Science of Attraction- 12
IceAngelDarkMoon
*********Yes I am still alive and kicking. Although I have received a few death threats at my slow updates, but other than that I am fine (though I will never be normalJ) I am sorry it has taken a while for me to update, but I just learned a whole new sport and am now trying to be the captain of the team even though I have no experience (but neither does most of the players) and I am one of the youngest!! And school has been piling on our homework trying to make it look like we actually learned something this year!!!************
As before in every other chapter I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of the music groups in here. Basically if you have heard of it before I don't own it. I do however own Mokuba's Happy Dance, and that Joey is into horticulture! Mine, Mine, Mine, hands off, or I will remove them from your body with a rusty spork!!!!!!
"Hey Seto, we smelled something good coming from you house and since Isis is out tonight we thought we would stop by for dinner. You don't mind do you?" Malik stated as he and his Yami pushed their way into the entrance hall of the mansion.
"If I said you couldn't stay you would stay anyway wouldn't you?" Seto asked with a sarcastic smile stretched across his face. Joey had to agree with Seto, there was very little they could do to kick the Malik out of the mansion. Even if they got the two out they still might end up mind zombies or worse!
"Yup. Mmmmmmmm it smell really good. Its pot roast isn't it? What time do we eat?" Malik was slowly making his way to the kitchen pulling his Yami by the hand. Seto and Joey assumed he knew where he was going by the smell of the meat cooking. Seto was now thoroughly annoyed. He had really been looking forward to an evening with Joey. He hadn't even been concerned that Mokuba would be there, the young boy and Joey really seemed to get along.
"WE eat when Mokuba comes home, you two can have whatever we don't eat packed in a doggie bag to go!" Seto stated as they reached the kitchen. He then started to get out the plates and silverware the original three would need. As he took them out of the cabinet Joey took them from Seto and started to place them around the table.
"That's no fair, besides what's Joey doing here? I thought you two hated each other? What happened?" Malik was now sitting in one of the places with silverware and Yami Malik had chosen the seat next to his lighter half and had pulled the chair even closer. Seto sighed and got out another two place settings, it was going to be a long night. And he wouldn't get an evening with just Joey, a romantic home-cooked meal evening with Joey! (Poor Seto he really wanted to spend the night with his loved ones! Oh well, MWAHAHAHAHA!)
"My presence here is not of your two's concern but since we all know that if left to your own devices you two are dangerous I'll let you in on the secret!" Joey said as he put out the other two settings as Seto checked the pot roast. Seto shot Joey a worried glance but saw the look on Joey's face and continued his work. "When we worked on our project together Seto mentioned he wanted to put a garden pf some sort in the back yard, so I offered my expertise to him. He in turn offered to help me with my homework. And before you even bring it up Malik, Seto and I were avoiding each other in school. But you didn't guess the reason, Seto and I got in a fight about the garden, but we came up with a compromise." Here Joey flashed Seto a slightly mischievous look, but Malik and Malik missed it because they had both face faulted at the fact Joey knew about horticulture. There was a loud bang of a door bursting open and Mokuba bounded excitedly into the room.
"Hey big brother, and Joey. Dinner smells…" Mokuba stopped as he saw the two Maliks sitting contentedly at the table. Mokuba had planned the dinner to try and get Joey and Seto really close but the Maliks were going to mess everything up. "What are you two doing here?" Mokuba shot them a look that Seto was proud of.
"I don't even know what they're doing here, Mokuba. They kind of invited themselves in and since we all know that we don't really want to end up as mindless zombies for them to control we can't really kick them out." Seto made sure his distain was very easily heard.
"Is that any way to treat your dinner guest?" Yami Malik asked pretending to be offended. He pulled his light closer to him and said, "I think you should apologize, you hurt Malik's feelings; that was very rude of you!" Seto shot Yami Malik an unreadable look and ignored the two Egyptians. He set the meal on the table and took his seat next to Joey and Mokuba at the other end of the table from Malik and Yami Malik.
All three of the non-Egyptian boys took some of the meat and the vegetables and started to eat contentedly. None of them made any move to pass the food to the hungry blondes. Malik cleared his throat and motioned to the meat and Seto pretend to be surprised that it had not been passed to them already, and then grudgingly slide it down to the two boys. Mokuba decided it was time he harassed the intruders (Mokuba the watch dog to the rescue!). HE put on his best annoying little brother act.
