ALL YOU NEED IS ME
A/N: This won't be a long story... 4-5 tops I'm not a committing kind of guy all I need is 3 reviews to start a chapter!
Doctor in the House
Joey looked into the sea. It was steel grey, swirling as the winter skies mirror. He grimaced, pulled his coat tighter and hefted his satchel over one shoulder. It was hard to work in the hospital... he had good and bad memories there.
Serenity got her eyesight back...
His Dad was pronounced dead...
Serenity was born there
That was where Dr Masaki worked.
Hard. Complicated. Unfair?
With a grimace he set off towards the hospital. His cell phone started to beep out the tune of Real Emotion from the Final Fantasy game...his favourite song actually and he just had to hear it... as an avid computer gamer of course.
"Hello?"
"Joey?" Serenity was at the other end. "Sorry to call I know you're on your way to the hospital. But – I need a favour..." Joey sighed. "I left my day planner for Mokuba on the kitchen table and if I don't have it I'm T-o-a-s-t toast."
"All right I'll pick it up," he muttered. "But if I'm late..."
"I'll be in my office its not hard to find and its on your way to the hospital!"
Seto Kaiba stalked along the hall towards the elevator. He was seething... he stepped into the glass elevator and pressed the top floor. "Hold the elevator!" a voice shouted as someone dived in. Kaiba groaned and then groaned again when he realized who it was. "What are you doing here mutt?"
Joey looked up and gritted his teeth. "Oh it had to be you!"
"Why are you in Kaibacorp doggy?"
"I'm delivering something for my sister" Joey snapped back. "She works for your brother REMEMBER?" Kaiba rolled his eyes.
"Quiet mutt or I'll have to muzzle you"
"Shut up Kaiba we're not in Domino High anymore"
"Well just because you work full time and Burger Kind now..."
"I'm not working at Burger King!" snarled Joey. "I'm attending my third year of medical school you pompous brooding jackass and I don't need your approval coz life is too SHORT!" Joey felt a rush of pain to his head and staggered, steadying himself on the rail.
Kaiba resisted a strange urge to help the brat. "Did puppy get a headache?"
"Just leave me alone Kaiba" Joey said quietly as he turned away and walked down the hall towards Serenity's office beside Mokuba's. Kaiba glanced after him for a while and then headed towards his office where Juno Athena his secretary was already hard a work.
"Ah that you're boyfriend Mr Kaiba?"
"That, Ms Athena, was a Mutt and don't think I won't fire you for suggesting it" he said coldly. He met her dagger sharp eyes. She was the only one he'd ever met able to meet his gaze... it was a reason why he'd hired her and never been able to fire her... she was quite like him. Her short bobbed black hair and deep red business suit with black turtleneck were a balance to the stark paleness of her eyes and ivory skin.
"Say what you will Mr Kaiba but you and "the mutt" are less then enemies and much, much more then friends..." she returned to her desk. "And if you try to fire me you'll screw yourself... I've organized your office so many times the setbacks of trying to locate everything would cost you abominably."
Joey ducked into a men's bathroom and dabbed away the blood streaming from his nose. Then he washed his face with some water and went to Serenity's office. "I hope you realize I've got class today"
Serenity was dressed in a dark purple skirt and jacket with pearl white silk blouse and wearing a ribbon around her neck. "I get the idea Joey, just so you know I will pay you back. Mokuba's at college today, I'm trying to fit in his meetings and that is no mean feat"
Joey nodded and turned to leave. "Joey! Just a reminder... you're having lunch with Yugi and Bakura today" Joey sighed as Serenity called after him.
"Yeah I remembered" he lied. "You're not everyone's PA."
"Yes I am," she sang. She gave a smile and shut the door as Joey headed back to the elevator.
Mokuba and Rebecca left the classroom. "I didn't like you sitting in on my class and trying to act superior, Mokuba" Rebecca said. "Believe me when I say I know enough about Egyptian curses to ensure procreation is not on your skills list"
Mokuba looked at the girl beside him. In about 5 years they'd developed both a friendship and rivalry. Mokuba had discovered an incredible photographic memory. Applying that to his skill with computers was all it took to earn him a scholarship in a prestigious university like Hillenbacher. Rebecca was teaching a course in Ancient History and making a splash as a treasure hunter for museums.
