Hello there! How are ya'll? I hope ya'll doing well. Well, I think I must tell you this now so that there won't be any hopes up, but the next chapter(maybe) will probably be the last chapter or maybe there will be two chapters more and then it'll be the end of this fiction. Who knows, it depends on how I feel about the chapters, but the whole point is LAST FRIDAY NIGHT will be ending pretty soon. And to be perfectly honest, I am sort of afraid of how it will end. Mind you, I did intended to end a certain way and I'm going to keep it that way. I just hope none of you well get upset! (T~T) But anyways, enjoy this chapter.

DIZCLAMER: Derp.

AS SOON AS THE SUN was up the first thing Mai saw was Jonouchi standing in her doorway. Jonouchi, who seemed to have been up all night probably drinking nothing but energy drinks, for some ungodly reason in the world made him come all the way to her apartment. His hair was messy, his white shirt looked worse, his jeans were un-ironed and stained with- Mai squinted her eyes to have a closer look, is that mud? Or car oil? She thought. His hands were cold and shaky. But was worse is probably Jonouchi's face, which is pale, oily and sweaty, and his eyes were open wide, but at least he was grinning from ear to ear.

That's a good thing, right?

Right?

"What the hell are you doing here at this hour?" Mai asked. She glances at her cell, it was almost nine in the morning. Okay, so it really wasn't a crazy time to come over a friend's house, but still it would have been nice to receive a call or a text.

"Hey, Mai…" Jonouchi says obviously ignoring Mai's question, "I just had an idea-well, A-actually I was thinkin' about it…"

"Jonouchi," Mai places her cool hand on Jonouchi's forehead, he was cold as ice, "Dammit, Jonouchi!" she cries, "Were you outside my apartment the whole night?!"

"No, I wasn't. I was outside mine," He says still smiling, "But listen Mai…I got an idea!"

Mai took his hand, "Come on, let's get you inside. I'll make some coffee…" But then she felt Jonouchi's cold hand shaking, "Or tea…tea's better…"

After Mai served her cold, yet peculiarly excited friend some tea, she takes a seat down on her sofa and asks Jonouchi about his 'idea'. At which, he cheerfully takes a sips of his tea and says, "Well, it got me thinkin' when we saw da kid for da first time. About how ya said were were great friends and all…"

"O-Okay," Mai replies slowly. She takes a sip of her tea.

"And well," Jonouchi continues, "A good friend does not leave another friend suffering, right? So I decided to drop everything and leave."

"What?" Mai says not understanding yet.

"Y-y-know…it will be great just you and me…all da way down in the Okinawa beach,"Jonouchi continues, "Enjoyin' ourselves…"

Mai blinks, "For how long?"

Jonouchi shrugs, "As long as it takes. Maybe for da rest of our lives."

"And…" Mai takes a deep breath, hoping that he isn't say what she thinks he's saying, "What about the kid?"

Jonouchi waves his hand dismissively, "Shizuka can take care of it…" he takes another sip and places his mug down, "Besides, Shizuka loves kids…it'll be a dream come true for her…What do ya say?"

"What do I say?" Mai repeates incredulously, "What the hell do you mean what do I say?" She raises an eyebrow at Jonouchi, "Do you even know what you're saying?"

At that point it was when Jonouchi bows his head for a moment and then he looks at her, the smile long gone from his face, "Mai, of course I know what I'm sayin'. And you have nothin' to worry about. I went to America to get some culinary training, and I got a lil' bit of money from there, I got this."

But that didn't satisfied Mai at all. It seems that both he and Mai have some misunderstanding...or Jonouchi had finally lost it. Then again, this was something that Mai wanted, what Mai secretly dreamed about ever since she first found out she was going to have a kid. She wanted to run away. She wanted to run away and forget everything that that is going on. Mai felt her heart racing. Could this be because of excitement? Maybe this is her answer to all her problems. But something didn't seem right.

"I-I don't know Jonouchi…" Mai says softly after a moment, "I'm not so sure…"

"Mai," Jonouchi placed his hands on her shoulders, "Look at ya…Since when have ya ever doubted yourself?"

His right, Mai thinks, she was always so sure of herself. Even when she thinks she could be fooling herself but in the end, she always gets what she wants.

"I can't…" Mai cries suddenly, "Jonouchi…I can't."

Now it was Jonouchi's turn to raise an eyebrow, "What do ya mean ya can't?"

"W-wait…" Jonouchi says as he watches Mai gather her purse and keys, "Where are you goin'?" He sees her run out her door, he runs after her. "Mai! W-Wait! Where are ya goin'?"

They both run downstairs where Mai reaches to her car, "I can't Jonouchi! It isn't right!" She opened the door and got inside, But Jonouchi was fast on his feet and opened the door as well. "Da hell, Mai?!" he cries, "What do ya mean?!"

She turns on the ignition, she was crying now. "I can't! I can't! I can't!" she chanted.

"W-Why?" he says. Mai places her head on the wheel, her body shuddering, "I can't!" she mutters.

"Why?" Jonouchi repeats not understanding, "Ain't dis what ya wanted? Didn't ya wanted to run away?"

"Because!" Mai cries, "BECAUSE I'LL BE DOING THE SAME THING MY PARENT DID TO ME!"

"Wh-What?" Jonouchi says. That's when he remembers…he remembered that Mai had told him and the gang that she was orphaned at a young age. She had no place to go or anyone to rely on. She could only rely on herself. That's why she was so difficult to approach in the first place. Now he feels like a jerk, a complete jerk. He was asking Mai to do the same thing to her kid…her own kid. What did the kid do to deserve this?

"I'm-I'm sorry Mai…"Jonouchi says softly, "I'm very sorry." He shakes his head, "I can't believe I did dat to ya…" he laughs bitterly, "What kind of friend am I?"

They sat in the car for five minutes, when Jonouchi says, "Get out of da car, Mai. I'm drivin'"

Mai slowly raises her head, "W-What?" she says confused.

But Jonouchi was already out of the car and heading to Mai's window, "Come on, get out." He repeats.

"W-Why?" Mai sniffs, "Where are you going?" Jonouchi opend the door and held out his hand, helping her out. "Where else? We're goin' to see da kid…" he gives her a small smile, "Besides…I haven't properly greeted da kid…"

Mai smiles at him.

LATERS…

When they arrived at Shizuka's doorstep, Mai and Jonouchi had long reconciled. They were smiling and laughing again, like normal.

Mai raised her hand to knock on the door, but Jonouchi raises his hand, "No, I got a spare key," he says. He digs into his pocket. Once he found the key he takes it out and places it on the door lock, but the door was already open.

Jonouchi raises an eyebrow, "Da hell?" Jonouchi says, but then his eyes open wide and bolts into the apartment. Mai follows him.

"Shizuka!" he yells.

They both run into the kitchen, where they found Seto Kaiba leaning in on Shizuka…

…Kissing her.

Yep, I'm evil. I just had to end it at the good part! Anyways! Read n' review! :)