"Why do you two sit so close to each other?" He asked as he gazed curiously at them over his plate of food. Seto and Joey both had evil smirks on their faces as they realized what Mokuba was insinuating and trying to do. They both made a note to thank the younger boy later on when the Maliks were gone.
Yami Malik pulled Malik closer protectively at the statement. "I don't want any one trying to steal my hikari from me!" Yami Malik stated as he kept one arm slung around Malik and ate with the other.
"But why would any one steal Malik from you (I would in a heart beat! But I would also take his Yami too!), he isn't even yours?" Mokuba pressed on. Seto was having trouble hiding his amusement.
"Are you insinuating no one would want MY Malik?" Yami Malik challenged. Mokuba shook his head at that and Yami Malik continued. "Besides he is mine." At this Malik had a very mischievous look on his face. Mokuba swallowed his pot roast in silence as did the rest of them. The Maliks just smiled smugly at everyone else. Seto and Joey tried not to think about what was going on between the two Egyptians. Mokuba was still a little too young to understand too much, Seto was glad of that. They finished the meal in silence.
"So you two had your meal, now you can leave." Seto said gruffly as he put his dishes into the dishwasher. Joey and Mokuba were following his lead and cleaning their plates. Malik looked up at Seto with a grin.
"I don't think so, I've heard that you have some really cool video games here, I want a chance to try them out." Yami Malik grinned just as wide and nodded his head for emphasis. Seto gave an exasperated sound.
"Fine you two get one game, that's it and then you leave." Seto growled, he hated having the Maliks in his house, especially when he could be spending it with Joey.
"I'll show them where it is, and show them out when they're finished, big brother. You and Joey can go watch some TV or duel or something." Mokuba offered. Seto could have kissed his brother for that; he could have his time with Joey and all alone. His little brother really was perfect! (I like Mokuba; he is nothing like other little brothers!) Malik looked a little mad at the offer, but Yami Malik whispered something to Malik that put an evil smirk on his face. Seto did not like that look at all.
"That would be nice Mokuba." Seto said, then turned to the Maliks, "You two had better leave after your game, and if you two so much as look at my brother funny or make any move to pull out your Millennium Rod I swear I will get Yami Yugi to lock you two away forever separately! (Ouch that would defiantly make them unhappy!)"
"You wouldn't dare!" Malik exclaimed looking shocked that such a thing could ever happen.
"Don't push it and never have to find out." Seto replied with a smirk. Joey had just been watching all of this and was struggling to not burst out laughing at the shock on the two Egyptians faces.
"Come on Seto we have to work on the plans for your new backyard. You still have to decide what type of flowers and the color and everything else with the flowers!" Joey knew this was his chance to be alone with Seto for a while. Seto smiled and nodded and started to lead the way out the door to any other room.
"I'll see you at school tomorrow then, Malik. Please don't come back to dinner any time soon, next time I will get Yugi's help no matter how much that would pain me." Joey was now really struggling to keep his face neutral to Malik's aghast look.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A few minuets later in on the couch watching Seto's wide screen TV.
"I thought you would never get rid of those two!" Joey exclaimed as he sat down on the couch. Seto sat down nest to him, really close to the blonde boy.
"I know what you mean, but I think we've found their weakness, Yugi must have threatened to lock Yami Malik away if he did anything evil again." Seto now had the evil smirk on his face. The TV was showing 'A Knight's Tale' but neither Seto nor Joey paid it much attention.
"The look on their faces was priceless; I wish I had a camera!" Joey snickered as he unconsciously moved even closer to Seto. Seto did snicker at that.
"I know what you mean," Seto purred as he and Joey were suddenly just a hairsbreadth apart. They leaned in slowly and their lips met in sweet bliss. They lost themselves in the pleasure of that small thing, just a brush of lips. They separated grudgingly when they both needed air. But they didn't move apart much, Joey laid his head on Seto's shoulder, and Seto put his arms around Joey. They stayed like that in silence for a few minutes, just enjoying the sound of the other's heartbeat.
"Wow, isn't this romantic here?" A voice asked from behind them. The two surprised boys shot away from each other in a flash. It was so fast that Joey fell off the couch with a loud thump. The two lovers turned around to see who had interrupted them; there framed in the light of the hallway was Malik and Yami Malik. "Oh you two are in here; we couldn't tell if anyone was in here because the lights were off." Malik said that trying his best to look innocent, but failing miserably.
