Author's notes: Hey there. Merry Christmas to all of you! Haha. Actually this chapter was finished on the 20th, but I decided it should be a Christmas gift to all of you, therefore I delayed the update. I was re-reading this story some day and suddenly realized it's already been a year and more, and there are only 5 chapters to this story! What's more, the chapters are still on Valentine's Day… To all previous reviewers and readers, as always, thank you! It's with your support that made me continue this story. Well, here's chapter 6. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in the story.

Chiang! Chiang! Chiang!

"WAA!" Jounouchi cried aloud as a sudden series of loud crashing awoke him rudely from his slumber. Jumping up from his seat, he glanced around, trying to figure out what exactly had happened.

However, what greeted him were a thousand pairs of angry eyes glaring at him, and the conductor of the orchestral gaping at him with disapproval. The whole theatre had turned unearthly silent, and somehow, Jounouchi knew in his guts that it wasn't a very good sign.

Beside him, Kaiba had to slap his head with his hand. Clearly, Jounouchi had been sleeping too soundly that he was shocked by the loud crashing of cymbals towards the end of the performance piece. Audiences around him were giving looks of distaste, and muttering under their breaths.

"Who's that? Does he have any respect for the orchestral?" someone at the back muttered.

Slowly, the mutterings turned into a series of buzzing as more and more people joined in to reprimand Jounouchi for his actions. Head down, face red with shame and embarrassment, Jounouchi couldn't help but sank back into his seat and hoped that the comfy chair would swallow him whole.

The attendants at the theatre were trying to stop the commotion but to no avail as throngs of angry audiences cursed at the sudden disturbance from Jounouchi. Seeing no other choices, one of them approached Jounouchi.

"I'm sorry sir, but could you please leave the theatre now? You're causing-"

"Hey, hey. He came with me," Kaiba said at the side, not liking the situation. He does not like this attendant. She seemed to be quite smug to throw Jounouchi out.

The attendant flipped an eye towards Kaiba, before realizing who she was dealing with. Everybody in the theatre seemed to have quietened down, all eager to see that 'battle' between the theatre attendant and Seto Kaiba.

"Oh. It's Mr. Kaiba! I'm so sorry! I didn't know he came with you. If that's the case, of course he could stay. I'm so sorr-"

"Does it matter who he came with? Call your manager out. Now!" Kaiba demanded as the attendant took a few steps back, shocked by the sudden change of volume of Kaiba's voice. "Come on, do it."

Seeing no chance of her resolving this matter, the attendant took out her walkie-talkie and called for the manager. All this while, Jounouchi was rather self-conscious as everybody continued staring at him and Kaiba. They were clearly making a scene. The manager arrived, and had immediately adopted an apologetic tone as he greeted Kaiba.

"Look who's here! It's Mr. Kaiba! How may I help you? I sincerely apologize for any-"

"Cut with the crap. I haven't got the whole night listening to you. I want her fired. Now, right here," Kaiba seethed as he glared at the attendant who had turned rather dismayed.

"But I did nothing wron-"

The manager rubbed his hands together as he hesitated on Kaiba's command. "Mr. Kaiba, it was only appropriate of her to ask your friend out due to his uh…undesired behaviour-"

"Another word from you, you'll also be fired. Now do as I say," Kaiba replied coldly, regarding the manager.

"But Mr. Kaiba-"

"My word is final. I don't want to see her again the next time I come here. Got that? Let's go, Jounouchi," Kaiba snapped as he pulled a rather surprised Jounouchi from his seat and stomped out of the theatre, leaving everybody shocked and confused, especially the attendant, who still had a dazed look on her face.

Jounouchi was rather shocked when Kaiba had actually called him by his name, instead of calling him 'mutt', and had grabbed him out of the theatre. He had totally not expected that reaction from Kaiba. In his mind, his impression of Kaiba was still the glad-to-see-you-suffering jerk who'd just smile goodbye at him while he got kicked out. However, he had totally surprised him by standing up for him!

"Kaiba, I don't know what got into you, but thanks for just now," Jounouchi said as he trudged along Kaiba who seemed to be walking rather fast.

"Tch…don't think that you're all high-and-mighty now. I didn't do it for you. I only did this to protect my pride and dignity," Kaiba replied without turning to look at Jounouchi as he carried on walking; only that he increased his pace.

