Summary: Kaiba takes Joey in for a week after he finds Joey injured at school.
Disclaimer: If I owned Yu-Gi-Oh!, then these wouldn't exactly be fanfics, would they?
Warning: Slash, slight lemon (another fantasy)
Pairing: Joey x Seto, naturally
Day 2: Saturday
Seto POV
Joey and I were walking to school, about a block away. Suddenly, he reached for my hand, intertwining our fingers. I blushed as he walked closer to me. We were about 30 seconds from the main building when he whisked me off. I looked around. We were racing in the woods. When he had me where he wanted me, I was gently thrown against a tree trunk. The lips of an angel slanted over mine, tracing my bottom lip, silently asking for entrance. I gave it to him, closing my eyes and moaning into our passionate kiss.
Things were moving quickly, our feral hormones taking over.
Just as my hands slid up over his chest, I heard a soft purring. Breaking the kiss, I looked up to see none other than...Joey?!
"Seto. Wake up. I need you out here..."
My eyes snapped open. I heard the same quiet mew to the right of my bed. There the puppy sat, legs folded, inside my chair behind my desk. He smiled a little.
"Morning," he chirped brightly.
I groaned, rolling back into bed.
"Sorry to bother you so early on Saturday, but--"
I sat up so fast I nearly hit vertigo. "Saturday? KaibaCorp is closed to the public."
"I guess. But that's actually what I wanted to talk to you about. Since you're not going to work today, how full is your agenda?"
I thought for a moment. Mokuba didn't have to be picked up from the sleepover at Yugi's house until Monday afternoon. Yugi was to take him to school, and I would be picking him up.
And since the weekend began, KaibaCorp would be closed except to me if I needed to get in.
So, I was alone with Joey in Kaiba Mansion.
"Not very. Why?"
A solid red blush stripe appeared from cheek to cheek. "Well...you seem kind of lonely, so I was hoping I could do something so that you get outside today."
I looked at him, the surprise evident on my face.
"Sure, puppy. What did you have in mind?"
"Well, if I'm going to take up a permanent residence here, I'm going to need more than this as my wardrobe," he grinned, gesturing to the boxers and gray shirt hanging to his slender frame.
My eyebrow twitched slightly. "You're staying?"
"Sure, as long as you and Mokuba don't mind me around here."
You're talking about conceivably forever.
"Well, we can take care of that later. I guess you'll have to wear my stuff."
He smiled as though he was thrilled by the idea. I got up and he blushed a little, his eyes growing. I looked down, only to see myself in just boxers. I walked over to the vast closet. I gestured for him to follow me. His eyes grew to about Yugi-normal-size.
I reached for a black pair of skinny jeans and a white turtleneck (like the ones I wore all the time).
"Seto, if you don't mind me asking, why do you have skinny jeans?"
I bit back a laugh. "In case I run low on my regular pants."
After walking out, he voiced to me he was going to shower and was leaving the clothes on his bed.
I showered a little quicker in the bathroom down the hall in the opposite direction. Pulling myself together, I realized I'd forgotten to give Joey his sneakers back. Slipping on my daily black turtleneck and tight black pants, I was walking around to Joey's room. There wasn't a sound in there, so I entered and set his shoes down. Unfortunately, just as I turned around, Joey walked in, shaking the water drops out of his hair like a real puppy, in nothing but a towel, and I was painfully reminded of my feelings for my puppy.
His skin had healed completely, back to its normal slight pink color and glistening slightly. Even the gash on his leg was scar less. My puppy was built more than I thought/fantasized. The towel was riding lower, but I couldn't avert my eyes from the glowing gold orbs.
"Hey, Set. Why're you in here?"
I blinked once. "I had your shoes deodorized. I was just returning them."
"Oh. Thanks, but I was going to wear my boots. They're like yours."
"You carry around my boots in your backpack?"
Now it was his turn to be embarrassed.
I cracked a smile. I had a fleeting thought that I've smiled more in the past 24 hours than I have in my entire life. Joey just had that effect on me.
I had it bad.
"It doesn't matter. I'm ready whenever you are."
"Okay. There is one thing, though," his smile wavered slightly.
My face touched a bedpost. "Hmm?"
Joey's stomach growled and the smile turned sheepish.
"Sure, Joey, we can get you something to eat."
He grinned and I showed myself out. As I left, I threw a glance over my shoulder, only to catch a glimpse of his smooth back. I had to walk a little fast to stop drooling.
After he started looking like a deity, he devoured anything not nailed to the table. And maybe something that was.
Joey POV
We arrived quickly, getting things done pretty fast. 16 pairs of black skinny jeans, 4 pairs of dress pants, 4 jackets that matched the dress pants, at least 24 button-down shirts, 16 turtlenecks like Seto's, and for some formal things to which Seto would drag me along undoubtedly, I even had a tuxedo now, and it was really nice (2). As we drove off in the limo from the mall after getting me a wardrobe similar to Seto's, I began interrogating.
"So, Set, where's Mokuba been?"
"He's at Yugi's place. He invited him over."
That stung. "Oh."
"Yeah, well, he saw me carrying you out of school and figured you would be out a few days. So he asked Mokuba over so he wouldn't have to see one of his favorite people in such a bad condition."
"Oh. What happened to me?" I had blacked out after my dad's first shot.
"Well, Joey, you limped into class yesterday with bruises, a black eye, and you had a bloody gash on your leg. I was scared to death you'd lost too much blood."
Things were beginning to get intense between us. My voice was just a hushed murmur when I asked my next question.
"Why were you worried about me?"
"Because, like I said last night, I don't hate you."
After that, the icy cerulean orbs looked away from mine.
