A/N: Posting this before my first year of college makes me do something stupid and erase this out of anger!
Disclaimer: Don't own Yugioh.
Joey screamed a shrilled scream when he saw a movie poster of his favorite action movie star, Alexir De Gon. He was Joey's idol and crush.
He was currently walking with the gang and Mokuba around Domino City for something to do. The younger Kaiba was hanging out with them since it had been too long. His older brother was against him being with the geek squad, but Mokuba had free will.
The long hair boy asked, "What's Joey all excited about?" He watched as Tea and Yugi tried to pull him away from embracing the poster.
Tristan explained with a sigh, "Alexir De Gon is Joey's number one movie star. He literally watched every movie that that guy has ever been in. What's more disturbing is that he can recite all of the guy's lines from any movie, and tell from almost any vague question of which movie that Alexir did or say something in. He's not a crazy stalking fan, but if Joey was as rich as you, he'd go at great lengths to have his idol notice him."
"It wouldn't work though." Mokuba pointed out.
Joey's ears perked at those words. He had been listening half heartedly to their conversation. He stopped struggling against his friends' grip on him. "An' why's that Mokuba?" He asked curiously. An evident twinkle was in those honey brown eyes. "Did ya meet him before?"
"Well, duh. Lots. He comes to every Kaiba corps charity parties for orphanages, and if you're not as important as my brother, he won't take notice unless you're a girl. He loves women. Even those who are transgendered. Saying goes that as long as you are on the path of becoming a woman, Alexir De Gon will give you a kiss of luck."
Yugi commented with a smile, "Sounds like a really swell guy to me, and his acting is not bad at all, too."
Tea agreed and then giggled. "Poor Joey. If only he was a girl, he would have a chance."
Joey groaned having his body slump downward, and cursed his man parts. He didn't want to get rid of them though. Even if it meant that he could see his idol if he did. He sighed in defeat.
Yugi tried to cheer him up. "Don't be down, Joey. I bet that if you were a girl, you would be a huge knockout with Alexir De Gon."
Tristan snorted, "With a beautiful sister like Serenity, that's a definite fact," he grinned mischievously, "Or you turned out to be an ugly big sister."
"Shut up, Tristan!" Joey growled! He hated being looked down on as not being good enough to be something! "I bet I can pass as a knockout girl now if I dressed up as one!"
Tea bluntly retorted, "I highly doubt that."
Joey fell on the floor comedically. And then got back up immediately. "I so totally can! Right Yug'?!"
Yugi lightly laughed as an answer.
Mokuba had a light bulb light up in his head. "Maybe we should test it out." Everyone looked at the grinning child. "The Kaiba corp is having another charity party at our mansion next week from now. And Alexir De Gon is sure to be there! So Joey!" He pointed his finger at the blond teen. "Starting from today, that is if you accept my challenge, you will train yourself into becoming a woman! I will help support you by buying you anything that you need to achieve your goal to be noticed by your idol once and for all!"
Yugi and his friends were shocked silent. Joey processed what Mokuba said, and acknowledged that they were fighting words. And he's not the type to run away from them! "Alright squirt, you got yurself a deal!"
His friends were driven beyond shock! "EHHHHHH?!" They tried to reason with their helplessly passionate friend, but Joey set his mind to it.
"Tea!" Joey faced her with a face of astounding determination! "Imma need yur phone to make an important phone call! We're gonna need all the fire power to win!" Tea jumped on board immediately. She was curious after all.
His male friends stared at him dumbfounded. Yugi pulled a weak smile, "That's our Joey."
Tristan reverted his attention to Mokuba: the start of all this trouble. "Hey, Mokuba, even if Joey pulls off looking like a girl- and that's a big if - how are you going to make your brother let him in? Despite everything, they still aren't exactly in the friend zone...or any zone for that matter. Their relationship is a weird one." The older male put his finger on his chin thoughtfully. Joey and Kaiba aren't friends, enemies, or coincidental company. It's pretty out of the ball park to think about.
Mokuba agreed that his brother and Joey had a weird relationship. "I'll just put Joey on the list with a different name, and tell Kaiba that she's my friend. I'm not lying since Joey is my friend, and it's the polite term to call him a she."
That was pretty clever. Seto might do background checks, but Mokuba can handle that, too. Even if Seto figured it out, it will be too late.
._._._._.
"I thought the day would never come, but here I am, and must I say Joey that you came to the right women." Mai smirked. Serenity and Tea giggled. These three girls were the closest females in Joey's life so he trusted them and their opinion.
The four of them were at Mai's sweet duplex apartment. Joey was sitting on the couch while the three were staring at him like a new puppy or project.
Joey had some hesitation about the challenge that Mokuba gave him, but the idea of finally seeing and being acknowledged by Alexir would be AWESOME! And he might even get a kiss! His heart was set alight by just imagining it! He can't quit no matter what!
"So what are we going to do first?" Serenity asked.
Mai started, "With his voice obviously and his manners. It's easy to dress you up, but it's no good if you can't act or even sit like a girl." She glanced at how Joey was lying slouched against the couch with his legs spread wide open. The boy immediately sat up straighter with his legs closed and crossed.
Tea nodded, "Joey, Mokuba is sending over a speech tutor to help you sound and speak like a girl. We will be the ones to teach you how to move like one on heels, and then finally dress you up! You only have a week so you better be tough and listen up, okay?!"
