A/N: Please note that this chapter starts to earn the M rating, so please proceed with caution if you're not interested in that sort of thing. It's not a lemon, but it's certainly involves some nudity and sexual content, so…
Chapter 14: A Thorough Explanation
The morning brought no clarity on the situation at hand and that drove Kaiba to make a decision he didn't like at all. On the upside, it made Mokuba extremely happy that Kaiba had actually volunteered to drive him to Yuugi's. On the downside, it meant Kaiba had to deal with Yami, even if that was the whole reason he was going over there in the first place.
All too soon they were in front of the Game Shop and Kaiba steeled his nerves for what needed to be done. Not that he was nervous, but he certainly wasn't looking forward to the awkward meeting that was about to happen.
When Kaiba got out of the car, Mokuba was more than a little surprised. "Nii-sama?" he asked uncertainly.
"Yeah?" Kaiba replied, even though he knew why Mokuba was confused.
"You're…coming in?" Mokuba wanted to know as they walked up the sidewalk together.
"I have something to take care of," Kaiba answered, although he failed to elaborate on what.
Shrugging, Mokuba decided, "Cool," and left it at that as they approached the front door.
Yuugi was quick to greet them at the door with a happy, "Hey, Mokuba-kun, Kaiba-kun," although he sounded a little puzzled as he said Kaiba's name.
Kaiba merely nodded in response as they walked to the living room. He was relived to see Yami lounging on the couch in sensual repose and Kaiba's eyes traced over his form without him even being aware that of what he was doing. The action didn't go unnoticed by Yami, but he said nothing of it, settling instead for a casual, "Hey," to the two brothers.
"We need to talk," Kaiba stated, hearing how harsh his tone was and knowing there was no helping it. He was terse in general and even more so when it was something he really didn't want to do.
Seemingly nonplussed at the tone, Yami said, "I figured as much," as he got off the couch with a grace that did not go unnoticed by Kaiba. "My room?"
"Sure," Kaiba agreed after biting back on his first instinct to be sarcastic.
Yami led the way and Kaiba's eyes strayed to his pert ass as they ascended the stairs together. He couldn't help but notice it, even as he cursed himself for being so easily distracted by such a thing.
After entering the room, Kaiba shut the door and Yami tried not to wince at the finality of it. Since Kaiba had initiated the conversation, Yami waited for him to start talking as they stood awkwardly in the center of the room.
The silence drug out from awkward to uncomfortable rather quickly, but still Yami said nothing. It finally forced Kaiba to demand, "What do you want from me?"
"Aren't we being blunt this morning?" Yami teased, unable to stop himself.
"Just answer my damn question," Kaiba ordered, his tone more commanding than he was feeling at the moment.
"I'm not one of your subordinates, you don't get to order me around," Yami pointed out, causing Kaiba to scowl.
"Fine," Kaiba spat. "Please answer my damn question."
"Why are you so worked up already?" Yami wanted to know, deliberately dodging Kaiba's actual question.
"I said please," Kaiba growled, not the least bit amused that his rare show of manners had been ignored. "And I'm not worked up."
"Could have fooled me," Yami said with a pointed look at Kaiba's clenched fists at his sides where they rested.
It took a moment for the comment to process before he unclenched his hands and wiggled his fingers a little to restore feeling in them. "Whatever. Now."
Realizing that he had tortured Kaiba enough on the matter, Yami finally answered the original question, "I don't want anything from you, Kaiba."
"Bullshit," Kaiba immediately responded, not believing it for a moment.
Crossing his arms defensively across his chest, Yami said, "It's not bullshit. I want you. That's different."
Kaiba didn't know what to say to that, so he eventually muttered, "Now who's the one being blunt?"
"Apparently that's the best way to deal with you," Yami defended himself with a shrug.
"But why?" Kaiba pressed, still not fully grasping the idea.
"Because you're stubborn and—"
Cutting off Yami, Kaiba clarified, "Not that. Why do you…want me?"
"Because you're you. We went over this yesterday," Yami pointed out with a laugh.
Biting back a growl, Kaiba snapped, "It still makes no damn sense."
"It does if you think about it," Yami stated, causing Kaiba to scowl again.
"I did think about it," Kaiba admitted, earning him an arched eyebrow from Yami, "and it still makes no damn sense."
"And what exactly did you think about?" Yami asked with great interest.
"That's not important!" Kaiba peevishly retorted.
"Oh, I disagree. It's very important," Yami said with a hum of interest.
"Of course you do," Kaiba replied, holding back a frustrated sign. "The point is—"
Interrupting Kaiba, Yami clarified, "No, the point is that you were thinking about me."
"What does that matter?" Kaiba wanted to know.
"That you're interested in me," Yami triumphantly pointed out to Kaiba.
"Hardly," Kaiba immediately denied out of habit.
"Then why are you here if you're not interested?" Yami wisely asked.
Refusing to give in to his urge to fidget, Kaiba growled, "I already told you."
"You told me we needed to talk. You never said about what," Yami pointed out with a grin, knowing he was ruffling Kaiba's feathers.
"You know what," Kaiba muttered, finding it hard to hold Yami's playful gaze. It did too many weird things to him, things he didn't understand or know how to stop.
"Do I?" Yami questioned with an arched eyebrow.
"Don't play innocent with me," Kaiba warned, not liking that game in the least.
"Unless you're here to talk about what happened between us the other day, I have no idea why you're here," Yami truthfully answered.
"About that," Kaiba tersely said, finding it difficult to start the conversation.
"Yes?" Yami asked, refusing to make things easy for Kaiba; Yami wasn't letting him escape the conversation so easily. When Kaiba said nothing, Yami prompted him, "You know, in order to talk about what happened, you actually need to you know, talk."
"I know that," Kaiba answered as he turned his nose up arrogantly at the comment. Yami could easily imagine Kaiba's tail flickering in irritation as he held back a grin at the thought.
