This chapter is only short for a little while until I can get back to it, okay? [[update AGAIN: Okay, finished this chapter, but then FF decided to be a BITCH and delete it while I was still writing! So, I'll try my best to recreate my once-genius.]] Be sure to read chapter one first because I revised it and made it longer. Also the rating went up because of some new plot points.

Yugi looked up when he heard the front door slam. "U-Ushio-san?" he mumbled.

"You know what happened when you left, fag?" the older man asked. "Kaiba got all upity about me giving you what you deserved."

Yugi's eyes lit up when Ushio said that. Kaiba actually cared about his safety? Yugi's happiness was short lived; he stumbled back, holding his burning cheek.

Ushio lowered his hand, eyes flashing. "You're asking for punishment, fag." Yugi had seen that look before and recognized it as malicious lust. He scrambled away, hoping he could reach the door in time, but Ushio slid a hand into his hair and held it tight. "Where do you think you're going?"

"P-please," Yugi whimpered, giving up and falling to his knees. "Don't do this!"

[[AN:/ I listened to your pleas, filthy humans.]] Ushio leered at him, dragging him into his bedroom and throwing him to the floor. His lecherous grin only widened as Yugi cried out. "Louder, fag," Ushio whispered. He made quick work of Yugi's shirt, keeping him pinned to the cold wood and bruising his arms with his fingers.

"Stop!" the younger man yelled, fighting him. "Please!"

"Stop, please!" Ushio mocked in a high voice. "Pathetic." Ushio undid Yugi's trousers, pulling them to his knees, and leaned over him; Yugi could feel the man's sickening arousal pressing against his thigh.

Yugi gave up fighting and begging and decided to just wait for the worst. "Come on, fag, scream," Ushio said harshly. "Do it!" He pulled Yugi up by his shoulders and slammed him down on the floor, taking small pleasure in the sickening thud Yugi's head made, but the boy still didn't make a sound.

"It's no fun if you're not fighting me. Get out." Ushio moved away. "And you'd better be at work tomorrow."

Yugi was only too happy to oblige.

"Yes, sir?" Yugi asked softly, staring at the floor. He hadn't slept that night, and if anything it worsened his wounds. All Ushio had given him was a few bruises on his arms and legs and a gash on the back of his head, for which he was grateful. The older man had decided to go easy on him.

"Get me a black coffee," the man snapped, not looking up from his newspaper. Yugi nodded sadly and walked off.

The front door opened again and Yugi glanced up. "Good morning Yugi," Kaiba said lightly, his hands in his pockets.

Yugi nodded to him, blushing furiously. "Um..."

Ushio showed up behind him and touched his shoulder. "Please don't waste company time, Yugi. Get back to work." The younger man froze. "Yugi." He instantly got moving, heading toward the back to make Kaiba's usual.

"Sorry about that, Kaiba-san," Ushio muttered, bowing slightly before stalking off.

Kaiba glared at the back of Ushio's head, hoping he could feel it. Something was odd about his relationship with the little angel and Kaiba didn't appreciate it. He was pulled abruptly from his thoughts when his cell phone vibrated in his pocket; a quick glance alerted him to an important email and he sighed.

"Work never stops, hm?" Yugi mumbled quickly, handing the executive his coffee. Kaiba blinked at him, the smallest of smiles gracing his lips.

"Never," he replied just as softly. "Well..."

Yugi waited, biting on his lower lip. This was the closest he had come to a conversation with the infamous businessman. It wasn't long before Kaiba spoke up again. "Never mind, Yugi."

Yugi hesitated before nodding. "Y-yes."

As soon as he was out of sight, Kaiba sighed and slid ten dollars onto the podium, leaving the cafe to wander the cold streets alone. He couldn't believe that on one of his rare free days he didn't ask Yugi on a date like he had planned to. Since when was Seto Kaiba afraid of anything?

I think I have to end this chapter here, because I don't have much time left... Third chapter should be up sometime next week, hopefully. No set due dates; I'm not really planning this one, so inspiration strikes when it can. Thanks for reading, and please review!