Forbidden Fruit
by: Wareta Shooki

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Forbidden Fruit
Chapter 3
Idle Chaos
Sunlight beat down on him from above and the sound of busy passer-by pressed in on him from all sides. But the sky the sun sat against was a brilliant blue, hardly a cloud in sight, the sound of the busy passer-by barely heard to him.

Jounouchi looked himself over. He'd worn black cargo pants that were only slightly baggy on his rather thin form, accenting the muscles in his legs as he walked. He'd worn black combat boots he'd bought a few weeks before. Toping it all off was a black T-shirt with three lines of Egyptian hieroglyphs on the left side of the shirt that read simply, "Never mess with what you don't understand" in silver colouring against a twilight painting of an Egyptian night sky.

He sighed deeply, running a hand through his hair and hoping that Kaiba wasn't really all that busy today so they could spend some time together. He'd felt really bad about having to leave early during their. . . make-out session, if you'd call it that. He'd stopped by his home (it's really an apartment) to drop off his school bag and bag of extra clothes he'd brought to Yuugi's, grabbed some money from the safe under his bed and set off.

As he reached KaibaCorp, he stared up at the huge building that many believed was taller than Tokyo Tower, which stood at roughly 333 meters. The early afternoon sunlight reflected off the many windows and made the structure gleam brightly, like a beacon of hope for the blonde. At the thought he snickered, shifted a little before placing his hands in his pockets and entering the front gates.

He walked up to the front doors and wasn't surprised when they opened and a computerized voice welcomed him to KaibaCorperations. Trust Kaiba to go all out for his company. Jounouchi briefly remembered a time when the brunette CEO had lost his company to Dartz, an Atlantian that had survived ten thousand years. . . .He'd rather not remember all of that. It hadn't been too nice.

Sighing once again, he walked up to the front desk, staring into the brown eyes of a young woman, one who didn't look happy. He smiled brightly, his honey-brown eyes sparkling as he approached the counter and leaned against it casually, his eyes staring into hers and never wavering, despite the glare she was giving him.

"Hello. I'm here to see Seto Kaiba." Jounouchi said pleasantly, not willing to let much of anything ruin this day for him.

Those brown eyes narrowed and she surprised him when she smiled and muttered darkly at the same time, "Isn't everybody." before speaking truly to him, that smile actually hitting her eyes now, making them look deadly in their brightness. Jou fought the urge to run and hide behind a plant or something. Just the thought of doing something like that made him want to laugh at the look it would cause to befall the young girl's face. But, as entertaining as the notion was, he reframed.

"Yes, sir. His office is the seventh floor, last door on the left down the second hall on your right." She replied, tucking a stray strand of black hair behind an ear.

He nodded, saying the directions over and over before walking to the elevator and stepping in. Pressing the number seven for the floor of Kaiba's office, he leaned against the walls, listening to the soft, almost mystical melody playing from the hidden speakers. He chuckled to himself, bowing his head. Suddenly the elevator stopped and his eyes shot to the floor number highlighted above the doors. It was number three.

What the hell?

It was then the doors opened and a teen that stood to his shoulder walked in, violet-sapphire eyes alight with a knowledge no teenager in their right mind would want to possess. He was dressed much like Jou would think Yuugi would be dressed. The kid wore black leather pants over calf-high black boots, a black leather, sleeveless shirt, and a black leather coat that trailed along the ground.

He then realized he was possibly staring into the older form of Mokuba Kaiba. When the teen smiled at him, he nodded slightly, knowing he was staring at Mokuba. It was odd seeing the kid rebel like he had, going gothic and dressing in leather. Did Kaiba know about this? Probably. And the first time he'd seen his kid brother dress like this, he must have shit a brick and that brick must have hit the ceiling fan.

"What did your brother say about you dressing that way?" He asked, his hands still in his pockets as he stared at the black-haired Kaiba brother.

Mokuba chuckled. "He didn't like it, but he got used to it." Those violet-sapphire eyes regarded him a moment as the elevator continued rising towards the seventh floor. Then realization dawned on those dark features and those violet-blue eyes widened. "Holy. . .! Jou!"

The blonde chuckled lowly, nodding. "It seems Kaiba will have two surprises today." He commented, eyeing Mokuba to emphasize his point.

Mokuba shook his head, his hair falling into his face slightly. "Nope, not really. I just - Wow, Jou. You look really good. Can I please be there when Seto sees you?" The kid was all but begging him.

Jou shrugged and nodded. "Yeah, I'm going to see him right now."

