Family of Dragons A Kaiba is WHAT Productions
Disclaimer: Yu-Gi-Oh and its characters do not belong to Kaiba is WHAT Productions.
Chapter 12
"...Kuribo Family Adventure Stories are now on sale at counter 10. Please approach our friendly staffs regarding any enquires..."
Jounouchi perked up at the mention of the small brown creature and took a moment to ponder on the announcement.
Jono and Seth would definitely love the Kuribo Adventure Stories. In fact, they had been bugging him to buy the entire collection since the first book was released but he had decided to borrow from Yugi instead of purchasing the entire set. It wasn't the point about being thrifty, it was more of being cautious –
More books around the house meant more torture for Seth; And Jono wasn't likely to read the books by himself. But if the Kuribos were on sale now, heck, it might be worth it. He started towards the counter, but then halted as he caught sight of a small signboard at the far end of the bookstore. He blinked, then snuck a quick glance at it again to confirm his doubt.
Yup. That was what he had come to Domino City's largest bookstore for today. He drew in a breath and tried to keep his task in mind. He was going to buy those books sooner or later. He needed them. Even if one part of his brain was screaming at him that it would be the most embarrassing moment of his life, the other part was arguing that his minimal knowledge on the particular subject, which was a very sensitive issue, was not enough; He needed some book, a book with some graphical explanations and guides to help him in that subject so he wouldn't be a compete klutz or moron in front of Kaiba when they came to it.
Sex.
As in gay sex.
The Kuribos could wait a little longer; he decided and took a faltering step towards the shadowed section, swallowing nervously.
If anyone was to see him walk there-
"Sir, may I help you?" A sweet feminine voice greeted from behind.
Jounouchi heart missed a beat.
"Sir?"
Jounouchi turned around casually, hoping that the salesgirl had not notice his awkwardness. He was but ten steps from that part of the bookstore and it seemed almost obvious where he was headed to. And if anyone was to see him walk there, he would either kill himself or that fellow, both were equally applicable.
"Well, I uhh-"
"Kuribo Family Adventures are now up to book ten. If you buy them together as a boxed set, you will get a limited edition Kuribo toy." The sales girl persuaded cheerfully, appearing not to notice Jounouchi's discomfort.
Bless heaven for the innocent and the ignorant...
"Thanks, but I'm just looking around." He mumbled quietly and quickly turned his attention to a bookshelf nearest to him and grabbed one book.
It was on parenting. He had enough parenting books at home to open a book shop himself. But still, to ward off the saleslady, he pretended to be browsing through the pages, not realizing that he was holding the book upside down.
"Alright, I hope you enjoy your shopping." The young lady smiled considerately and left for another target.
Jounouchi took the opportunity to stumble off. He felt slightly sorry for the young saleslady. But Kuribo Adventures was not something he had in mind now. He could always borrow it from Yugi, or Kaiba. Kaiba was bound to have bought the entire collection of Duel Monsters Adventure for his pampered daughter.
Trying to look as inconspicuous as possible, Jounouchi started for the section again. It was just a few steps ahead. Once he reached the shelf, he could just turn into the corner and no one would be able to see him.
He stole a peek around him as he took one hesitant step forward - and gulped when he saw that the salesgirl had lost her last target and was smiling at him again too helpfully.
Look away! Jounouchi yelled silently. Or maybe he could use his ESP, maybe he could will the girl to look away.
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY.
Nope. Not working.
Try again.
LOOOOOOOOK AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY.
But for all he knew, in the last twenty-eight years of the life as Katsuya Jounouchi, he had never had any extra-sensory power or any power of that sort, except if luck was counted as one.
He had the best of luck. He had won so many of his duels using his Gamble Deck. Could the goddess of luck smile at him just for today?
Bingo. The salesgirl was approaching another customer.
He took a deep breathe and sneaked a last glance around him.
Everyone seemed to be looking at him as he closed the distance between him and the corner.
Every pair of eyes in the book shop seemed to be on him. Every mind was thinking... He's going into that section. He is a-
The pressure was building up. Maybe he should just turn around and walk off. But that would defeat his purpose in the bookstore at all.
No. He would make it.
Katsuya Jounouchi survived Marik and the shadow games. He survived twenty eight years of life. He survived his parent's divorce and a hell of a childhood. He survived single-parenting. Now, he would survive walking into the section.
The shelf was just a few steps away. Jounouchi could already count how many steps it took to reach it.
Five steps.
No one is looking at you.
Four steps.
It's psychological. You know it.
Three steps.
There, you can see the books already.
Two steps.
First book on the shelf: Homosexuality: A Different Light.
One step.
Safe! You made it!
He was safe, in the corner behind the shelf. No one could see him behind the shelf. And no one, hopefully, saw him walking into the corner or recognized him.
Sighing in relief, Jounouchi took a few deep breathes and calm himself before proceeding with his mission.
He glanced at the tall shelves in front of him. The shelf was completely packed with books.
"Mnnn..." Jounouchi hummed as he glanced through the titles.
First step to Homosexuality.
Jounouchi picked the book off the shelf and flipped through the books.
It was completely filled with words.
He needed something with more graphics.
The Grand Entrance to Male-Sex.
He flipped open the book and was immediately overwhelmed by the amount of graphics.
Jounouchi slammed the book close and threw it back into the shelf
Too much.
If he wanted that, he would have watched those videos Honda gave him.
Yeah, speaking of those videos, he hoped his parents didn't find them while tidying up his room.
Honda had passed them to him shortly after their last gathering at Mai's, as promised.
He had then put off watching the videos for a long time, partially because he was still uncomfortable with the whole idea and secondly because-he had no idea what was inside the tapes. The tapes were in normal copied tape boxes, with no pictures outside to introduce the movie and no title.
Finally, last night, he had locked himself in his room, mustered the courage to pop the video into the VCR and press play.
It was his greatest nightmares come true...
It was definitely ten times worse than Death-T, a hundred times watching Mai suffering being defeated by Marik, and a thousand times worse than being burnt by the God Phoenix.
Ten minutes into the show, with his eyes closed more than half the time, and the sounds completely muted, he pulled the tape out and stuck it under his mattress, condemning it for life.
He could never look at Bakura and Honda in the same way, ever again.
And he would never go to Bakura's cake shop again. God knows what was in all those cakes.
Jounouchi shuddered at the thought. Bakura had often given them free cakes...
Shaking the thoughts out his mind, Jounouchi proceeded on his mission.
His objective was to find a good book which can teach him all he needed to know. Watching a relationship was completely different from being in one. He had watched Honda and Bakura together for years. But now, only being in a gay relationship himself did he realize there was so much he still didn't know. Kaiba would probably guide him along but still it felt completely strange. Asking Honda and Bakura was a good idea, but after watching the video last night, Jounouchi wasn't even sure if he could still look at them at all.