Joey nodded briskly. He will not disgrace himself in front of his idol!
And so the lessons went on for five days relentlessly! Joey had to try hard to bring his voice to sound high yet soft! He had to learn of how to sound polite and smart so he would fit into the rich society! He had to learn of how to walk, sit, eat, and dance with heels on everyday! He also went to the spa with the girls to clean himself up and get both his armpits and legs waxed! His screams will forever hold a special place in the girls' hearts as they proudly watched Joey suffer for his prize of beauty.
When his training was complete, Joey, the girls, Tristan and Yugi were at Mai's duplex apartment. Mokuba was too busy with his own school work, so would have to wait until Joey came to the party. Yugi and Tristan, on the other hand, were waiting at the living room while the girls were in Mai's room to make choices.
Yugi looked down and fidgeted a bit. Tristan took notice. "What're you so nervous about? You're not the one being dressed up like a girl."
The tri-colored teen gave a small nervous smile at his brunette friend. "I know. I don't know whether I'm excited or shocked about this. Joey spent a whole week preparing himself to meet his idol that he even refused to come play a new video game or go eat at Burger World!"
"No way! But that's his favorite fastfood restaurant! Joey's really serious!" Tristan never knew of how high the stakes were for his ex-gangster friend.
Yugi nodded. "Yeah, and if this doesn't turn out well for Joey, I don't know if I have the heart to tell him."
Tristan tried to think of comforting words, but now, even he was becoming nervous! He didn't want to break Joey's heart!
The two males sat on the couch anxiously. The girls, on the other hand, were having fun.
"Joey, you already have a nice clear face so there's no need for too much foundation." Serenity told her brother. The last few days had been really fun for her. It's always a breath of fresh air to see her brother try his hardest to win. Tea was picking out a hairstyle while Mai was picking out the dress, shoes and accessories. "I am going to give you the sweet and simple look since you told me that Alexir's favorite card is the mystical elf. So I'm going to use some pink eyeshadows to bring out your hazel eyes, and I'll have to put on some mascara and fake eye lashes so please stay still big brother."
Serenity worked on his eyes. Joey never felt like he had been poked or rubbed on the face so much from all the cosmetics. His little sister then put pink blush on his cheeks before making her big brother put on a nice baby pink lipstick.
Tea took a look once that was finally done. "Oh wow Joey! You already look like a girl! I stand corrected when I thought you wouldn't pull it off! Who knew."
Joey grinned, and used his feminine voice, "Of course! And I bet that if I was a girl, I'll have bigger boobies than you!"
"Dream on!" Tea joked, and then returned to business. "Anyway, I think I have the perfect hairstyle for you. Since Serenity wanted you to look sweet and innocent, I decided that we'll just have to give you wavy hair extensions. And your bangs will be brushed a bit to the side."
Joey made a dubious face. "It sounds like you guys are makin' me into some highschool girl. I was thinkin' more glam and bam y'know. Like Mai."
Mai tsked at the only male in the room with a wagging finger. "Don't be so clueless, Joey. A lot of those other women in that party will be dressed with that fancy hollywood glam. What we are doing is making you stand out the most by giving you less. And I got the perfect dress for your sweet and simple look." Mai pulled out a sleeveless 50s styled emerald green dress that was with a boat neckline. "This dress will not only show off your amazing legs, but a great way to make sure that your boobies don't fly out."
"And what size will my boobies be?" Joey hadn't thought about his fake boobies until now. He thought that that would be the first thing on his mind but, no, he was washed with other things before he can even think of fun trivial things like his fake boobies.
Mai went to her closet where she took out a bag of fake boobs. "I bought all the sizes so it's your choice. How big do you want them, Joey?"
The brown-eyed duelist looked into the bag to see that Mai did buy every size from A to whatever letter limit there was for boobs. He felt uncomfortable of choosing them with his little sister in the room so he thought about it quick, and settled for the C-size boobies. It's not too big, but not too small either.
And so Joey's hair was lengthened by wavy extensions, and bangs brushed to the side by Tea. He was fit into a bra to hold the fake boobs by Mai. Serenity helped him into the emerald dress. Mai's choice of shoes was a pair of white mary jane pumps. The accessories were a pearl necklace, earrings and bracelet for his left wrist along with a white hand bag.
With that, the girls were ready to show the males waiting outside their creation. The girls stepped out of the room first. Mai spoke, "Rise men." Yugi and Tristan obeyed. Their hearts raced. "One of yours has been successfully transformed into a great woman! I expect only compliments! Now, come out Josephine!" The three girls moved to the side with their arms stretched out to the door.
Joey stepped out on his pumps in a smooth feminine matter. Yugi and Tristan gasped. Their eyes unable to go any wider than they wished they could. The male transformed female stopped three feet in front of them. He spoke in his new feminine voice, "So what do you think?"
The boys' reality shattered. They were speechless! It looked like the girls didn't do much at all to have changed Joey like...like...like this!
Joey became worried by their silence. Did he fail? Is he hideous? Did he sound too soft? Is everything for naught?!
He asked anxiously, "Is something wrong? Come on, I need an answer you two!"
Tristan and Yugi couldn't look directly at their male friend because their hearts were thumping fast for another reason. Joey thought he failed, but then the girls laughed.
"Oh wow, they're speechless!" Tea cried out and giggled. "What's wrong you guys?! Is Joey too irresistible?!"
