CHRISTMAS ANGEL

So far I think I'm keeping up a good schedule in updating. I was amazed at how many reviews I got though. 0.0 Thanks by the way to all the people that reviewed. I was actually doing a little happy dance because I was so pleased with myself. Chapter 4 isn't too far behind this one so I think I can actually finish this fic before New Years. But that all depends on how the plot works out.

Warning: Crude humor (AKA: Galford humor) yaoi Seto/Jou. I'm working towards the yaoi but eh, Kaiba and Jou are two very stubborn people. -.-

Seto stood on the staircase yawning at the boring chatter. Thanksgiving had finally come and he had not found anything at all of interest. A few of his associate's daughters flirted with him and he escaped quickly finding sanctuary in being in plain sight. Running his fingers through his hair, he looked for a particular mop of blonde hair in the crowd. 'He's late!' Kaiba growled under his breath and looked at his watch. Walking down the stairs, he had given up on his search and decided to steal a glass of whine from his butler.

Jou stepped into the main hall, looking carefully for the CEO of Kaiba Corp. When he found the familiar blue trench coat, he looked himself over in the mirror. He wore black slacks and a tanned dress shirt, his hair remaining the usual untamed mass of golden locks. He brushed at his bangs for a little while trying to make his hair at least seem a little neater. Carefully he walked up to Kaiba clearing his throat before lightly tapping his shoulder. Instantly he flushed when he was met with cerulean eyes. 'Oh God, he gonna yell at me for not dressing neat enough.' He closed his eyes and bowed his head.

"You're late..." Seto stated and glared at the blonde but found his gaze softening once he looked him over. 'At least he managed to scrounge up some decent clothes.' The CEO thought looking at the blonde flushed face. 'It suits him perfectly...' he thought and smirked.

"Well you can blame the weather moneybags..." Jou grinned teasingly pulling on a more casual face. "So is there any food here or are you planning on starving your associates?" a couple of Kaiba's colleagues laughed at the joke.

Jou melted easily into the party lightening up the conversation as well as the atmosphere. Mokuba was pleased by this and quickly rushed into the kitchen to check the status of the food. Kaiba remained behind Jou watching as the mood changed from business to a more party like attitude. The blonde glanced at Kaiba and tilted his head in question receiving a scowl in response. "Dinners ready!" Mokuba called from the dining hall and everyone flooded into the scene. Jou was about to follow until Kaiba grabbed him and pulled him into a dark hall.

"What the hell are you trying to pull mutt!"

Jou waved his hands in defense and grinned sheepishly. "Just lightening the mood a little, you've got to learn to have some fun Kaiba." He took hold of Kaiba's arm and tugged at it playfully. "Come on Kaiba, we've got some food to eat."

"What happened to the 'Mr.' Kaiba...?"

"It left the moment I stepped out of Kaiba Corp.," Jou grinned and pulled the CEO into the dinning hall. When they entered the hall, Mokuba pointed at the seat across from him next to the seat where Seto was obviously going to take a seat. Jou was surprised when his seat was pulled back, taking a seat in it as gracefully as possible. 'Alright so far so good, with any luck I won't fall out of my seat or light someone on fire.' He looked at the candled and then at the CEO sitting at the head of the table. After a few words and some polite toasts, everyone was eating in peace.

"You've got to eat something other then dinner rolls Mokuba..." the elder Kaiba, scolded. The younger just grinned at his brother and picked at his ham before sticking it in his mouth. Jou could not help but smile though a frown itched at his face. Normally he did the same thing when it was just him and Shizuka having Thanksgiving together. "Something wrong, puppy?" Kaiba asked noticing Jou's forlorn look.

"No nothing..." Jou looked at his food and continued eating. He was careful with each bite not wanting to make a mess on the best clothes he had.

"You look good," Kaiba said softly as he took a bite of his salad.

Jounouchi bowed his head and tried to cover up his blush. "Thank you..." he whispered and finished off his food. Once the food was eaten, many excused themselves to return to their families. Each one shaking both Jou and Kaiba hands before leaving.

"Don't let this one go Kaiba. This was the greatest party you've thrown in your entire career," the last guest said patting Jou's shoulder and shaking Kaiba hand. "It was a pleasure meeting you Jounouchi."

Kaiba sighed in relief when the man had left, "Glad that's over," he said and stretched looking at Jounouchi who sat on the couch looking at the fire. "It's getting late..." he said walking over the couch. He leaned on the arm and watched the fire almost being hypnotized by the dancing flames. Looking over at Jou he almost laughed at the dazed look that was on the puppy's face. "Do you want to spend the night?"

Jou blinked and looked over at the CEO almost as if the teen was crazy. Never in his life did he expect to hear that kind of hospitality come from the other. "If that would be ok..." the blonde whispered and hugged one of the large couch pillows to his chest.

"We've got nothing in common, did you know that?" Kaiba seemed to ask out of now where.

"That's not true... we both fuss over our siblings. We're both very stubborn-"

"But we're still different."