Kaiba had been lying when he told Jounouchi he didn't stand up for him. To be honest, he was really infuriated when that attendant came and wanted Jounouchi out of the theatre. Who does she think she was, prancing around in that uniform of hers, trying to kick his guest out? And what's more, that guest was someone that was so important to him. Kaiba had felt equally humiliated and insulted when that hag of an attendant came to Jounouchi and asked him out. It was as if he could practically put himself in Jounouchi's shoes and know how he had felt at that moment.

Meanwhile, Jounouchi was trying to figure out why exactly had Kaiba stood up for him. Somehow in his gut, he knew Kaiba was lying and though he tried to dismiss the feeling away, he felt rather please and happy that Kaiba had did that for him. Perhaps Kaiba wasn't the jerk he had thought he was after all.

"Hey Kaiba, where are we going now?" Jounouchi asked as he caught up with Kaiba and grabbed his arm to slow him down. "Gee. Slow down dude."

Shaking Jounouchi's hand away from his arm, Kaiba suggested, "Are you hungry?"

Though his pride had told him to say no, his stomach decided to betray him by growling loudly. Kaiba cocked his head towards the sound as he smirked at Jounouchi, clearly enjoying the faint blush that was forming up on his cheeks. Huffing in a rather embarrassed voice, Jounouchi said, "Well, yeah. I am hungry."

"Well, then it's time for me to bring my hungry doggie for dinner," Kaiba grinned to himself as he started walking again.

"Who's the hungry doggie? Watch what you're talking!" Jounouchi cried indignantly, totally forgetting to mention the 'my' front of the 'hungry doggie'. He had decided.

Kaiba's a total jerk.

"How do you want it to be cooked sir?" the waiter asked as he took over the menu from Jounouchi, who could only gape at him, not knowing what he was saying.

"Huh?" was the best Jounouchi could manage, earning himself a gape from the waiter too.

"How would you want your steak to be cooked sir?" the waiter tried again, this time speaking slower.

Jounouchi looked from the waiter to Kaiba, who was opposite him; his eyebrows raised slightly, a rather haughty look on his face, indicating that he was enjoying the little scene in front of him. Another waiter passed by their table, a silver plate in his hand, carrying two plates of steak.

"There, there! I want it that way," Jounouchi said, pointing randomly at one of the plates. He could only hope that this would save him from the embarrassment.

The waiter gave a smile as he repeated the order. "Medium rare steak for you sir," he indicated to Kaiba who gave a mere nod, "Blue rare for you sir," the waiter said to Jounouchi who gave a lopsided grin and nodded. With that, the waiter went off with their orders.

"You've never eaten in a restaurant?" Kaiba asked, once the waiter was out of earshot.

"You should ask if I had ever eaten in such an expensive restaurant," Jounouchi made a face. Rich brats obviously took everything for granted without knowing the hardships.

"Well, I hope you'll enjoy your dinner," Kaiba replied with a knowing smile.

Jounouchi could only give Kaiba a suspicious stare as he regarded around the restaurant. The restaurant was filled with many love-struck couples since it was Valentine's Day. Turning his gaze back at Kaiba, he silently observed his features with interest. Dressed meticulously with a head of neat brown hair, Kaiba was indeed the guy of every girl's dream with his handsome features, except for his eyes. Those icy blue eyes could chill people to their bones.

Noticing Jounouchi scrutinizing him, Kaiba's gaze snapped at Jounouchi, causing Jounouchi to be taken aback and looked away immediately. Smiling secretly at Jounouchi's reaction, Kaiba felt that perhaps his decision of taking Jounouchi out had been a right choice.

"Here sir, your dinner," the waiter came back with the food they had ordered, and served it on the table.

Looking at the steak in front of him, Jounouchi couldn't help but felt his mouth watering. Maybe coming out with Kaiba wasn't such a bad idea! At least he got to eat something nice! Without another word, he picked up the knife and fork and started plunging the knife into the steak, cutting it up, only to find himself rather shocked.

"Why is my steak raw in the inside?" he cried at Kaiba, who ate his own steak in small mouthfuls, his eyes shone a mischievous light.

"You called for it yourself," Kaiba replied, cutting one of the potatoes up, looking perfectly innocent.

"You knew it right from the start didn't you?"

In reply, Kaiba chuckled as he drank the glass of wine in front of him. The look on Jounouchi's face was simply priceless! Sure, he had known it from the start that blue rare steaks were raw in the inside. However, he decided to observe quietly what would follow afterwards, therefore he said nothing about it.

