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...err...anyways...
Hi everyone, and welcome back! And welcome to the very last chapter of A puppy's crazy Valentine!
Yes. This will be the last chapter, sadly. But, for those who wants to know, there will be an epilogue also. An epilogue consisting of Jou talking to his friends, Bakura and Yami pestering Seto, and Anzu dying in some bloody and gory...can we say accident?
...I long for the epilogue already.
Um...some have asked me if I will do a lemon...and no. I won't. Not yet, that is. I really love this story (egoistic, huh?) And I don't want to get it deleted because of the lemon. So...there won't be a lemon in here, but there might be possibilities in the future. Alright?
Now, lets get this very last chapter going! ...if you don't count the epilogue...
Disclaimer: Well...if I owned Yu-Gi-Oh, I would be busy writing scripts of fluff scenes between Yugi and Yami, Bakura telling Ryou how much he worships him and Seto and Jou getting it on-I mean, kissing. Ehe. Only kissing. ...what were we talking about again?
Pairings: Only Seto/Jou in this chapter.
Warnings: Same as last chapter! Though, there will be some boy on boy action too...nothing major, rest assured! No lemons in sight! ...only heavy hints of them.
Alright! Lets get the story going then!
BTW, Thanks everyone that reviewed last chapter! Love you all!
Chapter 17Kaiba's Limo
Normal POV
"Katsuya, you're acting childish." Seto stated, as he watched the blond with an amused smirk tugging on his lips.
"Shut up, an' stay in your corner, Seto!" Jou gritted out, and glared at Seto.
The two boys sat in one corner each of the limo; Seto casually leaning backwards against the leather seat, and Jou huddled in the corner avoiding Seto by all means possible. The blond sat so tightly pressed against the door that Seto feared that it would brake.
Only because he didn't want to pay to get it fixed. Again. (No. You do not want to know. Lets just say that there was a small accident consisting of Mokuba and a baseball bat.)
They had been seated that way all the ride. In the very second Seto had entered the limo, Jou had thrown himself into the opposite end of the limo, screaming on the top of his lungs for him to stay in his corner. Jou had refused to move one inch closer to him, telling him something incoherent of how he probably would throw him into a helicopter and dump him in the ocean if he got closer.
Right then, it did seem tempting.
Seto chuckled, and scooted closer. "Well...seeing that this is my limo, all the corners should rightfully be 'my' corners, correct?"
Jou flinched, and pressed even closer to the window. His amber eyes narrowed, and he glared at the smirking teen. "No! I explained earlier; tha's your corner, this is my corner! Stay in your corner, or else I'll...I'll...um..." Jou thought for a moment. "...bite you! Tha's right, I'll bite ya!"
Seto kept back a laugh, and tried to keep his face straight. To no one's surprise, he managed to perfectly. "You'll bite me?"
Jou nodded crazily. "U-huh! And ya don' want me to bite ya, believe me!"
"You're right. You probably have rabies." Seto looked dead serious when he said this.
"Exact-" Jou stopped himself when he realized what the CEO just had said. "...now, tha's just mean."
"So I've been told." Seto unobservable moved a few inches closer. He had a plan. If he just got close enough, he'd be able to grab Jou and then...he would do very nice things to him.
Jou's eyes flickered between Seto and the car window. The reason for him acting like a total five year-old (that he absolutely wasn't deep in his heart.) was that he was nervous. Jou didn't want the CEO to touch him or kiss him again; what if he lost control of himself again?
He was afraid that he would do something wrong and destroy the small relationship that the two of them were building. Or even worse, if they went too far, and ended up having sex and Seto decided that it was all he wanted from Jou, and kicked him out! What if it all would be ruined?
But, at the same time, Jou just desperately wanted to be close to Seto. Like, snuggling and kissing him close.
Though, Jou doubted that Seto would do anything remotely close to snuggling.
The blonde's thoughts now went to the streets outside the passing limo window.
"Where are we going? I don' recognize these neighbourhoods...large lawns these people has here...huh, huge gates too...wait, was that a pool!" Jou gawked out the window, and did the mistake of letting his concentration slip to stare at the azure blue water in the pools they were driving past.
Seto smirked upon noticing Jou's slip. Perfect. He silently crept closer to Jou, not letting his gaze tear from the other boy. Soon, he was only a few inches from Jou, and his smirk widened. "This is just too easy..."
Just then, the limo stopped with a jerk by a red light.
Seto, being unprepared and out of balance, fell onto the limo-floor with a loud groan.
Jou quickly jumped, and snapped his head around to gawk at Seto. His eyes went wide. Then the corners of his mouth started twitching. Amber eyes started to sparkle with amusement and he started shaking slightly from holding back laughter.
Seto glared up at him, and sat up, trying to look like he had planed to fall out of his seat all along. But he still felt a pale blush creep up his cheeks. "Laugh and you die." The CEO hissed, and pulled himself up onto the seat again.
Jou grinned, and put a hand in front of his mouth. "If ya just could see the look on yer face..." He managed to choke out, and then clamped his mouth shut to stop the insane giggle-attack he was sure to get if he opened his mouth.
Seto glared and leaned closer to the blond, who paled and tried to scoot backwards. But that was quite impossible, seeing that he already sat pressed against the limo door, unable to move any further back. "Katsuya...if I were you, I would shut up. Right now."
Jou gulped, and shrank downwards in the seat. That was a bad move, seeing that Kaiba came into a very, very superior position, being the taller one. The brunet smirked, and scooted closer to the scared-looking puppy-look-alike. "What's the matter, pup? Cat got your tongue?" He leaned further down until they were only inches apart. "Or...someone else?" He rose one eyebrow seductively, and glanced at Jou's lips.
Jou felt his mouth dry. That...was an extremely forward pass. Kaiba was flirting with him in an extremely forward manner...and he couldn't enjoy it more. Now he should throw some very flirty sentence back to Seto so he would do some more forward passes...
The problem was, that his tongue refused to form any sort of approving line.
