3! - Finally! He's Taken
A single year after Yami's revival from his coma.
He huffed in a large breath, before exhaling slowly. God, what was he doing here? For all he knew, this guy would kidnap him into the house and try to kill him or something. Or molest him. After all, that sky scrapper did touch him last time. But, his buddy was in there too. He hadn't seen him in forever, and he wanted to know how he was doing. Calling never did a thing, no one ever picked up. But he figured it was for a good reason. He'd find out when he got inside. He wasn't too upset at Yugi or his best friend, he knew they would't just forget him like that.
But for now, he'd just get this...'meeting', over with.
He reached his arm up to the large, thick dark wooden double doors, and gave a good hard knock.
He looked down at his feet for a second. Then he narrowed his eyes at the ground. Why the hell would that bastard of all people, invite him? Yami told him that the last time he asked to have company over, whom was specifically him, the bastard said 'absolutely not.' So why now? And why did he sound so personal in those texts? And how the hell did he get his number? And a damn limo showed up at his door to pick him up. How the fuck did he know his new address?!
His baffled thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the two doors opening with a creak. He looked up steadily, but his eyes only landed on a broad torso. Guess he had travel his eyes up even further. When he finally reached the face, he almost scoffed. It was the tall bastard.
His tundra blue eyes stared down at the dirty blonde. This time not in a superior way, but in a more sympathetic way. But why? What was he concerned about?
"Hello." He said quietly. Everything seemed like utter silence at this area.
"Err...Hey. Um," He looked somewhere else awkwardly. "Why'd you want me to come?"
"I, need to talk to you. About Yami."
The blonde flinched at the sound of that, and gave back his attention. "About Yam's? What's wrong with him? He's here, right?"
"Yeah. He's staying with me and our youngest brother for a few days. Yugi isn't here, my apologies. He's okay. He did call me earlier today, and he told me to tell you he promised to visit you tomorrow." Seto quickly added when he saw some glimmers of hope rise in his amber eyes.
"Well, that's awesome and all but, what's wrong with Yami?"
Seto sighed and ran his hand through his short brown hair. "He's-" He started but then stopped. "He's..." He trailed off. How could he explain what was done to his little brother? To his best friend, too. Not to mention this guy was in the dark the entire time this whole Gozaburo fiasco went down. He'd have to explain D75, Yugi and Atem, Yami's backstory, Gozaburo, the invasion of the facility, Yami's new state of mind...
This was gonna be a damn long ass day.
He almost laughed at Jounouchi's reaction to Seto's exposition of everything that's happened thus far. His face was frozen in shock.
"And before you even think it, no. Everything of what I'm saying is not a lie, it's all true." He lowered his eyes down at the couch and turned his head away when he heard his brother walking inside of the room. "And I sadly have Yami to prove it." He said with a rather depressed tone. Reluctantly, Joey looked up when he saw Yami walk inside of the living room.
Wow. It's like he got taller. Or wait, maybe he did. Huh, go figure. Other than that, he looked the same, besides looking more muscular. Damn, Seto really wasn't lying. He must have trained his body hard. And he saw some scars too, damn. And wait, woah. Wasn't his eyes like, purple? Why are they-Oh. He remembered when Seto explained his horrific experimentation. Guess that's true too. They're red now-wait. Now they're blue. Okay, so those definitely aren't contacts. And now that he thought about it, the whole address thing. Yugi must have hacked his phone and gave Seto the information. He was good with computers but, he never realized that's what he was doing.
God, so many awful things shoved to him at once. This was all a mind-fuck.
"Yam's...?"
Was he-
-Gone? Really gone?
Yami's attention quickly pointed to Joey. It was almost like he saw numbers and complex math equations racing across the reflection of his eyes. God, maybe that wasn't the reflection. Maybe that really was his eyeballs doing that. He quickly stepped towards Joey, standing right in front of him and towering over him. He was looking everywhere but his face.
"Weapons, negative. Drugs and or chemicals, negative. No threat detected. Neutralization unnecessary."
