A/N: Super excited
So I was writing the next chapter for the assignment but then I figured I could use a break and I started reading some yaoi manga online. There's this one manga called Sex Therapist which I kept trying to avoid reading because I figured it would be a typical story about a sex therapist who falls in love with a client and blah blah blah. If I can predict what's going to happen in a manga strictly based on clichés then I usually don't read it but I was bored and I figured why not and boy am I glad I did.
Sex therapist is officially one of my favorite yaoi manga of all time. The actual story was completely unexpected and I loved every moment of it. Except the last chapter, don't get me wrong it was good, but I feel like for a threesome it could've been better.
Anyway that inspired this; it's basically a Sex Therapist/Yugioh crossover so you don't have to read the manga to get his because I did try to make sure that I explained everything.
Apologies spelling, grammar and OOCness
Disclaimer: I do not own Sex therapist, Yu Gi Oh! Or any of their characters
"Mr. Kaiba, welcome. I am Kain."
Kaiba stood still for moment, keeping his expression blank as he took in the man before him as he gave a slight bow in greeting.
For the most of his life Kaiba has always assumed himself to be asexual, not because he wasn't capable of being aroused or being pleasured when approached by someone eager enough to do so, but because he's just never really been attracted to anyone before in his life whether they were male or female, the CEO honestly just never felt anything for anyone he met. But right at that moment, as he watched the man before him straighten his posture and give him a faint smile Kaiba couldn't deny that he was beautiful.
He had a medium height and a slim figure. Short black hair, sharp dark eyes that Kaiba could see behind the frame of a sleek pair of glasses and pale skin with delicate feminine features; If Kaiba didn't know any better, he might have thought him to be a woman. But then again, I suppose that kind of beauty is needed in his line of business.
"You're right on time for your appointment. Would you like to sit down? Have a drink?" the man said as he folded one arm behind his back while the other extended outward towards the dimly lit room and Kaiba nodded as he entered the room only to pause when he caught a strange smell in the air.
Strange because, he's smelt that scent somewhere before…
"What's that smell?"
"Incense," Kain said as he walked around the small area to the left with only one chair in front of a bar which held the brightest light shining over it, making a smooth gesture over to the silver vessel that seemed to be letting out thin little streams of smoke. "When I spoke with you over the phone, I got the sense that you may be under a bit of strain. The incense has natural properties in it designed to help you relax, Mr. Kaiba."
"You certainly have this all planned out don't you." Kaiba said dryly as he walked over to slide into the seat at the bar, slipping his gravity defying white jacket off to place on the bar beside him so he was left in just his tight black turtle neck and leather pants. He won't need it anyway.
Kain only seemed to smile as he turned back towards the wall of drinks behind him and grabbed two of the bottles near the center to start pouring, before turning back with a small tumbler of some kind of bright brown concoction. This was yet again very strange, since the bottles Kain took had liquids of red and black in them not amber.
"Here at Bar Kain we strive for absolute comfort and relief." The man said as he placed the drink down in front of the brunette along with a napkin, the little upside down crosses hanging from his earring, necklace, and the lenses of his glasses gleamed brightly in the light as his smile grew a little more and he pulled back to stand up straight all over again. Kaiba stared at the glass for a moment before reaching out to pick it up, "I'm not very fond of alcohol."
"You'll like this." Kain said without missing a beat and Kaiba kept his eyes on the man for a moment before taking a sip, although it is usually against his policy to take strange drinks from stranger individuals, Kaiba decided to forgo that rule just this once, if only to cure his curiosity on the strange drink that went from black and red to brown.
Besides if anything happens he has Isono and his bodyguards standing by outside.
The CEO's blinked in surprise since it actually tasted good, delicious in fact. It took an extraordinary amount of strength not to just down the entire thing in one gulp as he held the glass out in the light to critically stare at its contents when he suddenly realized how familiar that color was but quickly shook the thought from his head as he gave the man a smirk, "Not bad, I'm assuming that I'll have to pay quite the penny in exchange for all this treatment."
Kain gave a brief chuckle as he placed his right hand over his heart, "Oh no sir, I wouldn't ask you for anything you aren't willing to give. Here at Kain, I allow the customers to pay whatever fee they feel I deserve once my duty has been fulfilled. Be it zero dollars or a million. Your satisfaction is my priority."
Kaiba arched a brow at that as he set his drink down, "And you won't tell anyone about anything that happened."
