A/N: For the amazing IAmTheTaintedAngel, who is oh so patient. Thanks so much for reviewing my nonsense since the very beginning. Maybe I'll write another Seto/Marik/Yami for you. I rather like that pairing myself. Does it have a shipping name? This does have a little "violence" in it. Mainly shoving, shouting, etc. I'm not in a happy mood, so neither are Jou and Seto. -_-
I don't own No Light, No Light by Florence and the Machine, but please listen to it. The woman is amazing. This jumps between where Seto is and where Jou is. It's easy to keep up, though. If a line of their speech is in itallics, it's cause it's lyrics as well.
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Chapter Eleven: Puppyshipping
You are the hole in my head
You are the space in my bed
You are the silence in between what I thought
And what I said
"Whatever, Seto! Just shut up! I'm tired of arguing with you." Jou cried, feet apart, fist clinched at his sides. His irate lover stood before him in much the same position.
"Can you guys please just stop it!" Mokuba pleaded from his place behind Seto. Neither of the men looked at the cowering boy.
"No, Jouncouchi. We are going to finish this!"
Seto took a step forward, using his height to intimidate the blonde. Jou refused to cower, though every instinct was telling him to. Instead, he stood taller.
"I said I'm tired of arguing with you," Jounouchi hissed. "This is pointless. I'm going to sleep. Come on, Mokuba."
Just as the onyx haired boy had begun to stand, Seto roughly shoved Jou back. The surprised teen fell back intot he kitchen table, falling down rather ungracefully and hitting his head painfully. He stared at Seto in utter shock. The CEO stared back with just about the same look, hands extended as though he intended to catch Jou.
"Seto!" Mokuba screeched, tears falling from his wide eyes. Jounouchi was shaking now, though Seto made no other moves towards him. How could he?
"Jounouchi... I didn't..." Seto's voice broke as he inched towards his fallen lover. Jounouchi whimpered. Seto noticed the fear dancing in his eyes.
What had come over him? He stared still at his lover, unable to come up with the answer.
You are the night time fear
You are the morning when it's clear
When it's over you'll start
You're my head
You're my heart
"Seto, I think it's best if I stay somewhere else for the night." Jounouchi finally spoke. Mokuba wailed while Seto stared on in disbelief as his brother begged Jou not to leave him with Seto. He sat heavily on the floor, head in hands. He didn't mean to! He still didn't know what had possessed him. He just remembered being angry then Jou on the floor. He finally got up, heading up the stairs and following Mokuba's pleas.
"Please don't leave me." he begged weakly from the bedroom doorway. Jounouchi didn't stop ripping clothing and other things from drawers. He strode forward and captured Jou's wrist.
"Don't fucking touch me!" the blonde screeched. Seto dropped the arm and fell back, surprised. Would Jou ever let him touch him again?
"I'm so sorry, Jounouchi. Please... You can't... You're upsetting Mokuba."
Jounouchi slammed his suitcase closed, eyes on fire. "I'm upsetting him!? Seto, I'm pretty sure that was you. What the fuck were you thinking? Get out of my way."
Seto simply moved aside as Jounouchi stormed past, out of the bedroom and front door. Mokuba scrambled out to his room where Seto could hear his weeping. He was...alone. His boyfriend, his brother... both had left him totally alone. He turned back to his shared room, evidence of Jou's departure hidden by the closed closet. If he opened it, the man's clothing would be missing. Same with the drawers. Seto stumbled forward and fell face down Jounouchi's side of the bed. His eyes filled with tears as he inhaled Jou's scent there. Like spice and honey. An odd combination, but one that was Jou's alone.
And he sobbed, then. Refusing to believe what he'd done. Believing that when he awoke Jou would be back, it was all a bad dream, surely.
He'd never hurt his lover...
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Jounouchi was in much the same state as he threw his bags onto the bed of some shitty hotel in downtown Domino. Surely he'd imagined that intense anger in Seto's eyes when he'd shoved him. That wasn't the CEO he knew. Sure, Seto was a prick, but he was never violent.
On the contrary, he'd always been gentle with Jou, as though he would break at any moment. But the way his blue eyes had flashed in the low lighting of their dining room had actually frightened the teen.
No light, no light in your bright blue eyes
I never knew daylight could be so violent
A revelation in the light of day
You can't choose what stays and what fades away
He pulled the locket with his and Seto's pictures in it from beneath his shirt. The way Seto was smiling in that picture made Jou's stomach turn. He prayed he hadn't lost that man as he lay down and snatched one of Seto's shirts he'd stolen from the mansion before his flight. He held it close. Though it held no warmth at all, it did smell like the CEO.
And that would just have to do.
