Author's Note: Jouneth's double ear infection is actually based on a time when I was about one when I had two ear infections. My mom said that my ears were so bad that I was throwing up and she and my dad had to take me to the hospital.
Attention Inuyasha fans: I have authored my very first Inuyasha story! So if any of you enjoy Run Away Puppy why not check out my Inuyasha story called "You Found Me."
daughterofanubis: (hands ya a tissue) It's okay don't cry. Things will be okay…eventually. Yeah, I would totally baby-sit for Seto and Joey! Jouneth is just so darling! Speaking of you asking to baby-sit I was thinking about making a character based on you for the third part of RAP. Just tell me if you have any suggestions for your character! Thanks so much for reading and I shall see you next chapter!
puffin: Glad to hear that you liked last chapter! I guess for the moment Serenity is living with them but there is another surprise coming up in the next chapter…but I won't say what it is. So yeah she is living with them. Well I hope that cleared that up. Thanks so much for reading and I shall see you next chapter!
Jou-Kaiba-Mokie: Jouneth be the next Einstein? How so? I know he'll inherit the Kaiba smart gene from Seto but how is he smart like you say? Your baby sister had a seizure! That was probably scary! Uh…you don't want Mollano to show up…uhhh…. well…I won't say any more. I hope your baby sister doesn't have to go through all that again. Yeah, Jou's mom is a bitch and yes, Serenity is living them for the time being. Thanks so much for reading and I shall see you next chapter!
Miru Amai: Awe, what's wrong? Why are you depressed? Actually I have to say something that make you feel better. I wanted to make you into a character for the third part of Run Away Puppy. Just tell me what you want your character to be like. I hope you feel better soon and thanks so much for reading! I'll see you next chapter!
LZfOx1379: WOOT! Go get Jou's mom! Yeah she was quite mean indeed. Yeah cute and innocent Jouneth. Yep, she slapped Seto but remember he punched her back. Well thanks for the compliment; I can only try to be a great writer. I'm honored to be called your favorite SetoxJou writer. While your watching that house, make sure to give her a bullet wound for me! Thanks so much for reading and shall see you next chapter!
Dark Shadowess: Yeah, thank Ra it wasn't anything worse, but those damn things can be so painful, my ears used to get like Jouneth's. Thanks so much for reading and I shall see you next chapter!
Dragonmaster1703: Well that's too bad that he doesn't say or do anything but man I hope he has some sort of past, Joey is like the best part of YGO for me! He's just adorable! Thanks so much on the tips and I will definitely go to that website! Thanks so much for reading and I shall see you next chapter!
Bloody Days OF Dust: When you read this chapter I explain the whole Seto and Joey thing you were confused about, so no worries! I would like to kill off Joey's mother but she is the cause of all the pain in the third part! The Inferno was a great book I loved it! Yeah the whole reference tells ya that Seto has read the Inferno too! Yeah I would miss my mommy and daddy too if I lost them at a young age! Yes it is a long review but it is very much appreciated! I'll try to make a fancy twist…but I'm running low on ideas for twists. Glad you liked the chapter! Thanks so much for reading and I shall see you next chapter!
FireieGurl: I figured a cute ending was needed! Yeah, Joey's mom is a bitch but what can ya do? I think Seto should just get medieval on her ass.
invisible girl: Yes, Jou's mom is the biggest bitch in the whole wide world…well besides my junior art teacher. Yeah, I actually based Jouneth's ear infections off of a time when I had the same exact thing when I was his age! I never got tubes but my brother did. Yeah ear infections freakin' suck and they hurt like a MOFO. I know I cried a lot and I still do. Anyway, thanks so much for reading and I shall see you next chapter!
Run Away Puppy 2: Mollano's RevengeChapter Fifteen: Breakaway
11:46 am
The couple had gotten home at almost 3:30 that morning and they were beyond tired, but they were thankful that their infant would finally be at ease. As Joey woke up, he had found the bed empty and that it was almost noon. The blonde pulled himself out of bed and decided to let Seto get some sleep while he took care of the baby for a while but when the blonde found his boyfriend and son, they were both fast asleep on the couch, Jouneth lay comfortably on his tummy upon his father's chest (okay, if this confused you then you should probably read this: alright, all this is referring to is that when Joey woke up and Seto wasn't in bed with him he already knew that Seto had gotten up to take care of Jouneth and Joey decided to get up and let Seto get some more rest while he took care of the infant…but when Joey found Seto he was fast asleep on the couch already). Joey felt a loving smile come to life and he hunted down the digital camera. This was just the cutest Kodak moment ever!