"Then start talking," Yami encouraged.
"I was getting to that," Kaiba snapped.
"Slowly," Yami added with a grin.
Making a, "Hn," noise, Kaiba took a moment to compose himself. "I don't understand…the specifics of what you want from me."
"What's not to understand?" Yami asked, confused about what Kaiba was at a loss over in the situation.
"Do you…" Kaiba started to ask, but couldn't bring himself to finish the question. It was all just so awkward.
"Do I what?" Yami questioned, unable to deduce where Kaiba was headed with his train of thought.
"What do you want from me?" Kaiba forced himself to finish the question.
"I already told you," Yami replied and got an irritated look in response. It made Yami realize that there was more being asked than just the obvious. "Are you trying to ask what I want to do to you? With you?"
Kaiba's cheeks felt flushed over the bluntness of what Yami was saying, but he forced himself to nod in response.
A slow grin came over Yami as he impishly asked, "Are you asking for a demonstration?"
"No!" Kaiba hurriedly denied, forcing himself to stand his ground when Yami took a come closer to him.
Approaching Kaiba slowly, as if he were afraid that he would run, Yami continued, "I'd be more than happy to show you."
"I'm sure," Kaiba sarcastically replied as he warily watched Yami come closer to him.
Pressing his body flush against Kaiba's, Yami murmured, "Let me show you."
Kaiba was finding it harder to breathe, being so close to crimson and his heart was pounding. "No," Kaiba repeated, but it lacked the authority he had hoped to convey.
"You don't sound so sure about that," Yami triumphantly noted. It led him to be bold and reach up to caress Kaiba's cheek with his hand and use it to guide their faces closer together. When he met with no resistance, Yami gently kissed Kaiba's lips, pleased when he gave in for a moment before his mind kicked in and tried to ruin it.
"What's the point of this?" Kaiba irritably asked, wondering why he couldn't make his body create distance between them.
"Point?" Yami repeated without understanding.
"Why are you doing this?" Kaiba asked, but it still didn't clarify it for Yami.
"Because I want to be with you," Yami murmured as he stroked Kaiba's cheek.
"No, I mean, what's the point of kissing?" Kaiba questioned in frustration.
Yami had to hold back his first reaction to laugh, because it was just such a Kaiba response. "Because it feels good," Yami slowly replied, doing his best to keep the amusement out of his voice.
"So?"
This time Yami did chuckle, because it was just too precious. "So, you do it because it feels good."
"But what purpose does that serve?" Kaiba wanted to know, hating that his inexperience was showing.
Smothering a grin, Yami explained, "It leads to other things like touching," and ran his hands alongside of Kaiba's chest.
"Like sex," Kaiba bluntly added, doing his best to ignore Yami's wandering hands.
"Eventually, if you're lucky," Yami confirmed, amazed that Kaiba hadn't tried to stop his hands.
"Lucky," Kaiba sarcastically repeated. "What's luck got to do with any of it?"
"It's not always a given thing," Yami replied. "Like right now, for example."
"You're not after sex?" Kaiba questioned in surprise.
Resting his hands on Kaiba's hips, Yami answered, "Not right now, no."
"And later?" Kaiba forced himself to ask, even though he was horrified by having to do so.
"That really depends on you," Yami told him.
"But you want to have sex with me," Kaiba stated.
"Honestly?"
Rolling his eyes, Kaiba sarcastically quipped, "No, I want you to lie to me. Of course I want to know honestly!"
"You just don't seem ready for that answer," Yami wisely replied, ignoring the sarcasm.
"That is not for you to decide," Kaiba snidely retorted, even though he knew he was struggling with the conversation.
"Then yes, eventually I would like to be with you in an intimate manner," Yami confirmed, confusing Kaiba in the process by the word choice.
Sensing Kaiba's lack of understanding, Yami decided to clarify "Because I like you in that way, because you're you."
"But why?" Kaiba demanded.
Yami had always known that Kaiba was dense about certain matters, but this was a whole new level. "I already explained that to you," Yami gently reminded Kaiba. "I want a relationship with you and all that it entails."
"Including sex," Kaiba flatly stated.
"Yes, including that," Yami said with a laugh. "You're really hung up on that, aren't you?"
"It's not…" Kaiba tried to say and failed. "I just don't understand the…appeal."
"The appeal of you or sex with you?" Yami asked, unclear on which Kaiba meant.
"Either," Kaiba truthfully answered.
"I could stand here and explain it to you until you're willing to accept it, or…" Yami trailed off as he went in for another kiss he backed them both up until Kaiba's back was pressed against the door. He took the opportunity to deepen the kiss and he slipped his hands under Kaiba's shirt to touch that tempting flesh he had dreamed about so often. It caused Kaiba to shiver and it was enough to get him to push at Yami to put some distance between them. He didn't like being put in such a passive role and he knew there was only one way to fix that.
Moving away from the door and forcing Yami to step back in the process, Kaiba waited until they were back in the middle of the bedroom before he kissed Yami. To say that Yami was surprised was an understatement, but he didn't let it stop him from enjoying the attention. He entwined his fingers in Kaiba's soft brunette hair and used the hold to pull him closer still. Kaiba was too busy trying to analyze what he was experiencing to correct Yami on the matter.
"You can touch me," Yami reminded Kaiba in between kisses.
"Don't tell me what to do," Kaiba growled as Yami continued touching him, once again wanting more without knowing what exactly that meant. That feeling intensified when Yami ran his hands over Kaiba's ass before squeezing it and pulling their hips closer.
"You're being too literal," Yami decided as he took Kaiba by the hand and tried to lead him closer to the bed.
Balking at what he perceived Yami's actions to be leading, Kaiba stubbornly stood in the middle of the room. "And that problem with that is what?" Kaiba demanded.
