K: The thing that Joey probably didn't realise, though, was that he was worth it. Through all the abuse his dad gave him, through losing probably one of the only people he truly thought he loved, through almost not being able to save his sister, everything that Joey did was worth it. His friends knew it and Seto, too, was starting to learn it. It was insane to think about how much one singular night out of the hundreds - probably thousands - of nights they could have spent with each other, that just one, changed everything entirely. Seto's lack of cold demeanour, his smiles, the way he was letting the blonde see the real him: Joey was definitely worth it.

"Go on," Seto was the first to break the silence, scooting forward in his chair towards the table and crossing one leg over the other. "You can eat, you know. Puppy must be hungry by now." the brunette teased, flashing the other teen a playful glance. Without saying anything else, he tucked into his food. As always, he had a simple carbonara. For the price that Seto was going to have to eventually pay, it probably wasn't worth it for JUST a plain carbonara but, hey, he had money to blow so he might as well. He was obviously the type of guy who would get a gold plated toilet seat just so he could say he could have one. In fact, he probably already DID have one.

As the two came close to finishing their meal, Seto felt his phone going off in his pocket again. He frowned, having to interrupt the light conversation that him and Joey were having as he pulled it back from his trouser pocket.

"Sorry, pup." he apologised, holding his hand up to the boy to signal 'just give me one minute'. Again, the screen lit up with the words 'Ryu', the same dragon emoji attached at the end. The brunette stared at it bitterly. 'What's his problem?' he sighed, placing the phone face up on the table, not bothering to put it in his pocket again because the vibration was starting to annoy him. This was the 4th time it had gone off this evening and quite frankly, he didn't care for it at all. And, in Seto's genuine thinking, he didn't have anything at all to hide from the blonde boy.

The waitress came back over, smiling and cooing as always.

"You two having a nice date night then?" she asked absent mindedly whilst clearing their plates away.

"Yes, perfect." Seto replied swiftly, not wanting the blonde to feel awkward about the situation at all. And hey, it wasn't a lie. He sent a glance that pretty much said 'this fuckin' girl' over to his date whilst rolling his eyes and waited for her to leave.

"Oh that's just great. And- oh, dessert menus! Here you go!" she beamed, giving each of the teens their own menu. She disappeared again, taking everything on the table away bar the candle in the middle and their menus. Seto picked the menu up in both hands, cerulean eyes scanning it word for word. That damn sweet tooth again. He hum-med and ha-ed before looking back up at Joey, wrinkling his nose at the top.

"I don't know what I want." he paused, pursing his lips. "Do you even want anything? Actually, do you just wanna share something?" the CEO asked, a sudden innocence about him. Again, this was the side to him that no one saw. The side that wanted to go on dates and share desserts because, even though he was too full to eat his own, he definitely STILL wanted one and quite frankly, just wanted to drag the evening out for as long as he could.

J: Joey stopped himself from going any further. This was crazy, how could one night with Kaiba and a trip to the Shadow Realm be making him feel this way.

'Bakura, if you're there, fuck off would'ya?' He silently cursed in his head, a part of him wondering if the ancient spirit had something to do with his sudden strong attraction and liking towards Seto Kaiba. He didn't get a reply, nor did his vision fade to black, so he assumed he was safe and sound in his own body... which almost made him worry all the more. It meant what he was feeling, experiencing, was all him...

Glancing down at the food, Joey nodded, the pizza halfway to his mouth before he was referred to as a pup again. He narrowed his gaze at the CEO before giving a sarcastic smile.

"If I'm a mutt, Kaiba, I should eat like one," He threatened, placing the piece of pizza down on the plate and pulling his hands behind his back. He linked his hands together tightly and lowered his head inch by inch towards his plate, fully prepared to eat with just his mouth like a dog would. He clocked the look of horror on Seto's face and laughed, assuming his normal 'human' position.

"Gotchya. You don't think I'm that much of a chump, do ya? I know a fancy restaurant when I see one, Kaiba boooy," The blonde mocked, putting on his best impression of Pegasus.

Joey was on his seventh piece of pizza out of eight before Kaiba took out his phone from his pocket, apparently someone was ringing him. This didn't come as much of a surprise to the blonde, in fact, he was surprised they hadn't been interrupted more times. He assumed someone like Kaiba had a busy schedule and that his phone hardly ever went off. As if on cue, Joey's own phone went off. Seeing this as an opportunity to check the message without being rude, Joey licked off the tomato sauce from index, middle finger and thumb before tapping on the message. It was from Atem:

Yugi filled me on what happened at the school gates earlier. If he's a jerk to you again, call me. I'll come pick you up. He better be offering up his own ass to you later, no lube, no protectioasdflkagjlg..-agligs Joey its Yugi, sorry Atem got a little carried away ^^ I'm sure Kaiba just wanted to apologise for things. Have a good time tonight and text me when you're home so I know you're safe! d(^-^)b

Yugi xo

Joey blinked at the text, an eyebrow raised and a smile spread across his face in absolute confusion and amusement. The waitress arrived back at their table and cleaned of the leftover food. Joey had kinda wanted the last piece of pizza but decided not to say anything. Stuffing the phone back in his pocket, the blonde laid back in his chair and patted at the food baby. He was pretty stuffed. He didn't even bother picking up the desert menu.

