AN: A warning. This chapter may seriously offend/disgust you, even if you've been okay with the story so far. If you think you might be put off by this chapter, please do not read it. I don't need any flames. I warned you. -DM
-Stay With Me, For A Little While-
by Dark Mrowlidash
Chapter Four: Showing My Love
"Seto?" Mokuba asked as he heard his brother's footsteps through the hall.
It was morning, the day after what seemed to Mokuba the most important and special day of his life. Light flooded into his bedroom, he suddenly felt warm remembering it all..
Seto had walked by, but in a move most unlike his recent self, turned around and walked back to Mokuba's door.
"What is it?"
Mokuba had almost forgotten whatever it was he wanted to ask. Instantly it all flooded before him, blonde hair, violet eyes, perfume.. "..have you ever loved anybody, Seto?"
Seto, completely shocked at this dazedly spoken question, was silent, but only for a second. "Why do you ask?"
Mokuba snapped back to reality. He realized he couldn't just tell Seto about this, could he? "No reason," he said, attempting to cover it all with a silly giggle. "I was just wondering."
"About love?" Seto asked, with a serious tone. "I love you, as my brother. As for anyone else, no. Who do you love?"
"Nobody! Well, nobody but you, Seto."
Seto looked at Mokuba, for a few moments, daring himself to ask further of this, to find out what caused this strange conversation..
"I really was just curious, Seto. What love was and all." Mokuba said, hoping to distract Seto from the question he knew he wanted to ask.
"Well, I'll tell you, true love should be a long way away for you. When you're older, you'll know. I'm going to go make breakfast now. Anything in particular you want?" Seto said distantly, looking down the hall.
"No, whatever you make is fine," Mokuba said as Seto walked away, having already left at 'no'. After he was sure Seto could no longer hear him, he sighed a little to himself.
"..but.. what if true love is already here?"
Down the hall, in the kitchen, Seto Kaiba spoke to himself as well.
"Mai Valentine... is it her..?"
Mokuba held the phone shakily, even though it was only Yugi he was calling, his finger on the flash, waiting for any sign of a phone call from Mai. It was one call he could not miss.
The ringing tone sounded in his ear as he waited, finally disappearing with the arrival of Yugi's cheerful voice on the other end. "Hello?"
"Hey, Yugi. It's Mokuba," Mokuba said while trying to hide his anxiousness, "What's up?"
Yugi picked up on the nervous taint in Mokuba's voice, but chose to ignore it. "Nothing much. Joey's coming over later, but for now, nothing is really going on, anything with you?"
"You won't believe it, Yugi."
"What?"
Mokuba looked around quickly. Making sure Seto was not in hearing range, he began to recount, in a rather hasty fashion, his encounter with Mai the day before.
"...and she kissed me, it was weird, a little, I guess. But it felt good and..."
"She kissed you? And she loves you?" Yugi exclaimed loudly.
"And I love her!" Mokuba said with as much energy as possible. "I told you that you wouldn't believe it!"
"Wow.. I didn't know it had gotten that serious, Mokuba. Did you tell Seto?"
"No... I don't think he would approve."
"But you can't hide it from him, Mokuba. He'll find out sooner or later and then what?"
"I don't know..." Mokuba said quietly.
"Why don't you come over? I want to talk to you, is that okay?"
"I'll do that--" Mokuba cut himself off immediately. The sound of another call coming in had interrupted. "Yugi, I'll be over in a little bit. But someone's on the other line, let me get it."
"Sure. Bye Mokuba."
Mokuba looked at the flash button, butterflies filling his stomach. But this only lasted a second as he pushed it, waiting a few seconds before speaking. "Hello?"
"Mokuba?" A female voice had answered. It was who he had been waiting for.
"Mai, hi." Mokuba said shyly.
"Hey kid. How's it going? I hope you hadn't forgotten I was going to call."
"Oh no. I remembered," Mokuba said smiling, "how could I forget about you?"
"Aww. Well, thank you... anyway, what time do you think you can come over? I'm free pretty much the whole day."
"Well," Mokuba said, deciding not to tell Mai about Yugi, "how about two o'clock?" It was one now, that would give him time to visit Yugi and then go.
"Fine with me. Let me give you my room number. Can you write it down?"
Mokuba grabbed a nearby scrap of paper and a pen from the table by the couch he was sitting on. "Go ahead."
"It's room 344. I'll probably be waiting for you in the lobby though. But just in case, you have the number."
"Thanks, Mai."
"You're welcome, Mokuba. I'll see you then."
"Okay, bye..." Mokuba trailed off.
"Goodbye, Mokuba."
After hanging up the phone, Mokuba looked at the clock again. It had been five minutes.
"I'd better go see Yugi," he said, heading out the door, not even bothering to tell Seto where he was going, or take with him the scrap of paper with the hotel room number.
Mokuba was slightly out of breath as he arrived at the game shop. Opening the door caused the bell to ring as usual, and also as usual, Yugi was upstairs. Mokuba caught his breath, and then walked up the steps.
"Yugi?" he asked through the door.
The door opened. "Mokuba, hey. Joey's not here yet. Sit down."
Mokuba took a seat near the door, and Yugi sat beside him. He looked at Yugi cheerfully, but Yugi's face was totally serious. Mokuba didn't know what to think.
