CHAPTER 14

It had been a week since he and Yami had arrived and Yugi definitely thought that this family was crazy! Everyday Vivian would find something to get upset about. It was like she made it her mission or something. The 19 year old quickly found out that the woman was OCD about cleaning. Worst of all if they started helping she would say "No, no I'm fine." then 20 minutes later call everyone lazy asses. Yugi also found out she was the most two-faced, word-twister ever. If someone came to her with a problem, she'd help them with the biggest smile on her face, but then call that person stupid and useless later. It seemed like the best way to deal with her was avoid the woman completely.

Then there was Mai and Tea. They were the queens of low-cut shirts and mini-skirts and Tea constantly flirted with his Yami! One day, Yami just had enough and pulled Yugi into a passionate, deep, hot French kiss that left the pair breathless and Tea stomping away angrily. However Mai wasn't nearly as bad though, for the most part she's just ask the duel king for an hour or so of his time to teach her about Duel Monsters…everyday. Fortunately Joey would always find and rescue Yugi from the awkward situation.

Joey. Now Yugi really, really like the man. He was warm, outgoing, extremely friendly and a little bit ditzy making Yugi feel like he didn't have to try and impress the blonde and he could be himself around him. The wild haired teen had discovered that Joey had an amazing little family, until his father started drinking. His mother took his little sister in the divorce while Joey had grown up under the abusive hand of his father. As soon as he had entered middle school, he joined a gang to avoid being bullied. However, once the leader had decided to start kicking the crap out of younger kids, well Joey had decided that he would quit by kicking the entire gang's ass. The legendary 12 on 1 fight gave Joey enough of a reputation that no one tried messing with him.

Then came the day Joey's father had decided beating his son wasn't enough and pulled a knife on him. Joey fought like hell and knocked the drunk out cold. He ran away thinking the streets would be safer. He was right for the most part, his reputation followed him which seemed to be amazing protection all on its own, anyone who was stupid enough to try attacking the fighter, quickly found themselves flat on their ass. A few of the younger run aways often sought him out for protection, which he was all too happy to give.

After 3 months, he ended up meeting Tristan, a young man who worked as kitchen manager at a hotel, he could see due to Joey's ruddy clothes and dishevelled appearance that he was obviously down on his luck and offered the blonde a job as a bus boy at the hotel. It would all be under the table, but it meant that Joey had at least money for food.

One particular afternoon, on his way to work Joey saw a child looking very lost and confused, being the person that he was, he asked the child where he wanted to go and accompanied him to a lavish hotel…he was lead directly to Seto Kaiba.

Relieved to have his brother safe, he gave Joey $10,000 cash as a reward. When Joey had refused the money, Kaiba insulted his intelligence and Joey called him a pompous rich asshole. The two spent about 10 minutes "exchanging pleasantries" before the businessman received a phone call and had to leave.

After that, they seemed to run into each other almost everywhere! Joey always greeted Mokuba warmly.

Then one fateful night, Joey and Tristan were out together, goofing off, wandering the streets when they were held at gun point by an outright insane meth-head, demanding money. They gave the stranger every penny they had, but they were both shot down in cold blood. Someone had thankfully witnessed the whole thing, and called them an ambulance. Well, as fate would have it, it was one of the hospitals that Kaiba owned, where he just happened to be staying, working late. When the brunette saw Joey's name come up he called in the best doctors he knew to work on both Joey and Tristan.

Joey was saved, but had the bullet been 3 millimetres to the left, it would have been a different story. Tristan, on the other hand wasn't so lucky.

Kaiba had delivered the news personally when Joey had awakened. He spent the following two weeks making sure Joey was well taken care of. When he had found out Joey was unemployed and homeless Kaiba got him a job as a waiter at the billionaire's favourite restaurant. Every time he went, he personally requested the blonde.

One night Kaiba asked Joey to dine with him, after some persuasion, Joey reluctantly agreed. The pair then discovered they could have an actual conversation without throwing insults. Later, the very same night, the CEO had taken the waiter to his hotel room and fucked him against the wall.

The romance just bloomed after that.

…Yup. Joey had certainly lived an interesting life and Yugi loved to hear about it.

Ryou and Bakura were rarely seen together, except for meal times, otherwise they were upstairs in their room or Bakura was hunting with Marik.

