Chapter 26 Of Bonding and Baby Dragons

Warning: On the theory that nothing comes between Joey and food….oh, some mild crudeness, swearing, um…somewhat edited lemon.

Disclaimer: I only own the plot.

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Seto had Joey pinned to the side of the pool shoulder high in water with his arms spread eagle. Seto just held him there enjoying the closeness he thought he'd never know.

Joey leaned in and seductively whispered in the brunette's ear. "I hate to break this up, but I'm starving…"

Seto groaned, but released him. "Is all you can think about is your stomach?"

"Is all you can think about…ah, never mind. I'll fix us something to eat at the apartment. You oughta get some clothes…"

"I don't need clothes." Seto stated.

"Getting rather daring, aren't you?" Joey laughed. "You might want something to wear tomorrow when your brother gets home and somehow I think my stuff might be too short."

"Puppy, you're annoying me." Seto warned him.

"Am I?" Joey unfastened Seto's slacks and did a little underwater exploration.

"This isn't exactly encouraging me to leave." Seto told the food-deprived boy.

"Do you want me to stop?"

"Not especially." Just then Joey's stomach lodged its protest. Seto scowled. "Fine. Go fix us something to eat."

But suddenly Joey didn't want to go. He wanted to kiss the scowl off Seto's face, among other things. "I'll be waiting for you." Jou winked at the disgruntled brunet as he picked up his beach towel.

"It amuses you to get the better of me, doesn't it?" Seto asked still unhappy.

"Yes, baby blue eyes. I expect to get the very best of you." Jou laughed and took off for their little love nest.

Seto watched Jou's every move like a man dying of thirst would watch the ocean. He forced himself out of the pool and into the mansion. He tossed the ragged remains of his shirt in the garbage, grateful that he had left his Gucci loafers at the apartment, stripped out of his slacks, threw them into the laundry hamper, and let his ruined boxers join the ripped shirt, making a mental note to be careful to save his good clothes for when he wasn't around the mutt or he'd be shopping at Wal-mart like everyone else. He got into a warm shower relaxing and replaying the day's events in his mind. Unfortunately this led to erotic cravings.

He turned the cold water on full blast until his teeth were nearly chattering and tried not to think puppy thoughts, which was impossible while muttering a mantra of "Damn, Mutt" over and over. He quickly got out of the shower and roughly pulled on snug blue jeans and a white cotton shirt not bothering to button it. Why tempt fate? He'd have half his wardrobe in the trash by the end of the weekend at this rate.

He entered the apartment without knocking to the delicious aroma of teriyaki stir-fry. A tray of pillar candles in a variety of heights and widths cast a romantic glow over the table. But he barely noticed distracted as he was by the room's true centerpiece-the gorgeous blond at the stove.

Jou's thick mane was mussed to perfection, his Red Eyes muscle shirt made a nice display of his upper body, and tight red leather pants with enticing black belts clung to every muscular curve from his waist down. Every muscular curve Seto noted and licked his lips. He walked up to Jou, dug one hand in blonde hair kissing him forcefully while his other hand groped Jou's crotch.

Seto broke the kiss long enough to whisper hoarsely, "I hope you can get those pants off. I'd hate to have to cut them, but you know, I'll do what I must to get what I want…"

Jou moaned in response and wrapped his arms around Seto's lean frame. "Supper…Seto, please…I need…"

"I need you." Seto told him flatly.

"Oh yeah…" Jou gasped in surrender and reached behind him to turn off the stove.

Seto pulled him up from the hips and Joey obediently wrapped his legs around Seto who lifted him onto the counter. "Gods, I missed you, Jou."

"I missed you too." He deftly grabbed a bowl, scooped rice into it from a saucepan, added the stir-fry, and a pair of chopsticks offering it to a frowning Seto. "Aren't you going to feed your puppy?" He pleaded with soulful brown eyes.

Seto took a bite and had to admit that it was very good. He took a piece of meat in his teeth and leaned into Joey who nibbled at it being sure to give his lover a good lip massage in the process. They continued having their 'supper' in this manner while Joey explored the architecture of Seto's chest.

"Jou… I don't know how much more of this I can take…" Seto told him. Jou reclaimed the bowl and the chopsticks took a bite and then fed Seto as the brunet rubbed a freed hand against the inside of Joey's thigh. "I've wanted you for so long…"

"You certainly hid it well." Jou said neutrally.