Jou blushed deeper and deeper with every second that he was under Seto's penetrating gaze, and his tongue just got more and more paralysed. ...if that was even possible. After about thirty seconds, he actually managed to make a sound.
He squeaked almost silently, and then blushed at how that sounded.
Seto rose one eyebrow at the small sound, and then chuckled, bowing his head down slightly. "How can you say that you're not a puppy when you make sounds like those?" He murmured with an amused tone in his voice.
Jou glared up at him, and tried to push away some of his flaming blush. His voice returned, and Jou took the opportunity to use it before it ran away again. "Shut up, seahorse-boy. Now, get off!" The blond tried to put his feet on steady ground; insulting. At least when they were fighting, he knew where he stood.
Seto glared at the nick-name, and then smirked. "I don't think that you are in the position of making demands, my squeaking, inferior puppy."
"Huh?" Jou said, and looked into the situation he was in. Seto was leaning over him, only one inch away from his face, holding two hands on the seat, on each side of his waist-
Wait a second...
...when did those hands get there!
"So, pup..." Jou flinched when he felt Seto's hot breath on his ear. "...still want me to...'get off?'" His voice was filled with so much implied things that Jou almost died with embarrassment.
Then, the defensive part of Jou's brain took over.
"W-What! No! Get o- I mean...uh...move your ass off me! Stop touching me, right this moment!"
Seto chuckled. "If you have failed to notice, Katsuya, I am not touching you." And that was true. Seto wasn't really touching any part of Jou. His hands were on the side of Jou's waist, and didn't touch him, and his knees were outside of Jou's, effectively straddling him, albeit not touching. Although, none of his body parts were more than a half inch from Jou's.
Jou opened his mouth to throw back a retort, but quickly shut it again. He really had nothing to say against the CEO. The other teen wasn't actually touching him. Not really. But he still was far too close for comfort!
...the fact that Jou felt quite comfortable under Seto was something he would just ignore.
Seto smirked at the lack of response from Jou, and leaned even closer until their noses almost brushed together. "As I just said; we are not touching, Katsuya. And, even if you do mind, I'm going to change that." And with that, the CEO captured Jou's lips in a hungry kiss.
Jou's eyes widened for a second, before sliding shut, and he moaned softly. This was something he could get used to. He wrapped his arms tightly around Seto's neck to pull him closer and deeper into the kiss. Oh yes, he could definitely get used to this...
Jou was his. That, Seto told himself while kissing Jou deeper. There was no way that he would ever let go of Jou after this. No matter what, he would make sure that Jou was his. And if the blond would have any complains about that, Seto would tie him up and keep him in one of his closets. Although, it didn't seem quite so necessary seeing how eagerly Jou was responding...
Seto smirked as he let one of his hands wander in under Jou's shirt to touch warm skin under it. "Smooth..."
Jou twitched and gave a small squeak upon feeling Seto's slightly chilly hand on his stomach. The squeak, however, was swallowed by Seto's mouth, and therefore not heard. And that was a very good thing. Jou hated it when he squeaked. But he couldn't help it! It was just-
Jou's train of thought went straight of the rail when he felt Seto's mouth move to his neck to leave light kisses on its base. He almost squeaked again, but transformed it to a small moan. "S-Seto..." He moaned again, and intervened his fingers in the brunet's hair.
Seto smirked against the smooth skin, and moved his hands to unbutton the shirt. It was in the way, and Seto wanted to see and taste more of Katsuya. Preferably all of him...
(A/N: -blush- Hentai!)
Being far too busy with each other, the two boys didn't notice when the limo made, (for once) a smooth stop. And they didn't hear the opening and closing of a door not too far away. They didn't notice the steps outside that came closer either.
Something they did notice though, was when the door opened. Or, well, they didn't exactly notice the opening of the door itself...in the sense that they didn't hear it open...
But it's kind of hard to ignore falling out of a car and onto hard ground.
Jou yelped when his back hit the ground, and threw him out of the wonderful world of being kissed senseless by Seto Kaiba. And he groaned when said Seto Kaiba landed on top of him, making him loose his breath for a second. Amber eyes met with cerulean blue only one inch from him. They looked dazed, and quite confused, before turning cold in the next second.
"Eh...Mr. Kaiba, sir?" A hesitant voice said from above them. The two boys instantly looked up to see who it was that had spoken.
Looking down at them with a quite embarrassed look on his face, was the driver, James. He was still holding the handle of the door, staring at them.
Seto glared at him, and rose an eyebrow. "What, James?" He asked, clearly annoyed of being disturbed. And boy, was he disturbed? Seto just hated being interrupted while doing things he enjoyed, or when he was working. That driver was close to being fired in that moment...
"We're here, sir...". James coughed, and then pointed to Seto's shirt. "Excuse me, sir...but your shirt is...ah, in disarray..."
"Huh?" Seto looked down onto himself. Then he noticed that his shirt was half unbuttoned, and his chest was exposed for the whole world to see. He growled, and buttoned it quickly, and thereafter rose. Then he glared at Jou, who was blushing like mad. "Naughty pup. I'll have to punish you later."
Jou blushed even deeper at that, and buttoned his own shirt quickly. "I-I'm no puppy, S-Seto!" He stuttered out, and rose too. The ground was quite uncomfortable, after all...
Then Jou noticed where he was. Only some yards away, was the giant mansion owned by Seto Kaiba. "Uh...Seto?" He asked hesitantly, when the CEO grabbed his hand and started dragging him towards the giant mansion.
"Hn?" Seto asked, not really in the mood of answering questions.
"...what are we doin' here?" The blond nervously asked when they reached the door of the mansion.
Seto smirked and pressed up Jou against the door. "What do you think?" He whispered in the shocked teen's ear and then put a light kiss on it. His hands were resting on Jou's waist, but were trying to find their way under the shirt.
Jou gasped, and blushed yet again. This was...interesting. Frightening, but interesting. When one of the hands touched the small of his back and tried to find its way down his pants however, Jou tensed up.
