A Figment of my Imagination
Chapter 9
Summary: Things are happening so fast in my life. Mom and Serenity leaving. Dad beating. Seto and I meeting on one certain night. Seto confessing to me. I just can't handle them all at one! I… just can't. [SJ]
By: Klyukaizer
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"S-Seto." The blonde teen gasped when he came face-to-face with his lover. The CEO smiled happily as he looked at the face of the person he loved. "I... I found you..." Seto panted uncontrollably as beads of sweat formed his face.
"H-how did you find me?" Joey asked.
"The rain." Seto answered simply with a smile. "It reminded me of the time when I found you 3 days ago... the time when my heart started pounding your name!" The CEO answered as he approached the blonde, only to notice that Joey had been backing away the whole time.
"Please, Joey... please don't run away!" Seto pleaded as he held out his hand for his koi. "Please, Jou. I- I love you..."
"I know that." Joey said sadly as he stopped on his tracks. "But somehow... I can't get the feeling right! I love you! But... then… but then… UGH!!! The media will be on your tail the whole time… a-and… chances are… y-your company's going to go down if I come into your life! I'm sorry I wasn't able to understand you before! But I do now!"
"...th-things are going to get harder… I just want you to be happy..."
"Then come with me!" Seto said as he walked to Joey. "You're my happiness, Joey. Everyone at home loves you! You're the first person I brought home Mokuba loves!"
Joey stopped when he heard those.
"I-I know... I-I've hurt you... I mean, y-yeah I was embarrassed! B-but, it wasn't because of you... I mean, how can it be you? Why would I be ashamed of you?"
"I'm not ashamed of our relationship, Joey. Why would I be... when right from start, it is I who had asked you to be my boyfriend." Seto suddenly stopped and chuckled, "I didn't really ask... but more like demanded." He laughed as Joey blinked.
"I love you, Jou. I really do." Seto said. "A-and... I can't let you go... it's too hard for me to do so..."
Joey dropped his head to the shadows as he felt tears stinging his eyes. Indeed, he had finally realized that how much of a fool he had been!
"Jou..."
The moment he raised his face, his face was filled with tears, but there was a smile that had crept up to his face and he was chuckling at the same time. Without hesitation, Joey instantly ran to Seto's wide-open arms. The arms he really loved to hold at that moment.
"I'm sorry, Seto... I'm so sorry!" Joey said as he buried his head deeper into Seto's chest as he hugged the CEO in such a tight grip. "Joey, look at me..." Seto requested softly as Joey refused to do so, ashamed of letting his koi see his recent face.
"Please... look at me." Seto repeated, a gentle smile was on his face. Joey shook his head like a stubborn child as Seto laughed softly at that. He took hold of Joey's chin and forced to blonde to look up to him and noticed that the blonde was resisting him by looking at the other direction and closing his eyes tightly.
"I love you... Joey Wheeler."
Joey felt his lips trembling at the sadness and happiness all at the same time as he opened his eyes. "I-I love you too... Seto Kaiba."
Pulling Joey closer to him, Seto locked his lips onto Joey's for a passionate kiss. Somehow, the blonde felt this feeling was right... definitely right...
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"Jou-kun!!!" Mokuba yelled as every single worker's head at Kaiba Manor, looked to where the young boy shrieked. Mokuba left the laptop on the long coffee table in their living room as the 2 lovers entered the front door. "JOU-kun!!!"
Mokuba instantly ran to Joey's embrace as the blonde knelt down for him to hug the young Kaiba. "Hey, Mokuba." Joey greeted with a smile. "Are you okay? Nothing bad happened to you, right?" Mokuba asked worriedly the moment they broke off from their embrace.
"Don't worry... I'm perfectly fine..." Joey shook his head lightly as he stood back up. The moment he did, the brunette beside him pulled him back and kissed him by the back of his head. Joey felt like blushing at the moment as he noticed everyone's eyes were on them.
"Umm... arigatou, minna..." He said to everyone at the room. "I- I know how much you were all worried at me... a-and... I-I'm sorry..." He paused, "...for being such an idiot!"
"What does it matter!" Mokuba yelled happily as he pulled Joey by the hand, "Let's go play some video games! I bought some new ones this afternoon! C'mon!"
Before Joey had let Mokuba drag him completely, he gave one last look at his lover, "Aren't you coming?"
Seto slowly picked the laptop where the young Kaiba had left as he tapped on it, "Have to finish."
"Oh..." Joey murmured. "Don't stay up too late... okay? You should get some sleep..." Seto nodded softly as he looked at the retreating backs of his brother and his puppy.
"Seto-kun..."
Seto looked back to where the voice came from. "Lucia-san..."
"It seems that you had found your precious treasure back..." Lucia said as she smiled at her young master. "Yes... indeed..." Seto nodded with a smile as he plopped back down to the couch.
"Would you like something to drink, Master Seto?" A butler walked over to the CEO with a cup of tea in his tray. "Oolong Tea?" Seto asked.
"It's on the Special's menu, Master Seto." The butler smiled.
