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100 Puppies and Dragons	By : ReizOokami Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 8453 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Running Away

"—Yugi's going to go into archeology, like his grandpa, and Téa got a partial scholarship to the dancing school she wants to go to, and Tristan's going to the police academy, and Ryou's going back to England to study literature!"

Seto leaned back in his chair and hummed. "I think you missed one."

Mokuba frowned tilted his head, recounting each friend on his fingers. "Yugi, Téa, Tristan, Ryou… I don't know what you're—"

"The mutt, Mokuba. You've forgotten the mutt." Seto reached out to grab his coffee cup.

"Oh." The younger boy scratched the back of his head and tried to remember where Joey said he was going. "…I think he's going to America."

Seto immediately spewed his coffee.

The younger boy continued. "He has an aunt or cousin or something willing to give him a job. He said he'd do some online courses or go to community college while he's there."

Seto stood, slamming his hands on the desk. "And when is he leaving?"

Mokuba blinked up at him in surprise. "Um, he's packing to leave tomorrow."

"No, he's not," the brunet growled, stalking around his desk and storming toward the door.

The younger boy smiled awkwardly. "You might want to change your shirt." When his brother turned toward him, obviously disgruntled, he explained, "You have coffee all over it."

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Joey turned his head as he heard his door open, but he assumed it was one of his friends, so he didn't worry about it. "I'm in the kitchen!" Listening to the footsteps coming closer, he finished taping up the box he'd been filling. "Help yourself t' a soda. Actually, help yourself t' anything in the fridge. I need t' get it empty. Just don't hang in the door, 'cause the power's already been turned off and it's just keepin' the cool in from earlier."

A pair of hands grabbed his shoulders and yanked him around quickly. He blinked as he found himself staring into sharp blue eyes. "…You're not Yugi."

"You were just going to leave without saying a word to me?" Seto hissed, glaring at him.

Joey blinked again. "I didn't know I needed t' say a word t' ya. Ya don't even like me."

The brunet scowled. "You're just tucking your tail between your legs and running away from me, aren't you?"

"…Uh. Huh?" Joey tilted his head and frowned in confusion. "I'm not runnin' away from ya."

Seto growled in annoyance and let go of his shoulders, taking a step back from him. "Then why are you leaving?"

The blond tilted his head, brows furrowing together. "My cousin offered me a job at her farm until she sells it. She says it might be a few years, but I can earn a degree in somethin' by then, maybe in mechanics or shop or somethin' that doesn't need a lot of smarts. I can't make a living off playin' Duel Monsters, at least not if you and Yugi are playin' in the same tournament." He smiled awkwardly. "I'm gonna go earn some money in America. I'll be able to visit my sister more often and I can save on rent 'cause my cousin won't charge me. I'm not runnin' away—especially not from you."

Seto had to admit that that sounded like a very good plan. "But you're coming back to Japan once you've earned a degree and your cousin's sold her farm, right?"

Joey's smile faded. "Urm. Well, I hadn't really thought about it. Téa's gonna be in New York, and Yugi's gonna be goin' on digs and stuff, so they won't be in Japan, and Ryou will probably stay in England. Tristan would be too busy t' hang out, and let's face it, even if I go away and come back, lots of cops are still gonna recognize me and wonder why one of their own is hangin' out with someone so delinquent. There's really no reason t' come back—"

"But what about me!" the brunet exclaimed, before he could stop himself.

Joey heard more in those four words than he had ever heard the brunet say before.

'All of the people that are anything like friends to me are leaving and I can't ask them to stay because then they'll know I care and I can't let them know that they can hurt me. All I can do is rile you up and hope you'll be too angry with me to leave like this. Please don't leave me alone. Why is everyone leaving me again?'

"…Not that I care, or anything," Seto spat, crossing his arms.

Joey bit his bottom lip. He hadn't realized that Seto would miss any of them. And now all of them were leaving. He wouldn't have anyone to rely on but Mokuba. …But Joey deserved a chance to get out of there, to make something of himself, to just… get away…

Seto would have Mokuba for a few more years. That was enough time for both of them to grow and mature a little, to calm down so they weren't always at each others' throats. Seto could wait that long. He was a patient man.

Smoothing down the front of the brunet's shirt, Joey smiled a little and sighed. "Kaiba, I promised my cousin I'd help her until she got her shit together and could sell the farm. It'll only be a few years."

Seto bristled but couldn't fault him on wanting to get out of this shit hole. Joey had always been poor and this was a chance for him to get away, get money, learn skills to help him through life. He had no right to take that from him.

"…I'll come back," Joey promised, reaching down to grasp his hands lightly, brushing his thumbs lightly over the brunet's knuckles. "I'll come back before Mokuba graduates, okay?"

The older boy frowned. "He's going to be at a four-year college. That's quite a long time to help someone who's planning on selling their farm—"

"Before he graduates from high school," the blond sighed, rolling his eyes. "I didn't even know he was goin' t' college. I just assumed he'd go straight t' workin' with you."

"That's what everyone assumes, but I'm sending him to college. I want him to find out what he likes to do. I don't care if he works at the company as long as he enjoys it and has the chance to make friends like a normal kid." Seto hesitated before quietly adding, "Like I didn't get to do."

Joey blushed a little, surprised at the small piece of personal information he'd been given, then smiled again. "Okay. Well, I still plan on bein' back before he graduates high school. I promise. Okay?"

Seto frowned. "How do I know you'll keep your promise?"

He knew Seto had been hurt before, so he kept himself from getting angry about his word being questioned. "Because when I get back, I'm gonna move this—" He pressed a kiss to the brunet's cheek. "—T' your lips."

Seto leaned his head on the younger boy's shoulder, brows furrowing together in frustration as he hugged the blond tightly. "If you don't keep your word, I'm going to come find you and throw you off of a bridge."

Joey realized he was serious, but he couldn't help a chuckle. "Of course, Kaiba."
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