"..." Joey just frowned and narrowed his eyes. Did he not recognize him at all? Why was he treating him like some stranger? And why was he acting like some security system? Things really got that bad? Just, why? Did he really lose his buddy? "Y-Yami, it's me. Your friend remember, Joey? You know, Jounouchi Katsuya? I hung out with you and Yugi like everyday, man. Don't tell me you don't remember me at all." He refused to let tears well up in the corners of his eyes.
"Yugi?" Yami repeated that name, his eyes blinking. They turned a different color, his regular purple.
"This isn't right." Seto crossed his arms while looking at his brother. "This doesn't make any sense, he should remember you. Usually he only does this when there's a stranger in the house. It activates some kind of security protocol in his brain. But if it's someone familiar, he shouldn't do that."
"So what the hell is going on, then!?" Joey yelled, glaring at Seto.
Seto's eyes slightly widened. "I think I know." Seto put a fist under his chin and leaned his head against. "When Gozaburo took control of Yami, his body went completely out of whack. Whenever Yami would use his abilities, sometimes it would effect his memories and behavior. For instance, he once attacked me and tried to kill me, without realizing that he was trying to hurt someone important to him. The first time he had an outburst, he couldn't recognize exactly who we were, only that we weren't threats. Finally, with Gozaburo's control, he knew who we were, but labeled us as unimportant until his memories were triggered again." He shook his head a few times. "For some reason, when triggered from something, his brain shuts off other parts of itself or doesn't give it as much energy to work with properly. Such as working properly with his memories, or working properly with his emotions. His brain didn't register we were important people to him yet, and that's what he's doing with you. But," His tone lit up a bit. "After you said Yugi, that spurred something in him. Look." He pointed.
With a few more blinks, a smile grew on Yami's face. "Joey?"
With a strong sniff, he bit his lip and nodded. "Yeah." Thank goodness, he thought. He really thought he lost him for a second there. He was more than grateful that this wasn't the case. He opened his arms with a big grin. "Come 'ere!"
Yami leaned down and embraced his best friend. His hold was very strong, and so was Joey's. They held each other for what seemed like hours, when it was only a couple of minutes. Seto said nothing, he just looked somewhere else while they had their moment.
"I love you, man." Joey muffled in Yami's shirt. This made him lightly chuckle.
"I love you too, Joey."
"I-I mean it!" He muffled again. "I didn't know all that happened to you guys. I'm sorry-"
"I'm okay. We're okay now."
Joey looked up from his shirt. "You were in a coma!" He exclaimed with watery passionate eyes. "Yugi was almost shot to death and he had a heart attack!"
Yami's eyes went down, still having a small smile. "I know."
"You were being mind controlled by that-that fat fuck! He hurt you! If I was there, I would have beat the fucking shit out of-"
"Joey." Yami silenced him, by only calmly saying his name with a grounded tone. "I know you're pissed. And I'm sorry myself for not letting you know about any of this. But we couldn't risk having you get hurt too. We're only able to tell you now because there's no longer a threat weighing on our shoulders. And you don't have to feel sorry for me, or any of us for that matter." He pulled the dirty blonde in for another hug. "You're here for us now, and that's all that matters."
Joey just nodded and continue to hug his friend. He was far above the simple word, 'happy'. He was more than just 'relieved'. No, he was a thousand times more than that.
He still had his Yami. He still had his pal. And he had Yugi too.
"Seto?" Yami asked, not even moving a centimeter away from Joey.
"Yeah?"
"Can Joey stay over too?"
"...Fine with me."
He couldn't ask for anything more.
After hanging out all day, Joey was pooped.
He had went out with Yami, went to the mall, played some arcade games and talked to and fro around the house before night fell. When they arrived back home, Yami started to repeat a phrase of numbers while his head started to twitch. His eyes were changing a rainbow of colors, and he started to stutter and almost glitch in his words. He then fainted on the front door, yes, the front door, and Seto had to take him to bed. This worried Joey, until their youngest brother Mokuba told him that this happened when he was too exhausted. Before Joey had came along, Yami was doing other work. He was already tired today.
This made Joey feel bad for not knowing but, if he was okay, he wouldn't dwell on it.
Yes, just don't worry about it...
Yami and Mokuba already went to bed, and it was midnight now.
