Alright because I just couldn't help myself I've decided to post this as a Thanksgiving present. I hope you enjoy this chapter as much as the other's.

Warning: Seto/Jou, cursing and ummm other stuff that I can't think off because I'm sick .

Now that he knew, what was going on he could not help but wonder what Kaiba wanted with Winans Indus. He stepped into the Kaiba Corp. building and smiled at the sight of Tara. The woman sitting casually at her desk as she worked on her nail. The color of the week seeming to be forest green. 'Probably for Christmas…' he said taking notice that it was almost December. 'Maybe Kaiba will give us all Christmas off.' He said hoping that the CEO would maintain he decent streak.

"Mr. Kaiba asked about you…" Tara said grinning over at him with a type of knowing look. "How was that Thanksgiving get together anyways?"

The blonde just smiled and looked at her innocently. Now that he thought about it, he still had the image of a sleeping Seto in his head. The calm face the brunette had when he slept permanently itched into his mind. "It was interesting." Jou said and laughed as he made his way to the top floor. Delivering the folder first before anything else.

"Youko?" he said and stepped out of the elevator. After looking both ways, he stepped out and made his way over to her desk, taking out the folder and setting it down.

"Thanks Jou…"

"Ack!" he jumped and fell to one side as she appeared out of nowhere. "Youko, don't do that to me!" he yelled and gave her his infamous puppy dog pout.

She giggled and shook her head as she picked up the folders. Her eyes twinkling in another sort of all knowing manner, as she turned to go to the CEO's office. "Sorry about that Jou, you know me I can never resist." She laughed and waved casually to him before opening the door and stepping inside.

Jou sat on the floor and tilted his head before getting to his feet and dusting himself off. Had he done something? He was about to follow her into Kaiba's office only to stop and look at the time, "Shit, I'm late!" he dashed into the elevator pressing the second floor button repeatedly in hopes of getting there faster.

In Kaiba's office Youko stood examining the paper work on Mr. Winan's company. "Well it looks like you have a lot of changing to do and very little time. May I make a suggestion?" she asked timidly and looked at him with a sheepish smile.

"Hn."

She just assumed it was a yes and continued, "If you, lets say hypothetically had a lover who is friends with your family, your workers, and your associates… maybe Mr. Winans would see your past actions as stern but also think that you're still involved in the opinions of your employees." She fidgeted with the edge of her folder and pondered a bit longer with what she wanted to say. "Jou seems to be all of the three."

"The mutt?"

"Yes, from what you told me about the party and how you go to school together it seems to fit perfectly. He is a very favored employee and you even said so yourself your associates love him."

Kaiba waved his hand dismissing her so he could contemplate the thought further. He liked the puppy he had no doubt about that. But using him for business affairs, even he was not the cruel. He took out the puppies work profile and looked it over, 'So he's taking care of his sister by himself. That would require a lot of money…' he tapped his chin and looked out the window. "Youko, I'm taking the day off," he shouted as he gathered his things and got to his feet, storming out of his office and into the elevator.

/Thank you Youko/

"Not a problem Mokuba, glad I could help." She smiled into the phone and hung up as she looked at the elevator door.

On the second floor, Jou organized his cart, looking over the various bundles that needed to be delivered. He lifted his head and looked at the door surprised to find Seto standing there. "Come on mutt."

"What? Why? I've still got all this work to do…" the blonde gestured to the cart in front of him and all the various envelopes. The CEO seemed unaffected and he could only raise a brow trying to figure out what was going on. Did someone see him look through those Winans folders?

"I need to talk to you about some business," Kaiba said simply and looked at the puppy impatiently.

Letting out a sigh Jou set the mail aside and took up his jacket slipped it on before heading over to the CEO. His gaze traveled up his body until he was met with cold blue eyes, a nervous gulp rising from his throat. Kaiba took hold of his arm and pulled him along until they reached the elevator, practically throwing the blonde inside. "What was it you needed to talk to me about?" Jou asked bracing himself against the wall. The blonde scooting cautiously away from his employer, his arms crossed over his body as if in protection.

"Mr. Winans is going to visit from December 1st to the 25th. For that time, I'd like to hire you as my pretend lover. Nothing too drastic, I just need you and your sister to live at the Kaiba mansion until he leaves."

"But that's lying."

"This is business… and in order to do business with Mr. Winans I have to convince him that I am employee conscious, and a sociable man. Since I am neither I need someone close to me to be all of the above…"

"But your lover," Jou blushed and looked down at the floor shifting his feet until he felt the elevator stop.

"I'll pay you for every day you spend at Kaiba mansion."

He blinked and looked at Seto in disbelief. Nodding his head, he numbly agreed to the terms and scratched his head wondering how he was going to explain this to Shizuka. "How about my sister?"

