Dogs Do The Silliest Things, by Dani Wheeler-Kaiba
Dedicated to the forces that first led me to watch Yu-Gi-Oh – and this chapter to anyone who, like me, has witnessed bad PDA's once too often. Not that there's anything wrong with the Yugioh boys having PDA's! When they do it it's cute! Only when it's…other people, it's not always so good…
Disclaimer: If the Yu-Gi-Oh world was mine, it would be on late at night and definitely not a show that you'd find appropriate for anyone who can't watch R-18+. Oooh, that'd be so cool though! I need a good lawyer that can help me find a way to own Yu-Gi-Oh…
Summary: SetoxJou. That should say it all. What started as a usual day of hatred between Seto Kaiba and Katsuya Jounouchi was completely turned around. Maybe it was just a spur of the moment thing, or maybe it was something more. I don't know as much about Yu-Gi-Oh as I'd like to, so please forgive any little mistakes I make.
The last chapter was a pretty blah chapter, but it had to be there, you know? And I'm writing the small side story of Yami/Yugi too - - I'll post that too, so once it's up, check it out!
ALSO – this chapter gets a little more graphic. It's really tame, but this is just a warning to my friends who have been reading this, who aren't as used to this sort of thing. So you can't say I didn't warn you.
Read, enjoy, and review!
Ch. 14: PDA's
Monday morning. Possibly the worst time of the week. Everyone over the age of five gets forced into the five-day-a-week routine, and half of those people have a permanent case of Monday-itis. Jou was a sufferer of said affliction, and, contrary to popular belief, so was Seto.
Mondays were never good. But after this particular weekend, it was hardly going to be an ordinary Monday.
Both the teens were making their way to school, as usual, in very different ways. Seto had just stepped out of the back seat of his limo, and was presently walking through the front gates in that calm, collected manner of his, despite the fact that the bell would ring at any moment. Jou, on the other hand, was sprinting around the corner, fully aware that if he didn't hurry up he'd be late. Picking up as much speed as he could, he tore through the gates, not really aware of his surroundings, until suddenly –
WHAM! Jou gasped as the air was knocked out of him, and he was quick to fall to the ground. He hadn't been watching where he was going, and he wasn't aware of bashing into someone until it had actually happened. As for whom he had bashed into…
"Watch where you're going!"
Jou's discomfort, if possible, increased as he realised whose icy voice that was. He tried to breathe out an apology, but his stomach didn't have enough air yet for that.
Seto winced as his own pain from the impact became evident, but he still turned to glare at the perpetrator, who was lying on the ground. "What do you – " He stopped, seeing for the first time who it was that ran into him. "Oh. Puppy."
As his senses gradually returned to him, Jou managed a scowl. "Ya know, I really hate the dog thing."
"I know," Seto narrowed his eyes a little. "But you deserve it. You did just run straight into me."
"Er…right," Jou's face went a little red. "Uh…sorry 'bout that."
"No permanent harm done." Seto reached down to help the blonde boy up. As his hand clasped Jou's, he felt an intriguing warm sensation pass through him, and even after Jou was on his feet again, he was reluctant to let go. Jou's blush deepened.
"Seto…everyone's watching," he mumbled.
Seto blinked and looked around. Sure enough, people from all directions were staring in surprise at what they had just seen. Because, unless they were very much mistaken, Jou had collided with the CEO, and not only escaped a fight, but apologised, only to be helped up by his enemy. And now it almost looked as though the two were holding hands.
Seto loosened his grip on Jou's hand, but didn't entirely release it. Screw what everyone else thought. He could do what he wanted.
"Coming, puppy?" he said, not leaving Jou much choice since their hands were still together. "The bell's about to ring."
Jou looked stunned at how little Seto was doing to maintain the illusion that they were still enemies. Sure, Jou had no problem with being the centre of attention, but in this situation, things were a little different. Focus on the fact that he was with Seto wasn't something he really wanted.
But if Seto didn't care…
Jou shrugged and walked beside him, their fingers intertwined.
All the onlookers nearly fainted.
Throughout the whole morning, people shot Jou strange looks. He could hardly blame them; it must have been pretty weird to see two people who hated each other's guts suddenly being nice to each other – more than nice, considering they held hands.
In English, someone passed a note to Jou's desk. It read: Don't you DARE think of Seto that way. He's MINE. You make any more moves on him and I will get you!
Ugh. Right. Seto had fangirls. Jou ripped the note in half, hoping that whoever had written it was watching, and he wondered how Seto was being treated.
Even the teachers were behaving differently. They didn't shoot any questions at him like they usually did, and when they spoke to him it was always in a polite, understanding voice. Jou didn't even know any teachers had been watching this morning, but what else would have made them all act in this way?
Since Jou's friends already knew about him and Seto, lunchtime started out relatively normally. Of course, people stared, but by this time Jou learned to ignore them.
"Jou…" Yugi said. "Why does Seto (for Jou's sake, he called him Seto now) still sit alone?"
Jou blinked. "Huh?"
"Well, why doesn't he come and sit with us now?"
Yeah, why doesn't he? Jou frowned. Sitting together would certainly fuel the rumours about them being a couple, but Seto didn't care what people had thought this morning…so why now?
"I dunno, Yuug…I'll ask him." Jou stood up, and approached the table at which Seto sat alone.
Seto composed himself as Jou walked towards him. The blonde's expression was awkward, and for a brief moment he wondered why, before realising that Jou probably didn't know how to act with him around other people.
Funny, I wouldn't have pictured him as one to care what others thought of him.
