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Chapter 3: Cover Me

Exiting the restaurant after their magical date (supposing it should be called that) Joey felt like a huge weight had lifted off his chest. He no longer had to worry about living with his father who frequently treated him like dirt, and he had found a place to stay. Also, he had resolved a long standing conflict and started his first real relationship. Tonight he saw as a win. He slyly looked over at the brunette standing beside him and eyed the close fitting pants he was wearing and the light blue shirt stretching across his broad chest. Yes. Definitely a win. Kaiba apparently felt eyes on him because when Joey looked up again the brunette locked eyes with him.

"You want to go ahead and take a picture?" The CEO asked smirking. Joey went red all over but refused to back down.

"I don't have a camera." He said. Kaiba's smirk cracked into a smile as his driver pulled the limousine around to the front of the restaurant. Joey eyed the sleek black car and stared.

"I've never ridden in a limousine before." Joey said.

"Well," Kaiba moved forward to open the door for him, "I'm glad this could be your first." Smiling, Joey slid across the smooth black leather to the other side and Kaiba climbed in right next to him.

"I was going to take you to my place unless you have belongings to pick up at the police station. I think they cleared out your apartment." Seto started.

"Nah. All the shit I had is either broken or not that important." Joey answered.

"What about clothes?" Kaiba asked.

"Honestly I have two pairs of jeans and my school uniform. Both pairs of jeans are so ripped up I don't think I'll mind wearing my uniform for a while. And I only have one shirt now anyhow. It's fine." Joey smiled at the CEO who strangely didn't seem to want to smile.

"What's wrong?" Joey asked.

"Nothing," Seto said, "maybe I could take you shopping for a new wardrobe sometime soon." Joey looked aghast.

"Kaiba, you don't have to do that. I can get what I need on my own. I'm already staying with you-"

"That doesn't sound like you at all," Kaiba interrupted. "Normally you'd call me money bags and make some slight about it." Kaiba said grinning again. "Don't worry about it. I have more money than I know what to do with, and I'd like to share it with you."

No clue what to say Joey just sat there until he realized that the limousine wasn't moving. Seeming to realize what he was after the CEO rolled a black window down from the front.

"Take us home, Shirokawa." The driver nodded and Kaiba rolled the window back up to give them their privacy once more.

"Thanks Kaiba." Joey said smiling.

"Seto."

"What?" Joey responded.

"My name is Seto." Kaiba said smiling. Joey nodded smiling back. Looking around he noticed how spacious the limo was. It had a cooler in the corner. Curiously Joey reached forward and opened the door. Inside was a bottle of champagne, several bottled waters, and about a dozen cans of cola. Joey looked up curiously at the brunette, "Cola?"

"Mokuba." He said rolling his eyes. Joey chuckled and shut the door. Leaning back he settled in the seat next to Seto.

"I've never been in anything this nice before." Joey said to the man next to him.

"You like it?"

"Well, yeah. It's pretty cool." Joey answered looking up at Seto's smiling face. It was so unusual to see Seto smiling. It was genuine, not fake or forced.

"It's kinda weird. Seeing you not look pissed off at me all the time." Joey said. Kaiba's smile faltered.

"You don't like it?" Kaiba asked.

"No! I like it a lot. I could get used to it." Joey said. The corner of the CEO's mouth hitched back into his smile again as he reached for Joey's hand that sat on his leg. Joey felt the brunette's fingers brush against his inner thigh as he grasped his hand. Joey became of how close he was to the CEO and he started salivating. He swallowed profusely trying to get rid of the saliva. Kaiba reached his arm around the blonde and his head started feeling foggy. Looking at Kaiba he felt his legs go numb. If he needed to walk sometime soon he wouldn't be able to support himself. He let his eyes wander over Kaiba's chest. He was eyeing the top few buttons that were open exposing the tanned flesh. Looking up into the CEO's eyes he saw they were glassed over looking at him. He leaned forward cautiously toward the brunette who pushed their heads together with the arm he had placed around his shoulder and once more Joey was experiencing the most passionate kiss of his life.

This one was longer than the first, and although started out cautious progressed into outright lust. Kaiba pressed forward his lips slipping between the blonde's own. He sucked experimentally on his bottom lip making Joey gasp. Joey could feel Seto smiling as he attacked his lips again biting and sucking as he progressed. Detaching his hand from the enthusiastic CEO Joey wrapped his arms around his neck pulling him in closer. Kaiba moved his hand up the blonde's thigh until he sighed. Kaiba moved his tongue into Joey's mouth tasting him and enjoying his delicious moaning. Joey couldn't get enough of his CEO and was readily devouring all the affection Seto gave him pulling him closer. Joey ran his fingers through Seto's hair and made him shudder breaking their second kiss.

"Damn, Seto." Joey panted, out of breath. He was smiling. Seto grinned and leaning forward planted a gentle kiss on his puppy's cheek. Looking down he saw the brunette's tight pants stretched even tighter; a large bulge pushing against the already constricted fabric. Joey bit his lip and looked up at Seto.

