'Who else?'

'I…I dunno.'

'Well, are you going to move?'

'No. not yet.'

'Why not?' Kaiba's expression was sly.

'I don't want to. Besides, if you want me to…I defiantly won't.'

'You're really a lot dumber than I thought, Wheeler.' Kaiba turned on his heels and left. Joey half wanted to grab him and beg him to go, but he decided against it. His mind was already playing up, he didn't need the stress from an egotistical maniac.

As he wandered through the halls to his next class, he wondered what he would do over spring break. He had no ties and nowhere to be…he had money from work that he would receive tonight. The possibilities were endless. He was 18, free and single and he could do whatever he wanted. Eagerly, he slipped himself another pill. He didn't feel sad, but he was becoming worried that if he didn't take it, he would. As he wandered along the halls to his next class he began to think about lunch. Where would he sit? Who would he sit with? He didn't want to look like a loser, and it defiantly wouldn't look cool. Only Kaiba could make loneliness cool…and that was because he had a laptop. And he was hot. But mainly the laptop.

Lunch eventually rolled around, and Joey still had no plan what he was going to do. He decided to just take it as it came. He bought and sandwich, overhearing comments about how the money he used was probably stolen before walking off to a quiet corner of the courtyard. Normally he would have snapped back at such a comment, but this time, he'd let it slide. This time. He wasn't going waste eating time to kick some kid's ass.

He sat down under a large sakura tree in the far corner of the yard. It was quieter here and everyone else was busy occupying benches and gossiping with friends. Only a few days ago that had been him. He sighed, missing it already. His heart began to sink at the thought, which prompted him to take another pill. He was slowly becoming dependant, needing them to keep his soul real. To keep him from destruction. He chewed lightly on his sandwich, enjoying every bite.

Suddenly the world felt a little darker, like the sun had vanished. His body turned cold and he began to sweat. Icy ripples teased his skin and his throat closed up. He couldn't breath. He couldn't breath! He gasped desperately for air, the oxygen becoming more and more unattainable. He was going to suffocate! He dropped his food, clutching at his chest. His eyes wide with pain and fright…he was going to die! He was going to die at school! He would never see spring break! He frantically took more gasps, if only he could get breath! The world was becoming darker, and his preverbal vision vanished into violet clouds. The faces of nearby people became nothing but a blur and a splitting headache fell upon him. He felt himself sink back onto the tree, his face burning with icy pricks beneath his skin. He began to feel dizzy, almost faint when suddenly strong hands grabbed his shoulders.

'Mutt. Snap out of it.' The voice was faded, yet familiar. He couldn't make out the face, and his mind was too weak to work it out.

'Nghhh…'

'Joey…hey! Fucking snap out of it you dumb mutt. Quit breathing like you ran the marathon.'

'I can't breathe…'

'Yes you can, you just have to slow down.' Joey did as instructed despite the difficulty. 'That's twice today…you need to go to the hospital, you need to stop taking those pills.'

'I need them.'

'No, you don't…' The voice was firm.

'You don't.'

'I have nothing else.' Joey's voice became angrier.

'Then find someone else!' Someone! Fuck he had meant to say something but it came out wrong…on the good side the blond was too dosed to remember this.

'There is no one else. No one wants me…'

'I do…' the voice was cut off as Joey passed out, his head hitting the tree as he went backwards. Fuck, that didn't go so well.

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Another short one to finish off tonights posts!

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