Marik and Malik were quite the pair. Both were insane, but Malik was the more reasonable of the two. From what Yugi had gathered, Malik had run away, almost got his ass kicked by some thugs who wanted to sell him in one of the human traffic circles, when Marik appeared out of nowhere, dropped the fuckers and the two spent a few months on the streets together until Malik decided to come back home. Vivian took a liking to Marik, as he often came with interesting meats that she couldn't get without paying a fortune for. They stayed at the house, only running off when they pissed Vivian off or vice versa. Overall the blondes played practical jokes on everyone and amused themselves by picking on Tea and Mai.

As insane as the pair were, what was truly crazy was the fact Yugi never saw the couple fight. Not once. Sometimes one could hear Ryou and Bakura arguing, or even Joey on the phone screaming at Kaiba, but not once had the insane duo even complained about each other. It was interesting indeed.

Then there was Yami. Everything still seemed so surreal. All in all the man was absolutely perfect in Yugi's eyes. He loved every minute he spent with the King of Games. He loved how cute and sluggish Yami was in the mornings. He loved the way how his cerise eyes lit up when a new challenge presented itself. He loved how Yami was so comfortable to be himself that he wasn't ever anything but himself around Yugi. It was official, Yugi was absolutely in love with his saviour…but how to tell him?

~Elsewhere~

Yami knocked on the albinos' door and waited. He had tried minding his own business, but after what Joey had said…it bugged him. It ultimately made him worry about the white-haired man even more. If Kaiba was confident enough to the leave his two most precious people in Bakura's hands, then there was more going on here than he had first realized. There was only one way to find out for sure, thankfully, his ribs were finally done healing. He knocked on the door again.

"What?!" came a disgruntled voice.

"'Kura, its Yami. Will you spar with me?" There was suddenly banging and shuffling before Bakura emerged, surprisingly looking more presentable than he had all week. Peering into the room, crimson eyes noticed that Ryou was stilled curled up in the sheets.

"Let's go." said Bakura gruffly, before moving past the shorter male.

Yami smirked. This was the best way he could tell if his hunch was right. They walked down several flights of stairs before finally reaching the basement. The 'basement' was actually a fully decked out training room, used for a variety of fighting styles. It was currently much like what a dojo would be.

Both men went into opposite corners of the room, and removed their shirts. Both took their fighting stances, and Bakura wasted no time in striking first, somewhat catching Yami off-guard. Regardless he blocked the punch. He avoided attacking to watch the albino's movements. They were sharp, precise and Bakura wasn't even tiring a little.
Yami tried a low kick, Bakura immediately caught it, and Yami jumped and twisted to get his leg free. He threw a punch and Bakura caught his hand and pulled him inwardly. Acting on pure instinct Yami managed to block the attack that Bakura had aimed for his left shoulder. He quickly took the opening and kicked Bakura in the stomach, sending the man backward.

Both men just stood there, panting for air, giving each other looks that promised pain.

"I knew it." Yami said in between breaths. "You're part of Kaiba's killing squad, aren't you?"

" The fuck?"

"That move you just did, can totally incapacitate a person!"

The taller rolled his eyes. "I'm not part of Kaiba's killing squad, you bloody wanker, he doesn't even have one! I'm part of a special retrieval unit."

Yami blinked. "The fuck is that?"

"I either steal shit or bring back what was stolen. Yeah, I have a fuckton of training, but it's mostly on how not to kill a person."

Yami blinked again. "Wait, what kind of shit do you steal? And since when does Kaiba need to steal shit?"

"Ugh! You were always a pain in the ass. Not fucking telling you! I don't kill people. You should be happy with that."

Actually, Yami was. He was absolutely thrilled that his ex and his cousin weren't cold-blooded killers, but now he just was really curious. "So do you steal microchips and documents then?"

"I'm going back to bed."

"Ooooh, I'm right aren't I?"

Bakura threw his hands up in the air, sprouting two large middle fingers in the Game King's direction. "Piss off Atem!"

Yami smirked. He was right. He winced in pain. His hand had absorbed most of the damage, but not everything, his shoulder still hurt. Bakura was definitely someone you didn't want to tick off. For a moment he felt sorry for all the security guards, secretaries, scientists and anyone else who crossed his path.

~Kaiba Corporation~

Ugh. Bored meetings sucked. Old greedy men sucked. Coffee was heavenly though. Coffee spiked with red bull was even better. A week without Joey and Mokuba was affecting him more than he thought. He missed Joey's presence in the office. He swore to himself he wouldn't complain about his pup wanting sex five times a day for at least two weeks.

