KD: Third chapter is up, part two of the double date! Thanks again to you readers for your support and your reviews.
Chapter Three: Wanted
Song for chapter:
Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi
Upon entering they saw Malik had wasted no time taking over the stage while Bakura was in the farthest corner sulking. They wordlessly went over to where Bakura was sitting and sat down.
"I don't' understand how those two are even able to function as a couple," Joey thought watching Bakura. He quickly had to avert his gaze when the spirit's coffee brown glare directed towards him.
"Hello, gentlemen," a waitress said approaching there table. "Can I get you started off with something to drink?"
"I'll take a full bottle of Bombay Sapphire," Bakura told her, his ring glinting malevolently. "And yes, I AM legal."
The girl didn't seem to want to question this so she quickly moved on to Seto and Joey. "And you, sirs?"
"I'll have a root beer," said Joey.
"Coffee for me," Seto stated.
"The coffee machine is broken, but we do have our famous espresso," she told him.
"That's fine."
After the girl was gone, Joey felt like he was almost being smothered by the heavy atmosphere Seto and Bakura combined were producing. He tried to focus on Malik who was currently singing a song he didn't recognize that included the lyrics 'can I get your number baby'. Joey watched Malik perform and he wasn't… all together terrible. A little… okay perhaps very tone deaf; but the guy at least knew how to have fun, and he more than made up for his bad singing with his killer dance moves. The crowd was really into the energy that Malik was producing that they never noticed how tone deaf he actually was. After the song was over, a bunch of people started to clap and scream for another song, "They must be drunk ta think that singing was good." Malik headed over to the table to join the others.
"Bakura did you like my song?" Malik asked as he sat down next to him, but before Bakura could answer Malik said, "Let's sing a duet together."
"Do I look drunk to you?" Bakura asked hypothetically.
"Joey, will you sing with me then?" Malik said grabbing him by the coat sleeve.
"Ummm…" Joey started, and looked to Seto for an answer, but the blue eyes looked amused with the thought of the puppy singing in front of a stage. "Sure, Malik. But no pop. How about something rock instead?" Joey said knowing he would regret this later. It's not that Joey didn't enjoy singing. He actually enjoyed it, but he never sung in front of people (he was more of a sing in the shower kind of guy), let alone a crowd who was probably more drunk than sober.
The two teens got up and moved over to the sing book to find a song they could agree on.
The waitress finally came back with the drinks and placed them on the table. "Can I get you gentlemen anything else?" she asked as she placed Seto's cup down.
"One more glass for the gin." Bakura said as he moved closer to Seto.
"Kaiba, how about we make this night more interesting?" Bakura asked as he opened up his bottle of blue alcohol. "Let's turn the idiots' singing into a drinking game. Every time Malik messes up you take a shot, and every time Joey messes up I'll take a shot."
Seto turned his head to Bakura, "What makes you think I would do something as foolish as that?"
Bakura smirked, "I guess the rich CEO is too afraid to play a little drinking game. I should have known. Men like you can't handle your liquor."
Bakura was egging Seto on and it was working. Seto was not one to refuse a challenge of any kind, especially when it was presented in such a manor, i.e. bashing his pride. The waitress brought over the other shot glass and Seto snatched it, "I'll play your game Bakura. I drink alcohol like you drink afternoon tea." Seto said, pouring the liquor into his glass. Joey and Malik finally got a stage and started to sing 'Wanted dead or Alive' by Bon Jovi. This song fit the mood between the two couples perfectly right now; the two at the table were not very pleased with their partners at the deceit of the double date.
Joey:
It's all the same, only the names will change
Every day it seems I'm wasting away
Malik:
Another place where the faces are so cold
I'd drive all day just to get back home
Joey: I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride
Both: I'm wanted dead or alive
Wanted dead or alive
Joey:
Sometimes I sleep, sometimes it's not for days
And the people I meet always go their separate ways
Malik:
Sometimes you tell the day
By the bottle that you drink
And times when you're alone all you do is think…I'm a rocket man, Oh no no no a rocket man
Both: I'm wanted dead or alive
Wanted dead or alive
Malik:
I walk these streets, a loaded six string strapped on my back
I play for keeps, 'cause I might not make it back…Dead or alive
Joey:
I been everywhere, and I'm standing tall
I've seen a billion faces an I've rocked them all
Both:
I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted dead or alive
I'm a cowboy, I got the night on my side
I'm wanted dead or alive
And I ride, dead or alive
I still drive, dead or alive
Dead or alive
Dead or alive
Dead or alive
Dead or alive
After the two boys finished performing, Joey felt, embarrassed, he only messed up on a few words, but Malik all together started to sing Rocket Man by Elton John half way through the song. Despite that fact, the crowd really didn't seem to care, they were clapping and screaming all excitedly. Joey looked at their faces and pretty much the whole crowd had cheeks flushed pink from the alcohol they were consuming. Joey looked over to Seto, who like the rest of the crowd had cheeks just a flushed. Bakura was talking to Seto, but he could not make out what they were saying.
