Title: You Can Cope
Author: Blemery
Rating: T
Pairing(s): S/J
Beta: Yamichan (Yea I'm happy I got one too! Yea and I really recommend reading I wonder. It's amazing, but only if you're a fan of Darkshipping!)
Warings: Hintings of Mpreg. Spoilers: none

Summary: Joey can't sleep so he doesn't some snoopying and what do you think he finds out. Mokuba has had enough with Seto and decides to do something about it.

A/n: Thanks for the reviews.

Mandapandabug: I know Dray is so mean. He's jealous I highly doubted he'd openly accept a new parent, so it's a necessary brattiness that might go away. Anyway the dead thing was a joke, it was to amuse me and poke fun at the show.

Star: Of course Joey will believe what Seto tells him. Joey is a kid at heart and believes in magic and things like that. At least its not Joey trying to convince Seto.

Kawaiilover300: Glad you adjusted to the name I just couldn't find one I thought really fit him and I wanted it to mean something so I came up with one on my own although Drago is very amercanish. Thanks for continuing to read even with the dislike of the name.

Anyway thanks again I love to read reviews. So onto the fic.

Waking up early the next morning, which was normally unusual for the blonde, but seemed perfectly fine for him right then, Joey placed a few more blankets over Seto before scurrying away to take a shower. When he came back he was surprised that Seto was still asleep, glancing at the clock that said 4:46 he wasn't quite surprised anymore. He assumed the rest of the house was sleeping so he found himself becoming bored. The emotion almost hit him at full strength when he noticed the scattered papers, the home-made video-disks, he questioned only briefly if he should wait for Seto before grabbing all the papers and disks and going to sit in front of the computer in another corner of the room. He did have a right to know he assured himself, and he might as well get started, as he knew it would be a long story.

He shifted threw the papers a moment to see which looked the most interesting to start with. He stopped on one in particular. Printed in a landscape direction with printing on the left and right sides of the page, he picked this one because at the top it said Birth Certificate in computer text and the blanks were filled in with slightly messy writing.

He pulled that one to the top of the stack of papers and began to read, Name: Kaiba Dragochi. The name struck him as something familiar to him, not from his experiences the day before but something deeper then that. He read on. Until he got to the part that made him drop everything he was holding once again the papers went flying.

Mother: Joey Wheeler (Complication in birth; died).

But he wasn't dead; it was ridiculous, he was right there sitting in front of Seto's computer reading a birth certificate, a birth certificate of a son. A son he didn't know he had, a son, who was five-years old and had his hair and Seto's eyes, a son, who he had given birth to and still couldn't remember.

He died!

He must have!

How else was any of this explainable? But he had never met a dead person…someone who had come back to life before. He was sure it wasn't common after all he had never met anyone who had died. Then again he had never asked. Maybe there were all kinds of people walking around that used to be dead, that would explain why there were so many people walking around. Still if there were so many people walking around that used to be dead then people wouldn't make such a big deal about dieing. So now he was sure there weren't dead people coming back to life, so then he hadn't met anyone who was dead and then came alive. But he had met dead people before! At least the yami spirits seemed to believe they were dead and had been trapped in strangely shaped items. Items that possessed magic that if he had not seen for he would not believe in, and he almost still doubted that the magic existed.

Magic?

Was that how he came back? Joey frowned none of the characters in the Harry Potter books seemed to possess magic that brought them back to life. And the entire book was about magic, oh wait there was that one evil crazy guy, so possibly there was magic that could bring someone back. But it must be evil magic! Did that make Joey evil then? He didn't feel evil. Poke…nope he didn't feel evil. But, good magic couldn't have done something like this.

Stop! Joey shook his head. He had to get off the Harry Potter train of thought. While that little blonde was rather hot in the movies he had to remember that Shadow Magic was much different. And while dark it didn't mean that was evil. After all Yugi could be really evil and he was supposed to be the hikari. And sure it seemed like Yugi was nice and sweet, but…well there were other times, and…shudders. Joey didn't want to think about it.

So he was alive because of shadow magic. He wasn't evil because of it, at least as far a he could tell. And he had a slight crush on a character in a book, he shrugged, nothing he could do about that, but remember that he had a cute little, well big, but still cute lover laying no more ten feet away from him.

Standing up Joey moved around the table to collect the papers he had dropped when he had found out that he had died giving birth, five years ago, briefly Joey wondered if he smelt because of it. After he grabbed the papers he sat back down in the chair and began to read threw them. He soon realized that they were documented proof that Joey, although indeed a boy, had been the first male to carry a baby to full term. Joey smiled proudly at that fact, "And Dad said I wouldn't amount to 'othin'."

