Chapter 3 Twice-Broken Heart

Finally Jounouchi broke the kiss. "Oh!" He said, blushing slightly. He quickly moved away from Yuugi freeing him from the tight lock he had on the smaller boy against the wall. For a moment, the two friends stared at the floor in an awkward silence.

Then breaking that same silence, Jounouchi spoke. "Uh...um...Yuugi...I'm really sorry...I don't know what came over me I just..." He stopped. He just couldn't find the right words. "I'm sorry" wasn't good enough for this. "Great. Now Yuugi probably hates me...all because of my stupidity, I just lost my best friend."

Jounouchi felt his eyes tear up. The pain of rejection was bad, but the pain of thinking that Yuugi hated him, was even worse.

Yuugi continued staring at the floor. This all happened too fast. First, Yuugi had gone over Jounouchi's house to see what was wrong, then the blond told Yuugi he loved him, and the next thing he knew, he was pushed against the wall and kissed, by Jounouchi of all people.

The spiky-haired teen was also hurt, as much as he was confused. He was hurt by the fact that he didn't know Jounouchi's feelings sooner when Yuugi liked him. What kind of friend didn't know something like that? He was hurt by the fact that he went against Yami and was kissed by someone else. Finally, he was hurt most of all by the fact that Jounouchi had done all of this in the first place.

He didn't know what to do. He did not want to hate Jounouchi for this. Jounouchi was his best friend in the whole world! Yuugi didn't know what he'd do if he and Jounouchi stopped talking. But...he just didn't know what to say.

His heart was confused, pulled in two different directions. One side was to Yami...the one he truly loved. The other side was to Jounouchi, his best friend...his ex-crush...Yuugi didn't love Jounouchi in that way anymore. But he felt bad.

Jounouchi came off to be very simple. But in truth, Jounouchi was actually very complicated. Especially his heart. It took Jounouchi a while to actually fall in love. And now that he did, the person didn't love him back.

"Jounouchi-kun...I...don't worry...I'm not mad at you...I'm just shocked...and I don't know what to say." The spiky-haired teen walked towards the door and then faced Jounouchi again. "Jou...I'm sorry too. I hope you can forgive me. I love you...but...just not in that way. I love you as my best friend. No..." Yuugi stopped. "I love you more then just a friend." He smiled up at the taller boy. Yuugi hoped that it was enough for him

"I'm just going to go home. I hope I'll see you in school tomorrow. Bye..." He then opened the door and left Jounouchi's apartment without saying another word.

"Yuugi..." Jounouchi stood there by the door alone. Everything was quiet. "Yuugi's always like that...he is so kind...he tried saying that he didn't love me, trying his best not to hurt me." He smiled. The blond actually felt...relived. He was glad he got it over with. Yeah, Yuugi did not love him the same way. But now that Jounouchi knew that for sure he would be able to get over Yuugi easier.

"I guess I'll go to school tomorrow too. There's really no reason for me to avoid Yuugi..." He said out loud. Suddenly he realized he was very hungry and went into the kitchen to get himself something to eat.

When Yuugi got home, he didn't even acknowledge his Jiichan. He just walked up the stairs to his room, dropped his backpack on the floor, and dropped himself onto his bed.

His Sennen Puzzle then started to glow and Yami appeared. He sat himself on Yuugi's bed, right next to his lighter half. Yuugi started to cry. He felt so guilty. He shouldn't have let that happen. If he was stronger then he wouldn't have gotten taken advantage of.

"Yuugi...don't cry..." Yami rubbed Yuugi's back in a comforting matter. Yuugi loved Yami's touch. It always made him feel better, but right at this moment it wasn't helping at all. "Yami...did you...did you see what happened?" He sobbed. He looked up at Yami, his face stained with tears.

"Yes...I did Yuugi...but it wasn't your fault. You shouldn't feel guilty." Yami said. He continued to rub Yuugi's back. "Jounouchi also didn't understand what he did. He just got caught up in the moment. He didn't take advantage of you because he thought you were weak. He knows you're not weak. You're strong, because of your heart."

Yuugi believed Yami. At times like these, Yami seemed to have toe ability to read his mind. "But...Yami!" Yuugi grabbed on to Yami sobbing into his chest." Yami held him close. "I know! I know...you're confused..."

He then started to rub Yuugi's back once again, in a gentle caress. Yuugi felt a little comforted but still cried because of his confusion. He felt so bad that he had to reject Jounouchi like that! He really didn't want to do that! But what else could he have said? He told the truth, even though Yuugi felt that telling the truth was worse for Jounouchi right now.