"We're people Kaiba, no two people are alike." Jou smiled and nuzzled against the pillow. "That's what makes life interesting. You never know who you'll meet."

They sat together in silence smiling at one another for a moment. Mokuba came bouncing despite the yawn that escaped him. "It's supposed to snow tonight big brother. Can I stay up and wait?"

"No Mokuba... get to bed," the brunette jumped up and chased after the black-haired mop. His younger brother laughed and escaped upstairs after giving Seto a kiss on the cheek. When Seto returned to the fireplace, he found the blonde sleeping on the couch. The CEO walked over to the couch and sat down next to the blonde. 'Puppy...' the CEO thought and stroked the blonde strands of hair affectionately.

The next morning Jou blinked, surprised to find himself still curled on the couch. "Kaiba?" the CEO lay on his side, his head against the armrest. He smiled at the brunette and leaned over him, studying Kaiba's calm face. When he felt Kaiba shift he pulled back quickly gasping when he fell off the couch. "Shit..." he rubbed his sore bottom and looked up at a smirking Seto Kaiba. He blushed and ducked his head realizing that once again his grace had once again managed to fail him.

"What time is it mutt?"

"I'm not a mutt!"

"Alright puppy..."

Jou growled and pounce on the Kaiba gasping in surprise when some how he ended up under the CEO. He felt a firm grasp on his wrist holding him down. Kaiba leaned close to him and pulled his wrist so he could look at the blonde's watch. Jou groaned when he felt his nose touch Kaiba's hair squirming viciously to get the other to let him go. "I'm late..." Kaiba growled and pushed the puppy back down as he got up.

"For what it's..." he glanced at his watch, "7 o'clock in the morning?"

"Because I didn't go to that meeting the other day I had to reschedule and apparently I'm late." Kaiba growled to himself jogging upstairs and changing quickly before returning downstairs. He wore a dark blue suit, his tie left undone. After a couple minutes of struggling with the blasted thing, Jou finally got up and helped him. Tying it perfectly his honey-colored eyes fixed on the CEO's face the whole time. "Where'd you learn to tie?"

"Eh, hang around Yugi and the rest enough and you learn a lot of things."

With a final nod, Kaiba left and Jou looked around the mansion curiously. Within two seconds of Kaiba's departure Mokuba came bouncing down the stairs. "Jou! Let's go get breakfast!" The black-haired mop took hold of his hand and pulled him into the kitchen. A few cooks were busy at work making some pancakes for the young Kaiba. "Did big brother already leave?"

"Yah he had to go to a meeting..." he found himself trailing off when he saw the disappointed look on Mokuba's face.

"Seto's been real busy lately... Sometimes I wonder if he'll even be spending Christmas at home."

"Of course he will Mokuba," he smiled calmly at the kid and ruffled the long black strands of hair. "He loves you a lot kid, nothing can keep him from spending time with you, and don't forget it..."

After breakfast, Jou took Mokuba to the park and the Kami Game Shop. Yugi and the other's were all there, Honda still making a fuss over the fact Jou had not told them right away about his job. Mokuba made quick work of distracting them, talking about the Thanksgiving party and about some business Kaiba had been doing. They all sat in Yugi's living room, Jou crossing his legs on the floor as he stared off into space.

"Jou, you ok?" Yugi asked placing a hand on the blonde's head.

"Yah... just wondering about work and all that stuff." He grinned and looked over at Mokuba, "Come on I better get you home before moneybags calls the cops on me." He grinned and got to his feet gesturing for Mokuba to follow him home. "I'll see you guys," he said with a final wave to his friends. They all said their good byes to both Mokuba and Jou. One the way home snow began to fall heavily from the grey sky. Mokuba laughed when he saw Jou tilt his head back to try and catch some of the flakes in his mouth.

"What are you doing?" the younger Kaiba asked between his laughs.

Jou made a face and poked at the younger Kaiba, "Come on kid, you can not tell me you've never tasted snow before."

"Big brother says it'll make me sick."

"Well big brother was lying," the blonde grinned and held out his hand to catch the falling flakes. "Sides shouldn't you try it yourself, and see for yourself if it makes you sick." Honey-colored eyes turned to younger Kaiba and Mokuba could not help but smile. Tilting his head back, he stuck out his tongue and smiled at the feel of the cool flakes on his tongue. Jou smiles as they continued on their way pondering quietly about the advice Kaiba had asked him for just the other day. 'Who is it he was trying to impress when he asked me for advice? He mentioned someone he wished to do business with...'

Mokuba looked at the blonde and tapped his chin studying him carefully. If anyone was, suited for his big brother it would have to be Jou. He was friendly and smart, despite his grade, and he could already tell Kaiba liked him. 'The previous day at the party he couldn't even take his eyes off of Jou. Marco definitely did his job when it came to making Jou look good.' The younger Kaiba looked Jou over and smiled to himself, evil plans formulating in his head. "Jou... when is your sister coming back?"

"Monday..." he said simply a contented smile on his face. Taking up some snow into his hand, he fiddled with it until he had formed a miniature snowman. "Maybe tomorrow morning you and your brother can make snow men."

