A Not So Innocent Joke
Author: Freewater
Pairings: Seto/Jou Seto/Otogi
Disclaimers: I do NOT own these characters or Yu-Gi-Oh!, nor do I claim to. This story was written for the hell of it without profit. Please don't sue me, you won't get much
Rating: R for swearing and mature themes, possible lemons will be posted on Adult ff
Archive: If you want this story for your website then just make sure you ask me first
Notes: In light of my successful fic "An Innocent Joke?" I'm writing this one for everyone who enjoyed it and wanted to see a sequel made. Unfortunately this is not a sequel, but another story altogether. There won't be a sequel to that story since I can't think of anything to write for it. But this another fic where Seto does play a mean trick on poor Jou! ooooo These many circles can indicate a change of some kind. Time, scenery or character. Seto is eighteen and Jou is seventeen.
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Chapter Fifteen: What's Best
Jou was startled awake by a loud crashing sound from downstairs, and for a moment he couldn't help but wonder what was going on and who was making all the noise through his sleep fogged mind.
Then the memory of the previous night came back to him with a vengeance, giving him a pretty good idea of just what was going on downstairs.
He tried to snuggle himself under the covers, as if they would protect him from all the horrible things he couldn't help but think about, but he just couldn't get back to sleep.
It had gone almost deathly quiet downstairs, and that was even worse than the crashing sounds being made from what he guessed to be the kitchen. Because with noise he could at least tell where his father was in the house.
Jou then heard a low mumbling sound, still from in the kitchen, and his spirits sank when he realized that his father was probably drunk. It may have been rather hard to hear from where he was, but the low sounds of incoherent words, most of which made absolutely no sense, was a dead give a way.
Jou felt his bottom lip tremble, and he put a hand over his eyes to try and stop the flow of tears that poured down his cheeks as he suppressed a miserable sob.
His father was drunk, and it was all his fault. He went out and got drunk because he told him that he was gay. He shouldn't have told him, he should have just kept his big mouth shut. Now his old man just lost months worth of hard work at staying sober, hated him for being into guys, and who knew what else.
...And it was all his fault.
Drying his eyes against the sleeve of his pajamas, Jou cleared his face of tears as best as he could before crawling out of bed.
The sun was only just beginning to rise, indicating how early it must be, but he knew that he wouldn't be getting back to sleep, so there was no point in trying.
He needed to see how bad the damage that he caused was.
After quickly dressing in his school clothes, Jou crept as silently as he possibly could down the stairs, wincing every time the floor loudly creaked on him.
When he finally made it down the stairs, a part of him screamed at himself to just run back up to his room, grab his school things and climb out the window to get out of the house. Maybe he could shack up with Seto for a few days until all this just blew over? Surely he wouldn't mind...
'No.' Jou thought, shaking his head against the very idea. 'This is my problem, I'm not gonna drag Seto inta this.' He thought, gathering all the courage he could for what he knew was probably going to come.
Quietly, he tiptoed his way into the kitchen, stopping dead at the sight of his father, sitting slouched over at the old table with a bowl of cereal in front of him, the smell of alcohol wafting out of the room and hitting Jou hard in the face.
Jou looked around the kitchen, and could see a broken plate or two on the floor with all the cupboards wide open, and some spilt milk on the table that was dripping on the floor.
He guessed by the mess that his old man was having a hard time making his breakfast with how drunk he was.
For a split second, he thought that he hadn't been noticed, and that he could leave the house and get to school without any trouble at all, but then his father sharply turned his head up to look at him, and Jou froze.
"Hey, boy." He slurred, turning his head back down to face the soggy cereal before him.
He did feel hungry a few minutes ago, but once he'd finally managed to get his hands to cooperate with him enough to get out the bowl and milk to make the stuff, the hunger was gone, and all he found he could do was stare at the food before him like it was some kind of science experiment rather than something edible.
Jou swallowed hard over the lump in his throat. "H-hey dad." He stuttered, trying as hard as he could to get a hold of himself and fast. His father was drunk, and he had to have full control over himself should the need to run emerge.
"Whatcha doin'?" He asked, mentally praying that maybe he'd gotten drunk enough to forget just why he went out and got drunk in the first place.