Yet, the eldest brother was knocking on his door.
Joey groaned, putting his smart phone down and getting off of the bed on his bare feet. He stepped over to the guest room doors and allowed him in. He walked back over to the large comfy bed and sprawled across it. He picked up his phone and continued to text Yugi. "What's up?" He said while staring at the screen. The lights were on, Seto figured he wasn't retiring to bed yet. Especially since he was on the phone chatting.
"I wanted to talk about Yami."
"Oh yeah." Joey put down the phone and gave him his undivided attention. "Tell me, what do you need me to do?"
"You're Yami's best friend. So, you must know some way to get him back to his old self. You see it too, right? The way he's changed, even when he's normal."
Joey sighed and closed his eyes. "Yeah, he's still not really the same. He's more to himself, quiet. Kinda like you, just not a dick."
"Repeat that again?" Seto rose a brow.
"Anyway," Joey said while rubbing under his nose with his finger. "Well, today he seemed happy. Even when he saw me, I could tell he wasn't the same Yami like in high school. But when we started to hang out and talk, he got better and better." He felt himself smile a little while saying that.
Seto nodded a few times in approval. "I knew it. It's you."
Joey blinked. "What did I do?"
"Atem and Yugi don't know what to do, but you make him happier. I need you to be around him more so it can stay that way. And maybe, he'll start acting more humane again."
"You need me to hang around Yam's more?" The blonde shrugged. "Welp, doesn't sound too hard. I think I can do that."
"Perfect." Seto leaned against the wall and crossed his arms while sighing lightly. Joey didn't realize until now that Seto didn't look too bad.
Definitely a nice body, piercing ice blue eyes, tall, handsome, and sweet tattoos. Oh yeah, those are those 'brand name' thingies he was talking about. Whatever that was. It looked cool on him. He could see a little of one of them on his chest from the loose tank top he was wearing. And what a nice view, he had to say.
Oh God, he was undressing his best friend's brother. Great...
Jounouchi scoffed even more, trying to wriggle his hands free. This guy's grip was way too tight. Suddenly, he felt a rubbing sensation against his crotch. He gulped, and looked down. The bastard was rubbing his knee against his pants!
"You're soft on the eyes, so I won't kill you. But next time, watch your tone." The sound of his threatening, yet secretly seductive low tone put Joey on edge.
No no, why was is he thinking of that again?! Why now?!
Okay, so maybe he was a little cute and actually pretty attractive. And maybe that whole cold-silent type thing was actually pretty hot-err alluring. And maybe he did have a soft side that was actually really damn cute-shit! What the hell is he thinking right now!? Joey internally screamed as he gulped. He hoped these thoughts would go away, like right now. Now, would be nice.
"What's wrong with you? You look like you have a fever." Seto narrowed his eyes at the blonde. Joey nearly squeaked and looked away instantly to hide his red face.
"Nothin'! Nothin' at all. I'm just hot."
"It's fifty degrees today. It's not that cold or hot-"
"Whatever! I'm just feelin' hot!"
"Then there's something wrong with you, you damn idiot." Seto harshly scolded as he marched over and shoved the blonde down onto the bed. Joey dropped his phone on the carpet with a yelp, and found himself being pinned on the soft bed with his head laying on the pillows. He watched as the larger man climbed over his body and placed his heavy hand on top of his temple. He was indeed sweating profusely, and his entire face was crimson. Seto could feel heat coming from off of his body. "Yeah, you've definitely got something." He concluded.
To this, Joey said nothing back. He just continue to stare and bit his lip nervously. He tried not to show it, but he failed miserably. Sweet lord, it's almost like when Yugi tackled him on the bed and ripped off his clothes-
"Take off your shirt. Now."
GOD FUCKIN' DAMN IT. He screamed to himself.
"What? No!"
"Do it, so I can make sure you're okay, you imbecile." Seto insulted as he moved back a bit so Joey could take off the article of clothing.
With a grit of his teeth, he reluctantly complied and pulled off his shirt, revealing his form. He saw Seto's eyes gaze over everything for a minute, but he felt that they lingered for a bit too long. He then cringed when he felt his hand touch the skin of his abdomen. "You're skin isn't dry. If anything, it's sweaty. And you don't have dry skin anywhere else. No warm patches...Do you have any muscle aches?"
