Jounochi and Marik walked, their arms around each other's waists, Marik leaning his head on Jounochi's shoulder. When they reached Yugi's apartment, they turned to each other simultaneously, smiling at each other. "So..." Marik said, brushing a few of Jounochi's bangs back. "Tomorrow, then?"

"I'll call you, okay?" He cupped Marik's face in his and placed a kiss on his lips. "You sure you don't want to come in? Not even for a minute?"

"No, I'll be fine..."

Jounochi leaned in Marik, kissing him again. "You sure?"

"Yes, I'm--"

Jou kissed him again. "Sure?"

"*Yes,*" he giggled.

Jounochi began kissing at Marik's neck, pushing him against the door frame. Marik moaned softly, still giggling. "I know you can't resist my charm," Jounochi joked lightly, tracing random patterns along the un-scared small of his koi's back. He ran his tongue over Marik's neck, placing kisses on it.

The door opened up slightly and the Yugi peeked out. "Um, Jounochi..."

The door slammed open, startling Marik. "Mmmphh..." He looked up and tensed. "Kaiba..." he whispered, moving away from Jou.

Jounochi gasped, backing up. "Kaiba, what are you doing here?"

Kaiba crossed his arms. "Oh, so we're back to last names again, Jounochi?" His eyes diverted from burning into Jou's to regarding Marik with extreme disgust. "Ishtar," he said his name like a disese.

Marik looked down. "I'm going to go, Jounochi."

"Oh, don't let me break up the festivities. What kind of person would I be then?" Kaiba mocked.

Jounochi shot Kaiba a dirty look, which surprised him, but he only smirked. Jou took Marik in his arms and placed a kiss on the top of his head. "I'll see you tomorrow, okay?"

"Hai," Marik said softly. He broke from Jounochi, avoiding Kaiba's glare, walking away quickly.

"Keeping yourself busy without me?"

"What are you doing here, Seto?"

Kaiba smiled, walking closer to Jounochi. Jou stood his ground, refusing to submit or show weakness. Kaiba laughed lightly. "How's my puppy been doing without me?" he asked sweetly, running his fingers over Jou's cheekbone.

Jounochi's eyes narrowed. "I'm not your 'puppy' anymore."

"Why not? It's just a separation."

"If you still loved or wanted me, I'd be with you, right? Or is it really just because you're embarrassed, you belligerent aloof bastard?"

"Aww, big words for such a wittle puppy..." Kaiba smiled wider, seeing Jou begin to shake with anger. "Come with me, I have a few things we need to discuss."

"Discuss them right here, then."

"They're private, Katsuya. Honestly, don't make me beg."

"You haven't even asked, only ordered."

"Will you come with me?" Kaiba asked tightly.