Joey was confused until he took a closer look at his friends to notice that they were blushing! He blushed as well. He knew that he would look good, but even for his own guy friends to be uncomfortable with his own hotness?
He grinned, and then hugged Yugi. He had his fake boobies against the side of his friend's face. Yugi went bright red that he thought that he would pass out. Tristan was relieved to be safe.
Joey teased his little friend with his female voice. "C'mon Yug'! What do you think?!"
"I-I-It's very nice, J-Joey."
"Yeah," Tristan agreed. "Wow, you really proved me wrong! You can look hot for a girl."
Joey now latched himself to his best friend's arm. Yugi breathed as if he had been holding it for a long time. "Really, Tristan? Do you mean that?"
The brunette wasn't freaked out. He knew Joey was just kidding with him. Even if he, himself, was pretty good looking for the ladies. "Yeah. I can't wait for Kaiba's face when he sees you!" He grinned. "Just thinking about it is already making me laugh!"
Joey laughed evilly. "I am so going to crash moneybag's party and get Alexir De Gon to finally notice me!" He looked to a clock at the wall to see that it was nine in the evening. The party started an hour ago, and Mokuba wanted him to be late since his older brother had the tendency to slip out of the party to do more work before returning to the party as if he hadn't left. "I should be going now!" He grabbed the three girls' hands. "Thank you for everything! I so totally owe all of you!" He turned to the guys and gave them a teasing wink, "See you two later! My limo awaits!"
._._._._.
Mokuba was waiting outside of the mansion where he was greeting the other guests, but was actually waiting for Joey. His heart jumped by excitement when he saw the limo that he called for his blond friend to ride. He had done everything to make sure Seto didn't catch on to his real plan tonight. He was pretty sure that Seto didn't know since he hadn't confronted him on the matter of adding a Josephine White on the guest list.
The limo stopped in front of the mansion. Mokuba stared at the woman who stepped out. She looked similar to Joey, but he wasn't sure. Not until the woman approached him directly, and said with a feminine voice, "So?"
Mokuba's jaw dropped. "Wo-Wow! Joey is that really you?!" The kid looked up and down the woman to see that it was quite a simple look, but Joey shined in it.
"You bet, kid." Joey winked. "Now will you escort me in."
"Of course!" Mokuba wrapped his arm around the pretty lady's own, and told the receptionist to keep up the good work as if he was the big boss.
Joey looked around the mansion's foyer, and thought that he was going to meet royalty or gods by how shiny and well sculpted the place was. He must hand it to the owner to keep such a place looking pretty neat. Speaking of owner, Joey asked, "Where's Kaiba?"
"He's at his office so there's absolutely nothing to worry about." Mokuba gave him a reassuring smile.
Joey scoffed despite being glad, "It's so like him to work even at his own party."
"Hey, my brother is running a company y'know!" The little brother defended.
The blond still mumbled, "Unless he's also some superhero, he should at least relax and mingle! Doesn't he ever take a vacation?"
The long haired kid heard him. "Only when I ask but he still tries to get away with working at night when he thinks I'm sleeping, or whenever I'm not looking." Mokuba frowned a bit as he remembered on the last vacation that he stripped Seto of all his phones and laptops, but the CEO still tried to check on his company from a payphone.
Joey caught on quickly of the depressing mood, so joked, "Hmph! He needs to go to workaholic rehab, so he can finally make some friends who share something in common with a hell of a guy like him." He grinned when he heard the kid snicker.
They entered the mansion's backyard patio where there was fancy hanging lanterns above to brighten the place. Security guards were seen from afar, and there was a garden maze that was closed off from access by both a gate and guards from the way back.
Joey saw plenty of rich famous people chatting with one another. They were all dressed in either suits, tuxes or a very beautiful dress. Joey looked at the crowd of females to see them all in their glam and bam while he looked simple.
Joey immediately felt out of place. He knew some of the famous faces around, and never dreamed of standing in the same backyard, not even in the same place, as them! He never truly thought the situation through so wasn't mentally prepared for this. Joey wasn't sure if his heart was beating anymore. His feet felt cold and wanted to be warmed up somewhere else. Specifically not here.
He tried to inspire himself by remembering all of the hard work that was put into him, but it just made it harder for him to breathe. He turned away. "I can't do this."
"What?" The younger Kaiba was bewildered by the act of no confidence from the most confident person he knew.
Joey replied, "Mokuba, I'm a guy."
The kid's brows furrowed by the obvious. "You don't sound like one. It's weird but also really impressive."
"Yeah," Joey didn't mean to sound as annoyed as he was by the obvious, "but I don't belong here."
"Don't say that! You're Joey Wheeler slash Josephine white!" Mokuba cried out, but not loud enough for the others to look over at them. "You are an incredible duelist who belongs here like the rest of us! Even more than these guys' dates for sure! You can do this Jo!"
Joey thought pessimistically, but looking at Mokuba's determined face, he couldn't let him down. So sucked it up, and turned back around. "You're right, kid! I'm not some hoe! I'm Joey Wheeler slash Josephine White! One of the best duelists in the world!" He strode into the crowd with blind confidence! He was going to find Alexir De Gon and...is that food?
Joey immediately forgot his goal when he reached the buffet table that only had finger food. Mokuba weakly smiled at Joey's one tracked mind and stomach. Alexir de Gon was actually at the other side of the patio, but they'll eventually meet...or so he prayed. He had his own work to be an impressionable young man to the people, and if nothing happened in about half an hour, he'll do something about it.