"N-No?" Joey squinted.
"Mouth dry?"
"No!"
"Hn." Seto shrugged and moved away to sit on the edge of the bed. "I guess you really are just hot. But I'll get a thermometer in case. If you were sick, Yami wouldn't be too happy. And trust me, you don't want him to examine you."
"Right..." Joey sighed in relief that it was over. "I think I'm gonna go pee, if that's okay with you." Joey grabbed his shirt and stood up off of the bed. However, when he made one step, he tripped over his own phone that had been previously dropped. He fell forward onto Seto who didn't move. He winced, and looked up to see Seto just staring right back at him, unimpressed. He didn't even move from the fall, he was like some kind of wall. Joey was just slumped against his body, with his head leaning right against his. At this position, he nearly screamed like a girl. "S-Shit! Sorry-"
"There are people sleeping. Quit yelling, you fucking moron." He quickly hushed with a non-too-kind tone.
Joey was about to make a comeback, until he continued to stare into his oceans for eyes. Seto was going to move to push Joey away, moving to grasp the blonde's arms. Their knees were leaning against each other now, and Joey found himself sitting next to Seto comfortably. Seto's hands moved from his arms to his hands, and he leaned his forehead more against Jounouchi's. The other didn't mind at all, and leaned his head forward as well.
That dirty blonde hair was rare, here. Those amber core-like eyes. The way he talked was annoying but, at the same time he liked it. It was different. He took care of Yami, and said he would make him happy. He was helping him look after his younger brother. Last time, he did say he looked pretty decent. Not hard on the eyes. But what an understatement. He was much more attractive than he first initially thought. He was feisty, a sarcastic little shit. He had some comebacks. His nervousness around Seto made him look cute, too. This reminded him of Atem but, he didn't have to fight with this one. Not at all.
He wasn't some achievement, he was just someone who seemed relatively decent. If Yami found Joey to be a great person, than he must truly be an okay human being. Seto didn't have to persuade or seduce him, he was feeling compelled to do this. Nothing felt, like a fight.
Maybe he should just...Let the Egyptian go.
He'd never have him anyway so...
Seto leaned in closer as well.
And in a split second, they shared a kiss.
Yami's blue eyes snapped open. He heard thumping. No...creaking or rocking of something. Like someone was swinging a door and shaking a bed-
His eyes then squinted suspiciously.
He was gonna kill Seto if he brought some girl or guy to fuck at the house. Then again, this was Seto we were talking about. He wasn't one to do that, especially not with his brothers in the house. And Joey wouldn't do that either. Hell, he wasn't even allowed to do that at his own apartment. Yugi prohibited it. Well, only one way to find out. Though, whoever was doing this would get a thoroughly broken skull. The man gently took Mokuba off of his chest and sat up on the bed, taking the sheets off of him. Thankfully he was still asleep. His ears weren't sensitive like his were. He did a quick stretch, before getting off of the fluffy bed and walking out of the room. He walked down the hall, towards the direction of the sound, which was Joey's room.
He made sure his steps were silent, his movements not too quick, nor too slow. His now blue eyes scanned the entire area, making sure nothing was out of the ordinary. He sniffed with his nostrils, smelling his brother's faded scent of that God awfully strong cologne. It was coming directly from Joey's room. And the noises got louder and louder each time he got closer. He heard some muffled moans, like someone was covering their mouth. Once he stepped in front of his destination, he switched his eyes to black. This setting let his see through things, allowing him to see right past this door.
And what does he see?
He felt a large smirk grow on his lips. A sneer, would be a better term.
His big brother, on the bed, holding Joey against the headboard and covering his mouth with one hand. Banging the absolute shit out of him. As hysterical as he was feeling right now, he started to quickly become extremely uncomfortable once he heard his best friend's muffled screams. Hearing his brother's sexual growls made him feel even weirder.
"Mmngh! Mmmfh!"
With that, he quickly walked away from the room and went to his own where Moki was.
