AN: Hey guys, another chapter of Tuesdays. I feel Kaiba gets OOC in this one. (Don't I say that about every chapter? lol) Anyways, just enjoy reading, and have a good day!

Tuesdays
Inbetween Notes (The First Confession)

"I like that."

"What?"

"The sound of your piano." Jounouchi walked over to the great grand piano, itself contained in an more or less empty room. Solely, and only for the piano. He felt a bit awkward walking over towards Kaiba, the distance between them so vast that it was frightening. Maybe it was just the way the room had seemed to him, for a single piano placed in such a room was out of the ordinary. At least to Jounouchi it was.

"I see even you can appreciate real music." Kaiba settled his hands onto his thighs and waited for Jounouchi to make his way over to him. He wouldn't get up from the bench to greet Jounouchi, and it was only normal that Jounouchi new that.

"I don't know about that, I was never into classical music," Jounouchi frowned, "Let's see, I know Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin…" He mumbled the last few names out before looking back at Kaiba earning him a disapproving look.

"Names are only for face value. Of course, I would hope that you already knew that." Kaiba smirked before motioning for Jounouchi to sit rather than to awkwardly stand, the blond blushing for the lack of mentality that Kaiba had seemed to push onto him. Though Kaiba honestly just didn't want Jounouchi looking down upon him, it was only for superiority complexes. He found those to be rather subconscious to his mind.

"Sorry for not studying classical music in my free time." A pout crossed Jounouchi's face as he situated himself on the hard piano bench. Kaiba took one of Jounouchi's hands and placed it on top of the black and white keys. A curious glance made it's way towards Kaiba.

Kaiba spoke, "Then would you like to try learning now?"

Jounouchi paused. He let Kaiba's hand linger a little longer before he casually slipped out from underneath his grasp. His hand still touched the piano, a sort of sensation pricking at his fingertips, "Teach me that song you were playing earlier."

Without a sound, Kaiba took a hold of Jounouchi's hand once more, "Play these keys here, and repeat this tune." He gently guided Jounouchi's fingers across a couple of keys, a simple melody ringing through their ears. Though somehow, Jounouchi's fingers seemed to look so much more fragile against the white notes than it did holding cards. And Kaiba wanted to just hold those fingers in between his, perhaps intertwine them and lock them against his own.

It wasn't long before a more extravagant tune made it's ways across the echoing room. Kaiba's own hands gliding across the row with a certain precision that seemed to lack in Jounouchi's own feeble attempt at playing even the easiest of tunes. Though it didn't seem to mind Jounouchi, as he took his hands off the unfamiliar territory, and let Kaiba bask in a radiance that outshined his flaws. It was in these moments that Jounouchi learned to respect Kaiba. Even if past mistakes had more than enough substance to allow Jounouchi to overlook these things.

These little things that seemingly seemed to matter more than anything else.

Jounouchi only let his eyes drift to a close, as he let the music sink deep into his mind, the waves of noise transmitted to his ear turning into a soothing melody. The only thing that made it better, was the fact that Kaiba was playing it for him. It didn't matter if it was half-hearted, or played in a sloppy manner, or if half of the notes that he were hitting were incorrect, Jounouchi wouldn't have known either way. If Kaiba was willing to take time to play him a song, let alone teach him, it was more than enough.

Though Jounouchi wouldn't admit it for the world, being the stubborn kind of person he was, learning from Kaiba first hand never seemed like a good idea. The only things he could have ever learned from before was having to taste that awful and somewhat, passionately, crushing defeat.

The music came to an abrupt halt, Kaiba lifiting his fingers off the keys his hand wavering between a note and the silence. Jounouchi opened his eyes, casting a glance towards Kaiba.

"Kaiba?"

Kaiba brought his right hand up to Jounouchi's mouth, silencing the words, and breath for the moment, "Shhhh."

Jounouchi kept his mouth shut, daring not to utter a word before Kaiba gave the "okay". It was almost captivating, the way the sun from behind the curtain poured itself from in between the folds and onto the piano, some of it lighting Kaiba's hair into a warm chocolate brown. He didn't know whether he should of shielded his eyes or not, but on a note that if he did, he wouldn't have been able to see such a view.

Somehow, Kaiba looked the most relaxed inside the silence that was made from the self control of his hands and himself.

"…Kaiba?"

"You obviously don't know when to speak and when not to."

Jounouchi could feel an outburst at the tip of his tounge, but decided to refrain from it, as if it would break the world they were enveloped in. So instead, softly and gently, he only spoke for an apology, "Er.. sorry."

Kaiba paused and thought if he should answer to that, but wondered all the same why he had to speak like he did all the time in front of Jounouchi. As if old habits didn't die hard enough.

Although Kaiba had a solution. Maybe not the most brilliant or tactful, but it was a plan. Even if failure was not a word etched inside Kaiba's dictionary, there seemed to be plenty of room for that in this. He twisted his body to face Jounouchi.

There was a shift on Jounouchi's side, a simple gesture of slight uneasiness. Since when did the silence begin to bother Jounouchi? He had thought it to be somewhat beautiful, that was, before Kaiba turned his gaze onto him.

And he didn't seem to care about the piano, or however talented Kaiba was at it anymore.

And why, he wondered, did he care about it at all in the first place.

Kaiba's eyes bore into Jounouchi's, as he leaned his body closer towards the blonde's. One hand touched Jounouchi's cheek gently, before sliding it back into his hair, still slightly cupping his flushed cheek. He could feel Jounouchi flinch, and watched as his gaze slowly dropped from his own. A tension strung itself in the air, like piano wires tightened from one end to the other. Almost fragile, yet being able to withstand the pangs and maybe, plucks from daring people. Kaiba decided he would pull against the strings some more.

Jounouchi panicked, a feeling starting to swell in his stomach, and his heart seemingly beating against the walls of his chest. Kaiba gripped part of his seat, anchoring him closer towards Jounouchi, faces now mere inches apart. He begun to whisper something, so close to Jounouchi's ear, that his breath was caught in places that invaded the personal space Jounouchi had once tried to create.

"Ahhh!" Jounouchi pushed down on the piano keys, using them as leverage to stand up, trying to distance himself from Kaiba. Instead, the two slightly winced at the jumbled sound of an angry piano, piercing the silence that was so eloquently made before.

And so the silence was, singlehandedly, broken by Jounouchi's clumsy hands.

Kaiba positioned himself back on his bench, deciding not to stare, for he would of broken into a fit of laughter if he had saw Jounouchi's embarrassed, and shocked face. "I wonder if you could compose music with that."

"…Shut up."

"No really, I like it."

"Shut up."

"It's very modern and… eccentric."

"…"

"Lively."

Kaiba held back his laughter, as Jounouchi took another, awkward, seat back down. He looked as if he had something to say, opening his mouth, only to close it, but in the end opened once more, "Can you just play your piano…"

His fingers touched the keys again, "Really…"

Jounouchi buried his head in his hands hoping not to hear anything else pertaining to himself.

A finger pushed a note then others joined in unison, and Kaiba spoke once more, "I like you."

Though Jounouchi only heard the piano, it's sweet melody ring through the air.

Thanks for always reading! School is starting, so I don't know how often I'll get to write! I'll try to when I have free time! Anyways thanks for reading, R&R~