"What are you two doing here?" Seto said not even bothering to try and hide the displeasure from his voice.
"Us? We just got lost on our way to the front door. Your house is really big; I don't know how you know where everything is!" Yami Malik stated but he didn't even look in the least bit lost. There was suddenly the sound of running footsteps coming down the hall.
"There you two are!" Mokuba exclaimed as he reached the group (Joey had by this time come and joined Seto in glaring at the Maliks). Mokuba glared at the Egyptians. "You two took off so fast I almost called security. Now you have to go leave now before I do call our Security!"
"You mean these two took off and just suddenly appeared in the room I was in?" Seto asked his younger brother. Mokuba looked at his brother a little ashamed.
"Yea they started out before me and then took off, I'm sorry big brother." Mokuba looked like he had failed his brother miserably and was almost on the verge of tears. This really made Seto mad.
"It's all right Mokuba, it's their fault not yours. Now as for you two," Seto roared as he turned to face the two tanned blondes. But before he could continue they had already turned around and were heading out the door which was at the other end of the long hallway, the same way they had come from. "I can't stand those two; I swear they did that on purpose!"
"They certainly didn't act innocent, but then I don't think they ever were innocent." Joey stated bluntly. Then with a gleam in his eyes he added, "Nor do I think they are acting innocent with each other!" Seto smirked in response but Mokuba just looked on confusedly.
~~~~~~~~~~ Maliks' point of view~~~~~~~~~~
"I don't think we did very much to slow them down." Malik complained to his darker half. Yami put his arm lovingly around Malik's waist and pulled him closer.
"No I don't think we did, but I think they already know they love each other. I don't think we can do anything to them now." Yami Malik stated as they strolled through the park on their way home.
"I guess you're right, but we still might be able to have some fun at their expense!" Malik said a little more cheerily.
"That's the spirit!"
~~~~~~~~~~~Back to Kaiba Mansion where we left off!
"I'm going to go finish my homework big brother, then go to bed." Mokuba said as he hugged his older brother. Then Mokuba turned to Joey, "Thank you for coming to dinner tonight Joey, even though those two tried to ruin it."
"Hey any time, sport." Joey smiled at the younger boy. Mokuba smiled and then launched himself on Joey and gave him a hug. Joey was shocked for a moment then he returned the hug.
"Thank you for giving me my big brother back, I haven't seen him happy in so long." Mokuba whispered in Joey's ear, then he let go and ran to his room smiling. Joey sat there kind of dazed for a moment (he had kneeled to put Mokuba back on the ground and is still down there.).
"Hey what did he tell you?" Seto asked looking a little bewildered at his little brother's actions.
"You've got one special little brother, you do know that don't you?" Joey asked avoiding Seto's question. Seto just laughed and nodded his consent as he held out a hand to help Joey up. Joey took the hand but he glanced at the watch on Seto's wrist, it was almost 7.
"Damn it, I have to be home by seven!" Joey was now really worried he had to be home by then, he just had to.
"Alright, I'll drive you to your house, or probable to just down the block if you rather." Joey nodded in relief; Seto had known that he couldn't let his father to see him with Seto just yet.
"Thank you Seto." Joey said quietly as he and Seto got into one of the many cars in Seto's garage. (Yes Seto has more than just Limos, and he can drive and rather enjoys it, so there!) The drive took place in silence except for the muffled sound of Seto's radio. Joey smiled slightly as he recognized the song that came on, it was The Rose by Janis Joplin. HE loved that song and turned it up on Seto's radio without even thinking about it.
"Some say love, it is a river,
That drowns the tender reed.
Some say love, it is a razor,
That leaves your soul to bleed.
Some say love, it is a hunger,
An endless aching need.
I say love, it is a flower,
And you it's only seed.
It's the heart, afraid of breaking,
That never, learns to dance.
It's the dream, afraid of waking,
That never, takes the chance.
It's the one, who won't be taken,
Who cannot, seem to give.
And the soul, afraid of dying,
That never, learns to live.
When the night has, been too lonely,
And the road has been too long.
That you think that love is only,
For the lucky and the strong.
Just remember in the winter,
Far beneath the bitter snows,
Lies the seed that with the suns love,
In the spring becomes the rose."
Joey almost didn't realize when Seto stopped the car around the corner from Joey's house. Joey got out of the car silently but stopped before he got out of the car all the way. He leaned towards Seto as he said his good bye.
