Oh my god guys, can you believe it? A sequel! -squeels- I have been working on this for a LONG time, but I never had time to finish it. Then I discovered the wonders of first period spare at school, and things went from there.
So, where did we leave these guys off? Oh yes, as friends. Don't be decieved though, you all know they are not going to STAY that way. Let things develop eh? That is how I work.
For those of you joining us for the FIRST time, you don't NEED to read Collision Course, but I do recommend it, as I make referances to it in this story. Think this will be as popular as my last one? We can only hope.
So, my promise to you guys, is...I shall reply to every review I get, large or small. I will not take two months to post another chapter (Unless, like last time, I have another unexpected visit to the hospital). And for the love of god, I will TRY to improve my grammer/spelling errors. I know, an 18 year old should know better, but I just get all these ideas, and start typing so fast...well, you know. ANYWAYS, I won't hold you off any longer.
-drum roll- Now here it is, the long awaited: Collision Course II : Battle of the Bonds.
Enjoy!
Chapter One
"See? Four locator cards already. I am telling you, I have this tournament in the bag."
"I don't know Jou, I am climbing up too."
"Would you guys stop talking about the Tournament for a moment? It is bad enough it is the talk of the whole school."
"Don't listen to her. She just knows nothing about it."
Jou missed the days when he and his friends would meet in the Café for mochas and cookies. He had been so wrapped up in everything going on in the past months that he forgot how good it felt to socialize. So, he spent his Friday afternoon, catching up on the latest gossip, with Yuugi, Anzu and Honda.
"Taya Mazuki at school said that the finalists are going to some tropical paradise for the finale of this thing." Said Anzu, in her usual 'how could you not have known this' tone.
"And how would SHE know anything about the Tournament. She can't even spell Duel Monsters," snapped Honda.
"Her brother works at Kaiba Corp., Duh."
Honda rolled his eyes "Yea, well when you are Seto Kaiba, I am sure you can afford to buy an entire island, I mean, it is not like you have any friends," he stressed this word, "to spend your money on."
Jou forced a fake laugh from his throat, but thankfully, no one noticed the fabrication of it.
This forced Jou into a daydream. Seto Kaiba; a drool-worthy topic.
He had spent the better half of two months in the CEO's office, and he had grown upon him. Friends, he could say they were, good friends. Kaiba was not such a bad person once you had gotten used to his sarcastic ways, and vain attitude. Of course, this was something he would never admit to his friends, because, that would be suicide on his behalf.
They were not actually dating…no…he would call it more 'seeing each other'. They didn't know each other well enough to consider dating one another. They rarely spent time together, for fear of someone seeing them, and the chances they did get to hang out, usually included talking about the tournament, working on the tournament, or predicting things about the tournament, confined in Kaiba's office.
No, things would have to be kept on the down-low as of right now. Jou had to get used to the fact that Kaiba was his friend before anything could happen. This was alright with him, but in order to get more acquainted with Seto; they needed to spend time in a different atmosphere. And that took some serious planning.
"Jou?"
"What? Hmm? What did you say?"
"You were daydreaming again, weren't you Jou?" Yuugi was like the eyes Jou never had, always observing everything
"Yea, I am just tired I guess." Not really, he had gotten at least ten hours sleep the night before.
"You should get more sleep; I think you are too focused on the tournament and all. I wouldn't worry about it, I know you are going to the finals."
"Thanks Yug, maybe you are right." He glanced down at his watch, "I can go home now, and have time to shower and go to bed."
"Good idea Jou, rest up, and tomorrow we can go dueling."
"Thanks Yug." Jou got up from the table. Anzu and Honda were still bickering about the fine details this person told them, and the rumors that person told them. He doubted they could hear his goodbye, as he left the café, but Yuugi gave a wave to him as he left.
The wind was chilled, and blowing enough, so you had to wrap yourself up in a jacket to keep it from nipping at you. He made his way to the direction of his house, but as soon as he was out of range of the café, he turned around in the opposite direction, and made for the business district of Domino.