Ohoho boy...He couldn't wait to see the look on their faces tomorrow.
Yami walked in the kitchen and sat down at the dinner table. It was morning, so Mokuba took the liberty of cooking breakfast. Though, Yami was surprised the little one could reach the stove, much less the counter. He had a mug of coffee in his hand, with lots of sugar and cream. Yugi liked them strong, without anything. More power to him, because plain black coffee tasted like shit. Manly or not, he'd rather have it nice and sweet.
Finally, the guests of honor waltzed in.
And boy did they look like they had a rough night.
Yami could smell the shower body wash on them, so they did clean up. Tch, probably together. Hopefully they took those nasty sheets to the laundry shoot. But their hair, more like bed hair, looked a mess. Their clothes looked disheveled, so they obviously didn't change. And oh...What was that smell? Hmm, that familiar smell-Oh yeah! Sex. That's what it was. They tried to shower to cover it up, but nope. Couldn't fool this nose. Seto should have known better than that.
With a big smirk, Yami waved to them. They were both greeting Mokuba and sitting down at the table. He'd have to make this smooth considering there was a child in the room. He'd give little hints. Mokuba has been growing very clever lately, this wasn't that same innocent helpless kid last year. He could understand an innuendo when he heard it. They both sat on either sides of Yami and greeted him back.
"Hey Seto, Joey."
"Morning." They both accidentally said in unison, making them glance at each other before looking somewhere else. Joey gave a smile to Yami and held up his phone.
"Hey Yam's, Yug' said I could swing by your place later today. I'm finally gonna see 'em!" He said with glee. Yami continued to smirk, and nodded slowly. Oh Yugi's reaction would not be pretty.
"That's great." He glanced at Seto and placed his hand on the table. He made some movements with his fingers, trying to do some sign language without Joey seeing. Seto's noticed this immediately, and some red faintly appeared on his face.
I know what you did last night~
"Um-" Seto instantly stood up. "I don't feel well, I'm going to go back to bed-"
"Nonsense big brother! Come, sit down and eat with us. Can't miss out on Mokuba's cooking." He said with a very hidden evil tone. He grasped Seto's hand before he could move away and pulled him back down in his seat. "Hm, Seto what's wrong? I think you may be getting a fever. You look red in the face." He lowered his eyes suggestively. Ooh, so this was what it felt like to tease. No wonder Atem loves teasing Yugi. When he saw Mokuba put the last batch of food on the counter and turn off the stove, he saw that was his chance. "Oh, Moki? Yugi just texted me, he asked you to call him."
"Really?" The preteen asked, turning around. He smiled at hearing Yugi's name. "Great! I'll be back, Seto." He said cheerfully as he rushed out of the kitchen with his tiny little bare feet.
Now that the three were alone, Yami's evil plan unfolded.
"So then, dear brother of mine," He cupped his hands on his face like a sweet innocent child, and smiled like he did nothing wrong with his curious twinkling eyes. "What were you doing in Jounouchi's room last night?"
"..." Seto said nothing, he just adverted his eyes away from Yami's continuously calculating ones. Joey's face grew red, but he oh so desperately tried to hide it from his best friend.
"Heheh." He tried to laugh it off. Oh Joey...If only he knew how much deep shit he was in right now. "Come on Yam's, we were just talkin'. Quit making that creepy face."
"Creepy face? Hmm." He thought he looked pretty innocent. Or maybe his ill intentions were just that obvious. "Well? Seto?" He looked over at his elder brother. The older Kaiba turned his eyes back at Yami, to try and show he was sincere.
"We were just talking. About you."
Yami's suspicious expression then softened up after hearing that. "M...Me?" He tilted his head.
"Yes. Joey agreed to be around more often. Now that we have nothing to hide, and no one is after anyone anymore, it's safe for him to be with you again. I wanted him around you more, to make you happy." This, was one of the few golden moments where he's ever seen Seto actually concerned and sympathetic. To the point where you can see it all over his face. "You still aren't...You. If that makes any sense. But when I saw you hug Joey, that smile on your face...I wanted to-" He stopped in the middle of what he was saying, looking back down at the table cloth. This made Yami's little playful mood falter. His heart slightly throbbed faster, feeling a certain warmth inside of his chest. Damn, how could he make fun of him now? That was so sweet of them both to do.