Once they got to Kaiba's mansion where was he going to sleep? With Seto? And what did that mean about the nature of their relationship? Seto said he didn't know if he liked him or not. Physically it was clear he liked him a lot, but did that necessarily mean he wanted a relationship or did that just mean he wanted a physical relationship in return for lodging? That would make him a whore. But Seto was being so nice; he paid for his dinner, and offered to get him new clothes. That didn't sound like someone who just wanted sex. He could get sex with a lot less from an actual prostitute. Deciding to keep all this to himself for now he planted a smile on his face. Seto however frowned.

"What are we going to do about school tomorrow?" Seto asked. Joey furrowed his brow.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean. Now that we're together what will your friends do?" Kaiba asked, cocking an eyebrow.

"I don't know what you mean.." And then it came to Joey, "Oh, right."His friends. How would they react to him and Seto? Most likely Yugi would be alright with it, but Yami would most likely reject the idea. Anzu would welcome anybody with open arms once they proved themselves faithful, but Tristan, Bakura, Malik, and Marik would be as welcoming as a poisonous neurotoxin. In fact, Tristan would most likely get angry at him for accepting Seto as easily as he did. But Seto had said "together", they were dating… What did he think they should do?

"What do you think we should do?" Joey asked.

"I don't want to make anything more complicated than it has to be for right now. Maybe we should wait to tell them until we find a good way to break it to them? I don't know how your friends would react. Yugi is nice to everybody, but I don't know about any of the others." Kaiba said worriedly.

"Yeah, we can worry about breaking it to them later when we figure out the best way." Joey said reaching for Seto's hand. Soon the limousine was pulling into the long driveway up to Seto's mansion. Pulling up to the front of the place Kaiba opened the door for Joey and led him up to the largest house Joey had ever seen. It was three stories high, and pearly white. It had Greek columns by the front porch and the latticework was laced with decorative ivy. Joey stood openmouthed on the front step looking up at it.

"I hope you like the inside too." Seto said with a playful smile as he stood in the open doorway. After several more moments of appreciating the exterior Joey joined Seto at the door and they went inside.

The interior was just as magnificent. Joey walked into the foyer that led to a large split staircase with red carpeting all the way up both sides. Seto started running commentary.

"Through the door on the right in this hall is the family room with the television, there's also a restroom through there and a door to the backyard. On the other side is the dining room and beyond that is the kitchen." Seto started towards the stairs.

"Would you like me to show you where your room is? We can come back down here in a few minutes." Seto said. Joey eyed the large staircase and nodded. They climbed up the right side of the staircase with Seto leading the way.

"All of our bedrooms are in the right wing, it's not that complicated once you get used to it." Seto said noting the look on Joey's face. Leading the way down a long hallway Joey was wondering if he would be able to make it back downstairs by himself.

"This is my bedroom right here." Jolting himself from his reservations Joey looked to the door on the right where Kaiba was pointing. "Your bedroom will be right across the hall so if you need anything you can come ask. Mokuba's room is down the hall on the left. And the bathroom is across from his room. I can show you if you like, but it's just straight down there on the right. It's not too hard to miss." Seto finished explaining everything and looked at Joey as though waiting for him to respond.

"Can I see your room?" Joey asked curiously. Seto looked pleasantly surprised.

"Sure." Opening the door he led Joey inside.

The walls were painted a dark blue and the baseboards were silver. The bed was a large queen with a black comforter set with geometric squares overlaying into one another with different shades of black, gray, and silver. The bed was laden with seven different pillows both black silver and blue. There was a large mahogany wardrobe, a matching mahogany dresser, and two nightstands beside each side of the bed. In the corner there was a small desk with a roller chair and a laptop sat atop the desk. There were notebooks and files on the surface, but the desk was the only messy part of the room. On the wardrobe was a large stereo system. And strangely the room seemed normal for a teenage boy. There were posters and CDs, and strangely enough candles and incense. There was a large stack of Duel Monsters cards littering one of the nightstands. There was a door at the far end of the room Joey suspected led to a master bath.

"This is… not what I expected."

"What did you expect?" Seto said; smiling slightly.

"Something not as…personalized?" Joey submitted truthfully. Kaiba looked almost offended.

"I have a personality!"

"I didn't mean it like that!" Joey said defensively. Startled by Kaiba's temper he took a step back. The CEO had offered him a lot, and he didn't want to make him angry and seem ungrateful.

"No. It's fine. A lot of people think I'm…cold." Seto responded. There was an awkward pause, and Joey had no idea what to say. Noticing one of the CD cases on the wardrobe he picked it up.

"What kind of music do you listen to?" Joey asked. Kaiba flopped down on his bed and for a second Joey was afraid he wouldn't respond.

"Mostly alternative. I like anything but country though."

"What's Maximum the Hormone?" Kaiba chuckled sitting up and reaching for the case. "It's different." He supplied. Joey looked at him inquisitively.

"Well, what music did you think I listened to?" Joey thought for a moment.

"I'm not sure if I thought you listened to music at all. I guess I never really thought about it." He answered honestly. Kaiba's lips twitched in an almost smile.

