Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Love and Pain ❯ Chapter 2 ( Chapter 2 )

Disclaimer: Uh………Yes? I do own this?

A/N: GOMEN NASAI FOR THE LONG WAIT EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, and the poetry used in this chapter is mine! I wrote it!!!!!!!!

WARNINGS: Yaoi and attempted suicide.

Jou's POV

I woke up with a monstrous headache. I sat up but soon realized it was a mistake as I fell right back down onto the………bed? Wait, where am I? I look up and see a blue ceiling. Well, no help there. But wait, wasn't I just on the bridge? Oh well. Wait! I know! I succeeded! I'm dead and this is the afterlife! But wait, why do I still feel pain? Perhaps I'm in hell? Nah, couldn't be. I've never really done anything bad enough to get into hell.

"So, you're finally awake I see."

"NANI? WHO SAID THAT?" I shouted. Someone was here, or, wherever I am.

"I did." said the voice again as he stepped into the room I was in. At the site of him, my eyes went wide. It couldn't be. It just couldn't be! I was in the house of Seto Kaiba!

"What are you doing here? Better yet, what am I doing here?"

"The answer is simple enough. This is my house and you're recovering."

I sneered. "Recovering? From what? There's nothing wrong with me!"

"Inu, stop the façade. I can see right through it."

At this, I was stunned. Was it possible someone could actually see who I was? I mean, the real me. Not the happy-go-lucky, food crazy, dumb blonde Jounouchi, but the real me? "Ha-hai………" Well, that was smart. Yea, good going Jou. Stutter. Now he's gonna make fun of you for that too.

"Here, I fixed it." He handed me the picture of Shizuka that my otousan ripped up. But instead of being ripped, it was taped together. I only knew this because the tape was ever so slightly tinted. If you didn't have 20/15 vision like I did, you wouldn't have known. The reason you wouldn't be able to tell by feeling it was because it was laminated! Seto Kaiba, the man whom I loved, the man who hated me, had not only saved my life apparently, but had fixed up my picture of Shizuka and laminated it!!!

"A-a-arigato………" I said no knowing what else I could say.

"No problem. You're still very weak. Go back to sleep."

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Seto's POV

I smiled lightly as I left him to rest. SHIMATTA!!!!!!!! Dooshite? Why can't I just tell him? Why can't I just tell him I love him? KUSO!!!!!!!!!! This is going to drive me crazy!!!!!! But on the upside, my golden haired inu is right here in my home. Oh well.

I started to walk to the laundry room to see if his blanket was finished yet. That's right. I have barely any maids. Anything that needs to be done around this house, I can do it myself. I mean, ok, every once in a while I'll hire someone trust worthy to give the whole damn place a good scrub down, but the rest of the time, I just do it myself. I mean, when one lives on their own with just a younger sibling that needs taking care of, one learns how to fend for themselves.

"Nani? What's that?" I asked myself as I walked past the door on my way to the laundry room. I noticed a book of some sort lying carelessly at the foot of the door. I walked over to it and picked it up. On the cover, it had a picture of the Mona Lisa with her mysterious smile. I opened it up to the front page. I was amazed to find a poem of some sort. I got curious so I began to read it.

Mask

Who is the real me?

Even I don't know that

I've been hiding behind this mask for so long.

Is he smiling with cheer?

Or hiding in fear?

There's one thing however

That I know for certain

This mask that I wear is just wrong.

……………………… …………………………A/N: The "…………." things just symbolize that the stanza is done.

I know I should probably take it off,

And show the real me within,

But I fear the rejection

Of all who I know

And how they'll react to my "twin".

……………………… …………………………

For I know that some of my friends

Will remain true to the friendships we've built,

But then there are the few

Who will leave in a second,

For they've lost the good friend they once knew

-Jounouchi Katsuya

"Holy………" I read it over three more times and every time had the same effect. I couldn't believe it. I mean, I knew my inu never showed his real self to anyone, I could see right through his façade, but I never knew he felt that way about it. I skipped a few pages and found another poem.

Hidden Personalities

As the world goes by

I start to wonder

Wonder what happens to those select few.

The "few" who I speak of

Are just ordinary people

Though they hide

A secret or two.

……………………… …………………………

Of one who I speak

Is a teenage boy

Though his name I shall never reveal,

His love for a girl

Shines brighter than pearl

For her, he would bend down and kneel.

……………………… …………………………

Another who I know

Is a girl, age 13

And nobody knows the real her,

For she locked it up tight

With her thoughts rich with might

Until some great even should occur.

……………………… …………………………

So you see,

If you've known someone for quite a long time

And you think you know them inside,

Remember, it's impossible to know them that well

For you're clueless of who

They made hide.

-Jounouchi Katsuya

"Oh my………" Once again, I was speechless. I was about to read another when I heard him calling me.

As I got to the room, I noticed him still asleep. This puzzled me deeply.

"Seto, onegai, come back. Onegai Seto." he muttered.

"Jou, I'm right here." I said as I walked up to him. I placed my hand on his shoulder only to have it shook off as he cried out.

"Seto! Onegai! Save me from him! Onegai Seto!"

I became worried now. Who did he want me to save him from? It didn't add up. And why was he calling me Seto instead of Kaiba?

"Jou! Wake up! I'm right here!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Onegai! Leave me alone! Otousan! Onegai! Gomen nasai! It won't happen again! Onegai! Stop!!!!!!" he cried out.

"NANI??????????"

"G-go-gomen n-na-nasai otousan………" he whimpered.

I decided I'd had enough. I placed my hand on his shoulder and shook him rapidly for about 10 seconds until he awoke.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Jou, its ok, its me."

"Leave me alone!" His back was to me and he refused to face me.

"Iie. Now tell me what's wrong."

"Iie. Stop the joke otousan and get it over with. Onegai. Get it over with."

"Nani? Jou? Don't you know where you are?" I didn't get it. He had just called me "otousan". Does he think I'm his father?

"Seto………where are you when I need you?"

This shocked me greatly. I thought it over again. He needed me? But why? He hates me, doesn't he?

"Jou, watashi Seto."

"S-Se-Seto?"

"Hai."

He turned to me and hugged me tightly. I was surprised but hugged him back just the same. This felt, right.

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Japanese word key!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Otousan- father

Gomen- sorry

Gomen nasai- I'm sorry/very sorry

Dooshite- why

Nani- what

Shimatta- damnit

Kuso- shit

Hai- yes/ok

Arigato- thank you

Onegai- please

Iie- no

Watashi- I/me

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Hine: OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOMEN NASAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gomen I left it at a cliffy! I swear I didn't mean to!!!!!!!!!

Kyle: Yes she did! Don't review! It will make her happy.

Hine: KYLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gomen about him. He just hates me since he lives in the Millennium Bracelet. Emphasis is of course, on bracelet.

Kyle: Damn you Hine.

Hine: *grins* So anyway, onegai review!!!!!!!!!!!