The two fell into silence until the elevator stopped, letting them off at the seventh floor. Jou chatted with Mokuba absently as the two made their way to Kaiba's office, listening to the silence that encompassed the floor. It was like the entire building was disserted.

"Mokuba?"

"Huh?"

"Why is it so damn quiet?"

Mokuba laughed softly. "Seto didn't like all the noise from the employees so he had the walls coated with a special paint that keeps the noise muffled. Sometimes you can't hear it at all. Like today," the black-haired teen replied, his eyes shining with hidden laughter.

Jounouchi nodded and blinked when they stopped in front of the door. Yelling could be heard from behind the door and Jou raised an eyebrow, looking down at Mokuba. A sigh was his only answer before he pushed the door open and followed the younger Kaiba brother inside.

The moment those icy-midnight eyes looked up and spotted his brother, an all out war broke. The two began yelling at each other in German, or that's what Jou thought they were speaking in, and the person sitting in one of the two leather chairs in front of Kaiba's desk looked horrified before they doubled over in silent laughter.

Finally the yelling stopped and Mokuba giggled, turning to the 'guest', bowing deeply. She nodded her head in return before glancing at Kaiba and finally spotting Jou who was leaning against the door frame, cautiously watching the occupants in fear that if he so much as breathed too loudly he'd get eaten. He chuckled softly and walked inside, bowing to the woman and looking at Kaiba.

He promptly did a double take.

Icy midnight eyes were wide as they stared at him, taking him in from his feet to his head then back down again finally resting on his eyes. It was clear the taller teen was surprised, if not completely caught off guard. Jounouchi raised an eyebrow before glancing pointedly at the woman who was giggling softly with Mokuba.

"Hey, Kaiba." Jou said, his voice low and deep, almost a purr. Kaiba blinked, the surprise falling away, but not completely leaving. There it was again. The puppy's voice got deeper, lower, and he spoke properly. Seriously, did he do that just when he was around him and other people, just to unnerve him? Or was this how he really sounded, just no one noticed? Kaiba sighed and nodded moving to sit in the chair behind his desk as he stared at the woman before him.

"Fahren, why are you here?" He asked, his voice icy and indifferent. Jounouchi sighed quietly, taking up the seat beside the woman named Fahren.

She blinked innocent cerulean eyes at him. "You know why I'm here, Kaiba." She replied, her voice melodic ice that matched the CEO's almost perfectly.

Jou and Mokuba shared a fearful look.

"I told you, Fahren, I don't believe in magick. Now get out of my office and leave me be." Kaiba replied, his voice holding a warning only Jounouchi understood. He'd heard it so many times before getting into a fist fight with the brunette that he'd know it anywhere.

"Excuse me, sorry to interrupt, but. . . Miss Fahren, perhaps you should listen to Kaiba. He doesn't believe in magick, trust me, I know. I've talked about it around him enough to get my ass kicked quite a few times -"

"More than a few, puppy."

"- but still. . . ." Jounouchi shrugged and shook his head, running a hand through his hair.

Fahren's cerulean eyes flashed slightly with understanding and she smiled good-naturedly, a few strands of her ruby hair falling from her pony-tail. "I understand. Perhaps I should listen to you. . . .After all, Kaiba doesn't think outside the box. And if what Mokuba's told me is true, maybe you can help him finally see beyond what he already does."

With those slightly confusing words, she stood in a whirl of black skirts and shook his hand, soon departing from the room. Jounouchi stared after her before sinking further in his chair and shivering, hugging himself. His eyes drifted closed before he relaxed and sighed silently. When he opened his eyes he saw Kaiba was staring at him questioningly. He shook his head.

"It's nothin'." He replied to the unspoken question.

"Well. . . ." Mokuba began before rambling on. "Seto, Roland said everything's ready to launch, just as soon as tech-support gets your figures, they'll be able to start it up for a test-run."

Kaiba nodded and Mokuba left the office, leaving the CEO and Jounouchi to stare at anything but each other for awhile. Soon the silence grew so thick, Jounouchi began to fidget, wondering how Kaiba could sit there, not even say hello, and not get bothered by the silence. Then he remembered what Mokuba had said and nearly hit himself for his moment of stupidity.

Standing up he walked over to one of the windows that completely lined the wall behind Kaiba's desk. He lifted his right hand, hovering it over the glass and stared out at the street and city below. It was only three o'clock in the afternoon and already the evening rush-hour had begun. He let his right hand touch the glass gently, barely even feeling the coolness from it before placing that hand on the window sill across from his left.