Seto stretched back like a cat groaning because he realized he fell asleep on the couch, something he had yet to do since high school, as it tended to make his back uncomfortable so usually he made the effort to make it to his bed before crashing. Pulling his arms back under the blankets he began to remember what happened last night, the dried stuff on his stomach was probably the biggest, erm most disgusting clue.

He sat up in his disgust and his curiosity as to where the blonde had gotten to. He was not in his arms like he had been the night before. He looked around the room to find that Joey was staring at his computer with immense interest. Because, Joey had claimed several times in the passed that he was allergic to the device, it made Seto even more curious. Careful to put his boxers back on he padded over the cold floor with a blanket still draped over his shoulders to see what the other was doing.

His eyes widened the minute he realized that Joey was watching a movie, that movie. He couldn't believe it; Joey was snooping where he didn't belong. Seto shook his head, of course he belonged there, and he was the one on camera after all. Seto was the one filming. Seto had became very fond of the digital device shortly before his proposal to the blonde. He suddenly felt like he should have everything he could about Joey document for his access whenever he wanted to enjoy the blonde without the blonde presents.

Moving silently closer to the blonde he placed a reassuring if not shaky hand on the other's shoulder, Joey didn't even flinch, he was either to immerse into the film or had already sensed his presents. Joey did have a sixth sense; after all, it came with his dog-like qualities.

flashback

Joey yawned again stretching out his arms going above him, a movement causing his long sleeved bed shirt to rid up passed his swollen stomach. He then turned his attention to more important things. He didn't notice that he was being spied on in anyway. Bending down slowly as it was a bit of an effort he opened his bottom most draw and began to search for something to wear.

"Isn't he the most adorable thing when he bends over?" Seto narrators for his camera, alerting the blonde to his presences both camera and Seto earned a nasty look, "He doesn't like to be disturbed doing the adorableness exercise."

The blonde stood up erect turning to face the brunette and camera, he couldn't help but give a half smile for the audience before getting annoyed again. "Seto-koi put da camera down. We hafta get ready ta go ta 'ugi's."

Seto lowered the camera from in front of his eye but kept it on and pointed to the blonde, "But the camera loves you puppy!"

"Well, tell da camera dat he'll just have ta wait in line. I hafta get ready! I already look 'uge so da rest of me hasta make up for dat!" Joey explained poking his finger in the camera's direction with a pair of boxers in the same hand.

The brunette had to restrain from snickering, "Joey, I can tell the camera that but I just don't think he'll listen. He doesn't seem to have any sense of manners or decency." Seto ignored that weight comment for then. He knew and Joey knew that Joey and no one else minded that he had gained the necessary weight for his condition.

"So what you're just gonna sit and let him watch me get undressed?" Joey pouted slightly looking hopefully and Seto.

Seto nodded, "I'm going to have to. It's one of his favorite things to watch!"

The blonde glared and then trying to be smart he stripped off his shirt, "Dere you happy, now he can look at all my 'ugeness! He can't even miss it I take up da whole room!"

The brunette looked a bit upset about Joey's comment, all though he was still very pleased to see Joey without a shirt on. He set the camera down on the desk behind him, and walked over to Joey. Gently he took Joey into his arms and kissed his brow. "I'm sorry, I was being an ass."

"No you weren't," Joey sighed putting his head on Seto's shoulder. It always amazed him that no matter how bigger he had gotten, so far, he always seemed to fit perfectly in Seto's arms, even when he didn't fit perfectly in his jeans anymore. "I'm just bein' moody."

"I don't think you're moody," Seto played happily with his hair, "You're just being regular stubborn Joey and I'm pushing buttons. But don't be mad at me I just want to play."

Joey moved his head slightly to kiss Seto's shoulder, "You can play with me anytime, but well not when I'm sleepin' or eatin' as you've learned before."

Seto winced slightly in the memory, pressing a kiss into the blonde mop. He softly brought up the other thing he wanted to say, "You're not really upset about, the weight are you?"

"No, not really," Joey sighed softly, "I mean I like bein' like dis. Not dat I would want ta be all da time. But its because of our baby, our baby is doing dis to me and I don't care at all! It also gives me da excuse ta eat as much as I want without caring a thing. But it doesn't mean I can't complain about it! I have rights ta complain as much as any pregnant woman would if not more!"

Seto snickered; lightly hugging Joey just a bit closer, "But you don't. You're very good about not complain at all."

The blonde simply shook his head, "Dats because it's so easy! I don't know what girls complain about! Everything so far has been easy or necessary and didn't bother me. I think dey've just been messing around with us all dis time cause dey could!"

