Friendship is never a good excuse

A/N: Just a quick note to say thanks to the 5 people that reviewed so far! Also I should say, although no one expressed an objections to Yami being a little mean so far I’m not a Yami basher in the slightest, I love him to bits! One more thing- the improved grammar in this chapter is thanks to my friend Katie who looked over this for me and pointed out a couple of mistakes. Thanks! :D

Chapter 3

Jou sank to the floor and placed his head in his hands, after the momentary high of kissing Yuugi, and for a second believing that his feelings could be returned, this was definitely a rude awakening.

“So? What the hell were you doing?” Yami reached down to where Jou was now slumped on the floor and grabbed Jou’s face, jerking his chin upward so he had no choice but to make eye contact. His expression softened slightly however when he saw that Jou’s eyes were not filled with fear as he had suspected they would be, but a deep sadness. “Jou what’s going on? Why were you and Yuugi doing that? He’s in his soul room, he’s not answering me, I need to know Jou”
“I told Yuugi I loved him”
“And he kissed you? Not the other way around?” Yami released Jou’s chin, causing Jou to sink back into his original position.
“Yes”
“I don’t believe this… you’re supposed to be his friend! I knew something was different between the two of you but I never thought you felt that way about him!” Yami yanked at one of his blonde bangs, he stumbled back slightly, leaning against the wall. He was clearly finding it difficult to come to terms with the current situation.
“You’re not going to mind crush me are you?” Jou looked up slightly alarmed,
“No, when it comes down to it neither of you are to blame for this, it wouldn’t be such a bad thing except…”
“What?” Jou was relieved that he wasn’t going to loose his sanity but he didn’t want to loose Yuugi either, using a nearby sink as support he shakily got to his feet and attempted to look Yami straight in the eye “I love Yuugi, Yami, I can’t change that”
“Well Yuugi and I share a body, how are we going to work our way around that little problem?”
Jou sighed, running his fingers through his hair “I don’t know Yami I really don’t”
“Well maybe we are over thinking this, maybe I should just leave this to the pair of you, I don’t really mind you going on dates, but if it goes beyond that we might have a problem”
“Well let’s see what Yuug says about it first, I still don’t know if he really feels the same way.”

Not long after Yuugi and Jou sat side by side on a bench by the playing fields of their school. Yuugi scrapped the toe of his shoe against the grass; almost timidly he looked up at Jou who was staring out into space, a small frown creasing his forehead. “I can’t believe he did that, I’m sorry Jou”
“Its ok, I’m in one piece!” Jou forced a smile, he knew Yami wasn’t a problem anymore but he still wasn’t sure how Yuugi felt. He really didn’t want to loose Yuugi as a friend, but now hope had been ignited within him, he couldn’t help but want to believe Yuugi saw him the same way.
“Well” Yuugi giggled slightly “I don’t think he would have liked to deal with me if you weren’t!”
“Yeah” Jou smiled nervously down at his friend, he new it was quite possible masochistic, but he needed to know. “So what was that kiss about?”
Yuugi turned beetroot red “I’m sorry I was so forward…but you were so sad Jou”
“Oh” Jou looked down, disappointed, he should have known it was out of pity.
“No! It wasn’t like that! I did want to kiss you! It was just that…” Yuugi paused, a look of confusion spread across his face.
“Go on.”
“I honestly don’t know!” He giggled, “I think it was just the quickest way to show you I felt the same way.”
“You do?” A huge smile spread across Jou’s face as Yuugi nodded vigorously, a smile that quickly disappeared when Yuugi reached up and kissed him again, although much more quickly this time. As he pulled away Jou noted that Yuugi’s face had turned an even deeper shade of red.
“Sorry, I seem to be making a habit of that” Yuugi giggled and blushed again as Jou reached out and gently stroked his cheek.
“I really don’t mind”
“Don’t encourage me”
“But I want…” His words were cut short for the second time that day as Yuugi practically leapt into his lap, planting a soft kiss on Jou’s lips. “See it’s not a bad thing”
“You taking advantage of me Jounouchi! We haven’t been on a date yet! Carry on like this and I’ll have to tell Yami you’re mistreating me!”
“Get off my lap then” Jou laughed and gently pushed the smaller boy, but he didn’t budge.
“Arrange a date and I won’t have to” Yuugi pressed his nose against Jou’s “But you won’t be getting any more kisses until then”
“Ok, how about we make it soon then? Tonight?”
“Hmmm I’m not sure…”
Jou pouted “Pleaaaaase!”
“Don’t pout Jou - I can out-pout you any day!”
“Your probably right, how about this? You can pick where we go”
“Ok then” Yuugi grinned as he hopped out of Jou’s lap “Pick me up at 7”