"Nothing, nothing," Yami reassured him. "I'm just saying that there's other ways of looking at this."
"Illogical ways," Kaiba countered, still failing to see Yami's point.
"Not necessarily," Yami said as he gracefully dropped to his knees in front of Kaiba.
Rolling his eyes, Kaiba questioned, "What the hell are you doing on the floor?"
"Since telling you isn't working, I'm going to show you," Yami explained as he slowly unzipped Kaiba's pants.
"And what makes you think I'll allow this?" Kaiba primly asked, although he made no move to stop Yami.
"Because I know you're curious despite yourself," Yami replied before smirking. "Must be some left over kitten in you."
"No," Kaiba icily refused to accept. "You really just expect me to stand in the middle of your room with my pants around my ankles as you do…whatever?"
"Feel free to get completely naked if you want," Yami encouraged as he began working Kaiba's pants off of him. "I'm all for it, actually."
"Of course you are," Kaiba muttered as he crossed his arms over his chest defensively.
"What's so wrong with that?" Yami wanted to know as he started on Kaiba's brief's next.
Ignoring the question, Kaiba began to feel self-conscious at the way Yami was looking at him. "What?"
Lightly running his fingers along Kaiba's member, he smirked as it responded under his touch.
"That proves nothing," Kaiba defended himself, even as he began to feel that ache inside as Yami continued teasing his member to hardness. It was beyond him how such a light touch could bring him anything close to enjoyment.
When he was sure that Kaiba wasn't going to reject him, Yami stepped up his actions and earned a sharp inhale for his work. Kaiba watched in disbelief as his cock started to harden under Yami's ministrations. Was it really that pleasurable for him? He failed to see why, but he allowed Yami to continue against his better judgment. He watched almost as if he were outside of himself as Yami continued working his length. It was surreal to see and Kaiba wondered what else he was supposed to do either than just stand there and experience it.
Considering the almost scientific way Kaiba was looking down at him, Yami was amazed that he managed to achieve an erection at all. But jerking off Kaiba was not his intention, so he continued with his plan. Holding Kaiba's cock steady, Yami took it into his mouth and began enthusiastically go down on Kaiba.
To say that was unexpected was an understatement and Kaiba's eyes went wide as his brain tried to process what was happening. However, it seemed like something had misfired in his mind because his sole thought was, "Good." It felt impossibly good to be surrounded by that wet warmth and Kaiba shuddered at the sensation of Yami hollowing his cheeks to add to the sensations. Instinctively he uncrossed his arms to enable him to use one hand to hold onto Yami's shoulder. Yami took it as a sign of encouragement as he noticed the shift in Kaiba's breathing. He could see a faint flush in Kaiba's cheeks and it was so endearing to Yami. It made him moan in satisfaction and he eased off when Kaiba couldn't stop himself from thrusting lightly in response, but then jumped right back into it.
There was time later for Kaiba to be shocked that his mind was so easily dominated by simple sensations. For now, Yami was too good at distracting him. Kaiba couldn't explain his rapid breathing or the fact that a mouth could induce such toe curling pleasure. At the moment, he didn't really care because Yami was using his free hand to fondle Kaiba's heavy sac.
The unexpected action drug a fragment of a noise from Kaiba and Yami would have smirked if he could. But it was Yami's turn to be surprised when Kaiba's other hand entwined in his tricolor hair. He expected to Kaiba to use the hold to start guiding the movements, but he did no such thing.
When Yami swallowed around his member, Kaiba about came undone. An actual, "Ahh," escaped from Kaiba and Yami moaned in response as he became even more turned on by the experience. He could feel his own member straining against his pants, but Yami persevered. It wasn't about him, it was all about making Kaiba understand and from the sounds of things, Yami was making positive progress.
Kaiba couldn't believe that he had made such a sound. He was starting to feel weak in the knees and his grip on Yami's shoulder tightened as a result. He could feel a different sensation washing over him and his eyes fluttered shut against his will as he tried to figure out what was changing.
Sensing Kaiba's distraction, Yami let his hand drift further back to stroke Kaiba's perineum. That caused Kaiba's eyes to snap open as he stared down at Yami.
That's when it hit Kaiba that he had his most powerful rival on his knees before him. It was a heady sensation and when combined with his other intense nebulous feeling it almost overwhelmed him. He felt dangerously close to something and it was too much to process.
When Yami rolled his tongue against Kaiba's member, it was finally too much. Kaiba came hard with a gasp and watched in disbelief as Yami swallowed his release. When Yami finally backed off of the spent member, he smirked up at Kaiba, who looked a little shell-shocked over what had just happened.
When Yami wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, it finally caused Kaiba to stutter, "You—you just—"
"Yeah, I did," Yami proudly agreed with a smug look that did things to Kaiba.
"Why, but…why did—" Kaiba continued trying to ask, but he was having problems formulating his question.
"Because I wanted to," Yami replied anyway, getting the gist of it. "I want to be with you. How many times do I have to say it before you get that?"
Kaiba didn't have an answer so he remained silent. When Yami leaned back into a position that made it easier to talk, Kaiba suddenly noticed the telltale bulge that shocked him. "Wait, you got turned on by that?" Kaiba asked in disbelief.
Unable to stop himself, Yami had to laugh at that. "Of course I did!"
When Kaiba continued to make incredulous noises that refused to form into works, Yami took pity on him. "Giving you pleasure brings me pleasure," Yami patiently explained. "What's so hard to understand about that?"
It was such a foreign concept for the brunette to process until he remembered that making Mokuba happy made Kaiba happy. He was assuming it was a similar principle. "But it's your mouth," Kaiba protested, failing to see how that had caused so much pleasure for either of them.
"You're more than welcome to experiment and find out for yourself," Yami offered and Kaiba swallowed hard at the sight it presented.
