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Kaiba had warned him that the press would be out in full force, but nothing could have prepared Jou for what they saw outside of their destination. There was a swarm of reporters of course, but what really surprised him was the crowd of passers-by who had decided to stop and see what all the buzz was about.
As they stepped out of the car an audible gasp was herd, a few cameras flashed, a few girls squealed, 'like, oh my god, he's even hotter in person!'. Seto took Jou by the elbow and tried to maneuver their way into the fancy restaurant, which was harder than it sounded considering the many obstacles that lye in their path.
"Mr. Kaiba, how do you feel about the result of the contest? Was this only a cleverly disguised marketing ploy for Kaiba corp?"
"No comment." Seto growled out and pulled Jou away from a crowd of girls who were all going on about how cute the blond was.
"Jounouchi, I saw you on tv, you and Seto-kun make such a cute couple!" One girl gushed.
"Uh, thanks?" Jou blushed and was once again yanked to the side by Seto, who was looking rather annoyed.
When they finally made it into the restaurant, Jou was already out of breath. "There is no media allowed inside, so we should be safe now...Jou?" Seto glanced over at his companion only to see a look of awe on his face.
"Where are we?" Jou gasped out.
"Loveless Café(1), it's mainly a place for celebrities and such, but I've been here a couple times on business."
"Wow, it's nice." Jou turned to Seto and offered him a slight smile. Seto merely blinked, wondering whether or not he should return the gesture. It wouldn't be a very Kaiba-like thing to do, but...
"Good evening gentleman. Right this way Mr. Kaiba, your table is ready." Seto was snapped out of his thoughts as the perky waitress greeted them. She led them up a spiral staircase to a private balcony where there was a solitary candle-lit table waiting.
"Please let me know when you're ready to order. My name is Leth." The waitress smiled and bowed as she placed down two menus and then politely left the two in privacy.
"Everything here looks so expensive, I'm almost afraid to touch anything!" Jou leaned over the balcony, getting a nice view of the entire restaurant, and giving Seto a nice view of something else.
Averting his eyes, Seto reached into his pocket while Jou was distracted and pulled out a small piece of paper. It was a check-off list that Mokuba had made up for him, and he had promised his brother he would try to follow it. He read off the first item, 'pull out his chair for him'. Seto raised his eyebrow at that, Jou wasn't some chick, but he guessed being polite couldn't hurt so he checked off item number one.
"Please, have a seat Jounouchi."
Jou complied and then watched as Seto sat down across from him, when something dawned on him. "You called me Jounouchi."
"Yeah, so? That's your name right?"
"Well actually...no it's not." Jou said, not really sure why he was sharing this.
Seto blinked up from his menu at Jou who was looking a bit uncertain. "What do you mean?"
"Katsuya."
"Who?"
"My name is Katsuya...I just usually go by Jounouchi."
Seto put his menu down and studied Jou for a moment, finding him increasingly more interesting. The boy wouldn't meet his gaze, instead he settled for staring at his water glass in fascination.
"Why don't you like being called Katsuya?"
"...Well, I dunno... It's kinda a long story"
"I've got time." Seto replied flatly, and Jou shifted nervously in his seat. It was a bit unsettling, having those icy eyes fixed intently on him, and only him.
"Well, alright. I'll give you the summarized version." Jou cleared his throat nervously, not really sure if he was ready to give up this bit of personal information, but figured he might as well start up some sort of conversation. "My mom was the one who gave me that name...and since she's abandoned me, I've abandoned it. The only person who calls me that anymore is Shizuka, once in a blue moon."
"Interesting." Jou looked up at Seto, expecting to see that ever-present superior smirk, but it never came. Instead Seto spoke again, after processing this new information for a few moments. "Let's make a deal."
Jou laughed, helping to relive some of the tension that was building up inside of him, glad for the change in subject. "What?"
"I'll stop calling you pet names, if you let me call you Katsuya."
"You'd give up calling me a dog just for that? I thought that was like your favorite pastime."
"Yes, Katsuya, I'd give it up in a heart beat."
"Why?" Jou asked, genuinely confused.
"It's a nice name." It was true, but at the same time, Seto was lying. Being able to call Jou something no one else could...Seto couldn't explain it, but it gave him a good feeling inside. Like when Mokuba sang him happy birthday, or when people tripped and feel down. It was nice.
