Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ A Perfect Match ❯ Touch His Heart ( Chapter 2 )

Okay, this is the next chapter; I just put it up cuz I wanted to. I didn't get half as many reviews as I wanted. Please review ok? It makes a person feel so good. I will really not write anymore after this *sobs* I really am crying you know! Anyway, I'm kind of going to make fun of some of the more cliché things about gazing into eyes and stuff, no offence if you write like that. It's not that obvious.

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Seto simply pointed behind her back. Mai turned around and started laughing. Seto's face was expressionless but she got the feeling he as well was holding back laughter. "What a lo…lovely re..reason to... be miss..ing class"

Seto nods and a small grin came over his face, "Yes, that our teacher, our boy teacher is flirting with our boy principal."

That was exactly what was going on in the dark corner of the corridor, it was so dark that unless seen from Seto or Mai's place it would be invisible. "After seeing that I will never be able to listen to teachers when they talk about `acceptable behavior in the corridor' quote unquote."

"What? You usually do?" asked Seto with an exaggeratedly surprised look on his face.

"Well, no. Not really." Mai stated

"If they don't stop flirting I'll call in the police on a charge of mental trauma" Seto exclaimed sending Mai into peals of laughter again.

"Stop doing that or I'll never stop laughing"

"Doing what?" Seto protested

"Looking at them!" replied Mai

"Done, but I still think they should..."

"Kaiba!"

"Yes, Mai?"

"Yes indeed Mai, perhaps you would like to tell the whole class too?" said their teacher who had just walked in.

"No sir. Actually, I wouldn't." replied Mai promptly, she was very rude to anyone she didn't like and this teacher did count as one in that group. Even though he was handsome the near-permanent frown repelled anyone who tried to get near him.

"And what is that supposed to mean?" asked the teacher though it was rather obvious he was surprised. `Apparently no one's ever snubbed him before' thought Mai happily

"It means," Repeated Mai slowly and clearly, "that I would not appreciate sharing my private affairs with the rest of the class and I certainly will not share them with you"

Seto leaned over to Mai and murmured, "Full marks for making him angry, I almost started laughing at the expression on his face"

The teacher looked from one to the other with a thundercloud building on his face. Therefore it was very unlucky for the person who decided at that moment to announce his late arrival. It was Joey, the teacher turned on him and started saying, "Now how dare you be so late and…" Seto was thinking, `He has cuts on his arms, was he fighting? He doesn't need this right now. How dare that man insult him?' Seto started talking to Joey "Are you alright?" he asked

Joey answered, "Ye…yes" in a shaky voice. He was thinking, `This has got to be a dream! Not only did I win a fight over that big bully Taeto. Seto, Seto Kaiba is speaking with me' He waited for someone to say something before he realized that Seto and the teacher, Mr. Rocksweller were locked in a glaring competition. Finally Mr. Rocksweller gave in and said, "Joey, sit down and don't be late again." Joey looked around the classroom. He realized with a jolt that the only place left was on Seto's right side, opposite of Mai. He walked to the chair like one condemned, `I know he helped me to get out of this mess, but that really doesn't ensure him being nice to me. In fact he'll probably be nastier just to cover it up' little did Joey know that he was right, Seto was at the moment deciding to ignore him just to make sure that no one realized that he had helped Joey. Joey sat down and took out his books, he gave Seto a small smile as if to thank him, but Seto looked down at his book quite pointedly even though inside he was blushing like nothing. After all, he was only a sixteen year old kid and he was in love, the two magical words at sweet sixteen. He wished, he really wished, he could just smile back and later dream about this wondrous moment. But unfortunately though the latter could be arranged, the former was out of the question. He could not risk ruining his image. Even Mai- matchmaker extraordinaire understood that! He just couldn't, he would have to stick to helping him without being noticed. But wouldn't it be so nice…'No, stop thinking about it.' Seto reminded himself, `A breakdown in the middle of class would definitely not be the ideal way to get to his heart'. He started paying attention to what the teacher was saying; he needed to pass this class, didn't he! The teacher was at the moment scolding someone, again. Seto looked on in silent annoyance, `Does he ever do anything else? I swear, I never learn anything new from this guy.' Mai on the other hand knew that already, so instead of paying attention she was doing something productive. Like glancing from Seto to Joey and noting the expressions on both faces, especially when they were taking `subtle' looks at each other. Seto had more control than Joey so his were less frequent, but Joey eyes seemed glued to Seto's face. Mai stifled a giggle at the love-sick way they were looking at each other, `After all, they are love-sick. How else would they act?' Thankfully the class was finished without any mishaps, at least not on the part of our three friends. The rest of the school day too was soon over without very significant trouble. The same, however, could not be said about the time after school. "I'm telling you guys, he would be a great person to get to know" Mai was saying

"Well, we have to try from tomorrow, you should have told us in the morning, Mai" was Malik's calm reply.

"I tried" Mai protested, "But I had to talk to Tea and there was no time at lunch"

"Well, that's ok" said Joey from the side, "It's not like it's the end of the world. You have the rest of two to three years to help him. What does one day matter?" He was skating backwards, being quite good at it he was confident he wouldn't fall.

