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Chapter 17

Joey had to admit that he was surprised as Seto dropped him off close to the school before driving on towards the school buildings. They had done nothing but cuddle and kiss a little during the evening, before he had fallen asleep in his arms. And it had been nice to wake up next to him and have his strong arms around him. More so than he would tell the arrogant dragon. After all he was spoiled enough and definitely didn't need him to boost his already over sized ego.

As he reached the school he saw Seto stepping out of the limousine, he must have been waiting for him to get closer. He knew that he was supposed to be there first, well at least he got there with him more or less. Joey walked into school right after the CEO and wondered if once again he would try and get him hot. He had noticed him behave so differently the day before, it had been obvious. And it would have worked if he hadn't discovered a thought that would get himself so grossed out that nothing could work against it, not even Seto. He just had to picture a make out session between Keith and Téa and it worked like a charm, and any problem that might have been building up was gone.

Still he had to admit, that Seto was starting to become a major distraction and that wasn't good, considering that his life was on the line. Still he couldn't help but size him up every now and then. It just wasn't fair, this guy really had it all, money, fame, power and on top of it looks, he was just way too hot to be true, no wonder he had such an ego.

He kept an eye out like always during the day and to the rest of the gang he seemed as distracted as the day before. They also noticed how he kept looking to Kaiba and after a while Tristan asked, "Is this distraction about Kaiba and Katsuya? Because if it is, I don't know if you can be as certain about Katsuya as you said you are, I watched them at the party and even so I was there to butt in whenever Kaiba tried to bust a move, but Katsuya did look at the jerk in a funny way sometimes."

I did? Joey thought but just said, "It's sort of because of that but not completely and don't worry about me I said that we aren't as close anyway and trust me when I say that Seto can't take Katsuya away from me no matter what looks there might have been."

He didn't use the accent around his friends since that had been blown the day before, but in class or whenever someone else was near he would. Sometimes it caused his friends to look worried and it annoyed him that they didn't just trust him, but he didn't say anything since he knew full well that if one of his friends was behaving that strangely he would be worried too. At least none of them were prying on him or even following him like he had been worried about the day before and he even kept an eye out and would continue for a few days just to make sure. But he was glad that they trusted him enough to not immediately follow him just to protect him from whatever he was keeping secret.

During lunch he also got another text message from his boss saying that he had to meet Kaiba that evening at 6 for a concert and dressed as a girl with whatever style he liked. That was fast,Joey thought and wondered if it might be to ensure that he really would spend another night at the dragon's lair. He had said that he would hadn't he? Well not for that night in particular but he had more or less promised to spend every night with him for the month. Or rather he had said that he could and that it should be considered a fair chance to do so. Granted that he hadn't said for certain that he would and he could have talked his way out of it easily. But he hadn't planned on doing so. But then again maybe Kaiba just wanted to do as many other things with him as possible to make sure that he wouldn't dump him by the end of the month and was being impatient. He had struck him as such, he hadn't been the most patient guy when he had danced with him and he had not been willing to go right back to his place after just one dance, no he had wanted more and even so he must have enjoyed that too as he too had gotten impatient a bit.

He wondered that if this was him being impatient, what else did he have in store. He had already mentioned a dinner, but should now better by now the last time he had completely spoiled the mood on purpose, after all after what Seto had said he had deserved a bit of a revenge. He wondered if he truly would take him out to a fancy dinner like that again. But then again, if he did, should he be nicer and try to enjoy it or be the same showing that it wasn't his thing?

Well there was no point in wondering about that now, there was still plenty of time to worry and think about it once the time had come so far he wasn't even sure if he would go to any dinner with Seto and if he did, he wasn't sure as to what kind of dinner. And he had asked for the concert first so he might do the same for dinner.

Joey was looking forward to the concert so he looked at the CEO and gave a little smile while still holding on to his phone, hopefully he would get that he got the info and would be there in time.

And so he was. Dressed this time a bit more relaxed but still elegant since Seto was taking him to a nice concert . He was wearing a black skirt that went to just past his knees and a turtleneck that was black as well with some stones along the bottom end. It was long enough to go just about to the skirt and he had a little red jacket over it. And a red hand bag together with all the rest he always had like hair extensions, make-up and contacts.

Seto sized him up as he arrived at five to six that evening and just said, "Wow"

Joey just passed a bag packed with some stuff to change for when they got back to his lair, he didn't want to have to look like a girl all evening. Seto passed it to a maid and ordered it to be brought to his room without questions, he had assumed Joey to bring spare clothes since he had put the one outfit from the day before into his school bag, as he hadn't wanted to have his stuff at his place much to Seto's dismay.

After that they went wordlessly towards a waiting limo and Seto personally held open the car door for Joey before entering himself. "How was your day?" Seto asked once the door was closed and hoped to have a decent conversation with the blond, one that didn't end with a fight or was more or less one sided or non-existing.

"It was nice, I spend some time at the game shop this afternoon and got some new cards. Nothing special though." He answered.

"If you like I could get you some, I can get nearly any card, some might take some time but I can always try." Seto offered.

"No thank you, I can manage just fine without your money or power." Joey was unwilling to give the brunet something to hold against him when he wanted to split again. And he also didn't want him to think that he could just buy his way into his heart. He was spoiled enough as it was and he didn't need him to get him something that easily and he needed to see that. "How was your day?" Joey still asked, he wanted to show that he would indeed give them a chance and if only just to make sure that he wouldn't complain by the end of the month and not butt of with the excuse that it hadn't been a fair chance.