"Why the hell did I agree to this again?" Seto thought, his brain racing with the venomous poison. "Usually I only drink a single glass of wine or on rare occasions scotch or brandy." Seto was still taking his last shots from the part where Malik broke out into the completely wrong song. Bakura was "kind" enough though to "lessen" the Rocket Man mess up shots to only 5 instead of 11 like it would have been however, Seto's pride was too big for him to take the offer.
"I'm surprised you are not on the ground dying of a liver infection with all the shots you took." Bakura said, noting the fact that Seto had what both thought was 15 shots of the clear liquid, but they had lost count somewhere along the way and 15 had only turned into 8 ( just a note A 140 (seto weights 143)lb man would reach 0.45% BAC after 17 drinks). Where Bukura only had 2 shots and felt slightly buzzed, but he could handle his liquor in this situation better than Seto could. Even though the drinking game was over for Bakura he was still downing more shots for the hell of it.
"Why is it so warm in here?" Seto thought as he took off his jacket, "Oh Joey is coming over; I wish he would take that jacket off…"
"Kaiba are you ok?" Joey asked looking at his boyfriend only to see he cheeks flushed red and his cobalt eyes glazed over and pupils constricted. "Have you been drinking?" Joey looked down to see that Seto's coffee cup was still full and that there was a used shot glass next to it.
"Kaiba and I played a little game while you were away." Bakura said, not showing any signs of drunkenness besides the flushed cheeks.
"Bakura why did you do that!" Malik and Joey both said in protest.
"Being drunk is they only way I would enjoy myself at a place like this." Bakura took a drink from the bottle itself now instead of the glass he was using.
Before the other two boys could protest more, a few girls came over to the boys table. They were tipsy, and Joey could smell they alcohol they were radiating along with that of Bakura and Seto. "Are you guy like a boy band or something?" One of the girls asked with a martini in hand.
"Ya, like are you guys. Cause you're like all totally too hot to not be one?" One of the other girls chimed in as she took a sip of a drink Joey didn't recognize. "you're the pretty one." She said pointing to Malik, "You're the funny one" she then pointed to Joey. "You're the badass" she now pointed to Bakura. "And you're the serious one." She pointed to Seto last, who was obviously in his own world now.
"I need to call Roland and get Seto out of here" Joey thought looking for Seto's jacket, knowing it was a direct link to Roland. He saw the jacket dangling off of the chair and snatched it away. "Roland it's Joey, can you come to the Karaoke bar a few blocks down the street from the theater we have a problem."
"Don't call Roland" Seto protested, "As his employer he should not see me in this state. It sets a bad example for the office." Seto thought he was sounding professional, but in reality it was just a drunken slur.
In no time flat, Roland was entering the bar in a panic looking for Seto and Joey. He saw them in the back corner and marched over.
"Leaving already? It was just starting to get interesting." Bakura said as he noticed Roland making his way over.
"Mr. Wheeler what happened to Mr. Kaiba?" Roland looked as shocked as he could behind his sunglasses.
"I'll tell you in the car. Can you help me with him?" Joey said trying to get Seto out of the chair, but kept rambling on.
"Roland, you really shouldn't call me Mr. Kaiba all the time" Seto said as he was being led to the car, "After all I'm only 17 and you're ten yours older than me. You should call me Seto, and I should call you Mr. Roland." Joey was in a state of shock at what Seto would ramble on about.
"It's ok Mr. Kaiba, I'm fine with just being called Roland." He said as he helped set his boss into the seat of the car. Joey followed in after Seto was buckled up.
"And Joey, you should call me Seto." He continued. Joey looked at Seto, still amazed about Seto's drunken rambles. "We are boyfriends after all so we should stop being so formal….but I still get to call you mutt and pup."