"Eat the potatoes if you don't want the steak then," he said, only earning himself an incredulous look from Jounouchi.

"Don't want the steak? You must be kidding me! Did you see the price of the-"

"Such trivial stuff doesn't matter to me," Kaiba cut in.

"I will finish everything," Jounouchi said firmly, determined not to let the food go to waste. Rich brats obviously don't know that there are people all around the world who aren't as fortunate as them suffering from hunger.

Looking at the rather bloody steak, Jounouchi gulped as he stuck his fork into the steak and took a bite. He was quite sure that Yami Bakura would enjoy eating this… However, he could only say he questioned Yami Bakura's taste of food…

Looking fondly at how Jounouchi was stuffing the steak down his throat, Kaiba couldn't help but smile a little. Though Jounouchi had proved to be a bit idiotic at times, he still had a cute side in him that made Kaiba want to explore slowly.

After a long torturing moment of stuffing the steak down, Jounouchi was glad that he'd finally finished his dinner. Grabbing at the glass beside him, he gulped down the whole content in it, only to find himself spluttering out the wine.

"Tch…how inelegant you are," Kaiba shook his head as he commented. However, he couldn't stop himself from reaching over to wipe the corners of Jounouchi's mouth with a napkin.

Surprised by Kaiba, Jounouchi pulled back, eyes wide, not knowing what to do.

"Uh…thanks?" he said, feeling awkward all of a sudden.

"You know, actually you can always ask for an exchange of dish," Kaiba said, masking his awkwardness perfectly well with his poker face.

"Then…then what was all that stuffing down of bloody meat down my throat for? You…you!" Jounouchi said, unable to string his words.

Ignoring him, Kaiba foot the bill and walked out, leaving Jounouchi with no choice but to follow behind.

Fuming mad he was, but Jounouchi felt that he couldn't get angry at Kaiba for a long time. The anger of being fooled just now had already simmered down, and he found himself gawking at Kaiba's tall figure like how he did normally. He had always enjoyed doing this, watching at Kaiba in the classroom. He felt rather safe watching from afar, then to look at him right in the eyes sometimes.

After walking around aimlessly, they settled on going for a walk at a nearby park which was rather quiet. Couples were seated on benches, holding hands, muttering words of love to each other.

"Hey Kaiba, I've got something to ask you," Jounouchi muttered as he looked at his hands, suddenly interested with his fingers.

"What?"

"Why had you asked me out?"

Rather stunned by the question, Kaiba looked at the trees around as he pondered the question. Why had he asked him out?

"I…uh…I..."

First time hearing Kaiba stuttering, it made Jounouchi more interested in the answer.

"I-"

A series of beeping came as Kaiba opened his mouth to speak again. Realizing it was his phone, he picked it.

"Mr. Kaiba, we had some problems in the corporation, and we need your presence now to solve them."

"Okay. I'll be back," Kaiba replied curtly, irritated that this stupid phone call had to interrupt him.

"So what was it about?" Jounouchi asked, indicating to the phone call.

"Some idiots who couldn't get their job done without my presence," Kaiba said and added, "Well, I guess it's goodbye now mutt. I got to get going."

As if right on cue, a car honk sounded nearby and Jounouchi recognized it to be Kaiba's limo. Clearly, whatever damage it had earlier on had been fixed. Without even a goodbye, Kaiba walked towards his limo.

"Hey! You haven't answered me!" Jounouchi said as he watched Kaiba's back.

Surprisingly, he turned back, and then jogged towards him. Jounouchi's heart gave a lurch as he looked at Kaiba, whose expression was unreadable. Without even uttering a word, Kaiba bent down and placed a relatively gentle kiss on his lips as his hands ruffled his hair, pushing a box of chocolates into his hands.

"That's why."

Author's notes: Finally done! Hmm… I've been thinking should I end this fic here or I should continue writing. What do you guys think? Give me an answer and I'll think about it. Sad to say, I think this is my last update till a long time because school term is here again…no more holidays for me…what worse, it's secondary three life, meaning it'd be torture, with tons of homework and other stuffs, so it's hard for me to say when I can update. However, as always, I'll try to update as soon as I got the chance, well that's if I decided to continue writing, so stay tuned!

Well, once again, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! So how was the chapter? Please give me your views by reviewing and if I should continue with the story! Criticisms are accepted, but no flamers please! Once again, have a Merry Christmas and a happy new year! Cookies and candies to all of you!