Kaiba typed furiously on his laptop. The trademark of the CEO, he was never without the thing. It was like his lifeline to the world, or his lifeline to the fake reality he thought was the world.
Between organizing the tournament, and making sure everyone was following the rules, all Kaiba had time to do, was duel, and work. That was all he ever did in his life; duel and work. However, there was one exception this time. Jou. Kaiba thought of it as an escape from everything, if he could spend a bit of time with the blonde, at least once a week (though no one knew about this). They would get dinner, or just stay in his office and talk. Just 'hang out', if it was appropriate for him to use that term.
"Here, these were updated at 12 noon today. Sixteen people are no longer in the tournament. All the rest of the stats are there." Melanie plopped a pile of papers onto Kaiba's desk.
"Thanks."
Melanie gave a small smile, "No problem."
Good old Melanie. Always loyal, and not afraid of Kaiba (something odd to find in a person). He did not mind her getting away with things anyone else would die for because…well…she was Melanie. Friend, yes, he could say she was a friend. And he never realized how important courtesy was to someone, until he started to show her, how appreciative he was for all the work she did. Another thing he learned from Jou.
Right, back to work. No rest for Kaiba Seto when there was a Tournament to run.
"Hey Rich Boy, you know, staring at that thing all day is bad for your eyes."
Kaiba looked up to see Jou enter his room. Now, no work was going to be completed, as he would have to listen to the play-by-play of his most recent duels. Something that was not only boring, but half the time Jou could not remember what it was he was talking about, which led to pauses of "…and then, wait, what was I talking about? Oh yea..."
Jou held his fingers up, "four."
Kaiba gave a 'humph' sound, and resumed his work.
Jou merely chucked to himself, obviously basking in his glory and self image.
"Have you even been out to duel yet?" Come to think of it, not only had Kaiba never mentioned dueling anyone in awhile, Jou seldom saw him out of his office.
"Just a bit, I will when I have the time."
Frowning, Jou walked over to behind the CEO's desk, and grabbed his arm; "C'mon, let's go now."
"I have work to do," said Kaiba, yanking his arm away from the blonde.
Jou threw his hands up in the air, "You are ALWAYS doing something. You stay in here all day, and who knows, all night. I never see you leave this place."
Kaiba stopped what he was doing, "I told you, I have work to do. You have no idea what it's like to put one of these things on. It is not all 'fun and games' as I am sure you would like to believe; it is a lot of boring and tiresome work. And if you have never worked a day in your life, you wouldn't understand that."
This was one of those times, where Jou would like nothing more than to hit Seto rather hard across the face.
"Because you know that much about me, you conceited jerk. Fine, I don't give a shit. Stay in your fucking office all day; sorry for trying to shed a little light on your bleak and dreary existence."
Kaiba looked up, but Jou was already making his way out of the door. Fucking wonderful. Now Seto would have to go after him, least the blonde did something really stupid.
'Which way did he go?"
Melanie did not look up from her papers, but pointed to the elevator.
Kaiba mumbled a 'thanks' and dashed towards the stairs.
"You two fight like a married couple," was all he could hear from Mel, and he ran down three stairs at a time.
By the time he got to the bottom, he was worn out, and sick of this whole ordeal. He bolted for the front doors, when he heard someone behind him.
"You're panting like a dog."
He turned around, and Jou was standing there, with both an amused and irritated look on his face.
"I have to admit though," Jou looked at his watch, "that must set the record for the fastest time running down several floors of stairs."
Seto did not say much, but simply glared at the blonde, still out of breath.
"Why Seto, I did not know I was that important to you." Jou said this in a manner in which he was being serious, in a 'I am pretending I am not serious" sense.
Kaiba had to smile at this.
"You are a fucking idiot."
"Want to take the idiot out for coffee?"
Kaiba looked above him. Somewhere up there, was his laptop, the work still waiting to be done, Melanie still going through the Tournament records. He got that idea out of his head. "Fuck it all, let's go for coffee."
Kaiba looked out the window. People were passing by, several with duel disks on their arms, looking happy, and chatting about this and that. He clenched his mug of hot coffee, happy for a break. This, he would never admit to Jou, but he was indeed, happy.
