Puppyshipping) Why is he so cold?

A forced arangment

~(0-0)~ Im back guys. Im a ghost, one moment Im there, the next Im not.

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This is short, sorry.

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I watch him curiously from my chair, of corse this is the time he chooses to start eating his food. Now that he has started eating he seems to not want to stop to talk.

"Hey, are ya goin' to answer today?" I ask impatiently after a few minutes. My chest is starting to ache again, but it doesn't feel drastic.

He looks up at me suddenly, his blue eyes searching mine, maybe looking into my very soul. When he does this, it isn't in a soft way, but not necessarily in the cold way he normally does, its more like he is examining me.

"I was at your house because you said you were abused by your father earlier. I went to see if that was truly the case, and it was," he says, looking back down at his food and stabbing a piece of lettuce with his fork.

Wait, Kaiba came to MY house, in the worst part of town, where the gangs rule the streets and have shoot offs daily, because he was worried. About ME.

"Hold up," I say, holding a finger up, "ya came by because ya were worried about me? You actually cared?"

"I never said I cared Wheeler, and I never said I was worried, I simply stopped by to find out if your story was true or not," he replies, setting his fork down.

"Because ya cared, right?" I add with a mocking grin, sure it's great that Kaiba cares but that still wont stop me from having a little fun. I snicker, the act causing my chest to hurt even worse, but I don't bother to pay attention.

"Ugg, you're infuriating!" he says, but it feels like a yell. I can't help but grin, he looks so flustered.

Glancing at the grandfather clock that stands in the corner of the room my spirits fall, its really late. I shake my head and let my bangs fall in front of my eyes a little to cover my now somber expression, "Thanks for helpin' me out, but I should head home.....or at least to Yugi's place."

"What do you mean?" Kaiba asks, raising an eyebrow incredulously and leaning back into is chair.

"I mean that its late and I have got to hit the road before it gets any later."

"Do you really think that Yugi's grandfather can support the both of you and himself? He owns a small game shop, I'm not sure how he's been able to support the two of them as it is," Kaiba replies, folding his hands together.

I pause and wince, he has a point but the alternative, going back home, seems impossible, and even deadly but what else is there to do?

"I guess, I'll head back home then..." I mumble, looking down.

"Then you've guessed wrong, there is no way you could possibly go back to your father after what he did to you. Even if you did, he would probably kill you on the spot," he says in an icy tone.

"Well what do ya want me ta do then?!" I yell, standing up from my chair. Fire shoots across my chest like it had the other night when I was first cut.

He sits there not looking at me, but at the clock, pretending to think about it for a moment before smirking, "You know, I've heard mutts make great companions and Mokuba has seemed so lonely lately. Maybe you could keep Mokuba company while I'm at work, and in exchange, you can live here."

I look at him for awhile, why is he setting this up? Is this some sort of trick? I can't tell, but the deal seems perfect to me...

"That sounds good, but what about school?" I ask but only get a shrug in return.

So I'm supposed to quit school to come live here and spend time with Kaiba's little brother all day? I don't know, my mom always said that schooling is important, but she also said that I shouldn't pass up something good.... that was what she said to me before she abandoned my father and I.

"It sounds like a good deal, I guess, what other choice do I have?" I manage to spit out, having to rely on others always hurts a persons pride.

"You are guessing a lot today, you still feeling fuzzy or something?" Kaiba asks sarcastically, but he would be right, I feel really light headed.

I look down at my bandages and blink twice before looking back up to Kaiba, "uh, I think I reopened the cuts..."

"Oh, OH!" Kaiba yells once he looks at me and sees the scarlet blood that has my bandages soaked.

"Maybe I should just lay down for awhile..." I mumble, kind of falling out of my seat and falling onto the floor. The pain is now just a dull throb in the back of my head as I close my eyes.

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Continued

What do you think? I haven't written anything on this story for awhile so I kinda forgot some of their traits, so sorry!

Can't Joey stay awake for even one chapter?!