"O-okay, Kaiba." Jou managed out.
"And call me Seto if you don't mind, it's only fair."
Jou nodded his head in agreement. A small barrier had been broken, small, but it was a start. Jou wasn't about to admit that he would kind of miss the pet names, but Seto had a much nicer ring to it than Kaiba. Fair trade he supposed.
The blond was interrupted from his musings when the waitress arrived to take their orders. Jou panicked as he realized he hadn't even looked at his menu yet. His first fancy restaurant date type thing, and he was already messing it up!
"We'll have two of these." Seto pointed to an object on the menu and Leth nodded and gestured towards the stairs. Jounouchi seemed relieved and then puzzled as Seto got up from the table.
"This way please."
"Where are we going?"
"To pick a lobster out of the tank." Seto shrugged, "They don't do it at most places, but apparently they do here."
"Oh...I've never had lobster before."
* * *
"No...there's no way I'm eating one of those." Jou crossed his arms as the trio stood in front of the tank.
"And why is that?" Asked Seto.
"Look how helpless they are!" Jou exclaimed and pointed to one of the lobsters at the bottom of the tank who's eye twitched accordingly. "They're just sitting there waiting for their doom!"
Seto sighed and rubbed one of his temples, trying not to lose his temper so early in the evening. "Katsuya, that's what their there for. If we don't eat them, then someone else will. It' their fate." He tried to explain in a slow manner, one that the blond would understand.
"Fine then, I want that one. But I'm not eating it."
"Then what do you want to do with it? Go see a movie perhaps?"
"No...I wanna take it home. As a pet."
"...What?" Seto asked, honestly astounded.
"This way it will be safe..." Jou pleaded with his eyes, looking up at Seto expectantly. Dammit, he had seen that look enough from Mokuba to know it was just a trick, but he figured he might as well comply, if it meant that much to the mu-, er, to Katsuya.
"Very well then." Seto shook his head and turned to the waitress who had been watching the whole bizarre exchange quite patiently. "Well take this one home."
* * *
They left the restaurant without too much fuss, and the stars were now out as they drove down the street in silence. Jou sat with a plastic bag in his lap, containing the very lucky sea-creature. The two had ended up having chicken instead of lobster. Seto was glad for the fact that the chicken came pre-slaughtered otherwise they'd probably be taking one of those home as well.
"So, what should I name him?" Jou asked.
"Why should I care...it probably won't live for long." Seto replied without turning taking his eyes away from the road.
"Well, you're the one that bought him for me...okay if you don't care, then I'm going to name it Seto." Jou smiled at his choice and watched as Seto, the human, scowled.
"I don't want that thing named after me, that' ridiculous."
"Why? You're not all that different. You're both cold blooded, hard shelled creatures." Jou peeked into the bag and smiled down at his new pet. "Aren't you, yes you are!" He spoke baby talk to the creature who snapped one of his claws and shuffled around in it's confines.
"Hmf...whatever."
Seto had originally made more plans for the evening, but it was cut short due to the fact that Jou needed to put his new pet in a tank before it kicked the bucket. Pulling to a stop in front of the run down apartment building, Seto looked over at Jou.
"Katsuya...I'm sorry if you didn't have a good time..."
"I had fun!" Jou rushed out, "It was the nicest place I've ever been in, thanks...you know, for everything." Jou turned to smile at Seto, trying not to get to caught up in the deepest blue eyes, that we're sparkling in the moonlight. Jou shook his head and turned his attention back to the bag in his lap, this was starting to sound like a sappy romance novel.
Seto cleared his throat and took a look at the last item on his list, 'kiss him goodnight'. It was now or never.
"Katsuya..." Jou's heart fluttered for a moment, hearing his name spoken so softly, and turned to see Seto's eyes locked on his own. It was the first time Seto had ever noticed how pretty the blond's eyes actually were, and he leaned in slightly, ready to make his move before Jou let out a horrified screech.
"I'm sorry..." Seto panicked, rejection washing over him like acid rain.
"The little bastard pinched me!" Jou put threw bag down on the floor and whined in pain. "I can't believe it!"
Seto's eyes widened as he noticed the red spot forming on the blond's knee, and almost laughed at the whole irony of the situation. "Let's get you and your friend inside, shall we?"
