FIVE

Yugi woke up with a smile, despite being slightly sore. Somehow, the night has lasted longer than Seto's allotted hour after Joey and Mai brought the kids home. Yugi had quickly put Kyo to bed, and Seto got Aemi in her nightie. They didn't have to wait long before then night was theirs again—and Seto took advantage of every minute they had together.

Yugi couldn't remember the last time he'd felt so content. Not only had he just participated in mind blowing sex, Seto Kaiba had almost admitted to loving him. And almost was nearly there. It was more than Yugi had ever expected from the older man, more than he had ever dreamed for. Hearing the simple word just spoken by Seto had made his eyes water.

By the time Yugi got out of bed, Seto was already up, dressed, and ready for the day. He had Aemi at the table eating cereal and Kyo was sitting on his leg with Seto's arm wrapped firmly around him. Yugi smiled into the kitchen as he saw the sight before him: Seto being a father—not just a dad.

"Papa," Aemi said, making a face. Yugi looked at her, but she was looking at Seto instead. "Kyo drooled on you."

Seto grimaced a bit before shrugging. It wasn't the worst that had happened to him that morning from the tiny human. The day had started for him by changing a diaper—the first diaper he'd ever changed—and it had been a bigger mess than he'd anticipated. Kyo had then spit up on his jacket after the first feeding nearly an hour previous. Drool was actually the best part of his day so far.

"Morning," Yugi said, swooping into the kitchen. He kissed Seto on the cheek and picked up the baby. "What needs to be done?" he asked, and Seto just shrugged.

"Nothing—everyone's ready but you," he said, smirking.

"Homework done?" he asked Aemi, and she nodded. "Baby changed…everyone's dressed…Did I wake up to the apocalypse?"

"Nope!" Aemi said. "Papa Seto said we were going to surprise you."

"I am very surprised!" Yugi smiled at her. His eyes met Seto's and he smiled gently. He did not know that it was possible to feel so…happy.

After Yugi got himself ready, the four of them went to the car and rode first to Aemi's school, where this time she bounded inside with excitement, and then to Kyo's daycare. Seto was on his phone the whole way arguing with someone.

He argued all the way to work and all the way up to his office. He barely even waved to Yugi before slamming the door to his office and yelling into his receiver.

Yugi could hear him all the way in his office.

He wasn't sure if the call was a personal call or not—Seto seemed to be arguing with someone he knew well enough to curse at, which wasn't narrowing it down at all. A few times Yugi could hear Seto's voice go very low, until he was almost growling, and he couldn't make out the words.

He usually didn't pry, but the call had ruined his perfect day. He strained his ears to hear through the wall, but Seto seemed to have hung up and was in the process of shredding a document. Yugi blinked, confused: Seto did not shred his own papers. Ever.

The call must have been serious.

Finally, however, the noises from Seto's office came to an end and there was nothing left to hear except the sound of angry fingers racing across a keyboard.

"Sarah!" Yugi heard Seto yell, and it was then that he got to his feet. He wanted to protect the poor girl from mental harm if at all possible.

"…asked you to call Domino City an hour ago!" Seto was saying by the time Yugi got to the office door. He watched the verbal assult on Sarah's intelligence go on for a full minute before he stepped in, excused Sarah, and shut the door softly behind her.

"Seto…" Yugi said quietly, looking at him. "What's going on?"
"Damn contract," Seto said, his voice lower as he looked through things on his desk.

"Domino City's contract?" Yugi asked, his eyebrows raising.

Seto just nodded and grunted when he didn't find what he was looking for on his desk. "They breached the contract and are planning to begin selling the new duel discs on Friday."

"But that's a month early!" Yugi exclaimed, understand Seto's frustration.

"And, they're selling them at eleven bucks cheaper."

"They can't do that!"

"I know," Seto said, his voice almost sarcastic. "I have to go there and straighten everything out. They said there was an error on our end, but I looked over those documents myself. I wouldn't have made a mistake like that."

"Of course," Yugi agreed. "This is a complete violation of the contract—and it'll cost you millions if they release early!"

"Something is going on," Seto groaned. "Selling so much cheaper won't even cover the production costs for their sector."

"Do you think…?" Yugi said, but Seto shook his head.

"I'm not making any rash decisions. It's got to just be a misunderstanding."