The younger Kaiba shook his head and frowned. "No... Big brother is always to busy to do stuff like that." There was a moment of silence as they reached the front gates of the Kaiba Mansion. By the looks of the place, everything was being put into place for Christmas. "Jou, please talk to big brother. Maybe you can get him to take some time off and relax for a while."

"I'll see what I can do." Jou smiled at Mokuba and ruffled the kid's hair before turning to leave. The next couple of days were extremely lonely at his apartment. He actually spent his days cleaning and saving up for decorations. Putting up what decorations Shizuka and he had. By the following Monday the apartment was already prepared for the on coming holiday.

Monday morning Jou sat up and nearly jumped out of his skin when he found his sister crouching next to his bed. "Shizuka!" Katsuya covered himself with the sheets and looked at his sister then over at the door surprised to see Tenka standing there. "Tenka what are you doing here?"

"He was waiting at the door when I got home so I let him in," Shizuka said and jumped up to her feet. "I'll make you both some breakfast." She said with a smile and dashed into the kitchen.

Jou held the sheets close to his body and watched the black-haired man carefully. This time he would not let himself be caught by surprise by one of his appearing tricks. Tenka walked casually over to the bed and sat down one the edge smiling creepily at the blonde. "So how was the party?"

"It was fun..."

"I'm sure you would have liked the employee party much more," Tenka whispered and leaned closer to Katsuya. The blonde shrunk back and brought his knees up to protect himself, shoving the man away when he got too close. As Tenka fell back, he hit the platter Shizuka was carrying the coffee on and screamed when he was burned. Shizuka grinned mischievously and dropped the rest of the tray on the man lap watching as he jumped up and ran to the bathroom.

"You ok big brother?"

"Yah, thanks sis."

"I learned from the best," she said grinning at her brother and watched a disheveled Tenka walk back in. "Are you alright Mr. Tenka?"

"Yah I should be alright..."

"I'll go make some more coffee."

"NO! That won't be necessary," the ruby-eyed man said laughing nervously, a towel placed over his burned thigh. "I just came to take your brother to school."

"Well that's nice of you," Shizuka said and turned to leave glaring over her shoulder, "You creep..." she whispered the last part to herself and went to go find something to clean up the stain on the floor.

"You've got a nice sister..." Tenka stated and looked over to find Jou already standing at his closet. He wore only pajama pants, his bare top completely exposed. He drooled at the sight in front of him, his finger twitching in hopes of caressing the smooth pale skin. "And a nice body..." he muttered tilting his head as he studied Jou's backside.

"And a nice what?"

"Nothing."

"Right, well... can I have a little bit of some privacy?"

Tenka held his hand up in defense and backed out of the room. Waiting quietly in the hall smiling sheepishly when Shizuka passed by. The puppy's sister smiled though her eyes shown of pure hate. This man was not Kaiba in the least and Kaiba was the only one Jou wanted. And if Kaiba was who Jou longed for then she would not let anyone get in the way. "Have a nice rest of the day Mr. Tenka." She muttered pleasantly.

Jou stepped out of his room, his hand coming up to stroke his blonde hair. When his eyes landed on Tenka, he smiled an almost painful looking smile gesturing for the other to lead the way. The trip was uneventful Tenka for the moment in too much pain to continue making passes at the puppy. Once at school everything seemed to fall into place as if none of the mayhem had even occurred.

Kaiba treated him no different then he had since the beginning. Some how he was not sure if he should have felt glad for it or not, part of him wishing that Seto acknowledged him more, and another part fine with the way everything was. There was no need to have the stuck up CEO's attention, at least there wasn't until Jou realized it was what he wanted. The blonde sat in class and tapped his pencil on the desk while the teacher lectured. Amazingly, he actually understood the topic and found it pointless to listen. His gaze constantly traveling over to the brunette setting a few chairs in front of him.

'He actually listened to my advice? Is he getting sick or something?' he tilted his head to the side and let out a sigh. 'He just wants to impress someone, that's all. Everything with him is about business...' looking down at his paper he just scribbled whatever he felt like. When the teacher was finished, he merely chewed on the pen cap, looking out into space.

"Mutt." Jou blinked and looked up to find Seto Kaiba looking down at him with a hard gaze. A folder was set in front of him, "Give that to Youko when you go to work today." The blonde nodded numbly and placed the folder into his suitcase. By the time he lifted his head again, the CEO was gone.

"Creep..." he growled as he got to his feet and proceeded with the rest of the day. As the final bell rang, he got to his feet and put everything away, glancing at the folder curiously. No one was around. He was an employee of Kaiba's and he had a right to know his current business. Pulling out the tanned covering, he opened it and looked at the papers inside. Everything seemed to be about Winans Indus. And by the looks of it, the records were clean. The industry maintained good sales balance and by the looks of things wanted to become global. 'So this is who Kaiba wanted to impress... This Mr. Winans guy.' He closed the folder and walked to work as usual.

This was short by my standards and I will make it up to you in the next chapter. Have a nice day.