The blond duelist moaned when he put a chocolate covered strawberry in his mouth. He was careful about it though so he wouldn't ruin his lips. He did have a lipstick in his handbag so he wasn't too worried.
"You must really like strawberries." A nice thick voice commented.
Joey nodded with a greedy grin, but then his happy face turned into shock when he saw that is was Alexir De Gon speaking to him. He swallowed his strawberry which went down the wrong tube, and he began choking. He held his throat, and then began trying to breathe instinctively. He panicked as he tried to tell his idol that he was choking.
Alexir's eyes widened as he quickly caught on. He turned Joey around and did the abdominal thrust. It took three thrusts before Joey got the strawberry out. He wheezed for air before standing up straight. When he calmed down, he looked around to see that everyone was staring at him. "It's alright! I'm okay!" He told them with his feminine voice.
Everyone stared for a few more seconds before returning to their own discussions. Mokuba face palmed himself.
Joey faced Alexir. "Thank you. You saved my life. I owe you one."
The famous actor stared incredulously at this recently choking victim before he got his senses back. "Don't mention it. I'm happy to save a life. Especially one that's as beautiful as yours."
"Beautiful? Really?" Joey lightly blushed, and nervously said, "Because I see a lot of hotties around who aren't choking on strawberries." he giggled because he didn't want his crush to hear his horrendous laugh.
Alexir had no problem in laughing. His laugh made inner Joey squeal in delight. Even more so when he was given the compliment, "You're funny."
"My friends thinks so, too. I am Josephine White, the best comedian you'll ever known." Joey gave a friendly wink. He mentally punched his winking eye because he should not be too flirty to the point that he's annoying.
His star chuckled. Good response! "I'm Alexir De Gon. So you're a comedian?"
"No. That was a joke...too." Each of Joey's words got quieter as he spoke. He gave a fake laugh while mentally cursing at himself for being confusing and unattractive, and making the atmosphere awkward. He tried to make it better. "So what are you doing over here?" He remembered that he was next to the buffet table. "I mean you obviously want to eat. Beware the strawberries though. Those delicious fruity treats are out to get you." Joey wasn't sure if he sounded cute or retarded. If Kaiba was here, he would have called him an idiot with that sneer of his.
Alexir surprisingly played along. "Alright. But I actually came over here to talk to you. I must say, you certainly stand out with your baby pink lipstick and 50s styled emerald dress. So simple but you're something else."
Joey inwardly squealed again by the compliment. Alexir just called him something else! That's...a good thing, right? "What do you mean by that?"
His idol sheepishly smiled. "Okay, I'm gonna sound kinda weird, but it's like it's not the armor that makes the warrior but the warrior himself. In this case, you're making that dress look good than it's supposed to."
"Thank you." Joey looked down at the floor as his pink cheeks went completely red. The blond finally got Alexir's attention and it didn't seem like anyone was going to bother them, so he had to take this chance to tell the man what he's been wanting to tell him for so long. But not here. "Alexir De Gon," The incredibly handsome man looked at him. "I'm actually a really big fan of yours, and I really need to tell you something. Do you mind going somewhere more private?"
"Uh, sure. I don't mind being with a pretty lady like you."
Joey felt guilty to be tricking his star, but there was no harm in simply confessing to his idol. "Then follow me. I know the owner of this place, and he's allowing us to go into the garden so we can speak privately." Mokuba had told the guards to allow only them through the garden's gate.
And so the two of them were finally alone. The garden was lit up by yellow Christmas lights so they could still see each other. Joey breathed in deeply. This moment had to be perfect.
When they were far enough in the garden, Joey walked a few steps in front from his idol, stopped and turned around. He knew that he should start with the truth first even if it was disturbing. "Alexir De Gon, I have to be honest with you. I'm actually a guy. My real name is Joey Wheeler, and I dressed up as a girl to talk with you." He lets this information sink into his idol. He refused to look at his idol's face, so he settled his eyes on the floor. He continued to talk with his feminine voice before Alexir could speak. "The reason I did this was so I can say thank you."
He looked Alexir in the eye to see that the man was dumbfounded. That relieved Joey as he continued, "I grew up with a rough childhood. My father became a alcoholic which got my parents divorced and I was separated from my mom and my sister who I really care for. I was left alone to fend for myself and survive through my dad's abuse. I thought that I was going to be in that dark place forever, but then one day, I watched a movie where you acted as this man who gone through an abusive life and I know that that's not your real life, but the way you acted out that person...It gave me hope. That person you acted as gave me morals, and I wouldn't have met some really great people who are my friends now if you hadn't taken that role."
Joey held in the tears because he was so happy to finally tell this person everything that he needed to say. "You didn't mean to, but you helped me out of my depression." Joey lowered his eyes to gather up the rest of his courage to end this. He took a deep breath and then looked into Alexir's eyes again with a gracious smile. "What I'm trying to say is thank you for being an inspiration."
Everything was silent.
That silence was broken when Alexir sheepishly chuckled. The man replied to that heartfelt confession, "Wow, so this is what it truly feels to have an angel in front of you."
Joey was confused. Alexir clarified, "I mean that I am not creeped out at all that you are a guy. This had happened before. A lot. And I was actually going to quit acting."
