Disclaimers: Don't own them. Don't Sue.
Warnings: This is shonen-ai so if that doesn't suit you well; I suggest you don't read this.
Also... /.../ -Yami to Hikari/... / Hikari to Yami. In this fic, the Yamis can materialize without taking over their hikari's body.
Accidentally In Love
Chapter 17: Pained Hearts
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Seya stared at his father's door, contemplating if he should knock or just turn around and walk away. He raised his fist for the third time when his father's cold voice interrupted him.
"If you want to come in, don't hesitate boy! Don't waste my time!" at that he softly knocked before he opened the large door.
"Am I disturbing you father?" he silently asked.
"If you're disrupting my work time, yes you are! What do you need boy, and stop fidgeting!" Kaiba stood up from his chair and walked towards his son. "Now, tell me what do you need?"
As blue eyes clashed with blue eyes, Seya noticed something flickered on his father's cold stare.
"I-- I just want to stay in your room. Can I father?" Seya looked at him with puppy dog eyes, a talent his dad,Jou, taught him. Seto eyed him before he sighed and nodded.
"Still having nightmares? Fine. Just don't intterupt me with my work."at that his father returned to his workspace.
As Seya sat on his father's bed, he took note that his father's room change drastically. Before he could give a comment, his father's voice interrupted his thoughts.
"This habit of yours need to stop Seya. I'm not always here to listen and Kaiba's should be able to hold themselves. They don't need to be frightened with every nightmare they've encountered. I thought I've already talked with you about that." Seya blinked. Back in his own time, he used to turn to Jou since Seto was rarely there but when he was little and had a nightmare, he usually ran to Seto knowing his father wouldn't let anything happen to him. In his little world, his Dad was his confidante, his Father...the sentinel.
It surprised him though a little. He thought his father in this time would be very harsh, cold to him even. But he didn't expect his own father...just now a lot closer.
'Probably because Dad wasn't here. Afterall he's my father, this bond with him was natural.'
"Father, can I-- can I ask you a question?"
Seto raised an eyebrow before closing the program he's been working on. He knew his son needs some answers and being his father AND only parent he needed to provide him that.
"Fine. Talk. AND stop stuttering!"
Seya smiled a little yet he stopped himself not wanting to be reprimanded by his father on wasting his time.
"I-- I want to know why I didn't have a mom? Why have a testtube baby rather than just marry? And how..." Seya paused before he choke out the words that's been eating him. He should at least have a surrogate mom or someone."...how was I made...born?"
Seto looked at his son like he had grown another head or something. He didn't know the 'talk' would be this soon. He thought it would be when he's old or dying or it wouldn't come at all. Taking a breath, he walked towards his bed and sat beside his son.
"I suppose I should start clear on you. You didn't have a mom because I didn't want to marry someone I don't love. Also, you do know your father doesn't swing that way, right?" at seya's slight nod he continued.
"I needed an heir and well, your uncle kept bugging me until I give in. We got an egg donor, and did the IVF process. Also, you must know that you're not born the normal way. Kaiba Research had invented an artificial womb which was one of the breakthrough in science. It helped many women to have babies when their wombs have problems. Your were one of the first." his father ruffled his hair affectionately. "Also, with that advancement, it really helped those homosexual couples to have their own children by mixing their DNA. Not only that but the parents could choose how would their child look like. Who's eyes could be passed, the hair color, nose, skin color...all physical aspects. It also helped on preventing some deficiencies."
"That's why I have your eyes right?" Seya stared at his father, noticing the small emotion behind the ice eyes.
"Yes."
"Then why choose me to have blonde hair? I could just be a brunette just like you or raven just like uncle Mokuba?" at that, he noticed his father tensed a bit.
"Maybe the egg donor was blonde...?" it was the lamest lie he'd ever heard in his life and his father knew it.
"No. There must be a reason father. Tell me, please?" at the puppy dog eyes attack,his father caved in.