"Eh...um...I, eh...you...Seto, aren't we goin' a bit...ya know; too fast?" He finally managed to stutter out. Even though Jou was very much into the idea of being with Seto in that way, he still didn't want to rush into something just like that. Not being totally sure of what their relationship was yet...
Seto felt slight disappointment for a second, but smirked again and pulled away. He looked Jou straight in the eye, and rose one eyebrow. "What? I was just going to ask you to have a
cup of tea with me. What were you thinking about?" He leaned closer. "Is there something else you want from me?"
Jou blinked, and then blushed. "Uh...err...tea sounds good." He said with a very weak voice, and avoided Seto's eyes as hard as he could. "Great! Fantastic even!"
Seto pulled away and opened the door. "Well then...what are we doing out here then?" The CEO grabbed Jou's hand and pulled him inside of the mansion. The double doors closed with a snap behind them.
Jou gawked at the giant hall. A large staircase was to be seen straight ahead of them, and to the left and right there were several corridors. The decor looked very expensive, and went in black and blue almost everywhere. Jou whistled inwardly. This was neat.
Seto almost laughed at how Jou stared at everything with awe in his eyes. But, being the cold man he was, he didn't.
Instead, he put two hands on Jou's shoulders and started guiding him towards the kitchen. "Lets have our tea now, shall we?" He mumbled in Jou's ear.
Jou blushed slightly, and nodded. "O-Okay..." Then he remembered something and grinned. "You have any chocolate-chip cookies?"
Seto snorted. "What kind of a question is that?" He asked as they entered the large, modern kitchen. "Of course I do."
About twenty minutes later, the two boys sat in the gigantic living room, drinking their tea while munching on some cookies. They sat in a very large sofa, in the opposite corners. The silence around them was quite nervous, and both of the boys felt quite uneasy.
Soon, far too soon in Jou's opinion, the cookies and tea was gone, and the two boys just sat in the couch all silently. Jou fidgeted a little in his seat, and threw nervous glances to Seto. The brunet just sat as straight as he always did, not seeming to be anywhere near nervous or uneasy.
That was, obviously, just a façade. Seto too felt like his stomach would explode with butterflies of nervousness. But he ignored them. Easy as cake. Seto just told himself that there couldn't be butterflies in his stomach by natural reasons, and started to give his mind logical explanations to why his stomach made summersaults. Ah, the wonders of logic...
After a few more minutes, Jou decided to get a conversation going. But what to talk about? He didn't really want to go for the heavy topic yet; how their relationship would be now. He didn't dare to ask something that important and serious just yet. So, he said something completely different.
"Do you ever relax?"
Seto turned his head around to look at Jou, who was looking straight back. A frown reached Seto's face, but his facial expression didn't change any more than that. He still looked like a cold bastard. "I beg you pardon?"
Jou scooted a little closer to Seto, and made a hesitant hand gesture. "I mean, look at you! You're sitting like a damn arrow or somethin'!"
Seto rose one eyebrow. "It's called 'carriage'. Some people have it, some people don't." He smirked. "Take you for example..."
Jou glared, and then shook his head. "Sittin' like tha' all day long can't be good for you."
"On the contrary, pup, it is really good for your back." Seto explained, and smirked even wider.
"...tha's beyond the point." Jou said, and scooted even closer, so their knees were touching. "This is a couch, damnit; you're not supposed to sit like tha' in a couch. Come on, let me show you!" Jou smiled to the CEO, and grabbed his hand.
"I think I am fully capable of sitting in a couch, Katsuya." Seto said, but didn't pull away his hand. And, if one looked close enough, you would see a faint look of interest in those cold orbs.
Jou grinned. "Nu-uh! You're not! If ya were, I wouldn' be makin' these comments, now would I?"
"...or, you're simply wrong."
Jou shook his head, and got to his feet. "I am never wrong!"
Seto rose one eyebrow.
"...with exceptions?" Jou hesitantly added, and scratched his neck.
Seto simply rolled his eyes, and crossed his arms. "I'll just be quiet."
Jou glared, and then walked up to the large shelf next to the TV set. There, he started to look through the movies there, sometimes making small remarks as; 'Nah, too girly...', 'seen three times already...' and 'Hell no!'
Seto watched the blond with masked interest. After a few more minutes, he spoke with a voice void of emotions. "What are you doing?"
Jou turned his head and frowned a little. "What does it look like I'm doin'?"
Seto considered that for a second. "...messing up my shelf?"
Jou rolled his eyes, and sighed. "No, dumbass. I'm looking through your movie collection!"
"...why?"
A bright smile reached Jou's features. "So we can watch something while I teach ya how to properly sit in a couch, and relax!"
Seto rose one eyebrow. Then he smirked. "Suppose that I refuse?"
A glint of mischief appeared in Jou's eyes, and he grinned coyly to Seto. "Then I would have to force ya. And ya don' want me to do that..."
"Try me." The CEO challenged, and smirked even wider, just barely hiding his amusement.
Jou grinned even wider. "Fine then. Ya asked for it." With a slow and intimidating(...) stride, the blond walked up to Seto, not braking eye contact for one second. Nonchalantly, Jou sat down next to Seto, and looked him in the eye for a long while, not moving. Then he leaned closer, putting his hands on Seto's shoulders for leverage.
Seto felt his pulse quicken as Jou came closer and closer to him. The hands on his shoulders seemed to etch marks into him, and burned slightly. But it would be a lie to say that Seto didn't enjoy it...
Only half an inch from Seto's face, Jou stopped. The blond looked deep into the brunet's eyes, and then lidded his eyes a little to move even closer. Seto slowly closed his eyes too, seeing that his eyelids somehow had become five tons heavy.
Then Jou grinned, and moved his hands to Seto's sides to tickle him madly. "Pray for mercy, Seto, because here comes the ultimate tickle-machine!" Jou cried out.
Seto blinked, snapping out of the dazed state he just had been in, and stared at the blond who was attacking his sides with his fingers. A small and amused smirk came to the CEO's lips, and he chuckled. "Katsuya, I'm not ticklish."
