Chapter 1 - Loathing

Dear Serenity….
[/i]
Joey stared at his paper, chewing the end of his pen, brows knitting inthought.

Dear Mokuba….
[/i]
Seto’s pen glides effortlessly over the page, barely acknowledging the presenceof the teen on the other side of the room.
 
There has been someconfusion over rooming here at school[/i].

Joey tosses a brief look at his roommate and rolls his eyes.
 
Of course I’ll keepmy temper….[/i]
 
Joey grins wryly. He wasn’texactly known for his level head.
 
There’s no doubt I’mfar above him…[/i]
 
Seto smirks slightly.
 
‘Cause that’s howI’m expected to respond….[/i]

Joey pauses, spinning in his chair to observe the back of Seto Kaiba, CEO ofthe largest gaming company in Japan.
 
Yes, there’sdefinitely confusion, for you see my roommate is…[/i]
 
Seto was well aware that he wasbeing watched, and paid no mind to Joey.

Unusually andexceedingly irritating and almost impossible to tolerate….[/i][/i]
 
Seto stares at his page for amoment, before scrawling a single word neatly.
Blonde.[/i][/i]
 
Seto rises as a crumpled piece ofpaper bounces off his head. He turns slowly, matching Joey’s honey-brown glarewith his own ice-blue one.
 
“What is thisfeeling, so sudden, and new?” [/i]
Seto muses, not particularlyaddressing Joey.
 
“I felt it themoment I laid eyes on you”[/i]
Joey plants his feet in a defensivestance, arms folded.
“My pulse isrushing.”[/i]
“My head isreeling.” [/i]
Seto’s long, slender fingers pressto his temples. He can already feel a migraine coming on, probably the resultof Joey’s brash, Brooklyn accent.
 
“My face isflushing” [/i]
Joey states, eyes narrowed.
 
“What is thisfeeling?” [/i]
The two males glare unblinkinglyat each other.
“Fervid as a flame,”[/i]
Seto finds himself bristling atthe blazing defiance in Joey’s eyes, jaw set tight.
 
“Does it have aname?” [/i]
Joey’s brows furrow, and Seto smirked,quelling a jeer at the blonde’s suddenly clueless expression.
 
“Yes,” [/i]
It was the first agreement voicedbetween the two duelists.
 
“Loathing,” [/i]
Joey spun on his heel, facing theCEO
 
“Unadulteratedloathing,” [/i]
Seto set his pen down, glancing tothe blonde.
 
“For your eyes,” [/i]
Joey stated, pointer finger a merefew inches from the ice blue
eyes.
 
“Your voice,”  [/i]
Seto toned, pushing the finger tothe side, brows furrowed in irritation.
 
“Your clothing!”[/i] [/i]
Joey smirks, tugging at the famouspurple trenchcoat.
 
“Let’s just say,” [/i]
the boys returned to their respectivesides of the room.
“I loathe it all!”[/i]
 
“Every little trait, however small,”[/i]
Seto’s fingers froze over thekeyboard, twitching at the incessant tapping of Joey’s pencil.
“Makes my very flesh begin to crawl.[/i] With simple utter loathing. There’s a strange exhilaration…” [/i]
Oddly enough, he finds his eyesroaming the blonde’s features, insides fluttering.
 [/i]
“In such totaldetestation,” [/i]
Joey catches the look and flashesa glare, despite his warming cheeks.
 
“It’s so pure…sostrong...” [/i]
Seto rose, hands falling to hissides.
 
“Though I do admitit came on fast,” [/i]
Joey also rises to his feetawkward, staring at his rival.
 
“Still, I do believethat it can last.” [/i]
The distance between them wasclosing fast, Joey’s chewed pencil clattering to the floor.
 
“And I will beloathing,” [/i]
Seto’s hand rests on Joey’s cheek.
 
“Loathing you,” [/i]
Joey confirms,eyes locked on Seto’s.
 
“My whole lifelong,” [/i]
Seto leaned in to capture Joey’slips, when the dorm door burst open, causing Seto and Joey to break apartabruptly.
 
“Poor Joey![/i] You are just too good!” [/i]
Yugi barreled in.

 “Howdo you stand it? I don’t think I could!”[/i]
Tea flashed a look at Seto,annoyed.
 [/i]
“He’s a terror!” [/i]
Duke declared.
 
“He’s a tartar,” [/i]
Tristan agreed angrily.
 
“We don’t mean toshow a bias,” [/i]
Ryou added quickly.
 
“But Joey,” [/i]
Mai folds her arms.
“You’re a martyr..”[/i]

”Well…” [/i]
Joey scratches his headuncomfortably, face flushed.
“These things aresent to try us…”[/i]
 
“Poor, poor Joey, forced to reside. With someone sodisgusticified. We just want to tell you…we’re all on your side!”[/i]
Joey’s friends beamed.
“We share your…”[/i]
 
“Loathing,” [/i]
Joey’s eyes catch Seto’s again,and he is stunned to see the CEO smile…just briefly.
 
“Unadulterated loathing,”[/i]
Seto smirked
 [/i]
“For your face,” [/i]
Joey steps closer.
 
“Your voice,” [/i]
Seto also closes in, voiceslightly more humored than malicious.
 
“Your clothing,” [/i]
Joey tugs the trenchcoatagain. His voice hadn’t changed, still expressing his distaste in Seto’s fashion.
 
“Letsjust say,” [/i]
Seto tips Joey’s chin up.
“I loathe it all.”[/i][/i]
“Every little trait,however small,” [/i]
Joey’s finger brushes over Seto’scheekbone.
 
“Makes my very fleshbegin to crawl,” [/i]
Seto leans in, craving the tasteof his ‘enemy’.
 
“Loathing!”[/i] [/i]
Joey pulls back suddenly, aware ofthe constant presence of his friends, eyes flashing a warning.
 
“There’s a strangeexhilaration,” [/i]
Seto steps to the blonde again,nearly trodding the other’s sneakers.
 [/i]
“In such total detestation!”[/i] [/i]
Joey announced frantically,reminding.
 [/i]
“So pure…so strong” [/i]
Seto’s voice thrilled the finehairs on Joey’s arms.
 
“Though I do admitit came on fast,” [/i]
Joey returns to Seto’s questinggaze.
 “Still, I do believe that it can last.”[/i]
 
“And I will beloathing,” [/i]
Seto sensed the submission.
 
“For…Forever…” [/i]
Joey widened his eyes as Seto’sface neared again.
 
“Loathing,” [/i]
Seto stroked Joey’s jawline.
 
“Truly, deeply,” [/i]
Joey tilted his face, hands slack.
 
“Loathing you…” [/i]
Seto’s lips touched Joey’s.
 
“My whole lifelong,”[/i]
Joey vowed, before his ability to speak left him, and hislips were sealed.
 

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