ph33r my rod: *out at... some place other than home or work, um, FOOD PLACE IS GOOD -- answers cellphone* ...hello?
BEWD CEO: Isis?
BEWD CEO: 'S Seto.
ph33r my rod: *blinks* Oh. Hello.
BEWD CEO: Um, is this a bad time?
ph33r my rod: No, not at all.
BEWD CEO: Good. So...yeah, that whole...Atemu thing...is he still at your place?
ph33r my rod: ...not as far as I know. He was still asleep when I left for work this morning, and there's a party going on at the house now, so I doubt he's till there...
BEWD CEO: Ah, I see. *blink* Wait, party, what?
ph33r my rod: For the Jounouchis. Malik volunteered to have it at our house, so... I just hope nothing's broken.
BEWD CEO: Ah. Well, depending on who's there...
BEWD CEO: (XD Broken window~)
ph33r my rod: (( *snerk* ))
BEWD CEO: So, he just told you basically about our argument, right?
ph33r my rod: Yes. He didn't go into much detail.
BEWD CEO: Hn. Figures...
BEWD CEO: ...Yeah, so...where are you, anyway?
ph33r my rod: At a little restaurant over by the museum. I figured I probably shouldn't go home yet, it's bound to be mass chaos over there...
BEWD CEO: Okay. Can I just ask for my favor now and have you listen to me for a while and stop me if I rant or get hysterical? It's pretty lonely in the house with Amane and Mokuba at the party and Atemu gone, but I'd rather not talk to any of them...
ph33r my rod: *blinks* ... Sure.
BEWD CEO: All right, thanks in advance. So...you heard about the Moki and Mokuba thing, right? They wanna move in to their own mansion, and I don't want Mokuba to. Which...pissed a few people off for reasons I can't understand...
ph33r my rod: Yes, I heard about that...
BEWD CEO: Right, so after I hung around the museum, I went back home, and Atemu decided to barge in and start arguing. I don't get why he thinks it's his decisions; I don't care if Moki went and told him. Moki can go do whatever he wants, damn it, because it's none of MY business, but I have the right to keep Mokuba from doing what I don't want him to...you know? It just seems like nobody thinks I have any say in this. He's thirteen, for god's sake, and he's already an irrepairable mess.
ph33r my rod: You do have a say in it. You're his older brother, and also his legal guardian.
BEWD CEO: Exactly, that's what I've been saying, but apparently, nobody believes me. I mean, I'm only a few years older and practically as messed up as he is, but hell, I think I know a little more...
ph33r my rod: Well... if your brother feels strongly enough about something, then he'll do it regardless of what you say... I of all people should know that. I'm sorry, I really don't know what to tell you there...
BEWD CEO: I know, I already know he's going to end up doing this under my nose, and I even told Atemu that. It only seemed to piss him off. So...yeah, we argued. A lot. Hell, as if I was gonna change my mind. And then he, I dunno...kinda lost it a bit. *uncomfortable* I mean, it's like he completely veered off topic in order to...I don't even know what. I think everything he did was in attempt to get me to hate him so he can get over me. *sighs*
ph33r my rod: ... He did tell me he said some fairly bad things.
BEWD CEO: Tch, by your comment, it sounded like he said almost nothing about it...
BEWD CEO: Like what kind of things was he saying happened?
ph33r my rod: He said it started off with you two arguing about Mokuba, and how you were being stubborn... and somehow he made a 'horrid' comment about Pegasus and threatened you with his shadow magic. That's really all he told me...
ph33r my rod: ...and that you needed to be taught a lesson.
BEWD CEO: *snorts*
BEWD CEO: Bastard.
BEWD CEO: I got the 'lesson' part of it. Tho what he was 'teaching' me, I have no clue...
BEWD CEO: He made a 'horrid' comment, all right. About twenty of them, probably just to get a reaction outta me...
BEWD CEO: He was being completely like a jackass. You have no idea how much I was restraining myself from just getting up and decking him one or five. I don't understand him.
BEWD CEO: I don't see why he'd go to you, no offense, anyway.
ph33r my rod: It was surprising, yes. We haven't really spoken to each other since the gods...
BEWD CEO: Yeah, see, I don't get that. And geez, you'd think he of all people would respect my wishes, eh? So much for THAT; the guy snapped, I swear to god. It was not, shall we say, pretty.
BEWD CEO: Understatement of the year, by the way.
ph33r my rod: ... Nobody got hurt, did they?
BEWD CEO: ...Well...he slapped me once, but...
BEWD CEO: People seem to like doing that lately.
BEWD CEO: Well...hm...I don't think it was so much people getting physically hurt as...heh, as emotionally scarred or...something like that. *nervous chuckle*
ph33r my rod: ...well, I told Atemu to give you some time to cool down, and you have your reasons for not wanting Mokuba to live by himself... and you had a reason to be angry. Personally, if someone told me how to raise my brother, I'd get angry too...
BEWD CEO: I...it wasn't just that. I didn't really get pissed off at that. I mean, heh, people can say I'm he worst brother ever and can't raise squat, much less a kid, and I won't care, really. But he...I mean, he wouldn't let the Pegasus thing go, y'know? And then he got...really pissed off...which wasn't good, since I was pissed at him for that at the very same time...heh...
ph33r my rod: ... *doesn't ask about the Pegasus thing - if he got angry, then he wouldn't want to talk about it* I really don't know what to tell you, Seto... it sounds like it was just a really bad evening for both of you.
