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So very sorry for the late update. I've been procrastinating like crazy. I mean I have the whole chapter in my mind, like the whole thing, but I just haven't gotten around to typing it. It's here now so yeah. Oh, and I really have to thank you for the reviews. It's only five but that is alright!

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"Wait, how do I know you?"

The brunette looked at his lover with an almost shocked expression

"Katsuya, we've known each other since high school, don't you remember?"

The blond just shook his head

"I can't really remember anything right now" …

Chapter 2

My Other Half

"What the hell are you doing here?"

The brunette stood a mere foot away from Jou. He didn't have the nicest expression on, Jou noticed that, but he has an assignment and he plans on completing it.

"I came here to see how you're feeling" what a horrible lie that was.

The brunette only quirked a slender eyebrow

"The horrid Jade chick sent you didn't she?"

"Basically"

The blond heard a sigh as the CEO slightly stepped aside. Jou cautiously stepped in, eyeballing the brunette as he did so.

The blond looked around. It looked fairly the same from the last he had been here when Mokuba invited him over. Everything was the same from what he could remember. Some items were moved to a different spot, but Jou liked it. he's been in the mansion enough times to know where to go.

He heard the door close abruptly and turned to look at the brunette who didn't have such a welcoming look in his eyes. The blonde decided to make him self comfortable on the couch as Kaiba sat in a chair near it.

"Now, what's going on?"

"Well, Yugi wants me to be in counseling, but I think I'm..."

"I mean why are you here?" the brunette interrupted him

"I was getting there" he continued "Well since I was like one of the last people to sign up, I was left with whoever didn't get a partner yet"

"Which was me?"

The blond nodded "unfortunately, she said we have an assignment where you have to be my other half and we have to spend every waking moment together for the most part"

Azure eyes widened, Jou could see that it was going to be difficult spending time with him

"Yeah, we have to live together; she already changed our schedules so we're in all the same classes. She didn't give us a deadline yet"

Jou looked up at the brunette as a sigh escaped his lips "We'll start tomorrow then"

The blond looked slightly surprised by the sudden acceptance to the assignment but didn't complain

"Tomorrow it is"

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Next Day

Today would be the day that everything would change for Jou. Although, when you think about it, being with the famous CEO that you despise doesn't sound to inviting. Jou still seemed just the smallest bit excited. It would be quite the adventure to spend time with the CEO every moment until Jade says otherwise

Jou was definitely excited

"Jou I am so sorry! I had no clue she'd make you do something as cruel as this" Yugi said sympathetically

Luckily for Jou, Yugi were in most of the classes that Jou are assigned to.

"Alright class, get to your seats, class is about to start" Jou took the only empty seat that just happened to be behind Kaiba's. How coincidental.

The class was Math. Apparently they were learning Algebra

'Great, first class of the day. The one class I failed 3 times' Jou thought as he sighed and sunk down in his chair cursing the clock for not going faster.

He really did try to understand, but it just didn't make sense to him. With his failing grade in math, and his nearly failing grades in all his other classes, if he doesn't get help, he'll get left back and wont be able to graduate

He needed help fast

Jou's eyes lit up as he heard the bell went off. He stood and scooped his books and headed out to his locker

"Hey" Jou looked over at Tristan and went back to retrieving things from his locker to his book bag

"Hey Tristan'"

"Yeah, I've been meaning to ask, how was your first day go in counseling?" the blond took the moment to hold up his right thumb and point it downwards

"Oh, well what happened?"

"Kaiba…and he wasn't even there to do it" The brunette quirked an eyebrow in confusion

"For the next god knows how many months, Seto Kaiba gets to be my Other Half!" he clapped sarcastically as he closed his locker.

"what do you mean Other half?"

"like he's in every class together, we have to sit near each other, for any project that might come up, we're automatically partners, we have to sit with each other at lunch, and we have to live together" his friend only looked sympathetically at his brown eyed friend

"Well you could always back down, your not forced to do anything you don't want to" Jou had took that into consideration, but decided he doesn't back out of anything, and this is no exception

"Thought about it, but backing down doesn't sound very Jou-ish, does it?"

Tristan chuckled and shook his head

"Not very Jou-ish at all"

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Lunch

Kaiba sat at the far table near the door of the cafeteria. He wasn't a very social soul and preferred sitting by himself

As he took out his laptop to work, he thought about how he was going to deal with this new puppy sticking with him every minute of the hour. He already knew the blond would stay at his house. He knew about Jou's living conditions and assumed that his house would be the better place to stay. He also had to think about how he was going to work while the blond was around

'Well he and Mokuba are friends; they could preoccupy themselves while I work' Kaiba thought a suitable answer. The brunette thought he could work this out. That's what he thought

"you know you can eat in a cafeteria' Kaiba heard a voice, he knew exactly who it was, so he didn't bother looking up from his laptop

"What do you want mutt?"