"That's kind of what I thought about you." Joey looked down at his feet for a moment thinking things over. After all the time he'd known the CEO he had never imagined him liking movies or music. Somehow he had made him seem less human, and it made him easier to dislike. He was starting to discover that this man he had broken down into something simplistic was actually more complicated than he thought, and Kaiba was figuring that out too. Moving over to the side of the bed he sat beside Seto.

"It's metal." Seto answered. "Maximum the Hormone is heavy metal." Joey snickered.

"What is so funny?" Seto asked grinning.

"It kind of fits," Joey said bursting into laughter, "because I always thought of you as angry all the time." Seto's grin was replaced by a look Joey couldn't quite place.

"No. This isn't angry, people just think it is because of the screaming. If you listen to the actual music it has a pretty good sound. Not angry at all. Especially Hormone, the sound is more melodic than you would think." He looked so serious Joey found himself nodding.

"Maybe I should listen to it sometime."

"It's good. You just have to listen beyond the screaming, to what's underneath the surface." Seto replied looking over at him. Smiling back to him he guessed there were a lot of things underneath the surface he should start paying more attention to.

"You think I could see the downstairs now?" Joey asked.

Kaiba hopped up from his place on the bed and started towards the door looking back at Joey, "You coming?" Joey stood up to follow him through the door. Reaching out in front of him he grabbed Seto's hand in his as they walked back down the hall. He saw Seto's lip twitch again and decided he liked it whenever he did that. It was almost the cutest gesture the CEO could manage.

As they progressed downstairs Joey took a better look at the walls to notice pictures of Mokuba and Seto too. It made the mansion almost seem like a home.

"Would you like something to drink? I was thinking of having a bit more wine." Kaiba said as he made his way towards the kitchen.

"I've never had any wine before. That's why I didn't have any at the restaurant." Joey answered.

"You don't have to have any wine; we have other drinks in the kitchen." Joey followed the brunette into a large gleaming kitchen with a bar in the center. Moving around the bar past the fridge Seto opened a small wine cooler and pulled out a large bottle of a white Riesling.

"Would you like to try it?" Seto asked. Joey nodded, and Seto proceeded to work the cork out of the bottle with a corkscrew. "Would you mind grabbing two wine glasses from the cabinet over there.." Seto nodded towards a cabinet by the microwave to Joey's left. Reaching up into the cabinet he grabbed two glasses and moved over to set them by Seto. Finally pulling the cork free Seto poured the liquid into a glass for himself, and then poured a significantly less amount into the second glass and passed it to him. Taking the glass from the male he lifted it to his lips and sipped at it. It was surprisingly good. Nodding up at Seto, the brunette poured him a bit more and then corked the bottle and put it back in the cooler.

"This is sweet." Joey said as Seto led him out of the kitchen. "I didn't think it would taste like this."

"Well you've been thinking differently about a lot of things lately haven't you?" Seto asked. He was smiling and looking at him through narrowed eyes. Joey didn't think it was the narrowed glare he usually received from the other boy, but it was more of satisfaction than anger. Seto lured him into the family room, and it was huge. It was separated into two sides. One side had a large flat screen television and a pool table. There were pouf chairs and bean bags in front of the television with a small table in front. On the other side was a large wraparound couch with a large footrest that made a circle in the middle of the sofa. On that wall was a large fireplace. It took up almost the entire wall and when they stepped in there was a roaring fire in the grate. The lights above the pool table were lit and pool balls were strewn across the table.

"Mokuba must have been in here earlier." Seto sighed, turning the lights down above the pool table. Joey noticed they must have dimmer switches. Anzu had a dimmer switch in her bedroom, and he always liked playing with it. Reaching over he lifted another dimmer switch. This activated the one above the fireplace; he lifted it half way up before he noticed Seto watching him with an amused expression.

"I think those are cool." He supplied dimly, and in the glower of the flames he saw Seto suppressing a laugh. He moved over to the fireplace and sat on the corner of the sofa setting his wine on the footrest. He patted the cushion next to him inviting the blonde to join him. Joey sipped a bit more of his wine and then took his place beside the CEO, placing his glass next to Kaiba's . Immediately Seto put his arm around his shoulders, and Joey found that he liked it well enough. He leaned his head to rest on the brunette's shoulder and closed his eyes momentarily. He felt Seto rest his chin on his head and draw a deep breath taking in his scent.

"So what do you think?" Seto breathed in his ear. It was quiet and sultry; it made Joey's knees weak and a shiver run up his spine. Joey wasn't sure he could even respond without moaning.

"Think about what?" He gasped, biting his lip he looked up at Seto. The brunette was gazing at him with narrowed eyes a small smile playing on his lips. Leaning forward the brunette brushed his lips against his cheek and whispered in the same sultry tone.

"Living here with me? I'll be your shelter, and you can pay me back with one thousand kisses." Seto kissed his cheek tenderly, and as he did so Joey felt himself make an involuntary sound. Never had he been so aroused by anyone in his life.

"So you like this?" Kaiba asked as he reached his hand up to run through the blondes' hair. "You be my lover, and I'll cover you." Seto breathed each word like it was his last. Joey pulled back, biting his lip. He looked up at Seto waiting with bated breath, his eyes shining.

"Yes. Cover me."

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