"Of course not sir. You and I are the only ones who will ever know what happened within these walls tonight. Customer privacy takes top priority here… after fulfilling your deepest desires of course."
"Of course." Seto paused, "You're very confident in your abilities."
"Confident? No, I'm merely here to fulfill my duty. This shop's purpose is to help those in need, bring out their most passionate of desires and earn relief through sexual therapy." Kain explained easily as he lifted a delicate hand to brush away the fringe of hair covering the side of his face to show the little cross earrings on his ears, "As the name Kain suggests I am the one that has rejected the word of God. The inverted cross is a mark of having violated taboos, too many to recall or care for really."
Kaiba's lips twitched down in a slight frown as he wondered what on earth that meant when Kain gave another chuckle as he let his hand slip away and brought them back behind his back to give the CEO a pleasant smile, "But we aren't here to talk about me are we Mr. Kaiba? We're here to talk about you. What seems to be the problem?"
Kaiba's jaw clenched and he tensed for a moment while Kain just kept that pleasant smile as he waited patiently and the brunette finally let out a sigh before he spoke.
Now you're probably wondering what Kaiba's doing visiting a sex therapist, but I promise you, it was necessary.
Kaiba's been just a little bit on edge lately and he had absolutely no idea why.
Yes, running an international multi-billion dollar company, taking care of his little brother and still managing to attend all of his most important classes at school might be more than just a little bit stressful for any human being but it never was for Kaiba.
Kaiba had everything in his life, for lack of a better phrase "on lock".
Kaiba corps' business prospects have never been better, the company was accumulating more wealth with every passing day and Kaiba had a steady hold on his title as one of Japan's fiercest business men of all time regardless of the fact that he's still under the age of eighteen. Mokuba hasn't been kidnapped in months and has even managed to make a few good friends of his own at school as well. And as for school work, well Kaiba's been a prodigy since the age of nine so, really school work was really nothing more than a chore that he could get done in a matter of minutes.
So yeah… lock.
Unfortunately, Kaiba's feelings of stress weren't stemming from his business or school or even his beloved little brother. Honestly, Kaiba didn't know what his problem was.
He just hasn't been feeling well lately.
He can't seem to sleep for longer than two hours before just waking up in the middle of the night to stare at his ceiling, before just giving up and trying to make the best of his sudden insomnia and get some work done, only for the urge to work to leave him the moment he sat down behind his desk. He hasn't been able to eat much at all, mostly just grabbing a cup of coffee in the morning and settling for a few bites of whatever dinner the chef prepared for that evening. He can't work for more than a few hours without being plagued by the most excruciating of headaches and Kaiba always finds himself plagued with the strangest pain aching somewhere in his chest whenever he has enough time alone to actually think. Things got so bad that Mokuba noticed that something was wrong and even his right hand man Isono asked him if he was alright almost every morning on the drive to work.
Weeks passed and eventually Kaiba gave up and went to see a doctor only to be told that there was nothing wrong with him…at least not physically anyway. From what the man could tell, Kaiba was simply suffering from stress, so he suggested that the teenage CEO take a little time off to rest so he could feel better.
But Seto can't do that.
He has an international multi-billion dollar company to run; he can't lie around doing nothing when there's work to be done. So Kaiba decided to just pick up some vitamins from the pharmacy and wait for the sick spell to pass. He isn't even stressed out anyway. Kaiba is at his best when he's under pressure and he hasn't felt any significant amounts of pressure in months, so the doctor must be wrong.
Unfortunately for Kaiba, Isono betrayed him and told Mokuba about his diagnosis and the raven haired boy blackmailed his way into getting his big brother to just take a few days off. At least just for him. For three days Kaiba tried, he honestly tried to relax and not work for a little while so he could try and get better; he even skipped school for a few days even though he really had absolutely nothing to worry about when he was there. Well except maybe running into Yugi and his brat pack of losers, but the only one that ever really got on Kaiba's nerves was Jounouchi. The stupid mutt doesn't know how to stay in his place and keep his mouth shut, what's worse is the act that he'd gotten even more annoying over the past few months, so for a moment Kaiba almost thought that the street rat was the reason for his illness so he ditched school in hopes that he might get better.
It didn't work.
If anything, Kaiba slept less, ate less and that ache in his chest got worse with every passing day.
So he just went back to work.
It was about a week after his attempt at taking a break and relaxing when he got a visit from one of the few people he couldn't stand being in the same room with but still managed to earn his respect.
