Yes, again, I was on vacation. And I still am going to be, as of two days. So I will try and finish this and keep it short!
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters of Yu-Gi-Oh! They all belong to Kazuki Takahashi!
WARNING: You should know by now, if you read this far into the story, that there is love between to males. If you're stupid, and don't like this kind of stuff, keep reading.
O.O.O.O.O.O.O - Indicates end of scene. Because, c'mon, you can tell which one is the dream!
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When All Else Fails, chapter 7
I've been alone with you inside my mind
And in my dreams I've kissed your lips a thousand times
I sometimes see you pass outside my door
Hello, is it me you're looking for?
-Hello by Lionel Richie
Brown eyes, slightly lidded due to the lack of sleep he had managed to grab, looked up as quiet footsteps padded down the stairs. He sat up straighter, putting down his pen and casting a quick glance at the paper in front of him. He'd do the last math question later. Right now, he had to deal with Yug'.
Instead though, when he looked up, he met the wise eyes of Yugi's grandfather, Sugoroku Mouto. The man had no smile on his face, no friendly expression, just an enigmatic frown. It gave Jou a slight shiver as he stared back at the old man. What was his problem? Was he mad at Jou for staying the night? This wasn't like him…
"Jounouchi, can I talk to you for a minute, before Yugi wakes up?"
The voice broke through his confused thoughts and he realized that the old man sounded worried, not angry or annoyed. Then he berated himself for his stupid thought about the purple-eyed man being angry at him. Of course not! He was just worried about him and his situation!
He suddenly wished that the old man was angry at him.
He shrugged though, and turned all the way around, sending the elder Mouto a timid smile. "Sure, what do ya wanna say?"
The other male moved into a more comfortable position in front of the blonde, eyes softening as his mouth opened to speak. "Jou, I know of your… situation right now."
Jou nodded for him to continue, the smile now turning into a small, thin line. Sugoroku continued with out hesitation.
"And I know how much you have to pay, so I was just wondering if you would work for me on weekends and after school? I just want to help out in some way, and I know you wouldn't except any money from me." The aging man let out a nervous laugh, and so did Jou, The atmosphere was slightly tense.
After the fake laughter died, which was rather quickly, Jou took his turn to speak, voice warm. "Yeah, ok, that would really help me out. And you're right, I wouldn't accept donations. But, is it ok if I work today and Monday too? I can miss a day of school, and I just want… This… to tide over at school until I go." Now he gave the man a nervous smile, hand reaching over to grasp the pen and tap it against his left hand.
This time, Sugoroku's face darkened, but lightened into a thoughtful look. "Jou, I want to tell you something, ok?" He nodded again. "When I was young, my father was… Caught… Molesting one of my male classmates."
He stressed the word 'male' a lot, and Jou had an amusing picture of what Sugoroku's face would look like if he ever told the man he was bi, which was unlikely. But the sympathetic voice broke through the picture again, and he focused on the man telling the story.
"He was sent to jail and my mother was absolutely devastated. I was also, since I was 12 years old and I could understand that what my father did was a very, very awful thing. But, despite my mother and me being devastated, I was sent to school the very next day. Everyone stared at me weirdly and with a deep anger, as if I was the one who did that to my classmate. But I had to endure that day, and it was terrible, and I lost a few friends, but over the next few weeks, it became better and it was all forgotten. I even got beat up once." He chuckled at this, but Jou had no clue why. Getting beat up was not funny. "But those students were caught in the act and charged. Do you know what I'm saying, Jou?"
He paused in nodding his head, and shook it instead, deciding to be truthful. "Uh, sorry, but not really…" He grinned and rubbed the back of his head, pen loosely between his fingers, and keeping a hand on the front of the stool he was sitting on so he had some balance.
The old man chuckled and walked closer to him, grabbing his right shoulder in a firm grip. His voice became suddenly soft and caring. "I'm saying you have to be strong through-out this, ok, Jounouchi? Even though people might try and tease you, hold your head up high, because words won't hurt you. And you're a strong boy, I know. So just be brave, Ok?"
This time he nodded slowly, and he noticed he seemed to be doing a lot of agreeing. "Ok, Mr. Mouto. I'll be brave and go to that horrid jail called school." He meant the nickname to be true, but the older gentleman, who was still holding his shoulder, laughed as if it was a joke.
