Day Six - Aftermath -Sunday
Kaiba woke up slowly and stretched his limbs and rolled to one side where he was greeted with a slight, serene face veiled in silvery hair. He blushed faintly and pulled the sheet down to expose the bare skin there. He gently brushed his hand across Pegasus's shoulder and smiled wryly as he heard him mewl in his sleep at the soft touch.
"He hasn't aged a bit since I've known him." Kaiba frowned as he thought of their recent activities. How could I have done that? I can't forgive you… Pegasus curled closer to him and clasped him in a tight embrace. Kaiba sighed mentally and closed his eyes. What trickery is this, Pegasus? He squirmed out of Pegasus's arms and walked to the window. He stared out at the forests and pools across the island, surveying the area. It seemed oddly peaceful as he gazed outside; he'd never stopped to just look before. Saving his company and Mokuba came first. He held his hand at his hip and felt the flannel pajama pants Pegasus had offered him when they awoke the evening before after their—could he even call it lovemaking? Did he feel something for the man whose virginity he'd taken the day before? It had felt incredible, Kaiba admitted to himself, but at what cost he couldn't fathom. Kaiba's hand moved to his stomach as he clutched at the windowpane with his other hand. Just the thought of what he'd done to Pegasus made his stomach churn in a not altogether bad way. Neither had moved far from the bed afterwards, except when Kaiba insisted on wearing some article of clothing if he was going to stay all day and night in Pegasus's room. Kaiba's lips twitched as a smile snuck up on him. Damn.
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"Pegasus…" a voice whispered in his ear. Pegasus stirred in his sleep as a vision appeared before him. "Pegasus… it's time to wake up."
"Cyndia?" Pegasus murmured as the form of a woman spoke to him. "Cyndia, I'm so sorry for everything…"
"It's okay. You needed to move on. Be happy in your life. Wake up, Pegasus…he's waiting for you."
"Pegasus?"
The silver-haired man opened his eyes and looked to see none other than Seto Kaiba standing above him with a tray of food. Pegasus blinked and sat straight up.
"Who are you and what have you done with Kaiba?" The younger of the two laughed and gave an uncharacteristic smile.
"You're still a little sore, right? I thought you'd want to eat something. I'm not a cold-hearted bastard…well, not completely."
"Could've fooled me," Pegasus laughed, then looked rather serious as he moved to sit on the side of the bed. "About yesterday…"
"I haven't slept that well since Mokuba was born," Kaiba blushed and tried to hide it with the tray. "I didn't realize it was such a stress release…"
"Yes," Pegasus grinned lecherously. "You should have done it ages ago then." He snickered and recoiled as Kaiba snarled.
"Shut the hell up, I'm only eighteen," he snorted.
"Not my fault you had such a big pole up your ass, Kaiba-boy."
"For someone whose crotch is dangerously close to my knee, you're awfully mouthy."
"Ah!" Pegasus flailed his arms. "You're right, I surrender!" Pegasus held his arms out expectantly. Kaiba set the tray in Pegasus's hands and kept a straight face as the other blinked and laughed. "I wanted you, not the food…"
"Well too bad, that's all you're getting." Kaiba smirked then turned as if to leave, then slid an arm around Pegasus's middle, squeezed him then kissed his cheek and fled out the door. Pegasus grinned and ate his breakfast happily. …Did he actually make this?
Kaiba had found his laptop stashed in Pegasus's room before he woke and set it up on the desk in his room. He sat and called Mokuba at the number he had been given and hoped for anyone other than Yuugi to answer. Kaiba hoped dearly that his brother would be the only one he'd have to talk to. He saw a familiar brown eye glare as the camera turned on. Of all the people I had to call, it had to be him.
"Hey, it's Kaiba!" Jounouchi grinned. "You look less cranky than usual, did you finally get laid or somethin—mmph!" Kaiba twitched as Honda's hand thankfully clamped over the blond's mouth.
"We'll let Mokuba know you're waiting, okay?" Kaiba smirked as Jounouchi got dragged away from the camera. A minute or so passed and Mokuba came to the phone, beaming as he saw Kaiba there.
"Hey big brother," Mokuba said as he picked up the line. "How's it going?"
"Ngh." Kaiba stated, not willing to let his brother know what really happened.
"Well, you look a lot healthier than you did on Thursday. Have you been eating?"
"Yes, I feel better, that's true. I'm…confused though. I don't understand why I'm here."
"Seto, you haven't smiled much since Gozaburo adopted us. I told Pegasus about how he used to make you study 18 hours of the day, only stopping long enough to sleep. And even then, you used the free time for sleep to work behind his back. He wouldn't let you be a kid at all and it was too late to change you when you took over the company."
"Was I really that bad?" Kaiba frowned slightly.
"Not when you were dueling…but ever since things calmed down, you've been doing twice as much work with half the sleep. I haven't seen you pick up your cards once in at least a year, not even to just look at them."
"Hi there," Kaiba soon found Pegasus's arms around his neck as the other greeted his brother on the screen and went rigid. Mokuba's face turned blue, then bright pink in almost an instant.