"Thank you, Cranberry*." Seto smiled back as Cranberry laid the cup of tea on the coffee table. Seto sighed and opened the laptop, only to see that the document have been finished and was already saved. The backup was already done and all the business plans were finished.
"Lucia-san?" Seto asked the head-nanny beside him.
"Yes, Seto-kun?"
"D-did Mokuba do this? I mean – everything???"
Lucia smiled and nodded, leaving Seto to blink the while time as he scanned all documents. It was perfect! Everything was perfect! Everything was thoroughly planned and everything had information as to where the client might get confused!
"H-how did he do this?" Seto asked himself as he pictured his younger brother doing all of these. Soon, he felt himself chuckling at his unexpected brother's actions. He slowly closed the laptop and set off to where his brother and his koi were playing.
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"How did you do it?" Seto asked as his little brother smiled widely, his arms on top of his head. "Ki. Mit. Su." Mokuba winked as Seto raised an annoyed eyebrow. "I don't understand how you could do it in a manner of hours why I had to do it in a matter of days!" Seto said unbelievably.
"Well, big brother. You're losing your touch!" Mokuba laughed, "Maybe this is called 'Beginner's Luck', ne? Or is it just 'Skill'..."
Seto looked at his laughing younger brother for the longest while as Mokuba noticed this and looked up to the CEO. "Big brother? D-did I do something wrong?" Mokuba was starting to get nervous.
Seto shook his hide in a polite manner as he knelt down before the young boy. He gave Mokuba a warm hug as the younger boy hugged back. But somehow, he felt something odd.
"It-it's been a while..." Mokuba silently said in the middle of his silent sobs. Was Mokuba crying?
"...Since... since I hugged you... this way... big brother..."
Seto was taken back at that as he hugged his little brother tighter. "Mokuba..."
"I miss you, Seto... I-I don't want you... to spend your time at work too much!" Mokuba sobbed loudly now, burying his face on Seto's shoulder.
Seto smiled, "So... No wonder you were able to finish it faster than I could." Seto teased as he felt Mokuba laughing at his joke. "Thanks a lot, little brother... for everything..."
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"Y-Yugi… you're acting as if I don't know how to take care of myself…" Joey smiled as he looked at the receiver on his hand. "How am I supposed to know if you're alright or not, Joey???" Yugi screamed at the other line, "You tend to run away and you won't even tell us!!! Honestly, Joey… I'm pretty hurt…" Yugi pouted.
Joey went silent as he looked sadly at the receiver. "I-I'm sorry, Yug'…"
A sigh was made at the other end, "L-look, Jou… I- I know it's hard in your part… I understand how you feel… b-but, it doesn't hurt to let it all out once in a while, right?" Yugi smiled, "We're here, Jou. We're here for you…"
"We're sorry if we made you uncomfortable and pressured. I-I guess we were panicking too…" Yugi laughed at the other end, but noticed that his blonde best friend didn't respond to anything he had to say, so he just had to ask, "Joey?"
"H-huh? O-oh. Sorry, Yug'…" Joey sniffed as he gave a forced chuckle.
"You don't know how much I'm thankful for having friends like you, guys!" Joey smiled, wiping a tear away.
"Joey…"
"You could've come over so I could give you a hug, buddy!" Joey laughed as Yugi laughed at the other as well. "Remind me tomorrow, okay?" Joey scratched his nose softly.
"Sure, Jou."
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"Ah... so everything is finished?" Joey asked as he plopped on the bed on his stomach. Seto nodded happily as he got out of the bathroom and dried his wet hair with a towel.
"You should trust Mokuba more often, Seto... he's really a responsible and wonderful person!" Joey said as he sat up and looked at his lover. "In the end... he only wanted you to spend more time with him..."
"Well... it's not like I don't trust him... it's just that... because of how busy I really was... I wasn't able to pay much attention to him!" Seto sighed sadly.
"Then... you guys should go out together somewhere! I mean, hanging-out to the mall or the amusement park or something." Joey suggested, hugging a pillow close to him while looking up at Seto.
"That sounds like a great idea... but... you're coming with us, Joey."
"Eh??" Joey gasped, "Oh n-n-n-no, Seto. You and Mokuba should go together! I mean, besides, I'm just ruining your family outing!"
Seto leaned in closer to the blonde as Joey backed away a little. "You're already part of our family, Jou."
Joey blushed as he looked at the other side, "N-no... I-I'm not."
"Yes, you are. Besides, Mokuba would love to have you with us... I want you to come with us too!"
"S-Seto, I- Aaahh!!!" Joey shrieked as Seto's weight made him fall back to the bed. Joey blinked a couple of times before realizing that Seto's hands were tightly gripping on his. "S-Seto..." The blonde blushed at the CEO on top of him.
"I love you, my puppy..." Seto said.
"I-I love you too... "Master"..." Joey emphasized as the both of them laughed. Soon, the brunette on top of the blonde stopped laughing and leaned down, giving his love a kiss.
Yes, this was definitely true love.
Not a dream...
Not an imagination...
But simply, plain reality...
...Owari...
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*Cranberry - Okay, so I followed Richie Rich's butler's name ^-^ Which is actually most of some butlers' names... ne?