Maximillion Pegasus.
Apparently Pegasus dropped in to do a little business with the teenage CEO only to just stop and stare at the state that Kaiba was in. Any other person wouldn't really have been able to tell, since Kaiba was so good at hiding his emotions and anything he thought could be seen as weakness. But those that knew him well enough could tell that the CEO has seen better days.
People like Isono, Mokuba and Pegasus, unfortunately.
After some unbearably annoying coaxing on Pegasus' part, Seto gave up and told him that he's been feeling a little stressed as of late but didn't give any other details on his condition. Pegasus watched the teen from his seat on the other side of the desk for a moment before giving an amused smile as he reached into his pocket to pull out his wallet and slipped a small black card out and set it down on the desk.
"What's that?" Kaiba asked as he stared at the black card unwilling to touch it just yet until he knew what it was, he wouldn't put unprovoked paper poisoning past Pegasus, since he's pretty sure the other man could figure out a way of doing it if he hasn't already.
"It's a card." Pegasus said simply and Kaiba glared at the older man, "A card for what?"
"A therapist."
Kaiba's glare got deadly, "Who the hell-"
"Now now Seto, I meant no offence. I really do think that this will help you quite a bit. Besides this no ordinary therapist. He's the best in his business, a master at his craft and I'll admit, I have been a customer of his for quite a while now."
"You are one of his customers?" Kaiba was seriously considering throwing the card in the trash, "Exactly what kind of therapist is he?"
At that part Pegasus smirked, "The kind that helps people unwind and get rid of all the tension and frustrations trapped in their body's… in other words a sex therapist."
"A sex therapist?" Kaiba's eyes widened a fraction before they went back into a glare, "So basically you're giving me a number for a prostitute?"
"Uh uh uh, therapist Seto. Think of it as… a suggestion to help ease you of your little problem. I guarantee you won't be disappointed." Pegasus said as he got up, completely ignoring the look of incredulity on Kaiba's face as he turned spoke, "For now I think I should be on my way. I'll come back to discuss work with you once you've gotten rid of all the… dark desires that plague you and you can give me your full attention."
With that Pegasus left the room and Kaiba just stared at the card on his desk before tossing it in the trash with a an annoyed growl, since he had no intention of hiring some whore to rid him of his tension. The mere thought was absolutely ridiculous.
Of course, Kaiba ended up suffering the silver haired man's beyond amused laughter after calling Pegasus and asking for a replacement for the card, but it really was necessary.
An entire week went by without Kaiba getting even a minutes worth of sleep and his appearance was starting to wear because of it. He lost weight, his thick chestnut hair was starting to lose some of its luster, he was getting dark rings beneath his eyes and he was getting paler every day.
By the end of the week, Kaiba was willing to try anything if only so he could get some goddamn sleep and eat something!
"I see, so you've been feeling this way for months and you have no idea why?"
Kain asked with a slight tilt of his head and Kaiba just hummed affirmatively as he glared down at his glass in annoyance. There are a million places he'd rather be than there, but it's honestly been days and he's painfully exhausted.
The CEO lifted a hand to stifle a small yawn, normally he'd never allow himself to show that kind of behavior in public but at that moment he was too tired to care.
Maybe it's time to finally give in and invest in some sleeping pills, regardless of how much Kaiba grew to hate the things after the years he spent taking them under Gozaburo's so called guidance.
"Well, those symptoms could certainly be caused by stress, but from what I can tell you're suffering from something else entirely."
Kaiba looked up at the man with a slight frown, "And what's that?"
Kain smiled, "A broken heart."
There was a moment of silence.
"Excuse me?"
"Mr. Kaiba can you remember the first time you started feeling off, what you were doing or where you were?"
"I was at school."
"Doing what?"
"I don't know… I was in class." Kaiba growled out in annoyance as he glared at the man on the other side of the bar, "What does that have to do with any of this?"
Kain just smiled, "I'm trying to help you find the cause of your tension before helping you relieve it, that way you'll know what it is that's been plaguing you. I know it's frustrating Mr. Kaiba but please think. Did anything happen that day to upset you?"
Kaiba took a deep breath. He's come this far, might as well play along with the quack doctor right?
He thought back and yes he could remember that day just a bit anyway. He was at school but nothing of any real significance happened that day, he only knows which day it was because that was the day the pain started aching in his chest.