"Yeah sure, sure. But you can have most of it, I'm about to burst," Joey said with a yawn, feeling a sudden wash of exhaustion. "Maybe like some ice cream or somethin'?"

K: "Jesus-!" Seto started, lurching forward in his seat, reaching out to the blonde boy as if it was going to make a shred of difference to his behaviour or not. He watched in part horror, part amusement as the boy threw his hands behind his back. As soon as the blonde stopped, Seto was able to fall back into his chair, bringing his hand up to his temples for a moment before looking back up at the blonde through his hand. "You're going to give me a nose bleed here." he joked, rolling his eyes once more at the blonde.

The brunette actually immediately noticed that Joey was on his phone too. This time, he actually had no right at all to be jealous seeing as the only reason that the other teen was on his phone... was because Seto was first. He couldn't help but feel his heart drop a bit as the Pharaoh's words ran through his mind again from that morning. He shook it off quickly, frowning to himself as he did so.

"Hmmm," Seto pondered at the blonde boy's decision. Ice cream? Nah. Seto had other plans. "Okay. That sounds fine." he lied, showing absolutely no signs at all that he disagreed with Joey's plan. The CEO ushered the waitress over with a slightly wave of his hand.

"You guys ready-"

"The chocolate fudge cake, please." he ordered, once again not looking at her, eyes only on Joey. "With a side of vanilla ice cream." as she walked away, notepad in hand, Seto shrugged, feigning confusion. "Sorry, Wheeler. I forgot what you asked for so I just got what I wanted instead." the brunette winked again, loving to tease his puppy. Anyway, he knew fine well once it arrived Joey wasn't going to complain anyway because... well, let's face it: it's Joey Wheeler we're talking about here.

Literally 5 minutes later, probably even less, the dessert had arrived. Assuming it was for them to share, she placed it in the middle of the table, giving each boy a dessert spoon. To save time, she also placed the bill on the side, Seto giving her a nod of acknowledgement and pulling the small tray with the receipt closer to him. Of course he was going to pay.

"Help yourself." he offered, grabbing his own spoon and assuming Joey was going to do the same, despite how full the boy said that he was.

J: Joey looked up at Kaiba and noticed the ever-so-subtle change in his body language. His shoulders had stiffened slightly and his smile had faded for only a moment into pursed lips. He wondered if the boy was jealous. It was irrational, seeing as the both of them had been on their phones for only a few minutes, but Kaiba was hardly the person to listen to rationality. He was sure the brunette didn't wake up one morning and think, 'A duel monsters tournament held on top of a massive blimp hovered over the city at night, that's not an irrational idea at all.'

Deciding to be honest because... well, he didn't know why, he just felt it was the right thing to do, Joey took out his phone and scrolled to Yugi's message. He leant forward, stomach protesting as he did and slid the device towards Kaiba for him to read.

"It was just Yug and the Pharaoh," He said with a smile. Yeah it might piss Kaiba off that they had texted him, but they were his best friends, just looking after him. And anyway, maybe it would put the brunette at ease if Joey was open and honest about who he was talking to. Why he felt like he had to put Kaiba at ease, he still didn't know why, but whatever the case was- Joey knew he didn't want the evening to be ruined over something so stupid.

Retrieving his phone, Joey sat back up in his seat properly, hoping the straightened posture might help his stomach digest the masses amount of pizza now gurgling in his gut. He watched Kaiba order something he didn't ask for and rolled his eyes.

"Typical rich boy, always gettin' his own way," The blonde teased, stretching out his leg naturally to stretch out the cramp he suddenly felt. As he did, he felt his calf connect with something else which he was pretty sure wasn't the table leg. He glanced up at Kaiba, the desert arriving promptly between them.

"I'll have whatever you leave," Joey said with a shrug, his attention now solely focused on the connection of their legs which he refused to move from.

K: As the phone slid across the table to him, Seto instinctively craned his neck slightly, looking down at the glaring phone screen. He literally read the two names as Joey spoke them out loud, his eyebrows pinching in the middle slightly. It was genuinely all impulsive - he couldn't help it. Noticing how his body was reacting, he correct it, leaning back up in his seat... but his eye was still on the phone as he quickly tried to read as much of the message as he humanly could. The CEO got to the word 'ass' and swiftly stopped reading, pupils dilating slightly, his whole face feeling the heat this time, not just his cheeks.

"It's nice that they care..." he managed to force out, not really knowing what else to say about the matter and, quite frankly, not WANTING to say anything else about the matter.