Kaiba's first instinct was flat out rejection, but then his competitive nature kicked in and he didn't want to lose. But then again, the thought of being on his knees for Yami went against all of his training.
Stalling for time, Kaiba pulled up his briefs and pants and noticed a flicker of disappointment in Yami's eyes.
"Are you leaving?" Yami asked, doing his best to keep his emotions out of his voice.
Kaiba knew he could walk right out of that room and try to never think about his experience, but his feet refused to do such a thing. Instead he sat down, fanning his trench coat behind him.
Yami's expression brightened at that and Kaiba didn't like how that made him feel inside as a result. It was stupid. Why should such a thing make him react at all? But all Kaiba was doing was distracting himself from his decision. He tried really hard to picture himself doing the same to Yami who would be laying down on the floor, which at least gave the illusion that he was in control.
Yami was at a loss as to Kaiba's sudden silence, until he realized, "Wait, you're actually thinking about it?"
"We are now…out of balance," Kaiba replied, no realizing it bothered him until he verbalized it.
"That's not how this works," Yami said with a chuckle at the Kaibaness of the thought. "You don't have to do that to me just because I did for you. This isn't about obligation."
"But what other reason is there?" Kaiba asked, still failing to understand.
"Because you can get off on bringing your partner pleasure. That is a form of pleasure. Look, come here," Yami requested.
Balking at the order, Kaiba demanded, "Why?"
"Because I want to show you something," Yami answered. "It would work better if we hadn't just done what we did, but it'll be fine. Now please come here."
Once again Kaiba's curiosity got the best of him. Standing up, Kaiba walked over to Yami, who was in the process of taking off his shirt. Arching an eyebrow at that, Kaiba said nothing of it as he stood over Yami.
"Sit on me," Yami requested, before laughing at how that sounded and the expression it caused Kaiba to make. "Seriously, straddle me and sit."
"You're absurd," Kaiba told him, even as he obeyed. He became very aware of Yami's hard on and it made him shift uncomfortably. That in turn caused Yami to hold back a groan as he said, "Ignore that. Now, I want you to touch me."
"Why?"
Sighing, Yami once again repeated, "Because I'm trying to show you something."
Holding back a snarky comment, Kaiba did as he was told and placed one hand on Yami's stomach. "Fine, I'm touching you. So what?"
"Not like that," Yami said with another laugh.
Not the least bit amused, Kaiba replied, "You're being awfully demanding."
"Just bear with me," Yami told him. "Touch me like I did you earlier when we were kissing.
Kaiba remembered all too well what Yami's touches felt like and it was embarrassing to try and recreate it. But apparently he was committed this far, so Kaiba decided to at least try, because he refused to be worse at something than Yami.
Starting at Yami's hip, Kaiba lightly tailed his fingers along his body. He watched in fascination as chills were raised on Yami's skin, even though the room was warm. It caused him to notice the change in Yami's nipples and he hesitated for a brief moment before moving his fingers over one of the nubs. A small noise escaped from Yami and Kaiba felt his hardness beneath him move at the action. It caused him to repeat the movement on the other nipple and received similar results.
It was fascinating to Kaiba, even though it was just a physiological response to stimulation. He continued lightly moving his fingers along Yami's body, watching with curiosity as his cheeks became flushed and his breathing quickened. "So you're enjoying this," Kaiba stated, never ceasing his movements.
"Because you're the one doing it," Yami elaborated, figuring it was something that Kaiba needed to hear to understand.
"And if it was the mutt?" Kaiba asked, his fingers ceasing to move for the briefest of moments.
"He's not allowed to do this, nor interested in it," Yami said with a laugh. "You're the only one."
Something inside of Kaiba responded positively to that and he arched his eyebrows in surprise at his own response. "Is that so?" Kaiba murmured as he shifted his position, causing Yami to hold back a groan. "That is not entirely…displeasing."
Grinning at the phrasing, Yami realized, "That's your way of saying exclusivity suits you?"
Shrugging, Kaiba neither confirmed nor denied it. His silence caused Yami to continue, "That goes both ways, you know."
It took a moment to process before Kaiba snidely said, "You say that like it matters to me," but still his hands traversed across Yami's skin. He eventually began to use his other hand as well, tracing along Yami's side and watching with growing interest as his rival reacted to his actions.
Even though Yami was enjoying the attention, he ached for something more substantial. It finally drove him to encourage, "You can do more than just touch me."
"Such as?" Kaiba asked, even though it pained him to do so.
Giving Kaiba a playful look that did weird things to his insides, Yami teased, "Am I going to have to spell everything out for you?"
"No," Kaiba icily retorted, drawing himself up to his full height out of habit.
"Then do what feels natural," Yami told him, hoping for some progress.
"Natural, right," Kaiba sarcastically repeated. "None of this is natural."
"People do this all the time," Yami countered.
Sniffing in disdain, Kaiba returned, "People are idiots."
"Kaiba," Yami said in a pleading voice with an undercurrent of need that cut straight through Kaiba.
"What?" Kaiba asked, even as his body reacted by leaning forward and bracing itself with both hands on either side of Yami's head. When Yami uttered nothing more than a breathy moan, Kaiba instinctively kissed Yami, reveling in the feeling of total control of the situation. Kiss began to melt into kiss and Kaiba felt the need to readjust his position.
The action made Yami moan into the kiss with need and caused Kaiba to feel a flare of heat in his veins. He was realizing that he was totally dominating Yami's desires and it was a heady feeling. It drove him to reach between them with one hand to continue touching Yami and it was met with another sigh of pleasure that drove Kaiba to continue. He hesitated momentarily when his fingers encountered the waistband of Yami's pants, debating what to do. There didn't seem to be anywhere off limits with Yami and Kaiba was curious despite himself. It drove him to run his hand over Yami's trapped erection and squeeze at it lightly, amazed at the reaction it earned him.