"Well since technically, you're my other half, I have to sit with you at lunch…Jade said so"

"Yeah will that witch isn't here, she won't know"

"Yeah well she has eyes all over the place, she could find out"

"…whatever" with that, the blond sit down with his tray of food and started munching on his fries

"Now tell me, why in the hell do you work on that thing during lunch? Do you ever even eat?"

"Do you ever shut up?"

"No, I'm serious"

"So am I"

"…"

The brunette felt victorious in that small argument as he went back to typing. He was sitting in the middle of the long side of the table, while Jou decided to sit at the end of the table, so he could at least see Kaiba's face

"So…answer my question"

"What?"

"Why don't you eat at lunch?"

"Maybe because I'm not hungry at lunch"

"Well you don't look like eat a lot"

The brunette took a moment to look at the blond

"And why would that matter to you?"

"It doesn't, I just can't my other half looking like he hasn't eaten for days"

"Too bad"

"No matter, we'll just have to fix that problem"

The brunette raised in eyebrow

"You will do no such thing"

Jou chuckled

"Sure I won't"

Kaiba decided to end the conversation there, Jou was distracting him from his work which he needed to do

"I really don't see the whole point in this whole assignment in the first place"

Kaiba sighed at Jou's stupidity

"it's meant so one person can have another person to rely on, so that person, being you, wont be entirely alone, and since you and I have the same problem, we have to rely on each other for comfort"

"…oh" Kaiba looked at Jou out the corner of his eye. Jou didn't seem too happy about the answer, why else would he think they'd be stuck together for god knows when?

By the time Kaiba was done with his work for now, Jou had already finished his lunch and had gone back for an ice cream. As much as the brunette hated to say it, Jou does intrigue the CEO quite a bit. The way he acted may not catch the attention of his fellow peers, but Kaiba's noticed that's he's been paying more attention to the blond than usual. He didn't like that idea very much, but something inside him feels that their some type of connection between the blond and the brunette. One that Jou may not see, but Kaiba notices very well.

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After School

Kaiba waited in his limo hoping the blond would come sometime soon. He glanced out the window, and saw Jou chatting away to his friends as if he had no intention as to leaving soon.

Kaiba was getting very impatient, which made him irritated, which made him mad at the blond. He rolled down his window and growled

"Mutt"

The blond look casually over in the direction of Kaiba's voice and glared when he realized what he was called. He would have just stood there and make the brunette wait till he was good and ready to leave, but he knew that would do nothing but a glaring fest once he got in the limo. He said his goodbyes to his friends as he headed to the limo

"You know, unlike you, I have friends…that I socialize with" Jou said as he got in the car

"and unlike you, I could give 2 shits about your friends" the blond couldn't help but laugh, yeah he knew that was a insult that well deserved a punch, but he was a little more than excited about this little "project" they were set off to do.

Jou could tell this would be interesting

"Why do you take a limo wherever you go? I mean, is it really necessary, does it make you feel superior to others when you drive in a car that's abnormally longer then what most people choose to drive?" the blond rambled on. Kaiba chose not to listen and stared out the window

The limo slowed to a stop as Jou looked at the Mansion he would soon get use to

They both stepped out the limo, and walked up to the mansion

"I swear if you break anything, I will make sure your body goes to science sooner than you think" Kaiba said as he opened the door

"You will be staying in the guest room across from my room…the kitchen is down the hall" he pointed to the hall that the brunette assumed Jou would be going through most of the time

"I can guarantee you will get lost, so don't go anywhere, besides the living room, game room, Mokuba's room, the kitchen, the bathroom, and my room, you shouldn't wonder in any other rooms. I'll show you where everything else is when you get settled in" Kaiba began heading towards the stairs

"Hey! Wait, where are you going?" Jou said as he sat on the couch

"Work" and before the blond had a time to object, he went into his room and closed the door.

'Great, I'm alone in a huge hell of a house, what to do?"

Jou decided he was hungry and headed to the kitchen

He opened huge door to what he assumed to be the refrigerator. He assumed right. There was everything, every food you could want in life… and a good supply of it. Jou could tell he would get use to this place

"Jou? What are you doing here?" The blond spun around from his raiding to the voice

"Mokuba?"

"Yeah, if you haven't forgotten, I do live here"

Jou chuckled and scratched the back of his head sheepishly

"What are you doing here?" his voice slightly more serious than before

"Long story…you don't want know"

Mokuba sat down at the table and stared up at the blond

"I have all day, and yes I do"

The blond sighed and sat down across from him

"Well, I was advised…more like forced, to go to counseling. This just happened to be the same counseling your brother must be doing. Anyway, we were assigned a project, where we would have this "other half" who you're suppose to spend every waking moment with. As if God was just out to get me, I was set to be with Kaiba. When will this project end you ask? Well, I have no clue, neither does moneybags"

The younger Kaiba nodded before a bold grin grew on his face.

