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Chapter Sixteen: How to Kill a Mood

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What About Now- Daughtry

School was coming to a close and everyone was getting ready to leave for the day. Joey packed away his history book into his backpack, thinking that he would study later tonight.

"Studying for the history test?" Tea asked, noticing that Joey was actually taking his book with him.

"Yeah," Joey answered sheepishly. "I'm not good with memorizing dates and events. So, I'm really nervous about it."

"You've been doing great in school lately, Joey. I'm sure you'll be fine," Yugi said in support for his friend.

"Yeah, man, I'm amazed how much you raised your grades. Wish I could do that." Tristan laughed at himself, not packing away anything to study for at home in his bag.

"You could if you applied yourself, Tristan," Tea scolded him for being so lax about his grades.

"Joey, do you want to go to the game shop for a bit? Grandpa got some new cards in today," Yugi offered while throwing his bag on over his back.

"Sure, Yug, I can stop by for a bit," Joey said with his usual wide smile.

The four friends took off from school together talking about cards and what they have been up to lately. Joey felt a little out of the loop because of how busy he has been with work, studies, and spending time with the Kaiba brothers. He never realized how much he missed hanging out with his friends, but at the same time, he didn't miss them as much as he thought the he should. He knew it was because he was having such a blast spending time with Mokuba, and as much as he hated to admit it, Seto.

After spending some time at the shop looking at new cards he would love to add to his deck, he left for the Kaiba mansion. Joey had gotten used to the Kaiba manor. All the things such as the gate with the intercom buzzer were becoming second nature to him instead of freaking him out.

"Hey, Joey," Mokuba greeted as he threw open the door, allowing Joey to come in.

"Hey, Mokuba. Your brother here?" Joey asked, coming in with his school stuff in tow.

Mokuba nodded. "Yeah, he's home. He's in his study though and I don't know how long he'll be in there."

"That's alright. Where is his study? I wanted to ask him a quick question," Joey said wondering which of the many vast doors held Seto's study.

"Here, I'll show you," Mokuba said before leading Joey through the mansion. They reached a door with a 'Do Not Disturb' sign on it. "This is it."

"Thanks, buddy," Joey thanked.

"Sure thing. Let me know when you're done, ok?" Mokuba said before running off to a different part of the mansion.

Joey smiled after him before turning to face the door. He turned the handle, pushing it open, and stepping inside. "Knock, knock," he announced his entry.

Sure enough, there was Seto at his desk working. He glanced up, glaring over rectangular glasses. "Wheeler, do you not know how to read?"

"Yeah, but I wanted to ask you a quick question about my homework," said Joey shutting the door behind him, a clear indication that he was not leaving any time soon.

Seto let out an irate sigh. "I'm in the middle of doing something."

"I can wait," Joey said placing his bag down.

"Whatever, Wheeler. Just don't bother me," Seto commented before returning back to his project.

Joey sat down and glanced around the room, searching for ways to entertain himself until Seto found time to help him. He could always try studying himself, that might pass the time. Then again, he wouldn't be here if he had his own method of retaining whatever information her tried to absorb from his textbook. After about fifteen minutes of nothing but the sounds of the mouse clicking and keyboard clattering, the blond teen began to grow restless. Soon the boredom became too much to handle, so Joey got up from his chair and wondered over to Seto, standing behind him, trying to see what he was working on. He couldn't make heads or tails of any of it. The screen was filled with graphs and charts whose meanings were lost to Joey. Just looking at all of it was making his head spin.

"Don't stare too long, mutt," Seto commented, not having to look at Joey to know what was going on. "I don't think your brain can handle the strain."

This comment made Joey agitated. Just because he wasn't as educated as Seto didn't mean he should be reminded of it around every corner. As Joey looked, he noticed the dark circles beginning to appear around the CEO's eyes. He began to wonder if the tutoring was taking up time where Seto could be finishing his projects or catching up on his sleep. Seto's eyes were intense and focused, lit up with the reflection of the computer screen.

