A Bruising Love
By: The Homunculi Twins (Taken Over By Drake Dracul)
Jou has a secret that not even Yugi knows about. Surprisingly enough, so does Seto. What happens when the street-smart Jonouchi and the hot-headed CEO Kaiba end up locked in a bathroom for days? Will romance blossom? Or will their hatred for each other rise to its peak? Up for adoption!
Rated: Fiction T - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - K. Jounouchi, Seto K. - Chapters: 3 - Words: 6,678 - Reviews: 15 - Favs: 25 - Follows: 26 - Updated: Dec 2, 2013 - Published: Sep 6, 2012 - id: 8500359
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1. Chapter 12. Chapter 23. Adoption Next
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Title: A Bruising Love
Author: The Homunculi Twins aka Greed of the Homunculi
Beta: None
Genre: Romance, Hurt, Angst
Rating: M for safety
Spoilers: Yu-Gi-Oh Episode's 43-45; Legendary Hero's Parts 1-3, Episode 22-24 Duelist Kingdom Yugi vs Seto
Pairings: Eventual Puppyshipping. Hinted Puzzle, Bronze, Tender, and Chaseshipping.
Summary: Jou has a secret that not even Yugi knows about. Surprisingly enough, so does Seto. What happens when the street-smart Jou and the hot-headed CEO Kaiba end up locked in a bathroom for days? Will romance blossom? Or will their hatred for each other rise to its peak?
Disclaimer: The Homunculi Twins don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! We do not make a profit from these writings, we do it because its fun.
Claimer: The Homunculi Twins own the plot, Asuka, Judai, and Jun Fujiwara, Dr. Daichi. You try to steal, we will destroy your asses.
Rating: PG-13 for language
Warning: yaoi, child abuse, mention of rape, and language. Also, Jou speaking big words that hurts brain
"Talking"
'Thought'
Letter
Book/Magazine Titles
Flashbacks- start and end
WARNING! THIS STORY IS MOSTLY IN 'FLASHBACK' MODE, SAVE FOR THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS CHAPTER, AND HALFWAY THROUGH CHAPTER TEN OR SO!
Chapter One
~The Result of Not Studying~
It was Friday morning, though to sixteen year old Jounouchi Katsuya, he could really care less. For the first time since he started school, the honey blonde was early; pencils, pens, notebook, and two weeks worth of homework sitting innocently atop the wooden desk, normally mischievous golden eyes were staring dully out the window at the sakura trees that were just beginning to blossom in the spring weather. School wasn't supposed to start for another fifteen, twenty minutes, which caused his sensei and the few early birds were glancing over at the blonde in concern and wariness, though he easily ignored their stares. He rested his head in his hand and sighed. It had almost been a month since the indecent that had affected him dearly, consuming his thoughts and dreams with neither with fear nor guilt, but with the love for a fellow student and the most unlikely person of all.
The dim light from the still to weak sun broke through the grey clouds, trying to cover the land in its warmth; however winter had only ended two weeks before, and snow still covered the streets and cars of Domino, Japan. Jou closed his eyes for a moment or two, trying to catch up on some of the sleep he had lost since the incident. He soon drifted off to a world of memories that possessed his thoughts with viciousness that sometimes scared even him.
~†º.º.º†~
It had all started a month earlier, a dull Friday morning once again. The sun hidden by thick, heavy clouds filled with perspiration and snow, even though Domino had well over six inches of snow in the past three days alone. Today was the last day of school before semester break, where everyone would get a chance to spend a week goofing off. Inside the school where five teens talking away the last few minutes before class began; one of which was a messy haired blonde scowling at his white haired friend.
"Iie, Ryou, there ain't any possible answer fir number fifty-four," the blonde grunted angrily pointing at said question in his math book.
"Jou-kun, I reassure you, there is a possible answer," the English exchange student said exasperatedly; the albino trying his best to convince his blonde haired friend, but was failing epically.
"Ryou, I h've tried e'ery damn way I can think o', but dar ain't no answer!" Jou moaned in despair, glaring at the innocent looking piece of paper lying on his desk. Ryou sighed and rubbed his temples, before reaching over and snatching the blonde boy's pencil.
"I'm going to explain this once, and only once, alright Jou-kun? If you still don't get it, ask Uzu-sensei," Bakura Ryou said. Jou nodded eagerly, his golden eyes sparkling with gratefulness.
"Ok, a = 5, d = 12 and n = 60. Sn = n/2 [2a (n - 1)d] that's your standard formula, so all you have to do is-" As Ryou continued to 'attempt' to explain the 'easy' question to the frustrated blonde the classroom door opened, revealing the always stoic CEO of Kaiba Corporation, Kaiba Seto. His cerulean blue eyes scanned over the room quickly even as he made his way over to his desk at the far end of the classroom.
"Ohayo Kaiba-san." Mutou Yugi called cheerfully, smiling at the scowling teen. Out of all his friends, he was the smallest of them –his Jii-san said it was a curse that had been placed on his father's father's side of the family a few hundred years ago- with the most unique hair to boot. Golden blond bangs framed his face perfectly, creating the image of an innocent child; his black and red hair stuck up like a starfish, adding an extra five inches to his short statue of four foot seven. His eyes were a deep amethyst color that seemed to change colors whenever the light hit them, changing from plain violet to sometimes the deepest aubergine that caused most of the girls in their class to coo at the sight.