Jou flinched, and looked up in his eyes. "What? But tha's not possible! Everyone are ticklish!"
Seto shrugged. "Well, I'm not." An idea reached him, and he smirked. "Everyone, you say?"
Jou stiffened, and paled. "Y...You wouldn't dare." He said weakly.
Seto smirked even wider, and grabbed Jou's wrists with one of his hands. "Wouldn't I? Watch me." And Seto pushed Jou down on the sofa, straddled his waist and then started tickling him mercilessly. Being an older brother, Seto knew just where it usually tickled the most. Call it intuition.
After about three seconds, Jou was laughing so hard that he was crying, and he desperately tried to get free from the grip on his wrists. "S-Seto! S-Stop!" He wheezed out, and tried to twist away from the devilish hand that was tickling him.
Seto smirked. "I see no reason to stop." He got a brilliant, not to forget evil, idea, and reduced his tickling to small movements on Jou's stomach, making Jou twitch every now and then. "What would you give me for stopping?"
Jou twitched when a small jolt of electricity from Seto's fingers caused a tickling sensation. "I d-d-don't kn-know!"
"Maybe you need inspiration." Slowly, Seto pulled up Jou's shirt to bare his tanned stomach. After admiring the view for a few seconds, Seto started tickling Jou again, worse than ever before. Now there were no barriers between his fingers and Jou's ticklish spots. "Would you give me anything?"
Jou started laughing again, and writhed underneath Seto. "Y-Yes! A-anything ya want! J-Just sto-o-op!" He pleaded, tears running down his cheeks and laughing so hard that he was shaking.
"Promise?" Seto mumbled, still tickling him in the worst way he could.
Jou screamed shortly, and then laughed even louder. "Yes! I already said so! Stop! Please!"
"I'll hold you to that promise." Seto said, and removed his hands from Jou's sides and stomach.
Jou giggled softly, and wiped away a few stray tears from the corners of his eyes. "I-I'll get ya for that one, Seto!" He said breathlessly, amber eyes joyfully sparkling up to the emotionless teen on top of him.
Seto smirked, and leisurely drew his right hand's fingers over Jou's slightly bared stomach, making the younger teen yelp. "Oh, really now? I'd like to see you try..." His voice was sly and low, barely more than a whisper. But still containing a piece of threat in its smooth sound.
Jou gulped. Did Seto even realize how dangerous he could sound?
...probably.
Seto opened his mouth to say something more, but was interrupted by the sound of a door opening and closing, and a happy voice calling out; "Seto, I'm home!" Running steps came closer and closer to the living room, and the two boys heard another door, close by, open.
"Big brother, you have no idea of what happened in school today..." Mokuba's voice went silent upon seeing the couple on the couch. "...um...am I interrupting something?" Pause. "Something that I'm too young to witness?"
Both boys blushed; Jou to a deep scarlet, and Seto to a faint pink. "No!" Both of them shouted, and quickly turned their heads to look at each other.
Mokuba giggled. "Already talking in unison..." He sighed dreamily. "And I thought only Yugi and Yami did that..."
Jou frowned. "Haven't I heard that from someone else..." He mumbled, and looked deep in thought.
Seto glared. "Ryou. Café. Remember?"
Jou's face lit up. "Oh, right!" He sighed, his eyes getting a nostalgic look. "That cheesecake was good..."
Seto rolled his eyes. "Typical you, pup. Always thinking with your stomach."
"Hey, am not!"
Smirk. "Am too."
"Am not!"
"Um, guys?" Mokuba said uncertainly.
"Huh?" Both boys said in the exact same time.
The raven haired boy giggled again, mumbling something about 'must record this next time', before turning serious again. A weak blush spread over his cheeks. "Um...Seto, you're still on top of Jou, you know..."
Looking into the situation they were in, Seto understood why Mokuba blushed. It looked like Seto was about to...and Jou was...and like they were about to have...
Oh.
Oh.
OH!
Seto's eyes widened. "Oh!" He jumped off Jou immediately, and coughed in a way to hide his embarrassment.
Jou sat up quickly, nervously running his hands through his already messy hair. Well...this was awkward.
The 'innocent' Mokuba now leaned his head to the side in an adorable fashion. "Well...what were the two of you doing on the couch then?" A glint of mischief was to be seen in the boy's eyes. "Were you kiss-" Here, he was interrupted quickly by Seto. Or more like, Seto's hand.
The brunet had grabbed his little brother, and held his hand tightly over the small child's mouth to stop the question that was about to come. "Come on, Mokuba. It's bedtime now." He said quickly, and pulled Mokuba out of the room, hand securely clasped over his mouth.
Mokuba made disapproving noises that was muffled by Seto's hand, and his eyes were wide with annoyance. If one listened carefully, one would hear a faint; 'But, big bro-o-other!'.
Jou blinked, and stared after the two brothers. Then he chuckled softly, and rose from the couch. "Poor kid...gonna get nightmares for life now..." He turned his head to the shelf with movies. Hm...what about picking the movie now then...
Meanwhile, with Seto and Mokuba, there was a war between minds going on.
"I told you, we weren't kissing, Mokuba!" Seto growled, dragging his poor little brother towards his bedroom. Room arrest, here they came!
Mokuba giggled. "But you were gonna..." The voice of the little kid was teasing, and very, very sing-song-ish.
Seto blushed slightly. "That's beyond the point."
The two brothers proceeded to walk through the corridors towards Mokuba's bedroom. Said little brother was plotting on what to say next. Obviously, there were many question to ask, almost too many. So, Mokuba decided to ask the most important first.
"So...are you two an item now, Seto?"
Seto hesitated. Then he shrugged. "I...guess we are. I'm not sure. We haven't discussed it yet."
" 'Discussed it?' " Mokuba stared at his brother. One of his eyebrows were risen in a very confused manner. "Seto, that's not really something you discuss. You just know it."
Seto glanced at his little brother. "What do you mean, 'you just know?"
"Well..." The small boy grinned. "Have you kissed? Oh, stupid question. I know you have. But, have you kissed recently?"