A familiar yellow paper-back with large black words caught his attention.
Dummies' Guide to Gay-Sex.
That seemed like a good one. He liked Dummy Guides. After all, he had learnt a lot from them - parenting, running a business, driving...
He reached for the book. It was located high up on the tallest shelf, requiring him to stretch his hand for it.
A hand covered his and grasped his wrist.
Jounouchi's eyes widened.
Coolness breezed into the back of his shirt.
A warm hand made its way in from under the back of his shirt, touching him sensually as it moved up along his spinal cord.
Jounouchi froze all the way from the toes to the tip of his hair.
Seto Kaiba leaned back into his computer chair as he stared into the computer screen. The online meeting was getting infuriatingly boring by the second, with his prospective business partners arguing within their own company. Didn't they understand that the CEO of Kaiba Corporation had better things to do than to watch their childish bickering?
Deciding he would spare another two minutes to see if the quarrel would end and the meeting continue, Kaiba allowed his mind to drift off momentarily to other issues - Katsuya.
He could still remember their first date, where after the strip-tease, they had wound up in Kaiba's office, where he was sitting now. That date had been the best, probably because it had been the first. Of course there had been dates after it that were nice too, but none of them had been as sensual. Both of them were always too tired after a whole day's of work they barely did a single thing during the date. Then, there was the painful foot-massaging date which Jounouchi took him to. Had Jounouchi been still the mutt he knew from ten years ago, he would have swore that the dumb puppy was out for his life.
He turned his attention back to the screen. If only he was watching Katsuya instead of the two squabbling monkeys in the computer screen.
Install a camera in the puppy's vet... Kaiba smirked at the thought. The image of his puppy dancing or even strip-teasing for him before the camera. Or better, maybe he should install a secret surveillance camera in the vet to catch the most priceless and adorable life of his puppy.
A loud smack attracted his attention back to the computer screen.
The two executives who were business partners running the company together were currently, slapping one another.
Kaiba sighed. It was apparent the quarrel wasn't about to end for a while. Whatever the case, he had no interest in dealing with companies that had conflicts within themselves, and the game company had just proven itself to be one.
Without a word, the CEO reached for the mouse on his large office table and with a click, closed the window where a footage of two vulgarities-spitting executives could be seen strangling one another.
"Morons." Kaiba mouthed silently and glanced over to his secretary, whom immediately knowingly left the room for her desk. A call from the company regarding why the meeting was suddenly stopped was bound to come, and Kaiba had better business to do than to answer it himself.
As expected, the phone rang. Kaiba could hear Mrs. Kazumi talking on the phone, informing the executives that Kaiba Corp had no wish to deal with imbeciles. The phone was then immediately slammed down before further explanations or comments could be made.
Kaiba smirked.
That was exactly what he liked about his secretary. Sharp and unyielding. Mrs. Kazumi had worked long enough for him to understand him and what he wants. One glance from Kaiba was enough for her to achieve what he wanted. Moreover, the old lady was proficient in computer programs and all other kinds of hi-tech systems, which marked her as a highly-productive worker.
Kaiba shook the thoughts off and turned back to his computer. He had a whole bunch of meetings lined up later the day and there were still many documents to be read, sighed, edited, and important letters to be read and replied -
His office door slammed open rudely and a bunch of white hair strutted in smugly.
"Who-?" Kaiba looked up irately. Being barged upon was something he definitely did not enjoy.
He paused.
"Bakura."
The pale white-haired male had settled himself into the chair quickly on the other side of the desk and was swiveling himself about in the chair, one leg crossed.
"Ryou, Seto." The young man corrected.
Kaiba frowned.
"What do you want, Bakura?" He asked before realizing his error. "Or should I say, what does Honda want now?"
Bakura smirked.
"Don't worry, it's not Hiroto. It's Yugi actually."
Kaiba raised a brow. That was surprising. When did Yugi had anything to do with... anything?
Mrs. Kazumi knocked on the door and popped a head in.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Kaiba, I couldn't stop him." The old lady said apologetically.
Kaiba waved her off and directed his attention back to the young man who was now playing with his paperclips, clipping them all together to form a little whip.
"What does Yugi want?" Kaiba spoke cautiously; Honda had been a threat to their relationship, because he was interested in Jounouchi, but Yugi? The man seemed happily married. What could he want?
Bakura shrugged. "He wants to talk to you."
"Then why are you here instead of him?"
"He thought I seemed to be on better terms with you than he is with you."
Kaiba scoffed. Those were terms he rather not be on.
"Where is he if he wants to talk?" Kaiba demanded.
Bakura got out of his chair and strolled to the large glass panel overseeing Domino City.
"At the coffee shop down the corner. He's waiting there."
Kaiba frowned.
"Now?"
Bakura returned to his seat and started swiveling in his chair again.
"Well, yes now, but we could wait for you until your lunch hour." Bakura started absently.
Kaiba checked his office clock. It was barely ten in the morning.
He observed the white hair male who was now in the process of unscrewing the chair with his spinning.
It was obvious Bakura wasn't about to leave the office without him. That guy was going to stay here and pester him into leaving.
"Fine." Kaiba packed up his papers. Whatever Yugi and Bakura wanted couldn't be too important, but it was intriguing.
The meeting could be very interesting...
Jounouchi's first reaction was to turn around and pound the guy to mash.
Moronic gay bastard! His mind screamed as the fingers trailed down his back, stiffening his spine. Which bloody idiot dared to touch him?!
He had never been so insulted in his life... well, that is besides Kaiba's mutt insults back in High School, but that was not the point. To dare to touch him, in the public bookstore and so audaciously, the gay deserved a good broken jaw.
He whipped around and aimed one good fist at the molester's jaw. It had been years since he last fought, or even punched someone. The very last time was when he had throttled Ryuji, but his fighting skills were definitely still polished.
"Jou."
Brown eyes greeted him. Jounouchi halted just an inch away from his buddy's nose.
"Honda?" Jounouchi's eyes widened in surprise.
"You don't go around punching your buddies, do you?"
You don't go around groping shoppers, do you?" Jounouchi shot back instantly.
"Not unless they're in this section of the bookstore." Honda teased. "Need help?"
Jounouchi felt all his blood gush up to his face.
"I was just looking around." He stuttered lamely as he watched Honda reach one hand up to retrieve the Dummy's Guide.
"Mnn... You want this?" Honda turned to him questioningly.
"No." Jounouchi sputtered, nevertheless, deep down, he knew Honda knew better.
"Why not? It's a good one." Honda continued, flipping through the colored pages.
"I don't need it."