"What?! You can't quit acting! You're amazing!" Joey felt his heart disappear when he imagined a life without Alexir's acting in movies!
"Yeah, I guess I forgot that, but you reminded me of why I started acting in the first place. Vainly, it was for the fame, but also to be noticed as someone more than just a man you'd see from day to day. I didn't know who or what that someone is, and felt lost. But you, Joey Wheeler, dragged me out of the half-hearted buried grave like the sword of excalibur. Sorry, I didn't mean to switch to my movie lines. I-"
"It's okay." Joey approached his idol. "You were reciting the lines of the movie where you were philosophical wizard who lost his way." The blond then recited, "I shall take thy excalibur and let thy handle go when we reach the doorway."
Alexir was impressed. He didn't want to spend the night reciting his movie lines, so casually spoke, "Let's have fun then. And I do know who you are Joey Wheeler. The third greatest duelist around the world. You're my favorite male duelist, so I guess we're both getting a treat tonight."
Joey felt his whole being explode. "I'm your favorite?! No way! Do you want to see my duel cards? I never leave them at home! They're in my handbag right here!" The excited crossdresser took out his deck.
"What a coincidence." Alexir took out his deck. "I may be an actor, but I also bring my deck as well since I love bringing my favorite mystical elf card around."
"Sweet! How about we have a duel then?!"
"You're on."
And so the two talked while having a duel on a stone bench. It wasn't windy so their cards were safe to put down. As they continue to draw down their cards and reveal their traps and magic cards, Joey began to see Alexir as more of a human than some great god-like being or symbol. The crossdresser still liked the man a lot, but then his feelings weren't as intense as it was before. The man was still his idol, but he's no longer fitted into the blond's romantic fantasies.
Unsurprisingly, Joey won the duel. "It looks like I won so you owe me a sweet treat! But you were pretty good, too! You really caught me off guard with your magic cards."
"Alexir De Gon can't help bringing magic into the occasion. Throwing magic spells here and there to possess the hearts of the lovely, but a true love's kiss will break my spells." The man winked making his victorious opponent lightly blush. He slyly asked, "Do you consider a kiss to be a sweet treat?"
Joey's eyes widened. He should have expected that coming. "Uhm, I think I need to freshen up at the bathroom first." The blond duelist puts his cards back into his handbag before standing up. "Let's go back to the party. The other hotties must be worried about you."
Joey began walking back to the party. He went to the restroom that was upstairs where he actually needed to use the restroom, and then called up Mai.
The woman was still at her apartment where she was watching a movie with the others who stayed. Duke made himself come over after Tristan sent him a photo of Joey in drag that Mai took.
"Hey Joey! How is it going with Alexir?" The woman paused the movie since she knew the others wanted to hear. She had her phone put on speaker.
"It's awesome! Alexir is the best! And he knows that I'm a guy, but still wants to kiss me!"
"That's great!" Serenity cheered.
"Yeah, but the thing is...I don't want to."
"What?!" Tristan was shocked. "But dude, you've been crushing on him since you were a kid! What gives?!"
"I know! But I just know in my gut that I won't enjoy the kiss."
Mai reasoned, "Do you have beans for brains, Joseph?! He's kissed a lot of girls. He must be a good kisser."
"No! That's not what I meant!" Joey grumbled something under his breathe that the others couldn't hear.
Yugi asked, "What do you mean?"
The blond duelist sighed. "I mean that I thought that after meetin' my idol, I would be head-over-heels, but I'm not. And I feel like he expects me to be in some sort of trance after kissin' 'im, but I know I won't be." He growled to himself, and tried to make sense by telling them, "Wha' I mean is...I feel like I'm gonna kiss the wrong guy."
Duke asked, "Then who's the right guy? You can't think that someone is the wrong guy unless you have the right guy in mind."
Tea asked, "Is the right guy at the party?"
Joey faintly knew who the right guy was at the back of his head, but didn't want it to be true. "I'm not sure."
Tristan wasn't going to take that answer. "What do you mean that you're not sure?! Is he there or not?! Just give us an answer!"
Joey did not want to be confronted right now so shouted back, "I don't know, alright?! I need to figure dis out on my own for now, so see you later, guys. I might be leavin' earlier than I thought." The blond hung up his phone, and then sighed.
What's wrong wit' me? I always wanted to kiss Alexir De Gon, but now that I know 'im in person, I don't want to. Jus' thinkin' of kissing him right now is putting a bad feeling in my stomach. And why did I tell my friends that I didn't know if the right guy is here or not. I know he's not here. I don't even know who he is.
Joey felt his heart strings pulled which sang to him that he was lying to himself. He had been wanting to be acknowledged by a certain male who's the same age as him, but now, he's not sure if he knew what kind of acknowledgement he wanted now.
He knew that he wasn't going to figure this out in the bathroom, but Alexir was expecting him, and probably won't kiss him immediately, but they will eventually do it. Why didn't his heart want him?
He sighed, and then made his way out of the bathroom.
Kaiba knew that he should return to his party soon since he was the host. He made his way out of the door after saving and sending his work on his laptop. He mentally ranted to himself of how bored or annoyed he was going to be, but the charity is for orphanages.
He walked out of the room to the mansion's foyer. He glanced at the side when the color of green caught his eye. He tilted his head up to see of who was coming down the stairs. His sharp eyes widened slightly when he saw a young blond woman making her way down. The word beautiful didn't correctly describe this woman. The correct word would be...fresh? Kaiba felt like he breathed in a new brand of fresh air while in the same time felt like he knew who this person was. Her face was familiar.