* * *
Jou carried in the first aid-kit from his bathroom and handed it to Seto. "Are you sure you know what you're doing?"
"Of course, I had to fix these kind of things at least once a week when Mokuba was learning how to ride a bike." Seto opened up the container and tried not to look when Jou stripped off his pants, revealing a rather nasty wound on his right knee.
Jou sat down on the couch, Seto on his knees before him, and hissed as the latter cleaned and rubbed some antibiotics on the wound. After that was all taken care of, Seto placed a band-aid with a smiley-faces on top of it.
"Thanks Seto." He gave the man a grateful smile. "It still hurts like though..."
Seto chuckled low in his throat, a noise that gave Jou the shivers, and leaned in towards the injured knee, placing a soft kiss on it. Jou whole body froze as the brunette rose from his position on the floor until he was hovering over him, his lips dangerously close to his own, his hand's on either side of the blond mop of hair.
Having the mutt effectively trapped, Seto brushed his lips softly over the other's, waiting for some sort of response. When none came, he simply leaned forward and claimed Jou's lips like he had intended to.
Jou moaned into Seto's mouth, before the CEO broke away, wanteing to keep it short and simple.
"I'll pick you up at the same time tomorrow pup, so we can finish this." Seto said as he made his way towards the door.
"Um...Seto!" Jou gasped out, finally finding his voice.
"Yes?"
"Goodnight."
"Goodnight puppy." Seto said before he left, leaving a very confused blond alone in the dark.
Jou lifted a finger to his lips and hovered there for a moments before shooting up angrily from his seat.
"We had a deal asshole! No dog names!!" He yelled at the front door, but there was no reply.
* * *
Satanic Mechanic: Part two of the date coming up, and I promise some action. Not sure if I'm going to do a full lemon yet, as I am scared of getting reported, but...eh, I've never been one for following rules, so we'll see...^_~
Also, thanks to everyone who reviewed, you all rock! (throws cookies to everyone) Can't believe people are actually reading this, but I won't complain! And, Girl from art class...you've been slacking off, don't think I didn't notice! I'm gunna get you on Monday! (leers)
(1) Final Fantasy 7 reference...from the first CG, I'm a dork okay?
Kaiba had warned him that the press would be out in full force, but nothing could have prepared Jou for what they saw outside of their destination. There was a swarm of reporters of course, but what really surprised him was the crowd of passers-by who had decided to stop and see what all the buzz was about.
As they stepped out of the car an audible gasp was herd, a few cameras flashed, a few girls squealed, 'like, oh my god, he's even hotter in person!'. Seto took Jou by the elbow and tried to maneuver their way into the fancy restaurant, which was harder than it sounded considering the many obstacles that lye in their path.
"Mr. Kaiba, how do you feel about the result of the contest? Was this only a cleverly disguised marketing ploy for Kaiba corp?"
"No comment." Seto growled out and pulled Jou away from a crowd of girls who were all going on about how cute the blond was.
"Jounouchi, I saw you on tv, you and Seto-kun make such a cute couple!" One girl gushed.
"Uh, thanks?" Jou blushed and was once again yanked to the side by Seto, who was looking rather annoyed.
When they finally made it into the restaurant, Jou was already out of breath. "There is no media allowed inside, so we should be safe now...Jou?" Seto glanced over at his companion only to see a look of awe on his face.
"Where are we?" Jou gasped out.
"Loveless Café(1), it's mainly a place for celebrities and such, but I've been here a couple times on business."
"Wow, it's nice." Jou turned to Seto and offered him a slight smile. Seto merely blinked, wondering whether or not he should return the gesture. It wouldn't be a very Kaiba-like thing to do, but...
"Good evening gentleman. Right this way Mr. Kaiba, your table is ready." Seto was snapped out of his thoughts as the perky waitress greeted them. She led them up a spiral staircase to a private balcony where there was a solitary candle-lit table waiting.
"Please let me know when you're ready to order. My name is Leth." The waitress smiled and bowed as she placed down two menus and then politely left the two in privacy.
"Everything here looks so expensive, I'm almost afraid to touch anything!" Jou leaned over the balcony, getting a nice view of the entire restaurant, and giving Seto a nice view of something else.