"Ok, my boy." They both heard the door open and the gray-haired man smiled, patting his shoulder a bit hard before taking his hand back. "I'm glad we had this talk. Now, are you up for pancakes?"
The blonde produced a genuine smile, the first since school had ended yesterday, and climbed off of the stool. "Alright! Pancakes!"
Sugoroku laughed loudly, more joyfully then the laughter of five minutes ago, and turned his back to the chocolate-eyed boy, now facing his small grandson and smiling. Yugi was currently rubbing the sleep away from his left eye like a child. "I'll start cooking and you guys get ready then."
Now both of them nodded, Jou more enthusiastically then his best friend. Both of them went upstairs as the older man went towards the kitchen, and when Yugi was awake enough, he looked over at the blonde, who was currently taking his Pajama shirt off.
"Jou, what were you talking about with Grandpa?" The short boy put his puzzle on the counter and pulled his pajama shirt over his head. Purple eyes looking quizzically at him after the clothing was removed from his body.
He paused before speaking, deciding not to tell Yugi what had happened to his Grandpa. Did Yugi even know about that? He hoped not. He didn't want him to know about what his great-grandpa was like. "Oh, he was just offering me a job, because I need the money to bail out my dad."
Jou felt like there was a piece of hot coal in his stomach as he said this, but his voice remained casual, not quivering once. That was a miracle. He felt hopeless and a bit lost every time he thought about it or said it aloud.
The spiky-haired teen nodded, now pulling on his pants for school. The puzzle now dangled off the boy's neck again, shining faintly in the weak light the window provided. It was still a bit dark out. "Oh, ok. I'm going to treat you to lunch today, ok? Because I didn't come up quickly last night. Kaiba was keeping me occupied with a lot of questions about what kind of cards would be coming in."
A bucket of ice was thrown on him when his friend mentioned the CEO, contrasting against the hot coal that still seemed to be in his stomach, but he ignored the name, instead waving a hand around as he shoved his hand in his pocket. "No, no, Yugi! You don't have too! I still got a few cents in my pocket!" The blonde continued to dig around in his pocket, and then came up with only 50 cents a second later, a sheepish smile painting over his face when he saw the little money he had.
"Uh… It's enough. And that's ok. I was asleep in a few minutes anyways! I was dead tired." A grinned as he ran a ratty brush from the contents on the floor, from when he had dumped all of his stuff from his bag so he could get to his homework.
"No! I'm going to buy you something, and that's final! You have to save your money up now!" Now there was a stubborn look on the multi-colored haired boy's face as he brushed his own hair, the usually spiky hair drooping from the weight it had endured from when Yugi had slept on it.
"Ok, ok!" He really did want lunch today. He had nothing last night. Thank God for pancakes and cheap lunches. "I'll let you buy. But as soon as I get some money I can spend, I'm buying you lunch!"
The violet-eyed boy smiled as he began to put up his hair. "We'll see."
"You're stubborn."
"It's one of my better attributes when it comes to some things. Would you rather me pull out the puppy-dog eyes out on you?"
"… No."
"Good. Now Let's go downstairs. Oh, and Jou?" The shorter of the two was now bending down to get his bag, which was under his desk.
"Yeah?"
"What time were you up today?"
Jou cast a glance at the bedside clock, and was surprised to find that it was only 6:34 am. The time he had spent doing his homework only seemed like 15 minutes. He contemplated what to say to Yugi, because he would freak if he told him that he was up at 5. A smile on his face as he came up with a small white lie, and he answered the question simply.
"Only 15 minutes before you."
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"HEY! JOU! JOU!"
The yell overrode the noise of the classroom as the low voice attacked his ears, and he looked up as soon as the greeting was yelled out. Who was so eager to see him? Why, of course, Honda! He thought this a bit sarcastically, because everyone who had wanted to talk to him this morning only wanted to talk about the news. And he (while, his father, but whatever) had been on the news. Not for good reasons. Hell no.
The brown-haired teen Jou called his friend arrived at his desk and slammed a hand down onto it, drawing attention from a few people near them. The standing teen realized his stupidity in drawing attention and gave the people an easy smile, and they soon turned back to whatever they had been doing.