Joey was looking down at the steps as he was trying to feel something close to really liking Alexir De Gon, but it was hopeless. He felt a pair of eyes on him so looked toward the source where he saw Seto Kaiba. And in that moment, all of the bad feelings in his stomach disappeared. What he felt was a breath of fresh air and his heart doing something weird when the air helped it beat.
But this was Seto Kaiba! Joey was quickly reminded that this person was a stubborn asshole, and that he can't stand this person. But his heart was fighting with his mind which made him lose balance on the stairs. He tumbled down the stairs until he found his face planted on the foyer's floor and butt up in the air.
Kaiba was shocked by the comedic turn of event, but what shocked him more was the white panties that was exposed to him. The CEO had seen women with bikini bottoms on (but not with a booty as good as the one he's staring at now), so he knew that women shouldn't have something slightly buldging out of a certain place. "Wheeler?"
Joey panicked. He quickly got off the floor and checked his nose to feel nothing broken or bleeding. His ankles were fine as well. He faced Kaiba and quickly thought on his feet. "Wheeler?! I'm not Wheeler! I'm Josephine White! I believe your younger brother told you all about me!" He added a fake obnoxious laugh.
"Drop the act Wheeler. I've already seen your balls. Surprise to know you have them." Kaiba tried to grimace, but he couldn't be angry at Joey for crashing his charity event in drag. Not when the male looked pretty damn good.
Joey growled and used his real voice, "Well I haven't seen yours, rich boy! So who's the real man here?!"
"Me, since I'm in a suit, and you're in a dress like that." Kaiba had his eyes travel down to see a sexy pair of legs that's been waxed. He quickly reverted his eyes. "Did you come here to humiliate yourself more? I thought being a third-rate duelist was humiliating enough."
"Hey! I'm the third best duelist around the world!"
"By Pegasus' opinion. But if it was up to me, you wouldn't even be in the top hundred. Or even exist outside of that range either." The rich male sneered at the crossdresser whose face looked like he's about to blow a gasket.
But surprisingly Joey controlled his temper. The blond duelist wanted to give Seto Kaiba a good ass whooping, but he had more important things to do. He reverted back to his female voice. "Say whatever ya want moneybags, but I didn't come here to argue with you. I came here to see my idol, Alexir De Gon!"
Kaiba was silently impressed by Joey's capability to sound like an actual girl, and was also miffed that the blond had something better to do than fight with him for some other guy. "And how's that going for you?"
"Awesome! Unlike you, he's a gentleman who shows me respect even if I he knows that I'm actually Joey Wheeler! And by the end of the night, I'm going to have my first kiss with him!" That last sentence put a bad feeling back in Joey's stomach. But he ignored it. "Don't try to kick me out cuz I have Mokuba on my side!" Joey left with a mocking yet somewhat true statement, "Nice party by the way, rich boy!"
Kaiba was extremely annoyed that that stupid mutt had put his own little brother against him if he wanted him out. The CEO set out to find his little brother. He found the black hair kid talking pleasantly to some rich people. Seto had one of his men tell Mokuba to come to him.
The kid immediately excused him to go over to an uncrowded corner where Seto could speak to him out of clear hearing range."Is something wrong, Seto?"
"Mokuba, what is Wheeler doing at my party?" Kaiba had his eyes on the blond who was currently standing with Alexir and cheerfully talking with the other people.
The kid was shocked, "You know?"
"Yes, and I do not take kindly to being fooled by my own little brother to let one of his friends sneak into my charity event just to see their idol. It's a charity event for orphanages. Not stupid mutts."
Mokuba frowned guiltily, but he wasn't going to give up on Joey. "But Seto, Joey worked really hard to see his idol! He tried his absolute hardest in just a week to look, sound and act like that! Aren't you even the littlest impressed!"
More than you think.
Kaiba stifled his thoughts. His glare narrowed to his younger brother. "I do not care of what he had to do to get you on his side against me. You betrayed me Mokuba. For that, you lose your internet privileges until I see fit."
"But Seto-!"
"That is the end of our discussion, Mokuba. I will have Roland block your internet connection starting tomorrow." Kaiba was about to take out his phone, but was interrupted by a yell.
"Now hold on there, Moneybags! You can't punish Mokuba for helping me out!" Joey had seen them and knew from the body language that they weren't having a friendly discussion. He left Alexir to help the poor kid.
Kaiba narrowed his ice-glare at the blond, but Joey wasn't stepping back when fire was burning in his own eyes. "It's not your choice to make, mutt."
"Oh, what a great big brother you are." Joey told him sarcastically.
Mokuba didn't like that tone, "Hey, Joey-"
Joey interjected, "Don't cut in, squirt. Moneybags here needs to stop being such an asshat. Go ahead and kick me out, asshole, but don't punish Mokuba for being a good friend!"
"And this is exactly why I don't want Mokuba hanging out with you and your geek squad. You're teaching him to make the worst choices."
"I'm not teachin' your brother diddly squat about makin' bad choices! At least with us, he doesn't have to answer to your expectations or be put down when you give out that whole lonely speech!"
"That is enough! Security!"
