Author's Note:
_Another short chapter, sorry. I promise, they will get longer as the story develops.
_All in Jou's POV.
R&R!Enjoy!
Being Civil
I ran up the steps to meet Yugi. "I did it," I announced, beaming. I had to admit, Moneybags did most of the work, but hey, it was only because he stole the words outta my mouth. "
"And?" Yugi questioned expectantly.
"What? We made the dumb truce, the end."
"That's it? You didn't go over anything else? It's more complicated than just saying 'I want a truce'. I mean are you just going to stop fighting or try and become friends? What about the name calling is that going to stop? And-"
"I get it Yugi," I interrupted. This was harder than I thought. "Oh well, a truce is a truce right, I mean, usually in a truce don't you, like, uhhh? Yeah." He was right, I had to go talk to Kaiba about this whole truce thing.
I could see the laughter dancing in Yugi's eyes. In my defense, I offered, "At least we shook on it!" He just smiled, obviously laughing at the frivolousness of the situation. "I gotta get to class," I mumbled angrily. He could be so unsupportive.
After glancing down at my schedule, I had no classes with Yugi for the day, I headed off to first period. Luck was on my side. Already seated, and looking rather bored, was Kaiba. He glanced up, and caught my eye. I bravely walked over and sat down in front of him. "We need to talk," I whispered, as the bell rang, and the teacher began to take attendance.
"I'm one step ahead of you, see." He smirked, thrusting a paper in my hands. It was a contract. Leave it to Kaiba to make a simple truce seem so business-like and important. I scanned over it, taking my time. He must have seen my confusion, because he explained, " Basically, what it says is that we agree to stop the fighting and the name calling. However, there is no promise of a friendship or anything of that sort. It's just about being civil."
"You could have just written that. All this fancy shmancy CEO talk I can't understand."
He smiled. "Sorry."
I freaked, he was actually making an effort to be nice.
" Jounouchi and .Kaiba, please stop the chatting back there!" The teacher glared at us, and then stopped in confusion. All the teachers heard about the rivalry between Kaiba and me, so she was a little shocked to see that the rumors weren't true. Once the teacher returned to explaining the rules, Kaiba gently tapped me.
"What?" I whispered, glancing at the teacher, not wanting to get a detention. He obviously shared my thoughts, because he passed me a note. I smiled, so middle school. So girly. I opened it, and in neat, almost feminine script, it read,
What am I supposed to call you now? No more name calling remember…
We continued the conversation until the end of class. At lunch, I proudly showed the note to Yugi, showing off the progress I'd made. Even though the note was slightly crumpled, you could still clearly see the rest of the conversation.
Oh, I forgot about that. I guess, Jou. I mean that's what everyone else calls me.
Okay then, Jou.
I guess, I'll call you Kaiba, even though I'll miss some of your other nicknames.
Good. You should probably cut down on the profanity anyway.
I can do whatever the fuck I want. Kidding.
Whatever. So, when did you want to see my stereo?
Oh yeah! Umm..when aren't you busy? Wait, is that even possible? Kaiba, not busy. Ha, not likely.
Actually, I'm free tomorrow, for your information.
Geez Kaiba, loosen up. I was kiddin' with ya. Tomorrow it is then. Haha, Kaiba's hanging out with me, Kaiba's hanging out with me!
You are such a five-year old!
Yugi smiled at me, after reading. "That should be interesting," he commented. "Hanging out with Kaiba."
I nodded. What I didn't know was that it would turn out to be a lot more interesting than I could have ever imagined.