A/N: Hey all! Look, another drabble series from me! This one is a collection of my responses to the SxS Awards drabble challenges LiveJournal community. As such, please note that they are not supposed to be connected; they stand alone, and will not make sense if you try and read them as one story.

Enjoy!


Title: Pulling the Plug
Theme: Tech Support
Rating: T
Length: 971 words
Seto Kaiba frowned, pausing with one of his hands on the doorknob to the small apartment. His other hand was reaching into his pocket to remove the key that his girlfriend had given him sometime before.

Through the ridiculously thin plaster wall and the gap between wooden door and carpeted floor, the young CEO could hear raised voices arguing about something.

He sighed. He had had hopes that her brother wouldn't be awake at this hour. It was late, nearing midnight, but it was the only time that he had been able to spare.

Curiosity getting the better of him, he pressed his ear to the door, wondering what The Mutt's (he refused to believe that such a ruckus could be the fault of his gentle Serenity) problem was this time…

"–lax, 'Ren, I know what I'm doin'!"

"Joey…"

"Hey, ya leave it to me, I can fix it!"

"But–"

"I can handle it!"

"We should call Seto–"

"Ain't no way I'm callin' Money Bags for no tech support."

"Joey, I'm serious… I'm sure he wouldn't mind–"

"Ain't no way, ain't no how."

"Argh! You're so pigheaded!"

"Me?"

"Yes! Joey, you're going to break something!"

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am–"

Standing out in the hallway, Seto froze, the amused smirk on his lips fading into a line of what might be described as grim worry. Was that an explosion?

Swiftly, the CEO freed the key from his pocket and unlocked the door, swinging it open so he could enter the room on the other side. He raised an eyebrow at the sight that greeted him.

Serenity Wheeler was leaning back on her hands as if she'd thrown herself backward to escape being hit by something. She was staring wide-eyed at a lump of blackened plastic on the floor in front of her.

Far more amusing a spectacle was her older brother. The Mutt had apparently been leaning over the whatever-it-had-been when it had blown. His face was blackened, his hair stood on end, and, at least from where Seto stood, it appeared that his eyebrows had been singed off of his forehead. He was staring, stunned and apparently in some form of shock, at the lump of plastic.

Seto smirked, turning to face Serenity again. She looked up as he stepped into the room, giving him a sheepish smile.

"Are you all right?" he asked her.

She nodded.

"Is he all right?" Seto asked, jerking his thumb at her brother.

She nodded again.

"Damn."

"Seto…" she warned.

He shook his head at her. "What happened, exactly?"

"…Joey couldn't get his X-Box to work. He decided to 'fix it.'"

"And I can see how that turned out…" the brunet drawled. He stepped over to what was formerly an X-Box, nudging the melted knob of plastic with his toe. "Looks like it's broken, Mutt."

The other boy finally shifted, coming out of his shock in order to meet his rival's eyes with a glare. "No duh, Moneybags. I'm so glad we've gotta genius around t' tell us dese dings."

Seto raised his eyebrows, allowing his gaze to drift to the far wall. "Tell me, Wheeler… Before you tried taking it apart and putting it back together again… Did you try plugging it in?"

The two Wheelers followed his gaze to where an electrical socket was implanted into the wall, clearly empty. Serenity blushed in embarrassment. Joey growled, slumping down and putting his head in his hands. "Shut up, Kaiba"

Smirking, the lanky teenager glanced at Serenity. "You up for something to eat after all this excitement?"

Scrambling to her feet, she nodded. "Sure! Just… let me get my coat."

Seto nodded, following her into her bedroom. She grabbed a windbreaker from the closet, then turned around to meet him.

She was frowning. Confused, the CEO cocked his head at her, raising his eyebrows questioningly.

"Why do you and Joey pick on each other so much?"

"…We've been over this before."

"So?"

Sighing, he slipped his arms around her waist, pulling her close to him.

"Seto–" she started, but he silenced her by pressing his mouth to hers.

"Come on," he murmured when they came up for air, "I didn't eat dinner tonight. Let's go."

She sighed in frustration, but then smiled. "You're hopeless."

"I take pride in it," he growled, the repeated, "Let's go."

She followed him into the kitchen. Her brother was still sitting on the floor, now cradling the X-Box remains as if in mourning. Seto rolled his eyes.

"You go ahead, Serenity. I need to do something first."

Seeing her warning glare, he held up his hands. "I'll behave."

She shook her head, rolling her eyes. "You'd better."

He shooed her out into the hallway, then turned to The Mutt. "Wheeler," he barked.

"Go 'way, Kaiba…"

"It's broken, Wheeler."

"No duh."

Seto sighed. "Serenity says I have to be nice to you. Take advantage of it. Would you like me to buy you another one?"

The other boy looked up. "Wah?"

"Me. Credit card. You. X-Box. Is that favorable?"

The Mutt gave him a dazed nod.

"Good. Throw that piece of junk out."

The blond blinked at him, then climbed to his feet and carried the lump of plastic out of the room.

Seto looked about him. He supposed he could make the few thousand yen sacrifice, if it would make his girlfriend happy. In the meantime…

His eyes settled on the television, and he smirked. Walking casually over to it, he bent down, reached behind the table that it sat on, and swiftly pulled its black cord out of its socket. Then, just as casually, he turned and walked away, leaving the apartment to meet Serenity down at his limousine.

He couldn't wait to see how Wheeler would handle this…