Smiling a little, Joey wrapped him arms around Seto in a way that would not hinder his typing. He felt the coarse man tense slightly.

"What do you think you are doing, Wheeler?" Seto asked not slowing down his work.

"Nothing," Joey said with an over the top innocent tone.

Seto gave a small grunt but said nothing more, wanting to focus on the task at hand.

Joey got an idea, deciding he would take this rare opportunity to mess with Kaiba a little. He lowered his mouth against Seto's ear and began to lightly lick and nibble the lobe. Again, he felt a moment of tension come from the other's body, but Seto was choosing to ignore Joey's attention. Seto's cologne smelt like nothing Joey had encountered before, a mild spicy aroma. He moved down from the ear and began applying his lips, teeth and tongue lightly to the side of Seto's neck. Even though Seto was not making any indication this was affecting him, Joey noticed his typing speed was off a little. He continued to suck Seto's neck, growing in intensity little by little.

"Wheeler," the name was spoken in a gruff warning, clearly stating that Joey better stop if he knew what was good for him.

"What's wrong, Kaiba?" Joey asked. "Am I bothering you?"

"You're a bit more than a bother right now, mutt," Seto commented trying to get his typing rhythm to return.

Joey thought for a few seconds and tried to concoct another distraction for Seto. His eyes shifted to the silk, light blue tie that was still tightly wrapped around the young CEO's neck after a long day at the office. Joey went back to lightly kissing Seto's neck as a diversion to get the tie off so his trail of kisses could go even further down the brunette's body. Joey's hand touched the smooth material and his fingers flippantly pulled at the knot. "How do these things work?" Joey thought to himself as the removal of the tie soon became more of a challenge than he expected.

Joey lost his balance for a moment as Seto began to rise from his work chair. He turned around to face Joey, his right hand moving to the tie. In one fell swoop, Seto's tie was off, dangling neatly in his hand. Joey blushed in embarrassment at Seto being able to with ease what he, Joey, had been struggling with.

"If you're going to do something, Wheeler, do it right." Seto let the tie drop from his hand to drape onto the back of the chair.

"I suppose I have a few minutes," Seto thought to himself as he approached his puppy. "Perhaps I can use that time to educate him a little."

Seto grabbed Joey, pulling him close and placing him in the chair. Seto straddled himself on top of Joey, leaning down over him, trailing kisses down his exposed skin. Joey's body tensed at first but was soon relaxed from the cool feel of Seto's lips. Seto picked a single spot on the neck and began to softly suck, his tongue encircling the faint pink mark he was bestowing upon Joey, while hearing the younger male softly whisper his surname.

Once he was finished, and satisfied with his work, Seto moved his head back so he was face-to-face with the male beneath him. The cocoa brown eyes were staring at him, imploring. Seto began to lower his face towards the other's, intending to close the distance.

While this was happening, Joey soon noticed something different about Seto, the more he leaned closer.

"Hey, Kaiba, since when did you start wearing glasses?" he blurted out without thinking. Typical Joey. He reached up and pulled the glasses off Kaiba's face, examining them before putting them over his own eyes. "Hey check me out. I bet they make me look smarter, don't they?"

Seto pulled back and snatched his reading glasses off of Joey's face. "Get out of my chair, Wheeler," Seto said as he was getting off Joey. The coldness was back in full force.

"What? What did I do?" Joey thought to himself while getting out of the chair. He backtracked inside his own mind on what happened. "Wait a second… was Kaiba going to…? Aw, I'm such an idiot." Joey approached Seto who was already back to typing. The mood Seto had created was obviously dead and there was no chance of reviving it. "Kaiba…" said Joey, hoping there might still be a chance to spark it again. He had to admit, he was a little curious as to how those lips would feel against his, and he just blew his best chance to find out.