The CEO shook his head, "Maybe, but you could just be lucky."

"Yea, I am!" Joey pushed up on his toes to kiss the other on the lips, "Do you agree?"

"No, but I'm not complain," Seto brushed the fringes of Joey's hair back from his eyes. He reached between them to place a hand over Joey's stomach, "You think, it'll give us a treat tonight and start to move?"

"I told ya he moves all da time! He just doesn't kick. So ya can't feel him," Joey replied, looking down to watch Seto caress his swollen stomach.

"How do you know it's a he?" Seto asked once again, they had both agreed to wait to find out about the sex of the baby. Joey said he had a feeling and Seto just thought he had snuck the information from one of the doctors. Joey didn't even bother answer.

"Well if he wouldn't kick you maybe I'll just have to persuade him then." Seto noted Joey's thrill at having Seto call the baby a he. He dropped to his knees. He put his lips to Joey's stomach a small smirk crossing them. "Dragon? Little dragon, are you sleeping?" Seto smiled some as he felt Joey's fingers slid into his hair caressing his scalp lovingly. "Little dragon, please be listening. Daddy wants to feel you. Can't you just give a little kick for Dad?" Seto looked up at Joey finding that the blonde approved very much of Seto calling himself Dad. It almost seemed to Seto that Joey just might cry, which they'd both blame on the hormones but would both know it had to do with so much more then just hormones. It had to do with being parents, being a family, something neither of them had for very long growing up but were determined to give to their young one.

Joey frowned after a few minutes of waiting and silence, "Sorry, he just, he wouldn't. There's nothing wrong though, I promise."

Standing Seto placed a soft kiss on the other's forehead, "Its fine I wasn't expecting very much."

"Maybe he'll act up at the party," Joey suggested moving back to grabbing things from his drawer. Seto agreed silently pray that it would be so. Seto had only felt the baby twice since he started to move around and it was too hard to believe sometimes that there actually something growing in Joey without that little proof every once and a while.

(End Flashback)

Joey turned his face up to Seto at the end of that part. "There's more, the party I mean," Seto said softly kneeling so that he was more at an eye level with his love.

The blonde quickly turned the screen of in reply, "It's fine. I've been watching for a while now anyway."

"Did it, did it help any?" Seto wondered softly.

The blonde nod, "Yes, it did. I am now fully convinced that all this happened. That I had a child, your child, and that I've been dead for five years."

"You found that out too?" Seto whispered softly.

Nod, "It was one of the first things I did find out this morning," Joey reached down to caress his lover's cheek gently, "I'm sorry I left you."

"It wasn't your fault Joey," Seto reassured tugging Joey into his lap ignoring that suddenly too grown men were sitting on the floor cuddled together when there were perfectly good seats in the room. "I never blamed you. I couldn't. But, I did miss you."

The blonde nodded, "I well…I don't remember bein' dead, but I do miss it. I miss not bein' here for da last five years. I miss not bein' able to be with you, not being here ta raise Dray. And I hate dat I can't even remember a single thing about da whole experience. Yes, I believe it because I've been watchin' videos for four hours but I wish I could remember everything. What it felt like? It looked like it felt amazing and I want ta remember dat!"

"Yes, it did look like that. And perhaps you will remember that, it might just take a while. It took Yami and Bakura some time to recollect all of their memories. I'm not sure they even remember everything, but while they have three thousand years to deal with you only have five and well maybe something will trigger your memories now that you're here." Seto hugged him tighter taking in his sweet scent, "You're here."

Joey wrapped his arms around his neck resting against him, "I love bein' here," he whispered, "I wouldn't go away again."

After a few moments Seto pulled back, "Do you remember the last few weeks?"

"What happened in da last few weeks dat I'm 'uppose ta remember?" Joey frowned trying to think back trying to remember but the last he remember the gang hadn't done anything special although they did go out with Yugi and Yami dinner.

"Well Mokuba, and his things, brought you back a few weeks ago, and you wouldn't stop screaming you sound like you were in so much pain. But you don't remember it?" Seto looked pleading.

"Nope, I just remember waking up to a pair of blue-eyes, he quickly fell off the bed," Joey smirked, he tilted his head at the memory, "It was sort of cute."

Seto nodded his agreement, "Soon you'll be completely powerless to his cuteness, its worse then Yugi sometimes! I know he's getting lessons from the hikaris without me knowing." The two laughed for a brief moment, shifting so that Seto wasn't sitting on his heals, moving around so the blanket rapped around both of them. "So what did you think about Dray before you asked me who his mum was last night?"