Jounouchi started to shake his head with his eyes closed. He looked ashamed of something. "When I saw you pass out on me, with your new eyes all weird and stuff, you speaking that gibberish," He opened his eyes and narrowed them harshly at the table, as if he was trying to figure something out. "I don't know why but, seeing that just made me so fuckin' mad." Yami watched as the blonde clenched his teeth. "I've only ever seen Yug' do shit like that, and that gives me a fuckin' heart attack every God damn time he OD's or fuckin' has a break down. It only happens maybe one every four months. But then I hear from your little bro, this happens all the damn time." He looked up at Yami with the most hurt face he's ever seen. "And me, your best friend, I'm not here to help you at all!" He raised his voice louder.
That right there, shoved guilt into him like a punch in the stomach.
"So I don't give a shit what's going with you," Joey pointed to Yami, then Seto. "Him, your smallest brother, Yug' or that Cereza guy, you and Yug' are gonna be my number one priority! I don't care how much this new you pushes me away, cause I'm gonna keep pushin' back! No one, nothing, not even your little assassin moves or whatever, is gonna stop me from ever being in your lives again. Even if you kill me, I'm gonna haunt the shit out of you and still watch over you! Got it!?" He asserted strongly, intimidating volume growing in his voice.
"Forgive me." Yami said immediately as a response. He got out of his chair, and was suddenly on his hands and knees in front of Joey, bowing his head low towards the ground. "Forgive us, all of us for making you so worried all this time." He didn't dare look back up at him. He wasn't worthy as of now. How forgiving was this man? After more than a damn year of not making contact, he wasn't upset at him. After all this time, keeping him in the dark about this stuff, even before they moved out of the house, Joey still stood by him. He never turned his back. He never yelled at him, he never-
He didn't deserve such a friend like this.
He could truly say, Jounouchi Katsuya was one one of the best human beings he's ever met in his miserable life. It almost hurt that he was being so nice, it just wasn't human. It couldn't be possible. There was too much hate in the world for there to be nice people like him. But, no. That wasn't really true, was it? Ms. Ishizu was one of those people. Seto was starting to be one of those people. Dartz was definitely one of those people. Atem and Yugi are good people too. But never before, has he treated one of those people so badly. He didn't deserve any of Jounouchi's kindness. Not one ounce.
He felt himself get pulled up off of his feet. He saw Joey was standing up along with him, tears in the corners of his eyes. "I-I was kinda upset you never texted or called. I mean, I know you guys had to do something important and all but..." He bit his lip. "Just promise me, okay? I don't give a shit what you do. Just don't get yourself even more fucked up than you already have. And you know exactly what I mean by that. Cause I can't stand to see you like this, man."
After months later, Seto finally saw tears come out of little brother's eyes once again.
He looked away with a ghost of a smile as he heard the rustle of their clothes. They hugged, tightly. He know they did.
"I promise." Yami sniffled into Joey's shirt.
After a few moments of holding each other, just like they did yesterday, the brunette watched as they both returned to their seats. They didn't wear smiles, but he could tell they both were very satisfied. Happy. And that's all he wanted at the end of the day.
"But," Yami held up a finger, a smirk appearing on his face again. "Don't think you're both out of the woods yet." He crossed his arms and looked at Seto straight in the eyes. "Seto, I'll ask again," He said his words very slowly and menacingly. Joey looked absolutely betrayed, and a little pissed too. He poured his heart out and Yami all of sudden went back to this again!? His mouth was just slack jawed in awe. "What were you doing in Joey's room?"
"I just told you, Yami." Seto's tone was becoming obviously more grouchy by the minute. "You think all that mushy shit was for nothing?" He scowled.
"Answer the question."
"We. Were. Talking. Sennen." He said angrily, this time. When he used Yami's real name, his younger brother gave him a dangerous look. The very same look he gave whenever they brought up Atem alone.
"Alright. You wanna play it like that?" Yami's smirk was no longer playful. It was full-on evil. "Fine." His eyes then turned...