"I wasn't acting superior," snorted Mokuba
"Mokuba Kaiba" Rebecca said coldly. "If you undermine me again...well attempt to... I will ensure every girl and gay man on campus hears you're bonking Yugi Moto!" Mokuba laughed and Rebecca smiled.
"You wouldn't"
"No...Bakura's submissive enough for him"
"I AM NOT SUBMISSIVE!"
"We both know you are darling"
Joey was putting himself through medical school every way he knew how. One of these ways was taking shifts in the hospital Morgue and ever since he saw Tru Calling he was scared witless of opening a locker and getting his arm grabbed by a dead person needing help.
They were dead.
He couldn't do much.
Knocking back the pills Joey sighed and continued to play Pokemon Advance on his Gameboy advance. "Hey! Wheeler" Joey leapt and turned around. The KFC bucket landed in his lap.
"Tristan...Duke" he said with a grin.
"Hey" Duke said as he entered and glanced at some photos. "Just dropped by to see if you'd had lunch with Bakura and Yugi?"
"They rushed out 20 minutes after arriving...right in the middle of the salads...and went to fuck like bunnies," Joey said as he bit into the chicken and swivelled slightly on the office chair.
"Yeah happened to us to...I'm amazed they haven't died of starvation" Tristan said.
"There are other ways to eat," mused Duke with a sly grin.
"Please not now" grimaced Joey as the pair moved towards each other. "I've got the rest of the night to watch dead people"
"I see dead people," mock-whispered Duke.
"Ah, the running gag," snorted Joey. "Get Lost"
Duke and Tristan looked each other over...locked eyes and ran off. Joey groaned. "Please! Wait until you get home! Another indecent exposure is not a good idea!"
He sighed and returned to his chicken.
Kaiba was in a stalking mood as he stormed through the hospital. Dr Yvonne Garth was here somewhere...THERE! He headed straight for her. "Dr Garth" he said coolly. The woman turned to face him and then noted Juno over his shoulder.
"I know you," she said to Juno. "Mr Kaiba. What's wrong?? Illness? Stress? Bill?"
"Should I call the people on Jeopardy or will you do it yourself?" smiled Juno. "Mr Kaiba is exceptionally unhappy about Certain Discrepancies in your physical's bill, it is quite impossible to investigate his health thoroughly for so little and give him that kind of evaluation without ramifications. What are you playing at? I'm sure he'd be shouting but intense rage gives him lockjaw." Juno tapped her employers jaw with her pencil.
"Let me see the bill and evaluation," sighed Yvonne as she moved towards her office. Once the two were seated she sat in behind her desk. "Mr Kaiba, your migraines and insomnia are more connected to stress," she said. "I didn't need to do any of your outlines... especially not the CT scan." She put the pages down.
She was a woman in her 50s and had her grey streaked hair tied up in a bun. She looked at them over the rims of her glasses. "Mr Kaiba, you're in peak physical condition, regular gym work outs, decent diet and no medical problems that could be hereditary..." she sighed. "You simply need to stop working so hard"
"I took offence to the workaholic note," Seto said.
"It's true. You need to find a relationship and have fun..." Yvonne sighed. "Believe me, it's for your own good. Friendship is good, a partner of more-then-friends nature would be ideal...no offence but you've got a LOT of pent up sexual tension and you're not comfortable enough in yourself to think about sex with another person on an emotional level"
"Oh this is too awkward," muttered Juno.
"Trust me Mr Kaiba it's your own fault if you're having migraines... get laid" Yvonne rose and held the door for her guests. They walked away.
Juno dialled the chauffeur. "Gishi bring the car around," she said and snapped the sleek phone shut. "So we need you to have an emotional relationship... sadly no such thing as a gold digging whore detector," she added.
"Ms Athena" warned Seto.
"Ugh! Take it easy darling, no need to have a coronary" she looked at a doctor. "Gees it's a figure of speech" she said casually.
Seto was about to toss a snide remark at her when he walked straight into someone. The blonde individual staggered backwards, sleepy brown eyes glared up at Kaiba. "Awww hell" Joey groaned. "You again"
"Don't get shirty with Mr Kaiba" warned Juno. "He's sexually frustrated"
"Ms Athena" growled Kaiba.
"WELL YOU ARE" she snorted and sashayed away. Kaiba and Joey glared at each other for a while. Then Kaiba moved to push past Joey despite the space in the hall. Joey shoved him.
