When Katsuya slowly woke up, the only thing he perceived was that someone caressed his cheek.

"Wake up, Sleeping Beauty!"
"Mhm..."
"Hey, come on, I already waited for a half hour for you to wake up."

Slowly he opened his eyes and needed a moment to understand what was going on.

"Kaiba?"
"Yes, silly puppy."
"Mhm... What cha doin' here?"
"Guess I need to wake you up to be able to talk to you, hm?"
"Na, lemme sleep!"

Suddenly a pair of lips was placed on his cheek and that woke him up immediately.

"Hey! What was that!", with that the blond sat up straight.
"Now you're awake, I guess.", a smug smile was directed at him.
"Yeah, and quit that!"
"Quit what?"
"That! Don't touch me!"

The blond heard a chuckle and than he realized something.

"Hey, how did you get in here?"
"Your dad let me in."
"My dad?"
"Yeah, I wanted to ring your bell when he opened the door. He asked me to tell you that he left for work, night shift."
"Oh, OK."
"So can we talk now?"
"Gimme a minute... The last thing I remember is that I talked to you, you hang up and I had to vomit... Seems like I fell asleep directly after..."
"That's what your dad told me, too."
"OK, than I at least know that much now."
"Hey, are you okay?"
"Sorry, but you really are the reason for my sickness... As you remember, I vomited right after our phone call..."
"I didn't plan that..."
"Was that an apology?"

Katsuya raised an eyebrow and tried to put on a sceptical look like Seto always did. That made his guest giggle again.

"I guess so."
"Excuse me, you're here, you're nice to me and you giggle. My question: What did you do to Kaiba?"
"You got my letter, didn't you?"
"Yeah, and all the stuff that was in the envelope, too..."
"Well, when we want to marry, we have to get along, don't we?"
"Woho! Gimme a break! Who said I'd marry you?"
"I thought my application was clear."
"Yeah, a question about that: Why THESE photos? What if my dad opened the letter? Fortunately I was able to hide them before he could see them. Mostly because it's embarrassing."
"I thought it would impress you."
"What?"
"It didn't?"
"I hope you talk about how well trained you are regarding that you're in your office the whole day..."
"Yeah, but also about my penis."

As Katsuyas head became red as a tomato and just gaped at his guest, an amused smile placed itself on Seto's face.

"You don't like it?"

As the blond kept quiet Seto realized he did something wrong.

"Then tell me: What was wrong with my application? Was it too straight forward? Or was it the photos?"

Katsuya signed.

"Kaiba, have you ever had a relationship?"
"No."

The answer was a giggle.

"That doesn't surprise me. And then your so called application doesn't surprise me either."
"What do you mean?"
"To tell you the truth: You're one of these people I would call 'social awkward'."
"Means?"
"You're not capable of social interaction."
"Of course I am! What do you think I have to do at all those parties?"

Katsuya shook his head.

"Kaiba, that's different from what I meant. Small talk at fancy parties is one thing, but to – how should I put it – court someone is a different thing. I mean, even making friends is different."
"Your point?"
"I never saw or heard of someone who applied for a position as a friend or lover. God, I didn't even know that people could have this kind of idea!"
"I still don't get what I did wrong!"
"You should have talked to me, trying to be friends with me first. Then you could have asked me for a date when you think the time was there."
"So you would say Yes if I asked you for a date?"
"I don't know."

When a cold look was shared with Katsuya, he just signed.

"What I mean is: How should I know? I mean, I already told you on the phone that up until now I always thought I hated you! I guess I still think that... Why don't you give me time? Perhaps we could try as friends first? I mean, you say you want to marry me, but what do you know about me?"
"Actually-"
"Please don't answer! I'm afraid of hearing it, who knows who was paid for stalking me or worse..."

Again on this evening, Katsuya started to play with his hands and avoided to look at his guest.

"Hey, Kaiba, erm, do you, I mean, are you serious? About all this application and marriage stuff?"

Perhaps Seto was social awkward, but he was a business man and learned to analyze people's behavior.

"I already told you on the phone: Yes, I'm serious."
"But why?"

The blond looked at Seto again and his eyes told the other that he really was confused. Guessed right.

"I think that I told that, too. I'm possessive. And you are my mutt, my pup, my- you're my puppy!"

Saying the last phrase, Seto took the blond's hands in his and looked in his eyes. That shocked Katsuya so much that he froze and just stared at his guest. But after realizing what he just heard he turned red again and squeaked of embarrassment.

"See? You've got such a cute reaction, how can I allow someone else to be your partner?"
"Cu- Cute?"

Giggle.

"Yes, cute. My cute puppy."
"OK, gimme a break, please. Please!"

Seto let go of Katsuya's hands and put a bit of distance between the two of them.

"I- I need time. Really, Kaiba, I need time to assimilate this all."
"You scared?"
"Pretty much!"

They fell into silence for a few moments, each one in his own thoughts.

"Then perhaps it's better if I leave now. It's pretty late already, too."
"Oh, yeah. Mokuba is waiting for you?"
"No, I called him, he already went to bed: Told him I still had some business to deal with."
"OK, then see you at school I guess."
"Will you come to school tomorrow?"
"Don't know, perhaps."
"Can I see you tomorrow morning? I want to be sure you're okay. And I could take you to school, too."
"OK, I guess."

And then Katsuya saw Seto smiling for the first time. A sincere, loving smile.

"Then I'll see you tomorrow."
"Yeah, good night."

But what Katsuya didn't see coming was that Seto bent down and placed a kiss on his cheek again. Then he moved to the blond's ear.

"Have nice dreams, puppy."

When Seto reached the door of the bedroom he took a look at Katsuya and couldn't help a smile. Yes, HIS puppy was pretty cute. Especially when he was surprised and confused.

"See you tomorrow."

But what Seto didn't know was that when he left the apartment, Katsuya ran to the bath room again and wondered how much stuff was left in his stomach.

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