"Can you forgive me?"

"Seto, your hand would not be on my crotch if I hadn't already."

The bluntness of this statement caught Seto off guard and he nearly choked on his last bite of rice. Jou grabbed a glass of water, handed it to Seto, and jumped off the counter. "Let's see if we can get these damn pants off."

Yes! Seto cheered to himself, more than willing to oblige the blond and followed him into the bedroom. Joey pulled off his muscle shirt and Seto let his own shirt drop to the floor.

"You said you'd let me be seme this time." Seto reminded Jou with almost boyish glee.

"Yeah, I know."

"I want to make you mine, truly mine." Seto explained his voice deepened with passion.

Joey smiled as Seto's hands caressed the curves of his backside through the supple leather. He worked his way around to the front button fly of the pants as Jou sighed and pressed into Seto's touch. Seto worked the tight leather down Jou's slim hips. The pants seemed as determined not to give up the flesh they clothed as Seto was to get at it. Joey tried to help only to have his hands slapped away. He thought about calling Yugi and getting his advice, but decided that under the circumstances Seto might have a problem with that. Then he realized Seto had stopped working on the pants while they were still only halfway down his thighs. Seto was looking at him with a feral glow in his eyes. And then faster than a snake striking its prey, he was on his feet spinning Jou around and pinning him with his chest against the wall.

"Set…o…" Joey yelped in surprise.

Seto's response was to force Joey's legs apart as far as the red pants would allow and held him there with his shoulder pressed into Jou's back while he busied his hands with other tasks. Jou heard Seto's zipper and wondered just how rough the dragon master was going to be as he forced himself to relax. When he told Seto he could be dominant this was not exactly what Jou had in mind…

"Beg for it, Jou. Beg for me." Seto suddenly demanded.

Joey's mind went totally blank as if the words were gibberish or in a language he didn't understand and then he grinned evilly. "Please, I need…I need you to pound into me with your great and powerful rod. Treat me like the dog I am, dragon master…" Jou trailed off as Seto did what he'd asked.

"Mine. Only mine." Seto declared in a voice that suggested dire consequences for any objections. He kissed the bite mark on Jou abused shoulder rested his forehead there.

It took Jou a few moments to realize Seto's tears were mixed in their combined sweat. He took Seto's hand and drew his fierce dragon master's arm across his tan chest and laced his fingers with Seto's over his thundering heart. He didn't know what to say, maybe there was nothing to say, the depth of Seto's emotions were overwhelming to him. And then an odd stray thought occurred to him. "Seto, if you're my master and you're a dragon master does that make me a…"

"A dragon? I suppose so…a dragon pup."

Joey snickered. "Which one?"

"Which one what?"

Joey turned to face Seto and didn't do a very graceful job of it since his legs were still trapped by his pants. "Would you please get these things off of me?"

Seto smirked and sat on the floor so he could work the red leather shackles off Jou one leg at a time. "Are you begging again?"

"Oh, you liked that, didn't you?"

Seto's face colored a bit, but he smiled devilishly at Jou. "One thing is certain."

"What's that?"

"I don't need to buy any bondage toys…I'll just get you to wear these pants." Seto grunted and with a final tug they were off.

"Very funny, Seto." Jou sat down on the floor in front of Seto completely nude.

Seto looked him over slowly; loving it that Jou was just as comfortable in his bare skin as he was his clothes. "A gold one."

"Huh?"

"A one of a kind gold dragon."

"Oh. Like the Winged Dragon of Ra?"

"You do have illusions of grandeur, don't you, Jou?" Seto smirked and, unable to resist temptation, stroked the inside of Jou's thigh. "No, a much prettier dragon than Ra." A gentler smile was on his face as he met Jou's eyes. "You would be the Amber Eyes Gold Dragon."

Joey wrapped his body around Seto's, holding him close. "I am so spoiled."

They kissed leisurely for a few moments and then Joey broke it off and got his feet. "Get in bed, Seto."

He went out to the kitchen shoved the wok and the saucepan into the fridge and blew out the candles. He had pulled the sketchpad off the impaled knife blade earlier, but the blade itself was still embedded in the table. He smiled remembering how it got there and everything that had happened since their fight this morning. He checked to make sure everything was turned off, cautious of fires, and then went and snuggled with his lover in their bed.