BEWD CEO: Y-you don't have to say anything, okay? I'm not really expecting much in that area. I just think...y'know, someone should know all that went down. And I just feel like...talking. For once. Which, heh, hardly ever happens...yeah...
ph33r my rod: ...I see. It is best to get it out of your head somehow, or else everything will just build up over time.
BEWD CEO: Heh, yeah, that...has a tendancy to happen.
BEWD CEO: So he...yeah, he just snapped, y'know, and he started...trying to act like Pegasus, which was damned creepy. He...
BEWD CEO: ...You're not gonna tell people about this, are you?
ph33r my rod: I wouldn't...
BEWD CEO: ...All right. So as if I wasn't freaking out bad enough with all he said...he threatens to use his magic...freezing me in place and that shit. And he did use it, too. I could only talk.
BEWD CEO: And then he threatened to...
BEWD CEO: ...*long pause*...
BEWD CEO: ...I don't understand him, really, I don't.
BEWD CEO: I don't see how it wasn't real, any of it, the damned bastard.
ph33r my rod: ...the way he was talking, he made it sound like you were the enemy. He said you kicked him out, and... I doubt that's the case.
BEWD CEO: NO! No, that's not the case at all!
BEWD CEO: How dare he say that after what he did!
ph33r my rod: *winces a little at the outburst*
BEWD CEO: I mean, he thinks he can get away with making me out to be the bad guy when he was the one oh-so-ready to rape me all over again?! What is wrong with him?!
ph33r my rod: *silence* ...
BEWD CEO: I...I mean...he put me down on the bed, and I couldn't move, and he was so close, and honest to god, I thought he was going to, but...but...
ph33r my rod: *shocked* Seto... you...
BEWD CEO: ...I mean, he let me go...and...I just wanted him to go away, but he wouldn't...
BEWD CEO: He went back to normal and he practically tried to comfort me...
BEWD CEO: DAMN HIM! How can he act like nothing happened?!
ph33r my rod: I... had no idea it was that bad...
BEWD CEO: And I didn't want him touching me, because I don't WANT people to touch me, but he just kept on hugging me, and he wasn't helping damn it, I... He pretty much decided on his own...t-to leave, after being rather happy that I 'hated' him now, so he could move on...
BEWD CEO: *finally calms down a bit* ...I...um, I have a bit of this...problem--well, maybe it's not so much a problem; it's probably natural, but...it's like, every now and then...I mean, it'll just play through my mind, y'know? Like it's happening to me again? That was happening. And I just...I mean, he probably didn't know, but still, there was that, and I was just...just sitting there, and he wouldn't leave me alone until he finally went to pack his things...
ph33r my rod: ...gods, Seto... I never thought that Atemu would do something like that... *is at a complete loss*
BEWD CEO: ...Yeah...neither did I. I mean...I think it was...probably just him trying to teach me some lesson, or maybe he really snapped...but he certainly scared the shit out of me. ...I kinda broke a few things in my room, too.
BEWD CEO: Don't hate him, okay?
BEWD CEO: I don't really want you to hate him just because of that.
ph33r my rod: Oh, I don't hate him... he showed up at my house in tears last night, and he looked like he was really sorry about everything. I just... I'm worried about the both of you.
BEWD CEO: For good reason, I'm sure, heh. If you couldn't already tell, I'm reeeaaally hating life right now. Doesn't seem to like me back, I guess.
ph33r my rod: ...I can tell. I'm sorry all of that happened, and after our discussion yesterday...
BEWD CEO: Yeah, I know. I figured we'd argue, but...
BEWD CEO: I just don't know if I can trust him now.
BEWD CEO: I mean...it's one thing to threaten something, and it's another to make someone...*goes quiet* relive their worst memory again, and I certainly don't need any help with that.
ph33r my rod: I can't even imagine how much that must have hurt...
BEWD CEO: ...Yeah.
BEWD CEO: Um, so...thanks for listening to that rant there.
ph33r my rod: ...you're welcome. It's really a lot to take in, though...
BEWD CEO: I'm sorry. I just thought...yeah. Just wanted to get that out there, and everyone's at the party...
ph33r my rod: It's alright, I understand. Do you feel any better, having let it out a bit...?
BEWD CEO: ...Surprisingly, yeah, a bit.
BEWD CEO: I mean, despite the whole me almost on the verge of another breakdown, heh.
ph33r my rod: Well... let me know if you need to vent anything, okay? I can't guarantee that I'll be able to help, but I can at least listen.
BEWD CEO: I don't really expect you to help.
BEWD CEO: But then, I'm the rather pathetic kinda person who doesn't happen to think many people can help me. Quite pathetic. Gonna have to work on that self confidence thing.
ph33r my rod: ...well, I'm just saying. If you just need to talk, and don't want to use the journals, then...
BEWD CEO: Yeah, yeah, I get it. Thanks.
BEWD CEO: ...Can you handle me telling you one more thing? Because, y'know, I wanna be perfectly honest with you, and I think you deserve an answer...
ph33r my rod: ...I think so, yes.
BEWD CEO: Those cuts on my arms you wanted an answer about?
BEWD CEO: ...I did that.
BEWD CEO: ...So, yeah, thanks for listening. I guess I'll see you around. *quickly gets off before she can say anything, facepalming for thinking himself an idiot for saying that*
ph33r my rod: *starts to say something, but is cut off by the phone hanging up* ...