The day after saving Mokuba, you and Tea are walking to school when she notices the bruises left from the previous day, and so do the rest of the gang. With Work placement coming up, everyone is excited to see where they'll end up.
With a surprise appearance from Seto that sets everyone's tongues wagging, what will your friends think?
Later on, Joey organizes for the gang to spend the night at the arcade, what surprises will follow?
Reader X Seto, Reader X Kaiba, Joey jealous X reader?
The timeline is between the end of Duelist Kingdom and Battle City
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“So, how did you get the bruises Y/n?” Tea eyed you suspiciously as you both walked past the school gates.
You nervously fidgeted with your hair “Umm… Ok, it’s not a big deal but I came across two guys that were about to hurt Mokuba in the city yesterday…” unwrapping your school blazer from your waist, you wore it, hoping it would cover some of the marks left.
She stopped grabbing your shoulders “Mokuba?... As in Kaiba?!” You nodded “And you what decided to jump in and fight?!” She sighed heavily “I swear you’re more like Joey and Tristan sometimes.” Lightly touched your face “But you’re ok?”
You smiled “Yeah, I’m fine, Seto actually saved the day.”
You watched as her eyes practically popped out of her head “Whoa, whoa, wait… Kaiba helped you? I have a hard time imagining that.” you both continued to walk.
You let out a small laugh “To be fair Mokuba probably talked him into it.”
She continued to eye you suspiciously “Maybe…”
Yugi and Joey ran up and joined you, bringing the conversion to a stop.
“Whadda we miss? Anything Important?” Joey stopped in his tracks “What the fuck? Are you ok?!” He grabbed your face, pulling you in closer.
“I’m fine, really.” Shaking him off you continued to walk.
He continued to eye you “You’d tell us if someone hurt you?” You nodded in reply.
“We were just talking about career day.” Tea gave you a wink.
“Oh, what are guys signing up for?” Yugi asked.
You shrugged “I’m waiting to see what's available. What about you?”
“I’ll be working at my grandpa’s shop.” Not surprised at all you giggled.
“Same” Joey jumped in the conversion.
“I’m hoping for the dance studio” -Tea mused.
The sound of the bell rang as the group walked through the double doors, making their way to class, and patiently waiting for the assignments.
“Ok class, there’s been, ah, umm, change this year. I know there was a lot of interest in KaibaCorp but they’ve decided they’ll be choosing the students this year…” The room erupted “I know everyone is upset but there isn’t much we could do about it.” Even the teacher looked annoyed. The class broke out in confusion and annoyance.
Leaning towards you “What do you think happened?” Tea whispered.
You shrugged “I have no idea but guess I’m definitely not getting that assignment.”
The teacher yelled over the raised voices “Everyone quiet down, we have an important guest!” everyone fell silent and you nearly fell out of your seat when Seto walked in.
What the fuck is happening right now?
You failed to hide the smile on your face, Joey noticed as he huffed next to you.
“Alright, listen up. I’ve gone through the applicants for KaibaCorp.” His eyes fell on you, he noticed the blush that was spreading across your face “Now, the amount of you who thought you were good enough for my company is laughable… There were only three students that might be worth having around.”
Everyone sat there dumbfounded
“Make any mistakes and you’re gone, I expect nothing but the best… Zeke Snow, Oliver Thompson and… Y/n Y/l/n.” You felt like everyone’s eyes were on you now “Roland here will hand you the folders, I expect you to memorize everything.”
Roland handed them out, as he stopped at your desk “Miss Y/n, the starting information is also inside.”
You nodded “Thank you, Roland.” taking the folder you noticed everyone’s eyes were on you, especially his fan club.
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After class you all met up on the roof, Joey and Yugi were the first ones there.
“So, wanna tell us what that was all about?” Joey leaned on the wire, eyes glaring your way.
Letting out a sigh as you sat down next to them “I put my name down for a few different places.”
Yugi nodded and lightly gave “Yeah but, don’t you think it’s odd that Kaiba chose you? I mean, he’s not exactly our biggest fan…”
It took everything in you not to roll your eyes “Look, it’s probably a thank you…” They both looked confused, Tristan and Tea walked up behind you “I came across Mokuba yesterday and he nearly got hurt, I helped. That’s it.”
Joey leapt towards you “And that’s how you got hurt? For that rich boy?!”
Biting your lower lip, trying to stop your temper “For Mokuba, yes, but I’m fine. Ok, guys?”
“I still don’t like it,” Joey grumbled.
You were thankful when Tea jumped in “Well, no one is asking you. So drop it.” she sat down beside you.
Tristen stood next to Joey “They’re not wrong, Kaiba isn’t exactly known for being nice.”
You groaned “Can we talk about anything else?”
Tea let out a small laugh “On the funny side, did you see his fan club faces? I thought they were about to scream!”
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As the day finished up you were walking home when you heard Joey call out for you, turning around he run up to you.
“Geez, I’ve only been call’n for ages.”
“Nah, was just think’n that we haven’t hung out in ages, so we were gonna head to the arcade tonight.”
You eyed him “Sounds like fun, what time?”
He smiled brightly “Say, 7.”
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The evening arrived, and you took a taxi to the arcade, walking towards the steps, you stopped to look up at the night sky. There was something about a full moon that you loved.
“Hey, up there!” Joey’s voice rang out.
You continued until you were standing next to him “Hey!... Are we the first ones here?”
“Ehhh, about that, Gramps needed Yugi for something, Tristan had to babysit and Tea’s working.” He sheepishly gave.
That struck you as odd but brushed it off “Ohhhh… Did you still want to?” You pointed at the building.
His hand pushed your lower back forward “Duh!” letting out a small laugh as both of you went in “Doesn’t mean we can’t have fun.”
The two of you spent the night playing games, from laser tag to checking out the new duelling platform, taking photos in the photo booth, and only sitting down for something to eat.
You were finishing off your fries when you noticed he was looking at you “Is there something on my face?”
Joey lightly blushed “Eh, nah… Was just think’n that tonight was fun.”
You let out a small laugh “It was, the remodel looks really good.”
You noticed he became a little awkward “D-did ya want the photos?” he held them up, waving them back and forth.
“How about we split them?” Taking them you rip the booth photos into twos, one each.