"Bullshit." Honda shot back and grabbed another book off the shelf - the one with a lot of graphics before proceeding to drag Jounouchi to the counter.
"I'll buy this book for you. Take it as a gift from Ryou and me as a present for your first gay relationship."
"Honda!" Jounouchi glared as he was dragged stumbling to the cashier.
"It's just a book." Honda convinced as he handed the book to the cashier.
The balding cashier perked up at the title before throwing a look of disapproval at them.
Jounouchi looked away. Honda was humming absently to himself as he waited for the payment, obviously unbothered by the stares the cashier was giving them.
While the cashier was taking an awfully long time, Jounouchi suffered silently. The queue was building up behind them and most shoppers were getting impatient and trying to peek over. Two teenagers in Domino High School uniforms lining up behind them was glancing over his shoulder to see what was dragging the time, and gasped when they saw the book, before bursting into heaps of giggle, attracting even more attention to Jounouchi and Honda.
What the hell was the cashier doing, taking such a long time! Jounouchi was screaming inwardly. He had never felt so embarrassed and humiliated before. And how could Honda be so completely cool about it? Then again, that guy was completely senseless sometimes.
Jounouchi glared at the middle-aged man who was currently still searching for the price tag.
It's at the bottom behind the book! Jounouchi screamed silently as he watched the cashier flip the book round and round -
- failing miserably to find the price tag.
Then the man put down the book and picked up a microphone.
Jounouchi's heart stopped.
NOOOOOOO......
"This is counter ten. Staff 2057, can you please check the price of The Grand Entrance to Male-Sex, under Section Sex and Homosexuality, ISBN 1025- 95432-65..."
If there was a hole, Jounouchi would have buried himself in it for the next three thousand years. Or better, he would willingly be banished to the shadow realms for eternity.
He could swear that every one in the bookstore was looking at him, and this time, it was no psychological effect.
Then the anger kicked in as Jounouchi glared at the cashier. It was an anger and impulsiveness that he had kept in check since the twins were around. He had always kept his temper under control to put up a good side for the twins. But today, the cashier was obviously out for a fight and he had never been humiliated like this. This was one fury he would not control. The cashier had embarrassed him and Honda to the utmost and attracted the most attention already.
He almost would have climbed over the counter and punched the lights out of the cashier if Honda had not held him back.
The cashier could feel his fury emitting from behind the counter. Instantly, the price-tag was found and the book paid for and bagged quickly.
"Let's go." Honda tightened his firm grasp around him and dragged him out of the bookstore.
"You've got to get use to it." Honda said softly as he let go of Jounouchi a few minutes later as they stopped at a crossroad.
"Get use to it?" Jounouchi snapped. "That guy was asking for it!"
"You can't expect them to always understand." Honda shook his head and shoved the book towards him.
"Yeah but...never mind. Uh... thanks..." The book erased his prior anger as he took the book nervously.
Jounouchi observed his buddy silently while they waited for the traffic lights to change.
His buddy still wore his trademark trench coat with a shirt and trousers underneath. He always believed it made him look like a real investigator when they were younger. Now, Honda had really become a PI.
They had been buddies since junior high. Not once had Honda let him down or betrayed him at all. When no one had dared to stand up against Hirutani with him back then, Honda had quickly offered his loyalty. After graduating from junior high, Honda had followed him to Domino High, and stuck through with him all the while, from his first Duel to his last. And Honda had always been there to guide and protect him, their friends and his sister.
Jounouchi wasn't sure if the loyalty that Honda had showered him with was true loyalty between friends or simply because Honda was in love with him all along. But still, Honda was a friend he never wanted to lose. And he really appreciated that Honda was still helping him even after his feelings were rejected.
The traffic light turned green man.
"How were the video?" Honda asked as they crossed the road.
"Horrifying." Jounouchi declared. "Remind me never to go to Bakura's shop again."
Honda's brows were raised.
"That bad? What was in the video?"
Jounouchi's eyes were widened as he glanced at his buddy hesitantly.
Honda shrugged.
"Bakura told me to pass it to you. He said it was the best guide for a first-timer like you."
Jounouchi made a mental note to throttle the white-haired next time he saw him.
"You and Bakura, what else is more frightening?"
"Try, you and Kaiba? Or Kaiba with someone else?"
Jounouchi turned blue at the thought.
"Uh, you in the hurry to go anywhere?" Jounouchi quickly diverted the topic.
"Not really, want sit down somewhere? I can go through the book with you." Honda offered as they paused in front of a coffee shop.
Jounouchi weighed his options. He had no appointments for the rest of the day. And if there were any emergency cases, he could run back to the vet within minutes. The vet was just a few turns away from the café. Besides, if he had some questions, he could ask now. And if he was to ask anyone about things regarding that matter, it had to be Honda. Kaiba had been very patient with him on the sleeping part. But he could still feel his boyfriend's patience wearing as the days passed. Sleeping together would be just a matter of time; it could even be tonight during their date.
"Alright."
Honda pushed the door of the café open and entered the premise, with Jounouchi trailing behind, heading for the back of the cafe. Miraculously, neither of them noticed the familiar bunch of tri-colored hair standing in a booth right beside the café's floor windows.
Kaiba eyed Bakura and Yugi warily as he sat opposite of the two in the café.
Yugi was sipping his coffee nervously while Bakura was completely laid back.
"Sorry to bother you while you're working." The shortest of the three apologized sincerely.
"Mn."
"I want to talk to you about Jou."
That was probably the only thing they could talk about in the world other than dueling.
"What about Katsuya?" Kaiba tried to sound as uninterested as he could. As much as he hated receiving help from his former nemesis, Yugi was one of the few people who understood Jounouchi and could provide him with helpful information.
"I should congratulate you on your coming together with Jou first-"
"Cut the crap." Kaiba snapped.
"Fine." Yugi's lips were pulled back in a tight frown. "Why are you doing this to Jou?"
"Doing what?" Kaiba glared at Yugi, "Love him?"
Yugi seemed a bit taken back.
Bakura interrupted. "Anzu, Yugi, Mai, etcetera, they want to know if you're serious in Jou or not."
"Bakura told me about the challenge he had with you." Yugi continued.
Bakura shrugged. "I had to, he and Anzu had me at pot-and-pan-point. They would have hump-thumped me if I didn't tell. Plus, I want to know."
Kaiba snorted.
"I thought you didn't care about Jou. All is fair in love and war?"
"Yeah, but that was when Honda was on a shaky spot, now that I have him completely sobered and back to me, Jou is as much a buddy to me as Honda is a lover."
Kaiba intensified his glare on Bakura. One day, he swore, he would make life hell for that guy, hell beyond his imagination.
"If you're just playing with him..." Yugi started.