Yami broke the kiss with a gasp as he arched his back while thrusting his hips. "Such a simple thing…" Kaiba murmured in disbelief, even as his mind wondered how different it would be if Yami was unclothed for that.
"I didn't think you were actually going to…you know," Yami tried to say once Kaiba moved his hand away and he was able to think clearly once again.
His instincts firmly in control, Kaiba pressed his lips to Yami's neck and began slowly kissing his way down it. Yami made an interesting sound as a result and Kaiba was startled when he licked along the delicate curve of Yami's throat, mortified that a seemingly kitten instinct had crossed over somehow.
The action pleased Yami greatly and he arched up at the sensation, finding it the best kind of torturous. The important thing was that Kaiba hadn't bolted. With that in mind, Yami entwined his fingers in lush brunette hair for a gentle caress.
"Still not a cat," Kaiba gruffly reminded, annoyed by the treatment and by the fact that it felt good.
Yami just laughed at that, running a finger along the curve of Kaiba's ear. "I much prefer you this way," Yami reassured him.
The conversation had distracted Kaiba from what he was doing and he was overcome with the absurdity of the situation. His mind continued to question had he seriously just licked at his rival's neck? And enjoyed it? It led him to ask, "Now what?"
"You keep going," Yami encouraged as he once again awkwardly shifted beneath Kaiba. "Of course if you really want to understand, you'd take off your coat and shirt."
Disliking the option, Kaiba knew that he was too committed at this late point to stop. Grumbling while complying, Kaiba shed the requested items and once more felt scandalously bare before Yami. "And this proves what?" Kaiba demanded.
"Everything," Yami murmured as he used his hands to guide Kaiba back down and closer to him.
Before he could argue back, Kaiba's breathing hitched as their skin came into contact. He felt something shoot through him that felt a lot like want and it shocked him. Before he could think further on it, Yami was kissing him intensely. Kaiba got caught up in it despite himself as Yami stirred his body to life with light teasing touches that were slowly driving him insane with feelings. It made Kaiba question, was that what he was doing to Yami? It seemed like such an obvious thing, but Kaiba was still surprised by it for some reason. It was weird being capable of doing such a thing to his rival.
Reacting once more on instinct, Kaiba shifted positions and began peppering Yami's chest with slow kisses that were driving him wild with desire.
Even though it felt embarrassing to do, Kaiba lingered on one of Yami's nipples, using his tongue to tease that hardened nub. Kaiba was not prepared for Yami's moan or what it would do to him. If he didn't know any better, he could have sworn he felt his cock stir at the sensuous sound, but that couldn't be right. How could a mere noise turn him on like that? Still, it made Kaiba continue to lathe attention on it while he brought tone hand up to tease the other nipple. A sound like a whimper got caught in Yami's throat and that time there was no denying the reaction in Kaiba's pants at the sound. When Yami softly moaned, "Kaiba," with need, Kaiba had undeniable proof that his member was stirring back to hardness.
"Again," Kaiba ordered, his voice sounding rough.
Completely distracted, all Yami could say was, "Huh?" When he got a pointed look in response that Yami still found arousing, it made him realize what he had done. Arching his body closer for more contact, Yami once again moaned Kaiba's name with want, causing the brunette to swallow hard as the sound processed as definitely a massive turn on thing for him. It was beyond reason because how many times had Yami yelled his name during a duel without any reaction whatsoever on Kaiba's part? But this was different. It made Kaiba want to do more to inspire that reaction and he switched his attention to the other nub to start. When the same thing didn't work, Kaiba lightly took it between his teeth and tugged, earning him a loud gasp of surprise, a noise he decided he also enjoyed. Kaiba became wrapped up in Yami's reactions as he continued, even while some part of his mind was questioning why his rival's reactions were inspiring a burning need in him. He could barely believe that was getting hard again and from such a thing. The whole thing was a mystery to him, but that didn't stop him from continuing to explore Yami's body with his lips and fingers to earn more reactions.
Every shuddering breath, every movement made by Yami was being catalogued by Kaiba. He supposed he was being rather scientific with his explorations, but that was just his nature. However, he encountered a problem when he reached Yami's pants and couldn't decide whether or not to proceed. He was firmly resolved not to give a blowjob and hand jobs just seemed so pointless to Kaiba.
Sensing Kaiba's indecision, Yami decided to take a chance and started to struggle out of his pants. Kaiba didn't help, but he didn't hinder, either. Instead he watched with apathetic eyes as Yami became completely naked with a sigh of relief. Despite telling himself not to, Kaiba's eyes were drawn to Yami's erection and he was surprised by his urge to touch it. Still, he didn't move.
"Now you," Yami said, drawing his attention to his eyes.
"Why?" Kaiba wanted to know, even though in hindsight he realized it was a stupid question.
"Because we've come this far, we may as well keep going," Yami tried to reason, fervently hoping that Kaiba would agree. "Besides, you liked the results last time, so…"
Kaiba was inclined to be contrary, but his curiosity was getting the better of him. Unable to believe his own actions, Kaiba bared himself completely and awkwardly stood there, half-hard and waiting. "Now what?" Kaiba demanded, resisting the urge to cross his arms over his chest reflexively.
"First, we relocate to the bed," Yami suggested as he stood up to do so, pleased when Kaiba followed without complaint. "Then we continue."
The twin bed was too small to lay on, so Kaiba found himself resting on his haunches, watched as Yami got into the same position mere millimeters away from their knees touching. Before Kaiba could make a snide comment, Yami reached out and embraced Kaiba while pulling his body flush against each other. The amount of skin to skin contact made Kaiba ache inside and he was once again overly aware of Yami's hardness between them.
Realizing the brunette's attention had wandered, Yami reached between them and started to stroke Kaiba's length, amused when it twitched at his touch. He indulged in a slow kiss, not the least bit surprised when Kaiba escalated it. Yami allowed Kaiba to take control, pleased when the brunette brought his hands up to hold onto his rival's hips.