"See? I told you, you needed a break."
Seto grinned, but did not say anything. Just this once, he would let Jou think he was correct in commanding him.
It was times like these, warm and comfy looking directly at Kaiba, that Jou could remember that one special night. Seto's breath, the hair that fell in front of his face, the gentle way he kissed him. Looking at the brunette now, you would never think that such a macho guy would be capable of such actions. But he was so irresistible in some ways; how he kissed, his light touch…
"Hey?"
Jou was startled out of his trance, "Hoe, what?"
"I am going to go now; I still have shit loads to do. But, thanks for the coffee eh?" Kaiba packed up his things and got up from the table.
"Wait, who is footing for the bill?" Said Jou, chasing Kaiba.
"You aren't poor Mutt. Later." And with that, the last thing Jou saw was Kaiba's long white coat exiting the door, and he was left with the bill. 'Just when you think he is a nice guy, he has to add a hint of jerk in there somewhere.'
"6.45 please," said the cashier.
Jou rolled his eyes, and handed her a pocketful of change.
Jou watched the tall form of Kaiba leave the shoppe. He thought it was still unbelievable that Seto would journey out from his office domain for coffee, especially since the prospect of being seen with Jou probably did not appeal to him at all. But then again, Kaiba never really cared about what other people thought about him. But Jou knew he would mention something about being seen with a second rate duelist, and just laugh it off. Come to think of it, Jou couldnt remember the last time Kaiba joked about his second rate dueling skills'. Heh, it was probably because he was kicking some serious ass in this tournament.
When did Kaiba find the time to actually go out and duel? The kid never left his office, save to go home and sleep. But he had already acquired some cards, which made Jou question if he actually dueled, or saved some for himself. But then again, Kaiba was too proud to do such a thing, so Jou quickly erased that thought from his mind.
AWhat are you doing here?
Jou jumped out of his seat and looked up. Anzu was carrying what must be a whole department store of clothes, and Honda was beside her, looking less than pleased about carrying a bunch of bags, with the logo of clearly a womans store on them.
ACoffee? Said Jou, pointing to his half empty cup.
Honda slumped down in the chair opposite of Jou, AYea, dont mind if I have one myself. Anzu has been dragging me around half of Domino, looking for clothes. Like, how many clothes can you possibly NEED. Not this many, I assure you.
Honda continued his rant, with Jou only half listening. He caught pieces of the conversation, and nodded his head to indicate that he was somewhat paying attention to what was being said, but other than that, he was off in his own little world.
ASo, what are you doing here?
Jou lifted his head, AHmm? Coffee.
AAlone?
AWhy not?
Honda shrugged, AI just never see you anymore. Not like you could have called me, because I was out anyways, but we never seem to spend any time together anymore. I never see you at school half the time, and whenever I can get a hold of you, you have some excuse as to why we cant hang out. Is anything going on man?
Wow, this was awkward. AYou know, the tournament and all need to duel and such, Dad is acting like a psycho. But we did hang out after school today for a bit. I am free tomorrow though?
This seemed to suffice for Honda, as he dropped the subject and proceeded to go over the possible activities they could do tomorrow. God, if he only knew.
Kaiba walked back to his office, and sat down at his desk. He did not know why, but he always got this particular feeling in his gut when he thought about the blonde. This was probably because he was still not over the fact that they slept together, but oddly enough, that did not make the situation awkward.
Whatever, he did not have time to worry about relationships with other people. He had to finish some work, and go home. Maybe Mokuba wouldnt be asleep by the time he walked in the door.
He signed onto his laptop. Someone was IMing him.
AWhy cant you just leave me alone? Moaned Kaiba, upon seeing Jous screen name pop up in the corner of his laptop.
DuelmasterJou: Hey
KaibaSeto: Hi?
DuelmasterJou: Whuts up?
KaibaSeto: Gee, since about 30 minutes ago, nothing at all, surprisingly.
Lovely, this was going to be a great conversation. The kid could really pull the strings when it came to interesting things to talk about on the computer.