His old man only shrugged. "Don' know, thinkin'." He replied as best as he could, turning back up to face the blurry image that was his son. "C'mere." He sloppily motioned with his hand for Jou to come forward.
Trying as best as he could to keep the sick feeling in his stomach from working its way up, Jou did as he was told, slowly walking forward and stopping when he was at his father's side.
"Sit." He slurred, pushing a chair out next to him where the young blonde could sit.
Nervously, Jou did as he was told again, folding his hands on his lap and hopelessly twiddling his fingers while biting his bottom lip.
He knew what was coming, and he sorely wished that it wouldn't happen, but the odds didn't really seem to be in his favor.
"You really like tha boy?" The older Jonouchi slurred, eyeing him intently as if he was afraid that his son would disappear from his sight in his drunken daze.
Jou knew that he was talking about Seto, and he swallowed hard.
So much for not remembering.
Slowly, he nodded his head. "Yeah dad, I do." He whispered quietly, keeping his head down and his body tense. Waiting for a fist to come at him and keeping on guard for it.
The fist never came.
"Why?"
Jou looked up at where his old man sat, looking at him with something in his eyes that he couldn't quite place. Either because of the alcohol or the emotions he was feeling, he didn't know.
In fact, he was a little speechless.
"I... I-I don't know." He said with a nervous shrug. "I just really like him is all." He explained as best as he could.
There was no real reason why he felt the way he did about Seto, he just did. No words could actually describe it.
Instead of getting angry, like what Jou had been expecting, his father only nodded his head. "Okay." He mumbled, and then, to the blonde's ultimate shock, sniffled a bit. "F'that's what you want." Was all he got out before putting his head down and started to sob drunkenly.
Jou blinked, a worried look gracing his face as he got up from his seat and took a tentative step forward. "Dad?" He asked worriedly, reaching his hands out to touch his shoulders but restraining himself from doing so at the last minute.
He just didn't understand it! Why was he crying? Was he hurt? Was it something he did? What was wrong??
Then, without warning, the older man reached out before grabbing his son around the waist and hugging him tightly. "M'sorry boy," He choked. "M'a bad father!" He cried, and Jou's eyes went wide before he hugged him back.
"You're not a bad father!" He cried back, suddenly knowing where the drunken fit of depression was coming from.
Jou wasn't too sure if his babbled apologies were a reflection of what he really thought of himself, especially because he was drunk, but he didn't want to take the chance that they were and he did nothing about them. "You-you're the greatest dad ever." He sobbed back, a little surprised with himself for the show of emotion he was starting to display as well.
He was just so happy that his father wasn't about to hit him over his preferences, and while he wasn't too sure that would stay the same once he sobered up, for now, he decided to just enjoy the fact that his old man was accepting him for what he was.
Jou's father took one teary eyed look around the kitchen, and he wasn't too pleased with the mess he created. "Look what I did." He moaned pitifully, and Jou took a look around as well, shaking his head with how insignificant the mess suddenly seemed.
"It's no big deal dad." He said softly, pulling him to his feet. "I'll clean it up later." He explained, hoping to make him feel better as he led him into the livingroom.
There was no way he'd be able to get his old man up the stairs and into his bedroom without dropping him or something, so he didn't want to risk trying it. He'd have to get him to rest on the couch.
With only a bit of difficulty, Jou managed to get him to lay down, finding it easy to get him to sleep since his father had been out all night anyway. All he had to do was get him to lay down on his stomach before running upstairs to get the spare blanket to cover him with and he was out like a light, despite the fact that he seemed to wide awake with his misery only moments before.
Jou seriously hoped that drunk or not, his father meant what he was saying when he said it was alright for him to love Seto, and that when he woke up he wouldn't be too mad at him, or go after the next can of beer he found.
The blonde couldn't help but sigh.
He was right back down to square one again.
His Alcoholics counselor would simply love that!
Jou sighed. At least he didn't get violent on him. There was that little upside he had to it all. And there was no way he could leave for school, what if he got sick while he was gone?!
Quickly making up his mind on the subject, Jou picked up the phone and called the school, giving the best impression of his father that he could when he called himself in sick, and then called the store his father worked at before explaining to them that he wouldn't be in that day.