"Hmm…I wonder where Seto hid the camera from me this time?" Joey asked himself quietly as he went into the kitchen. It was no secret, Seto hated having his picture taken, though he loved Joey, he made no exceptions. There on the breakfast nook sat his tool. The blonde picked up the digital camera then headed back out into the living area and snapped a photo of his beloved and child. The flash alone made Seto peek an eye open and see who was disturbing him.
"Pup, what are you doing up? I thought you were sleeping." The brunette was obviously fatigued beyond what he had ever been. Joey took the liberty of taking Jouneth carefully into his arms. "Go up to the bedroom and get some more sleep, I'll take the baby from here." Seto yawned heavily and shook his head, "No, I'm okay, really."
"Set, I know you're okay but you're tired and you need to rest, we have school tomorrow."
"Ah shit!" Seto said while bolting up right. The blonde jumped at the sudden outburst, "What? What's wrong?"
"We don't have a trust worthy baby-sitter for Jouneth." The amber-eyed teen chuckled, "Sure we do, Yugi talked to his Grandpa, and Mr. Mutou said he would watch him." Joey explained. "I don't know koi, Jouneth is sick, won't he be too much hassle for him? Besides, Solomon has to run the game shop."
"Set, Solomon raised Yugi, I think he's got an idea on how to take care of a sick infant." The tired brunette stood up and kissed his lover's lips, "I'm gonna go take a nap." Joey nodded, "Okay, don't worry about us, just get your rest okay." The young CEO nodded then headed up the staircase to his bedroom.
"Hey, good morning nii-sama!" Mokuba piped as he watched the brunette come up the staircase trying to stifle a yawn. "Good night." Was the tired teen's simple response. The boy observed as his brother trudged to his bedroom and closed the door behind him. "Poor Seto." The raven-haired boy whispered to himself before going about his business again and greeting Joey.
"Mornin' Joey!"
"Hey kiddo." The blonde said with a warm smile. "How's my little nephew this morning?" The boy asked while bounding over to said blonde. "Well, he's okay for now, I bet he's just exhausted from this morning."
"Speaking of which, what was wrong with him?"
"Well, he's got an ear infection in both ears." Mokuba covered both his ears and winced, he's had those before and they hurt like hell. Seto's had them too but his get really bad, that's where Jouneth must have gotten that quality. The boy stroked the baby's head gently and smiled, "At least he can rest now." Joey nodded in agreement, at that moment another visitor said his good morning. Hunter ran happily over to the couch and jumped onto it and sat next to the amber-eyed teen.
"Hello there Hunter, sorry I haven't paid much attention to ya. My own puppy has been keepin' me pretty busy." Joey explained while petting his golden animal. The puppy waged his happy little tail then quickly licked his owner's face. "Hunter…silly pup." The blonde said while smiling. Movement in Joey's arms brought his attention back to infant. Jouneth stirred a few more times before opening his eyes.
"Good morning little one." The teen greeted before kissing Jouneth's cheek. The baby just gazed at his mother and cooed happily.
6:49 am
"Yugi, can you get the door, someone is knocking." Solomon cried from the kitchen. Said boy ran down the stairs pulling his uniform shirt on, finally he answered the door. "Hey Joey! Kaiba!" The short teen greeted happily. The couple came through the door with Jouneth on hand. Seto was the one to make sure that Solomon would be okay.
"He's got a spare change of clothes if it's needed. There's more than enough formula for the day, along with diapers, wipes, and anything else you can think of. I also want you to know that Jouneth has a double ear infection, one in each ear, so at noon you need to administer one drop of his medicine in each ear. And if there is anything he or you may need don't hesitate to reach either Joey or I on our cell phones." With that said the brunette handed the man a piece of paper with their numbers on it. "I hope you'll be okay Mr. Mutou." The old man chuckled softly, "Of course Seto, I raised Yugi from a very young age, and he wasn't much older than Jouneth. We'll be okay I promise." The young father nodded his head and sent his attention then to his sleeping infant. "Be good okay, mommy and daddy will be here after school but for now Grandpa Mutou is going to take care of you, so behave." Seto whispered before kissing the baby's head. Joey smiled softly and then he too kissed Jouneth goodbye.
"Alright guys, Yami and I are ready to go." Yugi said while coming around the corner into the kitchen. The group nodded then left the man with the baby. Seto however was still not sitting right with the whole idea.
"Well, what should we do Jouneth?" Solomon asked the slumbering babe. The old man smiled then took the car seat into the living area and gently sat it down next to the couch where Solomon sat and watched his early morning news channel.
2:46 pm
Solomon had laid out the Jouneth's blanket and let the baby handle himself while he helped customers in the shop. But the baby was used to having his parents around with him most of the time spoiling him with attention. So once he began to feel lonely he started whining and eventually started to cry.