Kaiba nodded to the teen stiffly, his dark cerulean eyes flickering over in Yugi's direction before taking his seat and ignoring the rest of his year mates. Mentally, Jou rolled his eyes at the brunet, though for Yugi's sake, he wouldn't say anything to the stuck up stick-up-his-ass elder Kaiba. Everyone in the class –likely the whole school as well- knew that the only reason why Kaiba Seto even acknowledged the petite teen was because of A.) Yugi being the current King of Games and B.) he and his Jii-chan run a local Game Shop that sold a lot of Kaiba Corps –Kaiba's company that specialized in games- products.
Having to run a multi-billion dollar company that required his constant attention was difficult, Jou would give the brunet that. Kaiba usually attended school on Monday, Wednesday, and every other Friday, giving him four or five days for school work and managing his company. And according to Anzu, there were rumors going around saying that the CEO was also attending a few online courses for College at the same time as attending school.
The only reason why the teen was even here, when he was at school last Friday, was because Yami –at Yugi's persistence- called the brunet up and informed him that they had a math end of semester exam today that was worth half their grade.
'Rich people,' Jou scowled silently before returning his attention to his British friend.
"Alright, so do you get it now Jou-kun?" Ryou asked patiently. The blonde chewed on his pencil absently, his eyes scanning over the work Ryou had done, before realization light up in his eyes.
"So da answers three t'ousand-five 'undred-forty, right?" Ryou nodded energetically, his chocolate brown eyes lighting up with delight.
"Hai, that's correct Jou-kun! See, I knew you could do it!" Jou grinned and scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "So do you know what you were doing wrong?"
At Jou's blank look, Ryou explained, "In order for you to understand the problem, you have to understand what you were doing wrong, so incase you do it again, you can know what you can do to fix it."
"Oh, dat makes sense. Ummm…was it because I was forgetting to divide sixty instead of multiply it?"
"Hai, very good Jou-kun!"
"How are you today Kaiba-san? Are you ready for the test?," Yugi questioned, trying to break the ice between him and the teenaged CEO. The petite teen was a social bug; making friends and becoming an archeologist like his grandpa and parents were his life's dream. To possibly make Kaiba a friend would just fill his little heart with joy.
"Yes," Kaiba replied icily, not even looking up from his laptop to acknowledge the tri-colored teen. Yugi was honestly surprised that he even got a simple 'yes' from the brunet; normally he didn't even say a single word to the class, not unless he had to give an oral report.
"Well that's good! Good luck on the exam," Yugi cheerfully said. Kaiba's eyes briefly flickered over to the still struggling Jou, who –fortunately- didn't notice the glance, before returning his attention to his laptop.
"Luck is for the weak."
That was the last thing he said until the end of school.
~†º.º.º†~
When the final bell rang at the end of the school day, a wave of students scurried out of the building, many chatting and making plans to hang out during break.
Jou waved to his friends in farewell as they all grabbed their bags and left. They would have offered to stay, but each of them had appointments that they couldn't miss. Anzu had work, Honda a dentist appointment, Ryou went to airport to pick up Ryou's father, and Yugi had promised to help his Jii-chan with some shipments that were coming into the shop. Their sensei had asked Jou to stay after class, wanting to help the struggling blonde out and to congratulate him on the higher grade he'd gotten.
A thirty-nine out of one-hundred fifteen; the best score he's had since he started this math class. Thank Kami their math teacher was a patient woman and would allow him to redo his test. He just had to attend a few make-up lessons every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday once break was done. He could do that.
Hopefully.
After smoothing out the details for the extra lessons with Anko-sensei, Jou cheerfully packed his bag and left the classroom, smiling as he did so. Maybe he'd be able to get his dream job if all of his teachers were like Anko-sensei. Jou shook his head at the thought; ninety percent of the teachers at Domino High thought he was a no good punk in a gang that didn't deserve there time and patience. 'Bastards,' Jou thought angrily to himself as he made a quick detour to the men's bathroom.
Nudging the door open enough to let him slip inside the tiled bathroom, nodding in appreciation when he noticed no one inside the room. There was just something about going to the bathroom in front of people that set the blonde on edge and made him feel uncomfortable. He had a hard enough time changing in front of the other guys during gym; going to the bathroom was terrible. Thank kami that there were stalls in the guy's bathroom as well. Picking the cleanest urinal –just because guys didn't pee like girls didn't mean they didn't like a clean urinal- he quickly relieved himself, sighing in relief as his bladder emptied itself.
Once he was done, he quickly zipped up his pants, flushed the urinal, and went to wash his hands when he heard one of the stalls toilets flush. Jumping in shock, Jou spun around blinking when he saw the eldest Kaiba stepping out of the stall.
Except for himself, a few teachers, and the janitor, he didn't think anyone else would still be in the school, I mean it was Friday.
