The epilogue. The last chapter. After this, it's done. End. Fin. Owari. COMPLETELY DONE TYPING THIS! So enjoy it while you can. (And thank you to reviewers! -hands out cookies-)

WARNING! There IS a lime- two gay guys have sex. Yeah. I shouldn't have to warn you since if you've read this far, then you don't care. But still. You can't say I didn't warn you. XP

Teian no Kokoro- Epilogue: Exposed

"I'm beatin' ya'!"

"Nuh- uh! I'm beating you!"

"Take that!"

"NO! That hurt!"

Joey laughed as he pressed a few buttons on the PS2 controller. "Mokuba, it was supposed to."

(A/N: Imagine they're playing Soul Calibur or something like that. XD)

Kaiba leaned on the wall in the back of the room silently. He had been back there for ten minutes watching Joey and Mokuba play video games in the den. He actually found it quite funny as they beat each other up in the game, but didn't do it aloud to make his presence known.

"I'm getting bored with this," said Mokuba.

Joey put his controller down and turned off the console. "Yeah, me too." He turned to Mokuba, who was sitting on the floor beside him.

Mokuba scooted back to sit againstthe couch. "How 'bout we talk?"

Joey shugged. "Why not?" He stared at the floor. "I wonder where Seto is..."

"He's probably at work," said Mokuba. He smiled. "I'm glad you two are best friends now."

Joey also smiled, still staring at the ground. "Yeah... me too..."

Kaiba smirked. More than just friends, really...

"I notice that you're here a lot," said Mokuba, "Why?"

Kaiba tensed up. uh-oh...

"Problems at home," Joey answered. "Seto's letting me stay here until I can go back."

Phew... Nice thinking...

"Oh, wow," said Mokuba, "When do you think you can go back home?"

Joey shrugged. "I dunno. Don't really care, though. I like it here!"

He is home...

Mokuba grinned. "Why don't you just live here?"

"Think Seto'll let me?"

"Well... you two are friends... He probably will."

Smirking, Kaiba left the room. Doesn't suspect a thing...

iii

Kaiba looked at himself in the mirror. He was wearing a black button up dress shirt and black leather pants that clung to his thighs. His shirt was loose and tucked in.

"What do you think?" he asked Joey, who was lying on his stomach on their bed and watching him. He turned to look at his ass. "Do these pants look right on me?"

Joey rolled his eyes. "You look fine, Seto..."

Kaiba turned back around and straightened his shirt. "Do you think they're too tight in the front?"

"You look good in everything," said Joey.

Kaiba grinned at him. "... Even in a diaper?"

Joey put his index finger on his chin and looked like he thought about it. "Well, no... It'd make your ass big and crinnkly. Ew." He sat up and let his legs hang off the edge of the bed.

Kaiba laughed and sat on Joey's lap. "What's wrong with that?"

"You shouldn't hide that great ass of yours..." Joey said timidly.

"You're not bad yourself..." Kaiba pointed out.

Joey started blushing. "Shut up..."

Kaiba let his hands rest on Joey's thighs. "I refuse to lie to you."

"Oh I feel so special," Joey said sarcastically, giving him a swift kiss.

Kaiba kept smiling as he closed in for another kiss. "You should..."

Joeyput his arms lightly around his boyfriend as they let their tongues battle for the third time. His hands slowly slid down, his left resting on Kaiba's hip, the other cupping the leather-clad ass. Kaiba gave a light moan as he scooted closer. Joey gasped at the intimate contact and separated from the kiss. He stared into Kaiba's eyes, questioning.

"What's wrong?" Kaiba asked, scooting back.

"I..." said Joey, staring down at Kaiba's stomach, "I'm sorry, I just flipped out..."

"It's all right," Kaiba said, moving to get up.

Joey grabbed Kaiba's hips and sat him back down. "Wait. I, uh... Maybe we... This is if, um..." He began to blush again.

Kaiba softly smiled as he got up, watching Joey's face sadden. "Scoot back," he said before heading toward the door. He heard shuffling on the bed as he closed the door and turned the light out. He walked around his dresser and turned on the small lamp that sat there. The light was a dim yellow that cast shadows upon everything. With his back still toward Joey, he started unbuttoning his shirt.

"I thought you had that big meeting with your new associates in half an hour?" said Joey.

