When You Play with Fire
Chapter 2: This is my Confession
"Now according to what I hear, rich boy is always hangin out in the library during lunch." Joey groaned, "It's bad enough I have to apologize to the guy, but I gotta go in a library, really?"
In a matter of minutes, the blond was standing in front of the library doors. He took a really deep breath as he opened the door, "Here goes nothing."
As he entered the library, the students and library staff looked towards him and gasped. Then a bustle of quiet conservations was being heard throughout the library, "Wheeler's in the library?" a student asked.
"Are we facing an apocalypse or something?" another student asked.
"Seriously, don't you people have anythin better to do?" Joey asked the others as they carried on with their own affairs.
The amber eyed teen rolled his eyes and sighed as he continued his search for his rival. Then he spotted Kaiba wear his school uniform, sitting in the back at a table typing away at his laptop. "About time I found him; hey rich boy!"
The young CEO looked up from his computer screen and saw Joey standing over him, "Mutt, you do realize you're in a library right?"
Joey groaned, "Yes I get it, I'm in a library! Geez what is this, "be amazed at what Joey does" day or something?"
Kaiba furrowed his eyebrow at the other, "Anyway, I don't have time to talk right now; I'm busy."
"Well I don't care cause here's where I talk and you listen."
"You're not going to leave if I don't, are you?"
Joey grinned, "Nope."
The brunet sighed as he saved his work and closed out of the computer program. As he closed his laptop, he said, "Make it fast mutt, what is it?"
"Okay, since I'm too uptight to say what I gotta say, I'll let the dog crack slide." The amber eyed teen took a really deep breath, "Now what I'm about ta do goes against everything I stand for and may hurt my dignity. Plus if I don't get this off my chest, I'll never hear the end of it."
Kaiba grinned as he propped his arm on the tabletop as he rested his head in his hand, "This ought to be interesting."
"Okay here it is…" Joey paused and then cried, "I'M SORRY!"
The young CEO was taken back at the sudden outburst, "Excuse me?"
"I did it, I'm the one that put the paint bomb in your locker! I'm the reason your suit got messed up; it was all me!"
The other people in the library started staring at the back of the library wondering what the noise was. "Uh mutt…?" Kaiba said trying to get the other's attention.
The blond didn't hear him since he kept on yelling, "I know it was stupid but I got anger issues! I was just so tired of your teasing and stupid dog comments that I couldn't take it anymore!"
"Um mutt, people are staring at us."
"But then I realized that I'd either be ruined or killed that the guilt was eating me alive!"
"Mutt…"
Then Joey did something that the brunet couldn't imagine seeing. The amber eyed teen got down on his knees groveled at the taller's feet, "I'm ready for it; put me in a dog suit, embarrass me so I can't show my face at this school again, I don't care! I can handle it, I'm a man! Just get it over with; the guilt's killin me!"
"As much as I'm enjoying this Kodak moment," Kaiba began as he received a stern look from the blond, "seriously Mutt get up, you're embarrassing yourself, mainly me."
Joey looked around and saw people looking at him. He quickly rose to his feet and brushed himself off like nothing happen, "What? Keep it moving, ain't nothin to see here?"
As the spectators walked away, Joey turned to the brunet with an evil grin, "Why didn't you stop me?"
Kaiba smirked at the question, "Because it was funny."
Joey glared at the remark then sighed, "Did you get all that or do I need to repeat anything?"
"That won't be necessary Mutt and besides, I already knew it was you that did it."
The amber eyed teen stared at the other furrowing his eyebrow, "Blue-eyes lovin, rich boy say what; how'd you find out?"
"A little crimson eyed bird told me."
Amber eyes widened, "Yami told you, but why?"
"Actually, he blurted it out when he was scolding me for emotionally scarring Motou or something of that nature. Anyway, if I was getting on your nerves, why didn't you say something?"
"I did," Joey said clenching his teeth, "everyday for the past three years!"
"No you didn't."
"Does "Leave me alone, rich boy!" or "Stop it with the dog jokes or I'll smack you!" ring any bells?"
Kaiba began to recall those incidents and replied, "Oh, you were serious?"
Joey groaned, "See, that's exactly why I did it! You always try to find a way to piss me off or make me miserable and I hate it!"
"Relax Wheeler, I hate to admit it, but maybe I did deserve it."
"Don't give me that I…" The blond began to take in what the other said, "Did you say what I think ya did?"
The sapphire eyed teen nodded, "Yes and I forgive you."
Amber eyes widened, "Ya mean, just like that?" He saw Kaiba nod as he wiped his brow, "Wow, that was easy. Oh and just so we're clear, that's the first and last time that I grovel in front of you."
"Too bad I didn't have a camera, I could've captured the moment."
Joey pouted at the brunet, "Ha, ha, ha, you're such a comedian."
"Why thank you puppy."
"Uh-huh...well, I'm off; later rich boy." Joey said as he was departing.
"Hold on puppy, where are you going?"