Surprisingly Dartz's resources seemed to be quite effective. The list of people who it could be was growing shorter by the day and progress was progress.

The Big 5, much to his surprise were actually behaving. Death threats really did work wonders. For the first time in months he was actually somewhat relaxed. He really did miss his pup though.

He picked up his phone and dialled his assistant's extension. "Roland, what's on my schedule today?"

"You have a meeting with the technology department to discuss the new duel disk design and a meeting with the investigations team to discuss progress, Sir."

"Get Nezbit to the meeting with the tech department and Leitcher to do the meeting with the investigations unit. I'll be otherwise unavailable for the next 48 hours.

"Sir?" by the sound of the assistant's voice, he was in shock.

"I have a last minute trip that just came up."

"I understand sir. Would you like me to prepare your jet?"

"Yes." Fuck work. There was nothing that demanded his immediate attention. Even CEO's needed a day off here and there.

~At the house~

Joey stared at his phone with dread as he played with his engagement ring. His stupid fiancée just told him he was on another road trip. No doubt it was to some place dangerous. Not that the man couldn't take care of himself, Joey just hated worrying. Visions of kidnappings, the jet going down or Seto laying in a morgue somewhere always crept into his mind. He did a good job of putting on his happy face around everyone, but alone, he didn't have to pretend for anyone. He checked the time. 11:20 am. He supposed he could see if Yami and Yugi were awake. He could also see if Vivian needed anything.

For some reason that thought made him want to stay in bed and mope more. He closed his eyes. He must've fallen asleep because he awoke to a pair of warm, familiar lips on his. He opened his eyes and stared directly into crystal blue. Seto's coffee and mint scent washed over him" Good morning, Pup." greeted Seto.

"Morning to you too, I thought you had business to take care of?" Joey mumbled as he kissed his dragon's lips again.

Kaiba whispered into his ear. "You are my business. For the next 48 hours, you are my only business."

Joey moaned and pulled Kaiba into a needy kiss, the brunette reciprocated the action by running his fingers over Joey's bare torso. In response Joey nipped his lover's bottom lip and tugged at the white jacket of Kaiba's suit. The taller took it off and threw it across the room, before kissing the blonde fiercely. He then tore off Joey's red boxers, leaving the smaller completely exposed, unzipped his pants and pulled out his rock-hard length.

Joey smirked. "Well someone obviously missed me."

"Shut-up, pup." he grabbed Joey's legs , put them over his shoulders and slammed himself into the man, hitting his prostate dead-on.

Joey screamed into both pleasure and pain. Honey brown eyes darkened over completely with lust, as a single tear made its way down his cheek.

Kaiba licked away the tear and kissed his love's quivering lips and intertwined their fingers as Joey got comfortable. When Joey finally moved his hips, signalling he was ready, Kaiba thrusted into him relentlessly.

Moans and screams tumbled from the younger's mouth as his their pelvises clashes, sweat coated their bodies, pleasure completely took over their beings as they moved as one. Then, right before Joey hit his climax, the brunette just stopped moving all together.

Joey whimpered and tried to get the older to move, but Kaiba had the blonde pinned in such a way Joey couldn't move at all.

"Relax pup," he whispered as he nibbled on Joey's ear. "I just want to see you like this a little longer." he saw the confusion in the depths of brown eyes. "Completely and totally wanting me." he pulled out to the tip. "Completely aroused." he slid back in, making his lover's legs shake. "completely at my mercy." he pulled out and smirked. "Completely mine." he slammed into Joey, who's body convulsed and tightened around the billionaires member as he came, sending Kaiba into his own completion.

He pulled out and laid beside his pup who was breathing heavily.

Joey turned to him. "I love you."

"I love you too, Pup. More than words could ever say." At this Joey smiled and curled into his fiancée's chest, then after a few minutes, he started kissing his dragon's neck.

Yup, this was so much better than work.

~Elsewhere~

Yugi and Yami's dicks twitched at the euphoric sounds coming from Joey's bedroom window, which was apparently wide open.

"Holy fuck, cousin!" as Yami stared out the window with wide eyes.

"Something wrong?" asked Yugi teasingly.

"Nothing love. Just wondering how the hell they haven't broken the bed yet."