That was when Honda turned around and stared at the blonde, a fire blazing in his eyes as he hissed out quietly. "You should have told me about this before it went on the news, you idiot! Then you could have come and slept over at my house and stayed there! You know my parents don't mind you."
The blonde gave a embarrassed grin, suddenly feeling a little guilty that he hadn't told Honda, the guy that had been by his side since God knew when. But he only felt a little guilty. A little! "Ah, dun worry, Honda. I'm fine. I'm staying at Yugi's, and grandpa gave me a job so I can work off my pop's debt.. So I'll be fine, ok? I'll still come over to yer house on weekends, if it will make you feel better."
The brown-eyed teen still wasn't satisfied, it seemed, because his frown and glare became even more deadly. God, when did Honda become a girl on PMS? "That's not the point! Jou, I don't even think you should pay off your father's debt. He's done this before, remember? Just before your mum left y-… him!"
Jou could feel his blood freeze at the mention of that event, eyes darkening as the images of those few days flooded his mind. It was when he was just old enough to understand what was happening, and he could hear his mum crying for the few nights dad had been in jail. So as soon as dad had came home from his mum spending their holiday savings (They were going to go to Hawaii. They had been saving up for so many years), she had left. With Shizuka. And that was a painful day. He didn't need Honda bringing that up at school.
The brunette seemed to realize his mistake as his blonde friend tensed and his eyes darkened, because his face became slightly surprised and worrisome. "Uh, Jou! Sorry! I forgot, I'm not supposed to say that. That was the wrong thing to say! Sorry, Jou, I was ju-"
The brown-eyed boy cut him off by putting his head on his left hand and casting his eyes downwards to his stuttering friend's feet. "You're right, Honda. That was the wrong thing to say. Now go to your seat. I don't feel like talking."
He resisted the urge to leave, like Grandpa Mouto had said. Be strong, he had said. So that's what Jou would do. Stay here and deal with everyone who asked about all the shit he didn't want to talk about.
"Uh, but Jou, I sa-"
"I said go sit down, Honda." His voice went harder with each syllable, and the teen in front of him finally got the message to go sit down. He moved out of Jou's view of the door and went behind him, which was his seat. Jou abruptly cursed the fact that there was no seating plan in History class. That was Mr.Yuriko's way of being 'nice'.
Throughout the entire class, he could feel a worried stare boring into his back. He didn't pay any mind to it though, and instead (for once in his life), took notes instead of relaxing and going to get the notes from Honda later. Who could relax in his 'situation'? His father was going to jail, he was currently angry at one of his best friends, the other best friend was trying not to push to hard, and another friend was supposedly sick. He guessed this, because Anzu hadn't walked to school with them.
The worst part of the whole day was that Kaiba had been in the seat across from him the entire time Honda had been talking to him. Even when Honda had blurted out the part of why his mum had left his dad. While, one of the reasons, anyways.
No, Jou thought without emotion. The worst part was that he had a whole day to go through this torture.
While, he had to thank someone that it was Friday.
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"C'mon, Seto, you lazy ass! I want to go in the pool! It's not everyday I go to your house, solely on the excuse to swim!" At this, Jou laughed, not even blushing at the fact that most of the times Jou had come over to his boyfriend's house, it was to solely fuck like bunnies. Or study. But they ended up fucking like bunnies, anyways. The blonde had to wonder when the both of them had become so sex-crazed.
While, it got better every time, anyway.
The addressed person glared at him lightly, pulling his shirt over his head to show off a pale stomach with a faint six-pack. At this, he had to peak a quick glance and drool. While, who wouldn't? A half naked Sex God that was all yours, in a pair of swim shorts? Rawr. (And never mind the fact that he had seen it a hundred times before).
At the thought of getting fucked by Kaiba in a pool, he shook his head firmly. No! This day was too solely swim! SWIM! In WATER! He practically screamed at himself (in his own head, of course), to get that through his own thick skull.
When he turned around again, Kaiba was standing there in all of his glory, only in a pair of light blue swim shorts that contrasted poorly with his skin. He furrowed his brow at this, a discontent look coming over his face as he stared. Geez, Kaiba had no fashion sense. And the guy could be a model, for God's sake! If he wasn't running a corporation already, but…. Yeah….