Averting his eyes, Seto reached into his pocket while Jou was distracted and pulled out a small piece of paper. It was a check-off list that Mokuba had made up for him, and he had promised his brother he would try to follow it. He read off the first item, 'pull out his chair for him'. Seto raised his eyebrow at that, Jou wasn't some chick, but he guessed being polite couldn't hurt so he checked off item number one.
"Please, have a seat Jounouchi."
Jou complied and then watched as Seto sat down across from him, when something dawned on him. "You called me Jounouchi."
"Yeah, so? That's your name right?"
"Well actually...no it's not." Jou said, not really sure why he was sharing this.
Seto blinked up from his menu at Jou who was looking a bit uncertain. "What do you mean?"
"Katsuya."
"Who?"
"My name is Katsuya...I just usually go by Jounouchi."
Seto put his menu down and studied Jou for a moment, finding him increasingly more interesting. The boy wouldn't meet his gaze, instead he settled for staring at his water glass in fascination.
"Why don't you like being called Katsuya?"
"...Well, I dunno... It's kinda a long story"
"I've got time." Seto replied flatly, and Jou shifted nervously in his seat. It was a bit unsettling, having those icy eyes fixed intently on him, and only him.
"Well, alright. I'll give you the summarized version." Jou cleared his throat nervously, not really sure if he was ready to give up this bit of personal information, but figured he might as well start up some sort of conversation. "My mom was the one who gave me that name...and since she's abandoned me, I've abandoned it. The only person who calls me that anymore is Shizuka, once in a blue moon."
"Interesting." Jou looked up at Seto, expecting to see that ever-present superior smirk, but it never came. Instead Seto spoke again, after processing this new information for a few moments. "Let's make a deal."
Jou laughed, helping to relive some of the tension that was building up inside of him, glad for the change in subject. "What?"
"I'll stop calling you pet names, if you let me call you Katsuya."
"You'd give up calling me a dog just for that? I thought that was like your favorite pastime."
"Yes, Katsuya, I'd give it up in a heart beat."
"Why?" Jou asked, genuinely confused.
"It's a nice name." It was true, but at the same time, Seto was lying. Being able to call Jou something no one else could...Seto couldn't explain it, but it gave him a good feeling inside. Like when Mokuba sang him happy birthday, or when people tripped and feel down. It was nice.
"O-okay, Kaiba." Jou managed out.
"And call me Seto if you don't mind, it's only fair."
Jou nodded his head in agreement. A small barrier had been broken, small, but it was a start. Jou wasn't about to admit that he would kind of miss the pet names, but Seto had a much nicer ring to it than Kaiba. Fair trade he supposed.
The blond was interrupted from his musings when the waitress arrived to take their orders. Jou panicked as he realized he hadn't even looked at his menu yet. His first fancy restaurant date type thing, and he was already messing it up!
"We'll have two of these." Seto pointed to an object on the menu and Leth nodded and gestured towards the stairs. Jounouchi seemed relieved and then puzzled as Seto got up from the table.
"This way please."
"Where are we going?"
"To pick a lobster out of the tank." Seto shrugged, "They don't do it at most places, but apparently they do here."
"Oh...I've never had lobster before."
* * *
"No...there's no way I'm eating one of those." Jou crossed his arms as the trio stood in front of the tank.
"And why is that?" Asked Seto.
"Look how helpless they are!" Jou exclaimed and pointed to one of the lobsters at the bottom of the tank who's eye twitched accordingly. "They're just sitting there waiting for their doom!"
Seto sighed and rubbed one of his temples, trying not to lose his temper so early in the evening. "Katsuya, that's what their there for. If we don't eat them, then someone else will. It' their fate." He tried to explain in a slow manner, one that the blond would understand.
"Fine then, I want that one. But I'm not eating it."
"Then what do you want to do with it? Go see a movie perhaps?"
"No...I wanna take it home. As a pet."
"...What?" Seto asked, honestly astounded.
"This way it will be safe..." Jou pleaded with his eyes, looking up at Seto expectantly. Dammit, he had seen that look enough from Mokuba to know it was just a trick, but he figured he might as well comply, if it meant that much to the mu-, er, to Katsuya.
"Very well then." Seto shook his head and turned to the waitress who had been watching the whole bizarre exchange quite patiently. "Well take this one home."