DuelmasterJou: Ha yea I was just wonderin what u r doing tomorrow. honda has some hair brained idea to go fishing, and I need to get out of it some how.
KaibaSeto: What, dont like fishing? Dont want to spend male bonding time with your best friend?
It was just seemingly hilarious to Kaiba, to imagine Jou and Honda, out in the boonies somewhere, casting out their rods on some serene lake. He could not help but laugh out loud.
DuelmasterJou: haha not funni. I hate fishin and I dun wanna spend time fishin with him.
KaibaSeto: Well, what the hell do you want me to do about it?
DuelmasterJou: I unno, save me somehow
KaibaSeto: I work all of tomorrow, and I dont have time to babysit you.
DuelmasterJou: jerk. Just this once, PLEASE save me
KaibaSeto: You called me a Jerk.
DuelmasterJou: PLEASE
Ugh, Kaiba was planning to spend his Saturday dueling. He needed to get more locator cards, and he rarely had time to do it.
KaibaSeto: I need to do some dueling tomorrow, I have not had the chance to.
DuelmasterJou: Ill come!
KaibaSeto: No.
DuelmasterJou: Why not?
KaibaSeto: No.
DuelmasterJou: Hey Kaiba, remember that time u were drunk? Some interesting things happened eh? I am sure when me n honda have nothing to do but sit n fish that topic will end up being part of our conversation.
KaibaSeto: You wouldnt dare.
DuelmasterJou: I guess ull never kno, will u?
THIS; this was just great. The last thing Kaiba needed was...THAT information to float around.
KaibaSeto: Ill Pick you up at 9
DuelmasterJou: Thanks pal, I owe u one.
Great, Jou just found the perfect piece of blackmail to use against Kaiba. Next thing, he will be demanding a million dollars to keep his trap shut about things like this. No more scotch, Seto thought, I am definitely sticking to Sake from now on.
Kaiba vaguely remembered how to get to Jous house. His chauffeur had driven there once, but it was a part of town Seto rarely came to, unless he had to. The apartments here were filled with drug dealers, prostitutes, people Kaiba did not like dealing with. He looked down for a moment at the address he scribbled down on a scrap piece of paper. He wasnt going into the apartment building, but waiting outside for Jou.
Kaiba just assumed it, but the fact that he was driving a $100,000 car, in one of the slummiest places in the city, just looked a tad bit suspicious to him. Whatever.
Seto parked beside the same ratty apartment complex he did when he dropped Jou off from a party once. The grass was browning and still uncut. One of the lower balconies was scattered with empty beer cans. This was not the kind of place Kaiba liked to frequent.
Sooner than later, Jou came out of the house. Seto had to admit, he did not look half bad in his faded blue jeans and white painters shirt. At least Seto could be seen with him out of his school uniform.
"Hi-"
"Get in the car and dont talk."
Jou obeyed unwillingly. This was not the type of day he wanted to spend with Kaiba. Especially since his life was practically in his hands. God only knows how good of a driver Kaiba was.
"Put your seatbelt on."
"I was getting to that."
Kaiba mustered up a menacing stare. It was not as if he was REALLY mad at Jou, but the fact was, he never had friends to begin with. Was this the sort of thing friends did?
Another awkward moment. Jou looked over at Kaiba. He had a relaxed look about him. His left hand was on the steering wheel, and his right hand was resting in his lap. Every now and again, he would look across an intersection, or turn his head to look down side streets. Eh, he wasnt that bad of a driver.
"So, do we have any plans for today?"
"Well, MY plans were to go out and duel, seeing as I never get any days off. But I suppose now that cant happen without you gawking at my every move, as I suppose I have been assigned to babysit you."
Jou grinned, "You didnt have to."
Kaiba shot him a glare but said nothing.
"C'mon Kaiba. You have never hung out with Honda..."
To this, Kaiba muttered a 'Thank God.'
Jou continued, "I hate fishing and sometimes, the kid annoys the hell out of me. I mean, Fishing? Who in their right mind goes fishing on a Saturday?"