"I only agreed to have her come along because I understand your position. It's not easy taking care of your siblings alone. I would be a hypocrite if I tried to take you away from her for 25 days."

"So when do you want me and her to get ready?"

"Preferably today, the sooner you get comfortable the easier it will be to pretend… You can use my limousine," he pointed out front and Jou nodded his head once again and began to walk towards the black vehicle. The driver stepped out and smiled at him.

"Hello," Jou said sheepishly and the man bowed slightly smiling politely.

"Suragi, I would like you to take Mr. Jounouchi anywhere he needs to go…" Kaiba said almost magically appearing behind the blonde. Jou flinched some and edged away from the cerulean-eyed man.

"Yes sir, Mr. Kaiba."

Suragi nodded and got into the drivers seat as Kaiba opened the door and ushered Jou inside. "Don't take too long mutt. I don't like waiting for dogs…"

"I'm not a DOG!"

When the limo pulled away the driver rolled down the divider, "That's the first time I've seen anyone yell at Mr. Kaiba. Sounds to me like he's only teasing you."

"He's a jerk and that's all there is too it."

"I can't really blame him though Mr. Jounouchi. Mr. Kaiba's had a pretty tough life… Living through a lot of what he had to go through tends to make a man cold."

"You can call me Jou by the way," he said and smiled at the driver who smiled back. There was a small sort of silence as the car came to a stop Jou leaning over and directing Suragi to his apartment. On the way, they talked about numerous things, one of the most common being about Domino City. By the sounds of it, Suragi had worked for Kaiba ever since the CEO was a small child.

The limo pulled to a stop in front of the apartment Jou resided in. Stepping out of the limo, he ran up the stairs and opened his apartment door, Shizuka busying herself with her chores. "Big Brother, you're home early," she said lifting her head from her work. "Is something wrong?"

For some reason Jou felt himself smile a large and extremely love-struck smile. He shook his head and ran his fingers through his hair thinking carefully before he decided to speak, "I know it may sound rather strange but, Kaiba has hired me to pose as his lover. For the holidays we'll be staying at Kaiba mansion…" he trailed off with the rest of the detail and Shizuka could not help but notice the pleased tone her brother used.

Despite the circumstances, her brother's love for the older Kaiba remained true. A plan began to form in her head and she dashed into her room to gather her things without question, Jou setting out to do the same. It was not long before they arrived down stairs Shizuka looking over the limo curiously. Suragi smiled and placed their bags into the trunk, watching the two with a gentle gaze.

'There is something very familiar about this,' the driver thought as he watched Jou nag Shizuka to put on her jacket. 'Mr. Kaiba and Jou have a lot in common for two people that fight so much.' Silently he got into the drivers seat and watched the brother and sister follow suit. The drive to Kaiba mansion was particularly long due to the weather but Shizuka occupied herself by searching out the limousine's secrets. Meanwhile Jou managed to fall asleep his mind occupied with thoughts of a certain cerulean-eyed CEO.

"Ms. Shizuka, do you and your brother live by yourselves?"

"Yup, our father wasn't exactly the worlds nicest guy, and our mother is having trouble so Jou figured that if he took me in himself we could finally be together without any problems," she hunched over the passenger seat and looked out the window. "He might not want to admit it but he's having a little bit of trouble himself with school and work. He really likes working for Mr. Kaiba though." Her eyes glittered with a very knowing type of expression.

"I'm sure everyone enjoys having him at Kaiba Corp. he's a very sociable person."

They stopped at the end of Kaiba's three long mile driveway, Suragi getting out and opening the door for Shizuka. Almost on cue, Kaiba opened the door and stepped out bending over to pick up his newspaper. The driver was about to wake up Jou only to stop when Seto walked over, looking into the limo at the sleeping blonde. Shizuka looked at him nervously, half expecting the rude brunette to simply throw her brother out of the car. "Take their bags inside," he ordered sternly before looking at Shizuka, his gaze softening slightly, "MOKUBA!" he called and the black haired mop ran through the door.

"Yes, big brother…" the younger Kaiba said looking up at his brother before glancing at Shizuka.

"Take the mutt's sister upstairs and show her to her suite," Kaiba said kneeling down and gently pulling Jou closer to his side of the limousine before picking him up. Slowly straightening he held the blonde close to his chest and proceeded passed the two children without another word.

"My brother's not a dog," Shizuka scoffed and crossed her arms over her chest pouting slightly.

"It's more of a pet name then an insult." Mokuba stated closing the limo door and gesturing for Shizuka to follow him inside. She decided to do as he asked and followed him quietly looking around in amazement at all the wonderful things in the Kaiba home. As they went up the stairs, they glanced into the living room watching as Seto set Jou down onto the couch. The older Kaiba seemed unusually gentle when handling the puppy, smiling softly to himself before placing a blanket over him. When Suragi walked inside, the two bolted up the stairs laughing softly.