Yugi laughed. "I highly doubt that would stop them at this point. They've been going hard for roughly 2 hours now." he kissed Yami then whispered in his ear. "is it giving you any bad ideas yet?"

Yami smirked. "Oh plenty." he said coyly, he reached over and kissed Yugi passionately. Teeth scrapped and tongues danced as the boys explored each other's caverns, but when Yami felt Yugi's errection pressing into his thigh, he pulled away and turned his attention back towards the TV, leaving the smaller a panting, flushed mess.

He glared at his boyfriend. "…you're mean. You know that right?"

The elder winked. "But you love it."

"Shut-up." Yugi pouted. Right now with the younger's lips kiss-swollen, cheeks flushed, and eyes darkened with lust, he was extremely beautiful and Yami couldn't take his eyes away.

He wanted him. He craved the thought of touching the other's bare skin, the imagery of the angel in his sheets, sweating and moaning his name as he ravished his little one's lithe body made Yami's heart pound and his cock twitch in want. But he and Yugi were both healing, their relationship was just new, however, even with the 1001 excuses his mind came up with, his heart promised one thing "soon."

Ugh, he needed a distraction from the extremely fuck-able boy beside him, and from the heavy moaning and screaming coming from outside. Oh god he needed a distraction.

BOOM BOOM BOOM
He didn't know how it happened, but he was back in the tunnel. Yugi's lifeless, bloody body in his arms, he could smell burning flesh. He could taste blood, feel blood on his hands. He looked over and saw the doctor's charred corpse. The screams from hundreds of people rang through his ears. This was his fault. If he hadn't been on that fucking train, this wouldn't be happening.

Suddenly Yugi spoke. "Wake up Yami."

He looked at the broken boy confused. This wasn't a dream. This was too real to be a dream.

"Wake up. I know it's hard, but you have to open your eyes."

"I-I killed them!" the man screamed in despair.

"No you didn't." Yugi's voice was calm and gentle, but blood kept pouring from his wounds.

"But I was the target! I killed them! I killed you!"

"Yami, wake up. I'm fine."

Yami sobbed into Yugi's chest.

"ATEM!"

Yami opened his eyes, a worried pair of sparkling violet stared back. He looked around the room. Everyone was there. He was confused. "What happened?"

"You were screaming your bloody head off that you killed everyone." Bakura said, concerned. "What the fuck happened with you?"

Yami swallowed. "I-I woke up in the tunnel. The doctor, the screaming…Yugi." he grabbed the boy and clung onto him like a lifeline. "You tried to bring me back."

Yugi gave a small smile and hugged the distraught man back. "I did. But you didn't come back till your mother screamed your actual name."

Vivian looked smug. "I AM his mother after all."

Kaiba looked at his cousin with concern. "Yami, you have PTSD. I want you to be evaluated by one of my psychiatrists so we can see what we can do to help."

Fiery eyes glared at the billionaire. "No. I'll deal with this myself."

Kaiba opened his mouth to argue before Joey stopped him. "That's fine man. Do what you need to do to cope. But you will need to talk to someone. I don't care who it is. But talk. To. Some. One." he flicked Yami's forehead.

"I will." he gave the blonde a thankful smile.

"In the meantime," Kaiba glared at the insane platinum blondes. "no more fireworks." Both of them look downcast and nodded.

After everyone had left, Yugi pulled Yami's head onto his lap, so on the couch Yugi was sitting up on one end and Yami was laying down. He stroked Yami's soft hair. "You okay love?"

Yami sighed. "I'm okay now. I'm sure that it will pass in time." he caressed Yugi's thigh.

The two sat in silence for awhile, until finally asked "So what makes you feel the most guilty?"

Yami was silent for awhile. "Not being able to save that doctor, from the explosion."

"The one that you barely escaped from?" he ran his finger tips over Yami's back tenderly. The elder nodded in response. "You can't save everyone, darling."

"I know. Just wish I could." he hugged Yugi around his waist. "I'm glad I was able to save you at least."

Yugi smiled and stroked Yami's cheek. "I'm glad you didn't get yourself killed in the process."

The King of Games chuckled. "Would've been worth it. You are amazing."

A blush dusted the smaller's cheeks. "What am I going to do with you?"

"Accept and love my crazy ass?"

Yugi kissed his nose. "Always."

Author's Note: Good God this thing was a beast to write. Hope you all enjoyed and please review J