"I had a great time at dinner even if we didn't get a chance to be alone, but we still have to work on those garden plans. Besides I still owe you a dessert." Seto smiled at the last part of what Joey said.
"Okay then why don't you come over tomorrow for dinner again I can order in pizza and you can make the dessert as we plan the garden?" Seto's eyes reviled he wanted Joey there for more than just the garden plans. Joey blushed at what was implied, but nodded.
"I wouldn't miss it for the world, I just love spending time with Mokuba, and I guess I'll bear through my time with you." Seto smacked Joey's arm playfully at the blonde's joke. Joey smiled and caught Seto's lips before he quickly ended the kiss and started to run to his own house. Seto just watch his love run towards his house with a very strange feeling in his gut. He had felt it before but it still was not a pleasant feeling.
(I was going to end this here for now, but I decided because of the wait I put you through that I would add more to this. Enjoy!)
**********In Joey's house after he has gotten inside
"Where have you been boy?" Joey's very intoxicated father yelled at him. Joey dropped his book bag to the ground just in case that would make him faster if he had to run from his father.
"I left a note that told you I was at a friend for dinner working on schoolwork and that I would be home by seven and I was home by seven with one minute to spare." Joey said calmly he knew that if he got mad his father would defiantly beat him.
"You better not start being smart with me boy, don't you start acting like you're so much better than me." His father slurred getting closer to Joey as he spoke until he was within striking distance. His father lashed out and knocked the wind out of Joey. Joey wished he could just work up the courage and leave and never come home. But he felt like he had to stay that he had a responsibility, and there was still that small little voice in his head that said he deserved it. He was in love with another male, how could he be innocent, he deserved this. But no he told himself, Seto wouldn't lie to me and he said it wasn't my fault. Just as his father was going to strike him again the phone rang, it also stopped Joey's fight with himself. His father grumbling picked up the phone roughly and slurred into it.
" 'Ello, who is this? Fine, here is but make it short!" His father handed the phone to Joey and then added, "Tell them not to call here either, or else!" With that his father left and went and passed out on the couch in a drunken stupor.
"Hello," Joey spoke tentatively into the phone.
"Hello, is, like, this, like, Joey?" a very strange feminine voice asked. Joey was very confused who the heck was this?
"Um yah this is Joey, who da heck are you?" HE was now very worried as to who had gotten his number and wanted to call him.
"It's me, Seto. Is your father still around?" Joey almost laughed out loud and how Seto had changed his voice from cool and deep to valley girl.
"Yea he's passed out on the couch. Was that what you meant, YOU wouldn't be calling again?" Joey asked between quiet laughed. Seto was laughing as well.
"Yea that's what I meant. Besides I had to call, I wanted to make sure you were all right." Seto's voice lost all joking; he sounded worried.
"Yea, actually you just saved me, like you did last night. He only got in one light hit." Joey was a little shocked at his luck that Seto called at just the right time to save him again.
"Okay if you're alright than I have to finish this business stuff I put off today. I was just calling to make sure you were alright. And don't worry I wont call again." Seto was back to chuckling. Joey suddenly felt bad for taking Seto's time away from his business stuff.
"At least the valley girl you won't be calling back. But I'm sorry to take you away from your work; I won't come over tomorrow if that helps." Joey didn't want to be a burden to Seto.
Seto laughed quietly into the phone, "Don't worry puppy you were a nice distraction from my work besides you're not a burden like you think you are. I happen to enjoy spending time with you. I'll see you tomorrow, no ifs, ands, or buts!" with that Seto clicked the receiver into place.
"I'm not a puppy," he grumbled to the dead line as he put it back in its cradle. He headed upstairs to his room feeling happy like he had the past few nights; maybe his life really was changing for the better. As he lay down to sleep the last thought to cross his mind was one of Seto's smile at him, it ensured happy dreams for him.
That night in his dreams his angel held him close the whole night just holding him. Then it did something new, it kissed him lightly on the top of his head, like a parental figure, but he awoke before he could ask the heavenly being about it. Then he remembered; today was the day he would share his poem with the class.
TBC
Like I said before, I am really sorry it has taken me so long to update, but I hope this made up for that. This is the longest single chapter I have ever written!!!! I have posted an original fic on press, please read it, I have no reviews yetL. I promise I will try my best to update soon and add more fluffiness! IADM