"Anything that might have made you feel anger or hurt?"
Kaiba's eyebrows furrowed for a moment as he stared down at the half empty drink on the bar, letting his fingers glide over the cold glass in thought.
Well maybe a little annoyance, but that couldn't possibly be the reason for his condition.
"You know Mr. Kaiba as human beings human emotion can be quite troubling." Kain gave a slight chuckle as he continued, "Sometimes we can even confuse one emotion for another and don't even realize when we are feeling angry or sad, frustrated, annoyed…"
A hand suddenly went to rest on the one Seto had on his glass and he blinked in surprise when he saw sun kissed skin, the brunette looked up at Kain and his eyes went wide as he stopped breathing.
"Or maybe even jealous."
Kain did not look like Kain.
Thick rebellious locks of blonde hair tossed all around his head as if ruffled from the wind went down to the bottom of his neck, beautiful sun kissed skin and bright brown eyes that looked like amber in the light hanging above the bar. The only thing that had stayed the same was Kain's outfit which remained a white long-sleeved button up shirt with a black waist coat and tie. His glasses lay next to him on the bar but none of that really mattered, not when Kain looked exactly like-
"Mutt?"
The other gave him that warm brilliant smile, "What do ya feel Seto?"
Kaiba immediately snapped out of it at the sound of his name and stumbled off his seat almost falling off of it as he pulled away from the bar and stared at the other with wide horrified eyes. "What… what the fuck?!"
It's not in his way to curse like that, but in his shocked state Seto barely even noticed.
The blonde walked around the bar towards him and Kaiba mimicked his steps backwards while the blonde just kept coming closer as he tugged his tie off and started undoing the buttons to his waist coat and shirt.
"Am I the reason ya haven't been feelin' good, Seto?" The blonde said just when Kaiba's back hit the wall and he stopped just in front of the brunette lifting his hands up to place on Kaiba's shoulders to lean in and whisper against his lips, "Cause if I am, I'd love the opportunity ta make it up to ya."
Oh sweet kami even his voice is the same.
Kaiba immediately grabbed the blonde's hands and shoved him away causing the other to stumble back and fall. Kaiba was breathing hard as he glared and hissed, "What is the meaning of this."
"This is what I do here at Bar Kain." The blonde huffed out a breath that sent his bangs puffing up before they fell down over his eyes and he got up, brushing down his pants before he stepped closer to the CEO, "I help people release all the torment and pain they have sealed within themselves by helping them fulfill their deepest inner most desires."
The blonde came closer and stopped less than a foot away but Kaiba stood his ground, regardless of how disturbed he felt at that moment, "I give them the one thing their heart wants more than anything in the world, but can't have for whatever reason."
Kaiba swallowed hard, "That's impossible."
Jounouchi just smiled, "Oh it's very possible Seto, see?" the blonde lifted his hand and let it rest against the side of Kaiba's face, gently letting his thumb stroke his cheek when the CEO grabbed his wrist and pulled it away. Kaiba stared down coldly at the other even as his face started to flush a little at the contact.
"How?"
"Relax, none of this is real. It's all just an illusion or a fantasy." Jou said as he stepped a little closer. "Your fantasy, Seto."
"Don't call me that." Kaiba growled as his hand tightened a little more around the wrist he held and he glared. "Ignoring the fact that this is just some kind of cheap parlor trick made in some lame attempt to trick me. Why the hell did you decide to take Jounouchi's appearance?"
"I didn't, you did." The blonde said with a cheeky smirk as he tried to inch a little closer, "This is the body of the one ya want right? The one your heart desires?"
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"I'm talkin' about that day, in the cafeteria." The blonde said as he lifted his other hand to put on Kaiba's shoulder as he leaned in closer, "I'm the reason ya got upset right? Cause of Otogi, because I let him touch me right there in front of everyone; I let him kiss me in a way that he has no right ta do. "Cause I'm yours right and no one should get to touch me like that 'cept for you."
"What-"
"I'm sorry, Seto." The blonde said as his cheeks started to flush and his eyes darkened with lust, "I won't do it ever again."