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At 3:15am, Seto stood outside of his brother's room, arm raised to knock. He'd woken hours earlier, grief nomming at his core and couldn't fall back asleep. So he decided he had to talk to Mokuba, before that awkard I'm-Gonna-Avoid-You stage swept in. He had to fix this now. He didn't want his family ripped apart. Because yes, Jounouchi was a part of this family, as much as Mokuba or himself.
Finally he slid the door open, only one though on his mind: forgiveness.
And I'd do anything to make you stay
No light, no light
No light
Tell me what you want me to say
"Mokuba, we need to talk..."
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That night, Jounouchi dreamed he was in a massive crowd. Everyone was pulsing with excitement, though he couldn't fathom why. It was easily midnight wherever he was. Suddenly, everyone surged forth, one name leaving their lips as one:
"Kaiba!"
He gasped and desperately looked, finally spotting the CEO atop one of the many buildings surrounding the crowd. He looked stressed, fighting to find something...
"Seto! Seto I'm here!" Jounouchi screamed, trying to jump and wave his arms, only to be shoved back down again.
"Seto!" He tried again. As was before, he was shoved down. Seto must have given up for the crowd stopped their cheering and calmed. But he was still there, broken on the ground, crying out for his lost lover.
Through the crowd, I was crying out
And in your place there were a thousand other faces
I was disappearing in plain sight
Heaven help me, I need to make it right
Jou bolted up in bed, panting hard. His cell phone was ringing beside him, loud an obnoxious. Seto's name was scrolling across the screen.
"Hello?" he whispered, voice broken from sleep and sorrorw. Seto breathed out in relief.
"Jounouchi, please listen to me. I'm so sorry. I can't believe I did that to you. Feel free to kick my ass, just please come home. Mokuba and I miss you. And I need you! Please..."
Seto was babbling, but Jou couldn't hear anything over the replay of their fight swiling in his head.
Finally he breathed and answered. "You want a revelation, you wanna get it right? But it's a conversation I just can't have tonight. You want a revelation, some kind of resolution. You want a revelation."
With that he hung up, eyes burning with unshed tears. He wanted nothing more than to forgive Seto, but it would have to wait. He had to teach the man a lesson so to speak. Being alone for one night wouldn't hurt him.
And with that, Jounouchi fell asleep once again, though the dream continued to plague him.
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Seto stormed about the KaibaCorp. building, his employees running to avoid him. His eyes lacked their warmth. It was like he was before Jounouchi. Shizuka stood from her desk towards the middle of lunch break and knocked lightly on the CEO's door.
"Mr. Kaiba... Is everything okay with my brother?"
Once again, cold eyes snapped up. Seto's demeanor faultered for a moment, seeing the resemblence between Jounouchi and his sister. He coughed to cover up a sob, and met her eyes once again.
No light, no light in your bright blue eyes
I never knew daylight could be so violent
A revelation in the light of day,
You can't choose what stays and what fades away
"Shizuka... Please, help me."
The kind hearted woman nodded and closed the door behind her, striding to sit lightly on one corner of Seto's desk. She never once asked what it was that had happened. It wasn't her business to know.
The only thing she felt responsible for was the broken man in front of her. As Seto laid out a plan to get Jounouchi to the KaibaCorp. buiding, Shizuka held her silence, only throwing in light suggestions now and then.
"I can't lose him." he added at the end. Shizuka smiled lightly.
"You won't." she assured, squeezing the CEO's hand before leaving to retrieve her cell.
And I'd do anything to make you stay
No light, no light
No light
Tell me what you want me to say
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Jounouchi avoided various people as he made his way to KaibaCorp. His sister had called earlier, wishing to see him for her lunch break. He felt a bit uncofortable, as he knew Seto's office was right beside her, but he ignored it.
She'd assured him the CEO had stayed out today.
He supposed he would forgive Seto. Of course, he would definitly have to talk to him. But Seto had looked genuinly sorry, and sounded it too.
But he just didn't know.
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"Nii-sama!" Shizuka cried, throwing herself at Jounouchi. The blonde caught her in a warm embrace. She was so familiar and safe.
"Hey, girl. How've you been?"
It was true, she worked with his boyfriend, but Jounouchi rarely every came to work with Seto. He found it boring. He threw a glance at the closed office door.
"Great. And you?" she asked, quickly bustling to her desk. The phone rang in the middle of Jounouchi's lie and she answered.
"Yes? Yes... I... Okay. Okay, yes. Thank you."
She hung the phone up, looking at Jounouchi with a small smile. "Could you give me like three minutes? I've got to do something for one of the executives. Surely you wouldn't mind waiting? Love you!"
She left without an answer, leaving Jounouchi alone in the waiting area just outside of Seto's office.
Five minutes later, he was bored. Shizuka hadn't returned yet. He eyed Seto's office door. Well, since the man wasn't at work today...
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Seto was sitting, waiting, wondering if it would work, if Jounouchi would getbored and enter his office. After five minutes, he'd begun to worry.