Kaiba let the shirt slide gracfully off his shoulders and onto the floor. "Oh well," he said as he turned around and walked to the bed, "They'll eventually figure out that I'm not coming."

Joey watched Kaiba crawl onto the bed and come up to tower over him. "So screw them, huh?"

The CEO straddled his thighs. "Not exactly..."

Kaiba rested his hands on the other's chest as he leaned down to capture his lips. Joey's arms went around his torso, hands laying flat on his shoulder blades. Kaiba pryed open Joey's lips with his tongue, allowing them to passionately kiss. He wanted to lower himself to allow more contact, but thought against it due to not wanting to alarm his lover. Knowing his want, Joey used his arms to force Kaiba lower.

A mix of butterflies and fire spread through Kaiba's loins. This is really happening...

He slipped his tongue out and licked Joey's upper lip. He kissed it, then went down to giving butterfly kisses to his neck. He shifted his legs, letting their manhoods rub against eachother. At the same time, he nipped at Joey's neck, which made a moan escape from his throat. Smirking at th reaction, Kaiba ran his hands down Joey's torso and slipped inside his shirt. He continued to nip at the flesh on Joey's neck then soothing it with his tongue.

A moment later, Kaiba was discarding Joey's shirt onto the floor. His eyes scanned the newly revealed skin before him. His chest was more defined than his own, and his ribs were slightly sticking out from laying down. His abdomen held shadows that were being cast my muscles moving as he breathed. Kaiba's sight went up to Joey's face, which looked uncertain about the next action. Smirking, Kaiba put his hands on each side of Joey's slender waist and started running his lips over Joey's right nipple. He grinded himself once against Joey, making a whimper of pleasure come from both of them.

Joey's hands tightened into fists on Kaiba's back as his breathing became more shallow. Kaiba gave one last lick to the now hardened nipple before starting to kiss lower. He felt Joey spread his legs beneath him, allowing more access. Kaiba looked up from kissing as he started to undo Joey's pants.

The door across the room opened quickly. Joey gasped as Kaiba straightenedup and looked to the doorway.

"Um, Seto?" said Mokuba, "I think a gu-" His eyes must have adjusted to the dim light as he looked upon the scene before him. Kaiba heard Joey gulp as he felt his cheeks burn. Mokuba's eyes went to Joey, then Kaiba. "Uh... Sorry!" Mokuba said right before slamming the door shut.

Kaiba let out a breath he didn't realize he had been holding and collapse onto Joey's shoulder. "Shit..."

"Well... he knows now..." said Joey.

"This isn't the way I wanted for him to find out..." Kaiba said quietly.

"What're we gonna do about him?"

Kaiba thought for a second. "He's young. He'll get over it." He raised himself to look at Joey. "I say we go back to where we left off." He watched Joey smile in approval.

iii

Kaiba approached a playground. The skyabove was grey, and the air was chilly. He was wearing a black shirt and black jeans with his dark blue trench coat. As he came closer, he reached into one of his pockets and took out a permanent marker.

He stepped onto the mulch and looked at the equipment. Various writings dotted everything, and he could easily pickout Joey's chicken-scratch. Softly smiling, he stopped at the orange tunnel slide. He read something, then uncapped his marker. He scribbled something out and wrote another this above it.

Kaiba looked upon his writing. There. Now it says the truth.

The sentence, all in his handwriting, had the third word scratched and replaced. It now said 'Mutt fucked Belt Boy.'

END

... FINISHED! Do you think the ending's cute? I thought it was... And now, it's time for my final quote. This one comes from my favorite episode of Fullmetal Alchemist, coming from my lovely baby Eddie impersonating our favorite colonel: "Struck out on the Philosopher's Stone again, huh? How am I supposed to keep funding this wild goose chase? Money doesn't grow on trees there, chief! Ed, where'd you run off to? Oh, there you are! I couldn't see you over my paper work, seeing as you're so short and all! Hahaha!" LOL. And i love the "dance" he does with it. ..."I like to move it- move it." ROTFLMAO Don't ask. Well, take care now, bye bye then!

Written 8-13-04 to 9-19-04

If you're a fan of Star Ocean 3: Till the end of time, and like the pairing of Cliff/Albel, be sure to read the next story I put up!