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Chapter Eleven

The next morning when Joey got up, he went over and was standing looking out the window, and then he went over, took a canvas, and put it on the easel and he started painting.

With each brush stroke, he felt so emotional that tears filled his eyes as he painted the silhouette of Seto holding him in his arms and the love shining around them.

When he was through, he stepped back and looked at the picture and he knew then that there still was love in his heart for Seto. He wiped the tears from his face and he got dressed and went to the kitchen to get something to drink.

When he got there, Joey found Jasper was already there, and as he sat down at the table, Joey said, "Would it be alright if I went with you today when he go to the Hotel."

Jasper knew that his decision to want to go wasn't an easy one and he said, "I think that it would be great, then maybe you and Seto can talk."

Joey went over and got himself a cup of coffee and as he went back to sit down he said, "I want to thank you for allowing me to live here and for believing that I was good enough to make a living doing what I love. Which is painting."

Jasper told him, "I saw so much of myself in you and I knew that if you only believed in yourself you'd show the world just what you had to offer."

Joey turned red and said, "Thank you." Jasper got up and said, "We've got to get ready, Roland called this morning and asked if we could come over in two hours."

Joey looked at him and then he asked, "You said that Roland wanted us to come over, why would he say that?"

Jasper laughed and then he said, "When we were talking, he mentioned that you had painted a portrait of Mokuba and that Seto couldn't stop talking about how talented you were, so I mentioned that maybe it would be a good idea if you came along and that maybe you and Seto could talk, and Roland agreed."

Joey got up and he said, "I'll be ready, just let me know when you want to leave."

When the arrived at the Hotel, Jasper was nervous about meeting Seto and Mokuba and it was Joey to put his mind at ease by saying, "Just be yourself and you'll be fine."

When Roland opened the door, he smiled when he saw Jasper and Joseph standing there. "Come in, let's go to the living room and we can talk."

As they walked into the room, Joey saw Seto standing over by the window and he didn't know if it was such a great idea being there, but then Seto walked over and said, "I'm glad that you came today, I would like to talk to you about something if it's alright with you."

Jasper stood beside Roland, Mokuba walked over, and he said, "Hi, I'm Mokuba and that's Seto over there, it's good to finally meet you."

Roland laughed and said, "Kids, you can't live with them and you can't live without them."

Jasper chuckled and then he said, "It's nice to meet you both, Roland's told me about you and your brother."

Seto walked over and held out his hand for Jasper to shake and he said, "I hope that most of it was good, because I've been acting like as he said, a spoiled brat and I have to agree with him. I'm sorry for the way I acted when we first met."

Jasper shook Seto's hand and he said, "It's nice to meet you too and I can understand that it was a shock to see Roland kiss another man. I'm not here to break your family apart, I'm here to let you both know that I still love him and I always will even if we can't be together."

Joey stood there listening to what was going on and he turned and walked over to the window. He didn't want to get involved with what they were saying, but it hurt to hear Jasper declare his love for Roland, then to hear him say that even if they couldn't be together he'd still love him, it just wasn't right.

Behind him, he heard Seto say, "I'm sorry for what I did to make you leave, I don't know how to open up and allow my feeling to come out. I know that isn't an excuse, but it's the only one I have."

Joey turned around and he said, "I knew how hard it was for you to show me that you loved me, but I always thought that if we were together it would get easier, but I was mistaken. I never want to leave, but if I had stayed I would ceased to exist and that wasn't something that I was willing to do."

Seto turned to leave and Joey placed his hand on Seto's arm and he said, "Don't go, we really need to talk about this, so please don't go."

Seto nodded his head and then he said, "Let's go get something to drink; we can talk in the kitchen." So they left Roland, Jasper and Mokuba in the living room and went to the kitchen.

As they walked off, Mokuba said, "Dad, look their going to talk, that's great."

Roland smiled at him and then he said, "Yes it is, and you stay out of there and leave them alone."

Jasper chuckled and then he said, "Why don't the three of us go someplace and we can talk and give Seto and Joseph some space to see if they can work things out."

Jasper turned to Roland and he said, "We better leave them a note telling them where we've gone so that they don't worry." Roland nodded and he walked over to the desk, got out a tablet, wrote a note, and left it where he knew that Seto could find it, and then they left.

Seto and Joey were sitting at the table drinking some juice when he said, "I know that you knew about how Gozaburo adopted Mokie and me and raised us as his sons, but you never knew that he was a hard bastard to get to know. He never showed us that he loved us; it was Roland who did that.

So I grew up thinking that if I let my emotions show I wouldn't be a real man, that I had to become like my father in order to get along in the world of business. Then you came into my life and you showed me what love was, but I couldn't return that love.

I'm sorry for that I never held you in my arms and told you that I loved you, I wanted to, god I wanted to but I didn't know how. Joey, I'm telling you this now, I love you."

When Jasper, Roland and Mokuba left the Hotel, Jasper looked at Mokuba and asked him, "Do you like video game?"

Roland groaned, and Mokuba's eyes lit up and he said, "I love them, why?"

Jasper said, "Come with me, I know where there's this Arcade and from what Joseph's said, it's the bomb, whatever that means."

Roland laughed and told him, "Joseph was saying that it's the best place to go to have fun."

Mokuba looked at them and then he said, "Come on, lets go."

Jasper laughed and he flagged down a cab and he told the driver, "Please take us to The Purple Dragon Arcade please."

Joey sat there listening to what Seto was saying and when he saw the tears in Seto's eyes he, he got up and walked over to where Seto was sitting, he sat down, and he said, "I love you too, and then he kissed him.

When he lifted his head, Joey said, "I have something that I want to show you, but its back at Jasper's, lets go and I'll ask him if it's alright if we go there."

When they went back into the living room, everyone was gone, Seto found the note and Joey took out his cell phone and called Jasper. "Where are you?" Joey asked.

Joey could hear the games in the background and he started laughing, Seto gave him a weird look and Joey said, "Their at the Purple Dragon Arcade, want to go."

Jasper could barely hear what Joey was saying, then he heard Joey say, "We'll be there in a few minutes, wait for us." Then Jasper's phone went dead.

Roland looked at Jasper and he asked, "Who was that?"

Jasper said, "It was Joseph and he either said that they were coming here or that he and Seto were having a beer."

The expression on Roland's face was priceless and Jasper started laughing, then Roland looked at him and he started laughing too, and he said, "They'll be here soon, and they better not smell like they've been drinking."

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