"What's with the questions tonight? Tell me boy!" Seto quickly changed the subject. But Seya didn't backed down, he's a Kaiba afterall.
Seya was silent for a moment when suddenly he stood up and faced his father, "I'm sorry! I know you won't understand. It was selfish of me on doing that not thinking about the consequences. I'm stupid and I hope you'll forgive me!" Seto looked at his son, confused by his outburst.
"What are you talking about?"
Seya stared at his father that made Seto remember a blonde pup he once...no...a blonde pup he love.
"If you love him, go to him. There's still time. There's a second chance!" at that Seya left the room, leaving a stunned CEO.
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"Seya?" Mokuba knocked on Seya's door before entering. He walked towards the bed and noted that Seya was asleep. He's about to leave when he heard something, it was one of the videos stored on Seya's pendant. He stride on the other side of the bed, giving him a nice view of Seya holding his pendant, a hologram of Jou singing him a lullaby.
0/Somewhere out there If love will see us through then we'll find one another on that big somewhere out there/0
Mokuba smiled before tugging at Seya's comforter at the base of the bed to tuck in his nephew.
"Sleep well, Seya. Don't worry, they'll be together. You just have to do what you're destined to do."
At that,he laid the VIP pass he got for Jou's concert and a letter before silently walking away from Seya who's currently dreaming about a picnic with his family and friends, happily eating his dad's everfamous steamed pear glazed with applesauce.
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Kaiba entered his bedroom with as thoughts swirled in his mind. What did Seya meant when he said that there's still time. A second chance...of what?
And what's with the questions about his birth? Why did he have to question how he was made?
Kaiba winced. Yes, his son was made. He's one of the first to be born on an artificial womb. A study that put Kaiba Research on its current place as one of the top medical research in the world.
He walked towards his bed and glanced at the photo identical to the one framed on Seya's bedside drawer. He looked at his son, a small smile on his face.
"Then why choose me to have blonde hair? I could just be a brunette just like you or raven just like uncle Mokuba?"
As he remembered Seya's questions, he flipped the picture frame and opened it. Blonde locks was taped at the back of the photo. It was an eternity knot made from his only love's hair. He really thought it was silly but he indulged with his silly romantic antics. (1)
"Well...I don't know about the egg donor but your other parent sure is blonde." with that thought, something clicked on his mind.
"There's a second chance!"
A second chance...with his puppy!
He then heard something slipped under his door. He turned and was confused to see a white envelope with Mokuba's writing on it.
"We stopped note passing ever since he became a teen." Seto thought as he walked towards the piece of paper his brother slipped.
His eyes widen when he opened the small envelope.
Inside it was a VIP ticket and pass for a certain concert that will happen the next day.
Seto smirked. Maybe there's a chance afterall...
As he made plans for the next day, he deliberately forgot one small flaw.
What if Jou didn't really want him anymore?
0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0/0 Seya stared at his uncle's note for the tenth time. He couldn't believe this. He'll meet Jou of this future and not only that, he gets to meet him in person way before the concert!
Their meeting was set on an cafe near the arena where Jou would be performing that night, his uncle Mokuba booking it for an entire day so no pesky reporters. It was set past lunch but Seya's already at the meeting place by eleven o'clock.
He waited for about an hour and a half before Jou came in, an air of maturity and a hint of melancholy surrounding him.
Jou looked at him and was surprised to see Kaiba's son. It was the first time he had seen him since for the past seventeen years, he had avoided everything that he could relate to Seto. The knowledge of him having a son pained him but what hurt him the most is that with the way Seya looked, Seto had probably chose a blonde girl to replace him in his heart.
'Enough with your thoughts Katsuya.'he calmed himself before breaking the silence.
"Hi! You must be Kaiba Seya. I'm Jonouchi Katsuya but you can call me Jou." he offered his hand to the blue eyed boy in front of his as he took a seat.
"Thank you for accepting my invitation." Seya started but was interrupted when the waitress arrived and took their order. After they placed their orders, Seya started once again.