Kaiba reached for his metal briefcase that had been sitting patiently beside him and threw it onto the table. His two companions jumped in their seats.
Unlatching the briefcase skillfully, he flipped the briefcase opened and pulled out a set of papers and flung them onto the table in front of Yugi and Bakura.
Frowning, Yugi reached for them and started reading through them with Bakura peeking over his shoulder.
Kaiba latched up his briefcase and settled it back into its original spot.
He would show them just how serious he was about the puppy!
Yugi and Bakura's eyes were widened as they scrolled down the passages on the papers.
Finally, Yugi dropped the paper onto the table.
Kaiba had two pairs of large serious eyes staring at him in disbelief.
Kaiba clasped his fingers together and spoke calmly, "I'm giving Jounouchi two percent of Kaiba's Corp shares."
"You..." Yugi trailed off, speechless.
Kaiba wasn't surprised, anyone would had been.
"The twins get point five percent each. They can sell it off or do anything with it after they reached sixteen, like Kisara, who has one percent right now."
"You're completely serious about Jou." Yugi stared at him, taking in deep breathes.
"Absolutely." Kaiba replied, taking a sip of his coffee.
"Does Jou know yet?" Bakura asked, visibly still dazed from the shock.
"No, but he will know later today."
"Is Jou that serious about you?" Yugi asked quietly.
Kaiba frowned. The egoist in him wanted to yell at Yugi that no one could be better with Jounouchi than him. Yet the realist in him also understood that the puppy was impossible to understand. Even Kaiba Corp's main computer could not analyze the puppy's train of thoughts.
What if Jounouchi was only playing with him? That he was the one being made fun of?
Never! He would never let Jounouchi live on that.
But that was out of the point. Jounouchi should know better than to fool around with Seto Kaiba.
Then the egoism took over again. No man alive in Domino City, or maybe the whole world, was more charming than Seto Kaiba, richer, smarter and had better dueling skills than him. There was no way Jounouchi wouldn't fall for him, even if the puppy was supposed to be a pure straight.
Seto Kaiba would own Katsuya Jounouchi, his heart and soul.
"You weren't around for the last ten years. How much do you know Jou?" Bakura questioned.
"Mpf." Kaiba grunted. The answer was apparent enough to everyone.
"That's why I came today." Yugi spoke. "Both you and Jou are good friends of our gang. I want to tell you about Jou in the last ten years."
"Loosen up, Yugi." Bakura interrupted. "You're making Jou sound like he went crazy in the last ten years."
Yugi shrugged.
Kaiba leaned back into his seat. He could sit through a good story.
Jounouchi stirred his drink absently, with his head propped up with a hand as he leaned on the table opposite Honda. The café's atmosphere was good, soft music in the background, orange light shining gently on them, giving a drowsy ambience.
There were seated at the back of the café, a good spot in Jounouchi's point of view, since it was quite hidden from the rest of the café, and he could read the book at ease.
Honda was currently flipping through 'The Grand Entrance to Male-Sex' and asking him a few random questions, pointing out some important points every now and then.
Not that Jounouchi was really paying attention anyway. He was better off self-studying rather than having someone forcing the information into him. The scene reminded him of those last few months in high school where Anzu would drag the whole gang down to some fast food restaurant where they would spend the whole day studying for their final examinations. Back then, he would usually sit a short distance away from the rest of the gang and study on his own. Years of experience had told him that he studied better that way.
"You still haven't slept with Kaiba yet?"
Jounouchi turned his attention back to his buddy who was still flipping the pages negligently.
Jounouchi was thoughtful for a moment. But it was really nothing important to hide from his buddy.
"You just asked not long ago. No."
"Surprising. Bakura and I had the impression that he was the fast type."
"Fast type?"
"Yeah. The first time, you hold hands, the second time, you kiss, the third time you go to bed." Honda informed, "Since the two of you kinda kissed the first time, we almost thought the two of you have bedded. Then it has been one week since Mai's gathering, a lot could have happened."
"No." Jounouchi repeated.
"So, how he's doing?" Honda asked testily, closing the book.
"Okay, I guess." Jounouchi answered, watching the bubbles rise in his gassy, drink.
"No," Honda rolled his eyes, "I mean, he's tolerating?"
Jounouchi watched the reflection of his blank face pull into a frown on the sparkling drink.
"I guess so." He sighed, "He's being patient with me. But I know his patience is running short. Hell, at Mai's gathering. He was completely hugs and kisses when we were alone on the corridor."
Honda kept quiet, prompting him to continue.
"He doesn't voice it, but I know he wants more." Jounouchi mumbled glumly.
"Respect for you and concern towards the kids are probably the only things stopping him from knocking you out like a caveman and dragging you into his cave." Honda laughed at the thought.
"Honda!" Jounouchi hissed though the joke was getting to him too.
"I better start teaching you the whole works." Honda declared.
"Go light on me." Jounouchi reminded. "I fall asleep during lectures."
"I will, now listen up. The whole thing is kinda the same as what a guy and a girl would do." Honda started, "You kiss, neck around and probably play with some syrup or whip cream."
"Never!" Jounouchi shot back, "Doesn't that dirty your bed?"
"We usually do it right in the kitchen or just wash the bedspread in warm water later." Honda explained. "And why are you so worried about dirtying your bed anyway?"
"It's my haven. And anyway, that explains the videos... I'll think about it if it's not my bed."
"Well, next, you get to it. For comfort it'll be recommended to apply lubricant. Kaiba would no doubt know where to get them, but if you need I can get them for you too."
That was way too personal, Jounouchi almost blushed again. "I'm sure Kaiba has them."
"Okay. Now the major part. If you get the top, which I doubt that with Kaiba you can, just do it as you would do to a girl. If you get the bottom, lie there and try to relax."
Jounouchi blinked. "And then?"
"It's gonna hurt for the first time. And you probably won't walk properly and do your toilet business painlessly for a few days afterwards. Ask Kaiba to go easy on you."
Jounouchi frowned. Pain was something he could take, and he had sort of expected it. He just needed someone to confirm his thoughts. "Why are you assuming that Kaiba would get the top?"
Honda appeared surprised.
"Height factor. He's taller than you." Honda explained and then added, "And stronger."
"Yeah, but he's heavier too." Jounouchi argued.
"Obviously he's more dominating." Honda finally said.
"I'm not going to play the bitch."
"Alright, if you have enough stamina, both of you can take turns."
"Good, that was what I was hoping to hear."
"But, for the first time, he still has to take the top." Honda reminded. "So he can show you what you're suppose to do. Plus, he definitely has the experience to prepare you well."
Prepare? That sounded like someone garnishing.
"Uh huh. Go on."
"Most people get completely wasted after once, but if you want to go twice, I guess it's okay."
"You and Bakura?" Jounouchi swallowed whatever embarrassment he felt.
"Rarely do we go twice. It's exhausting. But we have lots of toys."
"I'm afraid to ask, but I will anyway. Toys such as?"
Honda frowned, a tinge of redness working up his face.
"We have a full collection of chains and handcuffs, actually." The private investigator admitted grudgingly. "Ryou enjoys being chained up."
Nothing Jounouchi wanted to know, but he had asked for it.
"Uh huh..."
"A lot of whip cream, honey and hot chocolate."
"Uh..."
"We also have a whip..."
"..."
"Enough of me and Ryou. Back to the main topic. Anyway, at the end of it, I guess you just cuddle up and rest."
"I get the basic idea."
"When do you plan to make out with him?" Honda prompted.
"It won't be in the far future. Like I said, Kaiba's getting impatient."
"Mn... Are you going to move in with Kaiba?"
Jounouchi had to think about that.
"For starters, Jou was never homosexual in anyway until now." Yugi started.
"Start from the beginning from when I left." Kaiba snorted impatiently.
"Alright. Jou entered University of Domino City after graduation and took up veterinarian.
"He was the typical university boy, in and out of relationships with the start and end of each semester. Jou had a total of four serious girlfriends. At least, we consider them serious because they were the only ones Jou brought along for our gathering.
"Then there were also many half-hearted relationships that lasted barely weeks and one night-stands when he didn't have a girlfriend."
Kaiba snorted. He had heard the part from Jounouchi once, about him having countless girlfriends.
"Go on."
"Then came Seth and Jono's mother in Jou's third year in University. Jou was crazy about her. He wanted to marry her once he graduated."
"So I heard. She left."
"Yeah." Yugi confirmed. "Till this day we don't know why, maybe Jou does but he's not telling us. Then less than a year later, she showed up with the twins, left them with Jou and disappeared again."
"Katsuya's mad to be crazy about such irresponsible woman."
Yugi rolled his eyes at the comment.
"Anything else?" Kaiba asked. Yugi was one lousy story teller in his view. If that was all Yugi wanted to tell him - Jou's sex life that was the end of their conversation.
"Look. Jou is sleeping with Mai."
Kaiba snapped up at the name.
At a side, Bakura was snickering.
"Kujaku Mai?"
"Jou has been with her for a long time. But they are not exactly in a relationship. In Mai's own words, they get together every now and then, one night stand and then it's back to as if nothing happened."
"How would you know about that?" Kaiba snapped.
"Mai told Anzu herself." Yugi confessed. "And we always knew the two of them had something for one another."
"They were already sleeping together in the last year of our high school." Bakura piped.
"One night stands during the periods when Jou was unattached," Yugi added, "Before and even after Jono, Seth and Harpy were born."
Harpy.
The horror hit Kaiba like a tight slap across the face. "Katsuya is Harpy's father?"
"I don't know. We've never discussed it." Jounouchi told Honda. That was true, though they met and chat every morning during their second breakfast together; they had not once talked about the idea of living together.
"How about marriage?" Honda prompted.
"How about yourself? You and Bakura aren't married!"
"Actually, we are," Honda admitted sheepishly. "We got married last year when we were in Netherlands. But the certificate is not recognized here."
"You didn't tell us!"
"We didn't see the need to." Honda explained. "It was more of a symbol of commitment between the two of us rather than a certificate to show others that we were married. Ryou reminded me about it the day I got through with you. He threw the certificate, frame and all at me and threatened to divorce if I didn't stop my hopeless fantasies of being with you."
"Uh huh." Jounouchi sighed. "I don't know, we didn't talk about marriage either. The whole idea is just crazy."
"Absolutely."
He must had looked completely horrified and distressed enough for Yugi to frown and peer at him worryingly.
"No, Kaiba." The shorter man quickly pacified. "I don't think Harpy is Jou's daughter."
"Then who is Harpy's father? I didn't see any men item in Mai's apartment." Kaiba demanded. It was taking all of his control not to lose his temper.
Yugi and Bakura glanced at one another.
"Actually, neither do we know." Yugi finally admitted. "Mai never told us."
"What?"
"In her own words: what we don't know won't hurt us." Bakura piped.
"Have trust in Jou." Yugi reminded. "Jou never claimed that Harpy was his either."
"Considering that the mutt and Mai are on such good terms, I see no reason why they hadn't gotten married in the first place." Kaiba spoke through clenched teeth.
"That would seem like a marriage of convenience, so that Mai can be the mother of the three kids, and Jou the father." Yugi reasoned.
"That would be the best arrangement in the whole world, wouldn't it?" Kaiba asked bitterly.
"You're jealous." Bakura smirked. "You're worried that Jou is Harpy's father and you have to share him with them."
"I'm possessive of my belongings." Kaiba snapped.
"If Jou had been Harpy's father, I suppose they would have gotten married long ago." Yugi logic, "But they didn't. Jou is a responsible man."
"Complicated?" Bakura asked.
"Mn..." Kaiba gave a noncommittal grunt. What Yugi had just said was not something that had not crossed his mind since Yugi brought up the issue on Mai. The first time he had saw Harpy, the suspicions were already there. After all, the little girl was blonde and pretty like his little puppy, but then, so speaking of blonde, so was Mai.
Whatever the case, Kaiba was starting to see the reason Yugi and Bakura had him here in the café and were telling him about Jounouchi's past.
It was a game.
A game of trust and his commitment to his and Jou's relationship.
He assumed he had passed the first part with flying colors, flashing the contracts stating the transfer of two percent of Kaiba Corp's share to Jounouchi to prove his commitment. Now, the second part of the challenge was a test on his trust towards Jounouchi, and so far, he didn't seem to be doing very good.
Kaiba frowned. He didn't have to prove his commitment and trust to Yugi and Bakura, but he would never turn down or lose a challenge either.
He eyed his opponents warily. Yugi was looking at him expectantly while Bakura was stirring his glass of juice with a straw absently.
"I know what you're getting to." Kaiba said calmly. "If Jou was really Harpy's father, he would have told me such an important news right from the start."
Yugi relaxed.
"I knew you would see through the scheme." He finally said, smiling gently.
"Anything else?" Kaiba asked nonchalantly.
"Yes." Yugi paused, thought for a while before continuing. "You're the first person Jou is dating seriously since he the twins' mother left."
"So?"
Yugi shrugged, "Just thought you might want to know."
Kaiba shook his head and stood up. It was apparent the conversation had come to an end. He had passed the test, there was nothing more he wanted to know from Yugi and neither did Yugi or Bakura looked like they had anything more to offer.
"Thanks for coming down." Yugi thanked him.
"Mn..."Kaiba merely grunted, collected his items are left the coffee shop.
"You're meeting Kaiba later?" Honda asked curiously.
"Yeah. Our weekly date, fourth date." Jounouchi informed through gulps of his drink. "I've got to run. Shizuka's gonna kill me for being so late for work."
"Shizuka doesn't seem very happy about you and Kaiba together." Honda commented.
That, Jounouchi had to agree. Shizuka was clearly upset about the gay relationship. Otogi had commented briefly about her reaction a few days back, that Shizuka was actually quite hurt by the idea of her brother in a gay relationship, probably an aftermath of the Bakura and Honda incident.
"She's trying to accept it." Jounouchi finally said.
"I suppose it has something to do with me dumping her for Bakura." Honda said apologetically.
"I guess so, but don't worry about it, she'll get over it sooner of later." Jounouchi paused. "She has to somehow."
"Are you planning to sleep with Kaiba tonight?" Honda asked as Jounouchi stood up and prepared to leave.
"I'll think about it." Jounouchi answered over his shoulder.
Jounouchi had long forgotten about Honda's issue about sleeping with Kaiba eight hours later.
He was currently standing in the lift apprehensively watching the levels go by. The people living here must be damned rich, he figured. Heck, the lift stopped at every floor and each storey of the apartment had a different color theme and decorations.
Nonetheless, as the lift ascended, he couldn't help but shift about from foot to foot nervously. He hated lifts, especially those with look through glass panels which could allow him to see the waiting hall of the different levels. Horror movies and ghost stories always featured monsters with long horrifying hair or children with pale and eyeless faces standing by the waiting room preying on their victims. He hated such movies but Shizuka had always forced him to watch them with her. Now as he stared out of the lift's glass panel, he could feel the hairs on the back of his hair standing.
And it definitely didn't help that his destination was the top level of the building – the pen house. He would have preferred climbing all the way up if the building hadn't been a lofty thirty levels high. He had given up after twelve stories, after passing the danger zones of the fourth and tenth storey...
He focused his thoughts on Kaiba. Thinking about Kaiba would help, he decided. Kaiba had given him the address of the apartment where they had met when picking up the kids from school. The apartment was one of the most lavish and exorbitant one in Domino City,. They hadn't had much chance to talk then since it had been raining and the school was filled with parents picking up their respective children.
Kaiba had looked absolutely exhausted and Jounouchi wasn't too surprised on his part. Kaiba had informed him that he had a whole chain of online meetings that day which lasted some eight hours. That meant that they would probably be just lazing around watching movies and talking.
The lift stopped and cool air greeted Jounouchi as the door parted.
Only when he saw the huge oak door did it dawn to Jounouchi that there was only one apartment on the level. Just where did Kaiba get the apartment anyway? But then of course, Kaiba probably owned dozens of houses all around the world.
Jounouchi was proceeding to find the door bell when the door opened automatically.
Talk about technology, Jounouchi mused as he kicked off his shoes, stepped inside and was instantly pulled into a bear hug.
"Lost your way puppy? You took such a long time coming up." Kaiba whispered into his ear as he touched the puppy's face tenderly. Jounouchi returned a hug but almost flinched from the coldness of Kaiba's hand.
"Your hands are cold." Jounouchi complained as Kaiba took his briefcase and chucked it on a side table beside the couch together with another metal one.
He took a moment to observe the little act. It was amusing. It was almost a perfect picture of a loving couple - The husband coming home to be greeted by a loving wife who was preparing dinner for him then waiting on him, except that, he knew Kaiba was actually the one who was supposed to take the male lead. But still, he was happy with the illusion of control for now as Kaiba pressed him down onto the couch by his shoulders...
"They get cold when I'm hungry, and that's only because I was waiting for a particular someone to arrive. Sit here." Kaiba teased and pulled himself off him, strolling to the kitchen which was separated from the living room only by a wine bar.
"Hey I'm starving too. I had to suffer watching Seth and Jono eat their burgers while my stomach was growling." Jounouchi argued, flipping over and leaning on the backrest of the couch to watch Kaiba, who was currently before the stove stirring something in the pan. It came only as a mild surprise to Jounouchi that Kaiba could cook. They had cooking lessons back in high school, and Kaiba had always topped all his subjects including that domestic lesson. "So, what are you preparing?"
"Fettuccine Bolognese."
Jounouchi wrinkled his nose. "Er... was that English?"
"Italian. Haven't you eaten spaghetti before?"
"Yeah, but I seldom –" Jounouchi started, moving off the couch to see Kaiba's cooking.
"Stay on the couch." Kaiba ordered immediately.
"But I want to see what you're making."
"Stay."
Jounouchi frowned but followed his boyfriend's orders obediently. Now he knew how Joey always felt when the puppy was ordered to stay at the door when they were going out.
He busied himself with the television, surfing through channels until he was satisfied with the current channel that was showing reruns of last seasons' Duel Monster cartoons.
His stomach growled for the umpteenth time and he threw one glance to the kitchen again. Good. Kaiba was making his way over now, with a plate of something in his hands. Whatever it was, it smelt excellent.
He waited patiently for Kaiba to arrange the plate and some beverages on the low table in front the couch, taking the chance to grope the guy with his eyes - the smooth pale chest under the shirt, long fingers that were graceful yet strong. He loved seeing Kaiba in work suit, not when it was neatly pressed and tidy but when the cuffs were loosened and the top two buttons of his dark blue shirt front undone. Kaiba's clothes were always fit and snug where they should be. But then again, that was expected since the brunette had his own tailored clothes which always bear the trademark 'KC'. He took a moment more to linger his gaze at Kaiba's neck, briefly recalling the few moments of nibbling on it.
Finally, Kaiba snuggled up onto the couch beside him, maneuvering him to a spot where Jounouchi was comfortably tucked between the backrest of the large couch and Kaiba. But that also meant that Jounouchi couldn't reach the food unless Kaiba helped him.
"Food." Jounouchi demanded and watched in amusement as Kaiba obediently picked up the plate, forked out the spaghetti and fed it to him.
"We are going to take hours to finish that if we eat it this way." Jounouchi teased between mouthfuls of spaghetti.
Kaiba shrugged, forking up another web of spaghetti and feeding himself this time. "We have all night."
"Is this your apartment?"
"No. It belongs to Kaiba Corporation. It serves as an employee accommodation for employees of Kaiba Corp."
"Working in Kaiba Corp sounds great. What other services do you provide?"
"What services do I or Kaiba Corp provide?" Kaiba asked, shoving a fork full of spaghetti into Jounouchi's mouth.
"Hot." Jounouchi winced. "Let's start with Kaiba Corp."
"Free annual Medical Check-ups, highly subsidized medical fees, apartment rentals, company cars at low price, a clubhouse with sports, martial arts, gym, game facilities, spa, pool..., free entrance passes and air tickets to Kaiba Lands all over the world, tickets on Kaiba Line Cruises, extreme high pay, a flirtatious vice-CEO, a very pressurizing boss and his pestering hyperactive kid."
"Uh huh." Jounouchi barely processed any thing that Kaiba said, too busy watching Kaiba's lips, but he did come to one conclusion. Working in Kaiba Corp was hell and heaven. "And what do YOU provide?"
"Home cooked Fettuccine," Kaiba started, pushing another forkful of spaghetti into his hungry puppy's mouth. "A bottle of ninety-nine year old wine, a get-away from the twins for the moment, kissing, hugging, bedding and me."
"Uh huh." Jounouchi swallowed whatever was left in his mouth and glanced over at his lover who was feeding himself. This was one side of Kaiba he never expected he would see.
Kaiba wasn't frowning or glaring at him, he was simply like any other guy off the street, except sexier and richer.
Kaiba actually cooked for him and fed him, Kaiba was...
Gentle, affectionate.
Like a human.
"Seto," Jounouchi asked as Kaiba finished chewing and was spinning up another web of spaghetti on the fork. "Can you smile?"
Kaiba frowned, unsure of where the conversation was leading to.
"What kind of a question is that?" He asked as he stuffed his lover's mouth with food. Jounouchi looked absolutely like a cute puppy. Maybe he should get one for Kisara. Kisara had been bugging him for one since the day Mokuba took her to Puppy Love
"Didn't Mokuba or Kisara ever tell you? You frown too much." His lover remarked and reached his hands out to Kaiba's hand and stuck them at the corners of Kaiba's mouth, pulling Kaiba's lips into an awkward smile.
"I do smile," Kaiba protested sluggishly, pulling away from Jounouchi's fingers, "Occasionally."
"That's the word, occasionally." Jounouchi argued. "Like just now-"
"I was smiling, until you asked me to smile." Kaiba sent his web of spaghetti into his own mouth obstinately. What was his puppy getting to now?
"No you weren't." Jounouchi objected. "Your face was blank."
"You didn't catch it." Kaiba answered, as he started spinning another web of noodles. "I was smiling."
"Fine, maybe I didn't recognize your smile." Jounouchi reached for Kaiba's hand and spooned the fork into his mouth.
"But it boils down to one thing." Jounouchi continued between his chews. "I didn't recognize it because you don't do it often enough."
"Mn..." Kaiba frowned.
"The last time I actually saw you grin was at Mai's place." Jounouchi finally said. "You should do it more often. You should practice."
Practice?
"You're starting to sound demented." Kaiba remarked as he forked up the last bit of the spaghetti and stuck it into Jounouchi's mouth.
"No, seriously, Seto."
Kaiba whined silently as his warm lover bounced off his lap to retrieve a small wall mirror hanging on the wall.
Kaiba was frowning even harder when Jounouchi bounced back onto the couch into his seat and held the mirror in front of the two of them so that they were both staring into the mirror.
"When you're not frowning, you're smirking, when you're not smirking, your face is blank."
Quite true. Kaiba noted. Smirking and frowning were his trademarks. "Mpf."
"SMILE! SETO!" Jounouchi instructed as he grinned at their reflections in the mirror.
Kaiba stared into the mirror hesitantly.
"Alright, you don't have to grin, just do a normal smile. Like the ones you usually give Mokuba and Kisara." Jounouchi ordered.
Easy for the puppy to say. How was he supposed to just smile like that?
"I can't just smile like this. Smiles come naturally." Kaiba protested.
"Natural you say," Jounouchi piped.
Before Kaiba realized what was happening, Jounouchi was on top of him, his lips pressing down on his. He could feel Jounouchi's warmth breathe on his nose and the tomato-ish taste of the spaghetti on his lips.
A corner of his mouth started twitching.
Jounouchi pulled a short distance away and grinned back at him teasingly.
"Does this help?"
Kaiba couldn't help but grin back.
"Absolutely."
Jounouchi flipped onto his back, apparently satisfied and squeezed into the space between the backrest and Kaiba, resting his pretty little head on Kaiba's chest.
"We should do this more often." Kaiba finally commented.
"Do what?" Jounouchi was again staring into the mirror, watching their reflections. It seemed Jounouchi enjoyed staring at the both of them in the mirror together.
"Practice."
Jounouchi frowned," I thought you just said I was demented."
"Then so am I." Kaiba answered. "Stop frowning."
"Your frown is contagious." Jounouchi protested as he frowned hard into the mirror.
"That's not mine, it doesn't look anything like mine." Kaiba argued.
"It is yours!"
"No, the Kaiba frown is more sophisticated than you think." Kaiba lectured, "Your eyes got to be fiercer, and your lips should be pulled tight."
He watched as Jounouchi widened his eyes, pulled back his jaws and tried to imitate a frown.
"You have to let all your fury concentrate in your eyes." He guided.
"Easy for you to say. I haven't got as much wrath as you."
"No. Not like that. Your eyes are crossed. Look straight."
"I'm trying!"
"Frown." Kaiba ordered, trying to stifle an uncontrollable laughter.
"This is ridiculous, why am I trying to master your frown?" Jounouchi finally threw down the mirror, "My face is tired."
"Fine. Put the mirror back to its original place."
Jounouchi rolled his eyes but obligingly returned the mirror to the wall.
"So what happened today?" Jounouchi asked absently as he returned to the couch.
Kaiba sat up and reached for the bottle of red liquid on the coffee table, deliberating over whether to tell Jounouchi about his earlier conversation with Yugi and Bakura. He wasn't sure if Yugi had and would inform Jounouchi about their meeting.
"Numerous meetings with imbeciles who have no idea what they want." Kaiba answered, deciding that the answer wasn't too far from the truth, "You?"
"Work as usual." Jounouchi answered smoothly. "You hesitated answering my question, are you seeing someone else?"
Kaiba almost laughed at that.
"What do you take me for? No. You?"
"Not currently." Jounouchi teased.
"That is Mai - inclusive?" Kaiba asked testily.
Jounouchi looked at him blankly before chuckling, "You're worried."
"Mn?" Kaiba poured the drink into glasses.
"That Mai and I-"
Kaiba spun around and pressed the glass to his mouth. "Forget it. I trust you."
"Really?" Jounouchi grinned back at him and gulped down the drink. "Mai and I together would make one happy family."
"You wouldn't." Kaiba smirked. "You can't resist me. I'm Domino City's richest, most powerful and no doubt the most charming man with the most gorgeous body."