"It does matter Joey" said Ryou in his gentle manner, "How?" demanded Joey

"Like they might ask why you di….LOOK OUT!" Ryou suddenly shouted. But it was too late. Joey was now sitting on the lap of one very surprised Seto Kaiba. Joey was going as red as an overripe tomato. Correction, a very overripe tomato. Seto, for once, looked quite confused. His briefcase was locked and alright but the same could not be said about his bag and books. His bag was lying on the sidewalk a few feet away and his books were simply all over the place. And he was staring at Joey who had buried his face in the nearest thing available, which just happened to be Seto's shoulder. They remained like that for a few seconds before Joey finally got the courage to look up and the first thing he saw were captivating blue orbs gazing down at his own. So of course he had to go on gazing for what seemed like eternity but, again of course, was only a few seconds. They were interrupted, of course, by the well-meaning best friend a.k.a Yugi. He smiled oh-so-sweetly at them and asked, "Are you two alright?" obviously breaking the spell. They, understandably, blushed or at least Joey did and Seto put on that blank face that meant, `I'm hiding my emotions and you don't know what', only if you look closely enough you will see a rosy look that wasn't there before and then if you inspect the circumstances you do know what. Joey tried to struggle up but he didn't quite manage it, he whispered to Seto, "I'm sorry"

Seto's mask came off and a hint of a smile appeared he nodded, "It's alright". The two of them got up this time without a lot of trouble, but immediately after, Seto walked to the sidewalk, sighed to himself and started picking everything up. Joey hesitated then ran over to help him. He bent down to pick up one of the books at the same time as Seto; Seto looked at him, his eyes full of surprise. Joey smiled at him and Seto moved away to pick something else. Joey heaved a mental sigh of relief. `God, I was afraid he would toast me'. They went on quickly picking up Seto's things quickly, Joey handed whatever he had collected to Seto. Seto said a small and nearly unheard "Thank you" and walked away. In a few seconds he was out of sight, but definitely not out of anyone's mind. Yugi was the first to speak, "Let's go or we'll be late getting home". He seemed to realize that something had happened and it did not concern him. He left it at that, `I don't need to know anymore'. At these words the rest of the gang stirred and they were soon talking about trivial things again. Only Joey once or twice lost hold of the conversation, and Tea and Mai sympathetically covered for him. Seto at this time had already reached his office which had been his destination. He was thinking a lot, `Shall I pass that off as temporary madness? Or shall I try to get closer to them? Of course, as far as I know, they wouldn't mind. At least Yugi, Malik, Ryou, Tea and Mai won't. I don't think Joey would either.' On the outside he was reading files carefully but on the inside he was thinking about what reaction he would get if he started being friends with the other `Warriors'. After a while when he had nearly finished the office work, he stopped working altogether and dreamed about being happily together with Joey. He went into a trance-like state, not quite asleep but nearly. He had been thinking `How would it be if Joey was in love with me too?' Seto thought sitting at his desk going over some of the files. He sighed, "But it isn't going to happen so why torture myself over it? I'm even starting to talk aloud because of him, doing things I shouldn't." `Because you want to, you want to love him and you want to shock everyone who said you were a living corpse. You want to show them what alive really means' his traitorous mind supplied. "Indeed" Seto said aloud again, "What is the point of saying, `I won't think' when I know that the one thing impossible for a human is that." `And when you can command yourself not to think then you really have lost your humanity, I'm human and I'll think of Joey and being friends with other people and being normal and having parents you can shift the whole blame to when things go wrong, or maybe pretend that the past isn't real. How many children know that the greatest thing parents do for us is taking the blame for everything while we're young and teaching us how to...how to take the blame later when they aren't there, but I'll try to stop thinking of Joey all the same. I don't love him'. He closed his eyes and tried to forget the sparkle of Joey's eyes and the beam on his face and the way that he seemed to brighten up any room he was in just by being there. `No, I can't think of it'. Seto suddenly heard a scream, he jumped up and ran outside his office. Joey was lying there in a pool of blood, he seemed to have been....torn apart. Literally. Seto tried to take him into his arms but Joey seemed to be so far away, no matter how much he ran he just couldn't reach . "Is this what you want? You are tearing me out of your mind. This is what you're doing to me; soon you'll see that when you try to think of me the details will simply be out of your reach, you can't get them even if you want to. Then you will simply stop thinking of me, won't you?" Joey seemed to whisper this though Seto knew that from so far away he could not have heard a whisper. Joey disappeared, "I loved you, I loved the boy who would think of me all the time and do anything to keep me happy but I will love you no more, soon I'll be forgotten and I, too, will forget" Joey disappeared and Seto fell to his knees, crying, he was sobbing silently and the tears were running down his face. Seto rubbed at them, `Why am I crying?' "I wonder, whether I can hear from the real Joey, someday, that he, truly, loves me". Seto felt the vividness of the dream break his heart. `What if it happens someday? That I forget him?' "But I can't, I won't" Seto whipped around in his chair when he heard the sound of the door opening. His eyes widened slightly when he saw the person entering, he started speaking, "Oh…

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Cliffie's are the best creation for a review deprived author so yea, *shrugs* deal with it. Or prevent it. In case you didn't realize that the place in italics was a dream, well, it is. Guess who the person entering is? I dare you to guess. If you do guess, I'll tell you beforehand that you are right and also if someone does guess right, I'll have the next chapter up in two weeks (That is if there is a next chapter, and that depends on you).