Joey looked to Roland for some advice or help on what to say, Roland looked back at Joey and signed to him to just go with the conversation. "It's ok Kaiba. I prefer your last name anyways." Was all Joey could think of saying.
"No. Call me Seto." He protested back, "I won't leave this car until you call me Seto." He said as the pulled up to the mansion.
Joey took a deep breath, "Se…Se…Se…I can't do it Kaiba." He said with a sigh, "Let's just get you into the house and into bed." Joey said as Roland opened the door for them.
"Fine, but join me in bed then. I want you on top tonight." Seto said getting out of the car. Joey turned red because Seto actually admitted they had sex in front of Roland. Granted, he was drunk, but still it was embarrassing to Joey. Roland just acted like he never heard the comment and proceeded to help Seto out of the car and up to his room.
Joey sat in the living room and waited to have his talk with Roland. After several minutes Roland came down the stairs and entered the living room. "So. Mr. Wheeler what happened while I was gone?"
"Well Seto got 'persuaded' to take part in a drinking game. And well he ended up losing. If I knew it was happening I woul'a stopped him, but when I came back to him, he was already like this"
"It's ok Mr. Wheeler. It's not your fault. This happened to Mr. Kaiba once before a few years back." Roland said as he took off his sun glasses to clean them.
"What happened?" Joey asked.
"Mr. Kaiba was at one of Mr. Pegasus many soirees and well he also participated in a drinking game. He let his ego get the best of him and of course he lost. He was only 15. I should not have let him out of my sight that day either, but things happen." Roland put his sun glasses back on, "Well Mr. Wheeler it's getting late and we should both retire for the night." Roland stood up and headed to the opposite side of the mansion to his living quarters to sleep.
Joey walked up the stairs and headed to Seto's room, he was hoping that the CEO was joking about the being on top, and convinced himself that I was just a joke.
Once he was in the bedroom Joey sat on Seto's bed and helped him out of his day clothes since he looked half passed out on the bed. When he tried to get Seto into his PJs, the brunette pulled Joey down and smothered the blonds' mouth with his. It was intense, skipping any sort of gentle build up. He might have enjoyed it more if Seto's mouth wasn't saturated with the taste of sweet alcohol. Joey lost his balance as one of Seto's hands gripped the front of his shirt and pulled him down on top of the CEO. As tempting as the offer was, Joey broke off the kiss as soon as was allowed.
"I wasn't kidding, Joey," Seto told him in his gruff slur. "I want you on top tonight."
"Kaiba… I think ya really need ta sleep," Joey said trying to get off of Seto. Granted, he would have normally welcomed the opportunity, but it just didn't feel right. Plus he didn't want to be on top if Seto wasn't even going to remember enjoying it.
"I don't want sleep, Wheeler," Seto said obstinately. "I want you."
"Yeah, you say that now," Joey said pushing himself off. He had other reasons for not wanting to take advantage of Seto. He didn't want to risk Seto actually remembering. He continued getting Seto dressed in his night clothes, albeit with some difficulty. "Go to sleep, Kaiba," Joey told him. "If you don't I won't let you ride the Ultimate Blue Eyes White Dragon tomorrow."
"Do I look like a little kid to you right now Wheeler?" Seto asked. "I may still be drunk, be I still has some of my senses intact."
"Well ya do kinda act like one when you're drunk." Joey said under his breath, hoping Seto would not hear it. "Just go to sleep Kaiba. You will need it for what awaits you in the morning." Joey had seen his father's ghastly appearance and attitude in the morning after being seriously drunk and it was never fun. He could only imagine the massive headache and trip to the bathroom Seto would have as soon as he woke up.
Seto grumbled in the bed and turned the opposite way so he was facing away from Joey. The room was quiet, but it was hard for Joey to sleep; he was too busy worrying about Seto to sleep. "I really hope I never see this side of Kaiba again. He really needs ta learn how to control his ego when a challenge is thrown at him; especially one with drinking." Seto turned around in the bed and Joey saw his sleeping face and was relieved that he did fall asleep instead of persisting the later. "It's probably my only chance to be on top willingly. But I'll do it on my own, that way Kaiba will remember every minute of it." Joey finally was able to fall asleep, but the dreading morning for Seto came all too soon.
KD: Hehe, poor Seto. This is why you don't get into drinking games with the living incarnation of darkness. Thanks for reading!