Author's Note: I am SO SO SO sorry for not updating! I have so many weeks with school and golfing to where I had no life! But, I have STRAIGHT A's but that's only for midterm... So, I'm kinda proud of myself! :D

All I have left is two more tournaments and I'm done with golf! :( Oh well, I think I did darn well my senior year! I got a 45, which is my personal best! :)

Anyways, to get back into this story... :p

FOR YOUR INFORMATION: There is a passionate love scene in this chapter. I'm warning you, so don't flame me and stuff. K thx! :)

Enjoy!

Chapter 12 – Need You Now

With Joey carrying Emily up to her room, Seto was all alone. He wanted to settle things with Joey and Emily for the last time. And, the only way he can calm his nerves was by drinking. His brother, nor Joey or Emily, knew that he had alcohol in the house. He poured him a shot of vodka, and swallowing it all, making his throat burn in the inside.

This is perfect… I'm getting relaxed… Ahhhh…

Seto sat down at the table, smiling, when he saw Joey come back downstairs. He gulped as he saw Seto, his legs crossed, and patting his leg.

"Come over here… Joey…" He murmured softly, both blushing as Joey sat down in the chair next to him.

"How 'bout I stay over here, Seto-" He sat down in said chair, but smelled something so horrible that made Joey relieve memories from long ago.

"Seto… Are you… drinking?"

"What if I am?" He said as he poured more vodka in his shot glass. Joey was appalled, shaking his head.

"Why are ya drinkin'? You don't seem like tha type that drinks."

"What about it… ya jerk?" Joey got up and took the vodka away from him. "HEY! I was, was drinking that…" Seto got up and stood his ground.

"I'm takin' this away from ya. Do you want Mokuba to see you drink yourself to the hospital?"

Seto sat down, and put his head on the table, softly, and sighed.

"I'm trying… to loosen up…" He whispered as Joey got down to his height.

"Why?"

"Because I wanna talk to you… And stuff…"

Okay… Now he's talking gibberish.

"What do you wanna talk about, Kaiba?"

"Seto… please…" Joey moaned.

"Okay… Seto… What do you wanna talk about?"

Seto looked up at him, hoping to think straight.

"You… And well… I've come to realize something, as of now… I think you and Emily are p-perfect for each other… You guys treat each other like brother and sister and…"

"Seto…"

"L-let me finish Joey." He nodded as Seto frowned. "I just want to tell you… to tell you…" Seto got up, walked over to Joey, and leaned in towards his face, planting a hard kiss on Joey's lips. Joey was a little surprised, but didn't show it on his face. He had to push Seto away, for a moment, and got up, looking him in the eyes.

"Seto… You need to sit down. You are tipsy, and the alcohol needs to be thrown out-"

"No! It won't! I need it because of you!" Seto yelled as he pushed Joey into the closest wall. "When you a-are here… I need it to relax me! You make me… You make me feel like I'm going to burst everytime you smile, everytime you talk t-to Emily… I feel like ever since the Virtual World, I've lost my touch… on both of you…

"I want to say I love you Joey, but somewhere, deep down inside of me, I love Emily as well…"

Now the alcohol is settling in… Lovely…

Joey shook his head as Seto still leaned on him.

"Seto… I love ya too, but you know… I want you to be confident in what you do, and not letting alcohol help you."

Seto nodded and sat down in a chair, trying to relax again. Joey handed him the alcohol as he poured it into his cup, sipped it, and Joey's eyes grew once more.

"Did ya not listen to me? You asshole! You don't need to drink! Get rid of it!" Joey grabbed the vodka as Seto was holding onto it tight, like it was a lifeline for him.

"Shut it you mutt! I need it!" Seto yelled as Joey's grip slip off the vodka, and Seto's body fell upon the floor, the vodka in his hands, now shattered and all over the floor. Joey's face turned red and he grabbed a washcloth from the sink.

"…See what I mean…"

Seto sat up, putting his head down, as Mokuba and Emily-ironically-came downstairs, shocked to see what just happened.

"What was that noise? I heard-" Mokuba stopped short as Emily got in front of him.

"Are you both okay?"

"I'm fine," Joey assured, "but Seto isn't. He… he cut himself by dropping this bottle…" He didn't want to mention to Mokuba that his older brother drinks illegally. "Do we have any bandages to treat his wound? Or any peroxide?"