With a shout Kaiba was shocked by the blonde's strength. "Back off Wheeler" he snapped as he took a swing. His fist didn't connect but Joey's nose was dribbling blood. He shoved Kaiba away.
"Don't treat me like a dog" snapped Joey
"Well you are" sneered Kaiba.
Joey turned and staked away his leather jacket had a red eyes black dragon on the back...what a surprise.
Kaiba watched the blonde storm off then moved on...he stopped as his foot hit something on the ground. It was a satchel. He picked it up and opened it, inside was an ID card with Joeys name on it.
"Dumb dog" he snorted.
"You want me to find - who?" Juno said in disbelief.
"Joseph Wheeler and don't say a word" Kaiba said as the limo cruised down the street. Juno shrugged and tapped a few keys.
"Got his apartment number, its one of Serenity's contacts. Now before I hand it over...why should I?"
"Because I'm returning his bag" Kaiba said
"The one you're rooting through?"
"Yes. Now hand it over"
Juno sighed and spoke to the driver. Giving him directions and glancing at Kaiba who was holding a small empty container of pills... he stared at it then casually slipped it into his pocket...mystery of mysteries...
Joey let the hot water dim the pain in his joints. He needed rest and he would have it... he rubbed his forehead; the headaches were bad... he felt a spasm in his arm and then numbness.
Someone rang his doorbell and he growled at the roof. Always when he was taking a shower...
Kaiba was shocked when Joey opened the door in a towel that hung low on his slender hips... Kaiba was even more surprised to see Joey possessing and athletic physique...though he had been on the track team.
"Kaiba?" murmured Joey. There was something in his eyes...he'd seen it earlier... something that was hidden in a flash... what was Joey hiding?
Wait what was the mutt hiding. Yes that was better. Not Joey. Mutt. Yes. Dog.
Not Joey.
Kaiba forced himself to look at Joey with his entire collected cool. "You dropped this" he handed the bag back to him. "Mutt."
"You never change Kaiba" Joey said distantly. "Do you even realize I've been going to the same gym as you for the past eight months?" That caught Seto off guard and he shrugged. "Didn't think so. Thanks anyway"
"You want to explain your actions in the hospital?"
"You treat me too bad, life's too short for put-downs and especially from self-centred, self-absorbed prick," Joey said calmly. "So don't try it again, like I said. Life's too short."
He moved to shut the door but his knees turned to jelly and he fell. Kaiba caught him... he was surprised that the wet, half-naked, shorter young man was...so... warm? He felt his blood racing. Joey tried to pull away but couldn't support himself. Kaiba finally resolved to help him back into his apartment.
He settled Joey on the couch and the blonde pulled his towel back to his hips again. "I didn't need your help" Joey said, he was trembling as Kaiba set him down on the couch. "I'm fine on my own"
"Didn't seem that way"
"Never judge a book by his cover" warned Joey.
"Except these... what field of medicine are you interested in?" Kaiba asked. To be totally honest he didn't know why he asked. But seeing so many scientific books on THE MUTTS bookshelves had weakened his defences.
"Brain surgery" replied Joey. "Surprised? I'm expecting a "what do you know about brains mutt" comment any second now so go for it and get it done."
"No...I don't need to" Kaiba said...again unsure why he was doing this.
"Look, I know I didn't seem all that good... at school. But when my final exams came around I knuckled down and Tea helped me out as well as Mai, Ishizu and Rebecca and I got all the points I needed..." Joey rose slowly and grabbed a pair of cotton pants; he pulled them on and then dried himself off with his towel. "And it turns out I amn't stupid when I study"
"Hunh...I'm surprised" smirked Kaiba.
"You're predictable" Joey said. There was blood dripping to the wooden floor.
"You're bleeding"
Joey pinched his nose. "Yeah well you took a swing at me, it connected go figure." He turned and walked to the door. "Goodbye S- Kaiba"
Seto noted the S and felt strangely warm about it.
The door slammed behind him and he fished the pill cylinder out of his pocket. He walked back to his limo. "Juno, back to the hospital I have to speak to Dr Garth"
"Oh god you need to get laid accept it Seto" Juno grated as she snapped her fingers and signalled the driver to listen up.
Seto ignored and stared at the brown cylinder...
TBC
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