Kaiba turned his head, "Fishermen?
Jou rolled his eyes, "Yea, besides them. I mean, I have been fishing once. You sit, and wait for a fish to eat your damn worm, so you can pull it in and let it out again. I see no point."
Seto had to admit, Jou had a point. It was almost funny to hear him rant.
"You can still duel, it isnt like I am going to steal your tactics rich boy."
"Naw, I left my cards at home."
This had to be a lie, as Kaiba never went ANYWHERE without his deck. Eh, Jou would let it pass.
"So then, what is on the schedule today?"
Kaiba made a left at a set of lights. "I dont know, what do you usually do on weekends?"
Jou thought for a moment, "Go out with friends to a party or something."
Right turn. "Well, I am sure we can rule that one out. I dont do parties."
Jou cocked an eyebrow, "I went to a party with you, remember?"
"That wasnt really a party, just a business affair, replied Kaiba, waving his right hand in the air while speaking, AIt is not one of those teen shindigs where you listen to loud music and just get wasted."
"Ah, those are the best," Jou sighed. They were in an upperclass neighbourhood, Jou observed. The lawns to the huge houses were trimmed nicely and very green, adorned with lawn ornaments. "That is a huge mother fucking house." Jou was pointing to the spacious mansion to his right. Pillars of white marble held the roof, and you could see a grand piano in the very large front window. The door was made of stain glass, and at least four cars could fit in the garage.
Kaiba glanced over to where Jou was looking and shrugged, "Eh, mine is bigger."
Jou had never lived in a house larger than the apartment he had now, which wasnt very big. He couldnt even imagine what Kaibas house must look like.
"How do you take care of a place that big if you are never home?"
"I dont, I get other people to." said Kaiba, in a tone that clearly said 'Duh, what were you thinking?'
"You are lucky. Dad never cleans the house."
Kaiba had heard Jou talk about his father only once, and already, Setos opinion of him was not very high. The bruises that adorned the blonde only increased his anger towards the man he had never met. It was moments like this, that Seto could not help but feel some sort of pity towards the blonde. Kaibas Step-Father was hard on him, but he was never beaten. He was hit when he went out of place, but other than that, Gozaburo never struck him.
"We can go to my house, if you want." Kaiba figured that Jou would enjoy some part of that. Kaiba wouldnt of course, because his house was nothing new to him, but the blonde had probably never had the chance to go anywhere as nice.
"What is so great about your house?"
Kaiba jokingly gave a shrug, "I dont know, the tennis courts, indoor swimming pool, plasma screen TV, Eight kinds of game systems. But you know, if none of that interests you, I can always drop you off at Honda's for your fishing excursion."
Jou closed his mouth, and did not talk for the rest of the ride.
As the two boys neared Kaibas house, Jou noticed that as they went down the long, winding street, the houses got larger and more extravagant. When Kaiba finally put his signal on to turn right, Jou thought there was nothing he could not expect. But he was wrong.
Kaibas house was like a smaller version of a palace. The marble pillars held up the three enormous stories of the house, and to the right of the house, was a garage that, Jou guessed, could hold around twenty cars. The lawn was pristine, grass greener than Jou thought it could be, and not a weed in sight. The house itself was white, with large oak doors, and very tall windows. Looking into them, Jou could see the first two stories of the house and a grand staircase winding up to more expensive belongings.
Kaiba looked over at Jou, and grinned at his awestruck face. The Mutt had probably never seen something so expensive in his life.
Kaiba pulled around a circular driveway that led off the main one. Jou gapped at the unique fountain in the middle of everything. Clear water was pouring out of the mouth of a swan. This was the first thing Jou approached as he got out of the car.
"Here," said Kaiba, throwing a coin at the blonde, "Make a wish, it might come true."
Jou watched him strut up the large stairs leading to the front doors. Oh well, what the hell, it was worth a short. The blonde tossed the coin into the clear water, and watched it sink to the bottom.