Kaiba's eyes went wide when the blonde closed the distance between them and sealed their lips in a kiss and right at that moment Kaiba suddenly remembered that day perfectly. He remembered sitting at a table alone the way he usually did every time he spent lunch at school, working on his laptop while the masses droned on around him. He remembers the geek squad walk into the cafeteria but only because the mutt was talking so loudly when they did. He remembers glancing up for a moment just as they sat down and he watched as the blonde plopped down into his seat before Ryuji Otogi slid into the seat beside him. He remembers the shock he felt when the raven slid his arm around Jou's waist, the spark of jealousy and anger when Jou just smiled and laughed at the action but most of all he remembers the pang of heart ache that throbbed in his chest when the Otogi leaned in and kissed Jou right on the lips.
But it all happened to fast, those emotions shot through him so quickly that he barely even realized that his mind responded to the sudden and strange emotions he felt and immediately put them all together to bury them way back in the recesses of his mind where they couldn't confuse and torment him. The only feeling that stayed was the feeling of heartache and it continued to grow every time he saw Otogi with Jounouchi in the hallways together or sitting underneath one of the trees out on campus, huddled together as they sat with their friends as Otogi whispered in Katsuya's ear while the blonde blushed and looked away.
The hatred that coursed through his veins at the sight made was nearly unbearable.
Just then the figure kissing him let out a soft whimper and Kaiba immediately grabbed his other wrist to hold him back.
"Seto…"
"No… this-it can't be true, I hate you. You're nothing but a worthless dog. I want nothing to do with you!"
Jou smirked, "Then why not just ignore me?"
Kaiba froze.
"That's what ya do with people who aren't worth ya time right? Fire the useless and ignore everyone else. As far as Seto Kaiba's concerned they might as well not exist, so why not ignore me?" The blonde asked as he stared right into Kaiba's eyes, "You're always claimin' me, tellin' me how my place is at my master's feet. How I belong at your feet, 'cause you're my master right?"
"No…"
"The opposite of love ain't hate, Seto. It's indifference." Jou explained simply as he leaned up to kiss Kaiba's jaw, "If ya don't love me, then why not just ignore me."
"I hate you."
"Sure about that. Love and hate are two sides of the same coin, not opposites, that's why it's so hard trying to tell one apart from the other." Jou said as he moved down from Kaiba's jaw to his neck and the brunette shivered at the feeling of those lips against his skin, "I want you Seto and I know you want me too, all you have to do is open your heart and let me in."
The blonde pulled back so he was looking in the CEO's eyes as he whispered, "Master let me serve you."
Jou closed the distance with one more kiss and this time Kaiba didn't freeze or even push him away he let his hands slip down around Jou's waist and pulled him closer as he returned the kiss.
Jou moaned when Kaiba forced his tongue into his mouth and tilted his head back to deepen the kiss, wrapping his arms around the CEO's neck to bring their bodies as close together as humanly possible when they broke for air moments later.
"Seto…" And at that Kaiba felt what little restraint he still had left snap in half as he reclaimed the blonde's lips in an insanely passionate kiss as they both stumbled back towards the bar just a few feet away. Jounouchi gasped when his back hit the edge of the bar and he broke the kiss to take deep gasping breaths while Seto kissed his neck while his hands slid down to unbuckle the blonde's belt, open the fly and pull his pants clean off along with his boxers.
"Seto…" The blonde moaned in pleasure and Kaiba felt himself instantly harden at the sound as he moved down his chest taking a moment to suck on the nipple on his left until it got hard before moving to the other one while Jou panted beneath him. Now he remembers where he caught that scent. It's the same one he could smell every time they fought and Katsuya got close.
Powdered sugar and pastries.
"Master, please…"
That sounded so damn hot Kaiba had to pause for a moment and just look at the blonde mess squirming under him. Jounouchi's hair was in an even bigger mess than normal, his eyes were blown wide with lust and his cheeks were flushed red. It was a beautiful picture, but something about it wasn't quite right.
Jou reached out and took Kaiba's hand, putting three of the brunette's finger's in his mouth as he started licking and sucking on them until they were thoroughly coated and Kaiba swallowed hard as he watched getting painfully hard at the sight, when Jou pulled the fingers from his mouth and begged, "Master, please… in me."
Kaiba complied kissing down Jou's neck again as a way to distract him as he slowly pushed in a finger and waited for the blonde to-
"More…" Jou panted out and Kaiba slid in another finger, scissoring his fingers to stretch him out when he begged again, "Please…"
One last finger, Kaiba curved his fingers one way and then the other as he thrust them in and out of the blonde's entrance until he suddenly cried out in pleasure and Kaiba knew he found his sweet spot.