"Yellow?" Seto and Joey's eyes widened.
Then, they quickly flashed red three times before turning back to yellow. "Deception indicated." Yami stated. He then turned to Joey and folded his hands on the table. "Joey, why was Seto in you're room?" He asked again. Joey blinked several times before slowly shaking his head.
"W-Were just talkin', Yam's."
Those yellow eyes flashed red again. "Deception, indicated. You're both liars."
"Are you serious?" Joey asked breathlessly. "You're a fuckin' lie detector too!?" He exclaimed.
Seto was at a loss for words. "You can't be serious." Was all he could have said.
"B-But wait a sec here!" Joey stood up out of his seat again and pointed at Yami, who had a smug look on his face. "That's the truth though! We did talk!"
"I can still detect deception if information is being concealed. Talking wasn't the only thing you two did, Joey."
"Err-" Shit, couldn't explain that one.
"Okay." Seto clapped his hands and stood up as well, standing beside Joey. "Yami, this is amazing. This can really be useful and all but, this as of now isn't important-"
"Oh hell yeah it is. You call me out my name, now I'm really going to embarrass you."
Seto mentally cursed himself. Then he cursed Gozaburo for being a fucking freak.
Yami's eyes then changed to a mix of purple and red. "Oh dear. In infrared mode, I see a bunch of marks on you both. One in the center of Seto's chest that he's foolishly trying to cover." He said as Seto was sheepishly adjusting his top. He then looked at Joey who flinched, and began scanning him as well. "Oh my, a lot of hickies on the stomach and inner thigh area. Ooh. Smart not to go for the neck. Real smart, guys." He added smoothly.
They both looked at each other, they knew they had been caught. Oh so sadly caught.
A few sniffs brought their attention to Yami again. "And let me tell you, you may have showered but, I can smell the sex all over you two. It's almost sad."
Pathetically, sadly caught.
Yami shrugged. "Just admit it. I'm not gonna be mad or anything." His eyes faded back to purple. Then, a genuine smile grew on his lips. "I think it's kinda cute, actually. Never would have guessed it but, I'm not surprised either." He put a fist under his chin and leaned his elbow on the table. "Well? Don't tell me it was just a one-nighter. I'll be very disappointed."
Seto sighed heavily. He brought a hand up to his face and dragged it down. "I can't even fuck without you analyzing me, huh?" He shook his head at Yami, while Joey slapped Seto's arm with a rosy face and an embarrassed scowl. His little brother chuckled to himself. "But, seriously though. I do ask for your forgiveness. I would never bring someone in just to fuck them in the house with you and Moki around. And please don't think I would only bring Katsuya here just for that. We really meant what we said about you, Yami. See that smiling you're doing right now? I may not do it, but I need you to do it. It lets me know I'm doing my job right again."
Jounouchi nodded, a more serious expression on his face. "I meant everything I said. That hug wasn't fake, man. I love you. And even though he's a dick-"
"Watch it, blondie." Seto glanced at Joey with a glare.
"-I know money-bags over here loves you too. Okay?"
Yami nodded, his smile never left. "I understand. Thank you, brother. Joey."
Seto wound up sitting back in his chair and groaning. He knew it wasn't Yami's fault for being so...'sensitive to his surroundings', but God. What a damn stress. He didn't want him to know, geez. Not yet anyway. This was so damn shameful. "It just wound up happening. I thought this idiot was developing a fever, he was suddenly getting really hot after we talked about you. I told him to take off his shirt, and I touched his body in the normal areas to check and see if he had a fever or if he may have been poisoned. That was the D75 strategy kicking in, you never know, right?" He looked at Yami passed his fingers that was dragged over his face.
His little brother nodded in agreement.
"After that, we looked at each other. I leaned in, he leaned in and..." He shook his head and ran his hands through his short chestnut hair. "We made out and, then we just started to, you know." He rubbed behind his neck and closed his blue eyes with a sigh. Joey didn't look too happy or comfortable with this either. He was just leaning on Yami's chair, with a glum frown.
Yami nodded again, taking this into deep thought. "I see, I see. It was good though, right?"