Yugi blinked. It was the first time that Seto Kaiba ever looked slightly perplexed about something—as if he wasn't sure if he could fix the problem or not. A few millions wouldn't break his bank, of course not, but there was something else going on, Yugi could tell, and he was sure Seto saw it too.

"You should take Mokuba with you, if you can," Yugi said. "He knows more legal stuff than you do."

Seto's eyes widened. "You're not…coming?"

"What do I know about the law? I just sign papers, Seto," he said sheepishly. His voice became serious again, "Maybe you should take the company lawyer as well…This could become serious really fast."

Seto still seemed confused about Yugi not tagging along, and when he tried to force himself to say it, nothing came out.

"Besides," Yugi said, seeing Seto's obvious discomfort, "Aemi's got school and we already paid for the month of daycare for Kyo."

Money's nothing, Seto wanted to say. Come with me, his head begged. "Fine," he said instead. "I'll take the lawyer."

"I'll call and have the jet ready right away," Yugi smiled and he headed for the door.

"Yugi," Seto said, making him turn. "Is this…okay?" he asked quietly.

Yugi didn't understand at first, but it clicked with him and he nodded with a smile. "Of course it is. I survived without you before, right?"

"Barely," Seto breathed under his breath after Yugi was gone.

He threw papers around his office until he found the original Domino City contract and grabbed his brief case before heading out the door. He got into the elevator and rode to the roof, where a helicopter was waiting to take him to the hangar where his jet was stationed.

He mentally cursed himself for not having said a proper goodbye to Yugi, but he was in too much of a hurry to go back. He made a note to call later and then boarded the helicopter.

Seto had officially been gone for two hours before Yugi slumped his way down the hall and stopped at Sarah's desk. He grabbed a chair and huffed himself into it and placed his head on her desk.

"Sir?" Sarah tried. "Are you okay?"

"He didn't even say goodbye."

Sarah's eyes widened. "I…I'm sorry?"

"I never expect him to," Yugi clarified, "but just once would have been nice."

She smiled gently. "It's hard, isn't it? Being in a relationship with a Kaiba."

"Sometimes I think Mokuba would have been a better boyfriend."

Sarah giggled. "From what I've heard, Mr. Kaiba did everything he could to give Mr. Mokuba a normal childhood…I guess it cost him his own normalcy."

"Not his common sense," Yugi groaned.

"I've never seen him try so hard at anything," Sarah said, and Yugi looked at her questioningly. "To make things work…with you."

Yugi felt giddy. "Really?"

She nodded. "Anyone who said Seto Kaiba was easy to please was lying. He's quick to anger, he yells and screams and throwing stuff at people…I've had more danger as a secretary than any other job I've ever had."

"He's not that bad," Yugi laughed.

"Not anymore…not since you."

"I've known him for so long I guess I forget how he used to be…"

Sarah smiled. "He used to be a big, huge egotistical jerk. Now he's just less of one."

"Sometimes he makes things so hard…" Yugi sighed. "It's impossible to know what's going on in his head. I wish I knew the real Seto."

Shaking her head, Sarah said, "You are the only one in the whole world who knows the real Seto Kaiba. To the rest of us, he's just a business man to look up to…but to you, he's…well…" She just smiled again. "I can say without a doubt, no one ever expected him to have children. Or a long-term boyfriend."

Yugi sighed again. "I forget how much he has to try."

"But I think that because he's even willing to try, you've got to hold on to him as tight as you can."

Smiling gently, Yugi nodded and stood up. "Thanks," he said. "For listening."

She nodded and watched him return to his own office and shut the door softly. She rocked in her chair slightly, thinking how glad she was Seto had Yugi. If she couldn't make the older man happy, then at least someone like Yugi Moto could.

Nearing the end of the work day, Yugi started to feel a bit woozy. He felt cold and had chills, and when he got home, he found that he had a slight temperature. He wasn't too worried, however. He figured it was seasonal allergies plaguing him and that it would be gone by morning.

After cooking dinner—mac and cheese—because by then, he was feeling a bit more sick, he put the baby to bed and then read Aemi a story until her eyes closed for the night. By the time he dropped down into his bed, he felt drained.

A/N:I haven't gotten any comments…if I should continue with this story, someone please let me know. I have through chapter 8 written so far, and I'll post those…but it's at a big cliff hanger. As of right now, though, I won't write anymore unless I know at least one person is reading it.