"Oh, you'll have to excuse me for a moment miss."
"Baby-sitting today Mr. Mutou?" The man nodded and went into the living room to fetch the child. "Feeling a little lonely, well come with Grandpa little one and I shall keep you company." Jouneth had already slowed his crying into a whimpering.
"Oh Mr. Mutou, he's so adorable." The old man smiled, "Well, is there anything I can help you with ma'am?"
"Well, my son says there is a new pack of duel monsters cards that just came out and he wants a couple packs, which would those be?" Solomon nodded and moved over to the counter case, "The Darkness Rides Again packs would be the new ones, you want two of those?"
"Uh, give me four." Jouneth gurgled then let out a tiny burp. The lady giggled and Solomon made sure he wasn't spat up on.
"Hey Grandpa, I'm home." Yugi said while coming through the shop door. "Well hello there Yugi, did you have a good day at school?" The tri-hair colored teen nodded and smiled. "I see Jouneth has been helping you take care of the shop."
"He just likes attention and I don't blame him." Solomon joked. "That would be Joey's fault, he never puts the baby down." Seto said while taking his son into his arms. The infant cooed when he saw his papa. "Well hello to you too kiddo."
"No way, is that the infamous Kaiba Baby?" The lady customer asked. Seto looked over to her but said nothing. "I'm a reporter from the local news paper and I have wanted so badly to do a story on the Kaiba Family for the Duelists section. May I Mr. Kaiba?" The young CEO shook his head, "Sorry I'd rather not let my son be turned into bait to sell some cheesy news paper."
"Set, be nice!" Joey's voice rang from the other room. The brunette flashed a fake smile at the woman then receded into the room his puppy was in.
Two Weeks Later…
"You're a whole month old Jou." Joey said while sitting with his son on the floor. "What are you two up too?" Seto asked while approaching his lover and child. "Say, 'Nothin' daddy, just lyin' about.'" The brunette fixed himself on the floor next to the blonde and rested his chin on Joey's right shoulder. "Hi Jouneth." The blue-eyed teen greeted happily. Happy to see both his parents paying attention to him he thanked them by giving them his first smile.
"Did he just…?"
"Smile?" Joey finished while nodding; the couple smiled at each other and exchanged a quick kiss. "So tomorrow we have a half day of school then a senior assembly?" Seto asked. Joey nodded, "Yeah."
"Is Solomon going to watch Jouneth?" The brunette inquired to his puppy. "No, I thought it might be nice for Ms. Gray to see the baby before we go off and live our lives and raise him."
"You make it sound like we'll never see her again pup."
"Well, yeah because…well…" Seto smiled and kissed his boyfriend's temple. "We'll see her again. She can come to his birthday parties and stuff." The amber-eyed teen went silent for a moment and gazed at his one-month-old son. "I can't believe this is it, we'll be graduated and already parents. What are we going to do after high school?"
"Well, we both already have jobs." The young CEO answered. Joey quirked an eyebrow, "What do you mean? You have a job! I don't and I don't know what I want to do, I guess after having the baby I lost sight of life after high school."
"Can I tell you what I want you to do?"
"Hmm…what, Set?"
"I want you to stay home and raise the baby until he starts first grade." Seto answered softly before kissing the patch of skin behind the blonde's right ear. As much as Joey loved being kissed in that spot, what Seto had said wasn't quite sitting right with him and he probably took it the wrong way. "You want me to your housewife?" The blonde said in a disgusted tone. The brunette shook his head, "No, I don't want you to be my housewife Joey, I want you to be a full-time stay at home mom for Jouneth. I want at least one of us to be home 24/7 so that he's brought up right and isn't un-bonded, I want him to feel like he's got a stable home, and not parents he rarely sees because of their jobs. And seeing that I have Kaiba Corp. on my plate I want you to stay at home with the baby." Joey could understand what Seto wanted but still sent him a funny look. "It's not that I don't think you couldn't survive the outside world, because you would definitely take them by storm…but I just want what's best for Jouneth and a nanny isn't best, his mother is what's best."
Joey shook his head and lowered his eyes, "Oh Seto…" He said in a grim tone. The blue-eyed teen was now expecting the worst but when he was tackled to the floor by a happy looking blonde puppy he thought different. "You are such a hopeless lover ya know?" Joey said before kissing his boyfriend soundly. They pulled away in mere inches and the brunette smiled, "I take it that's a yes to full-time stay at home mom?" The blonde nodded and smiled, "I would do anything for you and our baby." Seto chuckled, "As would I pup, as would I."
