Sorry this is so late. I had a ton of things to do.

Chapter Five:

I decided not to go to breakfast today. When Kaiba tried getting me out of bed, he just pushed me off again. Whatever. I just decided to sleep on the floor. I knew he would leave me alone eventually because he would want breakfast before it was too late to get any. I, on the other hand, wasn't hungry at all. I was…depressed…I knew that I would have to talk to my mom-whether it's on the phone or she comes down here-I doubt it'd be the second one-. This was gonna be a living hell. I missed Shizuka, and I couldn't visit her grave any day I wanted to anymore, and I kept thinking about Malik. I hope he doesn't hate me even more.

When I got to my first class, students were already piled in their seats. Getting a lot of stares made me a little anxious. I knew most of the people here were present yesterday when I had my little…yelling session.

Just keep your eyes on the floor…just…don't look at anyone. I kept telling myself as I reached my seat.

"Alright class. Sit next to your partners." Oh great! When I looked up I noticed Marik didn't look like himself. His eyes…were a little grey underneath, like he lost sleep. They looked kinda swollen too. His skin…it seemed paler than usually.

"What have I done…?" I groaned quietly.

Marik finally made his way over to the desk next to mine. When I glanced over to where Kaiba sat, I noticed he was also curiously looking at Marik.

The class seemed longer than usual. Marik barely talked, and when he did, he was quiet and his voice a little husky. I knew that I caused this. This was my entire fault.

I got pulled from lunch by the principle; he said my mom was on the phone. I was dreading this all day. I made it into a room where parents or whoever call their children.

"You better have a good explanation for your little outburst that I herd about!" That's nice; not even a decent hello.

"Mom," I felt my voice crack, "He was asking for-"

"I don't give a crap! I should have just sent you –"

"Where?! Huh?! Too a foster home? Like I would have given a shit! I know why you kept me; it was so that Shizuka was happy!" I herd the door open, but didn't turn to see who it was. It was probably some teacher here to get me off the phone. "If it wasn't for Shizuka, I would have been left on the street! You call yourself a mother? It's your fault that Shizuka died in-"

"Shut up!"

-"the first place!"

"You better not talk back to me-!"

"I'm tired of this shit!" We kept talking over each other, and could barely hear the other.

"Remember that I'm paying for you!" She screamed.

"Yeah! Because you can get rid of me! Because you're paying, I'm out of your way! You never cared about me!" Tears were now falling down my face. "I can't even visit Shizuka because you sent me here. I hate you! I've always hate you. And if you never made Shizuka get that stupid ass ramen from the store, she wouldn't have been hit!"

Click.

I stared at the phone. She hung up. Good!

"Jou…" I spun around, tears fiercely falling from my eyes. I started sobbing; looking from Yuugi to Yami to Honda to Otogi to Bakura to Ryou, and I found myself running towards Kaiba. I flung my arms around him and started sobbing into his chest. No one said anything. They all formed a circle around me. Kaiba never pushed me away; just started rubbing my back in small circles.

These people cared. I yelled at them, gave them an attitude, and they're still here.

"Okay, so your mom is a bitch who needs to die?! Alright got it." Bakura stood up and headed toward the door, but was only seated back down when Ryou grabbed him.

I smiled a little. "Haha, no Bakura. It's okay." After sobbing for a few hours, we all went to Otogi's and Ryou's room to talk about, well…everything. I told them how Shizuka died, and how my mother totally hated me. I could see how mad Bakura was getting by every second.

"So how's Malik?" Everyone looked at me in surprise. I could tell me asking them this was the last thing they expected.

"Uhm-"

"They broke up." Bakura had an evil grin to his face. "Well…actually Malik took your advice and broke up with him." Bakura still held that evil grin to his face as he said this. I never knew Bakura had an evil side.

"Oh…" I still felt bad for my outburst the other day.

"Yeah," Yuugi spoke this time, "Did you see Marik? He's moping around, acting like he's really hurt."

Kaiba snorted. "Yeah right. That player doesn't' give a shit. He's probably just trying to make Malik feel guilty so he'll take him back." Everyone except for me started cracking up. They could be right…but what…if they weren't? What if Marik was really hurting?

I told Kaiba to go on ahead to lunch. The week went by fast. It was already Saturday. Kaiba seemed to want to spend more time around all of us lately. Maybe him and Rex got into another fight? Even better; maybe they broke up. Ha, doubt it.

