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The school day dragged by for both Jou and Kaiba. They hadn't seen each other all day. Before last period, Jou consulted Yugi. "I have no classes with Kaiba today. What do I do if I can't find him after school, or if he stands me up?"

"Jou relax, you're hanging out with Kaiba, it's not a date!"

"I know that Yugi! Ew, I could never like him like that." Jou sputtered in disbelief, almost bumping into someone.

"I was kidding!" Yugi exclaimed, rather amused by his friend's behavior. "Besides, you never know, weird things happen. You're barely on friendly terms. See where it goes, Jou. Give him a chance. You could end up liking him, you may even be friends."

"Thanks for the pep talk, Anzu." Jou rolled his eyes, leaving for class.

Eyes fixed on the clock, Seto hardly tuned in to the teacher's monotonous drone. He didn't know why he was so nervous. It wasn't a blind date or anything. For that matter, it wasn't even a date. It was hanging out, not even with someone exciting. It was Jou. Yet, Seto found that it was all he could think about during the course of the day, and when the bell rang, he was absolutely terrified.

Kaiba stood up, but his legs were frozen in place. Mentally, he was cursing himself for ever thinking that showing Jou his stereo would be a good idea. He was hoping that Jou had already realized how ridiculous the situation was, and left, because there was no way Kaiba was about to stand someone up. He might have an icy heart, but it wasn't completely frozen over.

Jou waited by Kaiba's car, not wanting to lean against it. He was still afraid of damaging it, Kaiba was the type that would freak out over a miniscule scratch. "Hey," Jou mumbled, awkwardly.

"Hey," returned Kaiba. For once, he wasn't feeling so charismatic. He fumbled with his keys, and accidentally dropped them. Jou was courteous enough to pick them up, and their fingertips brushed as he returned them. They both shook it off as an accident.

Once inside, it was silent for awhile. Jou started tapping nervously on the dashboard. His stomach growled and Kaiba laughed. Jou crinkled his nose. "Hungry?" Kaiba teased. "Want anything in particular?" As Jou shook his head in return, Seto sped off to the nearest pizza parlor.

As they entered the door, Kaiba looked mischeviously at Jou. He felt a little childish for what he was about to ask, but anything would be better than an awkward silence. "Hey Jou, Truth or Dare?"

"Uh, dare." Jou chose, uncertainly. He hoped Kaiba wouldn't dare him to pay, because his pockets were empty.

"I dare you to eat a pizza with everything on it." Kaiba challenged.

"Easy."

They sat down in a booth after Kaiba ordered, and paid, which earned an internal sigh of relief from Jou. As they waited for the pizza, Jou spoke up. "Truth or dare, Kaiba?" He expected for Kaiba to say dare, which would probably be boring because Kaiba never backs down from a challenge.

Surprise, surprise. "Truth, Jou."

"Why don't you like me?"

Just as soon as Kaiba opened his mouth to reply, a pizza was set down in front of them. It was absolutely disgusting. Piled high with, anchovies, mushrooms, olives, well, you get the idea. What disgusted Kaiba even more was the fact that Jou was scarfing it down, by the slice.

Jou looked up as Kaiba attempted to stifle a laugh. "Wha?" Jou asked with his mouth full.

"Nothing, it's just that you have sauce on your nose." He took his thumb and gently brushed off the sauce, wiping it into a napkin afterward.

"Thanks," Jou blushed, slightly. "You want some?" He asked to change the subject.

"No thanks."

A few minutes later, Jou was finished. They got back into the car. There was a peaceful silence, but then Jou realized something, as Kaiba drove along. "You never answered my question."

"Oh, yeah. Your question isn't valid anyway."

"What the fuck do you mean it isn't valid? Didn't your teachers ever tell you there was no such thing as a stupid question?" Jou interrogated angrily, thinking that Kaiba was trying to get out of answering.

"Calm down, Jou." Kaiba began, rolling his eyes. " In order for me to answer your question, the question would have to be true. In this case it isn't." Kaiba continued, seeing Jou's baffled face. "I never said I didn't like you. Well I might have said it," he corrected himself as Jou opened his mouth to object. "Never meant it."

"Then why were you so mean to me?"

"You're not special, Jou. Wait, I didn't mean that. I'm sure tons of people think you're special. But anyway, I've never been that nice to anyone. I didn't mean to just single you out. I guess the fighting was kind of immature though. But I felt like you challenged me, like no one else did. Your runt of a friend may have been a challenge in Duel Monsters, but you were the only person who wasn't afraid to stand up to me."

Jou took it all in silently.

"And that was why I wanted the truce. "

"I thought Mokie made you do it."

"Only because he sensed that I wouldn't do it by myself. That kid can read my thoughts like a book, and I'll do whatever he wants. So he was the one who actually got me to do it."

"Smart Kid." Jou couldn't think of anything else to say.

"Yep." Kaiba glanced at the glowing blue numbers on the stereo clock. "School day tomorrow, I better take you home."

Jou's face fell. "But you didn't show me how the stereo worked." He pouted, as he got out of the car. It wasn't really that, he had kind of enjoyed his time with Kaiba. As he turned to close the door, Kaiba whispered, "Truth or Dare?"

"Dare."

"I dare you to cancel any plans you have this Saturday and spend it with me instead."

"I'll do it." Jou accepted the challenge. Then his heart sank. How was he going to be able to get out of his plans with the gang?