"This is a private conversation, Pegasus," Kaiba spat his name and growled. With the mention of the name, Honda and Jounouchi moved noticeably closer to the camera phone and pretended to be having a conversation.
"Private?" Pegasus snickered as he saw the two boys eavesdropping and shrugged as he turned his head to the side. "Well you go on with your little fantasy world, Kaiba-boy and I'll continue with my own." He deliberately shook his hips in a feminine manner as he walked back out.
"…" Kaiba coughed and turned back to Mokuba as he realized he had been absolutely staring long enough to know that hip swish had been deliberate. He was, however, grateful that Pegasus had the decency to get dressed before pulling that little stunt. His face was red and he hoped his little brother didn't attribute it to anything but fury.
"Sorry about that."
"Are you okay there, big brother? He's not hurting you, is he?" Mokuba furrowed his eyebrows. Kaiba thought about what he had done to Pegasus.
"…no, he isn't." Kaiba twitched violently as he noticed Honda and Jounouchi holding signs above Mokuba's head. 'Kaiba and Pegasus,' said Honda's sign. 'sittin' in a tree,' said Jounouchi's. Honda grinned and flipped his sign over, 'F-U-C-K-,' and Jounouchi flipped his, "-I-N-G.' Kaiba restrained himself from screaming at them, lest Mokuba turn and read the signs. He clenched his fists tightly. I'm going to kill them.
"Seriously, are you okay?"
"…I'm…fine." Honda and Jounouchi discarded their signs and began making out behind Mokuba—that was the last straw. "You two idiots get the hell away from my brother!" Kaiba was fuming by this point.
"Oooh…Kaiba swore!" Jounouchi laughed.
"Such a bad influence," Honda nodded sagely.
"Get out!" Kaiba screamed. The other two ran out, satisfied with their game. Kaiba sighed and rubbed his forehead. "I have a headache…Mokuba, will you try to call me next week? Preferably when the loser squad is away. I'll e-mail you the phone number tonight."
"Okay, talk to you later, big brother."
Kaiba hung the phone up and shook his head. Was it any wonder he didn't have friends with morons like that around him constantly?
"So what do you want to do today, Seto?" Pegasus smiled as he reappeared in the doorway.
"Nothing, I want to be left alone. Don't come anywhere near me."
"But Seto…" Pegasus frowned and folded his arms. It wasn't as if he had forced himself on Kaiba, something most people would be more than willing to accuse him if he had been on top to start with.
"Go away, I don't want to see you or hear you."
"You're lying," Pegasus whispered.
"You have no way of knowing what I'm feeling right now, so shut up."
"It's true…however, while I may not have my Millennium Eye, and I cannot read your mind, I can still read you, Kaiba-boy. I know you too well."
"Pegasus, you don't know me at all."
"I know more than you think. I know more about you than anyone." Pegasus paused and licked his lips. "I know your mother was very dear to you. I know she died in childbirth just shortly after your brother was born and that's why you are so protective of him. I know your father died a few years later in an accident going to work. I know that your father had no living relatives and your mother's family stole your inheritance and left you two at the orphanage." Here, he took a breath.
"I know you tricked Gozaburo into adopting you and Mokuba in order to give him a better life. I know that day your soul was sold to the devil to protect the one most precious to you. I know how little he let you eat and sleep as he drove you to be the sarcastic sociopathic social reject you are. He is the cause of the unhealthy lifestyle you've lived until now. He abused you verbally and mentally at the very least—and who knows what else. You're so busy protecting your brother that you've forgotten how to take care of yourself."
"Did Mokuba tell you all that?"
"He didn't have to. I saw it all in your eyes when you first arrived at my corporate office asking for cooperation with your gaming technology. I was just too blind to do anything, and I was too naïve to understand that I would never have Cyndia back, not even a lifelike image would have helped—it would have only made me lonelier."
"You could have just asked to use my technology, you didn't have to try and take my company."
"I realize that now and I know I deserve nothing from you. I'm sorry I hurt you, I was never happy until I met you. I thought it was because I could use you…but I know now that I loved you, but I couldn't tell you. I didn't know how."
"I wouldn't have reciprocated."
Pegasus nodded.
"I know. I think that's why half of my mind stuck on her and the other half to teasing you, hoping one day you could."
"What would you do if I said I loved you?"
"Right now?" Pegasus laughed. "I think I'd die of shock."
"Deal." Kaiba snorted. "I love you." Pegasus colored pink and then paled to a ghostly white, but still stayed obstinately alive. "You're supposed to die now."
"Seto Kaiba, you tease," Pegasus smiled and rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.
"No really, die and leave me alone."
"I know you're confused…I expected that."
"I'm going to sleep in my own room tonight, so don't get any ideas."
"Me, Kaiba-boy?" Pegasus grinned. "You're a guest here, do whatever you like." Pegasus reached around to give Kaiba a quick hug before leaving him once more on his own, just as the younger man had asked.