"If you dont hurry up, you are going to get locked out." Kaiba was standing at the top of the stairs now, going through the open doors. Jou sprinted up the steps, taking two at a time, and arrived beside him. He could sense this was going to be exciting.
Kaiba said nothing, but rolled his eyes.
The entrance to the mansion was amazing. Jou looked up to see a chandelier hanging from the ceiling, and the stairway he had seen through the window. The walls were white, like the outside of the house, and a plush rug was laid out on the floor, to welcome visitors.
"Master Kaiba, shall I take your coat?"
Jou turned his head to see a servant, or butler, what ever they were called these days, speaking to Seto.
"No, Ill keep it on. Hisuka, would you show our guest around, I have work to attend to."
"This is a nice...What? Wait, you're working? I thought-"
"If I dont remember, Mutt, you were the one insisting on hanging out, if you will. Since I cant do what I had planned for the day, I thought I would catch up on some work I was leaving off for tomorrow, so I have tomorrow, to do what I had planned for today."
Jou said nothing, but watched as the older boy climbed the grand staircase, and disappear to a door on the left.
"Would Master-"
"Its Jou, just call me Jou." Said Jounouchi, to the servant now at his side.
"Very well, Would Master Jou like something to eat?"
Jou sighed, and nodded his head. He was lead off to what he guessed were the kitchens.
"This house was built in 1903, by a wealthy merchant, for his wife and family. Most of the antiques in this house belonged to him, but some Master Kaiba purchased on his own."
Jou pretended to be interested in all this. He was really paying attention to the long hallways, adorned with odd pictures, and detailed scenery. It was like walking through a castle, and Jou immediately felt like he did not belong here.
"You can wait in the dinning room," said Hisuka, "While I find something for you to eat."
"Um, thanks." said Jou. The dinning room, like every other room Jou had been it, looked expensive and dazzling, with many small light fixtures above the pine table. The table itself could have seated many people, and Jou felt very alone sitting at it. How could two people live in such a big house? Especially since Kaiba spent most of his time locked up in his office?
"I found this for now. I suppose Master Kaiba and Yourself will be joining us for lunch?"
Jou jumped at hearing Hisukas voice, but nodded in reply. Placed in front of him, was a hamburger and a plate of fries. "Thanks." He munched on them, contemplating on what he was going to do in this huge house, alone, all day.
In the end, Jou decided to explore after he was finished his snack. It was possible to get lost, but he saw this as an adventure of some sort.
Each room he entered seemed more luscious than the last he was in. Jou saw the plasma screen TV Kaiba had spoke of, and through a window that led to a very big backyard, he also say two tennis courts, and some play equipment.
Finally tired of wandering around, Jou slumped on a leather couch, and started to flip through the channels of Kaibas television. His own TV at home, was dwarfed compared to this.
Lunch was brought to him by a servant he did not know, and he spent most of his day, watching movies or shows.
"Hey Seto, I was wondering-"
Jou turned around to see Mokuba standing in the door way.
"What the hell are you doing here?"
Jou had met the younger Kaiba on a few occasions, and Mokuba knew Jou as one of Yuugis friends, but they had not ever talked much.
"I am...erm...hiding out here...for...a bit."
Mokuba gave him an odd stare, "Right. So, you came here with Seto for that. Since when are you guys friends?"
"Since...a month ago?"
"Funny," said Mokuba, jumping onto the couch, "He never mentions you."
"Yea well, top secret, you know".
"Youre weird." was the reply, "Wanna play Gamecube?"
"Do I ever!" said Jou, who was now more excited than he was all day.
Jou wasted the rest of his day playing with Mokuba, and by the time he looked at his watch, it was already 5:00.
Kaiba walked up to his room, and had gotten to work immediately, but had finished around 3:00. He had taken a nap at this time, and woke up feeling refreshed. He had half forgotten the blonde was still somewhere in the house, doing god knows what. He decided he would check on the security cameras to see where he went.
Seto was surprised to see Jou and his brother playing games in one of the living rooms. They had never talked on a regular basis, partly because of the fact that Kaiba had always hated Jou.
