obsession

J.S: right, long time no see and i think dis should work..hopefullly...


Chapter 3 - Joey's obsession


Katsuya Jonouchi stood looking in the mirror with his eyes narrowed. ‘I could have sworn one of my bangs is shorter than before’ he thought running his fingers through his hair, trying to figure out what happened to the missing locks.

With one final look, Joey headed over to the Kame Game Shop where both Honda and Ryou had some news to announce. Walking over to the, past the shops something caught his eye. Stopping in front of the newsagents, Joey peered in and gazed longingly at ‘Girl’ Magazine, where they were doing a special on Japan’s most eligible bachelors.

Joey knew who would have won it, and so he needed the magazine desperately. However, he had already gone into this very newsagent and purchased ‘Heat’ magazine when they were doing a special on the 5 richest men. Joey cringed as he remembered how he had managed to get that particular magazine…

(Flashback)

Joey walked into the shop, back straight and occasionally putting his hand in his crotch and lifting upwards, like he’d seen some of the builders walking. He needed to look like a stereotypical straight-man and therefore had gone all out. In his lose Jeans and American football top he went to the magazine top.

After looking longingly at the Heat magazine, Joey immediately looked up to the top and holding his breathe took as many porn magazines as he could carry. He looked at the front of one particular magazine ‘erotic fantasies’ and mentally shuddered as he looked at the naked woman in a rather vulgar pose which seemed to focus in between her legs.

Coughing, Joey slyly reached down and grabbed the heat magazine, tucking it in between the ‘girl on girl action’ and ‘playboy’ magazines Joey began his awkward and ‘manly’ walk up to the cashier. Once there he proceeded to give the cashier, ‘Steve’ his pile of magazines.

Joey could of sworn he had seen this Steve character somewhere before. It was going all well, until Steve picked up the ‘Heat’ magazine, and after an initial response of surprise, gave Joey a nice grin.

Joey’s throat became dry, as he started thinking up reasons why he would need a women’s magazine, ‘my sister wanted it’ or ‘I need it for school’. The second reason had got him out of some pretty awkward positions in stores before. Beginning to slightly sweat, Joey looked up at Steve and blinked in surprise as the cashier had finished ringing up Joey’s items. Just as he was about to pay and make a mad dash for the exit, Steve leaned in close to Joey.

“See you in maths, Joey” Steve then leaned back and looked approvingly at the pale colour of Joey’s skin. Steve was going to give Joey pay back for that spit ball that he had launched on his neck, just below the hair line.

Knowing that the damage was done, Joey made a hasty retreat back out of the shop. Next day at school there was a rumour going around that Jonouchi in 11th grade was into girl’s magazines. It took about a month for the rumours to die down but not before his reputation was destroyed and all the girls thought it would be fun to put their old magazines in Joey’s locker.

(End flashback)

Now Joey isn’t the most calculating person in Domino, but on this occasion he actually put more thought into the plan. Looking around, Joey spotted some little girls playing duel monsters on the side walk. Smirking, he casually strode up to the girls and let his ego do the rest.

“Hey girls, I’m Jonouchi Katsuya, duellist kingdom runner up and one of the greatest underdogs in the duellist circuit. I was wondering is you girls could do me a favour….”

Joey carried on his journey to the Kame Game Shop, clutching a plastic bag near his chest, with the ‘Girl’ magazine wrapped up in some brown paper he found on the floor. Joey didn’t want Yugi or any of the guys thinking that he was actually into women’s magazines, as he’s not…

Coughing to clear his head, Joey let himself in to shop, the one place where he knew he would be accepted whatever his confessions are. The guys were really supported when he came out the closet and Bakura even jokingly asked him out, which he rejected and then claimed that it was because he was secretly in love with Honda who then proceeded to beat him with a pillow.

Sighing softly as sweet memories came to him, Joey giving gramps a ‘Hi’ went up the stairs to Yugi’s room where his friends were probably waiting for him. Joey opened the door and walked into the room where he then got a 10 minute lecture from Anzu about punctuality.

Once everything was settled, Ryou nervously stood up and coughed politely to get the attention of the group. Once all eyes were on him, Ryou began telling everyone about his important news.

“My father has decided it would be best for us to move back to England and try to be a real family. He says he has found a job as a university professor and he would be able to spend more time with me” after saying all that and looking around at the blank faces, Ryou thought he should say some more. “We are going to be leaving tonight, and I know it’s really soon but I can’t help it. Dad says the semester starts in 5 days so we have to go and quickly get settled in. I know this seems as though it is out of the blue but I think it would be best for my father and me to spend some time together. I will miss all of you extremely” With that final statement Ryou sat back down and wondered how long it would be before the initial shock wore off.

He didn’t have to wait long before all chaos broke out, people were crying and swearing and Yugi had jumped him (much to Yami’s displeasure) and begged him not to go. After all the emotional stuff was over, Honda who had been quiet though all the mess stood up and cleared his throat.

“Well…Um…I’ve been accepted into a engineering college in Tokyo and will be leaving in the morning…so…I’ll be missing you guys too” Honda then sat down only to be pulled into a ‘man hug’ by Joey and Yugi to fling himself round Honda’s neck (Yami is growling now) and cried into Honda’s shirt. The rest of the gang were all coping with the news differently, Malik said he hated bad news and left, Otogi just sat there, thinking and Yami was still growling at Honda as Yugi had yet to let go. Anzu was the only one wondering why 2 of her friends were leaving so suddenly, and thought some investigation would be in order.

The day carried on, and everyone tried to enjoy their last hours together before Ryou and Honda had to go. Once it was getting late, Joey and Honda walked home, they needed some ‘bonding’ time before he left in the morning.

“I’ll miss you man, won’t be the same without you” Joey said just as Honda began walking into his house.

“I’ll miss you too, love ya man” Honda replied with a sigh as he watched Joey walk away. But it wasn’t like Honda was moving to another country, he could just get the train and come over to Domino, it’s only 3 hours away.

Joey walked home, unconsciously attempting to seek warmth from the magazine that he had bought earlier. Once in his apartment, Joey read the note from his father saying that all the members of the alcohol support group were going for drinks...er…tropical fruit punches. Sniggering quietly Joey walked into his room and switched on the light.

Finally alone, Joey pulled out the magazine and began flicking though it until he found the page he was looking for: ‘Most eligible bachelor in Japan – Seto Kaiba CEO of Kaiba Corporation.’

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