I told you, I had nothing to say, moneybags" Jou gritted trying to wrench his hand from the brunet's tight grip. Why couldn't he just leave him alone for once?
"Too bad, you have no choice" Kaiba smirked.
"Fuck that, all I've heard lately is that I have no choice in anything. I have no choice in taking over my father, no choice in marrying a bastard like you and now no choice in whether I speak to you or not. You can do me a favour and fuck off" ripping his arm from Kaiba's firm grip Jou stormed off leaving Kaiba to frown, his sapphire eyes showing clear signs of longing.
"Are you kidding?" Jou and Seto are getting married?" Mokuba questioned giddily.
"It's true, it was all discussed yesterday, as you can guess Jou isn't taking too kindly to it" Shizuka sighed as she sat on the bench in the courtyard outside.
"Seto hasn't even told me about this" Mokuba joined her.
"Mokuba, I need you to do me a favour" Shizuka suddenly demanded.
"Sure, anything"
"I need you to find out if your big brother has any feelings for Jou"
"Do you think it will matter if he does?"
"I don't know, all I'll know is maybe this won't be so difficult if Kaiba feels something for Katsuya"
"What about Jou having feelings for Seto?"
"Anything can happen" she winked before giggling leaving Mokuba to chuckle alongside her
Author's Note:-
This story is moving along quite nicely, I'm pleased. Shizuka and Mokuba are going to do some meddling, Katsuya needs to realise his feelings as for Seto well you'll just have to wait and see. I've just finished chapter eight so I'm on a roll with this story, going to write some more and see where it takes me. I also hope to write more for the other two, but we'll see how it goes.
I'm wondering if you are curious as to where the story is going now I'm trying to get in the mood to write again.
If you are lucky I might just upload the fourth chapter very soon, maybe.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter, your thoughts would be appreciated but it is up to you :)
x- Casondrah Kiku -x