Mokuba thought for a moment.

"We might… But it'll be downstairs in the basement… I can't remember if the family doctor had to get some, but I'll go check."

"Let me go with you, Mokuba. Emily, stay here with Seto and make sure he doesn't do anything else." Joey told Emily and she nodded.

"I'll take him to his room…"

"That's fine." Joey walked behind Mokuba and followed him down. Emily helped Seto up and walked to his bedroom.

"Seto… Why were you drinking?"

Seto's eyes closed. "How did you know?"

"Your breath."

Seto nodded and opened his eyes.

"Yeah… I'm sorry…" Seto murmured as Emily opened his door for him and walked him to his bed.

"Well… I don't approve of drinking, and you're just my age… If you need someone to talk to and to relax with, just come to me. I'll be here, so don't worry."

"Thanks… Emily…" She nodded as he sat on his bed. Emily sat down next to him, keeping the washcloth on his hand.

"Of course… It's nothing."

After several minutes passed, the phone next to them ringed. Emily went over and picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Emily, it's me, Joey. We don't have any peroxide at all here… So, me and Mokuba are going to go in town and get some."

"That's okay. The blood is stopping a little."

"Alright. That's good… We are also getting more bandages as well, so give us about twenty minutes, and we'll be back. Okay?"

"Sure. I'll watch him, so hurry back."

The phone went dead as Emily put the phone off to the side.

"Who was it?"

"Joey. He and Mokuba are getting bandages and peroxide. They should be back within twenty minutes…"

"Oh…" Seto was silent again. "Emily… Will you help me with something?"

Emily nodded. "Yeah. What's up?"

"There's this person I love… And I'm not sure how to be affectionate with this person…"

He's talking about Joey…

Emily smiled. "You want to ask how to show them you love them?"

"H-how?"

"Just be warm and friendly to them. Show him, or her, that you love her by kissing their cheeks, or their lips… Stuff like that."

Emily blinked as she saw Seto lean in towards her.

What the- I thought he was talking about Joey! N-noooo… he meant me! But… It makes no sense!

"Seto…" She murmured as he kissed her lips, like he's done it lots of times, and Emily pushed away. "Your hand. I don't want you to…"

"This…" As if Seto's never been drunk before, he spoke to her like he always has to Joey. "…is nothing. I love you…"

I need to know if this is true love… Or just friendly love… Forgive me Emily…

"S-seto…"

"I know that you might not be ready… But I want you to know this before you leave…"

Emily gulped, and nodded. Seto's hand lost the washcloth, and smiled down at Emily.

"Anytime you don't feel comfortable, say so. Please."

Emily nodded, still not prepared for this, and Seto's cunning smile came back.

PASSIONATE LOVE SCENE! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Seto slowly took off his shirt as Emily's eyes glanced at his abs. She smiled, and closed her eyes. She rubbed his abs, making him sigh.

"Emily…"

She giggled as Seto took off her dress, with her help, and softly smiled at her chest. Okay, she didn't have the biggest, nor the smallest, breasts in the world, but Seto smiled anyways.

"Are you smiling because of the drinking, or because you're looking at my breasts?"

"…Both…"

"Okay… That definitely killed the mood…"

"What's your bra size?"

"Seto Kaiba! How dare you ask a girl what her bra size is! And-"

He kissed her-passionately-on the lips. She knew better than to let him control her, so she decided to do something drastic. She unzipped his pants. Seto stopped kissing her, blushed and frowned.

"Why did you do that?"

"Hey, paybacks a bitch… And, you don't kiss a girl just to shut her up!"

"Well… Sorry… Besides…" He leaned towards her neck, looking like a lion that's about ready to pounce on his pray, and kissed her harshly, leaving a slight hickey.

Emily blushed as Seto went lower, leaning closer to bellybutton. Emily only had her bra and panties on, with little flowers on them, and Seto still has his jeans on. Emily was craving for more, unfortunately. She knew, a couple years back, that you shouldn't have sex with someone you know who won't love you back. That way, if you become pregnant, the guy will be there for you, always. She frowned, shaking her head, as Seto noticed her frowning.

"What's wrong?"

"Seto… What if-"

"Don't worry about anything. If we continue onward, we will be safe."

We will be safe.