"Maybe you're wondering why I invited you to talk. But before I start, I want to know something..."
Jou looked at him with an amused face. "Sure. What is it?"
"Do you still love my father, Kaiba Seto?"
"What!"
"I'm sorry da-Jou but I need to know..."
"I'll answer if you answer my question first. Why?"
"It's because my father still loves you."
"Did he told you that?"
"No."
"Then why are you so sure?" Jou looked at the blonde and as he stared on Seya's blue eyes, he can't help but see himself on the teen in front of him.
"Because he's my father. I know him..."Seya choked on that last one but continued. "He had given me and uncle Mokuba everything. He had almost everything yet he didn't have that one thing that would truly make him happy. And you hold the key to that happiness Jou."
"I--" Jou was cut off when the waitress arrived with their orders. He was never that grateful to have food placed in fornt of him.
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As Jou and Seya ate silently, Jou couldn't help but study Seya's features. Aside from the blonde hair and his nose, he's a perfect replica of his father.
'He must've got from his mother.' he thought miserably. He never knew that Seya was a testtube baby since he didn't bother with the details when the news reached him. He just knew that Kaiba had a son and that means he might have a wife.
'Then why does his son wanted me to get back with his father? Maybe Seto and his mom had divorced or maybe she died...' thoughts ran through his head he barely missed Seya's question.
"-ke up?"
"Could you repeat that?" He grinned sheepishly. Seya gave him a small smile that made him remember Seto's small yet sincere smiles.
"I said, what happened when you and father broke up?" at that, Jou sighed. Maybe it can't be helped to relieved that time again now that a certain Kaiba was digging it up.
"Well...there's not really much to say. After we broke up, we didn't saw each other for weeks. At that time, I was being pressured by Mr. Hanazawa on accepting the Moondance project. Even with all that happened, I was still undecided. Then we met again. The gang brought me to this Karaoke club and we didn't knew that Mokuba decided to cheer up his brother as well by bringing him to that certain club. They were seated at the table next to ours and it was really one of the most ackward moments in my life." Jou gave a sad smile as if remembering something as he told Seya his history.
"After that night, I knew that I had to get away. Not just for me but for the both of us. We both need time to heal and for that to happen we needed space. I accepted the project and I got popular. For three years, I toured Japan as a singer while studying with my tutor. I was so busy I forgot to contact my friends. Then another opportunity came up..." Jou looked at Seya, who listened intently to his story.
"But that would require me to leave Japan. I had to go to America. I didn't want to leave everything but when the news broke out that Seto had a son..." he stopped as pain filled his memories again. Seto had a son...a son means a wife...Seto had forgotten about him and moved on. "That's when I've decided to accept the break. I had to move on too...After I arrived to America, my break had given me a solid foundation on showbiz. The rest as others may say it was history."
Seya looked at the man he had grown up with from his future. This man would be his dad...if he just took away the pain on his Honey eyes. Without thinking, he asked Jou something that made Jou smiled bitterly.
"Are you happy?"
Jou laughed but didn't answered. He looked at Seya, amusement on his eyes.
"I envy Seto. He had a great son. I'm sure your mother is very proud of you."
Seya looked at him, confusion evident on his eyes.
"I don't have a mom. I'm one of the first babies that had been born through the IVF and an artificial womb. It's a scientific breakthrough and it was all over the news!" This shocked Jou and Seya was surprised with Jou's reaction.
"You mean you didn't know?" when Jou nodded, Seya almost laughed.
"How come you didn't know? I remembered unlce Mokuba saying that the news about it lasted for about months and within a year, Kaiba Research established its place on the world."
"Hey kid, I just told you I can barely contact my friends. Do you think I have time to watch the news?" Jou huffed like his seventeen year old self used to do.
"But you knew father had a son..." everything clicked on Seya's mind. "You though he married someone and had a son with them!" He grinned sheepishly and Jou was quite freaked out to see Seya grin just like him.