"Busy but fine. I got everything done in time so you needn't worry about you being a distraction. And I even had time to watch a bit of TV with Mokuba." Seto said, hopeful that it would please the blond that he had found some time for his brother. He knew how protective he was towards his sister even when they weren't living together and assumed that it would be an obstacle if Joey believed himself to be interfering with a brotherly relationship between him and Mokuba.

"I'm glad to hear it," Joey said. "What have you been watching?" Joey felt awkward. The conversation seemed forced and distant to him and not at all relaxed.

"Some cartoon or such, I don't really know, Mokuba loves it and watches it regularly and I only listened half-heartedly." Seto said with a shrug. And then it was quiet for a moment. Neither one knowing what to say right off the bat.

Seto was the first to find something to say . "What did you do at the game shop?"

"Nothing special," Joey said with a shrug, "Talking with the rest of my pack." He grinned.

"And any intruders?" Seto asked with a grin of his own.

"Oh yes." Joey said. "A dragon but I'm unsure if he could be beneficial or if he is too much of a spoiled bratty jerk so I haven't told the rest of the pack yet."

Seto grinned even more knowing who that dragon was. "And how do you intend on finding that out, oh great alpha wolf?"

Joey wasn't sure if he imagined the irony he heard at the last part of Seto's sentence"Easy I walk right into the dragon's lair and so far I've gotten out again even if I'm currently on a little trip together with the dragon." Joey stated.

"So my place is a lair now?" Seto asked.

"Sure," Joey said nonchalantly, " It looks like one too."

"I beg your pardon?" Seto asked glad that the conversation was a bit more easygoing than before.

"Come on you can't say it doesn't look old fashioned and dusty in there. You really should give that place a make over." Joey stated.

"Sorry," Seto said, "But I never really cared for how the house looked it had everything that I needed from the start so it was fine to me, and honestly when did I strike you as the kind of guy that would look at curtain samples or wallpaper patterns? Because I will have to make damn sure not to do that again."

Joey had to laugh at the thought of Seto Kaiba standing somewhere in a shop looking at different curtain samples hanging on a wall and discussing the advantages of the different cuttings and the color theme of the room it was for.

"Okay I admit, I shouldn't have expected you to give a damn about it. But if you ever have people over for something other than a big party where the ballroom can be used, it is slightly better than the rest of the house, then get someone working on it who does those kinds of things." Joey stated.

"Are you offering?" Seto asked.

"When did I strike you as the kind of guy that does such things?" Joey now asked.

"Right now, even if it's for the job and stuff you ARE wearing a skirt and more importantly, you brought up my room décor first so, yes you do just now strike me as exactly that kind of guy." Seto pointed out.

Joey growled and said, "Well I just thought that it felt cold that way but trust me I'm not that kind of person and trust me if it wasn't for the job I'd never dress in drag got it."

Seto regretted having said anything. Joey clearly was pissed again and that had been the last thing he had wanted but it had only been the truth.

They arrived at the concert hall and went right into it through the VIP entrance. Both where once again silent while they waited for the music to start? Seto didn't want to say anything that might start a fight, it was bad enough that he had angered the blond with the last part of their conversation in the limo.

Joey too was pleased as the music finally started. He wanted to give him a fair chance and part of him knew that Seto had been right, he was wearing women's clothing and all, but he still didn't want to hear about it. And he was glad that the music could relax his nerves. He loved the classical music. It was different than what he used to listen to, and what he still would listen to a lot since he still liked rock, punk and dance music too, but this music just felt nice. It had a different kind of feeling to it. It was calming and relaxing at parts, and exiting at others. The way the music flowed you could feel differently and when he would listen to it at home he would close his eyes and imagine different places that matched the music. But not now of course, because even though the lie about this being for businesswas to cover up a date, he still had to keep his dragon safe. Seto was still in danger,as the first killer had been caught but not the man paying him. The killer insisted on not knowing who the man was because he had gotten the instructions by mail and never had heard a name or seen a face. And whether or not this was true might be uncertain, but what he did know was that there was someone out there that wanted Seto dead and he , if it truly was a man, had the money to get it done and might try again.

On their way out Seto tried to put an arm around the blond by his side, only to get it smacked away. "Are you still angry?" He asked.

"A bit maybe, but this has nothing to do with before." Joey explained.

"Then why can't I put my arm around you, your boss will just think it's an act." Seto tried to pursue.

"I know, but the rest won't and that means, everyone would think that you managed to steal Joey Wheeler's girlfriend Katsuya and Joey Wheeler sure would hate them to think that now wouldn't he?" Joey asked with a grin, like hell he would let Seto boost his ego by reading in the newspaper that he had stolen his girlfriend.

Great, Seto thought with a growl, and here I thought I might actually have found a way to date him openly, but no, he still finds a way around it. At least I get to go outside of the house with him.

Please Review

And to Akki, you asked what date it was. I thought it had been clear but anyway, the last chapter ended after the day that was right after the agreement had been made, and now it is the day after that. So we are still at the beginning of the 'test' month.

And for all, the action is going to come back soon now, I promise. One more 'boring chapter'.