Seto saw that Jou's group of friends were watching from their table. They didn't look in the least surprised – had Jou told them the whole story?
The blonde shuffled slightly on the spot. "Hey," he said quietly.
"Hello puppy." Jou didn't even stir at the nickname this time. Probably because it didn't sound nearly as much like an insult as 'mutt' did; it sounded more like a token of affection.
"Seto…I – uh…" He looked over his shoulder at his friends. "You're…sittin' on your own."
"I usually do."
"Well…you don't have to. You can – sit with us if you want."
Seto raised his eyebrows at the offer. "I would have expected your friends to raise some objection to that."
Jou shook his head. "Nah, actually, Yugi was the one who suggested it." He looked back at his table again. "I…told them. Yesterday. About what's been happenin' with us."
So they did know. Seto nodded slowly. "I suspected as much. And they didn't take it too badly?"
"Well, they were shocked, I guess, but they don't have any problems with it."
"Good. Mokuba didn't either."
Jou blinked. "You told your brother?" he said incredulously.
"It would have reached him eventually. Now, I believe you were offering me a seat at your table?"
Seto followed Jou back to where his friends were sitting. Stares and murmurs followed them from every table they passed – Seto Kaiba was going to sit with other people! Something was definitely going on between him and Jounouchi…were the rumours true about them?
Jou seated himself opposite Bakura, and Seto took the spot next to him. The CEO was surprised to find that he was being treated exactly the same as all the rest of them, like he had been their friend all along. Although he spent little time talking and more time listening, he had been welcomed wholly into the conversation by all of them.
Inevitably, it seemed, the talk turned to him and Jou.
"You sure know how to start rumours," Malik said. "I've never seen so many people all talking about the same thing. 'Did you see them hold hands this morning? Is it true that they're a couple?'"
"Even we didn't get that much publicity when Bakura decided it was a good idea to practically molest me in the hall last year," said Ryou, causing Bakura to grin.
"You know you enjoyed it…" he said slyly, before turning to Jou. "So what's it like kissing a millionaire?"
Jou's face reddened, and so did Seto's, but Bakura was unrelenting.
"Come on…don't make me truth or thruth it out of you…what's it like?"
"I have to – " Jou stood up hastily. " – go to the bathroom." He rushed off quickly, before Bakura could get his answer. Seto sat there in silence for a moment, before being elbowed in the side by Marik.
"What are you waiting for? Follow him!"
Although Seto didn't see the point, he didn't really want to be left at the table without Jou there too. So he did as Marik told him, and went off in the same direction as the blonde.
The bathroom was unoccupied, save for Jou, so Seto could approach him easily. He was still blushing – and Seto couldn't help but notice that he looked extremely cute that way.
"Bakura's embarrassing," Jou said flatly. Seto shrugged.
"He never struck me as the type to say anything except for exactly what's on his mind."
Jou laughed. "True. But he still didn't have ta ask me that in front of everyone."
"So if no one else had been listening, you would have answered?"
"Maybe."
"What would you say?"
Seto stepped towards Jou, a slight smirk on his face. Jou didn't back away, but the red in his face grew, if possible, a shade darker.
Like Bakura, Seto wasn't going to back down from his question. He moved even closer to Jou. "What would you tell him it was like kissing a millionaire, puppy?"
Jou hesitated, then looked around to make entirely sure they were alone. Then, instead of answering, he reached up and pulled Seto into a fiery kiss.
Seto closed his eyes, returning the kiss with fervour. Almost straight away, this simple kiss wasn't enough, so Seto acted by pressing his tongue up to Jou's lips, requesting entrance. Gladly received, his tongue then moved about inside the blonde's mouth; tasting everything he had to offer. Subconsciously, his hands had also snaked their way beneath Jou's shirt, feeling his toned chest beneath them.
Jou did nothing to stop the moan of pleasure that came from him as he submitted himself to Seto, and his own hands found the brunette's waist. Said brunette groaned with desire, pulling Jou even closer, and at the same time backing him against a wall. Jou gasped for air as their kiss was finally broken, but that air soon left him again as Seto's passionate tongue's administrations lowered to his collarbone. He barely suppressed a shudder as the heat of his longing rushed south in the form of an erection.
Gods know he wanted this. He wanted Seto to take him here and now. Except he couldn't…he had to stop this…
"Se – Seto," he gasped. "We – can't. Not – here…"
Seto paused, not understanding what Jou meant. Then, he groaned in frustration as he remembered that they were in a school bathroom, where anyone could walk in at any time. If they had been anywhere else…he wouldn't have cared. But Jou was right; they had to stop. Reluctantly he released his puppy.
"Next time, Jou. Next time…"
"When?" Jou said. Seto looked at him, frowning slightly.
"When what?"
"When's next time?" Jou spoke quickly, in case he lost his nerve. "I mean, we should make this official, ya know…like, go on a date or something."
A hint of a smile came over Seto's face. "Are you asking me out, puppy?"
"Well…yeah," Jou said, and like before, he was blushing. Why was this making him so nervous? He knew Seto liked him, just look at the position they had been in only moments before…
"Well, thank you. I accept."
YAAAAY! He finally asked Seto out! He has a brilliant way of avoiding answering questions, doesn't he?
First it was a sandwich, then it was the fact that they were in a school bathroom…it's not fair, is it! Why does something always have to ruin the moment!
Also, I know that I keep referring to Seto as 'brunette' when it should be 'brunet', but old habits die hard…I'm just so much more used to it this way. Sorry if it annoys/confuses anyone.
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