This one was a little harder to write for some reason. I basically had to force it out :P So please be gentle in the reviews.

Also, in the warnings, I forgot to mention OOC!Kaiba. Heh~ I think you got that, though.

And I skipped over the boring parts that were going to be in the beginning of the chapter. If you have any questions, feel free to ask in a review.

I DON'T OWN, and whatnot.

"Do you like it? It was a short notice thing, so it's not completely furnished," Kaiba explained, leaning against the kitchen's granite countertop. Yugi could only nod in response, slowly familiarizing himself with the wide layout of his new apartment. "Good. Now-"

"How am I going to repay you?"

The executive frowned. "Repay?"

Yugi nodded again, trying to summon the courage to look Kaiba in the eyes. "I-I… you've done all this for me…"

Kaiba's sharp sapphire eyes melted a bit. "I did this because I like you, not because I want something in return."

"B-but they always do," Yugi murmured, mostly to himself, and started to pick absently at the buttons on his shirt. "They always want…" He sighed, resigning himself to the inevitable. Kaiba stared in confusion as Yugi came toward him, deftly undoing his shirt. 'It's for the best,' his mind reasoned.

"What are you doing?" The executive stood up fully, moving away. "Yugi, why-?"

"I-I'm r-repaying you," was the pathetic reply.

"With what, sex? What made you jump to the conclusion that I wanted sex?"

Yugi's narrow shoulders rose, then fell. "Reflex, I-I guess…"

That only made Kaiba more confused, until he took a better look at the expression not on Yugi's face, but in his violet pools of honesty. "I thought you said he only hit you?"

"H-he did! I'm j-just… overreacting!" Yugi seemed flustered all of a sudden, closing his shirt with shaking hands. "No one touched me!"

The executive knelt in front of him and held his wrists firmly. "Are you still afraid? Who else hurt you?"

"No one! I-I mean, don't w-worry, I'm fine."

"Stop lying to me! This concerns your safety!" Kaiba snarled, shaking Yugi slightly. "Just tell me the truth and I'll stop asking!"

Yugi gasped, tears streaming down his face. "M-my father, and my older brother, and the boys at school, and… and…" He trailed off, bursting into tears. Kaiba let go of him and he staggered back.

"What exactly did they do?"

Kaiba waited a few moments for an answer. "I'm sorry angel," he finally whispered, picking Yugi up and holding him close to his chest. "I really didn't mean to."

A phone rang. Kaiba sighed, prepared to get up from the couch in his office and get back to work, but he was surprised that he couldn't. There was some warm weight pinning him to a couch much less comfortable to sleep on.

He opened his eyes, starting to smile. Yugi was still asleep, his eyes red from crying and his fists balled adorably. The phone was going to continue its incessant ringing unless he picked it up, so he dug through his pockets causing the least movement possible and flipped it open.

"What?" he snapped quietly, stroking Yugi's back with his free hand. "I'm busy."

"I'm sorry, Kaiba-san, but you've missed your ten o'clock. Should we reschedule it, or cancel?"

The executive debated for a second, studying Yugi's face. "Clear my schedule for the rest of the day. I have other business." He snapped the phone closed and dropped it on the floor, wincing as it slammed on the hard wood.

Yugi jolted, pushing himself to sit up. "I'm sorry Ushio-san," he said, voice wavering, but was surprised when the hand on his waist didn't release him.

"I'm not… him, angel." Yugi blinked, then relaxed.

"D-did you stay w-with me the whole night?" Kaiba smiled and nodded, releasing him. Yugi smiled back, lying back down on Kaiba's chest and gripping his shirt tightly. "Thank you, Kaiba-san."

Kaiba paused. "Please call me Seto?" he asked, holding Yugi tightly against himself. "It convinces me that… you care about me."

"I do care about you. I really like you." There was a comfortable silence between them for a while; Yugi was preoccupied with listening to Kaiba's heartbeat and the executive had taken to running his fingers through Yugi's hair.

Kaiba was the first to break it. "Angel… if I asked you to do something, would you?"

Yugi's violet eyes clouded over and he sighed. "Is it about payment?" he asked softly.

"No, no, nothing like that. This would just be for us."

"… Us?"

Kaiba smirked, tousling Yugi's tri-colored locks. "You're my adorable boyfriend, right?"

The younger man's shyness got the best of him and he hid his face. "Boyfriend?" he questioned again, his voice muffled.

"You don't want to be?"

"Well… I do, I'm just…" Yugi looked up. "Nervous."

"We're getting off topic," Kaiba reminded him, but then thought about his reasoning. "Why are you nervous?"

Yugi closed his eyes. "You're not my first boyfriend. I'm probably going to screw it up again."

"Never, angel. You won't screw anything up." The corners of Kaiba's mouth twitched. "About my question."

"S-sure."

"Can I… kiss you?"

Yugi started to laugh, covering his mouth with his hands before it got too loud, but his body was still shaking with it. Kaiba looked bemused. "What?"

"No one's ever asked me," he managed through his laughter. "Men just take what they want from me… Why would you ask?"

Ending it here! Not really a cliffhanger, but, you know. I'm kinda sick, so I'm going to make extra effort to start the new chapter. Please review~