The scene in the limo replayed in Seto's mind, and the pale blush on his cheeks darkened. "What happened to my innocent and sweet little brother?"
A Kaiba-smirk came to Mokuba's lips. "He got cable."
"Ah."
"..."
"..."
"...so, have you guys kissed lately?"
Was it just him, or was it very far to that bedroom?
Seto groaned, and pinched the bridge of his nose. "For the love of- Would you drop it already? There's no need for you to know if Jou and I have kissed or not!"
Mokuba pouted. "But, big brother...I'm just curious!"
"Too damn curious for your own good."
"You always say that it's a good thing to be curious."
"Not when it comes to my personal life. When it comes to schoolwork, however..."
They now reached Mokuba's bedroom, and Seto ripped the door opened. "Now, you just stay here for the rest of the day. Do your homework. Then go to bed."
"What!" Mokuba screamed, eyes filled with disbelief. "But, Seto, it's barely past four! My homework will only take half an hour to finish."
Seto smirked, and patted his little brother's head. "Well, then you'll get enough with sleep. Growing children needs to sleep properly. Good night, Mokuba."
Before he could close the door in the small boy's face, Mokuba grabbed his arm, and glared at Seto. A very serious look was to be seen in his face, a very weird expression on the usually happy and sugerhigh boy. "Seto, if you don't let me stay up late and play with my computer or tv-games, I will so come down every fifth minute and bother you so much that you'll never get any kissy moments with Jou!"
Seto blinked, and then his eyes narrowed. "You wouldn't dare..." His glare alone would make any man cower, and along with his voice, cold and menacing, he could make mountains shatter.
Well, Mokuba isn't just any man nor mountain, now is he?
Mokuba didn't avert his gaze, and a small smirk came to his lips. "I'll take pictures and send them to Yami."
...ouch. That was low. (A/N: But not lower than Glocalnet! XD)
"...you win. Play games, but don't you even dare to pipe your little nose outside this door. If you do, you will be grounded until you're twenty. Understood?"
Mokuba nodded, and made a small salute to his brother. "Sure thing, Seto! Have fun!" And with those words, Mokuba closed the door in Seto's face.
Seto stayed still for a moment, glaring at the closed door. That little brat was truly evil. He had learned how to manipulate, how to blackmail and how to use others weaknesses. Without blinking, he would come up with such evil and cruel plans that they would make Stalin and Hitler shake with fear, and could now use his mind games on anyone, even Seto himself.
A smirk appeared on the CEO's lips.
Seto was proud.
Slowly, and without any hurry, Seto walked back to the living room. He wondered what Jou could have coaxed up while he was gone...
Hm. Maybe it would be a good idea to hurry anyway.
Increasing his pace a little, Seto soon reached his goal. He came to the door opening, and there he stopped. He frowned at the display in front of himself. Nothing was broken, or stolen or anything...but...
The living room was dark, and all the lights were out. The only light came from the TV; a dim and mysterious light.
Seto walked in slowly, and looked around himself. "Pup? You in here?" Had his puppy left already? His heart sunk at that possibility. "Katsuya?"
"Over here." Came the soft reply, and Jou's head piped up over the sofa. "Come on, and I'll start the movie."
Seto rose one eyebrow, and walked closer. "What is the meaning of this?" He made a gesture with his arm to the room around himself.
Jou smiled, and took the CEO's hand when he got close enough. "Sit down. I'm teaching you how to sit in a couch when ya watch a movie." He gently pulled Seto down into the couch, so the other man could sit.
Seto sat with his back as straight as he usually did. But, Jou wasn't happy with that. The blond shook his head, and made a fake sigh of annoyance. "My, my...we'll have to start from the beginning wit' ya..."
Gently, Jou put his hands on Seto's shoulders, and pushed him so he laid down on his side. "There, lift your arm a bit..." He mumbled, and Seto did. Blushing, Jou then laid down in front of Seto, with his back pressed against the other's chest.
"Now what?" Seto mumbled, his breath brushing against the sensitive skin of Jou's ear.
Jou blushed even worse. "Um...y-ya can...ya know...put your arm around my waist...it's more comfortable that way."
Seto smirked. "For you or for me?"
If possible, Jou blushed deeper, and shrugged slightly. "It was just a suggestion..."
"A good one, I must say." Seto whispered, and then draped his arm around Jou's waist to pull him closer to himself.
Jou gasped quietly. The warmth he was provided with was wonderful...if he could make a guess on how heaven felt, he would guess Seto's embrace. It was warm...comfy...safe...
Jou was so lost in the sensation of being in the CEO's arms, that he totally forgot about all he was doing and everything else too for that matter. At least until Seto nudged his side with his elbow and spoke softly in his ear.
"Pup, aren't you going to start the movie soon?" Seto asked, with a hint of amusement in his voice. He understood just perfectly well what was keeping the other from moving his hand to the remote. He was experiencing about the same feeling at the moment. Although, in a more controlled way. One half was controlled and cold...and the other ran around inside his head squealing like a giddy schoolgirl.
Jou flinched, and blushed faintly. "O-Oh! I w-was about to..." Still blushing, Jou reached for the remote on the table. Then he pushed 'play', and the movie started. First they showed the names of the producers and some of the cast. Seto frowned slightly, when the scenes behind the text became more and more familiar, along with that the names of the actors left a small bell ringing in the back of his head.
Then, the film title rolled up, and Seto's eyes widened.
Oh no. Not that movie.
Titanic.
Jou felt Seto stiffen behind him, and looked slightly over his shoulder. "What's the matter? You don't like this movie?"
If he liked it? Titanic was his favourite movie. But the problem was that it really didn't fit him /at all/ to like that kind of movie. What if someone found out that he liked such a...a...romantic chick-flick!
"No. I don't like it very much." He lied quickly.
Jou sighed, and started to get up. And he that had got himself so comfortable... "Well, I can find another one..."