The blond stopped in his tracks, "Um, back to the cafeteria?"
Kaiba smirked at the blond's confused face, "Oh no puppy, our business isn't done yet."
Joey turned towards the other with an astonished look on his face, "B-b-b-but you said, you forgave me."
"True, but there's the matter of your payment that we need to discuss."
"What payment Rich boy?"
"Well, it appears that little prank of yours ruined my suit. So how do you intend to pay me back?"
"That depends, how much are we talkin: $200, $400?"
The young CEO smirked, "Actually it was $2000 plus tax."
"Heh?" The blond looked at the other with shocked expression, "T-t-t-t-two t-t-t-t-thousand bucks; you're kiddin right?"
"I never joke about my appearance, puppy."
"I don't believe dis."
"What, that it pays to have your master look good?"
The amber eyed teen furrowed his eyebrow at the other, "No, that you would actually pay two thousand bucks for a suit. I wouldn't nearly pay that much."
"That's because you're not rich, Wheeler." Kaiba said receiving a glare from the blond puppy. "And anyway, I don't need your money."
As the sapphire eyed teen was putting his laptop away in his silver briefcase, Joey asked, "Then how am I supposed to pay ya back?"
The brunet grabbed his briefcase and walked up to Joey and patted his head getting a growl in return, "Don't worry your pretty little head pup, I have a more fitting payment for you."
The blond became nervous at the other's words, "And, what's that mean exactly?"
Kaiba handed him a slip of paper, "Come to my house after school and you'll find out." Joey took the paper and noticed the brunet wink at him, "Later Wheeler, I'll be waiting."
The blond felt his eye twitch as the other headed out the door, "God, what are the consequences for what I have just done?"
"Wow Joey, I'm amazed that you came back without a scratch." Yugi told Joey as they were walking form school.
"Why is dat, Yug?"
"Well, there were a lot of…um…bets saying that you weren't."
"You guys betted on me; what kind of friends are you?" the blond yelled in anger.
"But I didn't Joey, honest; I was against it the whole time. Here's what happened…"
(At lunch…)
"I bet 20 bucks Joey and rich boy will duke it out." Tristan said as he played a $20 bill on the table.
Duke shook his head, "Oh Tristan please, I bet $25 that Kaiba will embarrass him to no end."
"C'mon you guys, you shouldn't be betting on Joey like this." Yugi protested.
"My aibou is absolutely right," Yami began, "I bet $30 that my cousin makes him do whatever he wants."
The amethyst eyed teen stared at his boyfriend flabbergasted, "Yami, I'm surprised at you!"
"Look Yugi, Joey's my friend as he is yours but we have to face facts, he's not gonna make it." the crimson eyed teen explained. Then Yami turned to the other betting teens to discuss their terms.
Ryou and Yugi sighed, "Can you believe this, Ryou?"
"You seemed surprised; just be glad Kura's not here right now."
"Why is that?"
"Because he would've betted $40 that Joey and Kaiba would…well you know."
Amethyst eyes stared blankly at the other then he nodded, "So true, but shouldn't we stop them?"
"That's like trying to stop a tornado."
"…You're so right."
"And that's what happened and again I was against the whole thing." Yugi explained.
"Yugi, when dis is over, remind me to kill those guys!" Joey said with a dangerous grin clenching his fist.
"Easy there Joey, you're scaring me." Yugi said trying to console his friend.
(An hour or so later…)
Joey and Yugi arrived at the Kaiba mansion. As they were heading up the steps, Joey stopped, "Wait a min. Yugi, I can't do this!"
"Why not?"
"There's no telling what's waiting for me behind those doors. He may force me to clean his entire house till my body dies of exhaustion!"
"I highly doubt that, pal."
"Yug, please this is rich boy were talkin about. You know that he's gonna find a way to humiliate me to no end!"
"Look Joey, I'm sorry but you're the one who got yourself into this by pulling that prank."
"Ya know, all of a sudden paying him $2000 doesn't sound so bad. I'm sure that if I save up my allowance and get a part time job, I can pay it off."
Yugi rolled his eyes as he grabbed the blond's wrist and led him up the front steps, "C'mon Joey, march!"
"Yug, if I don't make it outta of dis tell my dad I love him!"
"Oh Joey, will you get a grip; we're almost there."
Once they got up to the door, Yugi rung the doorbell but no one came to the door. Joey shrugged his shoulders, "Oh well, nobody's home; let's go!"
The blond started to leave but Yugi grabbed the back of his shirt stopping him from leaving, "I think we can wait a bit longer."
"Yug, ya killin me here."
The smaller teen rung the doorbell again and the door opened to reveal the younger Kaiba. "Oh hello, Mokuba." Yugi said with a smile.
"Hi Yugi, nice to see you." Then the preteen noticed the amber eyed teen, "hey Joey, it's a surprise to see you here."
"You're not alone there, kid."
"Well, what are you guys doing here?"