"Fine," Jounochi answered, just as tightly.

~~~

Kaiba held the door open for Jounochi. "Come on, this way."

"What's this; publicity?"

"Just come on," Kaiba sighed.

"What do you wanna talk about?"

"You. Me. That dirty Egyptian that's fucking my puppy."

"He's not dirty and what I do in bed is no longer your concern."

Kaiba grabbed him by the wrist roughly, pulling him close, having stopped mid-step. "You are mine and always will be, Katsuya."

Jounochi pulled his arm away from Kaiba. "Don't touch me," he said coldly.

Kaiba stepped back, shocked to hear such a mean tone from his...his koi. "Kat-Katsuya..." he said, barely audible.

"Don't do that. Don't act hurt."

"..." Kaiba turned from him, acting as if he was cradling a broken heart.

"Seto..." Jounochi said, sighing. "Don't be like that."

Kaiba refused to look at him. He really was hurt.

Jounochi sighed, then placed a hesitant hand on Kaiba's shoulder. "Seto, what did I do wrong?" he begged softly.

"It wasn't you. You were mine."

Jounochi sighed. "Seto..."

"I still love you, is that wrong?"

"Then why aren't we together?"

Kaiba closed his eyes, shaking his head. "Because that's how it's suppose to be." He began walking again.

Jounochi stared at him, confused, then ran after him. "What do you mean, 'that's how it's suppose to be'? How can you say that?"

"You don't get it."

"When will I?"

"When you grow up."

"I've grown up plenty. So just tell me."

"Do you love Ishtar?" he changed the subject suddenly.

"What? Yeah... Why?"

"And me? What do you feel for me?"

"I will always love you, Seto. I promised you that when I agreed to be your husband."

"So you could hurry and get into the food."

"So I could hurry and throw my life away," Jounochi corrected. "And replace it with you. I gave you everything and it still wasn't enough."

"No. I couldn't let it be enough, could I?" Kaiba mused. "I had everything I ever wanted and yet...I let myself just throw it away. And what for?"

"I don't know," Jounochi said coldly. "You tell me."

Kaiba grabbed Jounochi suddenly and pressed his lips against him.

Jounochi pushed him away. "What the fuck are you doing?!"

"I..." Kaiba looked away, sick feeling. He couldn't kiss his puppy whenever he felt like it anymore. He missed his touch. His stupid questions and his curiosity that made doing work in front of him nearly impossible. He missed his koi, the love of his life. His missed the way the blond could make any moment seem funnier. He missed the way the mutt was always right in his own way, and if he wasn't, he knew it, but would still defend his stance to the bitter end, until Kaiba either gave in or began smothering him with kisses. He missed the way they talked on their lazy Saturdays or how Jounochi livened up the stuffy cocktail parties with his long, dirty jokes and excuses to embarrass Kaiba. He missed the way the blond withering at his touch in bed. And he had thrown it all away. So he could blend in better in the corporate world. And now that...that other blond had realized Jounochi--*his* puppy's--endless charm and complete wonderful-ness... They were only separated, but Kaiba might as well as sent the lawyers in the divide up the estate between him. He had lost out. No, given up. On his own life.

Kaiba nearly crumbled, realizing all this. He looked up at Jounochi with a hurt gaze, then quickly looked down again. "Do you...?" A smile, small and sad, formed on his face. "Do you remember our first night you stayed at my house?" he asked out of the blue.

Jounochi nodded slowly. "Yes..."

They had been on their third date, something Jounochi hadn't been so sure about still. It had been Kaiba who has made the first move and it was Kaiba who was keeping it going, not letting Jounochi cancel any of the dates he set up. He always picked him up personally, dragging him into the car, arguing the entire time.

Jounochi never seemed to mind making out with the brunette, but it could have been that he was a horny teenager, who still asserted his "straightness." After a personal night of eating pizza and watching a bad comedy, they laid on the couch, Jou on top of Kaiba, holding each other close in their grasp, working their tongues together. Jou had suddenly broken from Kaiba and looked at him defiantly. "You know, I'm a better kisser than you."

Kaiba raised his eyebrow in disbelief. "You just want to argue, right?"

"No."

"That's all we ever do, you know."

"No, we make out, too," he defended himself.

"But, apparently, you're better at it."

"Mmmhmm."

"Doesn't matter, Jou, because I have a bigger dick than yours."

"Not true!" Jou exclaimed.

"Yes, very true." He pressed himself against Jou, as if to emphasize his point.

"Doesn't mean you're bigger!" he said.

"Hmmm...you're right..." Kaiba smiled wide, slipping his hands down Jou's chest.

"Yes, I *am* right," he said triumphantly. "You better-- WHAT are you DOING?!" he exclaimed as Kaiba began tugging as his pants.

"Having a look for myself," he explained simply. He began to shimmy Jounochi's pants off.

"Let go of me!" Jou yelled irritated.

"I've give you a blow job if you're right," Kaiba said evenly.

Jounochi's breath hitched in his throat. "Blow job?" he repeated in a high voice.

"Mmmhmm."

Jounochi jumped up and began ripping his pants off. An erection already made his green plaid boxers tent out. "Come on, come on, come on!"

"Suddenly willing to let me in your pants?" Kaiba asked amused.

"Get on with it!"

"Never had a blow job before?" Kaiba observed keenly. He smiled at Jou's blush. "I can see why, with such a small dick."

"Hey! Even if I *did* have a small dick--which I don't--you'd be the one with the boyfriend with a small dick!"

"So you're my boyfriend now, huh? I thought you were just 'an enemy that deserves payback with such fine restaurant meals,'" Kaiba repeated one of Jounochi's many defenses.

Jou blushed. "So maybe I'm your boyfriend now."

"And what's the difference? You want a blow job?"

"No!"

"Then what?"

"I've...I've...grown...fond...of you..."