"Well I didn't tink it was me!" Joey explained before burying a blush against Seto's chest, "I 'ought dat you'd gotten married or something. I never stopped ta consider his age not complying with my most recent memories."

Seto chuckled, "Silly puppy, I'd never marry anyone but you."

Mokuba found himself lazily moving into the kitchen just shy of noon rubbing at his eyes tiredly, but they brighten immediately when he saw his brother-in-law leaning against the counter eating a sandwich, with his brother and nephew seated near him. "Joey-kun," He bounced over on his toes and gave the other one a hug. Joey promptly hugged him back and then pulled away to get a good look, with a long whistle Mokuba could tell he was stunned by what the last five years had done to him. He wasn't a little kid anymore, and he was no longer the teenager that was moody and would go threw periods of not speaking to anyone in his house if he could help it.

"Hey that's ours!" Mokuba didn't flinch when he was pulled back against Marik. He simply smiled lightly at the pair of blondes.

Seto rolled his eyes at the display, "Must you?"

"Of course," Marik argued, "What's stopping us, not you?"

Mokuba tugged away from the blonde, "Marik please don't fight with my brother. He's right this isn't the place for that, nor the right people to do it in front of."

"Does that mean you'll come to the strip club with us after all?" Malik squealed in delight, Mokuba nodded happily giving his loves whatever they wanted.

Joey gave Seto a sympathetic look, "And just tink, he use ta be so sweet and innocent."

"I blame the loss on you," Seto teased but the sternness in his voice seemed to convince at least one person that he wasn't.

"Don't you have to work today, Kaiba?" Marik finally decided to come back with a slightly less threatening argument.

"It can wait until tomorrow," Seto glanced at Joey no way was he leaving him alone, not that day, tomorrow he thought he might be able to manage but today he needed the constant reminder that Joey was home and alive.

Joey smiled back and then changed the subject, "Don't you tink you owe someone an apology? A thank you?"

The brunette froze looking at Joey curiously, "I thought you said you didn't remember the last few weeks?"

"I don't," Joey rolled his eyes, "But I know you. And I know you were probably not the least bit nice to Mokuba when you found out about me, especially after you saw how much 'pain' I was in."

Seto blushed lightly; he didn't realize he was that predictable even after five years! Swallowing his pride he turned to his brother, "Mokuba, thank you."

The raven-haired young man graced Seto with a now-very-rare-hug. "I'm just glad you're not mad at me anymore Seto. I should have told you before hand." He pulled away from the taller brother and looked at him curious, "Well?"

"Well what?" Seto frowned at his little brother.

"I tink he wants ya ta thank dose two loons," Joey helped, as he always did after he found out how social inept his lover was.

Seto turned a glared at the Egyptians, currently making out against his counter top, "I'm not thanking them!" he growled, "Its not like they did it for any reason other then you told them to. They don't want me to thank them, they don't care if I do or not. And I'm not thanking them for turning you into their fucking partner!" Joey flinched and said nothing he noticed that Dray didn't flinch at all, probably used to Seto using language around him occasionally, or maybe it was because the youngest blonde was staring at him again.

Mokuba turned red with anger, "I'm not their fucking partner. We love each other Seto! I thought you knew that! I thought you trusted me more then that," he glared icily if Mokuba hadn't gone threw a rather annoying teenage period Seto would have been surprised that Mokuba could glare that well.

The brunette shook his head, "How should I know? They're not your first boyfriends. You didn't even tell me you were dating them. You just sort of let me figure it out after a while. If you're so in love with them then why couldn't you even tell me that?"

"It's because I didn't think you'd approve!" Mokuba snapped before he could think about his answer. The blondes making out on the counter stopped to give him a curious look. "I am not ashamed of them. Nor the way I feel for them. But everyone else seemed to be. I didn't want you to disapprove Seto! I didn't want to have to pick them over you! But you've apparently already made that decision for me."

Seto froze slightly looking at the anger pouring off his little brother. The young man hesitated and then turned storming out of the door, the blondes following after his retreating form. Seto shook his head, "No, no don't leave me," he choked nearly silently.

Joey stayed where he was a minute but reached Seto's side before he completely broke down. He placed his arms around him carefully, "I'm sorry I shouldn't have…" Seto shook his head leaning in to hide as best he could against the blonde, taking all the comfort that he ever would need.

Dray frowned lightly, he wasn't sure he could ever do that for his father. He knew he made his Dad, happy and when things upset him, he could usually cheer the other up. But this situation seemed too big for the five-year-old; he however wasn't sure that he liked his father taking comfort from other person.