"Already callin' them, huh?! I don't need your damn guards ta escort me to the door! I'm leaving!" Joey marched on his pumps to the door with the security guards behind him. Alexir was confused and concerned for him. He got more confused than concern when the duelist gave him a grin and a wave goodbye.
Mokuba ran after Joey. Seto cried out his name which made him hesitate, but he ran to Joey nevertheless.
Joey was left alone once he was out of the mansion's doors. A taxi was called for him since the limo he rode was a property of Kaibacorp.
Mokuba came out of the place for him. "Joey!"
Guilt smothered the impulsive teen's heart. "Sorry, Mokuba. I didn't mean to g't caught, but I don't regret telling yur brother off! I wish that you didn't have ta get punished cuz of me."
"I'm okay with that. It's not the first time that Seto deprived me of things."
Joey held in a snort. "Still, I'm sorry."
"Me too. Did you at least have a good time."
"Yeah! Today is the most awesome night of my life! And it's all thanks to you, Mokuba! If I was actually a girl, I'd give you a big o' kiss!" Joey wrapped an arm around the pipsqueak in a harmless choke hold. And then released him.
Mokuba scratched the back of his neck with a sheepish grin, and then placed a horizontal finger under his nose. "It was nothing! Really! I just gave you the opportunity and you worked your hardest to reach here!"
"It's what Joey Wheeler does! I never run from a challenge even if the odds are against me! And I never let my family or friends down! Maybe not never, but definitely most of the time I don't! Considerin' tha ya got in trouble thanks to me."
"Will you let that go already! I'm going to be fine! Yugi and the others must be waiting to hear of how your night went!"
"Yeah. They're all waiting back at Mai's place. Probably watching a movie. Stay a good kid, Shorty."
"I'm getting taller!"
"Sure you are." The older male grinned mirthfully.
Mokuba's face reddened like a tomato. "I swear! And I bet someday that I'll be taller than you someday!" He pointed a finger at him.
Joey threw his fist in the air and bought it down to his chin level. "Dream on, kid! Unless you're drinking your bottle, you won't reach a single inch to where I am!"
"Hey, my brother is taller than you and someday I'll be that tall! Maybe even taller!"
"Yeah, your brother's that tall cuz he's still drinking out of his bottle since he's such a dramatic baby!"
"My brother is not a baby! And how are babies dramatic?!"
"You're right. Your brother is more like grumpy the cat on TV. Always making that face like this thinking," Joey did a poor imitation of Seto's voice with a comedic grim face. "Oh god, I'm so rich and pretty that I don't even need to smile cuz if I do, a puppy must die. All puppies must die cuz they're stupid and I'm rich. Muhahaha!"
Mokuba couldn't help laughing! He playfully punched the blond's arm. "That's not nice!"
"Never said I was, kid." Joey let out a good sigh through his nose. He felt better. "At least not to creeps like ya brother and that Sigfreak guy."
The kid let out a good sigh of his own through his nose. "But you saying that Seto's a cat is pretty accurate since he calls you a dog, and you two go at it like cats and dogs. Why is that exactly?"
"Cuz yur brother looks down on me and I'm not going to take it. I don't care of how rich, young, old, pretty or whateva ya are. You gotta show respect and that's not what I got the first time we met."
"First time you met?"
"Yeah!" Joey stood straight with his eyes closed as he somewhat remembered that time. The memory was fuzzy, but his ill feelings were bubbling hot inside him. "He entered Yugi's grandpa's shop and I was being all nice, and what I got back were insults! I didn't do anything wrong! I was being nice! Nothing's changed since."
That didn't sound right. "It can't be nothing. The two of you have gone through a lot together. Something must've changed between you two."
"If something changed then I must be missing it. Your brother and me will always be arguing to the very end. Its just who we are." That ended on a tired note.
Mokuba thought that Joey felt sad that that's all there was to their relationship. The kid wasn't exactly sure of what to say to that.
Yet Joey continued on a more cheerful note, "but it's not all bad. Dueling your brother can be fun, and I will beat him someday! Like I beat Yugi once."
"What?"
Joey realized of what he said, and didn't want to get the short end of the stick if anyone knew the truth. He quickly reiterated, "I mean beat some other guy! Not Yugi! Definitely not Yugi! He's the king of games after all! Heh heh heh! Anyway, your brother must be waiting for you inside. I'll be okay out here."
"No. I like being out here with you. All anyone inside talks to me about is my brother, Seto. They all try to suck up to me to get to him. That's why I like hanging out with you guys. You hang out with me not cuz Seto's my brother. You just let me and it's fun."
Joey smiled warmly at Mokuba that the kid was lovestruck by the expression. The older teen ruffled his hair. "I have fun with you, too, kid. Now run along. Your brother's waitin'."
"But your ride hasn't arrived yet." The driveway was empty and no car lights could be seen from afar.
"It'll come. I'm not gonna get mugged or anythin' so stop worrying."
Mokuba groaned. "Okay, but be careful when you get home, alright."
"Yeah, yeah, now g't your butt in there." Joey playfully kicked the kid's butt as he entered.
Joey was then alone in front of the mansion hoping that the taxi will finally come. But then half an hour past. He got tired of standing that he sat down on the first few steps of the mansion. He had spent the first minutes of his time thinking about random things before looking over his cards to make up some small strategies.