"That was so cute," Shizuka said clasping her hands together with a thoughtful expression. "You're brother likes my brother doesn't he?"

Mokuba grinned and nodded his head as he continued leading the way, "If we work together, we can get them together for good. Maybe even make this arrangement permanent… I've always wondered what it was like to have a sister."

"SO you were plotting too then," she said with a sly grin, which they both shared as they continued to talk about their brothers. Listing off various signs of their love for one another in one way or another. Strangely enough, both Jou and Seto chose to hide their affections by being rude to each other. (Another thing they had in common) When they got to Shizuka's room, both she and Mokuba had decided that no matter how difficult it would be they would make sure that their brothers' hidden feelings were realized.

Now the question was how are they going to go about such a task? "Suragi will help out, and maybe we can get Youko and some of the other's at Kaiba Corp to help us out too." Mokuba bounce around contemplating the possibilities while Shizuka looked around at her room. The room alone was big enough to make up the entire apartment she and Jou lived in. Looking out the window, she saw the snow-white lawn.

"It's almost Christmas… with any luck an angel might come and help us out."

"An angel?"

"Yah… When we were little Jou used to tell me stories about angels coming on Christmas to grant people's wishes. Maybe if we wish hard enough an angel well bring those two together," she smiled childishly her eyes glittering softly.

Downstairs, Jou rolled over and fell over the edge of the couch grunting when he face planted onto the ground. He flinched when he heard a loud laugh coming from across the room and pushed himself abruptly looking over to find a laughing Kaiba. A red blush crept over the blonde's face and he could not help the growl erupting from his throat, "That's not funny moneybags!"

"That's the second time you've done that, do I have to change the couch just to ensure you don't kill yourself?"

Jou just laughed sarcastically and dusted himself off looking around the living room. He walked over to a large painting over the mantel and noticed the stone look on the man's face. "Is that your father?"

"Foster father…" Kaiba corrected resting his novel on his lap. There was a strong scent of distaste in the young CEO's voice as spat his response. His eyes glaring darkly up at the picture that rested in the golden frame. Personally, he hated the man he was forced to call his father and it showed as clear as day, "Gozaburo Kaiba… the original owner of Kaiba Corp."

"You look alike," Jou said without thought and jumped back when Kaiba lunged from his chair, snatching the front of the blonde's shirt.

The cold glare that Kaiba was giving him made him freeze as he tried to loosen the vice-grip on his clothing. "He and I are nothing alike…" the cerulean-eyed man growled and struggled to let go of the blonde. The fury of being compared to the bastard resting on the mantle far beyond measure. Growling he stormed off like a beast out of the room his book resting limply on the floor. For a moment, the painting seemed to smile smugly at Jou as the blonde fixed his clothes.

"Do you need me to show you to your room, Jou," Suragi asked as he came into the hall shutting the door as snow came swooping through the door. By the looks of it, more snow would be covering the ground and with any luck, school would be canceled. The blonde looked at the driver and ruffled his golden strands of hair nodding his head silently. As he followed Suragi, the man could not help but notice the stillness in the puppy's usually energetic personality. "Is something wrong?"

"Who was Gozaburo Kaiba?"

The driver seemed taken aback by the question and had to do a double take. "He was Mr. Kaiba's foster father. In a since that man was an utter and complete tyrant, he was harsh with his workers and was even worse on his family. Mr. Kaiba was put through great pain his entire childhood by the late master and because of that he detests even the mention of Gozaburo."

"Sounds to me like Gozaburo and Kaiba are a lot more alike then, moneybags is willing to realize."

"Sadly that's true it's been carved so deep into his soul that he doesn't know anything other then harsh attitude. Perhaps that's why he requests your assistance." Suragi pushed open a bedroom door and gestured for Jou to enter. The blonde looked around at the room and smiled softly, collapsing into the bed and curling up in the warm sheets.

"Suragi," Jou called sitting up before the driver could walk out of the room, "Do you believe in miracles?"

"During the holidays, anything is possible…"

With that said the driver stepped out of the room and closed the door. Jou smiled and hugged one of the silk pillows nuzzling his face against the soft material. 'Maybe I can make up for that lost childhood…' Katsuya thought with a fond grin remembering how the CEO had laughed. Despite the embarrassment he had suffered the joy in Seto's eyes pleased him beyond words.

Shizuka knocked on the door and abruptly shoved it open storming wildly into her brother's room. "Big brother…"

"… I'm giving Shizuka a tour of the Mansion and since that could take a while we figured we'd just have the cooks make us something later." Mokuba smiled innocently at his brother who sat at his desk eyeing the child curiously. Another pleading look came from the younger Kaiba and Seto just grunted and waved his hand wanting to get back to his work while there was still time before dinner. "Don't forget to dress nicely big brother, after all you're having dinner with Jou this evening…" Mokuba made a dash for the door.