Until he saw the doorknob move of course.
He sighed and stood as his lover entered, surprise written on his face.
"Jounouchi..."
Would you leave me,
If I told you what I've done?
And would you need me,
If I told you what I've become?
'cause it's so easy,
To say it to a crowd
But it's so hard, my love,
To say it to you out loud
"Seto? What the fuck! She told me you weren't here." Jounouchi looked out of his element. He didn't know if he should throw himself at Seto, breath in his warmth and kiss him until their lips were bruised or run.
Seto held up his hands, as though to say he wasn't going to hurt him.
"Please, talk to me." he begged. Jounouchi opened his mouth, but didn't speak. Seto's eyes were watering and he looked like he'd slept worse than Jounouchi.
"Why should I?" he asked finally. He'd tried to sound cold, but his voice broke. He missed Seto so much.
"Because I love you."
Jounouchi's head snapped up, eyes disbelieving. Seto never said that. Jounouchi knew it, of course, but he'd barely ever heard the phrase leave his lover's lips. He registered that tears were falling from his eyes as he shuffled forward.
"Promise never to hurt me." he begged as Seto caught him. The CEO whimpered and held him impossibly close.
"On my life." he whispered. Jounouchi sobbed, half in releif, half in happiness and kissed his lover. How he'd missed the lips, though it'd been barely a day.
"I love you, I love you, I love you." Seto kept muttering before each kiss pressed lightly to Jounouchi's warm neck.
"I love you, too." Jounouchi promised as his hands slid inside of Seto's jacket. He wanted all of his lover, everything he had to offer. Strong hands lifted him onto the desk, ripping his jacket from his body. He shivered lightly as the cool air of the room hit him and Seto's lips continued their assault on his neck.
"What if Shizuka comes back?" he whispered. He felt Seto smile against his neck. "She won't be. I sent her home for the day."
Jounouchi had an 'Oh' moment.
"Such an elaborate plan just for me, love." he whispered as he removed Seto's shirt. Warm blue eyes met his.
"Anything for you."
Jounouchi groaned as Seto palmed his straining member. He leaned up and licked lightly at the CEO's ear before nipping at his exposed chest. Seto moaned and removed Jou's own shirt, gently kissing the lean muscle on his abdomen. Jounouchi sighed and laid back, eyes half lidded as the CEO removed both of their pants. Seto's warm hand gasped his member and pumped a few times, making Jounouchi become fully erect.
"Nng, Seto." he whispered, fingers tightening around the edge of the desk. He lay on the desk, so that his bum was just on the edge. Easy access for his lover. This wasn't their first time here. He took the three fingers Seto offered into his mouth and sucked. Seto watched hungrily, eyes occasionally leaving to trace over Jounouchi's body. Jounouchi rolled his hips just for a show and Seto groaned, removed his fingers and kissed the man beneath him.
"I love you." he whispered as he entered two fingers. Jounouchi yelped at the two being inserted at the same time, but quieted as Seto's fingers rubbed against his insides. A low moan left him suddenly, his vision going white, when the third finger struck his prostate.
"Are you ready?" Seto asked, spitting on his hand and covering his member. Jou nodded quickly and placed his hands on Seto's shoulders as the man bent over him. He entered a few inches at a time, moaning softly as the heat surrounded him. Jounouchi let out a mewl and shivered, wrapping his legs around the CEO.
Seto thrusted at an even pace, driving Jounouchi mad in all the right ways. His lips never left Jounouchi, whether they were pressed against the exposed to him, or the warm lips. Jounouchi's breath came faster and faster as Seto sped up bit by bit, and he began to twitch.
"S-Seto.. Close." he mumbled. The CEO nodded, reaching for the other's mandhood. He was close himself.
"I love you so much, Jounouchi. Never leave me again." he begged. Jounouchi was a mess beneath him, moaning and crying out. His honey eyes focused for a moment.
"Never. I promise. A-Ah, Seto!"
Jounouchi climaxed and released. His muscles clamped down on Seto's own member making the other cry out softly. He thrusted a few more times before coming. His seed coated Jounouchi's insides, making the other sigh at the warm feeling.
Seto reached for napkins, quickly cleaning the two of them up as best he could. When he finished, he sat down in his chair, still naked, and pulled Jounouchi into his lap. Both were on the verge of sleep, perfectly content in eachother's arms.
"Never again." Jounouchi whispered once more. Seto smiled.
"I promise."
A/N: Look. Look at how long this shit was. I'm still rather bleeeehhh. Sorry there were no toys. I couldn't incorporate them. I'll try with some other pairing. I left out some lyrics, simply because.. Well, they were redundant and would've messed me up. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed. Next is Heartshipping. Cute and fluffy. Y'all have a nice day.
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