When a full hour finally past, Joey began talking to them about bizarre stuff. "You guys think I look pretty good for a girl right? Skirts are nice to wear. I never thought feelin' the breeze between my thighs would feel nice. I almost felt tempted to do that Marilyn Monroe stunt with the dress flying up and stuff. But we all know what happened the last time I tried to dress up like her." His body wilted. He had never felt so bored and irritated in his life!
He was irritated because he didn't want to kiss Alexir. He kept repeating to his bad stomach that he did, but it just got worse. He at least wanted to kiss someone tonight. His stomach then growled, but he ignored it since he can't come back inside to eat food. He felt so pathetic.
Seto Kaiba opened his mansion door to check if the mutt was still there since the taxi service that was called for had traffic trouble. He saw the helpless crossdresser sitting on his steps with a slack hand holding dueling cards and his back slouched forward. Joey began to whimper when his stomach began to growl again.
The CEO felt his very small compassionate side want to bring food for him, but he regressed. The mutt had to leave because he wasn't going to have his guests leave on an awkward note when they see this pathetic person sitting there like a dog with his tail between his legs. He took out his cellphone to call the taxi service again. But then he heard a soft mumbling from the blond who stood up after putting his cards in his handbag.
Joey began to sing, "You hit me once; I hit you back; You gave a kick; I gave a slap; You smashed a plate over my head; Then I set fire to our bed!" And then began making the following musical beats before repeating. The blond began dancing as he sang the sung that was Kiss with a fist by Florence and the Machines.
Seto watched this duelist practically make a fool of himself as he began to sing the song passionately with his fake female voice. It wasn't amazing, but it was fun to watch.
When that song was done, Joey switched to singing Leaving so soon by Keane with his real voice which was a lot more pleasant to hear but not impressive either. "Ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah! Ah, ah ah, ah ah, ah! You must think I'm a fool. So prosaic and awkward and all. D'you think you've got me down? D'you think I've never been out of this town?"
Seto felt like Joey was singing this song to him. Not that he cared. He waited until the blond was done singing before making himself known. "Still here, Wheeler?"
Joey felt all of his bored feelings drained away and replaced by anger. "What does it looks like, rich boy?! The damn taxi still isn't here!"
Seto ignored his rudeness. "There happens to be heavy traffic, so it looks like I have to get rid of you by giving you a ride in one of my own limos. It should be arriving shortly."
Joey felt relieved to finally get out of the place, but he didn't want to do it through this bastard's own service. "As if! I'm leaving on foot."
Seto was irritated by the blond being difficult again. He pointed out, "You'll ruin your shoes."
"So what?!" Mai gave them to him to keep, anyway. "It's better than having to do anything with you anymore! I'm leaving!"
The higher rank duelist inwardly growled. He then sneered as he mockingly pointed out, "In that dress? If I remember correctly, you live in the slums. It'd be interesting to read tomorrow's newspaper of what happened to you."
Joey felt a shiver of fear in his back and legs, but stayed strong. "Shut it ya jerk! I can fend for myself! In a dress or not!"
"You're better off without the dress considering that a mannequin can pull it off better than you."
Now that was the last straw! Joey was not going to let his pride get squash by this asshole! "You think I don't pull off this look! Well, that's where you're wrong! I got a lot of compliments!"
"I bet that they were all out of pity."
"GGNRAH! Watch it Kaiba! I know how to use my pump as a weapon." He really did. He watched a hooker take down a John by using them.
Seto chuckled. "Ooh, I'm so scared. Now get off my driveway and be the walking disgrace that you are."
"Fuck you, Kaiba! I can so totally pull off being a chick! Just you wait and see!" Joey wasn't thinking of his words, but he's going to stand by whatever he spouted out.
The brunette found that interesting, but didn't take it seriously, so joked, "Tell me beforehand so I can shield my eyes when you enter."
"Fine! Wait until school! I'm going to prove you wrong!" Joey ran out of the driveway on his pumps. Kaiba was not sure of what stunt Wheeler was going to pull, but he knew that he was going to laugh cruelly at him.
Joey felt a fire of determination in his chest. He was going to prove Kaiba wrong, and will never give up until he won!
._._._._.
On Monday morning, the students were piled in either the hallway or classroom. Kaiba was sitting at his desk, reading a book like usual. Everyone kept their distance except for Tristan who approached him. "What do you want?" Kaiba snapped.
"Nothing. Just that Joey told me to tell you that he's ready to show you who's boss." The tanned male told him. Kaiba raised an eyebrow. The bell rang. "Oh, here he comes."
Everyone filled in the classroom except for Joey. Kaiba looked over to the geek squad to see the only female of the crew whispering something into Yugi's ear. The short teen looked nervous while the taller tan male grinned as if he was going to pull off a prank. Seto wasn't sure of what he was expecting until the door slammed open and marched in a blond wearing the female Domino high school uniform.
Everyone looked to her, and all of their eyes widened when they realized of who it was. "Hello everybody. From now on you can either call me Joey or Josephine Wheeler! Or Jo for short! If anyone dares to bully me, I'm gonna kick your ass!"
Joey Wheeler was wearing the pink and blue color coordinated high school uniform that showed his spectacular legs that's mostly covered by his high knee-length white socks and brown shoes. He was also wearing long and straight hair extensions that reached midway his back, and makeup to make himself appear more feminine thanks to Tea's help in the bathroom. His own feminine voice was good as well.
The crossdresser then pointed at Seto directly. A fire burned in his amber eyes. "Eat your words Seto Kaiba, because I will win!"