Kaiba stood up and came up behind him, wrapping his arms around his waist. Jounouchi straightened, leaning back against the brunette without saying a word and let the other hold him, enjoying the feeling he had when in the other's arms. It was like nothing in the world could harm him and he knew that nothing could. As long as he was near Kaiba, even his father in one of his drunken states couldn't touch him. Wouldn't dare.

Finally, he broke the silence, needing to hear the voice that had haunted his dreams the night before. "Kaiba. . . . What are we now?" He whispered, but knew the other heard him, even if he hardly heard himself.

Kaiba loosened his hold, letting Jou turn around to face him and to stare up into those midnight eyes that were liquefied, blue, blue irises. Kaiba, in turn, stared into honey-brown eyes that looked amber more than anything else at the moment and let his gaze drop to the lips that were barely twitching, opened slightly with Jou's breathing. He leaned down unconsciously and kissed the blonde, feeling the other shudder against him.

Pulling back and chuckling at the whimpered response, he answered softly, "What do you want us to be?"

Jou paused for a moment, almost afraid to give his answer. He pulled back and stepped away from Kaiba's arms, beginning to pace. He finally stood still in the middle of the room, turning to stare at Kaiba who had never taken his eyes off him. He watched as the other walked closer to him, his eyes blinking only now and then. It wasn't long before the brunette stood before him, his hand resting gently against Jounouchi's cheek.

"In your eyes, what am I now?" Jounouchi asked, staring into those eyes, staring into the eyes that were only Seto Kaiba's, that made the already gorgeous brunette all the more beautiful.

"You're my boyfriend." Kaiba replied softly, huskily, before leaning down and recapturing Jou's lips in a heated kiss. The blonde moaned, his hands gripping Kaiba's biceps as he kissed back, opening his mouth for the other. It wasn't long before their tongues met in a furious battle for dominance once more and, like before, Jounouchi let Kaiba win.

Eventually they pulled apart and Jounouchi rested his head on Kaiba's shoulder, his hands having fallen to the other's hips where they rested docilely. Kaiba was absently stroking his back, his lips pressed against his neck, gently moving against the sensitive flesh. Jou mewled softly, titling his head to the side, allowing the other to kiss his neck, hopefully, without any interruptions this time.

As Kaiba kissed his neck, Jounouchi remembered the dream he'd had the night before, only bits and pieces, but it felt so real.

Kaiba pushed him up against a wall, having removed his shirt only minutes before, now kissing down his neck and chest, stopping to fondle an erect nipple. Jounouchi moaned as those hands moved lower and lower, finally resting over the bulge in his pants, rubbing against the erection pressing against the material of his jeans.

"Do you want me, Katsuya?" Kaiba whispered against his stomach, his hands working to remove Jou's pants.

The blonde could only nod.

His eyes snapped open and he realized Kaiba was removing his shirt now, his cool hands feeling so good against his heated flesh. He raised his arms, letting Kaiba remove the material as he moved to sit on the corner of Kaiba's oak-wood desk, feeling the other's lips move from his neck, over his clavicle, and down his chest. Those hands drew idle circles on his thighs.

Gods, did the guy know what he did to him? It was wonderful, the emotions that were rekindled inside him, brought to a flaming inferno by Kaiba's mere touch alone. Jounouchi gripped the desk tightly, leaning his head back as he moaned deep in his throat, Kaiba's name barely heard on his voice.

As Kaiba began unzipping Jou's pants a knock sounded on the door. Kaiba literally groaned in irritation, leaning his head against Jou's shoulder, his hands still hovering over the boy's zipper. The knock came again before a pause and another knock. Damn it, they weren't going away.

"What?" Kaiba asked sharply, causing Jounouchi to jump then groan low in his throat. Kaiba stared pointedly at him, telling him silently not to talk nor make too much noise. If they played their cards right, they might get back to what they were doing.

"M-Mr. Kaiba," a shaky voice called through the wood - it was his secretary - "Mokuba-san asked me to ask if you wanted Chinese or Italian food for dinner."

Kaiba wanted to punch his brother right then. Oooh, they'd have one hell of a conversation when they got home. He slowly unzipped Jou's pants, his lips resting against the others to stifle the moan he knew was going to come when the other's throbbing cock was released. Releasing the blonde's lips he sighed deeply.

"Tell him I'm not hungry." Kaiba called back.

"Y-yes, sir."

He listened until he heard the woman's footsteps fade away down the hall. Looking back at Jounouchi he almost laughed at the sight that greeted him. The boy's already unruly golden hair was sticking up more than normal, his cheeks were flushed with passion and need, his honey-brown eyes were amber as they stared at him, half-closed.