Friday, May 26, 2006
"Come on pup, we're gonna be late on our last day of school!" Seto yelled from the bottom of the staircase. He heard an inaudible response from his lover and chuckled. "Come on Joey, Jouneth's a month old and he's already set to go." Finally the brunette saw the object of his affection come running down the staircase with a playful glare on his face. "Don't compare me to our son!" Seto shook his head with a smile and caught his darling puppy in a kiss. Joey pulled away, "Ya know if we stand around and kiss any longer we will be late." Seto nodded and motioned for the blonde to go before him.
Just as they both had expected, they were late but not by much, maybe a couple minutes after the tardy bell, sure the teacher would raise an eyebrow and shake her head but what can you do when you have a fussy one-month-old infant right?
"Sorry Ms. Coleman, we didn't mean to be late." Joey said walking through the doorway with Seto and a fussy Jouneth in tow. She smiled, "It's okay I guess seeing your reasons, go ahead and take your seats, I was getting ready to put "The Alamo" in." The teens nodded and headed to their desks toward the back of the middle two rows. They weren't in class ten minutes when Jouneth had become restless and started to cry. Naturally, their classmates turned and watched as the parents tended to their child. It was Joey who took up the baby and went outside the door to try and calm him. Seto was left to his own devices. The brunette sat and watched the movie until a voice called to him; Joey called him over to the door. The students watched as the pair exchanged quick words then observed as the young CEO went over to the diaper bag and instantly began to make a bottle.
"Quite the pro, aren't you Kaiba?" A male classmate asked. The brunette looked at him but said nothing, keeping his mind focused on getting his son calmed down. The same student looked on as the blue-eyed teen handed off the bottle to Joey. It was a good thing that they only had a half day, really they could have just came for the assembly but Joey wanted Ms. Gray to see the baby. They got through their first hour then went straight to said teacher.
"Oh Ms. Gray." Joey said while waltzing into her classroom. She looked up and her green eyes flashed with a happiness that couldn't be contained. Smiling brightly, she approached the blonde and his son. "May I?" She asked referring to holding the infant. Joey nodded and gently handed his child off to the L.I.F.E teacher, actually he thought of more of a godmother of her to Jouneth.
"How are his ears?" She asked while cradling the Kaiba Baby. "All cleared up, I'm glad that he recovered quickly, my family has a history of prolonged infections but, I guess that's why Mokuba and I had tubes put in our ears when we were young."
"You'll just have to watch this little guy's ears and hope they're not like yours." The woman said with a soft smile on her face. The teen nodded and smiled.
At about 12: 50 the senior class was summoned to the vast courtyard of Domino High, they were seated in metal chairs that were lined up on the grass, most likely placed there for the graduation ceremony.
"You sure you wanna go through with this, a lot of innocent bystanders could get hurt, besides, we're only after TWO boys." Mollano said while looking amongst the crowd of the senior class. "Don't worry Jamie, we only do dis as a scare tactic. We won't harm anybody. I have ordered my sniper boys to just aim at random objects, not people." Birdo explained with a sly smirk on his face. The former mob boss couldn't help but pity the two teens they were after. Seto and Joey were in for a world of hurt. Mollano watched as Birdo's crew lifted their sniper guns in ready position.
"Wait for my signal." Birdo ordered. The men awaited the word like their boss had asked. The man watched as the teens were seated and waited for the principal to stand before the podium.
"SENIORS! Class of 2006 (that's my year! Woot! Go class of 2006!)! Congratulations to you all for making it this far! Tomorrow will be an honorary day for you all!" The principal said excitedly over the microphone.
"Fire Boys." And on command the snipers triggers were pulled and complete chaos broke out and in an instant 400 seniors watched as their principal fell lifeless to the ground.
"What's going on?" Tristan cried to Seto over the hysteria of the crowd. The brunette shook his head then he and Tristan witnessed Joey cry out and fall to his knees holding a wailing Jouneth in his arms. "JOEY!" Tristan and Seto cried in unison.
"Puppy, are you alright?"
"Fuck Seto, my right arm hurts…really bad." Seto took Jouneth from his lover's grip and handed the baby to Tristan. "Take the car seat and take the baby to the Game shop. I have to get Joey to a hospital." The panicked CEO ordered to the other brunette. Tristan nodded and took up the car seat and headed in the direction of his car in the student parking lot.
By now Joey's world was beginning to spin, the pain was too much to abide, it was worse than labor. "Pup, are you going to be okay?" The blonde fell forward onto Seto's chest and whispered, "I…told you…it was Moll…ano." Before blacking out.
Author's Note: So…what did ya think? Did you like it? I think it came out halfway decent! A nice way to bring Mollano back into the picture! Next chapter will start happy then end on a sour note! Thank you all so much for reading and I shall see you next chapter! Don't forget to review!