"Hey, at least this rich boy is paying." Seto smiled smugly, wrinkling his nose at the boy which was actually a trait that he had picked up from Mokuba. He had noticed that whenever his brother wanted to express his fondness of something, be it duel cards, Seto himself or food, he always wrinkled his nose. Somehow, the older Kaiba brother had adopted it too. It was to such a degree now that he didn't even realise he was doing it; it was just built into his system. The brunette suddenly felt something bumping at his leg and instinctively, he leant back to look under the table. Of course, there was only one explanation for what it could have been and that was the other boy's leg. Revelling in the mere physical contact with the blonde boy, Seto just adjusted his leg so that they were both comfortable, but both still touching. He didn't make a big fuss, in fact he didn't address the situation at all, he just went straight onto dessert. "Alright, I'll remind you that you said that when there's none of it left."

Without wasting any more time, the brunette dug into the steaming fudge cake, a large dollop of ice-cream sat next to it which was already starting to melt. As the cake itself was warm, the fudge icing was melting off, forming a pool of chocolate and vanilla on the side of the plate. Looking like a child in a candy shop, Seto plunged his fork in, taking a good chunk of the cake and ice cream with him and without even hesitating brought it straight to his mouth. He chewed a couple of times and then swallowed, looking up and Joey opened mouthed. That was some damn good cake.

"Wheeler, trust me on this one, you have to try some." he ordered, putting a (slightly) smaller portion of the cake mixed with ice cream on the end of his fork and leaning forward over the table, holding his free hand underneath the fork to make sure that none dropped off. As he moved forward, their legs connected even more, finally reaching the point where one of Seto's knees was directly between both of Joey's, his other knee to the side. It was a strange, limb-like jigsaw. He simply waited, watching the blonde boy expectantly as he held the food out, ready to directly feed the boy.

J: Joey watched in silence as Kaiba's eyes glistened at the prospect of cake. It was as if the teen was mesmerised, the chocolate sauce melting onto the plate some sort of hypnotic movement that sent the brunette into a weird trance.

'Kaiba really likes sweet stuff...' Joey thought to himself, making a mental note that he would probably use sometime in the future for whatever reason.

Resting his arms on the table, Joey cupped each end of his elbows and smiled. He was happy, really happy. The evening hadn't gone exactly as planned as when he had been shoved into the limo with the unapologetic brunette earlier that evening he had expected a much more violent conclusion to their night. Things had gone in a completely different direction and the blonde still had no idea how to explain all of... 'this' to his friends, but he knew Yugi and the Pharaoh would be the best people to talk to seeing as the two of them were like... an item or whatever.

Lifting his amber eyes to train on Kaiba's lips, Joey shook his head like a child having a tantrum. He really was full.

"Kaiba I-" Joey paused, seeing the fork coming closer to his face. He swallowed hard and suddenly stiffened, feeling Seto's knee between the both of his.

This was the most romantic and admittedly erotic thing he'd ever done in his whole life. He didn't want to mess it up but he didn't want to try too hard (things never worked out when Joey Wheeler tried hard.) He decided to wing it, that usually worked.

Swallowing nervously, Joey leant his body forward as there was still a considerable space between him and the fork and opened his mouth. Simultaneously, while the rich chocolate cake slid between his lips, Kaiba's knee slid further up the inside of Joey's thigh until it had brushed up between his legs momentarily. The blonde sat back down in his seat, their knees still tangled together, his teeth devouring the sponge cake within seconds.

"That was pretty good," The blonde murmured, his voice wavering slightly, his cheeks having turned a shade darker than usual.

K: As the blonde boy tried to reject his offer, Seto simply just raised both of his eye brows, his whole face screaming 'come on, live a little'. He was pleased when the blonde suddenly stopped, weighing up his options. He was going to take it, he knew he was. Cerulean eyes stayed locked on the boy as he swallowed, the own CEO feeling a tingle in the pit of his stomach as the watched Joey's adam's apple bob up and down. It was so defined. So… sexy?

Speaking of sexy.

Cerulean eyes widened again and pupils dilated as the blonde boy leant in. Making sure not to make a huge mess out of everything, Seto hitched up in his seat slightly, tilting the fork upwards to make it a little bit easier for the blonde. As he did so, his eyes never left the blonde's face, both of the teen's cheeks flushed with deep crimson. Once the cake was fully in Joey's mouth, the brunette reclined a little bit, feeling his knee brush the inside of the other boy's thigh, that same tingle in the pit of his stomach coming back again. He was absolutely, definitely, without a doubt, turned on. With his natural lust getting the better of him, Seto shifted back in his seat, making a point to slightly raise his knee again, feeling the material of his trousers ever so slightly brush against the blonde's crotch. For the time being, that would have to do.

"I knew you'd like it." Seto said with a particular certainty, referring to not just the cake... but Joey knew that.