"Master please, I want you in me so bad." Jou begged again and even in his highly aroused state, even as he wrapped Jou's legs around his waist and entered him in one hard thrust, it didn't feel… right.
"Yes." The blonde moaned as Kaiba moved, thrusting in and out of the blonde's willing heat as he groaned in pleasure while Jou continued to moan, "Oh kami yes, Master please harder!"
And that's when it hit him.
Master? Please?
Seto?
Jounouchi, the real Katsuya Jounouchi would never call him by his first name or master or beg him like that… well at least not without a fight first. Not until Kaiba really pushed him so far off the edge that he couldn't think straight, let alone care about what he was saying.
In his heart, he knew that if he was with the real Katsuya, things would be different. The real Katsuya wouldn't give in so easy, he'd make Seto work for it. He'd show that defiant fire that Kaiba so loves to get out of him whenever they argue and fight and in between all of that he'd blush and shy away because even Kaiba's noticed how sweet the blonde can be when he lets his guard down.
This Jounouchi's too eager to please him, too confident with his body, too willing to bend to his will. This isn't his Katsuya.
Kaiba suddenly stopped bracing his hands on the bar on either side of the blonde's hips as he tried to catch his breath and ignore the heat wrapped around his throbbing cock as hard as it was to do, when a hand suddenly went up to touch his face and brush away the strands of hair that fell over his face and stuck to his sweaty skin.
"My job isn't to replace him for you Kaiba." Kaiba looked up when he heard Kain's voice to find dark eyes looking at him with a small smile, "Mine is only to help you realize what you've been trying to deny for so long, do you know what that is?"
"I…I'm in love with him."
The man's smile grew a little more, "It's up to you to decide what to do with this knowledge. I can't give you his heart, only a body. But you can come back and have it, whenever you feel that you need it."
Kaiba swallowed hard before he spoke, "Thank you."
"You're welcome, although I would suggest that you at least try to win Jounouchi's heart, but in the event that he does not accept you. I will be here." Kain said before taking a deep breath as he looked down between their bodies and cleared his throat. "Do you mind?"
Kaiba huffed out a laugh, "Right… can you-"
Kain rolled his eyes and Kaiba blinked, when his eyes opened again he saw whiskey gold darkened with lust and blonde hair stuck up in every which direction. "Master… don't stop."
Kaiba started moving again, leaning his head on the blondes shoulder as the pleasure picked up again and he groaned out, "Jou… fuck."
He couldn't call him Katsuya, not when his heart knows the truth. So he'll wait until he has the real Katsuya, until he has the one his heart has been yearning for, for so long.
The blonde groaned and gasped as he was repeatedly thrust into, tangling a hand in the brunettes hair while his lips curved up in a knowing smile.
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When Kaiba stepped out into the dark city streets, he took a deep breath of fresh air both missing the scent that he's been immersed in for the past hour and cursing it at the same time since he knew it was all artificial, none of it was really real.
But his heart still felt lighter, like an enormous weight had lighted from his chest and that ache he's been feeling for the past few months felt just a little less painful. It's like his body was trying to punish him for lying to himself all this time, like finally accepting the truth is what finally cured him from the lie that was slowly eating away at him and making him sick, but now he knows the truth and accepts it. Of course it didn't completely disappear. Kaiba knows that won't happen until he somehow manages to get Katsuya away from the dice duelist.
Katsuya, Kami how fast things change.
Kaiba gave a snort when Isono suddenly spoke and he looked up to see the man and two other body guards standing in front of the white limo parked just outside of underground entrance to Bar Kain.
"Master Kaiba sir, are you feeling alright?"
"Yes, I've never felt better." Isono arched a brow at the teen and the body guards both exchanged a look, glancing back at the entrance behind him, but none said a word, "Has Mokuba had dinner yet?"
Isono blinked in surprise, quickly checking his watch as he spoke. "Uh well, the chef should be serving dinner within the hour sir."
"Cancel it. Call Mokuba and tell him to get ready, we're going out for dinner tonight." The CEO said as he walked over to the car and Isono continued to stare at him in surprise even as he opened the door for him, "And tell him to hurry, I'm starving."
Isono smiled, "Yes, sir."
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Jou tried hard not to cringe when the raven beside him leaned in to press a kiss against his neck as they stood leaning against one of the counter's in the game shop, instead forcing a smile onto his face when Otogi started moving down lower and he lifted his hands up to nudge him away.
"Ryuji, c'mon not here, O.K?"
"No one's looking."