Luckily the woman who picked up the phone didn't seem to mind, so that let the both of them off the hook for their daily responsibilities at least.
When Jou started to clean up the mess in the kitchen, as quietly as he could to keep from waking his dad, he couldn't help the small smile that graced his lips.
If his father really was excepting him, then he wouldn't have to hide Seto from him anymore, and they could come and go whenever they pleased.
In fact, he couldn't wait until school got out so he could call the brunet and tell him all about it! Surely he'd be excited to know that his father had no problem with them!
Right?
To Be Continued......................................
A.N: Okay, sorry it took so long to get this chapter out, I honestly didn't think it had been that long until I got an e-mail this morning saying: wHERE RU! WE NEED 2KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.
So anyway, sorry about that, but I had to do a few revisions on my book and then write the next chapter for that story before getting to this one, and then there was the whole (am I going to let him hurt Jou, or not?) question to worry about, and sorry that this chapter may have sucked a bit, but I only just started it today, so I didn't get a chance to do my thing to it.
Also, the end of the prank will be coming in the next couple of chapters, though I'm not too sure when and how, but I'll figure it out.
Also again, a while ago I was wondering if anyone ever bothered to read the thank you's I normally post, not that it matters, In all honesty I don't really care it's just the polite thing to do, but the other day I was a bit surprised to find that people not only read them, but then get mad at me when they think their names not on them, so if there's anyone I ever miss with the Thank You notes, then I'll say it now.... I'm sorry. But as far as I know I've never missed anyone, and if you can't find your name then look again, because I copy them directly from the review page.
Thank You's:
Koneko(1): Sorry that it took so long, but you might want to get used to that, because I have practically one test every two days for the next month or so, so I need to put in time to study
j-rawker: Ah thank you so much! :-) But don't bomb Iceland!
Jess: that's because I love torturing my readers!
Ripper860: Thank you!
Obscured Illusions: Sorry about that, but that's just how I'm doing it
SmilingCynic: Sorry, he went to the bar ;;
Seto Kaiba's My Babe: Otogi makes an easy bad guy :-)
citcat-chan: Sort of, but not really
fluffys-sidesick: Glad you liked the chapter, hope you liked this one
ChibiSmiles: Hahaha, well you're lucky, your dad only thinks your going through a phase, if my parents ever found out about what I write about then I'm sure they would disown me, or just be extremely pissed off. I tried using that whole "Two girls is hot for you" explanation when i was standing up for my gay friend, but he's an idiot and thinks there's a difference, (sigh) oh well
Aki Ross: I'm very glad you enjoyed it, and I'm trying to make this story just as good, if not better, but the ideas aren't really coming like they were before
xxPetalsAndThorns9xx: Heh, well I didn't hurt him :)
Mou Hitori no Akai: Thank You! :-)
Angel-Belle: Thank you, and don't cry.... yet
Kakarots-Frying-Pan: No luck at all, so I decided to give him a break
TsukasaTheFoaminian: I like being evil! And I was kinda hoping the chapter name would throw people off :-)
FireieGurl: sorry, he went
Xiaolang's Ying Fa: Glad you liked that :-) And sorry it took so long to update
Macduff's Mistress: Probably not what you expected huh?
Yami Neko: Thank you, and Otogi won't be leaving anytime soon I'm sorry to say
Kiharu-sama: I'm very glad your enjoying it, and I'll see what I can do about more fics
Chibified Raven: Thank you, hoped you enjoyed this chapter
Kumori Sakusha: Aw, C'mon! I'm mean, but I always compensate with happy endings! :-)
SetoKaibaWheeler: Yeah... I know
Broken Heart 14: I thought about hurting him, but then decided against it
Rosepedal711: I know, porr kid ;;
Kiawna: Nah, it was for the best
Ahja Reyn: ........o.0....woah
Tyri Dragonite: Sure you can have him :-) Just don't innocent play with him to badly, I still need him for the story ;-)
Panda Doru: The Geek God: Yeah, poor guy
Johnny-depp-luv: I think excitedly is a word, and the revelation of the prank will happen in the next chapter or two... or three
Shin Mao: Seto will get a bit worried, but thats about it