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Title: Endearment and Enmity
Rating: T-M depending on chapter, M overall
Summary: When you're literally married to the person you despise.
Warnings: Homosexual relationships,vulgar words and adult situations.
Author's Note: I don't know why I wrote this.
Prologue
He was no idiot. Now, he wasn't the brightest crayon in the box either, and admittedly he was late bloomer in the garden of maturity; but by no means was he a stupid, unintelligent or unreasonable man. However, for the love of God, he sure did feel like the biggest moron in the world while staring at the gold band wrapped around his finger like a tiny house arrest monitor.
He'd made the biggest mistake in his life. He'd gotten into one of those obligatory situations worthy of a sitcom or romantic comedy where he'd made a very big life decision as exchanged as a long-term solution for a short-term problem. Every second leading up to the marriage was soaked in dread and doubt, but only when it was finalized and there was no going back did the full weight of his poor decision hit him.
He had proverbially just sold his soul to the devil.
Or rather, his hand in marriage.
"What's on your mind?" Speak of the devil. Seto Kaiba, his… legal spouse was sitting at his desk, typing away at whatever project or document he was working on this time. He didn't bother moving his eyes from the screen of his computer as he asked the question, nor did his voice waver from its regular unwavering monotone. The brunette wasn't in his usual overdramatic attire of a white trench coat and ankle/wrist band combination, but rather his 'moderate' (but still kind of ridiculous with context) white suit set with the blue shirt and tie.
Jonouchi rolled his eyes slightly "Oh, nothing dear." He replied calmly, although clearly sarcastic his tone held no humor. Mostly because of overwhelming discontent that he managed to keep to himself. While his… spouse, was dressed business formal, he leant more on business casual with a dark red collared button-up shirt with bright red pinstripes, tucked into his black slacks held up by a dark brown belt.
"I somehow doubt that, Katsuya." Kaiba droned and the very sound of his voice grated against his already peeved off nerves.
"Would you please not call me that, Kaiba." He almost snapped, but it came out as a huff when he crossed his arms and turned a stern glare to the CEO.
"It is your given name." The brunette stated in an as-a-matter-of-fact fashion, although it just ended up sounding very condescending whether or not it was intended.
"Just call me Jonouchi." Although he didn't have the best relationship with his father, he still preferred being called by the surname he'd inherited from him over his first name. No one ever called him by that except parents and sister, and to hear it from Kaiba just made it all the more cringe worthy.
"Isn't your name any more."
"Legally, Kaiba."
"Legally you're Kaiba too."
"Whatever." It was a juvenile retort, but it was hard to argue with someone who's entire life was dedicated to being ahead of everyone else and was too tired to try. "When are we heading back to the mansion anyways? It's already eleven P.M and it takes me at least three hours of dry sobbing into my pillow to fall asleep." His joke, as dry and bitter as it was, didn't get a laugh or smirk or any reaction that wasn't cold indifference.
Kaiba finally looked up from his computer screen over to him "Another half an hour and we can call it a night." he explained calmly, although Jonouchi had already received that explanation over two hours ago.
"Urgh." He groaned and leant his head back in frustration, arms still firmly crossed "I swear you're part bat."
His… spouse, responded to this comment "Are you saying that because I work late at night in a dark office?" The brunette was pretty nocturnal with his work habits, and for some reason never flipped the lights on in his office no what hour of the day or night it was; Jonouchi had only his phone and the glow of Kaiba's computer to see with.
Jonouchi scoffed "No, I'm saying that because you always bust my balls." Still his asshole of a… spouse, didn't laugh at that joke either. And some people wondered why Jonouchi hated him so much. Of course bribing him into marrying him didn't help either. You know what, he probably would spend three hours of whatever would be left of the night once they got back to the mansion dry sobbing into his pillow, contemplating his mistakes.
TO BE CONTINUED
Authors note: Yes Kaiba and Jonouchi are married in this chapter, and this is approximately seven years after the events of The Dark Side of Dimensions. And no, Kaiba and Jonouchi, even though they are hitched to each other, they are by no means in love with each other at this point. Jonouchi hates him, and Kaiba is neutral towards him. It's grudging respect at best.
