28th April 2014

Uninterested

Joey is on his way to the office, remembering the events from the previous Friday.

"And where do you think we should celebrate?" Seto asked during the evening. It was the fifth question about the wedding that he had asked that night. Starting with when and how big or where the ceremony should be and of course what car they should use to get there or maybe a carriage?

It wasn't the first time but since Joey replied with a, "Don't know." at first, Seto gave him some time to think about what he wants and asked at least once a day about it.

By now Joey got used to giving the same reply every time he was asked. "Don't know."

Seth was reading a book at the time and Joe-Joe was playing a video game with Joey.

"What food should we offer?" Seto asked after a bit of unintelligible mumbling that Joey ignored, knowing by now that Seto never told him honestly what he was mumbling.

"Don't really care." Joey replied changing the usual reply only slightly in the hope that it will calm Seto but didn't really bother to listen to the question.

Seto grumbled something and got up saying, "I've forgot something at the office, see you." And that's the last time Joey saw him. He never returned during the weekend and he never replied his phone calls.

Joey had considered to go to the office multiple times, once he noticed that Seto obviously was just mad at him but never went because he had the kids to mind and the nanny had the weekend off and Joey sure as hell doesn't want to call her back now that she was finally out of the house. He doesn't really like seeing her all over Seto. Joey knows that he's slightly overreacting. The two get along as well as she and Joey do and she is great with the kids but for a girl she's awfully good looking and Joey can't help but wonder if Seto might be bisexual. He never cared for anyone but him, or so he claims. But that means that the next time he starts to love someone other than him then it's very much possible that he'll fall for a girl.

Joey feels dread when he parks his car next to Seto's in the parking space beneath the office building and has to take in a deep breath before getting out, still wondering why Seto didn't come home at all. He hadn't even picked up his phone or returned any of Joey's countless calls.

Once he reached the top floor V looks up at him and says, "Finally, what took you so long? Get in there and calm him down or he might kill someone."

"That bad?" Joey just asks.

"Worse." V replies, "I've worked here for years and seen him at his worst, or rather I thought so until I got here this morning. Now get your little ass in there and make him happy again."

"Do I really have to go in there?" Joey asks, slightly worried that Seto's bad mood might just get them into an even worse fight than if he gets a chance to calm down. But then again, if the weekend clearly wasn't enough, a few hours probably won't do much to improve his mood.

"Either you walk in there," V replies with a shrug, "Or I'll tie you up and throw you in."

"I guess I better go then," Joey says with a grin, "I can't fight with him if my arms are all tied up."

"You're not supposed to fight." V sighs, "You're supposed to make up with him and if you want you can make out too, I'll cover for you two."

"Get your mind out of the gutter." Joey orders while walking towards Seto's door.

"Why it's nice and toasty in there." V replies and holds out a cup of coffee, "Take that, it might calm the beast a little."

"Thanks." Joey says rolling his eyes and then walks towards his possible doom.

"Hey Seto." Joey says after walking in, "Why did you stay here all weekend? Joe-Joe is worried sick about you."

"Is that all you care about?" Seto grumbles.

Joey gives a sigh, "I missed you too you know."

"No, I did not know." Seto replies, "And if you missed me so much, why didn't you come sooner?"

"Because the kids where confused enough about your absence and the nanny wasn't around." Joey replies. "And in case your phone broke or something, I did call! And anyway, I wasn't even sure if you'd be here or ran off to who knows where."

"Of course the nanny wasn't around." Seto grumbles, "You always insist on giving her the whole weekend off so I never get you for myself unless we are at work and you're all business most of the time."

"I'm all business?" Joey asks, "You're the one who can't look up from his lapto, not even now. And you don't honestly believe that I'm stupid enough to let a reasonably good looking and young girl run around the mansion when you're there? It's bad enough that some of the maids aren't half as ugly as I'd like them to be."

Seto looks up with a raised eyebrow. "You keep her away because you´re jealous?"

"Considering that you're just as likely to like a girl than another guy and the fact that you're not only smoking hot but also smart and can be charming if ya want to, of course I'm jealous you moron." Joey complains, "The only upside is the fact that you're a total asshole whenever you´re not set on being charming but that won't do me much good if ya like someone."