He went off and grabbed the edge of his blue-eyed lover's shorts, giving a small tug and earning himself a raised brow at his actions. "Puppy, what are you doing? I thought you said this day was 'solely to swim'."
Oh, he could just feel the smirk radiating off of that remark, and he raised his hand to whap his boyfriend lightly. This earned him another slightly amused, slightly confused look. He gave a cheeky smile at him, and another tug on his shorts. "It is, Kaiba-chan." He did this only to annoy the hell of his boyfriend, and it seemed to work because the other teen gave him a venomous glare. "I'm just wondering, for someone who has such a hot body, why you have no fashion sense."
Hey, he could be blunt about the body that had… did 'the bad thing' to him a hundred or so times.
He laughed as a small blush overcame the brunette's face. Ah, Seto was so easily embarrassed when it came to sex or either one of their bodies.
His thoughts were cut off as a surprised gurgle-yelp cross erupted from his mouth, a muscled arm coming around his middle (He was in shorts an hour ago). Not even a second later did he find himself hitting the surface of the pool that wasn't even a foot away. Water filled his mouth instantly after he went under and he found it a bit harder to breathe. God damn it, Kaiba was an asshole! He was a fucking asshole who deserved to be hit over the head with a bat! No! Even better! A SPIKED bat!
His arms thrashed around wildly as he tried to swim towards the top of the deep pool, and he closed his brown eyes as he tried to calm down. Yeah, calm down. If he didn't calm down, he'd lose too much energy and he'd drown because stupid, idiot Kaiba threw him in the pool. The dumb ass. Who ever said he was a genius was wrong.
When he calmed down enough, something slipped around him and he could feel someone pressing their mouth to his, and he knew instantly it was his deranged lover. He had the urge to smack him hard, or even kick him where no man should be kicked, but those thoughts were wiped clean as a tongue licked his lower lip and he opened his mouth immediately to give entrance.
They shared a heated kiss under water, Kaiba providing little air for Jou, but enough so that he didn't have to think about breathing. Arms were wrapped tightly around him, and he found enough strength to raise his own and place them loosely on his boyfriend's shoulders as they continued to kiss. A sudden thought came into Jou's mind, and he almost pushed the teen away.
What happened to 'no sex, just swimming'?
… Ah, screw it. Kissing Kaiba felt too good.
He could feel himself growing hard against his will, and he moaned lightly. That was what broke the kiss, of course, because they were both running out of air. And a little of the pool's water was already in their mouths.
Both of them took the other's hand and the brunette led the blonde to the surface of the pool, which seemed like it wasn't very far now that he had got 'some' source of oxygen.
He followed along, and soon found himself breathing wonderful, wonderful air a few seconds later. God that felt wonderful. Wonderful, wonderful air!
As soon as both of them caught their breath, Kaiba dragged him over to the side of the pool and continued to kiss the daylights out of him, and all he could do was moan. Well, this felt even better then breathing air. Seriously.
A little mischievous thought entered his mind between all of the haze Kaiba kissing him was creating, and he raised a hand to knead Kaiba's half-hard erection through his shorts. Hey, maybe they could try sex in the pool! That was a new one. Sure, sex in the shower, but he hardly heard of doing it in the pool.
A moan (not from him, this time) interrupted his thought as he continued to press against that one spot, and the blonde gave a sigh as his lover pressed harder into his hand. God, now he wished Kaiba would just fuck him senseless already!
The mouth on his separated from him and began to kiss and bite his neck lovingly, and he whined loudly. "Uh, Seto… C'mon, just fuck me al-" He gave a gasp at a particularly hard bite. "-ready!"
He heard a chuckle and he was suddenly faced with smothering blue eyes. "You're impatient, puppy. But alright."
He could feel hands pushing down his yellow shorts, passed his slim hips, and the fingers teasingly brushed his cock before disappearing a second later. He was going to curse the brunette before another gasp found it's way to his throat as something touched his own cock. He had to revel in the fact that Kaiba was just as big as him, miracle upon miracles.
A faint kiss on his lips as hurried breathes replaced the moans, and Jou could feel his legs being parted and wrapped around his lover's pale hips. He placed his hands on his shoulders and pressed against him, a silent way of saying hurry up. A husky voice attacked his senses and he gave another low, wanton moan. "Do you want me to prepare you, Jou-pup?"