Something clicked in Seto's mind. Titanic was a very long movie. Almost three hours. Hm...That meant he could keep Jou in his arms for quite a long time...
Suddenly, watching that movie didn't sound so unappealing.
Before Jou could get up, Seto tightened his grip around Jou's waist to keep him there. "Don't. This is fine."
Jou hesitated, and tried to get up again. "But if ya don't like it, I can fetch another one..."
"I said it's fine." Seto snapped. His temper had almost gotten the better of him. He didn't like to repeat himself, or to have people saying against him. And when he had to do both...well, the result wasn't pretty.
The blond huffed, and laid down again. Though, he made sure to keep some distance between himself and the young CEO. "Alright! Relax, will ya?"
"Well, that was what you were trying to teach me, am I correct?" Seto mumbled against Jou's neck, and pulled him closer. So close, in fact, that Jou were once again tightly pressed against his chest with his back.
Faintly, he heard Jou mumble something about 'fuckin' prick', before they both started focusing on the movie.
After about fifteen minutes into the movie, Jou's first yawn escaped. It was a very small one, like a yawn a small puppy would do when it was sleepy. And Jou was quite sleepy. Last night, he barely got any sleep, due to his plans on breaking up with Ryuji.
Ryuji. Jou felt a pang in his chest, and sighed quietly. That fucking bastard. Having an affair while they were together, and then have the gut to kiss him. Jou also remembered how many times they had fights about himself smiling to some random guy or girl, and Ryuji freaking out on how Jou was 'flirting'. Jou almost had to crawl on his knees for forgiveness.
Hypocritical bastard.
Well, he would get over him. Jou knew that. No worries. Especially when he had Seto Kaiba to lean on now...
Content with that thought, Jou pressed even closer to the CEO with his back, and made a soft sigh of content. This was nice...warm...cinnamon smelling...God, he was sleepy. Would it be rude to fall asleep just about now?
Who cared, he was tired.
So, Jou shifted slightly so he got a comfortable pillow under his head, and then closed his eyes. He fell asleep the next second, to the sound of Seto's heartbeats and the beautiful music of Celine Dion's 'My heart will go on.'
Seto sighed as he watched the scene where the lead actress and actor were standing in the front of the ship. You know, the scene were she goes all 'I'm flying, Jack, I'm flying!'
Hm. Why didn't she just jump down there and fly all by herself? If Seto had been that 'Jack' character, he would simply have pushed her over the railing and walked away. Why did he love this movie again?
Maybe he was loosing his love for it...finally.
Seto looked down at Jou to see if he had any dreamy look on his face like many women did when they saw this movie. Jou was quite effeminate after all...
The sight he was met with was not exactly the one he had expected. You could call it a dreamy look...
...seeing that Jou was sleeping. A frown reached the CEO's face, and he rolled his eyes. Typical for a puppy to take a nap like that...
His stoic gaze softened however when Jou made a small and very cute sigh in his sleep, and turned over so his face was into Seto's chest. Then the blond snuggled up closer to him, and got a small smile on his face. Another small sigh escaped the sleeping teen, and then a low mumble of 'mm...cinnamon...'
Cute. Jou looked very cute, sleeping like that, Seto determined while looking at the sleeping blond. The movie long forgotten, Seto started to caress Jou's hair. It was soft, like silk, and smelled of apples. A very nice scent. How did Jou succeed in smelling like that everyday? Did he take showers in apples?
The image of Katsuya in a shower made him grin wolfishly, and chuckle quietly. Now, that was a sweet picture...did his pants just go tighter?
Before he could ponder more on that, Jou stirred in his sleep. His amber eyes slowly opened, and he glanced up at Seto, before closing them again. Then he yawned. "Is the movie over yet?"
Seto smirked. "It's still over two hours left of it, my tired little puppy."
" 'm no puppy..." Jou mumbled, before snuggling closer to the CEO's chest. But he didn't go back to sleep. No, he soon opened his eyes again, and shyly gazed upwards. Of course, making him look absolutely adorable. "Seto?"
Seto managed to keep his cool exterior, even though Jou looked so cute that he just wanted to eat him up. "What?"
"Can I ask ya a question?"
"You already have." Seto smirked, as Jou glared slightly up to him.
"Ha, ha. Hilarious. Seriously, Seto."
The brunet just sighed. "Well, ask then. Before I change my mind." What could it be that Jou wanted to ask? Was it something utterly emotional, like; 'Do you love me?' or 'Are we a couple?'. Or maybe something even dumber, like 'How is our relationship now?'
Seto sighed inside his mind. Damn, he really wasn't good at answering such questions. Well, whatever Jou asked, he would be ready.
Jou yawned again, and snuggled closer. "Can you be my pillow?" He mumbled tiredly, looking up into the CEO's eyes. In that moment, he looked so much like a puppy that it was frightening. Well, as much as a cute little puppy can be frightening anyway. "You're way softer than my pillows at home..."
Seto blinked. Then he chuckled softly. "If you lived here, you could have some of my pillows..." Quickly, Seto silenced himself, and his eyes widened slightly. In a way, he had just implied that Jou could move in with him. Not that he would mind, but...maybe he was moving a bit too fast? Hopefully, Jou wouldn't notice the double meaning with his words.
The way Jou stared at him with his mouth slightly open crushed those hopes quickly.
"If...I lived here?" He mumbled, suddenly wide awake.
Seto coughed, and looked to the screen again, pretending to really be interested in the mushy gushy love declaration Jack and Rose were declaring to each other. "Hypothetically speaking." He said quickly.
"Oh..." Jou said softly, and looked away. Slight disappointment were to be heard in his voice, if one listened carefully. "Right, hypothetically."
Silence now ate the boys hearts, and made them both very uneasy. Neither of them dared to brake the silence, however, seeing that they were afraid that they would say something to make the situation even worse.
Jou watched the movie, and made a quiet sigh. The movie was boring now...but he didn't want to fall asleep again. At least not yet. Not until he had fixed things up with his favourite CEO...
Then, his ever so clever mouth decided to open. "I wonder how it would feel to do it in a car."
