Ohhh, ahh, a new chapter. I'm so great. I thought to myself "I need to type this up real soon" so I did.

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At 3:27am Jou awoke with a start. He knew that was the time because the only light around was the glaring numbers on the digital clock next to him on the bedside table. Now he just needed to figure out why he was awake so early, and on a Saturday no less.

He remembered he'd been on edge all day, wanting to explore the giant mansion he was in, but he was much to terrified the Kaiba would come home early to get a document or something, so he'd jumped at every noise and decided it would be easier on his nerves if he played a video game on mute in Mokuba's bedroom. When he heard Kaiba open the front door at 11:30, he'd shut out all the lights.

He thought he'd never get to sleep at such an early hour, but when he's lain down in what he considered to be one of the most comfortable beds of all time, he was out like a light. But then, during a very vivid dream featuring a certain blue-eyed CEO, he was woken quite abruptly by a strange noise coming from somewhere outside of his room.

Considering his groggy state, it was amazing how quickly Jou managed to piece together his recently collected facts. The strange noise was someone crying out. Jou hurriedly jumped out of bed and began his search. After all, he was only in the mansion so he could calm down Kaiba.

Jou was a little surprised at how easy it was for him to find the brunettes room. He had assumed he would be lost for hours in the many hallways, but in reality the noises lead him to the room right next door to Mokuba's. It did make sense that the over protective brother would have a room so close to the one he was sworn to protect.

At the door, Jou hesitated. Walking into Kaiba's room would be like walking into his own, personal domain. Maybe he could finally learn something about the seemingly cold-hearted boy.

All thoughts of learning intimate secrets about the other boy were dashed the second he walked through the door. There was Kaiba, in the middle of his king-sized bed, thrashing about with a look of terror on his face and soft whimpers escaping from tightly closed lips. For Jou it was almost too much. Aside from anger and, when looking at Mokuba, something that could resemble love if you'd had a very warped childhood, Jou had not known Kaiba to have feelings, let alone show them. Jou's gut was telling him to run as far and as fast as he could, to get away from this foreign scene but his mind kept telling him he had promised Mokuba he would help.

His inner turmoil ended when the brunette let out a wail followed by "No! I won't let you! NO!" The jolt of surprise got the blonde moving again. He cautiously mad his way over to the bed, willing himself to remember the instructions Mokuba had given him.

Slowly but surly the younger boys voice filtered into his head.

"Now Jou, you may be a bit shocked when you see Seto. He'll be thrashing about, but that's normal. Well, normal for his mid nightmare state anyway. The important thing is to calm him down. Don't try to wake him up because that just freaks him out more. He may even get violent. I know you two have had fought before, but he doesn't restrain himself when he's sleeping. Any punch you've received before will be nothing compared to the wallop he could deliver, trust me on this one. Anyway, like I said, your main focus is to calm him down."

Jou recalled his own voice asking; "Okay, so how do I do that?"

The answers drifted through his mind. "There are a few things that seem to work. Speak softly and say things like 'it's okay, it's just a dream' you know, calming things. Also, gentle physical contact, like soothing strokes on the arm or something. Just keep I calm and relaxed, and he should relax too. Oh, and do not, under any circumstances, call him Kaiba. Seriously, call him anything else, although it would be best if it weren't an insult.

With his instructions in mind, Jou could set about completing his task. He was hovering over the sleeping body trying to decide how to start when it jerked. As if acting on it's own, his hand reached down to brush the sweat soaked brown hair off the sleepers pale face.

"Hey, it's okay. Whatever it is, it can't hurt ya." He heard his voice whisper soothingly.

The effect was almost instantaneous. The jerking slowly ebbed away and the sleeping CEO cautiously leaned into the touch. Jou kept up the talking and the light touches for a few more minutes until it looked like the other was having a pleasant dream. Jou decided that he could leave the other boy in peace and started to head quietly back to his room.

Jou had turned around and was just about to take his first steps towards the door when a hand firmly grabbed his wrist. 'Uh oh, I've been caught.' He thought. I can explain, just give me a chance. See, your brother, he asked me for a favour, and I agreed to help. And this happened to be it." When he got no response and the pressure on his wrist didn't change, he turned to look at his captor. "Kaiba?" He asked in confusion.

For a beat, nothing happened, then, a split second after Jou remembered he was never supposed to say that to the sleeping Kaiba, he was wrenched down, face first, onto the bed. The Brunette had curled up into a ball in the center of the bed and was clutching Jou's hand like a lifeline. He had tightened his grip so much that Jou's hand was turning purple.

Jou knew that if he ever wanted his hand back he would need to perform some damage control, and fast! He brought back the soothing voice he had been using earlier to apologize as he tried to sit comfortably on the bed.

It was fairly easy to tell that saying the name Kaiba was a terrible mistake, and for whatever reason it had caused the nightmare to be worse then it was before. It took 15 minutes of soothing before Kaiba was at the state he had been when Jou had first got there. He was very careful not to say the K-word but almost slipped up once or twice out of pure habit.

After a good half an hour of worried coaxing, Jou finally got Seto calm and peaceful. Only then did he realize he could no longer feel his purple hand. "Hey Seto, I gotta get my hand back. See, I got all the baddies to got away, but I need my hand to keep them away." Jou chanced a glance down at his companion and just had to smile. The big bad CEO had the exact expression that children get when someone try's to take away their favorite toy. He'd have to bargain with him. "OK Seto." Man, saying his first name felt weird "I need my hand back, but you can still grab my waist or something if you'd like to."

Jou waited for an answer with baited breath. Slowly the vice-like grip on his hand loosened. As soon as it was possible, Jou snatched his hand away and started to rub some feeling back into it. There was a slight whimper from the body next to him, but then two long arms wrapped around one of his legs and Jou was sure he'd heard the word "mine" before Kaiba stopped moving all together.

Jou know for a fact that Seto was happily snuggled up to his leg for at least another hour. He knew this because he'd been un-able to sleep. First because of the pins and needles feeling in his hand was agonizing and lasted for ten minutes. Then, when the pain finally subsided, it hit him that Kaiba, his long time rival, was snuggled up to his leg, one arm hooked around his knee and the other was on his upper thigh, in a very dangerous spot. Jou was still willing himself not to think about that second hand when he finally drifted off to sleep.

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