"Yeah...that's one of the reasons I accepted that break. I thought he had moved on..."
"But father never did! He's still inlove with you!"
"Not this again Seya. We've been through this. As long as you don't have evidence that Seto still love me, I won't believe you. Besides, he could have contacted me all those times but did he? He didn't! So it's a hopeless case. Let it go." Jou's voice was flat and this unnerved Seya a bit.
Silence fell on them. Seya glanced at his watch and saw that his time was almost up and Jou needed to go back and practice.
"Know what, if I'll be given a chance to choose another parent, I'd like to have you as my dad. You, Father and I could be a family..." he smiled as he remembered the family he had before he went to this time-travel adventure.
Jou looked at him, shocked and gratitude was mixed on his eyes. Seya stood up and Jou followed suit.
"I mean it Jou. My father still loves you. If you'll just give him another chance, your love can be renewed. I never knew this day would come where I have to say this but, I want the two of you be together. You're perfect for each other because you've complimented each other's strengths and flaws. You had your chance before but a heartless kid ruined it. Now that there's another one, I hope you won't let it slip away." at that Seya left.
Jou was left standing in front of the cafe thinking over what Seya had said to him.
'Another chance...maybe...' he then remembered how did he and Seto got to together. 'Come to think of it, he looked a lot that Seya kid back then...they even had the same name.'
-tbc
1. Exchanging hair locks tied like an eternity knot was from a friend. It wasone of her romantic antics. Also the matching sweaters from the previous chapter was from her too.
A/N: I was tempted to put the concert scene right away but I don't want to end with a cliff hanger so I decided to stop the chapter right there. Besides, I don't want to be threatened with death threats anymore since my professors are doing the great job on giving it to me everyday. I'm sorry for the long update. I'm busy with college and I can only afford those minute of surfing on an internet cafe. I'm sorry but I need to put my writing second to my top most priority, college. I'm not that rich so I really need the scholarship. Sorry again...
Also, I started revising the old chapters. I might put it up once this is completed. Afterall, only three more chapters left (chapter 18 and 19 then the epilogue). I've done so much revision on the prologue and chapters 1 and 2. I'm looking for a beta too. Can you recommend someone who could put up with a deranged writer who had a major tense problem? I'm trying my best to improve my writings for all of you and for myself as well...
P.S. Someone e-mailed me if this story was a Gary-sue. I admit I'm ignorant and had to research what the heck is a gary-sue. When I found out, I contemplated whether this is a self-insertion or what...Seya's way too different from me and I don't really see myself as Kaiba and a Jou's son/daughter (actually, I could see myself as their fangirl but that's about it). I didn't intend to write a gary-sue( I didn't even know what it was until the e-mailer pointed it out) and apologize if I offended the Gary-sue/Mary-sue haters out there.
With that...on to the reviews!
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Amy Hirosaki- Thanks! I don't want to leave you hanging againso I made it to a point where it wouldn't be a cliffhanger...much. :)
Sunshine Pie- Thanks! I might put the Yuki/Seya on the epilogue but maybe there'll be hints on chapter 19...Waah! I'm giving away the plot! boinks herself :)
rubisora18117-Thanks for the help! Now, I'm sticking with the 0/0/0/0 break lines (they looked like the binary code we've taken up for IT). I really don't intend for this fic to get sad. I hope with the new chapter I hope I somehow lightened it a bit...:)
anaraz- Thanks. Don't worry...I will..soon. Very soon...:)
clarity-Thanks! The info was helpful too. As you can see, I'll be sticking to my binary code look-alike break lines grins. I was really shocked when you asked about Jou and Seya. When your review reached me, I was typing the chapter from my notebook to my PC and was on Seto's part on flipping the picture frame! I didn't know someone would catch that from the chapter before. gives Cookies as reward :)
mechante fille- Thanks! It is a bit melancholic but I tend to write that way. smile sheepishly Don't worry, he will:)
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