Seto snapped his gaze from the movie, and looked down at Jou. A very startled expression showed in his face and he rose one eyebrow. "I beg you pardon?"
"What?" Jou blinked, and replayed what he had just said. Realizing his foolish words, Jou's eyes widened, and he blushed deeply. "Err...I jus'...um...I mean, Jack and Rose...in the movie...I mean, it can't be comfortable!"(1)
Seto stared down at the blushing blond, and then glanced at the film again. Just in the same moment he looked, Rose made the handprint on the foggy window, and the sound of loud moans were heard. They seemed to echo through the room, due to the complete surround sound system in the room.
The brunet felt a slight blush creep up his cheeks, and he coughed a little to clear his throat that suddenly had become very dry. "Ah, I see. Well..." An idea reached his mind, and he smirked. "Actually, it's not all that uncomfortable." His voice was smug, and quite mysterious.
Jou flinched in Seto's arms, and the blush deepened. "H-Huh!"
Seto chuckled, and softly kissed Jou's neck. "At least if you're flexible...are you?" The blue eyes moved along Jou's body, seeming to inspect him.
Jou squirmed under the CEO's added attention to his neck, and blushed. "Uh...I, uh...guess so? Not tha' you need to know tha'!" He added the last part quickly, pushing Seto's hands away from his waist, trying to make sure that Seto didn't try anything.
Noticing the blonde's unnatural shyness, Seto frowned, and put his hands back on his waist. "Are you trying to get away from me, pup? Should I maybe warn the dogcatchers?"
"...'m no fuckin' dog, Kaiba!" Jou growled out, unconsciously calling Seto by his last name again. "If I were, I would bark and chase cats!"
"...point being?"
"Hey! I don' bark!"
"...you're doing it right now, pup." Seto smirked as Jou started to growl.
"Fuck you! Well, I don' chase cats!"
Seto smirked even wider. "Oh, not? What about that incident last summer?"
Jou paled. "Y-You know about that?"
Now, I guess you all wonder what happened that last summer? Well, Jou were just calmly eating his ice cream in the park, when all of a sudden a cat jumped out on the path in front of him. Jou then, shrieking like a girl, dropped his ice cream onto the ground.
As you all know and understand, no one should mess with Katsuya Jounouchi's ice cream. Doing that, you sign your own tombstone. That cat probably understood that too, seeing that it made a hasty retreat down the path.
But, as you all can figure, Jou just wouldn't let his ice cream get mauled without avenging it. So, naturally, Jou started a war against that poor cat, and chased it around the whole park, intending to continue the chase until either he or the cat surrendered.
And the chase went on, until an old lady hit him in the head with her handbag, yelling at him like there was no tomorrow.
In truth, that was what had happened, and was called 'the last summer incident.'
The brunet chuckled softly, his hot breath tickling Jou's ear. "Why, of course. I happened to have first parquet to that one."
Seto had indeed been in the park that one summer day, working of course. All innocently ,or something like that, he typed on his laptop, only intending to do some work on that very normal summer day. Then he heard alot of commotion, and looked up just in time to see Jou get beaten up by an old lady.
He couldn't remember the last time he had laughed that hard.
...if he ever had laughed that hard.
...since when did he laugh?
Never mind, lets get back to the couch.
Jou blushed in such a deep colour that Seto feared that his cheeks would catch fire. "W-Well, tha's way beyond the point! I am no fuckin' dog! I don' look like a dog-"
"Yes you do."
"Shut up! I have no tail or dog ears the last time I checked in the mirror!"
"Well, I don't know about the dog ears..." Seto smirked, and put a hand on Jou's groin. "...but I think I've found a tail."
Jou froze, and shivered. The hand was very warm, and made his tongue almost paralysed. After gathering the pieces of his scattered mind, Jou managed to find his voice again. "Uh...S-Seto...w-what are y-a doin'? I...uh...gu-get that hand off!" Even though dazed and shocked, Jou knew that that hand was way out of its territory.
Seto chuckled, but removed his hand. He did move a little too fast, he knew that. But, hell, it was just too amusing to make Jou flustered. "Very well, Katsuya. But..." He leaned closer to the other's ear. "...you still owe me 'everything', if you remember."
Jou swallowed. "Seto, I...I don't want to...not...like this..." Jou was still a virgin, sort of, and he didn't want to rush into something so serious like that Seto suggested. And certainly not because of some silly promise he had made while being tickled.
Seto frowned. "Don't want to what?" The question was unnecessary, but he asked it anyway. He needed to be sure so he could answer.
Jou gulped, and shifted uncomfortably. "You know...h-have sex." He spoke with such a low voice that Seto had to strain himself to hear him.
Seto sat up, and looked down at the shorter teen on the couch. Watching the blond who fidgeted under his gaze, Seto made a decision. Without a word, he pulled Jou up to sitting position too. Then he took the other's hands, that were shaking slightly. Seto tried to catch Jou's gaze, but the blond refused to look at him.
"Katsuya. Look at me." Seto said sternly, not looking away from the blonde's face.
Jou slowly looked up, and hesitantly met Seto's eyes. The blue orbs, that normally were cold and uncaring, now carried a small light of affection.
"I would never ask you of something like that." Seto said softly, and kissed Jou's hands in his. "Things like those can not be fully enjoyed unless there's two souls agreeing fully to it. I can wait...forever if it's needed."
Jou stared at the CEO, and swallowed down a small sob. "Oh...um...thanks, Seto. It really means alot to me...I'm just not ready yet, ya know? There's so much I need to get over first; Ryuji, my da-" Jou stopped himself, and almost bit his tongue for his idiocy. No. He couldn't talk about that. Not yet...
Seto frowned. "What? Your what?"
Jou looked down and closed his eyes tightly. Memories, painfully detailed, replayed in his mind. When Serenity and mom left, the first time his father had to go to hospital for alcohol poisoning, the first time the warden cut off their water and electricity, that day when his father first hit him...the...first time his father used a knife against him...the first time...his father...did those things to his body that still made him wake up screaming in the middle of the night...