He would never be able to figure out how Kaiba could keep his voice that even, but he shook his head before he could think about it anymore. Half-lidding his eyes, he stared lustfully at the man holding him. "No, no. Ju… Just hurry up…"
That was all the urging the brunette needed, because he entered Jou's entrance slowly, and the blonde bit his lip to keep from swearing at the pain. Ok, maybe Kaiba being this big wasn't the best thing, but it sure as hell wasn't the worst thing.
He could feel a murmur against his neck, a "c'mon, it'll be ok, just ride through…". A loving kiss on his earlobe and the pain went away gradually, and he thrust against Kaiba to tell him to hurry again.
Kaiba's cock left him briefly before slamming in again, and there was no pain anymore. Just a wanton pleasure that made him whimper in want. And then he was left empty, then filled again, and he had to moan more loudly then before.
"Uh! God, Ka-!" He couldn't finish his sentence anymore because a hand was on his dick and rubbing the tip of it, and this felt amazing, because they didn't have to stop for lube or anything.
"Ah… Jou…" The voice filled his ear, practically pained because of the pleasure, and he let out a loud groan. He was going to come!
"Se…to… I'm coming! Uhn!"
"Me too…."
Both of them let out cries of the other's name as they came into the chlorine-filled water, and Jou let out another whimper as Kaiba pulled himself out. They stayed quiet for a few minutes after that, the brunette holding the blonde up as gasped breathes mingled. A small kiss shared afterwards, and they both smiled at each other.
"Guess that ruins our plans for swimming, huh, Seto?"
"You're the one that started groping me."
"You're the one that kissed me."
"You're the one who made a stupid comment about my fashion sense."
"… You're the one… whose to sexy."
The brunette laughed deeply, pushing away from the brown-eyed boy to tread in the water. "We can still swim, you know."
"… You won't try to screw me senseless again?"
"Yeah."
"I'll race you!"
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Brown-eyes opened warily as the dream finished, the image of him pressed up against the pool's edge by moneybags burning in his mind, and the blonde resisted the urge to curse the fact that, yes, he was hard, and a little more then a bit hot. He had to thank God that no one was here.
The blonde had decided to go up to the roof at lunch and go behind the wall, which was out of sight of the door. So even if someone came, they wouldn't be able to see him and maybe he could slip past or wait for them to notice him. It was rare that he would be anti-social (he left that job to moneybags), but he had to think of another way to get more money for his pop's bail..
He didn't want to ask anyone. He'd rather bury his own grave then ask anyone. And he didn't… while, he did want to miss school, but he didn't want to stay in school any longer then he should. Because… While, people sucked, teachers blowed, everything seemed like a real prison when you went there. While, that was his thoughts, anyway.
He couldn't think of any other option to get money other then the options that weren't good options. One, was to sell drugs. Two, was to steal. Three, was to skip school and work (Which was still illegal, even out of school). And four… While, pull a desperate-girl-in-desperate-need-of-money and become a prostitute for a week or so. But he didn't want to give his body out for such a stupid cause! The teen doubted that he would be able to get the $95,000 before the trial, in November. It was already the 28th.
Maybe he should do what Honda said. Just give up on his dad and move into Honda's house for the last year or so of school. His dad would be fine in two years, and when he came out, maybe the blonde might have made something of himself, just to prove the old man wrong…
Jou shook his head firmly, fist tightening to leave tiny, crescent-shape indents in his palm. No, he wouldn't do that. He'd get his dad out, he'd be fine, it would be all good by November 15th. He'd do everything by any means necessary.
Getting up, Jou brushed the seat of his pants off and frowned at his problem, which was soon replaced by a grin. Maybe a good jack-off would help his mood.
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Hah! I did this chapter in a couple of hours, and one was when I was tired and… Ok. I'm satisfied enough, because I made it so long XD;. Go me and my awesomely-long-tired-chapter! (for once)
A little note: I didn't research zenny or anything, so I basically just left the money alone. Plus, I don't think most of you know the way money is in Japan? Meh, whatever. At least I researched law and stuff! Though I missed some things -.-;
Expect the next chapter soon, I promise! But, now, I'm going to go and do other things that are desperately needed!