Those words repeated in Emily's head and she nodded. Seto took a deep breath, knowing what was coming before him. He was going to be the one that will take Emily's virginity and he was also going to lose his virginity as well… Both were going to save it for the one that they love, unfortunately, for both of them, the one that they love is Joey…

Just breathe, and make this right… She'll be fine… And so should I.

"Seto?"

"Nothing. Just want to make everything comfortable for you." Emily nodded as Seto took off his pants, slowly, and only had his boxers on.

Emily glanced off to the side, noticing that she was not ready for this, but Seto was… And she didn't want to tell him no… She was a shy girl, unless she was around her friends, then she was totally the opposite. However, this made her feel scared… She is Seto's friend, it's just…

I only want him as a friend… Do I? Does he?

Emily noticed Seto was taking off her bra, and placed it beside the bed. Emily closed her eyes and grabbed a pillow.

"Why are you covering your face?"

"I don't want you to look at me! I don't like my body."

"That's silly… You have such a perfect body. An hourglass figure is not bad. Girls have them."

"It's just you looking at me… It's scary… I'm not…"

Seto smiled and took away the pillow.

"You're scared… Because you've never done this before, you're not ready to go far." She nodded, knowing the exact words that she wanted to say. "Don't worry… I am in the same boat as you, so we'll do this together…"

Emily glared at the clock, sighing.

"They won't be back for another ten minutes… Emily… Please…" He leaned his face towards her breasts, kissing them, making Emily's head go back.

"Seto…"

Emily put her right hand on Seto's back, and her left hand through his brunette hair. Emily's eyes closed as Seto was able to make her moan. She felt his breath run all over her body… He was getting lower, and before Emily knew it, she felt her underwear fall to the ground. Emily's eyes shot open, panic raising inside her head. She's been here before, and with Seto still a little intoxicated, she froze. Her voice seemed to have disappeared, and she felt like she had no control.

Seto took off his own boxers, and Emily, unconsciously, put her hands on his abs, and leaned towards his lips, kissing him passionately. His breath was intoxicating her. She swallowed her gut feeling and knew that it was now or never. She had to move on… What happened a week or so ago disappeared from her mind, but…

"Emily… Are you sure about this?" Seto asked her once again as she nodded. Not even pausing to think, Seto's thoughts came rushing in.

She was nervous… But now… She's ready? Something has to be up…

He put his hand on his head, trying to get rid of the hangover-if getting one that soon was possible-and went over to his drawer and got a condom out, and knew that this was the only two he had. He told himself, a year ago to be exact, that whenever he had the one he loved in his bed, he was going to use the condom. Ironically… He wasn't thinking to use it on Emily. He was leaning more on Joey, to be honest… This love triangle was giving Seto a headache, plus the hangover, and it was a migraine from hell.

Seto, hesitantly, thought for a moment, letting the hangover pass, and his thoughts about using the condom.

I was saving this for Joey… But now… Emily should not be a replacement for him… I can't do this to her… I love her with my heart, but I love her so much… That I would let her go…

"…Seto? I'm ready." Emily broke the silence as he put the condom back into the drawer, and looked down at Emily.

But… Am I ready to let her go?

"Okay… BUT, if you don't want to continue-"

"Just say so." Emily murmured as Seto nodded and Emily looked to the ceiling.

It's going to hurt… I know it will… When Lion did it…

She shook her head, trying to get rid of that memory, but it didn't work. She wasn't ready to move on, she thought.

"Ready, Emily?"

"…Yeah…" Seto leaned his lower body towards Emily's entrance. Emily closed her eyes, even thought Seto hadn't enter her yet. He hoped that the condom would hold, just for a few, and that everything would be okay after it's all over.

Seto gulped, and entered her. Emily gripped the sheets next to her, not even yelling. Seto's fear grew as her eyes opened. Emily nodded, trying to get Seto to keep going, even though Seto's thoughts were opening his eyes.

I can't do this! She's… And I'm… We're young…friends…but not lovers…

Seto continued to go in and out, hoping that Emily would say the magical words.

Please… Say "stop"! Please Emily…

She moaned and Seto closed his eyes and stopped himself. If he wanted something done, he'd do it himself.

"I'm not doing this…" Seto murmured as she looked up at him.

"What? But, after you got this far…"

"I don't want to use you… You've been hurt so badly… I don't want you to get hurt more as it is!" He pulled himself out of her and turned away from her.

