Author's Note:

_This is all in Kaiba's POV. Sorry if he's out of contrast.

_I've been super busy lately, with percussion auditions,absences, and what not. Plus, I have loads of homework that I have to get done, so sorry that it takes me so long to , yeah and i rewrote this, but i originally wrote it the day after the first chapter.

_This chapter is pretty short, but i think it's better that way.

_I tried to add more detail(Thanks reviewers!) It probably didn't work well though,sorry.. And,yeah. Some random things in this chapter will be more important later.

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Forced Words

"Perfect timing," I murmured to myself, as my car raced past a glimpse of blonde. Katsuya, of course. So, I had to turn around, regardless of the narrow street. Being Seto Kaiba, that was not a difficult task to accomplish. "Get in," I said, abruptly, very tempted to call him mutt.

He eyed me strangely, probably because I was laughing. However, I had an accurate reason, I wasn't like that dork who just starts guffawing out of nowhere, when nothing even remotely funny was happening. Anyway, Jou was maneuvering himself into the passenger seat, ever so careful not to touch anything but the seat, I assume because he figured he would break something. It was possible, he is pretty clumsy.

"Afraid the car will bite you if you touch it, Mu- Jounouchi? I mean, you've been getting into the car for like the past two minutes."

"Sorry, it's just- it's so nice." Jou admired each and every aspect of my car. "Wouldn't want to ruin such a beauty," he murmured.

"I don't understand," I faked. "You couldn't possibly ruin me by trying to get into my car."

Jou looked puzzled for a moment, but then a grin spread across his face. "Real funny Kaiba. Why are you being so friendly today?"

Great, I could stall no longer. I sighed, mentally going over what needed to be said.

"This is weird," announced Jou, interrupting the silence. "First I hope that I can avoid you today, but suddenly, I'm in your car.." Jou recapped.

"You wanted to avoid me?"

"Well, yeah. See, Yugi said that since it was senior year and all, this may be the last year that you and me are together, and so he wanted me to tell ya that-"

"I want a truce, Jounouchi." I stated, feeling like my tongue had to push each word out of my mouth.

"Are you psychic, Kaiba? Because that's what Yugi wanted me to say."

"Mokuba." I gave my excuse. He offered his hand, nervously, it seemed. I took it, firmly.

"Truce." We agreed, and shook. I fiddled with my state-of-the-art stereo, not quite knowing what to say next.

"Wow," Jou stared in awe. " That is awesome." He motioned towards my stereo. "But, uh, how exactly do you work that thing?"

I stayed silent for a second, weighing my options. Then I gave him an answer, which even surprised me. "It's complicated," I began, "But I could show you sometime if you want."

Jou paused, probably in as much shock as I was. "Really?" He cocked his head to the side. As we pulled up to school, I rethought my words, carefully.

"Yeah," I smiled. After all, it was a new year, and it was definitely a new start to my year. I could afford to make a new friend. As I stepped out of the car, I wondered what I had gotten myself into. Oddly enough, instead of the usual dread accompanied with my mistakes, a new feeling crept over me, but it didn't make sense. It was like nervousness, like when i'm in big proposal meetings, but mixed with some excitement. Sort of like (in sappy love poems, of course) when my fangirls say they get-- butterflies.

But why is this happening to me?

Yay, Review, please. And don't worry, there won't be any confessions of love next chapter. I intend to keep this gradual :D

Oh,yeah. Anddd i promise i will update BY the weekend. Maybe even tomorrow, but no promises on that.