Jou swallowed deeply. Seto couldn't find out, wouldn't find out. No way in hell. Then it would all end. Seto, the perfect and simply drop dead gorgeous Seto, would never in a million years date him if he knew...just how filthy he was.
So, Jou just shrugged. "Nothin'. It's notin'. Don't worry about it..." His voice faded with every lie, until it disappeared all together.
Seto frowned. What was it that Jou hid from him? Something big it seemed, seeing the way Jou tried to avoid speaking about it. Seto was curious, and worried. The way Jou refused to meet his gaze made him understand that it was something bad that had happened, something Jou was ashamed of. Seto would find out what it was...eventually. But, for now, he choose not too push it.
"Alright, Katsuya. It's nothing." He said, and put his hands on Jou's shoulders. A small smile formed on his lips. "But I will not stop worrying about my puppy."
Jou felt relief wash over him when the CEO didn't push the matter, and looked up with a smile. "Yeah...thanks." Then he frowned. "But I'm no puppy."
Seto was quiet for a second, considering this. Then he kissed Jou's lips softly. His eyes sparkled strangely when he pulled back to look into Jou's eyes. "What about being my boyfriend then?"
Jou's heart made a giant leap at the question, and he blinked in a cute, confused manner. A very light blush spread over his cheeks. "I...I'd like that...alot." He whispered softly, and looked into Seto's eyes. Then he smiled. A true and genuine smile that made Seto's heart warm, and beat faster.
Seto let his gaze wander over Jou's form in front of him. For a second, he wondered what he could possibly have done to deserve someone like Katsuya. Then he shook the very silly and out of character thought, and softly brushed his fingertips against Jou's slightly red cheek.
"Mine." He said forcefully, and then pulled Jou into his lap. Entangling his fingers with Jou's golden tresses, he leaned in closer to kiss the angelic boy.
Just before their lips met, he heard Jou whisper. "Yours." Then, words became useless.
Mokuba was right. Some things you don't discuss; You just know.
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Maybe there would come hardships in their relationship. Maybe they would fight endless times, about silly things as toothpaste stains in the sink, forgetting to take down the toilet seat or Seto working too much. Maybe people would react and try to hurt them. Maybe fangirls would go rampaging around them. And maybe the world would end in a giant explosion by the year of 5230 (caused by Bakura or some other villain).
But there would be happy things too. Wonderful days together, accompanied by equally wonderful nights. Yearly anniversaries, birthdays, graduations and other happy things. When they grew older, who knew; they'd maybe get married, adopt kids, or somehow manage to get a male pregnancy. They could grow old together, watch their kids grow up around them, to eventually forget about them and send them to an elderly home and spend all their money on sloth machines.
Yes, alot of things would surely happen in their relationship. I mean, come on; Katsuya Jounouchi and Seto Kaiba. Interesting things are bound to happen.
You may say that there's a thin line between hate and love. Or you can say that it was love at first sight, unbeknownst to the two of them. Or, the ever so classic, love begins with a fight. Call it whatever you want.
But Katsuya and Seto was a couple. They became a couple, but not on Valentines day; that is way too cliché. Nope, they got together on a very normal day, in an abnormally large mansion. In front of a very romantic movie, Titanic, they proclaimed their love for each other.
Err...or, well, kissed each other into oblivion.
But, I guess you can say that it all began that one day, when their evil school decided to have a large card giving event. That day that both of them sent a card each to each other.
It all began the 13'th of February. A Thursday.
And it ended one month later. The 13'th of March. Another Thursday. Or, can you say that it begun? It depends on how poetic you are.
Many relationships begins on Valentine. And so did this. In a weird and twisted way. But, I'm sure that you all agree with me when I call this special Valentine;
A puppy's crazy Valentine!
The End
(1) For those who doesn't know; in Titanic, there's a scene where Jack and Rose, the lead actors, have sex. In a car. That's way too small for such activities.
...wait a minute. I think...no wait...-rolls up- ...hm...-rolls back down- ...yes, this is the end of A puppy's crazy Valentine!
-loud gasps from the readers-
Yup, that's it. And now, before anyone starts to yell at me for plot holes, I will explain myself.
The poem was written by Seto. If you hadn't guessed it already. Why? Well, I will explain it in the epilogue. Then it all shall be explained. If you find any loose ends that I've missed besides the Blue rose and the poem thingy, then tell me. Because I might have missed them along the way.
The reason I put in all those hints of angst for Jou and things happening with his dad, is that I might (MIGHT, is the word) write a sequel. It depends on if I get any ideas for a story. (Feel free to give me some in a review!) But, I think it would be fun to write a sequel. What do you all think?
Ah well. This chapter was long, huh? Way long...well...hope it wasn't too pulled out. I guess it's sort of bleak and empty...but I didn't have ideas for this chapter! I had no fucking idea of how to end it! This ending took me the whole last week to figure out...damnit, I'm loosing my touch. If you thinks that it didn't happen much in this chapter, I hope you'll like the epilogue better. More things shall happen there, I swear it! (Like Anzu dies, mwehehe...)
Okay then...uh...guess I have no more to say. Except that I love you all that has read and reviewed this! You've been my inspiration, and the light in my darkness! I was close to give up sometimes, but you all brought me (pushed and dragged me) back on track! Thanks to you all who has supported me! And I'm sorry for the long, long, LONG wait. Over a month, wasn't it? –sigh- Fuck, I'm so evil...
It's time for you all too review now! Please? Don't you feel the urge to push that purple button? Huh? HUH!
-crickets chirps-
-coughs-
-loud baby wails-
...oh, never mind. Just give me a review if you're up to it, and tell me what you thought of this story and chapter! I just love long reviews!
A small heads up for my reviewers! I will name my ten absolutely favourite reviewers and most faithful ones in the epilogue! Some people has even reviewed to all of these chapters!
Now, peace out and review! –throws out cookies- And now, for my departure...-disappears in a cloud smoke-
-The Blonde Midget!