So, school is over for Easter breaks and I hope I can write a lot more. Btw, my YouTube account was hacked and I'm using my back up, so if you know from there you know what to do.
So, here comes the chapter, hope you like it and oh, there are so many secrets ahead. x3
Chapter 3: Wishing to fly
"Where am I?" – Seto woke up a bit confused
The last thing he remembered was his little brother talking to him and everything turned blank.
He tried to move but he couldn't. He opened his eyes in shock to only realise that what was enabling him from moving was his own body. He was lying over his arms.
"Not again... This happens always..." – Seto looks around – "This isn't my room..."
The place he was in was dark, weird and unusual. He rises to his feet and searches for a way out. Until he hears a voice.
"Help!"
He knew that voice, but his brain still couldn't think straight, it was cloudy due to his sleepiness. He fallows the voice.
Seto stands still in shock with what he has found.
"Jounouchi..." – he whispers softly, than snaps to reality – "Mutt, what are you doing here? And why are you naked? Thought those ropes fit your canine side well."
"Like I know money bags! I'm the one naked and tied up! How should I know? Could you at least free me up, you good for nothing rich kid! I would like to dress something!" – Jou was screaming and struggling against the ropes, breaking some skin.
"You know I wouldn't ever touch a Mutt like you. I would never free you. You're just a filthy dirty Mutt after all." – now Seto did it, he really did shatter Jou's heart.
"You asshole! You don't even know how to untie a person? You're useless, you stupid piece of shit! I don't even know why I asked your help!" – and Jou kept on and on – "Rich boy doesn't understand how much some people treasure him! I'm glad Mokuba isn't like you! I don't even know how Yugi can still try to be friends with a burned piece of shit!" – and on and on
But Seto didn't like this. Jou was hurting him, bruising him, shattering every piece of him. And he deserved it, still he hated it. So he repaid the comments with a single argument that made Jou shut up and made Seto want to die in the moment he registered what he said:
"At least I can keep my brother with me and give him whatever he wants and needs."
The answer broke his heart.
"I hate you."
For some minutes, too many, only silence remained, until Seto broke it.
"I'm sorry Jou..."
"What?" – Jou was petrified and seriously thinking he was going mad – "What did you say?"
"I'm sorry. Good damn it! I said I was sorry because I didn't mean it! Any of it..." – Seto was untying Jou, still he didn't look at him once, keeping is voice low
"I'm sorry. Shouldn't have said those things either."
"It's okay. It was my fault."
They didn't look at each other. Red tainted their cheeks.
"Did you see my clothes? I don't find them anywhere. I just found my boxers."
"No. I didn't see anything that looked like clothes. I didn't even find a way out of here! But here, wear my coat." – Seto gave Jou a simple bueish coat – "It's better than wandering around in boxers."
Seto looked away passing unnoticed, hiding his uneasiness. Jou looked away too. He dresses Seto's coat. – "I think it fits... since when do you wear larger clothes than me?" – Jou's mind filled up with weird thought – "Stop it! It isn't the first time he's seeing you naked! Get a grip on yourself. You aren't and will never have anything to do with him! Forget it!"
"Jounouchi! Jou? Katsuya, are you okay?"
"What did you call me?" – Jou was shocked
"I've tried every name I remembered and you didn't answer, so I obviously, tried your name, Mutt." – Seto tried his best to look cool and don't call him by his given name over and over.
"Oh... okay. Let's find a way out, then." – disappointment hit him like a hammer crushing his tiny heart
After an exhaustive hour they gave up
"Why the fuck are we locked here?"
"Like I know! When I find out who did this I will torture them until they beg me to die!" –Seto was with a freaky look on his eyes
"I would be pleased to help." – Jou laughed lightly, but then blushed – "I just don't understand why I was naked... and tied up..." – he whimpered trying to find a reason why, but couldn't think of anything, but he was also disappointed because nothing happened
"I don't know, but if your underwear wasn't near and if I didn't have a coat... I..." – Seto turned his face to the side avoiding Jou's shocked look – "I'm a man, I have needs. Don't look at me that way, you know what I mean, it doesn't mean affection."
"Right... It's true." – Jou looked away
"Anyway, what happened to you? You weren't skinny, you always were slightly built and all..."
Seto felt like he was drowning into a chocolate pool. For some seconds the world stopped. They were getting closer. Jou closed his eyes and Seto got closer and closer... Until the CEO snapped out of the moment and back to reality jumping to his feet.
"I'm going to a walk. I'll search for an exit."
Jou didn't registered what happened. His mind was blank for a while. But then, he was alone.
This weird shaped warehouse has no doors at least that could be found, looked like a maze, didn't have windows and had too many walls.
Some time has passed and Jou heard a door opening and closing. He feels restless, lost and left, scared most of all. Seto longed to come back.
He crawled to where a weak lightened lamp survived. He leaned onto a big box and curled into a ball. The door closed. He was alone.