"Shh...hikari, don't cry. Everything will be alright." Yami comforted him. You told Jounouchi the truth about how you feel and now that you did that he will be able to get over you. His heart will then choose someone else."

Yami kissed Yuugi's neck, which got him to blush and take a deep breath. "Yeah...I guess you're right. You always help cheer me up. I really appreciate it." He smiled at Yami.

"Well I have to, aibou!" The darker spirit smiled. "I never want you to be sad. That's why I will do anything so you will always be smiling. Your happiness is my happiness, hikari." The Spirit returned Yuugi's smile. "Moto...horu no baku..." Yuugi hugged Yami tightly. "I will try my best to always smile, if it will make you happy."

The next day, Jounouchi found himself waking up earlier then usual. He glanced over at the clock. "Wow...I'll actually get to school early today." He was shocked by that thought. Usually Jounouchi would wake up late, and have to run all the way to school in hopes just to get there in time for his first class. Then all day long he would keep getting in trouble for not being prepared because he never had all his books in homeroom.

He yawned as he climbed out of his bed. He didn't sleep well at all last night. He kept tossing and turning. Also, he kept waking up because he found himself lying on the floor a few times.

Jounouchi quickly changed out his pajamas and into his school uniform. He then ate some toast, got his backpack and walked out of his apartment, not saying anything to his dad who was lying on the couch.

He walked out of the apartment building and paused as he stood on the pavement outside. He looked up at the sky. Today was a beautiful day too. Usually, if for some odd reason he did wake up early, it would be raining out and he would end up at school soaking wet. That must mean that his day was about to get messed up somehow.

He sighed. Today, he would feel differently about Yuugi, a relief in a way. Before his confession, he was friends with Yuugi but Jounouchi would sometimes find himself feeling awkward around his smaller friend. Damn feelings! Now it would be different. It would be just normal between them two. One could only hope.

As he continued to walk, he started to stop paying attention to exactly where he was going. He banged into someone.

He looked up and seen Seto.

"Crap!" Jounouchi thought. "Why do I always end up banging into HIM?"

Seto turned around, only to see a flustered Jounouchi standing there behind him.

"Hello, mutt." He smiled his cold, dark smile. "I see that you're back in school. You feeling better now, puppy?"

Jounouchi felt his face go hot and he started to blush. Was Seto...worried about him while he was out?

"I'm...I'm not a mutt..." he mumbled, face still red with embarrassment. Then he finally managed to say, "And why would you care if I was out anyway?"

Seto laughed slightly. "Don't flatter yourself, mutt. I wasn't worried about you."

Jounouchi's blush darkened, now more from embarrassment. His heart started racing and he was sure that his beating heart was so loud that Kaiba could hear it.

"I-I didn't say that you were worried about me!" He stuttered.

Seto then did something unexpected. He kissed Jounouchi. The kiss was light, and very quick; but it was a kiss all the same.

Jounouchi could've sworn now that his whole face was completely red. Not only that, he was completely stunned. He couldn't move from that spot. That's how bad he was affected.

Seto then moved away from Jounouchi, still smiling his evil smile. "You're just so fun to torment, mutt, that I missed it when you were gone." He laughed out loud and then turned away from Jounouchi walking back to the school.

Jounouchi stood there for a minute. "What the hell just happened? Why did Kaiba kiss me?" Jou asked himself. His heart was still beating fast from confusion, anger, embarrassment and a whole other host of feelings that were swirling around. He couldn't believe this.

"He...he probably did that just to torment me!" Jounouchi told himself. "He said it himself, that I'm –fun- to torment." Jounouchi suddenly became mad. "That creep! How could he do something like that? I should go right back over to him and kick his ass!" He glared down at the direction Kaiba walked off in. "Dammit..." He mumbled.

He looked at his watch and then realized that now he was going to be late. "Great! And it's all Kaiba's fault!" He said out loud again. He started to run off towards the school.

Why was he feeling this way? Yeah, he liked Kaiba, but this feeling was different from Yuugi. His heart started beating so fast and he was blushing. Suddenly while Kaiba was talking to him, he started worrying about how Kaiba felt about him. And he also started worrying that Kaiba hated him.

And the scariest thing of all was; this feeling...it was different then how he had ever felt about Yuugi.

"NO!" He yelled out loud. He saw a bunch of people starring at him, but he didn't care at this moment. "It can't be that! I don't love him!" he thought to himself.

And that's chapter 3. For those who are waiting on Only in My Dreams, be patient. I am finally writing it.