Kaiba kissed a trail down the blonde's body, feeling calloused hands work their way into his thick, rich brown hair as he neared Jounouchi's freed erection. He'd barely pressed his lips to the throbbing appendage when another knock sounded. Growling in full-fledge anger now, Kaiba grunted and lifted himself from where he'd been bent over Jounouchi's lap and snapped, "What is it now?"

A soft chuckle sounded. "Sorry, big bro, but I wanted to know what you wanted me to pick up for dinner." Mokuba's voice wafted through the door. Jounouchi grunted this time in irritation, his hands massaging Kaiba's shoulders now, telling him to simply ignore the person on the other side of the door.

Kaiba sighed deeply. "I'm not hungry, Mokuba." He replied, hoping this time, the black-haired teen would listen.

"I know you're lying. Just tell me what you want me to get." Mokuba called back, the smirk clear in his tone of voice.

Jounouchi whimpered softly and nudged Kaiba's shoulder with his head, biting him tenderly on his neck. When icy midnight eyes turned to him, he nodded and kissed him long and deep. Kaiba, irritated and extremely aroused now, tucked Jounouchi's member back into his pants, and re-zipped him. Stepping back, he let the blonde jump off his desk and go searching for his shirt.

"Even if I tell you to get something you're not going to go away are you?" Kaiba called, sitting in his chair behind his desk. Jounouchi walked over to stand behind him, looking so calm and collected. Though if you looked at his pants, you could see he was far from that. Kaiba shivered when Jou's hands ghosted over his shoulders before crossing over the back of his chair, the blonde resting his chin atop them, staring at the door.

Mokuba, being the smart kid he is, walked in right then, seeing how the two were standing and the dark look Jou was giving him. Smiling sheepishly, he gave the blonde an apologetic look and then turned his gaze to his brother who didn't look at all happy with him either. Jeez, what had they been - OHHHHH!

Blushing slightly he hunched his shoulders and placed his fidgeting hands in his pockets and stared at the two. They really did make a good couple. And if they weren't giving him nearly identical glares of pure aroused irritation, Mokuba never would have guessed they'd been in the middle of foreplay that could have amounted to something much more.

"Sorry for interrupting. . . ." He murmured, clearly embarrassed now.

"Mokuba," Jounouchi said softly, his eyes having lost some of their glare but not by much, "pick up Chinese, 'kay?"

The black-haired teen eyed him critically. "Why? I thought Seto said he wasn't hungry?"

Kaiba snorted. "Jounouchi's staying for dinner. Just pick up Chinese."

Mokuba sighed and nodded, then turned to Jounouchi. "What do you want, Jou?"

The blonde shrugged. "Eh, I don't care. Just get me whatever you think I'll want, I like all the stuff they make." Jou then rethought his words and gave Mokuba a pointed stare. "Just nothing that looks like it will try to eat me first."

Mokuba's eyes lost their shine. "Aw. . . . That just ruined it. Oh well, fine. I'll meet you guys at the house. Just. . . like post a sign outside the door if you're doing something I don't wanna walk in on, okay?"

Jounouchi blushed and Mokuba could have sworn his brother did as well. Waving to them, he ran out the door just as a pencil lodged itself into the wood of the closed door. Jounouchi laughed softly, stepping away from Kaiba's chair and turning it so he faced the blonde. Kaiba raised an eyebrow, his eyes sparkling in a knowingly mischievous way.

"How long will it take Mokuba to get food from the Chinese restaurant in town and make it back to your house?" Jounouchi asked, moving so he straddled the brunette.

"Long enough." Kaiba replied, pulling the other into a deep, passionate kiss. Pulling back, he chuckled and ducked his hands under Jounouchi's shirt. "Until then, let's play."


End Chapter 3 of Forbidden Fruit

Eek, I feel so bad for them. They keep getting interrupted. But don't worry, they'll have their chance. . . soon enough. :she cackles almost evilly, the evil plot bunny smiling just as evilly as she's laughing: Okay, well enough of my evil laughter and the smiles of my evil plot bunny that serves as my muse - for now. My other one died. . . He was too closed minded.

I still weep for him sometimes. Anyway, thanks once again to all who reviewed and GiddySchoolGirl, just know that chapter 6, when it comes, is dedicated to you. Once again, I need reviews and cookies. Lots of cookies so I can be hyper and keep typing more chapters.

Oh, and there will probably be ten to thirteen chapters total and perhaps a sequel, depending on how good this story works out. Anoo. . . that's all for chapter 3. Thanks for readin'!

Arigatou, minna-san!
-Wareta Shooki

Last Edited 2 / 19 / 05