Out of the dark.

February

I didn't really have a plan. I didn't tell anyone what happened. I just labeled it a disagreement. I talked to Serenity but she knew as much as the next person, I left in the middle of the night with Fuzz after my birthday. She wasn't pushing me for information, everyone was respecting my privacy. Almost everyone.

A pillow hit the back of my head.

"Huh!? Sorry what!?" I called out. "I spaced again."

"Are you going to talk about it?" Tristan asked me for the hundredth time since I moved in with him.

"I can't. I don't know how or where to start." I admitted, petting Fuzz absentmindedly. Fuzz had gained 10-20 more pounds in the short time since the incident. "Ya know, I'm thankful for ya lettin me stay here with ya."

"Well I'm more attached to the dog," Tristan joked and handed me some coffee. "It's like 9 am. Have a cup?"

Smiling weakly, I accepted. "You're a good pal. Just don't make any dog jokes."

"No way man, that's Kaibas territory." I tensed at his name. "Shit, I'm sorry. Joey?"

"Hmm?" I looked at my friend.

"If he... did something... or hurt you... I'll kill him." Tristan shifted his arms, "look, I gotta go to work, but, listen, I need to know."

I nodded. Tristan shuffled his feet, nodded, and left for the day. I hadn't spoken to Seto much. If anything he would text to ask about Fuzz.

My phone went off, Téa was calling me.

"Hello?"

"Hey, uh, what are you doing right now? You at Tristan's?"

"Yeah... why?" I asked confused.

"Turn on the tv, go to that trashy celebrity gossip channel."

"I have a feeling I'm not gonna like this." I groaned.

"You're not but you need to see it, better now than later." She huffed.

I flipped the TV on and found the channel she was talking about.

"Divorce? Cheating? Mistress? Secret wedding? We'll tell you everything about Japan's number one billionaire!" The obnoxious celebrity trash newscaster bobbed.

"What the fuck." I whispered into the phone.

"Yeah, I-I didn't know what to tell you." Téa whispered.

"Uhg. Thanks Téa. I... I gotta go." I hung up before she could say anything else.

"The real question is Where is Joey Wheeler - Kaiba? For those of you who don't know, the two men secretly wed late in December of last year! Here are some pictures of them!" they flashed a couple pictures of Seto and I In Las Vegas. There was one of us holding hands walking to an Elevator, one of us in the Casino hotel lobby, one of us walking to Setos jet. "our sources have been unable to reach KaibaCorp or Joey Wheeler for a statement at this time." The brunette on tv went on.

"God. I'm right here ya dumb bitch!" I shouted at the tv. I watched while these people on TV tore Seto apart. They didn't say much about me but they did point out that no one had seen us together since a picture of all of us had been uploaded to my Instagram on my birthday.

I turned the tv off and drowned the rest of my coffee. I poured another cup and poured a few shots of Gentleman Jack in with it. "It's gonna be a fuckin day, Fuzz." I mumbled to my lazy Saint Bernard who just groaned in response.

I paced around Tristan's apartment for about 20 minutes before I realized I had already finished my coffee. Setting my cup in the sink, I picked up my phone and called KaibaCorp headquarters.