No one was looking, Yugi was upstairs helping Atem find something, Honda was in the next room, on the phone with Shizuka and Anzu was helping grandpa sort some boxes in the basement down stairs.
"Yeah, well Yug'll be down soon and I don't want him walkin' in on us." The blonde said as he pushed his boyfriend away and Otogi gave an annoyed sigh as he looked down at the blonde.
"You know none of this would be necessary if you just moved in with me."
Jou sighed, "No."
"Why not? There's plenty of space at the mansion, you'd never need anything because I'd take care of everything, and you could even quit your job here. It would be perfect." Otogi said as his hands fell down to the blonde's hips to pull him closer and slip his hands under the blonde's shirt while Jou tried to squirm away, "Just you and me."
"Ryu-"
The moment thankfully broke when they heard someone coming down the stairs towards the shop and the raven stopped trying to put his hand up Jou's shirt but he still wrapped his arms around the blonde's waist to pull him back against his chest. Jou let out a heavy sigh when Atem appeared in the doorway.
Red eyes flashed as they fell on Jounouchi and the pharaoh frowned for a moment before he spoke, "Everything alright down here?"
"They could've been better." Otogi mumbled out against Jou's ear and the blonde swallowed hard before he spoke, "Everythin's fine Atem."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I'm sure." Jou said with a forced smile and Atem didn't push as he walked around behind the counter, "Where's Yug'?"
Atem looked up one more time and frowned at the clear discomfort he saw on his friend's face as Otogi subtly rocked back and forth with him in his embrace, "Upstairs, looking for one of his grandfather's artifacts in the mess you still haven't cleaned up yet."
"Aw c'mon, Atem I said I'll get around to it and I will. Starting tomorrow or maybe… Friday."
The pharaoh chuckled with a shake of his head when Ryuji whispered against Jou's ear again, "Or you could move in with me and the maids would clean up the mess."
The blonde sighed and Atem frowned in concern when the little bell announcing a new customer suddenly rang and they looked up to see none other than Maximillion Pegasus walk in the door.
"Ah what nostalgia. It's been such a long time since I've been here." The man said as the door closed behind him and he looked around the little game shop, "And absolutely nothing's changed, I'm surprised Mr. Mutou is still keeping this place going."
"Pegasus." Otogi said in surprise while Atem growled as he glared at the silver haired man, "What are you doing here?"
"I-…" The older man stopped as his eyes went from the Pharaoh whose skin was much darker than before and the blonde wrapped in Otogi's arms, "Well, apparently some things have changed."
Just then another pair of feet came thundering down the stairs, "Yami what-… Pegasus?"
Yugi stood in the door way staring at the man in surprise, "What are you doing here?"
Atem immediately went to stand by Yugi and pulled him close as if to protect him and the silver haired man chuckled, "My my, still so protective. Although it's hardly necessary, I don't mean any of you any harm."
"He asked you a question." Jou said as he pulled from the raven's grip before folding his arms across his chest and the silver haired man shrugged, "Well, I was just on my way to meet with Kaiba when I decided to make a quick stop and visit my protégée first only for the maids to tell me that you were spending the day here."
"You're going to see Kaiba, about what?" Otogi asked as he stepped forward and Pegasus waved him off, "Oh just a little business, I actually went to see him last week but he wasn't feeling very well."
"So Kaiba really was sick?" Yugi asked as he bit his lip for a moment in thought, "Jou was right…"
Pegasus arched a brow at that, but didn't ask instead he looked up at Otogi, "Ryuji, do you mind coming with me for just a few moments. I'd like to have a word with you before seeing Kaiba."
"Uh sure." Jou turned to look up at his boyfriend with wide eyes, "Seriously, you're still his protégée?"
Otogi sighed, "I'll explain later O.K babe?"
With that the raven leaned in to give Jou a deep kiss and Pegasus' eyebrows furrowed for a moment when he noticed the blonde's frame tense so tremendously before Otogi pulled away. "I just need to grab my jacket."
"Take your time." Pegasus said and Atem grabbed Yugi's arm and led him out of the room, "Jou."
The blonde sighed, "Yeah, I'll keep an eye on 'im."
Yugi tried to protest but Atem didn't listen and silence fell over the room, Jou was starting to regret agreeing to babysit Pegasus as the air grew more and more uncomfortable as the seconds went by when-
"Precocious, isn't he?"
Jou's head snapped up with a frown, "What?"