"So like, you're going to be here like all the time?" Jou chuckled at the question

"Yeah pretty much" Blue-grey eyes lit up at the response.

"That's great! You could be like another big brother!"

"The cooler, nicer, and way hotter brother of course" Jou smiled when Mokuba laughed

"Well it's nice to have someone else around the house besides Seto and housecleaners" Jou chuckled

"Well don't worry, as long as I'm here, I'll make sure a smile is plastered on your face every hour of the day" he ruffled his hair "now, if you excuse me, I'm going to go annoy the hell out of your brother. See you later" he headed upstairs trying his best to remember where Kaiba's room was. He's been here before, but such a long time ago.

Though he hadn't remembered where the room was located, he did remember that he has horrible memory.

"Dammit" he said to himself as he walked back to the beginning of the hallway to look in each door he walked past

The first door he opened was quite spacious. A bed, dresser, desk with a lamp and a few papers scattered around. Very nice dark blue carpet against light blue wallpaper. There were a few video games that laid about the floor that Jou definitely noticed. Most games there he's either played or beaten. He would have to challenge Mokuba one day.

He closed the door when he knew that wasn't the room he was hoping for.

To the right there was a door, but when he opened it, there were only linens and some clothes hung up. The closest, he assumed to be, was the largest closest he had ever seen in his lifetime.

Moving on, the next door to the left, next to Mokuba's was what looked like a guest room, his room-to-be. It was beautiful to say the least. He guessed there was an Egyptian theme going on from the dark gold wallpaper and dark brown carpet. The bed was huge, and looked very comfortable. A black comforter with gold seams of designs with gold and black plush pillows. Jou was more than excited to sleep in this room tonight. Brown eyes wandered around the room spotting anything else. He saw a dresser, a desk, and another door that Jou automatically opened as soon as he spotted it

A bathroom, a huge bathroom that is. There were only the essentials that made up the bathroom. Bathtub that looked like a Jacuzzi to Jou, A toilet, a sink and even though there was a bathtub, there was a separate shower that Jou found very unnecessary to have. The wallpaper was a Dark green, with bamboo trees painted into it as though they were real. Almost everything in the room was a green, or some color close to it. The soap, the faucet, the rug on the floor, and a lamp that was placed randomly on the counter that he just noticed.

Jou soon found it boring to stare at a bathroom, and so he left.

The next door Jou hoped to be Kaiba's bedroom only because he was nearing the end of the hallway and he didn't want to get anymore lost than he already is now.

He opened the door and a small smile grew on his face, but soon faded when the person he was looking for wasn't in the room

He stepped into the room. it was huge, way bigger than any room Jou has seen. It was a very dark blue which Jou liked. He could tell this was Kaiba's room not only from the colors but the 'SK' printed on the dark blue comforter. There was a dresser and desk, just like the previous room. There was also a bathroom; he only looked from where he was since the door was open. He didn't want to observe for too long on account that he was in Kaiba's room and Kaiba could enter at any time

The thought made him leave the room immediately

Back in the hallway that he's grown quite accustom to. There was only one door left which Kaiba had to be in.

He opened the door and peered in. it looked like an office. Jou was sure Kaiba would be in here, which he was. Jou looked to his left to the sound of fingers typing knowingly on a laptop that could belong to none other than Kaiba

Jou had fully entered the room but was still unnoticed by the CEO. So he looked about the room for something comfortable and spotted a nice couch which he took the liberty to sit on.

"What are you doing in here?"

"Oh I'm glad you noticed I was alive"

"Well get out, I'm working"

"Ah, ah, ah, have you already forgotten that I'm your other half? Meaning I must be wherever you are at all times"

"I don't care, I'm working, and you don't need to be in here. Go play with Mokuba or something, I'll be downstairs in a little bit" a lie that didn't go by unnoticed

"You may be able to lie to others who fall for it, but I'm quite different from everyone, and every lie I just might not fall for" Jou heard a 'whatever' escape Kaiba's mouth which symbolized defeat. Jou grinned and crossed his legs just to show Kaiba that he didn't plan to go much of anywhere

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Later On

Kaiba hadn't token his eyes off the laptop screen since Jou decided to visit. He eyes yearned for rest, but he still had so much work to do. He glanced in back of him to see if Jou was still there. To his dismay, not only was he still there, he had also fallen asleep.

A sigh escaped his lips as he got up to wake the snoring mutt, but when he stood in front of Jou, his mind was set on waking Jou, but his body would not obey. His face was so serene and peaceful

Beautiful

The brunette mentally shook his head at the thought. This was just an assignment, nothing more. It's only been the first day and it's already getting to him.

Making sure he didn't gaze at the blond once more he quickly left the room

This assignment was harder than he thought

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Yay! Second chapter...took beyond forever…like 2 months…and once more, I'm more than sorry, so much stuff is happening to me right now I really haven't had real free time, but I do now, until I go window shopping with friends (yippee)

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