Hang on a sec. If Mokuba still thought that, what the hell was Jou telling him, to make him think otherwise? They were actually getting along. This made Kaiba feel uneasy, and he got up at once, to drag Jou away from his brother.
"Master Mokuba, your skills are required to fix part of the major computer mainframe."
Mokuba looked up from his place on the floor, game controller in his hand, "Right now? Can't it wait?"
The servant simply shook his head.
"I will be back in a sec Jou, don't play the game without me." said Mokuba, getting up and exiting the room.
Jou nodded and stayed where he was. A moment later, Kaiba came bursting in the room.
"It's time to go."
"Awww, I am in the middle of a game, can't you see? I am all good man, go back to work."
Kaiba glared at the blonde, "No, we are leaving now."
Jou got up, seeing as Kaiba was in a bad mood. "Fine fine, we can go now."
Soon, Jou found himself in Kaiba's car again, driving the route back to his house. It had been a decent day, doing nothing, but it was better than going fishing.
"Are you working tomorrow?"
Kaiba kept his eyes on the road, but stiffed a "no."
"Maybe–"
"No Jou, I am not spending more time with you. It is bad enough you blackmailed me into fucking having you hanging around at my house all day. I have tomorrow off, and I am doing something alone."
"What the fuck Seto, I wasn't going to suggest anything. I was going to say 'maybe if you get enough locator cards, next time a you have a day off, you can sleep in'. But whatever."
"Sorry, I– "
Jou lost it at this point. He was sick of being nice to Kaiba, only to have him be a jerk back. "No, I am sick of your 'I am sorry for being a jerk.' Instead of apologizing all the time, why don't you just STOP being a jerk."
"I am not a jerk, you are just annoying as hell."
"No, you have always been a jerk Seto. Sometimes you are less of a jerk, but you are usually a jerk. And I thought you had changed, but I guess I was wrong. Now stop the fucking car, I want out."
"Jou, you are twelve blocks away from your house, I am not– "
"I said stop the fucking car!"
Kaiba had no choice but to listen. He did not want to make Jou his prisoner. He watched the blonde get out and slam the door behind him.
"Don't slam my fucking door, it's worth more than your life." It was a comeback he had used before, but the moment he said it, he wished he hadn't. At first, he thought Jou was going to hit him, but he walked away.
Kaiba stepped on the gas, and trailed the blonde beside the sidewalk. Before he even had a chance to speak, Jou turned to face him.
"Don't even begin to tell me you are sorry. Or maybe I should be the old apologizing Seto. Sorry I don't live in a huge mansion, with a tennis court in my back yard, and sorry I can't go on trips with you to the country club. But you know what? Maybe all that shit makes you the asshole you are. So, I am glad I have none of it."
Kaiba got out of his car and caught up to the blonde, now walking at a fast pace.
"No, you know, things weren't always easy for me Jou. I had to work for what I have now."
"And I bet you are glad to have all of it."
Seto grabbed Jou's shoulder and swung him around, "No! You don't get it! There are things you know nothing about! You once told me you never make assumptions about other people, because you know how hard things can be. But you are doing the same thing to me now!"
Jou looked up to meet Kaiba's eyes. He could see no trace of a lie in them, and yet, he couldn't even begin to guess what could possibly be so bad in the life of a billionaire. He dropped his gaze to the coffee shoppe he and Kaiba had frequented the day before.
"Want a coffee?"
Seto looked at the blonde, to see if he was just joking, and being an idiot. But he doubted he wasn't being serious.
"Yea Jou, I'd like that."
The twosome made their way across the street, saying nothing to each other, but thinking much.
A/N: Of, I had some sort of problem with my' and these "" and this - . So, these ' would just dissappear. These "" would turn into A. And this - would turn into B. It happened for a portion of the story when I uploaded it, I do not know WHY, but if you see any of that, it it totally not my fault. I fixed it as best I could, but I might have left some in the story. -bows- Don't blame me! So, reviews, tell me what you think about this first chapter, what you would like to see happen, what you think will happen, etc. My loyal fans, I love you oh so much. Anyways. Done now. Adieu!