"Otogi, he can be a bit…" Pegasus paused before he finished, "Overeager and persistent when he wants something."
Jou gave a sigh as he looked away.
Understatement of the year.
"I'm surprised, you've managed to hold out so long. By the looks of things, you two have been together for a while but you still aren't giving a budge are you?" Pegasus chuckled, "I'm impressed, I would have thought for sure that he would've had his way with you six ways to through Sunday by now."
Jou blushed scarlet and his eyes snapped up to glare at the silver haired man, "You-"
"Calm down, I meant that in the sincerest of ways. Really, now I understand what he sees in you."
Jou huffed, "Thanks, I guess."
"Although I must say, Seto has the strangest of tastes."
Jou frowned, "What?"
"How long do you plan on lying to Otogi, Jounouchi?" The man asked simply and Jou just blinked in surprised, "What are you-"
"I suppose the real question here is how long you plan on lying to yourself."
Jou gave a frustrated growl, "Can you please just slow down and tell me what the hell you're talkin' about?!"
Pegasus gave a dramatic sigh and looked around the shop until he spotted a pen next to the register and reached over to grab it, "Give me your hand."
Jounouchi hesitated and Pegasus rolled his eye, "Honestly if I wanted to kill you I wouldn't do it with a pen. I'd just take your soul and be done with it."
The blonde's eyes went wide and Pegasus gave another sigh as he grabbed Jou's hand ignoring the indignant shout the blonde gave him to start writing on the palm of his hand. Round cursive hand writing wrote ten digits on his skin before the man let go and set the pen down on the counter.
Jou frowned as he stared at the numbers, "What's this?"
Pegasus smirked, "A phone number."
Jou rolled his eyes, "A phone number for what?"
"All the answers you have questions for. When you call be sure to ask for Kain."
"Kain? Wait what questions?"
"Questions like why you won't give yourself to Otogi the way he wants you to and why you'd rather give yourself to someone else instead."
At that Jou tensed when someone suddenly walked into the room and he looked back to find Otogi walk in with a smile on his face. The raven leaned in to press a kiss on Jou's cheek before he spoke, "I'll call you later."
'Yeah sure."
"Goodbye Jounouchi, it was lovely chatting with you." Otogi frowned at the older man as he left the shop and Jou just stared on after them dumbly before he looked down at the numbers written on his hand.
"Answers to questions."
Jou knows better than to listen to anything that Pegasus tells him, so he should probably go wash his hand and forget any of this happened right?
The blonde stood there for a moment, briefly biting his bottom lip when he finally let out a heavy sigh and walked around the counter to grab the phone and punch the numbers on his hand out onto the receiver before holding it up to his ear.
One ring, two rings, three-
"Bar Kain."
"Uh, yeah hi… I-uhm.. This guy gave me your number and he said that if I want answers to questions I should ask for Kain."
"Of course, would you like to make an appointment?"
"Appointment?"
"For a therapy session, sir."
Therapy, is that what Pegasus meant.
Jou paused for a moment, somewhat insulted and somewhat intrigued. He wasn't sure whether or not he really wanted to spew his guts out to some shrink he's never even met before but then he remembered Otogi kissing him just a few moments ago and a shiver ran down his spine.
"Yeah, Yes I'd like to make an appointment."
"Name please."
"Katsuya Jounouchi."
There was a brief pause, "Katsuya Jounouchi?"
"Yeah."
"Oh… well Mr. Jounouchi I think I can squeeze you in for a session tonight."
Jou blinked in surprise, "Wow, so soon."
"Is that a problem?"
"No, no I'm just surprised is all. What time?"
"Six o'clock, if you can give me your details I'll be able to text or email you the address."
"Sure, my uh-number is 55509735381."
"Perfect I'll send you the address shortly."
"Thanks."
"Thank you Mr. Jounouchi, I look forward to meeting you."
With that the line went dead and Jou took a deep breath as he waited for the text to come through.
Therapy huh? Yeah, Jou could do with telling someone about how he's been feeling lately.
Honda's always busy and so is Anzu, Yugi and Atem are already doing so much letting him stay there with them it didn't seem fair to load some more baggage on them as well, so Jou's been trying to deal with his confusing thoughts and emotions on his own but he hasn't been doing too well.
Yeah, Maybe a shrink is exactly what he needs.
Besides it's a therapist, even if its Pegasus' therapist how bad could it be?
A/N:
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