'By the gods why did I just tell him my deepest secret!' Kaiba had a small argument to himself. He had not even told Mokuba that detail about his past. Kaiba had to admit that it did feel better to tell that to someone else other than the shrink he saw once a week. Yes the great Seto Kaiba saw a shrink! Joey just looked at Kaiba with utter shock that the young man that was the object of his desires was more like him than he could ever realize.
"Joey when did this start? How old were you? Again I repeat that this conversation will not leave this room. Also if you tell a soul what I told you I will rip your balls out from your mouth. Understood?" Kaiba glared at Joey. Joey started to shutter and tears were threating to fall.
" Look Moneybags I cant go into detail about this right now. It is way too fresh and I am exhausted. I still dot know why you would help this mangy mutt. I do appreciate it though and I will pay you back for this. But if you don't mind can you get out so I can get changed and possibly get some sleep as we do have school tomorrow and if I don't show the gang are going to worry." Joey explained with a yawn. Kaiba just nodded his head knowing every word that Joey said is the truth and that the 'Geek squad' would flip if their blonde buddy did not show up to school and he so did not want that headache. Seto closed the door and went back to his study to get a couple more hours of work done as there was no way that he was going to be getting any sleep tonight. Try as hard as he might Seto could not stop thinking of the abuse that Joey probably went through. He just hoped that it was nothing compared to the torture he felt at the hands of his step father.
Flashback
"Seto James Kaiba What the hell do you think you are doing boy?" Gozaboro screamed at the young boy that had passed out at the desk pen still in hand. Seto jumped upright shaking realizing that he had been caught. "You are supposed to be translating all these books from Japanese to English! Many of my clients are from America and I cannot have you struggling to converse with them!"
"I am so sorry Father! Please I just needed to close my eyes for 10 minutes. I have been awake for 12 hours straight working on this for you" Seto begged tears in his eyes. His step father just laughed and started to remove his belt. "Please father I will do anything that you wish of me just please don't strike me with the belt!"
"Boy you were told a task and you are not allowed to rest until that job is complete. So yes you shall receive the belt and you will count in English to 20. If you stumble once I shall double it. Understand… Now remove your shirt. I am not going to have you soil another good silk shirt because you are a cry baby and incompetent. Seto stumbled and removed the shirt folding it neatly on the desk as directed of him before. His back and shoulders a matrix of scars and fresh marks that were just showing signs of healing. "At least I did not have to remind you to respect the clothes I put on your back. Now sit on your chair backwards so your back is to me and count each lash in English. Remember every time you stumble I will double it."
"One!" Seto cried out the first strike always the most painful. Seto always prayed that his little brother could not hear any of this and would never have to experience this. He always reminded himself that the man was not getting any younger and that one day he and his brother would escape this hell and be a family again. "T…two!"
"Louder you little shit and it almost sounded like you stumbled!" Gozaboro continued to pelt him until the full 20 lashes had been given. He then just as quickly as he showed up he left telling Seto to clean himself up and that he had till the morning to translate the remaining 100 pages of the document. Seto silently and very tired went into his closet of a bathroom to shower and clean his now heavily bleeding back. Seto had gotten used to looking after his wounds and just hoped that they would not get infected. Once the wounds were cleaned he returned to translating the document silently promising to himself that he would kill that man.
End of Flashback
In the room just down the hall from the great CEO, Joey was also remembering his father…