"What, so now we're just going to do this to each other?" Kaiba asked with an eye roll, finding the slow pace was irritating him with frustration that he was unable to express.
"If you want," Yami said with a shrug before he changed his grip and began working the now hard length.
Kaiba's eyes fluttered shut against his will for a moment as he tried to process the sudden onslaught of pleasure. Quickly recovering, Kaiba realized he couldn't just sit there and receive the attention. He knew Yami had said it wasn't about obligation, but he felt the need to return the favor, even though he was horribly inexperienced in that area. Determined not to let that show, Kaiba resolved himself to continue.
Very slowly, almost shyly, Kaiba let one of his hands drift down and encounter his hardness before wrapping his hand around it as Yami had done to him. And yet it wasn't unpleasant somehow as he began mimicking Yami's actions. Still, he couldn't resist muttering, "This is weird."
"No, it's not," Yami disagreed as ran his thumb over the head of Kaiba's cock and smeared the fluids that had begun. It made Kaiba inhale sharply instead of answering. When Yami began working his length in earnest, Kaiba faltered as his brain began to short circuit over the increase of feelings. It was just a hand job, yet it felt better than anything he had ever tried to do to himself in the past. Was that because Yami was the one doing it or was he just better at it? Somehow Kaiba didn't care for either answer.
Once again sensing Kaiba's distraction, Yami leaned forward and nipped at Kaiba's shoulder to refocus him.
"Ow, what was that for?" Kaiba demanded, resting the urge to rub the abused spot.
"You're thinking too much," Yami explained. "Just feel this."
Kaiba was about to protest, but Yami began teasingly kissing his neck at the same time and it made Kaiba shudder from the overload of sensations. It was just a kiss, so why did it feel so good?
Realizing that it had been too long since Yami had made a noise of pleasure, Kaiba stepped up his actions by changing his grip and adjusting his speed. It earned him a protracted moan from Yami that pleased Kaiba on some deeper, unknown level, but he tried not to think about it too much. Instead he found himself starting to focus more on Yami as his actions became less foreign to Kaiba. It was weird that he was concerned about Yami's feelings when he should be chasing after his own, but he was starting to understand Yami's assertion that giving pleasure caused pleasure.
It drove him to kiss Yami passionately, catching the former pharaoh off-guard in the most pleasant of ways. "Mm, Kaiba," Yami sighed, still expertly working the length in his hand. Kaiba was slowly losing control as they continued, too far gone to control the occasional soft moan that escaped him when Yami did some new thing with his hand. There was time to be embarrassed about it later; for now, Kaiba focused on trying to get Yami off before he himself came a second time.
When Kaiba readjusted his hold again, he was surprised when Yami moaned, "Yes, just like that."
"Like this?" Kaiba asked as he impishly added a bit of flare to his movements as he became more comfortable.
"Yes," Yami confirmed as he felt himself go weak in the knees. He was so close, having been tortured long enough from their earlier activities.
Trying to memorize what he was doing as if he'd need it for future reference, Kaiba continued even though his wrist was starting to tire. But he was amused by the way Yami's hips would randomly thrust into his actions, even as his own occasionally bucked in response to the former pharaoh's ministrations.
The pace between them grew increasingly frenetic as they neared their peaks and as much as Yami wanted to hold out longer just to prove that he could, it was too much to be touched by his crush in such a way. Yami finally succumbed with a shudder and a quiet but passionate moan of, "Kaiba!"
The sight of his rival's complete bliss as he came was immensely appealing to Kaiba and he was driven to kiss him deeply, finally cumming for a second time that afternoon with a moan he couldn't contain. It all just felt so impossibly good and he sat back and stared at Yami and the cum that was marking him. It affected Kaiba on an almost primal level and he was unaware of the interest his eyes betrayed. It was why Yami left it for the time being instead of cleaning up immediately. Besides, it wasn't as if he didn't understand the feeling of being turned on by how sexually debauched Kaiba looked at the moment. It was rare to see Kaiba looking anything but perfect and it gave Yami a perverse joy to know he had been the one to muss him up through their actions.
As his breathing returned to normal, so too did Kaiba's thoughts. Kaiba couldn't believe he had willingly participated in what had just transpired. What had come over him? But Kaiba couldn't deny that it had felt great or that he felt amazing in the aftermath. What was it about Yami that drove him to such extremes? Still, something didn't quite sit right with Kaiba about the whole thing now that his mind was starting to clear. "So this was just…a…demonstration?" Kaiba carefully questioned, trying to find the right words.
Looking horrified at the very idea, Yami quickly denied, "No, no, no, that was very real, Kaiba. I would never just do that to anybody, let alone to you."
"Because you like me," Kaiba added.
"Exactly," Yami confirmed, sounding relieved that Kaiba understood. "I want to do that and more with you, if you'd allow it."
The hopeful way Yami looked up at Kaiba with crimson eyes moved him despite his desire to stay levelheaded about the situation. "And this has nothing to do with me being turned into a cat," Kaiba continued.
"Kitten," Yami automatically corrected, "and no, it doesn't. I told you before that this wasn't about obligation."
It was a weird revelation to Kaiba to realize that he could trust what Yami was saying. "Okay," Kaiba finally announced, confusing Yami.
"Okay, what?" Yami questioned, unclear on Kaiba's meaning.
"Just…okay," Kaiba repeated, a little uncertain himself.
They sat in silence for a moment before Kaiba readjusted his position to sit more naturally on the covers, encouraging Yami to do the same. It gave Yami hope that Kaiba wasn't about to bolt out of there like he had done last time.
For lack of anything else to ask, Kaiba brought up a point that had been bothering him since the whole thing had started. "How did you become so…skilled at such things?"
"Practice," Yami answered with a laugh that quickly stopped when he saw the angry look in Kaiba's eyes.