Seto stood in the entrance way to his house watching as his brother and the two blondes moved in and out putting things into a truck that Marik managed to get, somehow. The brunette was numb to it all he wanted to stop it he wanted to step between their path to the door but he couldn't move. Dray sat on the stairs watching silently his heart hurting just a little, Mokuba had been in college since he was two but even though it hadn't been in Domino it had never felt like he was leaving, not like it did today. He tried to pretend everything was going to be alright but he didn't think it was. He could see that his father was losing all of his resolved. Sighing, the youngest Kaiba placed his head on his knees and Mokuba ran past him again.

Joey glared from where he leaned up against the door frame of the front room his arms crossed. He didn't care that Mokuba was leaving it seemed about time he would want to anyway, but he was doing for sour reasons. He didn't know if Seto and Mokuba could work everything out if Mokuba left completely. However, Seto didn't seem to be fighting. Not that he could, he might break down entirely if he moved or breathed wrong.

Finally deciding that is was his job to ask questions he pulled Mokuba aside his expression didn't lighten in front of the youth as it usually did.

"You're not really doing dis," Joey asked harshly.

"I have to Joey!" Mokuba snapped, he seemed a little upset but his anger still was foremost, "He has to understand!"

Joey shock his head, "He's not going ta be able ta understand dis way. You're only hurt him. You're only hurting both of you."

He shivered lightly against Joey's words but he didn't break, "I have to go! I don't know anyway that will ever be easier. But he wouldn't have to get hurt. That's what you're here for."

The blonde looked at him wide-eyed, "that was very selfish of you Mokuba. But, even so, you have to know that I could never, ever take your place to him, I can't make it all better for him. Only you can. You're his brother, but you're also more then that. He raised you, you…raised each other."

"And I appreciate that I really do Joey! But I have to leave sometime!" Mokuba argued.

"You don't have to leave like this. He could have easily left you behind a countless number of times, but he never did! Now you're not leaving him, you're abandoning him!" Joey snapped back with a growl.

Mokuba flinched at the words but shook it off, "I'm. NOT. Abandoning him!"

The blonde shook his head, he sighed, "I know what abandonment is Mokuba, and you don't have to pretend."

That just infuriated Mokuba even more, he turn and left the room taking the stairs up into his former room to grab the last of his things.

Malik and Marik waiting at the door for him, with mixed emotions, they would do anything Mokuba asked them too, however they weren't sure this was the best thing for him to do.

Joey narrowed his eyes after the young man. He turned from his spot at the door and went to stand by Seto, but he didn't touch him, he knew Seto didn't need that right then. Dray finally stood up when Mokuba ran passed him last object in his hands, he moved steadily closer to his father…his parents before finding himself between the pair and slight in front.

Mokuba handed his things to Marik and nodded to the both before turning back to his brother, he moved over to them before he was standing in front of them. It hurt just a little to see that his brother wouldn't look at him. "Seto? Seto, I'm going to stay with the Ishtar's until my classes start again. They're going to come with me to Kyoto," he pulled out a piece of paper, "You can probably reach me that that number as long as I'm in Domino. I'll call you about where I'm staying after that. Well…G'bye." He took a step forward to hug his brother but debating it he pulled away and waved lightly before leaving the manor.

Joey followed him to the door watching the truck speed away before shutting the door carefully and turning back to his family. Seto was on his knees clutching Dray to him, his life line. Joey frowned; the poor kid did not need to see his Dad like that. Dads were supposed to be invincible at that age. Joey didn't question it any long joining the two, kneeling on the floor he put a hand on Seto's shoulder and with his other hand he gently tugged his head to find a resting place against his own shoulder. Seto wrapped his far arm around Joey's far shoulder in an awkward hug burying his lost expression against Joey's shoulder. Dray looked a bit uncomfortable to be seat between the two at first but he adjusted quickly.

He concentrated on watching how his other parent handle his Dad with such delicately, he almost felt like he could come to terms with the other, but the jealousy from before was a little bit more deep seated then he had thought. Or maybe it was just easier to remain cold to the new man, then to accept him for what he was. Dad needed them right then and so he'd have to just settle on taking care of him first before he thought anymore about his blonde parent.

a/n: I didn't plan for Mokuba to leave in this chapter but it worked out. You thought the angst was over but nope it's just getting started. Muwhahaha.

Anyway I'm not sure if Yami and Yugi or Ryou and Bakura will get to corrupt their own little kids minds. The fics really on Joey and Seto but the other characters are important to. What do you guys think should I bring more chibis in or not, or suggest that the adoption agencies don't trust either pair. Its up to you guys! Reviews are welcome thanks.