* * *
They left the restaurant without too much fuss, and the stars were now out as they drove down the street in silence. Jou sat with a plastic bag in his lap, containing the very lucky sea-creature. The two had ended up having chicken instead of lobster. Seto was glad for the fact that the chicken came pre-slaughtered otherwise they'd probably be taking one of those home as well.
"So, what should I name him?" Jou asked.
"Why should I care...it probably won't live for long." Seto replied without turning taking his eyes away from the road.
"Well, you're the one that bought him for me...okay if you don't care, then I'm going to name it Seto." Jou smiled at his choice and watched as Seto, the human, scowled.
"I don't want that thing named after me, that' ridiculous."
"Why? You're not all that different. You're both cold blooded, hard shelled creatures." Jou peeked into the bag and smiled down at his new pet. "Aren't you, yes you are!" He spoke baby talk to the creature who snapped one of his claws and shuffled around in it's confines.
"Hmf...whatever."
Seto had originally made more plans for the evening, but it was cut short due to the fact that Jou needed to put his new pet in a tank before it kicked the bucket. Pulling to a stop in front of the run down apartment building, Seto looked over at Jou.
"Katsuya...I'm sorry if you didn't have a good time..."
"I had fun!" Jou rushed out, "It was the nicest place I've ever been in, thanks...you know, for everything." Jou turned to smile at Seto, trying not to get to caught up in the deepest blue eyes, that we're sparkling in the moonlight. Jou shook his head and turned his attention back to the bag in his lap, this was starting to sound like a sappy romance novel.
Seto cleared his throat and took a look at the last item on his list, 'kiss him goodnight'. It was now or never.
"Katsuya..." Jou's heart fluttered for a moment, hearing his name spoken so softly, and turned to see Seto's eyes locked on his own. It was the first time Seto had ever noticed how pretty the blond's eyes actually were, and he leaned in slightly, ready to make his move before Jou let out a horrified screech.
"I'm sorry..." Seto panicked, rejection washing over him like acid rain.
"The little bastard pinched me!" Jou put threw bag down on the floor and whined in pain. "I can't believe it!"
Seto's eyes widened as he noticed the red spot forming on the blond's knee, and almost laughed at the whole irony of the situation. "Let's get you and your friend inside, shall we?"
* * *
Jou carried in the first aid-kit from his bathroom and handed it to Seto. "Are you sure you know what you're doing?"
"Of course, I had to fix these kind of things at least once a week when Mokuba was learning how to ride a bike." Seto opened up the container and tried not to look when Jou stripped off his pants, revealing a rather nasty wound on his right knee.
Jou sat down on the couch, Seto on his knees before him, and hissed as the latter cleaned and rubbed some antibiotics on the wound. After that was all taken care of, Seto placed a band-aid with a smiley-faces on top of it.
"Thanks Seto." He gave the man a grateful smile. "It still hurts like though..."
Seto chuckled low in his throat, a noise that gave Jou the shivers, and leaned in towards the injured knee, placing a soft kiss on it. Jou whole body froze as the brunette rose from his position on the floor until he was hovering over him, his lips dangerously close to his own, his hand's on either side of the blond mop of hair.
Having the mutt effectively trapped, Seto brushed his lips softly over the other's, waiting for some sort of response. When none came, he simply leaned forward and claimed Jou's lips like he had intended to.
Jou moaned into Seto's mouth, before the CEO broke away, wanteing to keep it short and simple.
"I'll pick you up at the same time tomorrow pup, so we can finish this." Seto said as he made his way towards the door.
"Um...Seto!" Jou gasped out, finally finding his voice.
"Yes?"
"Goodnight."
"Goodnight puppy." Seto said before he left, leaving a very confused blond alone in the dark.
Jou lifted a finger to his lips and hovered there for a moments before shooting up angrily from his seat.
"We had a deal asshole! No dog names!!" He yelled at the front door, but there was no reply.
* * *
Satanic Mechanic: Part two of the date coming up, and I promise some action. Not sure if I'm going to do a full lemon yet, as I am scared of getting reported, but...eh, I've never been one for following rules, so we'll see...^_~
Also, thanks to everyone who reviewed, you all rock! (throws cookies to everyone) Can't believe people are actually reading this, but I won't complain! And, Girl from art class...you've been slacking off, don't think I didn't notice! I'm gunna get you on Monday! (leers)
(1) Final Fantasy 7 reference...from the first CG, I'm a dork okay?