"With whom?" Kaiba demanded, his mind immediately going places that he didn't like.
"Myself, who else?" Yami retorted, wondering who Kaiba had assumed he had been with to gain such experience.
"You seem awfully close to some of your friends," Kaiba commented, not liking the thought.
Laughing again, Yami reassured him, "Not like that. Besides, I don't think Honda or Jounouchi would like me getting that involved in their relationship."
It took a moment for that thought to process and Kaiba finally had to ask, "Wait, those two are dating?"
Grinning at Kaiba's incredulous reaction, Yami confirmed, "Yeah, they've been together for almost a year."
"But they're always fighting each other," Kaiba protested, still not comprehending it.
"Which is why they thought you and I got together ages ago," Yami explained, causing Kaiba's eyes to widen. "Something about fighting as foreplay."
Blinking rapidly at that, Kaiba had nothing to add to that, other than a disbelieving, "Really?"
"Yeah, which I can understand, as least," Yami said with a wink.
"I don't follow," Kaiba finally admitted, confused by Yami's comment.
"You've never been turned on during one of our duels?" Yami questioned with a knowing look.
Sure, Kaiba had felt invigorated by them, but he wasn't sure if that meant he had been aroused or not. It had just never occurred to him that was a possible reaction.
"But we should probably get clean," Yami suggested as he leaned over and grabbed a box of tissues.
Being as discrete as he could, Kaiba wiped himself clear as Yami did the same. He was surprised by his strong urge to get in the shower with Yami again, but with his brother and Yuugi downstairs, he didn't dare suggest it. Besides, his mind gleefully pointed out, there's time for that later.
Kaiba was startled from his thoughts when Yami climbed on top of his lap and situated himself comfortably. "Yes?" Kaiba asked with an arched eyebrow.
"Do you want to date?" Yami came straight out and asked.
"I never thought about it before," Kaiba honestly answered.
"And what about now?" Yami questioned as he began playfully kissing Kaiba's neck.
Hesitating a moment before letting his hands run along Yami's spine before cupping his firm ass, Kaiba said, "I don't know."
"Do you want to do more of this, but only with me?" Yami tried in order to get Kaiba to see things from a different perspective.
"I don't want to do this with anyone else," Kaiba confirmed, unable to picture anyone else remotely worth the time and energy.
"Then I'm pretty sure that means you want to date me exclusively by default," Yami rationalized with a grin.
When laid out in such a way, it made a weird sort of sense to Kaiba. "I never thought I'd have a boyfriend," Kaiba absentmindedly commented as his thumbs caressed Yami's ass.
"I suspect you never thought you'd have a girlfriend, either," Yami pointed out, knowing how Kaiba worked.
"Fair point," Kaiba conceded. "So now what?"
"We get dressed and go downstairs before they have a reason to be suspicious," Yami said with a sigh, more than content to lounge naked in bed with Kaiba for as long as possible.
"But we didn't have sex," Kaiba bluntly pointed out even though he knew he wasn't capable of it at the moment.
Yami couldn't help but laugh at that before he said, "Okay, a couple of things. Neither of us are capable of that right now. Plus, we haven't even gone on a date and it's not like you have to do everything on your first time. And more importantly, your brother and my aibou are downstairs waiting and would hear us."
"Shouldn't that have stopped us from doing…this?"
Grinning at that, Yami sheepishly admitted, "Yeah, probably, but I just couldn't help it when you're just so…"
"So what?" Kaiba asked without understand.
"So you," Yami finished with another kiss that Kaiba was slow to pull away from until he remembered what they had been doing earlier. It hadn't bothered him in the heat of the moment, but now that he was of a clearer mind, it was grossing out Kaiba.
Yami was about to ask what Kaiba was making such a face for until he connected the dots on his own. "Oh, it's fine," Yami reassured him as he moved to get up off of Kaiba.
Without even realizing what he was doing, Kaiba's hand grabbed Yami's arm to stop him from leaving. It secretly made Yami extremely happy and he rewarded the possessive action with a hug that was awkwardly returned. "Trust me, I'd much rather stay here all day and night with you if I could," Yami murmured against Kaiba's ear before gently taking his earlobe into his mouth and suckled on it.
Kaiba sat up a little straighter at the sensation, shocked to find it a pleasurable feeling. It made Yami laugh as he realized, "So you have sensitive ears, huh? That could be fun."
Kaiba was about to protest that he didn't when Yami licked the shell of his ear and made him shudder. "What the hell?" Kaiba muttered, rubbing his other ear. "That makes no sense!"
Tugging lightly at Kaiba's lobe with a grin, Yami relished the sharp intake of breath as he played with it using his tongue. Oh, he could very easily get used to toying with Kaiba's erogenous zones that he was looking forward to discovering more of later, but that was for another time. "You know, for someone who was so reluctant, you're very eager now," Yami teased when he finally released Kaiba's ear.
"Shut up!" Kaiba gruffly ordered, but it only made Yami laugh.
Annoyed at the reaction, Kaiba released Yami from his arms and watched as his rival gracefully got off of him. Now that he had permission and experience, it made Kaiba want to touch Yami more, which was a startling feeling. He should have been fully satiated with what they had just done, but still some part of Kaiba didn't want to leave. However, his pride forced him to get dressed, even as he subtly watched Yami do the same.
Even though it was awkward, Kaiba forced himself to ask, "So when do we…meet again?"
"Whenever you want," Yami answered with a shrug. "My schedule tends to be pretty free when I'm not hanging out with my friends. We can go out, stay in, it doesn't matter to me as long as we can spend some time together."
The thought of randomly calling Yami to meet up was so foreign to Kaiba, but he was sure he could figure out something. "Okay," Kaiba agreed, surprising them both.
"Anything else before we go downstairs?" Yami offered, figuring Kaiba probably had more questions.