I made my way out of the room and started heading down the hall for lunch when someone bumped into me from behind. When I turned around I saw Malik. We just stood there, staring at each other in an awkward silence. Of all the people who could have bumped into me. When I really looked at him, I could see his face was paler than usual and he looked a little…sad?

"Hey…" He finally broke that awkward silence.

"Hey…" I tried giving him my best fake smile.

"Thanks…"

Now I was confused. What was he thanking me for? As if he read my mind, he answered my question.

"For making me realize what a jerk Marik is. It's just…that…Marik is the only one whose ever been there…like…the only one who ever wanted to date me…"

"Malik, listen," He looked at me, "I bet there is a lot of people who would want to date you. You just haven't realized it because you were so faithful to Marik. I think now is a great time to actually get to know some people. You could make friends and maybe you'll find someone who you might like…you're a great person Malik. I bet a lot of people like you."

He nodded, giving me a real smile. "Thanks, Katsuya. I really needed to hear that."

"No problem. Now lets go eat." I smiled. I could see he was reluctant, but he nodded and we walked to lunch.

"Hey guys, Malik's gonna sit with us." Everyone's jaw dropped. Ryou and Bakura seemed to be glancing shyly at Malik and whispering to each other. I wonder what that's about.

"Maybe…I should go sit somewhere else." Malik was already turning around, tray in his hands.

"No, you're sitting here." I grabbed him, and made him sit next to me. I could tell he was nervous. I never knew Malik could be nervous.

"You're jealous." I heard Yuugi whisper to someone, I wasn't sure who, and I didn't really care. But than I heard an answer from someone I was least expecting.

"Of course I'm jealous!" I heard him hiss. "How am I supposed to ask him out if he supposedly likes that person!" The last sentence almost killed me! The water I was drinking I know spit out. I kept coughing. Woah! Most people would probably be freaking out because they were afraid they were choking, but I just had a wide smile on my face. Kaiba was gonna ask me out?!

"Jou! Are you okay?!" Malik asked.

"Yeah, he's okay! Look, he's smiling!" Bakura barked back.

I held my hands up so everyone would know to just give me a second. I would have to act like I hated herd Kaiba. "I'm fine guys. It just went down the wrong way."

Everyone nodded. Some looked like they believed me, and some didn't believe me.

"Jou?" I turned to the door where Kaiba had just shut it. He looked a little nervous. And I knew why. The day seemed to have gone faster than usually. Where has the time gone?

"Yes, Kaiba?" I walked over to him, looking into his cold blue eyes."

"Well-Uhm…" He didn't say anything after that. Just surprisingly taking my face in his hands and kissing me passionately. I was so surprised that I wouldn't respond and my eyes were wide opened. After a few moments passed, I moved my tongue with his. We explored each other continuously. After a few moments, I noticed that he had walked me backwards, when I hit the edge of his bed. We never broke the kiss as we lied down. Me on the bottom and him on top. I tangled my fingers in his hair. I couldn't believe this was actually happening. I didn't eve think this could be possible. Not with Seto Kaiba.

Just like that, his lips were gone. I stared at him with a confused expression. Then I noticed him giving me a smile.

"You're a good kisser."

I smiled back. "Thanks."

"Rex and I broke up." He started biting his lip.

"Really?"

"Yeah. I told him that I liked someone, and I just wasn't in love with him anyone."

"Oh?" I raised an eyebrow. "And who is this someone."

He chuckled. "Wouldn't you like to know." Then he kissed me again.

Knock knock knock.

"Oh you have got to be kidding me!" Kaiba yelled as he jumped off of me and headed to the door. I also headed over.

When Kaiba opened a door, we saw a blushing Ryou and a smirking Bakura. "We interrupt anything?" Bakura asks as Ryou looked away.

"What do you two want?" Kaiba asked. I could help but chuckling.

"Well since Ryou is so afraid to ask Jou this by himself, I told him I'd come with." They entered the room as Kaiba and I just stared at the couple in confusion.

"Ask him." Bakura demanded.

"Uhm…well…Bakura and I were just wondering…if Malik…would considering dating…" He trailed off as he pointed Bakura and himself.

Both Kaiba's and my mouth hung opened. "Oh well…" I started but was cut off by Yuugi Yami and Otogi and Honda entering the room.

"AHHHHH!"

Everyone stopped when Kaiba screamed.

"Come in! It's not like we were doing anything important!" Kaiba screamed as he closed the door after everyone entered.

Everyone, including me started laughing. "I'll ask him about it tomorrow." I whispered in Ryou's ear.

I was gonna end this chapter, but....Malik needs to find a happy couple ^_^ Hope you liked it.