"UGH!"

Seto blinked as a loud part-sigh part-yell knocked him out of his work-induced trance.

He shook his head and went back to his work . . . until . . .

"Damnit!" Seto rolled his eyes. Sometimes his puppy was just a tad too dramatic.

"OW! I HATE YOU! GAH! I QUIT!" Then Joey let out a frustrated scream.

Case and point.

Seto sighed and stood from his desk.

"Time to kill the spider." Seto sighed again.

He walked down the long hall and peeked into his and Joey's room. No puppy.

Next, he checked the game room. Still no puppy.

With a nod to himself, he poked his head into the kitchen.

"DIE you son of a BITCH!" Joey threw a handful of something on the ground.

"DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE!" The blonde stomped on the something between each word, giving a final stomp for emphasis.

"Puppy?"

Joey let out a quiet 'eep' and spun around.

"Seto! Don't scare me like that!"

"Sorry, pup." But he wasn't really sorry. "Puppy?"

"Yeah?"

"What were you commanding to 'die' a few moments ago?" Seto asked casually.

Joey's eyes immediately narrowed and he glared down at the offending . . . Pecans.

"Pecans? You were getting upset because of pecans?" he asked incredulously.

"They wouldn't crack!" He stomped on the crushed shells again for good measure.

"And . . . why wouldn't they crack?"

Joey huffed and picked up two whole pecans from a bowl on the counter.

"Every time I try t' crack 'em," he said, demonstrating by placing both nuts side by side in his palm then squeezing. A small crack was heard. "It always pinches my ha- aand!" He let out a frustrated wail and let the brown and black nuts fall from his hand and onto the floor. He turned his palm up to show his boyfriend the result. An angry red line marred the skin of his palm.

Seto sighed and opened a small drawer by the sink. He pulled out a nutcracker. He pulled a pecan from the bowl and cracked it down the middle. He pulled the shell apart and handed Joey the contents of the pecan.

Joey growled but popped the two halves into his mouth anyway.

He munched them happily as Seto watched him with amusement.

"Seto?" Joey asked, suddenly shy.

"Yes, puppy?" Seto raised an eyebrow in curiosity.

"Can ya kiss it better?" He showed Seto his palm again and looked away, a faint blush staining his cheeks.

Seto smirked. He grabbed his puppy's hand and laid a gentle kiss over the aggravated skin.

Swiftly, he pulled the blonde into his arms.

"Is there anything else you need me to kiss better?" he whispered seductively into the younger boy's ear.

"Seto! Don't do that, ya bastard!" Joey squealed as Seto swept him off the ground and into the older boy's arms.

Without another word, Seto carried Joey to the living room.

"Ah! Oh! Nyu! Seto! What about my- Mnf!- pecans! Ah!"

Heehee, I wanted to start a drabbles collection.

I was cracking some pecans the other day, the shell pinched my skin, and it hurt. Then I remembered that we had a nutcracker and I used that. . But I kinda thought that this would be kinda cute. So yeah.

Anyway, lemme know what you think.

-Eamarat