Duel Love

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, it's characters, settings, etc. This is simply a fan-produced fictional story.

Chapter 1

Turbulent Nights

The rain pelted the creaky wood building that is the Slifer Red Dorm of KaibaCorp's Duel Academy. Jaden, the only student of Red living in the dorm, was in his bed as the rain continued to pour. He found sleep hard to come by this night because of the rumbling of thunder outside. Well, he blamed the raging storm for his sleeplessness, but in reality, it was because of other things on his mind that kept him awake.

Lately, one of his closest friends, North Academy student, the teal-haired boy Jesse Anderson, had been acting strange around him lately. Jaden didn't understand what was going on.

"I wonder what's up with Jesse." Jaden thought to himself. Jesse seemed to be very distant lately. He no longer was with Jaden and his other friends at lunch or after classes were finished. It was as if Jesse was trying to keep away from them. "Maybe he's gotten into some sort of trouble?"

"Wuoh-uh!" a sound from a small, furry creature with white wings came from nowhere.

"Oh, hey Winged Kuriboh. What's up?" Jaden asked the creature.

The transparent duel spirit cuddled against the warmth of Jaden's body.

"Oh, are you afraid of this storm?" Jaden continued.

"Wouh-uh." replied Winged Kuriboh, tight against Jaden's stomach under the comforter of his bed.

"Hey, Kuriboh, what do you think is wrong with Jesse?" Jaden asked the spirit.

"Wuoh-uh." replied Winged Kuriboh, a look of concern in it's eyes.

"You don't get what's wrong with him either. Well, I'll just have to corner him and ask him what's up tomorrow!" Jaden replied. With that, he and Winged Kuriboh finally fell into a deep sleep, as the wind and rain screamed outside the dorm.

Over at the Obelisk Blue Dormitory, the boy that was ruling over Jaden's thoughts, Jesse Anderson, was having similar problems. Laying underneath his luxury bed's comforter in nothing but his grey boxers, he stared at the ceiling of his dark bedroom, only thinking of one person: his best (human) friend and major crush: Jaden Yuki. Thunder flashed across the boy's beautiful green eyes.

"Err… why can't I get him off my mind?!" Jesse loudly said to himself in his southern accent.

The past couple of nights, Jesse couldn't stop thinking about Jaden. His mind was clouded with thoughts of holding the brunette boy in his arms. This thought continued to haunt Jesse all night until he cried himself to sleep. Ever since, he has been unable to look his friend in the eye or talk to him like he used to. This led to Jesse to start avoiding Jaden if at all possible. Jesse knew that it was hurting Jaden to brush him off like that, but he felt too guilty for these nightly thoughts.

A transparent, purple creature with a red eyes jumped up onto Jesse's bed.

"Oh, hey Ruby! What's up? You wanna sleep with me?" Jesse asked the duel spirit.

The duel spirit didn't even respond. Instead, Ruby Carbuncle worked it's way underneath Jesse's comforter and feel asleep.

Jesse looked back at the ceiling and sighed. "I don't know what I'm going to do, Ruby. I can't tell Jaden about this. What if it creeps him out and makes him not want to be friends with me anymore? I don't want to lose my best friend over this!" Not wanting to think about his predicament any further, he closes his eyes and allowed his mental fatigue to carry him off to dreamland.

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Author Commentage:

Okay. I haven't written anything in quite a while (my other fic I'm thinking about finishing, although I'm not really driven to) and after writing this chapter, I feel that I messed it up horribly. Can everyone who reads please review and give me some pointers on how to improve this chapter? I really wanna make this fic a good one! Thank you so very much!