"What?! Mokuba get back here!" Kaiba bolted from his seat.

"Have fun with Seto," She said and walked casually to the door waiting for it all to sink into the blonde's head.

Jou sat in his bed blushing brightly only to growl when his sister ran off. "Wait Shizuka!" he stumbled off the bed and ran after his sister gasping when Mokuba ran passed him, while Kaiba just slammed into him. The two older siblings fell to the ground Jou groaning as Seto fell on top of him. Mokuba and Shizuka laughed loudly and clapped each other's hands before racing off in hopes of escaping their very pissed off brothers.

"Damn it Mutt why did you have to get in the way!"

"You're the one who ran into me Kaiba!" Jou growled and shoved at the CEO. "Will you get off you're crushing my rib cage!"

"It's not my fault you're skinny!"

"Hey this is all muscle thank you very much!"

"Stupid dog…"

"Rich bastard!" Jou glared up at Kaiba his face bright red from the yelling and other particular reasons. "Will you get off now?" Jou asked pleading almost as he squirmed in attempts to rise to his feet. Slowly Seto got up and took the blonde with him, Jou sighing heavily in relief as he dusted himself off. There was a deep silence as they just stood there something obviously wanting to be said.

"I'm sorry," they said in unison, Jou blushing brightly while Kaiba blushed only slightly.

"Listen puppy, I didn't mean to snap at you… You didn't know about what happened and I had no-"

"No I had no right to say that…" Once again, there was a silence and a maid came walking along the hallway.

"There you two are," she said smiling politely, "Please get ready for dinner by the time you get down stairs the food will be on the table." She bowed timidly before turning back the way she had come. Seto was about to follow her only to feel a loose hold on his arm, looking back he found the blonde looking at him with another bright blush on his face.

"Um, where's the bathroom?"

The older Kaiba smirked, "Don't tell me you're not house trained?"

"Damn it Kaiba I'm serious."

"Follow me…" he pulled his arm from the grip completely unaware of the disappointed look on the blonde's face.

As the two descended, Shizuka and Mokuba watched from around the corner snickering to one another. "Well let's just hope that my brother doesn't ruin dinner," Mokuba said with a sigh as he leaned on the wall. He tapped his chin and thought for a moment gesturing for Shizuka to follow him as they took the shortcut to the dinning room. As expected, the only two chairs present were on opposite sides of the table. The two younger siblings snagged the two chairs and brought them closer together at the center of the table.

"Let's see," Shizuka put the place mats down in front of the chairs while Mokuba took out a pair of candles and lit them. Carefully they set the food out in front of the plates, a smug smile on their faces as they admired their handy work. They heard footsteps in the hall and bolted out of sight just as Seto and Jou walked into the room.

"That's weird. Kaiba I thought the chairs were suppose to be on opposite ends of the table…" Jou asked noticing how the chairs were side by side. He walked over and looked at the candles, studying the food selection curiously. Seto did not bother to respond to Jou's statement and sat down placing his napkin on his lap before proceeding to select his food. "You don't find any of this odd?" the blonde asked staring at his employer in disbelief.

"Your sister and my brother are trying to play match-maker it's that simple. Just let it go and eat already, before I decide to make you eat on the floor."

After that statement, Jou just plopped onto his seat and began to eat. The pair remaining silent throughout the entire meal. A maid came and took their plates Seto getting up and leaving while Jou remained seated. Folding his arms over the tabletop, he rested his head on the table. "I gave you a room for a reason mutt."

Jou lifted his head and was surprised to see that the CEO had not left, "You'll have to be more endearing if you want Mr. Winan's to believe that I'm your lover," he smiled painfully and got to his feet. "Why did you pick me anyways?"

"Because you're not an eye-sore…" Seto grumbled and crossed his arms over his chest leaning on the doorframe leading out of the dinning room. "… You have a way with people, and you're interesting."

"Is that why YOU invited me to your party?"

"Mokuba told you about that," the cerulean-eyed youth seemed surprised but even that expression faded. "My reasons are irrelevant to this manner. You accepted and right now all I'm worried about is convincing Mr. Winans that we only have his best interests at heart," the CEO turned to leave only to be stopped by Jou's voice.

"You like him don't you? This Mr. Winans guy, he does good business, right?"

Seto looked over his shoulder and laughed softly, "Once again mutt, this is business. Whether I like him or not has nothing to do with it."

"Sometimes Kaiba, I wonder who's the dog, you or me," Jou pushed past Seto and stormed off to his room. Mokuba sighed when he saw how the plan failed miserably. So Seto was on to their plans but that would not affect anything if he could help it.

Don't you just love evil younger siblings?