Out of the dark.

Charity Gala pt 2

Seto POV

Approaching the landing, we saw that the bottom floor of the manor had been transformed to something even more luxurious. Joeys face reminded me of the first time he had been here. It was magical. I hope the affect was the same on everyone. I had always wondered what it would be like to adopt but I had Mokuba. Then it hit me. Kids, did Joey like kids? Did he potentially want kids? I looked at him again. How had we not spoken about this in depth before? I made a note to ask him.

Téa, Tristan, Yugi and Yami were already there.

"Hey guys!!" Joey yelled, breaking our hand apart, he ran down the last 9 steps. "Ya guys looks grea- HOLY CRAP TÉA, YA LOOK GOOD! Lemme see," Joey grabbed Téas hand and spun her around. Taking in the full effect of her dress, he was almost speechless.

"I can clean up," she blushed. "I came with Tristan."

"As friends, I'm the wingman. If Téa meets someone here, I'm counting on you, Kaiba." Tristan smiled.

"Me?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Like if some creepy guy gets too grabby, we're gonna throw him in the dumpster!" Joey laughed and high fived Tristan.

"In to the fuckin dumpster you go!" Tristan joked. "No, but, seriously. Téa is practically our sister."

"Fine fine." I waved my hand.

"Or we could just murder him, I know of some empty tombs," Yami offered.

"I don't normally condone violence but if someone gets handsy with you Téa, we might have to talk to him." Yugi added.

"You guys, I'll be fine. I'm sure Kaiba won't let any weirdos near me."

"Right. Oh, Joey, do you want to show Tristan that thing?"

"What thing? What are ya talkin about," Joey was confused.

"In the garage." I smiled.

"OH YEAH, CHECK THIS OUT!!" Joey grinned as he grabbed Tristan's arm and pulled him away.

"Calm down Joey I can walk!" Tristan cried.

"You'll have to excuse him, he's still a very bad mannered dog sometimes!" I shouted after them.

"A DOG WHOSE GONNA DICK YOURE GONNA SUCK!" Joey shouted back at me before turning a corner.

"Rude." Yami growled.

"Guys. We're all friends. I don't treat him like before. I love him very much. I only refer to him as a dog amongst my friends. Speaking of, you guys can follow them if you'd like, I need to go find Mokuba."

"Okay, but how do we find him?" Téa asked.

"Look for the dog hair." I smirked and turned to go find my brother. We had to talk.
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Joey POV

"Cmon man, you are gonna LOVE this!" I said excitedly as I pulled him towards garage.

"Joey?! Tristan!? Are you guys still here?" Yugi called out.

"Yeah, we're in here. We haven't gone in yet!" I shouted back.

"Okay So what's so important?" Téa asked as the three caught up to us.

"Just a present I got from the boyfriend." I winked. I opened the garage door and ushered everyone in. "Now don't move, I gotta turn the lights on but I didn't want to spoil the surprise."

"If this is another dead raccoon," Tristan started.

"Nah! It's not," I assured him.

"When was there a dead raccoon?" Yami asked no one in particular.