"We're actually here to see your brother. There was an…incident at school." Joey explained.
"Does it have anything to do with Seto's ruined suit?" the younger teen asked.
"How'd you know about that?" Yugi asked.
"Well, Seto showed it to me when he got home."
"Wait, he didn't tell you I did it?"
Onyx colored eyes widened at the blond, "Whoa, that was you! Man, I'm surprised you're not ruined or dead yet."
"Well that's not gonna last for long so do ya mind tellin your brother I'm here."
"Oh sure thing." Then the two older teens watch Mokuba turn toward the stairs and yelled, "SETO, JOEY AND YUGI ARE HERE TO SEE YOU!"
Yugi and Joey stared at the black haired Kaiba blankly, "We could've done dat!" the amber eyed teen cried.
Mokuba shrugged, "Well, why didn't you?"
The blond gave the kid a small smirk, "Adorable; I see where you get your sense of humor from."
Mokuba smiled innocently, "Why thank you, Joey."
"Doesn't anyone in this family know sarcasm when they hear it?" the blond asked bluntly.
"Now Joey, be nice." Yugi said.
"Yugi, I am being nice; I actually like Mokuba." Joey said as the other sighed.
Then the three boys heard footsteps coming down the stairs. They looked up and saw Kaiba heading towards them with a suit bag hung on his fingers by a hanger. Joey gave a disgruntled look, "And the torment begins..."
The sapphire eyed teen laid the suit bag on the sofa then went over to the others and patted his little brother's head, "Thank you for inviting our guests in, Mokie."
"Anytime Seto, now you're not gonna be too hard on Joey are you?" the black haired preteen asked.
The brunet placed his hand against his chest and gasped, "Little brother, I'm appalled. Have I ever been too hard on him?"
"Lots of times." Mokuba answered with smile.
Joey grinned, "Yeah big bro, you should listen to the kid. He tends to know things; wonder where he gets it from."
Kaiba smirked, "Very clever mutt, I had no idea that dogs had a sense of humor."
"How many times do we have ta go through this, I'm not a DAMN dog!" Joey cried.
"Relax mutt, you could try being a bit more silent; you are indoors.
A dangerous grin came over Joey's face. Yugi and Mokuba felt intense rage coming. "Uh-oh." they said in unison.
"Silent, oh I'll give ya silent!" the blond started to charge for the brunet with his fist but Yugi and Mokuba tried to hold him back.
"Now Joey, calm down! You have to get a grip!" the amethyst eyed teen said trying to console his friend.
"Yugi's right Joey, my brother was only kidding." the black haired preteen gave his brother a stern look, "Right Seto?"
"Of course I am."
"He had betta be!" Joey said as he stopped struggling and took a couple of deep breaths to console himself, "Okay guys, you can lemme go now."
"Are you sure?" Yugi and Mokuba asked in unison.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine." the amber eyed teen answered as his friends released him.
The sapphire eyed teen crossed his arms with a smirk, "Way to control that temper of yours, mutt."
The irritated blond glared at the other as he pointed to him menacingly, "You betta watch yourself rich boy or I'll be introducing your ass to my foot!"
"Ahem." Yugi cleared his throat then said, "Well, I think you guys have a lot to talk about so I'll be on my way now."
As the smaller teen was heading toward the door, Joey called after him, "Yeah, right behind Yug."
But as the blond was about to leave, he felt someone pull him back. He turned around and saw it was Kaiba, "Now, now pup, you didn't come all this way to leave did you? Remember we have your payment matters to discuss."
"I don't wanna!" Joey whined.
"Wow, and I thought I was a whiner." Mokuba said bluntly.
Before heading out the door Yugi said with a smile, "See you at school tomorrow, pal!"
As the door was closing, the amber eyed teen cried, "No Yugi, take me with you!" But his friend had already left, "And you can forget about Christmas gift, buddy!"
"Well, I'll be in my room playing video games; have fun you guys." the onyx eyed preteen said as he went up the stairs.
"Oh we'll have somethin and it ain't gonna be fun." the blond muttered to himself.
"See mutt, now that wasn't so hard was it?" the brunet asked.
Joey gave the other a disgruntled look, "You should talk, now let go of my arm!"
Kaiba did as the blond puppy asked, "You could've at least said 'Please'."
"Tch whatever; now, what do I have ta do to make dis debt thing blowover?"
"It's a simple thing that even you can do, mutt." the young CEO said as he went to get the suit bag and handed it over to the other, "Put this on."
Joey grunted as he snatched the suit bag from the other. 'I knew it; he's gonna make me wear a dog suit or worse wear it at school to publicly humiliate me!' As he unzipped the bag, he stopped and stared at what was in it. He looked in the bag then back at Kaiba with an astonished look, "...OH HELL NO!"
To Be Continued…
A/N: Greetings readers; I hope you enjoy this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. I tried to make it as hilarious as possible so I hope it was you LOL! Remember to R&R and stay tuned for the next chapter!