"S-seto… I love you-"

"Emily, I do too, but I love you so much, I care about you and want you to find someone else…"

Emily's thoughts came rushing to her as she remembered what happened here, her first week here.

That time Seto was trying to hit on me… He was… No… He couldn't mean… He was playing me?

Emily got up, holding tears in her eyes.

"So… When you were trying to hit on me… You were using me?"

Seto remained silent. He got up and handed her one of his bathrobes. Emily covered herself as she grabbed her clothes.

"Leave them here. I'll put them in the dirty clothes… Don't worry about it." Seto murmured as Emily's tears fell from her eyes. She couldn't focus, she couldn't say anything, and she knew that Seto loved Joey more than she ever could… She walked to the door and before leaving she turned to Seto.

"Seto… Did Joey kiss you?"

Seto nodded.

"Did you enjoy it?"

He nodded, again. Emily turned away, smiling, knowing that she made the wrong decision for herself, but the right decision for them.

"Emily… Did he kiss you?"

She nodded, and answered, "I loved it. But, I know you love him more… I hope your hand gets better… Kaiba…" Emily shut the door.

Seto frowned when she called him by that, but knew that she was going to leave Joey alone, and he was all his. Seto didn't know if that was a good thing, or a bad thing. However, looking down at his erection, he saw that the condom was still on it…and that it had broke. Seto's face crestfallen as he just looked at the broken condom. Now he knows that this moment is officially bad…

End of PASSIONATE LOVE Scene

Emily woke up the next morning, feeling a little down, and she knew why.

She didn't do it with Seto Kaiba… But I guess that's a good thing, honestly. He was a little drunk, and he wasn't the one he wanted… You can say she did a good thing by not having sex with him, but Emily wasn't wanting to see the others. It was already noon, and a Sunday, or maybe it was a Monday… Emily couldn't remember, and she just wanted to go home now. She wasn't having a good time here anymore.

Closing her eyes, there was a knock on the door. It opened up and Joey was there. Emily, normally, would smile and jump out of bed, but now…

"Emily? Are you okay?" She stayed in bed, and didn't give a hoot.

"Yeah… I just want to sleep in all day."

Joey walked over to her bed, and sat next to her.

"Why? What did Seto say to you last night?"

Oh, you don't wanna know.

"Nothing… I told him I was tired, and he said that he'd wait for you and Mokuba. That's all."

"Are ya sure? 'Cause I can get some soup and-"

"I just want to go home…" Joey's eyes looked down at Emily's face, she closed her eyes so that he wouldn't see them.

"But why? I thought you loved it here! I'm here! And so is Mokuba, Seto, Yugi, Yami-"

"I'm just home-sick… I miss being home…"

Joey's mouth closed and turned into a frown. It didn't make no sense. Emily was fine yesterday, and now, she's home-sick? Since when?

"Emily… I'm going to get you something to eat, okay? I'll be back." Emily couldn't say anything since Joey left the room in a heartbeat. He shut the door and Emily crawled back into her sheets.

Joey stood, his back to the door, and walked downstairs, promising that he'd bring her food.

Why does she wanna go home? She wanted to stay, it seemed, for a while here… And now…

He saw Seto sipping a soda, as he stopped before getting to the kitchen.

I think Seto had something to do with her attitude… I don't wanna admit it… But he was loopy yesterday as well. Drinking… It's not Seto… And well… When I treated his hand, he was silent as well… I'm confused…

Joey walked in the kitchen, trying to fake a smile.

"What are you smiley about?"

"I'm getting food for Emily." Seto looked up.

"Is she okay? Sick?"

"She said that she was home-sick…"

Joey grabbed a blueberry muffin, and turned to Seto.

"…Why?"

"She just said that she wants to go home… I don't know what is going on with her, but I hope she knows what she said to me…" Joey opened the muffin and got a napkin.

"Joey…" Joey looked over at Seto. "I have an idea that can work… But, tell her she needs to be in my office by ten tonight."

"What's your plan?"

"I'm going to try to make a live video chat with her parents and Emily. That way, she sees that everything is okay over there, and she won't leave right away."

Joey nodded. "I'll tell her. And, that's a good idea."

"Thanks." Seto smiled as Joey walked up the stairs, leaving Seto alone to sip his soda. "If you only knew what happened last night…"

Joey and Seto walked back to Emily's room. Knocking on the door, Joey opened the door and saw Emily hadn't moved from her place in the bed.