"What did you come here for, Wheeler?" Seto asked, shutting his laptop and taking off his glasses, placing them in a black and blue case that was stored in his jacket pocket.

Joey had almost completely forgotten about the reason why he first came to Seto's study in the first place. "Oh, ya. I was gonna see if you wanted to study after you were done with your work. We have a history test tomorrow, but I keep getting the dates and events mixed up," Joey divulged. "I was thinking if you got the time, maybe you could help me out? I get that you're busy and all, but…"

"Are you going to keep blathering your nonsense, or are we going to get started?" Seto asked impatiently.

Joey was a little surprised by this but decided not to ruin the moment again by voicing it. They moved to the small couch, in the corner of the study. Joey guessed it was there for when Seto became too tired to drag himself all the way to bed. Seto sat on the couch with Joey's text book and had Joey park it on the floor beside him to make sure he didn't cheat. The next several hours, Seto quizzed Joey out of the text book, first doing the events in chronological order, then mixing them up. He also did exercises such as stating a date and having Joey match the event, and then the reverse. By the end of it, Joey's head felt so full and his eyes felt so heavy that he began nodding off. He tried staying awake as Seto continued to quiz him. He closed his eyes for just a few seconds, but realized that was a mistake as they did not want to open afterwards.

Seto finally looked away from the book and down at Joey to see that he was fast asleep on top of his knee. He thought he heard some quiet snores come from Joey and slightly smiled at it. "It looks he reached his limit." Seto softly patted his golden hair. "I'm amazed that you lasted this long." He let out a heavy sigh, wondering what to do with him. He didn't want to bother taking him home. Seto tried to position his legs to try to stand up, but didn't want to wake Joey in the process.

"I don't wanna be in the freezer anymore," Joey mumbled in his sleep, slight goose bumps appearing on his exposed arms.

"I guess it can't be helped," Seto said pulling off his jacket and placing it on top of Joey's shoulders. "He will have to sleep here then." Seto tried to get off the couch to the best of his ability without dropping Joey's head on the ground, though the temptation grew with all the talk of food Joey had in his sleep. After much maneuvering Seto was on the floor with Joey, the blonde's head snuggled against Seto's lap. He finally was able to place Joey on the couch, allowing him to use the jacket as a blanket.

When it seemed like Joey had stopped talking about food, Seto left the room only to hear, "thank you…" Seto could have sworn that he was talking about the triple stuffed pizza still, but hoped that it was for the kind gesture Joey would never remember when he woke up. After the lights were off, Seto headed to his own room to sleep, knowing that he needed it just as much with the long nights he was pulling as of late.

The next morning after getting his coffee Seto headed to his study to see if Joey was still asleep. When he opened the door, he saw the upper half of Joey's body was falling off the couch and the lower half was still sprawled haphazardly across the cushions. His jacket had been reduced to a ball that was clenched in Joey's arms like a teddy bear. After debating whether or not to wake up the sleeping blond, he opened his laptop to start some of his work, going over presentations for the day's meetings.

Joey's body finally slid off the couch completely and his eyes shot open as his body felt the shock of the landing. "Look who finally decided to wake up," Seto said while Joey rubbed his back, not seeming to comprehend what was going on or let alone that Seto was in the room. Joey stretched his arms wide, the jacket falling slowly escaping its ball form.

Joey looked around the room, trying to remember where he was and saw Kaiba at the desk. "I heard that, Kaiba," Joey said, slowly standing up off the floor. Joey saw the jacket on the floor, glanced up at Seto who was engrossed in his work, then back at the jacket again. He picked up the article of clothing, then went over to Kaiba and placed it over the shoulders of the working president.

"Thanks," he murmured, before heading back to the couch, grabbing his stuff, and dashed out of the room so as not to be late for school.

Seto paused only for a split second to watch the rambunctious teen disappear out the door. "Troublesome pup," he muttered, and continued his programming.