The next day at school, Joey didn't take his usual seat at the window. Instead, he walked in early, looked at where Kaiba sat, and then sat as far away as possible. He didn't know how to act around the brunet anymore, so avoidance seemed like the best possible tactic.
Kaiba, as always had calculated the moves the blond would make, and was determined not to let him get away. Instead, he stood up before the class began to filter in, walked over to the blond who had placed his head on the desk. He filed through his brief case and pulled out a stack of papers.
'Wheeler.' His voice was void of emotion.
'Huh?' Confused the blond looked up to see the tall boy casting a shadow over him.
'The papers are ready. I need you to sign.'
'In a min, moneybags, I'm sleeping.'
'Now Wheeler, I don't have time to play.'
'Hmph.' The boy sat up straight. 'What do I need ta do?' Kaiba narrowed his eyes playfully and threw the papers onto the desk. Joey's eyes widened at the huge pile. It was phenomenal. 'How much junk do I gotta sign!'
'One signature per page. That isn't too hard for the puppy, is it? Paw prints won't do. I need your name in full also. At the end of each declaration, my lawyers will check through it later to make sure it is all correct.' It was a bluff, he wouldn't even let his employees know what happened with that boy. Joey rolled his eyes and picked up a pen.
'Kay…' he said, and began to sign through the mighty document. Kaiba stood watching and Joey struggled to keep open his eyes and rubbed his wrist every few pages. As class members started to file in, Kaiba snatched back the papers.
'You can finish it later. At my house. 8pm. I have a meeting.'
'Kaiba. I don't want to go to yours, cant you leave them with me and I'll bring them back?'
'No. I am afraid I need to witness it, to make sure it was you and such.'
'Jeez, you are a bastard.'
'Yes well, I'm a lot of things…and you love it.' He whispered the last part. Joey snapped to sit up straight, his mouth suddenly going dry.
'Oh go fuck yourself.'
'Why when you'll do it for me?' his voice was like satin. It tore through the blond.
'I don't wanna do you Kaiba. Get off your high horse and leave me alone.' He let his head flop back to the desk, his messy hair covering his arms and face. Damn Kaiba, who the fuck does he think he is anyways? I'll kick his ass if he carries on. Bastard.
Class was uneventful as always and the day passed slowly. By the time lunch came around, Joey wasn't even hungry. It was a rare occasion.
'Aren't you gonna eat Joey?' Yugi looked up through huge purple eyes.
'Nah, I ate earlier, so I'm ok now.' It was an obvious lie.
'You look tired, are you feeling ok?' The little guy sure was persistent.
'Yeah, I'm fine, just couldn't sleep, bad dreams and noises and whatever.' He wasn't going to tell Yugi…or anyone that he had spent all night thinking of Kaiba, the brunet's beautiful eyes and silky hair, his velvet voice and silky skin. He wasn't going to tell them he thought all night about how he longed to touch the boy, to feel their lips press together in passion, in heat…in love? Yes, Joey had been thinking all night and was beginning to feel like Kaiba was more than just an enemy. They weren't friends, that would never possible. But he felt something else, something in the pit of his stomach, a sickly, heavy feeling…but it was amazing. His skin still tingled from every touch the boy had given him and he was coming to terms with the idea he was falling fast. He didn't want it to happen, he didn't want to believe it was, so he avoided Kaiba, if he wasn't there, he could hurt him.
'Earth to Joey!' Yugi's hand waved before Joey's face several times.
'Huh? Er, wha?' The honey eyes snapped back into focus, and looked down to the spiky haired boy.
'I said are you coming over tonight, for games?' His eyes looked hopeful. Joey couldn't help but smile. It faded once he realised what Kaiba had told him 3 periods ago.
'No, I can't. I'm sorry. Kaiba's making me…work on the project and stuff. You know he's a total slave driver.' He gave a limp smile, messing Yugi's hair.
'Oh, that's a shame. Don't let him work you too hard, please? People have suicide under his reign, you don't need to be one of them.' Joey bit his lip.
'I'll be fine. Trust me, nothing can get through these steel walls.' He hit his chest and grinned. 'I'm gonna go. Class starts soon and I just want today to be over with.' He grabbed his backpack and jogged off to his next class. Stupid Kaiba, Stupid Kaiba, Stupid Kaiba. He repeated to himself, his eyes welling up. Even the mention of his name made his chest burned. How can this be happening? They weren't friends. Kaiba isn't a nice person, but damn, he was hot. Don't think about it. Why did he have to drop his pants that day? Why did he feel the need to prove that? Now he was in a mess and he was falling for the one person who could defiantly never love him back, and worst of all, it was a man! Joey was beginning to hate himself, for his weakness of falling for Kaiba. If any guy, why not Duke Devlin? At least he was beautiful, in the most masculine sense of the word. To hell with that, Duke was more girly than Téa and he knew it. But Duke was gay, so Joey knew there was a chance of his feelings been returned. He thought more and more about the black haired boy, trying harder and harder to suppress his feelings for Kaiba. Maybe, if he went with Duke, maybe he'd forget Kaiba. Maybe he'd kiss Duke, and find out he didn't even like men?
It was worth a try. He picked out his cell and began to dial the green eyed boys number.