"Emily… You need to get up. If ya not feelin' well…"

Emily sat up as she heard Joey's voice, but laid back down as she saw Seto there.

"I'm setting up a video conference with your parents. Joey said that you were homesick and I thought that seeing your parents… would help you…" Seto trailed off at the end as Emily sat up, again.

"Why?"

"Well… Joey said that you were homesick, and I thought… Seeing your parents would make you feel a bit better…"

"…Just come to Seto's conference room at ten and your parents should be up then."

"The time difference… Okay, I will… Thanks." Emily laid back down, in bed, and Seto crossed his arms.

Joey looked over at Emily, frowning that she isn't getting up, and know it has to be something else.

Hmm… Both aren't keeping eye contact… And why would they? They're friends… Right?

Joey thought as he walked over to the door, and shut the door. He thought that if he left them alone, it could do something for them both. Seto turned as he noticed the door was closed, and that Emily was looking at the window, in her bed.

"Emily… About last night…" Seto walked over to her side of the bed, cradling his hand. "…I'm sorry…"

She turned away from him, trying to ignore him.

"I know I said a lot of things, and I…I meant them all… I, at first, was trying to get to you… But as we became friends, I just wanted to be your friend. Nothing more, I swear."

"…You had to say that to me…" Emily pointed out as Seto nodded.

"I am sorry…You're such a nice girl, beautiful, honest…friendly…"

Emily sat up as she looked over to Seto's hand. She went to grab it, and held it tenderly.

"Seto… I want you to know that everything I said last night… Everything was the truth. I love Joey, and you, too, but… Your love for him is much stronger than it is for me… And I think you guys have…a lot more in common than I know…"

Emily got up and walked over to the bathroom door. She found Seto's robe, and threw it to him.

"Here… This is yours…"

Seto looked down at his robe and looked up towards Emily.

"Thanks… Emily…"

"It's nothing… I'm going to go take a shower… Just so you know." Emily told as she walked into the bathroom, and shut the door.

"I'll make you lunch when you get out!"

"Thanks, Seto…" Emily yelled as she opened the shower curtain and turned the water on. Seto held his robe, tightly, and walked out of the room. Shutting the door, he walked to his own room, put the robe on his neatly made bed, and looked out the window from his room.

He had a wonderful view of Domino City, and at nighttime, the lights were stunning. He looked down and saw the swimming pool. He saw Mokuba, swimming back and forth, and Joey outside, reading something. Seto couldn't tell if it was a magazine or a hardback cover book, but it made Seto smile, for some odd reason. Sitting down in a chair, he spied on his lover. After a couple minutes, it finally hit him. He knew that Joey was his, and will always be his. He smiled. He wanted to jump into the pool and make his lover soaking wet and make puppy love with him. But Mokuba would be there, and that's something you don't do in front of your younger siblings.

Anyways, Seto remembered that Mokuba got him tickets to see Lady Antebellum… Emily's favorite county group… And that everyone can go together…

"Mokuba… I'll ask him when the concert is, and we'll all go together…" Seto talked to himself, smiling. He felt like he can actually do a lot today.

There was a knock on his door, and opening it up, his eyes glanced over to the window.

"Mokuba… How did you up here when you were just in the pool?"

"I had to go pee… Unless you wanted me to do it in the pool."

"No… That's fine… But why did you want to see me?"

Mokuba closed the door and smiled.

"I was swimming when I realized I forgot to tell you something. Our family doctor called."

Seto sat down on his bed and Mokuba walked over.

"Is it about Emily's tests?"

He nodded. "Yep! Everything came back negative!" Seto smiled and hugged his little brother.

"Thank God! When did he call?"

"When you guys were gone that whole day…" Seto nodded and held his brother tighter. "B-brother! Y-you a-are choking m-me!" Seto chuckled and let go of his brother.

"Have you told Emily and Joey?"

"I am later tonight. So, can I go back to swimming?" Seto nodded as Mokuba ran out to the pool as Seto was in the best mood ever!

Emily's tests came back negative, meaning that the guy didn't get her pregnant! Seto walked to his conference room and decided to make a quick phone call to Emily's parents so that she would be in a better mood. Hopefully, for Seto and Joey, it will work.

Well, sorry it took so long for me to type it! I hope that you guys aren't mad!

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