"When do you have time for our duel?" Kaiba asked, eager for a rematch.
Grinning in excitement at the possibility, Yami replied, "Whenever you have the time."
"Then prepare to be defeated soon," Kaiba told him, annoyed when Yami snickered at the comment.
"That's one way to get me on my knees," Yami joked, stunning Kaiba, who tried not to remember how good Yami had looked on his knees just moments ago.
Even though he didn't want to, Yami led the way downstairs to rejoin his friends after they stopped in the bathroom long enough to wash their hands and for him to brush his teeth. As they entered the living room, Kaiba held back a groan when he saw that Anzu, Jounouchi, and Honda had shown up in the interim.
"There you guys are!" Yuugi happily exclaimed. "Did you have a good talk?"
"Oh, yeah," Yami said with a wink in Kaiba's direction that horrified him. "We had some…catching up to do."
"Well, now you can catch up with us," Jounouchi said, meaning both Kaiba and Yami had to sit. The only available seats were opposite of each other, so they were forced to look at each other. It was probably for the best since Kaiba didn't trust Yami to keep his hands to himself.
"So Yami, where's your kitten?" Jounouchi asked once his friend was situated in his chair.
Without glancing at Kaiba, Yami replied, "He had to go home."
"I bet you miss him," Anzu added, having seen first hand how well the two had gotten along.
"Yeah, I do," Yami told her, causing Mokuba to laugh since he knew the truth.
Trying to cover up his amusement, Mokuba told his brother, "I wish you could have seen him. It was like a tiny Blue Eyes White Dragon."
"I have a picture if you want to see!" Yuugi volunteered, causing Kaiba to inwardly blanch.
"You do?" Yami asked in surprise, not remembering when that happened.
Pulling out his phone and getting up, Yuugi walked over to Yami and showed him the picture of him asleep with the kitten curled up at his side asleep. Yami thought it was adorable and he was grateful that Yuugi had done so, even though he knew Kaiba was probably going to be livid later.
Walking over to the brunette, Yuugi held out his phone and Kaiba could have died at the image presented to him. He realized just how tiny he was and it was embarrassing. "I can see why you would say that, although I can't see his eyes," Kaiba finally forced himself to say so it wouldn't seem suspicious.
"He had a bad attitude, though," Jounouchi said with a laugh, remembering how hard the little kitten had fought against him.
"That's because cats and dogs don't get along," Honda piped up to add, causing Jounouchi to playfully punch him in the arm.
"Hey, whose side are you on?" Jounouchi demanded, but his laughter ruined the effect.
"Your sister's?" Honda joked, setting Jounouchi off on a rampage as per usual.
As the two began to bicker back and forth, Kaiba watched them with a critical eye now that he knew the two of them were together as a couple. Nothing seemed particularly different about their interactions and Kaiba could hardly believe that they were actually seeing each other. Then again, nothing about his or Yami's behavior gave away anything that they had just been doing upstairs. It was all confusing to Kaiba and he tried not to think too hard on it, mostly because it led to him remembering what they had been doing and it was affecting him too much.
"Yo, what are you looking at?" Jounouchi demanded, finally noticing Kaiba's gaze trained on him.
"An idiot," Kaiba immediately replied, setting Jounouchi off again. Kaiba ignored it as he watched how Honda restrained Jounouchi, noticing it was far more like a hug than a casual restraint. He was also slow in letting go of Jounouchi once the threat of violence had passed. It was interesting to Kaiba, but he forced himself to shift his gaze out of feigned disinterest and it automatically found Yami, which annoyed him. But his eyes had always been drawn toward his rival even before his stint as a kitten.
"Come on you two, knock it off," Yami told them, not wanting to see them fight.
"He started it," Jounouchi defended himself.
"And you should be mature enough to end it," Anzu corrected him, causing everyone to laugh at the idea of Jounouchi being mature. "Okay, okay, but still. You two don't always have to fight, you know."
"We could settle this with a duel," Jounouchi challenged Kaiba.
Before Kaiba could respond, Yami interjected, "Sorry, I've got first dibs on him."
"Why am I not surprised?" Jounouchi asked with a laugh, completely missing the choice phrasing.
"When's your duel?" Mokuba excitedly asked, hoping to be allowed to watch it.
"I still need to look at my calendar, but soon," Kaiba replied, although he wasn't so sure he wanted his brother to watch this particular fight.
"I'm certainly looking forward to it," Yami said with a note of interest in his voice that reminded Kaiba of what they had been doing upstairs just moments ago.
"Mm," Kaiba found himself agreeing, trying not to see too eager.
"So what's the plan?" Yami asked, trying to refocus the conversation onto safer topics.
"Dinner?" Yuugi guessed. "We hadn't really gotten that far."
Looking down at his watch in surprise, Kaiba was shocked that it was almost time to eat. He hadn't realized how long he and Yami had been upstairs together.
Mokuba misinterpreted Kaiba's action and asked in dismay, "Do we have to go now?"
"What? Oh, no," Kaiba responded, realizing why his brother had made such an assumption.
Mokuba's face lit up with a bright smile that Kaiba couldn't help but respond to, even as he noticed Yami's subtle but pleased reaction. "Great!" Mokuba exclaimed, his enthusiasm returning now that he knew he didn't have to go yet.
Kaiba largely remained quiet while the friends debated what they should do for dinner, doing his best not to give himself or his interests away. He used his discipline and training to stop his mind from wandering to what had happened upstairs, knowing that there would be plenty of time for that later when he was alone.
A/N: This may in fact be the most awkward Kaiba I have ever written…
NEXT CHAPTER:
"You really don't need to do that," Kaiba told Yami as he warily watched him.
Things start heating up in the next chapter, so please look forward to it! I will post the next chapter on Sunday, September 21st. In the meantime, I shall enjoy hearing your reactions to this fun chapter.