"Then why all the fighting?" I could barely hear myself over my thundering heartbeat.
"Because. You didn't really notice me otherwise."
Something just completely disrupted. My eyes grew twice their size and I hit the fan.
"Didn't notice you?! You tortured me for the last 3 years of my life because you thought I wouldn't notice you?!"
He allowed a small nod and flinched.
"Seto Kaiba. That is the lamest excuse for attention I've ever heard. Not to mention...there was no way I couldn't," I admitted, my voice back to shaking. "If you really want to know, when I first met everybody, you stood out. You were different, in a good kind of way."
Seto blushed, and I felt that fuzzy feeling spreading through my system.
We were quiet for a while, and I nearly fell asleep. I was barely conscious until we hit a bump and the side of my head landed on his chest. My head fit perfectly there, like puzzle pieces. I considered glancing up at his face, but I was freezing, so I moved closer, drawing a line with the tip of my nose. He didn't protest, so I wrapped his arms around me. He squeezed me tighter to him, leaning his head down to my hair.
We were lost in our own little world, and I was leaning up toward him, about to taste the tantalizing lips that tortured me, that haunted me in my dreams—
Suddenly the door opened and we jumped apart, blushing heavily. My head was swimming with his addictive smell.
I followed him into Kaiba Mansion. I hid out in my room for a while. After all, there wasn't just romantic tension between us. I found a friend waiting in my pants.
After I had...ahem...taken care of the situation, I walked up to Seto, who was quietly working in his office.
"Hey, Seto. I'm not really sure what to say, except that I meant what I said about you. So...yeah. And I'm sorry about the whole cuddling thing."
I turned to leave.
"I'm not. I rather enjoyed our little cuddling session."
You could see red exploding across my face in patches. He was smiling, rotating his chair away from me.
This tension had to end, preferably now. I tiptoed over to his desk and I sat up on the edge, looking down at him.
As he swiveled around, he looked surprised to see me that close, yet he didn't flinch.
Instead, he looked me directly in the eyes. "What are you playing at, pup?"
I decided beating around the bush got us nowhere.
"I know you like me a lot, and I like you a lot, too. I just want to see to what level."
He leaned up. "And just how do you plan on testing that?"
I leaned down. "I think it's obvious," I murmured, trying to seem like this wasn't my first time.
I crossed the distance, and our lips brushed for the very first time.
Seto POV
It was a chaste, barely there type of kiss, and it only lasted a moment, but my first kiss was so explosive it felt like the back of my head blew out and it was one I'd treasure, especially since it came from Joey. He pulled away, his golden orbs sparkling. I knew my eyes were sparkling, too.
"Wow," we said simultaneously.
"I guess...would it be rude if I asked to kiss you...repeatedly?"
I smirked, then let my face slip into a pout. "No, I don't think so...but you're so far away."
A quirked eyebrow was his response.
"Play with me," I mouthed.
"Any day. I have the time if you have the energy."
I grinned at his pick-up line. Sighing shyly, he held out his hands. I coerced him closer to me, and he fell on top of me, and I met an old friend: the ground, with Joey straddling my legs. His hands held my face and my hands fell to the small of his back. His thumbs stroked my face gently. We kissed again, this time less careful. My tongue traced along the line where his lips met, letting me in his mouth. He tasted sweet, like his own unique flavor of candy. We did a little exploration in each others' mouth, probing and swirling. We only separated for air.
I looked into liquid gold. He looked a little exasperated, but really happy, like he'd been waiting for this.
"Don't think you'll always be on top," I warned halfheartedly.
"Please. Get used to being under me."
I laughed. We'd only kissed for the first time, and now we were swapping innuendos.
Joey had broken the icy barrier around my heart.
"Thank you, Joey," I breathed.
His eyebrows knitted together in confusion.
"For bringing me back. I haven't felt this happy in a long time."
We lay like that for a while, his head in the crook of my neck while I listened to his heart beat. I found it doubled if I moved so much as an inch. But it was getting late, so Joey needed to go to bed.
I rubbed his back. "Come on, puppy, I know you're tired," I deduced. He whined a no and placed a soft kiss on my neck.
"Joey, come on, you've got to sleep."
He shook his head, still not moving from my neck's curve.
I groaned. "Why are you being difficult?"
"Nightmares," he finally admitted, but his voice was muffled through my shoulder.
"Nightmares? About what?"
"My dad coming back to get me, only to get you by mistake," he mumbled. I could barely understand him. My eyes widened a little when tiny wet spots stained my shoulder.
"Please Joey, don't cry. No one will ever take me away from you."
He nodded, and I stood up very carefully in vain. He was wrapped around me tightly.
I walked him into his room, setting him down lightly. He let go, reluctance in his gaze as he looked up at me with his sleepy puppy eyes.
I pressed my lips to his forehead. "Goodnight, Joey."
"Staaaay," he yawned.
I sighed as he drifted off into sleep. I almost crept away when he grabbed my arm, still asleep, and yanked me down next to him.
I wasn't going anywhere.
He smiled goofily. "Seto. My blue-eyed dragon."
I thought to myself, why not humor him?
"Joey," I whispered huskily in his ear. "My golden puppy."
I didn't realize I had taken in such a hormonal puppy.
He whimpered a little, arching his back. I nearly whimpered, too, when the friction between us brushed.
I did my best to control my carnal need to ravish him, to make him mine forever. But it got a lot easier as I fell deeper into sleep.
(2) What do you think Jou will need a tux for?
JWEC: Damn teenagers are horny like bunnies!
Hikari JWEC: Like you're any better.
*JWEC blushes*
JWEC: Shut up.