"I really fucked everything this time..."
Jou closed his big brown eyes, full of tears.
"I never knew I was nictophobic..."
He drifted to an uncontrollable and life shacking nightmare that awaited his arrival.
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"Jou was standing in his bedroom; in front of him was his father who looked at him in disgust, walking towards him with a broken glass on his hand. The blonde closed his eyes waiting for the pain to come, but there was nothing so he opened his eyes, his father was lying on the ground over a pool of blood, and then he was swallowed by darkness. He disappeared. Then his friends appeared. They were just standing there. Not moving. Jou tried to call out for them but there was no sound coming out of his mouth. Nothing. He started crying as they were swallowed by darkness, he tried to move but he was numb. It felt like his body was dead. Then Seto came into scene, right in front of him. His eyes were lifeless. Jou noticed that Seto was moving but then he realised that the blue eyed man was falling backward and there was blood all over his white shirt. Jou just watched as Seto was consumed by nothing. Then he started crying, he didn't feel his tears rolling down his face, but he knew it. His body finally gave away and he fell to his knees, but still couldn't move. He just watched as everyone disappeared before him. Then the room also started to disappear starting on the edges moving to the centre, where Jou was standing. Darkness swallowed everything slowly, making Jou despair. He tried to cry out but there was only broken sounds and darkness."
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Jou woke up startled, screaming, moving, and struggling. Trying to run away. But he couldn't move, someone was hugging him. Giving him a moment to calm down. He was sitting on someone's lap. He could feel a pounding heart beat on his back; felt like the person had ran a marathon. He heard something like soothing words far away. He was still scared. Scared of his own mind. Scared of being alone. But most of all, he was scared of not being love.
"Katsuya. Please. Calm down... I won't go away again. I won't leave your side again. Please hush... Katsuya, calm down..." – Seto was despairing
But then, Jou was starting to calm down. His breathing was getting back to normal and so was his heart rate. When Seto was enough sure that Jou was really okay he loosened up his grip on him. Jounouchi leaned on his chest and Seto wrapped carefully his arms around him. The blonde rested his head on the blue eyed boy's shoulder and closed his eyes. Now Seto was sitting on the ground leaning against the wall with Jou in between his legs, both facing the same wall.
"Thank you. You didn't have to."
"I wanted to."
"Then don't leave me alone again, while we are here, please." – Jou wanted it forever
"I won't. I'm sorry I left you alone. I won't do it again." – Seto wished that Jou said forever
Jounouchi turned around carefully so Seto's arms won't get out of place. They were face to face.
"Kaiba."
"Tell me."
"Can you say that again?"
"I won't. I'm sorry I left you alone. I won't do it again?"
"No. My name." – Jou looked strange
"Jounouchi?" – Seto was confused
"No. My real name." - Jounouchi laughed lightly, but the laughter died soon
"Katsuya."
"Thank you." – Jou smiled genuinely feeling a fuzzy feeling filling his heart; it seemed that the whole room was brighter
"What are you smiling about?" – Seto tried to cover up his blush
"I have my own reasons." – he kept smiling
Then there was an awkward noise.
"Hu... I guess I'm hungry..." – Jou smiled sheepishly
"I don't believe there's anything edible around here..." – Seto suppressed laughter
"Oh my god! You can smile!" – Jou's eyes could nearly pop out of his head
"I'm human you know." – Seto gave him a weird look
"Oh my god! You can do the eyebrow thingy!"
"Katsuya, please..." – Seto though that Jounouchi was seriously mental damaged – "Are you sure you are okay?"
"You called my name again!" – Jou now looked happy but tearful
"Oh... hu... I..." – Set was at a loss of words – "Hu... let's go find some food... Any idea where to start?"
"When you went away I heard a door opening but I was too freaked out to go find what it was."
"Where did the sound come from?"
Jou showed where the sound came from and there, right in the middle were two bentos. A red bento and a blue bento.
"What the fuck? Bentos?"
"I think that's for us..." – Seto was speechless
"Let's go eat then."
Seto just looked at the change of emotions happening on Jou. This was his Jou.
"I suppose this one's yours" – Jounouchi gave Seto the blue box
They returned to the place they were, beneath the dying lamp.
"Let's eat. Itadakimasu!"
And Jou opened the bento to find goodies and an envelope.
"I'm starting to hate envelopes..." – Jou opens it up and it says:
"Jounouchi Katsuya, this is your bento for the day. Spare the food so it suffices 'till tomorrow. Greetings, your host."
"This is freaky Seto..." – Jou was confused and passed him the note
"But who is trying to scare us?"
"I don't know... But I'll eat anyway." - And so he did. And Seto just looked at him like he has just saw a ghost
"Hey, Seto. Won't you eat? Am I being impolite?"
"No, no. Eat, eat. I was just thinking... Itadakimasu..."
And they ate in silence.