"I only like you." Seto says and smiles a little clearly less likely to kill someone than V had made him out to be, and gives a sigh before asking, "Does the fact that you still can get jealous mean that you still care about me?"

Joey looks at Seto for a moment before walking closer and snipping his forehead, "Earth to moron, I'm living with ya, sleeping with ya and want to have kids with ya...so no I don't just care about you. I'm in love with you, stupid."

"You want the kids because you love them, not because you love me. And you moved in with me because your apartment burned to the ground. And considering that you were more starved than coping when I employed you last year, you might tend to rather pretend to still care than really love me." Seto points out.

And earns himself a slap in the face before Joey grabs him by his shirt and starts to shake him screaming, "You fucking moron think I'm too scared to tell ya if I don't love you because of that damned money! Who the hell are you taking me for you idiot! If I ever get sick of your fucking antics and want the hell away from you I'll tell you to your ugly face and now quit insulting me or I'll rip you a new one, got it?"

"Didn't you say I'm smoking hot just a few seconds ago?" Seto grins once Joey lets go of him again.

"Quit messing around." Joey complains, "And just tell me what the fucking hell gave you the stupid idea that I don't love you, so I can get it into your head that I do before you piss me off further."

Seto is quiet again for a moment and looking at the angry looking blond in front of him, "Do you still want to marry me?"

"Did I say I do or didn't I?" Joey grumbles.

"You did." Seto replies, "But that's more than three months ago and during the over three months that I'm trying to get the wedding organized by deciding the details with you, your just staling."

"How the hell am I staling?" Joey asks confused.

"Every time I asked you something like where you want to get married or anything about the wedding really you just say that you don't know." Seto replies, "How am I to get anything organized if you keep that up? You said you still love me so, if you just changed your mind about the wedding, then tell me now. I won't make a big deal of it as long as you still love me, but quit staling it. And don't even try to say you're not staling, you said you don't care about the food on the wedding. Like you could EVER not care about food. Unless of course you're not planning on letting that day happen at all."

Joey just rolls his eyes and sits down on Seto's lap, too lazy to keep standing and noticing that this might take some time. "Honestly, how well do you know me?" He asks and gives Seto a little kiss in the hope that it will prove to his silly dragon that he really does love him, "I don't even know where we could have a wedding ceremony or whatever else it is that was in those endless questionnaires that you have in your head. In case you didn't notice, I'm not good with details and I really don't care about details. I want to marry you. That's the big picture that I do care about. I don't care where, I don't care when and I sure as hell don't care about a color theme or such stuff. And sure I always care about food. I love food, all kinds of food and all I want is plenty of it and you know that, so no I don't care what food I get as long as it's more than enough for me. The only thing I want at this wedding is that you're standing there with me and say yes. If the kids, my family and friends are there it´d be a big plus but I could even do without that." Joey gives him another short kiss before asking, "So can't you just do what you think is right? Because I know that the little perfectionist in you will make damn sure that I'll love it way more than if I had decided it myself."

"I think I could do that." Seto replies relieved that he misinterpreted Joey's indifference towards the wedding preparations. "There is however still the problem with your unreasonably jealousy."

"Suck it up." Joey replies, "I'm not going to let any more pretty girls or guys close to you than I absolutely have to."

"That's fine by me but I still want you for myself every now and then." Seto points out, "So how about we have the nanny take the kids on a field trip every second Saturday and give everyone else in the house the day off too, so we get to spend all day with each other and no one else around?"

"You mean, no pretty maids bringing you your coffee and having you all to myself instead?" Joey states with a happy grin, "I think I can live with that." Joey gives him another kiss before making the most of V's offer to cover for them until long past their usual lunch break.


Authors Note: Thanks to Onigiri Chibi, Cascade00, dancing elf, Angel Dove1, fire dragonheart, Violet-Eclipse for the review.

Sorry that it took me so long to get this done but I had a lot of work and family problems. And once I finally had some time to write, my internet broke down! Talk about bad luck. But then again, I did say that I'd take it easy this year so :P

The wedding date will be determined by my time to write about the wedding but unless I get something else in my mind it might already be the next chapter. But please don't expect it up anytime soon but it will be before the year is over.

Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter!