Science Of Attraction 5
IceAngelDarkMoon
***Sorry about not being able to pos for a while!! But this should make it up to everyone; this is a very crucial part of the plot! Thank you again for everyone who reviewed. I'm glad that none of you will ever look at the park pond or watch football the same again (well it's nice to pretend I impacted peoples lives!). Please review after you read!! IADM"***
***I want to dedicate this chapter to one really close friend. I didn't tell her I had started to write fanfiction, and just finally told her. I want to apologize to her for not telling her right away (I was too nervous to let anyone know!), and thank you for support even after you found out!! This ones for you, and once I find Otogi, I'll hold him hostage and present him bow and all to you!!!***
THIS IS A SHONEN-AI STORY, IF YOU HAVE MISSED THIS FACT IN THE LAST FOUR CHAPTERS YOU NEED HELP, SO GET SOME!!! There is still some abuse undertone, but no new beatings. For al you people who want Seto and Joey together forever, this is for you. Oh and I forgot to mention during almost every other chapter, I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or anything else popular. But the plot is mine, steal it and face my wrath!! Mwahahahaha!!
Joey and Kaiba bickered on and off the entire way to Kaiba's mansion. Inside Joey's head was in turmoil (ohh he can think, sorry I love to tease about that!), what were all these emotions that were running rampant through his head? Before it was so easy, he hated Kaiba and that was it, hate! But now he was thinking of him on a first name bases, and saving his life with no second thoughts. What was next?!
As they approached the mansion they could see that Mokuba was outside playing with someone. But he spied them and rushed over to them.
"What happened to you two? You're soaking wet, what did you do? You better not have been fighting again! You were finally starting to get along together, remember yesterday?" Mokuba's voice was like that of a mother hens. He went from worried to anger to accusing to exasperated.
"What do you mean getting along yesterday? We had a pillow fight!" Joey joked mocking Mokuba a little and Mokuba calmed a little at Joey's light tone. Seto nodded his head empathetically to show he agreed with Joey about their pillow fight. Mokuba figured they were still in denial.
"I heard a lot of laughing, it shook the whole house! You can think what you want, but you still haven't told me what happened today. Why are you dripping wet?" Mokuba was determined to get the answer out of the odd pair.
Seto opened his mouth to answer his younger brother, but Joey interrupted him. "Your brother got stuck on top of me. His hands got locked together under both of us, since he was holding me around the waist. We tried to roll over to get his hands out from under us, but we didn't realize we were at the top of the hill over looking the pond. (Poor Mokuba we can only imagine what he is picturing!) We rolled down the hill right into the park's pond. That idiot hit his head on the way down and got knocked unconscious. I then had to save him. That's about it." Seto stepped on Joey's foot to show him what he thought of the rendition of what happened. But Joey was too busy laughing to care about his foot. Mokuba had a look of disgusted horror and worry. Seto seemed to interpret his brother glance.
"We had been playing football with some other kids at the park. I tackled Joey right before he crossed the end zone and he could score. That's how we got in that awkward position. And I'm all right, Joey did save my life." Seto was red in the face even thinking about how it had sounded the way Joey recounted the tale. Mokuba in turn blushed too for the shame of even thinking it was possible for his brother and Joey to have been doing anything else, his brother was not that way (or so he thinks!!).
"Come on mutt, we have to get changed and finish that horrible project." Kaiba called as he started up the stairs to go to his room. Joey raced after Seto and caught up with him in the hallway. His chest was painfully reminding him that football had not been the best activity after a beating. They entered Seto's room side by side, almost like friends. Kaiba went over to his CD player that started to blare Linkin Park songs. Joey smiled at the thought of what they had done the day before while listening to the music (the pillow fight, that's all that happened).
Seto headed to his dresser on the side of the room and began to rummage through it. He tossed a green button up t-shirt at Joey's head that hit him squarely because he was still remembering. Kaiba snickered and continued his search. Joey didn't even complain about not being the one picking out what he was wearing, this unnerved Kaiba a little but like always he didn't let it show. He continued rummaging around looking for something specific. Then he triumphantly pulled out a pair of old and faded jeans, the looked comfortably worn.
"These should be short enough for you." Seto said and tossed them at the blonde who caught them this time. He had meant only that the jeans would fit Joey comfortable but like always Joey didn't like talking about height.
"I'm not that short, you're just very long legged." Joey followed that up by sticking his tongue out childishly, and Seto couldn't help but snicker at the response to his slip. "I didn't think you had another clothing besides your gravity defying coats you always wear."
"My coats do not defy gravity, they just chose to ignore the fact that it applies to them, too." Seto joked ant both he and Joey started to crack up. "But it's because of Mokuba that I have a any comfortable every day clothes. He insists that I have two sets of cloths work and play." He plays? Was all Joey could think but chose not to voice that. "Besides they are much more comfortable and let physics applies to them." Seto was pulling out a pair of jeans for himself and a dark blue button up shirt. But then to Joey's surprise Seto pulled out a blue cloth belt and tossed it to Joey. Joey just stared stupidly at it.
"You'll want a belt with those jeans. They style of them is really wide, they might tend to slip down a little." Seto ducked his head and didn't look at Joey; Joey just cocked an eyebrow at what Seto had said. "You can change in the bathroom and I'll change in my bedroom. Just knock before you come back in." Seto warned Joey as he ushered the other in to the bathroom.
Joey was glad to get out of his wet clothing. He stripped down carefully; he was really starting to feel the aftermath of the beating form the day before. Hs chest was a mass of blues and purples. There were little patches of green mixed into the more painful spots. He hissed at the sight of his body and silently cursed Kaiba for having so many mirrors in the bathroom, he didn't want to see his own reflection. The shirt was light soft and comfortable worn and was loose on Joey's bruised body. The jeans were huge width wise and had obviously been worn a lot. There were lighter spots on the knees and old grass stains there too, so Seto did play occasionally. The jeans were still a little too big for him and puddled around his feet, but there were like pajama pants. Joey wasn't sure what possessed him to but he smelled the clothing he was putting on, it smelled like Seto. It was sharp with a little tang and a sweet undertone; he couldn't place it anywhere in his memory. He gathered his wet clothes and knocked on the door that separated him and Kaiba.
There was a momentary pause and some rustling followed by Seto's answer, "You can come in." As Joey entered Seto was finishing buttoning up his shirt. What little of Seto's chest he could see was totally and completely buff, he couldn't stop himself from staring at it. There were a bunch or small curious white spots littering his chest but Joey didn't notice any of the flaws. He did notice his heart speed up and he was breathing a little heavier. 'What is wrong with me now?' he thought to himself. He was defiantly not scared or overly excited. What was it that was making his heart speed and his chest felt funny on the inside? He quickly averted his eyes and started to study the wet clothes he held in his hands, he wondered what to do with them. But the answer came when a servant knocked on the door and took his and Kaiba's wet clothing from them. Just as quickly as the servant had entered he left, leaving Joey alone with Kaiba and the Linkin Park CD in the background (this doesn't really have a point but I want it to be there, so sucks to you!).
They started discussing the project there in Kaiba's bedroom. Seto had finished the report the day before, and all they had left to do was a project that had something, anything to do with their topic. They had it all planed out except for one small issue.
"I say we use the Flaming-Swordsman's attack to show the research." Joey started his case.
"No one would want to see that weak card as our project, I think we should use the Blue Eyes White Dragon and his attack for this part." Seto argued hotly, he didn't want to forget his favorite card.
"No Flaming-Swordsman." Joey said while the anger grew in him.
"No the Blue Eyes White Dragon!" Kaiba shouted, his temper rising with his voice.
" Flaming-Swordsman!"
" Blue Eyes White Dragon!"
" Flaming-Swordsman!"
" Blue Eyes White Dragon!"
" Flaming-Swordsman!"
" Blue Eyes White Dragon!"
" Flaming-Swordsman!" Joey pushed Kaiba in the chest. Kaiba staggered and then pushed Joey back a little harder than Joey had pushed him. Joey pushed Seto a little bit harder and Seto the pushed back again, and the pushes were now really strong. Then Joey tackled the brunette to the ground and a fight broke into full force in Seto's room. They were then flipping each other over and rolling around like two schoolboys in the schoolyard. There was more grappling and flipping and pinning than punches in this fight. The whole time they were each arguing for there own side. Presently Kaiba got the upper hand in the fight (all of you who read 'The Witness and the Guardian' know what is going to happen next!). Kaiba ended up sitting on top of Joey, straddling his waist (nothing graphic, it's a fight), his hands were pinning Joey's hands to the ground above his head. To accomplish that Seto was leaning down over Joey while being on top of him and they were really close. Their faces were but inches apart.
Joey could feel his heart racing itself again. He was pretty sure it wasn't form the fight they had just had. But then what was it from? He glanced at Seto's face and saw turmoil there. It was obvious that Seto didn't want to hurt Joey, but then what did he want to do? Joey then looked into Seto's eyes and the two sets of eyes locked together. Joey felt like he was being swallowed up in the cerulean blue depths, and he was giving in completely. He felt like he was falling fast, but what did his mind mean falling? They were leaning in towards each other neither one noticing it, and Joey's breath was catching in his chest. They were but a hairs breath apart. Then they closed their eyes at the same time and leaned into the contact that was at their lips. They were drawn into it like magnets and neither one fought it. The kiss was electrifying, not the static electricity type but the passionate shivers down your spine type. Joey answered almost all his questions in that one moment. It was so plain and clear now; he loved Seto Kaiba but had been denying it. But he wasn't supposed to love Seto was he? Seto was obviously a guy and so was he; guys weren't supposed to fall in love with other guys were they? But even though the kiss was not a demanding one from either side it was just an exchange of passion and locked up feelings. Joey could feel it in the kiss that Seto loved him too! How long had either of them been feeling something for the other? No matter how sweet and gently the kiss was it held the meaning of love and how much they needed the other. (The kiss is still going on this is mostly internal thinking on Joey's part!)
Seto's mouth was sweet, it was like black licorice, and it was something that you had to have a select taste to like. Seto was so gently like he was afraid of breaking Joey, but he was also a little demanding. Joey was doing his best to return the kiss as it should, but it was his first kiss and still didn't believe what was happening. His heart was still pounding in his chest but now it was a comfortable feeling and he knew what it meant. During the kiss Seto let go of Joey's hands so Joey moved them to around Seto's waist and held him there. Seto's hands were lying on his (Joey's) chest. He never wanted to let go, it was all he had ever wanted, even if it was form someone he had lest expected. But to his disappointment they both still needed to breath air.
They pulled apart very reluctantly and both were breathing really hard like they had just finished a race. They were both suddenly aware of their actions and a little embarrassed at how they had acted, but neither regretted it. Against his will Joey suddenly remembered his father very homophobic stance, but pushed the though away, he would not let Seto know about that or anything about what his father did to him. He knew that if his father ever found out about his feelings for this brunette boy he would probably be killed. But secretly he wanted to tell Seto or have Seto figure it all out and save him from all of it.
Seto started to sit up, he was suddenly aware of how bad a position it was to be in when you feel so strongly about someone. He went to gently push himself by placing his hands on Joey's chest and started to push off. Joey winced against his will; it just hurt so badly now. Seto quickly stopped and looked confused at the boy who was still underneath him. But a look of understanding and pain came to his face and he gently touched Joey's chest again and Joey again winced and a small whimper escaped his lips.
TBC
Sorry about the cliffhanger, but I don't have enough time to add what happens in this chapter. Do you all like how the kiss happened, if you read my other story I hope you like the way it all played out. Please tell me what you thought. What does this story still need? To all of you who were wondering if Seto felt the same way I hope this answers your question. I just have it all from mostly a narrator that follows Joey around, but Seto loves Joey, but he still has to get Joey away from his abusive father. I also have to get this story caught up with 'The Witness and the Guardian'. Please Review, and sorry about the delay in update! IADM