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Cookie Jar VIII.

"We swear Otogi! Shizuka and that hideous Kaiba are going out!" The trio exclaimed madly.

"Let me do some research. I will need to to look into this matter," he suggested hiding his hurtful feelings.

"Okay," they left out the office.

Quickly, Otogi typed Shizuka and Seto in the Google search engine. Then, a whole lot of fan fictions popped up.

"What the hell?" he asked as he clicked on one of the stories.

Picking up the phone, he dial Shizuka's brother.

Mai and Jounouchi had just gotten home from the movies. They've been together ever since the end of Battle City. Mai's dream came true and it took off positively. Jounouchi and Honda were bodyguards for famous people. Their phone rang while Mai walked up to it to answer it, "Hello, this is Mai speaking."

"Mai, is Katsuya there?" came from a panicked Otogi.

"Yeah, he's here Ryuji, hold on," she put the phone down on the counter.

"It's for you," she said as she placed the bags on the kitchen counter.

Jounouchi walked to the phone and picked it up, "Yo' Ryuji, what's up?"

Otogi saw how many stories he and Shizuka had and compared nothing to Shizuka and Seto's stories, "You're not going to believe this."

A few bangs on the door woke up Shizuka.

"SHIZUKA! I KNO' YOU'RE THER'! ANSWER THE DOOR!" a raging voice called out.

Realizing it was her brother, she stood up quickly and was about to head to the door realizing that her hand was held firmly with Seto's. She smiled and gently unhooked him. Rushing out of her miniature bedroom, she closed the door and prayed that Seto was still fast asleep.

She patted her closed to get some of the wrinkles off, and slowly opened the door.

"Jou. What is up with the commotion?" she asked as he walked in taking off his shoes, and putting the slippers on.

"Is it tru'?" he asked furiously.

"Is what true?" she asked not understanding

"Are you sleepin' wit' the enemy? I was told by Otogi tha' a ton... A TON of people hav' been spreading crazy rumors 'bout you and him," he hissed the word 'him'.

"Jou. You are blowing this out of proportion... I still have no idea what you're talking about," duke heard this and was hurt by it.

"YOU... HIM... LEMONS!" Jounouchi spat out when all of a sudden the sliding door was slammed.

"WILL YOU STOP YOUR BARKING!" a pissed off Seto yelled.

"MONEYBAGS WAS HERE ALL ALONG?" Jounouchi couldn't believe his eyes along with the idea Seto sleeping in Shizuka's room.

"Jou, it's not what you think. By the way, what do you mean lemons?" she was confused remembering that Seto mentioned about lemons being overrated.

That's when every guy stay quiet that you can hear the crickets outside. All the eyes landed on Shizuka as she pondered what the whole big deal of lemons meant.

"I was going to sue the company," Kaiba leaned against the column to keep himself steady as he was still dizzy from the fever.

"Fo' once I agree wit' Moneybags," Jounouchi accepted and everyones' eyes were now on Jou. They couldn't believe those words came out of his mouth.

Seto broke the silence with a smirk and everyone turned to him, "I said 'was'."

Jou was pissed off again, "Why didn' you?"

"Can someone please explain what lemons have to do with Seto and I?" Shizuka intervened as everyone turned back to her giving her a shocking expression.

"Ahem," Seto coughed and slid down the column to change the subject.

Shizuka turned to him and rushed over, "Are you okay?" Checking his fever, she noticed that it went down some, but knew he had some side effects. Jou and Otogi couldn't believe what they were seeing. Shizuka comforting Moneybags as if he blackmailed her.

"Jou, Otogi, please leave quietly. I don't want to wake up the neighbors," she checked the time and realized how flew it went by. She needed to get ready for work. It was Sunday, and she hated leaving Seto alone.

"If he does anythin' funny, let me kno'," Jou said as he and Otogi left quietly, closing the door behind them.

"Can't you just call in?" Seto didn't like being alone.

"I'm sorry, but me calling in doesn't pay the bills," she answered that Seto had to agree upon.

"Just do me one favor," he insisted as he closed his eyes and cuddled with the blanket.

Shizuka couldn't believe how cute he looked.

"Anything since you are patient," she said as Seto smirked.

"Come straight home after work," he whispered drifting off to sleep.

Home... Did Seto considered her apartment home? Not thinking too much in thought, she ended up getting ready for work.

Pardon my grammar.

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Preview of CJ9:

At work she still couldn't believe that Seto considered her small apartment was home. I guess the idea of being alone after Mokuba leaves really took a toll on him. How was Seto going to handle the idea of her going to college everyday along with working in the afternoon? She began to worry about the situation and hope that this week will not affect her studies and job.

"It's day three, and I more than just like him," she told herself as she poured coffee into a cup.