I..I l-l-like you!

Um… hi there I hope you all aren’t to mad at me for taking so long see I was busy with basketball and power failure. But the biggest thing was finding a beta. Before Ella Dona and some other reviewers mentioned it I didn’t even know what one was. But I figured it out sounds pretty dumb huh? But the beta I found is really awesome KimyouTeki. But thank you all for your reviews if you hadn’t reviewed I wouldn’t have continued. You really don’t know how much it encouraged me but I m not going to get all dramatic about it but it dose mean a lot to me and I m sure any writer. Well anyways on to the story!

I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh so don’t ask to borrow it
Beta KimyouTeki
Um I think that’s it well here ya go!


Chapter 2

When they finally arrived at the mansion, the first thing Jou wanted to do was to find his other best friend, Honda.

Jou needed a second opinion. He hated to admit it, but it was true-- Jou was hopelessly lost when it came to expressing his feelings to guys. He was, in fact, the most lost out of all his friends.

Once inside the mansion, the group split up. Jou's first priority was to find his pointy-haired friend.

He finally found him waiting to use the trampoline. Jou walked up to him and whispered, "Honda, we need to talk."

"Oh, hey, Jou, what is it?"

Jouno eyed the guys jumping around on the trampoline, whooping and hollering. "Well, could we talk in private?"

"Yeah, sure. Let's go!"

Honda dragged Jou into an empty hall. From where they stood, the front door was in plain view.

"Okay Jou, what is it?"

Jou checked one more time to make sure that no one was eavesdropping. Then he told Honda everything.

"So what do ya think?" Jou asked once he finished. "I plan on asking him again. I want a straight answer."

"Hell yes, I think you should try again, and if he gives you another bullshit answer, I will kick his ass myself! When I first told Otogi I liked him, I got a crappy answer like that but I kept trying and now look! He can't keep his hands off of me!" He held his chest out for a second before something caught his attention.

"Oh look. Here's your chance! Go demand a straight-up answer!"

As Honda finished his rant, Seto Kaiba himself strode by and went out the front door.

"I dunno... It might be too soon, don't you think?" Jou was getting that sick nervous feeling again, that feeling he hated with a passion.

"Maybe you're right." Unlike Yugi, Honda wasn't going to try to force anything. He knew Jou would do what he wanted to do.

Jou stood there for a moment before saying, "That's it! I'm gonna do it!"
With those words he was out the door.

Jou practically ran down the steps and almost tripped over Mai and Anzu, who were sitting on the steps talking. He called an apology over his shoulder without stopping.

Jou ran up as Kaiba was stepping off the school bus holding his briefcase. Kaiba faced Jou with an eyebrow raised.

Jou was the first to speak. "Kaiba? Um ya k-k-k-know what I-I-I-I asked e-earlier? Um..."
Kaiba just stood there, a bored look on his face.

"Well y-y-you know I l-l-like you like you. I mean, being smart and all, you must've figured it out."

Jou started rambling, his nervous words stumbling over each other as they spilled out, and all Kaiba did to acknowledge the blonde's presence was nod. So Jou forged ahead.
"W-w-well you didn't really a-a-answer me. Do you l-l-l-like me like me or just l-l-l-like me?"
Jou held his breath, waiting.

"No, Mutt, I don't like you like you. I just plain old like you." With that minimal response, Kaiba dismissed the blonde and began looking through his briefcase.

Jou whispered, "Oh... Okay..."

Jou walked briskly back to the mansion, picking up speed, trying his best to hold back the tears. He would not let himself cry. Not for some guy. Anyway, crying was for the weak. Katsuya Jounochi would not be weak. In his head he repeated the mantra that always got him through school:

"It's only high school, it doesn't matter. It's only high school, it doesn't matter. It's only high school, it doesn't matter."

Jou kept repeating it to himself until he found Honda and Yugi, who were waiting for him in the hall right next to the front door.

Honda could tell what happened by the look on Jou's face. Jou was never any good at hiding his emotions.

Honda led the both of them to a bathroom.

Yugi spoke softly. "What happened?"

Jou explained all that had happened, trying to keep his voice steady, but he soon burst into tears. Honda and Yugi were quite shaken by this. They'd hardly ever seen Jou cry. Actually, Honda had only seen him once and that didn't really count 'cause it was over the phone (the blonde had been very very drunk). Yugi had never heard Jou cry, or even seen him blink a tear. They both hugged Jou and told him it would be all right.

Jou sobbed, "I have never done anything this stupid! Why couldn't I get the hint and why the hell am I crying?!?"

Honda said, "Jou, anyone would've done what you did. It's okay, Man."

Yugi continued, "At least you know now, right? It's better this way 'cause if you hadn't asked you'd always be wondering what could've been."

Jou nodded. "You're right, you guys." They all hugged. Jou wiped the tears off his cheeks.

"Well, we've got to go out there sometime. Don't want to be rude."

Honda said, "You gonna be alright, Jou?"

Yugi looked up at the blonde, his eyes full of concern for his friend.

"Yeah... I'll be fine."


End


So what do ya think? Is it good, I actually really like it. Well let me know with a review and my story ends here me and the guy never hooked up I still like him though don’t know why but id. Don’t worry I am still going to continue I just don’t know what I m going to do yet. So it might be awhile ok? And I got the first chapter edited so if you ight want to reread it. It’s a lot better. Thanks again reviewers !