Kaiba paused when he noticed the blonde staring at him, a frown tugging at the corner of his lips, before choosing to ignore the teen in favor of washing his hands.
"Are you just going to stand there staring at me, or are you going to finish your business and leave?" Kaiba drawled, startling Jou, who blinked again and flushed slightly.
"Shut up Kaiba-teme," Jou muttered, going to the farthest sink to wash his hands. Scowling, Jou glared at the soap dispenser when he noticed it was empty. Checking the other dispenser, Jou mentally groaned when he noticed that only Kaiba's was filled with soap. The thought of just leaving without washing his hands flittered through his mind, before it was quickly discarded. Not only would that be gross and unsanitary, it would also make the elder Kaiba start calling him even more names besides those of the 'mutt, puppy, dog' etc. names that Jou so despised. Sighing again, Jou went to the only available soap disposer, steadfastly ignoring the brunet, who glanced at him when he squirted the soap onto his hands.
He quickly returned back to his sink, turning the water on as hot as it could be scrubbing his hands together.
"Well, glad to know that you at least know some sanitary measures," Kaiba stated as he turned his own sink off. Jou snorted and rolled his eyes.
"Gee, did de great Kaiba Seto ju't 'ive me a com'lement? Kami, I think I'm gonna die!" Jou faked swooned, causing Kaiba to glare at the mutt.
"At least I speak proper Japanese, unlike your botched up sentences, mutt," Kaiba drawled. Jou spun around to glare at the elder teen, eyes narrowing.
"Oi, ju't cau'e I speak a 'iffe'ent way den ya don't mean ya can make fun o' me teme!" Jou growled. Kaiba shook his head.
"And that proves my point right there. You can't even say 'different' correctly; you botch up every word you say." Kaiba said mockingly. "Now, repeat after me, 'dif-fer-ent'. Can you say that mutt?"
"Shut up!"
"Gomen, but that's the wrong word mutt. I think you need to get your ears checked. Oh wait; you probably can't afford it, can you?"
Jou growled, his fists clenching in anger as Kaiba continued to try to teach him 'proper Japanese'. "Shut da fuck up Kaiba! You 'ave no ri'ht ta make fun o' da way I speak!"
"Sadly, we're in the same class mutt. I have another two years going to school here, which means another two years with you. I would rather not be here, but the government and I have a compromise; I go to school, I get to run my company without a parent and/or guardian. If I have to deal with you, I would rather you speak proper Japanese, mutt." Kaiba explained, looking down at his nails in a bored fashion.
Jou's eyes narrowed. He could feel his control slipping. "Fuck you Kaiba!" Jou growled, storming past the elder teen to the leave the bathroom. Grabbing the handle, Jou tried to wrench the door open.
Tried being the keyword.
"OUCH!" Jou cried out, placing a hand on his now throbbing shoulder while frowning at the door. It hadn't budged. "Fucking mother fucker, open up!" Jou growled, reaching with his other hand to open the door. Again, the door didn't move.
"I knew you were stupid, but I didn't think you were this stupid mutt. Not even to open a simple door." Kaiba tsked, walking up to the blonde haired teen and shoving him aside. Grabbing the handle, Kaiba pulled on the door, frowning when it didn't move for him again. Pulling on the door handle again, Kaiba felt his eye twitch, before pushing on the door.
Again, it didn't open.
He blinked and pushed on the door once more.
"What the hell?" He pushed on the door a number of times, wondering if it was just his imagination playing tricks on him. In a final attempted he ran up and hit the door with his shoulder. It still wouldn't open.
"Kuso!" Jou cursed, realization settling in when he noticed the time. "The Janitor's locked it!"
"They don't lock the doors until five-forty dumbass," Kaiba said, tugging on the handle again. Jou put his wrist up to Kaiba's face, allowing him to see the slightly banged up, but still in working condition watch.
"It's past five-forty Kaiba."
Kaiba stared at the watch for a second, before groaning. "Damn it all to hell! This is all your fault mutt!"
"Kaiba, ju't shut up! I'm not a mutt. So do us bot' a fa'or an' get dat 'hrough yer 'hick skull! An' how is dis my fault?" Jou demanded.
"For coming in here and getting into an argument, that's how mutt!"
"Hey! Like dey say in America; it takes two ta tango teme!" Jou snapped angrily. Taking a deep breath, Jou quickly asked, "So, how da hell we getting' out o' here?"
Kaiba sighed. "Mokuba made me leave my phone at home, and I'm pretty sure you don't have one, so calling someone is out of the question. My laptop is out of life as well, so we until the Janitor comes back to clean the classrooms."
"And when's that?"
"Monday evening."
Jou groaned and kicked the door in frustration. He couldn't believe this. Out of all the people in the world, he was stuck in the boy's washroom for the weekend with Kaiba Seto. The same Kaiba Seto that enjoys kicking and belittling him; who forced Yugi, his best buddy, to loose the duel in the Pegasus tournament by making him choose between winning or making Kaiba jump off of a cliff; who's a cold, emotionless bastard to all but his little brother.
'Great... what did I do ta deserver dis?
~†º.º.º†~