"'Fond'?" Kaiba grinned amused.

"Yeah, you got a problem with my choice of words?" Jou said defensively, crossing his arms.

"You're not very intimidating, standing there in only your boxers, your erection poking out at me."

Jounochi sighed and stamped his foot. "Are we going to see if I deserve a blow job or not?"

Kaiba stood up and walked over to Jounochi, staring him in the eyes, smile on his face. He took Jou in his hand and gave it a squeeze. He shuddered momentarily, but went back to staring Kaiba off. Kaiba smiled wider, beginning to stroke at him. Jou finally began shaking. He fell against Kaiba, whimpers escaping his lips. "Oh god, Kaiba..."

"Come up to me room?" he asked lazily.

Jou nodded his head jerkily.

Kaiba chuckled, picking Jou up and swinging him over his shoulder. He led him to his room and tossed him on his bed. He kicked off random articles of his own clothing, till he was down to his pants. He towered over Jounochi, pressing his knee against his crouch. Jou moaned, digging his nails into the comforter. "Oh yes..." he moaned.

Kaiba smiled and lifted his knee up. He straddled Jounochi, taking his length in his hands and beginning to stroke it at a controlled pace.

Beads of sweat formed on the blond body and his breaths began ragged. "Oh Kaiba...I want you so bad..." he moaned.

Kaiba blinked, started. He slide down and whispered in Jou's ear, "Do you mean that?"

"Mmmm..." was his only answer.

Kaiba began running his tongue over Jou's overly sensitive neck, causing a double shudder effect. Stroke. Shudder. Lick. Shudder.

After a few short minutes, Jou released himself, spilling his warm seed all over Kaiba's chest. Kaiba found himself to be breathing just as hard as the thin blond. He laid down on top of Jou, realize he had climaxed in his own pants, ruining a perfectly good pair.

They stuck together as Jou began to come down from his high. "K-Kaiba...?"

"Go to sleep," Kaiba mumbled.

Awhile later, Jou rolled over on his side. He looked up. Kaiba was illuminated by his lap top's screen. He was sitting on the bed, knees drawn up, supporting his lap top, typing away. "Kaiba?" Jounochi whispered.

Kaiba jumped. After finally catching his breath, he set the lap top on his night stand. He stretched, yawning. "How are you Puppy?"

"I'm fine. What time is it?" Jounochi stretched, yawning.

"Around two a.m. Go back to sleep."

"Why aren't you sleeping?" he peered up at the tired looking brunette.

"I'm getting a little behind in work, that's all." He roughly petted Jounochi's head. "Don't worry about it. If the computer is too bright you can go to the other room."

Jounochi crawled up into Kaiba's lap, throwing his arms around Kaiba's neck. "You should sleep," he mumbled into Kaiba's neck.

Kaiba widened his eyes, slightly surprised. "I have work to do, Jou. This...this... Jou, you have school in the morning."

"So do you, Kaiba. Come on, you need to sleep."

"Jounochi, I have--"

Jou pressed his lips against Kaiba's. "Stop. I'm not going to bed until you do."

Kaiba brushed Joey's hair out of his face. He stared into the most beautiful eyes in the world. "I have work."

"Then I'm staying up with you." Thus, cementing their relationship.

"You know, Katsuya," Kaiba said, breaking into Jou's thoughts, "I've got the bigger dick."

"Yeah, well, I'm the better kisser," Jou shot back. "Besides, that wasn't even a blow job!"

Kaiba smiled sadly. "Even if...even if I wanted you back...you wouldn't come back, would you?"

"It-- It would depend," Jou said finally. "Actually, I have no idea what I'd do."

"If I said it right now?"

"I don't know, Seto. You'd have to say it."

Kaiba nodded and turned away. "I better be going then."

A breath caught in Jou's throat. He really hadn't expected Kaiba to say it, but it felt weird when he hadn't. "You get lonely up in that big ol` mansion of yours?"

Kaiba shrugged lamely. "It's not so bad."

"Oh yeah, you have plenty of company."

"I stopped the minute I kicked you out."

"A little late, isn't it."

"I didn't stop for you. I stopped because I didn't like it."

"Then why did you do it in the first place?"

"To be straight," Kaiba answered, then recoiled. He had finally said it. "As long as I was with you, I was gay," he found himself saying, though he wanted to stop, needed to stop. "Now that I'm not with you, I'm straight again."

"So you achieved your goal. Funny, I always thought I was the one with the problem with my appearance to society."

"You weren't the one always on the front page news!" Kaiba burst out.

"Yes I was! I was right there, next to my *husband,*" he said low, threateningly.

"I wasn't just your husband, Katsuya! I was also the CEO of Kaiba Corp.!"

"The business always came before me."

Kaiba stopped, feeling as if Jou had stabbed him in the heart. "I didn't..."

Jou looked back at Kaiba, tears threatening to spill over. "Just leave me alone right now, Seto."

Kaiba stepped back. He was scared. There was Jounochi, starting to walk out of his life again. He grabbed Jou by the arm roughly and forced him into a kiss.

"Fuck you!" Jou screamed, trying to move away from him.

"Come on Katsuya, I--"

"Don't touch me!" he screamed, pushing him away.

Kaiba ignored the spectacle they were making, leaning in for another kiss. He was beyond caring right now. He was beyond reason.

"Don't touch me!" Jounochi screamed at the top of his lungs.

Kaiba grabbed him by the shoulders and pressed his opened mouth against his ex-koi's.

"Stop it!" Jounochi screamed.

People looked the other way. After all, it was Kaiba Seto.

"Don't touch me!" Jou screams turning to sobs as Kaiba's advancing became even more aggressive.

"You're my puppy, Katsuya, don't--"

"Leave me alone!" Jou screamed, knocking him away.

Kaiba pushed him against the wall of a building and stuck his tongue in Jounochi's mouth. A sob erupted from Jou's throat, but he closed his eyes as his husband ran his tongue over his. "Mmmm..." he moaned, finally meeting Kaiba's desire with his own...