"Mokuba. What does Mai want from you?" Yugi asked, almost suspiciously.
"She loves me, Yugi."
"Mokuba, you don't understand. Your relationship.. at least in the eyes of most.. is wrong."
Mokuba was silent. He hadn't even thought about that.
"If Mai is kissing you like that, then I want to know why. Did she do anything else?"
"No."
Yugi sighed. "Mokuba, I have nothing against your relationship, if it is really the love you say it is. I'm just worried about you, that's all. Promise me that nothing bad is going on. Were you ever afraid of Mai?"
"Never. She's so gentle, Yugi. I can tell she loves me.. and I love her too."
"As long as you know what love is—to you, it's fine. But your brother probably won't agree."
"I know. I'll figure it out somehow. When I can, I'll tell him."
"Okay, Mokuba. As long as you plan to."
"I will, Yugi."
The two boys sat quietly for a few minutes, Yugi still worried, and Mokuba checking the time.
"Just don't do anything you don't want to, Mokuba."
"I won't."
Mokuba checked his watch for the 3rd time along the way as he walked toward the hotel. It was very close to two now, and he wanted to make sure he wasn't late.
Upon reaching the hotel, he stepped through the revolving door and into the cool lobby. Mai was nowhere to be found, so Mokuba sat down in a chair.
His wait was not long. Soon he heard a voice call across the lobby, a sweet, female voice. "Mokuba?"
"Mai!" He jumped from the seat, happy to see Mai Valentine as she walked over to him. He gave her a quick hug, and she returned it with a squeeze. "Hey, kid. Glad you could make it. Ready to go up?"
"Yeah!" Mokuba said, taking Mai's hand. She led him to the elevator.
Mokuba pushed the up button, and Mai stood next to him, playing with his hair and tickling him. "You're so cute," she said, continuing to play, even as the elevator arrived and they stepped in.
As they rose upward, the two continued to touch, Mokuba hugging against Mai, and Mai ruffling Mokuba's hair. The 'ding' of arrival at Mai's floor was the only thing to separate them.
They walked out and toward the room. Mai opened it with the key and Mokuba walked in. It wasn't fancy, just a simple hotel room. The TV was on, the video-game menu already up on the screen.
"I ordered the games already. You can play whichever you want.. I'm sorry, but they only have one controller. I can't play with you."
Mokuba hopped up on the bed, grabbing the controller which was laying on it. "It's okay, you can watch."
"Alright," Mai said, sitting down next to Mokuba. "I'll watch you then."
Mokuba immediately began smashing aliens in some game, and Mai watched the screen, for a few moments. But soon she began watching her little guest. Without even thinking, she placed a hand on his shoulder. He scooted closer, pausing the game.
"Mokuba..?"
"Yes, Mai?" he asked softly.
Mai only reached upward, taking hold of Mokuba's chin. She guided his face forward, and soon his lips were against hers once again.
Mokuba had put down the controller. In fact, it had slipped off the bed in the process. He leaned into the kiss, and soon felt Mai's tongue sliding past his lips. Mai put an arm around him, and soon he was gently nestled in her lap as she continued to kiss him deeply.
When they finally broke the kiss, Mokuba looked into Mai's eyes, for some reason, suddenly aware of Yugi's conversation with him. Mai had a look in her eyes that he couldn't identify. He asked the question that came to mind first.
"Mai, what do you want to do?"
Mai was shocked. It almost seemed like she didn't know. "I... I want to show you how much I love you, Mokuba."
"How?"
Mai didn't know how to word any of her thoughts. While she had an idea of what she wanted, she didn't know how to tell Mokuba.. And also, she felt a little ashamed.
"Mokuba? Can I show you?"
Mokuba nodded, and Mai lifted him out of his lap. He allowed her to lay him down on the bed. Breathily, Mai asked Mokuba to be still, before seizing his lips again, kissing him, trailing around his face, kissing his cheeks and his neck.
Mokuba did not know what he was feeling, but it was enjoyable. He stayed still as asked, but he felt a strong urge to move, to return something to Mai.
Mai started to move her hands, rubbing Mokuba through his shirt. He let out a slight moan and then quieted himself, he'd never made a sound like that in his life and he was unsure of what it meant.
"You like that?" Mai asked.
"Yes." Mokuba replied, knowing that was the right answer.
Mai responded to that by intensifying, drawing several more moans from the boy, the last few which he decided not to silence. Pleased with his response, she began to pull at his shirt. Almost naturally, Mokuba allowed Mai to pull it over his head.
Mai paused to look at Mokuba, before caressing his flawless, smooth skin and kissing him again. Mokuba could remain still no longer. He pulled Mai down to him, and buried his face in her neck, taking in her scent and feeling her hair sweep across his body.
"Oh.. Mokuba.." Mai said hugging the boy close. "I love you so much."
"I love you too," Mokuba said.. before leaning up and kissing Mai on her cheek. Mai smiled and turned toward him, offering her lips to the boy.
Mokuba was ready. He moved forward, wanting so much to kiss Mai himself, to finally return the affection she'd shown him.
But before he could reach her lips, a loud knocking was heard at the door, accompanied by a very angry voice.
"Open the door. This is Seto Kaiba. I need to speak with you, right now!"
Both Mai and Mokuba froze.