Jounouchi looked most amused, "Please add the most egoistic into your list too."
Kaiba ignored the remark happily and filled Jounouchi's glass again. Egoist or confident, it didn't matter, he was certain Jounouchi wouldn't dump him. What better man could Jounouchi find in the entire Domino City?
"What wine is this?" Jounouchi gazed at the drink quizzically.
"Actually it's just pure grape juice." Kaiba admitted as he poured himself a glass. "I can't take alcohol, remember?"
"It's good, still." Jounouchi answered as he took another gulp.
Kaiba took the chance to reach for his metal briefcase and retrieved a set of papers and a pen. This was either the highlight of the night's date, or the downfall of it.
"Sign this." He instructed as he handed the papers to the surprised puppy.
"What's this?" Jounouchi asked as he skimmed through the passages, his eye widening as he flipped through the pages.
"Seto, this is..."
"Three percent of Kaiba Corp's shares." Kaiba answered patiently. "I'm giving two percent to you. The twins get point five percent each. They can sell it or use it for any purpose once they reach sixteen."
"But why?" Jounouchi looked at him incredulously.
"Just sign it." Kaiba replied, irately. Why couldn't the puppy just accept it, no questions asked?
"I can't take this!" Jounouchi protested.
"I'm offering this only to you." Kaiba hissed. "Sign it."
When Jounouchi once again refused, choosing instead to stare at the television, Kaiba fished a stamp pad out of his briefcase and met it at Jounouchi's thumb. He had come prepared for such reaction from Jounouchi.
Jounouchi was completely squeamish and squeaking when Kaiba picked up the paper and forced his thumb on to the paper.
Done. Jounouchi was now officially bound to him by the two percent of Kaiba Corp's shares.
Satisfied, he smirked and replaced the papers back into his briefcase, locking it quickly so that Jounouchi could not destroy them.
"Kaiba!" Jounouchi was now howling at him in uncertain fury, jumping on the couch.
"Seto." Kaiba reminded and pulled the screeching monkey down beside him. Heck, he loved making Jounouchi frenzy.
"You are so crazy." Jounouchi hissed.
"Maybe." Kaiba planted a light kiss on his puppy's nose before motioning to the empty plate. "You want more?"
Jounouchi shook his head. "Later."
It took several minutes before the two of them were once again settled back on the couch leaning against one another peacefully, enjoying each other's company. It seemed Jounouchi had given up the idea of trying to retrieve the documents and destroying them, Kaiba noted. Or else, his puppy had to be plotting some other ways to get rid of the briefcase.
"You're particularly static today." Jounouchi remarked. "Usually you're busy kissing and hugging me. Not that I'm complaining. I'm fine with this."
"I'm exhausted." Kaiba answered listlessly, "Kaiba Corp is a madhouse."
"Maybe you should tell your employees that." Jounouchi kidded.
"Mnn."
"The kids are in a play, you know that?" Jounouchi reminded.
"Mn." Kaiba acknowledged with a light nod. "Kisara announced it yesterday over dinner. She got the female lead. The twins got the male leads."
"I've been wondering. Why did you adopt Kisara?"
Kaiba frowned.
"She's not my only kid."
Jounouchi's eyes widened to saucers.
"She is what...?"
The shocked look on Jounouchi's face was almost priceless. Note to self; give puppy more surprise tidbits in near future.
"She's not the only one. I have another two hundred plus kids under my name."
Kaiba could swear that Jounouchi would have hit the floor if he was standing.
"Uh huh...?" Jounouchi answered dazedly, struggling to imagine two hundred kids called Kaiba 'father'.
"I adopted them all in the last six years. Then I found good homes for those below twenty years old or sponsored them education fees, houses and living expenses." Kaiba explained.
"Oh..."
"Kisara is the only one I brought home." Kaiba went on. "I don't know why either. She was special. Mokuba and I found her in Egypt."
"Okay..." It finally made sensed to Jounouchi.
"Speaking of Mokuba," Kaiba paused for a yawn before continuing. "He's having this beach house getaway next weekend, it's at a secluded beach belonging to Kaiba Corp. He's inviting the whole group along."
Jounouchi raised a brow. To think that Kaiba was willing to go on a trip with all of them. The heavens must be weeping for the miracle.
"The whole group as in, everyone?" He asked.
Another yawn from Kaiba.
"Yeah, I guess so. Yugi, Anzu, Bakura, Honda, Mai, Otogi, Shizuka, the kids, etc..." Kaiba droned on mindlessly, "He said he got a special guest for us."
"Guest?" Jounouchi echoed. Lying on Kaiba's chest, he could feel Kaiba's breathing shallow and his heartbeat slowing down, Kaiba was drifting off to Never Never Land.
"Mn..." Kaiba grunted.
"I thought we agreed on going home after every date?" Jounouchi grumbled.
No response.
He poked the sleeping man a few times, but his attempts were hopeless and resulted in only a few more incomprehensible murmurs. A sleeping Seto was like a rock. His eyes stole their way to Kaiba's briefcase on the floor and one hand reached over to pull it over. Minutes of unsuccessful attempts at opening the briefcase left him tired. He was almost on his way to get a chainsaw from his car when he finally gave up. He didn't want to take the lift down alone. It was almost midnight and something may be lingering there.
He turned to stare at Kaiba sleeping. Might as well go with the flow, he figured. He was tired too, after hours of flipping through the two books and giving himself paranoid attacks whenever Shizuka appeared to be coming into the vet where he was committing the little reading. He could just nap for an hour or so, then wake Kaiba and go home.
He snuggled closer to Kaiba, burying his face into Kaiba's chest, knowing that his embraces would not wake his sleeping lover up. The air-con that was blowing full fluff at him was starting to work shivers down him, and he was too unwilling to leave the couch to grab the remote control that was hanging by the doorway. Moreover, Kaiba's body heat was absolutely warming and comforting.
Breathing in cinnamon, he fell asleep on Kaiba's chest...
To be continued
Authors' Comments:
1) Thank you to silverkitty252 and youko-moon for pointing out Seto's birthday for us. Yep, we checked. Seto's birthday is 25th October and Katsuya's birthday is 25th January. But take note, Kaiba is still older than Jounouchi by one year because lessons start in April, during Spring in Japan.
2) To joey baby, second and third reviews are always welcomed!
3)To Animefighter6. The anime and manga haven't exactly ended, so we don't know what happened to them in the end. Since this story took place twelve years after YGO, we are assuming that they fused together, but it's not really that important. Still, you can see tints of Yami in Yugi and Bakura in Ryou. And the millennium items, we have no idea what happened to them, so just assume there are stored away in some storeroom or with Isis in Egypt until the final manga come out where we live next month and we can decide what to do with them.
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