"I'm full!" – Jou smiled widely and pushes the bento to the side.
"Me too." – Seto did the same thing, leaning against the wall again; Jou crawled to him and sat in between his knees like before, this time Seto blushed with the unthoughtful move by Jou
"You called my name. Without me asking you to, or being needed to call me back to reality."
"You smiled because of that?"
"Yes, I did."
"Are you serious?"
"I am. You know, this is the first conversation we have that we don't end up fighting."
"It's true."
"It feels normal."
"Yes."
Jou turned around. They looked into each other eyes and time seemed to stop.
"Kaiba. Let's sleep."
"Sleep?"
"Yes. Sleep. I'm tired. It has passed probably one day."
"It's true. Let's sleep." – Kaiba gave him a smile, small, but it was a true smile
"Seto, lay down, please." – Jou asked and Seto got confused but complied
Jounouchi laid down, in front of him
"Hug me please." – and so did Seto
The cold CEO felt his cheeks grow hot and if Jou's face wasn't rested on his chest he would have been busted.
"Are you okay? Your heart is beating fast." – Jou rested a hand above Seto's heart.
"I'm okay. I was just thinking. Sleep now."
"Okay mom." – Jou laughed lightly
Seto did nothing but smile and chuckle softly
"Can I call you Seto? Is it all right?" – Jou looked into Kaiba's eyes
"I guess you do. It's alright."
Jou smiled tenderly. They both fell asleep.
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Seto woke up surrounded by warmth. He felt something like a futon and blankets. And Jou was there in his arms. Like a dream. He opened his eyes to face reality and preparing his mind to discover ground beneath him and cold hair hugging his body. As he did he saw a futon, blankets and pillows.
"What the fuck? Katsuya wake up. Katsuya..."
"No, let me sleep... don't move! It's warm..." – Katsuya laid on top of him to prevent him from moving – "So good..." – He had a sheepish smile on his face filled with peace
"Katsuya..." – Seto tried hard to breath and stay calm so he wouldn't make any mistakes but Jounouchi was making it hard – "Katsuya... wake up."
But Katsuya just pressed his body more into Seto and kissed his neck.
"Seto sleep. Or just leave me alone..." –Jou wasn't himself, he was sleeping
"Katsuya! Wake up!"
And Katsuya jumped and sat on Seto's lap startled. Seto just pushed his upper body up sitting beneath Jounouchi.
"You're a heavy sleeper..." – Seto had a really hard to read emotion sticking his eyes
"Sorry..." – Jounouchi looked down realising what he had done and blushing deeply trying to move from the other lap, but he was stopped.
"Calm down. It wasn't the reason I woke you up. Look at where we are lying."
Jou looked around.
"We were sleeping on the ground yesterday... and there is more food..." – Jou was confused
"I'm starting to get worried, but until no one kills us..."
"Did you really say that?" – Jou was back to shock
"You're not starting again like yesterday, are you?"
"No sorry, I was just kidding..." – Jou smiled softly – "You know, I've been wondering, why do you act do cold? Or at least why are you acting like this now? It's not like I own you something..."
Seto laid back down dragging Jou with him covering their bodies with the blankets.
"It's complicated. And in fact you do own me something. But it was my fault you got the debt. Besides, I want to get back to sleep. So shut it and sleep too." – he was avoiding the conversation trying to keep cool and composed.
But it wasn't working anymore, not with Jou.
"What kind of debt? Seto! Stop it! I don't want you to ignore me! Not when everything was fine and we weren't fighting! Not when you're hugging me!" – Jou sat back up and Seto followed him – "It's messed up! You're mixing two things that can't be mixed! I don't want you to pity me!"
"Katsuya, listen to me. You should know by now. I don't pity anyone." – Seto opened his ocean blue eyes and dug them into Jou's soul – "I'm not pitying you."
"Then what is this? You're confusing me! What debt?"
"You want to know what debt?" – Seto's voice was louder
"Yes. I do." – Jounouchi was serious. Dead serious
"You don't want to know it, but I'll tell you. It will disgust you."
"Tell me already! You are confusing me!"
"I love you. Are you happy now? I'm going to sleep alone if you don't want to." – Seto slipped through Jou's legs and laid on the opposite side of the futon. He faced the side where Jou wasn't standing shocked and confused trying to register every new information.
And don't come on me saying things like: "Oh, Seto is so out of character and Jou isn't" or "Jou must be more sensitive" or "Jou has to be the uke" or "Jou has to be the seme" or "Seto is perfect, Jou must be more OOC". Seto and Jou can't be in or out of character if you don't know how they react when they love someone! They never shown those characteristics during the anime so stop being an ass and enjoy the story. Jou isn't made of stone, neither is Seto, but they are NOT pussies nor cry babies! They have feelings! People cry when they are hurt, scared or happy, it doesn't show the person is weak, right the opposite, it shows that the person is strong enough to show their true feelings, so piss on the wall.
Bye~