Joey whipped his head down at Yami. "W-What!?"
"Oh fuck yeah, it was."
Joey fell on the floor after Seto's response.
"Best sex I've had in years."
Yami raised a brow. "This may be personal, but I'm gonna ask anyway. Better than you-know-who?"
Joey huffed as he got up off of the spotless tile floor and grumbled. "It's alright Yam's, I know he and your boyfriend were something at one point."
"Oh good." Yami turned to Joey. "Please tell me it doesn't bother you."
The dirty blonde shrugged. "Ehh. Not really, especially since he told me all the times he denied him. He told me how they fought at the hotel. Little guy nearly beat the shit out of him." Joey shook his head. "Nah, I ain't got nothin' to worry about. He's all over you and Yug' anyway." He grinned.
Seto cleared his throat. "To answer your question," He took a moment to think about what he was going to say. Atem was indeed exhilarating. But with Joey, it felt even more than that. It was like, that times one hundred. Even the foreplay was mind-blowing. The release was nothing he ever felt before. Is that what Atem meant? That sex felt even better when you were doing it with the person you...No. No that couldn't be it. Right? It couldn't have.."It, was better but, I don't know why."
"Oh." Joey blinked, but then shyly smiled. "Well thanks." He truly felt flattered. "You're pretty good yourself."
"Oh my God, ew, shut up." Yami playfully pushed Joey away. "But, brother of mine," He then gave him the know-it-all look. "That means someone's in love~"
"Okay, I'm gone."
"Ohoho, no you don't buddy." Yami grasped his arm again. He could hear Seto growl. "Tell me you don't feel that, Seto. Look me in the eyes and say that." Yami challenged. "Tell me you didn't feel anything when you did that with Joey. I dare you. Watch me prove you wrong."
Seto snatched his arm away and shoved his forehead against his own brother's. Suddenly directly in his face. And boy did he look pissed. Must have touched a nerve. "I don't feel that bullshit emotion. It doesn't exist, not for me. And you know why it doesn't. I did feel something, but I know it couldn't be that. I don't have time for shit as useless as this-this 'love' concept. I'm a damn soldier, I don't need distractions like that in my life, Yami. That's not what it was, and I don't believe in it." He shoved his temple off of Yami's and moved back. He swiftly turned around and made his way to the exit of the kitchen.
Jounouchi just stared at the floor, he didn't look back at Seto. He had a feeling things would turn this way anyway. Wouldn't be the first time this happened. He wouldn't feel sad, or mad. He learned to accept rejection a long time ago. It was numb to him.
"...Extreme deception indicated." Yami exclaimed. His voice echoed in the now silent room.
Seto paused in his tracks, and Joey looked up in shock.
The spiky haired pre-adult just continued to once again, smile.
"You're a damn liar, Seto."
Seto opened his mouth to say something, but he kept it to himself.
I lied about that? Strange.
...I almost feel happy I did for some reason. Because if that's a lie then, then...
Then...
At that moment, Yami wasn't the only one smiling to himself.
END - 3!
Forgive me for not doing any requests this time, but I had this in my mind for the longest and I had to write it.
Also, forgive me again for the late update. Things went to shit this month. Lost my best friend thanks to my idiocy and my lack of skills in being a friend, and my depression has just been kicking my ass lately. I just was not motivated to write, or draw, or make music, anything. I was just...nothing. Well, I still feel that way but, I feel slightly better now.
And I'm not gonna lie...When I WAS writing, I was writing up ideas, not of these stories, but of something way different that may come out before the sequel or Her Little Boy. I suspect the lot of you guys won't go for it, but I'm okay with that. I may be leaving the Yugioh side of this site for a bit because of this, but once again, under no circumstances will I be abandoning any of my stories. Even if I were to leave in say, maybe a month or two from now, I am gonna come back. And even if I do leave, I'm still gonna update this collaboration and take requests from reviews.
That's all I had to say.
Oh yeah and, this Puppyshipping? Oh yeah baby, it's canon for the sequel too. You want a smut? Ask for it.
I dare ya.
Oh, and Happy Holidays. I hope you had a better time than me, and that if you didn't, this chapter made you a little happier.